>> from the bay area's local news station. you're watching kron. 4 news at 6. >> now at 6, the a's are preparing for a move to las vegas, but they may not be taking their name with them. good evening, everybody. i'm vicki liviakis and i'm ken wayne early this morning. a trademark attorney posted to social media that. >> on the same day that the oakland a's announced they're going to play their next 3 years in sacramento that they also applied to the u.s. patent and trademark office for trademarks to both the sacramento a's and the sacramento athletics. however, it appears that that he might be more focused on their immediate move rather than the team's final destination and application for the las vegas athletics. trademark is filed, but apparently it was not by the team. 10 kerman explains who was trying to claim the name. >> just want to say we're excited to be here for the next 3 years as the a's were

announcing thursday, they would play the next 3 seasons in sacramento, the u.s. patent and trademark swept sideshows. they were also applying for the trademarks to both. >> the sacramento ways and the sacramento athletics. but that website also shows back on march 6th, someone applied for the trademark las vegas athletics and it wasn't the a's. >> we said let's file for. and so we filed a new one that got excepted. now it's in processing. so last hopefully within 5 months will be the owners of the last of las vegas athletics. you heard that correctly a's fan group, the last dive bar. one of a's owner john fisher's, most vocal opponents has applied for the trademark las vegas athletics. find it really interesting for over a year, right? they haven't applied for las vegas athletics. trademark. that makes you wonder. what does it make? you wonder? well, you know,

there's a lot of rumors at the start that the whole las vegas thing was just and will be having the a's do their work for them investigate. you know, expansion in las vegas and so maybe case was never the final destination for the athletics. and so maybe it was always sacramento. you don't know ryan johansen with the last dive bar says the reason they've applied for the las vegas athletics. trademark is simple. it's the teen has taken everything from us from has a fan base. they're despicable humans. as far as the front office, i don't care about the fans. it will care about the community. do care about baseball. so we thought this would be a great way to just kind of. the authority in their side. and if they want the trademark, you know, and it gets approved, they got to go through to get it. johansen says his group should know in 5 months if they get that trademark. >> then he says watch out for what comes next. >> we're definitely excited about the possibility if we get that trademark, there's a lot of fun stuff we're going to do with it.

>> dan kerman kron, 4 reported. well, this will also be the last a season for hundreds of vendors at the coliseum sellers, a beer hot dogs, peanuts and popcorn or now down to their final 74 home games in oakland for a long time. beer hocker and oakland native kendrick thompson. the a's moved to sacramento is heartbreaking. he says it's going to cost hundreds of jobs, including his, but he says he has no plans to follow the team to sacramento. and if you want to catch the last rays game at the oakland coliseum, tickets are going as low as $20 on the mlb website. >> but they're already being resold for double that price on resale websites. the game is against the texas rangers on september. 26. well, today, thousands of fans filled the stands at oracle park as the giants had their home opener. today. crowds of people piled into the stadium excited to see the home team after watching them get swept by the dodgers kron four's jack moment was at the game today to get reaction from the fans.

>> well, it wasn't really a sight to see after months of not having baseball here at oracle park, we thousands fans for that first >> giants fans have had to wait 2 series to welcome in sea of orange year of the day. get getting tickets and checking in the field today was a hopeful one for the giants home opener against the padres. see how this plays out today with the 2 teams like >> bay area and hungry for a rebound after getting swept in l s good against the dodgers. but going to climb back up. >> hopeful for the day, hopeful for the to season. >> we're going world absolutely 100 bucks on

>> karen moreland and tom woods lifelong our day. they're going all the way today. home opener don't lose other fans old. >> and young i the giants going with team and even some sibling rivalry. but these kids have a message for the giant sit there >> feel pretty good right about now. now many of the fans i spoke tell me that they hope that in san francisco for now, i'm in a work art project moment. kron, 4 >> other news tonight. kron 4 is your local election headquarters. san francisco board of supervisors president aaron peskin is officially running for mayor. he filed his paperwork at city hall today can currently serves as the president of the san francisco board of supervisors and has been on the board on and off since early 2.

