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president biden is in the bay area raising money for his campaign. protesters are waiting for him. we're live and the port of oakland approves a name change for the oakland airport, but they're put san francisco in the name. and san francisco much like that. plus, governor newsom unveils his updated budget for the year at experts say as difficult choices. >> from the area's local news station, you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at 7. >> just like that. it's friday, right? painless. i'm darya and i'm james. yeah. today's going to be a hot one. john's been talking about it all week long. pointy to friday's being the hottest day of the week. that's today morning. it is. we've been friday. we made it to the hottest one. we've got a couple of low 90's for our inland areas today while our
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coastal areas will be in for a little bit of a cool down, which is nice to see at least relieved somewhere. >> looking at san jose, you're going to be up to 88 degrees for your high today. so just as warm as yesterday was under those sunshiny skies, we are seeing much more relaxed winds this morning. actually quite calm. this is allowing a little bit of cool coastal air to slip in along the coastline, which is having a nice moderating impact as you're stepping outside this morning, you may think to yourself it actually feels kind nice and cool out here. good morning for that jog. a nice crisp morning and definitely cooler than yesterday to start santa rosa nevado and napa. oakland in half moon bay. seeing temperatures right around 10 to 15 degrees cooler than at the same point yesterday. that will change is this afternoon, though. and after a cool start comes our hottest afternoon with those 80's to low 90's. i'll keep you updated in your full forecast right now. i don't thank you for that. well, we still have a pretty big bar alert. we don't have any red or orange line service between richmond and macarthur. they've got
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equipment issues going on at bart. >> other lines like the yellow, the blue not impacted. thankfully might be a good day to drive. maybe take the bus. if you do have to take that stretch of commute on bart. bridge is a good 15 minutes into the city. not seen any accidents. 14 minutes longer. san mateo bridge richmond center fell bridge just short of 4 teens who are still under 15 minutes. some fog across the golden gate certainly take my time this morning. 21 minute ride reaches back to you. thanks a lot, ryan. a 71 and president biden is back in the bay area is going to be attending some fundraising events. >> is expected to be met with some protesters. as we know some are being planned. kron four's will tran is live outside the fairmont hotel in san francisco where the president is staying. what's going on right now? well, >> right now it is quiet, but there is heavy security eu's been here several times. we do know last november as well as a couple of months ago in february. but this time, guys, just from my own perspective,
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i see a lot more police presence as well as secret service because they know that the protesters know that he is in town and they plan to rally to get message across to him. yes, they've been doing it on college campuses, but now they can get as close as they possibly can without being pushed back by security or those barricades to send a message to him. the pro-palestine supporters that they want a change in u.s. policy. now the president is presumably up at this time. i'm sure he's taking phone calls after that. he will leave the fairmont hotel for a fundraiser at 11 o'clock this morning. he actually arrived in town yesterday. so let me show you video of that. he arrived at moffett field, went to san francisco where, of course he was escorted. but along the way, some protesters and many supporters greeted him as he made his way to the fairmont. this visit here. it
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is not anything about national policy. it is strictly fundraising, 2 events. he will leave san francisco a lot richer. then he was arriving. reportedly the event at 11 o'clock this morning should raise millions of dollars because reportedly just 10 could be anywhere between $20250,000. he was actually here in san francisco back in february, 4 fundraisers as well. he will leave today. go to seattle and you guessed it, more fundraising. the president knows he needs every dollar because he is in for a battle with former president donald trump. and according to political experts, james and area, they say it will cost billions of dollars this time around for november, which is why he is here looking for more money. and in the meantime, if you are here in san francisco, expect a lot of road closures. you can see all of the barricades behind me,
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cable cars, the legendary cable cars on california. they are not being allowed to go through, of course, because it's been shut off. you want to hop on something up on a bus. >> to go around this location, not cable cars. we're going to monitor the situation. we do know it's going to a lot of rallying happening at the event at 11 o'clock. >> but you never know protesters. they could be right next to me. any time now, which is why we are here monitoring the situation. >> all right. we'll set up and ready for anything. we'll check back with you a little bit later, ok? well, 74 is the time. and the president, as will said, already visited yesterday. he was in silicon valley raising money and so was first lady jill biden in she attended a fundraiser in canfield up marin county for the marion county teacher of the year honors and she spoke not about politics, but about the importance of education and teachers. joe biden heads
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to southern california today while the president stays behind, as will said, he'll be at his other fundraiser today will continue monitoring that. it's 705, and breaking news from overnight. look at this fire. the firefighters battled it to commercial building in fremont that went up in flames. about 2 o'clock in the morning on millman drive. and by the time they got there, there were lots of flames. you can see this is a photo from may. fire department was already the fire spread. it was shooting through the roof. at that point. they spent about an hour and knocked it down pretty quickly and nobody was hurt. of course, now they're still mopping up investigating. p>> another big we're following this morning. oakland international airport has a new name and a new legal battle to go with scott, san francisco and the name. but it's still in oakland. >> and that might confuse some people. so san francisco is against this getting a lot of pushback. let's go and find out more now from kron four's dan thorn. >> san francisco city attorney david chiu has already sued on behalf of the city. and on
