sarah stinson has more. >>we have confirmed the overboard passenger was traveling alone on the cruise and they have not been able to find him yet. a u.s. coast guard spokesperson explained to me just how difficult this kind of search can be. >>a tragic announcement monday night delaying the departure of a princess cruise docked at san francisco's pier. 27. the ruby princess was set to take off on a 16 day voyage to the hawaiian islands. princess cruises says a 72 year-old man went missing around 6.50 monday morning on the previous five-day voyage to ensenada. crew members searched the ship several times and comb through security video coming to the conclusion that he must have gone overboard. a spokesperson for princess cruises released a statement saying in part, quote, we extend our heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of the guest who is traveling alone. the coast guard was called in to search for the man 45 miles off the coast of monterey can station here for >>quite a few years. this is the f

but today the public defender's office file the complaint kron 4 sarah stinson joins after speaking with the woman involved. sarah. >> it's been nearly 5 months since amelia jones says she was tackled and arrested by san francisco police. she says while the bruises have healed, emotional distress hasn't quite yet. we do want to warn you some of the video you're about to see may be disturbing >> it's really shocking and obviously was not something that i was expecting on that morning. what was supposed to be another workday changed in the blink of an eye for amelia jones? on july, 24th jones as she was walking her bike on sacramento street in san francisco when she came upon. police in riot gear lined up on a war in gaza. protests. >> jones says she saw officers tackle another >> for police officers jumped on top of her and had her pinned down on the ground. jones says she started yelling for others to help her as officers started to corner. >> spring street. >> panic and confusion and really just desperation to get out of that situation was the main thing going through my head. officers

i'm sarah stinson. we now know the names of the 3 teens who died in a car crash the day before thanksgiving. >> look at your screen here on your left. you can see soaring dixon in the middle, to cara and on the right, jack nelson to honor them. hundreds gathered in piedmont for a vigil. community members came together at piedmont park around 5 friday evening. neighbors and friends of the victims were college students visiting for family for thanksgiving with their family. police say the crash happened just after 03:00am on hampton road wednesday. officers say the cybertruck they were in jumped a curb, crashed into a tree and burst into flames. one person did survive. they were rushed to the hospital in critical condition. police say speed was a factor in the crash. they have not ruled out whether drugs or alcohol were involved. and tonight, a young couple from fremont expecting to give birth to a baby girl. a time of celebration has been disrupted by a thief. the family car, along with all the new baby

i'm sarah stinson reporting in san francisco. back to you. >> all right. finding themselves in a tricky situation with electric vehicle. yeah. kron four's terisa spoke with cal fire about the challenges they face. >> definitely these looking batteries, these electric car batteries there are very big challenge. cal fire battalion chief brent >> addressing this. this was a tesla that caught on fire on 8/8/2024 in lafayette, the fire erupted while it was charging the flames leapt setting another adjacent tesla on fire. the challenge being that. >> they keep reigniting once we put them out until the energy of the batteries is is is completely used up if you will. so. >> it takes a lot of water to put the batteries out and they do rekindle restart themselves in in a thermal runaway situation, this big rig overturned on october 29th shutting down a pathway to the port of los angeles for a day. >> a month before that, a big rig with lithium batteries on board closed down a stretch of highway near san bernardino for 2 days because of fire just kept burning, transp

i'm sarah stinson reporting in san francisco. back to you. >> we'll talk about our weather forecast right live at 5 here across the city of san francisco. we are looking at a nice dry start to december and meteorologist kyla grogan. >> is here now with details on the warmth. yeah. just this beautiful sunshine that is out there as we take a live look here in san francisco. you can see it is just gorgeous yet again today temperatures reflecting that we're off to the races once again and will be above average. you can see we're at 63 in san francisco. 61 in oakland, mid 60's in livermore and san jose. los 60's in napa. santa rose about 61 and we haven't made it to the 60 degree mark. but we're very close in half moon bay at about 59 wind is nice and calm. so again, we just have the same pattern that we had yesterday. just beautiful out there. and you can see that as we look at stormtracker for the whole state, right. just basking in that california sunshine today. and as we zoom in here, it's, you know, literally hardly a cloud in t

i'm sarah stinson reporting in san francisco. well, 10 37 is the time and a suspect is now charged in the shooting and wounding of a pregnant woman in san francisco. prosecutors say 30 year-old carrie roberson shot the victim inside her home in the bayview district last month when police arrived at the scene, the shooter was already gone. but they identified. robertson as their suspect and found him a couple days later in daly city. he's now being held without bail. bay area. firefighters are finding themselves in tricky situations when it comes to electric car fires. proffers theresa spoke with cal fire about the challenges they face. >> and batteries. these electric car batteries there are very big challenge. cal fire battalion chief brent >> addressing this. this was a tesla that caught on fire on 8/8/2020 for lafayette. the fire erupted while it was charging the flames leapt setting another adjacent tesla on fire. the challenge being that. >> they keep reigniting once we put them out until the energy of the batteries is is is

