and like the sea lions basking here on kodiak island, they're hoping tourists start returning too. tourism was slammed by the pandemic, including marty owens' charter tour business. how many tour s would you take out any given summer >> oh, 600 or 700. >> reporter: last year that number dropped to just 12. to entice new visitors alaska is offering to vaccinate tourists for free and is launching a national ad campaign. >> the idea is if we have excess vaccine why not use them >> reporter: even without the big cruise ships stopping here this summer, alaska buzzes with hope that covid hibernation is passing, especially now so many here are vaccinated themselves. >> i'm a serial optimist, and so i'm going to keep saying we're going to come back and come back strong >> reporter: lee robbins sees bookings on the rise at his b &b, offering free use of a car if you come. >> i'm getting flooded, the rest of the world isn't as safe as this place. >> reporter: hope too at this museum, 7,000 years of rich nativen history art woork is there to discover and purchase. >> they create a marketplace

and alaska's don young is asking for $18.6 million to rebuild a fire station in kodiak, alaska. needless to say, when the $8 all available, a lot of people here in this town have their hands out, shannon. >> shannon: yeah, across the spectrum. people like to spend money in washington. we are going to keep talking about that and let them know a little bit more. in the meantime, a surprising revelation today from the white house press secretary. she admitted that her team actually urges president biden not to take impromptu questions from reporters but they don't love it when he does. listen to what she said. >> he takes questions nearly every day beer that is not something we recommend. he's going to do what he wants to do, because is the president of the united states. spew on that's kind of a contrast. you think about the former

its bounty is its beauty and like the sea lions basking here on kodiak island, they're hoping tourists. alaskan tourism was slammed by the pandemic, including marty owens' charter tour business how many tours would you take out in any given summer? >> oh, 600 or 700. >> reporter: last summer that number dropped to just 12. to entice new visitors, alaska's offering to vaccinate tourists for free and is launching a national ad campaign >> the idea is if we have excess vaccines, why non without the big cruise ships stopping here this summer, alaska buzzes with hope the covid hibernation is passing, especially now so many here are vaccinated themselves >> i'm a serial optimist and so i'm going to keep saying that we're going dom back and we're going to come back strong. >> reporter: lee robins sees bookings on the rise at his b&b. he is often offering free use of car if you come. >> i'm just getting flooded with inquiries to come here now because the rest of the world isn't as safe as this place. >> reporter: at the museum hope too. some 7,000 years worth of rich native alaskan history and

the alex haley and monroe were stationed in kodiak when admiral bell served as their commander. we had the retirement ceremony for admiral bell and then the following day we flew out to kodiak to attend the decommissioning of the monroe after 40 years of service, pretty admirable run. but i can imagine that these tours help sow the seeds of home for admiral bell and his family. as i mentioned, i had the opportunity to be there when admiral bell passed on the rules and responsibilities of the d-17 commander. it was april 21. he was honorably awarded and recognized for his outstanding service and retired. but again, i think it is, it's noteworthy. this was not your average retirement ceremony. we had covid-19 protocols that were still in place. senator sullivan and i were in the front row. it was a pretty limited gathering. i think they were limited to 30 people joined by the governor of alaska. over 300 people watched by live feed. but behind us, so to the speakers, in the speaker's view and behind us was this exceptionally distracting view, the beauty of menenhaw glacier was beh

why did he use an alaskan kodiak bear? >> reporter: that's a good question. we don't know that they are's politics. we feel bad for the beer pick one concern we've heard from animal rights activists are the use of live animals. you have seen discretionary, the circus shows have come under, zoos. do we know that they are was happy with the way he was being used as a problem? a bear that is trained to be around people. it is still quite a sight. the animal rights activists are not happy at all. >> cox is casting himself as everyman, the beast you can get it done, just like that bear. caitlyn jenner also released a video. she cast herself as a disruptor. right? if we can show that video. basically, in the video, you see governor newsom at the laundry. you see nancy pelosi at the hair salon in san francisco where face the mostly she had her hair done while it was technically closed. there is that. also, it strikes me as interesting, she leans in heavily on her olympic gold days. talk about what that message is. >> reporter: it was a long add. cinematic in its sco

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he used a kodiak bear as sort of a prop. his second stop was at french laundry.at is where governor newsom was spotted dining last year with multiple households and maskless. >> the prty bosent his kids to private school. they didn't suffer during this pandemic like a lot of kids did. we will have to be a beast. we will have to make beastly changes. >> caitlyn jenner also revealed her campaign added today. meanwhile governor newsom address the recall efforts today saying this. >> i'm focusing on defeating this recall, that is where my energy is. it's about as direct as i can offer in terms of response. that's where resources are going. that is where my mind is in terms of energy. >>> bay area chefs using their skills to support the asian community. >> they are whipping up five course meals and donating thousands of dollars to local organizations. it is all part of the dinner series called chefs stop aapi hate. every tuesday during the month of may, five different chefs will offer a five course take- out meal. they can order online and pick them up in japan town.

