i know that most people walking around here in santa clara county are not aware of this.initely not advocating that money be taken from these higher funded districts, absolutely not. what these higher funded districts have been able to build and to provide for their students, we just want that in every school in santa clara county. this needs to be a priority of our state so that no matter what zip code, no matter what school you go to, you as a student are going to have access and opportunity to the same sort of future, the same sort of college experience, the same sort of career experience, again, so that the students of silicon valley can become the workforce of silicon valley. damian: well, you're doing some fantastic work there and you made an important point that i want to get into that in the next segment. but folks who might be interested, this is called the east side education initiative. it's been around for about a year now. this is put on by the silicon valley education foundation, the hispanic foundation of silicon valley, and also leaf. there is a website fo

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. >> their union has been negotiating a new contract with santa clara county public health for months. the last contract expired on october. twenty-ninth. the union says they're concerned about short staffing and safety issues. they also say the county provide nurses with competitive pay and benefits they say so far in the negotiations have not gone well, we've actually been negotiating since august. >> so this process really hasn't been called a normal negotiations, been no real back and forth, it's more or less. the county dictating to us what they want us to accept and our members are >> in a statement to kron 4 santa clara county public health says patient care and safety is our top priority. the safety and well-being of our nurses and our entire workforce is essential for the county health system to deliver high quality and safe care to our patients. the county will continue to work towards a fair and competitive contract that will allow us to maintain essential health care all right, back live now, the union says that the vast majority of their nurses are in support of th

the district includes portions of san mateo, santa clara, and santa cruz counties in a crowded field. a recent poll shows up to one third of voters are still undecided, and so we asked each of the three candidates who have raised the most funds and previously held elected office to chat with us, and each has accepted our invitation to come on the show. the top two vote getters in march will move to on the general election in november. joining us live now in the studio is current santa clara county supervisor and former state senator joe simitian. supervisor simitian, nice to have you on the show. nice to see you again. thanks for driving into san francisco. no worries. all right. well, of all the candidates, i think your name has certainly been out there the longest in this arena. but tell the new voters something about yourself, your life story in brief. >> sure. i you know, i, uh, grew up in the east coast and then the rocky mountain midwest and made my way to the peninsula just in time to start high school. and this really was the place i should be to be the person i should be. and

i was a criminal prosecutor here in santa clara county for many years. i have also served my community in other ways on housing boards and others. fundamentally, this is not amateur hour. this is a very serious moment for our country. we need people who are experienced who have spent the many hours i have spent at the white house and on capitol hill grappling with these major challenges. you have to be in washington and you need to learn to understand it and that is a experience that i got in my eight years as mayor . what i saw was, frankly, a dysfunctional congress that desperately needs a mayor that understands how to get things done. we don't have the luxury of simply pointing the finger at the other party and saying it is the other parties fault. we want to be responsive and accountable to the challenges in front of us. >> one of the major issues facing congress right now is the israel-hamas war. a lot of activism across the bay area and a lot of pressure on politicians like yourself to take a stance. can you tell us about your position? >> it is cr

dictating to us what they want us to accept and our members are >> in a statement to kron 4 santa clara county health says the county will continue to work towards a fair and competitive contract that will allow us to maintain essential health care services for our community. so far there is no scheduled date for the 2 sides to return to the bargaining table. >> the sierra is really showing off some impressive snow totals. according to the california department of water resources, the statewide snowpack is up to 86% of normal. that's a huge improvement from where we where, as you can see from the numbers here, percentages are in a good place, especially in the northern and central sierra. things are way better compared to the state's first snowpack survey of the year. but experts say the state with constant drought concerns we shouldn't get too comfortable. >> even though we have additional stored in our we want carry that forward. so we want average snowpack here this year and we want to ensure that we are still conserving our water as well to ensure that we can carry that benefit forward as

in santa clara county and stanford, and these are not hospitals with excess capacity.e have to drive the father, and minutes can mean life or death. >> reporter: a sentiment also shared bice san jose mayor matt mahan. we're having to travel farther to trauma center, it is concerning. >>> they have agreed to leave stanford, stanford has reached an agreement with students holding the cease-fire protest on campus. the students have been camping out overnight since october to protest the war in gaza. last week, the university sent them a letter saying they would no longer be allowed to camp there. stanford said the protesters agreed to leave by tomorrow, and in return, the university agreed to two meetings with the students to hear their demands get stuck in a major illegal weapons could bust in contra costa county. the attorney general of california announced the arrest and seizure of hundreds of weapons. it includes assault rifles, grenades, and nearly 1 million rounds of ammunition. it happened a couple weeks ago in richmond get investigators served a search warrant at

