cooney clifford's good to have your insight thank you jim . we was president donald trump is expected to officially launch his reelection campaign tomorrow but he'll be doing it with a new group of numbers crunchers trump's campaign team fired several pollsters over the weekend after their data was apparently leaked data showing trump badly trailing his main democratic rival former vice president joe biden in several of those key battleground states truck calls the polls fake and he has accused the media outlets reported the data and he's accuse them of treason or to talk about the business of polling in the united states i'm joined now by jay williams he is director of polling it hugo of he's joining us via skype tonight from new york it's good to have you on the show i want to ask you what did you think when you heard the president's pollsters have been fired because the president didn't like the numbers they produced. i mean my 1st thanks for having me on. to thoughts for some of us like you know you have public numbers and private numbers

groundwork that can later in the month then be used as the basis for more progress all right well clifford mentioning the impact on global trade certainly germany being one of the major export to nations the latest because you are released already we already read anything into them in relation to the u.s. china trade drought. yes we can monica the german export numbers look significantly worse than what economists predicted the expectation had been a contraction of minus 0.9 percent for the month of april but german exports actually contracted by 3.7 percent now the german statistics office does not specify the numbers by country but the trade spat between the u.s. and china has had a very negative impact on business sentiment in many places of the world and well germany the export nation is really selling its goods to so many places in the world it gets to feel the punch everywhere interesting enough though that the u.s. economy doesn't seem to feel the pinch really i m f has just raced growth forecast for the u.s. economy for this year how come. you know monica at the beginning of the ye

reported extensively on china so tell me clifford when we look at what the protesters have achieved right now can we say they've won the battle but there's still a much longer war still to be fault. i think that's what's happened they've so far they've got pretty much everything they were looking for they've got kerry to apologize they've got the bill shelved which was very unpopular in hong kong as we've seen too many people have shown us. and i think probably most importantly of all they've shown that hong kong can't be forced to accept legislation that they feel doesn't fit you know mainland style legislation to fit hong kong and i think that's a big big victory for them one of the leaders of the 2014 protest movement in hong kong was in prison he was released today just the one he spoke to t w about hong kong's embattled leader kerry listening to what he said. evil is not enough because we. where. we activate the game that's why we urge for full withdrawal apologize is not enough because. she order polish and a lot polish hold a gun should twist people just apply what beijing. that in

in san jose charles clifford of kron 4 news. >>coming up at 6 high heat, not just uncomfortable, but potentially dangerous look at this in seattle it caused the road to buckle about a foot off the ground and next tense moments for grandmother when her grandson stroller goes careening down an embankment. >>then she went after it and had to be rescued he man, that's a cool looking hot tub. we should check on the baby. he's so sweet. maybe too sweet? internet's down. go! your home is only as smart as your internet. get reliable at&t fiber and get speeds up to 300 megabits per second and directv. bundle for 75 dollars a month for 12 months. limited availability. may not be in your area. more for your thing. that's our thing. call 1-800-call-att. >>and i'm so i just kept screaming for help somebody come help. >>a grandmother desperate for help after she let go of her grandson stronger for a second and it careened down an embankment toward a pond, county about 3 hours south of cleveland julie webb chased after a grandson but got trapp

animal rights activists in the bay area are pushing the state to take action from force charles clifford has details on that. >>well here in pleasanton on thursday the california horse racing board met at the alameda county fairgrounds now the horse racing board along with horse racing in general in california has received a lot of attention lately due to the fact that 29 horses have died at the santa anita racetrack in southern california since the beginning of the year. now in attendance at today's meeting were numerous people hoping to speak during the public comment section at the end of the meeting we spoke to an attorney who says he's worked for a long time to bring an end to horse racing and she feels this is their moment to move forward it's animal cruelty in our opinion at its finest when you see horses being with their leg snapped that the you heart attacks sudden death. >>enough is enough we're in 2019 almost 2020 and we're still betting on horses and subjecting them to foreseeable risk of injury and death we're actually putting animals at risk for our pleasure or attainment a