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wednesday he sent a letter to the port of oakland urging them to reconsider and instead have both maybe oakland and san francisco work together to come up with an alternative name. but the port of oakland moved ahead with their plans and they say that they'll also have a response to san francisco's lawsuit. there are now 2 bay area airports with the name san francisco in their title. >> a unanimous vote by the oakland port board thursday approved the switch from oakland international airport. to san francisco bay oakland international airport. nobody owns the san francisco bay and it is the most identify identifiable geographic >> indicator. and we happen to sit on on the san francisco bay and we just want people to know where we are so they can come enjoy our beautiful city port board. president barbara lesslie, along with other commissioners says the name change will increase the airport's visibility. >> well, also giving potential travelers more options in the bay area. and a name kings
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change can certainly do that. that brings that knowledge for people past the mississippi to really understand where oakland sits in the greater bay area and also internationally, of understanding from people from around the world where oakland is. >> in this greater bay area. but the city of san francisco does not want this new name to happen. a lawsuit claims that infringes on san francisco international airport's trademark in a statement to kron for the san francisco city attorney's office says it is disappointing that oakland chose to ignore our multiple offers to collaborate. >> an alternative names and avoid litigation. we have no choice but to move forward with next steps in our trademark lawsuit, porter attorney barry richardson has requested for a declaratory judgment as a counterclaim to the lawsuit. she hopes the court will agree that san francisco bay is a geographic term and not exclusive to the city nor county of san francisco. we were not seeking money damages with that were only seeking a declaration
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from the court that we can continue to use the mark that the board to support. some residents did voice their concerns befor thursday's vote saying if there's going to be more air traffic, that's going to create more air pollution in the city. >> but business leaders and city leaders such as councilmember noel gallo said the name change is going to be good for the airport in oakland, dan thorn kron. 4 news. >> 708, is the time. and alaska airlines flight hit a bird while landing at sfo. it happened yesterday afternoon. you can see the debt there on the plane's engine cowling on the upper left edge. alaska airlines says that after that flight from boston landed the plane was pulled out of service. it's going to be inspected now. no emergency had to be declared as it landed there safely. in the south bay. a man has been shot and seriously injured in san jose. it happened at the highway 2.80, off ramp at mclaughlin avenue was wednesday evening. that rapid to be blocked off for hours as they investigated. it's all
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open now. we understand the victim is in critical but stable condition at the moment. there's no suspect or motive for this shooting. we'll have to see what the investigation reveals and 709, and in santa clara county, a baby surrounded by drugs. one of the biggest fentanyl seizures. evers, a police found 13 pounds of the drug. >> sentinel under the baby's crib at a home in san jose. they raided the home wednesday. they found 25,000 fentanyl pills in a backpack. they found marijuana a few feet away from the baby's play pen and they found cocaine right next to the baby's formula in the kitchen. the baby's parents, 27 year-old tv and marino and 23 year-old crystal delgado now face multiple charges. >> later this morning, governor gavin newsom is expected to unveil his updated budget for the coming fiscal year. and there was some difficult decisions that had to be made. let's take a closer look at what they decided. kron four's michael thomas in the newsroom. >> hey, good morning, everyone. this budget proposal
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by governor gavin newsom. it's also known as the may budget revision and will essentially give us a look on how the governor plans to spend the next year fiscally and also explain how his administration >> is going to address the multibillion dollar deficit. it's currently facing. so the non-partisan legislative analyst's office says the state is facing a projected deficit of about 73 billion dollars. governor gavin newsom, however, has said in the past, he believes that amount is actually much lower. so in today's presentation, he's likely to announce where he thinks the deficit stands in the plans. he has to close that gap. it also includes cuts possibly in different areas. now, according to the associated press, this is actually the second year in a row. the california has had a deficit like this and this size the state has avoided some jordy the painful when it comes to major programs and services. however, there have been cuts for one-time spending and delayed in other spending and also borrowing from other accounts be spoke with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle about the deficit
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and what they expect to hear from the governor later this morning. >> we know the revenues generally coming in lower than the forecast and that's concerning. and so we are prepared for some very difficult choices the bottom line is they're going to make cuts. >> and it's really the democrats. they're in a bind because they made all these promises to people all these things. they said they're going to do and now they're going to have to break those promises because we simply don't have the revenue and the money to actually do undoubtedly the governor will make some additional loans and deferrals and perhaps even some significant budget cuts will be part of the may budget revision. >> so after the governor gives his presentation gives an updated budget to the legislator has about a month or so to review it. and then lawmakers need to pass a fully balance budget by june 15th because the new fiscal year is set to start july 1st. this meeting is set for 11 o'clock this morning. it will be live stream. so we'll continue to watch it and see what proposals he brings and what changes we may see when it comes to a different cuts around the state. it's a very
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latest from the newsroom. i'm michael thomas story. james, we'll send it back to you. all right. thank you, michael. 7.12, is the time. still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news and east bay county wants to combat the opioid crisis. we're going to see what they plan to do. >> and big changes to your energy bill now doesn't even matter if you can serve. matter if you can serve. there's gow network is no network for business.
