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last for weeks. and it could wake at any time. think you're not at risk for shingles? it's time to wake up. because shingles could wake up in you. if you're over 50, talk to your doctor or pharmacist about shingles prevention. >> today on kron, 4 news at noon. whether you're hitting the road or taking to the skies, pack your patience. a busy holiday travel weekend is here. >> i just told myself say i wasn't going to leave that
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little girl in that car. >> a heroic rescue from a father in antioch. how his decision to act saved a young girl. >> trevor shirley in washington today, the doj filed an antitrust lawsuit against live nation. i've got the details on that coming up just ahead. >> from the bay station, you're watching kron. news. >> thank you so much for joining us here on kron. 4 news at noon. i'm stephanie lin. the memorial day travel weekend is here and it's expected to be one of the busiest for us. jessica for joins us live now from san francisco international airport with what you should know before you head out, charles. >> well, good afternoon. it's been extremely busy day here at sfo. lot of people looks like are getting an early start to their memorial day weekend. triple a says there are so many people traveling in the next couple of days that it could break some
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records. according to triple a 38.0. 4 million people will travel by car this weekend possibly making this the busiest memorial day for vehicle trips since record keeping began at the turn of the century. >> here in the bay area, triple a says that the best times to drive will be early in the morning or after 07:00pm with the worst time being around 11:00am on friday when traffic could be about 50% heavier than normal. they also say that 80 between san francisco and napa will see the heaviest traffic at the airports. 3 and a half million people will fly this holiday weekend nationwide. here at sfo. the airport is expecting 755,000 travelers through monday. that's about an 8% increase over last year. oakland international is expecting 130,000 passengers with airports expected to be busy. it's recommended that travelers arrive 2 hours before their flight for domestic trips and 3 hours early for international flights. it's also a good idea to check ahead with your
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airline to make sure your flight is leaving on time. all right, back live now, one other fact from a triple a's that nationwide a gallon of regular gas right now costing. >> $3.61 here in the bay area. that is $5 and $0.36. but for now at sfo, charles clifford kron, 4 news. all right, charles, thank you so much. >> and a warning for anyone hitting the roadways at chp does begin its maximum enforcement period starting tomorrow. you can expect more officers on the road starting at 6 tomorrow night last year. more than 46 people died and more than 1100 people were arrested for dui during last year's holiday weekend. maximum enforcement will remain in place until midnight on tuesday. and if you are considering a last-minute getaway for memorial day, there are some destinations you might want to avoid. travel booking site skyscanner scary. the top 15 most book airline destinations for this weekend. take a look at your screen there. you can see las
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vegas is at the top of the list with new york, los angeles, san francisco and miami. rounding out the top 5 london and tokyo where the most books to international destinations, the biggest flight search is expected today, according to the faa with more than 53,000 flights scheduled. wow. let's talk about our forecast now as we take a live look outside at this gorgeous view of downtown san francisco. let's check in now with meteorologist kyla grogan for more. i there that lets look like a whole list of places i'd like to go. i'm not here's the good news. our airports as of right now are not showing any delays. so we're looking good if you are headed out early. >> and good for you. you're going join iceland you're looking good all the way from san francisco to oakland, san jose to santa rosa. of course you look outside. you can see the skies are absolutely blue and gorgeous are kind of hard pressed to find any cloud cover out there today. just a really lovely day. very similar to yesterday. as far as our temperatures are
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concerned, maybe a degree or 2 cooler inland. but their storm tracker 4 looking lovely. and as we zoom out, you can southern california has been hanging out to the clouds a little bit longer. this morning, we had some of those clouds hang out in los angeles in particular, but that should start to dissipate as we work our way into the afternoon temperatures. we're at 61 in downtown san francisco. some nice 70's already popping up in santa rosa. one of our warmest spots again yesterday there. 76 degrees now. so are conquered in antioch. 72 in san jose and some nice 60's right now around the bay half moon bay. certainly a little cooler out there. also getting that northwest flow still going. but we'll start to see a turn to more of an onshore direction where we start to see cooler moister air brought in. and in fact, tonight, later this evening, we'll even start to see a few clouds roll. and so not quite as clear crystal, clear night as we see in the last couple. here are the highs today looking at route 66 in san francisco, those low 80's inland, some nice 60's 70's around the bay. i'll be back in a bit. we'll take a look at that 7 day forecast. all right. sounds great. thank you.
