palo alto. police are searching for a group of people behind yet another bowl hand back heist, $50,000 worth of bags were stolen from a local rechelle stop now, just the latest of crimes that they're seen targeting stores that sell pretty expensive bags. kron four's jonathan mccall has the very latest on that investigation. there. >> for the 3rd time in a little more than a month fee fs in palo alto have had a big appetite for expensive hand backs monday evening. police say 5 thieves walked into the room real resale shop on university avenue, ripping off security cables on a number of high priced and backs in all, police say the group getting away with 20 bags worth $50,000 night over there like high school kids because they had to be on. >> and in mass black who dion and then the mask us. >> this worker at a nearby business did not want her face shown but tells me she watched the entire sun go down and says it only took a matter of seconds. >> and they just ran off. they had to cause. fights by

in palo alto, j.r. stone, abc 7 news. >> congratulations to those graduates. >>> a very brave teen in mama bear in her backyard when her dogs got in way over their heads. >> yeah, it was all caught on video. take a look. this mama bear just starts walking on a backyard wall with her two cubs there. that's when the homeowner's three dogs rushed toward her. the bear trying to protect her babies picks up one of the dogs by her vest, but then the 17-year-old rushes out and pushes the bear off the ledge. >> i didn't register it was a bear. i just thought it's an animal, and it's taking my child, and i must protect my child. then i was like oh my god, i just pushed a bear. >> oh, yeah, she did. she suffered some scrapes and a sprained finger while the bear was simply trying to protect her cubs, haley was trying to protect her dogs. thank goodness everything ended okay because that could have been much worse. >> it could have. can you imagine? she said she didn't really realize it at the time, just reacting. g

in palo alto, j.r.tone, abc 7 news. >> congratulations to those graduates. >>> a very brave teen in southern california took on a mama bear in her backyard when her dogs got in way over their heads. >> yeah, it was all caught on video. take a look. this mama bear just starts walking on a backyard wall with her two cubs there. that's when the homeowner's three dogs rushed toward her. the bear trying to protect her babies picks up one of the dogs by her vest, but then the 17-year-old rushes out and pushes the bear off the ledge. >> i didn't register it was a bear. i just thought it's an animal, and it's taking my child, and i must protect my child. then i was like oh my god, i just pushed a bear. >> oh, yeah, she did. she suffered some scrapes and a sprained finger while the bear was simply trying to protect her cubs, haley was trying to protect her dogs. thank goodness everything ended okay because that could have been much worse. >> it could have. can you imagine? she said she didn't really realize it a

segÚn autoridades de east palo alto, casi 2000 libras de fuegos artificiales fueron decomisados.icen que han visto un aumento en el consumo de fuegos artificiales en dos ciudades, incluyendo east palo alto. >> es contra la ley. reportera: el alcalde fue explÍcito al referirse sobre el tema y aclarando que los fuegos artificiales son un peligro y muy molestos. >> si quieren utilizar esas cosas, tienen que tener en mente que son ilegales. piense en su salud. yo conozco personas que perdieron dedos. esto puede ser nocivo para todos. reportera: el departamento de policÍa de east palo alto recomienda reportar estas actividades. >> no sÓlo es un problema para los incendios. hay muchos costos invisibles. hay ancianos que no pueden dormir. tenemos una comunidad alta de retirados del servicio militar y tienen mucho estrÉs con esos ruidos. hay bebÉs que no pueden dormir y mascotas tambiÉn. reportera: las agencias trabajarÁn en equipo para prevenir estas actividades ilegales. el departamento de policÍa confirmÓ que se van a decomisar estas mercancÍas. espere que las comunidades pueden tomar

. >>> the chance to dine al fresco on university avenue in palo alto may be curbed. marianne favro has the story and shows us how business leaders feel about the big proposal from the city's manager. >> reporter: you can see people are dining al fresco in the street because university avenue is closed to cars. a move that happened during the pandemic, but now the city manager is proposal reopening the street to cars as early as july 6th. at this shop in palo alto the closure of university avenue to traffic has been good for business by allowing 20% more seating, which is why general manager michael woodridge wants to see the street remain closed to cars. >> we've been having more customer, it's wringing more people in and helping us a lot but it brings the community out more. ♪♪ >> i would like to see it stay closed. >> reporter: chris sellberg has lived in palo alto 30 years and likes having the street closed. >> just makes it nicer to be in this area with not a lot of traffic. >> reporter: palo alto city manager proposed reopening university avenue to cars on july

