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organized the rally speak out against the recent surge in violence against asian americans stover sackey at that rally today and she's joining us now live with details on how. >> it all what. good evening, taylor. >> hey there, guys. we've seen a lot of people come together and unite over the last few weeks at these rallies. and while they do that here, this one took a slightly different approach. we actually saw a lot of martial arts, gyms and groups from across the city come here together to teach self-defense lessons in also give live demonstrations. >> and that's the message of sunday's rally at san francisco city hall 14 unity members gathered to stand up against the violent attacks on asian americans. san francisco native hudson lau organize. the event can sit back and wait for politics and policies those in need for long-term. >> systemic changes right now. families are getting beaten to death in the who do you argue with that his own moral compass for that kind of conversation. i mean, start talking to someone that things i see even okay. so right now important thing is talking t

taylor be sackey kron 4 news. despite san francisco not moving into the yellow. tier officials are still moving ahead. >> with plans to resume live indoor events as early as next week. starting next thursday, the news will be able to hold live events and performances indoors at 35%. capacity. that number could change the pain a local case rates and hospitalizations and vaccinations. the warriors will also welcome fans back to the chase center starting april 23rd. some music venues will remain closed argument. 35 1% capacity is too low to be profitable. meanwhile, one music venue in the east. bay has taken a very different approach. yoshi's oakland, a jack london square reopened yesterday. they're still not holding concerts just yet but are offering indoor dining. the general manager tells us it would not reopen the kitchen until alameda county at the orange tier because operating at a quarter capacity or outdoors only would have been too costly. >> is a lot of money just reopen because you need fresh food everything is fresh. and so if you reopen in 2 weeks later

in fremont ellerbee sackey kron 4 news. >> in the south bay san police are testing out new technology created to combat gun violence the year. it's a 6 month pilot program designed to help police keep watch over a neighborhood that regularly reports gunfire. the system is equipped with microphones a video camera and automated license plate reader. and this all could mean faster response times for both police and medical aid. if needed residents were short the devices will be pointing away from homes and apartments tug our privacy. this audio only gunshot detection technology is already in use in oakland east palo alto and other cities. the murder of a 7 month old baby is raising concerns about the san francisco district attorney's record on charging domestic violence cases just williams has been charged with murder after the baby was taken to the with signs of trauma. williams have been arrested in january and march off suspicion. domestic violence involving a woman who's not the baby's mother those charges were dropped because the woman told police she started the fight and did not w

. >> he's told that they be the first in the country to do so in san jose taylor sackey kron 4 news. >> coming up on the kron 00:00am morning news, one bay area county could bring back water restrictions after 2 dry winters in a row. have those details up next. >> water restrictions could return to marin county after 2 dry winters in a row. the marine water district is expected to vote to declare an emergency water shortage in the county. some of the restrictions include limiting outdoor watering to one day a week, washing cars reselling swimming pools or power. washing homes. some local say they're prepared to cut back. >> you know, it is what it is. we have to accept the realities that we are in a drought. once again. not necessarily despair. i mean, we live in a beautiful part of the world. >> anyone caught violating the county's new rules could be fined up to 250 dollars. welcome back to the kron 4 morning news. let's get another check of weather john shrable. john, i know you've been actively following the drought situation. so where do we stand on that. yeah, exactly. 2 years o

question last summer when they were used by police during the protests in the castro district taylor sackey kron 4 news. >> and the east bay. the president of oakland's chinatown chamber of commerce is the latest victim of an attack against the asian american pacific islander community crouch and tells us he was right across from chinatown on thursday when a man came up behind them and hit him in the head. chan says the attacker then walked away. he was able to take pictures of the man and police were able to track him down and arrest him. chan says although he scraped his hands and knees falling to the ground. he's now at home recovering chan has been one of the most vocal and visible outspoken advocates for the a p i community following the recent surge in attacks. he was actually on his way to visit another victim when he was attacked. and the south bay a $3,000 reward is being offered in the search for whoever shot of eta bus driver with an arrow. the santa clara county sheriff's office is investigating it as a possible hate crime happened tuesday near alum, rock transit center. 2 drive

