vicki liviakis sits down with chef killer to talk about his new pop-up lounge and his mission to end america's craving for sugar. >> sure. french laundry is known the world over for its fine dining. good luck trying to get a reservation. so when i had a chance to break bread with the restaurant's legendary chef of course i took >> but didn't realize i have to chase it down while he rode his bike through town. >> because i live here. you know, i'm one of one of those neighbors. >> thomas ella wishes keller is a celebrated chef who runs michelin 3 star dining establishments. but he's also known for his down-home bakery and famous fried chicken to all of our restaurants were the same. it was just that kind of warning. jeff, just opened up a pop up in youngsville serving up caviar and champagne. it is called regis obama and time make birdies also assortment apparently other forms of entertainment will include local jazz musicians like many restaurant tours. chef keller is happy to emerge from the dark days of the pandemic eating at home. and that's a wonderful thing. but it doesn't take

vicki liviakis is taking us behind the scenes on this week's dine and dish. >> it's called the hideout for a reason. is that a good good name for absolutely. i mean, would founded otherwise? you can't straight. yeah. the hideout is la mer in does best kept secret in owner. jb likes it that way. you can see from the street from the sidewalk. you won't hear sign. you can't find us on the web site. we don't do any advertising. is that part of the charm. that's i think so. chef and boss jb and his wife picked this spot off the beaten path. and so far customers have been beating a path to do it from the sun. the out on the little sign. it was easy. but i had directions tucked behind a soccer shop back in the tiny kitchen. jb kicks out specialties like this giant waffle sandwich. belgian waffle contrite statement a baby over with cheddar cheese with another off with a little bit sugar butter tabasco enable on top of the best thing or if your appetite can handle it. the morning glory. a full on brunch between 2 slices. everything you need to value its feeling. it. >> yeah. a little yeah. look

vicki liviakis kron 4 it's got the best gigs. >> and we're always looking for great places to send her to sew if you've got a great suggestion for your neighborhood. let us know. use your camera and on your phone scan that qr code that take you right to the dine and dish section of our website. kron 4 dot com. and you can submit your favorite restaurant for us to feature. it is for 27. still ahead on the kron 00:00am morning news. we've got the latest on the fireworks danger. >> amid the drought. look at all of the fireworks going off last night illegally by the way, we'll have more on this coming >> for 30 is the time. and we are ba

vicki liviakis kron 4 news. well, now we're always looking for great places to dine or get takeout in your neighborhood. >> and you can use that camera on your phone to go ahead and scan this qr code is going take you directly to the diamond this web page where you can submit your favorite restaurant for us to feature. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news weapons drugs bomb making materials found in the south bay help. police were able to stop a possible attack. we'll have that story ahead. >> happy friday morning. we are here at another very nice weekend where the weather looks lovely. but don't take my word for john trouble is in the weather center. he's been tracking our weekend weather for the past 3 days that today's a good day to let everybody know how they can plan their weekend. good morning, john. i mean, technically the past 7 days. but we've been talking a lot about it the past 3 days for sure. we're looking outside at what's going to be a really nice weekend. at least to start by sunday. we start t

vicki liviakis sits down with the celebrity chef behind the famous french laundry restaurant to talk about his new pop up. need better sleep? try nature's bounty sleep 3 a unique tri layer supplement, that calms you helps you fall a sleep faster and stay a sleep longer. great sleep comes naturally with sleep 3 only from nature's bounty and stay a sleep longer. great sleep comes naturally ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ deposit, plan and pay with easy tools from chase. simplicity feels good. chase. make more of what's yours. >> allie's french laundry restaurant is world famous for its amazing food. but equally as famous for its michelin star chef who's behind it. thomas keller this morning on dine and dish kron four's vicki liviakis sat down with jeff keller to talk about his new pop-up lounge and his mission to end america's craving for sugar. >> sure. french laundry is known the world over for its fine dining. good luck trying to get a reservation. so when i had a chance to break bread with the restaurant's legendary chef that you course i took >> but didn't realize i have to chase it down

vicki liviakis sits down with chef keller to talk about his new pop-up lounge. >> sure. french laundry is known the world over for its fine dining. good luck trying to get a reservation. so when i had a chance to break bread with the restaurant's legendary chef of course i took >> but didn't realize i have to chase it down while he rode his bike through town. >> because i live here. you know, i'm one of one of those neighbors. >> thomas ella wishes keller is a celebrated chef who runs michelin 3 star dining establishments. but he's also known for his down-home bakery and famous fried chicken to all of our restaurants were the same. it was just that kind of warning. jeff, well, years just opened up a pop up and yelled ville serving up caviar and champagne. it is called regis obama and time make birdies also assortment apparently other forms of entertainment will include local jazz musicians like many restaurant tours. chef keller is happy to emerge from the dark days of the pandemic eating at home. and that's a wonderful thing. but it doesn't take the place of going to a