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>> tragedy striking in san jose after a crash led to an emergency c section. it happen. may 15th on farrington drive in south white road. a pregnant woman was trying to make a left turn and she hit an oncoming suv. that woman was rushed to the hospil d had an emergency surgery. the infant was ritical condition for 4 days before dying. this marks san jose's 18th traffic deaths this year. in the east bay, a father jumping into action to save a little girl from a burning car just moments before it went up in flames on highway 4 in antioch kron. 4 sarah stinson has the heroic details. >> video shows the heroic moment when a man jumps into a car on fire and pulls out a 3 year-old girl. i just told myself say. >> i wasn't going to leave that little girl in that car. >> troy white says he was driving on highway 4 in antioch with his daughter delilah tuesday afternoon when they noticed a car rolled over and on fire with people stuck
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inside. just scared because i knew the car catches on fire. a lot white says he ran up to the car and saw a woman climbing out. so he went to the other side of the car look inside. what i seen was. >> it was it nightmare. you know, it was a child she was trapped in her car seat with flames continuing to grow white, worked as quickly as he could to get the girl out. it's just such a brave little girl. she wasn't crying. she was scared. whatever member saying was help me help me help me. when i got around 30 seconds later, i feel like everybody that was there was going get away from the vehicle. >> you know, i just i had to turn >> minutes later, the car blew up in flames. chp says the mom suffered minor injuries and went in the ambulance with her daughter who had cuts from broken glass are just glad that family a video of the rescue is now circulating online. many are calling white a hero to which he attributes to his faith. >> that great a lot lately.
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and again for ways to have service you know, getting older. and i believe that he has a record. today was a last minute change of scheduling for me to even be that time. >> that was sarah stinson reporting for us. chp says neither drugs nor alcohol were involved in the crash. the mom and daughter are recovering. an armed robber got away with nearly $90,000 after holding up to employees of the contra costa county. fair. and police say the workers were depositing cash from the fair at the bmo bank on summersville road just south of highway 4 before 2.30, monday morning. when thieves robbed them at gunpoint. police say $87,750 was stolen. no one has been arrested yet. but anyone with information is asked to please call any off police. oakland mayor sheng thao is proposing adjustments to the city's budget amid a projected 117 million dollars shortfall. she says the changes will prioritize public safety, economic development
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and community services. they are telling dressing the mid cycle budget changes at city hall earlier today. her first priority is funding crime prevention cleanup services. she says now this includes the ceasefire strategy fully-staffed 9-1-1, dispatch oakland's fresh pilot program. tell us as the funding is vital to maintain progress during financial challenges. >> its cycle. budget adjustment. it's physically responsible. it's disappointing and maintains our focus on the issues that matter most to open doors over the coming weeks. my administration will engage in discussions with the city council about the mid cycle budget amendments. and i urge the city council to be thoughtful, to be disciplined, to be collaborative and solutions oriented as we move forward. >> the plan also includes reducing costs. the mayor says and one one way that the mayor is doing that is by implementing a targeted hiring freeze of general purpose fund positions. kron 4 continues to
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put the focus on fentanyl. the university of san francisco launched a first of its kind study into the fentanyl crisis in san francisco. and the key take away they found is that people aren't injecting the drug. they are smoking. it despite a yearlong city and state crackdown on street drug dealers and users, the death toll has not significantly dropped. the university found from january to april of this year, 258 people died from an accidental overdose in the city compared to 275 people during the same time period last year. the researchers say more people are smoking fentanyl because of difficulty injecting it in a fear of overdosing. researchers also found fentanyl was extremely cheap to obtain as low as 10 bucks 10 bucks a gram. and turning to national news. now the justice department has filed a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against ticketmaster and parent company live nation entertainment accusing them of running an illegal monopoly over live events and driving up prices for fans. the
