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>> i saw a truck went past and look at the screen. >> and so people rushing over to the corner and i what a peek outside. so ladies, what's on the ground? >> right now on the kron, 4 morning news, woman hit and killed while crossing the street in san francisco with the latest on the investigation this morning. a fire in the south bay leaves 6 damages nearby buildings will u wh happened. plus, a former employee of santa clara county fairgrounds is accused of taking thousands of dollars in kickbacks. we'll tell you who from. >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the

kron. 4 morning news at 7. >> good morning thanks for waking up with us on a friday. does that make it any easier? yeah, i'm daria calls and i'm james also making these years effect. you're waking up to beautiful conditions out there. this is true. no complaints either. john, that's like a little mini the many feel right now quite we are looking indeed a very good friday. hopefully you've got some fun weekend plans. get to enjoy our nice cooler forecast that we have golden gate bridge in this vpew from the east bay hills. both crystal clear to get started. we are seeing relatively calm winds this morning for most areas. in fact, today is going to be a calmer day in general, which does allow some of our inland areas to warm up a little further. >> right back to the 90's. like you were yesterday. temperatures are in the 50's to 60's oakland conquered fairfield each at 61 berkeley at 57 right now as we move into the afternoon, of course, as i mentioned, got a few of those 90's. most of us,

though, in the 70's to 80's rain. all right, john, thank you for that and excellent start on friday morning. in terms of your commute. >> 11 minutes last hour at 10 and you don't see traffic building at the toll plaza, but would normally see the 7 o'clock hour, 40 minutes for the san mateo bridge means 8 80's, nice and light as well. while you're 12 at the richmond, sandra fell golden gate. visibility looks good. 20 minute ride starring james, back to you. thank you. it is 701 and a woman was struck and killed by a box truck in san francisco glen park neighborhood. obviously traumatic the residents. they're shaken up. kron 4. sarah stinson has the story. >> a woman was struck and killed in this busy glen park intersection by this truck, neighbors who live and work here say they're devastated by this and they hope drivers are more careful >> it was heartbreaking be honest for both side of the lady and driver to just. >> it didn't mean it. obviously police tape greeted customers at viking. a vietnamese restaurant on diamond street thursday as

police investigated a deadly crash. dylan one works there and heard it happened at the intersection of bosworth and diamond streets just before 3 in the afternoon, i saw a truck went past and look at the screen. >> and so people rushing over to the corner and i what a peek outside. so ladies, what's on the ground? >> when police arrived, medics tried to save the woman hit, but she died at the scene. police have not released any information about the victim. the driver of the box truck stayed to cooperate with the investigation. he was visibly upset on scene. he was devastated. so yeah. >> a prayer. >> we go to the truck was carrying hospital beds. it belongs to the company. hill-rom. we reached out to them but did not hear back. kron 4 reviewed security video we obtained from a nearby market showing the truck turning right and hitting the woman walking in the crosswalk. police are using that video to figure out what led up to the crash. they say drugs and alcohol are not believed to be factors. once

police cleared the scene, people dropped off flowers at the site of the crash. the supervisor for this district, rafael mandelman wrote on x saying, quote, our hearts are with the victim and her loved ones got be really careful. careful. oh, my god. janela kuz lives nearby. she says this tragedy has her extra worried about pedestrian safety. >> car still respect, stop signs, some tax even slow down to just plow right on through. look who says this advice for pedestrians. it's making eye contact and making sure it's clear before you cross super important. >> police spent more than 3 hours of the scene investigating. they're still trying to figure out the cause of the crash. i'm sara stinson reporting kron. 4 news. >> and a woman and child are hit in a crosswalk and redwood city. this happened yesterday morning on harris avenue and duane street nearequoyah high school. investigators say the driver did remain at the scenanis cooperating and

one of the girl were taken to the hospital, but they were not severely injured. time now is 704. and developing news this morning, 6 people have been displaced because their home caught fire in san jose. the fire department, as you can see, responded quickly here when this home caught fire last night. it's located on monterey road about 3 miles north of coyote creek golf club. >> everybody got out, ok, but the home was damaged, 2 greenhouses and out buildings as well. >> 705, is the time. alright, look at this. investigators say this is about $9,000 worth of items that were stolen from 3 stores. the contra costa county sheriff's office says they recently responded to a shoplifting call at a store out in bay point 3 people were spotted trying to get away as deputies pulled into the parking lot, track them all down. have all been arrested and booked into jail and all the stolen items you see on the screen were returned to their respective stores. meanwhile, and berkeley, 12

