. >> so what is capitol correspondent eytan wallace? i'll go one on one with the chevron executive and all of reaction from the governor. >> community leaders in oakland are pleading with the city to rethink budget cuts, they say will impact vulnerable communities. kron four's rob nesbitt reports on how much money is set to be cup. cities make tough decisions when it comes to budget cuts. and protesters gathered today in oakland to protest 2.6 million dollars in cuts scheduled for this year. no no more than a dozen organizations took part in this protest tuesday morning at the fruitvale transit village calling on oakland city leaders to stop millions of dollars in cuts. one organization that stand to be affected is meals on wheels. basically the city has is still continuing to bomb the but not the meals. kim olson is the director of advocacy for meals on wheels. oakland, she says cuts in funding will prevent meals from being delivered to 1400 oakland seniors. we want the city to make our clients a priority in violent funding for these f

capitol correspondent eytan wallace reports. >> yeah. here in the state legislature, it's not often you see democratic and republican leaders come together. but on this new bill, that's exactly what we're seeing. a shaking hands in a sign of bipartisanship. the democratic and republican leaders of the state senate coming together to announce what they call the fight for firefighters act. the legislation calls on the state's transition about 3,000 seasonal cal fire. firefighters to full-time year-round. as it stands today. calfire seasonal firefighters are only for about 9 months of the year and then let go for 3 months during the winter season. but the new bill announced here would change that in the aftermath of the deadly and devastating southern california fires last month. let's be blunt. wildfires do not take 3 >> so the only calfire firefighting force. that is our best in last defense and protecting lives and homes across the state should be full time when there is a large mega fire. we want to ensure that there are firefighters re

eytan wallace kron. 4 news. >> all right. well, they sort that out. we'll take a live look here at sfo. and you know what? we're not going to complain because the weather here in california mighty nice compared to the rest of the country. really is. i think, really feel the end of the we're going to be enjoying. >> some fairly nice weather around the barricades. shower here and there. but other parts of the country, boy, they're going to get hit hard by some winter storms. they're seeing that right now. we've got one making its way through the central part of the u.s. and that's bringing with it. some heavy snow, maybe as much as 8 inches. and you can see some pink in between that of some freezing rain and some nasty stuff. as you yourself in little rock there, you're seeing some of that snowfall and that freezing rain for the south. so that's kind of a messy mix that's going to work its way all across the country toward the eastern seaboard in the coming days. and so we've got all kinds of a storm warnings up, expecting some of that freezing rain and

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is calling on the state to transition seasonal firefighters to full-time capitol correspondent eytan wallace gives us a look at the bipartisan legislation. >> yeah, here in the state legislature, it's not often you see democratic and republican leaders come together. but on this new bill, that's exactly what we're seeing. a shaking hands in a sign of bipartisanship. the democratic and republican leaders of the state senate coming together to announce what they call the fight for firefighters act. the legislation calls on the state's transition about 3,000 seasonal cal fire. firefighters to full-time year-round. as it stands today. calfire seasonal firefighters are only for about 9 months of the year and then let go for 3 months during the winter season. but the new bill announced here would change that in the aftermath of the deadly and devastating southern california fires last month. let's be blunt. wildfires do not take 3 >> so the only calfire firefighting force. that is our best in last defense and protecting lives and homes across the state should be full time when there is a large meg

kron four's capitol correspondent eytan wallace has that story. the fires. >> the aftermath and now the road to recovery. all of it, something member john herby and has seen up close the eaton fire tore through the community of altadena in his district. think if you meet as i have every victims of these wildfires, people are hurting emotionally mentally. that's why he says in addition to the legislature's efforts to fund a physical recovery, he and speaker robert rivas are jointly authoring a new bill focusing on emotional be 10. 32 also known as the wildfire trauma recovery and resiliency act is aimed at ensuring wildfire victims have access to mental health support as we stabilize the community and rebuild and recover. each individual has to recover on their own. >> and i think this is an important part of that recovery. specifically. the bill will require healthcare service plans to reimburse wildfire victims for up to 12 visits with the license behavioral health provider. the legislation will apply in counties where a local or state emergency

shows if she does. >> as of right now she'd be the frontrunner kron four's capitol correspondent eytan wallace reports. >> she ran and lost the race for president in 2024. but could kamala harris run and win the race for california? governor in twenty-twenty 6 when gavin newsom is termed out. according to this new exclusive poll from emerson college and nexstar media. the answer is yes. the survey finding harris who has not said whether she plans to run for governor as of now would have 57% support among registered democrats. in a distant second democratic former u.s. senate candidate and former orange county congress member katie porter with 9% support porter to has yet to publicly say whether she's running and rounding out the top 5, each with less than 5% support. former los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa, california lieutenant governor eleni kounalakis and former state assembly and senate leader toni atkins, 70% of respondents meantime say they're undecided. i don't think this is a huge surprise. kamala harris obviously has huge name recognition in california. california is still a blu

