michael james these days is an author, a photographer, but a protester emeritus.oing to leave it to others, to raise criticisms of the democratic party bill ayers and his wife, bernardine dohrn, spent 11 years on the run wanted in connection with a series of bombings of public buildings she eventually pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges like celia nims. ayers says he's demonstrating in chicago this week. if you're not angry, you're not paying attention. but if you're only angry you won't get to where we need to go. only love and generosity will do that. this week, chicago reconnects with america's partizan divide then and now the safety of poll workers is also a concern in this upcoming election. coming up, how some polling places are providing a layer of protection with so-called panic buttons georgia was one of the states where donald trump and his supporters challenged the 2020 election results. and now, ahead of the next election cycle, some county officials in suburban atlanta are making moves to protect their poll workers just in case cobb county commissio

judy: michael james was in chicago in 1968, when the protests at the democratic convention began. >>s early women's movement, certainly civil rights movement. people were really aware of what was going on in the world, and, you know, taking it out on the democratic party. we were demonstrating becse a lot of the delegates were staying here. judy: i met him across the street from the hilton in downtown chicago, where he took part in some of the most intense clashes, including when he and others began rocking a police van. >> there's a of myths about tipping it over, but we never did. we rocked it. this guy in the passenger seat right here, he comes out, he grabs one of these guys, i grabbed him. i took him down and i disappeared. judy: it was another violent moment in an already bloody year. >> we've got some difficulties. judy civil rights leader martin : luther king had been assassinated, leading to days of riots in major cities, including chicago. mired in the vietnam war, which would kill tens of thousands of americans, president lyndon johnson decided not to seek a second term. h

. >> reporter: you can see michael james now 82 in this famous photograph, protesters surrounding a policeisted over the years that we tipped it over. we did not. we rocked it. >> reporter: was that scary? >> terrifying. >> reporter: in 1968, bill ayers leader for the democrats student of society or sds. >> they beat me up right there, took me to cook county jail and i was there overnight. >> reporter: no one is expecting that level of volatility or violence at this year's connection, but here's what striking, the connection between yesterday's protesters and today's. >> we learned a lot from them, the way they protest on the way they take the streets. >> reporter: celia nimz, 26 is a organizer in the new sds. we invited her and ayers, now 79, for a talk of protest movements then and now. >> reporter: can you try to organize these demonstrations without cell phones, without social media? >> different generation, different time, different technology, for sure. >> it's a different generation, but i think the moral energy is very similar. i'm looking uneasily at the world, as we all should, a

. >> reporter: michael james these days an author, photographer but a protester emeritus. >> i'm goingo raise criticism of the democratic party. zble >> reporter: bill and his wife spent 11 years on the run. she eventually pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges. like cilia nims, ayers says he's demonstrating in chicago this week. >> if you're not angry you're not paying attention. but if you're only angry, you won't get to where we need to go. only love and generosity will do that. >> reporter: this week the democratic convention connects with the partisan divide then and now. i'm mark straussman in chicago. [instructor] hold it! hold it! hard time holding it? well always discreet absorbs up to a cup full. with up to zero wet feel and odor. so i'm not just dry, i'm jump squats level dry. we've got you, always. always discreet. (♪♪) (♪♪) voltaren... for long lasting arthritis pain relief. (♪♪) talenti salted caramel truffle layers, with creamy salted caramel gelato. -bradley. -it's cookies. -i can see the cookies, the jar is see-through. -i knew that. -i knew you knew that. talenti. rais

michael thomas and james, we'll send it back to you. >> michael, thank you. 7.21. at the time. 5 secretaries of state now are calling on elon musk to fix texas ai chat box. gronk. >> after they discovered it was spreading election misinformation. so top election officials from michigan, minnesota, new mexico, pennsylvania and washington reported that gronk produced false state ballot deadlines just after president biden dropped out of the 2024 race. gronk repeated the information for 10 days before it was finally corrected. the misinformation also affected alabama, indiana, ohio and texas. however, those states secretaries of state did not co-signed the letter to musk. >> all right. take a break here as we come up on 7.22. ahead on the kron. 4 morning news with a strike of the gavel. the legislature is finally back in session and will decide the it'll be raining cats and dogs again. time to waterproof with gorilla. waterproof with gorilla? gorilla waterproof patch & seal. of course. spray it, tape it, spread it, brush it to stop and prevent leaks. for the toughest

and michael thomas. james, we'll send it back to you. all right, michael, thank you. >> we're also learning more about 2 people killed in a wrong-way crash in san jose. the truck hit the car carrying 14 year-old charlie wilson and his mother. 47 year-old rebecca wilson. they died. charlie's father says the teen was a freshman who recently started at summit tahoe high school. or submit to home high school. investigators say the wrong-way driver is from florida. he was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. they have not said if he's facing any charges. well, another big story that we're following, the person killed in yesterday's big rig crash in the north bay was a longtime teacher at cardinal newman high school in santa rosa, a former principal at cardinal newman confirmed to kron 4 that the person who was killed was pat leffler tune. now he taught at cardinal newman from 1973 to 2019. he also served as coach for various sports, including track and field cross country. baseball football. the school's track, in fact, is named in hon