. >> reporter: it's friday night and both university and california avenues in palo alto are buzzing.community loves it. people are coming from throughout the bay area to come and dine. >> reporter: friends luis and michelle drove from san jose to experience outdoor sitting in a traffic free downtown area. eporter: but as the state is set to reopen on june 15th, the city of palo alto announced a tentative plan that would reopen university avenue to cars in july and california avenue in september. >> at a minimum we really love the idea of retaining the parklets and in a maximum maybe there's a way to keep some of the side streets closed. >> reporter: palo alto officials are targeting the upcoming three weeks to survey businesses in these two downtown areas. what's playing a key factor in their decision is parking. some businesses still need it. >> but a lot of the merchandise stores felt passed by and they've been really suffering, in part because the traffic and the pedestrians who walk down the middle of the street and now they can walk on the sidewalk. >> reporter: we did our own q

anyone with information is asked to contact palo alto. police has made kron 4 news. >> well, happening today, governor gavin newsome in california, attorney general rob bonta are going to be in sf today. they're talking about gun violence. they're also expected to make an announcement and take action. but the state is going to take after a federal judge overturned the state's 30 year-old ban on assault weapons. newsom has called the decision a threat to public safety. and it's not clear exactly what policies are going to be announcing today. now that news conference is scheduled for 10 o'clock this morning. we're going to be following it for you live on kron on you can download the app for free over on the app store. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news a san francisco chinatown year-old targeted. >> for 3rd time by a suspected vandal. how the community is coming together. the stand up against hate. >> welcome back to the kron 00:00am morning news. we are just a day away from friday. the weekend is upon us. and then the next couple of d

anyone with information is asked to contact palo alto. police has it made kron 4 news. >> another big story tonight. california health officials are updating the state's mask rules to align with the cdc's guidelines starting on june 15th cal osha's hosting a special meeting right now to consider changes for workplace mask policies today. the state's top health official doctor mark galli announced that vaccinated. californians can go without a mask starting on june 15th except on public transportation and in hubs such as airports and bus stations. also at k through 12 schools indoors in health care settings and at homeless shelters and cooling centers last week callow she decided to only allow workers to go maskless if every employee in a room is fully vaccinated. the board is deciding right now whether to withdraw those rules or keep them in place. kron four's. ashley zavala explains what we can expect. >> the update comes as cal osha continues to mull potential masking requirements for workers only in no way are predisposing or pushing f

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poet palo alto. police are searching for a group of people behind yet another board handbag high $1000 worth of bag stolen from a local resale shop. just the latest in a series of crimes targeting stores which sell expensive bags for jonathan mccall live in palo alto tonight with the latest on this crime and the investigation. jonathan. >> yeah can this troubling trend continuing here in palo alto tonight. police say just as the realreal resale shop was getting ready to close around 6 o'clock last night. a group of 5 people stormed inside of the story ripping off store cable security cables walking out with some $50,000 worth of handbags. police say not even a store security guard inside able to slow them down. for the 3rd time in a little more than a month fee fs in palo alto have had a big appetite for expensive hand backs. >> monday evening. police say 5 thieves walked into the real real resale shop on university avenue, ripping off security cables on a number of high priced and backs in all, poli

it is live in palo alto. the details. good morning, sir. >> people are incredibly happy this morning, learning that california avenue right here and university avenue are going to remain shut down to cause. take a look. it's not even that nice of a day and you see people out here enjoying the outdoor dining they're hanging out. it does not to be a great day to enjoy outdoor dining. as we know in california, it's not that cold so you can really enjoy it. and people say they're so glad to hear that the palo alto city council voted unanimously to keep university avenue in california avenue shut off to cars and keep this outdoor dining going in till the end of september. the city will be keeping this the way it is. it was supposed to reopen actually to cause the first week of july. there's only a few business owners who are against this saying they didn't get as much foot traffic with the street shut down. but i would say majority of people who live in visit palo alto say this has been a blessing during the pandemic and they