capitol correspondent eytan wallace reports. >> yeah. with the state senator behind the legislation says it's all about protecting fire victims and targeting thieves. looking to take advantage. you will be held accountable and we're creating stiffer penalties. state senators who's at the bella terra says that's the message she wants to make loud and clear to criminals caught preying on wildfire victims. it's an issue that came to the forefront last month when the southern california fires were still raging at that time, law enforcement arrested more than 50 people accused of looting and burglarizing homes that were evacuated to already be in a difficult situation where you're worried about your house burning down to also have to worry about people trying to take advantage of you and your community and steal from your house just needs to end. and i think we need to send a strong message to anyone who would try and create more victims during a natural disaster and a wildfire. we're not going to tolerate it. that's why she says she's offeri

. >> to mental health support our capitol correspondent eytan wallace has the details. the >> the aftermath and now the road to recovery. all of it, something member john herby and has seen up close the eaton fire tore through the community of altadena in his district. i think if you meet as i have every victims of these wildfires, people are hurting emotionally mentally. that's why he says in addition to the legislature's efforts to fund a physical recovery, he and speaker robert rivas are jointly authoring a new bill focusing on emotional be 10. 32 also known as the wildfire trauma recovery and resiliency act is aimed at ensuring wildfire victims have access to mental health support as we stabilize the community and rebuild and recover. each individual has to recover on their own. >> and i think this is an important part of that recovery. specifically. the bill will require healthcare service plans to reimburse wildfire victims for up to 12 visits with the license behavioral health provider. the legislation will apply in counties where a local or state emergency has b

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eytan wallace kron. 4 news. >> all time. talking weather here. going to head up to this year.eavenly, a live look there where there's a ton of fresh powder. busy weekend. it was some people are up there today. yeah, lawrence, when say is that u.s. that is beautiful snow up theae to ski on that fresh powder. nice as can be in the cold temperatures holding in a place does not get a slushy during the middle of the day. it's not melting. so. >> looks like we've got another good day to ski tomorrow. after that things start to get a little iffy. because we're gonna get back into some more stormy weather. in fact, latter half of the week really getting into a bigger storm. beautiful shot out toward halftime. right now, look at 70 valley beautiful have out there. couple clouds down, blowing. the snow capped mountains, spoken up right above those clouds. and we are going to see more of that snow on the way right now. you're looking up toward the tahoe area so far. so good. it is quite up there. some passing clouds otherwise dry right now, both 50 80. and that's why should be again for

eytan wallace kron. 4 news. >> los angeles mayor karen bass has a fire to the city's fire. chief bass says she met with kristin crowley today and decided to remove her in the best interest of the city. crowley's termination comes after weeks of mounting tensions between her and the mayor. but in today's announcement, the mayor specifically pointed to crowley's handling of last month's deadly wildfires. >> 1000 firefighters who could have been on the job fighting. the fires were sent home. the other thing that i mentioned is that i said after the fires, we're after the fires were out after the rain had stopped that a full investigation would begin. one step of that investigation was to do an after action report which she refused. >> former chief said deputy ronnie villanueva will be serving as the interim chief. back here in the bay area. recent rainfall has brought 2 types of potentially deadly mushrooms. 2 regional parks to poisonous mushrooms, the death cap and the western destroying angel are popping up around east bay regional parks. officials say their common after per

capitol correspondent eytan wallace explains what could be next. >> we love california. we've been there a long time. we do want to stay. we want to be we want to continue do or doing, but it is getting much more difficult. chevron executive, any walls not mincing words about chevron's future in california, walz who serves as chevron's president of downstream midstream and chemicals notes last summer. the oil giant announced it is gradually moving its headquarters from san ramon in the bay area to houston, texas. all of it coming amid a tense relationship between the oil industry and governor gavin newsom. well, companies are ripping you off all of you from press conferences and they continue to get away with it to social media. big oil's ripping you off to the debate stage. these companies are ripping you off and ripping us off. that's been the governor's message over the last several years, accusing the oil industry of price gouging at the pump. an allegation the industry tonight. just last year, newsom called a special session and signed a new law requiring oil compan

