here now to explain how food 4 families hps with that third area is robin berkeley, who is executive director of horton's kids. nice to see you, robin. >> thank you. thanksg for hav. >> so, how does food 4 families meet some of your children's basic needs? >> we couldn't be more grateful for this donation. horton's kids seeks to empower children living in under remote or under c resourcedmunity, graduate from high school and go on to be successful in college career and life. i think a lot of people in the city may not realizerehat t are a fair number who are food insecure and many of the families who community that we serve are among them. we're just about two miles from the cab tapital, but the averag the families we serve is less than $10,000 per year. that would make it very hard to go out and purchase a turkey and all the fixings for thanksgiving and, youknow, i think a great american tradition lgie thanng shouldn't be dependent on your income. f everily in america should be able to celebrate this holiday. >> and doll of your kids get thanksgiving dinner -- >> they do. children en

berkeley police ask that your give them a call if you can help with this investigation. ( robin ) policeo alto say a man robbed áfour businesses last week wearing a "phantom of the opera" mask. the áfirst happened at vin vino wine on california avenue just before 2:15 wednesday morning. police say the burglar took the cash register and smashed the window. the burglar also broke the windown at simple -be salon and spa on university avenue, also at a subway, and at sushi house on el camino real. he was wearing a white "the phantom of the opera" mask covering only half of his face during the burglaries. if you can help with this investigation, call police. ( robin) it was a busy sunday morning for the redwood city fire department. take a look at this picture posted on their twitter account. a car went straight through the window of a business around seven thirty in the morning. you can see from the picture the volvo went straight up over the curb and busted the front window of the blue mercury store. this happened at the sequoia station shopping center location on el camino real in redwood

sound from vernita mccray - works at kids gym / berkeley ( robin )it has now been a full week since smokelanketed the bay area and the áextended exposure is starting to take a toll on people's health.people with asthma and other respiratory problems are the ones most likely to be having a difficult time.kron 4's charles clifford talked natsdr gary bean is a that man are struggling with the thick smoke blanketing the bay area. sotwe've seen a lot of people coming in with respiratory issues. especially our asthmatics. especially those who were in the fringe are now in the breech and need additional respiratory support. dr bean says that fire smoke usually hangs around for a just a couple days but this smoke is thick and people aren't getting any relief and that is causing problems.sot and that's why our mucus is becoming more compacted. there's more inflammation in our chests. more coughing. just a need to get this mucus out.bean says that the best thing to do right now is just stay indoors. he says that wearing a mask is not a guaranteed way to avoid breath in the smoke.sotan effective mas

closed and things like that.. ( robin )police say the suspect is an african-american man in his 20s to 30s. anyone with information about this incident is asked to call berkeleyin ) and in oakland saturday -- c-h-p responded to a d-u-i crash after recieving several calls of a black nissan rogue driving recklessly on 580 near lakeshore avenue. they say the car took out an electrical box, drove over the sidewalk & curb, and crashed into a parked car which was parked at a gas pump at the 76 gas station. several officers, paramedics, and firemen responded to the scene. luckily, the parked car had no one inside. a woman in the black nissan rogue was determined to be driving under the influence of alcohol at the time of the collision. the driver was arrested for dui more than twice over the legal limit and driving while on a suspended license for a previous dui, and was booked into santa rita jail. ( robin ) a tiburon woman who died after crashing into a parked california highway patrol vehicle in sausalito this weekend has been identified as 72-year-old laura lee pino. police report say pino was driving on southbound u.s. highway 101 near the spencer avenue off- r

video has alrady been viewed more than 50 thousand times on twitter. ( robin ) coming up on the kron4 morning news.. police in berkeleys responsible for stealing laptops from students. ( robin ) and we'll have the latest on an officer involved shooting in vallejo that led to a chase into oakland. ( robin ) and kron4's will tran will have a live report on the niner's cheerleader seen kneeling during the national anthem during last night's battle of the bay. (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) (woman) we'd been counting down to his retirement. it was our tresiba® reason. he needs insulin to control his high blood sugar and, at his age, he's at greater risk for lows. tresiba® releases slow and steady and works all day and night like the body's insulin. (vo) tresiba® is a long-acting insulin used to control high blood sugar in adults with diabetes. don't use tresiba® to treat diabetic ketoacidosis, during episodes of low blood sugar, or if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. don't share needles or insulin pens. don't reuse needles. the most common side effect is low blood sugar, which may cause dizziness, sweating, confusio