i'm sarah stinson reporting in san francisco. back to you. >> well, closing arguments start in the case of an many the man accused of stabbing and killing cash app founder bob lee on monday. at least 2 kids. they were in the courtroom, his youngest child leaving the courtroom in tears after a video was played showing about lee's last moments, obviously effective july, so severely. >> right. and so they lost. iraq, right? bob was always there for it's part of the pain of what you know, what even made up >> the prosecution spoke about the motive and the significance a moment. sister khazar who was one of the last people to see both men together arguing many was upset because lee introduced a drug dealer to cause our and then moments before stabbing the dealer drug czar and sexually assaulted her, the prosecution says will minis actions following the murder shows that he was aware of his guilt saying you never call on 9-1-1, through the knife away and fled the scene with no tax or emails to anyone. the defense during the trials argu

i'm sarah stinson reporting in san francisco.selves in a tricky situation with electric car fires. now this comes after multiple fires have sparked from electric cars becoming involved in crashes or semi tracks. semi trucks transporting lithium batteries. now this video shows a tesla that caught fire while charging in lafayette and then there was a big rig that faught fire after it overturned shutting down a pathway to the port of los angeles for an entire day. that fire sparked a month after another truck with batteries on board closed part of a highway in san bernardino for 2 days after those batteries caught fire. >> transporting these batteries is not only is it hazardous if they happen to crash or they they become involved in an accident. now you got to think about the traffic, the delays that that creates an and the headaches that creates. so really a big problem for us. we're learning from each of these fires, things that worked well, things that didn't work wells. >> fire officials say the drivers of electric cars can hel

i'm sarah stinson reporting in san francisco. back to you. >> all right.ll talk about our forecast now with this live look outside here. the city of san francisco looking really good out there today. and meteorologist kyla grogan is here now with details. tried to get outside if you can't. yeah, definitely. it's beautiful day and we've got just a beautiful week out there. this is one of those everybody. let's talk about what's happening with our jet stream. you can see how it dips down on the eastern side of the country. >> allowing all that cold air and you can see it's creating some snow in the upper midwest and over into the great lakes region as well. >> big difference in temperatures. when you take a look at what's happening there and you see teat it's, you know, 39 degrees right now in washington, d.c., and just 32 in nashville obviously see the cool temperatures there, right with jet stream goes and then you head to the west coast and we're very comfortable, right? we're above average. lovely kind of temperatures here. you can see we're at 69 in san

i'm sarah stinson reporting in san francisco. you. >> 33 is the time san francisco. 49 er star left tackle. trent williams is newborn son. we just found out has passed away. his wife sondra made the announcement on instagram saying the couple's first born and only son brian williams, junior, who was born prematurely on november. 24th died at the hospital shortly after she gave birth to him. trenton is the second child pass away during saunders pregnancy. the mother says her that win died earlier in that pregnancy. so just extra tragedy now to this forty-niners offensive lineman missed the team's last 2 games against the bills and the packers. according to the official injury report sunday's game in buffalo, due to an ankle injury. now, this tragic passing marks the second 40 niner player. now this season to lose a child. you may remember cornerback charvarius ward announced the death of his daughter a toddler back in october. >> got to deal tragedies like like this. you know that it's hard as a coach part of the friend part of th

i'm sarah stinson reporting in san francisco. once again, top of mind in foster city, the city council's trying to come up with a plan to protect the public's health and the lagoon areas from above these birds kron four's. lindsey ford explains. one thing is clear. >> foster city leaders say they need to find a solution to downsize the increasing population of canada goose in their city, especially in the lagoon. areas. but they don't want to kill the birds. instead, they brought in wildlife innovations to create an environmental review to deal with increasing geese population. >> canada geese and they're dropping. so the culprit of increased e-coli levels and foster city's lagoon making it not safe for people to enjoy the city's beautiful waterways. this coming february, officials say they will start to test out a habitat modifications to minimize the number of geese in the area. council members, sam hindi suggested when hazing technique called goose egg at a ling which would remove fertilization of eggs. he also called on resid

the public defender's office has filed a complaint kron 4 sarah stinson has the details. >>it's been nearly 5 months since amelia jones says she was tackled and arrested by san francisco police. while the bruises have healed, she says she's still on edge around officers. we do want to warn you some of the video you see may be disturbing. it's really shocking and obviously was not something that i was expecting on that morning. what was supposed to be another workday changed in the blink of an eye for emilia jones? on july, 24th jones as she was walking her bike on sacramento street in san francisco when she came upon. police in riot gear lined up at a war in gaza. protests. >>jones says she saw officers tackle another >>for police officers jumped on top of her and had her pinned down on the ground. jones says she started yelling for others to help her as officers started to corner her. >>spring street. >>confusion and really just desperation to get out of that situation was the main thing going through my head. officers can be seen tackling jones to the ground to arrest w

kron 4 sarah stinson reports. >>the naacp says the alleged closet incident is one of several reports of students experiencing frightening mistreatment from staff members at the after school program here called right at school are relation work with several families. >>that complaint about. some instances of racial bias. physical soltz, at least one of those families are working on a potential lawsuit against the palo alto unified school district after their 10 year-old boy suffered what they call racism and physical abuse. a claim filed wednesday says it happened in january escondido elementary at the after school program called right at school. >>the san jose and silicon valley naacp president elect sean allen says a staff member locked up the child who was 9 years old at the time in a closet for 15 minutes. the child was so distraught and traumatized. the family's attorneys say in a state of panic, the boy was able to call his dad for help on his smart watch. ellen says after the family complained to the distric