people were caught in one day for shoplifting. berkeley police say it was on july 27th that they were patrolling businesses near the target on university avenue and over the course of several hours, officers arrested suspects who stolen everything from candy to clothing, even a microwave. police say several people who are arrested also had outstanding warrants for other crimes. time now 705, in and in the south bay, governor newsom is going to be holding a news conference to introduce. >> a bill on the heels of his controversial encampment sweeps. the governor is going to be joined by lawmakers and very officials to talk more about a piece of legislation that aims to combat retail crime in california. that news conference is a 10 o'clock this morning at the home depot in san jose. on the peninsula. i meet up to sell all watch quickly turned into an armed robbery and an attempted carjacking. 3 people were arrested. what happened is the victim called san mateo police

after this happened tuesday night at the marina plaza shopping center where the victim had arranged to sell and expensive watch on facebook marketplace. and when he got there with the watch, the 3 people showed up the suspects, they assaulted him, pointed a gun at him and stole everything. and then they even tried to steal his car, but they were unsuccessful. the police ended up catching all 3 of those suspects shortly after this happen. and the high value of the item they say is likely why they picked this victim. >> social media has mean so many things so easy both for good people and people that want to do bad so just always remember that. and always remember that there is a little bit of a risk if you're going to meet a stranger. and, you know, exchange money in exchange goods. >> san mateo police remind the community that there are safe exchange places, for example, at the police department. parking lot right there. you

can meet for an online sale. >> okay. former santa clara county fairground officials now accused of taking kickbacks worth thousands of dollars in da's office is pressing charges now of bribery and extortion. crawford's michael thomas has more from the newsroom. michael, good morning, everyone. the santa clara county district attorney's office says it was actually the county fairgrounds marketing director that was running this kickback scheme. at one point, they say she was allegedly collecting. >> up to $4,000 a month, a delay of one ellis's spars. the is her name. she was the events and marketing director for the santa clara county fairgrounds. but she's no longer there and is now facing % felony charges of bribery and extortion. officials say last september they got word of this scheme from a whistleblower and decided to investigated and they soon learned that the former director was actually asking a security company for part of its pay from its contract with the fairgrounds saying that the owner of the security company refused to pay at first. but in response, a director allegedly accused the company's guards of sleeping

on the job, putting its contract that risk. she then allegedly offered to intervene and save the company from losing its contract with the fairgrounds, but only in exchange for some cash. the da says it was summer of 2020 and because of covid in an economic excuse me, economic uncertainties. the security company decided to pay up. and officials say at one point ripping up to $4,000. but it started off at about $2500 a month. now we did reach out to the fairgrounds management team who sent us a statement saying that they're working with the da's office and will continue to do so. but they say there's no place for this or ay type of behavior like it at the fairgrounds, adding that the director resigned back in may saying in part, quote, we are dedicated to upholding the proud traditions of santa clara county fairgrounds in ensuring that it remains a place where families can create happy memories for years to come. the da's office says that the former director is expected to turn herself in and could be facing up to 4 years in jail

if convicted. that's very latest here in the newsroom. as we get more details, we'll keep you updated. all right. thanks a lot, ok? it is 709. >> now to news for your health this morning. there's a global health emergency over a new strain of m-pox so far has broken out in 13 african nations and has spread to europe with more than 14,000 cases reported along with 524 deaths. experts say unlike the outbreak that we saw back in 2022, where the primary transmission was among men who had with other men. this outbreak is actually impacting women and children. >> children and africa have gotten about 85% of these infections then use. and 70% of the are to be children under the age of 15. yeah. medical experts say there's no reason to panic. they suggest you just get updated on your vaccines. >> well, as kids head back to school now that we're back in that season again, health officials are warning about

