now. the kron 4 morning news. a recall election against alameda county district attorney pamela price is officially on. leaders have set a date. teachers in the south bay plan to rally today, demanding better pay and smaller class sizes and thieves target a tesla charging station in the north bay. we'll tell you what they made off with. >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at no. >> thanks for joining us on wednesday. may 15th, i'm daria and i'm james. we've got weather and traffic to start the hour here at 9 o'clock. let's check in with the forecast as we're looking live behind us here. the marketing officer, sir, none up already. yet we're getting there really quickly today. it's a

definitely a shallow marine layer. so burning off very fast at the coastline, you can see it's still very present through the golden gate, looking at this view from mount tam down into the bay. we do have sunshine up above that blanket of cloud cover still ever persistent down below. >> now we will be looking at a slightly warmer day today, despite that seabreeze that we're still be tapping into having at least some moderating factor on us. a lot of us will be rising into the 70's to even upper 80's in some cases. so enjoy this nice, cool, crisp morning. well, we've got it already seeing some 60's and a few low 70's popping up for the stimulant later today. our warmest temperatures of the week with solid 80's inland and some 70's along the bayshore rain. all right, john, thank you for that. 80 westbound at west grand after offer is still closed. >> because of this overturned, big rig has been a problem for most of the morning. thankfully, all of off-ramp is closed. it's not impacting the flow of traffic into the city. look at that 15 minutes. if you're wondering where that just about there, they almost

got that off of the highway. it was over turnout up, right? so that's a little silver lining. 7, bridge around 17 minutes, a 80 to 1, 1, if you're taking that right now, richmond center fell bridge for 14 back down 8 and the golden gate bridge. 37 of the tolls you making. good time. 30 minute ride yet a little far. but that's not slowing you down. diet is back to you. thanks a lot of tonight. no one in our top story is the recall of da pamela price in alameda county. now we have a date for voters are going to decide her fate on the november general election ballot kron four's will tran live now in county. >> with reaction to that news will. >> people who want her recall, they want her to leave office as early as august, possibly september, but definitely not november 5th, but that's what's going to happen as far as letting the public decide whether or not price will hold on to her job. now, let me show you video from last night

at the alameda county board of supervisors meeting they unanimously voted to have the recall election during the general election, november 5th, instead of august or september or and it came down to timing and money. they don't believe that they can quickly turn around and have a special election come august and having it in november will be a lot cheaper for the county for a million for the general election. as much as 20 million for a stand-alone, special election that people who want her recalled say that she is soft on crime. soft on suspects, but many other people, especially her supporters, believe she won fair and square. she won during the general election and she should have chance to defend herself come general election. >> da price won her election fairly. it should be allowed to serve her entire term. this recall is ridiculous. so many businesses that are closing down because they are the da

is not prosecuting. these criminals says the selective recall election. >> has violated the county charter. it is actually illegal and undemocratic. all we want is justice. accountability for the citizens. alameda county. >> there are 960,000 registered voters in alameda county wide. each side believe that one special election versus at general election, a special election, a stand-alone election, fewer people turn out and that would actually hurt pamela price. she and her supporters, they wanted the general election because more people turn out, especially this being a presidential year that a bigger size sample would actually help or because more people would turn out so they could vote in favor of her staying in office. so this is a win for her and her supporters, at least for now.

thank you. well. >> time now is 904 and new this morning, teachers in the south bay are rallying right now demanding better pay. yeah. they want wages to improve. they want. >> safety class sizes to get smaller. all of this is being negotiated at the bargaining table. crawford's michael thomas is live in gatos with more. michael? >> hey, good morning, everyone. that's right. teachers were out here about 15, 20 minutes ago or so. we're talking about a few dozen. take a look. this is video from that rally. not only was it here at los gatos high school, but it was also over at saratoga high school as well. the teachers say they want more pay, saying that there's some of the lowest paid in the entire county. also adding that many of these teachers, as you can see on those signs there actually have 2 jobs just to make ends meet. also adding in that they're not even able to live in this district area, but they do drive here in commute for work because they care about the students there at the bargaining table. we spoke with one of the bargaining representatives who is also a teacher, her los gatos. take a listen to what she had to say.