thousands. he says he wants to be considered a neighborhood mayor who honors every neighborhood in the city. >> on behalf of neighborhoods of san francisco. i want to be a neighborhood mayor that honors every neighborhood in san francisco. i don't think that this is about progressives or moderates. this is about taking care of san francisco and being a mayor who knows >> baskin enters the race along with incumbent mayor london breed supervisor safa e nonprofit executive daniel lurie and former san francisco interim mayor and supervisor mark farrell. in the east bay. alameda county deputies say they rounded up in a fentanyl in oakland to provide almost half a million deadly doses. take a look at already sees more than 2 pounds of fentanyl. more than $14,000 cash during a search warrant. several search warrants in oakland. they say they also seized a press that was used to drugs into bricks. 3 were arrested and booked into the santa rita jail in san

francisco man was shot and killed in broad daylight. you going to show some we're showing you video from citizen app of the scene happened about one 30 this afternoon near the intersection of mission and 20th in the mission district. police say they found the man with several gunshot wounds say tried life saving techniques, but that didn't work. and the man died. no word on any arrests to the east bay. now a man was arrested after police say he was behind several car burglaries in hercules in pinole. >> officers say around 3 o'clock yesterday morning they stopped a man prowling around it. a turquoise of car in hercules, but they let it go because they couldn't find any crime evidence where police say a woman later flagged down officers and told them that her car had been burglarized and 2 pairs of glasses were missing. police later found the suspect nearby circling another neighborhood and detained him. and that's when officers say he admitted to stealing from several cars in hercules and p nal. he's now facing several charges now to

our 4 zone forecast as we step outside for the grand vista of san francisco. >> lawrence, it's the weekend and a mighty nice looking weekend. it is. yeah. i saw a lot of happy giants fans coming into work today are all along the embarcadero. join that big victory out of the park today. and of course, the sun was shining here, but not everywhere. in fact, we've had a very active afternoon looking good over quite hour right now, skies clear there. >> east bay, it hasn't been that way. we've had reports of hail, numerous thunderstorms popping up there and unusually cool temperatures. check out livermore. they get some strong downdraft and they've had some cold temperatures there. 46 degrees right now in livermore. 48 of lail as those storms continue to roll on through. then you get inside the bexar in the 50's. so really interesting weather around the bay area, this storm system that brought us the rain yesterday. just not done with us yet. got one more round before the sun sets. and i think things will begin to calm down. but you can see numerous lightning strikes popping up in the east bay

this afternoon as those thunderstorms rolling on through a beautiful look at those cumulus towers as they continue to roll on by. and so you're still seeing some more showers out there right now. and you see that the area blue and purple, that is more snow falling along mount hamilton in the east bay peaks that will soon come to an end. but we've got a cold by the head to. we'll talk more about that coming up a few minutes. all right, lawrence, a new experience is coming to san francisco sf weed week. >> we'll feature some of the state's top growers and brands showcasing their latest products from coors gayle ong as here in the studio to give us the high lights, kale. >> yes, highlight some of the event starts on saturday. april 13th and it will go on until the cannabis holiday for 20 in 7 neighborhoods around san francisco. sf weed week will feature 7 nights of 7 growers releasing new strains in 7 license lounges in dispensaries. >> david downs is the founder. i also was inspired by amoeba records which holds great

in-store appearances for >> its musicians. i believe growers are rock stars. i know that strains there are celebrities and they deserve that kind of treatment. these lounges deserved to be packed. just like love this and the strain releases that you're going to see. are all going to sell out. san francisco mayor london breed joined the cannabis community friday celebrating sf we week is just like beer weekend restaurant week and all these other things that matter of fact rest we can and we week should be at the same time. >> they're going to be hungry. the mayor also addressing the cancellation of the official for 20 event on hippie hill at golden gate park. >> where hundreds of cannabis users light up for the holiday. let's be i love 40 point. we didn't enforce are no smoking in the park rules. we allow people to come together. we're not saying it's canceled. the event is

canceled for 20 gannett event that has come together. not because the city says it so but because of the community makes it happen. the mayor shared insight on what the cannabis industry can do for san francisco. we project in 2020 for 2025. that it will project 789 million dollars into our economy. meantime, the inaugural as if we'd week will kick off next saturday at the mission. cannabis club. >> with san francisco dignitaries lighting up a ceremonial first joint is what we all dream of all of us legal operators in the city wanted an event like this, something that drives traffic kuwait and engaging way experience >> and admission is free, but you do need to reserve a ticket online day one already fully booked at last check. day 2 tickets have just been added. we've posted a link on our website. all set up we'd week kron 4 dot com. we'll fascinating thing. there's a lot of good places to eat in