our capitol correspondent eytan wallace has a closer look at this policy and explains why it's on hold. november 8th twenty-twenty for the motion passes. that was the day last year. the california air resources board or card voted 12 to 2 to approve new regulations enacting stricter changes to what's known as the low carbon fuel standard or else cfs. a program put in place more than a decade ago and at reducing emissions. >> supporters of the latest update including governor gavin newsom say it will protect the environment and reduce emissions by an additional 30% in the coming years. a low-carbon fuel standard is allowed us to transition now almost half. >> of our dirty diesel, diesel and a diesel has created thousands and thousands of jobs. but on the flip side of this very analysis from the air resources board found the proposed new policy could increase gas prices by $0.47 per gallon in 2025. and potentially even more in future years. another analysis found increases could jump as high as $0.65 per gallon. the analysys came to that conclusion noting the new policy could lead to hig

eytan wallace kron. 4 news. >> i just can't get enough of this jaren by sinking that half-court shot for $100,000 during this weekend's nba all-star game. the 18 year-old from oakley was put into the shooting contest against nba star damian lillard. he's from oakland, as you know, the contest was put on by popular youtuber, mister beast. willard had to hit 3 threes while jaren. all he had to do is just get one and he didn't just before time ran out. and he talked to us here at kron 4 about this experience. he said, as you can imagine, it was amazing. >> it such a surreal moment to the end. the lockout on the court seeing damian lillard there and mr. b's telling me what i have to do. what's going on is crazy. how? life can change one day or overnight. you never think something like that would happen to you. >> so jared says he plans to save some of the money, try help out his family and put some of 100 k towards a four-year college degree. it's like the loudest moment during the game you go after you got to live off that high for a little while. yeah, that feeling that that's got to b

eytan wallace kron. 4 news. >> developing news, the u.s.rd has found an aircraft matching the description of a small plane that when missing yesterday, 10 people were reportedly on board and the coast guard says the remains of 3 people were found in the plane. the bering error. sesno is scheduled to make 150 mile flight from a small community in western alaska to the city of know the plane was in the air for under an hour during dangerous weather conditions. it was snowing in nome when the plane disappeared from radar. this marks the 3rd major u.s. aviation incident in just over a week. >> health law saying only comes that might also be good for your heart. a new study says regular flossing. that's one or more times per week could actually lower your risk of stroke by 22%. researchers believe flossing was linked to a lower risk of stroke caused by a blood clot traveling from the heart and from stroke. that's associated with irregular heartbeats that lowered risk was independent of other brushing, poor oral hygiene behaviors. >> flossing alo

our capitol correspondent eytan wallace has reaction from lawmakers. well, i cannot stress to not.t is extremely rare for the governor to weigh in on a bill before it reaches his desk. but as pertains to this legislation calling on the state prison system not to cooperate with ice. >> the governor did weigh in hoping to send a strong message. he will veto it. so the california prison system cooperate with ice and federal immigration enforcement. that is the very issue is something bill 15 tried to get out when it was originally authored in december. >> in most cases it would have prevented the california department of corrections and rehabilitation or cdcr from cooperating with ice in several ways. chief among them, it would have barred the state prison system from keeping someone in custody when ice requests the cdcr to do just that the bill would have also prevented the state prison system from providing ice with the prisoners release date and from transferring prisoners to directly to ice custody. but in a rare move before the bill even had its first committee hearing, governor

capitol correspondent eytan wallace. tell you why. plus, president trump is blocking transgender athletes from competing in women's sports will have local reaction to that. >> and democrats are preparing to take president donald trump to court over his on the efforts to shrink the government your house. republicans are responding. >> tensions are starting to boil over in washington as president trump with the help of tech billionaire elon musk is continuing a blitz of layoffs, buyouts and dei crackdowns. our dc's recall martin was at today's rally supporting id workers and has the latest. >> we need to end this illegal power grab. democrats say they're preparing to go to battle in court and in congress to put a stop to president donald trump and elon months take down of federal agencies not about left or right. it's about light and hundreds rallied outside the capitol to protest a sudden freese's at u.s. a i d the federal agencies applied medical aid, food and more to developing countries across the globe. these are human lives. peopl

capitol correspondent eytan wallace. a break down the data and all of reaction from the california department of water resources. and we're following that breaking news in philadelphia where a small plane has crashed. >> starting multiple fires will be back 4 news at 4 right will be back 4 news at 4 right after this. excited about saving big with the comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. five years? -five years. and he's not alone. -high five. it's five years of reliable gig speed internet. five years of advanced securit. five years of a great rate that won't change. it's back. but only for a limited time. high five. five years? -nope. comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. powering five years of savings. powering possibilities. comcast business. with fatigue and light-headedness, i knew something was wrong. then i saw my doctor and found out i have afib, and that means there's about a 5 times greater risk of stroke. symptoms like irregular heartbeat, heart racing, chest pain, shortness of breath, fatigue,

