it is now my honor, i was getting my orders from mike thompson. it is now my honor to yield to an incredible leader and gun violence prevention champion, the chair of the house democratic caucus, chairman pete aguilar. [applause] mr. aguilar: thank you, leader jeffries. we are here in part because of your leadership. your ongoing commitment to gun safety is noticed among the country, among the democratic caucus. we appreciate that leadership. chairman thompson, thank you for convening us again. your decades-long support of this issue makes me feel so proud to work with you on these issues. to whip clark and other members of the leadership team who are supportive of this, thank you. kristen, thank you for lending your advocacy, you voice, and ethan's name to this piece of legislation. all the members who you'll hear from today, the speakers, are parents and policymakers. and for us, we can't separate those two roles. we know the importance that gun safety plays in our communities. we know that when we see gun violence in this country is the leading

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aligned with mike thompson, she introduced legislation that would turn hundreds of acres into federally protected land. >> she was just wonderful to work with, she worked smart, she understood both the policy and the politics, and she wasn't afraid to roll up her proverbial sleeves and dive into the details to make sure that we got things right. right for the american people. >> climate change not only threatens more extreme weather but the world's beer supply could be disrupted. in today's project earth, anne makovec spoke with client is hard at work brewing up solutions. >> reporter: in the fruitvale district during oktoberfest or frankly on any night, the beer is here. >> we had plans to celebrate, we have pretzels and beer and just have a good time. >> reporter: and the guy behind the tap, 46-year-old, morgan, he owns ale industry where hebrews and serves up all kinds of craft beer. >> it smells like a combination between bread that is being baked with honey and granola. >> reporter: this batch uses 20 bags of malted barley, freshwater, yeast and just the right amount of hops , that

congressman mike thompson joining us. congressman, thank you for being to kind to jump on so quickly with us. your reaction and thoughts right now about the senator? >> well, it's very sad. senator feinstein was a legend, she was an iconic public servant and she earned and held the trust of voters throughout california for many years and that's because she cared, she understood the importance of the institution of representative government and she worked tirelessly for the people of our state and for the people of the united states of america. >> representative thompson, when you look back at your relationship with her, what stands out to you? what do you remember and what will you remember the most about her? >> well, we go back a long way. i walked precincts for her when they tried to recall her when she was the mayor of san francisco. we traveled in a campaign together in 1990. she's been to my district many times. i've worked closely with her on a number of issues, gun violence prevention certainly one of those, but t

all i could do was look and say to mike thompson, our congressmen, who had been in vietnam, "it looks like a war went on down there. it looks like a bomb." and he kept turning to me and saying, "yeah, that's what it looks like, but it's actually worse. hard to talk about still. those first few days were so hard. we didn't sleep much. we worked all the time. - the night of october 8th, we had a wind storm, and that wind storm led to 17 different fire starts across this landscape all around santa rosa. those 17 fires sort of rushed into each other and became two main large fire events. stop lights were out. the power was out. people did not know which direction to go. it was really chaotic. - [news reporter] there are close to 20 fires that are scorching hundreds of thousands. - [news reporter] thousands of firefighters have been unable to- - [news reporter] across eight counties and hundreds more people are missing. - [news reporter] it had traveled 16 miles in an instant seemed like. it just came roaring over the hills. - i've seen a lot of forest fires, but i had never seen anything

mike thompson. >> the fbi and service treasury department to get to the bottom of it. what's going on here? sure. it's pretty pictures. shows the facts to recess. stasio kron. 4 news. >> coming up next, the city of oakland risks losing its state funding for the already struggling 9-1-1. emergency struggling 9-1-1. emergency dispatch system there. what with chase freedom unlimited, you can cashback 3% on dining including take-out. cashback on flapjacks, baby backs, or tacos at the taco shack. nah, i'm working on my six pack. well, good luck with that. earn big with chase freedom unlimited with no annual fee. how do you cashback? >> the city in the east bay is now at risk of losing its state funded 9-1-1, emergency communication account after failing to meet state requirements. conference has june. has the city's response to a potential public safety problem? >> we know that the issues that are before us would not want a real app called 9-1-1 and i could not get through. we had a medical crisis. >> the city of oakland has another 9-1-1, emergency on its hands. this one i