so now he's been booked into the santa clara county main jail for attempted homicide. >> we ask god's healing time. family and friends. >> all of us come together to pray today. >> community members in san mateo county uniting in prayer together today to honor family that was murdered earlier this month. the per service was conducted for not henry and le spend singer and their twin boys, nathan and noah, all 4 of them were found dead in their home during a welfare check. the restored of justice ministry hold vigils for those who died from violence across the bay area to spread messages of forgiveness had to bring awareness to those seeking help with mental illness. >> i think about a crime such as speaks mental illness. i can't crime such as this was someone mentally even all appearances for contrary, which is around the world. >> prayers were shared outside of the family's home where officers found their bodies. investigators believe that the father shot his wife multiple times before shooting himself in a bathroom. the children's cause of death remains under investigation as they ha

county dictating to us what they want us to accept and our members >> and a statement to kron 4 santa clara county health says that the county we'll continue to work towards a fair and competitive contract that will allow us to maintain essential health care services for our community. so far, there's no scheduled date for the 2 sides to return. the bargaining table. developing news tonight, a san jose state professor is on administrative leave after getting into an altercation with students during a campus event. kron grant lodes joins us now in the studio with more on exactly what happened. grant tensions are high in this area and this whole thing started because of a clash with the. >> student activists are multiple activists because of a guest. speaker. it ended with this professor, as you alluded to on administrative leave. so here's a look at the flyer advertising. the event, doctor jeffrey blooding or a jewish studies professor from cal state university long beach was invited to come up and give a lecture called constructing a just solution where israelis and palestinians go from here. now,

race include representatives adam schiff and katie porter, and republican steve garvey. >>> santa clara county is about to get a huge boost in their fight to end homelessness. the county has secured more than $39 million in federal funding. 29 million of that will go to the santa clara county office of supportive housing. the rest will go towards nonprofits around the county that work to address homelessness. representative lofgren says it's up to the cities to take action. >> it's the local governments that are the tip of the sphere on this. they make the decisions on zoning, what will be built, and all of that. so the major role that the federal government can can play is to provide funding for those efforts. >> governor newsom was supposed to deliver 200 tiny homes for the unhoused in san jose, but instead will give the city nearly 13 million to build them instead. city officials say the funds are not enough for the full project and will need about 5 to $10 million more. >>> it is a first alert weather day, as we mentioned. coming up after the break, a look at conditions going up to tahoe a

the representative said the bulk of $39 million in federal funding, $29 million, will get the santa clara county office of supportive housing. the rest of the money will go toward numerous nonprofits throughout the county that work to address homelessness. >> it is the local governments that are the tip of the spear on this. they make all the decisions on zoning and what will be built and all of that. the major that the federal government can play is to provide funding for those efforts. >> she said the crisis has gotten worse in recent years. >> we have to dig our way out of this. >> there is not a singular reason for their crisis. but she says the housing crash in 2000 hate plays a role in where we are today with homelessness and the pandemic brought on more and new challenges. >> some people are living in cars because they don't have enough money for rent . families in cars. children in school who are homeless. that is absolutely unacceptable. we also have people who have other problems. people with mental health problems. people with substance abuse problems. and the problem is not just hous

race, former san jose mayor sam liccardo, current state assembly member evan low, and current santa clara county supervisor joe simitian, and we want to welcome live to the four this afternoon. >> supervisor simitian, thank you so much for being here. as we mentioned, you are a santa clara county supervisor. excuse me, a former state legislator. how do you plan to bring all of that experience to washington, d.c? >> well, i think it's a great question because it's an opportunity for me to be effective on day one. having served at the county level with 2 million folks in santa clara county, having served at the state level and carried significant legislation that really improved people's lives. i think things in washington right now are daunting. i think things in washington are even a little bit scary for some, and i think somebody who can step in and be effective on day one is what at the times call for. so i'm looking forward to that opportunity. see, i'm not at all naive about how great that challenge is, but i think i am particularly well suited. and the last thing i would say is i have repre

