ramÓn: seguridad indica que les ha prometido la alcaldesa de san francisco, london breed, pero el problemapoco a la gente. los mueven de allÁ y luego vuelven. ramÓn: usted quÉ tan seguro se siente en este distrito? >> no me siento muy seguro. siempre anda uno caminando cuidando de no ser golpeado. ramÓn: segÚn un diario de san francisco, sÓlo un negocio apagado 300.000 dÓlares y sin resultado en la zona. recientemente varios dueÑos de negocios hicieron llegar una carta a la alcaldesa, para que regrese los impuestos, por la situaciÓn que viven. la ciudad de san francisco enviÓ un comunicado que seÑala que la alcaldesa ha dejado firme la resoluciÓn de limpiar el distrito y detener a los que incurran en actividades ilegales. una situaciÓn complicada que parece no tener fin. quÉ sigue ahora?, la ciudad dijo que estarÁ siempre dispuesta a reunirse con residentes y dueÑos de negocios, pero propietarios de negocios dicen que deben aplicarse mÁs polÍticas que solucionen todo de una vez por todas. paola: hace unos dÍas presentamos imÁgenes de cÓmo la gente estÁ consumiendo drogas, cuando los niÑos

san francisco have a problem with this. twitter's headquarters is in san francisco the mayor of san francisco london breed launched investigationtwitter for building nap rooms at their headquarters. unleashed building inspectors to raid twitter's headquarters because you are only allowed to sleep on the street in san francisco. you can't sleep at the office. they say they need to make sure twitter's building is being used as intended. san francisco is mad twitter is working around the clock. was anybody mad when mini madoff was sleeping at the office. not only was mini sleeping at the office he was sleeping with co-workers at the office in the office while he stole 8 billion. and how did the media react to that? >> i want to thank you for engaging in a time in truth when i know you have been advised not to. so thank you very, very much. [applause] you can sleep screw and steal at the office and the democrats clap. if you work at twitter it's illegal to take a power nap. san francisco, the city with more drug users than kids in high school is saying this. the city that wants robots to have a license to kill. the city with $2 mil

. >> reporter: it was one year ago when san francisco london breed talked tough. declared a state of emergency and vowed to crack down on the open air drug market. >> be more aggressive with law enforcement. be more aggressive with the changes of our policies. less tolerant of all the bull that has destroyed our city. >> reporter: a year after the press conference, those who live and work in the tenderloin say very few changes. some believe it has gotten worse. >> the tourist are starting to come back, but they just look and get disgusted. >> reporter: some families choose to deal with the oncoming traffic to use the sidewalk. >> yeah, i'm used to it. >> reporter: aside from refunding the tax dollars. they want the city to crack down on the drug mailing. the officers were met earlier this week. to tell them they have the support from the city to arrest drug dealers. iman hopes there is real actions done this time, not just empty words. >> our customers need more support from the police. >> reporter: the business owners tell me they heard from the mayor's office. t

san francisco treasure. we're looking forward to that and it will be available for the entire public to enjoy. >> san francisco's mayor, londonbreed, thank you for being here. >>> california congress member jackie speier was born in san francisco. she entered the limelight when she survived being shot five times at joe's town when she was just 28 years old. she later served on the board of supervisors in san mateo county, d in the california state assembly and senate. in 2008, jackie speier was elected to the u.s. house of elecepresentatives. house of last year she announced she would not seek re-election, so what is next for the congress member and just what is her political legacy? joining me now is jackie speier. thank you for being here. so, are you still going back to d.c.? is there still work to be done before your term ends? >> yes, we will be in session for at least the next two weeks. >> and will they throw a big party for you? >> no, they don't throw parties for you. the kind of kick you to e curb ever so gently. i had to move out of my office on the 28th of november, and so now i kind of couch surfing from office t

san francisco mayor london breed says this is an important part of rejuvenating downtown san francisco, which has struggled since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. >> this is not just about this iconic building that is photograph and seen all over the world and why so many people are attracted sanford to san francisco. this is about creating an open and community space, a place where people can congregate, where folks can dine and enjoy this particular neighborhood of san francisco. the renovations around the pyramid have already begun. work is expected to take about a year to complete the transamerica pyramid complex includes an entire city block with 3 buildings and their 750,000 square feet. >> of office space. but for now in san francisco, charles clifford kron, 4 news well in the east bay, the oakland city council has approved a proposal to rename a portion of foothill boulevard >> after bay area rapper too short known as the godfather bay area. hip-hop to short put oakland on the map, beginning in the 1980's with his music frequently referenced the foothill boulevard. oaklan

