dan kerman kron. 4 news. good advice. stand. thank you, ron, for will continue to bring you the. >> latest on the rain and flood watch. stick with us on air and online at kron 4 dot com, san francisco's department of health is reporting its first flu death of this season. they say the person was over the age of 65 and had not gotten the annual flu shot. >> they're reminding folks it is not too late to get vaccinated against the flu. covid and rsv. they say it's especially important if you are 65 or older and have underlying medical conditions. >> new at 5, the fbi has confirmed the san francisco police department played a role in tracking down the suspected shooter of the united healthcare ceo. the fbi saying their new york office received a tip from sfpd on december 4th about the possible identity of the suspect. the tip was then sent to the nypd as part of their investigation. meanwhile, the ceo of united health group has provided his first public response following the deadly shooting of one of his top executives in a guest e

dan kerman is live at the airport with the latest. good evening, dan. >> good evening. it's a real surprise and oftentimes were here over the holidays and it's one rainstorm or something else that's causing delays, not such a big deal some minor delays throughout the day, but nothing really to talk about in terms of delays right now we're seeing moderate traffic coming through the airport. it was a lot busier this morning like get busier a little bit later this evening. but right now is a good time. if you have to come to the airport. >> grey skies and drizzle often make for major delays at sfo. >> but not on monday. this move everything was on time. not a lot of coughing. so i take it. there's not a lot of illness happening, but from boise, idaho, and actually it's not been too bad and delays, no delays. we've got an early those choosing to fly 2 days before christmas did encounter long lines. monday morning. >> but most were pleasantly surprised with how smooth things went and it wasn't too bad. tsa was pretty crowded in denver, but >> no delays all good. so it's been

yes. >> dan kerman kron. 4 news. cut 4 reached out to marriott which owns the palace hotel. we have not heard back. san francisco zoo new mayor-elect daniel lurie is announcing that he's only going to be taking a salary of one dollar per year. >> lori, as the heir to the levi strauss, fortune his campaign telling kron 4 that the mayor elect is required to receive pay. but he's going to be returning all but one dollar per year to the city through a charitable donation. mayor-elect lurie issuing the following statement saying, quote, i have spent my life fighting poverty in working to serve this community and that commitment will continue. and i take office as part of that commitment to service. and because i have the means to forgo compensation, i made the personal decision not to take a salary. >> still ahead, trump roofing, california. how governor newsom says he will safeguard the state from the incoming administration. plus got on viral. the ar startup ceo promoting 84 hour work week. and christian mccaffrey is out for the season now. the niners are reacting in what happe

dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> new details tonight regarding the deadly officer involved shooting in san francisco. police released body camera footage of the incident during a town hall today. i >> we're going to just put your hands up. >> on december 19th in san francisco is montgomery district, a car driving on the sidewalk struck and injured 3 people early the next morning. officers located the suspected driver, 50 year-old peter hodge during arrest, gunfire was exchanged and hodge died from his injuries. >> we continue to maintain our strong relationships with community-based organizations, business groups and other city agencies. since this incident occurred have reached out to the business and community leaders in order to keep them informed and address their concerns. >> one of the people hit during the accident. there was an e-bike rider. according to police. they have not located that person, but they are asking them to come forward as they're concerned for their wellbeing. sfpd is also asking for any witnesses of this to contact the department. another big story tonight, city

dan kerman kron, 4 news. >> dry weather time here as we get a live look at the golden gate bridge.utiful colors there. twilight hour. >> lawrence is here. looks like we're gonna get a break. yeah. much needed break in all that rain still experiencing some flooding in parts of the north bay continuing there. and i think we'll see that happening again as we get into the next series of storms right now. >> we're taking our dry weather and enjoying every moment of it in beautiful skies out there. see evening. look at that. well, almost like a lion sunset out there with all those beautiful colors. the yellows and the oranges and the reds out there for tonight. a nice day we had today. we start out with that patchy, dense fog in clear things out in the afternoon. may see some of that patchy fog reform tonight. so watch out for that, especially in the north bay and the east bay. temperatures out the door right now cooled off. 53 degrees in san francisco and oakland. it is right now in san jose. 52 now and live more. 53 in concord. 58 in santa rosa. 57 in half moon bay speaking to the floo

dan kerman reports. a court filing from the office of former alameda county district attorney pamela price. so just the owners of california waste solutions funded negative campaign fliers against shane taos. opponents in the 2022 mayoral election to get tao elected and benefit their business. it was in june of this year. the federal investigators raided california waste solutions. the home of its owners. that one family and the home of oakland mayor sheng thao. but details about the reasons for the raid remain sealed. but a new court filing from the da's office in another case reveal several allegations back in january. former alameda county district attorney pamela price filed a lawsuit against mario juarez alleging he passed bad checks. the da alleges juarez failed to pay a marketing company for printing in sending negative political mailers against 2022 mayoral candidates, loren taylor and ignacio de la fuente in a court filing monday, the da's office says in october of 2022, juarez bank account rece