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temporarily stepped away from public duties after her mom passed away earlier this week. >>> santa clara county is about to get a big financial boost to try to end homelessness in the form of $30 million in federal funding. 29 million of which will go to the santa clara county office of supportive housing. the rest of it will go towards nonprofits throughout the county that worked to address homelessness. >> it's the local governments that are tip of the spear on this. they make all the decisions on zoning, what's going to be built, and all of that. so the major role that the federal government can play is to provide funding for those efforts. >> governor newsom was supposed to deliver 200 tiny homes for unhoused residents in san jose, but instead he gave the city nearly $13 million to build them instead. city officials say that's about $5 million short of what the project actually needs. san francisco state senator scott weiner proposes a bill to exempt most new real estate projects in the city from the state's environmental reviews for a decade. he said it could specifically speed up developm

kron 4 s charles clifford has the details. >> nurses here in santa clara county held a rally outside of valley medical center in san jose. they called on county public health to do more to support nurses and patients. even mister professional association or are in pa represents more than 3700 nurses in santa clara county. their union has been negotiating a new contract with santa clara county public health for months. the last contract expired on october. twenty-ninth. the union says they're concerned about short staffing and safety issues. they also say the county provide nurses with competitive pay and benefits they say so far and the negotiations have not gone well, we've actually been negotiating since august. >> so this process really hasn't been called a normal negotiations and no real back and forth, it's more or less. the county dictating to us what they want us to accept and our members are >> in a statement to kron 4 santa clara county public health says patient care and safety is our top priority. the safety and well-being of our nurses and our entire workforce. it's essent

so let has been booked into the santa clara county jail. but he's a teacher, wants vandals held responsible after her home in danville got hit, not once, but twice in the past months. take a look at the video from friday. okc. see 3 people. the recall on her ring camera, the joint condiments like serving catch of all over her home in danville. they then broke into her car, took out glass bottles and shattered them on the ground. homeowner is a teacher at charlotte wood middle school. she wonders if it's either her former or current students involved in this. it's upsetting. it's scary. >> i'm a teacher and am a firm teacher and i hold kids accountable. and clearly they have an issue with something i've done now or in the past. but this is not the way you handle conflict in life. >> we also reached out to danville police in charlotte when middle school for the response. we have not yet heard back. have the police department. they're investigating vandalism and lake merritt as a hate crime. then it consisted of multiple phrase is connected to

this afternoon, nurses in santa clara county are going hold a rally. they'll be demonstrating at valley medical center in san jose like they did here, which is back in october. what you're looking at there, they say there going provide details about their current cern's over workplace safety and patient quality of care. the nurses union is currently in contract negotiations. the union represents more than 3,700 nurses in the county and they already have voted to authorize a strike if a deal is not reached. later this morning, community members in oakland will rally in support of mayor sheng thao. they're encouraging voters to reject the recall effort against her. today's rally is going to be at 9.30 this morning in front of oakland city hall over the weekend. the group behind the recall started collecting the signatures needed to get the petition on the ballot. the group needs 25,000 signatures by july. and if they get that, then you'll see it on the november ballot. >> well, next thursday, the oakland police commission is going to be holding an open f

we just received a statement from santa clara county public health. they say patient care and safety is our top priority. the safety and well-being of our nurses and our entire workforce is essential for the county health system to deliver high quality and safe care to our patients. the county will continue to work towards a fair and competitive contract allow us to maintain essential health care services for our community. now, the union says at this point they have no a date for which they will return to negotiating with the county. they also say the majority of the members are willing to go on strike if they can't reach an agreement, although they have not taken a vote to go on strike as of yet. but for now in the south bay, charles clifford kron, 4 news. charles, thank you. on the peninsula. community members want to know more about a crash where police say multiple cars hit and killed a woman on a bike. >> first responders believe the woman was waiting for a green light when she was first hit. and this happened monday night at the intersection of

. >> kron sara stinson spoke with police and neighbors and brings us the latest now from santa clara county. >> santa clara police say there's no threat to the public as a 24 year-old man is in custody, accused of killing his girlfriend's little boy. but people who live in this apartment they're still shaken up and they don't feel safe as this happened too close to home. i didn't believe that it would happen in my community, but that was quite quite >> it's happening at by this mom of 2 says she couldn't believe the 3 year-old was killed in the same apartment complex where they live on poinsettia drive in santa clara police got a call around 2.30 tuesday morning from a mother saying her 3 year-old son was shot by her boyfriend in their apartment. first responders arrived within minutes and tried to give the boy cpr. tragically he died before they could take him to the hospital. police say the suspect, sergio gomez did run away, but police caught up with him. the suspected resist slight struggle and he was taken into custody. >> he was transported to a local hospital for treatment for minor

but santa clara county has the most victims to online scams, followed by alameda and contra costa counties meantime, monday marked the 20th year of the start of same marriages here in san francisco. it was february 12th of 2004 when then-mayor gavin newsom defied a federal ban to host weddings at city hall. and these are some of the images from those historic weddings. the newly elected mayor even officiated the first winning himself. newsom tweeted yesterday about the anniversary, remembering a story about a little girl who came up to him and said, quote, thank you for giving me 2 mommies and cook. and crowds then cheered in 2013 after same marriage officially became legal in the state and this fall, californians will have a chance to vote on a proposal to enshrine marriage as a fundamental right in the state constitution and remove language that still defines marriage. as between a man and a woman. well in the south bay, the city of san jose is celebrating the lunar new year. that city has the largest vietnamese community in the entire united states in kron. 4 s justin campbell. >> talks

