>> our top story this half-hour as students and teachers prepared to return to school from the holiday break. a new law set to go into effect in the new year could eventually lead to less homework. kron four's capitol correspondent eytan wallace spoke with the lawmaker behind the legislation. >> and he has reaction from students. >> what many californians can probably look back at their upbringings and remember spending hours after school at their desk. doing homework. but now one lawmaker says she hopes to change that for the next generation. when the bell rings and the school day is over for students like 6 grader sophia johnson. >> the day is nowhere near over. she blames that on hours spent doing homework, whom much is exhausting. it's

overwhelming. >> and it's depressing that my whole day from when i wake up until when i go to bed is nearly all taken up with schoolwork. and that's why sophia's mother, assembly member polar. she also says she authored ab 2, 9, 9, 9, also known as the healthy home work the time by governor gavin newsome. earlier this year, the legislation is set to become law in the new year. >> it will not ban homework, but it will formaely encourage local school boards and educational agencies to establish homework policies that consider impacts to students, physical and mental health all while including input from parents, teachers and students themselves addressing homework, which is the top stressor for kids. it's often number one. it's definitely top 3. >> their overall lives. this could have an overnight impact in their lives. it comes as a survey of more than 300,000 american students conducted by stanford university and the nonprofit organization challenge success. >> found 45% of workload and homework is their number one source of stress. 13,000,

california high school students who took the survey report an average of 2 and a half hours of homework every night. they just toward a school in my district where, you know, they talked about how >> they're trying to reduce the kids who are missing school are dropping out of school and the top reason they're hearing is because kids are getting behind. they just get into a whole when you when you miss homework and then you have homework the next day. you're trying to catch up from the old hallmark, too much homework really can overwhelm their brain start to shut off. they stay up too late there, not present and available to really learn in school the next day. and so making sure that we find that balance. she knows her legislation is also tailored around equity. of the year case, security believes. >> it's crucial noting students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds may not have access to resources at home like high-speed internet at child's grade should not be dependent on the resources they have at home to do the homework. >> i passionately believe that

the grange to really and that should be dependent on the learning that takes place in the classroom with the professional. so that's why i support this bill is i think in the end it will be what's best for kids. >> and the legislation has no formal opposition. as for a timeline here and recommends local school districts established a homework policy by the 2027 school year. and before that, it calls on the california department of education to post home or guidelines on its website within the next year reporting outside the california department of education in sacramento, eytan wallace kron. 4 news. >> well, starting january first, it's going to cost you more to get around the bay, both on our roads and public transportation. all bay bridges, except for the golden gate. we'll raise their price from $7 to $8 to cross. in addition, a plan to increase the tolls by $0.50 every year for 5 years was also approved. as for muni and bart, you can expect to pay $0.25 more per single ride. officials say

this increase will help the transit systems keep pace with inflation, pay for operations and also restore financial stability. if you are celebrating new year's eve out and about and you're in the south bay, you can get on the vta for free. the free service rides start at 08:00pm tomorrow night and go through 05:00am new year's day in san francisco. you have an option there as well. muni is going to be free on new year's eve. buses will take folks home from 08:00pm until 05:00am wednesday morning. and reminder, kron 4 is the place to be this new year's eve. as we always do. we'll count it down. >> to 2025 in every time zone. so our coast to coast countdown starts at 9 o'clock. and then we'll bring it back to the bay. you can join justine and me for kron four's new year's live. that starts at 11 30 tomorrow night. we'll take it right through to 12 30 and have live fireworks. the only live fireworks broadcast in the bay area at midnight.

hope to see you tomorrow. >> one. >> and thrive. city. right by chase where the warriors plays been celebrating. hanukkah did so here over the weekend. live music, food arts and crafts. lots of families had lots of fun. saw the light and so part of the winter wonderland celebration there at thrive city. >> we love to see it. taking a live look outside at coit tower tonight. pretty cold out there as wind down 2024. >> learns. how about that? yeah. get ready for 2025. of can't believe already. but here we go. getting close now is we're going to cnn 2024. coming our way tomorrow, we're going to a looks like some pretty decent weather. yes, going cold out there tonight. starting out a little frosty early on tomorrow morning. they're going to try warm things up as we head toward the afternoon. good news is we're drying things out around the bay area. the one probably

