>> from the bay area's local news station. you're watching kron. 4 news at >> now at 5, hamas says it has accepted a cease-fire proposal that egypt and qatar brokered. but israel has not signed off on the cease-fire. and israel seems to still be moving forward with its planned invasion of rafah. thanks for

joining us tonight on kron, 4 news at 5 o'clock. i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis protesters around the world have been calling for a ceasefire in gaza for months now. kron four's rob nesbitt joins us live in studio with reaction from both sides on the idea of a cease-fire deal. rob vicki and grant when i reached out to a local jewish organization and those who have organized cease-fire, protests in the bay area. >> i was expecting more celebration. both sides seem skeptical that a deal will be reached. >> since israel wage war against the terrorist group hamas. 7 months ago, we've seen the impacts of protests from college campuses to the golden gate bridge. samara, robbie, with the arab resource and organizing center has taken part in demonstrations, calling for a cease-fire and was relieved to hear the update monday that hamas accepted an egyptian qatari proposal for a cease-fire. >> a little bit of hope and some relief, right? the idea that maybe all of this carnage. a tense up can

finally end after months and tens of thousands of people dead. >> the proposal accepted by hamas called for a permanent cease-fire. u.s. pop of israeli hostages for prisoners and would allow displaced gazans to return to their homes as israel has ordered about 100,000 palestinians evacuate the city of rafah before a ground invasion by militants there. to me, this looks like them trying to pump the brakes on the operation because they know that this is their last holdout. >> in last grasp on on power in gaza, executive director of the jewish community relations council bay area. tyler gregory says hamas must be removed from military and political control of gaza. >> and that all remaining 133 israeli hostages must be freed. what's under consideration is if hamas is allowed to stay in power at the end of this war, everyone's worried it's going to beat the attacks. they've said as much they're committed to doing that. egyptian and hamas officials have said that their cease-fire deal would take place in 3 stages each 6 weeks long. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he will send a delegation

to resume negotiations. idea that, you know, like, oh, we're going to eradicate from nasa's just like anyone with any sort of understanding of how the sort of, >> you know, military political dynamics works, knows that this is fanciful idea that really is and grounded in reality at all. >> gregory also mentioned his concern for palestinians calling on israel and other countries to maximize humanitarian aid to civilians in gaza and urged the idf to exercise caution to minimize civilian casualties. reporting in studio. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. rob, thank you. and today we visited the pro palestinian encampment at stanford to speak with students who say they will not be backing down even if >> a cease-fire deal is reached. >> positions still maintains that obviously divestment disclosure is our biggest aim, as is the fact that we maintain ideologically that while cease-fire is obviously at the moment, we're still pushing for a fully liberated palestine as soon as possible. >> and directly across the

pro, palestinian encampment on campus is a memorial set up and white plaza commemorating the people killed and who those who are still held hostage by hamas. it falls on the holocaust remembrance day, which is today. organizers tell us the chair symbolize the more than 100 people being held hostage since october. 7th, while place markers represent grave sites. for those who have died at the hands of hamas. >> the primary goals were too. help. 2 students and israeli students feel less isolated lesson battled on campus and to show that. there is our narrative is also on display there's a place for us to go grieve pray. >> difficult, complicated, emotional times for so many on campuses and elsewhere. it has now been 7 months since hamas

attacked israel. >> student san francisco state and uc berkeley continue to camp out on the campus quad in support of palestine. they're demanding university officials and u.s. officials disclose financial ties with israel and divest immediately and ago she 8 ing with school officials continue uc berkeley. so far there's no agreement reached. that would end the occupation on campus and still ahead, we're going to continue our coverage on the latest developments out of the middle east. are catherine heenan talks with a professor of politics and middle eastern studies. that is coming up at 5.30, happening right now. a neighborhood in antioch is under lockdown as police look for a suspect that is happening in the area of gentry town drive and putnam street officials say the suspect 28 year-old carlos palacios is described as a hispanic man, 5 foot, 7 inches tall. weighs about 250 pounds has brown hair, brown eyes and a goatee. people are being

advised to lock down in the near a safe place. anyone who encounters a suspect is being to contact antioch police. >> first of 4 new details after a mcdonald's in oakland was shut down after an alleged rat infestation. kron four's lezla gooden has been following this story since last week. she showed us some really gross video of rats doing all sorts of things in that mcdonald's. and she was there when the restaurant got shut down. people were in line trying to get food and then bam. leslie is live in the studio tonight with the latest on this. let's look. >> yep, that's right. the mcdonald's on jackson street failed is surprise inspection on friday. and today i able to get a look at the full health report done by the alameda county health department. now, according to to the report, they found indications of rat activity, including droppings, dead rat.