january 17th at which point is expected to enter a plea. >> at the hall of justice in san jose, dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> city leaders in oakland are marking the success of the strategy meant lower a violent crime. opd says the city has seen a 5 year low and homicides and shootings in durham. mayor nikki fortunato bas says this is thanks to the cease-fire strategy to multi-agency program between the department of violence prevention, the police department, the district attorneys and faith based leaders who demand safety on the streets. >> oakland cease-fire was never a government idea, but a community call to action. these community leaders have maintained their belief in the power of the strategy to save lives and have worked with us every day throughout this year to ensure that it was successfully rerouted in oakland. >> ceasefire program works by identifying people who are at high risk of violent crime and offering them intensive community-based services to break cycles of violence. >> we're talking about the people in this city who are driving violence currently and who within the ne

dan kerman reports. >> we don't forget about about rape, about murder, about any crime. >> that's committed in this county. santa clara county's district attorney says that's why he's brought charges against convicted kidnapper matthew mueller for a home invasion attacks that occurred in mountain view and palo alto back in 2009. >> in both of these cases, the defendant broke into a woman's home, tied them up. found them made them drink things to make them intoxicated and did this for the purpose of breaking down. the 47 year-old mueller is now charged with 2 counts of first-degree burglary. >> with the intent to commit rape and faces 2 life sentences. if convicted the da says mueller was linked to the attacks due to advances in dna technology. >> the strap from the palo alto case. it's a velcro strap. we analyzed in 2010, but dna technology has gotten significantly better since 2010. and so recently we've been able to find the defendants dna on that strap, which is not something that we were able to find. in 2010. >> mueller is currently serving 40 years in federal prison after being convic

dan kerman has that story. hotel guests are finding themselves marching to the beat of a very loud drum. >> not just here at san francisco's tell but to marriott's the westin saint francis, the grand hyatt and the hilton union square, a striking hotel workers seek a better contract is is all about the benefits that we have want over the years elated iran has been a server at the palace hotel for 33 years. >> if i'm working, 33 here is because i love my job. it's always everybody who's outside. right now. we want this city succeed. we want to all the tories to kalmbach. so that's why we betting on francisco. but iran says betting on san francisco also means investing. >> in hotel staff and reversing covid era service cuts. she says hotels have refused. that's why 2500 housekeepers servers cooks bartenders, dishwashers. bell hops and doormen are on strike. it's 6 hotels. customers are not happy because most. >> all of us outside they're being up constellations on groups that they were supposed to be there. so the

dan kerman reports those cutbacks will go into effect the first of the year. motion passes. >> it's official. the city of oakland will shut down to fire stations at the beginning of next year as part of an effort to close 129 million dollar budget gap before july. 1st of next year, the city council made the decision by a 5, 1, vote at its meeting tuesday night. >> we have our hands full trying to figure out which 2 stations we can, you know, brown out for the foreseeable future with the least amount of impact. >> oakland's fire chief has made it clear any reduction in fire stations will slow response time to both fires and medical emergencies. >> we will not. let these closures impact that our first our commitment to our citizens any way. but there will be delays and districts that the fire houses close for additional fire stations are slated to close by early february as part of the council's budget balancing legislation. >> but the council also approved councilman dan kalb, some and mont that if the city does receive its next 10 million dollar payment for th

said its meeting on december 17th. >> dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> san francisco police have released a plan intended to improve pedestrian safety after a report revealed 2024 has been one of the deadliest years for traffic accidents in the city in the last decade. police say new technology and incentives to increase recruitment will help restore traffic safety next year. the department plans to incorporate drones, speeding cameras and gps devices to make police chases safer. >> i think drones are going to be more helpful for sideshow enforcement, right? yeah. so and that there becomes helpful for trafficking, forced to get those cars off the road. hand in hand with sideshow. activity comes reckless driving and dangerous street behavior. so the more cars we can get off the streets that are participating in that just full stop is a win for us. commander nicole jones there says there have been 42 traffic deaths this year. >> 25 of them were pedestrians. part of the department's focus on pedestrian safety to increase police presence in areas with high accident rates. and audit released t

dan kerman reports the city of san francisco must reduce spending otherwise it faces a shortfall over the next 2 years of 876 million dollars. so says mayor breed in our annual budget instructions to city departments we known for some time. i that the city's tax revenue has been flat and that at the same time, we know our spending has been significantly increased every year district. one supervisor connie chan who chairs the city's budget and finance committee says across the board business tax revenue is decreasing and the city can no longer rely and one-time funding sources to stay afloat. we can get this done. we can have effective city services and we do spending at the same time. i'm confident of it in her budget instructions. the mayor is told departments to identify ongoing permanent spending reductions a 15%. but chances across the board cuts are not feasible to police departments. right now. we all know it's been short staffed. so to expect them to decrease their budget by 15% potentially even higher hiring fridays. we know that's not acceptable for our public safety agencies