kron four's charles clifford has details. >>there in sonoma on wednesday afternoon, the attorneys for 3 men announced that they every 6, million settlement with the had a boy center and the archdiocese of santa rosa, the 3 men claim that when they attended the boy center which is run by the archdiocese as teenagers over a decade ago they suffered sexual-abuse at the hands, former counselor named kevin for one of the victims robert kennedy has spoken publicly about his experience. he says he was first abused by board when he was 13 years old speaking to the press on wednesday in front of the boys center. kennedy said he was glad that a settlement had been reached but he says that he never received any sort of apology from anyone. >>they didn't take any responsibility. nobody reached out to me but during wednesday's press conference the c o the hannah boy center actually walked out. >>and made a statement we are trying to make sure that. >>places like this that are here to help kids who have been hurt. that she do that reenter

homes from time to time some building she's actually repainted 3 times in san francisco charles clifford kron 4 news. >>coming up is more whales wash ashore along the west coast officials are trying to find places for their carcasses to decay. other now turning to the trend homeowners plus a startling discovery after a family dog stops eating what was found in its stomach. he and the warning tonight. >>the doctors have for dog owners. plus after the break we're going to show you what happened as a man at an airport goes on in unprovoked rampage. >>attacking tsa agents. >>attacking the group of tsa officers. police and security scanners were ultimately able to subdue the man who was then arrested tsa said the attack who was not provoke to police identified the suspect as 19 year-old tyrese garner of texas is now facing several charges. the tsa officers are expected to be okay. still ahead. >>we'll show the amazing story of the youngest person ever to climb in his 70's, alec appetite. >>your full weekend outlook because the heat is on just in time for first >>you kids to go back to school

>>from first charles clifford talked with a woman who's made it her life's work to help preserve thesean treasures. >>well across san francisco, there are probably thousands of victorian style homes, especially on some of the residential areas and many of them have very elaborate 5 fantastic paint job to take a look behind me here there are a couple prime examples and many of these homes have actually been painted by the same person including that house right behind me there now her name is anita riccardi she has been painting victorian homes in san francisco for more than more than 20 years her company winning colors has worked on more than 400 victorians all around the city. we had chance to catch up with her this afternoon, she's working on a project over in the hate a project to probably take about 10 weeks to complete its actually an apartment building. and we asked are today why she does this work what it is about victorians that she really loves it's a pleasure that. >>we have the opportunity here in san francisco to to you know to enjoy painting them and that's what we do we do

kron four is charles clifford has details. >>we're in san francisco on friday, the california democratic party convention is set to kick off at the center friday evening and run through sunday now they're expecting about 5,000 people to attend the convention this weekend about 3400 of those are party delegates from all across california. they will be have meeting and talking about several issues. one of the biggest ones is party wants to lock down a platform ahead of the 2020 elections. there will also be a lot of talk this weekend about the presidential election and they are expecting. numerous presidential candidates democratic hopefuls to speak this weekend, including bernie sanders senator harris, elizabeth warren will be here. now the party is also going to be working to select a new chairperson for the party, the previous chair, erica bowman had to resign following a sexual-harassment scandal and so the party is hoping to unite behind a new leader and move forward ahead of the 2020 elections and again the convention begi

in santa rosa charles clifford kron 4 news. take a live look outside right now are sutro cam overlooking downtown san francisco. it's a postcard picture often does said this is another day just like that you meteorologist large car know is here sonny and it's getting hot. you write summer says a lot right the city, but you go exactly that sort a breakdown in fact, lou, these temperatures are forecast for tomorrow afternoon. we're going to be up in the hot 90's in many spots well inland conquered about 94 degrees little more 94 pittsburgh about 92 pleasanton about 92 even inside the bay, i think especially in the south bay, those temperatures going to move in the upper 80's, some low 90's in the campbell santa rosa checking in about 88 degrees of course out the coastline much cooler number they're mainly in the 60's. so you can see why we still got some patchy fog out there trying to get that offshore wind go but i don't think it will be strong enough to blow it all the way up the coast so we're going to see some clearing but it

investigators say they don't know if his prior record has any connection to his death from for charles clifford picks up the story now as police have arrested a suspect who they believe may be responsible for both killings. well here in san mateo county the sheriff's office is investigating a pair of homicides along skyline boulevard but a suspect has been taken into custody. this all started on monday evening around 11 when the body of 32 year-old pacifica resident abdul share was found along skyline boulevard near redruth road. >>he had suffered multiple stab wounds. then tuesday evening just before midnight deputies following up on the earlier investigation. i heard someone calling for help they discovered a man suffering from stab wounds along skyline boulevard, the victim identified as 31 year-old john a c o ne, they keep hockey died at the scene the sheriff's office explains what happened next during that time in a nearby area. >>deputies saw a man they believed to be the suspect fleeing in a vehicle. deputy fired at the oncoming vehicle which was driving towards the victim and both deput