>> on friday, the alameda county health department shut down this mcdonald's at 13, 30 jackson street in oakland with customers waiting in line and we saw the inspector filling out this health report. it reveals that 7 violations were found at the restaurant, including rodent activity. the report explains rodent droppings were seen around the water heater along the walls and wrote it. traps responded as well to hold were seen in the kitchen and a dead rat was found on a trap near the soda syrup boxes. this is oscar rodriguez who has worked there since 2022. and says the closure is needed good because i know that people it's not going to takes closer to get. >> and the like infection are gets about their and they're at. but i also i larry, as toward care. that i know all day we are looking those

states. he and other workers were striking but decide to come to work on friday. >> and was there when the mcdonald's was forced to close? he says they were instructed to stay in clean up. the violations washed the floor, but every lie all the dishes. everything we use in there. >> clean the walls >> all goes to you go out and that's it. and the mask and that and starting monday, they are resuming their strike and to professionals come in to do with the rat's might going out who they are will 8th. we are losing. because they know from a long time ago and they didn't do anything about it. the california fast food workers union representing the workers say they have notified mcdonald's about the concerns with workers having to clean up these violations. they don't have at u.s. for to do it. they are not to do to clean faces in all from. is really unsafe is that they

have to do that. and we reached out to mcdonald's for an updated comment but haven't heard back as of news time. if you like to read the full health report and learn about the other violations, be sure to head to kron 4 dot com. >> live stimulus going kron. 4 news. thank you. last left. >> well, an 11 year-old girl has died after she was hit by a suspected dui driver in cupertino. investigators say that the girl was one of 4 children who are standing on a sidewalk of foothill and stevens creek boulevard on april 27th when a pickup truck plowed into them. the girl was taken to the hospital where she clung to life for several days. the other injured children ages 8, 7, 4, they're the suspect identified as 38 year-old adam woo was allegedly high according to police when he crashed into them. he bailed out of jail last week and remains out of custody as of today. so far, no criminal charges have been filed against detectives are waiting for toxicology report

to be completed. charges have been filed against a man who police say shot 2 officers last week. the officers >> were shot friday while responding to a domestic disturbance at the extended stay. america hotel in the senate to recent neighborhood of san jose. police say one of the officers is still in critical condition tonight, but is expected to survive the other officer shot has minor injuries. the gunman police say is kevin briones, who was injured in the shootout and he's still in critical condition himself. the san jose police chief credits the officers with saving the lives of a woman and 3 children, ages 8, 10 15. a double stabbing in east san jose left 2 people in critical condition. it happened just before 5.30, last night in the area of south king road and lead the way police have not released a motive or any information about the attacker. >> all inmates at the federal women's prison in dublin have been relocated. this after it

was announced that the prison would be closing following a abuse scandal involving several prison officials. according to a spokesperson, all of the women have been either transferred or released. the prison was abruptly closed after 8 employees were charged with sexually abusing inmates. 5 of those employees have pleaded guilty. 2 others were convicted, including the former warden who was sentenced last year to 6 years in prison. >> governor newsom has declared this wildfire preparedness week. a week-long cal fire will be working with other agencies to host events to raise awareness about how calfire prepares each year. 4 events will be held statewide. that includes an event tomorrow in l grenada in san mateo county. and choppers. you may have heard seen them. they have been out surveying power lines as we start to dry things out after of really rainy saturday over the weekend. i mean, it's weather whiplash. there's no other way to describe that. lawrence