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bridge unlike yesterday where you do have a little bit of that feg out there along the coastline. the reason behind that is yesterday we had a pretty sizable offshore wind that was pushing away that cool coastal air that really calm down yesterday. and that is allowed a little bit of cold ocean aired a sweep back into the bay. now that has cooled us off this morning. but it is very shallow. so burns right off today. we actually warm up further than we did yesterday tomorrow morning. i'm expecting a deep in marine layer. so expect some fog in the bay tomorrow morning as well as sunday morning for your mother's day. start that will help to cool us off after today. today, though, may be foggy at the coast, but still high in london. fact even hotter than yesterday was for some spots. it is your typical summer set up with 60's and 70's in the city today, a warm day by city standards as well as 60's and 70's at the coast and then 80's to even a couple of low 90's for the rest of the bay area. daytime highs today just as warm as yesterday for the south bay, san jose. 88
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degrees. some mid 80's for the east bay. 86 for the tri valley. 84 in spots like union city spots like fairfield vacaville getting up to 90 this afternoon, antioch in santa rosa, not far behind at 89. looking ahead, tomorrow's temperatures still very comparable to today's. we do see a noticeable cool down on sunday, though, for mother's day after a morning of fog. daytime highs at the coast only rise into the 50's well inland. expect some mid 80's right now. all right, john, thank you for that. little island going this far alerts going to be a thing for some time this morning. >> we still don't have any red or orange line service between richmond and that car. so they had some earlier equipment problems or try to fix that right now. thankfully, no other lines are impacted by that. so they're suggesting you maybe use the bus or in addition to driving, that's another good option. if choose to drive still fairly friday light. so the bay bridge started bill just a little bit 15 minute ride into the city. mateo bridge around 14, 80 to 101. no accidents or delays.
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still seeing a lot of green and just pockets. orange, 30 minute ride to land a dana to 37. and let's check on the south bay 1, 0, 1, 34 minutes. 85 to middle park earlier accident along 101 as you're traveling to mountain view, that's now clear, slight residual delays, but nothing major to 82. you're moving at the limit. darya. james, back to you. thank you. reyna 7.17, in for your money this morning. planet fitness is going to raise the $10 membership plan for the first time and target is going to cut lgbtq pride month products in june this year. joya doss is live at nasdaq with those stories and very good morning. target won't sell jea bt q themed merchandise in some stores during pride month in june. >> a backlash over products geared towards children created a backlash last year and led to a drop in sales. now target is likely to stock the products and about half of its stores. the company is typically sold the pride assortment and all of its stores in recent years. planet
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fitness raising its monthly fee for the first time in more than 2 decades, the company will raise the price of what's called the classic membership. it goes from 10 bucks a month to $15 a month for new members beginning in the summer. now executives didn't say exactly why the chain is raising the basic plan, but 50% for the first time since 1998. but the move does come as the company's wrapped grappling with higher interest rates as well as higher construction costs, which is slow down the openings of new gym locations. employees at google aren't happy at a staff meeting. the new york post reporting that employees have vented about a significant drop in company morale just weeks after the tech giant. let go of about 50 workers. they were terminated for staging sit-ins at the office in new york and california. over cloud computing contract with the israeli military employees also complained about the lack of pay raises in light of the company's strong quarterly earnings report and a 70 billion dollars stock buyback. wendy's has a new menu item for parties. it's a
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mammoth, 50 piece. nugget party pack. it will cost 15 bucks. customers can get the party pack and spicy or regular flavor. it's available nationwide as well as at all of its stores. live from the nasdaq market site. i'm joy das back to you know, that's a lot of nuggets nuggets. yeah, that's great. 15 bucks. thank you all. look for >> 7.19 is the time. another mail carrier now robbed in the bay area. this time in dublin. we have video kron. 4 saiah stinson has more. >> home security camera captures the terrifying moment. a mail carrier in dublin was robbed at gunpoint. this happened monday afternoon around 4.30, on a bespoke court video shows 2 masked men wearing all black approached the male woman. one points a gun at her dublin. police say the men demanded the carriers mailbox key and phone. you can see her go to the usps truck to get her phone and handed over. then the 2 men run off.
