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>> right now, problem is the infant who was seriously hurt in a crash in a san francisco bus stop has sadly died. now marking the 4th fatal victim in that accident. a man is accused of capturing nearly 100 people in on camera in a san jose starbucks bathroom. >> and proposition one, it gives money to housing and treatment programs for the state's homeless crisis. narrowly passed. >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at 7. >> good morning. and thanks for waking up with the network is fine. and james has no choice because even when >> we'll tell you what. i'm
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good at what is now. anyway, you get in on we're not going hit the jackpot with this rain storm that has come in. it's i don't think it will be a big deal. but still it's going to rain it will impact your weekend. that's for sure. had maybe james did people acquire everybody >> and we are looking for rain coming tomorrow. it looks like it's not going to get here until after the morning commute to be on that plus side. but heading home. make sure you have the umbrella handy because you'll need it. and you have some winds fighting to a little bit as well. here's a live shot of the east bay shoreline. we did have some cloud cover overnight. help support some of those temperatures, particularly we've seen in the north bay. that's the beast you see out to sea there. again, a player for friday. it takes kind of a break and then comes back on saturday. but i think most of our rain is going to be more light on saturday with embedded heavier cells in times. our temperature report that reflects the cloud cover. we have 52 nevado 50 for napa. look at that. 48 at the santa rosa with a lot of 50's in the east bay. and as you can see, that's well above what the numbers were from yesterday. so the breakdown today kind of
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been consistent. variable clouds will cover it for the most part and high temperatures similar to yesterday. lot of upper 60's and around 70 and a bit will be taking closer look at that forecast when our rain is standing by with a traffic update. and fortunately day we have a disabled vehicle on a richmond. sandra fell bridge. so >> that's been slowing you down this morning, 30 woman like tolls to 101. it's right near the toll plaza. hoping they can get that off the bridge fairly quickly. some drive times to start to build out 2 minutes on the bay bridge. no other accidents are hazards on other bridges, but many are lights on there that will slow you down this morning, 70 over just short of 18 and the golden gate bridge. 37 to the toll still nice. and 101. 22 minute. ride reaches back to you. thanks. reyna. 71 is the time. turning to our top story now. entire family of 4 has died following a tragic accident in san francisco over the weekend. >> they were waiting at a bus stop when an suv crashed into them in the last number that family, a 3 month-old baby boy just died at the hospital last night. kron four's michael
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thomas. >> is at the scene of the accident with the latest on this sad news, michael. >> a very sad and quiet morning here in this west portal neighborhood of san francisco. that baby passed away only 3 months old and it was the last living member of that family of 4 that was struck and killed by a car while waiting right here at a bus stop. you can see this growing memorial. there's a large sign that says sf grieved with multiple photos, dozens of flowers, it's it's really just heartbreaking when you see it here. and when it comes to the back story of this. well, officials say saturday afternoon the family of 4 was sitting at the bus, stop ready to head off to the zoo went 78 year-old mary fun. lou drove through a low, a street speeding in an suv crashing into the muni bus shelter where the family was sitting killing all for now, the father and one year-old son did die here on the scene. while the mother and infant were taken to the hospital, the mother died sunday and that 3 month old baby passed away last night. we do have
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their names are up on your screen right now. the father was 40 year-old diego core. do so dl of area the mother. 38 year-old mathilde a moncada ramos, pinto, the oldest child. that was one joaquin ramos pinto oliveira. that baby has yet to be named. the driver was also injured and was arrested at one point over the weekend, but is no longer in custody. they were arrested for vehicular manslaughter and driverless a reckless driving. now they are still in the hospital are free to go home whenever she is available to and feeling better. but the case could still change. you know, she could face multiple charges in the coming days. as of now, her attorney says she is fully cooperating with investigators. the cause of the crash still on known back out here live again. tons of flowers. and just to give you an idea, i mean, i want to zoom in right here quickly on these tiny little shoes, tiny shoes, tiny little cars there with a stroller here at one point earlier this week, watts