i'm sarah stinson tonight. a young couple from fremont is expecting to give birth to a baby girl. a time of celebration has been disrupted by a thief. the family car, along with all their new baby clothes gear stolen from them on thanksgiving. it set them back. thousands of dollars. kron four's jack molmud reports. >> my first baby girl is going to be born. tonight, betty willis and our celie a veto young and in love. >> and ready t. give birth any minute. i'm excited and nervous. those 2 emotions are normal. but what's not normal is sadness and anger. i just got emotional because not only thanksgiving. current rolling back. the baby stuff was in there that he's car along with the gifts and clothes and everything they needed for their newborn was stolen. the car taken away overnight on thanksgiving day. heartbreaking because we just have gotten the baby solar type of act for love. >> important stuff for today. the car also had photos of their babies. ultrasound, strollers afd a car seat. kron 4 interviewed betty and are selling at just 2 hours before she was set to be induced to d

tonight, people gathered for the countdown kron 4 sarah stinson was there. >> let's glow started with the city wanting to protect snow onto the buildings. and since it's turned into the country's biggest holiday projection event and it's become such a tradition, we learned that this is going to happen next year as well. let's seth is back bigger and brighter. we actually have 16 artists and design studios working on shows for this year's event from indonesia to paris to right here in san francisco. >> one of the artist ryan hughes lasky grew up in the mission district. he says it's a full-circle moment for him to be able to share his creation with the city that raised him. the audience doesn't know particularly that i'm the artist who created the work and i can hide in the audience and just or what their what their lives are being and what they're feeling. >> and the show was an absolute hit. many attendees saying this is the best way to kick off the holidays. really beautiful. i love to protections in the law. yeah. it's amazing that christmas light. so we came last year and thought

kron 4 sarah stinson has headed that way. we will bring you details and that will be coming a new filing from the office of former alameda county da pamela price. this is shutting light on a possible connection between outgoing oakland mayor sheng thao and california waste solutions. the business and taos home both rated. you might remember by the fbi and june kron four's dan kerman reports. >> it was in june of this year that federal investigators rated california waste solutions the home of its owners, the duong family and the home of oakland mayor sheng thao. but details about reasons for the raid remain sealed. but a new court filing from the office of former alameda county district attorney pamela price. in a separate case, make several allegations suggesting the owners of california waste solutions funded negative campaign fliers again showing taos opponents in the 2022 election to get al elected and benefit their business. monday's court filing stems from a criminal complaint filed by price back in january against mari

they're also investigating sarah stinson is working to gather some more information for us and we'll have the latest coming up on kron. 4 news at 10 part of the big story tonight. closing arguments started today. in the case of many the man accused of murdering cash app founder bob lee. >> in april, least 2 children were in the courtroom today. >> kron four's rob nesbitt joins us now live from the courtroom with more on the emotions that took place. i can only imagine showing this to the children, rob. grant, vicki was very emotional. >> for bob lee's children's who are teenagers, a video was played in court during closing arguments showing lee's last moment showing him collapsing to the ground into a pool of his own blood. that's when one of his kids left the courtroom crying visibly upset from what they saw in the video. family both lee and many of the accused said in court today while the prosecution presented the beginning of their closing arguments, why they think will many stabbed lead to death. >> san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins also sat in court for about an ho

. >> kron 4 sarah stinson was at tonight's meeting in half moon bay. >> the meeting held here at mavericks else was full of coastal residents wanting answers from san mateo county leaders about what's being done to better prepare for a tsunami. the recent alert being called a stress test for the county. >> it totally chaotic. we were walking their dog on and part of phone. went off with the tsunami alert. warning we doing in a row class and then half an hour later, they came in and said the times time to evacuate to higher ground. a tsunami alert issued on december 5th. still fresh on the minds of the coastal community in san mateo county. the national weather service triggered the alert after a 7 point. oh, earthquake struck off the coast of humboldt county. >> and hour and 15 minutes later, it was canceled. but the damage was done with thousands of people trying to evacuate and what that resulted in his people getting on highway one. >> and and in the real event, actually leaving areas that we're safe and going to areas where they were less safe. many say this should the county is not pr

kron 4 sarah stinson has been following this story. she has the update. >> there's been a lot of changes in the last couple months here on fillmore street with for lease signs popping up. but customers in the owners of law, mediterranean say they're relieved to hear it won't be vacant anytime soon to 45 a new lease on life than day visit ocean is excited. is family restaurant lot mediterranean has been given an extended lease until it's a great day. we are very, very happy today. we just got to celebrate the fact that we're going to be here for years to come. david trojan runs cafe la med. his father lavonne opened it 45 years ago for him. his life's work lives on and that's great. in the re told their lease would not be renewed. but david rosen says they able to work out an agreement with the landlord, cody allen, and you might have really >> showing that they care about the small businesses on the block our agreement. you know, our our lease extension is a reflection of say customers say they're relieved to hear their favorite restau

