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challenges the public to take on many of the city's steepest hills cities in the country, and less hate hills. dan: that is the rub,ws anchor s what can give you the real joe and get your blood pumping. karina: san francisco is the city of stairs. there are at least 600 public stairways to get you up and down the city's steep hills. nancy: you have to pay attention to the steps, because you don't want to fall. karina: nancy botkin loves exploring them. nancy: that is great. karina: plotkin is researcher. nancy: it is quite a relief to go down, but you can feel it in different muscles. karina: she maps out for projects, walk san francisco. the latest wildcat her up and down. nancy: it could be challengin because only coune e nocoti ili spsand thkarina and volunteers walked out the steps for walk sf first-ever challenge. >> it is 2000 steps up and down through these iconic san francisco neighborhoods. it takes you through some of these very hidden as well as well-known stairways through san francisco, some that are tucked away. nancy: because of san francisco's geography, we struggled to find a walk

hill. join more at 5:30. dan: thank you. if y out the world news is next. we appreciate your time. ama: we will see you again at 6:00. ♪ ♪ >> david: tonight, several breaking stories as we come on the air, charges to be dropped against alec baldwin. what we have just learned. also the stunning images from texas tonight, the world's largest rocket blasting off and then exploding. and severe storms as we come on the air tonight, tornado watches in several states right now. several cities, including chicago tonight, in the zone. first tonight, less than two weeks before trial, prosecutors to drop the involuntary manslaughter charge against alec baldwin for the shooting death of cinematographer halyna hutchins. what's behind the move, kayna whitworth reporting. also tonight, tracking the tornado watch up right now in several cities as i mentioned chicago included. it comes amid confirmation tonight of an ef3 tornado touching down in oklahoma with winds more than 135 miles per

hill. they are setting up for the cannabis celebration which will feature music, food, and more. dan: we have much more news ahead. ama: abc 7 news anchor karina nova it is here with a live look at the stories. karina: we will take a deeper look into the racist text messages exchange in the antioch police department. our reporter, anser hassan, has been covering every angle of this story to he joins us with the investigation, the mayor's safety concern, and the people who were impacted. plus, we won't see draymond green on the court against the kings. abc 7 sports director larry beil joins us for what it means for the warriors. join us for abc 7 bay area streaming tv. ama: thank you. dan: download the abc 7 app or head to abc7news.com to join karina in minutes. ama: watching on tv, world news with davidmuir is next. i'm ama daetz. dan: and i'm dan ashley. we will see you again at 6:00. ♪ ♪ >> david: tonight, several breaking stories, a chilling series of shootings across several states and u.s. after mistakes. this time two cheerleaders shot after getting into the wrong car at a groc

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former green beret dan elkins testified on capitol hill. >> more of our community would be buried inrlington national cemetery if it was not for the work they did on behalf of the u.s. government shoulder to shoulder with us, and the fact that they are here and suffering in this way is tragic. >> it helps people like 39-year-old tabesh, who spoke to a washington post reporter. he and his seven children were resettled in a crime infested neighborhood in baltimore. >> disabled people with whom i'm in touch all share my worry. they are in the same boat, i'm not alone. we didn't work for the government of afghanistan, really, we worked for the american government until we were disabled and paralyzed and brought to the united states. >> these men served faithfully, shoulder to shoulder with the u.s. special operations community, intelligence community and it's a tragedy the conditions they are living in and what they are facing and the fact the u.s. government has not come through to honor the promise that they made to them. >> the state department has issued 21,000 siv visas since 2021.

dan kerman looks at the numbers. tech executive bob lee's killing in san francisco's rincon hill neighborhood has led to the inevitable question. his violent crime getting worse in san francisco, a review of sfpd crime stats during the pandemic years of 2020 2021. 2022 suggests violent crime is up over all a little over 8% with about 408 more incidents in 2022. compared to 2020 drilling down, homicides went up from 48 in twenty-twenty to 56 in 2021. but held steady in the 2022. rapes went down slightly from 20 to 2021. then went up about 11% from 2021 to 2022. robberies decline from 2020 to 2021, but then went up more than 5% in 2022. assaults have gone up year over year, increasing 19% from 2020 to 2022. people are very rightly concerned. scare shocked that this happened. >> but the comm nity members i've talked to feedback from them has been for the family, but it hasn't stretch to being a broader characterization. our experience of the neighborhood, andrew robinson runs the east cut community benefit district. >> which provide safety patrols and cleaning services for the east cut neighborhood, which includes rink o