this in palo alto. lot of bags, lot of expensive bags today. police released images of one of the female suspects as kron four's haaziq madyun reports for us tonight. >> investigators are looking for the public's help in tracking her down. >> you're looking at photos of a woman suspected of being involved in a major shoplifting spree of the expensive handbags from the louis store at the stanford shopping center in palo so here we're estimating at this point that there were about 36 back stolen with a total retail value of over $100,000. it happened monday around 05:30pm, palo alto. police lieutenant james drive. schneider says this person is one of 11 thieves that coordinated sophisticated grab and run operations. arrived at the same time. >> entered the store. at the same time made no effort to do any shopping. it's quite clear they were there for a purpose. they were there very briefly before fleeing altogether a group of vehicles that were parked together. witnesses reported seeing the louisville time that thieves getting into 5 vehicles. a

but the people who live and visit palo alto.hey've said they love being able to safely, bring their family here enjoy the street dine shop not worry about cars coming into the road. some council members believe this is a huge opportunity to grow this area into a new walkable space to enjoy the mayor stepped out before voting. but did comment saying it's unfair to other businesses, not located on the car-free streets who don't get more space in the end, the extension was passed. so so did future plans to redesign california, street california avenue to make it even more successful. they're going to a look into with architects, how they can make california a little bit more walkable, make it better for businesses. so they're going to be planning that in the future reporting live in palo alto. sarah stinson kron 4 news. all right. thanks a lot, sarah. >> 5.38. is the time. still ahead on the kron 00:00am morning news san jose considering raising fines for people caught with illegal fireworks. this is wildfire season posing a huge r

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are closed off like this. >> reporter: but as the state is set to reopen on june 15th, the city of palo altoounced a tentative plan that would reopen university avenue to cars in july and california avenue in september. >> at a minimum we really love the idea of retaining the parklets and in a maximum maybe there's a way to keep some of the side streets closed. >> reporter: palo alto officials are targeting the upcoming three weeks to survey businesses in these two downtown areas. what's playing a key factor in their decision is parking. some businesses still need it. >> but a lot of the merchandise stores felt passed by and they've been really suffering, in part becapestwho walk down the middle of the street and now they can walk on the sidewalk. >> reporter: we did our own quick survey busine oer orand ivsi they should . avuehis restaurant wants to keep the downtown closed. >> a lot of customers still feel a little bit uncomfortable to come back inside. >> reporter: and california avenue the owner of this nail salon lost between 20 to 30 parking spots up front, but he says there's a soluti

this is in downtown palo alto.ust started ripping handbags from security cables when a security guard followed them to suspects approached him one mention something about a gun. but the security guard says you never actually saw a weapon. >> they're getting more and more. you know, they have more confidence doing that kind of, you know, once twice 3 time any time. and coming back again and again. >> now back on may 19th 10 people stole $150,000 worth of handbags from neiman marcus at the stanford shopping center. then on june 19th 9 people targeted the louis vuitton store at the very same all making off with about a $100,000 worth of hand backs. we'll take a break. it is 7.24 still ahead on the kron 4 morning news we're learning more about the young father killed in the juneteenth shooting. >> at lake merritt. we'll tell you how his hand is remembering him this morning. we'll be right back. >> 7.27 taking a live look here at san francisco with the clouds. i don't know if it's going to be a good day to eat outside o

palo alto 70, 72 in san jose and 74 in morgan hill. rainfall, been updating you on unusual june system we'll see friday, saturday, sunday. super impressive for us. pacific northwest hit pretty good with this. look how close that rainfall goes toward the bay area. right now a miss on the rain but if it moved a little bit south, could pick up rain chances. minimal at this point. looks dry but any changes, i'll let you know. san francisco in the 60s, 70 next wednesday, and for the bay area inland valleys, mid-80s this weekend and much hotter 90s into next wednesday's forecast. lot of different moving parts. for seattle, this is a once in a decade storm system hitting them for june standards. >> looks like winter storm, so big. >> yeah. >> thanks jeff. >>> just ahead, things changing quickly at oracle park, next giants game will look and feel a whole lot different. >>> and jimmy. >> hey everyone, tonight we have kristen bell, going to play new game, you can only keep one, it's a great show. tonight. >>> happening new, president biden rever

new this morning, palo alto leaders are laying out some of the city's gradual reopening plans. the "palo alto weekly" reports tomorrow's fully opening will not impact the city's deliberate process. libraries are opening with outdoor facilities and outdoor concert series returning one month from now, but some things and no time line yet to reopening of that city hall. >>> the red hot housing market squeezing out middle class home buyers trying to make it in the bay. "the press democrat" reports the median price is at a new july time high. over the past three months alone the county's median sale price rose $13,000, 17% above one year ago. the market is so high one housing affordability index finds one in four residents can actually afford a down appointment. experts say that some of the recent surge is due to people moving from urban areas, another reason, less housing supply due to recent wildfires. >>> all right, monday morning, getting us started with the work week. meteorologist kari hall keeping track of temperatures for us. today we need to take advantage of these nice tem

