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>> 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 jose worked
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for negligence and for wrongful death. perez's brother jose died that day leaving behind a wife and 4 children. perez says that they came to this country to earn money and spend time with his brother. we put together and we would go to the store. we were inseparable. >> your is all about. yeah, sure will land conditions were >> shouldn't. federal government and the state of california we are not spending few dollars more to help people that go out and hit the road attorneys coach, it says that they are asking for an undisclosed amount of money, adding that the lawsuit is bigger than just perez family. it's also for workers throughout the state and nationally who face similar horrible conditions after the shooting, it was revealed how the mushroom farm workers lived an empty container boxes with no running water, no bathrooms, no insulation or
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kitchen to prepare food to eat. >> the accused shooter allegedly opened fire because he was frustrated. the farm wanted him to pay $100 fine for damaging the machine used at work. his trial is expected to start in the coming months. and happening bay theresa kron, 4 news. >> one man was arrested after police say he started small fires around fremont and newark officers say fire crews responded to furniture lit on fire tuesday morning near thorton avenue about ball away in fremont. then on the same day, cruise in newark put out several fires near vacant buildings. police later found him and starting another fire in a wooded area use arrested on 2 counts of arson. no one was hurt by any of the fires united plane wing clipped the wing of another united plane at sfo happened last night. >> united says the wing of the airbus 3.19, hit. the other planes weighing well parking at the gate. the other plane was parked at the time 105
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passengers and 5 crew members were on board when it happened. nobody was hurt. 2 palestinian owned businesses are teaming up with islamic relief. usa. >> for a fundraising event to support people in gaza. one of the business owner says he felt like it was his duty to lead in a deffered like this one. >> i want people to to know and understand that there's a lot of people that are suffering from this war in gaza. >> people that are dying. i'm getting. massacre right now. and you know, being that i'm i'm full steam. it's incredibly sad to go on with our daily lives with over 32,000 deaths since october. >> he says he hosted a similar fundraising event at his restaurant in november. he says that raised more than $30,000. a new bill is aiming to help ease symptoms of opioid withdrawal for people who are recovering from addiction. the bill introduced
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by san francisco assembly member matt haney. we make the drug methadone more accessible to addiction treatment. the treatment is available in california, but patients are currently required to line up in front of a specialized clinic to receive it. he says drug dealers often gather in front of those clinics to sell drugs to vulnerable former users. he wants to expand access to methadone so that it is readily available as oil prices climbed to their highest level in months this week with crude oil surpassing $90 a barrel for the first time since october. experts say growing demand drone attacks in russia, turmoil in the middle east are creating a perfect storm for prices to spike up more than 18% so far this year, the average california price for gasoline is 5.27 a gallon in the bay area. it is more expensive than the rest of the country. most expensive in marin county. 5.53, a gallon least expensive solano county in the
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east bay drivers in contra costa pain 5.36. well, those in alameda county are paying 5.41. santa clara county. it's 5.37. on the peninsula. it's up to 5.51 and you'll pay about 5.50, in san francisco. march's job report is surprising economists and in in a good the labor department says that the economy gained more than 300,000 jobs last month. our washington correspondent hannah brandt explains what that means for the average consumer. >> the labor department just put out new jobs numbers. the current momentum of the u.s. economy is quite solid. in march, the u.s. added more than 300,000 new jobs john don and berg with the national economic council says the white house is happy with those numbers. we have built a recovery because of this president's policies and bankrate analyst mark hamrick says the economic figures are part of an ongoing trend. economists and many other people have been expecting both the economy and the job market to cool substantially just really isn't happening.
