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you for joining us here on kron for news at noon. i'm justine waldman. >> we begin with a story out of the east bay where oakland firefighters are speaking out against the temporary closure. a fire stations kron 4 charles clifford is live for us now in oakland with details. charles, which stations are closing? >> well, there are 2 stations, including station 25, which is right behind me here that are being closed down. and today a firefighters are expressing their frustration saying that these closures endanger public safety. monday morning, oakland firefighters gathered on the steps of city hall to demand that the city reopened. the recently closed fire stations show that the city's budget prioritizes the lives of citizens of this great city. oakland is facing a budget deficit of around 129 million dollars. the city was counting on the sale of the oakland coliseum site to fill that budget gap. >> but the deal has yet to go through as a result. the city is making significant cuts to services the police department

and fire department are by far oakland's largest expenses and in an effort to save money, fire stations. 25 28 will be temporarily closed station 10, which is already shut down, fire department worries that the closures, but the people who live near those stations at risk. >> you will not have a fire engine doorstep in 4 minutes like you would have just yesterday. you will not quickly have firefighter paramedics to help you or your family and what could have been a small blaze. for a small fire near your house will become a conflagration leaving tragedy its wake. >> the firefighters are also calling on the city and alameda county to quickly complete the sale of the coliseum site and restore services. >> and the moment the ink dries on the coliseum sale team immediately stop these dangerous and reckless closures that threaten all of oakland fire stations. 25 28 were chosen to be temporarily closed. >> because they tend to be less busy during the winter and spring months station. 21 about 4 miles away will handle

the bulk of their calls for service. 25 28 could reopen later this year. but if oakland is still facing budget problems, the city has said that other stations may need to be closed. all right, back live now, the firefighters who work at station. twenty-five and 28 have been temporarily reassigned. but for now in oakland, charles clifford kron, 4 news. >> thank you. happening today, the oakland animal shelters. few hours go into effect. that is the latest agency also impacted by oakland's budget deficit. the shelter posting on facebook that in october key positions within the shelter had to be frozen due to the city's ongoing financial crisis impacting front counter and animal intake staff. so as a result of the under staffing, the shelter will be closed to the public on tuesdays and wednesdays. you can see some of the new hours here on the screen. you could also find them on the shelter's website.

thieves targeted and robbed 3 different businesses throughout oakland from saturday night until early sunday morning. no arrests have been made but many business owners are blaming teenagers. kron 4 shock moment has the story. >> in san francisco it's cleanup day from big to small and almost 4 we are. was that one max davis hands around this neighborhood decided to help clean up when he heard mayor elected annual larry. >> would be hosting a local cleanup that's been causing about here. yeah, i was a i was a supporter and it's nice to see a face to the name. he is a san francisco resident and is looking forward to what this new administration will bring a little more safe to be able to walk around downtown downtown to be nice if it was more of a city, again, a walkable city and the mayor elect himself just days away from inauguration is picking up piece by piece and grieving neighbors who also supported

his election or just tell them, you know, to keep up the good work. you know, when i met not he guess he was a trying to get voter would not would be came our church. you know, when we just mingling with the people, feel like down or, you know, larry is hosting several cleanups throughout the i think there's a lot of hope and optimism. >> what i keep hearing is that hope is alive and well here in san francisco. but while he's very early days of leadership in the city start off piece by piece, he was elected based on big plans to deal perhaps the biggest cleanup of them. all and then make sure we have safe streets as well. make sure we get people off the streets that are suffering from mental health issues an addiction. get them into treatment. >> saturday kron 4 walk down 6th street for mission street and saw dozens of people using drugs and lying on the street. >> many people calling out for help other people clearly not wanting our cameras in the area. advocates say up to 500 people are here using drugs every night is making sure that 60 clean, that we get

people off the street and into the help that they working with the sheriff's department and the police department. we are going to make sure >> that the entry points to our city beacons of hope. one of the mayor-elect schools is to crack down on drug use and homelessness supervisor matt dorsey recently penned a letter to law enforcement agencies asking them if they have the capacity to arrest up to 100 people every night in the 6th street and tenderloin area. the letter also suggests forcing people into detox mayor-elect. >> happening right now, people head to the coast are being asked to watch out for sneaker waves which can sweep across the beach without warning and then pull people into the water. kron four's will tran is that half moon bay with more? >> the warning will last until 04:00pm tomorrow. that's how

