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including blurred vision, joint aches and pain, or a parasitic infection. don't change or stop asthma medicines without talking to your doctor. ask your eczema specialist about dupixent. >> from the bay area's local news station. you're watching kron. 4 news at 6. >> now it's 6, 2, people, including a teenage girl are in the hospital tonight after being struck by a hit and run driver in san francisco. good evening, everybody. i'm vicki liviakis. i'm ken wayne. the suspect was eventually arrested was chased by police from the tenderloin to north
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beach. >> before he came to a stop right outside the kron. 4 studios near the embarcadero kron four's. dan kerman joins us live with the details. dan. he apparently did not want to get in this car's path or otherwise. you would have to take your life in peril as we see 2 people injured. it all came to a stop right here on the embarcadero just across from the exploratory. it's here along the embarcadero at green street where san francisco police took the hit and run suspect into custody. this after at least the 3rd incident of the day when the white mustang he was driving slammed into this parked car. no one was injured at this location, but that's not the case that the other locations here basically >> and i'm like police say. it all began just before 08:00am the suspect's vehicle hit a pedestrian near jones and market tire tracks are clearly visible. the victim, an urban alchemy employee, was taken to
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a local hospital and will survive. police say a few blocks away. officers spotted the suspect's vehicle driving recklessly when the suspect failed. the yield when officers initiated a traffic stop. police say a vehicle pursuit began about 9.30. the chase reached francisco middle school. it's there. police say the suspects vehicle hit a 14 year-old girl who was crossing francisco street from the main campus to the auxiliary campus. so they got was crossing the street from building to building and was in the crosswalk. >> and the guy was running out of, you know, running. because the police, they went off so took the girl and year, i guess have the good he can run supervisor. aaron peskin who represents that neighborhood says the girl was taken to san francisco general hospital with a fractured shoulder and ankle. but will survive. it's at that point. police say they shut down the chase to to safety concerns. >> minutes later, officers spotted the suspect's vehicle stopped in embarcadero in
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green. it's there. they took the suspect into custody. the san francisco police are allowed under certain circumstances to conduct vehicle pursuits that they follow the protocols for this chase supervisor peskin says both he and police are looking into that live along the embarcadero. dan kerman kron, 4 news. thank you, dan. yeah, it like it was good that he was stopped at any rate. >> in the south, a man is dead after he was hit by a truck while riding a bicycle in san jose. it happened this morning on capitol expressway near andrew hill. high school police say the driver of a chevy pickup was speeding when he ran a red light and hit the man. they say the driver then lost control and hit another truck. officers say while arresting the driver, they found a ghost gun on him. no word tonight on what charges that man is facing. happening now, hundreds of students gathered at sproul plaza in uc berkeley holding an all-out for rafah protest. this comes
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as israeli troops have seized the palestinian side of the rafah border crossing. >> a vital in true way for humanitarian aid. our kron four's sara stinson joins us now live from uc berkeley. sarah. >> the rally has been going on since 4 o'clock. while there's been several different people speaking here in sproul plaza, also expanded encampment year. students at uc berkeley have been camping in this plaza for about 2 and a half weeks. you can see now they've expanded from the into the plaza more they have. we tables, bungee corded up together and then they've expanded in others. several more tense. you can see the people were going to be giving year. our student workers who are also pro palestine protesters now, meanwhile, as they've been setting up more tense here, there's been the rally over here like continues to go on. we're now going on 2 hours. it's you know, quite a
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protests here. hundreds of people with signs yelling of free palestine and a lot of people here. but in talking several difference because been talking about how they want all eyes on. ron, especially as you just said, the latest news that we've heard out rafah about the humanitarian needs of people are the pasestinians sheltering there will not be able to get food and water. and so that's been the latest concern. and then up above the protests, you can see some of the university police kind of monitoring the but it's been a very peaceful just a lot of chanting a lot of signage. a lot of people just saying, you free free palestine, they immediate cease-fire. and meanwhile, students who have been camping here they're going finals right now. so they're studying for finals. meanwhile, some of inside tents and yet they are cutting
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some even trying to graduate while they protest for house. i'm a lot going on here. you can hear 2 very, very loud. we spoke to students camping. i haven't talked to student who doesn't go goes to schools. every spoke to faculty nor in support students out here. we'll be hearing from them coming up in our report. >> later tonight, at 10 o'clock for now, i'm sara stinson reporting live in berkeley. back to sir. real quick can you hear me with the noise there? a lot of universities have been cracking down on these encampments. it looks like. >> uc berkeley is letting them a stay. and actually it's growing in size. i think the university has said in the past as long as there's no violence and they don't block access to >> school buildings, they're going to let him be. is that kind of where things stand with that? >> and that's what we're hearing. but on the ground talking with a lot of the students and the teachers fear. a lot of them saying that, you know, as long as it stays peaceful, it's seems to
