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journey. good afternoon. thanks for being with us today for kron. 4 news at 4, i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis 2 years ago today, 7 people were killed in half moon bay. >> when an employee opened fire at 2 local farms, the city and its residents are paying respects and kron four's terisa start happening bay early thursday morning. the city put out this flower arrangement. >> to honor those who died in the mass shooting. there is also this here at the mac dutra plaza in downtown half moon bay right behind. you can see that there are several proposals for a memorial. >> a painful past hope to help the healing journey 2 years ago, gunfire erupted in half moon bay. 7 people murdered all farm workers at 2 mushroom facilities. a grand jury
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indicted suspects. 66 year-old chunli prosecutors charge that he was a disgruntled employee, his murder trial is set for april. >> it was for my it was it was sad everybody felt shocked and now i think 2 years after we're seeing how slowly, you know, and then surely we're coming out of that trauma to lisa acosta is a community services analyst with a city of half moon bay. the community expressed their cut there. thoughts about having of a part of permanent memorial to honor the victims of the shooting and along the way will discover that the committee that was tasked with this. >> charge also wanted to recognize a farmer, their contribution to the coast. >> costa says that the space would also be a tribute to the farm workers. legacy. the shooting exposed farmworkers deplorable conditions at the 2 facilities. many were living a container boxes with no running water or electricity. things was
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>> having to honor grieving process and honoring your emotions and feeling them. but also at the same time, the committee wanted to make sure that we all had an opportunity to recognize how big the farmer contributions are, not just the coast, but in general, the proposal you see behind me are 3 of the designs that were hoping one of them will be selected to be the actual final memorial and work. today. we're gathering community feedback. invite them to come drop by their comments share their thoughts what they like. but they don't like anything that else that we should consider and we'll take all that feedback report back to the committee and report back to city council commissions and committees as far as the memorial, it will be built. >> at a local park, not here because the proposal is much bigger than this plaza. >> as far as honoring those lost their lives at that mass shooting 2 years ago, there's going to be a vigil here friday night and happy by theresa kron. 4 news.
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>> in the east bay, police are looking for a person connected to a deadly shooting in oakland. it happened last night on bancroft avenue near international. when officers arrived, they say they found a person injured who'd been shot. victim was tak to the hospital where they died. oakland police are asking that any possible witnesses give them a call. >> accounting view shows years bandaging and kicking budget problems down the road has rendered the oakland unified school district fiscally strapped together in bad shape right now. and without immediate action by the school district and its board of directors. kron four's philippe djegal reports the elevated. >> county office of education. he's predicting the district could run out of cash as soon as next school year. >> in a letter from alameda county superintendent of schools, alice castro sent tuesday to the oakland unified school district's superintendent and its board. castro says the oakland unified school district is operating on an unsustainable budget stating the school
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district's budget deficit is projected to reach 152 million dollars this year and without implementing the budget solutions approved by the board in december, the district could run out of cash by more than 30 million dollars in november. last month, the school district filed a negative certification to the office of education. in castro's letter, she agreed with the district self-assessment saying, quote, without significant intervention, the district is projected to run out of cash during the 2025. 26 school year leading to significant destabilization for students and staff necessity to another bankruptcy loan from the state and forfeiting local decision making authority the office of education points to the district's increasing deficits resulting from approving employee pay increases without approving reductions to pay for the raises. that combined with years of the board, differing big decisions, changing plans or delaying
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their implementation has led the school district to the difficult position it is in right now in response, castro has appointed a fiscal advisor to help the school district rectify its budget woes. the last usd received a negative certification was just before it went into receivership in 2003 back then the state of california took control over district business and resulted in the district taking out 100 million dollar loan which the district says has taken 21 years to pay off in full plus 20 million dollars in interest. currently the county has oversight over the district's budget with power to override board decisions. now county superintendent castro says usd will be the only state school district to have both the fiscal trustee and fiscal adviser. the adviser is slated to help the board through june and in the coming weeks, help balance the