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of messages and before send it back to henry. if we can pan the camera over here, just this heartfelt message, it says your journey as a mother only started and it was so inspiring and full of love. thank you for coming into my life. >> and the relief of meeting, a fellow kind hearted spirit. that was a personal message from somebody that she knew. again, this memorial continues to grow. so as we get more information from officials as to if the da will be bringing charges against 78 year-old, we'll keep you updated. and of course, we're going to continue to chat with neighbors and those who knew this family that lost their lives live in san francisco and michael thomas and back to live in studio. >> time now is 704, men. let's head to the east bay with the chp released this dash camera footage showing a freeway shooting on a tin ear to 38. so this was tuesday afternoon. you want to watch that grey car will loop it again for you. at one point you'll see the suspect roll down his window right there and then point a handgun at the victim's car and then fire several shots as it's exiting the freeway. the victim
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fortunately wasn't hurt, that the car was damaged in here. you can see a bullet hole in the side of the car shattered windshield. they've identified the suspect thankfully and arrested that person yesterday. he now faces multiple felony charges. a question that we do know is if the victim and shooter knew each other or was it random? >> all right, 705, right now. and san jose police have arrested a former starbucks employee accused of putting cameras in the bathroom of kron four's rob nesbitt with the story. >> it's a disturbing case. san jose police say the camera was installed in the bathroom of the starbucks behind me back in january, the youngest victim caught on camera was just 4 years old. employee at the san jose starbucks on covid ave. >> first noticed the hitting camera on january 31st under the restroom sink and then called 9-1-1 to report officer tanya hernandez says the camera recorded 91 people the day before ranging from the ages of 4 to 85 years old. these craft, these this recording is graphic and
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>> includes multiple juvenile victims fully exposed after nearly 2 months of investigating police arrested louis war as junior on friday for possession of child. >> and installment of the hidden camera with audio or as is also facing several gun-related charges after police discovered roughly 20 firearms at his home, including high capacity magazines and assault rifle. i spoke with starbucks customers outside the coffee shop about the arrest and hitting camera first. heard about those like that's scary. >> i don't people are thinking world launched knots. i'm glad that they caught the person. starbucks released a statement wednesday saying, quote. >> this is a deeply disturbing incident and we are grateful for the quick and thorough response from the san jose police department and apprehending thsuspect. we cannot overstate the importance of providing a safe environment for our customers and partners. this incident is very scary. want the public to be aware just to be i'm aware of their surroundings. investigators are hoping to
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speak with some of the victims. if you are at the san jose starbucks back on january, 30th between the times of 09:00am and 07:00pm and you think you might be one of them. you're asked to contact the san jose police department reported in san jose. i'm rob nesbitt. kron. 4 news. it's 707, and a former san mateo cop convicted of sexually assaulting several women is going to cost the city now. 35 million dollars. >> former officer know winchester serving 81 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting 4 women. >> in 2019, 3 of the victims just won a lawsuit that said the san mateo police department ignored red flags by hiring winchester, even though he was accused of threatening and women while he was an officer in sacramento. >> kron 4 is your local election headquarters and prop one is officially projected to pass. yeah, it was close. but now it seems that this measure will pass and allows the state to borrow billions of dollars. >> to help the homeless. yeah. crawford's will trend live in walnut creek to explain. good morning. well.
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>> now the state can borrow darien additional 6 billion dollars that on top of tapping into tax money that was enacted back in 2004 against millionaires. now counties are required to spend two-thirds of a particular tax section put that towards housing programs to deal with homelessness to deal with drug addiction. well, the state has been doing that for decades. governor gavin newsom, his administration has spent 22 billion dollars trying to attack homelessness with very little results. prop one will give them more money to spend more resources. a lot of people don't like it. they are fearful that the money will not be used to attack the problem of homelessness to prevent it altogether. but it's more reactive to try to get them into programs, not to mention the fear to get them in programs against their will. governor newsom, he did not comment on this for more
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than 2 weeks because the results so razor thin. he garnered about 13 million dollars to campaign for prop one. his opponents only $1000. but i can tell you that it has passed needs took to x last night. take a look at your screen. this is what he had to say about the passing of prop one. he says the biggest change california has seen in decades now it's time to get to work, repairing the damage caused by decades. a broken promise as and neglect to those suffering from severe mental illness. thank you, california. i think a lot. well. >> 709, is the time. and park officials in the east bay, by the way, are warning visitors about harmful algae blooms that they detected several parks, including at lake chabot conditions like low water levels, limited water circulation and increased temperatures can cause algae to bloom and release toxins.