i'm eruption by michael crichton and james patterson. no, but i read a lot of fiction, mainly. a lot of authors. david ball dodge is one. oh, he is here. yeah. what's it like to bend down to see him and jeffrey archer and james are all and see j box have more titles and rod taylor like where does the car chase? hey, rick, have you ever come down to the national festival? no, i actually had thought about doing it this year because our library had a puzzle headed down there. well, and well. next year. but when they first talked about doing it, it was hot. and i was thinking about washington and all. and i just decided against it. well, you're going to be in a convention center and it's all air conditioned, so it'll be all right. john is here with us as well. and we're going to send john out into these folks listening with his whiteboard and see if anybody has anything that they're reading that they want to share with a national audience. maybe we start. is mrs. hayden reading anything at this point? any books? we'll we'll get that. well, we'll take the next call. john will write

james. we'll send it back to you. ok, lots to cover michael. thank you for the update. 5.21 is the time. >> the state's brand new fast food council is meeting for the first time since the new $20 fast-food minimum wage took effect fast. food workers expressed how much that wage hike has helped them, including a wendy's worker from oakland. >> it's been really good because i can now put more food on the table. and and in my fridge and pay my rent on time, which was always a challenge. >> and wages increases. wage increases haven't been good for everybody, though. fast food restaurant owners say they've been forced to raise prices. well, if you've been on the receiving end of road rage, it's obviously not just a coincidence. there's a new study that found the golden state has the most aggressive drivers in the country. so this study conducted by forbes, base, their ranking on factors, including being forced off the road, blocked from merging and changing lanes and being cut off or tailgated insulted, even threatened. and you can see we've got som

james. let's start the hour with a check of weather and traffic. we've got john michael standing by to little fog. if you haven't noticed little breezy, i see bush blowing over james shoulder there. hi, john. yeah, that pushing in a very dense marine layer this morning. in fact around 25 miles per hour gusts right now through the golden gate on up to the carquinez. so definitely feel that cool. chill that cool fog this morning. let's get a look outside in the south bay where you can out of that gray all the way down in san jose. your view right now, not so sunny, even further away from the coastline. you may be turning on the windshield wipers a time or 2 this morning and it's up 8 possibility of some low visibility up and down highway one as well as so take it a little bit slower on those routes this morning. otherwise temperatures are cool. great for that. brisk morning jog 50's for most of us. concord, you're at 58. same for you in oakland's to get the morning started later on today with the sunshine that will eventually reappear by noontime. we'll get to the 70's 80'

and michael thomas story. and james, we'll send it back to ok, michael, thank you very much.e now is 31. and we're also looking at the weather develop this morning. and it's quite the cooldown that we ocean breezes back. and we got good looking weekend ahead, john. yeah, the weekend, especially looking real good. but you'll notice that difference already. not just because it's pretty gray out there. >> compared to yesterday's crystal clear skies. that fog is pushed little bit of cooler air, too. >> you see that right here from mount tam love showing this view in the mornings with that fog still hanging out across a lot of us. it's really low gray at this point. so not making contact with the ground itself. 15, 20, even 30 miles per hour. wind gusts straight from the coastline. you felt those winds picking up yesterday. it's actually going to be a fairly constant thing to expect today into tonight. we'll push the great back our overnight hours and easy to see where that cooler ocean air is hanging out 50 60's to 70's along the bayshore. brent, what you're back up into the 80's

james. we'll send it back to thank you, michael. 6.19, and conquer. police have arrested 9 people. >> for thefts along dimond boulevard that corridor they carried out a blitz operation and they made these arrests for people who stole from all navy ulta beauty and home depot. police say that among those arrested was a minor. >> well, plan could help tens of millions of people wipe away their student loans with the latest push from the biden administration, the education department began emailing borrowers who have at least one federally held outstanding student loan to let them know about potential upcoming relief and to give them the option to opt out. the president says the move is expected to impact 30 million americans this fall. experts say there maybe some legal challenges. however, 4 million people have already seen 160 billion dollars in debt canceled since the supreme court struck down the president's initial plan. >> for your local election headquarters and we could soon learn who vice president kamala harris is going to choose as her running

james. >> thank you. michael is 5.19. if you commute the fair use, the ferry to commute to temper on. you'll need to find another way of getting around the next couple of days. the doc is going to be closed today and tomorrow this week, which means no ferry service, the bus will be running, though, but it will be on a reduced schedule pickup at that temperature on boulevard area and main street is where you're going want to go and remember, buses have less room for bike. so just keep that in mind. firefighters put out a brush fire in fremont fact they shared video which kron 4 has provided here showing you the smoke visible from 8 to 80. see all the response there. the fire began on fremont boulevard. >> and landing parkway about 3.30, or so sunday afternoon. no buildings are threatened and there were no injuries. not clear yet exactly what started that fire. cal fire put out a brush fire in sassoon city. they called the blue fire began in the area of blue mountain drive in hidden valley lane. at about 2 o'clock in the af

