>> now at 6 says rising crime in san francisco, a dozen car windows were in the same area belongings were taken or a popular tourist hot spot city and the trump administration giving schools 2 weeks to drop diversity policies or

>> face funding cuts, taking aim race based practices in programs. >> is at 6. >> thanks for joining us on kron. 4 news at 6 tonight. i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis. a line of parked cars were targeted in san francisco. there are well-known tourist site in the city got force. gayle ong joins us live in san francisco with details. gayle, unfortunately, this is something we see. >> i know grant and vicki, a car break-ins, not new here in the bay area. they do seem to happen in 2 ways. and this incident captured on video. >> just before 4.30, thursday morning, security cameras capturing a car driving in the greenwich in san francisco. moments later, this person in a bright hooded sweater smashes a window and dives in and out of the passenger side. we found william bennett

covering up his broken windows hours later. >> person, a car in san francisco for about 12 years. this is the first time it's ever happened to >> and he is not alone. at least a dozen cars parked near his could be seen with smashed windows. sabres ago. police spent the morning taking reports this scene of the auto break-ins right by the famed lombard street. while the incident took place near a prime san francisco location. residents say the area is not usually targeted for these crime scenes like. >> it's just part here for 12 years. and this is the first time that happened. probably the bigger surprise crime data from the san francisco police department central station which covers this neighborhood. >> shows reported burglary and larceny thefts are down since january. 1st larceny theft is down. 61 1% from this time frame last year. citywide. those crimes are overall down. the car owner we spoke with says not much was taken and

auto glass repair. van was also at the scene. just going to quote from those guys for 300 plus. >> but to have triple a insurance and the only responsible for $100 deductible on this. >> so that's the good news for us. as for repairs, are gonna send a guy tomorrow afternoon to fix it. so it's not raining. >> and new state law is making it easier to hold people accountable for breaking into cars. the new law no longer requires california car owners to prove their doors were locked or unlocked. when it was being broken into reporting live san francisco, gayle ong kron. 4 news. >> it to thanks, gayle. >> also in san francisco, this is not good either. a shop owner in chinatown has to clean up all this mess after his shop was burglarized this morning. the owner says it's the second time in 6 months they've been hit. we've reached out to the sfpd to get more details. but we have not

heard back. >> san jose is announcing some recent arrests that they've made in separate cases in connection to retail theft and attempted kidnapping. one of the men arrested is accused of robbing a business several times in the span of nearly a year. police say that the man first robbed a store on river park drive back in november of 20 twenty-three's accused of stealing thousands of dollars worth of items. he was booked into jail for grand theft. 2 more men were arrested for attempting to kidnap a bank employee. police say the man impersonated federal agents when they approached a woman outside her home back in november. they attempted to arrest her, but the woman resisted. both men drove off before police arrived. the 2 men, though, are currently being held in las vegas, but they'll be sent to the santa clara county jail. >> why weather time as we get a live look over san francisco chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us. lawrence, this is one of those days. if you are visiting today, you'd want to move here. yeah, no

kidding. special are the kind of weather they're seen in other parts of the country. but i hope you ha a chance get out there to enjoy. >> that sunshine today, a couple passing high clouds in the afternoon. still looking at. >> what was a beautiful sunset here in the bay area's the sun has set into the ocean. you can see a couple high clouds up above, but otherwise mostly clear skies around the bay area. but the temperatures really pop today quite a bit. in fact, all around the bay area. we saw some very nice weather shaping up some temperatures sneaking up into the 70's in places like concord, 73 degrees in santa rosa. how about that? just a taste of things to come our way. i think as we start to look toward the weekend, as can see, a lot of sunshine and a real springfield to it here in the bay area. good news is we are drying things out around the state after a very stormy start. the 1st half of the month. couple high clouds drifting over the top of that ridge of high pressure. otherwise a pretty calm conditions around much of the state. here's where we sit right now. you see those high clouds drenched across parts is the worst of it. no t that raindrops to speak of. we've got more sunshine on the way

