Thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 im Justine Waldman the bay area has officially been under a stay at home order for 6 months and as the coronavirus continues to spread a new threat is approaching thats flu season. Now one barrett county is trying to get ahead of the illness and try to make it easier for everyone to get a flu shot rob fladeboe has details about the program in Santa Clara County joins us now live from san jose good afternoon rob. Good afternoon. Justine flu shots will be free here at the Santa Clara County fairgrounds this saturday and every saturday through mid december. A flu shot can help keep you out of the hospital and that in turn will help hospitals take care of the more serious covid19 infection. Lets take a closer look. Santa clara county board of supervisors president cindy chavez is now among the first recipients of a flu shot. Its part of a new effort to urge everyone to get vaccinated against flu season which is just around the corner. This saturday and every saturday through mid december, the exposition hall here at the county fairgrounds will be set up to provide flu shots without cost. All are welcome regardless of immigration status if youre driving your car you can drive your gate dm park and walk right up to the expo and get a flu shot you dont need an appointment and its free strains of influenza circulating in the Community Change over time underscoring the need to get a flu shot every year. Doctors recommend annual flu shot for everyone 6 months or older across california. The percentage of children up to date on immunizations has fallen the some parents do a routine visits to their pediatricians a flu shot will help keep people out of the hospital where resources may be strained due to covid19 says county executive doctor jeff smith. This is not. A vaccine against covid. The flu is not related to covid. You will not get covid by getting the flu vaccine. What the flu vaccine will do is prevent you from ending up in the hospital and making sure that we have hospital availability for those who do have covid who are very sick. But 19 popup drivethru test center right across the road here theoretically you could do both doctor smith though says that if you think you have covid symptoms. He suggests you check with your doctor before you go ahead and get that flu shot. But again flu shots available here at the fairgrounds this coming saturday from 09 00am to 04 00pm that will go on every saturday through mid december live in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Thank you so much rob not to the north bay and one of the Largest School districts in Sonoma County has decided to stick with Distance Learning for the rest of the year. Kron fours Charles Clifford joins us now live from the north bay with more on this. Im sure this was not an easy decision for the district to make. Yeah a lot of parents around the bay area everywhere wondering you know when other kids to be able to go back to in person classes up in sonoma in santa rosa, the Public School district there decided last night that theyre going to keep their kids at home for at least the rest of the calendar year. Pledge on wednesday, the Santa Rosa City schools, board of education voted unanimously to keep all of its students on Distance Learning for the rest of the calendar year they say multiple reasons, including the fact that Sonoma County remains on the States Coronavirus watch list in the tier one category or purple meaning that schools cannot open yet because coronavirus is still spreading around the county the county has seen an uptick in the number of cases and the number of deaths over the last week the district is also concerned about the cost that would be associated with resuming in Person Learning the changes required to meet state and county guidelines for reopening schools could be significant in the district is unsure of how they would pay for those changes. On thursday afternoon we talked to several parents who were not surprised by the decision and there are disappointed that students wont be able to go back to class this year, but they understand its okay, you know they were going to change it to where they went back to school but then they just change it where theyre getting thats fine right now i wish that my kid makes my son could go back to school sooner. Im not surprised that its december i felt it would be that way. When when School Started and and i you know the districts have to do what they have to do and i am making the best decisions that they can. And back live now the question now is whether this decision by santa rosa Public Schools. What caused a domino effect with other School Districts around Sonoma County where they might also decide to keep their kids out of the classroom as well, but for now in the north bay Charles Clifford kron 4 news. Thank you so much charles will go to the south bay now because under a new state guidelines Santa Clara Co home for a little while longer. Kron 4 Sarah Stinson is in san jose with details. For the rest of the semester students will be Distance Learning here in the san jose unified School District and the goal is to give families some consistency during this time when coronavirus is providing us a lot of unknowns and were also very the disruption that would be caused if we did open up schools and had to close them. So were trying to make sure when we do bring students back in person. We can keep that School Environment stable and not have students in and out on a frequent basis its important for families, its important for kids. You know students. They thrive in routines Santa Clara County has moved into