. >> 609 is the for is your local election headquarters in santa clara county. now opening up dozens of voting centers ahead of the march. 5th primary. voters can take advantage of the center's starting today. kron four's michael thomas. >> is in the newsroom with what you need to know. good morning, michael. hi, good morning, everyone. these voting locations are all across santa clara county, many locations, as reyna said, are allowing people to drop off their mail in ballots as early as today. >> and by saturday, they're set to be over 100 locations. so the presidential primary election is just about a week away on march 5th. and these voting centers will allow voters to vote in person, drop off a vote by mail ballot, get language assistance if needed and take advantage of the locations. curbside voting systems in total. there set to be 104 voting centers all across santa clara county. 23 center's opened this past weekend. 81 more are set to open this saturday march 2nd, all locations will be open from 07:00am to 08:00pm on election day next tuesday. and prior

these voting locations are all across santa clara county. and as rhonda mentioned, many are allowing voters to drop off their ballots as early as today. and by saturday. >> they're set to be over 100 locations. now the primary election is just about a week away. that's on march 5th and these voting centers will allow voters to vote in person, drop off a vote by mail ballot, get language assistance if needed and take advantage of the locations, curbside voting systems in total. you can see on your screens there. there's 104 voting centers all across santa clara county. 23 center's opened this past weekend. and 81 more are set to open this saturday march 2nd, all locations will be open from 07:00am to 08:00pm on election day. next tuesday. and prior to that locations vary. some are open from 09:00am to 05:00pm others. 10:00am to 06:00pm. however, officials say voters can also return their ballots by mail or drop it off at any of the official drop box locations, which are open. 24 hours a day or until 08:00pm on election day. for more details o

. >> reporter: santa clara county officials say this storm may not be as intense as some of the storms we've had this year, but it could be more long lasting, and that could be a problem for those living near the rivers. like a lot of people in the neighborhood, jennifer s. keeps a close eye on the water level marks on the alma street bridge over the guadalupe river. >> usually when we have a large storm it gets up to about 14. 17 feet is when we have to move out. >> reporter: she had to evacuate her mother back in 1996, but since then, it's only gotten close. still, she took pictures of how swollen the river got two weeks ago in the last big storm. >> sometimes it rains for days and days, and we're okay. but if it rains for too long, if it rains a too long, the river rises too fast! >> reporter: that's a concern of the county as well, especially because of all the recent rainfall. >> the storm has already brought in a lot of rain from that february 4th storm. soils are saturated. >> reporter: the river gets run off from the santa cruz mountain water shed, and when the land can't absor

. >> the tea's bart silicon valley extension program is bringing bart service into santa clara county. the service will be available to help more than 1.7 million residents kron 4 stephanie lin spoke with san jose mayor matt mahan during kron for news at noon today. she got the latest information on the project and she joins us now with what they talked about. thanks for joining justine. thank you. well, there are 2 phases to this project in phase one is complete. that was extended service from alameda county into santa clara county with stops in milpitas and berryessa north san jose which started back in 2020 phase 2 is in the design and engineering phase. it will extend service from the various a transit center to stations at 28th street little portugal, downtown san jose and garrett on with the end of service in santa clara. that's the plan. mayor mahan says that he expects the funding for the project to be available. >> working vta and the to the project team are working with the federal government on a competitive funding, process that before the end of the year. should enable us

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upwards of 22,887 customers without power right now in santa clara county for an on planned outage. no word yet on when that power will be restored. but they're hoping some time this afternoon. all right. happening in a matter of minutes, the man charged in connection with the half moon bay mass shooting will be back in san mateo county in court. we're talking about truly zhao. he was supposed to enter pleas to grand jury indictments last month, but that didn't happen after his defense asked for more time to review the charges last year. zhao pleaded not guilty to all charges and remained in custody ever since. prosecutors say they do hope that this trial will happen this year, but they admit it could be delayed until 2025, his arraignment starts at 10, 30 in the san mateo county superior court. meantime, today is a key deadline for the company behind a proposed eco-friendly city in solano county. today is the deadline for the slaughter county counsel's office to give california forever the ballot title that the company will need to start collecting signatures for the ballot. the co

