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>> now at 5, david de pap the man convicted of assaulting nancy pelosi's husband, paul is sentenced to 3 decades in federal prison for the brutal attack in october of 2022, thank you for joining us here on kron for news at 5. i'm noelle bellow and i'm grant lotus a federal judge in san francisco sentenced up app today. he will spend 30 years in prison for assault and kidnapping. >> the pap appeared in court this morning in an orange jumpsuit. he showed very little emotion during the proceedings and even as former house speaker nancy pelosi had a statement, read her husband, paul is still struggling with injuries suffered in the attack after dipak was sentenced. one of his 2 sons spoke saying he said by what happened. >> you really tried his best to be a kind person. and the thing is because i know him personally. i know that there is no real heart and that person. >> the fbi also made a statement saying that they

believe justice has been served. now as for what's next for dcip app, you're talking about a state trial. the pact is facing 6 felony counts at the state level. jury selection in the trial is set to begin next week. kron four's lezla gooden spoke to a legal expert about how today's sentencing at the federal level could affect the state proceedings. >> at federal trial is finally over for david de pap, the man convicted of breaking into former house speaker nancy pelosi is home and assaulting her husband with a hammer 2 years ago. a federal judge on friday sentenced him 30 years in prison for salt in 20 years of attempted kidnapping. the federal official, the sentences will run concurrently government sent a very loud message. >> to the united states citizens that we are not going to tolerate this type of conduct where our politicians and leaders are attacked regardless of their political ideology. legal analyst steven

clark says the sentencing could determine the outcome of dip happes upcoming state trial. some charges he's facing their includes attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon and elder abuse. but the key will be did he have specific intent to commit murder paul pelosi? and i think that will be the big fight in the state case. if he's convicted of attempted murder, he will face a life sentence. but if he's only convicted of assault, it will be a much want less sentence. 44 year-old the pap admitted that he had planned to hold the speaker pelosi hostage and break her kneecaps if she liked him. both the prosecution and defense stated that conspiracy theories played a role in the attack. >> lucia null statements and conspiracy theories. he was espousing. >> both before and after. >> the incident with mister pelosi, i think it's going to go a long way in. >> the state court to show that he did not have the specific intent to commit murder, that this should be an assault with a deadly weapon. clark says there is another

factor in the paths federal case that the defense did not focus on. >> but it could be a key point in the states. the mental health issue is going to be much more important in the state case than it was in the federal case. and i think that. >> well, before front in the defense presentation, he did not have the specific intent to kill. and, you know, they will acknowledge he hit mister pelosi with a hammer but not 2 killed. >> and the path states trial is expected to start its jury selection next wednesday. those proceedings are expected to last until late june. we will have those updates here in a line live news and what's going kron. 4 news. leslie, thank you for that. take a huge oak tree crashed onto at least 2 homes in novato this morning. this is on cinnamon teal lane and puffin court west of 101. >> nobody was hurt. but both homes have now been ready act pg. e crews also had to come out to handle a gas leak because of this. a total of 8 units had to be evacuated for about an hour. one man says he

was working at home when he heard the tree come down. my office actually overlooks the tree and probably around 11, 30 >> what sounded like large cans being dragged across trio rumble of sorts, which i thought maybe was an earthquake. but nothing's moving. and then seconds later, just enormous pop. and then i saw the right down the middle of the street. >> neighbors tell us the tree was more than 300 years old. they say it was the oldest autry in nevada. >> a dozen people including one student, were arrested for a pro palestine demonstration. uc berkeley police officers broke up the gathering at this vacant berkeley building last night. this is what the abandoned building and property looks like today. no protesters in sight. police say last night, 12 people blocked an entrance to the and ahead building with plywood and shields and violently resisted arrest using crowbars

to hit officers. those protesters are now facing charges of vandalism, trespassing and destruction of property. one day earlier, police had called the takeover of the building a crime scene, a recent graduate of uc berkeley says he's all for protests but was not fully on board with this particular occupation. >> i mixed opinions about this, but i'm proposing, you know, i think they're doing a good, good work here, michael. the investments mission they have going >> uc police is reviewing video to see if they can id those who attacked the officers. so there's a chance more charges may be coming. meantime, sonoma state university president mike lee has decided to retire just days after he was placed on leave. csu administrators placed him on leave for insubordination after he made a deal with pro-palestine protesters. the chancellor of the csu system says president lee's agreement was made without the proper approvals. the agreement included an academic boycott of israeli