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>> but yes, wildlife can be impacted. people at are going reactions depending upon their length of exposure. and then also what talks and it is so you can have a scan our irritation. you can have ira taishan. you can also gastrointestinal issues. you can get a headache we urge you to go to your doctor and tell them that you were potentially exposed harmful algal blooms. >> danger advisory was posted for several lakes, including lake of owl and shadow cliffs as well. keep an eye we're going take a break at 7.10, but still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news, homeowners around the bay area. obviously struggling to find home owners insurance. now that a number of insurance companies have either limited or completely stopped offering policies here in california, we're going to take a closer look at the problem. chief is asking for help from safeway in order to better handle the ongoing problems regarding theft and more during one of their stores. >> congress has finally agreed to a spending deal, but they're running out of time to
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get past before friday's government fundint deadline. i'm hannah brandt in washington that story. coming up. >> kind of variable clouds going on for your thursday. temperatures pretty much repeat where they were from yesterday, particularly inland. but we are watching some rain coming for this weekend. starting on your friday afternoon. all have that forecast now. we have a stalled vehicle on a richmond. sandra fell bridge that just cleared to drive times are finally going down there. >> get a
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>> 7.14 right now we just checked. and if there's any rain behind not yet, but it's coming and it's coming tomorrow the next day, dave.
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yeah, james and darya. good morning. good morning, everybody. kind of gloomy already. i can see what we're looking for. just get another day here. we've got this kind of clearing out a little bit here. and so we'll see a mixed bag of sun and clouds for your thursday. temperatures kind of the same friday is going to be for us. what's actually out the scope of this map, but it's up there kind of licking its chops to play out over the next about 48 hours. let's hand it to future cast for our cloud cover should start to clear out a little bit. so it'll be that high cloudiness. still with us that we had a bit from yesterday and then the marine layer in the mid level clouds come rolling on in overnight friday morning. we're going to look like that again. but the rain is still going to be still away from home starting to penetrate parts of the north bay as early as when we leave you about 10, 30 or so marching on through all day, although their brakes in all of this, but marching through the bay during the day now the ride home, as you can see this little late now 15. but you can see lot of rain coverage for the ride home with a break overnight and we fire back up
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again right in time for your saturday. unfortunately, time is not right. temperatures for right now. we're looking at 55 in antioch, east bay, shoreline mid-fifties up to the north bay. tha's the big thing. it's a little different this morning. readings in the 50's. now. 48 for santa rosa. 52, by the way, for half moon bay. now with that rain comes a pop of winds. that's about the ride home. you can see winds around 20 or upper teens with all of that from the south and from the west. as you can see, a little bit little pop, not real. long-lasting give or take about 6 hours, a little breezy still in the overnight into your saturday morning. so we got clouds going on for today. a few clouds inland here left over some high clouds, basically near about 70 for high, maybe close to that. 68 69 60's for the bay. but friday, rain in cooler timing of this is a big issue. so inland spots to pop with temperatures very similar to today before the change happens and then we're going to be struggling to get to 60 inland for your saturday with rain going on here again, patches of moderate rain and
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that lighter rain shower activity sunday. a few showers left over in clearing. now in all of this, we should mention there is the risk of a thunder shower. but the lion's share appears to be to the east around the sacramento valley. 63 san francisco, 64 for oakland, 72 san jose. well, more on this in your 4 zone forecast. look at the extent ronald reagan as a traffic update for you rain. all right. traffic hazard along the richmond, sandra fell bridge. that's now clear. >> so we went from 30 down to 13 minutes. you make it much better time now. we had a stalled vehicles right at the toll plaza. 21 right on the bay bridge other bridges not seen any hazards are accident. so that's good news. but our highways, you're already starting to pick up there 1, 0, one. 85 to menlo park. 42 minutes 2.80, to 37 17. you make really decent time. so and are down to 2.37, about 40 minutes. 85 80 still looking good in green and along 80 crockett down towards the maze. 34 minutes and a little slow down just as you're passing. also brought a far-right is back to you.