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2025. 2026 budget. the board has considered merging 10 schools that share campuses. the school district says the move would save millions of dollars. but the board still has not voted on the option by the end of next month. castro says the board needs to make hard decisions on reducing personnel for the upcoming school year. in the letter, castro continues to say, quote, if the board does not make decisions now, it will rapidly lose the ability to make them at all. she says the district operates too many schools for the number of students enrolled and operates too many and or enrolled schools. philippe djegal all kron. 4 news. >> alright, weather time here as we get a live look at sfo. >> accra for meteorologist gayle ong is here with our a bay area forecast again and another nice day on tap. we had night temperatures out there guys. >> quiet weather for now. take a look at the current reading. 73 at this 04:00pm hour in san jose. we have some upper 60's
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in concord in santa rosa, upper 50's a little cooler in half moon bay by the coast. we have some light winds out there. this has been a of an offshore breeze. so that's what's been keeping us warm and comfortable during the day. but changes will be on the way starting tomorrow. so enjoy the sunshine while we have it tonight, another clear and chilly night. so bundle up as you head out the door and same for the morning. we've been experiencing this rinse and repeat pattern where we cool down in the overnights in the mornings and then we get some nice, sunny weather in the afternoon. but tomorrow it's going to be some cloud cover. we have a chance of rain this saturday. all break it down for you in the extended forecast. when come back in a few minutes, back to you. grant and vicki. alright, palmetto, big story we're following for you, california attorney general rob bonta. >> revealing today with the state is doing to tackle the opioid crisis, the powerful drugs have claimed thousands of lives across the state in recent years. >> kron four's joey horta has details on today's announcement.
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>> this is a major settlement against the company accused of fueling the deadly opioid crisis. here is what we know. bipartisan coalition of 15 states, including california, have reached a 7.4 billion dollars settlement with the sackler family and their company. purdue pharma, california attorney general rob bonta says purdue invented manufactured and aggressively marketed opioid products for decades, putting profits over people. >> no community remains untouched by this epidemic, rural or urban high or low income republicans or democrats, children or adults. it's touched us all rest assured if any industry or provider tries to impede on the health of californians for the sake of turning a profit. we'll be there. >> preliminary data from the san francisco medical examiner reveals over 630 people died from an overdose in 2024. here in san francisco alone, tom wolf tells us his life
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spiraled out of control when he got hooked on fentanyl after having surgery and ended up homeless in the city. you know, 6 street. >> going to the tenderloin over by un plaza and that open drug scene. is there. it's just it just continues to remain still, you know, 5, 6, 7, 100 people deep in that area right there with dozens and dozens of organized drug dealer selling fentanyl. >> wolf is one of the lucky ones he is now in recovery. but bonta says on a daily basis, 130 americans lose their lives to an opioid overdose. this settlement will prevent the sackler family from ever selling opioids in the u.s. again in san francisco. joey horta kron. 4 news. >> police officers are looking for 3 people connected to a home burglary in pleasanton. the department released surveillance video showing a the group breaking into a home last week. police say they robbed a house and then drove away in less than 10 minutes the group was seen getting
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into a land rover suv with a suspected stolen license plate. police aren't saying where the burglary happened that they are asking the community, though, to stay aware and report any suspicious activity. >> still ahead on kron, 4 news at 4, the trump administration. >> it continues its move. susan, the hot seat today. >> and a major healthcare conference will once again return to san francisco. what mayor lurie is saying about today's announcement. plus. >> legislative democrats and republicans come together to approve billions of dollars of emergency fireaid for southern california. but the sharp disagreement over other bills aimed at taking on president donald trump. capitol correspondent eytan wallace. all of action from both sides of the aisle.
