>> our top story this half hour. a shoplifting investigation in alameda leads police to an extensive fencing operation. the bus resulting in the recovery of more than $85,000 in stolen merchandise and cash as kron four's philippe djegal reports. one arrest so far has been made. >> $75,000 in stolen merchandise. more than $10,000 in cash and several stolen cars recovered. plus one arrest and i expect more

arrests to before coming out me. the police investigators are still documenting the inventory recouped in a nearly month-long retail theft operation. chief shot joshi says this case started in early february. that's when the shoplifting incident was reported at old navy and the island's south shore shopping center. >> work various leads and were able to identify a location in oakland where we operation a fencing operation was occurring during the course of the investigation. chief joe, she says the stolen stuff was traced to a residence in oakland. >> there investigators tied stolen items from multiple retailers in several cities to an elaborate fencing. operation, the clothes and other items were still tagged and on hangers ready for resale. i think it's important too. >> have a multi pronged approach to this very significant issue. that's a going on throughout the region. the state and the

country. and that approach includes holding thieves accountable by making arrests and recovery merchandise. but also going after the sellers running the fencing operations. >> chief joe, she says this case he's yet to be presented to the alameda county district attorney's office and then dissipates additional arrests. philippe djegal all kron. 4 news. >> another disturbing incident unfolded at last night's walnut creek city council meeting council members and community members there had to endure 2 minutes of anti semitic. hate speech during the public comment portion of the evening. who did not identify himself, took to the podium at the start of the public comment. time and he spewed hateful comments aimed at members of the jewish community, including at jewish council member kevin wilk. this follows a similar incident just a couple weeks ago where a guy who identified himself here as scotty rattled

off hateful comments while wearing a shirt with the words white power on it. he also slammed city leaders for ending virtual public comments in response to the most recent incident. the council called the comments horrific and said the person who spoke is not a member of the community. they released a statement that rpreads in part, quote, that creek is an inclusive community, that values and promotes the diversity of our residents, including the ability to observe their chosen religion. they go on to say while we will always respect the public's right to free speech. we also condemn hate speech at every opportunity and did so last night. >> a man was stabbed to death in san francisco last night. it happened around 8.30, on hyde street in the tenderloin. police say when they got to the scene, they found a man with several stab wounds. he died there at the scene. no word tonight on a suspect. >> in the south bay, 2 men were arrested in connection to 2 separate homicides in san

jose. another is still on the run tonight. according to police, the most recent incident happened just last week. police say denzel brown was arrested after a man was shot to death inside a car on moore park avenue near castle would drive. police are also looking for the man here on your screen who they say is also connected to the shooting. san jose police arrested juan perez after they say he shot 3 people at a vigil on story road several weeks ago. 2 women and a man were shot. the man did not survive. >> take a good look at your screen right now. police are looking for this man who they say exposed himself to folks outside shopping center's in antioch and brentwood. police say the suspect typically wears a mask and has a tattoo that looks like a cross on his right arm and a script on the back of his left arm. the details of the cases were not specified, but officers want

to remind the community too, be aware of your surroundings. and if you have any information on who this person is, you are asked to contact brentwood police. >> the university of california system says it is seeing a boost in student enrollment after years of decline. they say due to the pandemic, the university says applications have gone up by one and a half percent compared to last year. college officials say the growth is being driven by transfer students. california residents and students from underrepresented groups. the college says it is also seen a 9% increase in transferred missions. something it credits to an easier transfer process. you see also reports nearly 50% of first-year applicants were from underrepresented groups. the school credits the rise to its combination affordability, which includes its, quote, generous financial aid package is and to the high quality education.

