for more, we are joined live now by bill hing, university of san francisco professor and director of the immigration and deportation defense council, as well as author of the new book, humanizing immigration bill. >> always a pleasure to see you. why do you believe that we are seeing this kind of surge right now? >> the desperation is growing. the violence levels is not just in central america, but all over the world are driving people to flee their countries. and it's this period of time right now that we're living in history where the violence has driven so many migrants fleeing persecution. >> and bill, certainly immigration, one of those hot, hot button issues brought up in the recent debate between the governor of florida and governor california, also looking at texas right now, which just passed some recent legislation which would have them essentially be able to try to prosecute people who were immigrating without documents. i'm wondering how you see that playing out. is this usurping federal authority here? >> yeah, that's a good question. in texas is trying to pass its own l

. >> james taylor, a professor of politics at the university of san francisco says the whole controversy grown into something much bigger. putting a spotlight on a deeper issue that persists. >> it is part of a network of tensions that go back two or three years, probably to the recall. all of the recent politics of the city, i think, come into play and this young man had no idea that when he made these expressions of rap or art or public criticism or criticism of a public figure that it would get such a reaction. he had no idea what he was stepping into. i think what it shows the city is that there are tensions and it is going to play out a bit in the mayoral election going forward. >> now, we reached out to the mayor's office for comment. they got back to us and told us they do not have a specific response to this music video at this time. they did go on to say that they take every incidence of crime against a small business or anyone in the city seriously. >>> meanwhile, this guy is trying to change minds about san francisco one tiny tour at a time. >> we go out and within an hour the

of a church ritual north. the same time as a civil union father. donald godfrey is the university chaplain at the university of san francisco. it's not about ally 70's. >> in the with vestments that it's about a possible situation where a couple of looking for a private thing from the please in individual situations, the catholic church maintains a strict ban on marriage reaffirming its stance. that marriage is between a man and a woman. >> doctor issue always is a professor of catholic studies and says, although the pope's announcement will allow lgbtq people to take up more space in the catholic church, the blessing to not recognize the legitimacy of the relationships. different doesn't mean lesser or sinful or evil. >> and so that's where the church needs to still make some more adjustments in stride. >> though, the blessings of same couples are approved by the pope. they aren't required. police are still given personal discretion to deny the blessings that they want. reporting in the newsroom. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. the body of retired u.s. supreme court justice sandra day o'connor lied in repose. our nation's cap

of a church ritual north. the same time as a civil union father. donald godfrey is the university chaplain at the university of san francisco.s not about ally 70's. >> in the with vestments that it's about a possible situation where a couple of looking for a private thing from the please in individual situations, the catholic church maintains a strict ban on marriage reaffirming its stance. that marriage is between a man and a woman. >> doctor issue always is a professor of catholic studies and says, although the pope's announcement will allow lgbtq people to take up more space in the catholic church, the blessing to not recognize the legitimacy of the relationships. the bad news >> that it doesn't recognize the unions good. still research. some of the a previous teaching say that same unions are a simple disordered against god's will. >> though, the blessings of same couples are approved by the pope. they aren't required. police are still given personal discretion to deny the blessings that they want. reporting in the newsroom. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. interesting. thank you, rob. >> ski season is well underway. the we

he went out to the university of san francisco with researchers and they interviewed all the homeless and gave them questionnaires. what he shows is that people who are homeless in san francisco are from san francisco. very few of them came from anywhere else. they became homeless in san francisco. what desmond shows is that this epidemic of homelessness that we're seeing in san francisco is building in all of california. it's building like a tsunami and it's about to roll across the country. and affect every community and bring with it the economic cataclysm and the social and cultural disintegration that we see now in san francisco. he says the one factor that causes homelessness that correlates directly with the rise is housing prices. [applause] san francisco has the highest housing prices in this country. the average price of a home is $800,000 which means in order to afford it you need to hunt and $50,000. but that is now moving across the country. we have inflation everywhere. this state has some of the worst inflation in the country. 20% in the last two years. that inflation i

