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Officers were taken into custody by the fbi as part of the civil rights probe that started early last year. Among the allegations chains of racist and homophobic, Text Messages sent between as many as 45 antioch officers describing violence against suspects and allegedly going as far as threatening mayor thorpe, who is black, nearly half of ox. 100 officers were placed on leave because of the tax. In a Statement Released today, the mayor said, quote, today is a dark day in our citys history as people trusted to uphold the law allegedly breached that trust and were arrested by the fbi as our city absorbs this tragic news. We must come together as one. Todays actions are the beginning of the end of a long and arduous process. Civil rights Attorney John Burris and bennys and bob have also filed 2 lawsuits so far involving 13 plaintiffs accusing Antioch Police of civil rights violations. Among other allegations, forbes said todays arrests are demonstrative of issues that have plagued the Antioch Police department for decades. And our Team Coverage on the san jose shooting also continues today with a deeper look now into what happened as the investigation continues. Kron fours Michael Thomas reports San Jose Police are calling the shooting an ambush on an officer saying that the gentleman thats now behind bars responsible for this shooting. Actually has a history with police and is a convicted felon. When it comes to that gun, they say he should have had one at take a look. This is gabriel koreas hes responsible for shooting a San Jose Police woman yesterday around 8 oclock in the morning around 12, 30 yesterday is when he was taken into custody. But lets take you back to the scene yesterday at oconnor park. The sits right in the middle of a housing complex near race street in san jose. This is video of when we arrived around 9. 15, there were multiple Police Agencies that were circling the area along with the helicopter, the swat team in dozens of neighbors that been evacuated from their homes. Officials say 2 officers responded to a home in the complex around 08 00am for a domestic dispute with a woman saying that her husband was drunk and violent. The female officer approached the front door that home that she was ambushed by the husband and then shot the suspect, then barricaded himself. His wife inside the home for hours. The wife was safely released to police around 10 00am and shortly after within the next few hours that convicted felon was arrested. Take a listen to what Police Officials had to say about the situation. Officers face. Dangers every single day. They put on this uniform and badge. They know full well that they mean confronted by. Such heartlessness and violence. Like did today. Yet they still go out and do exceptional work to keep our community safe. As we speak. Our officers, your officers. Are out there has calls for Service Despite this tragic incident. According to public records, as of right now, there are no charges listed. However, that gentleman has no bail and still behind bars. He set to appear in Court Tomorrow for the first time its enters it. Michael thomas on for news. Lets take a look now at our forecast. Taking a live look outside at the embarcadero. Beautiful, clear blue skies out there in San Francisco and a little bit of a breeze. Lets check in now with cuyler for more on what we need to know. Hey, kylen. Hey there. Yeah, it is a pretty nice day out there, albeit a little humid. If youre Walking Around us are going colleagues and said it was sweating a little and i got into the building. You can see a little bit of a kind of moisture in the air, right . A little bit of marine layer hanging out there as we take a live look from the east bay. Temperatures are not bad. As you can see, though, we are heating up in the usual spots right livermore in antioch, about 87 degrees. Right now, were at 75 in hayward. 66 in downtown San Francisco. So today is going to be another warm day for those of you inland. But a little less warm than yesterday. So were kind of stepping down gradually. And then tomorrow we get some really decent clearing. But this is the difference in temperatures between 24 hours ago. So running anywhere from about one to 5 degrees cooler depending on where you are had a bit of a delta breeze going on. Its calm down a little bit. Here was that 25 Miles Per Hour about an hour ago. But now down to 14, 13 out at sfo. So just a little bit of a breeze, as i mentioned today will feel a little better for those of you inland. Having said that, still looking out for 96 degrees in antioch, you can see the difference, though. If you look at concord, 89 degrees for you today. But still, you know, a little bit warm in spots like livermore, but some really nice 80s up in the north bay, down in the south bay and around the bay itself. Some 60s and 70s pretty kind you know, mild temperatures that are more seasonal. So we do have low pressure sitting off the coast. We do have High Pressure starting to build in the Desert Southwest and we have hurricane down off the coast of mexico. This is hurricane hilary. Ill tell you more about that when come back and how it affects aspect our weather in our chances of rain. Back to you. Thank you. The Police Search continues for the suspect accused of groping women in both millbrae and san bruno. Investigators say at least 5 incidents happened in just the last week. One case happened on sunday on the spur trail in millbrae. A woman was groped by a man who got away on a Black Mountain bike. Another incident happened on tuesday when a woman was groped while walking down poplar avenue with her son. She told police