the current express lane on highway 101 that goes from the santa clara county line to interstate 380 will bring in $20 million in a year, with the money to go to tolls and fund bay area transit projects. transportation leaders will make a decision on this in november. they will or a third option of making no changes. >>> president biden is back in the bay area raising big money for his reelection bid. he arrived this afternoon before hopping on marine one for the marina green. he was greeted by a crowd of spectators. you can see the motorcade. he then went to a fundraiser in pacific heights hosted by nancy pelosi. police have been prepping this neighborhood putting up barriers throughout the day.>> they want to make sure that everything is safe. we had construction going on. >> it is a big deal when the president comes to neighborhood. this is a three day campaign swing. christy smith is one of the many reporters following him through our area. she joins us now from sfo. >> reporter: air force 1 arrived this afternoon, and then president biden went city on marine one. he was met by n

dictating to us what they want us to accekt and our members are >> in a statement to kron 4 santa clara county county will continue to work towards a fair and competitive contract that will allow us to maintain essential health care services for our community and quote, so far, there is no scheduled date for the 2 sides to return to the bargaining table. federal state and local officials have just announced legislation aimed at ensuring affordable housing across the state. the housing for all act would authorize 45 billion dollars for national housing from this year until 2033? senator alex padilla says bill would also establish a commission to focus on racial equity when it comes to housing. >> it's places like this and projects like this that allow us to know that we're living up to the bully, that there's dignity in housing. and that housing is a human right. not just a privilege for the few. >> california's homeless population currently stands at 181,000. people. 21,000 angelenos have been put into housing since mayor vast took office. >> my weather time here as we take a live look outside

millions of americans in several states will cast their votes in primary elections and the santa clara countyters getting ready for that big day. the office invited media to show off the county's voting equipment which will be used in those primaries. >> we have over 1,023,000 registered voters in santa clara county. i'm hoping every single one of them will get out and vote. in our days from today to march 5th. >> what you can do is you can find out more about the key races. it's going to be on the ballot on our website, just go to nbc bay area.com and you'll find it there. >> as we celebrate black heritage this month and we want to highlight the study that looks at the impact of alzheimer's disease and dementia in the black community. according to the national institutes of health, black americans are two times more likely to develop alzheimer's than their white counterpart, but listen to this, black american, 35% less likely to be diagnosed. so living with it and not knowing it. the nih is funding a study to see if new therapeutics can work before those alzheimer's and dementia symptoms eve

wastewater data from santa clara county shows how the virus as well as rsv and the flu is still rapidly spreading in the community, but for most healthy people covid is now treated like a thing of the past. many packed into bars and restaurants to watch the super bowl and hardly anyone wears a mask anymore. that has consequences for kids like ella. >> we are seeing a lot more of our kids hospitalized and we just think that's because things have opened up a lot more. >> reporter: margie mayfield runs coastal kids home care, a nonprofit that provides in-home nursing to ella and medically fragile children in santa clara, santa cruz, monterey and san benito counties. for many families it's like still living in 2020. >> families are so isolated. we're isolated tremendously during the first several years, so everybody wants to get back to normal, but our families really have to think twice about it and that's kind of sad, that they can't get out there and get going, too. >> reporter: ella does get out only for school and therapy, but she rarely goes anywhere else in public, can't go to partie

santa clara county is accepting applications for new volunteer firefighter recruits, volunteer recruits will be trained in fire suppression, emergency response, fire prevention, community outreach and other skills. march 4th is the deadline to apply. you can find the online application at ktvu .com. slash weblinks. more supportive housing is coming to oakland. the new grant that is helping homeless seniors find a place to call their own. but first, celebrating black history in san mateo county. the special mission of redwood city's newest museum, introducing an all new way to watch ktvu news live on your big screen search fox local on your tv streaming device and download it for free. >> access all fox two newscasts plus exclusive features like the ktvu video vault archives search fox local on your tv streaming device, or scan the code for how to stream kttv. what do i see in peter dixon? i see my husband... the father of our girls. i see a public servant. a man who served under secretary clinton in the state department... where he took on the epidemic of violence against women in the c

santa clara registrar of voters, they are verifying the trickle of ballots coming in. >> we hope that people are seeing every impact they can have on what is happening in this election. >> in santa clara county, they have counted almost 61,000 mail- in ballots so far, that is 5.8% of the county is 1 million voters. the statewide numbers are worse. according to political data.com, only 3% of statewide ballots have been mailed back. the data shows 4% of voters who identify as white have already voted. 3% of asian voters have. 3% of black voters have. and lagging behind our latinos with only 2% casting ballots in california so far. >> while the picture does look dismal, it is very disheartening for those of us who do pay attention to politics, electoral politics. >> he teaches political science at evergreen valley college. he fears holding the primary in march instead of june might have something to do with it, but -- >> we can go ahead and lay blame on the voters themselves and the community, however there is a large, significant amount of blame that needs to be leveled against the campaigns. >> political campaigns that don't reach out to latino voters or even ignore them altogether. paul be a