kron 4 sarah stinson reports. >> the rain we've seen after the game may also be tears from niners fans disappointed in the loss. some say that's a wrap for the playoffs. while others are hopeful, there's still a chance. >> a damp night turned onto a damp right home and possibly the end of the season. with a little bit of luck. we might squeeze in. >> doubtful night forever. so same fate. deficit the faithful, showed up to levi stadium thursday night despite heavy rain coming down during the 1st half, many rocking rain jackets and ponchos. the forty-niners faced off against the los angeles rams are night or if rain doesn't stop. you know whether they'll stop comes from the team. but no matter what you got to be here, the faithful, it's better when it's raining it's nighttime it's a critical game not a good night for niner nation as the rams won 12 to 6, we needed that game bad and people had to write his hand probably would help sure help us win the game. the rain let up after halftime. but still neither team scored a single touchdown. the whole game dried up. and so did the niners offe

i'm sarah stinson reporting in san francisco. back to you. >> the defense team for the man accused of being the stockton serial killer is asking the court to consider his mental capacity. investigators say wesley brownlee shot and killed 7 people, including one victim in oakland back in 2021. doctors now set to determine if brownlee can understand the murder charges he's facing. and if he has the ability to assist his defense attorney, a judge will then decide if brownlee is competent to stand trial. the next hearing is set for january. >> north, a man in jail tonight accused of breaking into a home attacking the people inside and then trying to kidnap an elderly person from a nursing facility center felt police say the suspect broke into a home on ross street around one saturday morning. he's accused of attacking a sband and his pregnant wife before running away. later that day, the suspect was found at a nursing facility on 5th avenue. police say pretended to be an employee and try to take a patient to santa rosa. the man was e

kron 4 sarah stinson reports. >> a legal analyst says because both the prosecution and the defense presented such strong cases, jurors had a lot to figure out the jury can either acquit name among many or they can put him behind bars anywhere between 4 years to life. >> very tumultuous process for these jurors. after more than 50 hours of deliberation, a unanimous decision has been made by a san francisco jury in the murder trial of nima, many the man accused of stabbing and killing cash up founder bob lee. jurors have been considering 4 possible verdicts guilty of first-degree murder guilty of voluntary manslaughter, guilty of involuntary manslaughter or not guilty. legal analyst steven clark has been closely following this trial and gives us his predictions. so i'm not expecting first degree and i'm not expecting a not guilty because this jury worked so hard and it took so long to get to this point. clark explains the worst case scenario for the 39 year-old. if the jury returns a verdict of first-degree murder, many is looking at 26 years to life in prison. >> if the jury decided it was no

kron 4 sarah stinson reports. >> the naacp says the alleged closet incident is one of several reports of students experiencing frightening mistreatment from staff members at the after school program here called right at school are relation to work with several families. >> that complaint about. instances of racial bias. physical assaults, at least one of those families are working on a potential lawsuit against the palo alto unified school district after their 10 year-old boy suffered what they call racism and physical abuse. a claim filed wednesday says it happened in january. an escondido elementary at the after school program called right at school. >> the san jose and silicon valley naacp president elect sean allen says a staff member locked up the child who was 9 years old at the time in a closet for 15 minutes. the child was so distraught and traumatized. the family's attorneys say in a state of panic, the boy was able to cmll his dad for help on his smart watch. allen says after the family complained to the district, the same staff member retaliated by inciting violence in the

cruise ship's arrival into san francisco following a five-day round-trip voyage to ensenada com 4 sarah stinson joining us live in san francisco with the details. sarah. >> we now know the overboard passenger was traveling on the cruise alone and he has not been found yet at this hour, i spoke with a u.s. coast guard spokesperson. really explain to me how difficult these kinds of searches can be. >> more. >> tragic announcement monday night delaying the departure of a princess cruise docked at san francisco's pier. 27. the ruby princess was set to take off on a 16 day voyage to the hawaiian islands. princess cruises says a 72 year-old man went missing around 6.50 monday morning on the previous five-day voyage to ensenada. crew members searched the ship several times and comb through security video coming to the conclusion that he must have gone overboard. a spokesperson for princess cruises released a statement saying in part, quote, we extend our heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of the guest who is traveling alone. the coast guard was called in to search for the man 45 miles off

i'm sara stinson reporting live in san francisco. back to you. sarah, thank you. >> day 4 of deliberations in the bob lee murder trial ended without a decision lead was stabbed to death in april of last year in san francisco, prosecutors allege many stab the cash app founder and blamed him for the drugging and assault of his sister. but the defense any was acting in his own self defense. if found guilty of first-degree murder, many will likely face life in prison. jury deliberations are set to continue tomorrow. still ahead here on kron for a bay area, house meant to serve as a safe place for jewish students was vandalized. reaction tonight. >> from community leaders. plus the mayor of antioch, some messages to the city after being voted out of office will have the break. bounced from one doctor to the next. does it have to be like this? at kaiser permanente, we have a different kind of healthcare... so, how did you like doctor lum? ...where all of us work together for all that is you. >> 2 men are dead after a double shooting near a bowling alley in a