the red tier 2 of the states colorcoded terror system which allows k through 12 grades to go back to school if the county remains in that tier for 2 consecutive weeks, however, the superintendent says while cases have slowdown in the county. Cases continue to rise specifically in san jose, so theyre not comfortable with reopening schools for in Person Learning to indoor gatherings are still prohibit in our county. We think our schools should reflect the Community Gatherings are ready. We dont want to put 30 students in a classroom while in Person Learning is the best type of learning they say that they will revert back to that one is known to be safer and hopefully that will be in 2021, were doing everything we can to support the technology. To give parents professional development on how to access these online platforms. We understand how hard this is this is one of the most challenging experiences. Families have ever gone through. The district will announce plans for next semester by early december, it will all depend on case numbers and on accessibility to testing as well as tracing, reporting in san jose Sarah Stinson kron 4 news. Today marks the first day that the bay area is clear of its record spare the air alert after a whole month of really poor air quality i want to show you now this interactive map. Thats on our website kron 4 dot coms you can see what conditions are like in your neighborhood, mostly green areas are indicating good air quality extends farther south into salinas and north and to the Mendocino National forest, the whole bay area breathing. In some fresh air today and although the air quality in the barry is good right now that is not the case for the rest of the state. Take a look at this picture from Yosemite National park. The park is actually closing tonight because the air quality is so hazardous. Park officials made the announcement just about an hour ago all park entrances will close at 5 oclock tonight and this is expected to last at least through the weekend. The smoke is coming from the creek fire which is burning nearby yosemite is expected to reopen to visitors when conditions improve and it is safe for visitors and employees to be inside the park. Things look like outside right now as we take a live outside at the Golden Gate Bridge that fog bank really thick today. But the sky is blue just beyond that our meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez is here now with a look at the conditions right now good just seen. Yeah we are noticing the return of that marine layer things to those widespread westerly breezes but for those of you throughout the east bay shoreline. Crystal clear blue skies, but you can make out that fog bank along the immediate coastline of the bay area, thanks to a weak storm that is going to develop during the overnight hours bringing us some widespread coastal drizzle and cooler falllike temperatures for the end of your workweek forecast but air quality out there right now green is good so at the surface not tracking that smoke a National Even though we dont have a spare the air alert in effect right now we still have an air quality advisory in effect because of smoke and ash in the upper levels so just keep that in mind that advisory will continue from now through friday temperatures for the most part a few degrees of cooling, especially along the coast of the San Francisco peninsula right now in the mid 60s, there. And widespread mid 70s throughout the east bay shoreline with upper 70s and low to mid 80s as you make your way inland but a little bit toasty in parts of the tribe valleys conquered in antioch flirting with 90s out there right now for your thursday afternoon. So a few degrees of cooling thinks it is cool sea breeze that onshore flow is in full force out there right now throughout downtown San Francisco seeing sustained winds at 20 Miles Per Hour with winds upwards of 25 Miles Per Hour earlier this afternoon, but future wind gusts will show calmer conditions tonight through friday morning but we are going to notice the return of those west and northwesterly breezes 20 per hour less by friday and cooler temperatures until high fire danger concerns start for the 2nd half of this weekend. More my full forecast in just a few minutes to see back to you think of a in the east bay now 3 people including a 2 yearold child are in Critical Condition after an overnight crash in antioch according to Contra Costa County fire officials. The car crashed into a tree trapping the toddler and the adults inside on lone tree way. Officials had to cut the car open in order to extradite the 3 people and you can see just how bad this crash was the entire front of the car has smashed in. One of the doors there is ripped off. The toddler was taken to oaklands Childrens Hospital and the adults were taken to john muir in walnut creek. The investigation is still ongoing into may have caused this horrific looking crash and coming up here on kron 4 news at 3. Why you may want to pick up the phone the next time an unknown number cost you. Plus lending a helping hand what an east bay salon is doing for hair stylists who have lost their jobs during the pandemic and right after the break, its been 6 months since the bay area west into a shelterinplace order where we stand now on Covid Infection rates and what we need to know as we head into that intentionally deadly flu season, a live interview is next. 6 months and counting it has been 6 months since that shelterinplace order was issued in the bay area and to this day there are over 94,000 infections and more than 1000 people have lost their lives to the virus. Weve gone over how we can do Remote