Reporter it has been a busy afternoon for firefighters here in east contra costa county. Out here live my the scene at the other fire is wrapping up, and the good news is that the firefighter is going to be okay. Kpix 5. Some parents in the Cupertino School District want to go back to Distance Learning. They are concerned about the delta variant, and their children who are still too young to get the vaccine. Kpix 5s Len Ramirez is Living Cupertino with more. Reporter according to the district and the covid19 dashboard, there have been 16 cases overall in the district, six involving staff and 10 involving students, out of a district of some 14,000 students. The district intends at the relatively low chance of getting covered while here at school, but some parents think otherwise and want a return to Distance Learning. For every elementary school is fully back to Distance Learning, and parents crowd the sidewalks when the final bell rings. Although everyone is wearing a mask, some parent
today the contra costa water district will consider mandatory water cutbacks of 25%. right now they are asking for a voluntary cut back of 15%. the board will also take a look at possible rate hikes and consider a ban on watering your lawn more than twice a week. as for the rate hikes, the board will have a public hearing in june. fremont residents will be seeing an 8% water rate hike. the alameda water district approved the increase last night. the lack of water isn t the only concern in fremont though. it s an aging infrastructure that needs repair. the district says it must charge its customers more to pay for those repairs. with this rate increase, the more water you conserve, the higher your bill will increase percentage-wise. a spokesman from the water district says a decrease in use means less money for them. in santa cruz, mandatory water rationing begins may 1. city council declaring a stage 3 water emergency there. everyone will be required to cut water use by
it. it s just really hard and i still haven t, um, kind of, like, worked over, like, how to be okay with that. reporter: horowitz did not get the endorsements of the students of color coalition. but she said the whole incident has not sidelined her campaign. in fact, she said it s going full speed ahead and voting starts tonight here at stanford university. live at stanford, len ramirez, kpix 5. last month there was a similar claim of anti-semitism by a student the ucla. more than 100 local leaders are calling on pope francis to replace san francisco archbishop salvatore cordileone. new at 6:00 elizabeth cook is in the newsroom with more on the calls for his ouster. reporter: this comes in the wake of the continued debate over the so-called morality clauses. cordileone has included in contracts for teachers and staff at four san francisco catholic schools. the group appealed directly to the pope. the letter will appear in tomorrow s edition of the san francisco chr
live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. tonight, these kids accuse the 49ers of playing dirty. so the team can pave their soccer field and put in a parking lot. betty yu on the turf war tonight. betty? reporter: liz, a piece of land we are talking about is right behind me. it is a gold mine in real estate terms. more than 2,000 kids practice on these soccer fields throughout the year. and they want to see a fair deal on the table. no, no, no parking lot. yes, to kids. reporter: they chanted. made signs. even created a video based on the beverly hillbilly theme song and tonight they packed the santa clara city council meeting to say. we are not for sale. reporter: the 49ers wants the rights the develop the 11- acre property. they need to own up to the responsibility to build a replacement soccer facility for the league and for the kids. the value of that property next to the levi stadium is worth $70 million. reporter: the niners offered to
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