james. all right. thank you very much, michael. it is 502, to our big story this morning today. 3 american families are reunited after a major prisoner swap with russia. >> the deal was diplomatically complex and in both years of negotiations with multiple countries. we're for washington correspondent hannah brandt with the latest. >> this prisoner exchanges historic, the largest since the cold war and just before midnight, we saw the results of the deal unfold on american soil. >> there were tears on the tarmac. during the heartfelt homecoming of 3 newly freed americans feel great. >> a long time coming. >> president biden and vice president harris celebrated the emotional reunion with the families. this is about. >> yeah, since we are as a coach. it really is about the first the deal involved. a total of 24 prisoners and took some serious concessions from western countries. russia and belarus freed 16 people in exchange for the release of heat russian prisoners from the u.s. and european allies, including russian assassin and spi

michael thomas starring james. we'll send it back to okay, michael, thank you. >> 906, is the time. and there's a new housing complex for teachers and daly city. it's to the east more heights complex. it's 4 employees of the jefferson elementary school district. the hope is that this will be a way to attract and retain teachers and staff. >> it vital that the educational workforce, how the housing opportunities such as this. so they can thrive as educators to survive. daly city. >> as we prepare to open these doors, we see the realization of a vision that will help our teachers stay in the community that they serve. >> residents started moving in last month. the district says that they haven't yet rented all of these units out yet. they are expecting more people to move in between now and mid october. >> 907, is the time and covid this numbers have been going up. some parents are concerned with the new school year just around the corner. as you can spoke with an infectious esa e- disease specialist about what students and parents should know. >> it's here back to school for thousand

that's very latest here oakland and michael thomas arena. james, we'll send it back good enough. michael, thank you. while police in oakland investigating a deadly shootings happened right near a dollar tree. >> this is video from the scene from citizens app. we say that shooting happened yesterday afternoon on international right near 24th. we don't have any word on what led up to that shooting. and police in hayward. they're investigating an attack. we're a freshman, stabbed 2 classmates. so this happened on monday afternoon. kron four's dan kerman walks us through what we know. >> it's just the second week of school at hayward high. but parents are on edge. >> we have concerns this morning. my daughter was shaking and i have 2 dogs that go here and we talked when we got here. i go ahead, go to school. but we'll talk to the principal and we'll talk to the security and when we got here with hair police all over the campus and everything. so we've got a little bit yeas on monday. the school district says to 11 th-graders confronted a 9th grader on campus about one 30 in the aftern

i'm michael thomas. iranian james, we'll send it back to you. michael, thank you. >> well, police in oakland are investigating a deadly shooting. this happened right near dollar tree. this is video from the scene from the citizens app. police say that shooting happened yesterday on international right near 24 word. what led up to that shooting? >> well, hey, we're police now investigating an attack which a freshman was stabbed by 2 classmate. yeah, this happened monday afternoon. proffers dan kerman has that story. >> it's just the second week of school at hayward high. but parents are on edge. we have concerns this morning. my daughter was shaking and i have 2 dogs that go here. >> and we talked when we got here. i take go ahead, go to school. but we'll talk to the principal and we'll talk to the security and when we got here with hair police all over the campus and everything. so we've got a little bit yeas on monday. the school district says to 11th graders confronted a 9th grader on campus about one 30 in the afternoon. >> the 9th grader resp

james. all right. thank you, michael 901. and the breaking news as chevron leaving moving their headquarters from san ramon to houston. texans kron four's will tran on the story for us from san ramon. will. >> the ceremony will be moving once again. in fact, this is there new office that they moved to one year ago. they had a bigger office couple of miles from this location, but they downsize and that could have foreshadowed things to come. 2000 employees work at this location. they are still showing up to work and they will be able to show up for the next several years. so for them, it is not an immediate relocation, but ultimately at the end of 5 years, they too. we'll have to make a decision. do they find another job and stay in california or move to texas? now chevron says this move is not political, even though they have said over the years that they do not like california's regulations that it is so stringent. it's the most aggressive policies in the country and it hurts their business. they say this move is simply to g

that's a very latest here in alameda michael thomas. diane james, we'll send it back to you. ichael. >> it is 6.32 and another big story that we're following this morning. santa clara county has agreed to buy regional medical center in east san jose in early as a month. it downgraded the trauma center which had a lot of people concerned about where they would go in the event of a serious emergency kron dan kerman has more. new life free san jose's regional medical center after a roller coaster ride which saw owner hca healthcare first announced plans to close its trauma center and then instead to downgraded from a level 2 facility. >> to a level 3 facility. now santa clara county has announced it has reached a preliminary agreement to buy the 258 bed acute care hospital. >> we will also have the opportunity with the county's acquisition of regional to be able to restore level 2 trauma services as well as comprehensive stroke and heart attack services at the hospital on ultimately we intend to restore the labor and delivery services that were closed there in 2020. >> i think i

darya and james, thank you. michaelco is enforcing parking limit now on a road that used to have about 100 people living in our visa cards. yeah. now they can't park in there anymore. if they do, that's got to be a four-hour limit. no more kron four's jacmel. that takes a look. >> you know that, you know, it doesn't bother me. every model you know, it is what it is. jonathan hansen tells us he was one of the first people to park his rv on winston drive. and now and august is the only one left after the city is now enforcing a 4 hour parking limit. if someone loses their apartment or something, you know, what are they supposed to do? doesn't understand why the city is enforcing this limit saying most of the people parking here have been peaceful. the sfmta says it was out of sewage and trash concerts. the signs have been up for months but are now only recently enforce. what are people supposed to do? i don't know. i don't know i don't know what they want us to do. many of the residents actually didn't go that far at all.

