>> now it to oakland's former top cop still trying to make an impact in the city. today's major announcement from wrong

armstrong and the city of oakland reaching a deal to sell its half of the coliseum. new details we're learning about how much the city is expected to make from the sale. also, the lg bt q plus community is honoring a trans woman who was stabbed and killed in san francisco. station. >> he's calling news 2. >> thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 news at 2. i'm justine waldman, former oakland police chief leronne armstrong announcing his intent to run for oakland city council kron 4 s charles clifford is live for us now in oakland with details why he wants to make this move now into politics. thanks for joining us. >> well, good afternoon. yeah. former chief was shown the door basically from the police department last year and now he's decided to get involved in city politics. >> former oakland police chief leronne armstrong has announced that he is running for a seat on the oakland city

council. he filed the initial paperwork with the city clerk's office wednesday morning. armstrong says that he believes his experience as police chief qualifies him to sit on the council. >> you know, as our city experiences, obviously dramatic increases in violence, budget issues, homeless issues. i think it's important bring my leadership to the table last year. oakland mayor sheng thao fired armstrong from the police department for allegedly mishandling a pair of misconduct cases. >> he was later cleared of any wrongdoing. armstrong has since filed a lawsuit against the city for wrongful termination. even though that case has not yet been resolved. armstrong says that he can work with the mayor if he's elected to the council. >> she made a decision. obviously, i felt like it was not the right and i've taken legal as a result of that. but throughout my entire time, i have not criticized the have not been critical public about them. and i'm here to do a job serve the public. armstrong who lives in district 7 is running for the at-large seat

on the council, which is currently held by rebecca kaplan. 8 other candidates have also announced that they are running for that office. it's unclear at this point if kaplan plans to try to keep her seat on the council. >> all right, back live. now, the person who will fill that out large seat will be decided in the upcoming november general election. but for now in the east bay, charles clifford kron, 4 charles, thank you. we're also learning some new details now about an agreement reached by oakland to sell its 50% ownership stake in the coliseum. >> mayor sheng taos office confirming the sale to the african american sports and entertainment group for a minimum of 105 million dollars. the deal has been in the works for some time. and while the sale was not done, they say to cover oakland's budget deficit, the proceeds from the sale will be used to make up the deficit at the discretion of the mayor and the city council, the oakland group purchasing the stakes says it wants to develop it and put community interest

first. the deal is expected to close in the next few months. mayor thao is expected to be announcing some more details about the sale in the next hour. we plan to bring that to you live during kron. 4 news at 3. jury selection now underway for david, the paps state trial. this is for that incident in which pap attacked paul pelosi with a hammer in his san francisco home in 2022, he's already been convicted in federal court, but since the attack happened in san francisco at the pelosi home, the state is now seeking its own charges. last week, the pap received a 30 year prison sentence for his federal conviction. but a blunder during sentencing means he will be re-sentenced on tuesday in federal court. san francisco police are investigating a homicide that took place just off of post street. the victim's family says, but they have now identified the victim as a 25 year-old trans woman kron four's. tiffany justice joins us now live from the newsroom with more on the investigation and also what she's learned about this victim. thanks for

joining us, right. michelle henry was beloved in the lgbtq community. >> and last night a vigil was held at the bar mother to celebrate her life. >> i life was just beginning. and so for her to be murdered at the age of 25 is just so heartbreaking and so many ways. >> wednesday, the trans community mourning a good friend with a kind heart who was killed. san francisco police say there was a physical altercation between 2 people around 2 in the afternoon on may. 15th at a residence near jones street just north of geary officers finding a woman with stab wounds. she did not survive. family friends and colleagues identified that person as 25 year-old michelle henry, big loss for the community says honey mahogany director of the office of transgender initiatives, san francisco. i'm so this personal for the community. you know, i'm this is one of her own and >> again, you know, there was such a huge show them the pack, some other bar with

people and to go it was out the door and so many people were touched by her personally and shared their stories of who she was as a person, someone who loved fashion, someone you know, it's kind of shy, quiet, but really knew how to lift spirits. somebody who had an infectious laugh specifically because she was so connected. and so all of you know, i i'm i'm really saddened by the fact that, you know, we don't get to kind of 2002 and the impacts that you could potentially have had our community. and on the city of san francisco. >> henry was a trans woman who was growing into her true self. a vigil was held for her tuesday night at mother a spot she used to frequent often according to the medical examiner's office. michelle's cause of death is a fix yet due to neck compression is with significant. multiple sharp force injuries. so we're seeing an increase violence, racine, increase in depression and suicidality. and, you know, us to be touched by