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question last summer when they were used by police during the protests in the castro district taylor sackey kron 4 news. >> 8. '09, is the time. still ahead on the kron 00:00am morning news, a grass fire got a little too close for comfort for some east bay homeowners. we're going to have more on what they did to keep the flames at bay. now neighbors again are worried what's going to come this fire season. >> and james, the forty-niners think they struck gold in the number 3 pick trey lance coming up, we'll hear from him. and so much more in the morning bus and at the coast today bring the jacket with you were already breezy right along the coastline. even with clearing skies later today. it's going to have a cool feel in the 50's inland and even by the bay, it's going to feel a little bit more comfortable. some 70's and fairly low 80's and you got for your friday. >> i've got your forecast. >> and you may want to slow down just a bit as you're traveling across the san mateo bridge high wind advisory. they are also looking at your drive times into the city will have more on that coming up af

sackey kron 4 news. all right, taylor, thank you for that. >> now for our 4 zone forecast a live look over the richmond. sandra fell bridge looks kind of dark and lonely out there. yeah. the super pink moon is rising too fast. you can barely see it there in the upper right hand corner of your screen richmond center fell pretty illuminated this evening. chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is here. lawrence. we were really hoping for that storm yesterday to be more formidable then it last year. we are. yeah. it's sort of fall apart moving right along the coastline. so some places got some decent amounts of rain. some people not much rain at all. and that's the unfortunate thing. this could be the last rain. >> of the season and that is not good news from where we sit for the season so far. so here's some of the totals we saw around the bay area. almost a 3rd of an inch of mill valley, almost a 3rd there in tehran berkeley almost a 3rd of an inch sepsis. go 17. 100's oakland only 700's. and by the time we m

and hospitalizations have crept up too high to safely events into that next here at kron four's bus sackey joining us live from the city with why that is taylor. >> well, those live in person events where we're currently in the orange tier will continue to open. but right now when it comes to that case. rates and hospitalizations. that's what's preventing us to move into the yellow tier the main difference here is that the yellow tier would simply mean those events that will resume would be able to open up a larger capacities. >> san francisco's office of economic and workforce development. honey reopening plan meeting on thursday in anticipation of the city moving into the yellow tier next week. however, public health officer doctor susan phillips says that's no longer happening now. we know that's pushed back by at least a week and potentially more. >> depending on next week's of results of our cases and hospitalizations. she says san francisco was close but no longer meets the least restrictive yellow tier criteria we have been averaging between 3040 cases and that is that low stable nu

sackey takes a look at santa clara county. >> santa clara county leaders say we're now facing a triplehreat ahead of wildfire season. second is why by the drought. and is hope the 10 times toxic air quality since the last historic drought. santa clara county's water district valley. water. >> has been calling for a 20% voluntary reduction in water use compared to 2013 and says that policy remains in place today. they're now encouraging others to participate before it's too late. >> we've out there. think these are some more that i can do as we're heading into drop in the possibility waters research is coming down. you don't any looking out. it can i would say actually saying is right, randi, our head throughout ready is a washington. see throughout belly. water says. >> they have several programs to get your home drought ready. but the preparation doesn't stop there. supervisors and each of us in the bay area. air quality management district are working together to form a county wide grant program using federal and state dollars to equitably provide indoor air filtration systems for sm

. >> in san jose taylor sackey kron 4 news. >> and new from overnight protests break out in columbus, ohio, after a fatal police shooting of a black teenage girl. police say the officer opened fire because the girl was trying to stab another person. >> hundreds of protesters pushed past police barriers and approached officers outside the police headquarters. the protesters chanting say her name and quote, she was just a kid. >> and now we're getting our first look at some of the body camera video from the moments leading up to that shooting, but we have to warn you, the video is difficult to watch. >> the girl in the black shirt is makai a bryant and in the video you see her attacking 2 people and police say a knife was found next to her after she was shot. investigators are now trying to figure out whether the use of force was necessary. >> we'll take a 6. '09. still ahead on the kron 00:00am morning news. more schools are opening up in the south bay. we're going to have a live report on what parents, teachers and students can expect their. meanwhile, the latest from sacramento as th