can she turn san francisco around? mayor london breed, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. now, if i may, i'm going to start with a recent headline from the economist magazine. it describes san francisco like this... fabulously rich... ..and fabulously dysfunctional. do you recognise that description? what family doesn't have a little bit of dysfunction? but i wouldn't completely agree with the city being dysfunctional, because we have really a lot of great programmes and things that we do that actually work very effectively. i mean, this is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. people travel from all over to visit and to experience our rolling hills and the excitement of san francisco — the games, the entertainment, the nightlife, the great restaurants. i know all about the natural assets. it's true, it's a beautiful city. it's also an extremely wealthy city. over the last decade, you've benefited enormously from being one of the tech capitals of the united states. so how come all of this wealth sits side—by—side with so many problems? well, so many problems which

san francisco mayor london breed says this is an important part of rejuvenating downtown san francisco, which has struggled since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. this is not just about this iconic building. >> that is photograph and seen all over the world and why so many people are attracted san fran to san francisco. this is about creating an open and community space, a place where people can congregate, where folks can dine and enjoy this particular neighborhood of san francisco. the renovations around the pyramid have already begun. work is expected to take about a year to complete the transamerica pyramid complex includes an entire city block with 3 buildings and their 750,000 square feet. >> of office space. but for now in san francisco, charles clifford kron, 4 news cool. >> quite a building. that wraps up kron. 4 news at 5 that we have a lot more ahead on kron. 4 news at 6. catherine and ken are here to take it away and we are we are here coming up at 6 o'clock polls are closed now in georgia's high stake senate runoff election. as you know, between democratic senator ra

the attorney for san francisco mayor london breeds brother is making what could be his last attempt to keep the city's district attorney from being involved in the case. napoleon brown has served half his 44 year sentence in a case of involved involving involuntary manslaughter, armed robbery and carjacking. his attorney is making a bid to have that sentence reduced. he says the d. a s office has been quote unduly tough on brown to avoid the perception that prosecutors are not being influenced by the mayor's office. now, a ruling on the defense attorney's request is expected by january. 9th time now 405. another new day is starting in san francisco's tenderloin without the tenderloin center, which is now closed. the city operated center provided meals, showers and the laundry for people who had nowhere else to go problems developed when it was revealed. old the center was used for supervised drug use. city leaders say they'll keep working with organizations to prevent fatal drug overdoses and offer services to people in need. prosecutors are expected to decide today whether or not to f

san francisco mayor london breed says the city is ready to talk with twitter and a lot less to help get back to work. cost to install more cameras on the highways after several fatal freeway shootings, including one involving a toddler kron four's gayle ong. has that update for us. >> well, 200 closed circuit television cameras are slated to be installed statewide and caltrans says 8 of them are already up in the east bay. >> back in may, governor gavin newsom announced funding for new freeway cameras around the state to cap criminals who commit violent crimes. on california's freeways, the horrific nightmare for the wilf family. >> and their baby being killed. >> it's such a senseless in such a senseless and violent manner. >> can ever be reconciled. >> on thursday, the alameda county district attorney announcing murder charges against 3 suspects accused of killing 23 month-old jasper. wu on november 6, 2021. the toddler was killed by a stray bullet while he was sleeping in his car seat. the move family caught in the middle of a rolling gun battle between rival gangs on 8.80, in oaklan

san francisco mayor london breed says the project gives her goosebumps. >> beginning to transform this into a neighborhood, a community that we all can enjoy. and i'm excited because this is going to be an attraction, a place that people desire to come. not just take photographs from afar, but actually come to this location and see that it's more than just a beautiful iconic building. >> mayor breed also is talking about the open space plans for the building's street level, which would include public spaces. people will be able to dine there, enjoy the redwood grove and feel the vitality of the city's financial district. >>> happening now, the man accused of committing a deadly rampage at a colorado springs lgbtq nightclub faces a total of 305 criminal charges. anderson aldrich appeared in court this morning. he's accused of killing five people and injuring 17. charges include first-degree murder and hate crimes. murder and hate crimes. lawyers on both sides are asking i'm kareren. i'i'm living w with hiv and d i'm on cababenuva. i'm kareren. fofor adults who o are undetetectable, i'm