the chaplain for the university of san francisco blessings are common practice in the catholic church, but they've been restricted until now. pope francis said today blessings are for everyone. catholic church still maintains its strict ban on marriage. but catholics in the bay area say this announcement is progress from the pope. >> it's just really, really a relief to know that he is on our side and he's been fighting a lot of conservative forces in the church in the vatican. >> though, the blessings of same couples are approved by the pope. they are not required. priests are still given personal discretion to deny giving a blessing. we now know the name of the woman killed in a crash that shut down the richmond. sandra fell bridge for hours sunday night to the marin county sheriff's office says it happened around 8 o'clock when a car heading west struck another vehicle while trying to change lanes the car that initiated that crashed and rolled over several times. finally coming to a stop on its roof. the passenger in that car has been identified as 19 year-old deryl and alejandra r

he went out to the university of san francisco with researchers and they interviewed all the homelessnd gave them questionnaires. what he shows is that people who are homeless in san francisco are from san francisco. very few of them came from anywhere else. they became homeless in san francisco. what desmond shows is that this epidemic of homelessness that we're seeing in san francisco is building in all of california. it's building like a tsunami and it's about to roll across the country. and affect every community and bring with it the economic cataclysm and the social and cultural disintegration that we see now in san francisco. he says the one factor that causes homelessness that correlates directly with the rise is housing prices. [applause] san francisco has the highest housing prices in this country. the average price of a home is $800,000 which means in order to afford it you need to hunt and $50,000. but that is now moving across the country. we have inflation everywhere. this state has some of the worst inflation in the country. 20% in the last two years. that inflation is

of a church ritual north. the same time as a civil union father. donald godfrey is the university chaplain at the university of san francisco.s not about ally 70's. >> in the with vestments that it's about a possible situation where a couple of looking for a private thing from the please in individual situations, the catholic church maintains a strict ban on marriage reaffirming its stance. that marriage is between a man and a woman. >> doctor issue always is a professor of catholic studies and says, although the pope's announcement will allow lgbtq people to take up more space in the catholic church, the blessing to not recognize the legitimacy of the relationships. different doesn't mean lesser or sinful or evil. >> and so that's where the church needs to still make some more adjustments in stride. >> though, the blessings of same couples are approved by the pope. they aren't required. police are still given personal discretion to deny the blessings that they want. reporting in the newsroom. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> new at 10 southwest airlines is set to pay a 35 million dollar fine as part of 140 million dollars s

san francisco forced people out of their homes. >> it broke out near grove street and masonic avenue, not far from the university of san francisco us, and it went to three alarms. abc7 news reporter lena howland has details. on flames shooting out of both the second and third floor of a san francisco home. >> this is what neighbors in the panhandle woke up to just before 330 monday morning. >> the entire flames are coming out of both stories at the time. >> the fire so powerful it caused a partial floor collapse of the home and a desperate escape for two people living inside. >> one person jumped out of the building, an unknown, whether it was the second or third floor. at this time, moderate injuries and another person from that fire building as well, with minor injuries escorted out of the building, nathan snyder, a neighbor two doors down, says he had less than a minute to grab what he could and evacuate with his roommate out. >> we had previously lived in a wildfire zone for the south and peninsula, so we actually had all of our go bags ready to go. so i grabbed what i needed and left very quickly. >> fire officials say the h

of a church ritual north. the same time as a civil union father. donald godfrey is the university chaplain at the university of san francisco.t about ally 70's. >> in the with vestments that it's about a possible situation where a couple of looking for a private thing from the please in individual situations, the catholic church maintains a strict ban on marriage reaffirming its stance. that mar iage is between a man and a woman. >> doctor issue always is a professor of catholic studies and says, although the pope's announcement will allow lgbtq people to take up more space in the catholic church, the blessing to not recognize the legitimacy of the relationships. different doesn't mean lesser or sinful or evil. >> and so that's where the church needs to still make some more adjustments in stride. >> though, the blessings of same couples are approved by the pope. they aren't required. police are still given personal discretion to deny the blessings that they want. reporting in the newsroom. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. well in the east bay. we now know the name of woman that was killed in a crash >> shut down the richmond. s