it's a great place. >> but it's very hard and i hope the parents realized a majority of us we can't afford to live here. we have to commute to be able to work here >> now, in addition, they're also asking for smaller class sizes when it comes to specialty classes. and they're also asking for smaller workload, essentially overall back out here live again. the rally lasted for about 30 to 40 minutes or so before they did head into the classroom. we reached out to the district but have not heard back as of yet. but we are seeing that we will hear more as go head to bargaining table and both times like this morning, liz sir michael thomas is sent back to to live in the studio. all right. thank you, michael. >> 906, is the time. >> other news we're following as want tell you what happened and of allay there was a shooting and a man was found dead. this was yesterday afternoon, marquette avenue and allay where police found the man suffering from one gunshot wound. we don't have

any word on his identity or where the investigation stands. no shooter and site at this point 906, right now and other news that we're fines on the peninsula. you know, motorist killed in a crash that happened last night on south bound to 80 near redwood city. >> california highway patrol says it was a hyundai accent that hit a pickup truck. they crashed into each other near edgewood road off-ramp. they're trying to confirm which of those drivers died. but one did >> on the peninsula, san mateo county man is in jail. he's accused of having with a child under 14 years old. redwood city police arrested 19 year-old d-andre gomez yesterday in palo alto. they say that the incident happened in redwood city and right now they're investigating to see if there are any other victims. in the south bay. san jose. police want your help to try to locate a assault suspect. 50 year-old julianne martinez is accused of pulling a young girl under a freeway

overpass and sexually assaulting her. they say this attack happened on april 9th and then he was seen. i'm leaving on a dark colored bicycle. there is some surveillance photos that were taken and police are looking for him. >> we'll take a look at this video that's going viral on tiktok. it shows charging cables cut at a tesla charging station of the thieves are believed to targeted the station to get the copper from the cables. all of the charging stations are back in service this morning. the kron four's sara stinson actually had a chance to speak with the man who recorded that video. >> all the charging josh posted this now viral tiktok showing tesla charging cables slashed in stolen from multiple charging stalls on sunday. this happening at a tesla supercharger station in vallejo. >> behind the target on admiral callaghan lane. and i noticed that only at. >> couple other tesla charging stations had not been cut.

>> after looking at one of the cut cables, becker says he knew exactly what happened and the suns have a little copper poor so i catch it spent 17 years investigating these kinds of crime we would find generators in the back of big box retailers stripped of their copper right now. copper sells for $3, a pound on average and you get up to around 10 to 12 miles. and you're looking to push probably 100 pounds. >> tesla quickly replace the charging cables on monday. >> but 8 stalls remained offline until tuesday night at 7 o'clock. i'm glad it didn't take all of the copper cause. >> i actually was pretty low right now. like outlets. so that would be pretty bad as some push. and i hope it doesn't happen again. and that clears tiktok got nearly 1 million views in just 48 hours. he says while it's angered a lot of people, he wants everyone to know that stealing copper is not a fast track to cash. you really had to work hard and then.

>> take it to a, you know, recycling center. god knows how far down the road strip it just a symptom of. >> how >> desperate someone can be and how far they're willing to work to put a couple of dollars on the table. the tesla charges are back online and working. >> says the security guard is the one who filed a police report. we reached out to vallejo police, but we did not hear back in time for this report. we have seen security monitoring the station. i'm sara stinson reporting in vallejo kron. 4 news. >> well, meantime, in the east bay, fremont police now investigating after several vehicles were vandalized out at the tesla factory in fremont yesterday morning. they say several parked vehicles had their tires damaged. >> tesla is accused of violating the federal clean air act hundreds of times by letting its fremont plant harmful pollutant us. there was a lawsuit just filed by a nonprofit group called environmental democracy

project. and they say that tesla expose nearby residents orders to excess nitrogen oxides, arsenic and other chemicals, mainly through it paint shop operations back in february tesla agreed to pay one and a half million dollars to settle a separate lawsuit more than 2 dozen counties claiming that tesla mishandle hazardous waste at locations across california. it's 9.10 and still ahead on the kron. 4 morning news, san jose state orders protesters to clear out their encampment on campus. >> we're going to have very latest on where that stands. and another store is closing in union square moving to the peninsula. we'll see which one and how people think about that. >> and today is going to be a cool one for the coast again in the 50's to 60's while the rest of the bay area actually in for a very subtle warm-up there. 70 staties. i've got your forecast. >> and we've been tracking some delays this morning. we have some construction along east down. 24 the slowing