and some warmer temperatures to. we'll talk more about that coming up in a few minutes. let's look forward to that. thank you, lawrence. the oakland firefighters union says in apartment fire. >> last night is the perfect example of why fire stations shouldn't be closing in the city. last night's fire started shortly after 9 o'clock at 55 macarthur, the apartment fire there is about a 2 minute drive from fire station 10. unfortunately, that station has been closed since november of 2022. for renovations. it's still closed as a result. firefighters from another station had to come about a five-minute drive away. the firefighters union says when it comes to response times every minute is critical. >> every time someone calls 9, 1, because they need help right away. a fire doubles in size every 60 seconds. and this apartment fire could have been kept to something on the stove or something inside of one room. but instead it was total loss for this one apartment and spread to

adjacent apartments. luckily crews able to get there soon as they, you know, says they could and fought the fire rest of leave it to stop it from with the city's budget deficit being what it is, there's no word if for wind station 10 will reopen. >> at the beginning of the year, the city closed stations. 25 28 in the oakland hills because of the budget crisis for more stations are set to close later this month. however, council members say they found additional revenue which they hope will prevent the closure of those 4 additional stations. >> alameda county superior court workers are striking for a second day in a row over what they're calling unfair labor practices court management says that the county is overstaffed by nearly 100 people but a union analysis that shows that alameda county lags behind similar jurisdictions in san francisco in la in a statement to kron 4 news, the court

says, quote, although the union claims it's concerned about public safety, he's refused. the courts repeated efforts to mediate these matters before neutral mediators and has instead chosen to critically endangered the public's access to justice by choosing to strike, unquote as the strike continues, it could halt trials and delay hearings in alameda county. schools have been given an ultimatum by the trump administration, get rid of programs that promote diversity, equity and inclusion, also known as dei or risk losing federal funding kron four's rob nesbitt reports now from the notice from the department of education. >> schools k through 12 colleges and universities have been given 2 weeks to get rid of their diversity initiatives. >> programs put in place to help diversify a student body are viewed as discrimination by the white house, ending diversity, equity and inclusion is a precondition of receiving federal funds. the

white house is threatening to withhold federal funds to schools that promote dei. this letter sent out by the department of education gives k through 12 schools 2 weeks to end race-based admissions, hiring scholarships or graduation ceremonies. vallejo superintendent ruben are yellow, says his district is one of the most diverse in the country. and federal funds are mostly used for students most in need. when we get funding like title one dollars this time, one dollars or really earmarked for students who need additional support. >> regardless of race, it's typically tied your socioeconomic status. you're language proficiency status or if you're foster youth who are homeless colleges and universities are also scrambling to evaluate their risk when it comes to dei programs. the notice from the white house says schools have discriminated against students on the basis of race, including white and asian students. >> february is also black history month. president trump hosted an event at the white house thursday. black history meet real mccain with a legal defense fund says the president is contradicting

himself by holding the event days after putting school districts on notice minutes you can celebrate our recognize a teacher about martin luther king. but you can't actually teach about the rest of >> black history before page letters, language has been described as big by civil rights groups leaving school districts like filet to seek guidance on what to do next. we are. >> both talking our legal support teams were talking to reaching out to the state department of reaching out to our county superintendent and trying to get guidance on what israel the department of education's letter also included an online complaint link for anyone to click on who believes that a school has committed unlawful discrimination. reporting in the newsroom. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 2 schools are closing in valais hope by the end of this school year and another will be relocated. >> the school district voted last night to close mare island, health and fitness academy and loma vista, environmental science academy. the chapters school that's going to be relocated to the mare island campus and the

district will make nearly 13 million dollars in budget cuts and layoffs. staff. the decision was part of the board's effort to address 36 million dollar budget deficit over the next 2 years. >> it is traumatic. no one wants their child to have to go to this. we know we have to put a lot of things in place to continue to serve, hold our families and support them through that through this transition. in the end, it's their baby right? it's their child who gets dropped off at a school and they want to make sure that their child feel safe at school is going to be well taken care of and educated. and that's ultimate goal. >> the >> superintendent says the district staff is reaching out to families affected to help them with the transition to a new school. >> the country will vote. controversial vote is forcing 3 saint rose elementary schools to close brooke hill elementary. >> albertville elementary will close in june and steele lane elementary will close in june of the following year. but the