the man came up from behind and touched her inappropriately. Thats when she yelled and the man ran off the San Mateo County sherlffs office releasing these images of the man they believe is responsible. They say he matches the description of the attacker and all 5 cases, the bike hes riding is described as black with a green rack over the rear tire. As you can see there, anybody with information is asked to please get in touch with police. Sheriffs deputies are conducting additional patrols and equally operations in the impacted areas. In San Francisco, a small memorial of flowers marks the crash site near oracle park where a 4 yearold girl was struck and killed by a car tuesday afternoon. Police arrested a suspect accused of hitting a family of 3 as they were walking across the street. There. The crash killed the child and injured her father. Police have not identified the family only saying they were from out of town. The cause of the crash is still under investigation. But people we spoke with in the area say they are not surprised this happened. There are a lot of things that they can be doing to make this at its people friendly with the caltrain station, the Grocery Store that number of Housing Units right here. This is a neighborhood in right now. Its not being treated like a neighborhood is being treated like a freeway. And so were here to change that in our city. Police say they are adding officers in this area to focus on traffic violations and pedestrian safety. Controversy is brewing over a decision made by the San Ramon Valley unified school board involving lgbtq issues. Prop was amanda hari explains what happened. Tensions were high in the First School Board meeting of the new year. And while the board did approve the resolution, it didnt come without hearing arguments from people on both sides of the topic. San ramon Valley Unified School districts board of education kicked off the year with a 4 and a half hour meeting. Most of spent on resolutions. One would mandate flying the pride flag during the month of june and the other is in recognition of the national day of silence, a day meant to bring awareness to anti lgbt bullying. Dozens of people showed up to comment and watch even spilling out of the meeting room and into the hallway can i interrupt you before you continue . You sure can. I would like to ask the folks who are out in the lobby to please quiet down because youre distracting. Whats going on in the meeting . One of the first people to address the topic was a student named zaylee. Im here to kind of student might but its over. Dont weisss who are currently here is a lee said that both of these resolutions are important to students in the lgbtq community. I hope that the cystic stays and Inclusive Campus with all. Rtc tsf still on Library Walls and that kind day of silence can still be well, some adults questioned the School Districts role in discussing sexuality engender recognize this at Elementary School level. Its very inappropriate. Very inappropriate. And the future they will know about the current her community from me. Theres no for you guys to make the decision. So tell them about all that so soon. In the end, the board passed resolutions unanimously superintendent john malloy says he believes the necessary decision to benefit all of the students and no matter. What our opinion might be as adults in this room. Some of our students have sure that they dont feel safe. Thats just a reality in order support our students, we really need to do everything possible. I believe. To unite our community. The board made clear that none of the students will be required to participate any of the activities. Builders be made aware of them. And then theyll get to choose if they participate in the newsroom. Amanda, harry kron, 4 news. Coming up on kron. 4 news at noon. New restrictions could be coming for abortion pills. You through them. Was oakland residents raised concerns over Police Response times to local crimes. The first the u. S. Postal inspector is speaking up after a series of package theft and mail carrier theft and mail carrier robberies across the bay area. Struggling with the highs and lows of bipolar 1 . Ask about vraylar. Because you are greater than your bipolar 1, and you can help take control of your symptoms with vraylar. Some medicines only treat the lows or highs. Vraylar treats depressive, acute manic, and mixed episodes of bipolar 1 in adults. Proven, fullspectrum relief for all bipolar 1 symptoms. And in vraylar clinical studies, most saw no substantial impact on weight. Elderly dementia patients have increased risk of death or stroke. 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We dont know her name. They have not released and out of privacy matters. But we do know that she was a 10 year veteran of the force and the first female Police Officer to be shot in the line of duty. Now she was shot on wednesday as she and a fellow officer. Were going to a condo complex in East San Jose near oconnor park around 8 in the morning. Police are calling the situation there. And and bush, the officer approached the door to the house, answering a domestic 911, call. And she was struck the suspect now in custody as Gabriel Gabriel herreras. He is a felon and prohibited from having a weapon. He is currently in custody. Authorities arrested him after a nearly 4 hour standoff at the house. As for this officer here, we know that she underwent surgery immediately after being hit. San jose police chief mata is applauding the officers. Bravery. Without hesitation or consideration for himself. The officers partner extracted the victim officer from the line of fire. To a place of safety where he