you might remember by the fbi and june kron four's dan kerman reports. >> it was in june of this year that federal investigators rated california waste solutions the home of its owners, the duong family and the home of oakland mayor sheng thao. but details about reasons for the raid remain sealed. but a new court filing from the office of former alameda county district attorney pamela price. in a separate case, make several allegations suggesting the owners of california waste solutions funded negative campaign fliers again showing taos opponents in the 2022 election to get al elected and benefit their business. monday's court filing stems from a criminal complaint filed by price back in january against mario juarez, alleging he past bad checks. the da alleges juarez failed to pay a marketing company for printing in sending negative political mailers against 2022 mayoral candidates, loren taylor and ignacio de la fuente in a court filing monday, the da's office says in october of 2022, juarez bank account received a $75,000 check from california. waste solutions. then juarez proceeds

dan kerman kron, 4 news. thank you. dan kron 4 will continue to have the latest on the storms. stay with us on air and online at kron. 4 dot com. >> new at 6, 3, people taken to the hospital after a car rammed into the back of a fire truck. >> this happened on highway. 24 in a red dot just before 12, 30 this afternoon near the caldecott tunnel. crews say the fire truck was parked as firefighters were working on a different accident. that's when the car crashed into the back of their truck at freeway speed. those inside the car were taken to the hospital for treatment. 2 firefighters were also taken to the hospital chec former house speaker nancy pelosi is in the hospital tonight. she fell down some stairs during an event in europe. pelosi is 84 years old. she was in luxembourg to mark the 80th anniversary of the battle of the bulge. someone familiar with the situation says she injured her hip. pelosi spokesperson says she's receiving great care from doctors and is looking forward to coming back to the united states as soon as possible. bart officials have released body camera v

dan kerman reports. the closing of 6 fire stations and the elimination of police special units. >> 2 police academies and the slashing of the police overtime budget. that's what's recommended in a new report from oakland city administrator to close a budget deficit projected to be 129 million dollars by the end of this fiscal year in june of 2025, any of these impacts potentially huge for the police department and the way we police and public safety. >> the proposal calls for 25 million dollars in cuts through a reduction in police overtime. and the elimination of special opd units and another nearly 7 million dollars in savings by cutting to police academies. police department operates that nearly half. that's where we should that is. >> and it survived over time. we have bennett or overtime rework traffic and forth inside sure related operations before i have to backfill for patrol opening positions and at so in a way that but please purpose-built to function well as it has been over time. >> tim dolan

kron four's dan kerman reports. the city of san francisco's finances are in crisis in our annual budget instructions to city departments. >> outgoing san francisco mayor london breed has said the city faces a shortfall over the next 2 years of 876 million dollars. we knew this was coming district. one supervisor county chan who chairs the city's budget and finance committee says the city has been spending more money than it earns as expenses increase in revenues, drop or stay flat. top pass a board that we now see a significantly decreased. >> business tax writing for san francisco in her budget instructions. the mayor is told departments for ongoing permanent spending reductions of 15%. >> but chances across the board cuts are not feasible to police departments. right now. we all know it's been short staffed. >> so to expect them to decrease their budget by 15% potentially even higher hiring phrase. we know that's not acceptable for our public safety agencies like the police department. the mayor also suggest the p

kron four's dan kerman reports. >> oakland city leaders are faced with terrible choices. what to protect and what to cut to close. 129 million dollar budget deficit by the end of june next year, the administrator having heard. >> from the council as well as the public has preserved oakland ceasefire, violence intervention program as well as opd patrol and investigations and services to improve 9-1-1, response times. well, the city says the proposed cuts prioritize public safety. they also take a sledgehammer to many departments, including police. >> that could see a cut in spending by 32 million dollars by eliminating 2 police academies and reducing overtime the use of the overtime in the overtime budget. this particular year. it was 52 million dollars. >> these budgets are because we do not have the staffing to and these events on on a regular shift. if oakland at the number of officers that it probably need to definitely need to drastically needs, then you would have to schedule of these events on overtime. >> due to the reduction in overtime spending, the chief says of

dan kerman kron, 4 news. the safeway in san francisco fillmore neighborhood is going to be closing after 40 years in business. >> the stuart initially been set to close earlier this yrar, but safeway says it kept the spot open for another 11 months to help serve the community. but the company cited ongoing concerns about staff and customer safety. they say there have been frequent thefts, the location, even remove self checkout lines to try to stop the crime. people live around there say they're concerned because there aren't many grocery stores in the area. >> this community and it really is a community institution that i'm just very disappointed that there is not. better efforts underway to save this community institution because it's going leave a lot of low income people, seniors and families without a place to go for. >> what we need. >> the store will officially close in february. >> a major development tonight, hannah kobayashi, maui woman who had been missing for more than a month has been found safe.