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>> okay for your money this morning, worker productivity is said to drop during march madness and credit scores fall for the first time in a decade as americans struggle to pay their bills. got king live the nasdaq with these stories and more. hi, jane. hi, james. good morning, sir. credit score to fall for the first time in 10 years as consumers. >> having trouble making the payments on time and saving money. fica reports the savings rates. >> have trended back down to 0. the national average credit score fell by 1.7, 17 march madness has a big impact on worker productivity. many workers will be sneaking some extra time on their phone or watching tv in the break room, talking about the games of their coworkers. challenger gray christmas says march madness will cost to employers. 17 billion in lost productivity. that is up 1 billion from last year. most americans support banning kids from social media and smartphones in school. the pulled from grinnell college that those who have kids at home are more likely to say no phones school. the poll comes
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as congress considers banning tiktok and a lot musk's neuralink livestreamed. an update that its first brain implant patient. it shows a quadriplegic man was able to play video games and online chess using his mind. neuralink is a brain technology start-up founded by musk. the implant allows patients to use thoughts to control a computer from the nasdaq market site. i'm jane king back to james, ok, jane, thank you very much. >> and we stop that video before the shots were fired. the napa county sheriff's office releasing this video of when a deputy shot at a suspect who was carrying a gun. the suspect suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was given immediate medical care. and that shooting happened in january after investigators say 2.18 year-olds were involved in a police chase. that chase
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started in american canyon and ended with a crash in valais. how police chased those suspects until they crashed and then they tried to run away. and that's when the deputy who fired the shots fired those shots and was placed on administrative leave pending the investigation. >> well, ongoing problems of shoplifting and loitering. teens now has a bay area. police chief reaching out to safeway executives up into basketball. the police chief there. ronald nelson wrote a letter to safeway's regional president expressing his concerns about the safeway on north main, which is just down the street from amalie high school. he says there's a problem of high school students, loitering and engaging in theft and that's causing problems for customers, especially in the afternoon hours when school lets out. in the letter. chief nelson says his department has been providing additional patrols during those after-school hours, but they don't have the resources to do that all the time. the chiefs want safe way to now higher security and loss prevention, staff and work together with the police department to solve
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a problem. now safely spokesperson tells us that they are looking now into the chiefs concerns. so will tell you what they decide to do. >> democratic lawmakers are proposing legislation that would guarantee 2 weeks of paid leave a year the protected time off act would grant that benefit to nearly 27 million americans who don't get paid vacation time. it would require employees employers to provide one hour of paid annual leave for every 25 hours worked. critics say that a broad government mandate like this is not the best answer for companies and their different needs. but supporters say that the country the u.s. needs to catch up with other industrialized nations which guarantee workers federal protections for paid time off. >> and u.s. are missing our babies for smile. our parents last breath because we cannot get away. >> from work.
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>> a companion bill is expected to be introduced soon in the senate. >> in national news, it is crunch time for congress as they try to pass their government funding deal before the deadline, which is tomorrow. our dc correspondent hannah brandt has the latest. >> the text of this major spending package was released overnight with the funding deadline tomorrow. that doesn't give lawmakers a lot of time to read. let alone pass it. >> congress finally has a spending deal. there was some very tough negotiation, but large portions of the government run out of money on friday. and it's unclear if lawmakers will be able to pass the funding package by then. that is my hope that will. house speaker mike johnson expresses optimism about getting it done. some republicans are frustrated that the process is being rushed. i'm probably going to be kicking and screaming about it. it's a simple no, because they always graham stuff in there. that's unintentional or nobody knows it's in there. but democratic leaders in the house say they expect most of their members to back the bills. we look forward to putting up votes to pass this
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mini bus. even if the house gets the package passed on time, this senate still has to vote on it, too. it's going to be a tight squeeze to get this funding package passed before the weekend deadline. in order to do that, every senator would have to agree to speed up the process and some say they are willing to do that. once we get this bill. >> we shouldn't forced to rush the judgment on that leaves. lawmakers facing the possibility of missing the friday deadline are likely to be here this weekend. >> the package costs about 1.2 trillion dollars and will fund agencies like the department of homeland security and the pentagon in washington. i'm hannah brandt. >> going to take a break 7.22. but coming up next on the kron, 4 morning news, uc berkeley professor now staging a sleep in to protest growing concerns about anti-semitism on campus. bipartisan lawmakers introduced a bill they believe will tackle retail capitol correspondent eytan have a closer look. plus, tell you what the
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>> we are back at 7. 25 police in san francisco have increased the reward now for any information on a cold case. and if you increase that to $200,000, police have released this sketch of a person of interest in a double homicide that happened back in december 2016. police say lindsay mccollum and eddie take were shot and killed inside wooden box that they were living in. this happened at the corner of 16th street and south van anyone with information is asked to call san francisco police. it's
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7.26. at a new class action lawsuit has been filed against french luxury brand. >> her maze over the company's famous birkin bags burk ins, you can only buy and a physical store and they cost, by the way, up to $100,000 or more. this lawsuit filed in san francisco federal court says that in a maze unlawfully requires customers to buy other remains products before they're allowed to drop all that cash on a birkin bag famous for scarves and other things the court is asked to block or maize from engaging in these alleged actions. and it also seeks an unspecified amount of monetary damages and restitution. there are 3 main stores in the bay area. one is in san francisco's union square. the other is actually inside sfo. and then there's a 3rd in palo alto. >> we're going to take a break or 7.27. up next on the kron. 4 morning news buying a home in the bay area is expensive but a lawsuit verdict might make buying a home a little