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thankfully, the male woman was not physically injured. neighbors called 9-1-1 and police arrived shortly after to investigate. i went down to cul-de-sac. >> probably within 10 or 15 minutes after happen after seeing police in his neighborhood, mike grant went down to check it out. once he learned about the robbery, grant went to check his high-quality security camera system to see if it captured anything useful. >> that's when he saw what he believes to be the getaway car % narrowed it down to this. a blue grants as police and the u.s. postal inspectors. investigators came by to get the video. he's lived in this dublin neighborhood for nearly 30 years and says only recently has there been a spike in crime. we've had a rash of crime on this west side of town. with that, something that kind starts to wake me up. grant says he's been talking with neighbors about ways to protect their homes, to start putting some cameras up to help.
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>> and alarm systems and everything like that. be a little proactive is what i'm trying to tell people. he also attended the dublin city council meeting tuesday to talk about the importance of security cameras, especially after monday's robbery. they got to start doing something. we >> have a lot of cameras in town, but they're not up in these neighborhoods. as for the mail carrier grant says he's checked in on her. she's going to take a month off of work to emotionally recover. you know, we're always out talking to yourself like that. so she's kind of like family. >> so i stopped by just to make sure she was ok, i let her know that we're we're all thinking about the postal service is offering $150,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the thieves. i'm sara stinson reporting in dublin kron. 4 news. >> meantime, contra costa county now focusing on combating the opioid crisis in the east bay. the county recently received 5 million dollars to spend from national lawsuits that were filed against opioid manufacturers.
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they hosted a listening session yesterday in concord so they could get the public to weigh in on how they should spend that money, community members that were there suggested maybe focusing on underserved communities. >> we are at a point where our approach has to also include some harm reduction. >> in this is something that we didn't do. he started alcohol and drugs. but we know that they they the crisis is forcing us to change our approach and meet the needs the community. >> so the next sessions will be on may 15th and 16th. the one of the 15th will be virtual. one on the 16th will be in person and that's scheduled to be in richmond. all right. we're going take a break. coming up next on the kron, 4 morning news, a former candidate for santa clara county sheriff is convicted of lying about qualifications will have the story.
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>> 7.25 for your money. you need to make a lot of money to live comfortably in the bay area. if you want to rent and we all know that. but now it has a study to prove it. they looked at april and they say they looked at the rents and they said that you need to make about $133,000 a year to rent comfortably in san jose. that's the most expensive city in their survey. and in san jose, the average household spends 25% of their income on rent. san francisco came in at number 4. the study said that you need to make about $120,000 to read comfortably in san francisco. i just go. woman has been convicted of stealing more than $60,000 worth of merchandise from a
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target. the target stonestown galleria. and here's how they say she did it. 43 year-old is he's a graves, would take items off the shelves, go to the self checkout and then scan all the items and sort of small amount of money and leave. so she took a lot of stuff away. and then the sfpd followed her couple of times. they said that she wound up selling those goods at un plaza. the da's office confirms that grave stole from the car target over a course of 120 visits. in between 2020 2021, she was convicted of one felony count of grand theft. and 53 misdemeanor counts of petty theft. well, the former candidate who ran for santa clara county sheriff has been convicted now. >> a lying about her experience in law enforcement. jury convicted 51 year-old on colton felony perjury for falsely certifying that she had the required experience to run. state law requires candidates for sheriff to have at least one year of law enforcement experience within the last 5 years for a
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certificate showing advanced training in law enforcement, colton had neither she was listed on the primary ballot and received more than 4% of the vote based on her false certification. she came in last. she was released yesterday on time already served. happening tonight. parts of highway 37 are going to be shut down between toledo and sonoma county. for repaving work. caltrans says that eastbound lanes will be closed, starting at 10 o'clock tonight and it will stay closed until monday morning. >> it's 7.27, and coming up next on the kron, 4 morning news and east bay county is suffering a short health inspectors will see how that inspectors will see how that affecting restaurants t ♪ (ominous music) ♪ come on. what can i do to help you? dad: come on buddy. headphones. what! dad: hey! dad: ok all right. what do you wanna do? i said i don't wanna talk about it! dad: trey! what are you doin'? ♪ (ominous music) ♪
