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from cbs news bay area, this is the afternoon edition. it would be a big change in san francisco's welfare system. what the mayor wants to require people to do in order to receive financial help. also, a new arrest in the cold case killing a young child in solano county. entire businesses in oakland on strike today. their call to action when it comes to crime. good afternoon. i'm elizabeth cook. our top story this afternoon, no more handouts. that is the message from san francisco mayor london breed. she wants some people to get drug screenings and possibly treatment if they expect to get financial help from the county. anne makovec is here with the details on this. >> the mayor says it is about accountability. she pointed to reports saying that city workers offered services to 80 people on the street last weekend only one of them accepted help. she says this initiative is a way to get around the restrictions and
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current state law that make it a cold for local governments to compel people into treatment. if this passes , as a condition for eligibility for county aid programs, people suspected of having a drug problem would be required to participate in testing or treatment programs. if they don't, they would be cut off from natural payments. >> no more anything goes without accountability. no more handouts without accountability. in order to get resources from our city, you will need to be in a substance use disorder program and consistently seeking treatment. >> a city survey, 52% of people experiencing homelessness reported their drug or alcohol use as a disabling health condition. a 10% increase from 2019. the mayor's proposal still has to be voted on by the board of supervisors and board members are already giving mixed reactions . supervisor aaron peskin saying, quote, if
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she can find a way to prevent several hundred brazen criminals from selling deadly drugs, how does she think she will help the resources to drug test welfare recipients? the answer is she can't and she won't and this would be silly politics if the issues we face as a city were not so serious but, supervisor matt dorsey, who joined the mayor at the news conference is on board. he tweeted that this will better incentivize treatments and recovery for a population that is wildly disproportionately at risk for drug addiction and overdose fatalities. another note, this would only apply to adults without dependents. we will see where it goes. mayor london breed has a new opposition as she runs to remain san francisco's mayor. levi strauss air and land oedipus daniel lori has officially filed paperwork to run for mayor of san francisco. in his campaign announcement, he position himself as an outsider, claiming the same people had been in power for too long. also running for mayor is san francisco supervisor who spoke today on our morning addition about his
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new initiative to make san francisco streets safer. >> we have a proposal we are rolling out today that says we are going to put officers back out on the street. we are going to put -- we have been having conversations with the chief , people in the community. they want to see people out in the community doing community policing, suppressing crime and stopping crime before it even happens. the officers need to be present and visible. >> the supervisor is introducing legislation, calling for increased foot and bike patrols throughout the city. in solano county, dna evidence led investigators to a man accused of abducting and killing a 6-year-old boy decades ago. jeremy stoner disappeared from his vallejo home in february of 1987 and
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was found dead on sherman island a few days later. a suspect was tried multiple times that year but the case was eventually dismissed and left unsolved, until last year. cold case investigators used dna evidence to exonerate the initial suspect and led them to anyone. fred cain was arrested last week in oregon. investigators questioned him in 1987 but he was not considered a suspect back then. now, he faces charges including murder and kidnapping. >> we can't bring jeremy back. it is horrible what the family has gone through for the last 37 years but, hopefully this will bring comfort. >> they are working to bring kane to solano county and they expect him to be there this week. another deadly car crash involving a pedestrian. it happened just a 3:00 a.m. on south jackson avenue near rocketship elementary. police say the driver remained on scene. this is the city's third pedestrian death in four days.
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in less than one hour, president joe biden is set to land at moffett field to start up his bay area visit. he will attend a campaign reception where our chopper got to see the preparations yesterday. he will head to san francisco for another fundraiser. he will have livestreaming coverage of his arrival this afternoon. earlier today, president biden joined the picket line in michigan to stand in solidarity with autoworkers in the middle of the strike. the united auto workers union has been on strike against ford, general motors and stellantis for 12 days now. former president trump is set to speak to the autoworkers tomorrow. we just got word that three bay area target stores will be closing in october. among the reasons? the company says theft and organized retail crime are threatening the safety of their team and guests. the target stores in san francisco, century boulevard and broadway and 27th in oakland will all be closing effective october 21. in all, target is closing nine
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stores in four states. other business owners are fed up with crime. today, some are on a one-day strike to call attention to what they call a lack of action from city officials. shawn chitnis as a closer look at their concerns and their message. true tony chung owns newton market in oakland chinatown. >> i have been here for 20 years and it has never been like this. >> he can't believe what has happened to his neighborhood. dismisses like his have to start closing earlier in the day, 4:30, scared someone may target his store in the evening. >> it is sad that i have to close the store. >> businesses like his now choosing to close for one day on their own to get more attention on the crime in oakland. >> i don't understand how the respect has gone out the door.
