so california, visit california is really targeting anybody that's going to come to the country.o whether they're international tourists in europe, we found that the french and, brits, italians, canadians mexican tour is our mexico and canada are number one markets for bringing people into california for visiting. so yeah, we're targeting international then national players. you know, everyone from georgia wants to come walk fisherman's wharf and then even the natives, because we californians love to have fun in our own state. yeah. and taking advantage of these fantastic elements that we don't always take take, we take for granted a lot of the fun that we can do at home. yeah, i haven't been to the staycation become. yeah, i was going to say it's getting over here. i haven't been to yosemite in more than a decade. i got to get back. so it's one of these things where we got to get around in our own state as well. while we have you, you're also working to bring people back out to downtown san jose or in san jose. what's happening tomorrow? well, tomorrow we have the, inaugural day

it's part of our california dream, it's a very key piece of it. and for some, you know, for many young people, it's an elusive part of the dream. we have so many young people who have great jobs coming out of college or as they enter the workforce, but they can't afford to buy a home because they don't have that down payment for that. over $1 million house. >> all right. so berkeley is now signaling that it's ready to adopt it. and san jose may be next. it will take a little time. but what do you think that will do a lot for affordable homeownership opportunities in those cities in the bay area? >> well, i think it's a small piece of the puzzle, it's not as much as other affordable types of housing, but if you're looking at affordable housing, most of the affordable housing we built is rental housing in california. this is affordable home ownership, and quite often i could see initially many family members working with their children to buy, oftentimes you see family members helping their child buy their first home, what better way to get started

thank you, california, forever. the group working to >> build a new city in solano county has reached another milestone. they have submitted enough signatures to qualify for the november ballot. our forest, tiffany justice has details. >> the group says they have 7,000 more signatures than needed and they're confident all 20,000 signatures collected will be verified. >> so i don't voters have made that first decision. and they have made loud and clear. over 20,000 to lionel residence have signed the petition. >> the campaign to build a new california city is moving for jan tram make ceo of california forever says they are gaining the support of locals submitting more than 20,000 signatures tuesday to qualify the east. a homes, jobs in clean energy initiative for the november ballot. 7,000 signatures. more. >> than was required. for the 1000 signatures are required. that's over 60 for something that was more than was required. >> it's now up to the solano county's elections office verify each signature. is there a vo

have to pay california taxes.california to live in states that have no income tax, like texas, florida and washington. but many of those workers are now finding out that some or all of their income may still be taxable. here in california, tax experts are warning people who've moved but still keep strong ties to the state and the franchise tax board could rule that they're still official california residents and taxed the money they make while working in other states. well, beekeepers across the country are staying very busy these first few weeks of spring. bee experts are seeing a huge spike in bee activity so far this year. the bee population in the united states has been declining in recent years. there's been a widespread effort to protect and bolster the number of bee colonies. well, now, one professional beekeeper says swarm season is starting earlier than previous years. two days ago i got 20. yesterday i probably got ten. typically, swarm season doesn't start until mother's day, so we are definitely ahead

pay california taxes. during the pandemic, many people left for states with no income tax, such as texas, florida and washington. many of those workers are now discovering some or all of their income could still be taxable. in california, the franchise tax board could rule in favor of taxing the money they make while working in other states. happening today, a budget advisory committee for the ross valley school district meets to discuss the details of a new contract agreement last week, the school district in marin county approved a deal with its teachers union. after several weeks of negotiations, trustees voted in favor of the one year agreement, which provides an increase in both salaries and health benefits for district teachers. a state mediator helped reach this agreement. in the contract talks, several school employees in novato will take early retirement to help avoid layoffs, according to the marine ij, 43 employees with the novato unified school district accepted an incentive to retire early. th

the gentleman from california reserves. and the gentleman from missouri is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from california, mr. lamalfa. the speaker pro tem: gentleman from california is recognized. mr. lamalfa: thank you, mr. speaker. and thank you so mucirn smith, for helping us with ourne and i'm very grateful also to mr. steube for allowing our bill to be piggybacked with his in this effort here as well as the 7024 tax relieor american families and workers act, which is still waiting over in the senate. i hope we can i'm very grateful for everybody to join this e here today. a strong bipartisan effort to move this narrower, much more -- very important disaster relief package to help people all across the country, as has been said. my,ike thompson, thank you so much for our partnership on this. it's taken se time and we're getting there. glad to see. you know, with the losses we've sufferedlo constituent, our constituent, of course, especially, it's very painful