in santa clara and santa cruz county, that stays up until 3 a.m. tonight. for most of the area.n you can see these are storm reports. again, these are recent ones. let's see what we got. i think this is alviso. milpitas roadway flooding on the great american parkway on ramp that was at 1025. and then in the san jose area, roadway flooding exit lane, i-280 north so bird avenue and then roadway flooding in santa clara street off ramp. so when i read those part of what i read them you're like, yeah, whatever that was 20 minutes ago. but i'm trying to illustrate that those are the those are the ones that are being reported there. stuff everywhere that's not being reported. and my worry or my always my concern is in the morning. here's the back edge. and it's pushing through in the morning when you get going to work early in the morning or whatever, and you're maybe you're up in saratoga or you're up in woodacre or tree down branch down kind of dark. you can't see it. so you really there's going to be stuff in the morning. this was just a major, major storm. it was a good storm. we'v

the 24 year-old was taken to the santa clara county jail to be booked on murder charges. >> lieutenant mike christine e says gomez is not related to the child and the motive is still being investigated. christine, he says this weighed heavy on everyone who responded, as you can >> their hearts are heavy very tougime scene. a people for initial responding officers and everybody was out there. >> police were not able to confirm if there's a history of domestic violence coming from this apartment. this is the second homicide so far this year in santa clara, i'm sara stinson reporting back to you. >> some strange happenings in hayes valley there. the storm drains steaming and overflowing octavia and haze parklets in front of restaurants were flooded with water today. one of our reporters said the sidewalk actually looks like a river. take a look at this wild video. water bubbling out of the streets of another part of san francisco as the storm drains filled up. this was at franklin and green earlier today. the city was under a flash flood warning. city saw thunderstorms, lightning, lots of

. >>> in santa clara county high schoolers are hosting a forum. south bay are selecting a replacement for long time congresswoman anna eshoo who has held the seat since 1992. now there are 11 candidates vying for the position. our len ramirez spokes to people in district 16 about what they need and want from their next representative. >> we're concerned about small businesses, consistency and safety on the streets. we like to see the prices stay equal or lower. >> recent polls of former san jose mayor sam liccardo and santa clara county supervisor saying they are still undecided. >>> california landlords may soon have to allow renters to keep their gets as a new bill introduced will prevent blanket pet pans from rental units throughout the state. under current law only 30% of available rentals are pet friendly. in san francisco that number is as low as 21%. about 850,000 tenants report housing their pet in secret across the state. while shelters reported more than 65,000 pets had to be surrendered due to their rentals pet bans. >>> we got you cove

the santa clara county district attorney's office announcing today a sniper with a san jose police who rescue to mom and her 2 sons while they were being held hostage acted within the law when he fatally shot the man holding them hostage. they also released police body cam video from when it happened last year. we want to warn you some viewers might find the video disturbing. >> where the sound bite? the video shows an officer breaking through a glass bedroom window before another officer shoots and kills. >> elio burt gonzalez says was in march of last year the da's office says the 35 year-old was armed with 2 machetes and ignored police commands to surrender. gonzales was allegedly threatening to chop off the heads of the mother and her sons, a 7 year-old and an 18 year-old. he had been evicted from his nearby apartment. the same day. investigators say gonzalez mistakenly thought that they were the managers of the apartment building. so he broke into their apartment. >> and held them hostage. officer edward a carboni who fired the fatal shots had been part of the 3 prior officer-invo

more than 100 voting centers and santa clara county are opening beginning this saturday. >> thank youaudrey. >>> as the clock ticks down to the march primary, point your camera at the qr code you see on your screen. it will take you to our elections page and website, nbcbayarea.com, for resources and information, including how you can cast your ballots and races to watch. >>> we're back in 60 seconds. up next, is this happening again? engineers say they fixed the tilting, but one expert said the millennium tower is thinking in a new spot, right in the middle. we investigate. >>> plus, would it speed up your commute? the plan to extend 101 express lane in the peninsula, and why some people say it's only going to make more headache. >>> i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. the rain sees the numbers keep coming in, and the numbers are huge. look at this in santa rosa, 29.74 inches so far this season. that's 127% of normal, so good on this front can we get some sun tomorrow, but we are tracking a new storm system this weekend. i got upted timing and >>> more trouble for the troubled mill

