>> tonight at 5.30, bogged down by poor finances and low enrollment. a private elementary and middle school opin newark not only ended its academic year early, but they shut down permanently at kron four's. philippe djegal all spoke with the owner who feels the sudden closure caught the community off guard. >> chairs, desks and classrooms empty doors and gates leading into new horizon school in newark, locked on what would normally be a regular school day are lasting was just this past friday, weeks before the scheduled end of the private elementary and middle schools academic year. last wedne the closure over the phone. monday. it was hurting us more to stay open. dawson says persistently lower enrollment limited staff. >> and financial instability

starting with the economic downturn back in 2020. >> have regrettably let him and his school to file for chapter 7 bankruptcy and close up for good. we had to deal with, you know, just city. and it was a new building. would hire hire? >> grant. higher you know, the facility was a little bit to the time, was rather low our and enrollment was what was well months ago, dawson says he met with staff about the school's financial troubles, noting that he could not pay them right away for their work. >> dawson says the teachers who could not make ends meet left. and although the 16 or 17 staff members who stayed allowed the school to stay open longer. >> dawson admits most have remained unpaid even through the closure leading to a complaint being filed against the school with state labor regulators and at least 8 families who were unaware of the imminent closure. and

pete, next year's $14,000 tuition early have to wait at least 90 days for making a request for reimbursement to get their money back hurts me because this is something that we've built, you know, for years. >> and, you know, we've graduated east and in sydney ph the college, high school, the into college kept kept up with them. so it hurts. it hurts to see that our school but was unable to finish the vision that we had said. the school opened in 1988 in december, marshall and company property management filed a property commercial eviction lawsuit against new horizons, which is still pending in alameda county superior court in newark, philippe djegal, all kron. 4 news. >> 800 people packed into the sanctuary at glide memorial church in san francisco on sunday to honor the life of reverend cecil williams. he died last month at the age of 94 for more than 60 years. the reverend fought for civil

rights and championed the lgbtq+ community williams first came to san francisco's tenderloin neighborhood in 1963. to help run glide church and glide foundation quickly after he made the brave decision to make the church inclusive to all the reverend touched the lives of people from all walks of life. whether that be folks living on the street or notable politicians like congresswoman barbara lee, former san francisco mayor willie brown, vice president kamala harris and political activists, professor angela davis. >> those who under >> until the g b t community. >> u.s. like myself. he remains a living manifestation and a symbol of unconditional love, acceptance forgiveness, compassion. he's recovering revolution against injustice and oppression.

>> williams and his late wife, janice market tawny expanded glide to become what it is today. a safe haven providing food and services to thousands of people each year. >> the man was arrested in coma, accused of stealing this motor home. police say officers sot parked in a shopping center. they ran the plates and say it had been reported stolen to police in concord. officers say they found a 51 year-old guy in there who had 3 warrants for him. he was arrested in booked into the san mateo county jail. the motor home was towed and returned to its owner. 5 people, including 4 kids, were arrested in vallejo. they're accused of stealing a cash register for a business on tennessee and amador street saturday. police say one of the suspects had a gun and >> and hit a >> cashier with the gun pistol whipped. essentially police were able to track down the suspect and arrest them because the story ahead, hidden a tracker in the cash

register all of the stolen money and that gun there were recovered. >> with the november election, now less than 6 months away, the department of justice is warning today. it will track down and prosecute anyone who threatens election workers. the attorney general describing some of the threats as vile kron four's. catherine heenan joining us live from the newsroom now with details. catherine. >> well, the justice department today warned of mounting violent threats against election workers an% promised it will be relentless in prosecuting those responsible. if you threaten to harm or kill an election worker. >> volunteer or official. the justice department will find you. >> part of the reason this is making news again, the new survey showing that more than half the election workers in the country are worried about their safety. and with the november election just months away, there is concern that angry sometimes dangerous

political partisanship. well only escalate 3 years ago. the justice department created what it calls the election threats. task force among the 17 prosecutions and 13 convictions. since then, election threats. task force has secured the guilty plea of a man who threatened an election worker in michigan. the defendant made vile threats saying that the election workers deserve a quote. >> wrote to the knife, we secured a 3 and a half year prison sentence for a man in texas. threatened the lives of arizona election officials and their children and advocated for a mass shooting. poll workers and election workers and precincts he believed had, quote, suspect results. >> the problem, not new. this is what michigan secretary of state told a senate judiciary committee in 2022. >> my son standing in a driveway. picked up a stick, turned to me and don't worry,

mom, if the bad guys come get them with this. he's 6 years old. >> election officials say it's not only the threats, they're worried about things like funding and the use of artificial intelligence to spread false information. at today's news conference, fbi director says his office has been trying to help for years. >> each of our 56 field offices of had election crimes coordinators, special agents and intelligence analysts. stand ready field threats if they arise and coordinate a response. >> like others, bay area registrars years. all the security help they can get at election time. that can include the fbi, as we've seen and local sheriff's offices, someone with the santa clara county registrar of voters office told me today they have not had serious problems but feel they're ready for just about anything grant and noelle. catherine, thank you. let's get you a live look