. >>> another headline we're watching, elon musk now calling out san francisco mayor london breed. it's all about bedrooms set up inside twitter hq. we've obtained some photos now. take a look. the photos were taken by someone working inside the building. we're told these used to be conference rooms, but then, of course, converted here into bedrooms. bed, closet, flat screens. the people who provided us the pictures claims each room has its own name and reservation status, just like a conference room. it's illegal to convert any area zoned as office space, though, into something residential without city approval. members of the cleaning crew claim they were under constant monitoring any time they were assigned to clean these rooms. dozens of those janitors have been picketing outside of twitter headquarters all week after they claim twitter abruptly ended its contract with their employer. >> was it weird? >> yeah. it's, you know, this is a commercial zoning. it's not supposed to change to the bedroom. >> now the city department of building inspection says its investigation will inc

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. >> reporter: among those at this event, san francisco mayor london breed. elon musk has already criticized the mayor after city building inspectors were sent to twitter headquarters because of complaints that he set up sleeping quarters in the building. mayor london breed and other city leaders have tough talk for the way that twitter is treating its former employees, but the mayor is also careful to say she's willing to work with elon musk -- >> to try and appeal to the empathetic side of this company that has enjoyed significant tax breaks at the beginning of their inception, when they decided to go to mid market. >> reporter: this all comes amid new reports from "the new york times" claiming twitter has not been paying rent on its properties, including the san francisco headquarters. and a new listing on bid spotter.com that appears to show everything from twitter's office furniture to its neon logos are now up for auction. city leaders say they want twitter to be a better employer, but they don't want the company to leave. >> listen, any company that le

coming up next week , we will be talking with san francisco mayor london breed.send us your questions for them. i do that by emailing us at knr@kqed.org. i find this online, on twitter or on the pbs news app. have a great weekend. geoff: good evening. i'm geoff bennett. tonight on “pbs news weekend,” a preview of this week's supreme court hearings on redistricting and a clash between free speech and civil rights. then, the plastic problem -- we take a closer look at the movement toward a global agreement on reducing plastic pollution. and, haiti in crisis -- the ongoing violence and instability creating chaos in a nation plagued by natural disasters and political turmoil. >> the kidnappings continue. so does the gang violence and haitians really don't feel safe at all. off: those stories and the day's headlines on tonight's "pbs news weekend."

san francisco mayor london breed says the city is ready to talk with twitter and elon musk too.help them get back to work. >> national news, massachusetts governor charlie baker will be the next president of the ncaa. he becomes the head of the largest college sports governing body in the country. this comes as the organization confronts issues over management and paying college athletes last year. the ncaa lifted its ban on paid endorsements at the college level. all right. a live look outside here at the bay bridge toll plaza. one of the best parts about living in the bay area's oftentimes you don't need air conditioning. you don't need heat. it's just right. but those call you today, ukraine, maybe not so much. maybe your crack cranking up the heat. just a little bit to lawrence is here. >> who says if you're doing that to the sooner, the better keep doing it. yeah, a lot of folks will be cranking up by in their cars at home. get the fire is going the extra blankets. it's been just. >> really cold and day after day can kind of wear you down over time. we're going to see anoth

elon musk now calling out san francisco mayor london breed about bedrooms set up inside twitter headquarterseck it out. these photos were taken by someone working in the building. we're told they used to be conference rooms. but you can see they appear to be converted into bedrooms. even with closets and flat-screen tvs. it is illegal, though, to convert any office zoned as an office space into something residential without city approval. the city says it's going to investigate and it's going to include a visit with a building inspector. musk tweeted, questioning the mayor's priorities, saying the city was targeting companies providing beds for employees who may be tired instead of making sure kids are safe from fentanyl. >>> on capitol hill tonight the january 6th committee is wrapping up its investigation and we're learning new details about when we can expect that final report. the committee plans to release the final report on december 21st. that's the same day they also plan to vote on criminal referrals. criminal referrals from the committee don't carry any legal weight, but they do se