meanwhile, in california, things much calmer. we do have a few lightning will popping up in the sierra right now. just a little bit of a cell up that high elevation. but when we come down to the surface here in the bay area, we're looking pretty nice. temperatures in the 60's around the bay 50's out of the coast and some nice 70's. even a few 80's out there as you head inland. so temperatures are one of the things we're going to be watching the next couple of days here because we take walnut creek example. you can see tomorrow looking out for low 80's, then upper 80's as we get into thursday, thursday and friday looks to be when these temperatures are going to peak for us and a bit of a warm-up that we've got rolling over the next few days. so thursday and friday, look out because inland spots, upper 80's, even potentially 90 degrees. back to you. oakland, fire crews still cleaning up after massive fire broke out of the lumber yard over the weekend. the flames destroyed a portion of oakland's economy, lumber company. >> kron four

california hayward california alert, california. es un dispositivo dedicado a la seguridad pública.a artificial que hemos desarrollado nos dice qué cámaras mirar cuando detectan cambios. así que alerta. california es un sistema de confirmación temprana que proporciona datos para la toma de decisiones, convirtiéndose en una infraestructura crítica para la seguridad pública. alert california trabaja junto a bomberos a lo largo de todo california para saber cuándo inicia un incendio. observarlo de forma efectiva y sofocarlo hasta extinguirlo. estas cámaras son una herramienta esencial para los primeros auxilios y la seguridad pública. guillermo quiroz telemundo 48. bueno, existe la tecnología, hay que ponerla al servicio de causas como estas, cierto? ahí estamos a la par, aprovechando todos esos avances tecnológicos que han sido aceleradísimos en los últimos años. así es, esa es una herramienta bien poderosa. utiliza la inteligencia artificial y está constantemente transmitiendo data en vivo para tener entonces ese monitoreo constante de dónde está ese incendio y poder entonces atacarl

and right now california is failing at that. allowing these cancer causing chemicals to still be in the gear that they are required to wear were willing to risk their lives to protect the public. but we don't want the gear that it's in doing that to cause cancer either. >> the bill already passed the state assembly with bipartisan support. it now heads to the state senate. >> let's get you a check of your 4 zone forecast. taking a live look at 6.80, walnut creek. and you can see that the hills are no longer green. they dried up we start to get nice weather talk about the hills like thinking you're going burst into sound music. >> knew i could get to yeah. it is breezy no doubt about we've got the winds whipping at not only the palm fronds, but the leaves on the trees. >> and of course, if you go up to mount temple, pius, the winds are buffeting our camera up there as well. so that's one of the big weather stories right now. it's windy. okay. it's actually a nice evening note how windy. okay. if you go to point rays. 28 miles per

is facing, visit california is getting the word out. we have offices across the us, as well as 13 international markets around the world, and we're also hosting and participating in events like this that you see behind me. this is, us travel ipa. this is the largest international travel trade show on us soil. it's in los angeles this year. and we built out an experience to really showcase to 5000 travel industry executives across the globe that california truly is the ultimate playground . you know, ryan, we just did a report about san francisco and the challenges it's facing when it comes to tourism. that city is not doing as well. and i think a lot of it has to do with the, the, the perception of crime and drug use and all that. so how does san francisco specifically ramp that up to fix it, in your opinion? and his visit? california helping. yeah, we work very closely with partners across the state. san francisco travel is certainly a high on that list, part of it is bringing people to the city and the bay area and showing them, you k

. >> tonight at 5.30, california forever. the group working to build a new city in solano county has reached another milestone. indeed. they have submitted enough signatures to qualify for the november ballot. and kron four's. tiffany justice has details. >> the group says they have 7,000 more signatures than needed and they're confident all 20,000 signatures collected will be verified. >> so i don't voters have made that first decision. and they have made loud and clear. over 20,000 to lionel residence have signed the petition. >> the campaign to build a new california city is moving for jan tram make ceo of california forever says they are gaining the support of locals submitting more than 20,000 signatures tuesday to qualify the east. a homes, jobs in clean energy initiative for the november ballot. 7,000 signatures. more. >> than was required. for the 1000 signatures are required. that's over 60 for something that was more than was required. >> it's now up to the solano county's elections office verify each signature. is

they feel protected and that we live in a california for all its why kevin kish in california, civilights department started the call center to squash hate in all forms one year ago we were here announcing the launch of california versus heat case told media in a monday press conference more than 2100 californians called 8, 3, 3, no hate over the last year. california versus hate verified more than 1000 reports of hate. the majority of which were motivated. they say by race or ethnicity, the launch of this, california's first statewide heat. i had line and resource network. is it a significant step? >> and combating hate and extremism. regina wilson in california, black media partner with california versus hate. >> to publicize ongoing discrimination against not just black californians but all minority races. data collected by cbh shows heat for race rhetoric was directed a black californians. nearly 27% of the time followed by anti latino and anti asian hate. the state of hate formed in december of 2022. says this hotline bridges, the gap for members of minority communities who don'