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>> 7.30, right now as get on the nervous because i'm going to take a bike ride for mother's day and i know how hot it's going to be today. tomorrow seems tottenham wondering about sunday. john sunday's better for sure. so good news for the moms that are going bike rides out could get little bit of relief but still on the warm side, stay hydrated. you're look outside of kuwait hour this morning. skies are crystal clear here. not too far away at the golden gate bridge. there's a little bit of fog. we're seeing a very, very shallow marine there barely intruding through the golden gate this morning. it is a sign of less influence from that dry, offshore wind we saw yesterday and without so much of that dry, offshore wind, we have had a chance to cool down during or overnight hours. so you do get a little relief this morning. go ahead, open up those windows. some 40's 50's to low 60's out there and a pretty big difference from yesterday morning. at the same time, santa rosa, half moon bay nevado, even oakland looking
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at some big differences from yesterday. so far. now as we move into the afternoon after a cooler start, we're actually going to warm up really quick. some of us into the low 90's later on. i'll get to that. your full forecast rain. all right, john, thank you for that. well, that major battle we've been tracking for most of the morning, the red and orange lines both impacted between richmond and that car. theres no service. earlier. equipment problems. so it's no longer running. other lines, thankfully are not impacted. so if you want to drive or maybe take a bus, those are good alternatives for you. checking on those bridges right now. still a 14 minute ride heading into the city. no accidents on a friday. >> 15 minutes longer. san mateo bridge just short of 14 minutes along the richer. senator phil, some things slow down just a bit. you still have that fall on the golden gate bridge that slow you down. 25 minute ride. 37 to the tolls. all right. james, back to you. thanks. a lot of his 7.32, in the alameda county health department has a shortage of restaurant health inspectors and that is.
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>> hurting some fast food restaurant. yeah, the workers inside this discovery comes after we reported on that rat infestation at the mcdonald's in oakland. >> where the health department ended up shutting it down properties. lezla gooden has more on the story. >> some fast food workers over the last few weeks have been striking calling for better working conditions. one of them includes the al play a loco off of international boulevard in oakland here, workers have filed a complaint to cal osha claiming they have been nearly electrocuted due to flooding the kitchen where to put into it. >> really i. dane and the it was still asleep. 80. >> greasy also they agreed on fire at a california fast food workers. union says the workers decided to strike for 3 days last week. >> looking for improvement. we reached out to the alameda county health department who share that currently there was not in a sign health inspector
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for this restaurant and have been over a year since its last inspection on monday. that changed after our reporting and inspection was conducted. the restaurant past received 5 violations, including unclean food and non-food surfaces cleaning supplies, not properly stored bathrooms in need of working doors. it said the because but are they feel for eye can see popping up people about if i feel that we should focus that has on brilliant because >> they still want us to run. this has it time that that they are quiet. so that is not kill. we asked the health department how many inspectors are needed to reach full capacity and what areas are currently without these inspectors. and we were given the following statement, restaurant inspector staffing shortages are a challenge for many jurisdictions across the state are environmental health department is working to
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expedite filling vacant inspector positions in oakland. let's look good kron. 4 news. >> 7.34 is the time and a bounty hunter has now been charged with murder in connection with the fatal shooting. newark police say that 49 year-old bail fugitive recovery agents. charles price of forest hill and the bail bond agent. we're trying to find and when an altercation broke out and after an excaange of gunfire, that man was shot and ended up dying at a hospital. the victim we now know has been identified as 42 year-old bay area resident richard turner. police say it was in march. the turner failed to appear in court for a felony weapons charge and that made him technically a fugitive. the da's office charged price. the bounty hunter with one count of second-degree murder. well, a man has been arrested now for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars worth of merchandise from the craft store in brentwood. you're looking right now at what was taken from a michaels arts and crafts store, a lone tree way back on april. 30th police say matthew davis from antioch
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dumped the items on his bicycle and was taking off when he ran into a parked patrol car. davis was unhurt, but he was taken into custody. >> man accused of hitting 2 people, including a 14 year-old girl with his car during a police chase in san francisco has pleaded not guilty. yeah, to all the charges. his arraignment yesterday revealed more about rodney jefferson's past run-ins with the law and just how prosecutors say he hit the tpam. kron 4. dan kerman has more. thursday afternoon. 54 year-old rodney jefferson pleaded not guilty to 2 counts of leaving the scene of an accident. reckless driving with great bodily injury, evading an officer and driving on a suspended license. the charges stem from his arrest tuesday for hitting 2 pedestrians and leading san francisco police on a chase across the city. authorities say tuesday morning's incident began with jefferson hitting one person while doing donuts at market in jones and then leading police on a chase across town during that
