Transcripts For KRON KRON 4 News At 630pm 20240712

Terms as dia and the city starting in 2003. Harris and her only sibling and sister maya are extremely close as children their mother expose them to activism and rallies and community which is why in this Campaign Video she passionately credits her mothers courage as her driving back that my mother never asked anyone from missions. To tell her what was month low. Is live within one generation i stand here as the serious candidate for president of the united states. As District Attorney ernie she was tougher on crime that her predecessor while popular she did hit some snags a drug scandal at the county crime lab. The murder of a man in witness protection and her refusal to seek the Death Penalty in the killing of San Francisco Police Officer Isaac Espinosa. She decided to run for state attorney general was elected in 2010 and immediately started to pick up some national buzz. The work that. If elected i will be able to do as attorney general of the state of california. I think can very much be work that would be in tandem last when we goals of president elect obama as the issue of same marriage was taking off she refused to defend the prop 8 ban. And when the final court ruling came down she performed the vows in the first couple in San Francisco. I now declare you spouses for life. As a g surprisingly she went against to the Obama Administrations deal with the banks on the National Mortgage debacle demanded a larger chunk of money for California Homeowners and got it. It is going to allow people to stay in their homes. The Obama Administration kept an eye on state attorney general harris, her name had been mentioned for possible positions as u. S. Attorney general or Even Supreme Court justice after the sudden death of antonin scalia. She declined interest in both and while a g and 2014 her close knit family expanded she married los angeles attorney douglas am hoff. She has made a lot of noise as californias junior senator on the highprofile judiciary and intelligence committees she has stood out in hearings using her skills as a prosecutor attorney general barr has the president or anyone at the white house ever asked or suggested that you open an investigation of anyone. I wouldnt i wouldnt. Yes santa. Trip could you repeat that question i would put it in a chamber dominated by republicans he has helped lead the fight for National Police reform and the federal antilynching bill theyre not marching in the streets for water down proposals been vocal on the need for more relief and critical of the white house handling of covid19 i think theres been a other vacuum of leadership at this white house and supported impeachment of President Trump i am in favor of beginning impeachment proceedings and the reason is that you know ive read the Mueller Report there is clearly outlined at least 10 cases of obstruction of justice in her run for the white house she famously hit hard at joe biden for working with segregation is when it came to busing. Do you agree today. That you were wrong to oppose busing in america later she said of biden i think i think very highly joe biden i think a great deal of him i think hes been an incredible Public Servant i think he was incredible vice president. She admits she never convinced the Bernie Sanders progressives in her party to support her there are some people who just believe that prosecutors shouldnt exist tonight and i dont think im ever going to satisfy them. Ultimately though despite the initial bounce her president ial campaign ran out of money and momentum a first in her political career yet her mother who passed in 2009 is still guiding her vision. I think my mother im not the most there. We bring integrity. And fairness and justice back into our democracy. Kamala harris accomplished a lot as San Francisco District Attorney jury that time she increase the felony conviction rate from 50. 3 to 76 . She created a special unit to tackle environmental crimes after a massive spill of hazardous printing ink in San Franciscos bayview neighborhood in 2005. She created a gun violence crime unit cracking down on gun possession crimes. She also created a special hate crimes unit that focused on crimes against lgbtq children and teenagers. She led a citywide effort to combat truancy and developed a program to help prisoners get back on track after their release as District Attorney Kamala Harris also revealed a new plan to fight crime in one of the citys most violent neighborhoods in 2006 kron 4 reported on how she tackled crime in the bayview. Were talking about 7 yearold children who are going to sleep every night and then. Waking up to gunfire every night. Were talking about 12 yearold children who have in some cases witnessed a homicide. Or have an immediate Family Member who has been killed. District attorney Kamala Harris says something must be done in the baby to help victims of crime this morning. We are opening. Our Satellite Office here in bayview hunters point. To be able to be president in the community that needs the services we provide why the bayview in the year 2006 one 3rd of all homicides. That occurred in the city and county of San Francisco occurred right here in bayview hunters point. The new office will bring the dia services to people who find it difficult or intimidating to go to harris has main offices at the hall of justice the idea is that everything that we provided the whole justice we would be able to provide here while the dia encourages crime victims and witnesses to go to police. She emphasizes that the Free Services offered by the new office are available whether or not the crime is reported. Those Services Include on site victim counseling and help getting shelter for abuse victims. Its about providing