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>> from the area's local news station. this is kron. 4 news at 3. >> thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 news at 3. i'm just involvement in our top stories out of san francisco where rideshare drivers are rallying outside headquarters of lyft and uber demanding better pay and better job security kron. 4 s charles clifford has the latest. >> well, here in san francisco, rideshare drivers are demanding the companies like uber lyft do more to support and protect drivers. on monday, dozens of rideshare drivers rallied outside the san francisco headquarters of uber and lyft. they say that
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drivers are dealing with low pay high fees and dangerous working conditions. they believe that these companies have made it hard for drivers to earn a living. a lot of the drivers sleep in the car to come from far away from sacramento and they're homeless in their cars. so what >> humanity is that to someone have to sleep in the car to be able to provide for their families. they are also concerned about the growth of self-driving car technology and worry that it could one day put drivers out of work completely. it would affect a lot of people and the economy where they without a job. in a statement to kron 4 lyft said we are constantly working to improve the driver experience, which is why? >> just this february, we released a series of new offers and commitments aimed at increasing driver pay and transparency, adding that drivers will always make at least 70% of the weekly writer fares after external fees. but drivers we talked to said that after they pay for insurance car maintenance and fuel, the profit they are making is barely enough to survive on.
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>> rent is high. food is really high to as well. gas is high. so it doesn't compare. even you get a ride for $4.3. $1, not even with the gas prices are are at right now. >> kron 4 also reached out to uber for comment, but we have so far not her back in san francisco, charles clifford kron, 4 news. >> police are investigating deadly crashes after 2 drivers hit and killed a pedestrian in separate accidents across the bay area. the latest happened earlier today in east oakland. police say it happened near 98th avenue in san leandro street just before 6 in the morning. officers found a man on the road after being hit by a car. they say ihe driver took off before they arrived. >> the victim died at the scene. no arrests have been made in the south bay. san jose police are investigating a deadly crash on saratoga avenue near the harker school campus into a t san jose. police saying a man was hit and killed while walking the northbound lane of saratoga avenue was closed for several hours. while police
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investigated this crash. pleasanton police were surprised by a recent delivery from a citizen into the department's front lobby. so here is what they got. the department says someone turned in 3 live grenades that were found in their garage. the alameda county, the sheriff's office, they have a bomb squad. they responded and took control of a the grenades and they had destroyed them. pleasanton. police are asking that the public not touch dangerous explosives, but instead give them a call. so the ntsb is now investigating the plane crash that killed 2 people in truckee over the weekend. officials have just now released the names of the couple and not officially, though we're getting some reports, though, from the times of israel, the newspaper has identified that as lebron and i only put russia of california. again, officials have not officially given up the names, but lebron reportedly worked for up west posted condolences to the family on social media.
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truckee. police say that the single-engine tmb aircraft went down on saturday night alongside glenn share driving olympic boulevard while trying to land at the truckee airport. neighbors are describing what they saw during the crash. you're like a big. >> i like it was basically like that. and then i just heard like a. like that kind of surreal it in a sense why? why planes going over my house like that at that time of night. >> the ntsb says its investigation involves 3 areas. the pilot, the aircraft and the operating environment. right now westbound i-80 closed just west of soda springs because of a crash. according to the chp out of truckee, a big rig hit the rear of a caltrans sander vehicle causing the entire cab of that big rig to eject from the truck. the drivers of both vehicles walked away with minor injuries, but westbound traffic is currently being diverted at the state line and
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honor gate. and there was another united airlines flight that was headed to san francisco that had to be diverted this time, though, because of and overflowing toilet that then spilled into the cabin. according to the san francisco chronicle is flight bound for sfo that took off from frankfurt, germany on friday afternoon. and then they had to circle back after this maintenance issue with the plane's toilet. the plane, a boeing 7, 7, 7, passengers were accommodated in hotels in frankfurt put on different flights the next day. this, though, just the latest in the series of mechanical and safety issues involving united airlines on friday, another flight that took off from san francisco was diverted to denver after a reported engine issue. but this one probably smelled pretty bad. and later, the same day, 7 passengers on a united flight. our coverage after the plane hit some severe turbulence. the flight was traveling from tel aviv to newark. it was forced to land new york stewart international