violence in that here in san francisco is no really shocking. the san francisco police department arresting 33 year-old ramani. you ha she for the unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought. now, police say also an arrest has been made. this remains an open and active investigation. >> anyone with information is asked to cost peas tip line, reporting in the newsroom. tiffany justice kron. 4 news. tiffany, thank you so much. >> a side show was stopped by a multi-agency operation over the weekend at the alameda county sheriff's office says that this operation was done by the regional sideshow enforcement team or reset, which is made up of 4 law enforcement departments after receiving a tip about a sideshow about to take place near the intersection of mission boulevard and harder road in hayward. officers arrived at that location just before the side show started, the operation resulted in 11 arrests. 21 citation and 10

vehicles being towed. another tax on chevron's refinery in richmond and moving closer now to the november ballot city council members voted unanimously last night in favor of a measure that would tax oil refining sot by environmental justice so this is state data is showing asthma rates for richmond. residents are higher than 90% of other californians. so coming up during kron for news at 3, we're going to hear from council members and other harms caused by or refineries ahead of this. yes, vote. a crippling patrol staffing shortage at the vallejo police department is being addressed now at the state level. kron 4 said all reports if the bill approved by the senate this week passes through the legislature, it could bring the department much needed relief. but it's not everyone is on board. there could be other issues. >> the vallejo police department is severely understaffed and the city council has declared a local

emergency napa based democratic state senator bill dodd is office paints a bleak picture, noting the department has authorized to have 132 officers, but it is currently down to just 31 patrolling the entire city. that's why senator dodd wrote a bill that would allow qualified retired solano county sheriff's deputies to return to that department and work full-time to help patrol the city of 123,000 people. the bill passed the senate tuesday and will next head to the assembly. in a statement, dodd says, quote, allowing them to temporarily work more hours. well, recruitment ramps up for permanent officers can save taxpayers money while deterring crime and improving responsiveness just depends right who either officers that they're bringing in. >> we i i supported the state of emergency, will allow more officers to come in and we encourage officers were not affiliated with the left for the next 3 years. senate bill, 13 79 would allow retired

officers to current state law and dixie the 960 our annual cap on work hours for retired cops like many community members, a dotd spokesperson says the senator >> is concerned about the police department and allegations of abuse and corruption but stresses the officers that would be brought will come from the sheriff's office, not the police department. human rights attorney melissa nold has filed past and currently pending civil rights lawsuit against the agency is skeptical about this bill. we need police, right. we need to get somebody's kitchen grandmothers during you want somebody to come in response. >> but that guy left because every time he you know, somebody, sneezy, shoots somebody. we don't want to grandma's house you that. earlier this year, an old represented willie mccoy's family in the 5 million dollars. civil rights settlement. >> with the city of vallejo, he was gunned down by vallejo police in 2019. don't have anything to get. police have something against corrupt police. mccoy's cousin david

harris and fears it is possible. the retired officers who may join the department. >> fall in line with those accused falling short police standards. if you allow those just after it up. darrell of appeals. >> there's not going to be too long before. the whole barrel. as right the city's mayor chamber of commerce, solano county sheriff and deputy sheriffs association support the bill if it passes through the assembly, it will end up on the governor's desk. and senator dodd's office says could likely be signed by september. >> philippe djegal all kron. 4 news. >> coming up, we will honor those who have served as san jose. police are paying tribute to the people lost their lives in the line of service. and we're looking back on the life of one of the founding members of the san francisco ban train was just passed away. but first, new details about east bay operation were hundreds of vehicles and dozens of weapons were recovered by the chp. and