track now animal rights activists are pushing the state to do something about kron four's charles cliffordorts. >>here in pleasanton on thursday the california horse racing board met at the alameda county fairgrounds now the horse racing board along with horse racing in general in california has received a lot of attention lately due to the fact that 29 horses have died at the santa anita racetrack in southern california since the beginning of the year. now in attendance at today's meeting were numerous people hoping to speak during the public comment section at the end of the meeting we spoke to an attorney who says he's worked for a long time to bring an end to horse racing and she feels this is their moment to move forward it's animal cruelty in our opinion at its finest when you see horses being with their leg snapped that the you heart attacks sudden death. >>enough is enough we're in 2019 almost 2020 and we're still betting on horses and subjecting them to foreseeable risk of injury and death we're actually putting animals at risk for our pleasure or attainment and we don't believe t

>>in san jose charles clifford kron warnings. >>up if you need to go to the dmv any time soon we're going to tell you when all all offices will be closed and why. >>plus as a gun control legislation debate goes on in washington, how california is making it tougher for people to buy bullets. and after the break a startling report reveals just how much crime happens on park on a daily basis, what's being done to try to deter dangerous situations. >>it is windy out there how >>welcome back big story. we're tracking tonight a grand jury report finds that violent crime on bart is up an eye-popping 115% over the last 5 years security and perception of safety are just 2 of several issues. the report finds is discouraging people from riding bart which is experiencing a drop in ridership since 2016 kron four's maureen kelly got reaction from the president of the transit agency's board of directors. >>the report cites last year's murder of neil wilson and other high-profile crimes that drew the public's attention to public safety concerns

>>in san jose charles clifford kron 4 news. >>and this just in to the kron 4 news room tonight, robert mueller will testify publicly before house panels on july the 17th after he was subpoenaed some weeks back you may remember mueller held a news conference on the special counsel's report on russia's alleged involvement in the election of 2016 he then resigned the office at that time he expressed his interest not to testify publicly. the army. testimony be on the news conference said he gave at that time said he would not say more than what is already in the report. house judicial committee chair jerry naylor has tweeted however quote we look forward to having mister mueller testify as do all americans more information on this will likely be coming out throughout the day and we will bring that to you on our later newscast. >>let's take a look outside right now see how things are shaping up on this to say it looks like the sun is pretty crisp out there at this hour a pretty shot a meteorologist or cat or a is joining us now and

well for charles clifford has details. >>here in redwood city on thursday religious leaders from across san mateo county gathered here at the county center to show their support for undocumented immigrants. now in recent weeks there has been ramped up rhetoric from the trump administration also increased activity from ice immigrations and customs enforcement who have threatened to start deporting more undocumented immigrants, these religious leaders wanted to come together to say many of these people have lived here for years who have families here who work in this community. they wanted to let those folks know that they are not alone. >>we are gathered here as he has leaders of fate because we want to call our society back the 2 shared fundamental values, values, human worth and dignity. we all along we have higher powers that say that we are created by a guy who. what piece of paper we have. together we are united in love to form one fan we here on earth. to raise your voices on behalf, most vulnerable. >>and just this w

in san mateo county charles clifford kron 4 news.>meanwhile, we're learning that the victim in this latest homicide has served time in prison john to keep hockey was convicted of second degree robbery with an enhancement for using a gun he spent several years in prison. and it was released in january of 2016. the kentucky was discharged from parole supervision, this past january at this point investigators do not know if his prior record has any ties to his killing but will continue to monitor developments in this case. >>in the east bay and amazing recovery for oakland boy who accidentally shot himself in the head. 4 year-old a van jackson is now out of the hospal that's according to a video his grandfatheposted on facebook in the video in a van is seen sitting in his car seat alert and is in good spirits. back in march van was on life support and showing very little brain activity. police say that he found a gun under the pillow of his mother's boyfriend's bed and shot himself, avon still has a long recovery ahead and will undergo