long. >> this is going to be a situation as sneaker waves are getting closer and closer. higher and higher along the beach. this is miramar beach in half moon bay, a beautiful day, but it can turn deadly if you're not careful because sneaker waves are known to come out of nowhere, hence the word sneaker and even take bolder is back into the ocean. much less you if you have a fur-baby, make sure your fur baby is on a leash because sometimes i speak or waive or even a normal wave can come along and grab your for a baby. and of course, you being a loving parent will rush into the water and it can be very tragic. so make sure your dog is on a leash. and then if you possibly can go higher and higher up the beach, you can see how high the waves are right now. what will make this even possibly worse is the fog. we've seen foggy conditions, which, of course, will cut down on visibility.

so you got to be careful about that as well. keep in mind, it looks beautiful, but it could be dangerous, especially if you're back is to the water. so never have you back against the water. you can come here, try to stay away from the water much as you possibly can and enjoy the sights. but by all means to all that you can to avoid those sneaker waves, which of course it's going to last at least for another day. it's typical beach. we're currently under this beach hazard statement right now because of the waves are going to check in now with meteorologist koger obama. details. hi there. yeah, obviously looks nice and calm but this is just to talk about what kind of coming our way. so this beach hazard statement is from now until 04:00pm on tuesday. so obviously heard will talking about it. >> high risk of sneaker waves. that is probably the biggest concern we could see dangerous

surf. the waves breaking up to 20 feet. so you really can't say it enough to never turn your back on the ocean. so here is this west-northwest. well, you can see it there in the brighter colors that's moving towards us at the moment. wave hearts heights aren't that high. as you can see, we're about 7 feet right here off the coast of point rays. having said that, they are going to be increasing. so just want to think about your choices here. and frankly, if you can avoid the coast of possible throughout today and into tuesday until the afternoon, that's probably your best bet. definitely want to stay off those coastal jedi's, though. and you know, as again, well, as mentioned, keep your eyes on kids and pets. frankly, i wouldn't have them around the coast while this is happening and it's going to say it again. never turn your back on the ocean. meanwhile, we have been dealing with fog this morning. you're taking a live look from mount tam here. you can see some of that fog just hanging out and it is still hanging out in the north bay where they've extended that dense fog advisory until 2 o'clock now. so usually you see the start to expire earlier in the morning around 10:00am they extended it until 12:00pm and now it is extended until

02:00pm just for the north bay. everyone else that has lifted, obviously temperatures in spotlight petaluma reflecting that rage is 48 degrees there right now while we're at 62 in san jose where we're starting to get some sunshine fog cast showing you the coast will hang on to that fog, but things will get a little bit better for us as we head into the afternoon and evening. you can see late night here, which is to get those partly cloudy skies highs today will be a little bit above average in several spots as we head inland. but you can see san francisco right where we should be this time of year. looking out for 57 degrees. we do have a wind advisory kicking in tonight. i'll have those details coming up. all right. it was a pretty foggy start to the day across the bay area. >> we have some video to show you what it looked like for drivers going over the bay bridge could even see the top of the tower there. but as carla said, we should get some burn off there. later this afternoon. here's a live look now at sfo. faa is saying there's low visibility causing arriving flights to be delayed about. 15 minutes. departing flights could also be affected here. according to suppose

experiencing 183 delays. 10 cancellations. san jose mineta. 25 delays 10 cancellations and the oakland airport. 21 delays and 2 cancellations. the cemetery county sheriff's office warning people about a scam that's targeting the hispanic community. deputies say scammers are calling people and offering to register their children through the amber alert system. but this is just a way for the scammers to get confidential information and even then meet the residents at their homes. authorities are saying this is clearly not how the amber alert system works and saying now, if you've been contacted to do this, you should call the sheriff's office. still ahead here at noon today, the commercial crab season. >> so far and 4 years after the capitol insurrection. we'll see how dc police prepare to certify the election. days before taking office. mayor left out of san francisco, daniel lurie, dedicating the weekend

cleaning up the community and also encouraging local residents. we've got

>> san francisco mayor elect daniel lurie is just 2 days away from taking office, but he is already rolling up his sleeves to clean up the streets. that happened over the weekend and he invited community members to join in kron four's. jeff moment has the story. >> in san francisco it's cleanup day from big to small and almost 4 we was that one max davis hands around this neighborhood decided to help