eytan wallace. >> kron 4 news. >> utility company, southern california edison says its equipment likelyrked a wildfire in los angeles. that started the same day as the palisades and eaton fires. the hurst fire burned about 1.2 5 square miles around the sylmar neighborhood of los angeles, southern california edison acknowledges that fire agencies are investigating whether its equipment may have sparked the fire. the utility says it's also looking into whether its equipment possibly sparked the eaton fire, which killed at least 17 people. >> california lawmakers today debated whether regulations contributed to those wildfires in la. and our washington correspondent maddie beer-temple reports on the at times contentious hearing. >> shame on anyone who is exploiting the pain and suffering of disaster victims. democrats thursday pushed back on claims that over regulations made california wildfires worse. congressman ted lieu says firefighters tell him conditions like 100 mile per hour winds were to blame. not of the firefighters said it was about overregulation. blue called out president tru

their capitol correspondent eytan wallace reports.mber 8th twenty-twenty for the motion passes. that was the day last year. the california air resources board carb voted 12 to 2 to approve new regulations enacting stricter changes to what's known as the low carbon fuel standard or else cfs. a program put in place more than a decade ago and that reducing emissions. >> supporters of the latest update including governor gavin newsom say it will protect the environment and reduce emissions by an additional 30% in the coming years. carbon fuel standards just allowed us to transition. now almost half. >> of our dirty diesel diesel into diesel is created thousands and thousands of jobs. but on the flip side of this very analysis from the air resources board found the proposed new policy could increase gas prices by $0.47 per gallon in 2025. and potentially even more in future years. another analysis found increases could jump as high as $0.65 per gallon. the analysys came to that conclusion noting the new policy could lead to higher costs fo

eytan wallace kron. 4 news. >> all right. we'll talk about our forecast now from our look on top of mount tam we approach the weekend, we have kylie here with our very spring-like forecast. yes, it feels spring-like now. listen, we're not there yet. we gotta wait till end of march. but >> it really feel like a temperature was ray and the blue skies. i mean, i could get used to this. everybody. we'll take it. well, we've got another gorgeous day out there. had a few 70's going to stay kind of quiet tonight. and we've got a few clouds moving in over the weekend. that does mean a little possibility of a sprinkle. i know no one wants to hear that, but i think it's going to be north bail. and i'll talk you through and show you that i'm talking about 69 in santa barbara right now reading in the 70's, it's beautiful bakersfield. 69, obviously around the bay area. we've seen some pretty beautiful temperatures out there, too. right now we've got the sun glistening on the bay. setting us up for a lovely evening. temperatures in santa r

our capitol correspondent eytan wallace reports. the fires. >> the aftermath and now the road to recovery. all of it, something member john herby and has seen up close the eaton fire tore through the community of altadena in his district. think if you meet as i have every victims of these wildfires, people are hurting emotionally mentally. that's why he says in addition to the legislature's efforts to fund a physical recovery, he and speaker robert rivas are jointly authoring a new bill focusing on emotional be 10. 32 also known as the wildfire trauma recovery and resiliency act is aimed at ensuring wildfire victims have access to mental health support as we stabilize the community and rebuild and recover. each individual has to recover on their own. >> and i think this is an important part of that recovery. specifically. the bill will require healthcare service plans to reimburse wildfire victims for up to 12 visits with the license behavioral health provider. the legislation will apply in counties where a local or state emergency

. >> donald trump capitol correspondent eytan wallace.'ll give you a closer look at the legislation let you know about the debate surrounding all of between democrats and republicans. for all those making it big out there... ...shouldn't your mobile service be able to keep up with you? get wifi speeds up to a gig at home and on the go. introducing powerboost, only from xfinity mobile. now that's big. xfinity internet customers, cut your mobile bill in half vs. t-mobile, verizon, and at&t for your first year. plus, ask how to get the new samsung galaxy s25+ on us. >> talk about our weather forecast now. looking outside here across the golden gate bridge. there's a lot going on. we'll send things over right now to kyla her wet and windy forecast. yes, here we go. round 2 of our atmospheric river, everybody. and you can see the clouds are already here. but at least we started off monday with a little bit of a break. take your eye down to that mount tam cam in the center of the screen. you can see the wind is kicking and we now have a wind ad