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francisco neighbors in the north beach and fisherman's wharf neighborhoods. >> could soon have a new option for buying their groceries, grocery outlet is set to build its 6 store in san francisco in a space left behind by safeway kron. 4 charles clifford reports. >> the empty space right behind me here used to be a safeway grocery store. but that store left back in 2023. and when it did this mall here, the northpoint center in north beach, basically became a ghost town as all the foot traffic disappeared. negotiations to bring in a new grocery store have been underway for a while. and now it appears that an agreement has been reached. >> on thursday, san francisco
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supervisor dennis otter announced that a lease agreement has been reached to bring a grocery outlet store to the north point center here along bay street, the new store will fill the currently empty space left behind when safeway left back in 2023 with that grocery store pulled out many of the other small businesses inside the center were forced to shut down due to a lack of foot traffic. >> wasn't too happy that they out of there. to be honest, james, he manages the postal annex inside the northpoint center. one of the few businesses that are managed to hang on here. he's optimistic that the arrival of grocery outlet will breathe new life into the center. yeah, i mean, we're looking forward to having actor anger and they're in the building after one for the past year and a half. >> it will be good to actually see. time's come in coming. if there is an coming in, that's the main draw mean just to get more tenants into the building. >> when the store opens, it will be the 6th grocery outlet in san francisco. in a statement, the ceo, the company said we know how important this site is to the
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surrounding community and we are thrilled to soon be able to further our commitment to san francisco and its residents. if all goes well, the new grocery outlet will open in 2026 grocery outlet also says that opening a new store here will create about 50 jobs. >> but for now in san francisco, charles clifford kron, 4 news. >> the jp morgan healthcare conference will return to san francisco next year. the company's 2025 conference wrapped up a week ago today and was widely seen as a success with tens of thousands of visitors coming to san francisco. the conference generated nearly 100 million dollars in economic impact for the city. san francisco mayor daniel lurie issued a statement on the news saying, quote, we are thrilled that the jp morgan healthcare conference is coming back next year. well, we still have work to do. this is a huge vote of confidence in our city and everything we're doing to make san francisco is safe and welcoming place for residents, businesses and visitors.
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>> these pay program is supporting small businesses with grants meant to improve security. the city of san leandro is relaunching this program that provides business owners with up to 5,000 bucks for security camera installation. city leaders say the grants helped install security technology more than 25 businesses last year and they hope to do the same for more businesses this year. there's a link to sign up for that on our website. kron 4 dot com. >> alright, weather time as we get a live look now at the hustle home on the san mateo bridge. would you like a hazy? yeah. not too clear that as we look here, meteorologist gayle ong is with us and the weather wall with latest. a county. >> you know, we've been seeing lately we've been in high pressure with lack of winds. it's been. >> trapping some particular matter out there. but other than that, it's been nice in the afternoons. current readings out the door. >> we're seeing 70's at this
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hour. upper 60's. a 73 in san jose. 67 in concord and santa rosa. so another nice day on tap, but we're are about to see some changes. you can see the light winds here bit of an offshore breeze that's been contributing to those comfortable temperatures. so there's that area of high pressure. that's what's been driving, you know, some moderate air quality and also some quiet weather area of low pressure. notice that slides right inland creates that inside fighter pattern. so we're going to see another round of some offshore winds and cooler temperatures and a chance of rain. so first comes the winds. this is a wind advisory just posted from the national weather surface tomorrow night through sunday morning for north bay hills and mountains. so anywhere from 15 to 30 miles per hour, wind gusts even 50 and the highest peaks with that. it's also gonna bring a chance of rain. so tomorrow, the transition day, we'll see the clouds roll and partly cloudy skies and a chance of rain and sierra snow saturday and sunday and it looks like we could see some mountain snow and rain in southern california. hopefully it's not too much rain, you know, with