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>> 7.29 is the time and we're taking a live look here at it's not raining, but it's certainly not sunny out. no little. well, we're we're in transition. we'll call it that. dave. good morning. yeah, james and darya. good morning. good morning, everybody. legistar with sfo because up. >> actually, they're looking about an hour delay there. that's not weather related. but it looks l ke the fog is kind of dripping down a little bit over the hills a bit. so we have a fog issue going on aloft that's responsible for some of this bay cloudiness. now we have that same
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situation yesterday. but what's a little different today is that the air above us is not as warm and it's very dry. so we get the mixing process, boom that you take care of at least some of it. but we do have some cloud cover marching on through a lot. that will be mostly high cloudiness there. you can see some of that fog kind of dip down a little bit about an hour delays. what they're talking about due to construction and all that sort of thing, not directly weather-related. there's what's going on. storm tracker 4. the storm system is right on the very edge of that screen. that will be a player for us basically friday afternoon and into the evening commute. as point of we have a lot of middle 50's lighting up the east bay shoreline even inland around the quirkiness straight to up to the north also in the lower 50's, 48 santa rosa. and that's kind of a big improvement, if you will, a little warmer this morning than we were at this time from yesterday. even some half-dozen degrees ahead in some parts of around the bay. 59 by 11 o'clock. it too, will see at 67 and some variable clouds on balance today with some opening up of skies here. and there again, tomorrow's a big day to change will have
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that longer range forecast for you to write to have another traffic update for you right now. all right. good the hazards on our bridges. >> however, they're all pretty busy this morning. a 23 minute ride into the city right now. meter lights are on and a lot of traffic building as you're approaching the maze. 23 minutes, emmett till bridge. many of these a little busy along a traveling to hayward is again on the bridge. a richmond center fell bridge no short of 14 minutes. we recovered from an earlier hazard. took us up to 30 minutes across that bridge. 33 min right. 37 to the tolls in a quick look at your highways are starting to pick up 56 minutes along 101. that's 85 to them apart. all right. it is back to you. thank you. reyna 7.31. now a story you'll see only on kron 4. you may have noticed it's hard to get home insurance in california if you don't already have it. a lot of insurers have just simply pulled out. yeah. and a lot of to long time home buyers now are stuck between a rock and a hard place. we spoke with a family who's insured just drop them for sarah stinson has their story. >> right above the homes on
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santa court in santa rosa. you can still see charred trees from the 2020 class fire that came about 75 yards from our front door, too close for comfort for gretchen and rick mullen, d who have experience 3 fires while living in their santa rosa home for the last 22 years, they have ensured their home with farmers insurance. earlier this month, the couple got a letter from the company saying their policy was canceled field i feel scared. we've never filed a claim. and it's all due to our address being close to a wildfire area. >> that too quickly hired insurance brokers to find a new insurance company. the search that's getting more difficult by the day. and we were denied by 157 insurance companies. no one will take us. i mean, even today i received 7 o'clock. the niles, if the couple does not get insurance, they can lose their home. the state does offer a last resort option. the
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california fair plan melendez have applied for it, but they say it's not an affordable option. costa, 6% higher and it's less coverage for us. my husband retired, run a fixed income. and we don't have a lot of options. gretchen says they can't even sell their home, putting them between a rock and a hard place. my home just got to tell you nobody's going by my home know if they can't get insurance and the mullane, these are not alone. thousands of californians are feeling the pain of the homeowners insurance crisis. many companies have announced limiting or stopping new policies altogether due to inflation and increased risk of wildfires. janet ruiz with the insurance information institute says the insurance industry is working with the state to bounce back in the last 10 years from very >> premium. that wheat we pay down a so that's not really sustainable. but we would we
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want to be here. we're working with california department of insurance insurance commissioner ricardo, lara. >> announce a new strategy to keep private insurance companies in the state. all a part of the deal to consider future ris and climate change. one setting prices. senator mike mcguire says legislation needs to be passed to protect homeowners. we need a pathway. >> for that homeowner to get renewed once again in back into the traditional insurance policy. what i'd like is a moratorium to force these private insurance companies to stay in california at affordable rates that we can pay for insurance to keep a shelter at home for us. >> home insurance, regulation reform is being discussed at the capitol, but people like them allenby say if something isn't done soon, they could lose it all and they're not alone. they say their neighbors are going through the same struggles. i'm sara
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stinson reporting in santa rosa. back to you. >> thank you, sara. to 7.35, and the standard 6% realtor commission on buying or selling a home is now a thing of the past or at least coming to an end soon. it's due to this massive 418 million dollar settlement with the national association of realtors. that settlement stems from a federal lawsuit accusing the trade group of inflating real estate agent commissions, most home sellers currently pay anywhere from 5 to 6% in commission fees for a million dollar home. that could come out anywhere from 50 to $60,000 in commissions per sale. real estate experts say the settlements could create more competitive housing. >> you list a house for sell. was the listing agreement. now there's going to be a buaer removed and it is positive in a way and we're all going to have adjust to not knowing what the commission is on the house and if or if a seller is not willing to pay a commission, then we're going to have to talk to the wise about paying a commission.