things down. there will be a lot of folks getting caught in

>> we are back time now. 9.13, and highway one in big sur set to reopen to traffic this friday. part of that highway, as you can see here in the video collapse last march following our winter storms. it happened just about a half mile north of the famous bixby bridge. now, crews say when it does reopen on friday, it won't be a full reopening. they're going to traffic signal there and they're going to control one-way. alternating traffic to get past that section that washed out. so there is a project to construct a permanent repair that's currently in the design phase. but they are hoping to have that finished by may be

spring of next year. so we'll see. >> it depends what beach go if you're going to be socked in our cold right or warm today. let's check bell with john. yeah. people be just driving down the coast trying to find that sunshine happen. bays not getting it right now. this is super stockton. look at this very foggy right along the coast. while the rest of us are actually clearing a little bit quicker than we did yesterday. high pressure still really keeping this forecast steadily dry. we don't have anything coming through that's going to disrupt this dry trend, at least in the next 7 to 10 days. so just warm weather and today ever so slightly being the warmest one of this forecast still receiving that cool sea breeze. and that will scoot back in tonight allowing us another foggy start to the morning tomorrow. a little dense ers. first marine. there goes tomorrow and that will keep temperatures just a touch cooler than today's today's daytime highs in the 60's for san francisco as well as the coastline, even with some persistent fog out there, 70's

to 80's for most of the rest of us. and a few more 80's on the map today than what we saw yesterday. like a lot of the south bay cupertino, saratoga, san jose. 82 same in livermore while he word up to oakland back in the low to mid 70's concord, you'll be up to 81 and our warmest spot vacaville nearing 90 degrees today. not quite getting there, though. that's not a number will see in this forecast after today. temperatures will gradually fall just a few degrees at the time by the weekend will be mostly in the 70's for pretty much everyone rain. all right, john, thank you for that. construction? this is along eastbound 20 fort stevens drive. that's in orinda. >> actually got a few texts and phone calls about folks being stuck in the traffic there. so we got construction going on. and if you are trying maybe get around, i i take 80 depending where you're trying to go to. you could also try to go a little further down to take 6.80. then you still got to get to that 5.88, traffic things are a little congested there. look at the backup. i mean, it's

from 24 all the way down to 13. no accidents. they just have been doing construction and it's really been slow folks down for the past hour and a half. okay. the bay bridge right now smooth ride in his city. 14 minute ride. but remember west grand avenue, the off-ramp still close because an early-morning overturned. big rig, big rigs up, but it still blocking the highway there. 14 minutes on the san mateo bridge. let's check on 101, about 61 over an hour. 2, 80 82 might better options for you at this time. james, back to you. >> 9.16 the time. time to talk winners and losers on wall street financial expert rob black joining us today with a look at the markets we've been waiting for some financial news to come down the pipe. what are we seeing? we're seeing. >> the nasdaq and s p 500 all time highs. james, the congratulations your 401 k is probably doing very thanks for being patient for the last 20 years with me keeps hitting highs each year. ultimately 7 out of 10 years. it's a good

thing and that's why you believe in the markets and don't doubt the markets don't say silly things like there are a roller coaster. today. cpi was a little cooler than expected. so consumer prices a little bit. we're at the 3.4% range. historically inflation's been between 2 and 4%. the fed wants a closer to, but we're in the historical range. so the economy's doing well. jobs are doing nicely. we're seeing a weekend of the consumer on the lower end. maybe a little bit of a halloween on the middle and consumer, but that's the only negative icy out there, james. so retail sales were flat. so the fed should apps sooner, maybe twice this year lowering interest rates to make sure that we don't, you know, slip that retailed number that week, even weaker. >> okay. i don't. if you got a chance to check but amazon had their upfronts where they present to advertisers. what there lineup of new shows. our rick earle renew chose. i a couple things that excited me. anything in that bunch that that drew your eye.