began to treat her injuries. Actions that surely contributed. To both of them surviving this deadly attack. Just a couple seconds ago we saw on social media. The chief is sending out that he is asking the community to send their prayers to this officer. Just in a couple minutes ago we had more officers come out here. I can count 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6 senate, a Police Officer cruisers out here again, they have been showing up. I we also sound of size. Santa clara sheriffs deputy come as far as Law Enforcement is concerned. Theyre all here to try and pay respects and to be with one another and to lend support to the officer and her family reporting live here, incentives theresa back to stephanie. And we certainly hope the officer in the center of all this has a fast speedy recovery. Thank you, theresa. Surveillance video shows a man stealing a package in concord just moments after a mail carrier drops it off and as kron fours Ella Sogomonian reports package theft is not the only issue here. Neighbors took to the next door site to post this video of a package thief taking off with the delivery that was just placed on the doorstep of a concord home. They suspect the man seen stealing the box was casing the mail carrier. The United States Postal Service has federal agents who investigate all kinds of crimes and they encourage making reports like these to help catch the thieves. It is a crime. The people who do it are dangerous. When we catch up with mail thieves, they are. Frequently, if not always armed with firearms. But these crimes of opportunity have also extended to theft of mail, keys, assault and violence against mail carriers, too. The reward to nab those criminals even higher. Letter carriers show up around the same time every day. So part of what makes them so reliable also makes it fairly easy to to target. As for protecting your packages. The usps inspector says the best thing to do is to collect deliveries quickly. Or go to usps dot com to choose a different option. Like picking up your packages at the post office are putting deliveries on hold. If youll be gone for some time. And that was Ella Sogomonian reporting for us. If your mail was stolen or if you have information about assessed reported to the national usps inspectors, phone number. Thats 8778762455. All right. Switching gears now to talk about our weather conditions taking a live look outside at downtown San Francisco. Looking like a Beautiful Day out there. And you can see Sales Force Tower right in the middle of your screen there sounds like a nice day to go out for a quick stroll in your noon hour. If you can this yeah, yeah. Yesterday and it is nice. Its a very relaxing thing to get outside. Enjoy a little bit of nice weather. Not so nice weather right now. Sitting down off the coast of mexico. You can see this very welldefined system. This is a hurricane. Hurricane hillarys we look at this yesterday when its a tropical storm. Now it is a category 2 hurricane sustained winds at 105 Miles Per Hour. And you can see it is located just about 500 miles southsoutheast of cabo san lucas. And you can see where they definitely have those watches and warnings that are up getting ready for this storm because it is set to intensify and become not just category 3, but a category 4 hurricane and then start to make its way inland. As we get into that saturday sunday time frame and head up the peninsula. Now, how does that affect our weather . Well, it can send moisture our way. And we basically look at lowpressure and highpressure systems and what they do to steer this. And right now, you know, kind of looks like its going to go right through the center of that as these 2 systems steer this moisture and towards the southwest. Having said that, there is still a little bit of room for things to change over that track to go a little bit either to the east or little bit to the west. Now, right now, this is the european model. And you can see how much rain is trying to bring in the southern california. 3 inches of rain. Not sure if thats going to verify every little too far out. But we, of course, with this particular model will be seeing a lot less rain. Now, again, those models will start to tighten up as we get closer to this for us, it would look to impact us as we get into more of that monday tuesday timeframe. So this would be saturday when we start to see some of that rolling in southern california. Here comes overnight sunday into monday. And then you can see by the time we get to monday, some of that trying to migrate into parts of northern california. Again, it doesnt look like were going to be in the bulls eye of by any stretch of the imagination. But it could bring a certainly some clouds. Cool us down a bit and bring us a little bit of rain temperatures right now. You can see those 80s inland in spots like livermore in concord, where its 68 in San Francisco. Some 70s in santa rosa in oakland at about 72. Pretty nice day out there. A little cooler for you and land, albeit well, above average, well get some more cooling on friday. And then the weekends looking pretty good. Look out for that chance of rain as we get into that monday and tuesday. Back to all right. I will have the umbrella ready just in case. Thank you. Kyla. A federal womens prison in dublin played with an ongoing abuse scandal. Now faces another lawsuit. It was just last month the 2 guards at the fci dublin facility pleaded guilty to sexually abusing women incarcerated. There. But the allegations go all the way back to the mid 90s in this latest lawsuit, 8 women claim they were raped, drugged, extorted and threatened with deportation while they were in prison. So