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answers a new factor in california's growing home insurance crisis. could people's dogs be costing them desperately needed coverage? california state treasurer walking the catwalk in fabulous fashion at one of the bay area's most historic mansions. how this will benefit homeless families but first p-g-and-e's sticker shock as rates continue to soar. why did lawmakers not take a vote on a bill to regulate a particular fee increase? you're watching. getting answers. i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. part of building a better bay area is looking at building a more affordable bay area. many people are concerned by a recent decision by the california public utilities commission to fundamentally change how we pay for electricity, that includes a new fixed fee and quietly last week, state lawmakers killed a bill that would have set some limits on how that fee increases. joining us live now to talk about this is mark toney, executive director of turn. that's the utility reform network, a consumer advocacy organization headquartered in san francisco. mar

grizzly bears have been locally extinct in california for 100 years.auses extinction. it was all human driven. that's what i was wondering. post the gold rush. unfortunately. >> so now folks get to learn about about the grizzly bears when they come to the exhibit. tell us a little bit about some of the some of the things they'll learn about it. >> yes. and thinking about both lessons learned for preventing extinction of other species as well as what factors might enable the return of a large animal like the grizzly to california, maybe in the future. this is a close i've ever been to a bear, and that skull is pretty heavy, to be sure. >> all right. what else do we have here? what is this? >> so this is a coyote skull, which is another. they do they look a little smaller. i thought once you see the fur on it, you can come see it in person in the exhibit. >> so you'll have both this and the full looking, what it looks like and full with the fur around. yes. all right. so you can see all the specimens with it. all right. and this beautiful display here. w

extra security on the california high school campus. after the school was placed on lockdown, san ramon police say staff received a phone call threatening violence, explosive detection, canines from several outside agencies are on site, and a search of the campus is underway. no other details are being released at this time. we'll continue to follow the story and bring you the latest developments as they become available to us. a popular food court in castro valley is now destroyed. firefighters spent hours trying to save the lake chabot public market, but an early morning fire caused too much damage to it. ktvu james torres shows us the people who now have to figure out what to do next. >> firefighters jumped on the call around two this morning, finding the lake chabot public market in bad shape. >> there's a mezzanine up top which presented a huge problem just trying to make access and actually get up there with so much fire. there was already fire shooting through the roof, looked like it was maybe fed by a gas line at some point, a

was back in 2016 that california voters decided to make marijuana legal for all adults. putting them in tough situations as they would try to compete with the much cheaper product. >> kenny choi joins the team as they crack down on illicit operations. >> reporter: it's a challenge to draw in customers lately and the lounge in san francisco and the co-owner in san francisco including illegal grow operations, and the dispensaries. it is a commander with the california unified cannabis enforcement task force. >> and specifically to deal with the market. >> reporter: the officers raided what is an uncommon, unlicensed dispensary downtown san rafael. serving a warrant, detaining two individuals and seizing all products. >> instead of doing single dispensaries, our focus is on organized crime. the more significant violations associated with the academy market including labor trafficking, the weapons charges. >> reporter: they seized more than $53 million in illegal cannabis in the first quarter of this calendar year and shut down several operations in the bay area. >> it will

telemundo, california. fin de semana.buenas noches y gracias por informarse con este su equipo. les saluda fátima navarrete. comenzamos en el este de la bahía con una triste actualización. esta noche el niño de 5 años que fue encontrado en las aguas de battle island en el condado contra costa, murió, según informó hoy la oficina del alguacil. las autoridades recibieron la llamada de emergencia, indicándoles que el menor había caído al agua desde la parte trasera de una casa. equipos de rescate llegaron y sacaron al niño 15 minutos después le dieron primeros auxilios y lo llevaron al hospital donde más tarde perdió la vida. por ahora no se han revelado otros detalles, pero seguiremos atentos y en más noticias. escuche esto. clientes de un establecimiento en san francisco capturaron a un sujeto que supuestamente se robó una computadora en una cafetería. esto sucedió en el establecimiento de san café, cerca del museo de arte moderno de san francisco. el sospechoso habría ingresado al lugar para arrebatarle la computadora a u