education and information about what we can do that is helpful to a community. The hope is that having an office entrenched in the bayview community, well bring cooperation between its residents and the d a and this will help reduce crime. In the bayview San Francisco, russ cuts a moto kron 4 news. So in harriss career as San Francisco da was also met with controversy. She pledged to never seek the Death Penalty as a prosecutor. And she stuck to that promise in the death of San Francisco Police Officer Isaac Espinosa espinosa was shot and killed in the line of duty in 2004 when he and his partner approached us a specific a suspicious suspect. David hill was convicted of murder in the case. And he was sentenced to life in prison without parole harris insisted that was a better more effective punishment. Then the Death Penalty. Coming up in sports. The coronavirus taking 2 of College Footballs conference is out for the season were going to have the latest on mats. And after the break clorox kicking into high gear just dear california. We know these are challenging times. Rest assured, you are not alone. Weve all had to adapt. And with summer here, your energy bills might go up with rising temperatures. Together, we can save energy and money. Try closing your shades during the day. Setting your ac to 78 or higher. Or cooling off with a fan when you can. United we are always stronger. Stay well, california, and keep it golden. Pandemic has created an Unprecedented Demand for disinfecting wipes an oaklandbased cloroxs making more of them and then ever before. Usa today quote across president linda rendle is saying the Companies Making almost a million packages of wipes every day rendell told abc news current has increased its manufacturing capacity for disinfecting products by 50 clorox has acknowledged theres a product shortage because of the high demand. The company says it expects a shortage to last until the end of the year. All right quick check of weather outside weve got some low clouds and fog that are surging back on shore going to see more of that overnight tonight well in the bay and some of the valleys to tomorrow though should see more sunshine by the afternoon as warmer numbers 90s in the valley 70s navies around the maze of 50s and 60s toward near coastline. Next few days get ready got he waved fog coming our way temperatures going to start to warm up tomorrow and then really getting hot on thursday and by friday, maybe temperatures soaring into the triple digits that continuing into saturday, partly cloudy but still hot muggy on monday and tuesday. Thank you orange coming up next how a daycare in livermore is t day care is no longer just for infants and toddlers in Alameda County providers now say theyre accepting school age children. This is parents scrambled to find safe places to send their students on school days for supervised Distance Learning. Kron fours phillipe djegal reports. Despite staying open every day during the pandemic trip the other wall says business has dropped about 90 since march in no other wall says shes doing her best to keep her home in livermore sanitized its where she operates shoot his family day care or lack kids get a Temperature Check at the gate in the morning. And throughout the day fifi that the kids need a Temperature Check with school resuming for students throughout Alameda County treaty is expanding her services now reaching out to families with teenagers that need help managing distancelearning i know its difficult for parents were working full time as president of the Valley Family Child Care Association representing Daycare Centers throughout Alameda County treat he says she knows theres a desperate need for teenage supervision. She says families are just hesitant to leave their kids around others during the pandemic if parents just put a lot of trust in him. The providers and spending cuts back and they can have more effectively. Then what they are doing great knowledge of lincoln jobs together treaties daycare is licensed to care for up to 12 kids at a time in livermore phillipe djegal all kron 4 news. The first week of school typically serves as an orientation for parents, students and teachers in the Oakland Unified School district, however. This weeks orientation involves Distance Learning. And its happening against the backdrop of contract negotiations usd and the Teachers Union kron fours Haaziq Madyun has more. Day one of Distance Learning is officially in the books for the Oakland Unified School district aside from navigating the new Technology One of the major take away is for some teachers, some of the big take away from my colleagues were that whole group was insane at the High School Level just because youre coming in with fresh man you dont know and theres so many of them. You dont have those relations status yet so theres extra. Behaviors if you well in the beginning there was some technical issues with sound a key observation. Ford and shows the 3rd the number of classmates online for his sons first class and to my dismay there were only. 2 of the Student Center only 3 students total and i feel like the others students who was in there theyre being robbed of that Relationship Building that takes place so i think that. Actually would provide an opportunity for us to engage families and educators and find and students find out what is working on updating the ongoing contract negotiations many is not an issue its really are sticking points right now are there streaking down semester which is a few months down 6 weeks another issue being able to use or retired our teacher substitutes no mandated schedules begin before 09 00am or after 2. 