the mission because they can take care of the munchies real fast. and as the mayor pointed out >> and set rest, right, we can we do anything polk county say do it. all right. thank you. coming up, the bay area getting hit with layoffs again. just how many employees apple says it's going to let go. >> plus, we hear from a victim injured in the deadly half moon bay mass shooting. why he says he is suing the farm for it happened and registration now open for california. home buyers who want to apply for real estate loans. al, you might qualify for some extra relief. we're following

breaking news out of the east bay police on the scene of a major crash on the ashby avenue ramp to eastbound interstate 80 in berkeley. >> calls into 9-1-1 report. the car had been shot at by somebody in a different vehicle just before this crash. the chp is on the scene investigating. we'll bring you more details as they come in. convicted murderer richard allen davis is attorneys were in the south bay court today trying to have his death sentence reduced a jury found davis guilty of murdering 12 year-old polly klass in petaluma back in 1996. as kron four's. philippe reports for us tonight. his representatives argue a new law could lead to his sentencing enhancements being dropped. >> marc klass return to santa clara county superior court in san jose friday. his late daughter, polly, is convicted. killer richard alan davis did not. i don't think about richard allen davis. until

something like this happens with his absence. court-approved davis's defense requested the hearing arguing his death sentence should be reconsidered based on new law that disregards previous sentencing enhancements. prosecutors say he is not eligible and that the attempt to vacate a jury verdict is unwarranted. i believe that the criminals in the california system. have very powerful advocates. in sacramento. because there seems to have been a systemic. attempt to undermine. >> why after law after law apparently accomplish 3 things they seem to be trying to destroy 3 strikes because this is all about sentence enhancements. this is exactly what 3 strikes was about. they're trying to empty the prisons and i believe the population is down to 77,000. inmates at this point and they're trying to eliminate the death penalty in 1993,

polly klaas was kidnapped from her home in petaluma during a slumber party. >> 2 months later, davis confessed to killing and burying the 12 year-old girl in a shallow grave near cloverdale. on friday, a motion was filed by the defense to relitigate the sentencing. another filed by prosecutors disputing qualification to the judge heard arguments but did not issue a ruling. marc klass never expected he would have to return to court for this case after davis was convicted. i think it's it's. terribly unfair because >> people like me don't i don't have advocates. i mean, he's got people going to court i think our prosecutors great, but he's representing the people. the only person here this representing pauley army and the other people that were. in the gallery with know this is terrible. this case returns to court at the end of may. >> in san jose, philippe djegal kron. 4 news. >> san jose launched a pilot

program that uses ai to detect homeless encampment. city officials say it will be used to better provide essential services to those in need. but almost advocates worry it will be used to push homeless residents out today. we talked to mayor matt mahan about how that new technology will work. >> and we have one car. we've got outfitted with a half dozen cameras were just beginning to test this one of the things we found we actually didn't set out initially to do this. we're really focused on potholes and graffiti to start. is that these cameras are pretty effective at identifying when people are living in vehicles. this is on road only. we're actually not focused on tent encampments with this pilot. but on on roads were able to figure out when people are living in their car, rv. mahan says finding the places where people are living in cars will allow the city to offer ces he has. the pilot program is. >> not tracking license plate numbers or using facial recognition. california home buyers can now apply for up to

$150,000 in real estate loans. registration is open for the dream for all shared appreciation loan program. it provides up to 20% of a down payment or closing costs when buying a new home now to qualify, you have to be a first-time home buyer to be eligible and at least one borrower must be a first generation homebuyer, the california housing finance agency expects to hand out up to 2000 voters. president biden is set to announce his latest effort to broaden student loan relief. he's expected to lay out 3 new categories for who borrows for borrowers, rather, who would be eligible to get some or all of their federal loans canceled. just last month, it was announced nearly 80,000 public sector workers, including teachers and social workers, would have their student debt canceled. this all comes after the supreme court rejected the administration's first attempt to cancel debt for millions last year. seems like mother