future of the other schools is on hold. the school board ended up running out of time and had in the meeting at 11 30 last night. so there's still no decision. if the district will shut down. montgomery or elsie allen high schools. >> lot of anxiety. a lot of frustration lot of mixed emotions, of course, that there's a lot of uncertainty. and so that crashes mail. but there's a lot of just uneasiness of what's next. you know, we don't know what's next for any of us. and so it's just more of a waiting game, especially after the decisions last night. >> the district is facing a 20 million dollar deficit forcing them to make tough, decisions that obviously impact people. the board is also considering laying off employees. still ahead on kron, 4 news at 6 former house speaker nancy pelosi host roundtable discussion. >> calling out the republican budget plan. she claims it's only helping the rich. >> and after the break, local

leaders speaking out against president trump's latest executive order targeting a san francisco. landmark and a san francisco. landmark and a neighborhood.

i don't ever see anyone coming out to maintenance anything, so it's very scary for me because i have everything i love in this home. so, we've now implemented drone technology. how is that safe for me? it enhances the inspection, so it allows us to see things faster. your safety is the most important, and if you're feeling unsafe, that's not okay. it doesn't feel like that in our hearts. i mean, it's worrisome. [dog barks] [dog barks]

>> in an executive order titled the reduction of the federal bureaucracy. president trump is calling for the elimination of the presidio trust. and if that's not possible reduction of its responsibilities, the former presidio army base was turned over to the national park service in 1994. and the trust was created in 1996. since then, the trust has rented out former military houses added

in museums, small businesses and allowed nonprofits to rent space. it now covers almost 1500 acres. city of became self-sufficient in 2005 and has remained so ever since the pushback from local elected officials, as you can imagine, was swift. >> presidio trust, model of government efficiency. it's a self-sustaining agency. earns profit. trump does not have the legal authority to terminate the presidio trust. it was created by an act of just move is illegal and i'm confident it will be challenged in court. representative. >> nancy pelosi, who has long championed the development of the presidio issued a statement saying that they will be reviewing the language of the president's executive order and its purpose. and meantime, the trust says that if they plan to issue a response and confident that they are in compliance with existing law and closely is

hosting a round table discussion to talk about how president trump's agenda and the republicans budget cuts are bad for san francisco kron. 4 current is live in the city tonight with details. dan, you can tell that. >> for nancy pelosi, this is personal. that's right. you know, she was here at the san francisco food bank today and in fact, >> she said while the presidio is important to her, she said it is just another one of president trump's distractions distracting people away from what's really urgent, which is about food, security and health security. speaker emerita nancy pelosi came back to her home in san francisco thursday. >> to visit the food bank for roundtable about what the republican budget proposal has in store for americans. she says it's all about slashing the safety net that provides food and health care services for those most in need. >> whatever bill you're talking about, they have a way of picking the pocket of people who need it most and where to get the benefit to those who need it least.

>> pelosi heard from a variety of service providers that distribute those services and from parents who use those services vital nutrition programs that are part of the farm bill under threat. >> if the program is cut, tens of thousands of san franciscans people from marin county could be impacted when you have children with special health needs and disabilities. medicaid is your lifeline. it keeps your children connected. these proposed cuts are a death sentence community over 50% of the babies born in california are born via medicaid. pelosi says few know about the proposed cuts to medicaid and food programs. >> because of distractions coming from the trump white house. she says even the president's call for the end of the presidio is a distraction. >> take a look after the perceived a look after the federal building. a look after all of that. that's important. this is urgent and don't let anything they're doing out there. but there shiny objects

distract you from the fact. but what would they want to do is to cut these a niche department of education title one for the porsche children head start nutrition programs in the farm. bill. the issues that relate to everything we talked about here, medicaid. role for them to talk about that. >> now pelosi says we're really hasn't gotten out across america about these important issues because of these distraction. she says democrats are now in the process of getting word out, not just a democrats, but also republicans across america. they hope republicans will understand that this will impact them directly, contact their congress people and then they will be able to turn the tide on these programs. that's the latest san franlisco. and dan kerman reporting live back to you in the studio, right, daniel, the latest, but certainly a lot going handle.