the significance of todays violent is that this is not about a few bad officers. It is not about one bad facility. It is inherent to the way that we incarcerate people today. The suit asks all prison staff accused of abuse be removed from this facility. It also demands more resources for prisoners, including counseling and health care. The bureau of prisons has not publicly responded to this lawsuit. And People Living east oakland neighborhood claim police are ignoring their concerns about crime. One woman shared video of shell casings found in the street. She says the morning after a driveby shooting fours dan thorn has that story. The video is grainy, but the sound is unmistakable. Barrage of gunshots ring out on 100 avenue between cherry and plymouth monday night. The next morning, the zs oakland residents found shell casings all over the street even after police told them they found nothing. The night before Oakland Police department, there was no evidence. Look at here. Every where were pretty used to having a lot of illegal fireworks, occasional gunshot sideshows. We we hear a lot of sometimes here at night, but this was very obviously a gunshot of Charlene Evans says Oakland Police did not seem to take their concerns seriously when neighbors first called about the driveby shooting. Evans says they were told it was just fireworks, but multiple cameras in the neighborhood show differently. I think it was car like shootout battle that just happen to land in evans says after sharing video and tagging oakland city leaders on social media. She finally got a response from oakland city Councilmember Rebecca kaplan, the Council Members saying they talked with the interim chief about the situation and that evans should expect a call. Evans wants to know why it feels like east oaklanders need to jump through hoops. I feel like if we were rock ridge or piedmont or any of those other neighborhoods. There would have Immediate Response and action taken. But i feel like were kind of forgotten over here. And evans is thankful. No one in her neighborhood was hurt during the shooting for her. The Silver Lining of this crime is to get involved and to make sure she and her neighbors have a voice against gun violence. Im ready to get involved reading 10 to help work for solution. I dont know the solutions, but i would love to be a part of conversation reporting in oakland, dan thorn kron. 4 news. Im Trevor Shirley in washington. President biden is hosting a historic summit at camp david tomorrow with 2 asian allies. 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We have a news crew on their way to this high school and will bring you more details on the situation as soon as we get them into our newsroom. Well, as backtoschool season kicks off, Health Experts are offering guidance to help parents understand injuries that might require serious medical attention. Doctors with the Cleveland Clinic say an injury that seems like a spring could actually be a fracture. Thats because childrens ligaments are stronger than their bones, making them more vulnerable to broken bones. If an injury is not responding to treatment at home within a day or 2, experts say parents should seek medical evaluation for their child. And when it comes to concussions, you want to look out for any signs of dizziness. Fogginess headaches, blurry vision, vomiting, and changes in behavior. If parents suspect their kid could have a concussion, they should seek a medical evaluation right away. And new restrictions could soon be imposed on a popular abortion pill. On wednesday, a federal Appeals Court upheld parts of the decision limiting access to the widely used drug mifepristone. The ruling means tele medicine prescriptions and shipments of the drug by mail would be banned. Patients would be required to go to a doctor in person. It would also only of the of the approved for use in the first 7 weeks of pregnancy. Instead of 10 at this time, the pills availability stays the same. But the new changes could come over the next few months. Coming up next on kron, 4 news at francisco Business Owners rallied together to help with relief efforts in that. Plus, trouble for a popular San Francisco Farmers Market over a major renovation project that these farmers claim could impact business. The first the city of oakland grapples with surge in car stephs. Mayor thao joins us live to talk about whats driving these crimes possible solutions on the table. Public safety continues to be a major concern in the city of oakland. Lets check in now with oakland, mayor sheng thao. She joins us live to talk about potential solutions and other headlines impacting her city. Theyre good to have you join us again. Thank you for having me. All right. So our first question for you is about the oakland back in july, they urged the city to declare a Public Safety emergency. They even followed up with a statement over this past weekend with some concerns that crime has increased in oakland. So in your opinion, is now the time to declare a state of emergency . We know we have to work to do to Work Together to make our city safer. And we can do this in my office has been doing this with their state Regional Community and nonprofit partners. We are one oakland this is how we get the work you calling a state of emergency. You know, thats something that i have. The executive order are ready. To. Governor has been fruitful. And so there has been resources that are now coming to the city of oakland because of my partnership diligence around Public Safety. And i just want to be very clear that Public Safety, it remains my number one top priority. I live in this community. My family lives in this community. Ive