outside where the fog has come on back to the coast. live look at the golden gate bridge evening. yeah. classic summer shot, though, even though it the middle of may. >> and you can see beyond county, the sun's out, i guess a tip. and that is meteorologist kathy trapped in is here with us now with a look at what we can expect tomorrow we and i love that shot because it shows so much. you see the old glory whipping in the wind. >> and you can't even see the top of the towers of the golden gate bridge. so we do have been relay are here in full force. >> terrific conditions. it's beautiful. here's a view of the transamerica cyramid. and you can see the wind is whipping some of the beaves of the trees. so the breezes are here. that's one of our main features. in fact, you see the winds blowing right through the golden gate, 18 miles per hour there as well as in fairfield, 12 miles per hour breezes at this moment in san jose with santa rosa at 10 miles per hour. so the water vapor image shows us quite a bit. you can see an area of low pressure slowly traversing

across the southwest part of the united states. so that area of low pressure is affecting our weather. yeah, it's deepening. the marine layer and the main effect of that is going to keep things grayer even inland as we go through the week. but high pressure is in in control of weather. so it's fairly tranquil. no big changes. although you do see the full extent of the marine layer tomorrow morning, especially. and then it pulls back to the coast and we'll see mostly sunny skies and many of the areas right across the inland spots. so here's a look ahead toward tomorrow. temperatures tomorrow morning. it's through tomorrow afternoon. a lot like today. yeah. 50's and 60's right at the coastline. 60's 70's for the bay shoreline into the 80's and antioch in livermore. beautiful conditions. how about that five-day forecast? the 7 day forecast. that is coming up in just a few minutes. >> thank you, kathy. there are new numbers out revealing how

many people called the bay area home. the latest report comes from the california department of finance demographic research unit. it shows an overall decrease of nearly 200,000 people since 2020 santa clara county has the most people in it in the bay. nearly 2 million alameda and contra costa county rounds out the top 3 kron 4 talked to a spokesperson from the department of finance who says a lot of shifting has to do with the price of housing, the people working from home. >> are people willing to commute distances of those pot points? i think it's even more attractive now that individuals may not have to commute every single day of the week where, you know, comes to having to make that longer commute only once or twice, maybe 3 times week san francisco came in 4th in terms of population about 840,000 people call san francisco home.

>> crews in baltimore used controlled explosives to break apart of a massive portion of the collapsed francis scott key bridge today. the 500 foot. >> long span sits on top of a cargo ship that crashed into a support column back in march, killed 6 construction workers. officials say after today's demolition they plan to refloat and remove the cargo ship with the goal of fully reopening the ports permanent channel by the end of the month. today, one of the star witnesses for the prosecution took the stand in the criminal trial of former president donald trump. trump's former lawyer michael cohen testifying about key details in the hush money case. kron four's washington, d.c., correspondent hannah brandt has details. it's a potentially pivotal week in the trial of former president donald trump has his ex employee turned enemy takes the witness stand for this.

>> he's a the former president is charged with illegally falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments that his former lawyer michael cohen made to an adult film star and on monday, cohen took the witness stand testifying about several instances where pay people off to kill news stories to protect the 2016 trump campaign and co indirectly implicated trump at one point telling the jury, quote, what i was doing was at the direction of and benefit of mister trump. the defense team calls cohen a liar and close trump allies are vocally echoing the attacks. >> any reasonable, sensible person believe anything that michael cohen says? i don't think that they should actually think that his testimony is going to hurt with any reasonable juror. senator jd vance says he came to court to support trump. and senator tommy tuberville was also there to express his confidence in the former president and his path to re-election. he's got more support than ever because what they're pushing through and that class in courtroom. but both the lawmakers in the former president himself have

expressed frustration, but he stuck in the court rather than out on the campaign trail in washington. i'm hannah brandt. >> coming up, frustration over governor newsom's proposed cuts in his latest version of the state budget will get into that. >> and a new bill targeting extreme speeding across california. the push for a bigger punishment for those who drive well over the speed who drive well over the speed limit. ow network is no network for business.

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>> the city of santa clara could soon get more money to fix. storm drains roads and

sewer systems. officials are considering a bond measure for the november ballot that will pay for millions and infrastructure upgrades. this also includes fire stations which they say are more than 50 years old and needs some critical repairs. we'll be following that process and let you know if the bond makes it onto the ballot. >> new bill in the legislature is looking to put the brakes on speeders today. lawmakers from both sides of the aisle and street safety advocates held what they call a die in raleigh. this is outside the capital. they're trying to raise awareness about the thousands of californians killed every year due to speeding. the knot in california act would add 2 points to the driving records for people who exceed the speed limit by at least 26 miles an hour as it stands today, most drivers found to violate that rule. just get one point which can usually be stripped from the record with driving school supporters say this bill will lead to safer