and san francisco mayor london breed and other city leaders launched a program aimed at moving graffiti. the program will allow public crews to wipe out graffiti from private buildings at 0 cost. >> there's really a lot of graffiti challenges and the city. and i want to just explain the difference. you know, we see a lot of public art public art involves getting permission in order to put that artwork on somebody's property. and the difference here is often times people are choosing to do this without their permission. >> i'm the property owners and department of public works is constantly call. >> the city will provide 2 million dollars for the 2 year pilot program to help small businesses save cost of keeping their properties clean. well, happening today, mayor bree will join elected officials and community leaders to commemorate world aids day. the ceremony will begin at 10:30am, and is going to take place at the national aids memorial grove, the mission of the national aids memorial is to share the story of the struggle against hiv and aids. and remember the lives that were lost and

anyone who has any information is asked to call oakland police in san francisco, mayor london breed joined other city leaders and public workers today. they were launching a pilot program to provide more service on removing graffiti on private properties and commercial corridors. the program will allow public works crews to wipe off the feeding from private buildings at no cost the city provides 2 million dollars with a two-year pilot program to help small businesses save money on keeping their properties clear of graffiti. >> there's really a lot of graffiti challenges in the city. and i want to just explain the difference. you know, we see a lot of public art public art involves getting permission in order to put that artwork on somebody's property. and the difference here is often times people are choosing to do this without their permission, property owners and department of public works is constantly call. >> the city also hired another 6 people to take part in this operation. the director of public works says that they do not want to penalize people, but they do want to make sure gra

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san francisco. you lie to us. you outright lie to us. you said to u.s. support this effort. >> the effort, according to a group of san francisco supervisors and community activists west for mayor london breed and the san francisco department of public health to make good on a drug overdose prevention plan, which included opening a dozen wellness hubs or safe drug consumption sites over the next 2 years. all of a sudden. >> we learn from our providers on friday that they that all that planning was just thrown away. and so the board of supervisors is saying. >> we're not going to let that happen. 8 members of the board of supervisors announced their plan to use a 5.5 million dollar budget supplemental too fast tracked opening the wellness this plan is a opportunity to get people off the streets that are dying on the streets because of drug overdose and drug use and get them into a place that can get them on the road to recovery. they say there is a sense of urgency because there's been over 1900 overdose deaths to the city dating back to 2020. >> there is nothing that can justify not acting as we lose people every day letting someone continuously use drugs. will never let them get clea

san francisco. you lie to us. you outright lie to us. you said to u.s. support this effort. >> the effort, according to a group of san francisco supervisors and community activists west for mayor london breed and the san francisco department of public health to make good on a drug overdose prevention plan, which included opening a dozen wellness hubs or safe drug consumption sites over the next 2 years. all of a sudden. >> we learn from our providers on friday that they that all that planning was just thrown away. and so the board of supervisors is saying we're not going to let that happen. 8 members of the board of supervisors announced their plan to use a 5.5 million dollar budget supplemental too fast tracked opening. the wellness this plan is a opportunity to get people off the streets that are dying on the streets because of drug overdose and drug use and get them into a place that can get them on the road to recovery. they say there is a sense of urgency because there's been over 1900 overdose deaths to the city dating back to 2020. >> there is nothing that can justify not acting as we lose people every day letting someone continuously use drugs. will never let him get clean. s

san francisco is a symbol of urban failure. my guest today is the mayor. can she turn san francisco around? mayor london breed. welcome to hardtalk. the recent headline from the economist magazine. describing san francisco like this. fabulously rich and fabulously dysfunctional. do you recognise that description? what family doesn't have a bit of a dysfunction? but i would completely agree with it being dysfunctional because we have a lot of free programmes and things that we do that actually work very effectively. this is one of those beautiful cities in the world. people travelling to visit and experience our rolling hills and the incitement of san francisco, the nightlife, the great restaurants —— excitement. it restaurants -- excitement. it is restaurants —— excitement. it is true, it is a beautiful city and extremely wealthy city and for the last decade, you've benefited enormously from being one of the tech capitals of the united states. how come all of this wealth sits side by side with so many problems? so many roblems with so many problems? so many problems as _ with so many problems? so many problems

