KRON4 Articles: January 7, 2022

Louisiana woman fired for taking prescribed ADHD medicine, awarded $100k What Sidney Poitier was thinking right before he won the Oscar for Best Actor Far-right extremists shift online strategies Citigroup workers who are unvaccinated by Jan. 14 to be fired Grenade attack destroys vehicle outside Baja California AG’s office; Assailants leave banner threatening his life New tree named after Leonardo DiCaprio Westfield Valley Fair mall in San Jose to charge for parking Pleasanton businesses required to take down parklets: Here’s why Milpitas schools placed on district-wide quarantine San Francisco officials issue warning of unauthorized COVID testing sites More than 500 Oakland teachers call out sick to protest COVID safety Alameda County Sheriff’s Office calls for freeway cameras California deploys National Guard to COVID-19 testing sites Vallejo police invest in body camera audio analysis tool Mom charged after COVID-positive son found stashed in car trunk at testing site: authorities 5-year-old boy’s racecar stolen from East Bay track Most courses at UC Berkeley will be remote for beginning of semester Boss accused of paying ex-employee with 91,000 oily pennies faces federal lawsuit Hayward school board votes in favor of remote learning Attempted homicide under investigation in South San Francisco Booster shot eligibility expanded to those 12 to 15 years old in Solano County Sea lion wanders onto San Diego highway Here are the symptoms of flurona and how to tell if you have it Former San Francisco Public Works director pleads guilty to wire fraud 5th person arrested in connection to 2019 homicide of Bay Area teen Teachers union criticizes changing CDC guidelines for schools Court documents reveal chilling details in Milpitas homicide 2-time US champ, Olympic hopeful Liu out with COVID-19 Ahmaud Arbery’s killers get life in prison; no parole for father, son San Francisco health officials warn residents of unauthorized COVID test sites Can barbershops become safe spaces for Black men to talk about mental health? Black churches play pivotal role to community during pandemic Here’s how HBCU bands make football more than a game New NYPD leader makes history How 2021 reworked the conversation about race Women breaking through to top roles in Black churches Bay Area law enforcement warn of COVID-19 testing scams One of Betty White’s final film roles might be too hard for fans to watch Man poops on child’s picnic table then steals her scooter on Christmas Eve Daly City man found dead in central Bakersfield fire Family wants max sentence for 3 convicted of Ahmaud Arbery’s death FDA reduces waiting period for Moderna recipients to get booster to 5 months 1 arrested for being armed with gun during police closure of San Francisco street Public memorial service for John Madden set for February in Oakland Teachers union, San Francisco school district fail to agree on COVID safety Sidney Poitier, trailblazing actor and first Black man to win Best Actor Oscar, dies at 94 Schools trying to stick with in-person learning scramble for substitutes Outbreak hits Rhode Island hospital after COVID-positive staff called in to work When will omicron peak in the US? Moderna CEO says fourth vaccine dose could be needed in fall Santa Rosa woman sentenced to prison for fentanyl death of father, toddler San Ramon Valley Unified hands out free COVID test kits to families Marin County updates COVID-19 guidelines amid omicron variant $16M miscalculation means some North Carolina teachers won’t get the raise they expected White House finalizing details to send free COVID tests to Americans soon, report says Nearly 1,100 homes destroyed, damage estimates over $500 million in Colorado wildfire ‘I hate it.’ Families frustrated with return to remote learning Democrats reflect on January 6; Gaetz, Greene try to redirect blame