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airport after reporting a passenger medical emergency caused by the turbulence. united says high winds were reported in the area at that time. here's what it looks like outside right now at sfo are enjoying lots of sun all across the bay area today. it's warm out there. kyle is in the weather center now as we can see how much longer this beautiful weather is going to stay with us. yeah, we've got it for a couple of days. so today tomorrow that heat will peak of ice. a heat warms, i should say, will peak tomorrow and then we'll start to pull back a little bit. but right now. >> blue skies as we take a live look in quite our and check out some of these temperatures. i got to thinking, are we close to records are really not. santa rosa would have to get into the 80's today. we're at 76 degrees, which is incredibly warm and well above average, but doesn't look like record setting territory. san francisco now at 65. we're at 73 and allay napa. 72 san jose just pulled into 72 territory. 71 in concord, in antioch and even hayward. it's 70 degrees. so we are warm a lot warmer than we were 24 hours ago. this is the difference in
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temperatures. so here's a live look at stormtracker 4. you can see where we're so quiet in california because we've got high pressure sitting off the coast as long as that is there, we get sunshine and we start to warm up which is exactly what we're seeing. i mean, just nothing right on the radar. we do have a little bit of a breeze happening. you can see it is an onshore flow here. happening in san francisco about 13 miles per hour, a little breezy out of half moon bay. but other than that, it's gorgeous. and tonight we're going continue with a really nice, mostly clear evening. now we will have a little bit of coastal and valley fog that's going to happen in the overnight hours. so take a look at this. you kind of see the fog cast this roles right along the coast as we get into about 8, 9 o'clock tonight and then kind of fills in and around some of the bay and some of our valleys. having said that, it will dissipate quickly tomorrow. and then once it does, we're going to be off to the races with temperatures expected to soar even higher than today. so half moon bay have been keeping an eye on this set up right here. looks like someone is getting ready for maybe a wedding or some kind of fun ceremony. a beautiful day for it. as we got those gorgeous
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blue skies, we do have rain in your seven-day forecast. i'll have details when come back in a bit. >> don't like oh, >> this is county sheriff's office rescuing a man they say was clinging to a rock face after falling off a cliff last night. according to the rescue crews. this happened in the golden gate, national recreation area. battery alexander. this is about. >> 08:00pm. they say he fell 50 to 60 feet. the helicopter was able to spot him. here we go clinging for life. there. >> and hoist him up. he was then turned over to firefighters. no word right now. >> on his condition. >> all right. happening tomorrow, more than 3500 nurses in santa clara county are going to go on strike. this three-day strike may impact patients services this week. kron four's michael thomas has the latest. this
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three-day strike was approved by 97% of the nurses part of the santa clara county nurse association. >> see that working conditions have gotten so bad. it's now a safety concern. they're asking for better pay better staffing and more safety. the systemwide strike involves more than 3700 registered nurses at santa clara valley medical center, o'connor hospital and st. louis regional hospital all planning to walk off the job tomorrow to begin a three-day strike as they can't reach an agreement with county officials for a new contract. these negotiations have been ongoing since last october with a focus on salary benefits and the nurse to patient ratio, nurses say the county is not negotiating in good faith with the county says it's currently facing a massive budget deficit but remains committed to providing a fair contract. the walk-off may affect certain services offered by the hospital, but staff at the hospital tell us they're currently preparing and bringing in temporary staff. >> we have a dedicated group of leaders and many staff who will be working around the clock through the weekend to make sure that we can
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adequately orient and train the supplemental staff who will be joining us during the strike to continue those critical services to the community. >> as of now, the picket lines are set to happen tomorrow at all. 3 hospitals. we did reach out to both county officials and the nurse association for a comment but have not heard back as of yet as we get more details from officials will keep you updated that. the very latest on the newsroom. i'm michael thomas. send it back to live in studio. >> we'll talk some sports now. the san francisco giants started their season in san diego. that's the padres over the weekend. the giants looking to take 3 out of 4 from padres on sunday. they lost, though 13 to 4 giants are now in la to take on the dodgers tonight. first pitch 7 tent. and as for is the game was a pretty close one. they were looking to avoid a sweep against the guardians is when on a walk-off in the 9th inning final score will end up being 4 to 3. oakland gets its first win of the season and they will host the red sox tonight at 6.40. and one of
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the most anticipated women's basketball games in recent memory is happening later on today with lsu plays iowa in the elite 8, its next chapter in this rivalry between caitlin clark and angel reese. i was clark in lsu's restart the 2 biggest names in women's college basketball last year. reese's tigers, top clark and the hawkeyes in the women's final and started to talk there and possible controversy by kind of putting up the hand there and showing the rain to clark at the end of the game, clark dismissed media uproar here saying, you know, this is just part of the competition. round 2 for them is at 4.15. and coming up here, there's a proposal to give elderly residents easier access to transportation. the rideshare program that >> could make this happen. and police are looking for a thief who broke into an oakland business on easter sunday. the owner, it's now asking the city to take action. but first year weekend commute could be
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impacted by closures taking place all month long in the north bay.