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>> the federal court still has to approve. the settlement will see where it goes. well, uc berkeley professor is protesting how the university's handling growing concerns of anti-semitism. professor ron hassner, the chair of israel studies is staging a sleeping on campus this week and he says he decided do this after what happened on campus last month in which pro palestinian demonstrators descended on a theater where students have gathered to hear from an israeli speaker. the demonstration got out of hand that forced police to evacuate attendees and move them to a different location. in response, hundreds of students, faculty and alumni now gathered on campus to say school leaders are not doing enough to protect jewish students from anti-semitism. pastor says his goal was to get the attention of administrators. >> i wanted to find a way to protest. that was not confrontational. that sent a very clear message of support for jewish students. that was perhaps a little for campus
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administration. but i also didn't want to embarrass the campus in some way. the campus knows that at the summit is a serious problem at berkeley. the campus is trying to address it as best it can maybe needs to move a little faster. >> pastor says he is gaining support with professors from other schools like stanford who are now also sleeping in their offices. uc berkeley sent kron 4 this statement in response saying, quote, the university remains committed to fostering an environment conducive to robust free speech and in which all members of its community feel that they may engage in campus life without fear of harassment, including harassment on the basis of religion, ethnic and or national identity. in related news, members of the california legislative jewish caucus are introducing a bill that they hope will protect all students from violence and hate. if passed. the bill would require that state university's update their student code of conduct to prohibit violence. harassment, intimidation and discrimination on campus and
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also launched programs to facilitate constructive, yet respectful dialogue. the legislation comes amid a wave of anti-semitic and islamophobic incidents that universities since the start of the israel-hamas war. >> i want to be clear. jewish students are being specifically targeted here. and being bullied and intimidated, harassed and sometimes attacked. so that they are not able to congregate associate learn. be who they are. and with that my past to stop, this is very much about the incredible anti-semitism that has manifested itself. >> on our campuses, but he's also very much not a jewish issue because the idea that students should feel safe on campus should feel safe to express their ideas that we should have a robust exchange of ideas. that is something that is important for all students. california's public school systems have been taken an official stand on this bill. but lawmakers say they have received positive feedback from both the uc and
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csu presidents. >> state lawmakers from both sides of the aisle now are launching a new effort that they believe will help combat retail theft and provide more resources for law enforcement. we have our capitol correspondent eytan wallace with the story. >> well, the assembly member behind the bill says in addition to protecting the public, the hope is to also protect jobs, doing nothing is not an option someone member mike gibson's messages, he and this group of bipartisan lawmakers introduced legislation they say will combat the statewide issue of retail theft. >> it is a threat to our livelihoods. >> all hardworking california's and the blow to our economy in community, especially of color. that's why he and others here say they're backing assembly bill. 1990, also known as the stop act. it authorizes an officer to make an arrest for misdemeanor shoplifting offense. >> even if the defense was not committed in the officer's presence, all the officer