i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis kron four's dan thorn. he is live in san jose tonight. he joins us with more. >> on the vaccination push. dan, though. what are you learning. >> well, vicki and grant the expected vaccine mandate here in santa clara facts around 22,000 employees in this push comes after

vicki liviakis kron 4 news. >> and remember that big hill's brother sign on the ferry building back in the day. we're always looking for great places to dine or get your take out in your neighborhood, use a camera on your phone to scan this qr code. it will take you directly to dine and dish is web page. you can submit your favorite restaurant for us to feature later on and thanks for being here for kron 4 news at 8 as we wrap up, we're passing the torch now to catherine heenan and vicki liviakis right. thanking him and coming up at 9 o'clock in oakland. >> fireworks guns popping up on the 4th of july that's been overwhelming. police also paramedics who could not respond to some calls as quickly as needed and one person killed, 2 others hurt in a drive-by shooting in santa rosa right after the fireworks show, police still searching for the shooters there. those details and much more coming up on kron 4 news esting testing. >> when fun time from the bay area's local news station. you're watching kron. 4 news at >> we're talking about 12 hours of nonstop chaos throughout the city. both v

vicki liviakis takes us to the secret dine and dish spot. >> it's called the hideout for a reason. is that a good good name for absolutely i mean, what would founded otherwise. you can't straight to hide out as la mer in does best kept secret in owner. jb likes it that way. you can see from the street from the sidewalk. he wants here sign. you can find us on the web site. we don't do any advertising. is that part of the charm. that's i think so. chef and boss jb and his wife picked this spot off the beaten path. and so far customers have been beating a path to do it from the sun. the out on the little sign. it was easy. but i had directions tucked behind a soccer shop back in the tiny kitchen. jb kicks out specialties like this giant waffle sandwich. belgian waffle contrite statement a baby over with cheddar cheese with another off with a little bit sugar butter tabasco enable on top of the best thing ever or if your appetite can handle it. the morning glory. a full on brunch between 2 slices, everything you need to value its. >> feeling. it. >> yeah. a little yeah. look at this. >

i'm vicki liviakis and i'm justine waltman and for grant lotus tonight. now state health officials say that more than 90% of californians. >> live in areas with substantial or high risk of covid transmission. so here's a closer look now at the bay area where the high transmission rates are. that's in red so that includes solano contra, costa alameda and san francisco counties and areas consid

. >> grant lotus and vicki liviakis johnson spent a lot of thanks very much. here's what's coming up next on kron, 4 news at night. city leaders in san jose. >> say they're cracking down on sideshows trying to go after people who are promoting the events on social media. how much those people who are promoting sideshows could be fight. plus, bill cosby is a free man tonight after his assault conviction was overturned. we'll hear from a the bay area woman who says cosby once groped her and that today's decision makes her sick. those stories and much more coming up on properties at night. >> when fun time from the bay area's local news station. you're watching kron. 4 news at now are going to be extremely dangerous to not only the but also to the spectators. these are large. >> illegal shows that draw people from all over the state are incredibly reckless driving in the left. people literally dead. >> we know about sideshows now at 9 promoting, another street races in san jose is now illegal city council unanimously approving that new ordinance just last night.

vicki liviakis is taking us behind the scenes in today's dine and dish. >> it's called the hideout for a reason. is that a good good name for absolutely i mean, what would founded otherwise. you can't straight to hide out as la mer in does best kept secret in owner. jb likes it that way. you can see from the street from the sidewalk. he wants here sign. you can find us on the web site. we don't do any advertising is that part of the charm. that's i think so. chef and boss jb and his wife picked this spot off the beaten path. and so far customers have been beating a path to do it from the sun. the out on the little sign. it was easy. but i had directions tucked behind a soccer shop back in the tiny kitchen. jb kicks out specialties like this giant waffle sandwich. those are lawful contracts taken to baby over with cheddar cheese with another off with a little bit sugar butter tabasco enable on top of the best thing ever or if your appetite can handle it. the morning glory. a full on brunch between 2 slices, everything you need to value its. >> feeling. it. >> yeah. a little yeah. look a

i'm vicki liviakis and i'm catherine heenan. grant lotus has the night off with the recent videos showing thefts in san francisco going viral, making national headlines. a lot of business owners and a lot of people in the city are very concerned about safety. also about whether tourists will choose to come back for a return visit her first sacking. she talked to the city's chamber of commerce. the california retailers association about the recent crime spike. she joins us now live from of the city with more on this taylor. >> well, the key, of course, this is nothing