, de california o en sacramento.onocer una carta que la defensa de joaquín el chapo guzmán hizo llegar al juez que lleva su caso. en ella busca limpiar su imagen y dice que no es el gran criminal que todos dicen que es. jazive pérez nos amplía la información de nuestra patria. su voz en el 24 de mayo de 1993, cuando a plena luz del día asesinaron al cardenal jesús posadas ocampo por la trágica muerte. ese día señaló joaquín el chapo guzmán en una carta escrita desde el penal de máxima seguridad de colorado. las autoridades mexicanas lo convirtieron en una gran leyenda del narcotráfico sin que lo fuera. y es que, según el ex líder del cártel de sinaloa, a esa hora llegó al aeropuerto de guadalajara para ir a la playa. ahí se dio cuenta de que algunos hombres estaban disparando al auto que estaba a su lado. entonces corrió al igual que toda la gente narra, dejando sus pertenencias y su identificación tiradas en el suelo. y esto dice , fue aprovechado por las autoridades para tener a quien culpar y al otro día kooza lo

greg, let me go to you, resident of california from before from before. >> greg: california is like a you overlook the drug habit, the shoplifting, the cost-of-living with a supermodel is ridiculous. in a way, red states are not like supermodels, they are just really good looking chicks with a good job, a good sense of humor, and know how to have a good time and don't mess up, you know, the living room. gavin takes credit for california but he takes credit for the the things that are already there appeared well before gavin was even born. the golden gate bridge. these are things he did not bring to the state. those are things that are there in spite, not because of gavin. guy knows what would happen to the natural beauty of california if these ideas of lawlessness, homelessness, and drug addiction spread. i mean, it's a big state, california, but when you often go there to and from the airports are to the downtowns or the boardwalks or the hotel district, you see what the tourists see first. it's good if you fly private because then nap but still nice, carmel, go to coachella, get bac

telemundo, california. fin de semana.arde de domingo para todos y felicidades a las mamás en su día. gracias por su amor incondicional. vamos a comenzar esta edición precisamente con esas formas de celebrar que caracterizan a las familias hispanas. algunas fueron a san josé, especialmente al jardín de las rosas para continuar con este festejo del día de las madres. allí también ha estado nathalie vera hablando con ellas. cuéntanos más, nathalie así es, pues muchos con quienes hablamos hoy día vinieron a disfrutar el buen tiempo en familia con sus madres y podrán ver a mis espaldas que definitivamente hay muchas familias aquí. aprovechando este domingo, algunas personas pues vinieron a hacer un picnic, otros simplemente a pasear y tomarse fotos con las rosas y sus mamás. también hablamos con personas que nos comentaron que sus mamás viven en el extranjero y pues lo difícil es para ellos, no poder pasar tiempo con ellas en este día tan especial, pero compartieron que la distancia no es excusa para dejar de mostrar su apreci

california is getting ready for wildfire season.or newsom bringing awareness to how different state organizations are preparing. >> cal fire has been using controlled burns and vegetation management focusing on lowering the amount of natural fuels that they're available for these fires. governor newsom reporting they've treated more than 100,000 acres this past year and hoping to reduce the intensity of wildfires. should they break out? here at 5.45? let's get a check of the it was definitely cool and not fire weather over the weekend. we had rain, but i guess that's behind us now, john. yeah, behind this now. but it would have been a while to see sort of fire activity, especially on saturday without cool in wet. it really was across the state. >> we had our full may worth of rain at the golden gate bridge as well as a lot of other parts of the bay area. just a single day on saturday and yesterday state kind of cool as well. now today, we're also on the cool side of downright chilly morning, actually, napa and santa rosa down in the

he moved back to palestine when he was six, then eventually returned to california as a teen.the last six months, sabo has watched in horror as the beloved home of his ancestors has been ripped apart in the fighting between israel and hamas since october. >> i actually had to step it up because i had a narrative to tell that most people were not familiar with, and so i started using my platforms to talk about what it was like being queer in palestine, what it was like to experience the queer community in palestine, and what it is like to be somebody who has to fight, not only for queer palestinian rights, but also palestinian recognition in general in the west. >> he does that in part through his music. sabo is self-taught. he learned to dj by watching youtube videos during the pandemic. while living in sacramento, i always was the person who took over the playlist when i was at parties, and i always enjoyed it. >> my friends would tell me to bring don't bring anything, just bring the playlist. >> now he's bringing awareness to the fear, the starvation, the death gripping gaza

. >>> now to southern california. cleanup crews spent much of the day picking up the ruins of an encampment cleared overnight. you can see the tents and supplies and other tents left behind outside of royce hall. officers issued order thes for protesters to leave. then around 3:00 this morning they moved in. they ripped apart the metal barricades and plywood that was erected around the encampment. most left on their own, others resisted. the police used flares and flash bangs one confrontation was caught on camera during a reporter's live shot this morning. [ screaming ] . >> quite the dramatic scene. you can see a protester on the ground while the police pushed back the crowd. in another much calmer scene you can see protesters with their hands zip tied behind their backs. 200 people arrested. they are among 2,000 campus arrests in the past two weeks nationwide. >>> in sacramento, california leaders weighing in on the protests, specifically republican lawmakers, calling for strict action against students and the admi