clean up when he heard mayor elected daniel lurie. >> would be hosting a local cleanup that's been causing about here. yeah, i was a i was a supporter and it's nice to see a face to the name. he is a san francisco resident and is looking forward to what this new administration will bring a little more safe. eli had to be able to walk around downtown downtown to be nice if it was more of a city, again, a walkable city and the mayor elect himself just days away from inauguration is picking up piece by piece and grieving neighbors who also supported his election or just tell them, you know, to keep up the good work. you know, when i met him, he was a guest. he trying to get voter would not would be came to our church. you know, when we just mingling with the people, feel like down or, you know, larry is hosting several cleanups throughout the i think there's a lot of hope and optimism. >> i keep hearing is that hope is alive and well here in san francisco. but while he's very early days of leadership in the city start off piece by piece, he was elected based on

big plans to deal perhaps the biggest cleanup of them. all and then make sure we have safe streets as well. make sure we get people off the streets that are suffering from mental health issues an addiction and get them into treatment. >> saturday kron 4 walk down 6th street for mission street and saw dozens of people using drugs and lying on the street. >> many people calling out for help other people clearly not wanting our cameras in the area. advocates say up to 500 people are here using drugs every night is making sure that 60 clean, that we get people off the street and into the help that they working with the sheriff's department and the police department. we are going to make sure >> that the entry points to our city beacons of hope. one of the mayor-elect schools is to crack down on drug use and homelessness supervisor matt dorsey recently penned a letter to law enforcement agencies asking them if they have the capacity to arrest up to 100 people every night in the 6th street and tenderloin area. the letter also suggests

forcing people into detox mayor-elect lori did not say if he supports that proposal or not, but did say he supports cleaning up the area. my administration is going to make sure that we send a message to the country to the world that you don't come to san francisco to deal drugs are do drugs any longer. and the mayor's cleanup efforts continue sunday with events in the tenderloin and in the mission and all those events lead up to wednesday at 11:30am, in the morning where daniel lurie will be inaugurated at francisco's mayor. it will be followed by an open house here at city hall throughout the rest of the day reporting here in san francisco jacmel. but kron 4 news. >> donald trump was officially certified by congress today to become the next president. both the house and senate oversaw today's process. it was led by vice president kamala harris who lost the election to mister trump in november. and because of the riots 4 years ago, security at the capitol in dc today at the highest level. tough fencing has shut down most streets around the capitol foot

traffic severely restricted for the first time ever. today's certification has been given the status of a national security special event by the secret service. something usually reserved for events like super bowls are presidential inaugurations. president biden wants to expand a ban on offshore oil and gas drilling. the president says he's using his authority under the outer continental shelf lands, act to protect offshore areas on both the east and west coast. this action, what also cover a portion of the gulf of mexico as well as alaska's northern bering sea. it would also be difficult for the president elect trump to reverse this because it would then likely require an act of congress. trump has says had has said that he wants to expand offshore drilling. >> and intent to resign as party leader as prime

minister. this country deserves a real choice in the next elections. >> canadian prime minister justin trudeau has resigned as a liberal party leader. he will stay on as prime minister until a new leader of the liberal party is chosen. he has faced pressure from his own party to quit over the past couple of months. following successive. successive election losses and the resignation of some key ministers. the canadian parliament will be suspended until march, which will allow time for a liberal party leadership race. looking outside right now here in a lot of fog across the golden gate bridge. let's check in cuyler now in the weather center to see what's happening. a lot of fog here still in sanford. yeah, there is. so the dense fog advisory is still up for the north bay. till 2 o'clock everywhere else. it has expired, even though as you can see in san francisco, we are still certainly >> socked in with the fog temperatures kind of reflecting where that fog is really hanging on. it is not hanging on in the spotlight.