>> let's get you a check of your 4 zone forecast. taking a live look from our sutro tower camera looking at alcatraz and we've got some. nice skies out there, a little bit of clouds, but nothing too terrible. court today not too bad, not quite spring yet, but >> getting warmer it is rainbow season here in the bay. not sure about tahoe, though. >> stuff too much snow to see much of anything else. they're like. yeah, that amazing. watching the models and all the snow. they were forecasting this past weekend. well, that all came true. some of the mountain tops 10, even 12 feet of snow and yeah, just piled up there in the high sierra nevada. now we need some clear conditions really bring a chance to get up there and enjoy. still a couple of scattered snow showers up there right now. and you see some lightning strikes in the foothills of the sierra nevada. it's going to play out overnight tonight. we could even see a little more wrap-around moisture up there again for tomorrow. so i think overall, though, the trend will be towards some drying weather in the high country and even here in the bay area

right now, an active afternoon. we've had some thunderstorms erupting around the bay area, too. and some lightning strikes popping up outside. some storms still continuing role, especially in the east bay. we've had some heavy rainfall there. in fact, this one now near castle valley. you've got to crow canyon there. line moving right through the center of the yellow there that as been some heavier amounts of rain moving on through in some cases about half an inch per hour. but they're been higher rates from some of these storms, south bay down to street level. you can see some of those scattered showers continue to move on by. they'll diminish as we head throughout the night tonight. still a possibility that isolated thunderstorm as we head into the early evening and then we start to see those clouds begin to part of the energy. we lose some of that because the setting sun, all of a sudden things begin to quiet down. that is going to set the stage for what looks like. yes, if you can believe it a dry day tomorrow, some sunshine make a return to the bay area and that will lead us into at least a couple of days of some dry weather. after that, we'll start talking about some a light precipitation. again, no big storms on the rise, but we'll

have more on that weekend forecast coming up in just a little bit. all right. thanks, lawrence. now to a follow-up on a story we told you about last week suggesting a panera bread franchisee who also is one of governor newsom's campaign donors inappropriately benefited from an exemption in the state's new fast food minimum wage law. >> well, tonight that owner says he we'll raise the minimum wage for his employees after all, california zoo $20 minimum wage for most fast food chains is set to take effect next month. an exception had been main specifically for chains that sell that that baked bread and sell it as a stand-alone item. >> many have said that includes panera bread. a bloomberg article, however, suggested that that exemption was made because newsom donor and panera bread franchisee billionare greg flynn had expressed concern. it would hurt the 2 dozen panera bread franchises he owns across the state. outraged republicans quickly demanded an ethics investigation. but since the

story broke, newsom and flynn strongly denied ever discussing the minimum wage law together. >> with newsom noting his legal team believes panera bread is actually not exempt. but flynn says exempt or not. he promises to now increase the minimum wage to 20 bucks an hour at his california panera. bread restaurants. attorney general rob bonta is demanding meta better protect its users. you know, facebook and instagram. he says 40 other attorneys general sent a letter to the tech giant urging the company to review its data security practices. botta says there's been an increase in account hijackings in recent years. the takeovers its procedures when it comes to handling takeovers, including an increase in staffing that can respond to the hacks. the coalition also wants to remind users to use

complicated and or unique passwords for all other accounts. >> at our nation's capital, a bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to force big changes to the social media giant tiktok 10 republicans and 10 democrats have come together with a bill aiming to separate tip-top tiktok from its chinese parent company bytedance. the bill's backers say this isn't a ban on the popular app, but it essentially is because it would prevent american apps tours from carrying tech talk if it stays under its current ownership, it's not just ban on several government devices for federal government employees. not sure that the president was president doesn't have a of eyes. >> as the general election nears, some lawmakers worry china has already used tiktok to influence elections and other countries. if the bill passes bytedance would have 6 months to divest itself from tiktok. each day artificial intelligence is changing the

way we live our lives. but it is also making crimes easier to commit. demuro explains in tonight's tech smart >> ai is changing our world fast and scam artists are taking notice. here's how ai is transforming online crimes and what you need to know to protect yourself. >> in just over a year, ai has changed everything including crime, i think is going to mean more criminals, more crimes and more victims. neal o'farrell has been in cybersecurity for over 40 years now. he's founder of the center for ai crime. everywhere you look at ai is going stick a little figures already. o'farrell recently joined me on the rich on tech radio show to discuss the ways ai is accelerating scams and frauds. so far they've identified over 20 hot spots since the launch of chatgpt phishing attacks have surged 1300%. we're seeing more of