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(♪♪) >> more arrests, more stolen cars recovered and the seizure of more illegal guns. the governor's office releasing new numbers from its sting operations in the east bay kron four's terisa stasio has the details and explains what happens next. >> this is one of more than several dozen guns tied to criminal activity taken off the streets in the last 3 months. it is all part of a continuous crime prevention operation launched in oakland and other parts of the east

bay. back in february, the partnership was initiated by governor newsom. in a statement, quote, the governor said i commend the work of the chp to support local law enforcement efforts statewide, including in the east bay to ensure the safety of our communities. the state will continue to hold perpetrators accountable for criminal activity. here's a closer look at the numbers being released since february. the governor's office says that the targeted enforcement has recovered 726 stolen vehicles may 355 arrests and seized 46 crime late firearms just last month. the chp arrested 2 women and conducted search warrants and to oakland homes as they busted a fencing operation where more than $326,000 worth of stolen goods were recovered. other arrests involved, drug smuggling, dui and the rest an outstanding warrants. another part of the governor's 10 point plan in support of oakland involves

caltrans lending a hand and tackling homeless encampments and blight abandonment initiatives. furthermore, the governor announced 480 high-tech cameras will be installed around oakland and the east bay to identify vehicles linked to crimes and give real-time information and alerts to law enforcement. the timing of the installation has been set forth coming up on kron, 4 news at 3. the chp talks about their involvement with helping combat crime and their next steps will be. theresa kron, 4 news. >> oakley police say the dna helped them crack a assault cold case for more than 20 years ago. it was in 2002 when the victim was walking her dog near laurel road and oakley when a man sexually assaulted her at gunpoint. she did escape and ran to a nearby home for help and police collected the attacker's dna. but they found no matches in the national database. the 20

years later in 2022, they received an alert that a possible match have been discovered in idaho where a man had just been arrested. oakley police went there last week collected dna from that man and then compared it to a sample they had on file. investigators say it was a direct match and the suspect is 49 year-old eric ferguson. police say he was a resident of contra costa county in 2002, he's currently in custody in idaho but will be brought to contra costa county later on this week. >> happening right now, uc davis, police need your help finding a missing student. police say 18 year-old diane men left campus friday. >> and took amtrak to mission street in san francisco where she was last seen she was reported missing on monday. anyone with information should call police either uc davis or san francisco. and the ucla police chief has been removed from his position and now has rigged up and reassigned. chief thomas faced heavy criticism for his handling of violence at the side of the

student protests earlier this month. his reassignment takes place by the university conducts an investigation of shortfalls in campus security, especially in regards to that attacked by counter-protesters, which left demonstrators to fend for themselves for about 3 hours before law enforcement moved in. police captain. godwin gibson has been named the interim police chief and the shakeup at the ucla police department takes place as the chancellor prepares to answer to lawmakers tomorrow on capitol hill. one of the founding members of the band train has died. charlie colin was the bass player for that san francisco bay spanned according to tmz. he died after slipping in the shower in brussels where he was teaching a music master class. he left rain back in 2003 went on to play for a number of other bands and while with trained they did win 2 grammys and had a string of hits that included drops of jupiter, hey, soul sister and meet virginia. he was 58 years old.

in the south bay, san jose police gathering today to honor those who have lost their lives in the line of service. a memorial in flag ceremony remembering the 13 men those past way between 1924. and 2016. law enforcement and loved ones of fallen officers first held the ceremony 30 years ago. they've been coming together for this ever since. mayor matt mahan also there today, he addressed the recent shootings that have injured 3 officers on the job just in the last year. >> 3 of our own san jose police officers been hit by a bullet on duty since we last gathered here. thankful we will not be reading their names are today the best that we can hope to do here today. just properly honor these men. i remember in their stories. celebrating their heroism. and

committing ourselves to keeping their memory a lot. >> earlier this month, kevin briones started a shootout with police after his former partner called the cops on him. he's accused of shooting 2 officers and is now facing attempted murder charges. >> now we're taking a live look outside here in san francisco out towards the embarcadero bay bridge there. the background, nice and blue out there today. meteorologist logan here now with details on what's happening outside. had a nice out there again, right? i know a little bit cooler yesterday. we got up to the upper 80's in spots like santa rosa like 89 degrees. you can see you've got a nice blue skies out there. >> we do have a little wind going on right now, particularly in san francisco where the trees are all kind of blown around and it is an onshore flow now that is helping to cool us down a little bit. you can see we're now getting that earlier today was certainly more of a northwesterly flow. this going to be a telltale sign of the cooldown. that's coming our way. but we're not there yet. some nice temperatures out there right now. 77 in san