san jose. we're at 62 degrees. >> it is definitely still up in santa or as it were just at 50 degrees. obviously, half moon bay getting some sunshine right now sitting at about 57. so the next issue that we have after fog is the wind right now. you can see the current wind not bad. we've got a little bit of a northerly flow to half moon bay about 13 miles per hour. but we're going to be starting to get into position of what's called an inside slider many low pressure that's going to slide to the inside of california makes this wind gradient. now, we usually talk about this during fire season because it increases fire danger because it produces offshore wind when those 2 come together with the clockwise and counter clockwise circulation that is setting up right now. thankfully because we don't have dry fields out there. we're not in the position that southern california is in, which is that they are going under a red-flag warning starting tomorrow through thursday. we are just going to be dealing with a wind advisory meeting that we're going to see gusts that could get up to about 50 miles per hour 20 to 30 mile per hour wind. you can see it's interior portions of our east bay and our north bay. that means we could have a few power outages, tree limbs down. so this goes into effect

tonight at 07:00pm and goes through wednesday at 10:00am just kind of show you how these wind gust start to pick up. this is tonight around 10, 30 start to see it rolling up in the north bay and then it becomes far more pervasive on our tuesday morning. so very gusty wind. you can see that offshore direction and it continues right through the day on tuesday gets really gusty. and then finally, as we get into our wednesday as we start work our way towards the afternoon, that's when things kind of let meanwhile, speaking of letting up, this is a live look from mount tam where you could see a little while ago. those blue skies are up there. but right now still socked in with that fog. now, the nice thing is temperatures over the next 5 days. once we kick the fog, we're going to get really nice inland spots getting up into the upper 60's potentially as we get into wednesday and thursday. we'll talk more about that later in the broadcast. >> thank you. governor newsom continues to try and crack down processed foods. he has directed state health officials to investigate things like dies that are in flaming hot cheetos, twinkies,

skittles, even soda news nation's nancy loo has the story. >> it's the focus of a movie. it's even turned into ice cream. but now flaming hot cheetos are being roasted by the food police and along with those unnaturally red snacks. other ultra-processed foods are also targeted all kinds of soft drinks. and candy skittles, twinkies, mountain dew and much more governor newsom's new order calls for proposals to further limit intake and access to ultra processed foods. last year the state moved to ban sales at schools citing that particular dyes are linked to hyperactivity and behavior let's go clean. food fan and health secretary nominee rfk junior could add muscle to an american diet. cleanup as part of the incoming trump administration to retos cheeses happen. cronje gummy everyone knows that the surge

on so maybe you wouldn't be too surprised see that. the ingredients include a lot of also in the fight, former presidential candidate marianne williamson now running to lead the dnc. she sounded off on big food during appearance on news nation prime all of the ingredients that we allow that we know are carcinogenic in the united states that they do not allow in european countries. they do not allow in canada. why do we allow them here? we allow them here because certain big food companies have learned that these ingredients will increase the shelf life. the california push includes calls for ingredient changes, something on par with the cleaner european cheetos. they have hot cheetos in europe. >> and they make them without the food dyes and actually says on the packaging they brag about the fact that it is made without artificial colors. >> still ahead here at people along the west coast enjoying winter snow. but some people in the city in utah that are

not enjoying it as much. why ski resort workers are on strike. after the break. prep season officially underway. crab harvest ers.

>> all right. some good news for commercial crab harvesters. this season is officially open in san francisco, popular place to buy fresh crab is in fisherman's work to find lots of fishermen. they're selling directly from their boats. but it's only open in certain areas. it starts from the sonoma mendocino county line all the way to the u.s. mexico border. there will be a trap

reduction. that's to reduce the entanglement risk for humpback whales. elon musk's. starlink wi-fi service is expected to launch on united airlines flight starting in the spring. united will begin testing starlink in february with plans to outfit its entire 2 cabin regional fleet. by thr end of this year, all of united's mileage plus members will have free access to starlink, which includes streaming services, shopping in gaming, united in starlink agreed to this deal in september, the same month. hawaiian airlines announced also be offering free starlink to its passengers. still ahead here, new massive snowstorm across parts of the country. how it's impacting travel. >> the window goes how one man got stuff going around in circles in one of these driverless cars.