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lawsuit was brought with 30 state and district attorneys generals, including california attorney general rob bonta, washington correspondent trevor shirley reports. >> the sweeping lawsuit alleges a monopoly by ticketmaster and its parent company. live nation which doj officials say drives up ticket prices for fans and kills competition. that lawsuit was filed thursday. it's being brought with 30 state and district attorneys. general who say the monopoly squeezes out smaller concert promoters and hurts artists. attorney general merrick garland says live nation's monopoly costs fans more in fees and lee's venues with few other choices for ticket sales. the doj also alleges live nation uses unfair practices to keep venues locked into long-term exclusive contracts with ticketmaster live nation denies it engages in unfair or illegal practices saying this lawsuit will fail in court. ticketmaster is the world's largest ticket seller handling around 70% of all u.s. concert
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ticket sales scrutiny of live nation became even more intense following the botched rollout 2 years ago. tickets for taylor swift's current concert tour. now officials say it's time for live nation and ticketmaster is control of the concert entertainment market to end. our complaint makes clear what happens when a monopolist dedicates its resources. >> twin trenching its monopoly power and insulating itself from competition rather than investing in better products and services. we allege that live nation has illegally monopolized markets across the live concert industry in the united states for far too long. >> and back in 2023, several senators also called for a congressional investigation into live nation reporting in washington. i'm trevor shirley. coming up, the biden administration offers more student loan forgiveness. a student loan forgiveness. a look at qualify. looking for a smarter way to mop?
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♪ (ominous music) ♪ it's ok. >> the city of oakland has entered an agreement to sell their half of the coliseum site. kron four's dan kerman reports. >> i have faith that in partnership with the african american sports entertainment group. but the potential that we always talk about here in oakland that potential specifically here in deep east oakland that it will finally be realized redeveloping the 112 acre site that now houses the oakland coliseum. >> has been discussed for decades now. a significant move forward as the city of oakland has agreed to sell its half of the site. >> to the african american sports and entertainment
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group. >> there's a new beginning. a new chapter of new everything. new sports teams, new housing, new development, new green space knew everything. so that's what this is all about. originally focus just on sports. >> cg is now focused on what's best for the community. and the mayor says that's what will make all the difference. >> it takes a partner that understand that there is a return on investment that doesn't necessarily show up on that balance sheet. that is just not all about the money, but it's about the community and making sure that they're thriving. when this is built, that it's built for the community so that they can realize their family trees. wednesday's news conference was held that castleman high school. >> where students have been working on designs for the coliseum site. well, nothing has been finalized. the mayor says several things will be required. >> the future of the coliseum complex as envisioned would include the development of thousands of much needed new affordable units and market rate housing increased
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curating outdoor green space commercial and retail spaces. of course, all of this done in community. this is just the very beginning, folks. we have a lot more to be done. >> the oakland arena will also remain for entertainment. but the project will move forward with or without a professional sports team. but any significant movement forward, we'll rely on the oakland a's selling the other half of the coliseum to a a s e g i can say >> that we are and hopefully negotiations and they've continued and they are moving in a positive direction. and our objective clearly is too be able to acquire that side as well. >> the sale price is 105 million dollars which comes at a good time as the city of oakland faces a significant budget shortfall. an ordinance authorizing the sale of oakland share of the coliseum will be introduced at the city council next week with final approval expected 3