been a victim multiple stance, you know, breaking of windows and not just at edge, a burglary where my son wants whats home while it took place. So thats why asked the state to help us in our goals. And again, oakland isnt the unique city that is going through this difficult but we do have california have patrol helping us win that traffic as well as other we also are expanding our capacity will be getting more resources from it. Quest to Leverage Technology like license plate readers, which actually does more than just reading license plates. Its going to be able these are cameras that can actually be able to show the uniqueness each card whether you know, there something that is more unique about it than others. What brand, what make. And so im im very im you know, im very secure that this is going to actually be very helpful. And those list of different initiatives that you just mentioned is out. That all part of Community Safety initiatives that use mentioned before . Oh, absolutely. You of course, all of this means that, you know, we are working with very minimal resources, meaning dollars of the city. And so im very grateful that Governor Newsom is really coming through to help with the resources not just but stay tuned because there are private dollars. Theyre going to come into play as too. This is all hands on deck and this is what it looks like. And so there are many meetings are being that being had it not just that, but were effectively in a short amount of time really putting you know, the resources behind implementation so that we can actually start seeing some results well, mayor the naacp, they also claimed that the rise in crime is tied to your firing of former chief Leronne Armstrong about 7 months ago. They claim that there have been internal disputes between your office and the Police Review commission, which is apparently holding up the search for a new chief. Give any thoughts to that . I take this step that was necessary to keep us on the path of needed reforms while we work to make our community safer. And i think it does a huge disservice to our hardworking officers. The many officers show up to work day in and day out, no matter how hard it is, no matter the limited resources that are given to them and to say that one person gets the credit for the work of everyone in department. That that is bogus and we have a great Leadership Team there now and were all working together for stronger oakland again. Homicide is down in the city of oakland and were working together to ensure that property crimes are actually going down as well, well, you know, given the issues in the city and rising crime numbers in perhaps other facets like car theft for, for example, is there any way you commit to finding a new police chief in oakland by the end of the year . You know that, michael is i could get a new police chief, you know, immediately, however, there is a process and part of that process and it is our charter yet delineate from that is that you know, is that the Police Commission must actually go out and go through a process of their own. And then that the men to myself, the 3 top candidates i wish that the process can move faster. But of course, oakland deserves the best. And that process is under we have seen that the focus process of that process has been completed. And so im hopeful that we can get a new police chief by the end of the year. Ok, so were were hopeful cause. My followup to that is, is it normal for Something Like this to take so long . Is this a normal amount of time to be waiting for a new police chief . So what we have seen in the past under the new charter is that it does take a minimum 6 months to a year to actually fine and appoint a new police chief under the new process because, again, it is you know, that the police chief is appointed just by myself, but i have to wait for the counterpart of the Police Commission. The Police Commission homes holds their own authority. They do not report to me. They are not paid people of the of the city. And you know, i understand there are some delays from the Police Commission at the very but the work is underway. And lets not forget that we have any interim police chief who has been opd force for many, many years and has been the acting police chief at multiple points in time. And so, you i know that we arent looking for them. New police chief that we want to be very cognizant. But the number of officers that we have today, 713, we havent had that many for the last few years. And so im working closely with interim police chief darren allison, to really that we use our race. And thats exactly what we have mayor, we like switch topics real quick here onto the effort to recall Alameda County District Attorney, as pamela price, as you know, that effort took a pretty big step for this week. And this is a local movement some people in the community. Theyre pretty upset about the das approach to crime do you share their concerns here . You know, my my focus is on how we make safer. And thats what im going to be focused you know, i always tell my team and my officers is that we do the work but outside of that, we deliver. We dont actually prosecuted the city of oakland. So we deliver the cases to the District Attorneys office. And again, my north star has always to make up and safer. But for its my understanding that, you know what, were in 7 months in or the election of pamela price. And this wasnt a democratic process. And so you know, im still very much a hopeful to be working with her. And she is currently visiting District Attorney to ensure again, the north star oakland is kept safe. To wrap things up we wanted to check in with you on your recent