palo alto is now considering letting cars back on two stretches of highway. we take you through this delicate balancing act. >> reporter: it's friday night at both university and california avenues are buzzing in palo alto. >> people are coming from the bay area to come and dine. >> reporter: friends lewis and joanne did just that. they experienced outdoor setting in a traffic-free downtown area. >> we've made a point of coming to streets that are shut off like this. >> reporter: the city of palo alto announced a tentative plan that would reopen university avenue to cars in july, and california avenue in september. >> at a minimum, we really love the idea of retaining the park less, and at a microelectronics mum, maybe there is a way to keep some of the side streets closed. >> reporter: palo alto officials are targeting the upcoming three weeks to survey businesses in these two downtown areas. what is playing a key factor in their decision is parking. some businesses still need it. >> but a lot of the merchandise stores felt passed by, and they've been really

. >>> a $100,000 heist at a luxury brand store in palo alto. police say the thieves worked in a quick and coordinated effort to pull of the crime. maria medina is at the stanford shopping center with the search for the suspects. >> reporter: palo alto police say they are looking for 11 suspects who had several getaway cars to help them escape. luckily the witness was quick enough to snap a picture of one of the suspects. palo alto police hope this snapshot of a suspect with hands full of stolen merchandise, will help them catch the crooks. >> it is very unsafe for everyone. >> reporter: as employees have yet again another grab and go rubbery where the louis vuitton that was targeted is located. >> i'm worried about my safety because i'm working here and i and have to make sure my clients, customers are safe here. >> reporter: a group of 11 walked into the louis vuitton around 5:30 monday night and grabbed 36 purses before running 25 getaway cars. the total of the stolen merchandise is more than $100,000. >> it's terrible because everybody right

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sarah stinson has been following this and she is in palo alto with the latest morning. sarah. >> yeah, there has been a little bit of a debate between different types of businesses. as he said restaurants. they were like we love this. we get more space. but then some of the retailers like jewelry stores and such. they were saying i'm actually not getting as much foot traffic because people are able to park up and get in usually go live at university avenue. but today i'm here live at california avenue. i didn't even know they had this street shut off and they have. this is one of 2 major streets that they've shutdown for outdoor dining and this will continue to look this way until the end of september. but city council voted unanimously to keep it this way. after hearing from majority of people who asked city council please keep the outdoor dining. it's been our saving grace during the pandemic. and we actually want to see it stay past the pandemic throughout this period where we reopen do like we used to. we want to keep this outdoor dining. now, as i said, there were

that's in downtown palo alto.t started ripping handbags from security cables when a security guard followed them. 2 more suspects. arrived and one of them even to the other to pull the gun. the security guard says he never saw a weapon, though. >> they're getting more and more, you know, they have more confidence doing that kind of, you know, once twice 3 time any time. and coming back again and again. >> back on may 19th 10 people stole a $150,000 worth of handbags from neiman marcus at stanford shopping center and then on june 9th 9 people targeted the louis vuitton store at the very same all taking off with about a $100,000 worth of handbags. we'll take a break. it is 5.26. but still ahead on the kron 4 morning news we're learning more about the young father killed in the juneteenth shooting at lake merritt. we'll tell you how his aunt is remembering him this morning. up here, success depends on the choices you make. but i know i've got this. and when it comes to controlling his type 2 diabetes, my dad's got th

it happened monday around 05:30pm, palo alto police lieutenant james drive.ne of 11 thieves that coordinated sophisticated grab and run operations arrived. at the same time entered the store. at the same time made no effort to do any shopping. it's quite clear they were there for a purpose. they were there very briefly before fleeing altogether. >> a group of vehicles that were parked together. witnesses reported seeing the louisville time that thieves getting into 5 vehicles. a gray lexus sedan. a gray infiniti sport, utility vehicle, a white audi sedan. >> a black four-door high and i in a red 2 door honda sedan allowed to police. investigators say they have limited descriptions of the suspects other than who you see here. those totals are going to be our best opportunity for the public to help us identify any of the unfortunately, the remainder of the suspects were masked. an otherwise covered throughout the incidents. last month palo alto, police released these images of people who are suspected of being among 10 thieves who committed a similar grab and r