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weeks. >> cg is able to buy the other half of the coliseum. it's possible we could see shovels in the ground as early as 2 to 3 years from now. castleman high in oakland, dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> let's talk about our forecast now taking a live look outside at this beautiful view. i believe this is our from our walnut creek camera, but a nice a nice blue skies out there, kyra. perfect blue skies, right? not a cloud in the sky. it's going to be another gorgeous day out there. everybody. >> this is a live look from the east bay. and you can see just a little bit of haze out there, but we're looking pretty good. san francisco right now. still a little bit cool that we're warming up, getting some sunshine going. some nice 70's already happening. as you can see in the inner east bay and south bay is looking pretty good to san jose about 72 degrees. half moon bay little cooler as it usually is. so here we are those cloudless skies showing up on storm tracker. 4 kind of confirming this. one of the bonuses of the clear skies is that we have a full moon tonight. talking about this
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the past couple days because i've been seeing out of my window and really enjoying have beautiful to bed. this will be the flower moon tonight, the full moon. and if you didn't know these started being named by the farmers almanac back in the 1930's and this one was named flower moon because it was cited by the native american people. as the time went flowers spriig forth across north america and abundance make sense, right? it's that time of year for that. so will you be able to see it tonight? i think you're going to get a good shot. the sun goes down at about 08:19pm, tonight. so this is about 8.15, and you can see we do have a few clouds are going to start rolling in tonight. so this is the beginning of our weather pattern changing. so it will be better early in the evening. then later, especially if you're in part to the peninsula. south bay and east bay can see the north bay might a little bit better. but as wake up tomorrow, certainly going to be a different feel that we've had the past few days that everything to do with the fact that high pressure has been in control of that low pressure is going to be dropping. and when it does that, you see those isobars kind of dropped to the south, bringing in more of the greens. those are the cooler temperatures that we're
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going to see a bit of a cool down as we get into friday and saturday. but by sunday we get a little more zonal meeting. we start to kind of get back to a little bit more of an average temperature profile. so what this means is it's going to a little cool for friday, very cold for saturday sunday, warming back up and memorial day looking really nice. this is the san francisco forecast looking out for about 66 degrees but inland as we get into monday, we could get up to about 80 degrees, i think will be a great day for any, you know, activities they may have planned for that holiday. back to you. all right. sounds great. thank you. kyla burlingame students. artwork is getting recognized on a national level and will be showcased at the u.s. capitol building. >> kron four's rob nesbitt spoke with the high school senior about her powerful political message. >> every year congress holds a high school art competition, u.s. representative from each district picks a winner this year. representative kevin mullen pic burlingame senior lauren chang. she explain to me how a graphic art piece is also a message issue of gun violence in our country and uses.
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>> 646 dots to symbolize the 646 mass shootings the year 2022. each year that the 17 year-old went to school in burlingame, she watched school shootings and other us towns make the news living with the anxiety that her own school could be targeted. there's been school shootings, shootings in the public shootings directed towards racial and in my middle school, we had a walkout. and then the next day we had a potential school shooting threat as a winner. chang's art will be hung in the u.s. capitol building for one year. she's been told it will be seen in a hallway between congressional offices and the house floor. it's only win this week. early game high school principal doctor geng fong. >> says chang has also been selected as a u.s. presidential scholar for the arts. it was great that she was selected by the white house and, >> you know, equally great that she have her work. hang in the capital. >> at with with the legislators walking by everyone else visiting the winning art displays a qr code
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so passersby can scan with their phones and read more about mass shootings. current statistics. >> bigger than the qr code. other words, please. no more dots. the artist hopes the message is clear to lawmakers in washington. think that. >> having it having a serve as a reminder, we can't become numb gun violence is really important. >> and that was rob nesbitt reporting for us. lauren chang, graduates from high school next thursday will be headed to uc san diego in the fall to study design and cognitive science. big congratulations to all right. coming up, fire crews in redwood city tackle a blaze at a metal recycling center are the latest on the effort to stamp out the flames. >> and a new study shows the number of kids diagnosed with adhd is increasing. we take a adhd is increasing. we take a look at the numbers.