san francisco, ella sogomonian kron. 4 news. >> san francisco will hold a gun buyback event this saturday. mayor london breed and san francisco police are encouraging the public to participate. the news conference was held today to promote the event. people can turn in their guns in exchange for $100 $100 for handgun. $200 for assault weapons. no questions asked. mayor breed said today that the goal is to get guns off the streets. >> we want to provide it and opportunity for people to turn in their guns for people to turn their lives around by turning in their guns like getting these guns off the street united player since they started this gun buyback has been able to get over. 2500 guns and semiautomatic weapons and things that should not even be in the hands of people off the streets. >> the gun buyback will be held from 08:00am to noon saturday on howard street, the united players, as she mentioned, is hosting the gun buyback program and in the south bay, a gun buyback event has been scheduled for the city of morgan hill. anybody surrounding a functional firearm will receive $100 for a handgun. 204

san francisco mayor london breed says this is an important part of rejuvenating downtown san francisco, which has struggled since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. this is not just about this iconic building. >> that is photograph and seen all over the world and why so many people are attracted san fran to san francisco. this is about creating an open and community space, a place where people can congregate, where folks can dine and enjoy this particular neighborhood of san francisco. the renovations around the pyramid have already begun. work is expected to take about a year to complete the transamerica pyramid complex includes an entire city block with 3 buildings and their 750,000 square feet. >> of office space. but for now in san francisco, charles clifford kron, 4 news. >> still ahead, the national park service dealing with overcrowding issues said parks all across the country. why the high demand they be doing more harm than good well, right around the bay area, the past few days ton of snow for the sierra nevada. and there's more snow on the way we'll talk about. that's yo

san francisco. you lie to us. you outright lie to us. you said to u.s. support this effort. >> the effort, according to a group of san francisco supervisors and community activists west for mayor london breed and the san francisco department of public health to make good on a drug overdose prevention plan, which included opening a dozen wellness hubs or safe drug consumption sites over the next 2 years. all of a sudden. >> we learn from our providers on friday that they that all that planning was just thrown away. and so the board of supervisors is saying. >> we're not going to let that happen. 8 members of the board of supervisors announced their plan to use a 5.5 million dollar budget supplemental too fast tracked opening the this plan is a opportunity to get people off the streets that are dying on the streets because of drug overdose and drug use and get them into a place that can get them on the road to recovery. they say there is a sense of urgency because there's been over 1900 overdose deaths to the city dating back to 2020. >> there is nothing that can justify not acting as we lose people every day letting someone continuously use drugs. will never let them get clean. san fr

san francisco mayor london breed says this is an important part of rejuvenating downtown san francisco, which has struggled since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. this is not just about this iconic building. >> that is photograph and seen all over the world and why so many people are attracted san fran to san francisco. this is about creating an open and community space, a place where people can congregate, where folks can dine and enjoy this particular neighborhood of san francisco. the renovations around the pyramid have already begun. work is expected to take about a year to complete. >> all right, back live the renovations again. don't just involve the pyramid. the entire complex includes 3 buildings. there are 750,000 square feet of office space. all that, which will get a bit of a makeover. but for now in san francisco, charles clifford kron, 4 news. >> hopefully i'll bring back some more tourism to that area and a lot more foot traffic. thanks so much. checked. coming up on the kron, 4 news at noon officers who defended the capitol received a major honor today. political d

san francisco mayor london breed says this is an important part of rejuvenating downtown san franciscostruggled since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. >> this is not just about this iconic building. that is photograph and seen all over the world and why so many people are attracted sanford to san francisco. this is about creating an open and community space, a place where people can congregate, where folks can dine and enjoy this particular neighborhood of san francisco. the renovations around the pyramid have already begun. work is expected to take about a year to complete the transamerica pyramid complex includes an entire city block with 3 buildings and their 750,000 square feet. >> of office space. but for now in san francisco, charles clifford kron, 4 news, you know who's older than para dolly parton. okay. yeah. dolly man looks her tour bus into a >> tonight. hotel stay so you can actually get in on this. yeah, that's the minimum. you got a booking for at least 2 nights to make it worth it. but you can see once you're inside the company, you i know. >> the dreammore resort