that's a very latest reporting live in san jose on michael thomas. dorian. james, we'll send it back to you. thank you, michael. >> it is 609. also making news this morning, a half billion dollar deal was struck between the richmond city council and chevron. so this 550 million dollar deal, dollar settlement really was unanimously approved. the deal follows the removal of a proposed tax measure on chevron's refinery. that measure was set to be voted on this november. but now under this new deal, chevron says they'll pay the city. 50 million dollars a year for the next 5 years. and then 60 million dollars a year after that. it's a culmination of a long battle between the city and that will company over pollution. mayor eduardo martinez called the settlement historic for the city. but environmental justice group says they have mixed feelings. >> it is both ankle. some pride in the work that we've done like very, very proud of everything that. our community members are volunteer, he's ours. is that everyone has given so much. this campaign were so out of that. and we

experience and what their thoughts are and how being handled at very latest in the east michael thomas. taryn james, we'll send it back to you. thank you, michael. >> okay, 603. is the time in nearly 200 water fountains are currently covered up out at oakland public schools. this after testing found elevated lead levels in the drinking water. the district has blocked off access to water fountains on affected campuses and are asking everybody now to bring their own reusable water bottle fleece for the time being the local teachers union is frustrated as well. they say the district knew about the lead levels months ago but sat on that information until the start of the school year. >> the district continues to drop the ball. they continue to drop the ball on communication. they continue to drop the ball and providing answers for what has happened. and frankly, i don't think that their response to providing emergency water and the situation is adequate. >> well, it's unclear how long students were exposed to this tainted water. the district sent out a letter saying 61 fixtures have been repaired so fa

another gray and michael thomas started. james. we'll send it back to you. thank you, michael. >> 803, is the time and police are investigating after seeing a string of dangerous sideshows. yeah, you can see here what it looked like. one ended with a deadly shooting. another and with a police chasing somebody in the east 4 sarah stinson has more. >> hundreds of cars packed into this intersection here on lewis brown, drive for a sideshow that turned deadly. you can still see the tire marks on the road. i spoke with a woman who lives nearby. she says such as happened here all the time. but this being deadly concerns are. >> i don't go out the house like when they're around were told to not like gauge. but yeah, it's it's really good. >> its longtime resident wishes to remain anonymous while speaking out about the chaos that unfolded year for moms home early saturday morning. >> like the cars driving around really crazy. i heard like a loud explosion like fireworks and then some pops a budget. so i think that gun. >> police say they responded to several sideshow

james. okay, michael, thank you. time now to talk winners and losers on wall street financial expert rob black joining us this lot of losers on wall street this morning, rob. holy cow. looking at the markets right now. >> nasdaq off by more than 400. the dow is off by more than 700, although tell you about a half-hour ago and i class at the numbers, it was down more than 1000. >> what's going on? 1201 really big numbers. the 1200 points on the dow, the 4% on the nasdaq. typically we see about 2% pullbacks. and that's bad day. we're now at 2% pullbacks icu's in the percentages a little bit more we're having a fun time past year and we hit a correction. this is normal and healthy. be think of yourself as an athlete. james, you go out and run lose some weight in you hurt yourself. you have to slow down or rebuild everything. back up. the jobs report that came out on friday was not good. he was a big jump in unemployment. 4.3% of the odds of recession are going up. and that was enough trigger like a domino effect over th

that's a very latest from the east and michael thomas started. james, we'll send it back to you. okay. thank you, michael. >> it is 703. and nearly 200 water fountains are currently covered up now out at oakland, public schools. this after tests found elevated levels of lead in the drinking water. so the district is blocked off access to these water fountains on affected campuses and they're asking everybody to instead bring their own reusable war bottles for the time being the oakland teachers union. those pretty frustrated. they say the district knew about these lead levels months ago but said on that information until the start of the school year. >> the district continues to drop the ball. they continue to drop the ball on communication. they continue to drop the ball and providing answers for what has happened. and frankly, i don't think that their response to providing emergency water and the situation is adequate. >> well, it's unclear exactly how long students were exposed to this tainted water. the district sent out a letter saying 61 fixtures have been repaired so far an

that's the very latest reporting live in san jose and michael thomas story. and james, send it back to you. michael, thank you very much. 807, is the time. and there's another big story that we're following. dozens of rv's used to line the street. >> near lake and san francisco. so where did they go? yeah, officials ordered them to move and they did, but only about a couple miles away. that's where we ended up finding them proper. sarah stinson has the story. >> the rv community is now parked behind the san francisco zoo and next to a rehab center. this is creating some trash in safety concerns for people in the area. but families who live in the rv say they don't know where else to go. >> in our view, community has popped up right behind the san francisco zoo. many of these families moved their mobile homes about 2 miles from where they used to park on winston drive near san francisco state after the city started enforcing parking signs, there are no rv's in sight. the coalition on homelessness says as of august 1st, more than 50 low-income families living in rv's. th