kron 4 sarah stinson has the latest details. >>a legal analyst says because both the prosecution and the defense presented such strong cases, jurors had a lot to figure out the jury can either acquit name many or they can put him behind bars anywhere between 4 years to life a very tumultuous process for these jurors. after more than 50 hours of deliberation, a unanimous decision has been made by a san francisco jury in the murder trial of nima, many. >>the man accused of stabbing and killing cash up founder bob lee. jurors have been considering 4 possible verdicts guilty of first-degree murder, guilty of voluntary manslaughter. guilty of involuntary manslaughter or not guilty. legal analyst steven clark has been closely following this trial and gives us his predictions. so i'm not expecting first degree. >>and i'm not expecting a not guilty because this jury worked so hard and it took so long to get to this point. clark explains the worst case scenario for the 39 year-old. if the jury returns a verdict of first-degree murder, ma

sarah stinson has the latest details. >>it took about 2 hours to clear the scene. 50 people evacuated. several streets had to be shut down along with nearby train tracks which delayed passengers trying to get to sacramento from oakland. >>in oakland boarding came to a halt for an amtrak train heading to sacramento tuesday afternoon at the jack london station. this due to a gas leak in the area about a minute in. >>the conduct is reported that there was a gas leak and that as a result, it would be delayed by about an hour to keep get costly, getting updates. >>so hopefully not too much longer. oakland fire got the call around four-thirty about the smell of natural gas near second and brush streets. when firefighters arrived. they evacuated several blocks and shut down the train tracks cordoned off a 3 block radius. >>they ended up having to evacuating 3 buildings the people luckily there's not a lot of residential in this area a commercial. evacuate people out of the commercial buildings, office buildings around. >>austin

kron 4 sarah stinson has the story. >>jake larson is celebrating another lap around the sun. now 102 years young >>a family and friends gathered for his birthday party friday night in concord, even many celebrations. how does it feel it's hard to describe? because i don't think i deserve all papa jake, staying humble, despite having nearly 900,000 followers on tiktok, he went viral back in 2020 after his granddaughter micaela started posting videos. >>people quickly fell in love with his stories. it went viral and >>next thing we know people are wanting papa jake. we want videos to pop a j. the love that he receives every amount of it he truly deserves knows like what i do. and i like what i do. and the internet fame has led papas, jake, to a lot of opportunities in the last 4 years. a meeting to presidents. i think that's pretty amazing. seeing him experience disneyland for the first time was brought through tiktok on top of jake's 99th birthday. mckayla started asking social media followers to send him birthday cards and people rode him from all over the world a little boy

meetings with residents to learn about the ways they can better communicate during a tsunami kron. 4 sarah stinson was at tonight's meeting in half moon bay. >> the meeting held here at mavericks else was full of coastal residents wanting answers from san mateo county leaders about what's being done to better prepare for a tsunami. the recent alert being called a stress test for the county. >> it totally chaotic. we were walking our dog on and be part of phone. went off with the tsunami alert warning we're doing in a row class and then half an hour later, they came in and said the times time to evacuate to higher ground. a tsunami alert issued on december 5th. still fresh on the minds of the coastal community in san mateo county. the national weather service triggered the alert after a 7 point. oh, earthquake struck off the coast of humboldt county. >> and hour and 15 minutes later, it was canceled. but the damage was done with thousands of people trying to evacuate and what that resulted in is people getting on highway one. >> and and in the real event, actually leaving areas that we're safe and

kron 4 sarah stinson reports. >> the rain we've seen after the game may also be tears from niners fans disappointed in the loss. some say that's a wrap for the playoffs. while others are hopeful, there's still a chance. >> a damp night turned onto a damp ride home in a and possibly the end of the season. with a little bit of luck. we might squeeze in. >> doubtful night forever. so same fate of deficit and faithful the faithful showed up to levi stadium thursday night despite heavy rain coming down during the 1st half, many rocking rain jackets and ponchos. the forty-niners faced off against the los angeles rams are night or fad rain doesn't stop. you know whether team, but no matter what you got to be here, the faithful, it's better when it's raining it's nighttime it's better a critical game for both teams hoping to make it to the playoffs. but it was not a good night for niner nation as the rams won 12 to 6, we needed that game bad and people had a right and probably would help. sure help us win the game. the rain let up after halftime. but still neither team scored a single touchdow

kron 4 sarah stinson has the story. >> top of jake larson is celebrating another lap around the sun. now 102 years young. happy family and friends gathered for his birthday party friday night in concord. you've had many celebrations. how does it feel? i it. it's hard to describe because i don't think i deserve all this pop of jake staying humble, despite having nearly 900,000 followers on tiktok, he went viral back in 2020 after his grand daughter mckayla started posting videos. people quickly fell in love with his stories. it went viral and next thing we know people are wanting papa jake. we want videos pop a j. the love that he receives every >> amount of it. he truly deserves it's crazy. those like what i >> and i like what i do and the internet fame has led papa jake to a lot of opportunities in the last 4 years. a meeting to presidents. i think that's pretty amazing. seeing him experience disneyland for the first time was brought through tiktok on papa jakes. 99th birthday. mckayla started asking social media followers to send him birthday cards and people rode him from all over