nature's even glad it's friday giving us some sunshine to get ready for the weekend. you know, you you told us we would be getting a break and thankfully it's here. yeah, there lear. yeah, you know, and next week it is going to be something else we're going to be talking about. temperatures in the 70's and the 80's. we're going to say, oh, my goodness, it's hot outside. but what a change we're going to see from really kind of a extremely cold weather, unusually cold weather in the bay area. some snow on the mountain peaks. and you can see some of that up there right now looking toward blow. >> and the dark clouds up above there as well. we've had those thunderstorms rolling across the east bay. well, those so thunderstorms going to calm down overnight. our skies are going to start to clear out. that's a start to get really cold in spots. in fact, how about that? we've got a frost advisory in april all the way from healdsburg down the sonoma and napa and you get the east bay walnut creek livermore, dublin. so noel. yeah, those temperatures going to be hovering near freezing overnight tonight into early tomorrow morning. a freeze warning just a little further to our north with our friends in lake county. so some very cold air settling in. probably not going to see

that again this season. but these are the storms rolling through right now mainly in the east bay, the rest, the bay area, not so bad, but these showers popping up now. but as the sun begins to set, we lose some of the heating from the sun and some of the energy that the storms need to really survive. they're going to fall apart. but pretty awesome. looking out there right numerous lightning strikes out there. you see one near tracy. you see the strong storm now moving near livermore and then you see the areas in the bloom and the peak. that is some sleeping in the show up and some snow across parts of the south bay peaks as well. more on that the way on as we head through the night tonight. that is also going to begin to settle down. but around the state, we're not the only one seeing that wild weather. they're seeing it all the way into southern california across the great find. they've got winter weather advisories. even some winter storm warnings tonight. things will calm down. that looks like as we head toward about 9 o'clock skies should begin to clear out. thank you, lawrence. target's car seat trade in event returns this month begins. april 14th runs through saturday. the 27th. >> the event allows target shoppers to trade in old damaged and expired car seats for 20% off bonus bonus can be

applied toward qualifying purchases, including a new car seat car seat base, travel system, stroller, or select baby home gear each bonuses reedy little twice before may 11th target says all stores will participate in the event except small-format locations. >> the new jobs report shows strong economic growth but what does that mean for the average consumer? i'm hannah brandt in washington. i'll have that story coming up.

>> another round of closures and layoffs hitting the bay area. today, apple announced

that it's going to be adding to that number. the company says it plans to lay off more than 600 of its workers from various locations in santa clara, effective next month. tech company recently notified state labor officials about these layoffs in february. apple is shut down its decades old quest to build an electric car that resulted in more than 1000 job cuts reassignments 4 employees were working on the project. after more than 40 years. yes, $0.99 only stores are closing their doors. operators of the popular discount chains say that they to start making enough money to survive. the closure will leave nearly 14,000 employees without a job. bay area locations include richmond, antioch, fairfield, and fremont. the discount store had a wide variety of items from household goods to groceries and official closing date, though, has yet to be announced. still ahead on kron, 4 news at 6 gas prices

continue to go up around the country. we're going to take a closer look at prices at bay area pumps >> san francisco's restaurant week kicked off today. we'll hear from event organizers about what you can expect and how marin county libraries are letting out some co

>> our top story this half-hour tonight, we're learning from a victim injured in the half moon bay mass shooting that killed 7 farmworkers. that victim says he was shot 5 times, including once in the face as kron four's theresa tells us tonight he is suing the farm where the shooting happened for not protecting its workers from harm.

>> i have suffered a lot. >> do it to those be done. >> i was 2 months in the hospital speaking with the help of an interpreter on friday, pedro perez shared how he lives in pain every day since the mass shooting in half moon bay on january, 23rd 2023 on that day. he says the shooter identified by police as disgruntled employee surely shao shot perez 5 times twice in the stomach and once in the arm elbow and face barely getting incident happened. >> and still not working. >> he's struggling emotionally from going through the experience of being a witness to his brother's any struggling financially because the injuries that he suffered are preventing him from working. perez is now being represented by coach it pitre mccarthy. they're suing california terra garden corp, the owner of the mushroom farm. >> we're pedro and jwo