jose where it's 78 in livermore. 67 in san mateo certainly will cooler bayside 64 in downtown san francisco. but 80 in pittsburgh, 83 in fairfield and check out santa rosa at 84 degrees right now. 77 in nevada. so pretty nice day. lots of sunshine, high pressure still for the most part in control of our forecast. it really won't be until we get into friday and saturday that we've got a front that's going to track through a little bit of a trough that's going to dig in. and that's going to bring back the marine layer, cool us down and certainly bring some clouds. we won't be seeing all of these clear skies that we see right now. if you look at stormtracker 4, so from my work from home, folks, you're getting a really nice day today. the rest of the afternoon looking really good temperatures at in walnut creek example, looking just for those low 80's. and tonight, another lovely, mostly clear night. our full moon is tomorrow. so if you get a chance to take a look again, i i've been taking a look at it every night, just enjoying it. and this graphic, believe it or not, is exactly match with the moon phase. so that's why choose your almost fall. we get into next couple

days are going to get their temperatures between about 47 54 degrees tonight. little breezy, little gusty. and that's been the hallmark of our forecast. as we look at future cast here, you can forecast is pretty nice. the next couple of days that i mentioned by to take you there. now we start to see the clouds move in and that's when things start to change. and you see even a little drizzle is possible. it doesn't look like will be much in the way of measurable rain. maybe, you know, 100th of an inch or so that's about it. but what it will really effectively do is cool us down. so friday, cool and breezy saturday, even cooler warming back up as we head to the holiday weekend. thank you to some national news now and rapper sean diddy combs is facing another new lawsuit. >> this suit alleges that former model crystal mckinney was forced to perform a act on him at his new york city recording studio 2003. the lawsuit alleges that mckinney was given alcohol and marijuana, which she later came to understand had been laced. mckinney says she then

lost consciousness and woke up later in a taxi and then came to the understanding that she had been assaulted. neither combs or his representatives have commented on these new allegations. the death of actor matthew perry has now triggered a criminal investigation in december. the las angeles county medical examiner ruled perry's death accidental and said that he died from the acute effects of ketamine. the actor, a friend's fame had been receiving ketamine infusion therapy ho treat depression. but the autopsy revealed that can mean in his body could not have com from that. their the dea is now working with the la pd and the u.s. postal inspection service to determine how perry got the drug. still ahead, mandatory speeding alerts in cars. this controversial bill that's up for consideration and why it might have trouble moving forward. >> still ahead, also, walmart announcing sanother round of

layoffs has been announced here in the bay area. this time walmart is making more than 560 cuts in its san bruno and sunnyvale offices. they are asking other employees to relocate. >> 2 offices in arkansas in new jersey and the bay area. the company did not give a reason for the layoffs, but wal-mart's chief people, officer and executive vice president released a statement about the layoffs saying, quote, some parts of our business have made changes that will result in a reduction of several 100 campus roles. and while the overall numbers are small in percentage, we're focused on supporting each of our

associates affected by these changes. president biden has canceled nearly 8 billion dollars in student debt. the u.s. education department announced the move this morning. it will affect more than 160,000 federal student loans. each of the borrowers has received an average of $35,000 in debt cancellation, the president says nearly 5 million americans have benefit benefited from the recent debt relief actions. the administration says it has canceled a total of 167 billion dollars in student debt through several different programs. we have new details right now about the high cost of homes that are state last month for the first time ever. the median sale price for a single-family house in california when over $900,000. that is up 11.4% from last year. according to the california association of realtors, home prices have climbed more than $100,000 in the last 2 years. up next here at to why the mayor of

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scary moments for elementary school students and teachers in san bruno after a sheriff's office training exercise went way wrong. chemicals were released into the air. >> causing 20 students to get sick. kron four's. michael thomas has the details. >> school officials here in san bruno say yesterday's winds blew gas and pepper spray into the eyes and

throats of more than a dozen students are in the after school hours and it came from next door at the san francisco sheriff's county jail. tuesday afternoon at fort elementary school in san bruno, 20 students and one teacher reported having burning sensations in their eyes, nose and throat. and this young lady tells me she was one of them. and the feeling was like pepper spray. they just in mice and mice row and they're like and dislike the causes from the mixture of gas and pepper spray that came from next door at the san francisco sheriff's office jail property. the sheriff's office was hosting a routine tactical training class inside the jail, which has been done for the last 20 years. so how do the chemicals get outside the school principal says it was the wind. >> the room was contained to win the open the doors. of that smell or some of the came out and there was a strong breeze yesterday and this must have bee in the path of it. >> all students at felt symptoms were checked out by medical personnel, then sent