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pursuit. prosecutors say jefferson hit a 14 year-old girl who was in a crosswalk outside francisco middle school. prosecutors say a vehicle was stopped to let the teenager cross. but jefferson drove around that car and hit her. the student will survive but has a broken ankle, a dislocated shoulder and bruising to the head during thursday's hearing jefferson made and inaudible outburst when prosecutors said he showed no remorse once arrested and instead went into a profane tirade about his driving skills. prosecutors also told the judge jefferson has 14 prior felony convictions, including one in 2018 for battery with injury on a school employee. the judge called tuesday's incident egregious and said releasing jefferson on bail was a clear risk to public safety. jefferson tried to speak up, but the judge silenced him and continued to explain why she would not be releasing him on bail again.
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jefferson will remain locked up without bail, at least until his preliminary hearing on may 22nd. >> at the hall of justice in san francisco, dan kerman kron, 4 news. >> the vote is 4, 0, the item passes. the california public utilities commission approves a plan. >> to allow major utilities, including pg and e 2 imposed a fix charge on your bill and that includes this new flat fee which is going to be about 24 bucks a month. it'll be $6 for low-income californians return, the utilities are going to reduce the electricity prices by 5 to $0.7 per kilowatt hour. supporters say that monthly fee will help pay for grid maintenance. >> this is a fair proposal. >> implementing a reasonable fix charge that help support the fixed costs of the grid. we commend the cpc on taking action today in support of the fixed charge and because of
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their action today, relief is coming to californians who need it most. >> so those who are against this and you can see rally here say of the fixed charge is unfair because you didn't use electricity, right? just a matter how much you can serve. you're going to build with this extra >> i mean, that's an extra $24 that i would have to budget. it's the lower class, middle-aged disabled and, you the the working that that they need to look out for. this isn't an elected board. and this is the first time we've seen them have the ability to be able to >> come in and set up the state white. and so for me, that's the biggest concern. it's appointed by the governor not elected board and they're going to set the what to say, you know, 2 or 3 years from now, they don't continue to raise that. the it impacts the every case, every single rate payer in california and those against it are going to keep complaining. but this thing goes into effect in early 2026, for pg e customers. you'll notice it on your bill. >> well, for pete, you need to bart now where bars future may depend on the tax measure that set to appear on the ballot in
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2026. now, according to bart's, new budget deficit numbers, the transit agency says they're going to be facing a 35 million dollar deficit by the year 2026, if passed, this tax measure would bring in more than a billion dollars every year for bart. if it fails, though, bart says that put the warning out now they could have to make some drastic cuts. >> imagine if just but close at 09:00pm and certain stations were closed and no, no trains at all on the weekend. those are the types of things that our reality. i'm not any time soon. we've got 2 that we know that we have funding, but then we need to focus on that ballot measure. >> part says the deficit is partly due to a declining ridership, increased labor costs and some other factors as well. the bart board will vote on the budget until june. we'll see what they decide. meantime, in the south bay, the federal transit administration is now investing 500 million dollars towards the bart silicon valley extension project. that project will extend bart service by 6 miles from the
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various a transit center to downtown san jose. that will that underground tunnel as well all the way to santa clara. the project will cost about 12 billion dollars. they think half of that will come from federal programs. the rest from state and local money as well. >> mother's day is sunday and san francisco a year going to see something happen in union square. if you go there, they've got union square in bloom hosting a mother's day concert and the fashion show last year. you can see a lot of people enjoyed dancing. there will be some floral displays salsa, dancing music and a bloom could tour gown reveal. >> by a local designer. so that will be fun. the first 220 moms get a free gift too. the event is sunday. mother's day from 2 to more small businesses in san francisco are getting a boost from mayor breed's vacant to vibrant program. the latest round of
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grants just announced yesterday are going 8 businesses to fund rent-free storefront so they can pop up shops through the summer. more than 1000 businesses have applied for those grants and more recipients are going to be announced in the coming week. so stay tuned for that. the goal is to support small businesses and community organizations get more visitors downtown pop-up shops are fun because you just like all of this is great. and they don't have to pay rent. you get to buy stuff. yeah, it's win-win, right? 7.41. is the time we're going to take a quick break. but up next, the giants looking to sweep the rockies in colorado head home from the mile high city. we're going to see if the giants were able to pull off at when we'll have highlights in just a minute. >> and a little relief at the coast for your daytime highs today. you see happened asf down in the 70's again inland, though, just as hot if not hotter than yesterday i've g