Learning weve been working from home all of our lives of totally changed. But from more now on where we stand today and how we can prepare now as we head into the flu season. Were joined now by doctor peter, chinhong Infectious Disease specialist at ucsf thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3. Thanks having me on testing so we know that our lives have totally changed. Since coronavirus started but what we learned. Well from the medical front weve learned a i remember in those early days, we were afraid of not knowing how we would get it out to be leaving my clothes in my trunk if i went home to my family has quarantine myself every time i saw a patient. So since then weve learned a lot about 100 protect those cells. I think the simple invention of a mosque something weve had a mind shift about since the beginning on the hospital front weve had a lot of new therapeutics remdesivir from goaliad convalescent you know and some of your agent said you know we weve been investigating and in patients with covid and we have a lot of progress in vaccines from operation warp speed so i think weve come a long way in those 6 months but want to 6 months those were right the other day when you talk about masks. I was wearing my mask and then i started looking around trying to find it knowing that they needed to leave the house having one like thats how use used to i am now of having it was already wearing it. Bear sing, but its true. So were i definitely feel make it right on my mind right. So were just used to it now and thats something were going to continue to do and were heading into flu season and theres this concern about this like double pandemic happening at once and how hospitals are going to be overwhelmed again like they usually are during flu season just with patients with the flu and now were adding covid on top of it is this how as a doctor as an Infectious Disease specialist power, Health Care System preparing for this. Well as the good and the flu. The good is that it spread the same way as covid has some somali for respiratory droplets so by protecting ourselves against covid well protect ourselves against the flu. The bad part about flu is like what you mentioned just seen. Were at such close. Were so close to the edge of the cliff every time with covid every time the syringe and you know go out to center around with wintery having think you want people indoors. So when we add the top on top of that the hospitalizations from flu you can imagine that there could be a point weather. The hospital reached tipping points but other part about flu is that it kids much more covid has. So we are probably going to expect to see more 6 hits. So as we enter into flu season are we even turning the corner on covid. Well i think you know weve been doing okay from a covid perspective weve done. First wave a second wave in california in the area was higher than the first wave. Were probably going to expect to see a in the fall and thats expected i think more indoors et i think you know its simmering in the background thats why we can really let our guard down its always there. Its like they. You know that that threat thats always and you know the environment so you know it just takes a little match so i sent back to rocks and fire. So are there things other than wearing a mask and washing my hands and try to keep my distance away from people that i can do to protect myself my family, my coworkers as we enter in the fall. Yes, totally i mean a simple invention of getting your flu vaccine as one of the most important things we can all do. And unlike covid we actually have good parties from flew to but you dont one and thats already have to going take 30 so getting that flu vaccine is so important is available right now right now in the hospital where all lining up to get them. I hope everyone in the community can go and get them as well, you know we just had a story the top of the hour, how Santa Clara County is making it. Easier for people to get them. Doctor peter. Chan hong thank you for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 we always appreciate your advice and insight and hopefully the next 6 months will be a little bit easier on all of us. Thanks so much testing. Thank you all right, well switch gears now and talk about our 4 zone forecast as we take a live look outside at our camera in walnut creek along highway, 24. A nice afternoon here today and kron fours murray so rodriguez is here now with a look at our forecast. You got the flu shot right they have a Little Clinic here at work. Yeah, i know you did as well i just seen so very important lab are safe and healthy and lets take a look at Current Conditions out there right now in the bay area tracking some changes we are know to see mostly clear skies but that fog bank right along the immediate coastline cooling down temperatures in the mid 60s for downtown San Francisco in Half Moon Bay low 70s for those of you in alameda and in san jose in the mid 70s out there right now but dublin 81 degrees of petaluma currently in the mid 70s and stormtracker 4 were going to see a thicker marine layer during the overnight hours a week dry storm will sweep through the bay area bringing us some patchy coastal drizzle right along the coast, but most of the rain is going to remain well to our north and out in the pacific but we are going to get some measurable rain out of this for your friday morning just about a 10th of an inch of rain or less with a mix of sun and clouds by friday afternoon so cooler temperatures tonight, widespread 50s along the coast with low 60s as you make your way inland and tomorrow looking and feeling a lot more l