>> it was the first time the digital ads were really well and amazon brought this to the table. teams. so typically up front or abc, nbc, cbs and fox nationally get to commercial all across the country called spots and dots kind is a great way of thinking about so coca-cola buys like the super bowl, but amazon's able to digital ads so they can see that year. 50 plus years old. they could see that your kids in their 20's and you can deliver different ads to different elevations. that's part of the up fronts this year that i that i'm excited about. yeah. what's his deal? they have with a pop culture. jeopardy. new show you just knew. i forgot all about that. so pop culture jeopardy's coming to amazon prime. it could be about movies and tv shows and music. it's going to be a tv show based on jeopardy. it's going have an international rollout said you want to be a contest james and i think you and i know pop culture more than we know 1818 th-century english literature.

so that could that the categories will be easier is what it is. i'm assuming interesting. okay. and then also on the tech front, i also watched. >> longer than i thought was like 3 hours. but i watched the google i o played on you too. boy, they're going they're going hard with gemini, an ai. they're like integrating it and everything. >> yeah, they're searches in iraq this week. that's going to be augmented with but the one that got me excited was 2 days ago. chatgpt said basically use the phone. put it with a camera on over a math problem. he talked to it. you would say, let's say your systems called lisa. you say hey, lisa, can you solve this problem for she just no problems here. phone starts talking to you. 2 x plus one equals acts. what do you do first and i go. i don't know. we saw it says subtract one from both sides. so it's using the camera and it's talking to you, james. this is exciting times in a i. >> it's pretty cool. so i'm looking forward to seeing how they could become more and more of. yeah, that like personal assistant, that's

always at your fingertips. that's going sell a lot of so kidding. all right. we talked about amazon a moment ago. let's talk about netflix streaming nfl games christmas christmas day. it looks like christmas day. they're getting 2 games this year. last year there was 3 games on christmas, not on netflix. it was 3 of the top. 25 shows of the year that tell you, america loves football. before i go further, netflix, let me just say we get monday night against aaron rodgers forty-niners the full schedule be released tonight at 05:00pm. it will be a show on espn. that's how much people love football. netflix dabbled with quarterback highly-rated really cool series in 2023. the summer they're going lot receiver which can have tebow, samuel and not kettle from the forty-niners. well, as john jefferson or justin jefferson, super exciting times at netflix and they're they're going where the eyeballs are the most. and you maybe watch with your kids on christmas, a football game and you have

memories of it. now, netflix want to stick around for the whole month. watch extra shows continue to subscribe. and if you don't have, that's the big question for you don't have netflix to be able to watch like on local stations. probably not. that's a first for the nfl. why? i'm making it totally exclusive. so it could be a big winner for netflix and exclusive netflix. okay. and then lastly, we have a few seconds left yesterday to talk about wnba stars and what they kind of make. it was sort of like a lot of that should probably make a little more than that. pickleball players like the top player feels like they're making more than wnba stars. it was just he's the professional pickleball or he makes 2.5 million just a couple years ago. he was making 250,000 from tournaments and sponsorships. so he's up 10 fold back in 2018 years, making 50,000 see seen a lot of that money is coming in fast. this is a crazy sport. 14 1% of americans played pickleball in the last 36 million play typically once

a month in the united states. i cant believe those numbers. there's a professional league that runs from january through december where they played 24 tournament so popular. he's gaining james. yeah, i could figure out a way to invest in it. i would big names like lebron james and tom brady already invested. big sponsors are coming to do so it's part ping pong. it's part badminton, its part tennis. but it's it's it's definitely big money. and it's easier on the knees, which partly why number one number one. and we visit injury right now is some the killer's tended all right, rob, thank tough on the right? okay. thank you very much. rob has always that was rob again tomorrow. so let him know. now facebook acts email. what topic you want to talk about?

>> 9.25. the time we're taking a live look at sfo here because apparently united airlines flight out of singapore bound for san francisco was forced to turn around. go back to singapore because of some engine troubles. the airplane was a boeing 7.87. officials say there are about 200 people on board at the time. they all. got off the plane find they're going to be rebooked later today eventually brought to san francisco. but this is the latest in a series of incidents now related to united airlines aircraft that have involved sfo. so we'll keep an eye on that flight. meanwhile, surveillance video captures the moment that the nose of this delta airplane burst into flames. look at that to see the smoke and the fire. this happened last night after flight 604, landed in seattle coming in from cancun, mexico, about 189 people were

on board. then you had the pilots and 4 flight attendants. they were all able to get off safely. thankfully, investigators say the fire started when the electrical cord that was plugged into the plane shorted and started that fire. >> the irs is warning people failure either failing file or filing a false return. and there are a lot of scammers out there. some will say, oh, you get extra cash on your refund. and if you do that, you could face trouble for filing a face tax return and it's your fault. so the irs is warning americans not to fall for the scammers who say, for example, you could use the fuel tax with a sick family, sick and family leave or household employment tax credit when you don't qualify for that. some taxpayers are also falsely claiming fictional household employees for credits don't fall for that. the penalties are severe. >> well, in the east bay, a group of city workers and union leaders rallied at oakland city hall tuesday to demand answers to the