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>> let's put it. >> 7.44, right now. and we are talking about the weather. we and spend a little fog this morning, but i think that's supposed to be pretty light. limited to i think i believe it will see it really at the golden gate yeah, it really is just been needle, very narrow stream. a right under the golden gate. now. >> it's very compacted to it actually shows you that at the end of the day that hot, dry air mass is still going to wind out. but we have been seeing at least the return of a little bit of moderation at the coastline. this is going to spare coastal spots from the warm daytime highs today. the rest of us just as hot, if
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not hotter. now tomorrow morning, i'm expecting a lot more fog. we're going to see much more of an onshore push. a lot of fog for both your saturday and your sunday mornings. that will bring morning relief and on sunday will actually help to cool us off a little bit. as for today, it's kind of that summer set up, though, cool a little gray at the coast in some spots hot elsewhere and nothing but sunshine. you can see your daytime highs today in the 60's to 70's for the city as well as down the peninsula at the coastline. lot of the rest of us right back up into those 80's. and in many cases just shy of 90 degrees like the south bay san jose in campbell, up to 88 degrees east bay temperatures. mid 80's for you. very similar to yesterday, oakland and berkeley. you do get some relief with low 80's for your highs. that's cooler than yesterday. was while vacaville and fairfield just as hot up to 90 degrees today. now tomorrow's temperatures will drop a little bit at the coast. not much, though. it's still going to be a very hot saturday sunday, a bit more
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relief, mid 80's inland and 70's by the bay shore, right? all right, john, thank you. that's what we've been talking about. this barn alert for most of the morning. but it's important because a lot of folks take bart. >> no red or orange line service between richmond and macarthur. thankfully, no other lines are impacted than some early morning. mechanical issues. they're still working on trying to get that fix. times also been talking about that from a look at how dense it is here at the golden gate bridge, 30 minute ride to drive times blown up because of that. i would take my time if i was traveling there, but other bridges and highways a good almost friday light. 15 minutes into the city across the bay bridge. wow. a force. a little busy. nearly 40 minutes on a friday. antioch in to conquer, not seen any accidents there to contribute to that. 24 walnut creek to 5, 80 13 minutes check in on 80 about 30 minutes some possible avenue. always a good alternate to get around that. all right, james, back to you. a lot rain at 7.47. east bay. fire crews are investigating why multiple cars were on fire in hayward.
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>> it all happened yesterday afternoon near lucien way in the jackson triangle neighborhood. you can see some of the charred vehicles there. investigators believe that one car caught fire and then that spread to the others. nobody was hurt. the san mateo county sheriff's office is helping to try to reduce gun-related deaths pie. >> donating safety locks so that patients can get them at kaiser permanente in redwood city, 100 safety locks will be available for patients through a new gun. violence prevention program where doctors will be able to offer these locks to patients who have guns at home. >> it gives us an opportunity to engage in that discussion non-judgmental way. just talking about how gun violence is real. it's the number one cause of death and children's and teens in this country. and so it's our responsibility to make sure that we're doing all we can to keep children safe. >> the gun locks are going to be available for patients who
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have appointments in the pediatrics department emergency or if they're in the psychiatric department too. >> governor newsom is putting some pressure now on half moon bay lawmakers to approve housing for farmworkers. the 40 unit project would provide affordable housing for senior agricultural workers immediately following the half moon bay mass shooting last year. the governor met with the survivors and toured the living conditions of the workers. he wasn't pleased since then he budgeted millions in funding and resources to ensure that those workers receive support from th state that happened. a planning commission could potentially move the housing project forward next week during their meeting on tuesday. >> it's 07:40am. let's talk sports now. the giants are wrapping up their series with the colorado right now. they're hoping for a win yesterday. kron 4 sports director jason dumas shows us what happened. >> the giants were hoping to wrap up their road trip with a sweep of the rockies on thursday. and as i've said all week, they desperately need to stack wins against the bottom
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feeders in the league because they have already proven that they struggle against the good teams. but a similar problem reared its head in denver. it was chilly out there in the roc ies field. bob melvin won't need that coat when he comes back. warm out here by game so that top of the 4th no score michael conforto, he gets the scoring going. that ball gets out of here in a hurry. his second in as many days. it's one to nothing giant, but that would be the only highlight for san francisco. 4th inning, elliot diaz laces, a liner. the wall in comes another run. it is 2 to one rockies say many sean bouchard with this double down the line. that makes it 3 to one rockies. guess what? the ending was not done. there. this time is brent oil. he tagged the shot. leaves the park. he absolutely crushed at the center field. and 7 runs
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in the 4th alone. gines only had 7 hits in the whole game. colorado wins 91 giant are back home friday night against the reds. that's your look at sports. >> it's 7.50, and coming up on the kron 4 morning news. we're just weeks away now from the nba draft. we'll see how the worriers are preparing. ♪ ♪ get exceptional offers at your local audi dealer.