home in the school says they haven't gotten any reports of additional complications. one parent whose son was actually involved tells me he was happy with the way it was handled and that the school even had an in-person meeting. my child had like a stinging in the eyes, a little nausea, but it went away pretty quickly to anything or yes, they did. the superintendent did it. and we had a meeting last night. the sheriff's office put out a statement saying, quote, these trainings are critical to law enforcement because they allow peace officers to test the safety of equipment for potential leaks and they provide staff with hands-on experience with chemical agents, preparing them for both physically and mentally for real life situations. we sincerely apologize to pirtle elementary school, its faculty and students and their families for the unseen event, which must've been especially scary for children. as of now, the sheriff's office is pausing all of its training classes as it continues to review its practices. that it's a very latest here in san bruno. i'm michael thomas will send it back to live in the studio.

>> first facing races threatened fire at his home. a san francisco dog walker is speaking out. terry williams was meeting with a member of mayor breed's office at city hall when his home on grove street near the painted ladies caught on fire. and this was late yesterday morning when williams was. >> discussing ways to address repeated racist threats that he has suffered during recent months. and then they became this news about the fire. that's not clear how it started. but williams only hopes that this was not an escalation of the hate being thrown at him. >> you are you sick or he started his own business? don't start to racist races member now. out. about what

can be done, how support him. wendy is another phone call about 2005. >> supervisor dean preston represents this last week issued a resolution condemning the hate crimes against harry williams and his family urging police to find out who's behind this and to support the family. now, preston said he's currently working on finding temporary housing for the 7 people who lived inside that home. mayor london breed and chinese officials are celebrating the renewed sister city relationship between san francisco and shanghai. the mayor of shanghai visiting city hall to resign. this memo that has connected the 2 cities for decades. and in a statement, the mayor says the memorandum is, quote, heralding a new phase of practical collaboration between the 2 cities. adding we see this as an opportunity to further strengthen cooperation with san francisco and areas such as technology. innovation mutual investment and urban governance. and just like your car notifies you

when you're not wearing your seat belt drivers could also be alerted if they are speeding. there's a new bill in the state legislature that could require all new cars sold in the state by 2032. to be paid. drivers may go over the speed limit by 10 miles per hour. the bill just past its first vote in the state senate yesterday indicating that there may be some trouble on the road to the governor's desk. experts say the technology is not new. it's being used in the european union, but drivers there are able to turn that function off. new telehealth line is launching in san francisco for unhoused people to start their recovery treatment. this pilot program will provide real-time connections with the doctor to help prescribe medication. and a space will then be provided to begin treatment for fentanyl and opioid addictions. the program was tested out in march and the city found that 55 people started treatment for opioid addiction. 173 people had tele-health visits and nearly a dozen people have now

entered into residential treatment. all right. the moral day weekend is basically here at this point. a lot of people planning to hit the road and kick off summer according to triple a 30 million people are expected to drive 100 miles or more for the long weekend. that is the most people since the company started tracking this data in the year 2000 and a lot of people say they're excited to kick off summer drive. but yeah, those gas prices are high. >> we're thinking all splitting the gas and so we all help for it. our polling is like butterfield. yeah, too. >> all right. now the average price of gas in california is around $5 a gallon for regular triple. a also predicting l% nearly 2 million people will be flying are taking a train during memorial day weekend. >> and now we're going to follow the aftermath of those deadly storms in the midwest. several people were killed in the town of greenfield, iowa, where a powerful tornado just leveled homes and knocked down lots of trees. the storm also

battered a number of states with heavy winds and rain. reporter griffin wright has the latest. >> it is still an incredibly active scene here in greenfield. this is really the center of town. and you can see just the amount of destruction in the amount of crews out here working right now to clean everything up. the governor said it's still a search and rescue operation. so the town being contained limiting the number of volunteers, a media access things like that. they can make sure that everyone is found in accounted for. cleanup is well underway so far. here's what the governor had to say earlier during her press conference. this morning. but i want to give a shout out to the community and everybody that i was responded >> that just emergency manager cooper, thank you for coordinating. we've site set up here at the dot headquarters. the indicated that we will be putting forth an expedited presidential declaration. we're hoping by