abc 7's reporter chris nguyen is in palo alto. >> reporter: visitors have enjoyed car free stretches of outdoor dining. >> i think it offers a nice feel to walk around in the street. kind of has that cul-de-sacish feel almost. >> reporter: as california prepares to fully reopen, bay area cities that close to close some of it streets to vehicle traffic are now faced with the decision as many debate what should stay and go in the return to normalcy. >> this is an easily accessible place. you walk out of your door, you walk down an alley and you're within 30 restaurants. >> reporter: the closure has been good for restaurants near by. >> it would be a really good boulevard for pedestrians. by asking we're seeing it happening now. on the weekends it's been really packed and vibrant. >> reporter: on university avenue a different story as a number of businesses have struggled to attract visitors to the downtown core. while many restaurants near by say outdoor dining have been a lifeline other retailers believe the street closures have done more harm than good. in a report to city staff, bet

the palo alto in redwood city, south bay or enjoy some mid to upper 70's by tomorrow afternoon.on the warm side about 82 degrees in pleasanton, 73 in hayward, 75 degrees in moraga 72 hercules 71 for friends in richmond at about 82 degrees in fairfield. so looks like we've got some nice weather ahead up toward the coastline keep those temperatures down a little bit. but you get that suddenly wind is going to feel a little muggy may be out there along the coastline to since the beach tomorrow. checking in 57 degrees about 73 in samaran fell and about 75 degrees in petaluma so next few days, things are going to start to shift gears a little bit. we're going to bottom out with these temperatures through thursday and then on friday that low is going to start to kick to the east high pressure begins to build in will begin to warm those temperatures up to on friday and then on saturday probably not as those temperatures up in the 90's and the triple digits at the hottest spots inland by saturday and sunday. and i think that will be the beginning of a pretty hot trend taking us well int

. >> reporter: quite the pedestrian paradise out here in palo alto. multiple city blocks shut down where you can just enjoy a stroll, take in a meal, literally let your kids play in the middle of the street. but as pandemic winds down, cities all over the bay area will have to answer the question, does it stay or does it go? the answer depends on which side of the menu you are on. shoppers and diners love it. >> a different feel. kind of annoying when you're driving around trying to park but once you get here, it is really enjoyable. let's see if they keep going for a while. >> the recommendation is to extend the program to september 7th. >> reporter: at a meeting back in april the staff look at a target date of september 7th. but then city manager moved up the timeline and proposed reopening university avenue even earlier on july 6th. california avenue would reopen september 7th. charlie weeden's with the palo alto chamber of commerce urged the council to consider all businesses. >> however wall supports the restaurant it is not necessarily support t

palo alto is contemplating allows cars back on two stretches, university and california avenues. you'll see it's a delicate balancing act. >> reporter: it's friday night at both university and california avenues in palo alto are bustling. >> the community love it. people are coming from throughout the bay area to come and dine. >> reporter: these two friends traveled to experience outdoor setting in a traffic-free downtown area. and we have made it a point to this. >> reporter: but as the state is set to reopen on june 15th, the city of palo alto announced a tentative plan that would reopen university avenue to cars in july, and california avenue in september. >> at a minimum, we really love the idea of retaining the park less, and at a maximum, maybe there's a way to keep some of the side streets closed. >> reporter: palo alto officials are targeting the upcoming three weeks to survey businesses in these two downtown areas. what is playing a key factor in their decision is parking. some businesses still need it. >> but a lot of the merchandise stores felt passed by, and they've

the issue some resi >> the palo alto city council has got a hot potato on a tense tonight as it considers the fate of the pandemic related street closures in the downtown area as kron four's. rob fladeboe reports now most restaurants in their patrons seem to like the idea outdoor dining. i mean, who wouldn't but the program may be hurting other businesses. >> like many other cities, palo alto closed off part of its downtown to allow restaurants to serve outdoors during the pandemic. now the city is considering whether to end the program. the newly created parklets have been good for businesses like burma ruby which would like to see the closures and parklets made permanent. it has really helped us. everyone loves the outdoor dining experience has that european vide that everyone >> so everything down to, you and makes a lot of peaceful for the dining experience and being outdoors. but the closures along the stretch of university avenue and nearby ramona street which have largely benefited restaurants have been retailers like medallion, rug gallery mixed restaurants. business are happy ret