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he had just held a news conference featuring that 1000 pound kodiak bear used in his ads. close have you come to the bear. >> kids that they're it's a very tame been hundreds of the movie. it's a member of the screen actors grill the guilt. so, i mean, it's it's it's it was raised in captivity. his mother was in is is wonderful life. it's not been armed. there's plenty of wild bears out of the woods that are just having a wonderful time of the woods. this one just happened to be born captivity. and so has been trying to do commercials movies and things like that. i don't think it's >> the bear is in the same union. i am. by the >> says the bear represents his belief california needs tougher more aggressive leadership. not too long after that conversation, though, the animal feedback that began. they got upset has also since acknowledged the bears getting a lot more attention than his platform. you can see the whole interview on inside capifornia politics saturday at 06:30pm our sunday 06:30am here on kron 4. >> and now kron 4 sports from the 18 t fiber sports desk. >> we'v

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the california governor's race has been drawing some attention to his campaign by using that £1000 kodiak in the brag background of some of his stump speeches, now republican candidate john cox is political campaign has been grabbing attention, but not all of that attention has been positive animal rouz. rights groups have been calling for an end to the use of the bear. and now cocks in his campaign might have an even bigger issue. the san diego humane society chief says the cocks campaign clearly made a misstep by allowing that bear to roam around shelter island while he was campaigning. even a well trained dog can have a moment and invite a person or another dog and her to kill somebody s oh, now you're talking about thousand pound bear that can run up to speeds of 20 mph that things could happen. the cox campaign slogan says the businessman is running for beastly changes to california. cox is defending about his new multibillion dollar economic recovery plan. we'll tell you who's getting much needed help from the so called california comeback plan, president biden met with republicans

. £1000 kodiak bear becomes the latest participant in the recall effort against governor gavin newsomve look outside. there's a cool down on the way our chief meteorologist excuse me, our meteorologist mark tamayo. we'll have the details and the complete bay area forecast complete bay area forecast coming up. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ hey google, turn up the heat. ♪ ♪ ♪ member as the mayor, their faces sexual assault allegations. all five candidates are calling on mayor dominic for poli to resign. seven women have accused him of sexual assault for paulie has denied that he did anything wrong and has refused to step down. the council seat opened up after for polio, was elected mayor last november so far about a third of the 17,000 ballots have been returned. results are expected early next week. the effort to recall governor gavin newsom is heating up with new political ads, major endorsements and a £1000 bear. ktvu political reporter greg lee shows us how the governor is trying to fight back as challengers take aim, the recall campaign against governor newsome took a new turn one of the gop challen

for a campaign stunt that included a 1000 pound kodiak bear. he used the animal as he kicked off his meet the beast campaign tour this week. the bear's name is tag has appeared in dozens of movies and commercials. the humane society of the united states released a statement demanding that remove tag from the campaign trail arguing he's putting the bear and the public in severe danger. >> still ahead tonight, vaccines are fueling a gradual return to normalcy but not everybody is on board with the shot. even now why a new study says money might be the answer. plus a 10:45pm tonight with anti asian hate crimes on the rise the mayors of the 3 biggest cities in the bay area share their thoughts. >> and what can be done to prevent the crimes. >> and chaos at a doggie daycare facility. you're seeing it here. what led to a pickup truck slamming through the wall. but people pets inside. >> from west virginia. this is pretty dramatic video of a truck slamming into a doggy day care center. it happened when the owner some customers. you saw them there. the

john cox has been putting £1000 kodiak bear in the background of some of his stump speeches.ut as fox is jamie chambers, reports a recent appearance in san diego had animal rights advocates outraged. pointed the bear on the political campaign is clearly to grab attention. and it certainly has. but not all of the attention has been positive, as animal rights groups have been calling for an end to the use of the £1000 bear, but now john cox and his campaign might have an even bigger issue. it is against the city municipal code to bring h any of any animal like that into the city of san diego humane society chief bill ganley says the cocks campaign clearly made a mess. step by allowing that bear to roam around shelter island while campaigning. even a well trained dog can have a moment and invite a person or another dog in her to kill somebody s oh, now you're talking about £1000 there that can run up to speeds of 20 mph that things could happen. the cards campaign slogan says the businessman is running for beastly changes to california. cox is defending his use of the bear. i be