. >> congressman mike thompson shared similar concerns. the i-team's spoke with him last week.f the intent here is to build a city, why do you think the land surrounding travis air force base was a priority years ago? >> well, i asked them about that because there city plans there. there new city plans are considerably distanced from some of the properties that they were purchasing. and they had, i guess, an explanation for why they bought some of those properties. and it ranged from anywhere there from housing that they want to be able to build to an area that would be maybe suitable for housing, flannery told the i-team. >> there are currently no plans to build any homes within one mile of travis, but both congressmen say it's unclear what that land would be used for , especially given it's an area that's already restricted. supervisor mitch mashburn represents the area. >> it's all zoned agriculture and now it has an overlay that makes it even more restrict with regard to agriculture and any industry that can be put in there related to that. so i do not see an investment pur

. >> congressman mike thompson shared similar concerns. the i-team's spoke with him last week. if the intent here is to build a city, why do you think the land surrounding travis air force base was a priority years ago? >> well, i asked them about that because there city plans there. there new city plans are considerably distanced from some of the properties that they were purchasing. and they had, i guess, an explanation for why they bought some of those properties. and it ranged from anywhere there from housing that they want to be able to build to an area that would be maybe suitable for housing, flannery told the i-team. >> there are currently no plans to build any homes within one mile of travis, but both congressmen say it's unclear what that land would be used for , especially given it's an area that's already restricted. supervisor mitch mashburn represents the area. >> it's all zoned agriculture and now it has an overlay that makes it even more restrict with regard to agriculture and any industry that can be put in there related to that. so i do not see an investment p

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congressman mike thompson who represents the area met with flannery associates. llc wraps this week. the company is made up of wealthy silicon valley investors who made the 53,000 acre purchase surrounding the travis air force base, too, create a new town. thompson says his first impression is that they don't have a real plan, only ideas about building a new city from scratch. as far as the investor secrecy about the plan goes, thompson says that was definitely brought up. >> they felt that they had to do business that way. order to be able to acquire the property they need. it >> i i have no idea how it is. they came to that conclusion. they were going much better off with a not explain to people what it is that they were trying to do. >> thompson adds that the company needs to make sure nothing they do harms or puts national security at risk or family farmers in the area. governor newsom plans to transform san quentin prison into a rehab facility. well, that plan is closer to becoming a reality. it is now being discussed by an advisory council that is set to re

are bayer chill tackle and our congress are mike thompson. we were just all completely blown away by what a great advocate she was and then how she what the working got money for this project, which i'm sure guys know is the hall of our 4. you know, the just rehabilitation of downtown napa. you know its say it's funny. you mentioned about, you know, her grasp of the details because we've been hearing that over and over for mothers to about how >> come and grab she had of the details of whatever topic they were talking to her about. and i get the sense that if anybody was going to approach or to ask for anything or to debate her on anything, they better done their homework before they came in the room. >> oh, without a doubt back at her office in dc a number of times over the years as a county supervisor. and that's what i would. you know, what i was doing when we're doing the flood control project and all tell the questions that she would bounce back. we were on our toes. we went when we went into her office. she was absolutely blazing. amazi

congressman mike thompson who represents the area met with flannery associates, lcc reps this week. and thompson says they don't have a real plan. only ideas about building a new city from scratch. coming up here during this hour of kron, 4 news in the afternoon. boat owner is racing against time to save his phone. >> it's stuck on stinson beach. if he doesn't do it, it's going to get scraps how community members are helping him get back out to sea. plus, student loan interest begins again this month. when borrowers can expect to see a bill for those payments. but after the break, we'll get a look at how things are shaping up for travelers in oakland this labor day weekend. stay with us. "the doctor will see you now." but do they really? do they see that crick in your neck? that ache in your heart? will they see that funny little thing that wasn't there last year? a new bounce in your step? the way your retinal scan connects to your blood sugar? at kaiser permanente all of us work together to care for all that is you. >> we're getting a look now at the travel rush as millions of peo

congressman mike thompson has said he is concerned about the secrecy surrounding the project. well caltrans is beginning its final phase of repaving. i-80 near the carquinez bridge. here is a look at that stretch of roadway now under construction. this closure does run from hercules to vallejo in the westbound direction of i-80 and is expected to reopen early tuesday morning. gates of tom vacar walks us through what will happen and how this closure is the final step in a massive project. starting 9 p.m. thursday night until tuesday, 5 a.m, i-80 west will be completely closed for much needed repaving, making it much smoother, safer and far longer lasting for as much as 40 years. why four days over a holiday period? and we targeted labor day weekend is because traditionally it's the lightest traffic that we see in the bay. that's going to be about 200,000 vehicle trips that will be impacted by this closure. this is one of caltrans biggest maintenance closures ever. and that means a detour. fortunately all on freeways westbound traffic must exit at i-70 and 80in vallejo to pachec