i'm michael thomas story. james, send it back to you. all right. thank you, michael. >> now to news for your health. there's a global health emergency right now over a new strain of m-pox. so far it's broken out in 13 african nations and has now spread to europe. more than 14,000 cases have been reported with 524 deaths. experts say unlike the 2022 outbreak where the primary transmission was among men who had with other men. this outbreak is actually impacting women and children. >> children and africa have gotten about 85% of these infections then use. and 70% of the are to be children under the age of 15. and medical experts say there's no reason to panic. they simply suggest you get updated on your vaccines. it's 908, and a new california pilot program could soon make your airport experience a whole lot smoother. yeah. hopefully faster. >> when we say dmv, we don't off associate that with faster, but they're teaming up with apple and google wallets to try and bring digital id's into reality. proffers will tran is live at sfo to give us a look at

prince michael's son, prince james, showed us the old server room. >> we used to run things like gamblings people asking us to do things that we didn't really agree with. there was an organ transplant company, like human organs, that wanted to host out here, which my father was against. >> gambling is porn is okay, but we draw a line at harvesting human organs? >> yes, exactly. >> that venture failed dismally. but today, james and his young brother, prince liam, are still harnessing the power of the internet. the bates' family won't disclose the size of the national debt or the yearly budget, but it is service through the online sale of noble titles. become a lord or lady for $30. $600 will make you a sealand duke or duchess. >> and people are buying these titles? what is that all about? >> i think it means so many things to so many different people. some people love the act of political defiance. some people love the love story that ran through with my grandma and grandpa. some people love, you know, david against goliath. >> reporter: that national myth, the very idea of sealand, has no

and michael thomas started in james. we'll send it back to you. thank you, michael. and by the way, for the kids are all dressed and ready for back to school week and last week, if you've got pictures of them. >> share them with us here at kron. 4 just email. those pictures to assignment desk. >> at kron 4 dot com and we'll use that as part of our growing collection in our slideshow online at kron 4 dot com. we may also featured here on tv i always like those shots better than the school shot. you know where they do this all a formal yet the formal ones. i like the ones that are at home with the lunchbox standing in front of the front yeah. >> 705. right now. let's take you to the south bay where there was an accident and a woman was hit by a vehicle and san jose. she died and that is the 30nd fatal collision of this year in san jose. it happened last night area of snow avenue and capitol expressway about 10, 30 in the evening and she was taken to the hospital. that's where she ended up dying of her injuries. the driver is cooperating wite the investigation. >> 706,

i'm michael thomas carey and james. we'll send it back to 2. >> thanks, michael. time now is 906. happening today, a rally is scheduled in front of san francisco county jail to support the 26 defendants who face charges now for blocking traffic on the golden gate bridge back in april. they've all been charged with felony conspiracy and dozens of misdemeanors. they've been ordered to turn themselves in. they were protesting the war in gaza and the deaths of tens of thousands of palestinians 907, right now in a local safeway workers says he was fired because he was. >> taking care of the police who were on the beach near the store and watching out for shoplifters. he's now filed a huge lawsuit against the grocery chain. and crawford's grant. lotus has more. >> yeah. talking about deli sandwiches and fried chicken. that is what oscar santos junior says. he give officers who are working to help keep safeway crime free. he says giving them that food cost his job. even though he had approval from his boss took up the cops. but that baus died in the new boss came in. he says things chang

that's a very latest reporting in south michael thomas, tara and james, we'll send it back to all right. thanks a lot, michael. >> it is a 10 ac transit now adding some new automated cameras on 100 of its buses. officials say these cameras are designed to detect and issue citations to cars that are stopped or parked at bus stops. so for the first 60 days that these cameras are operational drivers will basically just get a warning but beginning on october, 7th, any driver caught parker stop in a bus. stop is going to be issued $110 ticket from these cameras. >> 8.11 is the time. and still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news of motel turned crime scene. we'll talk about the series of deaths leaving residents. they're rattled and shocking video shows the moment a family comes way too close for comfort to a coyote with their kids and everything. did they do the right thing under the gun there? we'll take a closer look. and after the break, the fears of recession, americans are eating out less and saving more. take a look at what brands are affected. it's your time to cash in. so don't just pl

michael thomas story. and james, we'll send it back to michael, thank you. time now 705. and all-clear at u c berkeley. now ,fter police spent several hours yesterday searching for a gunman, they got reports that there were gun shots fired on campus. >> and so they showed up en masse. as we told you here on the kron 4 morning news, the shots were reported about 8 o'clock yesterday morning near the clark kerr campus tracked. but they never did find a gunman and they'd never did find anybody who was injured. they did issue a police issued a partial campus lockdown while they were investigating the gunman was described as having possibly read or bleached red orange highlights in his hair and wearing a black shirt, black pants and red backpack. but again, they didn't find anything. today. the san francisco police plan to honor one of their own who unexpectedly died in july. officer luciano ortega. he served with the san francisco police for 9 years. they're going to hold a memorial service for him this morning at 9.30, saint mary's cathedral in san francisco. >> will be fbi n