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palo alto. rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >> 9 o 9. another big story, the drought and water shortage sonoma. now gonna require people to reduce their water usage by 20% starting next month. yeah. it's all part of the city's water shortage plan going forward. so this is just the latest chapter kron four's. the only 7 is live in sonoma. >> with what you need to know. the only. >> and yeah, well, i guess like you said, 20%, they want that to reduce 20% from what they use last year. so that means starting july 1st people will only be able to water their lawns on mondays and thursdays between 08:00pm and 06:00am pulls cannot be refilled and owners could only watch their cars if they have a hose with a shut-off nozzle. now, i spoke to a resident who agrees with all these restrictions, but he did and it's going to be tough. take a listen. >> i mean, i think it's it's a necessary step. they have to take. sure it's going to be hard to enforce, but i think we all know the reservoirs and lakes and everything's

go live here on california avenue in palo alto have been waiting here for a while.y order. i think i'm a little earlier. something just way too early. no one's really around. but this place is super fun. when it's like night time. there's even a cafe here that's open at 8.30, this morning. so up to see people when they get breakfast. but this is going to spot. people have been depending on its been the saving grace here and university avenue. people love to eat outdoors and palo alto city council listen, they unanimously approved extending this outdoor operation, carless streets in till the end of september city will be keeping university avenue. california avenue in this little half block of ramona streetcar free. until then, the streets were going to reopen the first week of july, but not anymore. now, there were a few business owners who are against this saying they didn't get as much foot traffic with the street shutting down. they people drive up our can walk in and they said there's just not enough parking and the parking structures are getting too packed. but

. >> the palo alto city council may take actiln tonight to either and or and the pandemic-related closure of streets those jews were close to help businesses in the downtown area as kron four's. rob fladeboe reports now the program has been a boon to the restaurants. but some other businesses say, well, it's time to open up the streets again. >> like many other cities palo alto closed off part of its downtown to allow restaurants to serve outdoors during the pandemic. now the city is considering whether to end the program. the newly created parklets have been good for businesses like burma ruby which would like to see the closures and parklets made permanent. >> it has really helped us. everyone loves the outdoor dining experience has that european vide that everyone so everything down to, you and makes a lot of peaceful for the dining space and being outdoors. but the closures along the stretch of university avenue and nearby ramona street. >> which have largely benefited restaurants have been retailers like medallion, rug gallery mixed restaurants. business are happy retail >> off a lit

it's been 20 years since 21 year old maria xiao was killed in downtown palo alto and police still need to lead to break the case. maria was celebrating her >> reporter: or even fenyears ago, are willing to talk now. >> many people out there today might have children now that were maria's age. and we're really hoping for someone that this case hits close to home and they're willing to reach out. >> there's a $100,000 reward for information leading to the identification and arrest of maria's killer. >>> drought conditions intensified in california over the past week. no rain. the u.s. drought monitor posted an update showing widening areas of extreme drought throughout the state. now marin county's water district is considering reinstalling a pipe that once ran across the richmond-san rafael bridge to ensure water delivery to its customers. wayne friedman is looking into that possibility. >> reporter: as summer approaches, we'll say it again. marin county is on the cusp of a record drought. you can see it in the dusty reservoirs and the livestock that no longer grazes on the absent grass

it happened monday around 05:30pm, palo alto. police lieutenant james drive.chneider says this person is one of 11 thieves that coordinated sophisticated grab and run operation arrived at the same time entered the store. at the same time made no effort to do any shopping. it's quite clear they were there for a purpose. they were there very briefly before fleeing altogether. >> a group of vehicles that were parked together. witnesses reported seeing the louisville time that thieves getting into 5 vehicles. a gray lexus and then a gray infiniti sport utility vehicle, a white audi sedan. >> a black four-door high and i in a red 2 door honda sedan allowed to police. investigators say they have limited descriptions of the suspects other than who you see here. those photos are going to be our best opportunity for the public to help us identify any of the unfortunately, the remainder of the suspects were masked an otherwise covered throughout the incidents. last month palo alto, police released these images of people who are suspected of being among 10 thieves who co