mike thompson. >> the fbi and service treasury department to get to the bottom of it. what's going on here? sure. it's pretty pictures. shows the facts to recess. stasio kron. 4 news. >> all right. let's get you a check of your 4 zone forecast tonight. taking a live look at san francisco international airport. as we were saying earlier, going to be a busy one at the airport this weekend. yeah, i'm sure a lot of folks coming in here for the >> long weekend. looking for some california sunshine gayle ong is here. got some details on what we can expect. what's going go. >> good evening, good evening, everyone. well, we're on the cooler side here in the bay area. but monday is looking a little better for your labor day weekend. but as for right now, quiet. but if you're heading to the sierra, i know a lot of folks here in the bay area like to drive up to the high country. well, there's some unsettled weather out there. this is storm tracker 4 over the last few hours. you can see some thunderstorms to our north and just zooming on out. we have this low pressure system that

around the travis air force base to create their mega city of the east of fairfield congressman mike thompson. he represents the area he met with larry associates, representatives this week. he says his first impression is they don't really have a concrete plan, just more ideas about this new city that they want to build from scratch. as far as the investor secrecy about the plan. thompson says that that was definitely discussed. >> they felt that they had to do business that way. order to be able to acquire the property that they need. it >> i i have no idea how it is. they came to that conclusion. they would've been much better off with a not explain to people what it is that they were trying to do. >> the company is also accused of strong arm tactics to get the farmers to sell their land like if they didn't or gave resistance they were threatened with legal action. thompson as the company needs to make sure that does harm to travis air force base or puts national security at risk or is a risk for the family farmers in that area? it's 8.39, in the east bay. one person is dead and another in

congressman mike thompson and jared huffman are among the guests at the 26th annual north bay labor council. labor day breakfast in santa rosa. the napa solano central labor council will hold its holiday breakfast later tomorrow morning in benicia. that event will include thompson, along with fellow congressional members john garamendi and barbara lee and congresswoman barbara lee will be among those taking part in a labor day march and rally in the city of oakland. it's being organized by unions representing hospital workers. they will gather at mosswood park and then walk to kaiser permanente, oakland medical center to protest contract negotiations against the hospital. the labor contract is set to expire at the end of this month. tomorrow is the labor day holiday. that means no mail service. all local, state and federal government offices are closed. libraries also closed. wall street will also be shut down. the new york stock exchange reopens tuesday after ending friday, up 115 points. and labor day is a time to honor and really reflect upon the importance and history of workers in amer

acres surrounding the travis air force base to create this city east of fairfield congressman mike thompson who represents that area met with flannery associates wraps and he says that his first impression is they don't really have a concrete plan. he thinks they just have ideas about this new city and how to build it from scratch. as far as the investor secrecy goes, thompson says that was discussed. >> they felt that they had to do business that way. their order to be able to acquire the property they need. it >> i i have no idea how it is. they came to that conclusion. they were going much better off with a not explain to people what it is that they were trying to do. >> the company is accused of also using strong arm tactics when they tried to buy land that farmers may be were reluctant to sell pressuring them with legal action if they didn't. thompson adds the company needs to make sure that they don't do anything that harms travis air force base puts national security at risk or harms the family farmers in that area. >> well, in the north bay, a local hardware store share tools to hel

congressman mike thompson who represents the area met flannery associates and representatives from them this weekend. thompson says that first impression is they don't really have a plan. just ideas about how did they would build this new city from scratch? as far as the investor secrecy allegations about this. thompson says that the planned that or the secrecy of it was definitely discussed. >> they felt that they had to do business that their order to be able to acquire the property they need. it >> i i have no idea how it is. they came to that conclusion. they were going much better off with a not explain to people what it is that they were trying to do. >> and the company is also accused of strong arming farmers out of their land to pressuring them legal action to fork over the properties if they resist thompson, as the company needs to make sure that nothing that they do harms travis air force puts national security at risk or is a risk to family farmers in the area. >> san jose mayor matt mahan wants to deter sideshows in the city by calling on social media companies to join the f