of a church ritual north. the same time as a civil union father. donald godfrey is the university chaplain at the university of san francisco.s not about ally 70's. >> in the with vestments that it's about a possible situation where a couple of looking for a private thing from the please in individual situations, the catholic church maintains a strict ban on marriage reaffirming its stance. that marriage is between a man and a woman. >> doctor issue always is a professor of catholic studies and says, although the pope's announcement will allow lgbtq people to take up more space in the catholic church, the blessing to not recognize the legitimacy of the relationships. different doesn't mean lesser or sinful or evil. >> and so that's where the church needs to still make some more adjustments in stride. >> though, the blessings of same couples are approved by the pope. they aren't required. police are still given personal discretion to deny the blessings that they want. reporting in the newsroom. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> and happening now we are tracking a scattered showers with more rain on the way from >> we are back

of a church ritual north. the same time as a civil union father. donald godfrey is the university chaplain at the university of san francisco. it's not about ally 70's. >> in the with vestments that it's about a possible situation where a couple of looking for a private thing from the please in individual situations, the catholic church maintains a strict ban on marriage reaffirming its stance. that marriage is between a man and a woman. >> doctor issue always is a professor of catholic studies and says, although the pope's announcement will allow lgbtq people to take up more space in the catholic church, the blessing to not recognize the legitimacy of the relationships. different doesn't mean lesser or sinful or evil. >> and so that's where the church needs to still make some more adjustments in stride. >> though, the blessings of same couples are approved by the pope. they aren't required. police are still given personal discretion to deny the blessings that they want. reporting in the newsroom. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> 10 41 is the time and still ahead on the kron 4 morning news. draymond green will be out least 3

of a church ritual north. the same time as a civil union father. donald godfrey is the university chaplain at the university of san francisco.ally 70's. >> in the with vestments that it's about a possible situation where a couple of looking for private blessing from the please in individual situations, the catholic church maintains a strict ban on marriage reaffirming its stance. that marriage is between a man and a woman. >> doctor issue always is a professor of catholic studies and says, although the pope's announcement will allow lgbtq people to take up more space in the catholic church, the blessing to not recognize the legitimacy of the relationships. different doesn't mean lesser or sinful or evil. >> and so that's where the church needs to still make some more adjustments in stride. >> though, the blessings of same couples are approved by the pope. they aren't required. police are still given personal discretion to deny the blessings that they want. reporting in the newsroom. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> 8.41 is the time and still ahead on the kron 4 morning news. do you deal with funding for college? you get a ki

of a church ritual north. the same time as a civil union father. donald godfrey is the university chaplain at the university of san francisco. it's not about ally 70's. >> in the with vestments that it's about a possible situation where a couple of looking for a private thing from the please in individual situations, the catholic church maintains a strict ban on marriage reaffirming its stance. that marriage is between a man and a woman. >> doctor issue always is a professor of catholic studies and although the pope's announcement will allow lgbtq people to take up more space in the catholic church, the blessing to not recognize the legitimacy of the relationships. different doesn't mean lesser or sinful or evil. >> and so that's where the church needs to still make some more adjustments in stride. >> that was rob nesbitt reporting, although the blessing of same couples are approved by the pope. as we've heard, they're not required. that means that priests can still choose to deny the blessings. >> i'm trevor shirley in washington. the federal government is gearing up for the holiday travel season and outlining what it's doi

of a church ritual north. the same time as a civil union father. donald godfrey is the university chaplain at the university of san francisco.s not about ally 70's. >> in the with vestments that it's about a possible situation where a couple of looking for a private thing from the please in individual situations, the catholic church maintains a strict ban on marriage reaffirming its stance. that marriage is between a man and a woman. >> doctor issue always is a professor of catholic studies and says, although the pope's announcement will allow lgbtq people to take up more space in the catholic church, the blessing to not recognize the legitimacy of the relationships. different doesn't mean lesser or sinful or evil. >> and so that's where the church needs to still make some more adjustments in stride. >> though, the blessings of same couples are approved by the pope. they aren't required. police are still given personal discretion to deny the blessings that they want. reporting in the newsroom. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. well in the east bay. we now know the name of the woman was killed in a crash that shut down the richmo