may see and the next couple of nights a return to some ground fog, as seen a lot of moisture from the storms rolling on by. and so all that moisture on the ground, sometimes you get some of that to lee fog beginning to develop. but some partly cloudy skies out there right now. some high clouds up above that is going to continue to move on by. and once that starts to clear out tonight, that's when those temperatures are really going to fall off so overnight tonight. here's your podcasts and take you through the night tonight. clearing out your skies into early tomorrow morning. that's what it's get really cold. overnight. lows dropping down the freezing point. maybe a little bit below in some parts of the north bay valleys. then as we head throughout the day tomorrow, a couple passing clouds and some sunshine looks like a very nice and to 2024. all right. here we go. a long range forecast tomorrow. high pressure sends a storm system mainly to the north. keeping us dry here for new year's eve. now, behind that, we do see another storm system moving in. maybe some rain coming by the following friday. but that may to start out our new year for at least a couple weeks as we've got rather dry pattern setting up, it's going to be unusually dry and warm here and just

unbelievably cold across much of the eastern half united states as we start out this january. so a big dome of high pressure building into following thursday. and that means, well, we're going to see some dry weather. but tomorrow, enjoy the last day of 2024.wshould be nice and dry temperatures in the 50's and the 60's. >> thanks, lawrence. swell. homelessness is not only a huge problem facing communities here locally in the bay area nationwide. homelessness is up significantly in 2024. now newsnation's mills. hayes breaks down those latest numbers. >> according to the latest data from the department of housing and urban development overall, homelessness rose 18% in 2024. with families with children experiencing homelessness at more than double that rate annual homeless assessment report to congress found record levels of homelessness across nearly every demographic. but it was people with families that saw the worst of it. nearly 150,000 children experienced

homelessness on a single 9 2024, a 33% rise from the year before and children under the age of 18 with the age group that saw the largest increase in homelessness overall older americans also saw a dramatic rise in homelessness with more than 140,000 people over the age of 55 going on house in the u.s. this year. nearly half of whom reported living in places not meant for humans. and once again, black americans were over represented among the homeless population, making up about 32% of the homeless population. despite accounting for just 12% of the population. and in fact, nearly every demographic in the u.s. recorded record levels of homelessness in 2024. with only veterans seeing a drop in homelessness this year. but it wasn't all bad news. like i mentioned found veteran homelessness dropped in 2024. down 8% from 2023 in down 55% since the department began collecting data on veteran homelessness in 2009. and while homelessness is going up, so

are the numbers of beds available for them in shelters across the country found that the national inventory of beds for people experiencing homelessness went up 18% over the last year and has doubled since 2007. and while homelessness is rising across the u.s. some communities in and around major cities have seen a significant drop, including los angeles, which saw homelessness declined for the first time in 7 years in chicago, mills hayes. president elect donald trump is siding with elon musk who is in favor of h one b temporary worker visas. >> but some say those visas are taking jobs away from american citizens. news nation's tom dempsey has the very latest on this growing divide in the republican party. >> today marks 3 weeks to go until the presidential inauguration. but we are seeing this fight grow between some of the hardline anti-immigration republicans versus some of the president elect donald trump supporters in the and business fields.

this all revolves around what's known as the h one b visa program which provides a temporary work visa and not immigration status to highly skilled workers from other countries. we see this used by companies and tech financing and supporters of the program say it helps united states keep an edge in those fields. but opponents believe it can actually undercut wages for americans. controversy grew in recent days when president-elect trump didn't interview with the new york post in which you said, quote, i have many h one b visas on by properties. i've been a believer in h one i've used it many times. it's a great program. a billionaire elon musk also voiced support for the program and said he'd go to war over the issue posting to axe the reason i'm in america along with so many critical people who built spacex, tesla in hundreds of other companies that made america strong is because of h one b. but like i said, we've seen not opposition voice, too. former presidential candidate nikki haley posted

the acts. if the tech industry needs workers invest in our education system, invested or american workforce, we must invest in americans first before looking elsewhere to dive a little bit deeper into this, though, the work visas last 3 years but can be extended and the recipients of the program must have a bachelor's degree or higher in a field relevant to their specialty. u.s. immigration services cap the number of new h one b visas at 85,000 per fiscal year. according to data from the department of homeland security as well in fiscal year 2023, 72% of h one b petitions approved involve people born in india while 12% were born in china. in total, 71%. the approved petitions were men. now in response to some of the criticism elon musk has proposed some reforms to the h one b visa program, including increasing the minimum salary requirement which could potentially fight back against low-cost labor abuse at the white house. tom dempsey, news station.