in san francisco charles clifford kron 4 news. >>states in the midwest and the south move to restrict access to abortion governor gavin newsom is reaching out to governors across the country. capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala explains what know some is trying to do. governor newsome signed a proclamation friday welcoming women to the state. >>in it he reaffirmed california's commitment to protecting women's reproductive choices, and saying here they can fully exercise their reproductive rights. the proclamation comes on the same day a judge temporarily blocked a missouri from becoming the first state in the country without an abortion provider in a separate joint letter newsome join the governors of oregon and washington urging states to review their laws and protect women's reproductive freedom. the governor friday in part wrote in the absence of federal leadership on this issue states must step up and put in place their own atorium on the me california death penalty. assembly member melissa melendez tweeted kill innocent bab

francisco symphony that are going to be held a little later this summer in san francisco charles cliffordron 4 news. >>and that wraps up kron 4 news at 5 can wane and vicki livi aka sir here with kron 4 news at 6 that is next for your skis and we're still worried about this one is not rush things tonight a big one right thanks grant. to 6 triple digit temps to lingering at this hour and the heat isn't over yet hot. >>dry conditions persist into at least tomorrow. we will see a little relief yeah, we can't opened its case in the ghost e ship warehouse fire trial. and testimony from oakland fire battalion chief had victims family members visibly upset the strong words they had >>the house on the corner was threaten the most scary for them. >>tonight at 6 a neighborhood threatened concord residents frantically racing to douse are houses with water as flames moved on their homes. firefighters using big heavy aircraft to try to keep the flames at bay. and from this perspective from see the billowing smoke that was for miles but fortunately, the fire was contained before any major damage was do

but for now clifford kron ay charles 4 news. >>and update now to a fire and pittsburgh, which we have learned has started at a homeless encampment happened yesterday afternoon on piedmont way right off highway 4. you see a pretty intense fire right there. roofing supply company was damaged in that fire investigators are still trying to figure out. what started the fire at the encampment a firefighter was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation but is now recovering. >>i look outside right now. all beautiful shot overlooking downtown san francisco. all right quick. >>we have beautiful beautiful gary here with a look at our forecast. >>yeah, well we definitely saw some changes today and more changes are in store these next few days. >>we have a shy here over bethel on seeing high clouds out there yesterday we saw clear blue sky. but as you can see also the fan jose area they're seeing some high. house and besides those clouds we're seeing some fog along the coast there the golden gate bridge as you know was just covered earlier

but for now in rohnert park charles clifford kron 4 news. >>what began as summer vacations to tropical locations ended in separate tragedies in the span of about a week. how these american tourists turned up dead in what police are saying about the incidents. >>and the warning the catast ophic wildfire commission has for state lawmakers as the worst fire season is likely just around the corner. >>next sis 6 31st there was a noise now rubbished the latest in the battle between san jose's residents politicians. people in san jose are already losing sleep over trains, sounding their horns as they roll through at night and now more fuel being added to the fire in between the city of san jose and the union pacific railroad as well for dropped out of over port, san jose is on the verge of taking legal action against the railroad claiming that it is also neglecting blight and illegal dumping. >>furniture construction debris and piles of garbage is strewn along the tracks all the way to morgan hill. >>this district 2 city councilman sergio managed t

>>at sfo charles clifford kron 4 news. >>the sec a live look outside on this friday evening.really pretty all day today and it's nice right now we have this nice crisp clear shot the boy we're talking weekend lords yet even heat advisories heat wave going ries sunday tomorrow we're going to notice those temperatures jumping wanted to be a look. >>at the numbers as we head into tomorrow afternoon. how about that were in the 90's inland, some 80's in and around the bay and some 60's along the coastline. those are some nice numbers pretty warm but watch what happens as we get into sunday. that's when we really start to crank up the heat that's when high pressure really. sits overhead we get the offshore winds we get that very dry air we get the dry air. it can heat up in a hurry near a 100 degrees in the afternoon on sunday in concord 93 in blow 91 even an oakland 91, hey we're so hot temperatures even inside the bay 94 degrees in san jose, a look at the beaches, you know you've got a good offshore wind if you do start to crank out numbers like this right along the coastline, 75