so i'm going to be a talking to a lot of the cities here talking with the palo alto.ee if they're going to keep university avenue shut down. so far it seems like they're going to shut keep the shutdown this is always been a shutdown area where people dine-in hang out in sunnyvale did tweet out. we hope you enjoyed murphy avenue and hope you enjoy it without your mask. so we'll have to see as the morning goes on, though, dari james, what will businesses do. it's going to be interesting. have your mask handy you have in your pocket because we're just going to have to wait and see. yes, i always have the mask in the pocket just in case. thank you, sarah. >> well, despite covid-19 restrictions being lifted today. there are some situations as sarah just mentioning where even fully vaccinated. people may have to still wear their masks. so whether you're vaccinated or not, it's important to remember that mask wearing is going to be required when you take public transportation, that includes bart and muni rideshare services ferries. the airport masks are also needed. if you'r

we can tell you that santa clara and palo alto police served a search warrant as part of a long investigation. law enforcement was out there for hours and left the scene just a few minutes ago. >>> right now on the kpix 5 news at 7:00 , streaming on cbsn bay area , mask rules are changing by the minute ahead of the states reopening. >> osha regulators are meeting as we speak to discuss reversing a workplace mask rule that they have flip-flopped on once before. >> the governor and many businesses are urging the board to drop the rule requiring fully vaccinated employees to keep masking up unless everyone in the room has had the shot. meanwhile, wilson walker reports, the state is out with its own new guidance for next week's big reopening. >> reporter: there's been a lot of clamoring from california to bask back off en masse gross, getting closer in alignment with the cdc as we move toward that kind of finish line on tuesday here you are about to get more options, and so are business owners. >> wearing masks is not solving anything at this point in time. i don't think we need to wear them. >>

his old home town of east palo alto.ly he's one of the shining stars for the green bay packers. one of the best wide receivers in the league remembering where he comes from and he told us how important it is for him to give back. >> i think about myself 10 to 15 year-old davante was you know, i was starving in praying for you know, extra resources that the parkhead, you cardio area, things like that were, you know, most of my training at that point was the old school way where you just going running not as many drills and stuff like that. it was like i school way so i'm going to have. and that being able you know, get that for the kids. and, you know, just people community is big for me means a lot to me. >> and you hate to see this serena williams. she goes down at wimbledon today. we're going to see another look right here. as you can see, struggling to stay up. she had to getkhelp off the court. she retire from the match and she is out at one built and just a tough break for serena that, you know, the shining star of

thank a thieves stole over $100,000 worth of luxury handbags from a high end retailers, palo alto. and today police released images of one of the female suspects. >> as kron four's haaziq madyun reports, investigators are now asking for the public's help to track her down. >> you're looking at photos of a woman suspected of being involved in a major shoplifting spree of handbags from the louis vuitton store at the stanford shopping center in palo alto so here we're estimating at this point that there were about 36 back stolen with a total retail value of over $100,000 it happened monday around 05:30pm, palo alto police lieutenant james drive. schneider says this person is one of 11 thieves that coordinated sophisticated grab and run operation arrived at the same time. >> entered the store. at the same time made no effort to do any shopping. it's quite clear they were there for a purpose. they were there very briefly before fleeing altogether a group of vehicles that were parked together. investigators say witnesses reported seeing the louisville time that thieves getting into 5 veh

palo alto, many cities are deciding whether to keep these parks lit. why some businesses don't embrace the idea. >> reporter: here on university avenue, you can see the street is closed and people are enjoying dining outside. but, some retailers and restaurants downtown are frustrated, they say the closure is actually hurting business. a beautiful day and outdoor in . this couple is happy to learn university avenue will remained close. >> i think it is great, i feel more european, outdoors and hang out and makes it enjoyable. >> reporter: the general manager says the street closures implemented during the pandemic allowed the restaurant to serve 30% more customers. >> it helps us not only to be able to see the capacity to grow but to allow us to employ more people. >> reporter: around the corner at the patio, owner at the patio invested $60,000 at outdoor patio. >> i think it is time to get back to normal and by keeping the street closed while it is fun for the neighbors to ride their bikes and walk their dogs, it is unfair to the retails that are loca

look at where we're starting this morning, san jose palo alto, fremont and dublin each at 63 berkeley, san francisco, santa rosa among spots in the upper 50's still talking some 70's, some 80's this afternoon before we do get to the weekend. he still to come don, thank you for that. we're still pretty slow here at the bay bridge. traffic is at least backed up to the foot of the maze. >> pretty slow long. 5, 1880, in terms of drive time. we're seeing some improvement we were at about 16 or 17 minutes earlier. now we're back down to a little under 14 minutes. once you reach the maze to that fremont street exit heading across towards the peninsula at 13 minutes for you to make that drive some slower spots that we're seeing here. traveling along one. oh, one, we've had some hazards there and it's slowing you down if you're traveling towards menlo park, it'll take you about 39 minutes leaving 85 there 82 to 8085 about tracking any major delays as you're traveling along those highways, the highway for is pretty slow improvement from last time i checked about 33 minutes now we're at 28 as yo