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>> this came soon after oakland was late to submit a proposal for funding, missing out on state money to help fight organized retail theft. according to oakland police, there have been more than 10,000 stolen cars reported this year. that is up 51% compared to the same period in 2022. >> we have seen the oakland chinatown thrive the last couple of years, it has gone down. we want to be a safe area for everyone to walk in. >> tony worries for his fellow storeowners, his employees and customers, all conveying to him a fear and frustration that won't go away. >> we just hope that somebody listens to what we have to say and show that they have respect for what we have been doing for everybody. >> we recently asked the oakland mayor about crime in the city and she said her office was working closely with the business community and working on a plan for 300 cameras to identify suspect vehicles so police can get them off the streets.
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we know usually cash is king when it comes to recruiting new employees but, why some bay area police department say it is not always enough to get some people hired these days. she has seen her parents' challenges working in the fields. this farmworker daughter is striving for a better life for them and for herself. coming up, did you get any rain last night? i will show you who did. we will look at how much fell for the entire bay and then we need to look
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a lot of bay area law enforcement agencies are facing a staffing shortage so they are pulling out all the stops to try to lure new recruits. even some signing bonuses are losing their appeal. >> it is like the nfl draft now. everyone needs copts so everyone is pulling out all the stops. >> the competition is fierce but limited in the race to beef up the number of police officers as departments across the nation are being pleased
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by staffing shortages. >> some places are offering take-home patrol cars. everyone is thinking outside the box. >> in san carlos, police chief mark meets with the very residents whose taxes are funding some of the out-of-the-box solutions to attract more officers. san mateo county is offering $30,000 to experienced officers who come to their police department. another issue is plaguing recruitment. >> no one can afford to live here. the county is looking at doing a lottery where they will give you a lower interest rate down payment. then again, $100,000, even as a down payment, will not make you very competitive in this market. >> he says officers often commute from several communities over and as far as out-of-state. san mateo county sheriff's department is down 90 officers, nearly triple what their normal shortage is . the
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issues span across the bay area and so do the bonuses. the highest bonus is seen in alameda county which is offering a $75,000 signing bonus to new officers. other counties are offering $30,000 signing bonuses. sergeant brian leonard says the financial offerings are becoming so popular, they are losing their impact. >> the effectiveness is decreasing now that it has become every department offering it. it is the industry standard at least in the bay area. >> the biggest hurdle is finding officers with the required qualifications. pleasant hill has not lowered its minimum standards that could open the doors to newer officers. >> when you can bring in an officer who has some experience, they get more return on investment than to hire somebody who has to go through a police academy, a field training program. >> no city is immune to the shortages. >> they graduated six. used to graduate 50 or 60.
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>> the officers are sacrificing their time in the name of public safety. >> eight does put a strain but more important, a strain on the family. we have a lot of young deputies who have young kids. it does put a strain. >> there is a light at the end of the tunnel. >> hoping that relief comes sooner than expected. >> in san francisco, there is a proposal to set aside $30 million to help attract new police recruits. california's farmworkers are essential when it comes to ensuring fruits and vegetables end up in our grocery stores but we know these workers face a number of challenges. as part of our coverage of hispanic heritage month, today we introduce you to a young woman
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who has seen her parents work in the field and she has even done the work herself. now she is in college. she is hoping to give her family a better life. >> it is not an easy job, especially when summertime hits. it means waking up earlier to avoid the peak temperatures but farmworkers are working under the sun. myra gimenez has seen her parents do it. she also helps them in the summer. we met her while she was working on a corn farm in the east bay. a couple of weeks later, she was packing up her things, ready to start her sophomore year at saint mary's. >> the journey to get to saint mary's, it was not as other people have it. >> a small private college reached out to her. they ended up offering her a scholarship but getting to this moment here was everything but easy. >> when i got here, i did not know any english. >> she came to the u.s. with
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her family 10 years ago. along with the difficulties of learning a new language in another country came bullying from her classmates. >> i did get bullied for not know english. people would make fun of me because sometimes i would wear the same clothes or the shoes were not branded. >> her parents became her inspiration. >> i knew i wanted to give my parents a better life someday in the future. >> her critics became her motivation. >> she told me i would never learn english. >> her being in education, being able to speak fluent english and then going to saint mary's is a big boost for me. >> all moved in for her sophomore year, myra is ready. she is in a program for low income students but that means having to maintain a certain gpa. >> there is a lot on my plate but i can deal with it. >> she is thinking of studying finance with a minor in leadership because she would like to have her own business.