universities. some students in sonoma think his punishment is unfair. >> i support the president and on the agreements against genocide. kind of crazy. how a statement about lake ending genocide is like. crazy, crazy thing that has put someone on leave. >> pro-palestine student activist groups say the agreement late out in a 3 page letter was a win for them. others saw it as anti-semitic. >> the nature of the program being in southwest asia, north african studies was made without consulting with subject matter. experts in the middle east of whom i consider myself. one of them is done a really good job up until now as president. i think that he did not handle this this situation. well, but i personally would hope you'd be given another chance. >> csu has appointed nathan evans as the new acting president of sonoma state graduation. there is scheduled for tomorrow. stick with kron. 4 on air and online for all

the latest information on the war from campus. protests here at home to the conflict there on the ground as well as the hostage situation. you can head to our website kron 4 dot com. >> tonight, highway 37 will be closed again. going to close all weekend between sonoma and solano counties. caltrans will be working on a repaving project. they say they'll have detours beginning at the highway. 37 the highway one. 21 interchange near sears point. the closure will begin tonight at 10 o'clock and run through 5 in the morning on monday. also tonight, lanes on 6 ad will close for the weekend in san ramon. this will start at 9 tonight. it last through 4 o'clock monday morning. the partial closure is one of 2 with another set to happen the week of may 31st. caltrans says it will affect southbound 6 ad between now costa boulevard in san ramon and 5, 86, 80 connector in pleasanton to keep traffic congestion down. caltrans suggests taking alternate

routes for a full list of those you can head to our website kron 4 dot com. >> thousands of people are going to be in san francisco sunday morning for the annual bay to breakers running jogging, even dancing their way to the finish line during the quirky and fun 12 k race. that's right. kron four's rob nesbitt was speaking with organizers and >> runners taking part over the weekend. he joins us now live in san francisco. it is always quite a sight. rob, you of your costume all picked out. >> not yet. grand allowed the still a little bit of a time because on sunday participants a bay to breakers will start on main street in san francisco around 08:00am and make their way all the way to the other end of the city to ocean beach. the costumes are always a big draw, but there's also a rich history to this 113 year-old tradition. from the starting line. the creativity is evident with the runners, a bay to breakers. it's become a tradition for tony him. all to and this has been day or

>> they're also in charge of coming up with different group costumes for their friends every year. 80's aerobics instructor. >> for the year that we got married, we did a big group of bridesmaids together and we had to be case. we throw strangers. and this year argue cost you ms cheerleaders. they'll join around 21,000 other runners who have signed up for the annual 12 k. >> race director kyle myers says the fun of the race is always the biggest draw. one of those days of the year in san francisco that everybody kind of supports the runners supports the neighborhoods are coming out. course, just to have a good time and celebrate. francisco myers says this year there will also be a 2 person relay option with one person starting the race while they're running partner finishes the 2nd half. in addition to the race that started as a symbol of san francisco's rebuilding after the 19, 0, 6, earthquake hansford. the city turned rally around and get people excited about something.

francisco really being fact. so that i was in 1912 at its peak bay to breakers was the largest road race in the world over 100,000 people. organizers have had to make some changes over the years to ensure public safety, no more floats and alcohol checkpoints have been added along the route. what's always remained is the fun that even spectators join in on. it's still a great time. whether you're elite runner or just a mother of san francisco are, you know, this is a part of this thing. runners are recommended to get to the starting line around. 45 minutes to an hour. >> ahead of the 08:00am start. that's at howard in main street. they're also be several road closures along the route from 03:00am to 04:00pm. on sunday, you can find the full details of those road closures on our website. kron 4 dot com reporting live in san francisco. i'm rob nesbitt. kron. 4 news. rabbi, i want photos of whatever you decide. >> put for sunday. regardless