trip to vietnam. This was a trade mission. You are looking for commercial opportunities with the port of oakland. Walk us through how that went. Im actually going to be holding a press conference in the next week or so. Please stay tuned for that. Overall, it was a very opportunity and not just that, but well be announcing a couple of Different Things that actually stem pretty the goal that read mission was to build and strengthen the business relationship with vietnam and to between opportunities to expand trade with the port of oakland for is diversifying the tree from Different Countries and not just depending on one countrys incredibly point, not not just oakland but to the whole United States of america. And that mom is already the second largest trading partner in the port of oakland. Second only to china. And theres still a lot of opportunity build on this relationship to bring new businesses to open it. And the point that i want to be very clear about is that in order to actually have the resources, the money to fund the services are everyday basic Services Like our police department. Like a firefighters, we must create new money. And the only way to great new monies is to get new businesses to invest in oakland and again, i will be announcing some of the winds that i was able to actually achieve. Turned a street mission. All right. We will stay in touch with your office on that. Oakland mayor sheng thao, thank you for joining us today. Thank you so much for having me. I do. Next story on friday, President Joe Biden host the leaders of japan and south korea at a first of its kind summit at camp david. That meeting comes amid growing tensions in asia. Washington correspondent Trevor Shirley is in dc with a look at whats expected. Well, this summit is a chance to help cool frosty relations between japan and south korea. As the u. S. Tries to shore up alliances across asia. Fridays camp david meeting is the first time leaders from the u. S. Japan and south korea have ever had their own dedicated summit. This summit will mark a new era of trilateral cooperation for our 3 countries. Its also the first time President Biden has used camp david to host World Leaders and the first summit there since 2015, President Biden has made strengthening alliances and partnerships a priority. And so friday summit at camp david is a historic milestone in effort. The white house hopes the summit can cool historically hostile relations between south korea and japan will be a range of topics discussed everything from economics to diplomacy to certainly the security around the u. S. Has recently pushed its asian allies to do more against threats from north korea and china as well as a growing alliance between those countries and russia. The white house, though, insists the summit is not a direct response to chinese aggression. Its about what we can do. Try laterally to improved and enhance our level cooperation. Thats what this is. Its also expected the 3 leaders will pledge to hold annual meetings between their 3 countries and in response, chinas already warned south korea and japan not to align themselves too closely with the United States. Reporting in washington, im Trevor Shirley. Coming up on kron, 4 news at noon, the actor who played rather who portrayed nfl player michael or in the blind side. Now speaking out about the lawsuit involving the wheel life family. Plus, if you did it says uk this summer. Dont worry why some experts say its possible to get better travel deals after get better travel deals after the summer is over. To help prevent bleeding gums. Try saying hello gumwash with parodontax active gum health. It kills 99 plaque bacteria. And forms an antibacterial shield. Try parodontax active gum health mouthwash. San francisco Business Owners are rallying to help their counterparts in maui. Golden gate Restaurant Association is partnering with the citys travel Association Hotel Council Union Square Alliance and chamber of commerce to raise money for the Hawaii Community foundation. We spoke with organizers. You know, not not all of us are there. If youre there, if you know people there, if you know restaurants there, if you have ex employees there, you know, you can give it directly to those folks. This foundation is, you know, ready to go process. We go to Small Businesses that are affected. In and so many of them family businesses. Some of them lets start ups. And so we want to make sure that the temperatures go Business Committee was reaching and as im sympathetic partners trying to help out much as possible. Of the participating restaurants is more odd on new montgomery street, its owner and chef owns another restaurant in maui on maui, rather and kron fours Parent Company nexstar is partnering with the red cross to help people affected by the hawaii wildfires. You can donate now to help victims recover. We have a link up on our websited kron 4 dot com. The california Highway Patrol says its ramping up retail theft operations across our state. Governor gavin newsom is adding additional funding and resources to the effort. The chp held a threeday blitz operation last friday through sunday in fresno and kern counties. Officers arrested 51 people and recovered nearly 700 items worth an estimated 58,000. Alameda police are encouraging parents to talk to their kids about the dangers of social media trends. This after a number of random people were shot with bb guns or gel pellets. Police suspect these cases are connected to social media videos, encouraging people to shoot at complete strangers. Police say the pella shootings are happening in the afternoon and early evening hours. No one has been seriously injured, but some have