but for now in san francisco charles clifford kron 4 news.ry later in oj simpson's chase is still arguably the most anthem is police pursuit in us history. now simpson is taking to social media will hear what he has to say coming up. >>also a number of people are already behind bars in the shooting of david ortiz but police say they're now getting >>the big story tonight, another us tourists has died in the dominican republic, bringing the total number of americans to die in that country over the past year to 8. the new york post reports police there are investigating whether or not those who died were poisoned by counterfeit alcohol. they are also looking into who supplied the alcohol and whether the drinks had any toxic chemicals in them. the publication says the fbi is assisting and will take blood samples from the victims as well as perform independent autopsies. >>in the dominican republic, investigators say they're getting closer to arresting the person who ordered the shooting a baseball star david ortiz patrick oppmann has the latest

francisco symphony that are going to be held a little later this summer in san francisco charles clifford kron 4 news. >>northern california mother and her 2 young girls are dead after a suspected drunk driver. just crashed right into their home while they were sleeping. now this happened sunday just outside of modesto a 10 year-old girl was taken to a hospital after the vehicle just plow through a fence went through the backyard of this duplex before crashing right into their house. the force of the impact was so strong that parts of that wooden fence actually ended up on the victim's roof, 46 year-old felix for done suffered minor injuries and was taken into custody. >>it's no accident somebody chose to drink and drive and because of that 3 people lost their lives at a whole life ahead of him to go to scenes like this in see not just a mom but 2 children die, and % one cleaning on the life it affects all of us. >>in the suspect's bail was set at $100,000. that support gun control a worry that op are desensitized to gun violence in the united states. the anti-gun violence organization kn

>>kron four's charles clifford has details. we're the south bay on monday morning, a small fire broke out in san jose on this fire. >>broke out around 11 o'clock along interstate 2.80 were in 2.80 crosses over coyote creek, very close to story road. fire burned a primarily in grass fire crews were able to get in there quickly. i work on containing and in total it burned about 2 acres at one point it got within about 50 feet up some nearby businesses but again fire crews were able say those businesses keep the flames from burning any further it did not burn any heavy fuel like the trees that are kind of line coyote creek they were really able to get this one under control. no one was injured. now at this point the exact cause of the fire remains under investigation, but as we head into the summer months here we're starting to see more and more of these little grass fires that often pop up along interstates are busy roadways. and it looks like is that you know we haven't had rain for weeks and uh probably be won't be significant

>>our first charles clifford has an update. >>on wednesday afternoon search and rescue teams from east bay, regional parks and the alameda county sheriff's office recovered. a body that is believed to be the san francisco spikes was last seen around 6 20 wednesday afternoon when he was apparently on a boat with friends. when for reasons that aren't clear at this point he went into the water in did not come out his friends called 911 and east bay regional parks in the army, the county sheriff's office launched a search with boats a helicopter and dive teams. the body was found about a mile from the boat dock in an area where the victim's friends had indicated he was last seen going into the water east bay parks says that spikes was not wearing a life vest when he went into the water and that he did not know how to swim, they are taking this opportunity to remind everyone use caution in the water this summer. >>and more really want to see happen especially in the hot day says we'd like to see people swimming the designated some a

a little later this summer in san francisco charles clifford kron 4 news. this morning sleeping with a light on could lead to serious weight gain for women. researchers looked at women who slept with the t v on or a night light in the room and they found those women were more likely to gain 11 pounds or more over 5 years. the same women also have and a bigger chance of becoming overweight and a 33% chance of becoming obese. scientists admit they don't know why the weight gain would be connected to the light but they're sinking it may have to do with a lack of sleep because they say that you know bright lights are meant for your sleep. 5.52 right now and let's take a ek outside as the big story again is the heat. >>here's a live. look at san francisco international airport which is very clear and that's good for takeoffs and landings but it for bodes another half one sizzling temperatures around the bay, temperatures around the bay, one to look at me now, you don't see psoriasis. you see clear skin. cosentyx can help people with moderate to severe plaque pso

to discuss that with me in the studio resident china expert clifford conan and from singapore we're joined by and hitting our. financial correspondent andrea was start with you. what are you hearing there are bankers really clearing their desks and packing their bags. well the picture is showing signs of cracking although there based on not peg just yet. this is moving their money out of auto hong kong you know is going to be giving banks something to worry about because it's home to it $1.00 trillion dollar wealth management industry now as a 2018 hole call is home to many billionaires is the 2nd highest number of billionaires in the will 2nd only to new york and that includes 3 billionaires in 200000 millionaires now these tycoons and super tycoons are going to have been worried about hong kong about moving their money out of hong kong since the 2014 umbrella of movement so this particular rally could be the big push that they're making because they're starting to see the real list of the encroachment that china has on hong kong so lots of cache of humility that as we hear how important