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our primetime news continues at the top of the hour with justine waltman and vicki liviakis. yeah. thank you catherine. thank you. can here's what we're working on for proper news at 9. the delta variant has is going backwards now in our fight against covid. and now the cdc is releasing new details about how just how transmissible this new variant is, what our country's health leaders are saying tonight and the rise in the delta variant is also leading to a rise in hospitalizations. >> how bay area hospitals are handling this recent surge in patients. those stories and a lot more co >> when >> fun time from the bay area's local news station. you're watching kron. 4 news at time. new evidence suggests that the delta variant is as contagious as the chicken pox and may be more dangerous than other versions of the coronavirus. >> officials also saying the breakthrough infections when vaccinated people still get the virus. maybe as transmissible as those in unvaccinated people. good evening, everybody. i'm vicki liviakis and i'm justine waldman in for grant lotus tonight and now this is

and i'm vicki liviakis contra. costa county leaders say that they are looking into the requirement after an outbreak at a county detention facility as of monday. there were 23 new cases. nearly 3,000 new covid cases in just the past 2 weeks county wide and 4 times more hospitalizations

i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis. kron 4 s taylor bisacky spoke with an infectious disease expert about what this could mean. >> for our area. she joins us now live from the newsroom with more. do explain taylor. well, vicki doctor peter chin-hong says the move out of l a doesn't surprise him. they're seeing numbers that they haven't seen in months. however, he says the mandate seems to be an emotional response. but he also says it's something that we could see in those bay area counties with higher case rates. >> on thursday, los angeles county reinstated its indoor mask mandate raising concerns and questions for the bay area. it's not surprising at all. >> of course, when you have cases increase to the thousands per day after being in the hundreds previously. that's going to make people feel nervous on some level it's an emotional response. defections disease expert at ucsf. doctor peter chin. hong. >> reminds us a large majority of those cases are among those unvaccinated he says we should be paying closer attentio

i'm vicki liviakis and i'm justine waldman in for grant lotus tonight. now this new vaccination plan is catching on with business owners in the south bay. >> kron four's. dan thorn live for us now in san jose. he joins us with more. a bar there that's adopting these new roles. how's it going down.

. >> and i'm ella sogomonian in for vicki liviakis tonight. the chp has already started its maximum enforcement period that is 0 ing in on speed. right. so dan thorn is live in san jose for us tonight with some more details for drivers out there. dan. >> well, and grant chp officers say this enforcement is all about saving lives are going to also be out looking for people that are drunk, driving and also aggressively driving and they're hoping that by getting this message ing out there. they won't have too many problems out on the roads. >> chp officers will be out in force for the 4th of july with a record number of travelers expected on the roads this weekend. officers will be keeping an eye out for speedy drivers and other unsafe behavior. only people are driving to arrive. so we're out here for some laws hurt people to make sure they got to safely. go get 24, 1, 7, officer austin heredia says much of the enforcement will be focused on speed the chp are asking people to not let their eagerness get the best of them. take your time while spee

vicki liviakis takes us behind the scenes. >> in dine and dish. >> it's called the hideout for a reason. is that a good good name for absolutely i really would founded otherwise. you can't straight. hideout is la mer in does best kept secret in owner. jb likes it that way. you can see from the street from the sidewalk. you won't hear sign. you can find us on the web site. we don't do any advertising is that part of the charm. that's i think so. chef and boss jb and his wife picked this spot off the beaten path. and so far customers have been beating a path to do it from the sun. the out on the little sign. it was easy. but i had directions tucked behind a soccer shop back in the tiny kitchen jb kicks out specialties like this giant waffle sandwich. those are lawful contracts taken to baby over with cheddar cheese with another off with a little bit sugar butter tabasco enable on top of the best thing ever get or if your appetite can handle it. the morning glory. a full on brunch between 2 slices. everything you need to value its feeling. it. >> yeah. a little yeah. look at this. >> there

i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis. as a result employers are being urged to make sure everybody. >> rolls up their keep themselves and everyone around them safe. we'll have more on this story coming up a little later on in the newscast. meantime, in oakland. a restaurant owner plans to require proof of vaccination for all customers. this as the bay area sees a covid-19 surge, particularly among those who are unvaccinated are cross was gail ong has details starting august second, those dining out at palmetto and the kon tiki restaurants in oakland will need to follow some new rules. we will not let anybody inside. if they don't one of those 3 things. >> it's cool that nation card. >> digital vaccination card, super easy to get. or or a negative test. co-owner matt reagan is taking extra precaution to keep his staff and customers safe after seeing an uptick in covid cases among the unvaccinated. >> in alameda and contra. costa counties are already seeing people starting to be hesitant about coming out and eating indoors.