kron four's taylor sackey. she's live for us this evening. after speaking with the victim in taylor. >> what's the story there? >> yeah, pretty crazy story just seen, you know, the victim, kendall mac. and does. he says that he was really scared those moments and felt unsafe at one point the suspect, julie warley and she actually got into his delivery truck and try to take take control of the steering wheel several times. he says he's just thankful that neighbors got involved in recorded the incident because unfortunately he's been in a situation like this before. >> just started cursing you know, first sentence under curse that those is very violent >> you know, i was in constant f storm and lee. i was this racially profiled from the job victim, kendall mcintosh says he was finishing rounds delivering packages in berkeley when 35 year-old julie will rent. >> accused him of speeding and then she and her boyfriend followed him to delaware street and muggy avenue in north berkeley. more so like the harassment started >> i saw was a child. my jo

approve a full return in person instruction planned for the fall by april 30th in fremont ellerbee sackey kron 4 news. >> the largest public school district in california has reopening all is reopening all of its elementary schools for in person learning kindergarten through 6th graders in the la unified school district are now back on campus but only for a few hours each morning and they are on staggered schedules over the course of a week. >> parents in the south san francisco unified school district. they will soon have the option to bring their students back to campus for in person. learning officials have installed 30 mobile disinfection units across all 6 teams schools in the district to stay safe. they used ultraviolet light to kill covid particles in the air and on surfaces. the district will welcome students in transitional kindergarten through 5th grade starting monday through the last day of school which is may 28. >> big news in california's fight against the pandemic anyone 16 years old or older is now eligible to get a coronavirus vaccine. the state is now racing to get as m

arrested last week for a hate crime after that confrontation in north berkeley kron four's taylor sackeye latest. >> the victim candle mcintyre says he felt very unsafe in those moments. and pretty scared. he says that at one point the suspect, julie warley and actually jumped into his delivery truck in tried grabbing hold of the steering wheel. now, judge says he's thankful that neighbors got involved in continue to record that incident. >> in some started cursing. you know, i. >> first instance ongoing curse that those is very violent lang you know, i was in constant i was this racially profiled from the job victim. kendall mcintosh says he was finishing rounds delivering packages in berkeley when 35 year-old julie will rent. >> accused him of speeding and then she and her boyfriend followed him to delaware street and muggy avenue in north berkeley. more so like the harassing started >> i saw was the sound of my job see what allowed me to sing of double doors and the from leave out of mcintosh says. >> weiland's boyfriend, then stood behind the delivery truck and prevented him from lea

getting pushback from multiple groups in the city which are citing privacy concerns sunforest taylor sackey joins us now live from the castor neighborhood with more details on this story. good evening, taylor. >> and there you know, proponents of the plan say that the location of these cameras plays a significant role in their has a dunce. this historically lgbtq community has always been a place of free expression in some worry that these cameras may be used improperly or abuse when it comes to discrimination of the community. >> controversial cameras are being considered in san francisco's castro district a neighborhood community group says it wants to use donations to install the cameras for the purposes of preventing crime. it helps in convictions. and that's what we want to make sure there are consequences to crime injury ighalo with the casual community benefit district says they proposed the plan after seeing many small businesses vandalized and broken into this past year. she says the cameras would strictly be used for crime investigations. only it worst it can get the right person.

taylor sackey reporting for us live from san francisco. all right. it's all connected to the weather chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is here now with the. >> look at where things stand lawrence. yeah, just drought conditions developing then the really gotten the tightening their grip on the bay area. much of the western half the united states. this is not something that just developed overnight we've been dealing with this for quite some time now. 7 of last 10 years we've been a drought conditions. so, yeah, these last 2 exceptionally dry. and that's why we're seeing the extreme drought conditions showing up and spreading across parts of the bay area, but not only here. you see all on the western half of the united states. we're looking at some exceptional extreme drought conditions maybe a little on the rise in these last 2 years been just so dry. only 8 inches of rain this year in san francisco. so far that's 39% are normal and you get the idea all around the bay area's the same thing. 30% of normal or so. and that is about it. that coupled wit

taylor sackey kron 4 news. all right, taylor, thank you for that report. >> another one of those variance mentioned by doctor rutherford has now popped up in santa clara county. we know of at least one case with origins that started in india. now a stanford lab is working to confirm another 7 suspected cases. doctors say they have a lot to learn about this latest variant. which may be to blame for recent surge of cases in india. the variant being called a double mutant because it has 2 mutations which could possibly make it that much more infections. >> so this is a variant that has mutations similar to the california variant as well as south africa and brazil variance. it looks like it may be more transmissible and potentially. able to be neutralized by and potentially. vaccines may be less effective at preventing infection with this particular area. >> so in parts of india where the double mutant variant is prevalent new cases are up as much as 50%. >> the nation's top infectious disease expert is issuing a d