kron 4 sarah stinson has the update. >>there's been a lot of change the last couple months here on fillmore street with for lease signs popping up. but customers and the owners of law mediterranean say they're relieved to hear it won't be vacant anytime soon to 45 a new lease on life david rowe. jen is excited as family restaurant la mediterranean has been given an extended lease until it's a great day. we are very, very happy today. we just got to celebrate the fact that we're going to be here for years to come. david rosen runs cafe la med. his father lavonne opened it 45 years ago for him. his life's work lives on and that's great. in the summer they were told their lease would not be renewed. but david rosen says they able to work out an agreement with the landlord, cody allen, and you might have really >>showing that they care about the small businesses on the block our agreement. you know, our our lease extension is a reflection of say their customers say they're relieved to hear their favorite restaurant is here t

i'm sara stinson reporting back to you. >> sarah, thank you. 505. the timetable, pius high school up in mill valley had to be evacuated after a bomb threat was reported yesterday morning. police are investigating. we talked to one student who was evacuated. >> like you said, it's been going on so much in this special day. weve had to do so many joes alike witnessed amenities throughout like are full from elementary school to middle school in out of high school. so it wasn't like too surprising. you're like scary like that. that we knew it was going on just that. we tell the truth. >> we kept on that. and think that that's something that people have to have circumstances like this. >> well, meantime, in the east bay de la salle high school in concord received a similar threat which was soon determined to be unfounded. school officials say phone call came in around noon yesterday. if someone claiming there was a pipe bomb on campus, students were, of course, immediately evacuated in law enforcement was notified. the school, though, received the all-cl

be displaying giant art projections on several downtown buildings until december. 15th kron 4 sarah stinson the story. >> what school osf is back, bigger and brighter. we actually have 16 artists and design studios working on shows for this year's event from indonesia to paris to right here in san francisco. and they have put together some fantastic. he >> one of the artist ryan hughes lasky grew-up in the mission district. he says it's a full-circle moment for him to be able to share his creation with the city that raised him. the audience doesn't know particularly that i'm the artist who created the work and i can hide in the audience and just or what their what their lives are being and what they're feeling. >> and the show was an absolute hit. many attendees saying this is the best way to kick off the holidays. merry christmas at the beginning of the season. that's right. and really beautiful. i love to protections in the law. yeah, it's amazing that christmas light. so we came last year and thought it was phenomenal. >> so it was good the weekend where we're like, ok, see it again. thi

i'm sara stinson reporting back to you. >> sarah, thank you.e oakland unified school district is set to vote now on a possible school merger. the district says they're looking at merging 10 schools that currently share 5 campuses. they think they'll have to do this because of a budget deficit. cover. the district is actually looking at 95 million dollar budget deficit next year. officials are pointing to low enrollment rates and the expansion of charter schools and the end of covid era relief money as part of the reasons why the meeting begins afternoon at about 04:00pm. still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news approved. >> and moving forward, the next steps in providing south bay on house with shelters that they desperately need. these hands cook for 30 people, 3 meals a day. i can't stop when i have dry hands. i trust o'keeffe's. it's america's #1 selling hand cream for guaranteed relief. if it works for these hands it'll work for yours. also available in o'keeffe's for healthy feet. >> it's 6.24 and ucsf medical center has earned a top nation

kron 4 sarah stinson has the story. >> what's glow sf is back. bigger and brighter.ally have 16 artists and design studios working on shows for this year's event from indonesia to paris to right here in san francisco. and they have put together some fantastic. he says. >> one of the artist ryan hughes lasky grew up in the mission district. he says it's a full-circle moment for him to be able to share his creation with the city that raised him. the audience doesn't know particularly that i'm the artist who created the work and i can hide in the audience and just of his or what their what their lives are being and what they're feeling. >> and the show was an absolute hit. many attendees saying this is the best way to kick off the holidays. merry christmas at the beginning of the season. that's right. and really beautiful. i love the protections in the law. it's amazing that christmas light. so we came last year and thought it was phenomenal. >> so it was good the weekend where we're like, ok, see it again. this is light show is projected on to ate city buildings, inclu

i'm sara stinson reporting in san carlos back to. >> sarah, thank you.re now just a few weeks away from the start of the new year. >> hundreds of new laws are going into effect from drinking alcohol in public spaces to time off work and medical debt. let's start. let's next year. local agencies are required to approve or deny duplex and lot splitting applications within 60 days. if the agency denies the application, it's required to provide a list of what would be needed to fix the application. applications also can no longer be denied because the agency believes that would have a specific adverse impact on the physical environment. >> sales of guns between 2 people that are completed through a dealer are no longer exempt from the law that limits buyers to one application to buy a handgun every 30 days. gun dealers are now required to give gun buyers a pamphlet from the state that explains the reasons for and risks of owning a gun. >> we'll employees will be entitled to take time off work to help a family member who has been a victim of violence. employe