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the march report also showed low unemployment and wage gains that are outpacing inflation. will people's impressions of the economy match the objective indicators, political science professor todd belt says that could have a major impact on the upcoming presidential election. what we know about job approval of the president is that is highly correlated. >> the economic indicators recently, inflation has been trending down, but persistent and hamrick says people are still adjusting to the higher costs. and we would expect that normalization to continue to take some time because we have not been relieved of the burden of high prices. but the president's team says consumer spending is up and that is an indication that, you know, families are feeling good about. >> the direction that things are going. no, of course there's still work to do and the election is still 7 months away. it's still a long way, but it's really going to matter what people are feeling at the time of the election in washington. i'm hannah brandt
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in the east bay and oakland restaurant that's featured in the michelin guide is closing a lion dance cafes last day will be april 27th in an instagram post wrote. >> over the past 12 plus years, we've got to be a part of so many people's milestones from first states to weddings celebrations of life. we're coming out dinners. it's been challenging and it's been sweet and rewarding. as for why the restaurant is closing the instagram post said for family reasons prices for coffee and chocolate are at record level highs in are set to keep climbing this year. cocoa prices have already more than doubled since january. that's because west africa, which produces 70% of the world's cocoa crop, coca crop, saw some extreme weather lately and other parts of the world that produce coffee also saw some bad weather conditions mean that you're going to be paying more at the store for both of those items. >> yes, speaking of weather, hail and lightning hit the east bay this afternoon. this is a video that was sent to us
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by our viewer lynn guidry. hope i pronounced that correctly. and along a creek just about hour ago. what a transition, right? we're going from that to looking outside what we're seeing, right? part of the bay and just beautiful out. i mean, it's nice and clear. little breezy out there. other parts, it's still rip. so they've got more on the way. it looks like at least for the next couple of hours and things going to start to settle down. but >> i got a cold night there's no getting around that. we've seen some chilly temperatures in the east bay with some of those strong downdraft out towards sfo. you've got some sunshine. you do have that breeze out there blown as well on some delays at sfo to have out that the couple hours there. and that's because they're doing some work out there on the tarmac delays being reported, oakland or san jose. hey, how about the high country in the background yet? we've got a beautiful shot of your 70. see all that snow kind of piling up half dome. yeah. sure. out in the clouds out there right now. but it's been a tremendous couple of days for the sierra nevada traveling up their different story right now. they're chained up both on 80 50. so
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if you're a plan to head up this weekend and tonight is going to be rough until things settle down tomorrow. should be a great day, though. if you want to go up there tomorrow morning early should be a great day to do it. and you have all that fresh powder to ski on in the high country. meantime, though, here the thunderstorms we're talking about, those showers rolling on lightning strikes in the east bay and toward livermore valley pleasanton area, ramon and yeah, they're going to see a little more activity before things begin to settle down and more snow continue to fall across the mountains. all right. let's check out. you get a forecast into the monterey bay. going to be a cold start the day. in fact, you can see the area shaded in blue. frost advisories for tomorrow morning. temperatures by the afternoon generally in the 50's little breeze out there as well as southern california. we got some winter storm warnings over the mountain tops and some advisories. but by day tomorrow, you've got some 50's and some mid 60's going to clear things out there, too. in the high country. if you're traveling that direction. a rough night tonight. but tomorrow we're going to start to clear out your skies and should enjoy some nice powdery slopes to ski on 38 degrees in south lake tahoe. 39 in truckee. that's probably the last best weekend to ski on
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for the season. thank you continuing our coverage on that interstate 80 ramp crash in berkeley. see the car there in the center of your screen. police say >> somebody was taken to the hospital. no word on that person's condition. this is on the ashby avenue ramp onto eastbound interstate 80 calls into 9-1-1, ree a report that the car had been shot at by somebody in a different vehicle. just before that crash. there. the chp is still on the scene investigating and we will continue to update this story on the air and online as we get more information. if you wants to have some cool our work in your home, but you can't afford it. here's a solution. marin county libraries are letting locals get some cool pieces on loan library. cardholders can use a. >> new on the wall program to borrow art from a local artist. >> you can borrow art from the south novato point reyes station corte madera and marin city branches. artists are able to submit 2 dimensional pieces such as drawings, paintings, photography,