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>> who will be the next mayor of oakland is front and center today. the council members welcomed its newly elected council members as it begins the process of focusing on who to appoint as the interim mayor in november. voters ousted oakland mayor sheng thao and kron four's terisa stasio is on the story for us this afternoon. she's here in the newsroom with what's next for the city to big question, right? big job. just an hour ago, 3 new council members address the public as they officially join oakland city council on top of order for them. who should they put into the mayor's seat? right now? there is a special conquer and city council meeting under

way. the new councilmember zac unger in district one, we're in a brown councilmember at large and ken houston in district 7, they took their oath of office. this meeting has several agenda items who to appoint to the vacant district. 2 office and who will be put in as an interim mayor now district who is bacon with nikki fortunato bas winning a seat on the alameda county board of supervisors. and before then public comment on the matter. the new council members talked about their plans. that >> we must embrace a modest politics, a politics that focuses on the basics of what a city can provide. realistically. at our best when we focus on the pragmatic problem solving at our worst when we attempt to locate ourselves within larger ideological movements. we should write fewer new laws and instead enforce the ones we have on the books and actually make sure that they work rather than just think something we can point to and say i have that. >> i want every single person whether i agree with them or not to have their voices heard

and we will work forward work toward the best interest of this city because every single one of you in this chamber deserve it. >> bring it down a little bit. we had what 87 homicides in the city of oakland. 87. the 67th homicide in oakland. was one of my stipend one of people that worked with him with this team here come >> fortunato bas has spoken up about who she wants to take her seat for the short term. she has mentioned that she wants. rebecca kaplan, the former at-large council member who did not run for re election. all of this discussion is going on right now in april. it will be before voters to elect a new mayor council member to fill the seats to complete the terms of tracking all this. and we'll have much more coming up on kron for news at 2 o'clock. and of course,

always on kron 4 dot com just e and theresa who are some of the top contenders, other names that are being thrown into the ring here? well, one person heard time and time again is lauren taylor. he went up against sheng thao and said that he wanted the job than any wants a job. now is a very close margin that he lost a shunt. how he said that he is certainly out there and he certainly wants that job. so some other people out there as well. so a lot that we will be continuing to cover just a i've heard is also former congresswoman barbara lee. her name has been thrown out there as well, too. so. >> a lot to go over theresa, thank you. another bay area police department is considering using drones. santa rosa police are considering drones that would be used as part of a first responder program to help fight crime and aid in natural disasters. the drones have cameras and thermal sensors that can get access to flooded areas or collapsed buildings before first responders can

arrive. police say this would be less expensive than using a helicopter or any other type of vehicle. there will be a community meeting to discuss the drones, january 22nd at the utility's field operations on stony point road. in the north bay. the vallejo community is coming together to raise money for a hit and run crash victim. this accident happened just a couple of days before christmas and it destroyed the man's wheelchair. kron four's. lindsey ford has the story. >> the room. and to be honest, i sat there for like 10 minutes per eye. nobody came outside. nobody heard it. >> just 5 days before christmas, the unthinkable happened to melvin jones and delay. whoa around 11, 10 at night right outside of his home. he was struck by a car while positioning himself out of his wheelchair into his

vehicle. steven mccraw sometimes suffer from depression. it was like a movie set jones he saw in his rear view mirror bright lights approaching closer and closer pushing keep pushing. are going. >> quick quick, quick, quick and they wanted or flawed got to winter wheelchair does flew in the air. did a couple of tumbles land on the ground and it ended up like in the middle of his shattered to pieces in shock after the impact, jones as he braced himself by grabbing the steering wheel. >> and looking ahead at the driver who hit him, seen him put on a light reverse lights. >> you know, like what are >> and they took off. never even came down to see if i was all right. >> he's now using a replacement wheelchair. what's left are remains of his main wheelchair, twisted and ruined along with his car's windows. glass shattered in the street. just a lot of trauma that. that i didn't have to go

through up. i would have been better. the person just stop. i would have felt a little bit better. came been just checking on me. >> but just not doing that. just left me in a bad place. the hit and run has left jones with a broken foot on top of already had suffered from a tragedy in 2003. >> that left him para plea, jake, from gunshot wounds on titan heard already hurt. so i got to keep getting hurt. >> what has helped melvin look to a brighter new year is his children in the community engagement. he's involved in like being the commissioner of the boys and girls club empowerment doing those things and meeting with the community see the community happy. gives me thanks and praise is and it is why my depression is no longer no longer there. >> jones is also grateful for the gofundme that has been made on his behalf to help pay for medical expenses. the feedback that i'm getting from the community, people that i don't even know like is. >> overwhelmingly appreciative it life was my heart. in