of a church ritual north. the same time as a civil union father. donald godfrey is the university chaplain at the university of san francisco. it's not about ally 70's. >> in the with vestments that it's about a possible situation where a couple of looking for a private thing from the please in individual situations, the catholic church maintains a strict ban on marriage reaffirming its stance. that marriage is between a man and a woman. >> doctor issue always is a professor of catholic studies and says, although the pope's announcement will allow lgbtq people to take up more space in the catholic church, the blessing to not recognize the legitimacy of the relationships. different doesn't mean lesser or sinful or evil. >> and so that's where the church needs to still make some more adjustments in stride. >> though, the blessings of same couples are approved by the pope. they aren't required. police are still given personal discretion to deny the blessings that they want. reporting in the newsroom. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> all right, rob, thank you very much. 9.41. the time. still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news. if

. >> reporter: james taylor, a professor of politics at the university of san francisco, says the whole to have grown into something much bigger, putting a spotlight on a deeper issue that persists. >> this is part of a network of tensions that go back two, three years probably to the recall as well. all of the recent politics of the city, i think, come into play. and this young man had no idea that when he made these -- these -- these expressions of rap, or art, or public criticism or criticism of a public figure, that it would get such a reaction. but he had no idea what he was stepping into. and i think what it shows the city is that there are tensions and it's going to play out, i think, in the mayoral election going forward. >> well, we reached out to the mayor's office for comment on this issue. they told us they do not have a direct response to the music video at this time but went on the to say that they take every instance where small business owner or anyone in the city is a victim of crime very seriously. and this story has people talking. did yang have to apologize or did he

. >> reporter: james taylor a professor of politics at the university of san francisco says the wholeeems to have grown into something much bigger putting a spotlight on a deeper issue that persists. >> this is part of a network of tensions that go back two, three years probably to the -- recall as well. all of the recent politics of this city. i think come into play. and this young man has no idea that when he made these -- these -- these expressions of rap, or art, or public criticism or criticism of a public figure that it would get such a reaction. but he had no idea what he was stepping into. and i think what it shows the city is that there are tensions and it's going to play out i think in the mayoral election going forward. >> we reached out to the mayor's office for comment on this issue. they told us that they do not have a direct response to the music video at this time. but went on the say they take every instance where a small business owner or anyone in the city is victim of crime very seriously. this story has people talking. did yang have to apologize for did he have a

the space in zones is a professor of politics at the university of san francisco, joins us live from that good to have you with us so. so all the us use of the veto . let's talk about what kind of send coming a global sentiment. it is the ring at this point in your reading. oh, there's outrage, frankly. i mean the united states has used as detailed power of many times before. practice use has vetoed resolutions, critical of israel, or calling on israel to abide by international law no less than 44 times. and that is that it would constitute so nearly half of the us vito's overall. since the creation of the united nations or the really shows the isolation the united states has, has in the world and the fact that it was the only dissenting vote. but of course, as a permanent member, the even one dissenting boat is enough to, to the toe the, the resolution. but you know, the, the, the, the calls for a cease fire going well beyond those who have traditionally express solidarity with the palestinian people to very main stream. so yeah, human rights groups, the main stream. uh, got politica

7th of october, steven eunice is a professor of politics and international studies at the university of san francisco, and he gave us his reaction. a mazda is never attacked, the united states has never threatened to attack the united states. it's a never attacked or threatened to attack americans outside of israel in the occupied territories. so that did seem like a rather strange, calm them there were some american citizens among those killed in the october, the 7th, a terrorist attack by a mazda, but, you know, they're even more american citizens are killed, and the, on the engine, in indigo, is a strep. from the is rarely even barton, but even use a term, you know, the biggest attack on our people ever. you know, i mean it is just a, that's a, that's not, this is not 911, this is not, i mean it's almost like you was reading from those really a press release. i know there's some close identity that a lot of americans have with, with israel, but this the statement really doesn't. that doesn't make any sense. and i think is definitely going to raise a few eyebrows the well, the convention of the on