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will be impacted. the majority of them in public service positions like teachers, librarians and firefighters. so far, the biden administration has forgiven 167 billion dollars in school loans for over 4 million borrowers. that's part of the president's strategy to chip away at the debt after the supreme court struck down his much larger plan to cancel federal loans for 43 million americans. >> to the extent i can without. >> courts for us. >> altogether, the biden administration has approved some debt relief or about one in 10 federal borrowers. t-mobile is raising prices on some of its older mobile plans. customers were sent a notification about the changes yesterday. customers on older plans will see an increase of $2 or $5 per line. those with a price look errant he will not be affected. t-mobile says this is their first price hike in nearly a decade and claim that even with the changes
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their customers still save about 20% over verizon. in a tnt customers can switch to a new plan if they choose. coming up next year, come for news at noon. another tax on chevron's richmond refinery is moving closer to the november ballot. >> plus, hundreds of arrests and dozens of illegal guns seized off east bay street. a closer look at the numbers coming out of the chp crackdown on crime. and the community remembers a trans woman killed during a stabbing woman killed during a stabbing in san francisco. it only takes a second for an everyday item to become dangerous. tide pods child-guard pack helps keep your laundry pacs in a safe place and your child safer. to close, twist until it clicks. tide pods child-guard packaging.
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san francisco are investigating the death of a trans woman killed in the tenderloin. hope was tiffany justice reports. >> i think her 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. so this personal for the community. you know, i'm this is one of our own and >> again, you know, there was
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such a huge children b 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 one or 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 according to the medical examiner's office. michelle's cause of death is a fix yet due to neck compression is with significant. want to pull sharp force injuries. so we're seeing an increase violence. we're seeing an increase in depression and suicidality.
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and, you know, us to be touched by violence in the trans community here in 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. that was our tiffany justice reporting for us. >> police say although an arrest has been made, this does remain an open investigation. anyone with information is asked to please call the sfpd is tip line. on the peninsula. massive fire at a metal scrapyard sent huge plumes of smoke into the air wednesday as kron four's dan thorn learns this was not the first fire for the scrap yard. >> a massive fire at a scrap yard in redwood city sending thick, dark smoke into the air. fire crews rushing to sims metal near bear island wednesday afternoon as large gravel closs pick through the burning rubble. workers at nearby businesses describe what they heard before. a large plume of smoke blanketed
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the area. it sounded like a >> like right now like metal. >> manuel michelle works at a neighboring water, recycling company and says he's seen small fires that sims metal before, but not like this. the smoke was about 100 100 feet up. >> so 7200 feet up in the air flames as high as 30 feet. the smoke drifted down wind into santa clara county, setting off an advisory from officials for sensitive groups to stay indoors. >> the bay area air quality management district says they're also investigating the fire. >> this is not the first time sims metal has had a run-in with the district. the redwood city facility was issued violations in 2012 2013 and in 2018, a large fire at the richmond facility forced to shelter in place. samples collected at the time by the air quality management district found high levels of particulates and the cancer michelle says he's gotten used
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to hearing the booms from the scrap yard, but he's not used to seeing big flames. your booms, like i said all the time tomatoes sometimes, but that the nothing major there, probably been the biggest fire. yeah. >> and that was dan thorn reporting for us this afternoon of since metal. apologize for any disruption the fire may have caused. there were no reports of any injuries and the cause of the fire is under investigation. another proposed tax on chevron's richmond refinery is moving closer to the november ballot city council members unanimously voted in favor of that tax. the city attorney will now work to prepare a measure for the november ballot, leaving the issue for voters to decide councilmember claudio jimenez cited the harm caused by oil refining. >> he has repaid because to pay that i of here and had to choose eye. you can money to pay the keys. to be and
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resources to pay for a teeming that what it and it's still wet. >> according to state data, asthma rates for richmond, residents are higher than 90% of other californians. dozens of people spoke in favor of this measure during public comment citing a number of recent flaring incidents. >> my vision for richmond is to have these polluters pay the city. that's so we can continue to build up our communities to give everyone a better quality of air and life. i want to be able to go to work to go to the richmond farmers market to walk the richmond marina without having to fear toxic air. >> chevron is richmond's largest employer and taxpayer netting over 21 billion dollars in profits last year and paying nearly 46 million dollars in taxes. chevron says in a statement to kron for news, they do not support this refining tax and that it quote, fails to promote the