kron four's charles clifford has details. south bay on monday morning, a small fire broke out in san jose on this fire broke out around 11 o'clock along interstate 2.80 were in 2.80 crosses over coyote creek, very close to story road. fire burned a primarily in grass fire crews were able to get in there quickly. i work on containing and in total it burned about 2 acres at one point it got within about 50 feet up some nearby businesses but again fire crews were able say those busines,es keep the flames from burning any further it did not burn any heavy fuel like the trees that are kind of line coyote creek they were really able to get this one under control. no one was injured. now at this point the exact cause of the fire remains under investigation, but as we head into the summer months here we're starting to see more and more of these little grass fires that often pop up along interstates are busy roadways. and it looks like is that you know we haven't had rain for weeks and uh probably be won't be significant rain for mont

but for now in san francisco charles clifford kron 4 news.we go and check out conditions at sfo this morning a bit overcast, but no delays will be right now, earn 60,000 bonus miles after qualifying purchases when you apply and are approved for the hawaiian airlines world elite mastercard. plus, you earn miles on everyday purchases. get closer to the travels and moments you'll remember forever with this special offer. need another reason? enjoy an introductory no annual fee. to apply, visit hawaiianairlines.com this saturday the day before father's day in today, the coolest day of the forecast and the cool stay the week so far to look at outside of san francisco skies or foggy and cloudy a bit of coastal drizzle right up and down the peninsula. >>san jose not so much on the foggy side as it is just the cloudy side this morning. as you're also seeing out the east bay mount diablo should be out there in the distance, but i'm scared by those low clouds this morning temperatures right now in a range of 50's for the most part, oakland and hayward

homes from time to time some building she's actually repainted 3 times in san francisco charles cliffordnews. >>while some dead grass across the front yard here from the south a homeowner came back from a trip in town as long vandalized. he's not the only one targeted plus a northern california fire chief arrested the felony charges. he faces an reaction from his neighbors and fire weather concerns for parts of the bay area find out where and also ha ...6, 7, 8 ♪ ♪ ♪ big dreams start with small steps... ...but dedication can get you there. so just start small... start saving. easily set, track and control your goals right from the chase mobile® app. ♪ ♪ chase. make more of what's yours®. >>they want to go back now to the breaking news, we told you about at the top of this newscast. coming out of family and roll tonight. air crews on the scene of a 3 alarm fire kron four's gayle ong live in san leandro for us tonight deal what's going on. >>right behind is still a very apt scene the fire is burning businesses. the fire started burning just the morning. right now firefighters tell there ar

>>in san jose charles clifford kron warnings. >>windy day all across the bay as we take a live look from our sutro can over or san francisco beautiful. >>it is joining us now kind rain for lawrence with what we can expect for the rest of the workweek end tonight, pretty windy. >>yeah was argus actually are still about 25 miles per hour in places like marine county and then we actually have our wind conditions right here. stationary went a little lower than what we saw. earlier a couple hours ago today as for what we can expect back to the rest of the week, i mean tomorrow our breezy conditions will remain for north bay as you can see here around 09:00am and but the south bay, it does light and that before it picks up again. later in the evening, however, are a gust to me as high as what we saw today, we saw gusts up to 30 miles per hour. earlier, but we don't expect it to get and that high as for what's causing that it's just trough off the coast of canada that's been heading towards a. or get in there and that's bringing some ra

the day volunteering at various food banks part of our annual founders day of caring and charles clifford joins us now from. >>the san francisco murder and food bank with more on this initiative. >>other good morning. i'm at san are in food bank here in san francisco, this is their headquarters kind of the hub of their activity. right behind me here this is the loading dock where people bring in food and also folks come in pick up food and kind of over here be a little show and tell here this is the warehouses where they store all of their food about 48 million pounds of food or we're food over the course of the year there's lots of stuff canned goods dried goods and also got lots of fruits and vegetables freezers walk in coolers holding fresh fruit also there are some non-food items things like diapers now there's a huge demand for the services of the food bank they estimate about one in 4 people in san francisco in marin receive some sort of assistance from the food bank over the course of the year they distribute as i mentioned about 40 million pounds of food to about 223. 1000 people