allegations that the city has failed to collect millions of taxes from businesses in oakland. so officials estimate that nearly 35 million in unpaid business taxes still outstanding. some businesses apparently failed to file taxes altogether. and union leaders and workers are asking for more transparency now in a better system when it comes to collecting taxes in the city of oakland. >> it's 9.27 still ahead next on the kron 4 morning news. give the homeless treatment, not jail time. that's the message from some community leaders. we'll tell you how they think francisc

>> it's 9.30, right now and is getting pretty nice out there

on wednesday. so far. so good. and i think today tomorrow we hitting like the warmest days of the week, john? yet today itself is going to be likely the very warm us when we got back. villa 89 today saying 82. so not much warmer than we've been but definitely a step up before we gradually descend into the weekend. a lot of fog towards the coastline and still a little bit hanging out above uc berkeley right here in the berkeley hills. >> most of us, though, of actually seeing a lot of that fog clearing at this point, a modest sea breeze will continue to push inland today that will at least moderate temperatures along the bay shore and the coastline. right now, temperatures in the 50's oakland and alameda at 56 degrees. a few low 70's popping back up for some of our inland areas. and later on today, it will be a lot of 70's to even those upper 80's in a few spots. like i mentioned, i'll talk all about today's details and a look ahead at the weekend. still ahead. >> right now. all right, john, thank you that and talk about that construction along eastbound. 24 causing quite

the issue. this is horrendous. so things are pretty backed up along. 24 in 13, you're trying to get around that. i would probably suggest taking 80 and going counter clockwise in the eastbound side to concord and india. if you're a little further down, you need to get around. maybe happened on 6.80, throughout. see many delays there. but look at that backup. you can see far reaching up to 13. and here's a snapshot from caltrans to show you parking lot. a lot of 24 typically is the westbound side. we see pretty congested the data that site 14 minute ride into the city. every member west grand avenue, the off-ramp still closed very close to opening. we had an earlier overturned semi up right. they got a backup right now. looks like they're very close to good enough. 14 minutes on the san mateo bridge, which refill ridge around 8 minutes and the golden gate bridge still somewhere around. 22 37 to the tolls. are you back to you? thanks. a lot 9.32. and icon in jewelry store in san

francisco is leaving nash or even company has been operating at there for about. >> 172 years. we have conference theresa stasi now explaining the reasons behind the shutdown. >> the clothes sign taped to the door says it all, although temporarily shut down tuesday for shoppers. sure. even company at one 50 post rating. you square will soon be no more. the fine jewelry company announcing it's moving headquarters to palo alto in response to retooling its business plan. in a statement to kron 4 news, the managing partner lane schiffman said, quote, as we turn the page on this exciting new chapter we're filled with gratitude for our journey in san francisco. this move symbolizes our dedication to evolving with the ever changing landscape of luxury retail while maintaining the timeless elegance and personalized service that define sure even company. >> so shoppers hearing the news reflected on fallen

memories tied to the store. might you know, wedding engagement my mom's, i my dad's in 18. 52 shreve opened its doors in san francisco, the high-end luxury jewelry and watch retailer moved several times into landing that its current spot. the retailer has announced a store liquidation sale starting friday. >> union square is not that far from it. >> that's ali mcavoy even the commercial real estate firm specializing in san francisco ground floor space, especially around union square mcavoy says while macy's shuttering its multi four-year square store was significant. it has led to something positive >> it's it wasn't the blow it was expected to be. and in a way it sort of it's a herald for smart and savvy tenants that we've hit. the bottom. and that really the only have up to go from here, mcavoy

points to several high-end watch outlets. >> opening up soon and fashion stores like max, mara and saint john. and she says there is already interest that sharif spot. we're actually in advanced negotiations with the local tenant to take the entire ground floor and potentially the mezzanine as well for a very special concept, although it is an end of an era for a san francisco icon. it may be the beginning of another new chapter. only time will tell that story in san francisco, theresa kron, 4 news and another store leaving san francisco american eagle outfitters is closing their store in the san francisco center. >> we just saw that in filings in the state's employment development website. it was last year that american eagle sued westfield for breach of the lease agreement and overall on safe or conditions for their employees. when westfield announced it was leaving the downtown mall behind. and since then, several other well-known