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>> so expect some traffic the north bay throughout the month of april. parts of highway 37 will be closed between solano and sonoma counties during the weekends of april and also parts so starting april 12, caltrans, we working on. one traffic direction per weekend. so westbound will be closed. traffic diverted at the weekend of april. 12th and 19th eastbound lanes will be closed and traffic will be
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diverted. the weekends of april 26th and may 3rd. another setback, though, right now for the storm battered section of highway one. there's a new landslide that is close to the portion of this historic roadway between big sur and carmel by the sea. a nearly one and a half mile portion of the southbound lane crumbled into the sea over the weekend. this is just south of the rocky creek bridge. caltrans is now saying daily convoys are going to lead a central travelers through the closed area from 8 in the morning until 4 in the afternoon. that same areas struggling to recover from multiple landslides to the board triggered by the winter storms. and it is not stormy outside today at all. it is sunny and gorgeous. taking a live look here looking out towards the golden gate. it is really quite perfect out there. it's perfect for april. first, you know, spring decide to show up. it is. but you look at that video there looking at, you know, of the road damage caused by storms. we have a little more rain
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coming this week. so that could add insult to injury for places that have had that kind of problem with erosion. >> happening right now, though, it is certainly beautiful out there. the blue skies prevail. san francisco sitting at a lovely 62 degrees. we're at 72 in san jose, concord, 71 and oh, my goodness. santa rosa. 76 degrees, right winning today with the warmth out there. it's just beautiful. so if you're going to be heading out with the pets, take a walk today is the day to do the long walk. the weather will be on your side, whether it's a, you know, another hour from now or even into this evening. it's looking good for tomorrow is going to be another good day. wanted to take a look at climatology. just look at the month of march since we're starting a new month. and let's take santa rosa as an example here. you can see we had 19 below average days. temperature wise, so ran a little bit cool. we had about 10 above average into normal. if you look at the rain totals that we got for the month, just a little over 4 and a half inches of rain. and by the way, on friday, we picked up an additional inch their right. and that is about where
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we should be about 4.5, 8 is normal. so as we head into our season where we go into april and think of spring and flowers and all that stuff we're doing pretty good for our water year so far. you can see these numbers well above normal everywhere, except for oakland, but it's still pretty good at 89%. and we are going to add to that later this week where we have yet another storm that's going to come in thursday. looks like the day. it will also be bringing some sierra snow as well. so, yeah, if you've seen all those flowers are getting ready to go, they're going to get another shot at some rain as we get later into the week. so today, however, and tomorrow is going to be all about the sunshine and you can see the warm temperatures. but by the time we get to wednesday, a few clouds rolling in and then that rain coming in thursday into friday, taking berkeley's example here. that will definitely cool us down into highs just in the 50's. here's a look at your extended forecast. another beauty on tap for your tuesday. so make those outdoor plans. thursday would be the day to take the umbrella with you. might linger a little bit into friday morning. right now, the weekend not looking bad. i would say saturday is probably
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the better day of the 2 looks a little bit more cloudy for our sunday. back to all right. well, for your money this afternoon, biden administration says it's finalizing rule to replace the student loan forgiveness program that the supreme court struck down. >> education secretary miguel cardona says the administration is moving ahead with a new plan. that plan would help a large number of borrowers not covered by smaller existing loan forgiveness programs. however, it's unclear who exactly stinds to benefit under the new plan. groups like the naacp say it is pushing the white house to not leave anyone hanging. talk about pell grant recipient talk about parent plus loan bars. we've talked about actual people who impacted. >> by these rules. >> last week, a group of 11 attorneys general filed a lawsuit against the administration accusing the white house be legally forgiving loans. millions of americans are seeing their student loan payments drop under the biden administration's safe plan.