high levels of covid. 27 states, including california, are reporting what's considered, quote, very high covid activity this summer. they say this is the strongest summer wave of covid cases they've seen in at least 2 years. and the number cases are still going up. new covid vaccines targeting this new strain of the virus are expected to be distributed in the coming weeks. >> send him right now. we've been talking about back to school. you need to first back-to-school haircut of the year and the academy barber shop in san francisco helped out they're in the crocker neighborhood. and as you can see, they made sure the kids were going to school feeling confident and ready to learn. we got a chance to talk with barbara. josh marquez about why he feels connecting with kids is so important. >> haircuts, more than just a hair cut in our opinion here at the academy, he spent time with somebody finally starting 40 minutes. this exchange of energy. you never know how change somebody's life. >> in addition to the cuts, the academy served pizza for families. they held a raffle

and they gave out school supplies. >> we're going to take a break here at 7.11, but still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news, local business owners in the south bay are fed up with break-ins. we spoke with one owner who is considering closing up shop. also ahead, 70 criminal cases have just been dismissed in san francisco. why the district attorneys faulting the courts. not trying people in a timely manner.

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testing their cars in truckee this winter. oh, boy, how are they going to do with the snow and the ice? well, that's the whole point. they want to test them out in a harsher weather conditions. oh, i can't even this. so you can get from san francisco to topple and not have to worry, right? first of all, i doubt that it's going that far. jim scene. >> and why do you want to write of the i've that drive know meant for people stuck in traffic is so much easier to build. just read a book and let the car just in should really along. and that trying think of it. i've offered you a lot of rides and you never accept. hey, john, good morning you are away. all written with dot. and so we know you were a good you're asked say to outside at the coast this morning, which is definitely yes. look at this. lots of sunshine out there.

>> kind of calm right now. i'm kind of surprised. not more of us are out there enjoying it maybe later on today as we do hold on to a little more sunshine today that we've seen even previously this week, high pressure ridge to the east of us low to the north and west and that low results and west and that low results and some early-season showers you get up into mendocino county. you really start to see that potential you had even further north than that. and we see some really decent rainfall. eureka could see around a quarter of an inch, get up to crescent city around a half an inch of rain. and even a few sprinkles in the vicinity of the park fire. super welcome. a cool down. even a little moisture. we love it. futurecast does show a north northwest wind not really in treating very far inland. you probably noticed it's been a little calmer in today will be very similar to yesterday in that regard, 60's to 70's in san francisco 60's right along the coast and then 70's to 80's elsewhere. burlingame, at 78 today, foster city. also it's 78 well, mostly 80's for the south bay, san jose. 83,

you're not letting go the 70's on the east bay shoreline. and that's ok, hayward and san leandro keep that 76 around richmond and oakland at 75 walnut creek. up to pittsburg, antioch bill. some of her hotter spots in the low 90's. let's look ahead to tomorrow's temps as much as 10 degrees cooler him. i mentioned those showers that the north coastal we won't see that in the bay, but we do tap into some clouds and just a generally cooler forecast rain. all right, john, thank you for that. very slow building of traffic on this friday morning. >> a 36 minute ride 85 in the park. so we're not under 30 minutes. we've been slowly building a bridge 13 minutes last check in red 11. so we're not seen any major delays. certainly just little pockets of traffic. 40 minutes on the san mateo bridge, one on one. if you're traveling to the east bay. so andrew, down in milpitas about 27 minutes. 80's looking good livermore into hayward inviting 82 oakland. it's i know which one to take. both are nice and light darya. james, back to you.

>> thank you very much. rain to 7.17, is the time. some business stories for your money. now. first we have hackers. if they have your social security number, what should you do? also, a van is no longer calling for business in america and the top burger in the u.s. is not the big mac anymore. jeff vaughn has more in today's business report. good morning. hackers may have the social security numbers of every american. a new lawsuit claims that hackers have gained access to social security numbers. current past addresses and the names of siblings and your parents. >> this could allow for officers to tap into your financial accounts take out loans in your name. lawsuit claims national public data was breached by hackers stole 3 billion identities. if you're a victim, freeze your credit card files, use strong passwords and 2 factor authentication. a city for consumer reports finds perch where 8 a chemical in rocket fuel has been discovered in groundwater and is now likely to be given to children through baby foods cereal and the test results were below dangerous

levels, but a food safety doctor says there are no safe levels of perchlorate. walmart has beat expectations in its latest earnings report. its ceo says each part of the business is growing. consumer spending jumped one percent better than expected, kicking the dow up 400 points in trading on thursday. avon has filed for bankruptcy once dominant makeup brand is in deep debt stemming from those lawsuits that its talc based products cause cancer. avon will now focus outside the u.s. where they are excluded from those legal issues. and americans have a new favorite hamburger. and for once, it's not the big mac rising fast food prices have given an opportunity to those sit-down restaurants. now chiles's be to mcdonnell's at its own game, offered a meal deal called the big smasher for 10. 99. shelley says it's twice the beef of a big mac and the burger campaign is increased sales this quarter. well, mcdonald's burger king and wendy's reported a down quarter. that is your morning business report. all right, jeff, thank you. meanwhile, in alaska airlines flight had to be rerouted because a pilot.