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>> i want to be able to help my parents out financially and hopefully get them out of work someday from the field. definitely they are my inspiration. >> she does not hide that. she reminds herself of it. her high school graduation cap on her wall, thanks to god and my parents, i did it. they continue to be her drive as she walks the hallways going from class to class. >> pretty inspiring. >> you can find more of our hispanic heritage stories all month long on www.kpix.com. let's get to first alert weather now. some light rain and clouds earlier today. we are finally clearing up. meteorologist darren peck is tracking it all from our state-of-the-art virtual view studio. i miss you over here but this is pretty cool. >> i know. thank you very much. it is a blast over here. we are going to use the new virtual map that liz is talking about to display who got rain and how much we got. you can see a
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striking similarity to what the forecast was. if you look at the big picture here, that is filling in the maps for northern california, looking back. you are looking at the last three days in total it only rained yesterday for us since 7:00. you can see where the totals are. when you come down here to the bay area, we are in the shades of purple. let's get specific here at home and what we will do is we are going to plot what the rainfall was. these are the measurements going back for the last 24 hours and that is not the one we want. we will remove that one and i will put in what the totals are. we picked up -- we got measurable rain for los gatos. we did not get anything else in the south bay. we did get two hundredths of an inch in fremont. nothing over the hill in tri-valley. redwood city came away with two hundredths of an inch of rain.
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for san francisco, we were spot on the target in terms of how much fell for the city. the official rain gauge in downtown, most of that coming between 1:00 amn 4:00 a.m. we did maybe get a drop for concord at the airport out there but it was santa rosa in the north bay where some of the most noticeable totals came together and we picked up 15 hundredths of an inch of rain. that is where the totals are. i mentioned there was a chance for perhaps another opportunity of rain in the 7-day forecast. if you look at the big picture, there is another system developing out on the far side. you can see the next one develops right there. this one does not look super impressive and it only developed in the last 12 hours in the models. we've got to go long-range. we will lose some of our detail on
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it but you can still see some of the forecast models. you can see this nebulous notion. this does not look like a blockbuster storm and there is disagreement in the two main long-range forecast models. this is the one that thinks we will get rain and this one doesn't. the totals are low no matter what. the real issue is not whether we get rain or not but it is that we don't have to deal with any offshore winds. when we look at this picture, this is what we want to see. by that, we are looking at the energy in the atmosphere. look at how this comes down the coast. it does not go inland. we get no rain. in this case, we got wind going down the coast and it looks like it will stay that way. we are not talking about a scenario where we have to be concerned about the possibility of offshore winds. that is what matters in this forecast. when we bring in the seven-day, you will see this is a drop of rain that shows up here. it is subtle but
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it is here perhaps saturday. the totals are really small and they are not the headlines. what is, is the fact that we get cooler and hopefully we don't have to experience an offshore wind event. when we look across the rest of the 7-day forecast, at this point we also see a small chance of rain on saturday. that is where things stand for now. >> pretty cool. love those new graphics. three wins and counting for the 49ers but they are not taking it for granted. coming up, they are staying ready.
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the 49ers are one of three remaining unbeaten teams in the nfl. vern glenn reports they will try to extend their winning streak on sunday against the arizona cardinals. >> the 49ers are back to work monday after the three-day weekend. don't worry about them being overconfident against the last-place cardinals. >> winning makes everything feel better but we can do a lot
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better. we can play a lot better. >> that is scary to think about because the 49ers have played pretty well in their first three games. >> they are the only team in the nfc with a top five offense and a top five defense. >> i did not know that. that is cool. >> they host the cardinals sunday and begin a challenging three-game stretch against dallas, cleveland, and minnesota. with this roster, san francisco will have more than a punter's chance to keep their winning streak going. >> it is all about who wants it more. that is what it is about, putting hands on people. coming up, giving all sorts of artists a chance
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coming up tonight, a closer look at car hacking. thieves are stealing the signal from your key fob. we hear a lot about famous artists bringing their work to the bay area but the deyoung museum in san francisco is giving all sorts of artists a chance to show off their pieces. they just offered a preview of the deyoung open. features more than 800 works from artists in all nine bay
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area counties. they are displayed nearly floor to ceiling and cover a variety of styles, subjects. the event is meant to show diversity and showcase the maximum number of artists in the available space. the exhibition opens to the public this saturday and runs through january 7. >> there is some talented people in our own backyard. that is pretty incredible. the cb evening news ♪ ♪ >> norah: tonight, we are following a number of breaking stories. a judge finds donald trump committed fraud for years. the former presidents business licenses rescinded in new york. here are tonight's headlines. ♪ ♪ a judge rules donald trump inflated the value of his assets by billions, defrauding banks and insurers. what we are learning. ♪ ♪ the other breaking news. in the case of the new york city day care drug ring, the owner's in custody tonight in sinaloa,
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