i'm vicki liviakis and i'm catherine heenan for grant lotus tonight. there was another fire at a homeless encampment in oakland near the nimitz freeway. fire crews have been on mopping up. they did manage to control that fire about 7 tonight. they say 10 people have been displaced. no injuries have been reported. bart services are still recovering from that fire. a service alert warned. >> passengers that there's a major delay between lake merritt and fruitvale and the dublin pleasanton berryessa richmond and daly directions of said hour delay due to the fire train service has resumed between lake merritt and fruitvale oakland city council president nikki fortunato.

i'm vicki liviakis and i'm catherine heenan for grant lotus. we have team coverage tonight on the earthquakes kron 4 chief meteorologist lawrence karnow standing by. >> but the latest update. but first we're going to go to kron four's taylor second. she's here in the studio were, by the way, a lot of felt this today. taylor. >> yeah. you know, i actually felt in the city as well. the door. my apartment made a little bit of up creaking popping sound and then i quickly realized what just happened based on all of your responses to my post on twitter. it sounds like many of you felt it as well everywhere from san jose to antioch into fairfield. usgs says this is actually pretty common for this fault zone. however, it is the largest earthquake in that region since 1994. >> an earthquake now upgraded to magnitude 6.0 rattled. the bay area in northern california on thursday at about 03:29am local time this afternoon a man, a good 5.9 earthquake occurred in antelope valley in eastern california, near the california-nevada border. >> felt shaking that's

we've got crawford's vicki liviakis with a look. >> it's called the hideout for a reason. is that a good good name for absolutely. i mean, would founded otherwise. you can't straight. hideout is la mer in does best kept secret in owner. jb likes it that way. you can see from the street from the sidewalk. you won't hear sign. you can't find us on the web site. we don't do any advertising is that part of the charm. that's i think so. chef and boss jb and his wife picked this spot off the beaten path. and so far customers have been beating a path to do it from the out on the little sign. it was easy. but i had directions tucked behind a soccer shop back in the tiny kitchen. jb kicks out specialties like this giant waffle sandwich those are lawful contracts taken to baby over with cheddar cheese with another off with a little bit sugar butter tabasco enable on top of the best thing ever get or if your appetite can handle it. the morning glory a full on brunch between 2 slices, everything you need to value its. >> feeling. it. >> yeah. a little yeah. look at this. >> there's wi

i'm vicki liviakis and i'm catherine heenan for grant lotus. we have team coverage tonight on the earthquakes kron 4 chief meteorologist lawrence karnow standing by. >> but the latest update. but first we're going to go to kron four's taylor second. she's here in the studio were, by the way, a lot of felt this today. taylor. >> yeah. you know, i actually felt in the city as well. the door. my apartment made a little bit of up creaking popping sound and then i quickly realized what

vicki liviakis sits down with chef keller to talk about his new pop-up lounge and his mission to curb america's craving for sugar. >> sure. french laundry is known the world over for its fine dining. good luck trying to get a reservation. so when i had a chance to break bread with the restaurant's legendary chef of course i took but didn't realize i have to chase it down while he rode his bike through town. >> because i live here. you know, i'm one of one of those neighbors. >> thomas ella wishes keller is a celebrated chef who runs michelin 3 star dining establishments. but he's also known for his down-home bakery and famous fried chicken to all of our restaurants for the same. it was just that kind of warning. jeff, just opened up a pop up and yelled ville serving up caviar and champagne. it is called regis obama and time make birdies. also assortment apparently other forms of entertainment will include local jazz musicians like many restaurant tours chef keller is happy to emerge from the dark days of the pandemic eating at home. and that's a wonderful thing. but it doesn't take th

vicki liviakis taking us behind the scenes in this morning's dine and dish. >> it's called the hideout for a reason. is that a good good name for absolutely i mean, what would founded otherwise. you can't straight to hide out as la mer n does best kept secret in owner. jb likes it that way. you can see from the street from the sidewalk. he wants here sign. you can find us on the web site. we don't do any advertising is that part of the charm. that's i think so. chef and boss jb and his wife picked this spot off the beaten path. and so far customers have been beating a path to do it from the sun. the out on the little sign. it was easy. but i had directions tucked behind a soccer shop back in the tiny kitchen jb kicks out specialties like this giant waffle sandwich. those are lawful contracts taken to baby over with cheddar cheese with another off with a little bit sugar butter tabasco enable on top of the best thing ever get or if your appetite can handle it. the morning glory. a full on brunch between 2 slices, everything you need to value its. >> feeling. it. >> yeah. a little yeah.