tuesday evening, officials with the santa clara county medical examiner's office saying the victim's id and cause of death will be released once his family is notified of the homicide in the sherman oaks section of san jose. jesse gary, ktvu fox two news now to the east bay and a longtime business owner who was shot and killed in oakland, was la to rest today. >> police say that aristeo zambrano was shot earlier this month while working in his repair shop there on international boulevard zambrano ran bay city alternators for more than three decades. his family says it often worried about his safety, saying he was on the verge of retiring. but zambrano immigrated from mexico and was a field worker and helped the labor movement alongside cesar chavez. zambrano survived by three daughters. he was 68 years old. there was no word yet on any arrests or a motive in his killing. the oakland police commission plans to hold an open forum on its search for a new police chief. the commission announcing the form today in a post on x, it says it will be held on february 29th. the commission is inv

you're only getting one vote, and that's how you make your voice heard in santa clara county. >> zachuentes, abc seven news. >> with two full weeks until california's primary, a new poll from emerson college shows a shift in the senate race. adam schiff remains the front runner, but republican candidate steve garvey is now firmly in second. he has seen his support grow along with katie porter, who remains in third. oakland congresswoman barbara lee is in fourth at 9. the top two advanced to the general election in november. >> president biden is now in california for a three day campaign fundraising visit, which will include stops in the bay area. a mr. biden arrived in los angeles a short time ago, where he'll participate in two campaign receptions today and tomorrow. the president will fly to the bay area tomorrow for two more fundraising events, one in san francisco. that's tomorrow, and another in los altos hills on thursday. according to this campaign, mr. biden has more than $130 million already on hand, the largest figure ever amassed by a democratic presidential candidate at t

santa clara county has been affected the most, with trees falling onto power poles causing more outages of even though the storm has calmed for now, pg&e says tree concerns remain. >> although we've already seen the brunt of the storm, there's a lot of soil that's still very saturated. so there is a potential for healthy trees to continue falling and damage our power equipment. we want people at home to remain vigilant. >> reporter: vigilant in this case means avoiding the use of candles, keeping phones charged, and having medication handy in case evacuation becomes necessary. as for gentleman janelle, she's in awe of the outcome for her neighbors. >> they were in very good spirits about all of it, which i was amazed. >> reporter: a perspective of gratitude as the storm subsides. officials urge residents to keep those trees trimmed especially under these weather conditions. >> thank you. power outages are still a big problem throughout contra costa county. some people and businesses spent the day in the dark. pg&e was scrambling to assess all the downed lines in walnut creek. in fact, t

. >> the santa clara county district attorney's office has announced today a sniper with the san jose police department who helps rescue a mother and her 2 sons while they were being held hostage acted. >> within the law when he fatally shot the man they say was holding them hostage. they also released police body cam video from when this happened last year. >> we do want to warn you some viewers may find this video disturbing. >> that >> video they're showing one officer breaking through a class bedroom window before another shoots and kills ellie albert gonzales in march of 2023. da's office says the 35 year-old was armed with 2 machetes and ignored police commands to surrender. gonzalez was allegedly threatening to chop off the heads of the mother and her sons. >> at 7, an 18 year-old he had been evicted from his nearby apartment on the same day that was on boynton avenue. investigators say gonzalez mistakenly thought they were the managers of that apartment buildings. so he broke into their apartment and held them hostage officer edward carboni who fired the fatal shots had been p

last check, more than 19,000 people are without power in santa clara county. mateo county, we're seeing more than 14,000 people in the dark. another 19,000 people without power in sonoma county. there is more than 5,000 in marin county. so in solano county we're seeing about 3,500 people without power. >>> a new obstacle for the oakland a's and their quest to build a new ballpark in las vegas. nevada teachers are taking a new legal step in trying to shut down funding. >> "today in the bay"'s kris sanchez is here with a closer look at what this means. >> just as las vegas is rolling out the welcome mat for the 49ers, the nevada teachers are trying to roll up the welcome mat for the oakland a's. nevada lawmakers agreed to a $380 million package in public funding toward a baseball stadium on the las vegas strip, that you probably know. the teachers union said this is money that really should be going toward education and other public needs. the a's are not named in this lawsuit, which was just filed, which alleges that the bill to help fund the stadium wasn't pass