. >> congressman mike thompson shared similar concerns. the i-team spoke with him last week. if the intent here is to build a city, why do you think the land surrounding travis air force base was a priority three years ago? >> well, i asked them about that because their city plans, their their new city plans are considerably distanced from some of the properties that they were purchasing. and they had, i guess, an explanation for why they bought some of those properties. and it ranged from anywhere there from housing that they want to be able to build to area that would be maybe suitable for housing, flannery told the i-team. >> there are currently no plans to build any homes within one mile of travis, but both congressmen say it's unclear what that land would be used for , especially given it's an area that's already restricted. supervisor mitch mashburn represents the area. >> it's all zoned agriculture and now it has an overlay that makes it even more risky. adjective with regard to agriculture and any industry that can be put in there related to that. so i do not see an i

recently some lawmakers have expressed expressed skepticism about the proposed new city congressman mike thompsonsaid he's concerned about the secrecy surrounding the project. a historic cabin once used to spot wildfires is now being restored. the cabin was built in 1937 and it has a bird's eye view of the el dorado national forest. but as technology got better, the forest service stopped using the lookout in the 80s. and after sitting empty for years, it's now getting a new lease on life thanks to the great american outdoors act, signed by former president donald trump, the act freed up federal funds to save historic buildings on public lands and it's amazing to be able to preserve places like this so that future generations can visit them as well. the forest service is using the nonprofit historic core to do the restoration work, and the team is mostly made up of volunteers. well, could robots be the future for helping the visually impaired? how researchers in switzerland are testing a possible replacement for guide dogs. and there's a new hour of news coming to ktvu next month. first, at 7 p.m

and what they want to do is create a new mega utopia east of fairfield cars and mike thompson who represents that area met with representatives from flannery and he says his first impression is they don't really have a concrete plan. they just have ideas about building this new study from scratch. as far as the investor secrecy around the plan. thompson says that was definitely discussed. >> they felt that they had to do business that way. order to be able to acquire the property they need. it >> i i have no idea how it is. they came to that conclusion. they were going much better off with a not explain to people what it is that they were trying to do. >> the company is also accused of using strong arm tactics to buy the land from farmers who didn't want to maybe even pressuring them with legal action if they didn't sell thompson as the company needs to make sure that nothing they do harms travis air force base puts national security at risk or harms the family farmers who are in that area. >> o k 9.40, is the time. let's head to marin county now where the race is on to salvage a beach sailb

. >> congressman mike thompson who represents that area met with flannery associates, representatives this week. and he says that his first impression is. >> they don't have real plan. he says they only of ideas about the building that they want to or the city they they want to build from scratch. >> as far as the investor secrecy about the plan goes, thompson says that he definitely it was brought up. >> they felt that they had to do business that way. their order to be able to acquire the property they need. it >> i i have no idea how it is. they came to that conclusion. they were going much better off with a not explain to people what it is that they were trying to do. >> and how did they get all that land? well, in some cases, it was an easy by and other cases. they're accused of strong arming farmers out of their land by pressuring them legal action if they didn't sell thompson as the company needs to make sure that nothing that they're doing is going to harm travis air force base or put national security at risk or any risk to the family farmers in that area. >> well, the race i

like to yield one minute to a great armed service member committee and a champion of the unborn, mike thompson of louisiana. mr. thompson: i thank chairman rogers and mr. jackson for their important work on this issue. historically america has held a positive view among the u.s. military among all our institutions but something changed last year. right now less than half americans have a great deal of confidence and trust in the military and you want to know why, the reason stated is because the military leadership has become overly politicized and addressing issues that don't have anything to do with the national defense. the best example is pro bowl of secretary austin's ability to reimburse travel expenses for an abortion. section 1093 explicitly prohibits funds to d.o.d. for being used to fund abortions and it was drafted and signed into law by people's duly elected representatives and this department of defense has decided to create a work-around. thankfully the house passed ndaa will end the lawlessness and we have to stando for that. the house has spoken and the house's position is clea

from democrat mike thompson, we are five days away from an extreme shut down that would have devastating consequences for the american people. house republicans leadership needs to stand up to the extreme it republicans who are harming the american people and its economy. supreme court justice elena kagan said she believes the high court should act with the code of conduct used by lower courts. it follows news reports on the travels of justice clarence thomas and the sales of justice sotomayor. university students attended this event. [applause] >> thank you for the introduction and the warm welcome i have received already from your law school. i really enjoyed the day so far and i'm sure i will enjoy this conversation too. >> i'm so grateful you are here. i want to start by asking you, your path to the supreme court ran through academia. you were an academic first. you were the first nominee to the court without prior judicial experience since adjust is 50 years earlier. how does your academic background shape your perspective on the court and do you think it gives you a different persp