been hit in the eye with those pellets which can cause serious injury or even blindness. The first black woman to hold a citywide elected office in oakland is stepping down at the end of her term. Oakland City Attorney Barbara Parker announced she will not run for reelection in 2024. Wrapping up 12 years as the citys top legal adviser. In a statement, parker said, quote, i am proud of the work ive done using the law as a powerful tool to improve our community. Alright, checking out our forecast conditions as we take a live look outside at coit tower. A beautiful view of the tower right there and lovely blue skies up above just a bit of a breeze, as you can see on the lefthand side of your screen. There and does check in now with cuyler from or what we need to know. Hey, kyla a is a gorgeous day out there. For many, its going to be a little warm inland. If youre in the inner east bay. But were taking a live look from the east bay right now. And you can see a lot of blue skies, a little bit of marine layer and maybe youre feeling a little humidity in the air. If you are in oakland, if you are in San Francisco, certainly. Those numbers that is kind of the moisture content in the air. So 86 humidity, 78 humidity. Youre going to feel that you get less of that as you move inland and the drier air kind of prevails. And those are the spots that are get warmer today, too. Right now, 81 in san jose, weve got some nice 70s around the bay hayward about 75 dublin is warming up. So is livermore already at 87 degrees. Fairfield there topping out in the mid 80s as well. Nice 70s mostly up in the north bay, nevada, about 82 degrees. So this is where were going today. One more day of heat. If you are inland, particularly inner east bay, but pretty nice everywhere else around the bay can see those greens and yellows as opposed to kind of those hot pinks and reds right . And then as we get into tomorrow, we will start to see those temperatures pull back for those of you in the inner east bay as well. Youre going to get a break. A little sigh of relief. Notice that were very unsettled today. So that monsoonal moisture is definitely kicking up again, starting to see some of that lightning fire the northern sierra. And, you know, just to the north of us, you see that weve got all these unsettled conditions. So its one of those days where as we get kind of later into the day, there is the potential very teeny theis you no chance of it. But if youre in and around Mount Hamilton right now, look at half moon bay. If youre in and around Mount Hamilton, you can see that a little bit of a cell is trying to pop up there right now. That doesnt mean thats exactly going to happen at, you know, 4. 30, on the dot. But it means that were unsettled and that possibility is out there also to get into the overnight hours. Notice were going to have some of that drizzle rebuild and again and that marine layer push in as we get into our friday. So well start friday a little bit cooler. Going to get a little bit nicer for those of you whove been sweltering out the inner east bay and then were going kind of keep it rather moderate as we get to saturday and sunday, we talked a little bit about the tropical system, the hurricane, the to sound off the coast of cal over mexico right now. Theyll be sending some moisture towards california. Just a chance right now. Slight chance monday night into tuesday for any shower activity will keep an eye on that. And then well start to get a little bit warmer. Once that passes us by as we get into next week. Back to all right. Cuyler, thank you. A city plan to transform San Franciscos un plaza and to a skateboarding and Recreation Area is raising concerns groundwork for the Recreation Area is expected to start this month in response to concerns the area has become a Gathering Spot for the homeless. But that plan also needs a popular Farmers Market, which has called the plaza home for more than 40 years. To move starting september 3rd, the market relocates across the street from un plaza. Market Officials Say they are concerned over the smaller size of the location claiming it is less accessible for shoppers and tougher for farmers to set up shop there. But the city says there will be continued support for the market. And Driverless Cars are now a common sight across San Francisco streets. And you can expect to see driverless shuttles if yoare on track treasure island. Its called loop and its free. Take a look at that. The funding for these cars came from grants from the u. S. Department of transportation and San Francisco county. The vehicles can fit up to 10 people. Well, it does not need a driver. Officials say they will be in attendance on board the shuttle at all times. Luke is now picking up drivers or other passengers along a fixed route. It has 7 stops. As you can see there. And this runs from 9 in the morning to 6 in the evening. The shuttles arrive every 20 minutes but will not run during periods of heavy rain or fog. With school bells already ringing around the region and may have seen he like missed your chance for summer travel, but some experts say now may be your chance to find a good travel deal. Sarah curran ellie has some tips for us. If youre looking to book a trip thats inexpensive domestically or internationally, september and october is the best time to travel because airfare is low. Thats according to travel expert hayley berg from hopper. Were already seeing fares for International Trips like those to europe down hundreds of dollars for summer averaging about 30 off international and domestic flights right now, domestic airfares around 260 while International Flights are under 1000. She says its because most americans