including leon panetta, john brennan, michael hayden and james clapper sign a letter saying the laptop earmarks of a russian information operation. generated headlines first in politico and substantial tv conch, expose you all as fools and useful idiots for the russians. >> serious questions don't whether the russians are using rudy giuliani to interfere in the u.s. presidential election. >> we do know that it's a very active russian campaign. that's according to the u.s. intelligence community. >> joe biden took the same line in a debate with donald trump. >> look, there are 50 former national intelligence folks who said that what this -- he is accusing me of is a russian plant. >> others, such as npr refused to cover the story. then managing editor terrence samuels saying we don't want to waste our time on stories that are not really stories. when the "new york times" and "the washington post" confirmed the laptop's authenticity a year and a half later, scarborough said he had just been raising questions but it doesn't let the media off the hook. zuckerberg now says feign was wrong a

michael thomas story and james all send it back to to live in the studio. >> thank you, michael. it's 10, 0, 6, and another story that we're following up on today is the all clear at u c berkeley after what happened yesterday where there was a partial lockdown of the uc campus as police were looking for a gunman because there were shots fired. as we told you on those shots that were reportedly heard happened around 8 o'clock in the morning at the clark kerr campus track. so the police, as you can see and we showed you that were out there. they were looking for shell casings. they were looking for a shooter. they were looking for anybody injured. they found nothing. none of the above. they did have a description of the gunman who was described to have been adding like bleach hair, maybe possibly read or orange highlight wearing a black shirt, black pants, a red backpack. but again, they found nothing. and the case lockdown is over. today. the san francisco police are going to honor one of their own. the memorial services are happening at this hour in san francisco for officer luci

michael thomas story. and james, we'll send it back to you. michael, thank you. 605, is the time and all clear at u c berkeley. now after police spent several hours yesterday. >> searching for a man who had reportedly fired a gun near campus university. police say the reports came in that shots were fired around 8 o'clock yesterday morning. and they were heard near the clark kerr campus track. there's nobody injured are found injured anywhere. police issued a partial campus lockdown and started looking. they never did find that gunman who is described to have bleach blonde hair, possibly read or orange highlights in his hair last seen wearing a black shirt, black pants and a red backpack. today. the san francisco police department will be honoring one of their own in july. officer. let sean ortega died unexpectedly. he served in the san francisco community for 9 years. members of the sfpd will have a memorial service at saint mary's cathedral in san francisco and 9.30, this morning. >> okay. the fbi now investigating a san francisco towing comp

i'm michael thomas story. and james, we'll send it back to you guys live in the you michael, we'll check back with you later. >> it is 608. now to another big story that we're following this morning. dozens of rv's used to line this street near lake merced said in san francisco. that is until city officials recently ordered them to move. you know, it's an >> only about 2 miles up the road. there are some rv is the whole crowd for sara stinson takes a look. >> the rv community is now parked behind the san francisco zoo and next to a rehab center. this is creating some trash and safety concerns for people in the area. but families who live in the rv say they don't know where else to go. >> in our view, community has popped up right behind the san francisco zoo. many of these families moved their mobile homes about 2 miles from where they used to park on winston drive near san francisco state after the citt started enforcing parking signs, there are no rv's in sight. the coalition on homelessness says as of august 1st, mor

michael thomas starting in. james, we'll send it back to thank you, michael. >> 704. >> kamala harris as the president of the united states. >> house speaker nancy pelosi has been impressed with harris's career ever since harris was the san francisco district attorney pelosi says they've become close friends and she thinks that harris is the perfect person to lead the country. political insiders, in fact, say the pelosi was the architect behind president biden's decision to step down as the nominee, giving away what we're seeing right now life as kamala harris is getting ready. >> to accept the nomination formally tonight there is a watch party in the bay area. the san francisco democratic party host sense watch party tonight. it'll be at 5 o'clock in san francisco. you can join then at harrington's bar and grill, which is on front street next to oil exchange. everyone is welcome to attend. >> okay. turning our attention to other headlines this morning in the east bay attempted murder charges have been filed now in co

and michael thomas, tara and james, send it back to you. >> thank you, michael. >> it is 10, 0, 9 and people use public transit in the south bay now have a chance to weigh in on riders safety. santa clara valley transit authority is now accepting applications for its new transit safety advisory committee. that committee will help officials handle incidents of people assaulting riders or vta staff people with backgrounds in law enforcement and youth advocacy and mental health are asked to apply by august 23rd. you can find the application and more information on the vta website. all right. take a look at this. the 5th inning of a great white shark. there it is on the right side of the screen right behind a kayaker. there are a couple kayakers. one was recording this whole thing. the other was trying to stay as calm as possible. busy not being terribly nice get first will continue realize what was going on. there is looking over shoulder what do we do it? well. >> they move closer together. very slowly, dry. and they eventually made their way back to shore after. >> first paddling near