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the burn scars with those recent fires. but other than that, it will be beneficial. it looks like for the most part, 2 to 5 inches over in the sierra. so enjoy this nice afternoon while we have it because will be chilly once again, this has been the this have been the pattern and, you know, chilly in the 30's for overnight lows. and here's that 7 day forecast. you'll see that cool down notice that tomorrow and especially this weekend. but other than that, you know, just some winds coming our way, but more sunshine to still be really will be cooling down a bit. that's the rain is. good. yeah, a few raindrops. we have a thing we get rid it. you know, it keeps going back and forth. but it yesterday was aiming towards the central coast and now it's 3 aiming towards the bay area. so looks like. >> a few raindrops. if anything will take it will take it. you have to do while scale. >> the trump cabinet is taking shape is republicans are, you know, in an effort to try to confirm key nominee side, democrats are raising concerns about some of those picks and they're working to. slow the
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process. washington, d.c., correspondent hannah brandt explains how. >> its an all-out sprint in the senate to get the trump cabinet confirmed with republican leaders holding hearings and votes on nominees almost daily. >> i couldn't be more excited about president trump's administration and this new direction for the country. senators just voted to confirm john ratcliffe as cia director. the yays are 70 for the nays are 25. and earlier today, senators move forward with the more controversial nominee. pete hegseth simply not qualified to meet the overwhelming demand. secretary defense, the veteran and former fox news anchor is facing several serious allegations including assault, drinking problems and financial mismanagement at past jobs. headset denies those claims, but democrats say they're concerned and we cannot risk. >> installing a leader who may have a history that has exploited will buy are at this senate minority leader chuck
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schumer is also railing against russell vote. the nominee to lead the office of management and budget and the architect of conservative project 2025 mr. vote is the godfather of to write his vision isn't just reckless. it's catastrophic. so democrats are using procedural moves to delay votes on some of trump's nominees are idea is to let whole truth come out. they try to rush them through. we don't want that to happen. but senate leader john thune points out republicans majority gives them the final say democrats want to spend their nights and weekends taking votes on. >> on controversial nominees we can do it that way. but one where the other these nominees will be confirmed. >> 2 republican senators say they plan to vote against texas confirmation but each nominee can afford to lose 3 republican votes and still get confirmed in washington. i'm hannah brandt. >> we'll do everything in my ability to make sure our farmers ranchers and rural
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communities thrive. >> one of trump's nominees, one to lead the department of agriculture was on capitol hill for her confirmation hearing with senators who grilled texas attorney brooke rollins about how she would protect rural communities and help them thrive during a trump presidency. she assured senators she will protect farmers from tariffs and help them increase global trade. rollins is expected to be confirmed with bipartisan support. >> still ahead on kron for news at 4, what meta is saying about why you're suddenly following president trump on facebook and instagram. >> plus, take prices continue to rise how much they've gone to rise how much they've gone up since a year ago.
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>> instagram, facebook is denying claims that some users are being forced to follow president trump's official accounts on its platforms following trump's inauguration. so facebook and instagram users reported that their accounts followed the president, vice president jd vance and first lady melania trump's official accounts without their permission. some people claimed when they tried to unfollow the pages they couldn't do so. meta says users who had previously follow the official potus account when biden was in office automatically follow the account. changes were made to reflect mr. trump taking office. meta says the same procedure took place the last time presidential transition occurred. >> for your money, the price of eggs rises again. customers
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can blame the recent bird flu outbreak for that. according to the consumer price index prices are up. 36.8% from last year. major reason for the price hike is the increase in bird flu cases. according to the u.s. department of ag, the viral disease was either directly or indirectly responsible for killing more than 20 million egg-laying hens in the final quarter of 2024. consumers in some areas are shelling out nearly $9 per dozen. travelers are going to have to dig deeper into their pockets to sail on one cruise line is rate super tuesday are rising. disney cruise lines announced it is changing its recommended gratuity rates going from $14 and $0.50 to $16 per person. each day. these are 2 of these can be prepaid and will be distributed across a range of crewmembers passengers who do not pay ahead of time will be charged automatically to their
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on-board account. customers will be able to adjust or remove gratuities by going to guest services once they're on board. >> still ahead, why the san jose police department is being accused of excessive force. we have details on that federal lawsuit that it's facing. plus, a new flames. certain the la area. we're tracking the latest on the fire conditions there and how lawmakers are responding to the latest bill. dedicating more money to relief efforts more money to relief efforts in souther we're still going for that sweet shot.