them and the quality is better. so the english just think the grammar is perfect. one rising threat. spearfishing. this is where criminals craft personalized attacks using personal information they collect about you online. something ai is making it easier pick up on something you your favorite teacher, your first party of first dog. and that makes this position email or phone call or text message so much more believable. you'll drop your guard for that precious moment. other areas i offer superpowers to scam artists, phone calls with perfect accent. thanks to ai generated voices, romance scams that starts small and morph into investment fraud. and senior scams expected to skyrocket. thanks to a eye's ability to quickly build trust. the best defenses that context. it's who you think is asking you to do something. it's what they're asking you to do and

that's all normal in a world filled with artificial intelligence. it seems skepticism is more important than ever. the most powerful crime fighting technology of them. always right between your just weeks. that thing off. remember if an offer sounds too good to be true or from message tries to rush you into sharing your sensitive information, stop and think before you act. >> you can find more information on the ways ai is transforming online crimes. on my website just go to rich on tech dot tv. i'm rich demuro and you are tech smart. >> all right. the dumps are coming up, we'll head live to chase center where the team that's been playing really well, except for that. we're came boston this weekend is now going to host milwaukee and they have all their guys healthy. how about that? erin wilson joins us live next.

>> welcome back. 5.45 on this wednesday evening and the warriors are back home tonight and back at full strength for the first time. >> in a long time help several your guys. andrew wiggins has rejoined the team after the team had a successful road trip except for the boston game. the dubs are hosting milwaukee tonight and erin wilson is live at chase to take in all the action air. this is probably the best the team has been playing all year. >> jaeger grand. this is the healthy as they've been all year. actually just spoke to steve kerr myself and i asked him, is wiggins going to

start? he yesterday after practice that he would most likely star will. he told me for sure he is back into the starting lineup and they're going with that most productive start. and by that they've had all season. i'm talking about brandon podziemski seth curry wiggins, jonathan kuminga and of course draymond green has having these guys back. they've been able to find some defense of cohesiveness. actually, wiggins is out here. warming up right now. want to give you a live look getting active just before the game here in. as you know, he's been missing with the team for about a week dealing with some family issues. well, not that those are bizarre because they are not steve kerr saying that he will be able to leave the team and go back with his family to deal with whatever issue he's dealing with if he needs to. but tonight, as you can there's a smile his face. he's given the work to the coaches hopefully he's not missing a shot that he did that with what he definitely looks to be in good spirits and looks to be ready to be back out here tonight. and tonight is the night to be ready because they are welcoming the milwaukee bucks here. as we know, the milwaukee bucks are sick. you know, since the all-star

break, even without giannis, they were able beat the clippers the other night and giannis actually will return tonight. i've got a little bit of video of him before the game warming up in pre-game morning workouts, rather. and, you know, he was set to questionable tonight in most didn't expect him to play because he dealing with some of lease or but he will play, as you mentioned, grant to help ease the worry is have been, which means some people might not see the 4 that have been saying that for at least current. talk to you more about that. >> just do the math and there's going to some people who are left out of the rotation is no, no getting around it. and so we're just trying do what we think is right based on how we've been playing who's been playing who's been playing well, that sort of thing and just try to do everything we can to win the game. >> you know, throughout the season's been portrayed that are. number of people that can play has been like a weakness of ours. but i think it's a strength for us. i'm just kind of going any direction. steve can whatever the game calls

where you can put out there. and i think that's something that we have that maybe seems don't. and so to have 11, 12 guys play in my seen kind of funny. but there's always a method to everything. steve does. >> now brandon was just senate there. there's so many rotations they can go with. but like i mentioned before, we went into the sound there. steeper knows where he wants to start to put his best foot forward against milwaukee, but seem like i say giannis is active. he is playing their last time out which is in january. the buzz got the better of a steph curry leads warriors same. he put up. 33 in that once. of course, the warriors need to bounce back with denver only hitting about 4 points in their matchup against the celtics, which they fail in by. 52 in there looking to bounce back here at home and i believe they will run no. i believe they will, too. >> the that makes 3 of thanks trying get his role all right. whether time here as we take a live look outside. look at those people into the warriors