retailers howe pulled out of the san francisco center. nordstrom lego and hollister have left american eagles last day open is june. 12th. >> will students protesting at the university of san francisco were given an ultimatum yesterday to clear out their tented camp and or face repercussions. their deadline was 03:00pm yesterday, but instead of leaving, the students held a rally kron four's rob nesbitt. now with the story. >> this is welsh feel that usf where students have set up a tent encampment. i've counted about 60 tents on the field that are occupied by student protesters who say they are going anywhere despite warnings from the university. >> for 15 days, students at usf have called for a cease-fire in gaza for the university to divest from israel. protestors likes to sue state. staying in tents on welsh field. we've done nothing that great student code conduct.

>> and also we placed our own guidelines of what it's like to be a people's university and have this collective. the university has been in talks with protesters and says they've been working to keep an open dialogue. but protesters were given until 03:00pm tuesday to clear their tent encampment. >> a statement from usf saying, quote, the 03:00pm may 14th deadline in which we asked students to voluntarily vacate welch field in exchange for amnesty, refers to an internal disciplinary process led by the usf office of student conduct. there are no plans to clear the encampment or involve law enforcement as long as the encampment is peaceful and nonviolent based says the suspension or explosion. so you are at risk of being suspended or expelled. >> and we just think that's a scare tactic. we think that we understand that we have so much power as a collective of what we did here. >> either encampment has been really unifying for all of >> instead of clearing the encampment at 03:00pm, students pushed back staying on welsh field and holding a rally with speakers including

seth morrison from the bay area chapter of jewish voices for peace. old enough to have protested and seeing how that protest was the start of came. i believe that these protest be the start of cake for >> us that's commencement ceremony is scheduled for saturday. and student protesters say they're prepared to stay at this encampment even after graduation, if their demands aren't met. reporting at usf, i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> the family of a man who died after being in police custody in antioch has settled with the city for 7 and a half million dollars. the antioch city council voted to approve the settlement in closed session. the civil rights lawsuit against the city of antioch was filed on behalf of the family of 30 year-old looking to quito was a filipino american veteran who died. bikes fix yet after police officers knelt on his neck during what his family says was a mental health emergency back in december of 2020. well, health workers and

community groups are demanding san francisco do more to prevent overdose deaths. and that includes the argument that the problem's only made worse if drug users face the risk of jail instead of treatment. kron four's catherine heenan explains. >> members of the group carried signs that said things like care, not cages in dealing with addicts. they argue against what they call car several measures and other words, jail or prison time in 2023. >> we saw a crackdown on drug users. the sheriffs were activated to arrest. people use drugs in the heart of our city. 60% of those arrests involved. people of >> we see the ways that disrupts people's lives and actually contributes to overdose deaths. >> district attorney brooke jenkins sees the problem in a very different light. i think the fact that we have enabled drug use that we have condoned it and we've allowed it is

what has caused this problem to everyone that i talked to who is in recovery right now, it has been successful, said that it was the criminal justice system that really propelled to decide that treatment was what they needed for themselves. they had to be forced in a way to make that choice for what was best for them. and so that's all that we're trying to do is to make sure that we protect the most vulnerable from drug dealers, but also use this system to try to to to influence people to choose a better life for themselves. coalition members argue that crackdown measures only lead to more overdoses. >> they say san francisco needs to spend more money on prevention, treatment and community care facilities and say treatment should be available on demand. no waiting. >> we put so many barriers in people's way from meeting to have id from meeting to show up at a certain place at a certain time of wait, lance.

but among those agreeing that tougher measures are critical. >> supervisor matt dorsey, who has overcome his own drug problems, he says with progress being made to reduce street level drug scenes advocating to turn san francisco streets into arrest free for all of public drug use is a lunatic fringe and are key, not sound public health strategy. we have an obligation. >> as a body of government to intervene and help people again choose to a life worth living. catherine heenan. >> kron. 4 news. it's 9.40 and still ahead on the kron. 4 morning news, we're learning new details about the 5 year-old boy who drowned behind a home on bethel island. >> and we are looking at a day today that is going to bring daytime highs in the upper 50's to low 60's at the coast with a little bit of talking breezy weather, upper 70's to even low 80's got your forecast. >> and it looks like we're

finally clears. you're traveling along west just got that completely clear. and they're opening that back up 24 now will slow and sluggish 24 now will slow and sluggish