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be a just fine police just kind of monitoring the situation. but it is growing. i mean, they said that especially after the latest news out of rafah, they've gotten more and more support. more people want to camp out. but the expansion reminds me a lot of what we saw on the ucla campus. so >> if it stays peaceful, then great, but we'll see a lot to monitor >> and of course, uc berkeley with a lot of history there in the 60's, the antiwar anti vietnam war in free speech or a thank you. sara stinson reporting live for us from uc berkeley. meantime, the u.s. department of education is investigating reports of anti-semitism in the berkeley unified school district, the department's office for civil rights is investigating a complaint of severe and persistent bullying and harassment of jewish students. >> federal officials say the harassment has been happening since hamas attacked israel in october of last year. the anti defamation league was one of the groups that filed a federal complaint back in
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february. the district superintendent has been called to testify tomorrow before members of congress. this will be the first hearing on anti-semitism at k through 12 schools. congress has previously held hearings and reports of anti-semitism on college campuses across the country. for on air and online for the latest information on the israel and hamas war from campus protest to the war in gaza. latest on the cease-fire talks head to our web site kron 4 dot com. >> police in oakland have released this sketch of a man they say is wanted for homicide back on august. 30th of last year. police say that it happened around midnight on east 18th avenue. 2 people were shot money. williams died at the scene. the other victim was taken to the hospital. there is no word on the severity of their injuries. police also releasing this picture of a ford f one, 50 pickup truck. investigators say this truck belongs to the suspect. anyone with information is being asked to
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contact police. >> 4 zone forecast as we give you a live look outside at the golden gate bridge in what a nice change in the weather allowed. it is beautiful out there and promises to stay that way. all week. yeah, you guys just wait. i mean, we're going to probably have people saying it's a little too hot here in the coming days. some of the warmest temperatures of the season about to settle into the bay area. after that cold weekend we had last weekend with the rain. >> now we're cranking up the temperatures. today. we started to warm up a bit beautiful skies now all the way the coastline we started out with a couple of patches of fog toward the beaches. now overnight tonight, more than or the northeasterly wind going to be kicking in. that's that offshore flow. so i think going to keep the skies mostly clear overnight tonight, temperatures out the door. if you want to go for a walk, a nice evening to do that. low 60's in the san francisco year in the low 70's, though, in livermore 72 in concord and 74. very nice and warm. still in santa rosa. overall. high pressure starting to build them are starting to see more of a northerly component. the winds, think that turns more northeasterly overnight tonight will be gusty in spots, especially in the north
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bay and parts of the east bay. right now, just a nice seabreeze skies. mostly clear wind advisory going up, though, starting at 1 o'clock in the morning could see some gusts as high as 45 miles per hour across parts of the north bay. and these big guys. back to you. thank you, lawrence. san jose. police say they arrested 87 people over the weekend during cinco de mayo celebration releasing of those arrest numbers today that range. >> from physical fights. 2 duis kron four's rob nesbitt joins us now live in the studio. details of what went on during the holiday rot. >> vicki and ken, there were celebrations for cinco de mayo all over san jose this past weekend. >> police took part in many of them and stressed that the high number of arrests happened near festivities but were not related to them. >> weekend was busy. >> san jose police had their hands full during cinco de mayo. the department says that from a 3rd to may 5th, there were 17 felony arrests, 18 warrant arrests and 52 arrests
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for misdemeanors, totaling 87 for the weekend. according to sergeant jorge garibay. >> shrien reckless driving. we had a significant amount of sideshow activity popping up all over the city in which we had to try and utilize resources and take away from the celebrations, try and come back. officers were getting bottles thrown at their vehicles we had officers had been assaulted people driving drunk. we had one vehicle crashed into a patrol car. i was doing a diversion and injure officer. there were 156 traffic citations made and 6 gun seized during the weekend. >> on sunday, police also responded to a stabbing on king road involving 2 victims, a minor and adult man. the mine was released from the hospital. they don't know. we actually got an update just before we came out here is still in critical still remains in the hospital. getting treatment. we don't know whether or not they're out of the woods yet. san jose police spent months preparing for cinco de mayo and also took part in celebrations from one officer singing during a performance to others driving a classic police car in a parade. police enforce a 0 tolerance tactic towards