our capitol correspondent eytan wallace reports on the other leaders that newsom met with. >> what's my mind >> governor gavin newsom beginning his day with that message during this visit to our nation's capital. he's there meeting with national leaders from both sides of the aisle, including president donald trump, all to push for emergency fireaid for southers california. this is what it looked like less than 2 weeks ago as newsom and trump met in person in los angeles during trump's trip to survey the fire damage and meet with first responders and victims to get lot of federal help. but just a few hours earlier, trump heavily implied he will send federal emergency aid to california only if state leaders agree to the following conditions just one vote or it is a start. >> and i want the water to be released and they're going to get a lot of help. >> from the u.s. fast forward to today's meeting, newsom's office writing this, quote, the governor's trip is focused on securing critical disaster aid for the survivors of the los angeles fires and ensuring impacted families who lost thei

but as our capitol correspondent eytan wallace explains, attention is turning now to clarification toall this is how it should be. i do think it's important that we have the resources to take the federal government to court to fight trump. where make sense at the end of the day, we don't really need to. trump proved california. >> we need to get on top of the real issues in california. you're listening to the differing points of view from members of both parties reacting up to governor gavin newsom signed 2 special session bills into law friday aimed at taking on president donald trump. >> the first bill calls for the state to allocate 25 million dollars to the california department of justice to help attorney general rob bonta fund a future lawsuit against the trump administration. the second bill allocate an additional 25 million dollars for immigration-related legal services in the state to fight against trump backed mass deportations were not fighting trump justified trump. they are real dollars. a real people's lives at stake. and i hope that people understand this is not politic

eytan wallace. >> kron 4 news. >> effective immediately. the ncaa has changed its participation policy for transgender athletes, limiting competition in women's sports. 2 athletes assigned female at birth only the move coming one day after president trump signed an executive order that gives federal agencies the freedom to withhold federal funding from organizations that do not follow the trump administration's view, which interprets as the gender, someone was assigned at birth. the ncaa policy. this new change applies to all athletes regardless of previously having a eligibility reviews, this impacts more than 1000 schools and more than 500,000 athletes. in the east bay residents in concord sounding the alarm over rent protections. the city council decided this week to examine the rent stabilization ordinance nearly a month earlier than expected. this means the council could decide to get rid of this ordinance, not even a full year after it went into effect. >> and that you're good to that i work with and actually the tenants that have bee

let's get a closer look with our capitol correspondent eytan wallace. >> we love california.time. we do want to stay. we want to be we want to continue do or doing, but it is getting much more difficult. chevron executive, any walls not mincing words about chevron's future in california, walz who serves as chevron's president of downstream midstream and chemicals notes last summer. the oil giant announced it is gradually moving its headquarters from san ramon in the bay area to houston, texas. all of it coming amid a tense relationship between the oil industry and governor gavin newsom. well, companies are ripping you off all of you from press conferences and they continue to get away with it to social media. big oil's ripping you off to the debate stage. these companies are ripping you off and ripping us off. that's been the governor's message over the last several years, accusing the oil industry of price gouging at the pump. an allegation the industry tonight. just last year, newsom called a special session and signed a new law requiring oil companies to keep minimum oil i

kron four's capitol correspondent eytan wallace spoke one on one with the chevron executive and joins the governor is responding. >> we love california. we've been there a long time. we do want to stay. we want to be we want to continue do or doing, but it is getting much more difficult. chevron executive, any walls not mincing words about chevron's future in california, walz who serves as chevron's president of downstream midstream and chemicals notes last summer. the oil giant announced it is gradually moving its headquarters from san ramon in the bay area to houston, texas. all of it coming amid a tense relationship between the oil industry and governor gavin newsom. well, companies are ripping you off all of you from press conferences and they continue to get away with it to social media. big oil's ripping you off to the debate stage. these companies are ripping you off and ripping us off. that's been the governor's message over the last several years, accusing the oil industry of price gouging at the pump. an allegation the industry tonight. just last year, newsom called a specia

. >> capitol correspondent eytan wallace a break down the data and all of reaction from the california departme >> we're back at 5.14, here for things to know today. there are campaigns for and against a recall of san francisco supervisor. joel engardio gardea faces that recall effort over his support for proposition k which voters passed on election day to permanently close about 2 miles of the great highway. 2 vehicles making it pedestrian only now in order to force a recall election supporters need to gather about 10,000 signatures. san francisco mayor daniel lurie and senator scott wiener plan to announce new legislation now to clean up streets by tackling the sale of stolen goods. the practice also known as fencing has displaced legitimate street vendors. they plan to announce legislation at about 10, 30 this morning at kelci a small business support in mission street or on mission street. the san francisco spca, meanwhile, is trying to curb a rise in part cases among dogs in the tenderloin. the group will host the first of 2 free health clinics today. those clinics will be open t