>> didn't have a certain qualification. so thursday, this plane from san francisco was supposed to land in jackson hole, wyoming. however, the pilot says the jackson hole airport require special qualifications to land in that mountainous area. the pilot apparently didn't have that rating. had to be rerouted to salt lake city, utah, where another pilot with the right qualifications took over the flight and took it to its destination, did not realize that you have to have experience various terrains and stuff like >> 7.90, we're we're for the passengers. yeah, he's 7.19, right now. and the san francisco superior court has dismissed dozens of cases because of a backlog that was caused by the covid pandemic. this is a disturbing story now. the district attorney and the public defender's office are both responding. crawford's lezla gooden has the story. >> 70 criminal cases were dismissed in san francisco superior court on thursday after a judge ruled that their

courtroom covid delays were deemed unconstitutional. the misdemeanor cases include crimes, domestic violence in duis, about half-dozen victims who spoke as a public defender. >> it doesn't mean that we leave our humanity at the door. obviously they felt that they were victims and obviously i they i felt for them. but at the end of the day, the folks who to protect the rights of the courts and the district attorneys office and the public defenders job is to protect rights of our clients. >> the public defender's office and the district attorneys say that courts are at fault for not trying these cases in a timely manner. some cases were pushed back by months and years everywhere else throughout the covid has no longer been an excuse and san francisco. they tried to rely on that one a little too long in the court of appeals no more. and that is what we have been saying all along. we want our client's constitutional rights protected.

>> and that was a right to a speedy trial. the decision comes after the ruling and the mud ohsa. >> versus this appear your court of california case here. it was argued that her constitutional right to a speedy trial was violated by covid delays. the ruling show that other cases that went past their trial dates to could be dismissed, says today. >> our clients were, in fact, consider the victims and that's why they had their cases dismissed. 2. and i'm not trying you know, downplay the role of victims in cases. but you know, what happened today again was a vindication of our client's constitutional righ. the san francisco's district attorneys office in a statement says that the superior court's order today unlike court and other counties in the post covid a. >> that have worked through case backlogs has unfortunately stripped victims justice and rob defendants of their rights is not the responsibility of the district attorneys office to manage the court's caseload. any insinuation by the court that

our office should resolve cases irresponsibly in order to help the court manages caseload is misplaced and improper. we are told both officers are reviewing other cases that too could be dismissed and the future. let's look good in kron. 4 news. >> 7.22. is the timing. coming up on the kron 4 morning news of a family is heartbroken after a teenager was killed. we're going to talk about what. 7 25 and in bay area

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passengers on a flight from sfo to rome. >> ended up being second united flight this week. it was headed there had to be diverted on wednesday. a spokesperson tells kron 4 that this delay was because a passenger on that flight had a medical incident on board. so they ended up having to land safely and canada and go on eventually to rome. but in this same week, remember, we told you a couple of days ago that a flight from as a voter around had to be diverted to sacramento. that was on tuesday. that one was because of mechanical issues. for your health. researchers find that students who are chronically absent from school are much more likely to struggle with mental health challenges. emotional symptoms among teenage girls were especially linked with missing a lot of school. one solution is to have constant check ins with students who may miss school so that they can offer resources and see what's happening, offer mental health specialist and that type of thing. and also maybe it is,

you know, socioeconomic. so they offer gas cards, for example, if it's transportation issue or maybe it's they can't afford food. so they link them up with the family up with a food bank in oakland district wide effort include creating a sense of belonging. it all starts there. >> 7.26 is the time and widespread problems with that free application for federal student aid has caused many difficulties and delays for students here in california, especially for mixed status students. those are students who have at least one parent without a social security number. many are concerned that fewer students will be able to attend college this year because of these delays. was just last week that the department of education announced the fafsa will once again be delayed. well, california's top air quality regulators urging the epa to immediately approve the state's regulation phasing out diesel trucks. the diesel ban is one of the most far-reaching and controversial

rules that california has enacted in recent years to try and reduce air pollution and greenhouse gases. trucking companies, agricultural groups and others say the rules would harm the economy and the deadlines would be nearly impossible to achieve. >> it's 7.27, and coming up next on the kron 4 morning news big lawsuit filed in the bay area against websites using ai to create without consent.