. >>> in san francisco today, mayor london breed and other political heavyweights joined twitter cleaning crews who were recently laid off. you see them rallying on the steps of city hall. the cleaning crew members are the latest group of former twitter workers to file legal claims against the property and its new owner, elon musk. city and state leaders are calling on musk to honor long-standing agreements with former employees. they also called on him to follow city law, in which employees are given a three-month notice before any layoff or lockout. while leaders had tough words for elon, they were also careful to acknowledge that it's still one of the city's marquee companies. >> it's been really unfortunate that we have seen the changes that we have with twitter. i want to express to the new owner that we are here to work with you to try and remedy this situation. >> okay. so no comment yet from twitter today. our sergio quintana is tracking this store for us. he's there and will have a full report at 5:30. >>> were you able to see this? it was a little painful, but it definitely coul

some office space at twitter's head coaches into little sleeping areas and this drove the san francisco mayor londonnothing else on her plate over there. just drove her over the edge. now the department of building inspectors there is reportedly launching an investigation into whether the building is being used as intended. amala, there's no politics involved here, is there? you've got an injection site or, you know, a tent city in front of the building, that would be fine, but the city would give them a tax break then. >> you're absolutely right. it's clearly a witch hunt here. they're going after elon musk because of the ideology and the ideas he represents and they're scared of what he's going to do. the twitter files that are coming out have some very big implications as far as corruption happening at that company. the last thing that the city of san francisco, with the homelessness problem that they are experiencing should be worried about is extra beds being in the city. instead of worrying about elon musk they should focus on homelessness, on crime, on drug abuse and the other big businesses

san francisco tomorrow. the 22 million dollars site first opened nearly a year ago under an emergency order by san francisco. mayor london breed the facility aimed to treat people who are struggling with homelessness and drug addiction with this closure, the city's department of public health now plans to open new facilities called wellness hubs. the earliest one of those wellness hubs will open is next year. a number of san francisco supervisors have pleaded with mayor breed to keep the tenderloin center open. well, it was a soggy day across the bay area today. this is what it looks like in pleasant hill. >> as we mentioned out, this was the first of 2 systems that moved through the bay area this weekend. so for more on what's ahead, we're going to send it over to meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez recent. yeah, we're starting to dry out for round number one of the wet weather we are seeing. >> drier conditions and clear skies for those of you in the north bay and especially along our bay area coastline. but as we zoom on in on radar for, you can see plenty of green over the east bay and south bay still. so we're still tra

san francisco. you lie to us. you outright lie to us. you said to u.s. support this effort. >> the effort, according to a group of san francisco supervisors and community activists west for mayor londond and the san francisco department of public health to make good on a drug overdose prevention plan, which included opening a dozen wellness hubs or safe drug consumption sites over the next 2 years. all of a sudden. >> we learn from our providers on friday that they that all that planning was just thrown away. and so the board of supervisors is saying. >> we're not going to let that happen. 8 members of the board of supervisors announced their plan to use a 5.5 million dollar budget supplemental too fast tracked opening. the wellness this plan is a opportunity to get people off the streets that are dying on the streets because of drug overdose and drug use and get them into a place that can get them on the road to recovery. they say there is a sense of urgency because there's been over 1900 overdose deaths to the city dating back to 2020. >> there is nothing that can justify not acting as we lose people every day letting someone continuously use drugs. will never let him get clean. sa

san francisco mayor london breed says this is an important part of rejuvenating downtown san franciscoas struggled since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. >> this is not just about this iconic building that is photograph and seen all over the world and why so many people are attracted to sanford to san francisco. this is about creating an open and community space, a place where people can congregate, where folks can dine and enjoy this particular neighborhood of san francisco. the renovations around the pyramid have already begun. work is expected to take about a year to complete the transamerica pyramid complex includes an entire city block with 3 buildings and their 750,000 square feet. >> of office space. but for now in san francisco, charles clifford kron, 4 news. >> lava continues to flow out of the world's largest active volcano. the flow of mauna loa in hawaii is slowing down, but creeping closer to the island's main highway. the lava is also spreading out as it hits flatter terrain, only moving at about 40 feet per hour towards island's main east-west highway. >> the proba

city of san francisco attacks companies providing beds for tired employees instead of making sure kids are safe from fentanyl. where are your priorities. he's also tagged san francisco mayor london breed in that. they have not buckled down a date on when they plan on visited twitter hq. we'll keep our eyes out for that further development as well as the lawsuit and appearance in court. we're live in san francisco, today in the bay. >> so much to follow. thanks so much, ginger. >> we want to take a live look at highway 50 in south lake tahoe and a new winter storm expected to make things tough for anyone trying to get away this weekend. the national weather service is warning travel will be almost impossible, especially saturday with whiteout conditions. >> not a good time to head to the sierra. we're talking the whole range here? >> absolutely. it's going to be the windows to get there and get back are going to be very small. so you may have an opportunity this morning, but the rain will be here as we go into this evening. transitioning into snow as you go up in elevation. as we take a live look, you can see it is clear, but the temperature at zero right now in south lake tahoe,