roads. driving is not a game. >> and it's not a chance to go for a 10. your vin diesel. that you're in fast and furious it's a deadly weapon. there seems to be a complete. disregard. >> for the rules of the road. >> and anything that we can to solve that problem is going to make the streets safer. >> for all of us speed kills. should be doing so much more. but at least we can do. it's send out a warning to people if they're going to be driving recklessly fast. >> the teamsters trade union is opposed to the bill. they're arguing the proposal is unnecessarily punitive and will disproportionately affect commercial truck drivers. well, it has been just over 72 hours now since governor newsom unveiled his updated state budget proposal. and some people are not happy about capitol correspondent

eytan wallace reports. >> we'll keep in mind. the budget is significant because it tells us exactly which programs the governor plans to fund that impact your life. everything from public safety to education. but now some members of his own party say it's not about what is funded, but what is not that has them outraged. these are difficult decisions. that was governor gavin newsom friday making it clear he's 288 billion dollar proposed budget. >> comes with some painful recommendations. he's proposing cuts to more than 250 programs across state government. all in his words to help close a projected 27.6 billion dollars projected shortfall. none of this is. >> kind work you enjoy but you've got to do we have to be responsible. we have to be accountable specifically. he's calling for more than 18 billion dollars in cuts on a variety of fronts, including a slash to some 10,000 vacant state jobs and reductions for programs related to broadband access water, storage and local and state public health

departments what i want to know. >> but the alternative, you know, we can we can eliminate our expansion health care. we can eliminate. >> wages we can limit. we do furloughs into layoffs. we can do a lot of things i want to do those things. but for those who local public health departments. >> they say the proposed cuts will impact services across the board. health professionals worry cuts could ultimately hurt efforts to prepare for a future. public health emergency. devastating. because that is what >> we feel detrimental. again. we're moving backwards. the bottom line is that if we lose this funding, people will lose their jobs and work will not get done. in a statement, democratic senator caroline manzo part of the san fernando valley blasted newsom's budget writing do not be deceived. these are not just cuts to administrative costs. >> these draconian cuts have real life and death consequences and will push our most vulnerable children. families, aging californians into homelessness and starvation. i plan to fight back with everything i have. but her fellow democrats,

including assembly speaker robert reverse, an assembly budget committee chair jesse gabriel. we're more optimistic, noting wellness, a mistake and 12 billion dollars from the state's reserves. they make clear the state will still have at least half of its rainy-day fund left for future years. newsome says that's not all keeping core services and tact. that's his message on the budget, noting it invest in services for public safety, an average of more than $23,000 for each k through 12 public school student and im programs for housing and homelessness. people want they want to see results. the republicans argue newsom could have avoided this entire situation committed to spending less and saving more in previous years. look, it's his own fault because they made all these promises to people all these things they said they're going to do and now they're going to have to break those promises. >> and lawmakers have until june 15 to review the governor's proposal and pass a fully balanced budget if they fail to do so. they will not be paid reporting at the state capitol. a tom wallace kron, 4 news.

>> alright, weather time here as we get a live look from the top of out 10 in moraine. and you can see some fog has moved in there. we so the golden gate bridge a little while ago. this is the bird's eye view. yeah, a chillier start to the day and now kind of a chillier and to the day, right, kathy? exactly right now. well, i love the shot, though, coming right from mount temple. pius, you see all the wind pushing those clouds and >> just a few minutes ago that shot was fairly clear. you could actually see the land. but now all that gray is obscured at all. so what's happening is, of course, the winds are blowing from the ocean right across the bay into the sea. >> and write to us leaving nothing but gray skies and it's beautiful. it's lovely. now this image is terrific because it shows of upper low, area of low pressure that slowly moving towards southern california. of course, it's going to affect their weather, but it's going to affect ours as well. we're going to see a deepening of the marine layer

because of that area of low pressure. is that the extent of inland fog? tomorrow morning, the stratus, it will be deeper courtesy that area of low pressure. but high pressure does persist. so that brings us conditions you might expect in the summertime with warm temperatures inland, even though not so warm right along the coastline. overnight, temperatures 40's 50's. nothing unusual about that. but for the fight for the ahead, we've got 50's 60's. whether you're in san francisco right along the coast as you start to move toward the bay shoreline numbers go into the 60's may be a little cooler than today and looking into the 80's 80. exactly in palo alto. that's the forecast for tomorrow. looking for 75 in morgan hill. and as you move toward the east bay, my goodness, my forecast for pleasanton 88 degrees. 87 in seminole. so if you want heat, you can head to discovery bay or bread. would you can go beyond bill at 84 degrees. vacaville 87, downright hot there. contrast that with 51 degrees for stinson beach. looking ahead, 7 days. it is mostly sunny,

mostly sunny, mostly sunny. okay. partly cloudy skies as we get slightly cooler into the next weekend. >> appreciated kathy stu to come. remember this guy? well, finally has a name and it finally has a name and it rhymes with guru.

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yeah. >> thank you guys for to in a minute. thank you, grant. here's what we're working on today. today was the new oakland police chief's first day on the job. we're going hear his message to the community. >> and a recent drowning in the east bay has first responders offering safety tips to stay safe around the water as we get into summer. i'm ken wayne, the news at 6 coming up next.

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