california globes as california lawmakers trying to tell retailers how best to address theft.y want to tell retailers how to operate self-service checkout terminals, supposedly as a means of addressing retail theft. under a new state senate bill, such terminals will have to be manned by an employee, defeating the whole purpose of the terminals. has anybody not noticed that the thieves just don't just go to the checkout places, they go and walk out the front door right by all the checkout centers. >> it's objectively ridiculous. all of america by the way is laughing at california constantly for things like this. this is a federation of labor -- leader and it's her brainchild. if you want to stop retail theft, enforce the laws, put people in jail. >> trace: it's not a bad idea. this is my favorite story of the night, this is a kid it saint bonaventure catholic school. he's running for "commissioner of school spirit and patriotism ." but he could not speak until he removed the patriotic language from his speech, and here is the part they wanted cut out. watch. >> some people take

you the action and the california preservation foundation. those are 2 groups and usually are at odds with each other. our co sponsoring this legislation, which also prioritizes preserving historic downtown buildings. the bill heads to the assembly appropriations committee for hearing on wednesday. live look outside shown us what the city of san francisco looks like right now. getting a lot of sun today. we have meteorologist dave spahr with us here so we can go over what's going on in the weather center getting a lot more to as we head into the rest of the weekend. warming up just a touch. it looks for tonight. we'll get a bit of fog, though, but that's going to be so much based centric that will be more inland. it looks like here's a nice live shot. >> coming a half moon bay. yeah. enjoy folks. sunshine is out looking pretty good. half moon bay, some high cloudiness looks like it's thinning out last couple shots. here's sfo behind. here's what we're watching. mostly cloudy for the south bay. it looks like that's going to develop after some

that law now allows arizona doctors to come to california and provide abortion care here. >> californiaa lifeline to our sisters in arizona and to doctors, so that doctors could immediately. arizona doctors could immediately get a california medical license. >> skinner heads the women's legislative caucus and says the bill is urgently needed because of an old law the arizona courts had resurrected. >> and this law would have basically threatened any doctor or any abortion provider with a prison sentence. >> although the arizona legislature has since repealed that law, skinner says arizona doctors and their patients are still in danger for the way their legislative session works. >> that law, their repeal, does not go into effect until late in the fall. >> members of pro-life san francisco say they oppose the new california law. >> the legislature should be working to put them in contact with these families, rather than offering abortion as a solution. it is at best, just a band-aid to a problem that exists in our community and at worst, a violent solution. >> the law requires arizona do

california. adopt a pet day locations can be found by visiting ca adopt a pet day dot org. 3 students will be representing the bay area and this year's scripps national spelling bee amani cheer on erin lee and sharad rochon ready. all 3 are from danville and they are all part of the san ramon valley. rotary club. they joined 17 other participants representing the state of california back in 2019, a san francisco resident was a part of 8 co winners dubbed the octo champs. so good luck to these students. i'm sure they will do us proud. >> i hope so. yeah. good luck. tell them. that wraps up kron. 4 news at 5. a lot. >> 5 e by the lot more ahead on kron for news at 6 i ex. on kron for news at 6 i ex. we'll see you. ( ♪♪ ) you made a cow! actually it's a piggy bank. my inspiration to start saving. how about a more solid way to save? i'm listening. well, bmo helps get your savings habit into shape with a cash reward every month you save. both: cash reward? and there's a cash bonus when you open a new

all electric in california. but a lot of the oil comes to the united states ports like la and san and that's where fighters tend to be. it's going to be interesting because it's easy to look at. chevron say they're the culprit, but i look at the lack of refineries. that's and that's part of the prophet. california wants to cap the profits that refineries like chevron making sharon saying that nickel supply disruptions just bush, everything even higher. i'm not sticking up for big i'm just saying this is a big, big problem that we're addressing the summer. and the whole model is shifting and we don't know what that's going to look like. so. >> favorite? i love talk business models. >> i didn't business model. that's so funny that you interpreted that way. that like. >> model of the world and how we how it works. like anyway. that's a bigger i did want to get some, but for all right, because of memorial day, you know, we kind of move on to boating with like water sports. and we say goodbye to skiing. and so i want

the gentlelady from california is recognized. ms.aters: i yield three minutes to the gentleman from massachusetts, mr.-- mr. lynch, the ranking member of the subcommittee on digital assets, financial technology and inclusion. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. lynch: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank the gentlelady for yielding me this time. mr. chairman, i've been a member of congress for over 20 years and i want to say that this is probably one of the worst, it may not be the worst, but it's in the top three, in terms of the worst bills that i have seen actually progress to this -- to the floor of the house. anybody who is excited about this bill either has not read it or does not understand it. this bill is a radical rewrite of the securities laws in this country. as most people who know our history realize that in 1929 when the markets crashed, we established the securities and exchange commission. in 1934. shortly after the crash. and what that did, it created an agency that became the cop on the beat in financia