at 730 tomorrow morning, congressman mike thompson and jared huffman are among the guests at the 26th annual north bay labor council. labor day breakfast in santa rosa. the napa solano central labor council will hold its breakfast holiday breakfast later tomorrow morning in benicia. that event is going to include thompson, along with fellow congressional members john garamendi and barbara lee and representative lee will be among those taking part in a labor day march and rally in oakland. it's being organized by unions representing hospital workers. they're going to gather at mosswood park and will walk to the kaiser permanente's oakland medical center to protest contract negotiations against the hospital. the labor contract is set to expire at the end of this month, sticking points include wage increases and ahead of labor day. elected officials and union workers gathered in the south bay to mark months of strikes across the state. they're calling it the hot labor summer strikes involving nurses, teachers and hollywood writers and actors. workers need more power to be able to live in

i want to give a huge shout out to co-sponsor cor of this legislation, congressman mike thompson, a fellow sportsman from california. i want to thank senator boozman and senator manchin who have co-sponsored the senate companion bill. i want to thank bruce westerman, the chair of the committee, and representative grijalva, for helping us with this legislation. before i close i want to let you know about how this came about. i love it whenever you're out there in the field or meeting with constituents back home and people bring up ideas. in this case, it was actually a sportsman in our office. taylor playforth. we call him baylor because he sunk his boat but that's another story. he's an avid sportsman, he came up with this idea. we were able to get this turned into legislative text, work with senator tots introduce it, work with the congressional sportsman's caucus and others. my friend from arizona is going to ensure that we pass this unanimously today. so with that, mr. speaker, i want to thank all the folks that worked on this. i want to thank vivian, staff from the natural resources co

mike thompson. >> the fbi and service treasury department to get to the bottom of it. what's going on here? sure. it's pretty pictures. shows the facts to recess. stasio kron. 4 news. >> and lawmakers at the state capital of also been talking about this recent land acquisition. farmers advocates argue that vulnerable growers are losing land to large corporations and tech billionaires. >> at least 50% of california's crop land is owned by 5% of the total landowners, meaning 5% of all landowners on over half of california's cropland. >> our sister station in sacramento did reach out to the california farm bureau for its reaction along with other agricultural organizations. members say they are closely monitoring the developments in solano county. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news, a laborer day weekend is officially in full swing. we are expecting lots of people to be headed to the airports as well as the roadways. >> and concerns over covid are also starting to pick up potential spread happening as more people gather together what doctors are saying about traveling

north bay congressman mike thompson detailed new proposed legislation on safe firearms storage today.ilable for responsible firearm owners. they can go right now today and get one at a good price. and that's important because as as i said, six touring firearms safe saves lives. it's my great honor. it's called ethan's law named for a teenager fatally shot in connecticut with a gun that was not safely stored at home. if passed, the law would require gun owners to secure their firearms in a secure gun storage or safety device. details are coming out regarding a closed door. capitol hill hearing involving artificial intelligence and some of the biggest names in technology. elon musk, mark zuckerberg and bill gates were among the witnesses at a senate committee hearing. they all agreed the government should play a role in the oversight of ai. they discussed ideas such as an independent agency to monitor the technology, increasing transparency and plans for the us to stay ahead of china and other countries. the overwhelming consensus that there should be some ai regulation, that it would b

mike got a scoop on it. so the papers came out thompson had no idea this was comping.n came out they had the newsstand in springfield it was pandemonium. there were people running around wondering what in the world is going on? coming in saying what is this? the guyton mr. note tax increases protect increase? lee daniels is a minority leader in the house and was puzzled the whole day about this. madigan is back in his office early, thompson comes in early a bunch of us reporters who run up and see them coming up the grand staircase. i goes to the third floor we are hounding him asking questions pretty won't say anything he stops and says i want to go ask madigan whether it is true. [laughter] so he goes back there. i picked up one of the papers and says bonsai. the attack is coming. he moved the tax increase through in six hours with the 60 democratic votes a power-play like nothing i had ever seen. eventually they push it all ... three in the senate added a little property tax increase but put it back into the house and they passed it and thompson ofsigned it. they ad