dan kerman tells us the cuts are proposed to include budget reductions to both the police and the fireartment. >> the possibility of shattering 2 and possibly as many as 6 fire stations. and a 32 million dollar cut to the police department through a reduction in overtime and the canceling of police academies. those decisions are before the oakland city council tuesday as they try to close 129 million dollar budget deficit before july of next year. >> making some serious cuts in certain things. hopefully some of them are just temporary. but we have to do that is choice of that. that's a necessity we we have have a balanced budget. >> there could also be cuts to a variety of services which seniors spoke against at tuesday's hearing. if i want to live much longer. >> i've got to be active. and the senior centers are the way we do it. >> make sure that this senior centers stays open, no cuts to year. all i want to say to all you guys sitting up there, you got them because they knew one day too. >> the city council is already moved to redirect some voter approved funds to help maintain some

dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> the man has been arrested in connection to a homicide. that happened almost a year ago in san francisco. police say 18 year-old maxwell multan was found dead on january 23rd in the city's bayview neighborhood after being reported missing for several weeks. police say they arrested the suspect. a 19 year-old man on a her in way last week. he is now facing homicide and conspiracy charges. >> the u.s. coast guard has suspended its search for a man believed to have gone overboard from a cruise ship as it was returning to san francisco, the ruby princess operated by princess cruises, arrived in the city shortly before 7 o'clock yesterday morning after a five-day trip to mexico officials searched the ship several times for the missing passenger. they look through security videos, but there is no sign of the 72 year-old man. the coast guard started aerial searches yesterday afternoon off the coast of monterey. but that effort was suspended last night. >> it is day 2 of closing arguments in the murder trial of manny's. the man accused of stabbing

said its meeting on december 17th dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> one person was hurt in a crash involving a bus in palo alto school. bus happened just after 8 this morning on homer avenue in middlefield road. the chp says the school bus into other cars crashed in the middle of the intersection. 3 kids were on the bus, but fortunately, no one was hurt on that. one of the people in the other cars did have minor injuries. the chp says all 3 drivers claim they had the green light. officers are investigating to figure out who was at fault. san francisco police have released a plan intended to improve pedestrian safety in the city. this comes on the heels of a report which named 2024. >> as one of the deadliest years for traffic accidents in the last decade. police say there have been 42 traffic deaths in san francisco this year and more than half were pedestrians today the department met with city leaders to share an update on new safety tact tactics and also highlight areas in need of improvement. the police department plans to incorporate drones, speed cameras and gps devices to make police

dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> new at 5 wells fargo bank has reportedly selling its headquarters in san francisco. the wall street journal says that the sell-off of its office on montgomery street is all part of the bank's broader shift of power to the east coast. the report also says that the bank has already begun informal conversations with potential buyers and the office could be put on the market as soon as this month. kron 4 has reached out to wells fargo. but so far we have not heard back. >> all right. let's take a peek outside here after a beautiful tuesday. look across the street. you see the exploratorium, the bucky ball all lit up getting dark here quickly. it is. and you know what? you see bucky ball out there. but the exploratorium is really worth a trip inside specially. >> taking the kids, lawrence, last really great time to go all the great sites that explore for and a great day to go out there enjoy. i mean, anywhere around the bay area. spectacular. you've got some dry conditions. good reason to get out there and enjoy the nice weather while we haven't certainly today

kron four's dan kerman reports. >> oakland city leaders are faced with terrible choices. what to protect and what to cut to close. 129 million dollar budget deficit by the end of june next year, the administrator having heard. >> from the council as well as the public has preserved oakland ceasefire, violence intervention program as well as opd patrol and investigations and services to improve 9-1-1, response times. well, the city says the proposed cuts prioritize public safety. they also take a sledgehammer to many departments, including police. >> that could see a cut in spending by 32 million dollars by eliminating 2 police academies and reducing overtime the use of the overtime in the overtime budget. >> this particular year it was 52 million dollars. these budgets are because we do not have the staffing to and these events on on a regular shift. if oakland at the number of officers that it probably need to definitely need to drastically needs, then you would have to schedule of these events on overtime. >> due to the reduction in overtime spending, the chief says off

dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> thanks, dan. meanwhile, travelers at the oakland airport are having a little bit of an easier time today. this is video from early this morning. the airport says more than half a million people are moving through their spot during the holidays. we caught up with some folks who are on their way out of town for christmas. >> we governor. >> and just enjoying family time. we actually just to christmas with my family on saturday now are flying out christmas with my husband's family. we're going to see my mom and pop are. >> we're going to mexico do. some will sign we're going to a monday. what else gave them and have it. >> it's actually much more severe than we thought it would be. busy at all. >> well, if you haven't wrapped year gifts yet, you still have a chance to the airport is offering a post screening gift-wrapping station. that's a good idea. is a good idea. and here are the latest numbers from some other airports around the bay. according to flightaware at sfo, there have been 203 delays and

kron four's dan kerman tells us homeless advocates say that's a step in the right direction. >> the city estimates there are at least 360 rv's in san francisco and many our home to unhoused families. that's why homeless advocates have been so vocal against mayor breed's new u.s. policy making it easier to ban overnight rv parking under the plan. the head of the san francisco mta could make that decision on his own with no public hearing your public comment before the sfmta board. i think the real concern is recognizing that 90% of unsheltered families live in vehicles and most of them live in oversized vehicles. city estimates 85% so. >> it you know, that's a concern. and we don't want to see families on the street. homeless advocates fear that policy would make it easier for the city. >> to tollway those family homes on wheels and those who live in echoed that concern at tuesday's board of supervisors meeting in depth i would like to know where it is that i can actually live. i came here to find a solution to this situation. and i ask you >> to listen to my concerns in the league calls.

dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> new at 5, a san francisco's hotel strike continues tonight. the union is asking the jp morgan healthcare conference to cancel its upcoming event. the conference is scheduled for january. the union says executives and investors who attend the invitation only conference responsible for inflated health care costs that have contributed to the labor dispute about 2500 marriott hilton and hyatt workers, sir, striking have been since labor day 4. they say affordable health care better pay and fair work loads at 6 hotels in the city including mary out westin saint francis, the primary, jp morgan healthcare conference venue. all right. let's talk weather. beautiful day in the bay to kick off the workweek. and here we are looking evening shot of the golden gate which is a beautiful and dry for now, lawrence is very excited about possibilities, though. >> showers. yeah. how about that? it's kind of been like a broken record all of december. we've been dealing with lots of sunshine and warm temperatures above normal. even some record breaking heat. >> now

kron four's dan kerman reports. those cutbacks will go into effect first of the year. >> we find ourselves in an incredibly difficult budget situation. and with this projected deficits, there are no easy answers here. and most of what's before us. it's really hard to swallow. tuesday night, the oakland city council face the music. >> and buy a 5, one vote. the council approved massive budget cuts to close 129 million dollar budget shortfall. among the reductions, the closure of 2 fire stations. that will be the impacts. but i want our citizens to know when you call 9, 1, we're going to show up. >> but oakland's fire chief says closing to fire stations will lengthen response time. >> right now the department is trying to figure out which tos fire stations will yield the least amount of impact. there are no fire stations that we can afford to close. >> and not feel an impact. we need every one of our firehouses in a few more. but there are other. there are certain districts where the volume was lowered. we can cover a

dan kerman reports the closing of 6 fire stations and the elimination of police special units. >> 2 policedemies and a slashing of the police overtime budget. that's among the recommendations in this new report by oakland city administrator to close a budget deficit projected to be 129 million dollars by the end of this fiscal year in june of 2025. any of these impacts potentially huge for the police department and the way we police and public safety. >> among the cuts, the proposal projects a savings of 25 million dollars through a reduction in police overtime. and the elimination of special opd units as well as another nearly 7 million dollars in savings by cutting to police academies. solice department operates that nearly that's where we should that is. >> and it survived over time. we have mandatory overtime rework traffic and forth inside sure related operations. week before that, the battle for patrol opening positions and at so in a way please purpose-built the function of the law that has been over time. >> tim dolan with the oakland police officers association says none of these

dan kerman kron. 4 news. a major item and its to do list before lawmakers take their holiday break, sending the annual defense funding bill to the president's desk. senators made it happen today on an 85 to 14 votes. but none of them got everything they wanted. washington correspondent jessi tenure has more. >>this nda is laser focused on the threats we face. senate democrats and republicans largely agreed on the need to pass the 895 billion dollar defense funding bill. we are currently experiencing the most dangerous national security moment since world war. 2, the bills leads senators roger wicker and jack reed celebrated the pay raises for service members along with investments in the junior rotc and recruiting efforts which will help solve the military's manpower crisis. but read condemned a last-minute ad from house speaker mike johnson. it will block gender affirming care for children of military families. i disagree strongly with including such 8. frankly, i think misguided provision. many other democr

you have to be out, you take precautions and if you don't have to be out, don't why marine county dan kerman kron, 4 news. good advice as always from news. thank you, dan. >> and kron 4 will continue to have live team coverage of the rain and flood watch. stay with us on air and online kron 4 dot com. former house speaker nancy pelosi has been hospitalized in europe. the 84 year-old was traveling in luxembourg to mark the 80th anniversary of the battle of the bolts when she fell on stairs, storing an official engagement and had to be taken to the hospital for evaluation. her office said in a statement, quote, speaker america pelosi is currently receiving excellent treatment from doctors and medical professionals. she continues to work and regrets that she is unable to attend the remainder of the engagements to honor the courage of our service members during one of the greatest acts of american. in our nation's history. bart officials have released body camera video of a police shooting that happened at the union city. bart parking lot last month before we show this footage, we do want to war

dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> all right. dan kerman with the christmas tie. you know, you can count on that specially if he's at sfo. thank you today. and as we get a live look here above san francisco, all kinds of clouds. it's been a great day in the bay once again. yeah, pie looks kind of place. it kind of still. boy, quite the case. once it gets to the water cuyler what's going on? yeah, that's true. and also mention, i just checked the airports. everybody's doing ok, 15 minute or less of delays right now. this a live view of coit tower. you know, you've got to take my word for because >> you can't see anything. these clouds are so low. now, despite the clouds, we've actually it's a really warm spots. >> across the bay. and you can see as we take a look here, san jose right now sitting at 69 degrees or 59 in san francisco. 63 in oakland, everyone kind of filling in those 50's and 60's. but we're in the warm sector of this system that we see right here. this low pressure system now behind this temperatures are going to get cooler ahead of it, though. we've