capitol correspondent eytan wallace has more. >> well, just take a look at this receipt from a recentst about $28 for just under 4 miles. and that was before the tip. uber says more than 30% of that ride and the ride you take in california go to pay directly for insurance. the rideshare giant says that simply too expensive and hurts every day passengers and even drivers. and now they hope to bring awareness to the issue to you. >> and to state leaders. >> join our fight to protect your access to affordable rights. you're looking at uber is brand new million dollar ad campaign set to appear on social media and digital platforms in 4 states everything is getting more expensive and the golden state specifically the campaign aims to spread awareness and expressed concerns over what uber describes as high insurance costs. it has to pay in california cost. wilbur feels it has no choice but to pass down to passengers. it sold price break down and i was shocked. >> in shootings been taking insurance. costs have gone up significantly. and that is obviously to the detriment of the right of the

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our capitol correspondent eytan wallace breaks down the results. >> she ran and lost the race for president in 2024. but could kamala harris run and win the race for california? governor in tw4nty-twenty 6 when gavin newsom is termed out. according to this new exclusive poll from emerson college and nexstar media. the answer is yes. the survey finding harris who has not said whether she plans to run for governor as of now would have 57% support among registered democrats. in a distant second democratic former u.s. senate candidate and former orange county congress member katie porter with 9% support porter to has yet to publicly say whether she's running and rounding out the top 5, each with less than 5% support. former los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa, california lieutenant governor eleni kounalakis and former state assembly and senate leader toni atkins, 70% of respondents meantime say they're undecided. i don't think this is a huge surprise. kamala harris obviously has huge name recognition in california. california is still a blue state loyola law school professor jessica levinson

kron four's capitol correspondent eytan wallace says a look at the bipartisan legislation. >> yeah, heree state legislature, it's not often you see democratic and republican leaders come together. but on this new bill, that's exactly what we're seeing. a shaking hands in a sign of bipartisanship. the democratic and republican leaders of the state senate coming together to announce what they call the fight for firefighters act. the lmgislation calls on the state's transition about 3,000 seasonal cal fire. firefighters to full-time year-round. as it stands today. calfire seasonal firefighters are only for about 9 months of the year and then let go for 3 months during the winter season. but the new bill announced here would change that in the aftermath of the deadly and devastating southern california fires last month. let's be blunt. wildfires do not take 3 >> so the only calfire firefighting force. that is our best in last defense and protecting lives and homes across the state should be full time when there is a large mega fire. we want to ensure that there are firefighters ready to resp

. >> kron four's capitol correspondent eytan wallace reports. it's ridiculous, right? and so we need to do something. bay area state senator, i show a hob with that message about utility rates in the state. it comes after the california public utilities commission or cpsc approved 6 rate increases for pacific gas and electric or pg. and e. >> in the last year alone, in fact, as pertains to the 3 major investor owned utilities in california, including pg e socal edison and san diego, gas and electric. this non-partisan state report released last month shows depending on the utility on average, a majority of californians saw a 48 to 67% increase in their utility rates between 2019 2023. outpacing the rate of inflation. the report concluding overall california has the second highest utility rates in america. i you know, i have seen residents share their bills where >> it's $800 a month where summer it's $1000 a month, right? depending on if it's a single family home or they're renters right. and how can somebody do that when they're on a fixed income? that's why we'll hop

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the governor is sharing more about his meeting with president trump kron capitol correspondent eytan wallace has those details. we got work to do. governor gavin newsom with that message in altadena, a community ravaged by the eaton fire. >> announcing the first phase of the hazardous waste removal process will be more than two-thirds complete by the end of the week. but even before that, he says more than 1300 workers in the army corps of engineers, environmental protection agency and partners from the state and local governments and the private sector already launching phase 2 for general debris removal in the eaton and palisades burned areas. this is twice as fast as the woolsey fire debris removal, the fire in 2018 faster still even compared to paradise. is possible to to rebuild and rebuild better. as for one newsom says he wants to see actual rebuilding start in a matter of weeks. 6 weeks, 7 weeks. we hope folks are out there starting the construction phase. but even the governor acknowledges in his words, this is hard. he notes. none of that will be possible without the help of the fe

kron four's capitol correspondent eytan wallace takes a look. >> well, a lot of says his action is necessary to save an insurance program. hundreds of thousands of californians rely on, but critics argue it's nothing more than a band-aid for a much larger crisis. it's called the fair plan described as california's insurance of last resort. >> the legislature created nearly 6 decades ago to service a temporary solution to provide insurance for homeowners who have not been able to find coverage for their properties in recent years that very scenario has become a reality for more and more californians as more and more insurance companies drop coverage amid concerns over major fire losses. the fair plan is not paid for by taxpayers. it actually is an independent not-for-profit insurance pool. all the major private insurers in the state pay into given the state's insurance crisis, coupled with the recent fires as of 2020 for the fair plan was funding more than 450,000 policies. a number more than double what it was in 2018 in a number far greater than the plan was created to handle. the number is