game bay bridge toll plaza here, lawrence is talking about the long-range forecast. well, he says it's kind of like a las vegas buffet. >> mixed bag keep everybody happy. little bit of something for everyone. that's for sure. but for the first time in a long time filing to start to look like spring is not too far away from me. but looks like we're going to see a few more showers. we've seen that out the door today. some heavier downpours and ernie, some of these thunderstorms, but a beautiful sunset on tap for the bay area. are the clouds getting lit up by beautiful sunset out there right now? the skies are broken just a bit. the seabreeze started to kick in. yeah, we're going to see a few more clouds overnight tonight decreasing showers as we head through the evening hours. i think really by midnight, those are long gone tomorrow. how about this? mostly sunny and mild around the bay area. dry day as we'll see at least a couple of days of dry weather on thursday and friday. then a chance of showers returns on saturday. think a better chance likely as we head in towards sunday latest you can see that area of low pressure swirling all the way into southern

california. numerous thunderstorms popping up around the bay area, very active along the peninsula, the south bay this afternoon. in fact, those lightning strikes continuing and there's a flood advisory that also continues in parts of the east bay to fremont hayward pleasant in union city under a flood advisory until just after 7 o'clock for tonight. that area of low pressure to move out of town and you can already see high pressure begins to sneak in here. here comes that ridge that is going to bring some dry weather as the jet stream going to start lifting. that means we've got some nice weather ahead back tomorrow. going to be nice day outside. we're talking about some sunshine and temperatures begin to warm some 60's by tomorrow afternoon. 63 in san jose. 64 in concord. is high of 66 degrees in santa rosa next couple days. finally, some dry weather looks like as we get to saturday couple clouds, slight chance of a few showers. i think a better chance showers in the afternoon on sunday. dry weather on monday course. we spring forward. we're talking spring, right, we screen for this weekend and i like that because i lose an hour of sleep a night. really kind of relish my sleep. but yeah, i think you're like most people

forward. falling back is a little exciting. yeah, but i do know as for getting a little bit more sunshine, people want that sunlight a little bit out evening zinn. it looks talk a long-range forecast. we could be talking about 70's and 80's. >> by the middle of the month. how about that? don't like, thank you. okay. international travel at oakland airport increased 42% excuse me in january compared to last year, nearly 30,000 international passengers arrived to oakland's airport in january. and the people who run that airport say this increase in passenger travel is due in part. >> to better offerings from international carriers. >> why a little bird has put a pause on the iconic vilaggio pause on the iconic vilaggio fountain show. cakes.

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>> some changes are coming to the opening ceremony in paris for the 2024 olympics due to recent security concerns and terror threats. french authorities have announced the viewing of the opening ceremony will be invite only and no longer free. it was originally estimated some 600,000 tourists would line along the sun river to watch. but that number has now been cut in half just 300,000. >> the powerball has now grown to 485 million dollars after nobody hit the jackpot. monday's drawing the prize amounts to a cash value of more than 230 mil, a solano county resident won a ticket worth nearly half a million, not bad at a safeway in vacaville over the weekend. california lottery says the

odds of correctly matching 5 numbers on ticket are one in more than 11 million attack on the powerball number one in nearly 300 million. the next one is tonight at 8 o'clock. >> the show will not go on at the bellagio hotel in las vegas, at least for now. the famous fountains will be paused until further notice because this bird has checked into the property. officials say a yellow billed loon has been swimming in the water. the national park service says the species is one of the 10 rarest birds in the u.s.. they are usually found in northern alaska. so a trip to sin city means the bird has actually deviated from its usual migration. path of the bellagio says it's now working with state wildlife officials to try and rescue that young pup in detroit ran an entire mile looking for help after she and her owner got into a fender-bender with another car while head into the park. according to the owner of the 3 year-old pit bull mix.

>> jumped out of the car and immediately write off too. this day care. you can see the surveillance video barking at the entrance pacing around the building. thankfully, the staff recognized the pup and called the owner who was not hurt for owner. you knew the daycare in the pup rent a home. i'll not 8 miles smart pup one mile. all right. that wraps up kron. 4 news at 5. it was detroit. i it's okay. was it was time missed that this was in detroit. it's my dog drags me to the bank because >> she get street. so they know where to go all the places start. yeah, they're very smart. thanks, guys. here's what's coming up. at 6 o'clock. >> we're going to tell you about san francisco may not be the liberal bastion that it once was at least that's what some people are arguing after the passage of several measures that will expand police powers and put restrictions on city services. what that means for the city and for the november mayoral race, it's going for plus we

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