he's a professor of politics and international studies at the university of san francisco, joins us now live from san francisco. good to have you with us. so how unprecedented is it to have one country looking like it's going to stand in the way of this meeting cold by invoking onto cool $99.00 of the united nations to try and get a sci fi? how unprecedented is not because they're very use of article 99 is very unusual in the history of the security council are only the only would take place. but when the secretary general deemed that the members of the security council were not living up to their responsibility and, and moving for themselves. and the reason the security council, of course, hasn't moved on its own as the united states has, has blocked it a posing a ceasefire as the united states is getting more and more isolated in the international community. in that regard. as nations around the world have called for an end of the slaughter, as well as major religious institutions, human rights groups, and indeed, an overwhelming majority of the american public, according to public op

notes as stephen soonest, who's a professor of politics and international studies at the university of san francisco and joins us now live from that student. great to have you with this, where all we ads with us at this moment, do you think david goes there and what's happening right now, and what will happen off to it's in and how is the us administration shifting its position according to how the public views it has your correspondence, know that there's been a notable shift in rhetoric, whether that's going to have any impact on the actual has really actions is another story of the bag in ministration is responding to increasing outrage among the american people that our country is essentially aiding and abetting work crimes on a massive scale. i mean, the polling data is quite extraordinary. never seen any quite like it that you know, nearly 70 percent of americans believe there should be a ceasefire. so it will cease fire including a, nearly a 85 percent of, of, of democrats and some earlier majority pose of us military additional us military age, israel. and so the administration, of course, i

san francisco when i first came here from palestine 23 years ago. i lived in district 7 and graduated from san francisco university. the city has always been a place ofuge for me and other walks of life and the issue is critical to san francisco because the violence happening in gaza is made possible by our tax dollars. your constituents deserve to know that this city sends over $13 million to the apartide occupation every year and that money should go to san francisco. the nation looks to san francisco as a leading voice in social racial justice, please lead them in standing up for humany and call for immediate cease fire. thank you. >> thank you. welcome to the next speaker. >> hello. my name is [indiscernible] a district 10 resident and sf voter. i am here with the many people today who think it is sick we are sending again millions and millions of dollars of san francisco money to fund a genocide of kids oversea when there are kids in san francisco that don'ts have enough to eat, don't have somewhere to live, don't have good public education system. the people of san francisco are standing here united and clear on the need to end this genocide an

the kidnapping on the children and also a clinical professor of psychiatry at the university of california san francisco. thanks for being with us. just watching that clip, it is a reena reenactment, it sends a chill down your spine to think what that must have been like for anybody, but especially a child. talk us through what these children endured during that kidnapping in 1976. >> well, they were driven around in blackened vans without any bathroom, food stops or anything. they didn't know where they were going. and then they were told one by one to get down into that hole and to give up a personal possession i guess so that the kidnappers would be able to prove that they had those kids. and then they heard the sounds of being buried alive. incredible that they were able to think about the possibility of escape and especially the older boys digging them out and being able to pry open the top of a buried truck trailer? a rock quarry. and they got out. so it was an amazing story. >> it is an amazing story. >> i think, you know, everybody who was an adult in that town thought that somehow kids would gr

he went out to the university of san francisco with researchers and they interviewed all the homelessd gave them questionnaires. what he shows is that people who are homeless in san francisco are from san francisco. very few of them came from anywhere else. they became homeless in san francisco. what desmond shows is that this epidemic of homelessness that we're seeing in san francisco is building in all of california. it's building like a tsunami and it's about to roll across the country. and affect every community and bring with it the economic cataclysm and the social and cultural disintegration that we see now in san francisco. he says the one factor that causes homelessness that correlates directly with the rise is housing prices. [applause] san francisco has the highest housing prices in this country.

san francisco when i first came here from palestine 23 years ago. i lived in district 7 and graduated from san francisco university. the city has always been a place ofuge for me and other walks of life and the issue is critical to san francisco because the violence happening in gaza is made possible by our tax dollars. your constituents deserve to know that this city sends over $13 million to the apartide occupation every year and that money should go to san francisco. the nation looks to san francisco as a leading voice in social racial justice, please lead them in standing up for humany and call for immediate cease fire. thank you. >> thank you. welcome to the next speaker. >> hello. my name is [indiscernible] a district 10 resident and sf voter. i am here with the many people today who think it is sick we are sending again millions and millions of dollars of san francisco money to fund a genocide of kids oversea when there are kids in san francisco that don'ts have enough to eat, don't have somewhere to live, don't have good public education system. the people of san francisco are standing here united and clear on the need to end this genocide an