29 horses now have died at the santa anita racetrack in southern california kron four's charles clifford takes a look at what's going on. >>here in pleasanton on thursday the california horse racing board met at the alameda county fairgrounds now the horse racing board along with horse racing in general in california has received a lot of attention lately due to the fact that 29 horses have died at the santa anita racetrack in southern california since the beginning of the year. now in attendance at today's meeting were numerous people hoping to speak during the public comment section at the end of the meeting we spoke to an attorney who says he's worked for a long time to bring an end to horse racing and she feels this is their moment to move forward it's animal cruelty in our opinion at its finest when you see horses being with their leg snapped that the you know a heart attacks sudden death. >>an ups is enough we're in 2019 almost 2020 and we're still betting on horses and subjecting them to foreseeable risk of injury and death we're actually putting animals at risk for our pleasure o

but for now in san francisco charles clifford kron 4 news. >>coming up next the family of a man shot and killed by an off-duty police officer in a california costco speaking out the new details we're sharing. plus we take a look at how to avoid heat exhaustion on these warm summer days also how families simple outdoor photo session turned dangers if you're streaming us on kron on the news cont >>almost 2 years after the devastating wine country fire sonoma county park officials are taking a new tact when it comes to trying to control wildfires and this is part of a bigger effort to reduce dry brush over 18,000 acres of sonoma valley. kron four's maureen kelly reports. >>firefighters are lighting backfires on the land of the sonoma valley, regional park in glen allen to get rid of the dry grass that could turn a spark into a raging wildfire. this whole area burned during the 2017 nuns fire but today is the first controlled burn ever to happen inside. the sonoma county regional park after 2017. we realized oh actually fires a part of this lands

in san mateo county charles clifford kron 4 news. >>well we're looking for the weekend them a breeze is going to tell us what we can expect weather wise. yeah, nice warming trend with above average temperatures for next weekend for your 4th of outlook more on that in just a few minutes, but first. >>let's take a live look outside south market in downtown san francisco. not seeing the low clouds and fog but plenty of client high clouds overhead and temperatures right now widespread upper 50's and low to mid 60's in the bay area with overnight lows cooling down into the low to mid 50's this evening into your friday morning and wake-up planner forecast is going to show plenty of cloud cover to start the day but then a mix of sun and clouds by the afternoon and also another round of gusty wind speeds around 25 miles per hour or less. we are going to warm up to near average along our coastal areas and even our bay shore communities as well low 70's for oakland and hayward mid 60's for downtown san francisco and mid 80's for a try valleys

>>in san jose charles clifford kron warnings. >>in national news john sanders announced he is resigning as acting commissioner to us customs and border protection. sanders did not say why he's stepping down in his message to agency employees, his resignation though is effective july the 5th mark morgan, the acting ice director will take over that position. morgan served as border patrol chief under president obama to january of 2017 a replacement for morgan at ice has not yet been announced. john sanders is actually leaving customs just says the number of undocumented migrants being detained at the border is increasing the president has called on congress to find a solution to the u s mexico border situation within the next 2 weeks. he says if they do not us immigration and customs enforcement will plan raise in 10 major us cities with deportations just tonight the house of representatives passed a $4.5 billion bill which is aimed at improving conditions for thousands of migrant families that bill contains a stronger protections

now 29 horses have died at the santa anita racetrack in southern california kron four's charles cliffordhe story. >>well here in pleasanton on thursday the california horse racing board met at the alameda county fairgrounds now the horse racing board along with horse racing in general in california has received a lot of attention lately due to the fact that 29 horses have died at the santa anita racetrack in southern california since the beginning of the year. now in attendance at today's meeting were numerous people hoping to speak during the public comment section at the end of the meeting we spoke to an attorney who says he's worked for a long time to bring an end to horse racing and she feels this is their moment to move forward it's animal cruelty in our opinion at its finest when you see horses being with their leg snapped that the you heart attacks sudden death. >>an ups is enough we're in 2019 almost 2020 and we're still betting on horses and subjecting them to foreseeable risk of injury and death we're actually putting animals at risk for our pleasure or attainment and we don't