capitol correspondent eytan wallace has that story. >> well, a lot of says his action is necessary to save an insurance program. hundreds of thousands of californians rely on, but critics argue it's nothing more than a band-aid for a much larger crisis. it's called the fair plan described as california's insurance of last resort. >> the legislature created nearly 6 decades ago to service a temporary solution to provide insurance for homeowners who have not been able to find coverage for their properties in recent years. that very scenario has become a reality for more and more californians as more and more insurance companies drop coverage amid concerns over major fire losses. >> the fair plan is not paid for by taxpayers. it actually is an independent not-for-profit insurance pool. all the major private insurers in the state pay into given the state's insurance crisis, coupled with the recent fires as of 2020 for the fair plan was funding more than 450,000 policies. a number more than double what it was in 2018 in a number far greater than the plan was created to handle. the number i

capitol correspondent eytan wallace. i'll give you a closer look at the legislation let you know about the fierce >> welcome back. our top story at 6.30, is the rain moving through the bay area. once again, the wet weather is going to be here for the next few days, says we take a >> live look outside at san francisco's embarcadero where a cruise ship has joined us. yeah, the busiest man in the building, lawrence karnow. we're running today right january off. but, yeah, i that in fact, it was so quiet. but boy, all of a sudden the weather is really kicked into gear and it's going to pretty ferocious out there overnight tonight and tomorrow. >> it is going to be a wicked day outside that storm system rolling to dangerous weather around the bay area right now. dry of the golden gate bridge, but not for very much longer. we could see some raindrops falling there anytime soon as we're going to what looks like around some very heavy rainfall. >> and the next 24 to 36 hours, we've got flood watches that have been posted across

kron four's capitol correspondent eytan wallace has reaction from both sides of the aisle. we're looking at the future of high-speed rail in california. a project that has been under construction and development for several years now. and one that eventually seeks to connect southern california to northern california, specifically anaheim to francisco at first and eventually san diego to sacramento. >> what the project has not come without its critics, including president donald trump. this is what he said tuesday. that rain that's being built between los angeles and san francisco. >> is the worst managed project i think i've ever seen and i've seen some of the words as primary concern. he says. >> the high cost the california high-speed rail authority acknowledges the original plan presented to voters in 2008 indicated the project would cost about 45 billion dollars. in fact, the 2024 business plan released by the high speed rail authority included new projections showing the project could now cost anywhere between 88 to 128 billion dollars by completion. it's a possible t

kron four's capitol correspondent eytan wallace is in the wild. >> well, there's good news and bad news. let's start with the good news here at the phillips station elevation. 6800 feet in the sierra nevada. it's snowing. it's been snowing since we got here this morning. but the bad news based on the snow survey just conducted here, we'll need a lot more. where this came from. snow. it was a welcome sight for this california department of water resources team as they conducted the second snow survey of the season. the results show in california snowpack stands at 65% of average for this time of year and 40% of the historical statewide. april, first average, you feeling about that? it's not good. and erasing is the california department of water resources, snow surveys and water supply forecast. a manager he helped facilitate the measurements here at the phillips station upper his results, the snow water content in this area stands at 8 inches and the snow depths down to 22 and a half inches. that's significant because the depth of the snow tells us how deep it well, the snow water conte

state rule designed to reduce carbon emissions is officially on hold for capitol correspondent eytan wallace takes a closer look. november 8th twenty-twenty for the motion passes. that was the day last year. the california air resources board or card voted 12 to 2 to approve new regulations enacting stricter changes to what's known as the low carbon fuel standard or else cfs. a program put in place more than a decade ago and at reducing emissions. >> supporters of the latest update including governor gavin newsom say it will protect the environment and reduce emissions by an additional 30% in the coming years. a low-carbon fuel standard is allowed us to transition now almost half. >> of our dirty diesel, diesel and a diesel has created thousands and thousands of jobs. but on the flip side of this very analysis from the air resources board found the proposed new policy could increase gas prices by $0.47 per gallon in 2025. and potentially even more in future years. another analysis found increases could jump as high as $0.65 per gallon. the analysys came to that conclusion noting the new poli