dan: there is yet another storm to talk about. this is a live look from our east bay hills camera. the rain will be here before we know it sandhya patel is here. with the weekend and giants home opener, there is a lot going on. sandhya: we'll make the switch and bring in some rain. from the explorato jose, lovely views. tomorrow the weather will change. we have high clouds increasing as we go throughout the day tomorrow, and here comes the rain. it is a light system that will bring us breezy conditions and wet weather. we start out tomorrow afternoon and evening and there is light rain in the northern part of the viewing area. by the friday morning commute it will be wet. light stuff continuing at 10:00 a.m. and the $1 million question, will the rain leave before the giants home opener and easter holiday weekend? i will be back with the details. ama: new developments, has declared a state of emergency over the water crisis. venetia's way -- main water line collapsed. residents have been asked to cut water use by 40%. the city is pumping in water from lake hermon as a second a resou

dan: there is yet another storm to talk about. this is a live look from our east bay hills camera. the rain will be here before we know it sandhya patel is here. with the weekend and giants home opener, there is a lot going on. sandhya: we'll make the switch and bring in some rain. from the explorato jose, lovely views. tomorrow the weather will change. we have high clouds increasing as we go throughout the day tomorrow, and here comes the rain. it is a light system that will bring us breezy conditions and wet weather. we start out tomorrow afternoon and evening and there is light rain in the northern part of the viewing area. by the friday morning commute it will be wet. light stuff continuing at 10:00 a.m. and the $1 million question, will the rain leave before the giants home opener and easter holiday weekend? i will be back with the details. ama: new developments, has declared a state of emergency over the water crisis. venetia's way -- main water line collapsed. residents have been asked to cut water use by 40%. the city is pumping in water from lake hermon as a second a resou

dan thorn kron. 4 news. >> still to come on the kron, 4 morning news at community memorial was held in concord popular bartender who was shot and killed pleasant hill. we'll have those details coming up. and the mayor of antioch speaking up after racist text messages from police officers were released. one which includes an attack on the mayor. and we have new epa regulations that could change the way you drive have a live report from dc breaking those changes down. we'll be those changes down. we'll be right back. don't go anywhere. nexgard is the flea and tick protection that's #1 with vets. your vet trusts it for her patients... ...and her own dog. plus, its delicious beef flavor is #1 with dogs. use with caution in dogs with a history of seizures or neurologic disorders. ask your vet about nexgard. first, they're sour. (alarm) and then, they're sweet. ♪♪ sour patch kids. sour. sweet. gone. >> welcome >> back to the kron. 4 morning news. the time few now for end and we've got a different look this morning. >> we're actually upstairs are doing a little bit of construction. it would kind of interfere with the broadcast. we were down there in the s

hill upfront. what out there? ah ah ah, hello, i'm sammy's a dan. this is the news. our live from dell are coming up in the next 60 minutes. russia blames ukraine from all attack in st. petersburg, kill the prominent military blogger. investigators detain a female suspect they say has links position figure alex in the valley, will be live in new york as former us president, donald trump is set to travel from florida to face criminal charges. and the story of this that looked like survivor into kia, who's been reunited with a mother and every 2 months. and i'm pete estimate with your schools news. chelsea begin the search for a new manager of the 2nd grand potter. and we'll look at the leading candidates, we've already been lead with taking over the top to extend the bridge later this new zone. ah, russia is accusing ukraine of orchestrating a bomb attack that killed a prominent military blogger on sunday. bloodline petoskey was killed and 32 people injured in the blast. russian police have arrested a woman in connection with the killing in saint petersburg. those a j

as we saw with tiktok recently, hearing on the hill i'm sure you remember a couple weeks ago, it goes pretty deep and goes across both parties. ed: danank you. speaking of tim cook something caught my eye this morning. the front cover of gq magazine. silicon valley's quite visionary tim cook. not known for his style, perhaps as steve jobs was, really interesting read. going through i else from customers, the gym, then running the biggest tech company in the world. caroline: do tell me you're only halfway through the article because it is quite long. ed: he is so understated. we know very little about the man. he is not a big social media user. caroline: and someone who is always very upfront saying he doesn't feel normal, often feeling like an outsider. what was interesting was the way in which he was totally surprised by the journalists perspective that people would scatter when he walks into a room. he still has the approachable nature. ed: there was an anecdote saying he has four faces. he would be brilliant at poker if you play. you never quite know even to his closest allies what he is thinking. caroline: maybe we should ask for

hill for upright on al jazeera. ah aisd mass, unoccupied, east jerusalem, overshadowed by weeks of tension and violence between israelis and palestinians. ah, i'm sammy's a dan. this is al jazeera live from dell hall. so coming up, china's military practice is what it calls in circling taiwan. during the 2nd day of drills off the island, savvy arabia and yemen exchanged prisoners his efforts to end 8 years of war. get underway in santa and we look at why a successful conservation program to help the bank goal target population is concerning people who live close to with habitat. ah, now we begin this sunday in occupy these jerusalem, where hundreds of christians have gathered teresa, the mass. the celebration is happening against the backdrop of tension between palestinians and israelis. earlier is ruby soldiers blocked young palestinians and women from entering. they are locked. some mos compound before morning, pres. it comes a day after palestinians barricaded the doors to keep his ready forces out. they say the troops wanted to remove them from the mosque head of ramadan knight, pres. russell saw the dog has more from occupy these jerusalem. or the fear