i'm vicki liviakis and i'm justine waldman in for grant lotus tonight. now this new vaccination plan is catching on with business owners in the south bay. >> kron four's. dan thorn live for us now in san jose. he joins us with more. a bar there that's adopting these new roles. how's it going down. >> well, just vicki, the owner of the have a dasher bar here in san jose says that he is doing the proof of vaccination requirement for his customers in order to keep everyone safe, including his staff. the pandemic is not over as the delta variant continues to infect people all across the bay area and the owner says that this decision is not political and he's hoping that more businesses get on board with this idea. as the delta variant drives covid-19 cases up bars and restaurants are taking more steps to stop the spread have a dasher and san jose will not only be looking for your id but also your proof of vaccination. for some reason it's controversial. i. >> i don't understand why wait is what politics have to be involved with this. just feel smarter to pro

vicki liviakis kron 4 news. >> all right. just in time for dinner that wraps up kron. 4 news at 5. those brussel actually really good really good. keep it here. kron 4 news at 6 is coming up next. >> probably also hungry catherine heenan and just a moment. i am >> mostly just thirsty. yeah. up at 6 o'clock tonight. we're going to be talking about the step back just one month since the reopening process mask are now recommended indoors for everyone despite their vaccination status. >> the plea from health officials as the dangerous delta variant continues to spread. >> also, there have been 2 more brutal attacks against asian americans in the east bay. how lawmakers are vowing yet again that they will try to protect the community and we'll have a live report on the news that a teenager in fremont is accused of killing his own mother and injuring his father. i'm catherine heenan. >> the bay area's local news station. now with breaking news. >> now at 6. we've just learned that a teenager has been arrested on suspicion of killing his mother and seriously injuring his father in a stabb

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vicki liviakis kron 4 news. >> really we're always looking for great places to dine in order to get take out in your neighborhood. you can use the camera on your phone to scan this qr code. it will take you >> web page where you can submit your favorite restaurant for us to future. and that wraps up kron 4 news at 5. we have a lot more ahead on kron 4 news at 6 o'clock and catherine heenan and ken wayne are here with a look at what's coming up. >> you know, part of what we're working on a thank you. the war has changed. that's the rather dramatic message today from the nation's top health leaders about the dangerous delta variant, the cdc now saying it can spread as quickly as chicken pox and more bars, restaurants and other venues requiring proof of covid-19 vaccination this as a dangerous delta variant surges here in the bay area restrictions now being considered by local health leaders. i'm ken wayne and i'm catherine heenan. the news at 6. coming up next. >> from the bay area's news station. you're watching kron 4 news at 6. >> they are now averaging a 176 cases of covid a day. and a

. >> in youngsville vicki liviakis kron 4 news. no here. we did actually talk with chef killer about dining at french laundry by governor newsome during the lockdown as well as mayor london breed from san francisco. she came the next day. the chef says he was visited in the aftermath by both the fbi and the abc that alcohol and beverage and they found no issues with the restaurant. you know, we're always looking for great places to dine in or get takeout in your neighborhood, you can use the camera on your phone to scan this qr code. it will take you directly to the dining dish web page or you could submit your favorite restaurant for us to feature. and that wraps up kron 4 news at 5. thanks for being with us this hour. but keep it here. kron 4 news at 6 is coming up next. justine waldman. >> ken wayne are here with a look at what's ahead, thank you so much. and here's what we're working on tonight at 6 o'clock, a fight over a travel mask mandate. a family leaves a flight after their 3 year-old. >> would not keep a mask on. and now they're

i'm vicki liviakis and i'm catherine heenan for grant lotus. this shooting happened. april 17th and second street in hayward not far from hayward high school. we have video of the scene. the alameda county sheriff's department responded after reports of a man threatening people with a gun. authorities say the armed man tried to shoot the deputy. and that's when other deputies opened fire killing that person we have part of the video and want to remind you, it can be hard to watch. >> shots fired. shots fired. >> you can hear. do you heard the rounds of g.nfire there that during the encounter, investigators said the man fired many rounds. one of the bullets did gray's a deputy. they say the person who died was a 26 year-old filipino man with a long criminal history. you could hear him in the video asking deputies to tell his mother he loves her. that was right before opening fire. if you do want to see more of the video we have it posted on our website at kron 4 dot com. also in the east bay, the deadly weekend crime wave in oakland brings attention to that police depa