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prints, textiles, or mixed media. well, get ready for san kicked off today and will be a 10 day long celebration. >> this is a really good chance that for participating restaurants to highlight their most popular dishes, the special, a prefix menus and for people to find new places to eat. >> well, i think it's nice because it feels like a celebration across the city. one of things we work really hard at the golden gate restaurant association is trying to make certain that we have participants in all different neighborhoods across the city and also at all different price points. we have $10 lunches all the way up to $90 dinners. so it's really there's something for that's accessible and nearby for everyone. restaurant week runs until april 14 to some restaurants do require reservations. >> and you can find available tables and offers at sf restaurant week dot com. after finishing their opening homestand one 6 in oakland. the a's are happy to leave the
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coliseum and all the unpleasant news. it goes along with >> and are looking for some luck on the road for stop detroit and the red-hot titans. and the giants return from so-so season opener. more on that wh
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>> federal government is requiring internet service providers to display broadband label so customers can get a better understanding of what they're paying for. our washington correspondent basil, john reports. >> the fcc is making it easier to understand the cost and performance of your high-speed internet with broadband
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consumer labels, the price and the price. the speed is the speed. these labels look like the nutrition labels you see all over the grocery store and show prices introductory rates ounces and speeds carl's a boat with net choice says this promotes competition. i can see its service it's a providing the speed. i wanted the prices. i need. i go to service provider by april 10th, all internet service providers with more than 100,000 customers must publish these labels. >> they're required to have that label posted for each of your service plans. a mobile or faxed with spa broadband without boundaries. outside counsel steve kerr and >> so the fcc hit a good balance with the labels by not including too much information that would look like the back of what's on your credit card statement that nobody reads. >> bill says the additional clarity helps consumers but doesn't want the fcc to punish companies. if they make a
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mistake with these labels out of the gate. what i'm hoping is the >> gives a lot of these businesses, a grace period and gives them the benefit of the doubt companies with less than 100,000 customers will have until october to put labels up reporting in washington. i'm basil, john. >> and now kron 4 sports. >> well, after struggling to a 2, 5, record to open up their season on a road trip in 2020 for the giants have welcomed a trip home. you know, happy when they combined in the oracle park. well, will they hope to change the course of their season today? and will it really looks great? you can see i'm out of breath. obviously has been a long day for me. you saw me out of the game and now you see me studio. >> the giants always put on a show for opening day with all the pomp and circumstance that goes along with well, it was a homecoming not just for the diets, but obviously for bob melvin. hello outlook. it actually grew up in the bay area with the cabin played in
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that, of course, started his major league career with the giants. he was looking for something special today. any be a bit break. >> legend barry bonds. well, then the crowd looking like he could, you know, etill get out there and someone into mccovey cove in the first year, though, giant, they were down one to nothing him an offer. michael conforto rips a shot to right all the way to the wall. you see it there. same score and john cooley comes all the way around to score and now the game is tied at one apiece. same score. the 3rd fernando talkies right here 9th. the game with single to live to see it. there. mayor actually scored on that one that put the padres of 2 to one. now, in spite of that run, the giants starter jordan hicks, he pitched a great game today. he actually had 7 innings. he hasn't done that since 2017 to keep himself that he said that now he deserved better from the offense. but he did. the giants did tie it up a little bit later it to him in the bottom of the 9th here. matt chapman got to hit bringing
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entire estrada too late. the shot in the gap there in left center and well, the you can see that that was pretty much the game check. it was able to run home. a slide in for the score and he chose his way all the around the diamond and they go home and walk off fashion. a big win for a home crowd today on opening day in the bay and well after the game. we spoke with bob melvin and a winning play and what he thought of his giant today. take a picked the right time to get going. so the little bit aggressive here recently. >> you know, when you don't get off to good start, sometime should try to do a little too much. he can cover a lot of the plate but hasn't been swinging good pitches. got a good pitch to hit their enrollment. you know, i just stay with you thinking good things. you know, you always have a good feelings plage. >> meanwhile, the a's were more than happy to leave oakland and will they're all know outside knows about what will happen when does see the knicks season. the one at that it out of, you know, have
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their minds at least while they were on the road. so they had to change their mojo. they're one in 6 to start the season. so that's not great. but they were in detroit taking on the red hat, tigers and i don't know if you sign that they had some cold snow in the mix, but the snow did stopped before the game got going in they started jp sears, the head rough first inning he tagged for 3 early runs. riley greene goes the other way to ground and the seeing eye single that plates. 3rd run of the inning right there. but the a's made a game of it in the 6. so it's not over just brent right here, homers to lift actually in with that win, that one swing of the bat. actually, the a's are down 3 to 2. now we head to the 7 anywhere the a's down. 42 at that point. but abraham toro hernandez, he picked the right time. >> for his first her against the what better time that sets for us right? >> okay. so the a's are all within one. but the a's did