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>> 7.30, right now and all talking about the temperatures we prefer. i think today we might hit the sweet spot. i hope we were talking, john. we

all like just a little breeze forgetting that we love that sea breeze. and we signed a lot earlier this week. it's very much to relax. now and unfortunately for inland areas, that means a little less of that coastal area touching you. it is going to be a calmer day at the coast, though. if you do want to head that direction, we are looking outside from mount tam right here. so much clear than it's been in the morning so far this week. you can see that we do have a couple pockets of windy conditions, but a lot of us are really calm. oakland around 5 miles per hour right now. so overall, very calm day for bay area standards. temperatures are in the 50's to 60's dublin. you're at 60 degrees right now. san francisco berkeley in the upper 50's mid-fifties up in the north bay. currently as we do move into the afternoon day time highs going to be right around the same as yesterday'sa 70's 80's along the bay shore. some 90's back inland. >> rain. all right, john, thank you for that. and although we don't see traffic building at the toll plaza here on the bay bridge drive times have gone up 15 minutes. last check in. we're still

under 12. so we do know things are gradually building but not terrible delays. 15 minutes on their 7 tail bridge wire. it was summer fill around 14. that went up a little bit. and the golden gate bridge. 37 of the tolls. 21 minutes darya. james, back to you. thanks a lot, ryan. the california pilot program could soon make your airport experience a whole lot smoother. yeah. the dmv apparently teaming up with apple and google and their wallets to try and bring digital id's. >> into reality here in california, kron four's will tran live at sfo to explain morning. well. here's how it's going to work. james. they don't have a date yet. but once it hits the ground running, it will be on your cell phone and it'll work like outdoor pay me. you don't have to take out your credit card. >> to pay same deal when it comes. your id on your cell phone. that means if you go through tsa checkpoints, it's that much faster. the pilot program, which was announced yesterday by governor newsom only works for sfo, lax and

men at a for now. but the more popular he gets, maybe it'll be across the country. the idea is to protect your privacy and make it faster. privacy meeting that on your physical driver's license obviously has your home address it. has your driver's license number on it. and in some places, even take a photo copy of it. and who knows what they do with that photocopy want once it's done as far as the digital copy, obviously just has your name and the necessary information. everything else is left out. so you feel safer for that and it's a lot faster. obviously, once you get through tsa, but it not work if you are trying to buy out you know, that will still need for you to be 21 and at physical id, the dmv has something already similar guys. it was actually launched last september. but let's face it. you're not very cool. if you have a dmv app on your phone, only a few 100,000

people in the state have that app as far as id on it. google apple, much more popular. not exactly sure when it will hit the ground running, but once it does, it'll work just like apple pay. back to you. all right. thanks a lot. 7.33, is the time. >> in the east bay, a woman in oakland, unfortunately has died after a fire broke out in a garage. this is video from the citizen app. fire crews say the flames broke out tuesday night at this garage on 26 avenue by foothill boulevard. they think the victim was living in her car inside that garage. they're not quite sure how the fire started. they did notice a grill in the garage that looking to see if that's connected somehow we'll let you know if reveal that. meanwhile, oakland police are also investigating an apartment fire now as arson. 38 people now left without a home after a dumpster fire spread to their apartment building wednesday, crews managed to save 26 of the units before them were completely destroyed. fire

officials had to evacuate everybody, though, because they're concerned about the structural integrity now at the entire building. in san francisco to people and 2 dogs are displaced after their home caught fire. this happened on jersey street near diamond heights and the castro district in there in the video you can see the response. firefighters were able to put that fire out fairly quickly. they said they kept it from spreading to the houses on either side. >> san jose officials are trying to assure business owners that they are doing what they can to protect them from crime. but there has a lot of councilmember domingo listen. san jose police officers here visiting sunny farm restaurant in the evergreen neighborhood. and we've told you about how this restaurant was targeted. multiple times and the owners of a broken into 6 times in 2 years open the most recent burglary happened earlier this week. >> the last 2 or 7 days apart.

