, who once worked for spear as a district director. >> kevin mullen is a great listener. he is compassionate. he is intellectually honest. sheat genuine. he has a great work ethic and he's humble. >> i look at what i've had a nearly decade track record of accomplishing. >>> actor justy smollett has take then witness stand in his own defense. here is video of smellette smollette arriving at the courthouse. hetoday he testified saying there was no hoax. his attorneys said that the attacks were real and the hoax story is made up. >>> today a 65-year-old polish immigrant said he's the one who assisted james and jennifer crumbley, parents of the student accused of killing four of his classmates last week. the man said he helped the couple get into a building. he said he was unaware they had been charged. the oxford school district in michigan has announced a soft reopening following the deadly shooting. >>> the district superintendent saying in a statement quote at this time our plan is to move slowly and gradually, balancing social and emotional needs with some low stress aca

peninsula assemblyman kevin mullen received spear support outside city hall in south san francisco withssica and sons liam and landon looking on mullen enters the race with endorsements for more than 40 elected officials from state spear announced last month as we reported that she would not seek re-election when her term expires in 2023 part of building a better bay area is highlighting others who are working toward the same goals we have here at abc 7 the brand new san francisco standard has recruited a team of journalists to serve everyone with a stake in the future of san francisco. abc 7 news is excited to announce a partnership with the san francisco standard to showcase some of their deep and insightful reporting on the city today on getting answers we spoke with news editor annie gauss for a new newsroom focused on san francisco. we're growing really quickly. we're going to be about 25 people by next month, which is very exciting and our whole mission is to help people to know their city and what that means to us is helping people know, you know, not just the people and the idea

spears says that mullen has the qualities needed to make a difference in washington. kevin mullin is a great listener. he is compassionate. he is intellectually honest. he is genuine. he has a great work ethic. and he's humble. all qualities that are not in full display in the congress of the united states. from time to time , i will continue to deliver for the district to use a basketball term. i'm going to box out. and make sure that sanitation county and this district gets its fair share of resources you can count on that has been super effective . mullen is a former aide and district director for jackie speier. he was first elected to the state assembly back in 2012 and has served as assembly speaker protests since 2014. two other lawmakers have thrown their hats into the ring, announcing that they, too are running for spears, congressional seat. san mateo county supervisor david canopus and burlingame city council member emily beach have both announced their candidacies. the san jose sharks today announced that new health protocols at the s. a p center will now include

today congresswoman jackie speier formally endorse state assembly speaker pro tem kevin mullin to replace her in congress. mullenunning for the open seat shortly after spear announced her retirement last month. spear says mullin has the qualities needed to make a difference in washington. kevin mullin is a great listener. he is compassionate. he is intellectually honest. he is genuine. he has a great work ethic. and he's humble. all qualities that are not in full display in the congress of the united states. from time to time , i will continue to deliver for the district to use a basketball term. i'm going to box out. and make sure that sam mateo county and this district gets its fair share of resources you can count on that has been super effective . mullen is a former aide and district director for spear. he was first elected to the state assembly in 2012, and has served as assembly speaker pro tem since 2014. two other lawmakers have also thrown their hats into the ring. sam mateo county supervisor david canada and burlingame city council member emily beach, former u. s. senator bob dole will lie in state at

spear appeared today at a news conference with speaker pro tem kevin mullin in south san francisco. mullennced he was running for the open seat shortly after spear announced that she would be retiring at the end of the month. state i will continue to deliver for the district to use a basketball term. i'm going to box out. and make sure that sanitation county and this district gets its fair share of resources you can count on that has been super effective for this. mullen is a former aide in district director for jackie spear. he was first elected to the state assembly in 2012. and has served as assembly speaker pro tem sends 2014 san francisco restaurant is apologizing after refusing to serve three sfpd officers as ktvu is greg liggins reports. the restaurant has received a lot of backlash. russian hill restaurant hilda and jesse at union and powell in san francisco, was busy with brunch sunday morning. despite the controversy it stirred up friday. that's when three uniformed and armed sfpd officers went there to dine but were never served on its instagram page. the restaurant posted a sta