of universities in the bay area. so one-third of the 656 units of housing will be occupied by ucsf but also open to san francisco state, uc davis, berkeley graduate program, university of pacific dental school and we're creating an opportunity to bring all of these graduate communities together. and we want to be in partnership with the city of san francisco with the tenderloin neighborhood. we want to have, if you look at our new buildings, they're all glass. we want to be open to. we want our clinics, our centers to work with the local community. i hell you what, i was visit withing one of our partner units and we were up in what we call the sky room which is on the 24th floor of the building that is going to be renovated. and one of the dean said, you know the neighborhood looks really good from up here. and i thought, it does look really good from up here. but we want to make it look good down here and we're committed to that partnership and we're committed to this neighborhood in this community. i'm thrilled part of this celebration. i'm not much with the skateboarder but i'm good with a ping-pong battle so i cha

san francisco city college. he continued to go to school at san francisco state and the university of san francisco and he decided on serving families and infants and toddlers. his vision was to create a culturally competent learning environment for children when led to consolidate 5 child care centers into one facility in the mission district, which was the birth of mission child care consortium. i think at the time and this isn't part of the off script, but at the time it was a old funeral home so joe had to convince all the families it would be okay to be in a building where there had been formally dead bodies. joe, met with every single family member and convinced them the spirits would be on their side. joe continued to seek another facility to provide child care development for the over 200 children being served now in this child care facility who needed to go to work, attend school or continue the training in their life. his vision and early commitment was to provide more jobs for the community as child care providers, but also child care opportunities so people could continue to advance and then training

members at san francisco state university are on a one-day strike as they demand better pay a sideshow in san francisco blocked traffic and causes a nightmare for neighbors in the middle of the night. and a new report is shining light on what caused that massive flaring at the chevron refinery in richmond >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news good morning. thanks for joining us here on the kron. 4 morning news on this tuesday. december 5th. it's 05:00am. i'm james fletcher in for a harvey this morning. and we do want to begin again with a check of the weather cause. >> we are socked in once more heavy fog out there for the morning, right? good morning, john. yeah, the fog dense this morning again, james. and for some spots even more so than yesterday was another look at the golden gate bridge, which >> is typically you're foggy spot during your summer months, but is joining many of our inland areas in north bay areas with that dense fog now as well. this is to leave. fog comes from the inland valleys, actually gets rushed out to the coast. so coming in from the opposite direction where we're seeing that low visibility stretching

the university of california san francisco, and the california department of aging that aims to [indiscernible] the aging experience of lgbtq plus californian sism the purpose of the study is develop baseline information of economic wellbeing of older lgbtq plus resident of california throughout a state-wide survey. the study aims to provide state wide data to support the master plan on aging, and goals and objectives and inform california public policy positions and improve the care and service of the lgbtq plus older adults and give attention to all state regions and the population diversity. jupiter plans to promote the need for community members of the case affiliated agencies to complete assessment regarding the lgbtq plus older adults and person with disabilities to include those findings into this research project. so, we are happy to oblige and do that. in october, susan stadler, the executive director of [indiscernible] with growing older and she's an architect is giving a presentation on the aging 360 workshop which is developed by at home with growing older and aging 360 if engaging

rehabilitation and vicks of the public corruption in san francisco public health california department of health and the department of health and human services and involved in the universityrancisco medical center. and laguna hospital and rehabilitation center and those involved in laguna hospitals recertification process. before i go any further, ryan alexander a resident in south laguna hospital asked me to to the san francisco board of supervisors he it was without the ability to defend himself no probate court. >> ryan i just did that for you. san francisco briefing meeting during public comment period tuesday, december 12, 2023, and now a matter of the public record. earlier this year in a 7 page by the city attorney david chiu accused of pushing shady data at the expense of unsuspected patient (bell ringing) in their annual ranging quote customers are making health decisions based on precise methodology and the state attorney rankings are spled data like opinion surveys and city attorney standard that awkward seems to be familiar with the process? well opinions involved in the recertification of la general obligation bond honda. >> any other members of the public in