well, governor jim thompson republican governor didn't want the white sox to go to florida. mike madigan, democratic speaker of the house, he didn't want the white sox to go to florida. when you pick up the book that's the first chapter i want you to read because the way this happened, well, i'm going to have ray tell the story, but as he sayss in the book there wasa reporter there, a radio reporter in the gallery that was talking the whole night like it was a sportingng event. he just walked over, somebody is raise their hand. now overnight at the corner of the room we got a group going into putting their heads together. jen thompson just came in an rm and ran down the aisle. it was, it was literally down to the wire. some might say it actually crossed the wire but i will let ray tell that story. tell them about that night. >> the was an incredible night. probably one of the biggest rock 'em sock 'em nights i've ever seen. what happened was thompson came in to the capital he been out and it was like 430 thymic june 30, 1988. at midnight june 30 was when the bill could notor pass

base to create a mega city east of fairfield congressman mike thomas who represents the area met with flannery associates, llc reps this week. thompson says it first impression is they don't have a real plan. only ideas about building a new city from scratch. as far as investors secrecy about the plan goes. thompson says that was definitely brought up. >> they felt that they had to do business that way. their order to be able to acquire the property they need. it >> i i have no idea how it is. they came to that conclusion. they were going much better off with a not explain to people what it is that they were trying to do. >> companies also accused of strong army farmers out of their land, pressuring them with legal action to work their properties over to 40 properties over thompson has that the company needs to make sure nothing they do harms travis puts national security at risk or family farmers in that area. still ahead of the crop, the morning news get a local hardware store. >> are sharing tools necessary to help fight the fentanyl crisis across the bay area. why the store owner says they why the store owner says they do it will

that includes steph curry, klay thompson, andrew wiggins, draymond green kevon looney chris paul head coach steve kerr and general manager mikeoth use the work connectivity as a scribe. what they're hoping to get out of this group. here's a car had to say when he was asked about the topic. take a listen. >> we're going to try different combinations and take a obviously, all 6 guys are going to play. a lot of minutes for but you know, if this is going to work that everybody has to embrace regardless of who starting in, who's not. it only works if the whole team bison i know these guys. well, i know 5 of them really well. and i'm getting to know, chris, and one thing i know about all of them is they want to win more than anything for an incredibly competitive group. and i am very confident that we'll figure it out and and the guys will buy in and find a way. >> training camp for the lawyers that starts on monday. well, we have some bad news for the raiders because after losing to the steelers over the weekend, it was announced quarterback jimmy g entered the concussion protocol. he took multiple hits to the head during his debu

mike. >> as you mentioned, trace, police in madison have arrested a suspect in the brutal attack and sexual assault from over the weekend. according to police, brandon thompsonld from madison. we are expecting an update from madison police in a little over an hour and expect they will say the suspect is charged with first-degree sexual assault, reckless injury and strangulation. the incident happened sunday morning around 2:30 a.m., the victim was walking by herself. she was attacked, sexual assaulted and beaten to the point her injuries were described as life-threatening. initially police said the victim did not know her attacker, that her assault was a crime of opportunity and especially while attacker was at large it sent fear through the student population. >> hard being on your own the first time and then something like this happens directly like where you live and you just don't feel really safe anymore. >> it's horrible, and having something like that happen was just like heartbreaking and terrifying. >> i've noticed a bit more of a police presence or there would be cars or just like undercover cops you can tell that are around. >> madison police made

congressman mike thompson said he's concerned about the secrecy around the project. and today, ktvu mornings on two the nine heads out on a zip trip to pittsburgh. we're exploring this east bay city's most prized restaurants including some of which have been around for decades. plus we're going to introduce you to a company whose crunchy treats are sold in places like disneyland. and knott's berry farm. we are in all the theme parks all over the united states. we are in japan. we're in tj, max, burlington stores, ross stores. those are some of the stores that you can find. touchers and we're going to be live from john buckley square. so if you happen to be in the area, come on down for all the fun. that's later today on ktvu mornings on two. the nine nine. all right. time is 409. steve paulson is back with more on your weather on this friday. we have much cooler air aloft. look at these temperatures in the 50s here they were in the 70s, a couple of days ago, 60s and 70s. and we have a westerly breeze in place and the system that dropped in here. i'll show it to you i