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economic viability and long-term fiscal health of the city of richmond. the governor's office released new numbers from its sting operations in the east bay. they have all the rest, stolen cars and illegal weapons. kron four's terisa stasio has the details. >> 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
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arrests and seized 46 crime late firearms. >> ever every we've been out in the 10th and the city of oakland, we've been working with the law enforcement, including a hope and a police department. and we've been price target vehicle that as well as organized retail crime and other violent crimes. >> this is chp spokesperson art montel. we are trying to make an impact so that the people face safer so that the >> so more marty's when they're in the city of oakland. >> in april, the chp teamed up with san ramon police to arrest 2 women and conduct search warrant on to oakland homes as they busted a fencing operation. we're more than $326,000 worth of stolen goods were recovered. other arrests involve 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
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and light 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 will have the information on the a lot faster than if were to do a regular investigation where we have no cameras. the bill. >> as for how long the chp will be deployed to aid in crime reduction efforts that has not been addressed. theresa kron, 4 news. >> oakland could change the city's 10 year-old policy on police chases. the oakland police commission now has until september to recommend changes for the council to approve this. after the council voted 5 to 0 for the request for change to the commission. opd is current policy allows officers to chase down people suspected suspected rather of a violent crime or in cases that involve a gun. the owner of 2
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restaurants that closed in san francisco's fisherman's wharf is suing the city for millions of dollars. the owner of grado and parent he knows claims they invested more than 2 million dollars to renovate and maintain both restaurants. but they were unable to recoup their investment because of the city's covid restrictions and homelessness crisis. according to the lawsuit filed in san francisco superior court, the owner of the restaurant says the city of san francisco should pay back the 2 million dollars. in addition to damages for lost revenue. the city's attorney's office releasing a statement that reads, quote, over the last year, herringbone has attempted a number of maneuvers to get out of paying the 1.7 million dollars. it owes the city in back. rent. this appears to be yet another attempt. however, once we are served with the lawsuit, we will review it and respond in court. take a look at this. self-checkouts are closed at a target in emeryville. there are signs now directing shoppers to cashiers. we don't know exactly what prompted
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this closure, but we did hear from shoppers in a hurry. >> harder for me with 2 toddlers under 5. i mean, it's it's just like anyone who has his nose and alive. i still have to get in the car. you know, things like that. so like check out one less. >> you know, part obstacle to go through easier for me as a mom. >> this target now joins other retailers in the bay area, mainly safeway. they got rid of self checkout lines safely. officials said the decision was to deter retail thefts. all right. let's talk about our forecast now as we take a live look outside at sfo. lots of people headed out there for their memorial day travels. let's take an outcome for meteorologist kyla grogan. yeah. hey there. and i figured we take a look at the national picture in case you are heading to another part of the country for this holiday weekend. >> obviously, right goes right to this red. there's a red flag warnings that are in new mexico. we also have that line of storms that created a lot of problems. i'm happy to say no tornado watches today, but
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they have had a few severe thunderstorm warnings along this line and some flooding happening in and around dallas. few of those a severe thunderstorm warning still in parts of new england as this kind of dropped a lot of rain there as work their way through the morning. and then you head to the north, montana, wyoming, dealing with frost advisories and freeze watch is still a little bit of everything happy to say. for the most part, airports are looking pretty good, but you can see boston still dealing with about a 75 minute delay because of some of those storms that are passing through today. looking good. the rest of the east coast, west coast airports also looking pretty good as the phone now having about a 34 minute delay. that is not whether oriented but probably traffic oriented as they do. get a little busy this time of year. if you're staying here in the bay will today is gorgeous out of half moon bay. look at that. nice sunshine and we should get some nice temperatures as well. today inland, expecting to get up to about the low 80's, but by tomorrow will drop that down to the low 70's. and then saturday cooler still as we deal with our chldest day of the week and we start to warm
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back up on sunday into monday. so if you are headed to los angeles, expect that they're going to have a little bit of a cloudy sky on saturday, especially early in the morning and then we'll get into some of these temperatures which will be more in the 60's to low 70's. i'll be back in a little bit. we'll talk more about our 7 day forecast and bottle rock, which i think a few of you might be going to sounds like fun. thanks a lot, kyra. coming up, the forty-niners are working the practice field this week. how the new members of the team are just.