>> still ahead here on for news at 6, we are counting down to the annual rose parade in pasadena. an up close look some of this year's floats is after the break. >> plus, in sports, coming off a win saturday, the warriors trying to continue that momentum. what do the tough task at hand tonight as they host the best team in the nba will hear from steve kerr coming up.

>> warts on ben ross, the forty-niners not the only team action tonight in the bay area. the golden state warriors just about 15 minutes

away from tipping off against the nba leading cleveland cavaliers at chase center. the dubs coming off a much-needed 1, 0, 9, 1, 0, 5. when a over the phoenix suns on saturday. jonathan kuminga another big game. 34 points for the second straight contest. steph curry added 22 the 6 assists and 6 rebounds. it snapped a three-game losing streak in that the warriors back above 500 at 16 15. so tonight it gets a whole lot tougher. the cavs have won 6 in a row there. 27 4. and you probably remember what they did to the warriors in cleveland last month. building an 83 to 42 halftime lead route to 136 1.17, thrashing cavs are led by warriors, assistant former warriors assistant coach kenny atkinson might be the early frontrunner for coach of the year. steve kerr shared his thoughts on his old colleague. >> happy for him. number one case, a great guy and a great friend. he brought so much to

us. he helped us win a championship in. 22, he's phenomenal coach on both sides of the he's intense. he really a great fit and for us. and so i i always root for him. he's taking over a team that's been really good the last couple years. so. i'm happy that he waited for this opportunity and didn't jump charlotte years ago. this was a much better opportunity for him, he's made the most of it and they look awesome. they are just crushing it. >> all right. college football bowl season continuing today with the music city bowl in nashville. number 19, missouri, taking on iowa park late 1st quarter. we're tied at 7 mizzou kicking off teams and check out the return from kate in region. weaving in and out of traffic. and there he goes down the sideline. that's going to be 100 yard return for the touchdown.

>> off guys, take a 14. 7 lead. we go to the 3rd quarter. they're now up. 24 to 14 season goals. joshua manning gets the carry for the tigers and >> we've been running for the touchdown, missouri. just like that. back within 3 4th quarter now tied at 24 missouri, setting up for a 56 yard field goal. late craig is the money. with room this niners? take a look. their first lead of the day. they're just over a minute to go. i would driving facing a 4th and inches. this might be the worst quarterback sneak i've ever peeking friend and sullivan. let's get stuffed hangs on to win it by the final of 27. the 24. all right. finally tonight, some soccer news stealing your is keeping a local standout in bay area citing cal for a former cow carly lehman catholic three-year contract limos and acc offensive player of the year. this past season,

golden bears scored 16 goals. and 21 games. >> and added 6 assists to morgan hill native was also played san francisco lands in the usl wa this summer. she joins that. afc team entering othar second year and the w and wsl trying to build on a playoff appearance in their very first year. existence i was loved one teams keep local products. you know, like a homegrown player and now we all get to keep rooting for. >> totally, it's just still feels weird to hear like the acc. all right, the 1000, but used to and i got to say, i'm still not used to it maybe next year. we will spent months. well, the countdown to the rose parade is officially underway with volunteers putting the finishing little touches on the floats. each float took months to complete. >> includes thousands of flowers. other little items to make them look all pretty. jennifer mcgraw has the details from pasadena. >> it's magic in the making as

the roses are pressed on adding the finishing touch that brings these colorful floats to life much like one legacy is a reminder of the thousands of donors who continue to give life being able to see all these families, all the sacrifice of people have done wanted to sell, has donated a kidney to her father, giving their famiay 2 extra years together. it's very important to me and my family. the legacy that father left for everything that he taught us. this is bringing me back to a place where memories are coming back now. full circle. she's being honored as a living donor and will be walking along the flow where each face you see here >> is a loved one who has passed and donated their organs to walk alongside the float to just kind of get to tell my story, encouraging others to donate. it's wonderful. each float having a special purpose and message. pasadena, humane, showcasing the need to help our shelters. >> the theme this year is the best day ever. and each pet you see on board isn't adopt an animal. giving them a

