Oakland Fire Department after an oakland inertia, hired on what he was 22. He commuted from sacramento and became an interim assistant fire chief in june. I knew i wanted to be an oakland firefighter because of my dad. He inspired me the second i got out of high school to pursue my emt and paramedic license. Reporter for cayden, his father was his role model. The two bonded over finding fires in life at the firehouse. It was the most special thing in the world. Its tough to have that come to an end so quick. Reporter cayden hopes to carry on his fathers legacy and traditions and culture of the oakland Fire Department. We had about 10 years we could have worked together. At the same Fire Department. It got cut short to a year. But i loved every second of it, thats for sure. Reporter besides raising three sons, lafon also was a baseball coach to hundreds of children. He hosted Exchange Students from china. No word yet on funeral arrangements. New at 11 00, new pictures show governor gavi
One of your last San Francisco exits. The left lanes are still blocked. Chp trying to get a crew to run the traffic break so they can clear that big rig from the roadway. Wet roadways continue like san leandro. A crash south 880 in the middle lanes. Were watching that and the green highlighting showing damp roadways. Be careful. It is slick out there. Back to you, laura. Thank you very much. Breaking news from pfizer on this Covid Vaccine. They plan to submit vaccine for approval within days and just finished phase three testing and is said to be 95 effective. Pfizer adds effective for older people and has no serious side effects. The Company Expects to make 50 million dose this is year and more than 1 billion by the end of 2021. Last week pfizer initially said its vaccine was 90 effective. On monday moderna said its vaccine was nearly 95 effective. Pfizers vaccine needs to be stored in extremely cold temperatures. Here is perspective on the size of californias recent surge in covid ca
That blew through yesterday and today . Yeah, that is right, mike and gasia. Some neighborhoods picking up over two inches of rain, specially for the Higher Elevations. This was a productive storm, thankfully were not talking about flash flood warnings, nothing extreme in terms of advisories or warnings. Still, a beneficial rainfall in terms of water supply to start things off and fire danger. Take a look at some of the bigger rainfall totals. Well call them the jumbo rainfall totals. Around three inches of rain approaching three inches. Occidental in the north bay. 2. 34. Even kentfield over two inches of rainfall. Some more totals for you as we check in on those. The storm totals. Yesterday and into today. Were still adding to some of the numbers. Santa rosa, over an inch of rain. San francisco,. 42. Lifermore, close to a quarter of an inch and not so much for the south bay. San jose,. 08. This is the satellite and radar the past 24 hours. You can see the rain here into the bay area
To the poll and watch carefully. His campaign recruits a so called army for trump to observe the election process. Some are questioning the potential impact on voters. It has raised concern. That it will lead to cay ys. It will lead to arguments. When actually poll watchers are really just supposed to be there almost wall hangers. Observing and not interfering. In santa clara, election staff preparing to enforce strict guidelines for anyone wanting to observe the election process. Any member of the public can be a poll watcher. They can ask to stand behind this window as votes are counted. Come back here and sign up and get a badge. And they can be in the area as long as theyre not interfering with the process. During the time of covid19, observers must wear a mask and remain six feet from others. Meaning space will be limited. And if observers dont follow the guidelines or try to intimidate voters. We have a partnership with the federal authorities to make sure the staff and voters fe
Thousands of families in sonoma are being told covid will keep students out of the classroom until the end of the new year, or until this new year. Summer actually pushing back. We have the frustration being felt by so many. Reporter following Public Health directives, Santa Rosa School board has voted unanimously to stick with distancelearning through december. That brought a boisterous response. No more zoom no more zoom reporter masks couldnt muffle their discontent. Dozens of parents, students and teachers mind santa rosas old Courthouse Square to say no to zoom school. We need to get these kids back in the classroom. What started off as a 2 to 3 week shutdown has turned into six months. These kids are really suffering. Reporter critics note Sonoma County has about a half million residents and 114 covid death. These families say in person instructioshybrid is a great wa start. You have half the kids go in monday, tuesday, sanitize wednesday and the other kids go in thursday, friday