california's greatest. we could be more proud to announce today. record breaking tourism numbers in the state of california over 150 billion dollars tourism. spend unprecedented in our state's history. >> governor newsom heading to the top, the gate bridge, the town of huge tourism boost in california. and the governor announcing that tourists have spent more than 150 billion dollars in california in the past year. surpassing the 144 billion that that was a record set in 2019. governor newsom says that not only is the state retaining its title as the world's 5th largest economy. it's also growing in population for the first time since the covid pandemic. according to the latest data, the travel industry supported about 1.2 million jobs last year. that's up about 6%. tourists generate about 4% more revenue than 2023. and spent about 5% more than they did before. although the governor chose to announce the tourism boost from san francisco. the city is still not seeing a full recovery from covid like the rest of california. san fran side, san francisc

record breaking tourism numbers in the state of california. >> governor newsom says california's tourism back and better than it was before the pandemic. what about san francisco? >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at 7. >> good morning and thanks for waking up with us at 7 o'clock. i'm darya and james, we've got bright, sunny skies behind us here on this monday. may 6. but you want the jacket? i'm little chilly. and yeah. just like cinco de mayo saisd a mile a little breezy and cool idea. yes, definitely a little on the kuz that this morning. we have some 30's out there for some of our morning

well, california forever. that group working to build a new utopian city in solano county has reached another milestone. they submitted enough signatures to qualify for the november ballot and kron four's tiffany justice has a look. >> the group says they have 7,000 more signatures than needed and they're confident all 20,000 signatures collected. we'll be verified. >> so i don't voters have made that first decision. and they have made loud and clear. over 20,000 to lionel residence have signed the petition. >> the campaign to build a new california city is moving for jan sramek. ceo of california forever says they are gaining the support of locals submitting more than 20,000 signatures tuesday to qualify the east. a homes, jobs in clean energy initiative for the november ballot. 7,000 signatures. more. >> than was required. for the 2000 signatures are required. that's over 60 for something that was more than was required. >> it's now up to the solano county's elections office verify each signature. is there a

the lawsuit was submitted late last month on behalf of the people of california.seeks injunctive relief and civil penalties. accusing farmers group of using software to charge homeowners premiums for policies that do not adequately protect homes or compensate them. in case of a major loss. insurance companies use a third-party software that we identified in the complaint that generates estimates based on generalized features and not on the actual. >> features of a particular home or properly estimating the cost to replace the home. during a news conference in oakland tuesday announcing the legal action district attorney pamela price as the people impacted by the lawsuit. >> represent about 15% of the state's homeowners offering these lower premiums based

familiares de los surfistas desaparecidos en baja california llega a mÉxico para identificar los cuerposlas autoridades en un descampado, la fiscalÍa cree que son de los turistas. pese a las acciones policiales continÚan las protestas estudiantiles pro palestina en el paÍs, tambiÉn crece la polÉmica. cientos de evacuaciones y rescates, carteras cerradas viviendas y negocios inundados este es el panorama actual en el sureste de texas que ha sufrido lluvias torrenciales durante los Últimos cinco dÍas pero en las prÓximas horas la situaciÓn podrÍa empeorar con lluvias en camino. >> los residentes han tenido que ser evacuados en botes, tras las inundaciones las aguas crecido dotado que han corrido viviendas, han dicho que sÓlo la regiÓn ha caÍdo mÁs de dos pies de lluvia en cinco dÍas, y algunas comunidades han recibido mucha lluvia dos horas >> el agua corriendo de este lado, comenzÓ a cruzar la calle. >> que hiciste? >> agarre las cosas que me fui. reportero: autoridades patrullan la zona cerca de houston y han pedido quienes viven cerca del rÍo san jacinto que vacua sus casas. Éste reside

the gentleman from california. mr.mcclintock: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from new jersey for two minutes. mr.smith: i thank mr. lawler for his passionate defense of jewish brethren. it was very, very moving and i want to thank him for that. 42 years ago my first human rights trip as a congressman was to the soviet union to defend jews against ant semitism. i never thought the haiti saw in moscow could ever happen here. but it has. and it is happening and it's escalating. the bigotry, intolerance and hatred for jews and the nation of israel exploding on college campuses today is absolutely disgraceful. it is moralely impermissible that jewish students are the tart of hate and violence. hamas is a terrorist organization that commits mass murder of jews and evisceration of israel. don't believe it? remember the violence on october 7 and ongoing ordeal of the hostages or the blue print of genocide against jews, modern-day nazi-like time solution. as co-chair of the bipartisan task force for combatting antisem