i'm sara stinson reporting in palo alto back to. >> thank you, sarah. take a look here. up in 3 vehicles in east oakland and broke into a cell phone shop. surveillance video shows the group of thieves forcing its way into mister phone repair on international boulevard. the owner says the group ransacked the store stealing hundreds of phones. the burglars also took excess eriz and replacement parts for electronics. the stores only been open since august but has already dealt with several breaking attempts. but this time the criminals got it. >> the star empty right now. i don't have a single side. they took all the air pods they had inside that took on a samsung. the head inside. took on the prepaid phones like little prepaid devices and just heartbreaking. you can't do anything about it. this stores getting 5 families, you know, and to shut it down for one day that some $3,000 lost every single day. >> we're told the store owners looking at more than $100,000 in losses he'll be forced to close for the next few days as repairs. henry stockings under way. oakland police sa

kron 4 sarah stinson has that story. >> what school osf is back, bigger and brighter.ists and design studios working on shows for this year's event from indonesia to paris to right here in san francisco. and they have put together some fantastic. he >> one of the artist ryan hughes lasky grew-up in the mission district. he says it's a full-circle moment for him to be able to share his creation with the city that raised him. the audience doesn't know particularly that i'm the artist who created the work and i can hide in the audience and just or what their what their lives are being in, what they're feeling. >> and the show was an absolute hit. many attendees saying this is the best way to kick off the holidays. merry christmas at the beginning of the season. that's right. and really beautiful. i loved the protections in the law. yeah, it's amazing that christmas light. so we came last year and thought it was phenomenal. >> so was get you kicked the weekend where we're like, ok, see it again. this is light shows projected on to 8 city buildings, including the ferry buil

kron 4 sarah stinson has that story. >> what's glow sf is back. bigger and brighter. artists and design studios working on shows for this year's event from indonesia to paris to right here in san francisco. and they have put together some fantastic. he says. >> one of the artist ryan hughes lasky grew-up in the mission district. he says it's a full-circle moment for him to be able to share his creation with the city that raised him. the audience doesn't know particularly that i'm the artist who created the work and i can hide in the audience and just of his or what their what their lives are being and what they're feeling. >> and the show was an absolute hit. many attendees saying this is the best way to kick off the holidays. merry christmas at the beginning of the season. that's right. and really beautiful. i love the protections in the law. yeah, it's amazing that christmas light. so we came last year and thought it was phenomenal. >> so it was good the weekend where we're like, ok, see it again. this is light show is projected on to 8 city buildings, including the

sarah stinson has that story. >> it's been quite busy with people from all over the bay area coming right here to walnut creek's broadway plaza to get last-minute christmas gifts and many are finding success leaving with a bag or 2. >> oh, gosh, sharing the secrets out. we're looking for some last minute gifts like calling you out. that's right. for for arson. sorry. in the final countdown until christmas families like the cause kayden's scooped up deals on most people are having some sort of a promotions and stop. so it inspiring. you know, little incentive is super busy, but it's a lot of fun. good vibes. you know, we out here, we've done a lot of shopping today. it's been many hours. these 2 friends drove all the way from santa rosa to get last minute gifts for their families and they shopped until they could know more. we, joe, like 2 and a half hours to get here is this is our last day. we're going to go. we worked so far. it's been very crowded. but, you know, i feel like we might come to an end to the shopping trip. >> some left saying the holiday sales didn't save them as much as

kron 4 sarah stinson. we'll have a full report coming up later on. >> 9.39 right now and of people who live in their vans and san francisco get a reprieve feather, calling it a win as the san francisco officials supervisors just decided tuesday night that they will not have a policy that had made it easier to ban overnight rv parking. so they won't be banning them and they this policy was also gonna let the head of the sfmta make a decision on banning rv's overnight parking on his own. no comment public hearing or anything like that. again, this did not happen. one advocate tells us this is a big win for those affected by homelessness. >> i think the real concern is recognizing that 90% of unsheltered families live in vehicles and most of them live in oversized vehicles. city estimates 85% so it you know, that's a concern. and we don't want to see families on the street. >> homeless advocates also say the city needs to create safe parking sites for these vehicles. this is day 82 of hotel workers being on s

kron 4 sarah stinson has that story. >> it's been quite busy with people from all over the bay area coming right here to walnut creek's broadway plaza to get last-minute christmas gifts and many are finding success leaving with a bag or 2. >> oh, gosh, sharing the secrets out. we're looking for some last minute gifts like calling you out. that's right. for for arson. sorry. in the final countdown until christmas families like the cause kayden's scooped up deals on most people are having some sort of a promotions and stop. so it inspiring. you know, little incentive is super busy, but it's a lot of fun. good vibes. you know, we out we've done a lot of shopping today. it's been many hours. these 2 friends drove all the way from santa rosa to get last minute gifts for their families and they shopped until they could know more. we, joe, like 2 and a half hours to get here is this is our last day. we're going to go. we work so far. it's been very crowded. but, you know, i feel like we might come to an end with a shopping trip. >> some left saying the holiday sales didn't save them as much as th