yeah, you know what? we're going to be heating things up this week. we're going to see some offshore winds. and of course, we start off shore winds. >> that's a very dry wind. and usually that elevates the fire danger. but not this week, still a little too early in the season, but never too early to get ready outside. right now, we've got some dry conditions around the bay area. the seabreeze blow in just a bit. and we are working on what looks like a nice evening. all around the skies or stay mostly clear. just a couple patches of fog along the coastline. temperatures. you've got 63 degrees in san francisco right now to 63. also in oakland, 67, very nice afternoon in san jose. 65 degrees. a little more. 66 in concord and 66 also in santa rosa. well, i've got last little front. you can see there in northern california. that's going to start to move in and overnight tonight going to head to the east. now, once it heads eastward, high pressure builds in behind it. we'll start to watch some of those winds kicking up outside. so yeah, overall, we've had a sea breeze today. that will be kind of the story of the next couple days, although that wind is going to switch directions going to be coming. offshore flow, wind

advisories going up in parts of the east bay. we'll talk more about that. the weather coming up in a few minutes. all right, lawrence, tow trucks being torched? why one owner of the towing company thinks his business was targeted. >> after a number of his vehicles were set on fire. >> and thousands of law enforcement officers honoring their fallen comrades will have there solemn tributes to those killed in the line of duty. >> but first, san francisco appears to be on track in tackling homelessness. mayor london breed touting the london breed touting the latest numbers. ness.

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>> san francisco officials say that for the 3rd time in a row, their quarterly count of tents and structures out on city streets is actually dropped as kron four's. dan kerman reports, though, pleased they know there is much more work to be done. >> drive-thru san francisco's tenderloin suggests tents and encampments aren't gone. but there appear to be fewer than there once was now city data backs that up. we've seen the numbers just recently in april. they are the lowest we've experienced since even before the and so we're really excited about what that means. city stats show the number of tents and structures has dropped from 609 in 2023. to 361 in april of this year by definitely view it as like a cleaner, san francisco. more so because >> when we get people indoors, then the ability to >> throw trash out. the other issues we deal with from people living on the street.

all of a change. and while there may be fewer tense, there are still plenty of people on the streets. >> and because of that, many who live and work in san francisco see little change. see there's no change yet. it's basically the same amount of people we see in the morning a way and then in the evening when they go for walk, i see more homeless people. i see more human defecation on the streets i've actually seen naked >> in the middle of the financial district, the mayor says encampment outreach teams have conducted 242 operations this year. >> and made more than 1500 encounters with individuals of those. the city says 40% of the time the offer of shelter was accepted. 60% of the time it was refused and 10% of the time individuals were already housed, which the mayor says indicates this is not just about homelessness. this is about the issues we're dealing with related to. >> offutt and all related to

mental health challenges the fact that we have more tools and more capacity to combat this issue has really been transformative. encourage san francisco's mayor is not taking a victory lap. she knows there is more work to be done. >> and she hopes the momentum will continue in san francisco. dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> some appear on the iconic golden gate bridge, a testament to america's greatness. california's greatest. we could be more proud announce today. record breaking tourism numbers in the state of california over 150 billion dollars tourism. spend unprecedented in our state's history. >> big story we're following for you governor newsom heads to the top of the golden gate bridge to tout a huge tourism boost to california. the governor announcing the tourists have spent more than 150 billion dollars in california just this past year. it's a big number and it surpasses the 144 billion

dollar record set in 2019 meeting. tourism is actually better. >> now than before the pandemic, newsom says that not only is the state retaining its title as the world's 5th largest economy. it's also growing in population for the first time since before covid. according to the latest data, the travel industry supported about 1.2 million jobs last year. that's up about 6% tourists created about 4% more revenue. then in 2023 and spent about 5% more money. >> now, though, the governor chose to announce the tourism boost from san francisco. the city still isn't saying a full recovery from covid like the rest of california. san francisco may just over 13 billion dollars from tourists in 2023. that's about a billion more than 2022. but still about a billion dollars shy of the pre pandemic records that was recorded in 2019 of just over 14 billion dollars.