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criminals and sergeant gary bass as visitors were responsible for the disruptive behavior. this kind of the reason why we always have additional resources every year and it's not for the people who are celebrating the culture that is people are coming here trying to use the closer event to criminal activity. >> if this year's arrest in san jose, have you questioning next year's planning? the police department says it still looks forward to continuing collaboration with the city for cinco de mayo. 2025 reporting in studio. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news from thank you. strike continues outside and open mcdonald's tonight after the establishment was shut down due to an alleged rat infestation. >> the strike began last week when the frustration with their working conditions became. but they say was unbearable as kron four's lisa goodman joins us live tonight with more on the issues that continue even after the mcdonald's shutdown less >> that's right. the workers are out here strike again. they'd up for the last 30
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minutes calling better working conditions. for workers are making a very large announcement to their way. they're asking for better working conditions because actually shut them down due to rat activity that in the health report that found the county health it says that they found rat droppings and also a dead rat. wow, their respects. now these workers say that this an ongoing issue as well and that, you know, it says they've got been asked to actually clean and they said they are not prepared to do that. they have not received the proper training and proper tools to do that. so now they say they are planning to strike until they get necessary training. and also the tools. and i asked if they heard from mcdonald's directly, they say they have not. but we reached out to and they say that the workers will receive pay while they're but i just spoke with are workers
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said they have not heard from them and they're really concerned about this. and they plan to not go back to professionals come in clean up restaurant. so we're going to have more information about that and keep falling. and i will give you guys an update going to kron 4 something that's going to go on for a little while. all right. we'll keep checking in. thank you. >> coming up, more on the city of richmond's efforts to divest from pg and plus now made a county 9-1-1. dispatcher killed in a crash on the way to work how her colleagues are remembering her on this national fentanyl awareness day. the newsom administration is out with new data showing just how much fentanyl the state has so far this year. >> capitol correspondent eytan wallace of the california national guard headquarters near sacramento. all speak with kelly guard's adjutant general about progress made.
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>> she was described as the best of us. and now the best of us is going on. >> the alameda county sheriff's office remembering one of their own tonight after she was killed by a drunk driver over the weekend in san leandro. antoinette. so now an emergency dispatcher was on her way to work sunday night when she was hit at the intersection of east 14th street in the 100 50th avenue. authorities say the impact of that crash caused her car to flip over. she was only 3 blocks away from her job. >> the day that she was tragically taken from us. she
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had work her shift and had left at 07:00pm and our dispatch center needed additional help and she agreed to come back. so she was on her way back to work ever a moment to help people understand help devastating drinking and driving can this is an example. unlike other. the daughter, a sister. meantime, the driver who hit for now has been arrested is now behind bars. >> for now leaves behind young daughter and loving family. her memorial is now being planned. >> berkeley city manager dean williams, ridley has resigned after 19 years on the job. williams really will stay on until july 10th after which the city council will consider appointing an interim city manager before hiring a permanent replacement. she didn't say why she's resigning. her resignation does come on the heels of some other high-profile departures from berkeley city. government, former city
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councilmember kate harrison resigned in january shortly after council member rigel robinson also left his office. robinson cited stress and exhaustion due in part to harassment and threats. he said had affected his family. also in the east bay and new driverless public transportation system is in the works for contra costa county. >> other called glide cars. officials say they're going help reduce traffic and increase public transit. accessibility for pittsburg, antioch, oakley and brentwood. >> congestion is a real climate change is also a real thing. and so what we can get people out of their cars, take the environment, ensure that like that because everybody's needs, you know, we're going see an addition to ensure that that happens. >> i'm glad cars are expected to be in service by 2030. >> my long section of the great highway in san francisco might be turning into a park and closed to vehicles. that proposal is part of the city's long-term plan to deal with climate change erosion has