and before the same people came 6 weeks apart. and the other 2 seem to be random. one was just like welcome to the neighborhood broke in. still everything left us. this is killing us being targeted like this. when we've literally had done nothing wrong. i would just implore you to please. try to find something in your life. it's positive to do. >> and they kafe across the plaza. they've also been hit 5 times in the last 4 months. police say they're looking to install security cameras in the plaza and increase the lighting at night council member candela says that he plans to gather different owners of businesses to make a business association to make that area safer. >> family has laid their 16 year-old son and brother to rest after he was shot and killed. police are looking for the killer kron four's philippe djegal talk to the victim's family. in the meantime.

>> he was at place time. anthony wilburn junior's mother and oldest sister say the 16 year-old had a good head on his shoulders and stayed out of trouble. nobody was not a team. >> he was not involved in the ongoing is that brought up will burns. family says he did not live near carolina street in south vallejo. >> where they say he was shot to death in mid-july just 5 days after his birthday and a week before his mother's he was formerly was taken away wilburn is the city's 12 homicide victim of the year and more people have been killed since during a summer crime spike this week will burn would have been attending orientation before starting his junior year at vallejo high school. >> his sister says he intended to try out for the basketball team and love to produce rap music. for those that go, anthony. >> they do that. >> he was a brave soul. and

it's the ration. >> all of those around will burn was funeral lives tuesday. his family is now raising money online to help pay for a public memorial planned for august 31st. at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, it will be held at rocky graham park in marine city. i just want justice for my brother has focused senseless wrong. well, burnes father passed away in 2021, but he is survived by his mother. >> 3 siblings and 4 nephews. police have not released a motive in his killing or announced any arrests. philippe djegal all kron. 4 news. >> 7.37. and there is a bill that's moving a step closer now to the governor's desk that addresses police staffing shortages in vallejo, the state assembly has just approved napa senator bill dodd's measure wish. >> allows qualified. retired officers to work up to full

time for the solano county sheriff. that means that those deputies would be able to respond to more emergencies in vallejo and kind of stem the gap between the police department having a staffing shortage, be able to kind of fill that gap until the department can get up to speed. >> 7.38 the time. and it's the first of its kind lawsuit going after websites that create fake images of women. san francisco is now suing 16 of these websites. they're all accusing the owners of creating fake nude pictures of women and girls without their consent. so the city attorney says he's web sites allow users to use open source artificial intelligence, algorithms to place the faces of real women on 2 new bodies, possibly violating federal and state laws against revenge and child. >> these images are used to bully, humiliate and threaten women and girls. the fbi has warned of an uptick in

extortion schemes using ai generated non-consensual. and the impact on victims has been devastating. on their reputations. the mental health loss of autonomy. and in some instances causing individuals to become suicidal. >> one of the lawsuit targets 6 different companies here in the u.s. and in europe, 50 unnamed people have also been sued in this in addition to seeking civil penalties. the lawsuit also aims to have the websites blocked if they continue to post illegal contact. the names of the websites have been redacted from this lawsuit so that they don't encourage people to visit them. >> is 7.39 and look at all of this stuff. police recovered conducting a search warrant at a home in santa rosa. home on you. but drive and story point road and police found guns, ammunition and a 3 d printer used to make ghost guns. 2 men were arrested. we've been talking about students heading back to school all around the bay and a lot of families are

worried about safety at oakland unified. >> officials just announced several safety changes for this school year, including new cameras, how they check-in visitors, a new system to alert staff in case ofm emergency and also making sure the radio systems are working properly this is coming after 2 shootings at skyline high school that happened last year. mayor sheng thao enjoying the kron. 4 news at noon to talk about what she's doing. cole is a priority and that is why before school started, we said that public works to claim any of the streets across the whole city to ensure that our kids could actually walk to school in a safe and clean neighborhood. >> and also, the mayor says that she's working to ensure that law enforcement has familiar layout so that they can familiarize themselves with the campuses and respond very quickly and know where they're going in an emergency. >> well, to the east bay now where as the first week of school comes to a close, a school from the oakland unified school district is

celebrating because they've got a new facility. now that's come online for students and staff. markham elementary in east oakland is holding a ribbon cutting seller ceremony for its brand new library. that library is finally a reality. after years of the school really need an upgrade of it. the ribbon cutting ceremony is happening today at 10 o'clock. alright, coming up next on the kron, 4 morning news. we're going to learn the