santa clara police say a three year old boy was shot and killed by his mother's boyfriend early this morning. >> the boyfriend is now in custody and is expected to be booked into the santa clara county main jail for murder. ktvu south bay reporter lamonica peters has more now. after speaking with neighbors, people living near the riley square apartments in santa clara say they are shocked to hear that a three year old boy had been shot and killed in his home. >> i heard about it this morning, but, you know, it's very unsettling. police say the child's mother called police around 225 tuesday morning to report her son had been shot by her live in boyfriend, who is not the boy's father, 24 year old sergio collin gomez. this is the first time i'm hearing this. yeah so i'm a little bit scared. also feel a little uncomfortable . you know what i'm saying? >> santa clara police say there is no current threat to the public. police say when they arrived, the boy was inside the apartment with a gunshot wound. he was given cpr, but died inside of the home. police say a handgun was found at the scene and gomez was taken into custody after a brief struggle. >> it's an anomaly, so i wouldn't say t

winchester station right between buchanan avenue, 90 units of and help and sheltered families in santa clara countyy leaders say the project comes the time of the homeless crisis. greatly impacting the county. >> affordable housing is so desperately needed throughout the bay area. the housing propose that the vta helps the community providing 100% affordable housing and wraparound services. in our last. >> point in time, count of the homeless population. we saw increase in homeless families in our community. this can't come fast enough. >> the da they plan to release more development details later this month. this is actually the 4th transit property provided by vta. in national news overnight, senators released that highly anticipated 118 billion dollar package impose tougher immigration and asylum laws watching correspond reshad republicans in the senate are pushing back on his claims. >> we all know that the border is broken. >> after months of negotiations, the senate finally released the details of its border security bill senate majority leader chuck schumer called the bill transformative. th

and voting centers are open in santa clara county. we'll tell you what you need to know if you plan on voting early for the primaries in california will have that coming up right back. >> right now on the kron, 4 morning news. police are trying to figure out who started this fire in a target in the bay area. city in the east bay is seeing an uptick in car burglaries and now residents are getting more concern. plus, breaking news, a north, our neighborhood in the east bay under a shelter in place. order. we're live with the reason why. >> from the bay local news station. you're watching on morning team. >> good morning. thank you for joining us on this monday, february 26th, i'm james fletcher. and let's start the hour with a check of the fpweather. before we get to the headlines because rain back in the mix is one of our headlines. john, good morning. yes, it absolutely is, especially towards the end of the week. but we do have a brief introduction to some showers. again today, including some light showers that we've already seen this

you're only getting one vote and that's how you make your voice heard in santa clara county. >> zach fuentes abc seven news coming up next. >> literally building a better bay area. the new plans for an old shopping mall in cupertino, plus. >> and i thought i just have not reached my potential as yet. >> he is the oldest student ever at cal's executive mba program. he's learning a lot, and he's teaching the younger students a few things as well let's take a look at this knee. that truly matters. [ physical therapy staff discusses results ] for your mind. for your body. and for the community. -team! kaiser permanente. the economy is simply not working for millions of hard working families. they're working harder than ever and they still can't make enough to get by to afford food and medicine to even keep a roof over their heads. we need to build more housing that's truly affordable. we need to address this terrible epidemic of homelessness. we need to invest in good paying jobs, union jobs and investments in our future. this, this is why i'm running for the us senate. i'm adam schiff a

monte avenue, santa clara county fire responded just before 10:00 this morning. officials reported nearby power lines were down and that a fire hydrant was also affected. good news though no injuries were reported. that's a pretty large tree there, mark. just one of the many trees that toppled during this latest system. >> a lot of storm reports indicating downed trees. and the concern is we could that could happen again. even more so into a sunday as another storm approaches our coastline. so yeah, we're still talking about some showers. we can't completely dry out just yet, and we're already talking about another storm. so get ready. it's headed our way now in the sierra. of course, our rain means snow in the mountains. and as you can see, these numbers, they're not huge. but still, nice to report some new snow in the mountains. this was the scene. in fact, that background image was from homewood today. so you can see around four to 6 to 9in across the sierra. now we've been talking a lot about atmospheric rivers. it's basically a band of high level moisture th

. >> santa clara county district attorney jeff rosen says. this is a very difficult case. >> a three year old child being murdered is not something that i can really comprehend and i'm enormously upset by it, as i know everyone is. when adults are having an argument, as was happening here, and a gun is introduced into that argument, no good ever comes from it. >> we did learn in court that the gun allegedly used to commit this crime was legally owned by mr. gomez and registered in his name, and was being stored inside the apartment, reporting from the santa clara county hall of justice in san jose. i'm mark sayer, ktvu, fox two news. >> new at six. the son of a former bay area police chief charged with murder has been acquitted by a jury. 24 year-old tyrone mcallister has been found not guilty for the death of a man back in 2019. police say mcallister fired a single shot while robbing a 32 year-old man near san pablo avenue. mcallister is the son of retired union city police chief daryl mcallister, who has said he is estranged from his son. >