15 best to give allows is for folks who are caregivers to and their parents or 6, 1, 4, children has it made you. Kron 4 news. All right lets step outside and get a view of San Francisco International Airports actually looks pretty good kind of clear but lauren so we want to see the sky tonight because theres Something Special going i mean really an event tonight persie meteor shower from the beast best meteor showers the year and certainly the fog could be a big factor tonight its going to surge on shore and then if you get some clear skies you get away from the immediate coastline. You may just see a really nice i could see as many 40 to 50 meteors per hour. The peak expected to be tonight its tomorrow morning that will continue here for the next few days so yeah, the fog certainly an issue low clouds and fog gather along the coastline that begin to move on shore back models picking up on here and look what happens even as we head in toward midnight. Yeah, that is really when youre better viewing times but unfortunately those clouds rolling in looking good parts of the east bay also to the south bay you can see mostly clear skies but then as we head through the night is going kind of fill in so tomorrow morning will be in place early on giving way to some sunshine then i think less cloud cover i think as we headed toward the following night. So you can go check it out of the peak meteor showers as for tonight temperatures going to be heating up by tomorrow afternoon in fact its going to get hot. I think over the next few days he wave rolling down just in time for the weekend temperatures soaring into the triple digits. Time now for schools. Well the writing has been on the wall for a few days now, but it finally became official today, the pac 12 has postponed all fall sports that affects sports such as mens and womens Cross Country field hockey mens and womens soccer and womens volleyball, but obviously the major domino here is the Revenue Generating sport football. The pac, 12 ceo group voted unanimously on tuesday to reach this decision in a statement, the pac 12 said if conditions related to the coronavirus improve it would consider a return to competition. After january first 2021. The Conference Also said the Health Safety and wellbeing of our student athletes and all those connected to the pac 12 has been our number one priority since the start. This Current Crisis will keep you updated on that the story while the college kids will be sitting this season out the pros are hard at work at their respective Training Camps down the santa clara, the niners are on the final day of their acclimation phase before they get a scheduled day off tomorrow. There are still a lot of unknowns as to how this season will look because of covid but one encouraging sign is that everyone i spoke to at niners camp has said that the team has hit the ground running and as a fan. That is exactly what you want to hear just kind of picked up where we left off. This is its nice to be and an offense the um you know is our 4th year doing it. So we dont have to spend so much time on the day one day 2 that kind of stuff like were kind of past that and or to a point that we can really just our building on everything that weve already done it. Football, this is really happening already punishments came down from the league today after as outfielder Ramon Laureano got into an altercation with astros hitting coach alex cintron. Liriano will miss 6 games while centro will be suspended for 20 games. This is clearly a statement by the mlb that they will not tolerate coaches engaging with opposing players. Liriano said that sun trone said in spanish something you dont say about my mother in a Statement Released tuesday cintron said he accepted a suspension and well learn from this but denied referencing a lorry on his mother he acknowledged his actions were quote inappropriate while laurie said i regret charging him because hes a loser the as are back in action this evening against the angels and well have those highlights but that is all i have for sports back to you. Thank you jason, the oldest known living world war 2 veteran is being honored for her 100 10th birthday. Details ahe the oldest known native American World war 2 veteran was surprised with a special parade on her 100 10th birthday on monday and thanks to the combat Vets Association, it was a celebration fit for a hero. Marie campbell reports. Is a special day for the afghans. For 100 10th birthday it shares the air and that out before the born august 10th 1910 julia is the oldest known native American World war 2 veteran and the oldest member of the prairie band potawatomi nation she enlisted in the army in 1942 and performed clerical work for more than 2 years as the war raged on overseas. She later spent 17 years volunteering at the va in topeka 2 daughter to see a. American hero right here. We want to go. Her 110 combat Vets Association is making sure she gets a celebration fit for heroes. Bring the party to them. As for whats next for julia, they say just keep and a like a bad day. As Molly Campbell reporting tonight were going to take a look at Kamala Harriss political career here in the bay area were going to include her successes and the controversies during her time as San Francisco District Attorney, a special edition of inside bay area politics will air tonight at 1030 stay tuned for that that wraps up kron 4 news at 6 well see tonight at 8 oclock a new bay areas local news station to see that. Mask wars. You look like an idiot. The dad who got carried out of a store by his own son in the great mask test. Stay healthy, people. Why wearing this kind of mask might be worse than not wearing a mask at all. And can covid19 cause you to lose your hair . Its happened to alyssa milano. Look at this. were back. The return of late night tv to the studio. Im happy to be here to see the members of