vallejo, lindsey ford kron. 4 news. >> a national wpather service is warning parts of the east coast could see some really heavy snowfall the most in decades today, 7 states from new jersey to kansas are declaring states of emergency was 60 million americans in the storm's path. tom dempsey has the latest. >> parts of the east coast could see their heaviest snowfall in decades today and it's led to a 7 different states calling states of emergency states like new jersey and kansas doing so with of around 60 million americans living in the path of this storm. but this winter weather has really caused the mess in the midwest, in particular with snow and ice making road conditions almost treacherous at times, bringing lots of different crashes, missouri. emergency crews say at least 600 drivers were stranded over the weekend. and in kentucky, a state trooper was hurt after his patrol car was state leaders urging folks

to stay off the roads today. millions across the midwest are shoveling themselves out from record setting snowfall this morning storm heads east, kansas city, soft foot of snow in 24 hours with city leaders saying that's the most they've seen there in over 30 years. louisville, kentucky shattering 115 year-old record with their nearly 8 inches of snow over the weekend in areas like philadelphia to richmond, virginia are expected to be hit the worst today with some of the areas getting foot of snow. >> and the storm is also bringing heavy winds and freezing cold temperatures. wind gusts up to 45 miles an hour were recorded across the midwest over the weekend in the east coast is expected to feel temperatures up to 25 degrees below normal. the national weather service warning the northeast will feel that bitter cold for several days after this storm. but it is sure pretty to be out here on the national mall. the continuing to fall here we see people exercising some people we saw one gentleman

cross-country skiing here along the national mall. very pretty to look at fun to be outside when you're walking around. but a very dangerous to be out on the roads with many parts of the east coast dealing with this winter storm in washington, talk >> we'll talk about our forecast here. taking this live look here at the white house. wow, it's really coming down there in dc today. lots of fresh snow across the country. kyle is looking at all that right now. that's a pretty shot winter wonderland. it is a winter wonderland. look at the cold air that is up in canada, though. here you can see -5 and then you bring it down into the u.s. and you can see why we're seeing this know dc right now. we're just looking. >> is only 28 degrees. 15 degrees, by the way, in wichita, just absolutely just chilling. bone chilling call that's happening right now. this is that system that he was just showing you. and as we zoom in here, you can see where some of those heavier snow pockets are all the way from the ohio valley headed to the mid-atlantic and now parts of new england as well. getting a little bit that snow in the last few hours. now,

let's talk about what's going to be coming their way next. because you can see where all of these we've got. winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories are up as that system makes its way that system that, by the way, has hit about 13 states on the way it's worked its way there. that is, as you look at futurecast and that heads out. but now take your eye down to the south and look what happens next. another system rolling in on thursday, going right through dallas, texas, cutting going. you guessed it right back to the mid-atlantic and the northeast. so more wintry weather on the way it is january. that is the month. that is i think having lived on the east coast, the toughest one. it's when you get through the holiday and you think that was fun and now you're like, oh, no, this is going to happen for a couple of putts. still, meanwhile, back in the bay, we've just been talking about fog this morning. the north bay still under that dense fog advisory obviously can see that fog is still out there, though. and other places. the dense fog advisory does go till 2 o'clock after that. talking about window got a wind advisory kicking in tonight when it come back. we'll talk about that and also the dangers out at the coast right now with some of the sneaker

waves that we have the risk of back to you. >> all right. most of america's biggest ski resorts remain closed today in park city, utah, because resort workers are on strike. visitors have been sharing videos and social media showing the hours-long waits to get on ski lifts today about a 3rd of those lifts are closed. 2 thirds of park city ski trails are shut down as well. the park city professional ski patrol association says that vail resorts has not responded to its demands. the union is pushing for a based wage increase from 21 to $23 an hour. self-driving cars convenience and innovation. but for one guy in california, recent right in a turned into a very bizarre and frustrating ordeal of fed of a nice smooth trip to the airport in scottsdale. the car glitched and it started to drive around in circles for several minutes. leaving the guy inside their dizzy and stranded. the passenger said