i'm vicki liviakis and i'm catherine heenan nearly 500 people were involved in illegal sideshows oakland's police chief says it was one of the most violent 4th of july holidays. he can recall as an oakland native kron four's. terisa stasio has the story. chaos and disorder on the streets of oakland. this is what faced residents living in the east bay city on the 4th of july. >> in a 24 hour period. the police chief monday listing off the shootings. the deaths, the assaults on officers, the crime which engulfed the at about 06:25pm in the 5400 block 5700 block of a little bit. elizabeth street where a male adult. >> 29 years old. was shot multiple times while driving in his vehicle. that sort of led to the beginning of a very challenging even for officers as well for the community. take a closer look in total. there were 7 shootings. one ruled a homicide. >> one in critical condition. one a suspicious death and then a shooting this morning where a woman found bleeding was rushed to the hospital and then there is this a dangerous side shows popping up at intersections throughout oakland to e

i'm vicki liviakis thanks for joining us on kron 4 news at 5 and i'm catherine heenan for grant lotus and we do want to go right to the fire in oakland. >> kron four's jonathan mccall. he is on the scene got their short time ago and joins us on the phone with details. the brush fire looks like it's still going, jonathan, based on this video we're looking at. >> katherine and vicki, good actually fire crews have been able to get a good grasp on the fire. they've actually been able to put it out right now. they're just monitoring some hot, but making sure nothing players back up. they're also just doing some overall looking for any embers that could once again potentially flare up right now. this all happening was next to kaiser convention center along lakeshore avenue right near 1212, avenue here in oakland right now we have about or fire engine here on the scene trying to. make sure that nothing bread out of this just under an acre route that went up in flames, but not to though. shortly. around 4.30 this afternoon. i just have to be in oakland this afternoon driving in the area. what

i'm vicki liviakis and i'm grant lotus here in california. our most recent seven-day average for positive tests. >> is up to 4.1% and that number comes from the state covid was released on friday. but rely just a week before that july 8th year, 2.6 was the positive test rate. so we're going in the wrong direction, wrong direction. the number of people hospitalized in the u.s. for covid it is 25% higher than last week as is the number of people who are admitted to intensive care over the weekend. the former commissioner of the fda warned that most unvaccinated people. adults in america are fully vaccinated to the south bay now a city official who nearly died after contracting the virus is pleading with people to get the shot. >> and calling for the reopening of one of the largest mass vaccination sites in san jose four's. rob fladeboe has more on that story. he joins us live tonight in san jose. rob. >> that's right. grant despite the fact that it was shut down due to low turnout last month. there is a new call tonight to reopen the mass vacci

i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis that shooting happened at about 1045 last night. >> kron four's phillipe djegal has the latest. >> bullet holes which seemed to have been fired from 2 different guns mark up, the evangelist temple fellowship center in vallejo. police say some of those gunshots hit a 30 year-old woman and an 8 year-old girl wednesday night. shawny williams believes or family members. both are in critical condition. but the child has been stabilized. i can say this is a senseless act of violence. we don't know what the motive is. it's currently an active investigation. church members say the city has been plagued by gun violence and chief williams agrees gun violence is a public health crisis about 2 hours after a man was shot to death in vallejo. police responded to the wounded woman and child at around 1045 wednesday night. >> neighbor marco sandoval says the sports car speeding down sonoma boulevard. >> turned around and returned to the church corner. his surveillance camera captured the vehicle. >> he says once the driver reached the church, the shooter opened f

vicki liviakis giving us a tour. >> we get an invite check out the new changes at the iconic top of the market. people have been coming to the top of the mark since 1939 to soak up the views and get a taste of san francisco. there are about to experience something just a little bit different. the 19th floor of the mark hopkins has seen a lot of its long live music bygone fancy food with. >> silver and gold service. but covid-19 shutdown. the historic hotel for a spell and really come up with a fresh approach to be more appealing to also younger audience and the hotel and what looking at violent sure the foggy 360 degree views are still there. but the food entertainment is another matter. >> gone. are the in discovery bay and replaced by mister the jays. now we just want and han stat and the new element of surprise and excitement. the hotel's general managers invited the press to get an idea of what to expect like-new appetizer menu signature cocktails and a table side. tasting experience that includes caviar colorful kolr chocolate and there's hansen of sonoma organic he takes little 6

i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis. yet despite the city council voting to approve a non-binding term sheet today. >> future of the athletics in oakland actually is still up up in the air. yeah. it is far from settled. the term sheet that could pave the way for a development agreement at waterfront ballpark. howard terminal site is there but is caught forcefully to go explains the athletics. the team. well, they don't agree with all of the terms that were voted on earlier today. >> oakland city council members hopeful a deal will ultimately be reached are skeptical the athletics and the city can move forward together on the proposed 12 billion dollar waterfront ballpark project. i feel like this conversation still on tuesday. the council voted to continue negotiating with the a's despite not receiving any reassurances that the athletics want to do the same. if i vote for this today. >> i'm going to be holding my nose and probably going to the bathroom throwing up afterwards. not very happy during a virtual special meeti