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>> we are back at 9.43. and rafting companies will be running on the truckee river near tahoe city this season. it's noteworthy because last year they were unable to do that. the water flowing out of the tap code and into the truckee river is regulated by the federal government and flows have just been too high to allow rafting, even with all the snow we had last season, the flow from the dam never really met the criteria. we had tons of snow. and

because of that, the runoff was really heavy. >> so because so much runoff with hitting reno, they weren't letting any water out of the lake up here. just minimum flow, which isn't rest or aft. >> yeah. but this season, lake tahoe is nearly full for the first time since 2019 and water regulators have already notified rafting companies that they can run in july and august. so we've got truckee river raft company and truckee river rafting. they're both taking reservations now for those 2 months with the possibility of the season may actually start in june. if regulators decide increase the water flow yeah, we're changing gears in tahoe for sure. yeah. goodbye scan and hello, boating hiking and all that fun stuff. >> that water is always for time of year. but yet the voting is kicking up here in short order. i know it was just a couple of saturdays ago that we saw a few more inches of snow if not feet up there. that's still hugging those slopes pretty tightly in those upper elevations. so there is more about to be occurring. that just means more water

making its way down into the truckee river. exactly why they're extending rafting season. now, radar shows you that we do have a lot of cloud cover out there near the coastline. but today's marine layer is a bit more shallow and that means it's burning off quicker that has the past couple of days with that quicker burn off means more sunshine and a slightly warmer day today. today is ever so slightly going to be the warmest day of your forecast. fog hugging the coastline, but you will see a few peeks of sunshine out that way. the rest of us getting a whole lot of sun. now that seabreeze does continue. and another dose of fog tomorrow morning, as you're probably anticipated already at this point, tomorrow's daytime highs will be comparable, but gradually gradually cooling after today into the weekend. today's highs in the 60's for san francisco and for coastal spots elsewhere in the bay. it's a lot of 70's to 80's today and a few more 80's than what we saw yesterday. redwood city in mount uh at 79 degrees. south bay, temperatures in the low 80's for your daytime highs. well

inland east bay in the low 80's. still some 70's from fremont up to oakland and even 60's from berkeley up to richmond vacaville, our warmest spot almost getting up to 90 degrees. i think i'm ok, not seeing that number this week after today, temperatures will gradually decline back into the 70's for many areas come the weekend. all right, john, thank you for that. we've kept a very close eye out there before this morning. >> as you can see right now, this is an image folks 24 the eastbound side there and things are slow all the way from oakland as you're approaching into orinda. let's go ahead and take a look at the map here. you can see eastbound 20 fort stevens drive and some construction going on there. so that slow people down. 24 in orinda all the way into oakland down to 13, ok? so things are still slow and sluggish and we're getting ready to go into the 10 o'clock hour. try to get around that maybe taken a t and one of our producers, natalie left here is that she was stuck in this mess, said

she took 5.80 down to 6.80. she's just getting to where she was going. things are very slow there early this morning. we're tracking an accident. an overturned big rig on west grand avenue. the off-ramp has been closed most of the morning now that upright and is back open. so that's good news there. 14 minutes into the city. still a slow sluggish at the toll plaza. 15 minutes on your san mateo bridge. take a right now. you see the westbound side will slowly start to slow down when she hit berkeley. the eastbound side smooth sailing. so again, if you want to take that trying navigate to get around, 24, you can do that. and a 60 minute ride along one. a one. 85 to menlo reaches back to you. thanks. a lot is 9.48. a 5 year-old boy who drowned own a home on bethel island has now been identified. >> his name is lucas zang news from livermore. and he was found in the water about 40 minutes after he was reported missing, according to a neighbor. he was visiting family at a housing complex

near the water when he fell off of the dock behind the home. we don't have any other details. the investigation continues. >> the federal student loan rates are reaching their highest in a decade. the department of education reports that loan rates for undergrads next school year will rise more than 6 and a half percent. that's the highest interest rate in the last 12 years. graduate students will also see long rates at almost 9%. the biden administration has yet to announce any plans to potentially reduce or freeze the current interest rate percentage will follow the story. meanwhile, new this morning, google has unveiled all kinds of ai features and updates for android devices at their google io convention in mountain view. weve got rich demuro with a rundown now of everything that was unveiled. >> at this year's google io no new hardware announcements. instead, google spent nearly 2 hours detailing all the ways they're building ai into their products. all in an effort to