>> downtown areas across the state could be getting more housing. a new bill looks to make cities convert historic buildings into housing. san francisco assembly member matt haney who introduced the bill says it would allow state lawmakers to quickly green light what they call office to housing projects, putting an end to lengthy and costly approval processes. the bill now heads to the assembly appropriations committee for hearing on wednesday. >> you might be but it's looking more like winter up in the sierra. you can see the snow blanketing palisades tahoe where people saw 26 inches of snowfall in just 24 hours. winter storm warning was issued for the east side of this year for the first time since 2005 this weekend, snowfall created some big-time issues for drivers along i-80 and 50 on i-80 it. drivers were stuck for with closures. there were multiple spinouts and crashes with the lot of

travelers just not prepared for the snow and hazardous road conditions. it is not unheard of to get snow in may of this year, but >> this is a lot of snow and large is back with us now to do a little deep dive on what we saw. lawrence, this is some yeah, a couple of feet of snow for this time of year. that's pretty amazing. although i've seen snow in the sierra been up there before the middle of august to. so really all depends. but this was an exceptionally cold storm dive in right out of the gulf of alaska, bringing that unusually cold air across much of california. we felt the effects of all the rain, the high country. they had a ton of snow added to some pretty impressive totals so far this season. stay at the white cap. mounds out there. boy, it's not going to get much more going to see that all melting away in the coming days as high pressure going to take over now. i don't see another cold storm like that on the rise and still looks beautiful up there. all this white here that's not clouds. that's all snow. as you look across the crest of the mountaintop there all the way to the north. and that's kind of what we're seeing now, as we've seen just a tremendous year of snow. again, for the sierra about of the second year in a row. and

that is some fantastic conditions really kind of a make things better for water resources ahead. temperatures out the door in the you're still a chilly 36 degrees in incline. 41 in tahoe city of 41 in emerald bay. so little chilly, but a pretty comfortable temperature-wise number's going to be warming up, though. so i know a lot of folks i talk to some people that went up there. the high country, yosemite valley, expecting sunshine, warm weather. they got caught out that snow about 8 inches near 70 valley. temperatures warming up in the 50's. things are going to mount enough to worry about. and the snow coming in the near future. in fact. well, i just don't see much on the way throughout maine, if that doesn't happen in but usually don't get it until we head in toward fall season. so here's where we sit the year-to-date, 119% normal in the northern sierra nevada. 96 1% normal this year, the central sierra and 79% of normal in the southern sierra nevada. all up. we're just about 99% of normal for the entire season, which is some good news for us. so that's 2 years in a row. not only does it help our water resources and replenish the groundwater.

i mean, all kinds of good things come from that. of course, you've seen all the super blooms around the state. something to watch out for. you got that cold water at this time of year. now you can get a rapid snow melt. a lot of those rivers and streams are going to be running very, very high. so be very careful if you plan to go for a swim, hear it every year. people get swept away in those big waters. very good advice. yeah, it's scary. okay. thanks, lawrence. thanks. least a dozen people have become sick by an e-coli outbreak that's linked to organic walnuts from central california. >> they were sold in halves and pieces from gibson farms based in hollister. the fda says that they were sold in bulk bins at natural food stores like whole foods. the walnuts were sold in several states, including here in california. 7 people had to be hospitalized and 2 developed a dangerous form of kidney disease. the products have expiration daaes between may 20st and june, 7th. >> still ahead, more layoffs at tesla. the department's with job cuts and this latest round of cost-cutting.

>> tesla is continuing to lay off more employees, according to business insider, the company sent out another round of layoff notices just last night. these layoffs reportedly impact this software service and engineering departments. not clear how if any of newest layoffs are going to affect bay area workers just last month, tesla announced that it was laying off more than 2700 bay area employees. kron four's reached out to tesla about most recent layoffs. and we have yet to hear back. after more than 15 years,

prominent vietnamese restaurants, slanted door has announced its san francisco ferry building location won't be returning. we're really disappointed about that. but a chef charles phan telling kron 4 that they are parting ways with a location due to high construction costs. but he says that he's pretty excited for some future projects be on the vietnamese food. slanted door is known for craft cocktail menus. the restaurant was one of the first to offer them on menus and if you are like me craving slanted door, they have locations open in san ramon, napa, and even in france. about that good food. no doubt. >> up next, we continue our coverage on a possible cease-fire agreement. what we're learning about the deal that could at least pause the war between israel and hamas. plus, a closer look at the damage as texas. trying to clean up after days of rain and flooding. also why the owner of a towing company thinks his business which targeted after a bunch of the

vehicles they have

>> lapd officers clear the pro palestinian encampment at usc over the weekend students there prepare to graduate this week about 100 protesters had pitched tents at alumni park before it can. it was dismantled. no arrests. was the second police crackdown on campus and less than 2 weeks this morning, university park