forests "nies will have to decide whether they value privacy and trees or safety" in berkeley gabe slate kron 4 news. ( robin) the fires to the north and south of us ... remind everyone of just how important it is to get up to the minute information, such as an alert to evacuate, or which areas to avoid. tuesday -supervisors in san mateo county passed a resolution so they can reach more people with their emergency alerts. county officials wanted to warn residents about bad air quality last week, so they sent out a text alert to those who opted into the program. governor jerry brown signed a bill in september... allowing local governments to access residential contact information from public utilities such as cable, garbage, water and energy providers so more residents could be notified during an emergency. <"and so we have updated emails, cell phone and landlines so we make sure we can hit the masses and that's what we want to do in these events.">( robin )san mateo county became the first in the state to adopt the protocol. the san mateo office of emergency services will collect the contact year, so when th

several measures focused on trying to ease the crisis and offer some relief. ( robin ) let's start with measure 'o...' the berkeleywhich passed with an overwhelming 74 percent. it authorizes the city to issue up to 135-million dollars in bonds to help low income and working families with housing... at a cost of an estimated tax rate of 23 dollars per 100-thousand dollars in assessed property value. ( robin ) the san jose housing bond measure also passed easily. it authorizes the city to issue up to 450- million dollars to help in housing... with an estimated tax rate of 8 cents per 1- thousand assessed property value. ( robin ) and finally lets look at state proposition 2... the "no place like home act," which also passed. it authorizes the state to use revenue from an older proposition that passed, to help pay for 2-billion dollars in revenue bonds, for housing for homeless in need of mental health services. (robin) still ahead on the kron still ahead on the kron four morning news...oakland's mayor shares one of the first things she plans to tackle after winning on election day. (robin) and here's a live look out

"> in berkeley, sanaz tahernia kron 4 news ( robin ) 97-year-old betty reid so-skin is the the oldesteer national park service ranger and she has received yet another honor, being named one of glamour magazine's 2018 women of the year. so-skin is a ranger at the rosie the riveter world war ii home front national historical park in richmond, where she shares her personal experiences regarding race and social change during world war ii years and beyond. a native of east oakland who now lives in richmond, soskin now shares with park visitors her experience as being a black woman living in a largely white america. as for glamour's honor, the magazine story about soskin says, "we all wish we could be that fully present in our lives, and it's something you soak up when you're around betty." ( robin ) legal pot use in california is now in its 11th- month, and some local farmers are looking to grow their income ... by planting marijuana next to their other crops. but in napa county, which is world famous for its wines, there is still a ban on commerical cultivation of marijuana. kron4's maure

berkeley. >> great effort by him. >> sierra, nevada brewery is making special beer for the sick times of the fire to raise money. robin woman for sierra, nevada is here. robin, thanks for coming on to day. you have created what you are calling the resilience ipa. this is to raise money for fire victims. what's the response been like? >> it's been really overwhelming and heart warming to us, alex. when we knew we wanted to brew this beer we decided we could go above and beyond and invite the rest brewing community to do it with us. we invited everyone to donate 100% of the sales of this beer to the campfire relief effort. we put out the signal and we were absolutely overwhelmed by the other breweries calling and writing about how they could help. we have about 687 signed up across the country and all of them have said they'll brew it and donate 100% of their sells. >> a lot of local breweries taking part, speak easy in san francisco, russian river in santa rosa, just to name a couple of the locals. they're going to donate 100% of their profits from this beer. what is the goal here? how much do you think you can raise?

politics- show newsom has a 20 point lead over republican john cox. ( robin ) speaking of john cox --- he brought his bus tour to berkeley monday. he came to talk about the lack of affordable housing with the owner of platinum auto collision and paint. some of the owner's employees commute all the way from the central valley to berkeley... simply because the rent is just too high in the bay. ( robin ) cox says he builds and manages apartments in the state of indiana at a much lower cost and aims to lower the price of building affordable housing in california if he is elected governor ( robin ) san francisco has seen strong early voting activity so far -- which as we mentioned, may lead to the highest voter turnout during a mid-term election in the californsenior u.s. senator dianne feinstein cast her ballot at a collection tent in front of san francisco's city hall. th

robin ) there are also a few colleges in the bay area that will be closed today due to the poor air quality. san francisco state university... university of san francisco... university of california berkeley. again these are just some of the schools in the bay area closed today due to the poor air quality from the camp fire smoke. for a full list of schools who are closed because of the smoke... you can head to our website... kron 4 dot com. ( james ) our top story this moring as we continue our continuing coverage of the deadly camp fire burning in butte county... officials have raised the death toll to 77 this morning. 993 people are still unaccounted for. crews have been out for ten days trying to find any of the missing people. the fire has burned 151-thousand acres.. but containment has gone up to 66-percent... those are new numbers this morning. more than 14-thousand structures have been destroyed. and over 14-thousand are still threatened. ( james ) last night a vigil was held for those who lost their lives in the camp fire the gathering became a chance for people to reflect on the tremendous loss in butte county. people gathered at people gathered at the first christian church of