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and senate just approved billions of dollars in emergency fire 8 for the greater la area. while there was unity over that vote just one day before president trump visits california, there was intense debate over another bill to quote trump proof california. our eytan wallace reports. >> the clerk will open the role with that. the state assembly officially took up. governor gavin newsom, special session proposal to provide 2 and a half billion dollars of for southern california. the package includes 4 million dollars to speed up the rebuilding promoting process and 1 million dollars for impacted schools. all of it part of a plan receiving bipartisan support. all of us need to come together in this moment. we need to come together to support los angeles. we do need to take action on this because every single california the field this republicans try to add an additional 1 billion dollars to the package specifically for wildfire prevention and forest management. something
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they say will save the state money over time by preventing future fires. 1 billion dollars. to save hundreds of billions. and precious lives. let's get this done. now. people cannot wait. in the end, the democratic super majorities shelled the gop fire prevention proposal arguing the immediate need is fire 8, 8, this chamber and the other chamber. the state senate overwhelmingly approved eyes. 78 know 0. the measure passes, but there was intense debate in the state senate over other bills in the governor's special session, including one proposal to provide a 25 million dollars for immigration-related legal services in the state. all to put up a fight against trump backed mass deportations. folks are scared for their lives. >> and it is so hurtful to me that they feel so terrified if you're in this country. >> illegally. and you are criminal that continues create more victims. all californians. i don't want you
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here in the end that bill passed and then there was more debate over another special session bill to allocate 25 million dollars to help california attorney general rob bonta fund future lawsuits against president trump and his administration. bakersfield. senator melissa hurtado was the lone democrat who voted against it. i think in general trump proof he makes. >> california a target were supposed to want to get along ion and right out of the block. we're saying we're going to have problems, which, that's >> certainly bad messaging. but despite those concerns, the bill passed with overwhelming support from most democrats. let's be clear. >> if this administration goes after our rights, our freedoms, our democracy, our people. the golden state will never back down reporting at the state capitol. eytan wallace kron. 4 news. >> and within the last 30 minutes or so, governor newsom signed the bill granting 2 and
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a half billion dollars in state funding for emergency fireaid for southern california. >> has more dangerous wildfires threaten southern california. republican lawmakers are putting forth a bill to increase resiliency to these devastating wildfires. the fix our forest act would restore forest health and protect at-risk communities. meanwhile, democratic lawmakers and wildlife organizations are raising concerns. >> i think that it's disingenuous to to use this long bill to to push for anti environmental provisions and got endangered species act and the national environmental policy act. >> opposing lawmakers also say the bill doesn't include 8 money and is going to harm the environment. president trump, a longtime critic of how california manages its land plans to visit the devastated area on friday. >> preliminary damage assessment and emergency response costs of all the recent wildfires in la
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continues to increase the los angeles city. officials are reporting the collective amount including infrastructure damage to the city is now up to 385 million dollars. that number is expected to go up when another cost estimate is released in the coming weeks. the city will have to front all of the money, but officials hope to get partial reimbursement by fema and the state. >> and out of the latest on these ongoing fires, the hughes fire that's burned over 10,000 acres since it sparked yesterday. the latest update says that firefighters have contained about 24% of this fire. it's currently burning in ventura and la county. there are still evacuation orders and warnings in place of parts. the grapevine is still shut down impacting travel, as you can imagine between southern and central california. >> la city fire fighters have stopped the forward progress of a brush fire. and pulled in
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a pass. this poll, fire started around 11 o'clock last night. just east of the 405, 3 water dropping. helicopters were quickly on scene. fortunately to get a handle on that. they had most of the flames out within about 2 hours. the fire burned at least 40 acres. no homes were damaged. nobody was hurt. an evacuation warning in the area has been lifted. >> containment of the palisades fire rose to 72% today. it has burned more than 23,000 acres and is the biggest of those la wildfires with rain in the forecast okay. rails and heavy equipment. those are being placed in the burn areas today. all to help prevent mudslides, debris flow and toxic runoff. 11 people died in the palisades fire. meanwhile, that eaton fire and altadena which killed 17 people. well, that's now 95% contained after it burned. >> more than 14,000 acres. more than 10,000 structures were either damaged or destroyed in the fire. both
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the palisades and eaton fires started 16 days ago. our parent company nexstar media group is partnering with the red cross to raise money for wildfire victims. >> you can scan the qr code there to help out. all right. time to talk. weather has. >> we take a peek outside here on a thursday afternoon. just a gorgeous sun-drenched day in the bay. and lawrence is joining us now in studio to give us an update. yeah, boy, these temperatures again soaring in the 60's and 70's outside sunday all the way to the coastline. finally beginning to see some changes. >> in the overall weather pattern that probably the most significant change we've seen in almost about a month. so here we go out the door right now. you've got some hazy conditions out over the bay. right now. we've had some of the offshore winds blowing here as well. of course, not a strong as in other parts of the state like southern california are likely to get a little gusty. i think as we head through the day tomorrow and into the weekend to temperatures, though, boy, how about 73 degrees right now in