the car did 10 circles in a row. and when the company's customer service tried to help, he says things only got worse. >> and it was just going in the circles like around 6th time. that feeling was very uncomfortable where you're strapped in. you can open the door and vehicles just going in somebody obviously of the control tower realize that there's a malfunction and then they're trying to fix it. but the kicker is they're trying to fix it. and they're trying use my phone fix the problem. >> o waymo has yet to respond to mike john's complaint there. he says the experience raises some concerns about safety and customer supports autonomous vehicles. >> notion makes feel sick. >> all right. the world's first vacuum cleaner with an arm has now been launched. so if you do pick up your socks off the floor, no problem here. the robot can do it for you. the ai and that can identify socks, shoes, towels

and then put them away. all you have to do is use an app to let the machine nowhere to put them. and this robot is going to be on sale later this year. still ahead here at noon lights. >> golden gloves and some bay area natives taking the stage. >> the tips from a cyber security expert on what you need to do to fortify yourself against scams in 2025. i'm rich demuro. that's coming up richaun tack. and after the break, the santa cruz work back open after it shut down from 2 weeks. how business owners along warm feeling owners along warm feeling about reopening.

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>> the senate approved for now back open to the public after it was closed for parts of last month. this closure forced several businesses to shut down and it's now back open. so lindsey ford shows us now. what's next? >> it's been nearly 2 weeks since the partial collapse of the santa cruz wharf and with its debut reopening saturday, business owners are looking towards a brighter and more lucrative new year. >> we know we're open now and we're happy. we're we're still to be here. >> since we opened, we've had a ton of regulars coming in. it's just it's it's really warmed our >> this managers and owners nestled on the wharf are now playing catch up on bills because of missing out on the holiday rush when the work was closed, not only did we lose out on business and there's a lot of food waste associated with that. i mean, clothes for

10 days. alicia dogs, manager of gilda's homestyle comfort, food restaurant. >> says what hurts the most is employees taking a plunge in their paychecks, which some employees had to ask for an extension to pay rent this month. you're concerned not they're going to be able to pay their bills and they're gonna be able to eat you know. >> gary, because we didn't know how long we're closing down. and we never really had anything like this in the, you know, 40 plus years that we've been out here, marine these candies in the same situation, excited to reopen. but it's been tough on business. things happen and that's just how life goes and get through. and then just keep going. so. >> just excited to be back out as of saturday and through the next coming weeks, tony elliott increased parks, say the city is focused on cleanup of the ocean is a dangerous place. a crane is submerged in the ocean 160 feet off the war and 300 pilings from the war are spread throughout the region. we're constantly repairing the war. that's not a debatable point. and we have

been repairing replacing. >> piling some pieces over 100 year. mayor keeley says the city is debating on whether or not to be adding the restroom extension to the that fell off. >> thank you, tony baker, one of the directors of the santa cruz surfing club, says the wharf played a pivotal role in his upbringing personally when i was a kid, grew up coming down here. we fished we crab week kroll the round on pilings underneath and everything. you know. so it's got a big place in my life and it's changed over the years. but to have it reopened really special. pam enoch from san jose has been visiting the worse and she was a teenager and did not want to miss out on saturday. just just a home place, comfort place for me. >> the santa cruz wharf is a staple in the community, a place to laugh fish meet with friends and to relax. is happy that this can all continue into the new year were smaller restaurant. i just feel like

all of our guests like a piece of family. so for the last 10 days. >> we have been seeing members of our family. and so it just feels absolutely wonderful to be here. the open brightening their day in santa cruz. lindsey ford kron. 4 news. >> i will take a look now here at the santa cruz wharf. hey, we're getting some blue skies and that shots. that's a good sign of what's to come. meteorologist kyla grogan here with details on what's going hey, there into those of you dealing with the fog. i want to say that, yes, there is some sunshine out there and you can see it here in san jose. we're seeing some of that sun break through. >> temperatures there kind of reflecting that. we're a little bit warmer. san jose right now at 62 degrees where as you can see as you head to concord about 51 degrees and head up to the north bay, we're finally starting to get a little bit of a lift there. temperatures. but santa rosa still just at 50 san francisco at 52. so we have this west-northwest swell that's coming in. and unfortunately, that is kicking up some coastal danger. so the weather service has put out with a colleague beach hazard statement to let you know that there is exceptionally dangerous surf. we could see