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but kansas u.s. attorney general is calling this plan a brazen attempt to defy the supreme court. >> aside from the fact that biden student loan forgiveness plan version, 2 point, oh, is just silly as illegal as the first one was. it's profoundly unfair. >> and the statement the education department said the administration, quote, won't stop fighting to provide support and relief to borrowers across the country. no matter how many times republican elected officials try to stop us. let's take a look now at gas prices because i noticed today they went up at my local gas station. and here's what's going on. the average price across the state. now stands at $5.10. san francisco as the most expensive gas coming in at $5.26. sandra fell a penny last the way home and fairfield coming in at the cheapest $5.9. sets the national average. it's just $3 and $0.53. kia is now recalling 427,000 vehicles
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because of possible parking failures. the recall includes all tellurides from 2020 through 2023. as well as some models from this year. the n h tsa says some drive shafts may not fully engaged because of improper assembly. so this could lead to damage over time. that could result in unintended vehicle movement while in park. if the parking brake is not engaged, kia plans to notify owners by mail starting in may about this. the company says it will replace the faulty parson reimburse owners for repairs where applicable. the national highway traffic safety administration or an h tsa is urging drivers to put the phone down when they're behind the wheel. our washington correspondent maddie beer-temple reports now on the new campaign aimed at saving lives. >> this is a face of distracted driving. joe feldman lost his 21 year-old daughter casey in and made a choice to take his eyes off
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the road. reach for his gps. he rolled through a stop sign. he hit casey spellman shares casey story in hopes that others don't go through the same thing. no parent should ever have to bury a child. feldman supports the national highway traffic safety administration's new campaign. put the phone away or pay now through april 8th, you'll see these ads on tv radio and online platforms in english and spanish. >> and >> with the funds already. >> just put them down the 5 million dollar campaign replaces the previous u drive. you text, you pay slogan. it's a wants to acknowledge that it's more than just text that are distracting. drivers are asked for many different things now. so we think put the phone away and pay is a much more broad message. in addition to the ads this week, more police officers will be on the roads and forcing state distracted driving laws. baltimore county, maryland police chief robert mccullough says officers are not just pulling people over but trying to educate drivers to
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distracted driving. pamphlets are also handed out at these traffic stops. its u.s. as their efforts seem to be working. preliminary 2023 data shows a 3.6% decline in traffic crash fatalities from the year before. but despite overall declines, nitsa says there has been an increase in pedestrian deaths reporting in washington. i'm maddie beer-temple. still ahead, more affordable housing options for san francisco teachers. how? >> there's a new program helping educators stay close to where they teach and a close call caught on camera. how one man just escaped spinning blade basically just saw in his head off there. the
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city of sonny bill is thinking of relaunching a new rideshare service. hoping to help the disadvantaged residents get around the rideshare service would cost less than $5 a ride. the city council voted last week to move forward with this plan. >> and start applying for grants. the city will partner with a transportation company called so come valley hopper to bring the service to sunnyvale and cupertino. we're supporters think the elderly and students will benefit the most. to cal works programs that help thousands of it their budgets reduced in order to help stabilize the state's deficit. one program subsidizes jobs for low-income californians and the other helps families experiencing domestic violence or homelessness. 354,000, california households with
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children get cal works benefits every year. and san francisco state senator scott wiener's tried to preserve it. he says the budget committee is working on a plan to address this budget deficit without impacting cal works programs. that plan will be released later on this summer. and out of this dramatic video where a man barely escapes being sought by a blade. this happened in eugene, oregon. the video see the man goes into a convenience store and that blades comes flying out towards him, spinning out of control. it slams into a post outside of the store were told the blade came loose from a concrete saw at a nearby construction site. would hurt. all right. coming up, police are looking for nfl star rashee rice after his car was involved in a crash that sent 2 people to hospital. >> also, most fast food workers are getting a big bump in pay starting today. but consumers might have to swallow a bigger costs will
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break down this price hike and see how this wages will impact people. also business owner tells us she's devastated after her store was robbed at easter sunday. she's now saying officials need to do more to
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>> in the east bay, a post covid business climate isn't tough enough for people match you're a business owner and you get burglarized on easter sunday. will this happened to a small business in oakland and kron four's dan kerman lets us know what happened. >> we need that the city that to take action and to prevent this from happening to us. this is not fair. this easter sunday. this is the sunday