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would need is probable cause to believe the suspect has committed shoplifting. the goal putting a stop to retail theft, los remember when the country a lot of the legislation, she points out, a major part of the bill will allow officers to formally arrest and book a misdemeanor shoplifting suspects into jail instead of simply citing them and then releasing them that she says happens all too often today feeling the security from. >> a law enforcement to be able to actually arrest and book someone. it's a big difference. it's a sentiment shared by republican assemblymember one on these springs. real and this helps public safety as well. especially our retailers who have gone without any help for many, many years. most importantly, it will make a difference in retaining jobs in california as we continue to see that so many stores continue to close because of the toll that still legislative republicans believe any reform must also include a repeal of prop. 47 passed by california voters in 2014. the law change certain nonviolent crimes from
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felonies to misdemeanors, including theft when the items stolen are valued at less than $950. >> while supporters have long argued the law will help reduce california's prison population and lead to criminal justice reform opponents, including republican assemblymember tom lackey say emboldened criminals to take part in certain crimes like retail theft, but little to no punishment from 47 was heavily contributed to the problem. >> and so in order to find a solution to have to first address the problem. that's prop 47. >> and as for the stop act, it will soon have a hearing at the assembly public safety committee reporting at the state capitol. a tonn wallace kron. 4 news. >> it's 7.41, and still ahead on the kron 4 morning news. we history month here on kron 4 this morning. you're going to be a woman in the south bay who's worked tirelessly for over 4 decades to support cancer patients. >> we're back to the sun and clouds mixture for your thursday. but we have a little mini series of some rain starring this little guy over
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>> it's 7.44, and santa clara county is getting 14 million dollars from the federal government for community projects. and they're going to spend some of it on 100 year-old bridge, the $850,000 are going to spend a secured for construction of the mcclellan road bridge in cupertino. the bridge is a major east-west connector above stevens creek. and it has been poorly rated years by caltrans originally south bay, congressman ro khanna. wanted
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to 0.5 million dollars for the project. he says the bridge lacks adequate facilities for pedestrians and bicyclists and the project is hoping to address those concerns. the city is now trying to come up with the rest of the money to make that project a reality. a total of 15 projects in the south they received federal money for similar community projects. >> okay, 7.45. is the time. and here at the quarter hour want to get a check of the weather. yeah. holdout so far. mix back to the weekend, i yeah. good morning, james and our good morning, everybody want to be ushering in some rain coming our way. and you kind of spooky looking ahead, this picture from sutro, but against the idea of some of that lower level cloudiness that we have good thing is what's a little different. this go around from yesterday is it's not as warm as you get upstairs, which is a plus because it allows the mixing process to go forward with much drier air aloft. so once we get the sun joining us, which is done so ready already, it starts to warm the ground. so we'll start to see some of this mixing out for us
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as we get to the later morning hours. by the way, with this rain package, what's going on up in the mountains? well, snow is returning friday. it should be rain but snow into saturday sunday really indicating that colder air moving in. there's the drop in temperatures. look at that. quite a drop 50 to 38 by sunday. now from our perspective, things should start clearing out by that point. we are looking also at a a it should be a winter storm. watch. that's what this is. it doesn't affect tahoe, but on the foot we did this before of little while back where they had a watch that was issued in the didn't go all the way to storm and actually went to winter winter winter weather advisory. so that's still possible. called travelers forecast and you have to go through here to be a traveler. so kind of work. but way we see from space is that this low is going to be a player for the next 36 to 48 hours going forward. let's watch it on future cast for this is the deal on friday that will probably impact us. >> mid afternoon into the evening commute. it does break up, but you can see some moderate to heavy rain is impacted in there.