i'm vicki liviakis and i'm grant lotus infections across the country rose from 11,000 cases back on june 23rd. >> to more than 23,000 cases yesterday. that's according to johns hopkins university in the north bay marine county reporting an uptick in coronavirus infections as we're seeing nationally health officials there say that the increase is at least partially due to more contagious. delta variant kron four's maureen kelly has details. >> we've seen about a quadrupling of the number of cases and more in just the past 2 weeks. we're down to about 3 cases on average per day we're now we're looking at more of, you know, 15 to 20 cases. new cases per day marin county health officer doctor matt willis says they're able to sequence about half of their cases. >> and roughly 80% are coming back as the delta variant making it the dominant strain in the county. and while they've had no deaths here since may. some of these cases have ended up in the hospital. yiu know, we had a great in trouble. there were no one was in our hospitals and now we're up to 73 in the icu. >> unvaccinated people of

i'm vicki liviakis and i'm grant lotus carjacking is raising concerns tonight. >> in one oakland hills neighborhood. you have a woman who was knocked unconscious right in front of her own home. concerned. definitely concerned. frightening. >> you know, and you wonder why it's happening. that is the reaction from these piedmont pines residents after learning that one of their neighbors was the victim of a violent carjacking near 6400 drive in oakland, oakland. police investigators say the female victim was in front of her home friday just before one 30 when sadly we are victim was standing in front of her residents when she was approached by a stranger. >> of the stranger did assaulter when she woke up. she discovered that her car keys and her vehicle is missing. >> this man says he was aware of highly publicized smash-and-grab incidents in oakland like this. one caught video earlier this week on lake shore. but he tells me he didn't expect to hear about violent carjackings. we moved to this oakland hills neighborhood earlier this year. >> you know, makes a little scarier. it's one thin

i'm vicki liviakis and i'm justine waltman in for grant lotus tonight. and that report from the cdc also says the virus can be spread by vaccinated people just as easily as the unvaccinated. it says each person infected with the variant on average is affecting 8 to 9 others before and an infected person with the original strain was passing on to about 2 people on average. not good news. that report is a slide presentation from the cdc also saying that the variant causes more severe infections than earlier variants. but if you are vaccinated, the cdc does say that you're 10 times more likely to reduce the risk of severe symptoms or even death in 3 times more likely to reduce the risk of infection. so that's the upside. the news comes as a san francisco releases news of a 4th surge. kron four's, dan kerman to us now live with details on this. good evening, good evening. you know this for a surge. we knew it was coming. now it is here. city officials say they are concerned about it. another reason more people need to get vaccinated and more people need to s

i'm justine waldman in for grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis. the latest numbers from the state show 62% of eligible people are now fully vaccinated and almost 10% are still waiting to get their second shot. so that means almost 30% of the eligible population has yet to roll up their sleeves to get a vaccine. but health officials say they're seeing significant progress in the rate of vaccination. yeah. that's the good news in the south bay. santa clara county now has the most fully vaccinated. people of any large county in the entire nation. our first has details now on that he is live from santa clara county for us. >> that's right. vicki santa clara county. now closing in on having 78% of its residents fully vaccinated and there's also significant progress report and getting the vaccine out to those neighborhoods, especially hard hit by the virus. let's take a look. >> like most other parts of the bay area. santa clara county is battling a surge of infection related to the covid-19 delta variant the 3 county own hospitals are seeing new cases

i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis said this incident. it comes after the retail giant is already shuttered. many of its pharmacies in the city because of the crime kron four's, maureen kelly has the story. maureen kelly has the story. you'll see only on kron 4. ♪ ♪ ♪ maureen kelly has the story. you'll see only on kron 4. ♪ ♪ ♪ monitor, check and lock down you money with security from chase. control feels good. chase. make more of what's yours. >> all right. welcome back to kron 4 news at 5. bit of a technical difficulty. but we're talking about this incident at walgreens. and this comes right after the mayor and the police chief we're talking about crime in san francisco and the perception of all that's involved with that will. now we have this incident at walgreens that left the security guard there in the hospital. you also have a suspect in custody. and our kron four's maureen kelly has the story. now you'll see only on kron. 4 news. >> the market. >> here's video from the citizen app showing the flashing lights of police