approve a full return in person instruction planned for the fall by april 30th in fremont ellerbee sackeynews. >> for parents in south san francisco unified school district will actually have the option to bring their students back to campus for in person learning here. pretty quick officials have installed 30 of these mobile disinfection units across all 16 schools in the district. and you can see once the blue light comes on. that's an ultraviolet light and it used to kill covid-19 particles that are in the air. are there on surfaces. the district says it will welcome students in t k through 5th grade starting on monday. >> a san francisco daycare center ceo is speaking out after a worker was arrested for having child. federal authorities arrested jace wong tuesday after he was found to be a member of a message group that shares child wong is an ex employee mission. head start on 18th street now he's charged with taking at least 3 videos of partially naked 4, 5 year-old girls at the center. the center oversee several daycares the city and says this is the first time in 40 years they've

in fremont ellerbee sackey kron 4 news. >> and we'll be right back. the biden administration is expected to relax federal guidelines. >> on wearing masks. outdoors could happen as soon as this week ahead of his first address to congress wednesday. the president is expected to talk about the state of the pandemic tomorrow. white chief medical advisor doctor anthony fauci says he expects the public to get updated guidelines based on science. so far. 29% of americans are fully vaccinated. but there is still concern that some people are not getting their second doses. >> in fact, tonight, health experts say there are millions of americans not getting their second shot. the cdc says 5 million people have not gone back for that second inoculation. the new york times says about 8% to people who received a pfizer or moderna vaccine skipped their second dose. some patients say a second dose of the same brand wasn't available when they came back for their second shot. others say the hassles of booking appointments wasn't worth it or they had negative side effec

obviously canceled this year once again because the pandemic prefers taylor sackey has more. >> for aond year in a row celebrations here are canceled and the city sending a strong no tolerance message to anyone who start about coming here. in addition to this whole area % being fenced off sfpd and park rangers will be here to ensure that no gatherings take place. >> typically 10's of thousands of people are drawn to robin williams meadow in san francisco for 20. however, the annual celebrations here on the hill are again canceled this year. fences and barricades will go up around robin williams meadow on monday to prevent anyone from gathering for the high holiday on tuesday going to golden gate park for 4.20 is going to be a big waste of your time. >> it's going to be completely fenced and inaccessible in the help hippie hill area camera barrick opportune with san francisco, recreation and parks says. >> the events canceled for a second year in a row due to concerns over the coronavirus been a really long year for all of us may know we're all itching to go out and do things with peop

i'm taylor sackey reporting the cdc says that the uk super covid variant. it is now the dominant form of the coronavirus here in the u.s.. >> the b 1, 1, 7, variant spread slower than expected due to the vaccinations picking up. it is believed to be up to 70% more infectious and 64% deadlier than previous strains. and as coronavirus cases increase in many states data from a johns hopkins university shows that just 5 states account for nearly half of all new infections, new york, michigan and florida. pennsylvania and new jersey collectively reported a 197,000 500 cases in recent seven-day period that 44% of the nation's new infections in the past. 24 hours, california reported 2200 new cases, alameda county has expanded its vaccine eligibility to include everyone 16 and up. >> who live in one of these. zip codes. it's all part of the plan to prioritize communities that have been the hardest hit by covid-19. you can see those zip codes posted on our website at kron 4 dot com. we do want to warn you to double check whether or not you're included. this was bec

annual event there on hippie hill called off once again because of the pandemic, kron four's taylor sackey, has more now on what people are doing, what officials are doing to make sure the crowds don't form. >> for a second year in a row celebrations here are canceled and the city sending a strong no tolerance message to anyone who start about coming here. in addition to this whole area being fenced off sfpd and park rangers will be here to ensure that no gatherings take place. >> typically 10's of thousands of people are drawn to robin williams meadow in san francisco for 20. however, the annual celebrations here on the hill are again canceled this year. fences and barricades will go up around robin williams meadow on monday to prevent anyone from gathering for the high holiday on tuesday going to golden gate park for 4.20 is going to be a big waste of your time. >> it's going to be completely fenced and inaccessible in the help hippie hill area camera barrick opportune with san francisco recreation park says. >> the events canceled for a second year in a row due to concerns over the coro