you a chance to catch them at this year's california state fair. and also, of course, watch the documentary on disney. plus, lawrence, what's your favorite beach boy song? oh, my gosh. there are so many of they were just something else iconic for the bay area for the state. we've got summer weather coming our way. we'll talk >> take a look at this. a fleet of corky homemade boats took over the waters yesterday in key west, florida for what's called minimal regatta from pirate ships to the manager reconstruction of the titanic rule. state contestants can really only use wood and take to make their little boats. any sticky material is against the rules. i don't know if that means like glue, i race takes place on memorial day weekend. every year. that's the all their wow. i get that was planned don't know. >> take a live look now from them out to our mount tam cam again, those fingers of fog as lawrence likes to say, there. >> make their way over the hills. pretty nice view out there lawrence gorgeous out there around the bay area on this memorial day

california to listen to the case in court, ali. >> yes, the seven justices on the california supremeas passed in november of 2020 by 60% of california voters. it classifies rideshare and delivery drivers for companies like uber, lyft, doordash, and instacart as independent contractors, not employees. now, as contractors, drivers are supposed to have more flexibility with their work schedules, but it also means they're not legally entitled to things like a minimum wage, overtime or sick pay. now, some rideshare drivers and state union representatives are challenging the legality of prop 22. their argument some worker rights, like making sure people get minimum wage, should be determined by state law regardless of what voters decide . >> who gets to decide? does the legislature get to decide? or do the people of california through the ballot process, get to ultimately decide? it could be something in between. perhaps the california supreme court will take out the most controversial parts of the legislation and let the rest of it stand. >> now, one of the most controversial parts of pro

you will have a chance to catch them live at this year's california state. fair. you can of course, watch that act now on disney. plus. >> right. and calling all book warms the oakland public library is inviting readers of all ages to participate in its summer reading challenge. the goal is to read for 20 days this summer, you meet that achievement and you get any book for free grand prize is also include a nintendo switch. golden state warriors, tickets and ferry passes throughout the summer of a library. also offers special kid events, including magic shows and petting zoos. so lots to do. and steph and ayesha curry are now officially parents of 4 yesterday. the couple announced the birth of their baby excuse me, baby boy kious chai. he was born may. 11th. big. congratulations to q q. that's a good day to that's my brother's birthday all you mothers day weekend to so happy mother's day. i'm sure for it absolutely. >> that wraps up kron. 4 news at 5. but we do have a lot more ahead on kron. 4 news at 6, 0, stay with us. >> from the bay area's local news station.

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what do you make of california using money like this? >> it's very, very important you put a spotlight on this today, stuart this. is what's happening across our government where you have demo democrats in charge ad modern democratic party today is totally captured by this far left faction of activists and ideologues and hard working people to hand out to activists that make no productive contribution and don't create jobs or wealth or solve the actual problems they're going on and on about and talk about problems and meanwhile the tax burden goes up and up and up and you end up with this situation where national economy and state economy in california are unmatched. stuart: we have a report showing california governor knew some budget containing tax increases that cost businesses maybe $18 billion, that much. are we going to see more companies ditch california because of this kind of thing? >> yes, it was already happening and having 50 companies in the last few years and i believe the completely or downside the operation and talk about

this week is wildfire preparedness week in california.state agencies want us all to learn how to prevent fires and how to escape them. this year, the theme is meeting the mission through partnerships , highlighting the importance of collective responsibility and managing wildfire risks. cal fire lnu in sonoma county geared up for the week, with crews taking part in the annual fire preparation exercises. so this week we'll be participating in a readiness drill at issue camp with many of the crews throughout the state. this readiness drill is to test the preparedness of our crew. it consists of tool outs, hikes, and a line cut to see where we're at getting ready for fire season. and we've been practicing for that for the last few weeks. cal fire says it has made significant progress on fuel reduction and mitigation, and last year, more than 105,000 acres of fuel and grasses were treated. and cal fire says fuel reduction projects are essential to slowing down and reducing the intensity of wildfires. well now is the best time to get ready for

metropolitan import half of its water from nn california, we are state water project and from the california river. during the last drought our water deliveries were to only -- would only enough for six areas in our region. ad health and safety needs unfortunately the sl highlighted the vulnerability in our system in living water. six of our 26 member agencies that we serve nearly 7 million people were severely impacted by water shortage as a result metropolitan number agencies and partners partners implemented extra in conservation measures, building our past actions andaunch aggressive campaign that promoted water and $46 million in conservation landscape irrigation efficiency members. hundreds of millions dollars to reengineer water delivery system and improve our flexibility. investment in 200 million construction project for groundedwater storage in antelope valley to allow use on us to store more water from the state sorth of our service area. additional storage and conveyance projects are also in the work. i want to acknowledge the partnership with the proclamation and the commissione

at times some inflicts -- conflict for water users in california. you see it from the river basin on the oregon border all the way to the colorado river and other places in between. that's why they have fought relentlessly to be sure the inflation reduction act included funding to reach areas experiencing not just drought but severe drought. .. drought. to drive collaborative solutions for water conflicts. just yesterday, i participate in a sermon at the department of interior with some of our agricultural water users in the san joaquin valley ira dollars to sell the trickiest water in the san joaquin valley. you have work with interior to leverage ira investments to to help alleviate colorado river water conflicts with creative solutions. can you speak how important it is for congress to continue providing this type of funding? >> sure. i want to thank you for your leadership, and to me yesterdays signing ceremony is an exampleto of the collaboration, and also just metropolitan signed a a partnership with the farms and central valley and san joaqui