i'm vicki liviakis. i'm justine waltman in for grant lotus tonight and members of the gilroy community have gathered all day to remember the 3 people killed this morning. gil worries mayor thanked her city for how they've come together and supported each other. >> thank you to the entirety of the bill were community. we're helping each other. consoling each other. strengthening each other, listening to each other and a fall. all praying for each other. there. but for the grace of god. are we here? >> a vigil is currently underway marking that tragic event from 2 years ago kron four's gayle ong joins us now live from gilroy with more on how today's event is going. >> justine i'm here in downtown eager one. you can see the crowd right behind me celebrations are underway. you see there's aztec dancers they're honoring the lives lost at gilroy garlic festival 2 years ago which today marks 2 years since the mass shooting that killed 3 people now, what this is one of many celebrations or more like memorials, r

i'm vicki liviakis and i'm grant lotus as a result, employers are now being urged to make sure everybody rolls up their sleeves in the office to. >> try to keep themselves and everybody else safe. we get the latest now from kron, four's. rob fladeboe, who has been following this story. he's live in san jose. big step today. rob. >> yeah, that's right. grant. this is just the latest salvo in the ongoing all out effort to get as many people vaccinated as possible. as you said, health officials now here in a 3 counties with more expected to likely to follow recommending strongly recommending that employers require workers to get vaccinated as a condition of employment. here's more. >> there is strong evidence that new coronavirus infection, the highly contagious delta variant in particular has been increasing in workplaces across california in response health officers in 3 bay area counties so far. santa clara san francisco in contra, costa are strongly encouraging employers to consider requiring employees to get vaccinated to health officials said unvaccinated workers pose a substantial he

vicki liviakis, the assault happened this afternoon at about one 15 police say. >> barbara boxer is walking on 3rd street right near jack london square when a suspect approached her and push her. here is a tweet from the former senator's twitter account today. it says that the suspect pushed her in the back and stole her cell phone then jumped into a waiting car and left the area boxer says that she's thankful that she was not seriously injured. the oakland police department is investigating and nobody has been arrested so far. boxer was a u.s. senator from california, from 1993 to 2017. this is not the first time a current or former public officials been assaulted in oakland recently. you might remember governor newsome. >> was assaulted last month happened in june when newsome was visiting small businesses in oakland. he was walking to a barber shop and pizzeria when the chp says he was suddenly approached by and aggressive individual highway patrol provide security for the governor. the suspect, a 54 year-old man was taken to the alameda county jail where he was booked for assaulting a p

i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis. mayor london breed in chief bill scott held a news conference today showing the latest crime stats that they say paints a different picture of the city than what's being reflected in viral videos that depict crime. out of control. our kron maureen kelly has the story. >> we've all seen the videos of shoplifters swarming high end stores and pharmacies car break-ins happening in broad daylight and asian americans being victimized stores have closed and target is shortening their hours over the last few weeks, the city has made headlines in the national news over concerns about crime what's not going viral what's not being brought to the forefront is the fact that in almost every single instance. >> our police department have arrested many of the people in these particular crimes. the guy who we saw the viral video of him riding a bicycle into the walgreens in and stealing. he has been arrested. the elderly woman waiting at the bus stop. 2 people stabbed that perpetrator has been arreste

i'm vicki liviakis and i'm grant lotus. the suspect a 14 year-old the son of the 2 victims. police say this happened early this morning. >> in the area of the sale, padre parkway and freeman boulevard. according to police when officers arrived to the home, they found the woman unconscious. the man had suffered stab wounds and was taken to the hospital where he is expected to survive. police say the teen was not at home when they arrived, but a neighbor called police about a half an hour later. >> and says there was a juvenile covered in blood. he was detained in since he is a minor police are not releasing his identity. we do have a crew on the way to the scene we will have updates for you as soon as we can get them now to our other big story tonight. at 5, the list of california counties urging people to mask up. >> indoors now includes most of the bay area. you see the colors there in yellow yeah. full. 7 bay area counties are following sacramento and los angeles counties in calling on residents to wear a mask for indoor public gatherings or kron four's. rob fladeboe spoke

vicki liviakis, thanks for joining us on kron 4 news at 5 o'clock and i'm grant lotus. san francisco city officials today said new covid cases are rising, especially. >> an african-american and latino communities. hospitalizations are also up. most of the people in the hospital are unvaccinated. 25% of them are under the age of 35 kron four's dan kerman is live with us tonight from san francisco with more on this uptick we know with this pandemic, with covid. it comes in waves. good news, bad news today certainly. >> felt like we're going in the wrong direction. well, san francisco continuing to do better in terms of vaccinations and case rates than most of the rest of the nation still, they say san francisco has a lot more work to do, especially among latinos and african americans. the difference between getting covid when you're fully vaccinated. >> and getting covid if you're not vaccinated could be the difference between sniffles and suffocation. >> words of warning thursday about how the delta variant is impacting san franciscans. >> every person that is in the hos