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>> then comes another wave for our saturday. that looks to be a little bit more spotty. but basically what it is is kind of lighter rain with embedded in there, some moderate rain showers. but it looks to be all day. so we probably won't see that kind of breaks in the clouds happening. that happened sunday. also in this package with the rain are the winds. this is again friday morning. wait all day for the winds to pick up with the stormy action ride home. you've got wind. you've got rain, although no wind advisory, this doesn't last too long. maybe about 6, our pop remain me kind of breezy overnight a little bit. how much rain are we getting? these are early projections and this is only up to saturday morning. a dozen counts saturday. so you can see almost 3 quarters of an inch going on up there to santa rosa have kind of jackpot. elsewhere. it's a dime. plus, maybe approaching 2 dimes liked so it drops off considerably throughout the book. broader bay. so let's go through the longer-range deal here. that's friday. that's saturday. again, kind of light rain with embedded moderate to heavy at times. but it will be all day sunday. we'll get some
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breaks in some sudden there briefly, monday is kind of wishy-washy day. lot of cloud cover. maybe some drizzle or some light rain showers popping up here and there break. we go wednesday, another hit. when a minute there's more and as we get into the weekend, there you have it on saturday i know it's kind of a ball there. we'll see how the models are. we start to get further out. that could be some areas and their 4 zone forecast comes in like this for your thursday. 63 for san francisco will keep it in the lower 60's at the coast. 65 for burlingame repeating the numbers pretty close shave a degree off here and there redwood city at 68 along with palo alto in the south bay, 72 san jose. 69 cupertino, east bay shoreline, upper 60's tribe. ali. well, livermore getting to about 70, but most locations appear to be in the upper 60's, but much colder in berkeley, 60 to 64 for richmond ballet host. 64 fairfield about 68. 66 for nap and 67 santa rosa. not a big drop with temperatures tomorrow because we might get enough sun here to keep the temperatures supported. but there you have it on friday
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afternoon evening. big drop starts to happen. we get into saturday sunday, breaking up the rain and another one to watch out for is wednesday. watching out in traffic reyna fellas keep a close eye on things on back in a car fire. this is along. >> northbound 101. just south of 92 wes. and it's contributing to delays are already seen along the slowing 101, 2.80, might be a good alternate for you. thing still looking good there along the peninsula. you are heading to the city and spider there on the lands that won't stop your morning commute. 21 bit right. nice to that. fremont street exit. not tracking any accidents on the bridge. 25 minutes a 80 to 101, is a little slow in go. because will slow getting on a t you're not as well as you saw there in the east bay crockett down towards the may slow from hercules all the way into oakland take you 40 minutes, antioch and concord around 40 minute ride reaches back to you. thank you. reyna 7.50, and a new plan could bring a full service grocery store to the tenderloin in san
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francisco. it's a resolution from supervisor dean preston, which calls on city departments to report to the board of supervisors on any efforts to bring a grocery store to the tenderloin and potential sites that a grocery store could be located on right now. the closest full service grocery store, they say in the tenderloin. if you live there, it's half a mile away. >> time now 7.50, and we continue to honor women's history month a lot month long here on kron 4 by highlighting remarkable women in our communities, south bay resident crawford has pioneered cancer support for more than 4 decades. >> her cause all started when she was diagnosed as she found services were so dismal that she wanted to make changes kron. four s theresa has her story. if you go behind area here. >> we have a number of weeks and we have trained volunteers who will help you fit. crawford excitedly shows off a
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well-stocked cancer care point center in san jose. the bag that we send home with patience is really very special as well. and we often give them an arm pillow. some of them have lymphedema crawford knows better than most. she was diagnosed with cancer in 1974. >> i became my own advocate because in those days they were doing things radical mastectomies and i had to search what? >> my options. after winning a battle crawford set to work helping others face down that demon devoting her life to guiding people through the early often confusing days of a cancer diagnosis. she is the most passionate. >> advocate for best work we would not be here or doing the things that we can do. if it weren't for her heart. don hoak is executive director of cancer care point. >> she has lost count of how many people crawford is
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touched throughout the years. she's a blessing. jenny maggot lost her husband and daughter to cancer. she recruited crawford into hospice of the valley. back in 1978, what are you most grateful about with her? her ability to sense. >> what's going on? not only with the patients because she was a patient or but also what was going with families but involvement, cancer care point here. >> greatest kids has helped 20,000 families with children who have cancer once a year, the group holds a mother's day event. >> a great america. they come from all over california. some in nevada and they look at it as a picnic they can being with other kids, not in the hospital. >> plaques. newspaper clippings and other mementos tell the story of crawford's 50 year career as a cancer
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fighter volunteeeing with more than a half a dozen other programs in an advocate for volunteerism. all my life. crawford also had a hand in creating a state cancer registry, which collects invaluable research data that can be used to save lives. nothing has stopped or not. a second cancer diagnosis back in 2004 and certainly not her age. crawford recently turned 80 telling friends and family her husband roy retirement isn't an option. >> rhinos at dinner time, the phone rings and i disappear. i'm i'm working with the patient trying to get them pumped. >> to recess stasio kron. 4 news. >> kron, 4 honors. remarkable women of the bay area all month long. and if you scan this qr code, it will take you right to that spot. >> on kron
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>> right now on the kron 4 morning news, a 4th person has died in the case of an suv that crashed into a san francisco bus. stop will have the latest in a live report. a man is arrested for recording nearly 100 people on a camera in a starbucks bathroom. we'll tell you where. approach our proposition one has passed. police looks that way. we're going to tell you how much money is going to go towards housing and treatment programs for the homeless.

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