so you na ago, san francisco mayor london breed talked tough, declared a state of emergency. vowed to crack down on the open air drug market. >> the more aggressive with law enforcement, more aggressive with the changes in our policies, and less tolerant of all the [bleep] that is destroying our city. >> reporter: a year after that press conference, those who live and work in the tenderloin say very few changes. some believe it has gotten worse. >> tourists are starting to come back. but, they just look and get disgusted. >> reporter: some families check with the oncoming traffic and use the sidewalk. >> i'm used to it. the kids in the strollers shouldn't have to be. >> reporter: aside from refunding their tax dollars, the tenderloin business coalition want it is city to crack down on the drug dealing. the mayor's office says the mayor met with the officers in the district earlier this week to tell them they have the support from the city to arrest drug dealers. iman hopes there is real action this time. not just empty words. >> save for our customers. we need more support fr

san francisco mayor london breed says the city is ready to talk with twitter and elon musk to help them back to work. the failed crypto firm ftx allegedly used customer deposits. >> to illegally fund last year's super bowl commercial featuring larry david. federal regulators say fdx illegally combined custard about customer deposits with other funds from different businesses. the government's lawsuit says ftx used these pulled funds in marketing efforts. those funds are used in the larry david commercial and it's now terminated sponsorship of the miami heat's basketball arena. regulators also want to talk with the agency that ftx used to make the commercial. >> and now kron 4 sports. >> a chance for the forty-niners to clinch their division and punch a ticket to the postseason. tonight in seattle, one of the most notoriously difficult places for opponents to play and the nfl. >> how would rookie qb bought brock purdy? fair in his second nfl start against his team's fiercest rival. well, it helps having 40 niner fans show up in seattle. their team is looking purdy. good. we go to the 1st

city of san francisco inspects beds for tired employees instead of making sure kids are safe from fentanyl, where are your priorities? he also mentioned san francisco mayor london breed in the tweet. as of now, the department has not clarified when exactly those inspections will take place. we'll wait to hear further word as the day unfolds. twitter making headlines on numerous fronts today. marcus and laura. >> seems like every day they are. thanks so much, ginger. >> well, a warning on the peninsula for people with young children and pets. this is to be mindful of coyotes now on the move. people along the popular bay trail are reporting numerous recent sightings in that area around redwood shores. we spoke with several people who live nearby who recently had some of those encounters. >> we started to move away, he came back towards us. i tried to scare him away, wave my hands, yell at him. he would go away for a few minutes. as i would start to move on, he would follow us. >> we were driving in to our complex, the light shone on the coyote, and it just -- >> breaking news out of russia. wnba star brittney griner heading home. president biden at the white hous

san francisco mayor london breed joined other city leaders and public workers today.aunching a pilot program to provide more service on removing graffiti on private properties and commercial corridors. the program will allow public works crews to wipe out graffiti for private buildings at 0 cost. the city provides 2 million dollars for the two-year pilot program to try to help small businesses save money, keeping their properties clear of graffiti. >> there's really a lot of graffiti challenges in the city. and i want to just explain the difference. you know, we see a lot of public art public art involves getting permission in order to put that artwork on somebody's property. and the difference here is often times people are choosing to do this without their permission. i'm the property owners and department of public works is constantly call. >> the city also hired another 6 people to take part in the operation. the director of public works said they don't want to penalize people, but they do want to make sure feed he is removed quickly so the city can look clean and

san francisco mayor london breed. >> saying the city is ready to talk with twitter and elon musk to help them get back to work. >> concord police have arrested a man accused of battery and attempted kidnapping in 2 separate cases. police say 22 year-old rafael mendoza, reyes tried to kidnap the woman in the area of road and oak grove road december, 8th. they say came back the next day and sexually assaulted another woman. the contra costa county da's office has filed 4 felony charges against him. and the investigation continues. does the race was convicted in a felony assault case last june? another big story tonight at 9. a major smash-and-grab robbery is under investigation tonight. it happened in the east bay and police say the robbers were armed with guns and took about $80,000 worth of cameras and other equipment kron four's. dan thorn has the story from dublin. >> mike's camera in dublin still closed thursday night. it's because of this takeover robbery from the day before police say a handful of men were armed with handguns and hammers. it's a shock to community and in the >> the