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that we should all be spending time with our loved ones and enjoying this day, not having too. >> you know, cleanup last look at that's exactly what oakland clothing designer taylor jay had to do easter morning after being notified her flagship store on broadway had been burglarized. it happened about 5.30, in the morning after breaking the glass in the front door. security video shows a man coming inside the store and helping himself to a wide array of goods being a small business in oakland and how tough things have already been for us. >> you know, small businesses general. it doesn't feel good. it doesn't feel good at all. it's really devastating is really heartbreaking in it's very discouraging. >> jay says the burglar was in the store for 15 minutes and made off with ipad cell phones and thousands of dollars of clothing, bags and
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accessories. he even took our own our suitcases impact our inventory and suitcases. in addition take removing items, it's a tough pill to swallow. taylor. jay has been in business for 10 years and takes pride in the fact her garments are not only designed in oakland but made in the city as well. and while this incident has are rethinking store's security, she says she has no plans to leave. in fact, she hopes the incident will serve to rally the community. i think this is all of our businesses that year businesses might is. my business is yours and we should be in and the right way. and we have to support one another to be here and we have to speak about a vocally. dan kerman kron. 4 news. a person was shot and wounded friday night in east oakland, officers were alerted to gunshots from the >> shot spotter system out 40th avenue. new melrose. this around 9 o'clock at night, police arrived and found a victim with at least one gunshot. officers gave aid until paramedics could get there and take that person to the hospital. and as of sunday, that person was stable. the investigation is
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currently ongoing. for the first time san francisco's offering affordable housing in that attempt to help educators live in the areas where they teach applications are now open. that starts tomorrow. i should say applications open up tomorrow for the shirley chrism village. the housing e outer sunset neighborhood on 43rd avenue just south of lincoln way. there will be 135 affordable homes for families and individuals and it will prioritize san francisco unified school district educators and employees. it's expected to open up in the fall. it looks pretty nice. mayor london breed had this message to say about it. our public schools are stronger when educators can live near the community. they serve our first affordable educator housing project will create that opportunity. this is part of our work to make sfa place working. people can afford to live. hashtag housing for all. alright, look outside here in
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san francisco. gorgeous day for sure. hopefully we get a couple nice days ahead. kyla, though, standing, though, in front of a huge pile of snow. tahoe is just really raking yeah, this actually a 70 so you can see how this snow continue to come up. this is by half. do remember, we looked at this gusher goes. >> week and a half ago or so. and we really had a much lower level here, but they just continue to pile that snow a lot. and of course, we get into this time of year. the question is how much more will we be adding to that? here we are incline village. you can see just a little bit of snow on the ground there to from the last system where, yeah, but the peaks we picked up about one 2 feet of snow. it is a little chilly there. still. 47 degrees right now in south lake tahoe. but there is plenty of sunshine out there and some really nice conditions. now you've got fresh snow and you've got the sunshine to be out in skiing. so here's we take a live look at diamond peak. you can see some people doing exactly just that. they're going to be a little more snow later this week. now, this next system doesn't look like it's got a huge amount of moisture to work with. having said that, temperatures are going to get chilly and it looks like we'll have some snow making possibly
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late wednesday night into thursday. so tomorrow, another absolutely gorgeous day out there wednesday, looking good. and the overnight wednesday into thursday. that's when we start to see some of those snow showers show up. meanwhile, back in the bay, we're having an absolutely beautiful day here as we take a live look from mount tam just blue skies as far as the eye can see. temperatures tomorrow expected once again to be above average with lots of sunshine. some clouds moving in our wednesday. that will cool us down a little bit. but we stay dry. it isn't until thursday that we have a few bay area showers that will be rolling through. when i come back, we're also going to talk about not just the weather in the seven-day forecast, but the eclipse that you may have heard a whole bunch about. i'll have details on that. >> rival mitt today, state lawmakers introduced a package of bills they say will help prevent discrimination and harassment at california state universities and higher institutions of learning several members of the assembly and lieutenant governor lady could lock us refer to these bills as a call to action to protect students
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and staff among the proposals, tool to allow university human resources departments to engage with staff applicants. former employers about previous misconduct. another bill calls on each university. the set up a campus title 9 office to investigate harassment allegations. and another requires the state auditor to review and audit university discrimination and harassment policies at csu. you see and community colleges every 3 years. >> it is our responsibility to get out in front to learn from the past and to create the kinds of reforms that will improve the environment on our campuses, ensuring that our higher education institutions are free from. >> discrimination and harassment. it's critical to providing an equitable learning environment for our students and a safe work environment for our staff. >> the bills now head to various committees where they will come up for a hearing.