yes. >> dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> kron 4 did reach out to marriott which owns a palace hotel. we have not hear% back. >> still to come here on kron, 4 news at 10, san francisco is next. mayor who spent millions to win the seat. it's going to take just one dollar as his salary by daniel lurie says he's making this decision. >> plus, an 84 hour work week. more on how a tech startup co-founder is. >> going viral for suggesting no work, life balance and costco removing a section from hundreds of its stores. the hundreds of its stores. the big change coming next year. it is inevitable. chloe! hey dad. they will grow up. [cheering] silly face, ready? discover who they are. [playing music] what they want from this world. and how they will make it better. and while parenting has changed, how much you care has not. that's why instagram is introducing teen accounts. automatic protections for who can contact them and the content they can see. ♪♪ >> san francisco's new mayor-elect daniel lurie will only be taking a salary of one dollar a year. his campaign telling kron 4 the mayor-elect i

dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> oakland's budget cuts are also causing concern in san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins says the cuts to police force there could spell trouble for the city. >> we're talking about essential services that that are it dire for the oakland community right now. and yes, there will be a spillover effect to the extent that people who are committing crimes in oakland don't get caught trust and believe that they will be doing the same thing in san francisco. the fact that we, you know, are doing our best over here to maintain funding the staffing that we have in san francisco, that they will be caught here if they do cross over that bridge. >> one of several nonprofits promised funds from the city of oakland say they have been left out to dry sabah grocers initiative brings fresh fruit and veggies from local farmers to oakland corner stores, in areas considered food deserts. people with an ebt card can shop at those stores and for every dollar they spend on fresh produce, they would receive $5 credit. oakland city council approved the creation of that pr

dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> a man arrested for a home burglary in valais on christmas day is accused of committing 2 more burglaries after being released from jail. officers say the first burglary happened at a home on solano avenue in amador street in vallejo. the homeowner caught the man inside. he ran off, but officers were able to find him and arrest him 2 days later, however, of allay business owner reported a burglary at his store on marin street and kurt hola parkway. police say surveillance video there showed it was the same man. he was then caught yesterday after attempting to burglarize a home in fairfield. he's been arrested and booked into the solano county jail. no word on if he will be released this time. a search for bigfoot leaves to portland men dead. the pair was reported missing on christmas day after failing to return home as planned on christmas eve after a three-day search, their bodies were found in a heavily wooded area of the gifford show national forest crews say this particular forces actually notorious for missing hikers. a major reason why individuals get

dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> kron 4 has reached out to mayor thao, california.te solutions an abc security. but as of this report, we have not heard back. the fbi says it will not make any comment on the district attorneys filing. a driver is dead in pittsburgh after crashing into a pole in a fire hydrant causing water. then spout out there this app and on. leeland road near gladstone drive last night. witnesses say the driver. lost control of their car. >> cycle so dark, too. so they just assume they don't see like that. but there's like the curves around then just. and power poles. we're like the chance farmers on the street. >> police have not said whether drugs or alcohol were factors. police across the bay area investigating at least 3 bomb threats aimed at local schools, no valleys, temple, pius high school evacuated today after a bomb threat was reported. police cleared the scene earlier this evening. meantime, de la salle high school and all private and private all-boys school in concord. gotta similar threat which was soon declared unfounded. students w

dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> and if you are traveling a check on the forecast us.et's take a live look now at sfo. >> it's been rainy there and around the bay area today. how long will it last? that's why we have kron 4 chief meteorologist lawrence karnow who joins us now. >> tracking all the rain. we've seen a lot of it yet been rough and we've had that fog out there to. of course, the thick fog can slow things down. sfo, notorious for delays. but i think so far so good right now. we do have some clouds rolling in. i think tomorrow morning. if you're traveling early. >> yeah, you could run into some laser. got a pretty significant storm coming through out right now. you can see some of that fog over the bay as we speak, the mid to high level clouds thickening up and we are get ready for some rain at sfo right now, mostly cloudy skies. winds are light, though, temperature very mild. the system a lot on the little subtropical moisture in keeping the temperatures up a bit. 61 degrees at sfo. things kind of quiet across the country. they tend quiet down quite a bit as

said its meeting on december 17th. >> dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> new this morning, the alameda county identified the victim in a november homicide. 52 year-old eric lund flores was found shot on the 1100 block of 71st avenue around 02:30pm. this was on november. 13th paramedics pronounced florence dead at the scene. no further details released yet. we will update you as soon as we have more. a man accused of prowling around the nation. home is behind bars this morning. police say it happened thursday at midnight on west else. rate. police identified the suspect as brian ridge too. officers found him hiding behind a car in the driveway. they say he had burglary tools, meth and a knife on him see some of those items on your screen. now he's being held at the solano county jail. the city of san jose announced an ai collaboration with nvidia mayor matt mahan and says a state university signed the initiative together marking nvidia's first direct workforce pipeline with the city government. the partnership aims to drive advancements with ai literacy, enhance workforce capabilities and prep

dan kerman kron, 4 news. alameda county has a new interim district attorney. >> attorney royal roberts will act as the county's top prosecutor, at least through february. the change goes after voters recalled da pamela price. roberts will run the da's office until alameda county supervisors appoint a permanent successor. that may not happen until february. in alameda county drivers were stuck on 5.80, after a big rig filled with chocolate caught on fire friday morning happened near grant line vote towards the city of tracy crews say more than 30,000 pounds of chocolate melted away. thankfully, no one was hurt. >> and take a look at this. more than 8,000 bake gingerbread. bricks are stacked up high inside san francisco's fairmont hotel for a real-life christmas gingerbread house lakers dedicated more than 400 hours to decorate the holiday display with lights in real candy. guests can even book a dinner reservation inside this colorful display will be up to the new year. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news.