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don't go anywhere. i mean, you probably can't. kids are back school. yes, but i whether so perfect in the bay area that's looking good. we've got john in the weather center with our high temperatures for today. and when we think of john, yeah, the kids are going to be like, wait. it still feels like summer. that's because it is going to be so nice out there today. but the weekend is going to be bringing some relief for some of those inland areas that maybe feel a little too much like summer. sitting at the golden gate. i spotted just a little fog out there. got that vote coming through beneath the golden gate this morning. just a gorgeous morning. and really not all that windy of one either. pretty calm. all in all. now this weekend, we do have a pretty big switch up this low. one of the first of the season really dives into northern california. and with this, some of our first showers of the season north of the bay area, mendocino and lake counties northwards to the bay area. we're going to

sit this one out so far. but take a look at eureka around a quarter of an inch of rain. crescent city could see a half an inch of it, even the vicinity, the park fire likely to see a few sprinkles. anything you see in the bay is going to be some mist and drizzle, especially tomorrow morning. that's because of some marine layer up and down the coast. future cast does show a north northwest wind today. that's not intruding very far inland. it's kind of just going right down the coast itself. and that's why we have the warm-up yesterday and just let notably calmer conditions today. we're going to repeat that today. we're putting a lot of what we had yesterday actually 60's to 70's and san francisco 60's right along the coast and 70's to 80's elsewhere. burlingame 78, same in foster city 80's in woodside down the mountain view and into the south bay, too. san jose, you'll be 83 today. 70's not letting go at the east bay shoreline, fremont all the way up to richmond in the 70's. well, while that creek conquered, as well as pittsburg, antioch, in vacaville, back in the nineties today, looking ahead

to tomorrow's daytime highs right around the same as 2 days for the bayshore in coast. but look at that difference inland saturday and sunday as much as 10 degrees cooler than today is about to be. so definitely some relief for hotter areas, rain. all right, john, thank you that. a much calmer commute today than the one we had yesterday. >> your travel long. 24 12 minute ride. walnut creek down to 5.80. so you're making decent time. no major hot spots out there. but 40 minutes on the bay bridge, no traffic building there. our san mateo around 15, a 80 to 101, even light conditions as you're hitting 8.80, now a force. little busy, 40 minutes, antioch, into co*cker to get more folks traveling there. start off the morning with an accident. pablo that clear. but you seeing residual delays. it looks like things are also slowing down just 32 minutes crockett out towards the maze. let's leave. you look at 101 of the south 45 minute ride. 85 to menlo park darya. james, back to you. >> thank you very much 87. 47 is the time it was a big day

for hundreds of bills at the state capitol lawmakers decided the fate of more than 800 bills during what's called suspense day. at the same time outside, you can see activists gathered at the capitol to make their final push to get certain bills that they support it across the finish line. the committee's took a piece legislation that in some cases would require the state to choose which bills will move forward in the process. a b, 2.70, also known as the california fair elections act along with several others were deemed too costly for the state. and so they died in committee as california grapples with a projected multi-billion dollar deficit for years to come. >> we have to balance our budget every single year, like every other, like every family who sits in the kitchen table in about your checkbook. that's what we have to do here in the state. it's what the electorate demands of us. so we have to make tough calls. >> lawmakers on the committee passed a number of other bills, though, including a bill that would prevent medical debt from being included in credit scores.

there are also a few bills regulating artificial intelligence. there were 3 reparation bills for descendants of enslaved black americans. the bills that did advance will now go to the floor for a final vote. and if it's approved there, it will head to the governor's desk. the city of san francisco is encouraging people to get out and vote. election officials say that next week every household in the city will receive mail with information about the november 5th election. it's an effort to reach both currently registered voters and those who are eligible but haven't registered yet. people are encouraged to double check their voting registration status and start reading up on the candidates ahead of time for more information you can visit sf department of elections dot gov. >> let's talk baseball. the a's with a comeback win against and the giants avoid the sweep against the braves. scrub for sports. director jason dumas says the highlights. >> and now kron 4 sports. >> the giants are back under 500 and all the momentum they