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>> as kron 4 continues to celebrate api heritage month. we're highlighting a college program in the east bay fueling students interest in the culture and unique experience of being asian american or pacific islander kron four's gayle ong reports. >> on behalf of movement and be and you your both of you our annual. >> music. food. and plenty to celebrate. the night market is one of the biggest annual events for movement. the asian american and pacific islander learning community chabot college and leo can last is one of its lead. organizers. i see it as a family, a support group and >> just knowing that i have people that look like me and
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higher education. it means a lot movement also give students more opportunities to learn api history and literature. arnold is director of student life at chabot college. just so important to that this is the students see themselves in the curriculum. they understand their history and their culture and just have these opportunities to engage in that. >> with luck with their own culture, the name movement comes from other ethnic studies. movements dating back to the 1960's. but it also describe something that happens a lot at community colleges can last is hoping to transfer and study political science at uc berkeley. you know, community college students are mostly forgotten because it's not a way for people to go to college movement provides counseling and support for students. i can last. >> who wants to transfer to four-year universities. says students are the driving force behind the program and this was their idea. >> to do this. and so we're just kind of supporting our student leaders in our community really want to come together and do something a
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little bit different in this community to celebrate asian american native hawaiian pacific islander heritage and organizers say when this night market started 3 years ago, they started when about 5 vendors and over the years that participation has grown to dozens of vendors who want to take part in this event and they hope to host this every year. it takes a village to organize year. that's about it said family. it's a great support group and i wouldn't i am right now. if it weren't for movement reporting in hayward, gayle ong kron, 4 news. >> and you can tune into kron 4 every thursday this month for stories highlighting the bay area's api community. and don't forget to catch our special fearless fighters hosted by myself and will tran airing tonight at 6.30. all right. let's talk about our forecast now as we take a live look outside at the embarcadero. some gorgeous blue skies up above their and a urologist in san francisco when the weather like this. no
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one has any complaints, right? it's just beautiful out there. a little bit of a breeze going to see that pick up as we get into the afternoon. that's for sure. but >> today, another lovely and again, watching out for the breeze a little later as we work our way into the afternoon, starting a bit cloudy tomorrow, cooling down the beginning of the cool down coolest day of the week is going to be saturday. but then we rebound in sunday monday, which is the holiday get really, really let's talk about that breeze. that's going to picking up. this is about 6 o'clock. so you can see once again, especially if you are along the coast here, we're going to feel some of that. but notice even delta breeze is also kind of picking up. and then as we get to friday, more of the same as we start to see our front that's going to track through that will start to drop those temperatures down to pretty classic kind of environment for that to happen. so here we are taking a look and you can kind of see where we've got a little bit of that onshore flow starting to make the turn a little bit today. but more tomorrow. and as we look up to the north and the west, you see that counter clockwise circulation. that's a low pressure that's going to kind of dropped through. it's going
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to help to drop our temperatures down now. normally you have a front coming through. you think rain? well, there's a little bit of moisture associated with this. but this time of year, there's not a whole lot to work with. so here's your friday afternoon. you can see some of those clouds rolling in and then saturday morning, i think basically overnight friday into the early part of saturday, that's when you get the chance for a few sprinkles out there. it should not add up to much. and it will clear out as we get later today on saturday, leaving us with some really nice weather sunday into monday. and we're talking totals of rain. i mean, this is all i've got to show you. it's not much rain. a couple, 107 inch, maybe a little bit more along some of the coastline there in the central coast. so if you're headed to bottle rocket this weekend, my concertgoers, you've got to dress right for these things. friday should be a pretty nice day. some clouds will start to move in later in the day saturday, which will be your coolest day of the run there through the weekend. that's 70 degrees. but we're going to start off very chilly. so just make sure you're ready for that. bring the layers, bring the jacket if you're headed out there this weekend by
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sunday, it should start to pick up a little bit. we'll get a little bit warmer and you see that here in your seven-day forecast. so temperatures again rolling down a little on friday, then really cooling it down on saturday. we will start rebuild on sunday and by monday, memorial day, lots of beautiful sunshine for anyone who's having any commemorative activities happening. and, you know, next week looks like we're seeing quite nice and seasonal, just maybe a slightly above average inland. but pretty good. looking 7 day forecast. all right. sounds great. thank you. >> the historic sequoia theater in mill valley is reopening. >> the california film institute or cfi is taking over the new lease from city mark cfi says they plan on renovating the theater. executive director mark fishkin says the reopening of the sequoia theater underscore cf dedication to supporting the arts and enriching the cultural landscape of mill valley. >> now to football, the forty-niners are continuing organized team activities at levi stadium. they hope to learn more with their new assistant head coach kron. 4 sports reporter kate rooney has the latest.