thank you. not the end there. thank you, dan. during this black history month, the california legislative black caucus today announced a package of more than a dozen. >> priority bills its members say will address what they describe is injustice is affecting black californians. one of the bills would authorized california, higher education institutions to prioritize admissions for descendants of americans who we're enslave enslaved. another looks at pathways to help black californians retrieve family properties taken by the government decades ago through racially motivated imminent domain. and then there's a bill proposing the cal state university system research the best methods that will help determine which californians are descendants of slavery. >> california is stepping up. as the california legislative black caucus. we will continue to fight for justice and ensure the descendants of those who built this country get the opportunities we so

deserve together. we will make history. >> but more importantly, we will make change. not included in the legislation direct cash payments for descendants of enslaved black americans. well, let's take a peek outside. get a check on the forecast here. yeah. losing light fast, lawrence is here to give us an update. yes, and said we are looking at a nice night ahead. if you're headed out and about just grab a light jacket with you, if you're stepping out the door, the temperatures cooling off now. but what a day it has been. >> some of those highs soaring in the 70's today. i think just a taste of some spring-like weather. we've got coming our way over the next few days out there right now. the roadways, nice and dry. lot of folks out there on the golden gate bridge right now. beautiful look to limit the skies is golden out there right now as we've got what looks like a very nice pattern beginning to set itself up as we get ready for, guess what, our weekend ahead. and that means some nice weather hopefully holding right to then as well. tonight we're gonna see couple patches of fog forming and a few high clouds drift in late tonight early tomorrow morning to make a partly cloudy tomorrow. we

start out the day with some patchy fog early on, but not much. and then to make sure some sunshine and some clouds, temperatures, maybe just a tad cooler by tomorrow afternoon. this weekend, though, partly cloudy, but warm temperatures. lot of 70's breaking out around the bay area. a little spring fever, too. numbers out the door right now. you're still looking 62 in palo alto, 60 in san jose. currently 63 degrees lael 60 for our friends in petaluma and 62 degrees in santa rosa overall. yet we dry things out around the state. now, that's a good thing. just a few high clouds passing overhead. so traveling around the state much easier this week off the coastline, high pressure building in, you've got pretty good system out there right now, but it's going to fall the jet stream that's going to take it all the way up in the pacific northwest. so that is good news she's stepping out the door tonight. do plan to be little cool in spots as temperatures dropping off under mostly clear skies as we head toward 9 o'clock. tonight, some 40's and 50's outside. but a nice night out there. what a day it was today. how about that just around the bay area. folks are out there enjoying that sunshine. it's like we've been

hibernating for quite a while now getting out and enjoy all that. and yet this weekend should be even nice. yeah, the timing on. that's really nice. just a couple passing clouds but warm temperatures to go with that. thank you, lawrence. all right. still ahead on kron 4, an alarming new study. >> what nasa did reveals certain parts of the bay area are sinking faster than expected. >> and you're ready. bay area, the golden state powell curry's inaugural season is almost here. we'll have details on there. highly anticipated match up right anticipated match up right after the break. touch can mean so many things. even for people with moderate-to-severe eczema. touch can make two feel like one.

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abusing drugs or a survey from addiction resource dot net shares. >> 20% of adults under 28 consume alcohol regularly. but recent research also showing. fentanyl use has increased 47% in teens over the past year, along with rising rates of marijuana, psychedelics and stimulants use. the doctors say pope francis condition has improved slightly. the 88 year-old pontiff was admitted to the hospital last friday with bronchitis further testing reveals that he had pneumonia in both lungs, a number of cardinals told reporters at the work of the church moves forward despite the holy father's hospitalization today, he was able to get out of bed. he read church to document and communicated with the staff at the vatican. >> still ahead on the news at 6, a report from nasa reveals parts of the bay area. we're going down sinking and it could really complicate things. when you talk about

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