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aggravated assaults are reportedly rising across the state. gun violence is believed to be driving that trend according to the california department of justice, aggravated assaults went up 20% in santa clara county from 2019 to 2022. in contra costa county assaults went up 42% within that same time period. and alameda county. that number was 46%. and while incident rates in san mateo county were low compared to others, that area saw a 65% increase. researchers say it's not known to what extent guns are fueling the increase. but they say they're a big part of the picture. other violent crimes like rape and homicide are trending down. that's according to data from the fbi. former miami dolphins and nfl star vontae davis was found dead inside of a south florida mansion. today. he is the younger brother of former 40 niner star vernon davis. davis was found by police officers inside of his home in southwest fort lauderdale.
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that's according to multiple media outlets. police say the incident does not involve foul play. he died at the age of 35. and police right now are looking for kansas city chiefs star rashee rice after a crash in dallas on saturday. there's new dashcam video showing what appears to be a corvette and a lamborghini racing just before crashing into some other vehicles causing a 6 car pileup. the corvette is believed to register to rice. the crash sent 2 people to the hospital with minor injuries. dallas police say that the people inside the lamborghini and the corvette ran from the scene. the investigation is ongoing. neither the nfl northey kansas city chiefs have commented on this. and now to national news as well. 7 teenagers are recovering following a shooting near mall in indianapolis. officers are on patrol saturday when they heard several gunshots just after 11, 30, the victims
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range in age from 12 to 17. they are in stable condition. we understand. it's unclear though, what lead up to the shooting or how many people opened up fire. so far no arrests have been made. this was the 3rd weekend in a row. police there have responded to a mass shooting. and in baltimore, the coast guard is preparing an alternate channel for ships after the collapse of the francis scott key bridge. so this will allow the movement of goods in and out of the port as soon as possible. yesterday crews started to remove sections of the bridge. they took that first part from the water. and today, small businesses there are now setting up a center to help others that were impacted by this collapse so they could get loans you'll pay for their employees and things like that for road workers remain missing. they are presumed to be dead. one man may have been the last person to drive on that bridge before it came crashing down. he was leaving one job and on his way to another win. cargo ship collided with the bridge. >> if i'd been one minute
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later, i wouldn't i told my daughter and like in a little fog that just like. >> you know, the it's it's very scary. >> the driver says he believes he cross the bridge at about one 27 am. that's just 2 minutes before the bridge fell down. rebuilding talks have already begun on the federal level. the bridge could take several years and 1 billion dollars to rebuild. president biden is expected to be in baltimore later on this week. now to the middle east where israel's parliament building was the scene of a massive street demonstration. the marchers demanded that the israeli government reach a cease-fire agreement with hamas. it's been almost 6 months since the hamas terrorists attacked and started that war and hamas continues to hold more than 100 people hostage. while israelis largely support the war effort, they say they want new leadership. and both
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democrats and republicans on capitol hill are now speaking about how the biden administration is handling the israel-hamas war. our washington correspondent reshad hudson tells us with what they're saying. >> lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are sharpening their tone towards the biden administration for its involvement in the israel-hamas war. maryland democratic senator chris van hollen says the biden administration needs to be tougher on israel for how they're conducting this war. netanyahu continues to essentially. >> if the finger. so the president states and we're sending more bombs that doesn't make sense. then holland says it's time the biden administration used its leverage to get them to change course. also my view is that a partnership needs to be a two-way street, not a one-way blank check with the american taxpayer dollars. the white house is trying to convince netanyahu to find alternative methods for the planned ground
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invasion into rafah. the southernmost city of gaza. but florida republican senator rick scott disagrees and says they must do whatever it takes to defeat know that they have to go into rafah, destroy hamas. they have to destroy hamas. >> they need american support. scott accuses president biden of not standing with israel mean this is disgusting with the biden administration is doing support israel. they've got to kill hamas. and scott's comments comes as the white house is working to set up an in-person meeting with israeli military officials reporting in washington reshad hudson. back to you. >> alright, easter sunday is over, but the fun continues at the white house. president biden, the first lady at the annual easter egg roll on the south lawn. it happened this morning. looks like the easter bunny showed up as well. this had to be moved to a few hours later because of all the stormy weather in the area. the white house easter egg roll is a tradition that dates back to 18. 78. the first lady always picks the theme. and
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since doctor joe biden has been a teacher for more than 30 year, she called this event. >> and egg-ucation like get it. love any time we can turn the white house into blast. and that's what we're doing today. the south lawn is transforming into our learning playground and school community. >> the main attraction watching the kids a roll eggs past the finish line. they're trying to use spoons to do it. little one, though, having a hard time with it. you just a little help there. you can do it. the american egg board donated 64,000 eggs to the white house for this event 40,000 to row. >> and then the rest for decorating. coming up here, shattered glass and a large police presence. that was the scene. >> of a bank break-in. but the suspect got away. >> 4 lakes. the nation is preparing to witness a once in a lifetime total solar eclipse
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in experts are warning of a scam that could hurt their chances of seeing it in a safe way. plus the california minimum wage is up as of today. so what this means for the prices that will pay at restaurants we come back.