carlos down through palo alto in the 70's mountain view into the south bay mostly in the low to mid 80 today. that's cooler than yesterday. still warm, though, dublin 78 hayward 72 oakland right at 70 degrees conquered. you're in the 90's yesterday. not so much today only 83 only one 90 barely holding on for antioch while santa rosa at 84 tomorrow's daytime highs in lunch just a little bit cooler. we're actually pretty level for the rest of this forecast. well, through the 4th of july weekend and into next week, too. don't see any chances of rainfall. so dry conditions. and that's heightened fire danger is just going to be of concern the rest of the year. but at least we're not looking at any scorching hot days ahead of us rain. tom, thank you for that. we've had a busy morning thus far. we had some accidents to tell you about like this one in orinda. >> westbound 24 at fish ranch. road. we are seeing a little delay to her just not quite into lafayette yet, but just be mindful that as you're traveling lanes are open there. but again, it's going to take little longer to travel heading i

seniors at gunn high school in palo alto. graduated last night.ootball field last night students more masks. they had to be spaced apart. they were also only allowed to bring four guests each due to social and physical distancing measures. still, the students and parents told us they were so happy to be able to graduate in person. definitely a unique here. i never would have expected it. um i'm really happy that i was able to come to school in person for a few months before we graduated, but this is like better than i could have expected. it's been hard like it has been for everybody, but he's coped pretty well, just like all of these kids, i'm sure so ah. uh it's good to end it on a high note in person. how well to high school also held its graduation last night. today, the san francisco 49 ers kicked off an online series showcasing their lgbt q fans, the team says, is excited to share stories about the 49 faithful during pride month. other pride activities include the first ever genderless retail line by a national football league team. the 49er

on this table, just a sample of what's been confiscated the joint menlo park east palo alto fireworksis only a month old, and they say they're already making an impact. we've been very successful in getting ahead of the issue, even though it's just barely june, and we've actually seized about £2000 of explosives. £2000 of explosives taken as compared to £1300 in all of last year. what we can tell you is that we want to strike. at the root of this epidemic of fireworks to the best degree that we can local officials knew they had to do something last summer alone. fireworks started three brush fires and a house fire just literally in the one year we've seen the consequences of fireworks, and it's happening all over from oakland to san jose to antioch, where just this week apartments caught fire officials in east palo alto say a lot of residents are fed up. this is not going to be solved by the fire department and police alone. it's really going to take the community members to be apart. you can't just pop up a camera and hope to get someone in the act. it has to be a cultural evolution

the palo alto city council. they take action tonight to endure. >> possibly amends.andemic-related closure of streets. they were, of course, close to help businesses survive, especially in the downtown area. get a really cool for a while. but kron four's rob fladeboe reports for us. >> tonight. the program has been a boon to restaurants. but some other businesses say it's time to open up the streets once again. >> like many other cities palo alto closed off part of its downtown to allow restaurants to serve outdoors during the pandemic. now the city is considering whether to end the program. the newly created parklets have been good for businesses like burma ruby which would like to see the closures and parklets made permanent. it has really helped us. everyone loves the outdoor dining experience has that european vide that everyone >> so everything down to, you know, and makes a lot of peaceful for the dining experience and being outdoors. but the closures along the stretch of university avenue and nearby ramona street which have largely benefited restaurants have b

i will move on. >>> a team of artists finishing a 45 foot tall sculpture in palo alto.ental instrument. you can use your smartphone to play musical arrangements on the 18 steel pipes. the number has a special meaning along with the symbols on the work. >> those symbols are high, which is the title of the piece. it simply means life. it refers to the, to 18 prayers . it is the root word for to life. >> an artis was working on the piece when his studio burned down last year, but the artwork survived. >> meant to be. >> we can always use some music. >> really interactive and nice. good for the city. >> i was still thinking about the wedding. it was really cute. >>> the heat have a similar thing. you can look over all the water in miami. >> that view was stunning. >> i loved it. >> it is the place to have any and everything. >>> coming up next, the seven things you need to know today. as we had to break, ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ monitor, check and lock down you money with security from chase. control feels good. chase. make more of what's yours. if you're just joining us, here the seven