. >> san francisco mayor london breed says she is working with the d.a. to hold people accountable saying in part, quote, there is a lot of work to do, but there is a significant amount of work being done. in the meantime, our street outreach team, who addresses encampment issues has been made aware of the concerns raised and will include the jose coronado playground and surrounding area in daily outreach efforts. >>> happening today, uc berkeley is holding its fall graduation ceremony. thousands are expected to participate. it starts at 12:30 today at hoff pavilion. the keynote speaker is berkeley associate professor of english, palomi saha. >>> anticipation is building around tomorrow's world cup final. happening now there's business being settled on the soccer field in qatar for who will earn third place. morocco and croatia are battling it out. spanish language coverage is happening right now on our sister station telemundo 48 and streaming on peacock right now. >>> and 7:10, we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, time is running ou

san francisco mayor london breed says the city is talking with twitter already and mosque trying to get them back to work. and an reported release of toxic chemicals at the martinez refinery is prompting contra costa county to investigate and they like an independent investigation into what happened. the county says the company put the community at risk by not reporting the chemical release. it happened on thanksgiving kron four's >> contra costa health story. - services says based on its initial findings, the reported release of 20 times just like metal material for martinez, refining company. he's considered a major chemical accident or release. it happened on thanksgiving and continued into the following game with health services says the company failed to notify the county or state which would have triggered the community warning system. services says it will explore enforcement action, which could include referring the case to the district attorney's office building as the bull on the >> we're going to go to the and make sure that this doesn't happen again, that there should be a r

san francisco marriott marky. this neighborhood is important to the ambassadors. a year ago we stood here not far from here in yerba buena and introduced the san francisco welcome ambassador program. thanks to the support london breed, it has been successful, would you agree? good. today over 4 million welcomes later it is i pleasure to say and celebrate the success of the program to see how far we have some on the road to recovery. in quarter 3 of this year san francisco recorded the best tourism quarter since the pandemic started >> the san francisco market achiefed 70.5% occupancy, daily rate of 230 dollars. last year in quarter 3 it was 51% occupancy and 168 dollars of average daily rate. we have a ways to go to reach 2019 record tourism year it is important to celebrate mile stones the program has been successful and measures to support the economic growth in san francisco. i want to thank all the ambassadors for important contributions to make the visitors and residents feel welcome are safe and cared for in san francisco. the ambassador program is well received by planners and convention goers. it has been crucial in helping bring book conventions to san francisco. last 12 months we received e mails ra

san francisco. >> called the tenderloin center is closed for good. that's despite several san francisco supervisors pleading with mayor london breed to keep that site open. kron four's gayle ong joining us live from the newsroom. gayle, you talked to the supervisor who oversees this district, but they have to say. >> well, dan supervisor dean preston says he understands that it was intended to be a temporary facility and not opposed to the idea of but he was hoping a replacement facility would open right after dissenters. closure. >> it has saved a lot of lives. hundreds of overdoses reversed that and erling center provided services for people dealing with drug addiction and homelessness. the center opened at the beginning of the year offering things like hot meals and showers in what is now san francisco supervisor dean preston's district on sunday. the center closed for good and hoping the administration does better here. the board of supervisors passed a resolution that i wrote. i'm that this not be shut down without a in place. >> amanda and meredith listen to that resolution, which is unfortunate. and i'm just really worried about what this is goin

san francisco coffee tenderloin center is now closed for good. that's just a bite. several san francisco supervisors pleading with mayor london breed to keep that site open. kron four's gayle ong. talk to the supervisors who oversee the district. has that report for us. >> supervisor dean preston says he understands that it was intended to be a temporary facility and not opposed to the idea of but he was hoping a replacement facility would open right after dissenters. closure. >> it has saved a lot of lives. hundreds of overdoses reversed that and erling center provided services for people dealing with drug addiction and homelessness. the center opened at the beginning of the year, offering things like hot meals and showers in what is now san francisco supervisor dean preston's district. >> on sunday, the center closed for good and hoping the administration does better here. the board of supervisors. >> passed a resolution that i wrote. i'm that this not be shut down without a in place. amanda and meredith listen to that resolution, which is unfortunate. and i'm just really worried about what this is going to mean for the hun