spear joined speaker pro tem kevin mullin at a news conference in south san francisco. mullenr spear announced her retirement last month. spear says mullin has the qualities needed to make a difference in washington. kevin mullin is a great listener. he is compassionate. he is intellectually honest. he is genuine. he has a great work ethic. and he's humble. all qualities that are not in full display in the congress of the united states. from time to time , i will continue to deliver for the district to use a basketball term. i'm going to box out. and make sure that sam mateo county and this district gets its fair share of resources you can count on that has been super effective . mullen is a former aide and district director for jackie spear. he was first elected to the state assembly in 2012 and has served as assembly speaker pro tem since 2014. two other lawmakers have thrown their hats into the ring announcing they're also running for spears, congressional seat. san mateo county supervisor david canada and burlingame city council member emily beach both announced their cand

her support behind the state assembly speaker pro tem spirit joined kevin mullin at a news conference in south san francisco. mullently after spear announced her retirement last month. spear says mullin has the qualities needed to make a difference in washington. kevin mullin is a great listener. he is compassionate. he is intellectually honest. he is genuine. he has a great work ethic. and he's humble. all qualities that are not in full display in the congress of the united states. from time to time , i will continue to deliver for the district to use a basketball term. i'm going to box out. and make sure that sam mateo county and this district gets its fair share of resources. you can count on that super mullen is a former aide and district director for jackie spear. he was first elected to the state assembly in 2012 and has served as assembly speak. two other las have thrown their hats into the ring, announcing they are also running for spears, congressional seat. san mateo county supervisor david canada and burlingame city council member emily beach have both announced their candidacy. san joaquin congressman d

kevin mullin to replace her in congress. spear represent san mateo county part of san francisco mullen was her district director when she was in the state senate. he was also one of the first to indicate interest in running for her seat after spears surprise announcement that she will not run again in november. mullen is a south san francisco native. he was first elected to the state assembly in 2012 and would be term limited in 2024. happening tomorrow. walnut creek will have a new mayor tuesday night. the term of outgoing mayor kevin wilk will be up. current mayor pro tem at france was is expected to fill that seat. we'll keep you posted on tomorrow's vote for your money tonight. california voters could soon decide on whether or not the golden state. >> should have an $18 minimum wage that could come as early as november. joe sandberg spearheading the living wage act of 2022 sandberg, an investor and antipoverty activists says that he will finance the push to get the bill on the november ballot that would raise the minimum wage in california to $18 an hour by 2026 sandberg told the la times that if you work full time, you

. >>> more on kevin mullins he was born and raised in south san francisco, elected to city council, there, served as mayor in 2011. mullen was elected to the state assembly in 2012, he served as assembly speaker pro tem sense 2014. >>> one more note on politics, central valley republican, devin nunes is retiring from congress. he has been a staunch defender of former president trump. nunes is taking the job as ceo of the new trump media and technology group, that is a social media company that helps to compete with twitter and facebook. >>> still ahead, kpix 5 cbsn bay area, a special school located in san jose's little italy is closing for good. why it could signal a larger problem in the local community. >>> a real life grinch tries to spoil it all at a bay area holiday favorite. the attempt to torch a giant christmas tree. >>> repairs are about to get underway on some severely hi honey! hi mommy! oh i missed you! you just want to video call the kids. ok. hush little baby...don't say a word... but if slow upload speeds turns your goodnight call into an accidental horror movie... can you hear me? shut it down. just reme

kevin mullin to replace her in congress. spear represent san mateo county and parts of san francisco county. mullenrector when she served in the state senate. he was also one of the first to indicate interest in running for her seat after she made her surprise announcement that she would not to run again last month. mullen is a south san francisco native that he was first elected to the state assembly back in 2012 and we'd be term limited in 2024. happening tomorrow on a creek will have a new mayor. the term of outgoing mayor kevin wilk will be up and current mayor pro tim, that francois is expected to fill the seat. we'll keep you posted on tomorrow's vote right here on kron, kron 4 and kron 4 dot com. >> state lawmakers held another hearing today to consider how california should change or whether it should change the recall process kron 4 capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala explains some of the ideas being discussed. >> the witness before new lawmakers continue to weigh potential proposals to change the state's 110 year-old recall process. the joint assembly and senate elections committees met