kron 4 sarah stinson has the story. >> what's glow sf is back. bigger and brighter.actually have 16 artists and design studios working on shows for this year's event from indonesia to paris to right here in san francisco. and they have put together some fantastic. he >> one of the artist ryan hughes lasky grew-up in the mission district. he says it's a full-circle moment for him to be able to share his creation with the city that raised him. the audience doesn't know particularly that i'm the artist who created the work and i can hide in the audience and just of his or what their what their lives are being and what they're feeling. >> and the show was an absolute hit. many attendees saying this is the best way to kick off the holidays. merry christmas at the beginning of the season. that's right. and really beautiful. i love the protections in the law. yeah, it's amazing that christmas light. so we came last year and thought it was phenomenal. >> so it was good get the weekend where we're like, ok, see it again. this is light show is projected on to 8 city buildings,

kron 4 sarah stinson explains. >> the rain we've seen after the game may also be tears from niners fans disappointed in the loss. some say that's a wrap for the playoffs while others are hopeful, there's still a chance. >> a damp night turned onto a damp right home and possibly the end of the season. with a little bit of luck. we might squeeze in. >> doubtful night forever. so same fate deficit the faithful, showed up to levi stadium thursday night despite heavy rain coming down during the 1st half, many rocking rain jackets and ponchos. the forty-niners faced off against the los angeles rams are neither rain doesn't stop. you know, whether decided to postpone the team. but no matter what you got to be here, the faithful, it's better when it's raining it's nighttime and it's a critical game for both teams hoping to make it to the playoffs. but it was not a good night for niner nation as the rams won 12 to 6, we needed that game bad and people had a right and probably would help. sure help us win the game. the rain let up after halftime. but still neither team scored a single touchdown.

kron 4 sarah stinson has that story. >> i checked in with san mateo county voters to see how they're feeling about the supervisors. latest effort to get the sheriff out of office. and it was a mixed bag. some people are not staying up to date on this while others expressed passionate opinions says a lot about that office in that position that there's a lot of >> scandalous things going on. i just really don't think it's fair, light or justify what they're doing to 3 weeks after the release of a scathing report about san mateo county sheriff christina corpus, the board of supervisors now calling on voters to give them the power to remove her. we would never even want to have this type of power. but the reason that we need it is because of the threat to public safety right now by this sheriff, the board unanimously voted on tuesday to put the new charter amendment on the ballot this spring during a special election. it would give them the right to remove a sheriff. if there's just cause reasons are essentially misappropriation of funds, willful obstruction of investigations, violating

kron 4 sarah stinson has her side of the story. >> it's been nearly 5 months since amelia jones says she was tackled and arrested by san francisco police. while the bruises have healed, she says she's still on edge around officers. we do want to warn you some of the video you see may be disturbing. it's really shocking. and obviously was not something that i was expecting on that morning. what was supposed to be another workday changed in the blink of an eye for amelia jones. >> on july, 24th jones as she was walking her bike on sacramento street in san francisco when she came upon. police in riot gear lined up on a war in gaza. protests. >> jones says she saw officers tackle another >> for police officers jumped on top of her and had her pinned down on the ground. jones says she started yelling for others to help her as officers started to corner. >> spring street. >> panic and confusion and really just desperation to get out of that situation was the main thing going through my head. officers can be seen tackling jones to the ground to arrest her. >> while in custody, jones as they

kron 4 sarah stinson talk with some last minute. shoppers. >> it's been quite busy with people from all over the bay area coming right here to walnut creek's broadway plaza to get last-minute christmas gifts and many are finding success leaving with a bag or 2. >> oh, gosh, sharing the secrets out. we're looking for some last minute gifts like calling you out. that's right. for for arson. sorry. in the final countdown until christmas, families like the cause kayden's scooped up deals on most people are having some sort of a promotions and stop. so it inspiring. you know, little incentive is super busy, but it's a lot of fun. good vibes. you know, we out we've done a lot of shopping today. it's been many hours. these 2 friends drove all the way from santa rosa to get last minute gifts for their families and they shopped until they could know more. we, joe, like 2 and a half hours to get here is this is our last day. we're going to go. we work so far. it's been very crowded. but, you know, i feel like we might come to an end to the sh

kron 4 sarah stinson has the story. >> there's been a lot of changes in the last couple months here one street with for lease signs popping up. but customers in the owners of law, mediterranean say they're relieved to hear it won't be vacant anytime soon to 45 a new lease on life than debuts ocean is excited. is family restaurant lot mediterranean has been given an extended lease until it's a great day. we aretvery, very happy today. we just got to celebrate the fact that we're going to be here for years to come. david trojan runs cafe la med. >> his father lavonne opened it 45 years ago for him. his life's work lives on and that's great. in the summer they were told their lease would not be renewed. but david rosen says they were able to work out an agreement with the landlord, cody allen, and you might have really >> showing that they care about the small businesses on the block our agreement. you know, our our lease extension is a reflection of i say their customers say they're relieved to hear their favorite restaurant is here to stay. we love it. we've been coming here. i don't kn