no later than tomorrow. we'll have those numbers in so that we can get them to the white house and get a presidential disaster declaration as quickly as possible. when we have those numbers are will be sure and get them to the media. but at this point, we're not prepared to address because it's still a search and rescue. >> so those efforts are going to be continuing for really weeks here in greenfield, you can see just the amount of work these line crews working to restore power, electricity, things like that to that but really, this is just the start of a very, very long process to rebuild here in greenfield. >> all right. that was griffin wright reporting for us. and now meteorologist kyla grogan has details on the tornado threat. >> yeah, today, obviously iowa doing ok today. you saw some the blue skies there, but there is more of a threat later this week today i is on spots like texas around dallas. but you see the little area in red. that's actually a tornado warning happening

right now. look at this line of storms is kind of incredible. goes all the way from texas right through kentucky right into parts of western pennsylvania and up near syracuse. also the canadian border. that's how big this line of storms is. and as you a little research today, and, you know, we're at 27% higher incidents of tornadoes so far this season. it's been an intense season so far. these are all severe thunderstorm warnings that are up right now for different cells are going through. and there's the tornado warning that is right now just to the east of texarkana. this is in arkansas, as you can see there under that right now is the cell roll through. so t ese are all capable of producing very strong wind, incredible downpours and rotation. of course, they can cause debris to go flying in the air. this one just to the east of nashville is a severe thunderstorm warning. and then as i mentioned, right through western pennsylvania, into western new york in and around syracuse. so pretty incredible system. and tomorrow is expected to unfortunately be even more dangerous. then the one yesterday that caused the fatalities was rated

preliminarily an etf threes. you think of that on the scale. that's not even the top of the scale. and it caused so much damage. in fact, that fatality with some of those in their car in the car was thrown by the horrible when that was happening. this is the part where it gets a meanwhile in california, it's gorgeous out there today. you're taking a live look from mount tam beautiful day out there. this is a current look at your temperatures were a little cooler than yesterday, but still really nice day out there. i'll have your 7 day forecast when come back in just a bit. all right. well, this memorial day weekend could be your last chance to hit the slopes this season in tahoe, palisades tahoe says. >> memorial day weekend will be its final full weekend of operation. the resort is known for having lake tahoe's longest ski season, kirkwood and sugar bowl wrapped up their seasons on april. 28 palisadea last day will be on monday. the slopes are scheduled to be open from 8 in the morning until 2 in the afternoon. weather conditions permitting. members of congress are stepping into the effort to free 5 americans who are facing prison time in the turks and caicos they were

arrested on charges related to illegally carrying ammunition during a recent trip. there. washington correspondent jessi turnure reports now on the lawmaker's efforts to bring these americans home. >> this whole experience has been such a >> roller coaster of a ride. michael, when work is in turks and caicos, but not for vacation. his son, tyler wenrich was arrested there on charges related to illegally carrying ammunition. an offense that could mean 12 years in is something we're holding on to. it's up and down every single day when rick is one of 5 americans facing similar charges. >> congressional delegation in a state department representative travel to turks and caicos to meet with them and government officials. these are not >> criminals. they weren't coming with bunch of machine guns and loaded magazines. republican congressman bob good in michael cloud say the tourist accidentally carried the ammunition in their

luggage and were arrested while leaving the island and have had to spend 10's of thousands of dollars to try it to defend themselves, to pay bail, to pay for the cost of staying in the islands. turks and caicos recently passed tighter gun laws that now carry a 12 year prison sentence for illegally carrying ammunition. they were trying to crack down on an issue they have with crime. but this this is absolutely not that at cloud is urging the turks and caicos government to instead charged vacationers under the customs act, which would be fine. >> and deportations, send them home and good says they also reminded island officials, the u.s. tourism industry makes up half of their economy. we don't have to issue a travel advisory warning folks not to travel. the car starts to take in washington. i'm jessi tenure. >> coming up, first responders put to the test. are they prepared to respond to a major earthquake? plus, several organizations are getting some financial help in order to reduce wildfire risks. but first, we're going to hear from san francisco mayor london breed and the