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eaten away at the beach in the bluffs between the ocean in the great highway for decades, specifically between sloat and skyline. boulevards in its place would be a network of trails and a possible staircase leading to the beach. there would also be an access road for emergency vehicles. there are a few roadblocks as it were in the way of this plan. the main entrance to the san francisco zoo that is on that stretch of highway. if it closes a smaller insurance near 47th street would have to be redesigned the plan also needs approval from the county board of supervisors. they're set to discuss it later this year. >> you know, it's almost beach weather. we're going to show you a live shot of san francisco there. but yeah, it's getting warm. grab the beach ball, lawrence and head to the yeah. it's going to feel like it too. we may see some 70's right out the water's edge here in the coming days is offshore. winds going to settle in and really bring us looks like the warmest temperatures of the year so far. so all looking good right now as high pressure begins to build in, we will have some windy conditions in parts of the bay
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area. but overall, the temperatures starting to warm up even a little bit today we saw the numbers start to kick up just a little bit. in fact, 7 degrees warmer today in santa rosa. still holding even right along the coastline in san francisco. 2 degrees warmer in half moon bay, 5 degrees warmer in concord. but all these numbers pointing upward as we head in toward the next few days. so temperatures out the door very comfortable starting to heat things up even above average. it's at a rose at 76 degrees today. 75 in concord. 73 for a high in lemore. 72 in san jose. 68 in oakland and 64 degrees in san francisco. here's the forecast for tomorrow afternoon. go from 70's. some 80's beginning to pop up. maybe some idiot mid-eighties in places like a little more 81 degrees in san jose. but then we really crank up the temperatures as we get following day thursday. you can see these temperatures near 90 degrees. i think in some spots in places like live more you get to a concord, antioch, a santa rosa. those temperatures well in the age. and how about that along the coastline? about 70 degrees in half moon bay for lucky, maybe
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a warm 80 in san francisco. the offshore winds all depends on how strong those winds are now hope to crank up the temperature right now. it's kind all setting itself up outside. more more of of north north of a westerly wind right now. but that turn northeasterly overnight tonight. but what a beautiful evening to get out there and enjoy. we've got nice, clear skies. that's what it's going to stay for the night tonight. and some pretty mild temperatures around the bay area. looks like the next couple days. we're going to see a lot of smiling people, lots of sunshine, warm temperatures anywhere. you go around the bay area. i think one thing i think people are going start to say, oh, this is i can see you and your tank top shortly. well, it's not a beautiful sight. now. going give you a couple of days to get a little color to myself and those little chicken got something up. if you have yet to claim their 2020 federal tax refund, the deadlines getting close. >> just how many days you have >> just how many days you have left? ow network is no network for business.
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might be a thing of the past come 2035. that's according to the social security board of trustees. >> after 2035 well, payroll taxes and other income sources are going only be able to cover an estimated 83% of benefits owed in its report. the board of trustees are urging congress to take action to shore up the program. and the clock is ticking for those who have yet to claim their 2020 federal tax refunds. the irs says that 1 billion dollars in refunds is still out there and about a million americans have yet to claim it. they say that california
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is among the states with the highest number of taxpayers who are eligible for that unclaimed money. typically, taxpayers have 3 years to file and claim their tax refunds. but for 2020 refunds, people have a little more time because of that covid-19 pandemic. the deadline to claim is may 17th. still ahead on kron for news at 6 gas prices are actually going down around the bay area, but you're still going to feel it in your wallet? we have the numbers. >> plus, a new pilot program in vallejo that will shut down part of a road during school hours. also, why tiktok is now suing the u.s. government and why a trial could have consequences way beyond tiktok.
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>> happening now, richmond city council members are voting on whether or not to support a resolution that asks the state to implement and expand what's called the golden state energy act that could have a nonprofit provide energy to residents as conference. stasi reports, city officials say it's an important step as that city. he's had many issues with pg and e. >> we sail the signing by tamika lee shoes, justice issues that we should issue. >> that's claudio jimenez, richmond's vice mayor. she says council will hear a presentation at the tuesday schedule meeting about the importance of taking a stand against pg and e and in support of asking the state legislature to power up a nonprofit for the benefit of all californians. these hand. >> to call for a spate legislation to a study looking at what looks like. what kind
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foreign ya to really have the ownership, the county for you so that the ownership of in it you see staying. >> the vote is symbolic. the city cannot turn the lights off and move on past pg and e. but jimenez says for years the city has been rocked with power outages and problems, including the failure pg need to supply energy to city parks, be too low to the council ending so they would connect. >> up and running and the lights at the wind up going on. i just i'm trying to work with and to bring an item on the agenda for presentation of and he has beings just difficult to with and we're currently going through the right process with our board. >> with page in a dramatically increasing rates. the difference between us and them has continued to widen. the

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