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tired of it for. but in an offer, the tigers win right here. so it takes a low liner to right and scoots all the way around the wall and will incomes. the goahead run was proved to be the winning run for the tigers. they beat the a's 5 to 4. the final we'll try and get back on track tomorrow in the motor city. good luck yet. but the bay they were on track today oracle park. the birds at don't know if yes, 5 o'clock with the birth. to shore today, they were very few. >> they were not in the stands by usually you you have to start on the seagulls, right? because i guess it is the bay, but they were not there. but the base turned out today. fans and the game, the giants they play great, you know, not only report on athletes, you are one yourself. you're where near nike for times as when while you're wearing a jacket, i know you complain about always cold in studio easing out. yeah. so i've liked 4 layers on is probably another reason why we've got a brand
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that's san francisco giants. whether that bad face ball weather. i think adapted a little 2 mile run. you made a good 100. thank you, all right. x the web site, formerly known as twitter is giving out free blue checks to some popular accounts. extreme moves. those verification badges a year ago from accounts that refused to pay for. >> x premium and they handed them out to anyone who signed up. well, now some some celebrities and journalists report there getting their blue checks back, whether they want to or not. elon musk who first announced a shift in strategy last year says accounts with enough premium subscribers will get their own premium account for free, which includes the big blue check. now to our 4 zone forecast. a live picture outside of the golden gate bridge. nice friday. and lawrence was just out there in here and back into the studio. just yeah. double check. you want to? yeah. see it for some of birds out there, too. i know she was talking like alfred hitchcock right home. the birds. yeah, that's kind
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of local, too. yeah, we've got some changes coming our way this weekend. if you've been looking for some warm sunshine. >> that is on the way to out the door, though it is going to be a cold night tonight and we're not done with all the rain just yet. you can see they're often the distance on the right hand side of your serena cumulonimbus tower. that's a thunderstorm out there rolling by in parts of the east bay in the north bay and well, we'll see that as we head into the early part of the evening. then we're going to clear out your skies and it's going to downright cold in spots. that's right. we've got a frost advisory going up in the north bay in the east bay. once again, some of these temperatures dipping down in the low 30's by tomorrow morning. he some frost to start your friday and into your saturday as well. well, here we go. we've got numbers on the chilly side already is 46 in livermore. 49 in dublin. 56 in oakland. it is 49 in calistoga. 54 degrees in the battle. the satellite image. you can see a couple thunderstorms pop up on by the radar. picking up a more that on the way. in fact, a couple of those towers continue to rotate on by but seeing some
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cold air and even some snow out there as you make your way to the east bay mount hamilton, again, likely a little more snow as we head toward tomorrow morning. overnight lows going to be the 30's in the 40's on the way down about 33 degrees in santa rosa about 39 in concord and 36 degrees in livermore by day tomorrow. not a major, warm up just yet, but i think mostly dry out their 50's 60's for highs. we look at over the next couple of days. well, as we get to monday, really start to warm things up, 70's, even some 80's as we head toward late in the next week. all right, lauren, you know, we are less than 3 days away from the historic total solar eclipse and travelers. >> looking for those last-minute the lodgings across the path of totality, afraid they're going to be left in the dark. new data from airbnb shows it's occupancy rate along the best path from texas to maine are 100% hotels are also fully booked. but there are still some options for you. hotel rooms may open up as people canceled due things like changing plans or maybe
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illnesses. there's also the option of finding a place to sleep overnight. a little farther away from the path of totality driving the rest of the way that billion dollar powerball jackpot has gone up even more. >> we'll have more on that when we come back.
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>> here in the bay area, area cherry blossom season is underway. you can find them at the japanese tea garden and all throughout san francisco's golden gate park. really beautiful and right in the heart of japantown, you can check out the cherry blossom
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festival. this is happening on the weekends of april 13th in april. 20th and you can enjoy traditional cultural activities as well. live performances. and of course, all those blooming cherry blossom trees tomorrow. an historic powerball jackpot up for grabs. jackpot sits at 1.0, 2, 3 billion dollars. that's a cash value of just under. >> 596 million. before taxes. it's the 8th largest jackpot in u.s. lottery history. tomorrow night's drawing starts at 8 o'clock. same time to get out there. >> we cannot to concluded newscast without an update from the oakland zoo. a tiger lily, tiger cub is feeling a lot better and will soon be moved on for ever home. take a look and see how big she's gotten. a video shows lily just rolling around in the hay. well, i'm thanking a team of vets who helped to recover from several bone fractures over the last 6 weeks. she was
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brought into the zoo in february from a private facility where she was before when she first came to the oakland zoo. she couldn't run or climb officials say that lilly will be moved to a licensed facility that specializes in big cat like covers yourself up with the hey there you. she's a big cat
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