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>> kyle shanahan may not have a traditional offensive coordinator on his staff, but in recent years he has embraced the assistant head coach. still, comes to san francisco after 3 seasons as the la chargers head coach and his reputation as a bit of a defensive savant. of course, the forty-niners already have a well established defense. that was part of the problem last season with steve wilks who only lasted one year as the forty-niners defensive coordinator. but staley said he has reason to believe he can add to what's made the forty-niners defense successful in the kyle shanahan era. i think you've seen, you know, a really nice evolution. >> and that's what's important is that, you know, you don't take you don't stray too far away from what makes special? not i think you know, like i told you guys, the style of play of this team i think is what made it special and what we want to make sure that we do is, you know, really focus on that. the details of how we play and then what we play, you know, that will take shape as we get to know our players here. you know, the next couple months because every groups a little bit different,
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you know, the staples of what we've played at a high level here. we need to continue to make sure that those staples said stay strong as they have. i'm looking for aspects of the job. you know, i think aspects of this teaming up with kyle most part because of staffing getting our personnel department. i think i'm just energized by what this organization has to offer. like i said, i'm just going to try to the best i can. and with asked me to. >> staley will, of course, work closely with newly-promoted forty-niners defensive coordinator nick sorensen. the rest of the forty-niners primary defensive position. coaches all remain the same as last season at levi stadium. kate rooney kron 4 sports. >> warriors star steph curry is named to the all-nba 3rd team. it's the 10th time he's been selected. that's a franchise record. coach kerr says the honor is a testament to steps work ethic, skill and talent graduations. coming up next year from 4 news at noon, we learn more about the forefront. california bears and their journey. and their journey. >> back to the wild.
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right. take a look at this. 2 california brought their siblings are released back into the wild. >> this after the pair spent 10 months growing up that the san diego humane society's ramona wildlife center. take a look at these cuties. the bears were found in july 2023. after authorities with the state department of fish and wildlife found the animals deceased mother. the bears were just 5 months old at the time, too young to survive on their own. the 2 were taken to
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ramona wildlife center where specialists watched over them with little human contact until the animals were ready to be released. the bears are microchipped fitted with gps colors and given a clean bill of health before they were sent back into the wild. who wish them all the best. and 3 recently born lion cubs got their first health check at the london zoo keepers confirmed 2 males and a female in the group. just look at them. go. the zoo said the cubs got vaccinated and had their claws and paws inspected as well. so a very thorough checkup. zoo keepers say the 3 cubs are doing very well and their first health check is a major milestone for them. and some of the animals chicago's brookfield zoo have been enjoying a bit of variety in their diet. thanks to the emergence of cicadas and they're part of the world for the first time in 17 years, footage from the zoo shows animals including cotton, top tamarins near cats roadrunners and others challen down on this rarely seen tree in looks like they're having a really
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good dinner there to brood of cicadas are emerging at the same time. this is the first time this has happened since 18 0, 3, and the philadelphia zoo celebrated yuki the snow leopards 9th birthday with a snowy and sweet themed party. look at that. zoo. staff prepared and ice cake made of frozen milk and water along with a huge ice toy for up as part of the cats special enrichment activities for the day. happy birthday up. and that will be all from the newsroom today. thank you so much for joining us here on fun. 4 news at noon i'm stephanie lin. and remember to take good care of yourselves and enjoy this nice weather. >> live in the days next.
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