in santa rosa charles clifford kron 4 news. >>rebuilding paradise. the deadly camp fire came through and burned the small town to the ground. now the strides being made to rebuild the series of earthquakes are shaking up southern california we talked to an expert on whether or not this uptick quakes should be concerning. >>and it's going to get hot around the bay area tomorrow but we've got another heat wave open up a credit in your name. >>the family is speaking out after bay area mother of 3 died near south lake tahoe, she was reaching for a tree branch when she slipped and fell and was swept over a waterfall. >>force tanker me the talks with her family tonight, they're back in the bay area and mourning the loss of stephanie espinosa who they call central to their family. >>we're all devastated stephanie was the core of our family she was really the glue. if a we're playing jenga she's the piece that you don't want to touch. we would fall apart without her. >>nicolas martinez reacting to the tragic death of his older sister stephanie, >>was compass

in san jose charles clifford kron 4 news.re's a new move by one san francisco supervisor to keep nightlife thriving in the south of market neighborhood. the legislation is aimed at keeping the news from being taken over by tech companies. the least for the mezzanine nightclub expires in october and the club's owner says the building's owner was planning to raise the rent at 600% and that they were working with commercial realtor specializing in tech office space. now supervisor matt haney has with some legislation that would require a review by the planning commission in order to change a night life entertainment spot into something else. always going to be able to make more. this is to a tech company. then you are from an independent and for that reason. >>we as a community have to stand up and say we need some added protections to make sure that we don't wake up one day and look around and all of these venues and the things that made san francisco magical created we >>the legislation is temporary if passed it would be in ef

says he wants to make month sending money as easy as sending a digital picture kron four's charles clifford talk to an expert to tell us how it's going to work. >>facebook wants to get into the crypto-currency businesses this want to be working on this. >>do working on this for just over a year with an elite team pay picks from across states books ranks, including the former head of messenger and pay tell president david marcus and the former head of product instagram and kevin we also have some real heavy hitters on this project so for the average facebook user like john myself you know if we wanted to get. join in on this how would how and the interface work or how would you purchase these these ali brother how would that work she ought to wait until early next year when bieber officially watches but then you'll be able to use facebook's leave or a wallet which will be built into facebook messenger what's out much its own standalone out there you'll be able to change money in the till libra and then spend it around the internet and cash out and each time if you want your dollars back. tha

pleasanton and to kick things off today there was a cattle drive really truly kron four's charles clifford and cry ons. ryan o'donnell shows us the sights and the horses and the cattle as they moved through downtown. >>wow chevy their money will and cowgirls that are out there right now as as they come around the corner you can really see how many people are involved in this. yes so i grew up on a ranch and i've moved cattle and very similar fashion. and i've i've been on cattle drives worry about 1000 head of cattle and only about 10 cowboys. they added some and power to this particular cattle drive and i would guess it's probably because they want to keep things under control. this is an open country. this is right through the middle of town and the last thing you need is about you know a dozen longhorn cap rampaging through a downtown pleasanton seen out here watch. i regard. this will be call. look at the docks watchdogs. so the dogs stepped in. again they got him back there. and that's pretty normal for a cattle drive that's not a entirely. unexpected those to look pretty on that they

animal rights activists in the bay area are pushing the state to take action from force charles clifford. >>well here in pleasanton on thursday the california horse racing board met at the alameda county fairgrounds now the horse racing board along with horse racing in general in california has received a lot of attention lately due to the fact that 29 horses have died at the santa anita racetrack in southern california since the beginning of the year. now in attendance at today's meeting were numerous people hoping to speak during the public comment section at the end of the meeting we spoke to an attorney who says he's worked for a long time to bring an end to horse racing and she feels this is their moment to move forward it's animal cruelty in our opinion at its finest when you see horses being with their leg snapped that the you heart attacks sudden death.

in one the creek charles clifford kron 4 news, good advice, check you can track the hot temps in your neighborhood and stay connection. >>connected rather on fire danger updates with push alerts that's all on the crime for mobile app. >>in the north bay, a 54 year-old woman was rescued after driving her volkswagen beetle off a cliff in sonoma county. you can see the wreckage officials say that woman escaped the burning car and swam into the ocean in bodega bay happened about 6 o'clock this morning police sathey found that car on the rocks and then saw the woman treading water she was taken to the hospital but is expected to be okay investigators believe the one in may have intentionally headed over the cliff. in the north bay and earthquake struck part of sonoma county today. the 4.1 magnitude quake hit just after 12 45 this morning near cobb mountain. no reports of any injuries or damage with the quake that size remember kron four has a special section on our website with real time earthquake maps. >>the east bay now the alameda county libraries joining other bay area libraries in el