, irvine , is an important university in the west of the united states, in the state of california, wee witnessed the harsh treatment of students in recent days, only yesterday 47 students were arrested in this university, only now, the total number of arrests is 300 out of 3,000. more than 50 or 60 people have passed. in a way, they are university professors, but especially in this same university of irvine, mrs. tiffany herrard, who is one of the prominent professors of the university's faculty of world studies, was arrested in a way that was brought up in the american media, and now very emotional sentences. they also said that this lady was worried about the students who had been expelled, and the police had dealt with them and said that many of them are living in the university dormitories. they do , and when they are fired, the issue of homelessness arises, economic problems arise, and of course this is also true about other universities , but we are witnessing such incidents of arrests that somehow reflect the voices of university professors. in social networks , how much does t

aquí, en nuestra zona del norte de california.resno y sacramento, los consulados que se estarán uniendo y permitiéndole a los mexicanos votar el horario de california. las urnas van a estar abiertas desde el domingo temprano a las 07:00 para esos primeros votantes y estarán disponibles a lo largo de todo el día hasta las 17:00 de la tarde, que es cuando cerrarán las urnas. el instituto nacional electoral explica que este año fueron 15.000 mexicanos en todo estados unidos los que se registraron para votar este día domingo dos de junio y ya han realizado toda la logística para asegurarse de tener suficientes asistentes en cada una de estas locaciones para que para las 17:00 de la tarde ya hayan tenido a todos los votantes. porque me explican que después de esa hora ya no permitirán la entrada para nadie más. pero quiénes pueden venir a votar en persona? bueno, usted tuvo que haberse registrado para votar hace unas semanas y además haber elegido la opción de votar en persona. si es así, solamente tiene que venir al consulado que le q

california has gotten this past year. state of the weather are 4 zone forecast with a live look at very happy and standing straight and proud. quick tower. you know who doesn't this lightly know? >> lawrence karnow, not yeah. it got to be ready for it, right? even in wet years. you go back a look at some of the historical data we could still have terrible fire. so, you know, we have a long, dry summer ahead. there's no getting around that. you know, how does area we get that rain during the season and all of a sudden it shuts off and then we're dry until about october. again, up there right now. we've got a nice evening ahead for the bay area. here's the long-range outlook over the next few days. as we take you through the 13th and the 17th for temperatures and look at that. oh, boy, we've got some warm temperatures above average temperatures coming our way as we kind of settle in for the remainder of the week. so we've gone from one extreme to another from snow in the mountains to now some much warmer weather. fire weath

you can see there in northern california. that's going to start to move in and overnight tonight going to head to the east. now, once it heads eastward, high pressure builds in behind it. we'll start to watch some of those winds kicking up outside. so yeah, overall, we've had a sea breeze today. that will be kind of the story of the next couple days, although that wind is going to switch directions going to be coming. offshore flow, wind advisories going up in parts of the east bay. we'll talk more about that. the weather coming up in a few minutes. all right, lawrence, tow trucks being torched? why one owner of the towing company thinks his business was targeted. >> after a number of his vehicles were set on fire. >> and thousands of law enforcement officers honoring their fallen comrades will have there solemn tributes to those killed in the line of duty. >> but first, san francisco appears to be on track in tackling homelessness. mayor london breed touting the london breed touting the latest numbers. ness. it's not a nine-

when gasoline prices across california are slowly going down, california's gas tax, it will be going up starting in july. the gasoline tax will go up by $0.02 to 59.6 cents a gallon. the price of diesel fuel will go up by about a penny to 45.4 cents a gallon. the prices at the gas pump shot up last month because of different factors, including the israeli-palestinian conflict, according to the california energy commission. when you break down gasoline prices, most of the costs are due to the cost of crude oil. other expenses include the refinery costs, distribution, profits, environmental and state storage tank fees, as well as federal, local and state taxes. well, wall street is waiting to hear word about interest rates. >> also, investors are reacting to a hot ipo and a big settlement involving talcum powder. pam cook back in studio with details and more in today's dollars and cents. >> quiet numbers, but a lot going on in terms of news on wall street. johnson and johnson announced it will pay six and a half dollars billion to settle thousands of lawsuits involving its talcum powde