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san jose. 67 in hayward, 70 degrees in berkeley. 65 degrees in san francisco and a beautiful 69 in saint alina. so these temperatures running well above the average for this time of year. but that will soon change as well. things are beginning to shift gears right now. you can hardly tell, though, on the doppler radar we are so far dry right now. but just off the coastline that ridge of high pressure kind of moving on overhead right now. you can see those strong offshore winds moving further south, but eventually that ridge is going to start to flatten out a movie. so all of a sudden things are going to begin to change. the clouds should begin to roll in as early as tomorrow. and the temperatures should start to cool down. and then we start to talk about the possibility of a couple of raindrops specially in southern california. if you head outside this evening, temperatures cooling off as the sun sets in the bay area. a little cool out there. grab a light jacket. if you're headed out the door skies, stay nicely clear. as we head toward about 6 7 o'clock this evening. late tonight, some changes few more clouds coming our way. in fact, you see here on the models here overnight tonight, some clouds begin to move in by tomorrow morning.
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that's why we're going to start out your friday. more clouds and cooler weather to come. maybe even a couple raindrops will talk more about that coming up the few minutes. sounds good. thank you, lawrence. san jose city officials have narrowed their candidates to fill the vacant seat on the city council. >> these are the potential candidates that are being considered to fill the district. 3 seat left by former council member art torres, who resigned and was arrested in november for alleged child abuse. we have bob stabler. jamaal williams stand yell. murray christian karl eugene solace and but those are lopez saw 5 will be interview january 28th and one will be appointed to represent the downtown area until voters pick a permanent replacement in a special election come april. >> the san jose police department is facing a federal civil rights lawsuit over a violent canine just give you a heads up here. we blurred the video because it's pretty
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graphic and some viewers may find disturbing attorney representing for men do villanueva galvez says that the police dog rip that chunk of her clients year off while also biting into his face. other parts of his head and his arm. police used the canine while responding to a stabbing at an apartment complex back in october of 2023. investigators say the illinois the galvez was told to surrender and they waited outside of his apartment for several hours before sending in the canine. the video shows the police dog latched on the bill in a way that is villanueva. galvez is his face was bloodied and afa says officers were failing to get the dog to let go. this is according to the complaint, the attorney says the canine was being used as uncontrolled weapon. well, they're now suing the department over excessive force. dog. >> refuse to let you know, the officers a pretty big second strong guy was using all of
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his might to try to physically remove the socked in by the dog is continuing 2. why not to attack is missing out but bottom, half of his years, not just your low. this is the defendant part of this year. he does have hearing loss now of that year. he has very deep his arm. a cause. nerve just want hold the san jose police department and of course accountable for what happened. >> attorney angel alexander says her client is still trying to heal from physical and emotional damage. she believes the san jose police department needs to adjust their policies around. canine use. we have reached out to the tennessee police for comment. and as of this report, we have not heard back. >> in the east bay man convicted in december of killing 2 young women in fremont. 39 years ago, his sentence to life in prison. on tuesday. 63 year-old david misch was sentenced to 2.25 years to life prison sentences
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for the murders of jennifer dooley and michelle xavier in 1986, their bodies were found in a remote area after attending a birthday party in fremont dna evidence and a partial license plate found on one of the victims tied missed to the murders issue is already serving a life sentence for the 1989 kidnapping and murder of 9 year-old the kelly garrett and hayward. he will begin serving his new sentences after completing the 18 years to life sentence for the murder of care. >> a restaurant that claims to steak spot is shut down after inspectors. well, they found cockroaches and evidence of rodents in the san francisco restaurant. the inspector reported seeing dozens of live, cockroaches and rodent droppings in busters cheese steak on columbus avenue in vallejo street in the north beach neighborhood inspectors say that the restaurant also lacked a food safety certificate and was storing food at non approved temperatures. the restaurant has to eliminate the pass and
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pass reinspection in order to reopen. >> the oakland roots will continue playing at the coliseum for at least one more season after scrapping plans for a temporary stadium in the malibu lot. the team signed a one-year lease for its 2025 home games the team president says the move allows them to focus on securing a permanent home in oakland. the routes are also eyeing professional status for their women's team. so let's see with hopes of bringing them to the coliseum as well. the coliseum is in the process of being sold to a new ownership group. but the routes are hopeful they can stay longer if needed. >> still ahead on kron for news at 4 back on track after a deadly car crash temporarily shuts down park service in the east bay. a look at the ongoing investigation. plus, a judge has blocked president trump's birthright executive order. >> what comes next? that after >> what comes next? that after the break.