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>> kron four's your local election headquarters and all 5 of the top candidates for san francisco mayor gathered last night for their first ever town hall kron four's sara stinson breaks down some key issues from each candidate. >> 5 candidates vying to be san francisco's next. mayor spoke at a town hall tuesday night. this being the first time we're hearing from them in a forum. the harvey milk, lgbtq democratic club hosted with president jeffrey kwong moderating candidates answered

questions about issues like homelessness, public safety police saying and affordable housing. it kicked off with candidate daniel lurie, levi's aaron founder of an antipoverty organization. >> you're not the point the board of supervisors, da for the police chief for the commission's. going to be a that you can hold accountable. second up, current mayor london breed. >> i'm concerned that someone lose people graduate with. can't afford to be in the city anymore. doesn't know what it feels like to actually have to pay rent. is not a solution. also say that. the fact i've very aggressive with my hasn't policies nicely because of my experience of growing this late in the 3rd quarter down the street. >> next attendees heard from candidate osha self who says he's been fighting for homelessness. wow. supervisor and then made a dig. it breed

for not prioritizing kids in the city administration cut. >> 24, 25 news dollars from youth programming in our city. couple days later, she knows one broadway's 25 million dollars for pandas. the 4th candidate was supervisor. aaron peskin. >> he addressed criticisms about not being pro housing. >> spent by astroturf organization and a handful of plutocrats trying to spend that narrative. but the facts are the facts. the facts are. 24 years that i've been in office 100,000 units of housing. people are talking. i'm actually doing things the latest up on stage was former san francisco mayor and supervisor mark farrell. i believe that we need to build more housing years here just go to make our city more formal, plain and simple. the mill club has not announced an endorsement yet. >> but this town hall will influence that decision. the club hopes to have that endorsement by labor day. i

spoke with some attendees afterwards, many saying that this town hall was helpful, but they still hope to see a debate before the election. >> i'm sara stinson reporting in san francisco. kron 4 let's talk about the forecast right now. looking outside here at sfo are expecting a busy travel weekend with memorial day kicking off summer. >> we have colin here in the weather center we can go over what's going all right. so we're going to go. we went up. we're going to start to go down and then start to go up again just in time for that holiday, ok? so let's get to a current temperatures out there right now. beautiful day. 61 in san francisco, oakland up, 67 70's in san jose and liver more 80 degrees in concord. santa rosa winning the day again here at these numbers. 84 degrees there. 89 yesterday, half moon bay, 59 degrees for you. sis still getting a little onshore flow out at the coa t and that's keeping them a little cool. >> breezy we are seeing this pick up. it is already started this afternoon. so we're getting used to that to these gusty afternoon. the tradeoff, maybe of getting these nice

clear skies. we have a drier, warmer air mass that's come in with that northwest flow. and as we get over the next couple days, wind is going to be an issue here. so we show you get into this evening. obviously we're going to get gusty particulate the coast. then tomorrow we start to see things happened again in the afternoon. so taking a thursday, but it is friday that you really see these numbers start to go up up up. and here we are friday about 7 o'clock. so, you know, just be ready for this. this gusty wind, you're going to feel it. and if we take a look at futurecast, the interesting thing is that we'll see a front come true through with this, too. so here's thursday into friday, friday morning, we start to see some clouds. we haven't seen this in ohio by friday afternoon. they start to thicken up a bit. we even have a little chance friday into saturday morning of a little bit of drizzle. so i don't think will be much in the way of rain, but it could be measurable to the tune of 100 to maybe, you know, 5, 107 inch. so just a little bit, we started off this month with rain, got about half an inch of rain. now, the other thing i wanted to say is that even though we get those cloudy

skies and cooler temperatures on friday and saturday by sunday into monday, monday being the memorial day holiday. we'll get that sunshine back and start to rebuild some of these temperatures. so if you're inland, we're t lking between about 75 and 80 degrees. a really nice day across the entire bay there for monday on memorial day. so just get ready for those breezy conditions. cooler, grab the jacket, kind of weather as we head into the weekend. >> we head out of the weekend and into the holiday looking really nice and having some lovely sunshine. >> thank you. to the north in our 9 organizations will soon receive a total of 1 million dollars in grants from sonoma county to reduce wildfire risks. the board of supervisors says the grants should be used to finish projects across the mike on the mountains and along the russian river corridor. they say the work will range from creating buffers that prevents fires from spreading to grazing programs that will get allies animals to cutting back vegetation. and as we know here in california, the big one is going to be coming at some time. the question is,