that's very latest reporting live in san jose michael thomas story. and james, we'll send it back to thank you, michael. >> 708, is the time. and now to another big story that we're following this morning. dozets of rv's that used to line a street near lake merced and san francisco. aren't there any more city officials recently ordered them >> to move so where they'll go. we found them actually a couple of miles away. take a closer look with kron. 4 sarah stinson. >> the rv community is now parked behind the san francisco zoo and next to a rehab center. this is creating some trash and safety concerns for people in the area. but families who live in the rv say they don't know where else to go. >> in our view, community has popped up right behind the san francisco zoo. many of these families moved their mobile homes about 2 miles from where they used to park on winston drive near san francisco state after the city started enforcing parking signs, there are no rv's in sight. the coalition on homelessness says as of august 1st, more than 50 low-income families livi

continue to keep you updated, but that it's very latest reporting live in san francisco michael thomas story. and james, we'll send it back to you. all right. thanks for the update. michael. >> it is 10. 0, 6. also happening today, a rally is scheduled in front of san francisco county jail to support those. 26 defendants who face charges now for blocking traffic on the golden gate bridge back in april. we covered it for you live as it was taking place. they've all been charged now with felony conspiracy and dozens of misdemeanors. they've been ordered to turn themselves in at the time they were protesting the war in gaza and the deaths of tens of thousands of palestinians. >> it's 10, 0, 7 and homeless advocates. >> our? >> actually, we're going to take a quick break right now. 10, 0, 7, will be back with that story and more coming up that story and more coming up in a minute. after careful review of medical guidance and research on pain relief, my recommendation is simple: every home should have salonpas. powerful yet non-addictive. targeted and long-lasting. i recommend salonpas. it's good medicine.

kiddos heading into the school for that first day that very latest here in san ramon, i'm michael thomas, dorian. james, we'll send it back to a lot of lawn. and there are other districts to that are starting school today. palo alto, san mateo high school berkeley unify all bunny city, unified fremont. >> unified campbell union, high school and santa rosa city. big lessons. no way. come up yet. well, 6.20, at to get him up. we'll see. but right now we've got lots ahead on the kron. 4 morning news, including a plea from the red cross because they're facing a flood. >> shortage. we're going to tell you how you can save a life. z's baking the house special. arisa's styling a new look. and steve's filling his biggest order ever. with the first ever comcast business five-year price lock guarantee, these business owners get five years of value on gig speed internet and advanced security. all from the company with 99.9% network reliability. so now they can focus on doing what they do best for the next five years. that's a lot of bread. you got this. the comcast business five-year price lock guarantee. switch

that's a very latest reporting in san jose on michael thomas story. and james, we'll send it back to you. thanks a lot, michael. >> time now 709, half billion dollar deal has been struck now between the city of richmond and oil giant chevron. so the city council unanimously approved this 550 million dollar settlement, which calls for chevron to pay the city 50 million dollars a year for the next 5 years. and then 60 million dollars a year after that in exchange for those payments, the city is removing a chevron tax measure from the november ballot. mayor eduardo martinez calls the settlement historic, but environmental justice group says they have mixed feelings about it. >> it is ankles and pride in the work that we've done like very, very proud of everything that. our community members are volunteer, he's ours. is that everyone has given so much. this campaign were so out of that. and were disappointed because we know that a lot of richmond voters, we're excited for the opportunity to vote on this in november. >> well, megan, zip hot and there's a bond to you

that's very latest here in oakland michael thomas story. and james, we'll send it back to you, too. thank you, michael. >> 608, is the time we have some new video to share with you. tired cefs continuing here in the bay area. and this time thieves were caught on camera. look at them in the background. you can make out some movement there in the darkness. the surveillance video catches 2 suspects stealing tires from a car in oakland. the owner of the video says this happened right near elmhurst middle school wednesday morning. the residents who shared the footage say this was the only car affected this time around. we've reached out to oakland police but haven't heard back. well, several students at the california school for the deaf in fremont have come forward now accusing a teaching assistant of assault police arrested. 25 year-old brandon dharun for 3 suspected assault, including molesting a child. he's being held right now. $190,000 bail at the santa rita jail during is scheduled to be arraigned monday. detectives are asking other potential victims who may have had contact with h

james. thank you very much. michael knight, 50 on the clock. let's go to the east bay now where people in san leandro are about to spend another summer without a public swimming pool. >> the san leandro family aquatic center was set to open in august, but slow repair work to that pool has officially delayed its opening for a second time. now. activities at the center were already booked through september, but now it seems like. they won't be able use that till next summer. 9.50, the time in the east bay, people in stanley at. well, we just talked about this story. let's talk sports now. baseball, the giants, the a's continuing their battle of the bay and we saw the giants come on last night comers. dan thorn has the highlights. >> logan webb has been everything but the giants a's pitcher over the last month. webb is really struggled as of late in his last 3 starts. into with a whopping 8, 4, 4, e r a yikes. indeed. a big one to right. the ship for the giants and of course, his own ship. and he did exactly that. there was a jam early for web, th