built last week is slipping away. they desperately nepded win against atlanta. logan webb was on the bump lettuce, 3 know with 0.8, 3 e r a in his last 3 starts after battling through a slump right before and right after that all-star break. but really, most importantly, the giants offense finally showed up bases loaded in the first grant mcrae lays down a perfect bunt that brings in a run. that was hie first big league hit an rbi he's popular. it is so proud of his baby boy, 6 setting. now 2, nothing giants man offered casey schmitt. that's right. over chevron sign. >> 5th of the year giants go up 14, nothing later in the inning. mcrae follows up his first career hit. >> his first career home run. >> it got to love it. love pops beaming with pride. that's awesome. meanwhile, logan webb was just locked in. he pitched seven-plus shutout

annex. he only gave up 4 hits. he recorded his 4th straight win the giants. take it 6 to nothing. a much-needed win. they break that four-game skid the a's. they look to end their road trip in queens on a high note. and this game also a good 3rd ending. mets, one to nothing man at the end he goes deep to right. >> afp unwto says 18th home run of the season. mets go up 3 to nothing later in the na. more from new york bases loaded for luis torrens. >> and that's going to play 2 more to lead. jumps to a's. they battled man top of 4th bases loaded jj bleday. you hang that take it out. the park. that is a grand slam. and with one snap of the fingers or should i say snapping a bat is a one-run we have a tie game now to office sent brown ago. the lines that

are right and oakland had their first lead. a comeback from 6 runs down his night. fending still loved one in mason miller. knicks. he gets the end. the threat. the a's a comeback to win it 7 to 6. >> all right. that's your look at sports. >> but wait, there's a little more for the giants because the giants and blue moon brewing are teaming up to celebrate the rare blue moon that you will get to see on monday, a blue moon means that you get a set, the squeeze because of on time they the world were able to squeeze in a second blue moon. it happens once in a blue second full in ammonia now today. so they called a blue so what they're going to do is pre-game blue moon will sample give you samples at the coors light bar in right field and in the 5th inning, they're going to have a special five-dollar discount for certain cans, a blue moon. and then after the game, they're going to host the blue moon drone show strong shows

are becoming more. and yeah, i haven't seen a drone show vers fire a lot more quiet than fireworks. th is what the speaking of sports. don't forget saturday night we've got your radar pre-game show and e game itself as well. >> as you can see that we've got the vikings, the cowboys, the 9 or so to be the cowys that we're up against this coming weekend. obviously the niners on the 23rd. so tune in to kron 4 for all things. raiders. how ai is transforming google products from cameras to smart watches. plus a chat life like you might forget. you're talking to a computer. >> i'm rich

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>> all right. we're back at 7.55, are you a fan of pickleball? if you wanted to learn that know. here you go. this is for you san francisco recreation and park department has a new pilot program to teach people the sport it offers affordable. they say one-on-one and small group lessons for people who want to learn. let me tell ya. i do know this. it's way different. the rules are the tennis. oh, yes. has a son about the kitchen. you know about this. kansas turned into ditch and know all the rules. they've got like 40 instructors that you can sign up with him. now they are at the moment asking the community for feedback as they're trying to fine tune the program for a list of participating courts throughout san francisco. just head to our website at kron 4 dot all righty and your kids are playing in studying all day long, hard at school. and it turns out they get the hungriest at 03:30pm in the afternoon. probably no surprise to you because that they actually did poll of 2000 parents. >> and they found yes, that's

the peak hour. and these are kids 5 to 17 and they say they seem to get hungry at 3.30. so what do you do to make sure that your kid doesn't get hangry? they're just hungry cause. you know, there's that fine line. >> 37% of parents say what they do is they have a premade snack rated are all ok because and this is why i was a traveling buffet. when i at, you know, you have got everything ready at all times a day, 6 goldfish. 33% of the parents say that they would stash snacks in the backpack of the kid that way. the kids got excess of all times. 29% say that they make making the after school snack like something they do together. so you see then your kid, you that you're not a short order cook, i guess we do it together. james, like that. and by the way, that experts say always keep nutrition in mine. you don't want to feel the kid fast with sugar and there's nothing else. makes sense 7.57. in coming over the next hour. mobile driver's licenses could be coming in.

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