take their big trips in the summer. So theres a travel lower Airlines Drop prices to boost flying intrest was the best fares available are 2 regional destinations think mexico Central America and the caribbean. Those flights are usually cheaper than longer flights to asia and europe. Berg recommends for people to look at discount airlines. Make sure to look at what carriers are flying from the airport and if they might have special deals on new routes or out to their already flying. And she recommends booking an early flight so the trip doesnt get delayed or canceled. So taking the first flight of the day does actually benefit your peace of mind essentially your wall. And if you did face a disruption. Now continued controversy in the blind side lawsuit of michael or versus the tuohy family. Now, the actor who portrayed or in that movie is speaking out on the lawsuit. Barclay bishop has that interview. Havent before. A room yourself. The. Its been 14 years since augusta native Quinton Aaron played michael oren, one of the biggest films of 2009. It was one of the movies where you dont really think about the success of it because youre riding a train in exciting. And now the blind side is back in the spotlight or filing a lawsuit this week against the tuohy family who took him and when he was a teenager, the lawsuit claims shot and Leigh Anne Tuohy lied to him to get him to sign papers that made them his conservators and then represented themselves as his adoptive parents. It also asked for the conservatorship to end and a full account of money earned of the usage of his name and story. Erin tells us he was shocked when he heard the allegations. Much like everyone else on outside looking in. I assume that they were happy family at the time filming, aaron said or was focused on preparing for the nfl and never said anything to him about how he was being portrayed. Aaron said he was simply playing the role he had been hired for. I think first thats a good as u. S. Out to my performance. But then i thought about it from his it was about the story, how it was being told, you know, he was. A naturalborn athlete. The movie betrayed like you need learn how play the game of football. And that wasnt the case as the controversy continues to unfold. Some are even calling for sandra bullock. Who played Leigh Anne Tuohy to lose her oscar county here quarterback. All right. You protect his blind side. When you look at him, you think of she did a job. She got a water for a job. She had nothing to do with being said today. The allegations, thats why wasnt brought up in the law. As the back and forth continues to play out, aaron says he still proud of his role with the blind side knowing its already made a difference for so many people. I hope this doesnt turn the i say the legacy that the film has provide it. And for so many people, you know, it was a. A big, uplifting movement to so many people. Coming up on kron, 4 news at noon. If you like kuz with your brunch, the new option. One breakfast maker claims one breakfast maker claims want to let go of. To help prevent bleeding gums. Try saying hello gumwash with parodontax active gum health. It kills 99 plaque bacteria. And forms an antibacterial shield. Try parodontax active gum health mouthwash. Welcome back. A washington zoo shared video of this little guy right on your screen. There be pain when learning how to swim on social media. How cute is that . Thats regina. Shes being cared for at point. Defiance zoo and aquarium in tacoma. Shes just having a blast out there. Well, the penguin chick is named after mean girls. A main character, regina, george and she was born in june to parents, orange and yellow. As of august. 15th virgina no longer has her fluffy baby feathers and can and can join the adult penguins at Penguin Point just showing us how it should be done. Splish splash in the pool. There. Im ive seen all day. Chicago area woman was woken up around 4 oclock this morning by a dog ringing her doorbell. What a smart pooch. The dog belonged to a neighbor and apparently just wanted to stop by and say hello. Haha. Santa monica mountains, park of Service Officials found 2 wobbly Mountain Lion cubs earlier this month. Very cute and very cool. The cubs were about 24 days old at the time of that recording. There and they were found in their mothers den in the Santa Susanna mountains. I wonder where mom was this footage shows an up close look at the cubs as they pardon roared at the camera. As you heard earlier, the National Park service said that since 2002, they studied Mountain Lions in and around the Santa Monica Mountains to determine how they survive in a fragmented and urbanized environment. We hope that they grow to be nice and big cats. Speaking of baby animals, its a boy and a girl. Meet the newest red panda babies at John Ball Zoo in michigan. Wow. Ive never seen one of these before. The one monthold cubs got a health exam this week. The babys eyes are fully open now, as you just saw there. And you can see right here, too, and there for is seriously flu fee. Babies are said to be developing right on track. What cuties, so much fun to see. And National Waffle day is on august 24th go is partnering with sugar lands distilling company to release what theyre calling brunch in a jar sippin cream. Lets take a look at that. Its a liqueur. They say bland blends the flavors of toasted eggo waffles, maple syrup and butter with a hint of bacon up. Its made to pair with eggo waffles ago. Brunch in a jar is 20 alcohol. It is now available at select stores nationwide, including now for about 25 bucks. All right. Food for thought. That always do it for us here at kron. 4 news at noon. Im stephan