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>> 7.53 right now. and are you having a little trouble staying focused? >> i know i am because i ran into a weight. we have cameras with weight since i ran into it this morning. a that's what happens when you don't pay attention are some tips from google's productivity expert. we got rich demuro with more on that in today's tech smart. work and life can pull us in different directions. recently i spoke with google's top productivity expert. >> yes, some tips on how to handle it soon. google will hold its annual. i o gathering to show the world what it's been working on in ai android and more. how did they get it all done with the help of laura mae martin? >> having those small habits just us make sure that we're not getting distracted by technology, but that it's working for us in the right ways. martin is google's productivity adviser and author of a new book called up time a practical guide to personal productivity and
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wellbeing. the book really talks about that. not only is it important to prioritize well-being, but it makes you more productive. her first tip, start your day with a routine that fills your own tank. whether it's meditating, journaling or enjoying coffee in silence. that's one small thing. just a few minutes that carries you into the rest of your day. is the that big energy, please. the free start handing out energy everywhere else. e-mail is a common issue. martin recommends an subscribing to an important emails separating e-mails into virtual action piles and setting up a filter to flag important e-mails. e-mails from. >> your manager directly to you should look important and you can do that by setting up shelters in jail and attaching a red label when those e-mails, cummins and i are visually prioritizing another priority should be downtime. research shows that your most creative during down time. so those times in your workout, your commute on a walk. those are times when you're actually coming up with your best ideas. avoid procrastination on large tasks by using the swiss cheese method. you want to think about what is how can i poke holes into it? so it's
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the smallest possible task that my brain feels excited about. finally learn more helpful ways to say no. >> offer insight into why you can't or aren't willing to do something. offer resources instead or saying not right now, if you might reconsider in the future. and all of those are still ways of saying no, but they help you and the person requesting feel a little better about it. i really enjoyed learning from this conversation. once again, the book is called up time. it's available now. >> if you want to listen to my entire extended interview with laura mae martin, just go to the website rich on tech dot tv. that's rich on tech. i'm rich demuro. well, newly discovered prehistoric animal species are giving us a better picture now how mammals evolved after the extinction of the dinosaurs. >> so these new species named the monaco donley day belong to a group of animals which they believe to be ancestors of all modern hoofed animals
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like deer and cowan pigs against forces to what they looked smaller and wake yeah, that changed over the like just saw in brazil. >> it is look similar that. but they found fossilized like a skull jaw bone of this species uncovered from rocks in southern colorado dating back to just after the extinction dinosaurs. so about the size, they say. but in children. so action may be rain and maybe use a chinchilla. do we still haven't identified that animal rights >> 76 tried she's ok, though, by the way, coming up on the kron 4 morning news, the president is here waking up in the bay area to raise more money today. we'll have the very latest on that. >> and oakland's airport is in oakland, but it's got san francisco in the name. now. and there's still a fight going on on and governor newsom is unveiling his upgraded budget for the year. there were a lot of to
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>> right now, the kron 4 morning news. president biden in the bay area to raise money for his campaign. protesters are waiting word live this morning with the details and the port of oakland approves a name change for oakland international airport. and that's just ratcheting up tensions between san francisco and oakland meanwhile, governor newsom is expected to unveil his updated budget for the year. experts say you'll have some difficult decisions to make will be breaking down the numbers. >> from the area's local news station, you're watching th
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