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>> park service between the north. concord and antioch stations is back on track now. that's after a deadly car crash near the pittsburg bay point stop. and kron four's will tran reports. >> bart is back on track. literally. they are not stopping at pittsburgh and making people hop on a bus bridge. instead, they're going all the way through. but for a while north conquered, this around 3.45 in the morning for some unknown reason. they're
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still investigating a car crashes through the barrier and lands on the track responders came out there and they realize that the person had died inside the car. they spent hours removing the car, looked at the track. then right around about 8 o'clock in the morning, they were able to remove that car and get service resumed to the thousands of part. right. spend in between that time. let me show you video. they had to rush out and establish a bus bridge because people in antioch, well, bart was off limits. so was that point station? they had to carry people to the north conquered station, making it effectively the first stop for a very popular line and thousands of people had to hop on the bus bridge and others. they simply said it was just impossible. they knew it would be packed. so they drove to north country. we didn't want to deal with the bus bridge because >> can you imagine how many people are coming from the
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antioch station and have to be on the bus bridge to get over here. guard. you know, i i again, was woken up to to the area. >> i saw read the yellow lights down medicaid unless we don't construction pharmacy eyes closed. there's a car and the thing i'm like, oh, how did that happen? >> how did that happen is still under investigation at this particular time? we don't know the person's name or why that person crossed over the barrier and then landed on the tracks. fortunately, it only cars barta backup for about 4 or 5 hours. and now it's fully resume not just heading into the heart of the east bay and san francisco. that also means that you don't have to stop here in north conquered and hop on a bus bridge to bay point are any. tran reporting for us there as we take a peek outside the bay bridge toll plaza. >> yeah, lawrence is here to you know what? there's a lot to talk about here in the bay area. but the real big news
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with consequences at this moment to down south. yeah, all the fires there and of course, we'll get the rain going here. we're gonna have some fire issues as well. but >> i think the overall pattern is about to switch gears here. get back to some wintry weather around much of the state maybe as early. this isn't weekends. we're going to see some showers begin to move into the winds where those offshore wind just howling again overnight, a couple more fire starting see one near oxnard. so winds are blowing the 26 miles are very dangerous. fire conditions. there course we've got the support fire now burning as well. the other fire still continue out there. >> and the winds, ye h, they backed off a bit, but it is still dangerous out there. still very, very dry across much of the area. in fact, humidity right near castaic you're talking about 5% that is desert dry air continuing to pour across that area right now making for some very combustible fuels in that location, as you might expect, red flag warnings continuing overnight tonight into tomorrow morning as well as you make your way toward a veteran doc. start the fire
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burning there. it's a very low humidities that downslope winds and those temperatures mid 70's out there here in winter. so yeah, it is a prime for more fire weather as we head throughout the night tonight. roping. no more fire sparked that continues all the way down into the san diego area as well as we've got more gusty winds headed that way. humidity. yeah, it has been bone dry and that's the problem. look van nuys, 3%. i mean, that is extremely dry, especially for the fact that we're in winter time. and we just haven't seen any rain. but that may change. in fact, you can see as we go through time here, clouds begin to roll in. and here comes just a week system bringing with it a chance of a few scattered showers here in the bay area. i think a little more impressive as it moves into southern california. that's probably a good thing. i don't think it's going to be too heavy unless they get a thunderstorm. i don't think they're going to see major mudslide event or debris flows, but they will get some welcome rain as we head in towards saturday, possibly a few showers on sunday and maybe into monday to go along with that some much cooler temperatures, too. so keep your fingers crossed for that. they definitely needed here in the bay area. we're going