waves breaking up to about 20 feet. sneaker waves. i think that's probably the biggest threat with this. one of those are the waves, the kind of come up out of nowhere and can sweep you off your feet into very cold water. so the advice is never turn your back on the ocean. and then i think the advice is avoid the coast, if you can write. so this is through tuesday at 04:00pm. so between today and tuesday afternoon, if you can avoid the coast, that would be a good, good move on your part. here's a look at stormtracker. you can see we do still have some of the high clouds that are rolling in in addition to some of the fog that's been out there. so that's made things a little bit difficult today with the kicking the clouds. we do have very light wind right now. half moon bay up to about 12 miles per hour. that is going to change as we get into tonight as we and a lot of californians going to be under what's called high wind advisory tonight. having said that, we are little better off in southern california. they have not gotten the rain that we've gotten. so they're fuels are very dry. so they are going to be under a red-flag warning starting tomorrow because of that offshore wind that's going to roll for us. it is the wind advisory that does increase fire danger. but you can see where it is here. it is a good portion of north

bay, east bay and even along parts of the peninsula along the coast to and this will start at 7 o'clock tonight. and we could see some of these gusts get upwards of 40 50 miles per hour. just to kind of show you this. you see how gusty it's going to get here. this is tuesday morning. so throughout the day on tuesday, very high wind gusts. this will finally wrap up as we get into wednesday. but just a heads up that that is happening. here's a look at your forecast outside of that are nice warm-up coming our way wednesday into thursday and dry conditions. so that's kind of a nice break to back to you. start the new year off 5, protecting yourself online. there are multiple easy ways. >> but you can protect yourself from scams and hackers are rich demuro explains in today's rich on tech. >> new year's resolutions typically have to do with money, health and personal growth. but what about your cyber security? here are some small steps you can take to protect yourself. >> the new year is a great

time to get serious about your cybersecurity. 2025. for ready. seeing the start of a really interesting year from a scam and frost or perspective. chris pearson is ceo and founder of black cloak which provides cybersecurity protection for high-profile people. first in the wake of last year's major data broker breach. consider freezing your credit. so it is out on the dark web which means it is and multiple criminals hands. it will never, ever be erased. never race. next up, turn on two-factor authentication. start with your e-mail, financial and health care accounts. this is the simplest and most immediate steps that you need to take to protect your accounts. text messages are good and authentication app is better. google authenticator microsoft authenticator and the 2 f asap are all free. next. learn how to spot scams your brains. because from that rational thinking left side into that fight or flight right? brain

activity, slowdown and consult trusted contacts before taking any action. we want people to be very skeptical on what they're getting. text via e-mail via voice phone call. feel free hang up. also make sure you're calling official phone numbers. don't rely on search results or numbers and messages they could be fakes. speaking of fakes deepfake scams are on the rise. they use ai video or audio that looks and sounds convincing when in doubt ask friends and family to verify a safe have a safe have a key words that only you and your wife are you and the kids. no one ever, even with your parents and elderly parents make sure there's a word for them that you know, that you'll use and disclose. >> if you want to convince them that it is actually you. >> taking a few minutes to think about your cybersecurity can make a big difference in protecting your personal information and avoiding scams. and oh, yeah, please

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acceptance speech, wong took time to thank her san francisco routes and san francisco's punchline comedy club. in her speech, she said she would not the where she is. if she hadn't received that practice at. that comedy club to become a stand-up comedian. >> and check this out. a guy using the fresh snow in kansas city to his advantage. as you can see, gotten a snowboard and went around the neighborhood using a truck. the video taken by neighbors who say they impressed with this stunt. all of this was happening while 2 other cars were having some trouble while trying to make their way through the snow. and this is it gets dangerous. but if you have some fun in it, why not? but the troubling part, it's not like fun. that's all from the newsroom right now. thank you for joining us this monday here on kron. 4 news at noon. i'm justine waldman. i'll see you again during kron for news at 2 3 o'clock this afternoon. but for now live in the bay is next.

>> thank you so much, justin. we've got a great job in store for today. we've got tropical hunting dog in studio. we're learning all about and do so amazing. and of course, dry january. a lot of people are participating. we have a wine expert here to give us some ideas on some great drinks that you can have. so just drink the water. >> amazing show. coming up. happy new yea

>> welcome in to live in the bay. we've got a great show for coming up. >> a local photographer showing off his skills at a new exhibit. we need j and see some of his work featuring the beauty all around