that's very latest reporting here live in oakland, michael thomas starting in james, we'll send it back to you. all right. thank you, michael. >> 808, is the time and look at this. this is video also from oakland and this is just to show you how fast it happens. this is surveillance video that shows 2 guys stealing tires from a car in oakland. very quickly, a look pops right up and off. they go in a second. watch this. this happened in the elmer's middle school neighborhood on wednesday morning. somebody who livss there shot this video couldn't believe, you know, just how easy it is. and this has happened repeatedly. there's just usually not this kind of a time video that shows you in real time. a quick and easy. it is. but this happening all around the bay. so just to draw your attention affected tires, wheels steps being stolen out of cars all the time. also breaking news from overnight out of san jose. police are investigating yet another fatacrash involving a pedestrian. this happened in the area of automation parkway and haas center road around 9 o'clock last night. a man was struc

i'm michael thomas story. and james, we'll send it back to you. ok? thanks a lot. michael. >> it is 806. and happening today, a rally is scheduled in front of san francisco county jail. and this is all in support of those. 26 defendants who face charges for holding up traffic on golden gate bridge back in april. they've been charged with felony conspiracy and dozens of misdemeanors. they've been ordered to turn themselves in. you may remember and you can see clearly here at the time they were protesting the war in gaza and the deaths of tens of thousands of palestinians charges were announced saturday. >> 806, is the time and a local safeway worker says he believes he was fired because he used to take care of the police. >> who would watch over the store? now he has filed a huge lawsuit against the grocery chain over his termination. crawford's grant lotus explains what's going on. >> yeah. talking about deli sandwiches and fried chicken. that is what oscar santos junior says. he give officers who are working to help keep safeway crime free. he says giving them that

that's a very latest reporting live in san jose and michael thomas story. and james, we'll send it back to you. all right. thank you, michael. >> it is 808. and in the news this morning got a half billion dollar deal. now that it's apparently been struck between the city of richmond and oil giant chevron. so the city council unanimously approved this 550 million dollar settlement, which calls for chevron to pay the city 50 million dollars a year for the next 5 years. and then 60 million dollars a year after that in exchange for those payments, the city is removing a chevron tax measure from the november ballot. mayor eduardo martinez calls the settlement historic, but an environmental justice group says they have mixed feelings. >> it is both ankle. some pride in the work that we've done like we're very, very proud of everything that. our community members are volunteer, he's ours. that, you know, is that everyone has given so much. this campaign were so out of that. and we're disappointed because we know that a lot of richmond voters, we're excited for the opportuni

that's a very latest here in the south bay and michael thomas, tara and james. we'll send it back to you. all right. thanks a lot, michael. >> 608, is the time and breaking news this morning. kamala harris has selected minnesota governor tim walz as her running mate that she looks to strengthen her position in the midwest. these are sources with the associated press who have confirmed that this morning and obviously we haven't heard from the campaign just yet. no official statement from the harris campaign. they're expected to do that later on today. again, these are just sources who have come forward and confirmed to the associated press who know that wall served in the army for 2 dozen years served 6 terms as u.s.. >> house before he was elected governor in 2018 and he's a former high school teacher football coach to 60 years old. and he really emerged as a standout in the democratic just that the odds were it was kind of between him drive just and we just found out cnn now confirming this. it's kind of thing kind of a dark horse see doesn't really at the front

michael thomas story. and james, we'll send it back to you. all right. thanks a lot, michael. >> all right. 9.11 is the time and in a motel there turned into a crime scene. now, the latest in a series of deaths leaving residents a bit rattled, as you can imagine. more on that to come. plus x, formerly known as twitter will shut its headquarters and relocate out of san francisco. but it's not leaving the bay area entirely. we'll explain. (woman) i've got this dream... and you're all in it! (banker 1) let's hear it! (vo) with wells fargo premier a team can help you plan for your dream. (woman) i have this vacation home... (banker 2) so, like a getaway? (woman) yeah, but... it's also an eco-friendly artist retreat. (banker 3) so, you're expanding your business... (woman) ...and our family! can you help me plan for that? (banker 1) yeah! let's get started. (vo) ready to meet the dream team? you can with wells fargo. >> 9.14, right now and i was able to shut the windows because of the mosquitoes as worry about. yes, but today it's going to be so hot. >> i thin

michael thomas story. and james, we'll send it back to you. all right. thanks a lot, michael. >> 606, on the clock. and there are more calls now for the oakland mayor to step down immediately and not wait for the november recall election kron four's dan kerman talk with the mayor and the group that wants to remove her. >> i respectfully ask mayor resign immediately. >> the four-member executive board of the oakland police officers association. he's called on oakland, mayor sheng thao to resign immediately and not wait for november's recall election. if you're unable to leave, we need to step down and allow other to lead. the city had a news conference tuesday. the opioids president, we wind cited rampant crime and increased fear among oakland residents with only 35 patrol officers on the beat at any given time. he also criticized the mayor and the city council for not finding a way to increase the number of police officers despite the city's ongoing budget crisis in order for our city to survive. >> as the state and draw businesses here, we need to have m