dan kerman reparts. >> we don't forget about about rape, about murder, about any crime. >> that's committed in this county. santa clara county's district attorney says that's why he's brought charges against convicted kidnapper matthew mueller for a home invasion attacks that occurred in mountain view and palo alto back in 2009. >> in both of these cases, the defendant broke into a woman's home, tied them up. i found them make them drink things to make them intoxicated and did this for the purpose of rape in the 47 year-old mueller is now charged with 2 counts of first-degree burglary. >> with the intent to commit rape and faces 2 life sentences. if convicted the da says mueller was linked to the attacks due to advances in dna technology. >> the strap from the palo alto case. it's a velcro strap. we analyzed in 2010 but dna technology has gotten significantly better since 2010. and so recently we've been able to find the defendants dna on that strap, which is not something that we were able to find. in 2010. >> mueller is currently serving 40 years in federal prison after being convicted of

dan kerman kron. 4 news. kron 4 did reach out to mayor thao and california waste solutions and abc security. but so far haven't heard back. >> the fbi says it will not make any comment on the da's filing. well, an animal shelter being run by the city of san jose now is being criticized for unsanitary conditions and for overcrowding. this all comes after protests against the shelter's treatment of animals. crop was jack moment now following up on the story. >> yogi is a cali. she's 14 and a half years old, has had yogi for 14 years. and youngest brother passed away in chris and her daughter decided to go to the city of san jose animal shelter to find a new companion. you know, we were just >> looking for someone, you know that, right? that right fit for us immediately. she knew something was wrong. >> it was like the dmv or they don't. they don't look you in the eye. she says they really let her look at what doc, so they decided on offer. and then as we walked, we just looking at. feces that were being tracked

did four's dan kerman reports? >> we don't forget about about rape, about murder, about any crime. >> that's committed in this county. santa clara county's district attorney says that's why he's brought charges against convicted kidnapper matthew mueller for a home invasion attacks that occurred in mountain view and palo alto back in 2009. >> in both of these cases, the defendant broke into a woman's home, tied them up. found them made them drink things to make them intoxicated and did this for the purpose of rape in the 47 year-old mueller is now charged with 2 counts of first-degree burglary. >> with the intent to commit rape and faces 2 life sentences. if convicted the da says mueller was linked to the attacks due to advances in dna technology. >> the strap from the palo alto case. it's a velcro strap. we analyzed in 2010, but dna technology has gotten significantly better since 2010. and so recently we-ve been able to find the defendants dna on that strap, which is not something that we were able to find. in 20

well dan kerman has that story. >> we don't forget about about rape, about murder, about any crime. >> that's committed in this county. santa clara county's district attorney says that's why he's brought charges against convicted kidnapper matthew mueller for a home invasion attacks that occurred in mountain view and palo alto back in 2009. >> in both of these cases, the defendant broke into a woman's home, tied them up. found them made them drink things to make them intoxicated and did this for the purpose of rape in the 47 year-old mueller is now charged with 2 counts of first-degree burglary. >> with the intent to commit rape and faces 2 life sentences. if convicted the da says mueller was linked to the attacks due to advances in dna technology. >> the strap from the palo alto case. it's a velcro strap. we analyzed in 2010, but dna technology has gotten significantly better since 2010. and so recently we've been able to find the defendants dna on that strap, which is not something that we were able to find. in 2010. >> mueller is currently serving 40 years in federal prison after b

january 17th at which point is expected to enter a plea. >> at the hall of justice in san jose, dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> 608. now with the new year comes new laws for california. they'll impact health education, employment businesses and transportation as well as new protections for retail stores who will now be able to file restraining orders against those sentence for theft, assault or vandalism at the location and suspects could even be slapped with sentence enhancements if committing retail theft alongside other offenses. when it comes to the economy, cities and counties can allow existing cannabis retailers and consumption lounges to sell non cannabis food and drinks and for education. school districts will no longer be able to enforce gender for gender notification policies. is a live look at the bay bridge. a reminder starting tomorrow, january 1st, it's going to cost you a little bit more to get around the bay on our bridges and public transportation. all bay bridge is except the golden gate will raise their service price from $7 to 8. in addition, a plan to increase the told by

kron four's dan kerman brings us up to date. a court filing from the office of former alameda county district attorney pamela price. so just the owners of california waste solutions funded negative campaign fliers against shane taos. opponents. >> in the 2022 mayoral election to get tao elected and benefit their business. it was in june of this year. the federal investigators raided california waste solutions. the home of its owners. that one family and the home of oakland mayor sheng thao. but details about the reasons for the raid remain sealed. but a new court filing from the da's office in another case reveal several allegations back in january. former alameda county district attorney pamela price filed a lawsuit against mario juarez alleging he passed bad checks. the da alleges juarez failed to pay a marketing company for printing in sending negative political mailers against 2022 mayoral candidates, loren taylor and ignacio de la fuente in a court filing monday, the da's office says in october of 2022, juarez bank account