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>> nice fast food workers in california get a raise. starting today, the minimum wage goes up to $20 an hour. but that also means there could be a possible increase in food prices. capitol correspondent eytan wallace reports. >> it's officially the law of
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the land in california. as of today, the new minimum wage for most fast food employees in the state is increasing the $20 an hour as mandated by a law signed by governor gavin newsom last year. but i mean coca. per me this increase is going to be really, really good. speaking to us in spanish. but he said she's been waiting years to see such an increase, a jack in the box employee at 2 different locations for the last 5 years. she says it's been challenging to afford basics in california, especially now that she has to pay for her rent and for the housing of person who is away at college. she's confident the new wage will make life a little easier more tell you a little bit. it's going to really be a really for me. >> because things continue to go gas well, expenses. and as i mentioned, helped write my son to with all of those expenses. and so this is going to be a huge relief for for me and my family. but on the
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other hand, franchisees, we spoke to say the new minimum wage law will make it more challenging for them to run a definitely. you know, going to have to increase prices to cover the costs owns 2 vitality bowls locations in san jose. real possibilities cutting hours for my employees, which is that good. and also possibly layoffs for small business. you know, weise is minds of the family business. i have my >> wife, 2 sons. and basically, you know, there's a potential if things don't improve with the higher prices that customers stop coming in, that we will shut down and, you know, then basically people jobs but some businesses are exempt from the new law, including restaurants in airports, museums, hotels, theme parks, gambling, establishment. >> and some event centers. as for why this explanation was provided a virtual press conference put on by the seiu union who up to negotiate. the lack of those people already covered by living wage laws that that the airports and
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entering and businesses that they can sell bread is a stand-alone item are also exempt. republicans say that raises questions if this is a bad law for one company, it's probably a bad law for every any at the state capitol. a tom wallace. >> kron 4 news. >> california currently has the highest unemployment rate in the country. the latest numbers show the state's unemployment was at 5.3% in february. according to the daily news, it's only the 12th time in 48 years at the golden state has had the nation's highest unemployment. we're all counties were hit hard with county, seeing 15% unemployment. a report that was released last week found that california had the lowest job growth of any state with employment rising just 0.1 5% from september 2022. to september 2023. and now the race is on to get those eclipse glasses so we can see
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it. but teddy, make sure that those glasses are the real deal. scammers are trying to sell fake paris, which doctors say could be really dangerous. counterfeit solar eclipse glasses are already being reported by the world largest maker of paper, 3 d glasses. xavier walton reports now on the scams to look out for. >> this most amazing celeste. you love that you will ever experience. i mean, this is this is big-time so big. john jarrett, ceo of american paper optics as a solar eclipse for them is like 30 super bowl. >> this team in tennessee started preparing for this moment years ago. we think this is the most bipartisan moment of 2020 for everybody come together. every reason enjoy this. everybody, including scammers already the better business bureau is warning people about fake counterfeit solar eclipse glasses. john says he's already seen and there's a lot of people trying to capitalize on it and they're flooding the market with low priced glasses. and that's just >> a a scary and potentially
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dangerous. even have some short-term or long-term damage to make sure you don't get duped to look out for these 3 things. and i so stamp of approval. that's the organization that certifies the manufacturer's product. so number 1, 2, 3, 1, to 2 and the actual address of where it's manufactured. here's some examples. they look like the real deal. but when you flip them around, no address, that's a dead giveaway. these are fakes counterfeit glasses that have name on very frustrating for us will fresh rating. john says for the great american eclipse, his company is still going to sell more than 75 million solar eclipse glasses, including got a look at that. you can see a thing. can you? how 0, my. >> now last us and you astronauts lasses. i'm going to most common feeling like an alien. will this work on the as well? i don't that looks right. >> we shall see. all right. let's talk about our weather