capitol correspondent eytan wallace reports. i do think it's important that we have the resources to take the federal government to court to fight trump. where make sense at the end of the day, we don't really need to. trump proved california. >> we need to get on top of the real issues in california. you're listening to the differing points of view from members of both parties reacting up to governor gavin newsom signed 2 special session bills into law friday aimed at taking on president donald trump. donald trump. > the state to allocate 25 million dollars to the california department of justice to help attorney general rob bonta fund a future lawsuit against the trump administration. the second bill allocate an additional 25 million dollars for immigration-related legal services in the state to fight against trump backed mass deportations were not fighting. trump justify trump. they are real dollars. a real people's lives at stake. and i hope that people understand this is not political theater as usual. i think it's a mistak

kron four's capitol correspondent eytan wallace has reaction from both sides of the aisle. >> now, republicans here at the state capitol say fighting trump is the wrong approach. while most democrats say it's necessary. with that, the state assembly officially get lulled into governor gavin newsom, special legislative session this afternoon. >> all to take up 2 bills. the governor believes will help the state prepare for and respond to actions taken by the trump administration clerk will open the road. the first bill calls for the state to allocate 25 million dollars to the california department of justice to help attorney general rob bonta fund a future lawsuit against the trump administration. the second bill proposes another 25 million dollars for immigration-related legal services to fight against trump backed mass deportations. the majority of democrats in this chamber voicing support for the legislation. and let me be blunt. >> right now. californians are being threatened by an out of control administration in washington. that doesn't care about the constitution. but things there are no

capitol correspondent eytan wallace. i'll give you a closer look at the legislation let you know about the fierce debate surrounding all of this between democrats and republicans. and after a rainy weekend. bit of a break today. but we're back in it certainly in the north bay and look at what sitting posted up off the coast bay. area's going to get wet tonight. >> we said we talk about the forecast and here we go. this is a live look from the top of mount tam where looks like tropical storm. yeah. a lot of activity out there, teams like it's windy. >> yeah, i'm mesmerized watching that. i mean, it's intense across some of the higher peaks right now. and this just a sign of things to come. it's going to ramp up even further. >> as we head throughout the night tonight, as that front gets a little bit closer, but it's raging already and parts of bay area. we've seen some 30 in some 40 mile an hour gust over the mountain tops. yeah, you're looking 50 plus while that is mount tam right now. and so there are a couple 1000 feet

would prevent the state prison system from cooperating with ice kron four's capitol correspondent eytan wallaces the governor's message. >> in not it is extremely rare for the governor to weigh in on a bill before it reaches his desk. cooperate with ice. the governor did weigh in hoping to send a strong message. he will veto it. so the california prison system cooperate with ice and federal immigration enforcement. that is the very issue is something bill 15 tried to get out when it was originally authored in december. >> in most cases it would have prevented the california department of corrections and rehabilitation or cdcr from cooperating with ice in several ways. chief among them, it would have barred the state prison system from keeping someone in custody when ice requests the cdcr to do just that the bill would have also prevented the state prison system from providing ice with the prisoners release date and from transferring prisoners to directly to ice custody. but in a rare move before the bill even had its first committee hearing, governor newsom's office announced he will veto a be

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capitol correspondent eytan wallace has reaction now from both sides of the aisle. now, republicans here at the state capitol say fighting trump is the wrong approach. while most democrats say. >> it's necessary. with that. the state assembly officially get lulled into governor gavin newsom, special legislative session this afternoon. >> all to take up 2 bills. the governor believes will help the state prepare for and respond to actions taken by the trump administration clerk will open the road. the first bill calls for the state to allocate 25 million dollars to the california department of justice to help attorney general rob bonta fund a future lawsuit against the trump administration. the second bill proposes another 25 million dollars for immigration-related legal services to fight against trump backed mass deportations. the majority of democrats in this chamber voicing support for the legislation. and let me be blunt. >> right now. californians are being threatened by an out of control administration in washington. that doesn't care about the constitution. but

capitol correspondent eytan wallace reports. >> if you're looking at the future of high-speed rail in california, a project that has been under construction and development for several years now. and one that eventually seeks to connect southern california to northern california, specifically anaheim to san francisco at first and eventually san diego to sacramento. but the project has not come without its critics, including president donald trump. this is what he said tuesday. that rain that's being built between los angeles and san francisco. >> is the worst managed project i think ever seen and i've seen some of the works as primary concern. he says. >> the high cost the california high-speed rail authority acknowledges the original plan presented to voters in 2008 indicated the project would cost about 45 billion dollars. in fact, the 2024 business plan released by the high speed rail authority included new projections showing the project could now cost anywhere between 88 to 128 billion dollars by completion. possible that something could cost. >> that much. we're going to start a