january 17th at which point is expected to enter a plea. >> at the hall of justice in san jose, dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> with the new year comes new laws for california. impact health education, employment businesses and transportation as well as new protections for retail stores who will now be able to file restraining orders against those sentence for theft, assault or vandalism at the location and suspects could even be slapped with sentence enhancements. it's committing retail theft alongside other offenses. when it comes to the economy, cities and counties can allow existing cannabis retailers and consumption lounges to now sell non cannabis food and drinks and for education. school districts will no longer be able to enforce gender notification policies. take a live look at the bay bridge. reminder, starting january first, it's going to cost you more to get around the bay on our bridges and public transportation. all bay bridges, except for the golden gate will raise their price from $7 to 8. in addition, a plan to increase the told by $0.50 every year for 5 years was also approve

. >> kron four's dan kerman reports. >> we don't forget about about rape, about murder, about any crime. >> that's committed in this county. santa clara county's district attorney says that's why he's brought charges against convicted kidnapper matthew mueller for a home invasion attacks that occurred in mountain view and palo alto back in 2009. >> in both of these cases, the defendant broke into a woman's home, tied them up. i found them make them drink things to make them intoxicated and did this for the purpose of rape in the 47 year-old mueller is now charged with 2 counts of first-degree burglary. >> with the intent to commit rape and faces 2 life sentences. if convicted the da says mueller was linked to the attacks due to advances in dna technology. >> the strap from the palo alto case. it's a velcro strap. we analyzed in 2010 but dna technology has gotten significantly better since 2010. and so recently we've been able to find the defendants dna on that strap, which is not something that we were able to find. in 2010. >> mueller is currently serving 40 years in federal prison aft

been recommended as one way to balance oakland's multimillion dollar budget deficit kron four's dan kerman with a closer look. >> oakland fire fighters are launching a public education campaign in hopes oakland residents will help them stop the oakland city council from closing to fire stations. the first of next year and the possibility of 4 more next spring. both were recommended to help close the city's 129 million dollar budget gap. it's a matter of people's lives and it's a matter of people's property. >> oakland fire captain seth all year is vice president of the oakland firefighters union, local 55. he says when you shutter fire stations, you increase response time because instead of coming from your neighborhood, fire crews may have to come from across town. >> and being a fire or a medical emergency seconds count, house fires doubles in size every. >> 30 to 45 seconds. and so we're talking about a kitchen fire becoming a house fire. house fire becoming several house on fire. as you wait for your first fire engine to show up or medical emergencies become tragedies. oakland fire chi

dan kerman tells us those upset over the passer passage of measure k that's that measure to close a partgreat highway now want to toss their supervisor from office. >> it's impossible for one supervisor to be 100% alignment every issue with every constituent in their district. san francisco district, 4 supervisor joel and cardio was one of the leading supporters of measure k which permanently closes the center section of the great highway from lincoln to sloat to create a waterfront park. the measure passed, but with a little help from his constituents in district 4 who overwhelmingly oppose the closure due to traffic concerns. now they're holding in gardy over responsible. john kerry did something very bad to 2 outs in the district care. so he should for that reason and that reason alone he should be recalled. >> thin blue dye with open. the great highway was one of those who went to san francisco city hall tuesday. >> to submit a letter of intent to recall supervisor and cardio. there was no notice. there was no conversations with the rest of the community. >> in regards to proposing t

summer kron four's dan kerman takes a closer look. >> oakland city leaders are faced with terrible choices. what to protect and what to cut to close. 129 million dollar budget deficit by the end of june next year, the administrator having heard. >> from the council as well as the public has preserved oakland ceasefire, violence intervention program as well as opd patrol and investigations and services to improve 9-1-1, response timep. well, the city says the proposed cuts prioritize public safety. >> they also take a sledgehammer to many departments, including police that could see a cut in spending by 32 million dollars by eliminating 2 police academies and reducing overtime the use of the overtime in the overtime budget. this particular year. it was 52 million dollars. >> these budgets are because we do not have the staffing to and these events on on a regular shift. if oakland at the number of officers that it probably need to definitely need to drastically needs, then you would have to schedule of these events on overtime. >> due to the reduction in overtime spending, the chief says of

dan kerman kron. 4 news.t to mayor oakland, skews me, california waste solutions and abc security. we have not heard back. >> the fbi says it will not make any comments on the da's filing. which police say it's probably not a great idea to do donuts right in front of officers, especially when you're on probation for dui. this happened over the weekend near cheslie avenue and second street police from the area when a driver decided to start doing some doughnuts. you know, those big circles in the street right in front of officers. so they were pulled over and they found out that this driver was on probation and they even checked the car engine and they say they found illegal modifications and have now impounded the vehicle. fentanyl and other illegal drugs are now being found in dolphins. this is according to new research out of texas. and researchers can only blame drug smuggling at this point. news nation's xavier walton got on the water with the team that's behind this work. >> doctor de roar back describin