of what it is. gets by saying thanks, rob. >> all right. look outside. we may draw blast. that's fun. this is the san francisco embarcadero. you can see there's there's wind out there, but not the thick fog that we've become accustomed to this week. yeah, yesterday at this time it was super super grey cold out there, lawrence. i'm happy to see a little bit of blue sky. yeah, we're going get a little bit more into the weekend, too. but >> not going to get rid of the fog entirely. and of course, the bay to breakers race starts in the morning on sunday and they're going to be dealing with some of that fog. so. >> yeah, here we go. here's the official forecast for the bay to breakers. of course, all those great costumes out there really san francisco event, one to be seen. that's for sure is. we're going to see a lot of folks head on out start that run at 08:00am in the morning. a lot of clouds early on. there may be moved to be some patchy drizzle out there. early to temperatures will be cool in the

mid-fifties you're running toward the coastline. cool temperatures out toward the beaches. just a light breeze as you head toward the coast. all right. out there right now. you can see some of that fog beginning to creep back on shore over san francisco. again, the winds picking up and here we go. we'll watch that. fog begin the march back onshore tonight. temperatures all over the map right now. you've got 70's inland 70's in the santa clara valley. cool 50's in the half. moon bay and 60 right now in san francisco on 64 in oakland. there's the cloud deck you can see along the coastline a little bit of a northerly component kicking in and that help the road. a lot of that today. but it's coming back again tonight. it's not going to be gone entirely. so while we'll see a little less fog over the weekend, a do plan on some morning. low clouds and fog and lots of sunshine. milder temperatures in the afternoons. thanks, lar. it's coming up. it she eyes, sneezing, coughing, you name it. none of its good. why this allergy season? >> seems to be worse than years past. >> plus, an east bay church needs more than prayers to help stay open in the aftermath of a devastating fire. >> but first, we're checking

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>> local pantries distributing groceries to food, insecure families are the key partners for our food banks. but as kron four's, philippe djegal explains monetary and food donations are way down this year. and the group faith food friday's says it's struggling to keep people fed. >> every little bit helps neighbors dropping off food donations. corporations offering cash, volunteers giving their and a dedicated

committed to fighting hunger in vallejo. it's really the community driving this and and supporting it. that makes it happened. mary and dogs and her husband, benjamin co-founded faith, food friday's in 2011. >> the non-profit accepts donation drop-offs and offers volunteer opportunities. 7 days a week at its pantry on salon away. it hosts food, distributions 3 times a week giving out at least 10,000 pounds of food. on those days, we would never in our entire history. you run out of food after distribution. and we've done that consistently for the last 4 months it has been a struggle lately. keeping the refrigerators school and even the lights turned because donations all around are down. despite the demand for services jumping at least 50% since the start of the pandemic, monetarily and food supplies. plus, we a lot of

volunteers behind me, but we need more faith food, friday's partners with the food bank of contra costa in-salon serving as a distributor. the organization also provides groceries to homeless vallejo city unified school district's students to keep them fed when schools closed. >> school district academic support providers here logan pix, the food every week and the 2 of them look forward to it. and it's not just because they receive a bad, but i believe because it does them. >> and help them over the volunteers say their work is fulfilling safina. laces donates her time every friday. i think we're doing a good job, but we have a very nice >> women, especially women. and of course, we do come into in a >> with well, we get food you know, from individuals lemmons off their anything you know, if you're clearing out your pantry as long it's not will

take will put to good use. and in all likelihood you will be helping out a neighbor. >> in valais home, philippe djegal kron. 4 news. >> the shortage of veterinarians is forcing some shelters to put their dogs and cats down. unfortunately, a survey by the san francisco spca says the shortage caused a one-third increase in euthanasia of healthy and treatable animals. a local shelters, the fed emergency group in san ramon is now looking at how animal hospitals and shelters can try to work together to increase the number of vets. >> giving them that that don't just, you know, why on being on the floor giving them quality of life. amenable schedules, things like that can all help. >> the veterinary emergency group is also trying to create a more positive environment. they started a program called little fats. they teach kids about being a veterinarian and how much fun they say they have.