forever home, adding to their best day ever. >> so many animals waiting for homes and we're really excited to be open on new year's day for the first time ever this year. and it's part of the welcome home campaign and to the san diego zoo, wildlife alliance, a message of conservation adorned with pandas and wildlife from across the world. and one highlight the diversity of wildlife this particular year. to your point, it's all about the giant panda still behind us. you see look an ad or red pandas, giant pandas and of course, our malayan tiger as well. so it's going to be amazing now to the birthplace of america's music, mississippi, recognizing the 2 kings bb king, an elvis presley honoring the 2 who brought the blues, celebrating the ever as music encompasses our greatest memories and no doubt will be rocking to the beat down colorado. new year's day. >> was jennifer mcgraw reporting for us tonight. by the way, you can watch the rose parade right here on kron 4 starts at 08:00am new year's day. time there as we get a

live look outside here, the view from mount tam. >> and nice. >> cold tonight, lawrence. what's going yeah, mostly clear out there now. just a couple high clouds up above you headed to the rose bowl. boys going to be nice there. sunny and bright temperatures in the 60's out the door right now. sfo, you've got some high clouds drifting up above, no delays report sfo. oakland or all looking good there. overall, high pressure finally is taking over after a very wet end of december. storms talked about the middle of the set of head further to the north up in the pacific northwest. so we'll keep things dry here is we see high pressure kind of slide in overhead to flatten out a little bit. but still that rain is going to stay well north of the bay area. that being said tomorrow, the final day of 2024. looking good. you're going to see some passing clouds. lot of sunshine about 61 degrees in san jose. 57 in concord. 57 also in the more about 56 degrees in san francisco. and 56 degrees in santa rosa next

couple of days. we're going to keep things on the dry side of those cbc, some increasing clouds as we head in toward the first day of the new year, a chance of rain by friday. looks like dry weather, though, on saturday and sunday. that trend probably take toward the middle of the month. here's the forecast for you. here we go. looks like it'll be dry. watch out for some patchy, dense fog after midnight. temperatures in the 30's and the 40's. thanks. alerts in san jose volunteers who have worked all year to help feed the homeless. >> have reached a major milestone. the farmers market project is past its goal of donating 40,000 pounds of food this year, volunteers saint francis of assisi church routinely collect unsold food from the evergreen village square. farmers market. they showed up every sunday, rain or shine. the food then goes to the family, supportive housing project on north king road. >> they support about 80 adults and 104 children and that center. and they do not

buy any canned goods serviceable because we're able to supply them year-round with donations that we get and talk. this is one of the better year than we have. and a half. >> in generosity, the vendors giving us those pro days. and the number of the volunteers who come out every sunday to help. >> it's really amazing. all fresh and the volunteers make it happened this past weekend workers passed their goal by about 1000 pounds of food. once the food is donated, it's used meal plans for the shelter. >> still ahead, a craft brewery in the bay area ranked among the best in the nation among the best in the nation which spot came out on top. - i had health insurance before. (discouraged) so expensive. i mean, i'm helping my mom out,

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>> north bay brewery is being recognized as one of the best in the country. the publication. vine pair has named russian river brewing as the top business for contemporary beer lovers. the brewery is known for the one event a year that really draws a long line of people. everybody gets there early for the limited edition ipa known as plainly, the younger that ipa's also been recognized as one of the highest-rated beers in the whole state. squid game season 2 already is breaking netflix records. it is the first series to debut it number one in all, 93 countries where you can get netflix, the exact number of viewers hasn't been released yet as the show just came out. but it's popular. >> always this majestic moose?

take a look. seen braving a snowstorm in grand teton national park. some western wyoming, the national weather service reported up to 19 inches of snow fell in the tetons during a a heavy storm. we're calling it a brave moose, but i feel like this is what they love right in their element. continuing to trudge through some heavy powder, just walking in a winter wonderland. no issues. great fit for that moose? hong kong was abuzz when 1000 drones danced overhead to create fun and colorful images of pandas. this is over the weekend. saturday night was the first ever hong kong drone show over victoria harbour. >> the show is part of a campaign to raise support and awareness of panda conservation fans of pandas praise the moving drone show for their technique. always very cool to see what these drones that socal can do. just got to make sure the drones

don't come down on right is >> we've got all see you back here tonight at 10 o'clock in march.

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