help you accomplish everyday tasks faster and google io is where the company shows off what's next. that's never been more important than right now because so many are turning to chat gpt google says it's been investing in artificial intelligence for a decade. >> their ai is called gemini. it handles more data and has access to real-time information. we're also working hard to make gemini just really easy for everybody see. you don't have to have a new special skills. just ask it for what you want and it will help you out. a new feature in google photos lets you i about your collection. like what's my license? plate number? or when did my kid learn to swim? google also showed off an ai sidebar in apps like docks and g mail or can summarize messages craft complex replies and help you brainstorm. it's aware of what you're working on and it also knows you it has access to

your g mail and all the files that are located in drive in a very privacy compliant way. search is getting smarter. it can handle more nuanced questions with personalized ai results. you travel, search planner creates customized itineraries based on specifics like your flight time, hotel location and preferences. vo is google's tax to video. they can generate high-quality, detailed videos. you can further refined with more text and experimental ai app called astra can interpret video in real-time and offer guidance based on what it's gemini. a eye on the pixel phone can listen to phone calls and alert you if something sounds like a scam. >> and to curb abuse, google has created a simple id system. it has a watermark to ai-generated images, audio video and text. i really felt google was doing this year,

not for people like me and not even really for developers but more for investors. more trying to be like we are going to openai. we're going to fight the competition. that's coming around. and this is how we're going to do it. >> google has a delicate balancing act here. they want to embrace the future and build ai into all of their products and services. but they also don't want to disrupt their number one revenue stream, which is search advertising at google. i o in mountain view, california. i'm rich demuro. that's rich on tech. >> it's 9.51. coming up in the next hour, the kron 4 morning news. a bay area group highlighting women in business has picked 10 college students to send to college with scholarships will tell you who they are.

>> and we're back at 9.54. for the first time that we know of a swimmer made it all the way from san francisco to the farallon islands, which is a little more than 29 miles in 45 degree water. so her name is amy apple hands gubser and you can see video here of the swim. she was able to complete the task, but it took her 17 hours. she says the swim was mainly a test of endurance, not necessarily speed. >> open water swimming is not about how that your it's about what you can were and what you can withstand. and i have a very strong aptitude for the cold and i've always that's when that direction. i used the current to launch me out toward the island and then halfway through the women to

begin was the beginning of the of the actual hard part of this wet. >> yeah. when amy is not in the water, she's a pediatric intensive care nurse about that. >> hard part of the is just getting into the cold water. all right. now getting by right now in coming next on the kron 4 morning news like teachers in the south bay are demonstrating. we're going take you to the rally this morning. >> and it is official. we have the date now. you can vote on the recall of alameda county district attorney pamela price. plus, thieves target a test the charging station in the north bay. they took off with all the charging cables. will take a look at why.

>> right now on the kron, 4 morning news. the recall election against alameda county district attorney pamela price is officially on. leaders have set a date. teachers in the south bay rallying now demanding better pay and smaller class sizes. plus thieves target a tesla charging station in the north bay. we'll have more of what they took. >> from the station. you're watching you. morning team. >> morning. we're happy. you're joining us for a wednesday morning. i'm darya and i'm james. we've got john and rain is sticking with us for weather and traffic this hour because we're still following problem people were texting me this morning. they were stuck in. 24 me eastbound

side. you think the westbound side. anyways, it's a massive steel of 10 o'clock o'clock. but in the hours this morning, the see was almost empty yeah, it's been a problem anymore. you can't leave it on the weather. that's actually sunday up there along to our right now. >> but we are looking at a little fog at the coast to mind that if you're heading that otherwise today is going to be the warmest day of this week's know this. disappeared. this is the skies above san jose right there which is looking nice and clear right now san jose may have cleared out. but as i mentioned, still a little bit of fog in the out towards the water. now temperatures are starting to work our way back into the low 60's. now double in hayward as well as mateo back up to 60 61 degrees. some 50's across the north bay. take a look at cal. still good. kelsey ville side of that warmth to come already in the upper 70's and those spots later on today. a lot of us inland will be rising further into the 80's with 70's along the