>> the personal data of recology customers in san francisco may have been leaked internal review and found sensitive information including customers names date of birth, social security and health insurance information was all leaked. but the company does not believe that the leaked information is being used for fraud or identity theft. recology is still offering a complimentary identity theft protection membership to customers. on the peninsula. if you've hired these 3 men for roofing work over the lasttyear, you may have been scammed. san mateo police are looking for possible victims of this trio. >> they say the group posed as contract workers and overcharged elderly residents for unfinished and likely unnecessary work. police say the suspects used at least 2 different names for their company, statewide roofing and siding as well as roofing and masonry. the first reported

scam happeed in november of last year. the most recent case happened on may 8th. all 3 men were booked into the san mateo county jail. >> like it or not, ticks are here. they're back. health officials warn this year's tech population could be bigger than last year's thanks to another mild winter experts want you to take steps to protect yourself. >> and spend time outside during peak season. one of the things that some of measures that you need to take into consideration, which wear long and it's a long >> experts say it's a good idea to check for ticks when you're done being outside and are about to head indoors. they can be anywhere on the body, really, but they commonly are found around the waist and belly button behind the knees between fingers and toes on your underarms and

around the neck and hair line. sounds sir. kind of gross. but yeah, they're checking in the right spots in this video. better to be safe than sorry. you don't want live sees. definitely not. >> this year's allergy season maybe a little worse than years past for some folks here in the bay area. scientists at harvard say not only are allergies intensifying, more people are finding themselves allergic to airborne irritants for the first time they're blaming a warmer climate and recent heavy rainfall. earlier today we heard from a doctor at stanford medicine on ways people can find relief from all the sneezing. >> keeping windows closed, i tell folks when they come home after hold outside, shower quickly get it off of change clothes. some by local honey is something that will be good for microbiome. its nutrition sits he can't hurt you. and it might just help you down the many months from now. >> all about that local honey doctor sander says preventing allergies is key to treatment. you can do that by reducing

your exposure to trees and pollen, can try your best. we've got flowers popping up everywhere. after all, the rain. we got conference. chief meteorologist lawrence karnow here with more on the forecast. hey lauren. yeah, these last 2 rain season. he's been fantastic with everything a blooming outside. that's for sure. >> of course we started with those trees begin to bloom in february. all the pollen from trees causing some issues. now it's the grass pollens that are on the rise and well, i don't have good news in that forecast. as we've got major bloom going on with all the grasses around the bay area. so here's the forecast over the next 5 days for grass pollens and there you go. you see it. go right up through the weekend. how about that running high as we get into sunday monday, tuesday and wednesday of next week. a lot of that flow of pollen blown around in the winds too. and as that wind switches direction, that for a lot of folks get caught. if you get an offshore wind, something, get some of those winds bringing some grass pollens back into the bay where folks are used to it and vice versa outside. right now we see an onshore wind and that is carrying with it. some low clouds and some fog cool out toward the coastline right

now. and the winds blowing to 27 miles an hour in the san francisco's a little gusty in spots. we're going to see that when kerry that fog again inside the bay, not going to as extensive cloud cover overnight tonight, although we could still see some patchy drizzle, especially along the coastline over the weekend, high pressure is going to weaken just a little bit. there's a cold for this. going to drop over the top of it. so i'm not going to be a hot weekend, but it will warm to mild out there as we're going to see the temperatures take a little bit of a hit. but in the high country watch out for some thunderstorms, especially south the great lake tahoe area. but tonight, clouds begin to move in a little more patchy as we head through tomorrow morning. that will break up. so by the time we get toward tomorrow afternoon, mostly sunny skies except right along the coastline. still that patchy fog out of the beach i was driving earlier today and the amount of colors that i was seeing just from the puppies. and yeah, all the different purple flowers and everything. it's while it is amazing to have that super bloom along the coastline. again, pacifica saw that. i mean, that's just amazing. seeing everything growing up there right now. great time to take a hike.

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>> this summer is expected to be the busiest summer travel season ever. and the transportation secretary security administration says it all starts with the memorial day holiday between

may 23rd and may 29th. the tsa is expecting to screen more than 18 million passengers at airport checkpoints nationwide next friday is forecast to be the busiest day about long memorial day weekend with 3 million people expected to fly >> there will be some days the summer that we will likely see 3 million travelers in our screening checkpoints across the country are records. about 2.9 million. but we expect 3 or 3.1 million travelers on most likely during the busiest during the quarter, the summer in in july and part of august. >> so far this year, the tsa says passenger travel is up 8%. 7 of the 10 busiest passenger screening days in tsa history have been in the past 12 months. 2 of them just last week. elon musk says the social media platform formally known as twitter has completed its transition to axe. the site's url is now x dot com. it's been about a year and a

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