host: dan just mentioned that one of the author discussions we just heard was about book bands. and i wanted to ask you about this, this was a recent headline in the hill newspaper. nearly 1500 book bans implemented in the first half of the school year. should books be allowed to be banned from school libraries? >> books have always been banned in school libraries. it is such an odd question. of course they have. who wants unfettered access to books for eight-year-olds? it's such an odd accusation. it depends on what you're banning. if you are banning things that are appropriate for that age group, that is a problem. you know, they did not have the playboy reader available in elementary school arguments. it's a dishonest tact. thank god we banned books at schools. we always have, there has never been a time in american history when we did not. the question as i said is what books are you banning? and when i read about some of the things that are taught to kids, why should an eight-year-old be exposed to sexual material in any direction? any direction? i have opposed this from the beginning. it was a usurping of parental authority, which is a right and

dan thorn kron. 4 news. >> a community is in mourning today following a deadly shooting in contra costa county. oscar laredo was killed early monday morning outside carrington's bar in pleasant hill. witnesses say he was trying to break up a fight. friends of the victims say the gunman was a frequent customer of both carrington's and vinny's where laredo also worked. >> we'll be into his friends. he was and to a family. and he was the person that so we need meet you the next time you see him come give make you feel like part of hey, my brother. >> he's always every time i was seeing you of eli had play a icu. >> you know that out. that was my boy man. >> the owner of benny's vincent parker says he plans to host fundraisers tonight and on saturday to help cover funeral costs. laredo was attending business school aspiring to own his own bar one day. new at noon, a pair of arrests in san jose to tell you about. and police say the suspects may have been involved with more victims. police say 73 year-old antonio zachary's was arrested for assault. he's been working as a massage therapist since 2015 providing services from his own home. the investigation started after one of his client

dan and we're going to be cranking the heat. it's going to be in the 90s before you know, it. let me show you a live picture from our east bay hillsamera. we are looking at green hills, blue skies up above. really. we're going to be seeing plenty of sun over the next couple of days except near the coast. there will be some fog around. so just be prepared for that. it's going to almost feel like summer around here as we see those temperatures soaring inland today. it was warmer, well above average. a good 4 to 13 degrees above average, 87 in fairfield, 83 in livermore today, 82. santa rosa, 79. in san jose, 76. oakland, 67. in san francisco and 56 degrees. and a half moon bay. still chilly waters and with the onshore breeze for the coast it has been cooler there. high pressure in command of our weather with the wind flow around that high, bringing northerly winds. those temperatures have gone up ten degrees warmer in livermore, up 11 in san jose running about five degrees warmer in san francisco and up nine in novato. glorious view from our mount tam cam you could see the golden gate bridge there just a little bit of haze in the at

danko -- dan: this outbound as it has been labeled is really the culmination of focus of the biden administration for the last 10 years. i time on the hillenior house gop members that have been looking at this. this is something that is a very bipartisan issue in the u.s.. you will begin to see more clarity as there has been a lot of investor concern on what this actually looks like. we have seen in the past that the u.s. government attempted to limit investment in certain chinese companies and it had a pretty adverse impact on threats to the list and other challenges. but this will cover specific investment of semiconductor companies, artificial intelligence and quantum computing companies in china with a focus on u.s. firms playing an active role in management. venture and private equity firms are under the magnifying glass where they are largely managing and not just taking passive investment in some specific sectors. not ellie -- not anything more broadly. jonathan: forgive me for asking you to read the political tea leaves but they think this will take place at the may summit for the g7 allies in japan. do you think the g7 allies wi

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host: dan just mentioned that one of the author discussions we just heard was about book bands. and i wanted to ask you about this, this was a recent headline in the hillnewspaper. nearly 1500 book bans implemented in the first half of the school year. should books be allowed to be banned from school libraries? >> books have always been banned in school libraries. it is such an odd question. of course they have. who wants unfettered access to books for eight-year-olds? it's such an odd accusation. it depends on what you're banning. if you are banning things that are appropriate for that age group, that is a problem. you know, they did not have the playboy reader available in elementary school arguments. it's a dishonest tact. thank god we banned books at schools. we always have, there has never been a time in american history when we did not. the question as i said is what books are you banning? and when i read about some of the things that are taught to kids, why should an eight-year-old be exposed to sexual material in any direction? any direction? i have opposed this from the beginning. it was a usurping of parental authority, which is a right and r