are we ready for a major earthquake? and so that question was put to the test in a big way during a major exercise in sonoma county kron four's ken wayne reports. >> it's good one. a massive quake has struck northern sonoma county, dozens of first responders gathered at the citrus fairgrounds in cloverdale to test their skills in responding to such a disaster. >> victims we've got about 50 victims in there. so you're going to be very, very busy. this is the definition of a mass casualty incident. >> there's a lot of prep going into this. dozens of students go through makeup to simulate head injuries and broken bones. the fire police, medical responders are overwhelmed by simultaneous incidents. buildings are down some on fire. 2 buses collide leaving dozens of students and adults firefighters have to pry their way through the metal to get to the victims. cell phone towers are out. and

for the next hours and days, first responders won't be getting outside. help because those agencies are responding to their own emergencies. that's where the search come in. search is community emergency response. team civilians often your neighbors. we train to step in when professional first responders are overwhelmed by disaster. >> practice getting victims to safety by and freedom operate. >> lessons from past disasters have shown many residents won't evacuate. lesser animals are accounted now they're see that the california veterinary emergency team, they'll work with cart the community. animal response team to make sure everything from a dog or cat to livestock are treated and put their owners minds at ease. >> we can make sure that we're giving the best care possible to animals and then turn people can keep themselves today. safe by knowing that those animals are getting the appropriate care.

>> that was ken wayne reporting for us. and a reminder that ken wayne is retiring and coming up during kron for news at 3, he's going to join us live here in studio so we grilled him a little bit about his amazing career in bay area news. also hear what's happening next for canon. really looking forward to having him here to chat. so join us for that. and up next here, ballers fans showed up and showed out at the league's very first when we'll see how they celebrated last night. they celebrated last night. >> at a watch party. when you host, your bathroom can feel like a revolving door... keep things fresh with febreze small spaces. it's an outlet-free air freshener that fights odors for 45 days. so even after every flush... you know your bathroom smells amazing. ♪ lalalalala ♪ salonpas lidocaine flex. a super thin, flexible patch with maximum

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>> event was hosted by the oakland athletic club. and you can see a lot of oakland team spirit here. the ballers took the win against the glacier range riders in montana. they won. 76. their next game is tonight at 6 for a second game against the same team up near glacier national park. but already kicking off the season with a win. and dogs on their best behavior at this year's pac gala in new york, 18 dogs put on their best outfits for casey museum of the dog last night. they got inspiration from this year's met gala like with gigi. dog were jennifer lopez. shakira little nas x all the outfits from last night's gala will be on display at the museum through june. and a rare celestial event is set to grace the skies next month. and you don't need special glasses or an exact location in order to see it a large planetary

alignment will mostly be visible to the naked eye just before dawn on june. 3rd. now this phenomenon will occur when the planets lineup closely on one side of the sun. at the same time. so mercury, mars, jupiter, saturn. i have kids are saying you're in us now. so that's what i'm going to say. and neptune will be on display. the same alignment is also going to happen on august. 29th. that's not what we grew up saying that that's what they're teaching them in school. now. don't go anywhere. we have a whole other hour of news ahead for you here on kron 4, including more than a year since getting fired as the police chief. >> wrong. armstrong is back and he wants to play a big part in oakland, politics. plus, how the lgbtq+ community is remembering a beloved member who was killed in a fight. i'm justine waldman. fight. i'm justine waldman. kron. news at 3. this next. ♪ heatin' up the kitchen ♪ ♪ we got somethin different ♪ ♪ spreadin' good vibes all day ♪

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>> now from the area's local news station. this is kron. 4 news at 3. >> bring something that no other candidate brings. i think i bring clear leadership. obviously, i've led the largest police department and the department in the city of oakland with the largest budget. >> now at 3 ousted oakland police chief entering into the race for city council. the former top cop explaining why he's stepping in to the political arena. thank you for joining us here on kron for news at 3. i'm justine waltman. oakland mayor sheng thao fired armstrong last year and now he's joining 8 other