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watch the temperatures begin to back off a little bit instead of 70's. you're still in the 60's outside next few days, at least a chance of a few scattered showers coming our way into saturday out of that some dry weather. but i think long-term now as we get into next weekend, i'm seeing a series of storms, something i haven't really all a january now. possibly kind of starting to line up now as we head into february. that's that's fantastic. right spot. yeah. but still a long way to go, right? i mean, we still long time. they're still ios fires that are burning and southern california looks like they're going to get the rain more likely this weekend. yeah, because if they don't, they've still got more issues right more offshore winds are thank you. thanks a federal judge blocked president trump's push to end birthright citizenship. it's one of several executive orders the trump administration says targets illegal immigration. >> kron four's washington correspondent vinay simlot explains the fight. a federal judge calls president donald trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship
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blatantly unconstitutional. >> the seattle judge blocked it from taking obviously will appeal the order. wouldn't have given citizenship to children born with a parent in the country illegally. the pew research center says in 2016 that added up to 250,000 babies about 6% of all u.s. births. republicans in congress introduced legislation mirroring president trump's executive order. they say it will cut down on illegal immigration. those that desire to be a united states citizen must do it legally. >> you must assimilate pledge your allegiance to america, follow our laws and speak our language. alabama representative tells charring says he supports the bill authored by texas. representative brian babin. >> republicans say they welcome the court fight. we wanted the aclu and the speech. 22 states. >> why so that we can get into the supreme stay. opponents of ending birthright citizenship
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say the 14th amendment guarantees citizenship to people born and naturalized in the u.s. frankly, if you read is just no question. >> the founders were crystal clear. the trump administration also changed policy allowing immigration agents to raid schools, hospitals and churches. >> and they say they plan to step up deportations in washington today. some >> political activists in germany are calling out tesla ceo elon musk and doing on his own building. a musk stoked controversy during president trump's inauguration by performing a salute similar to one used by nazis in germany. musk dismissed the accusations saying, quote, the everyone is hitler attack is so tired. the activists projected a video on the side of the tesla factory in berlin featuring the salute along with the phrase hile tesla. the video accuses musk of supporting far-right politics in europe, including the afd party in germany. that
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group has been accused of having neo-nazi ties. >> still ahead on the news at 4, a >> big old pet is being reunited with her humid family. after that, the fire. well, good thing. the news at 4. we'll be right back. >> news nation tonight, border czar tom homan sits down with chris stark warning to sanctuary cities following over 300 immigrant arrests plus, the country has waited decades for the full truth behind the gsk and in all key assassinations. now news nation's investigative journalist part breaks down president trump's executive order to declassified files tonight on cuomo, 8, 7, central only on news nation. (vo) with fargo, your virtual assistant from wells fargo,
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>> you talk about tough family who lost their home in the fire's been reunited with their 100 pound pet tortoise. this family went back to their home in pasadena to see if they could salvage anything and try to find the pet tortoise. rocky. during the fires. apparently rocky kind of hunker down in her burrow in the backyard and survived the fire. however, the family could not get there because the block had been cordoned off. a deputy was able to get to rocky. who's now back with the family 100 pounds. what a survival story. wow. smart turtle. it's pandemonium in china about 25 panda cubs
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making their first public appearance southwest china's sichuan province today. >> as part of a celebration for the upcoming chinese new year. 13 of the cubs are from the china conservation and research center for the giant panda. while the other 12 are from the do research base of giant panda breeding. this marks the first public appearance of these cute little cubs all born in 2024, according to a joint press release from panda bases care takers applied dragon fruit to the cubs feet so that each animal could leave print on a special new year backdrop. everybody loves. >> we're going to send one of those the san francisco or what happened to be great. it takes up make sure. a house is ready to sit. all right. states too. but front still to come on. kron. 4 news at 5 talking, unfortunately about another bay area school district that is choosing to either close or consolidate bunch of schools. they've just released a proposal and more
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