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here with this quick look at what's going on in walnut and pilots got this great map to show us like where, where you'll be able to see it. and california. yeah, i knew that we're not in the path of totality, which is where you would see 100% full eclipse. but i'm gonna show you where that path is. and i'll show you what percentage of eclipse we're likely to see. so there's. >> the path of totality. and you can see it goes through texas and then it goes through parts of the heartland here right into the northeast. obviously we're there. we are over here. so we're going to see between about 2040% about a 30% of an eclipse partial eclipse for us. and as you can see, southern california gets a little better chance of having said that. it's all about the weather to tell about the cloud cover. so let's talk about the california perspective on this, which is that this is next monday that it is going to be a partial eclipse for us now, the full eclipse for us. we get about 10:00:06am, takes a little bit after 11 and then winds up just before 12:30pm. so we're not in the path of totality. and if you want to
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get to the path of totality, i think you're close. this place is probably to be texas. but then we'll talk about cloud cover climatological speaking meeting. we look at the averages of what's happened on this day in the past. you can see if you do head to texas that you've got about, about a 40% chance of there being some clouds, if you want a better chance, we're going to head on up to the northern reaches of new england. that's where you're less likely to see cloud cover climatologically speaking now, let's pretend like we're in a plane. we're going to fly along the path of totality. second, show you where it is. so here we are. mexico heading into texas and if you are in austin or dallas, texas, you would be in the path of totality. if we take that even further to the north, it goes through parts of arkansas does include little rock, arkansas. and you can see as we go even farther on this path, paducah, kentucky is going to be in it as will bloomington and indianapolis, indiana. and then we head right into places like akron, ohio, go to the ohio valley and then into buffalo, rochester, you can see we're getting now up into vermont and maine. so burlington, vermont, and then the northwest part of maine as
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well. so a lot will be in the path of totality. we will not, but it will still be an interesting day to observe. some of the science will be back in a little bit. we'll talk more about our forecast. all right. well, coming we've got a >> play to win. and we have the latest on the lotto fever that's taken over california. what you need to know if you want to be the next winter.
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>> take a look at this. lake tahoe bear league is giving us an up close look at what life is like for a baby bear. this is a 10 week-old cub and he's living under a deck in the tahoe basin with this family.
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oh, my gosh. cute. the bears are expected to leave their den and a couple of weeks. he looks hungry, though. alright, police responded to a break-in at a texas bank this week where deer jumped through a window at the first lockhart national bank. this is from thursday. the bank ceos and employees heard a loud crash with a deer broke through the glass. no one was in the room at the time, but that stunned deer wandered through other parts of the bank trying to escape for 20 minutes. eventually police and animal control officers were able to safely guide the deer outside. no one was hurt. happening tonight is the powerball jackpot. it's up for grabs again. the estimated jackpot is now going to be over 1 billion dollars. the drawing is at 8 o'clock tonight. so make sure you check with us on kron 4 dot com to get those winning numbers and good luck. but we're winning in the weather her sure. good transition. we are a billion reasons to be happy today and
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it is all about the weather. >> it's just gorgeous out there. blue skies as we take a live look here from the east bay and that will continue the story tomorrow. tonight we are going to see some patchy fog that will build in, though, but a mostly clear night, it should be lovely out there. temps from 45 to about 50 degrees tomorrow. we are going to see warm temperatures yet again, although it looks like the north, they will pull back a touch and we'll see things kind of accelerate a little bit in the inner east bay and south bay where we could see some of those mid 70's tomorrow. you can see looking out for about 62 in san francisco about 71 in santa rosa. but notice concord, livermore, antioch, getting to 75 degrees or above. and the same story down in the south bay. it's a really nice, you know, low 70's around the bay itself. so a nice day. so let's take a look at our extended forecast and try to get it to go here. looks like my graphics are going give me a little bit of trouble. but i will tell you that as we get into tomorrow, we're going to stay warm. then we get into wednesday. some clouds are going to move in by the time we get to thursday, we're looking out for some showers, but they do pass us by by friday morning. and then the
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weekend is actually looking pretty good, albeit a few clouds out there, not quite as warm as the weather that we're dealing with now. so i'm justine, not bad. tomorrow is going to be absolutely gorgeous. >> looks great. thanks, kyla. thank you so much for joining us here on kron for news this afternoon. i'm justine waldman. see you right back here tomorrow. wanna know a secret? more than just my armpits stink. that's why i use secret whole body deodorant... everywhere. 4 out of 5 gynecologists would recommend whole body deodorant, which gives you 72 hour odor protection
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