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The news. And i say they were closing pretty i goodbye to 3 bay area. Target stores, retail giant closing the locations where they say theyre just too much crime. And investigators say they found who killed a 6 yearold boy from toledo almost 40 years ago, but they say helped them solve this cold case. When fun time from the bay areas local news station. Youre watching kron. 4 news. Thanks for joining us tonight on kron. 4 news at 10, im grant lotus and im vicki liviakis. Our top story tonight. President biden is in the bay area. Hes here to campaign. And to attend some events through tomorrow night. Thats right. Kron 4 Sarah Stinson awaited his landing in San Francisco where he is expected to spend the night. Sarah joins us live in the studio tonight. So sarah has going so far . Well, i waited and i waited for President Joe Biden to land in a helicopter here. Crissy field tonight in San Francisco. But police had the entire area shut down until his landing got canceled. We wont know by officially, but its most likely that the fog rolled in and thats what diverted their helicopter. Now, the president is staying at the Fairmont Hotel here and thats where security detail remains now, along with many road closures in hill. President joe biden is in the bay area for his 3rd visit this year. This is video from the citizen app showing his motorcade driving through San Franciscos hill neighborhood tuesday evening where he will spend the night at the Fairmont Hotel. The president landed at moffett airfield in Mountain View around 3. 15, in the afternoon. Among those greeting him a student who got to take a selfie with the president. The amazing when i spoke with him, i was like, hey, mister president , i skipped school just to come see it today. And he just kind of chuckled. Asked for a selfie. I didnt want to take much of his time. Because i know hes on a busy schedule. The president hit the ground running after he landed first. He attended a Campaign Event to raise money for his reelection in atherton. We spoke with nolan higdon a cal state east bay professor of history communication who says a trip to the bay area is critical for the biden campaign. He desperately needs friendly media at this snow camp is trying to avoid polls. Theyre trying to avoid questions about hunter theres recently been then, you know, supporters of the u. S. Support for ukraine up now started being critical in the washington post, new york times. And so i think theres a lot bearing down on the biden administration. And so hes looking some positive press and revenue to increase his camp. The president has another Campaign Event in San Francisco wednesday. He is also meeting with his council of advisors on science and technology. Then he has to phoenix where he will honor late senator john mccain. President biden is scheduled to return to San Francisco in midnovember for the apec summit. So we will see him again. And then people are pretty excited to have him here. You know, people even though they got diverted few traffic they had the motorcade coming through the closure. So it was the Plane Air Force one to Mountain View and the chopper, yes, all around the bay area field or not or not. But you know what people are just, you know, its said to have something going on. So hes at the fairmont right now at the fairmont right now. Yeah. So expect some road closures in that area of San Francisco. All right. Thank you, 7 republican president ial candidates are going to face off tomorrow night for the second gop president ial debate. Florida governor ron desantis, former South Carolina governor nikki haley, South Carolina, senator tim scott, entrepreneur of the vicar ramaswamy former Vice President mike pence. Former new Jersey Governor Chris Christie and north dakota governor doug burgum. They met the rncs heighten polling and fundraising standards for that event. Former president trump, hes skipping the debate tomorrows debate is scheduled to begin at 6 oclock. The Ronald Reagan president ial library in southern california. We will be bringing you highlights and analysis by our political experts kron. 4 news at 10 00am tomorrow. New tonight at 10 tonight, the rotary Nature Center in oakland. Look at that. The senator maintained to protect lake merritt damaged in a fire tonight. This is video from the citizen app. The fire was reported a little after 07 30pm, tonight. The Fire Department says about 20 firefighters responded and got this thing under control and less than a half hour. The cause of the fire is being investigated. Well, we wake up tomorrow morning. It will be a whole different kind of whether the whole cup today. We have some showers early on tomorrow. Well, weve got some patchy fog, but it should be dry early on tomorrow. Morning. 06 00am youve got some patchy fog, especially along the coastline. Maybe a couple patches inside the bay. Temperatures in the 50s by 8. If youre headed out, mostly sunny skies, temperatures going to be warming up in the 60s by 10 00am. These numbers really start to warm up 70 showing up in the valley . Still a couple of patches of fog, but even a little warmer along the coast. All right, lawrence, spec to you later on. In the meantime, take a look. This is just wild. Surveillance video here shows a person getting attacked. This is outside a business in oakland and you can see the victim here being approached by 2 guys on piedmont avenue. The guys hold this man up and as this is happening to other men run up to that car after they saw what was happening and scare off the robbers by using some kind of sticks to bash the windows of that getaway car. And then the robbers hop in the car and they take off at the end of the video, the victim picks up the item. The suspects tried to take from them. And those are the 2 guys you saw there on the came to helped him that that was quite ordeal. Another business says that retail theft is forcing them to close their doors for good in various locations around the country. Target says it. Its closing down 3 stories right here in the bay area, including one in pittsburgh. Proffers amanda hari was at that store with reaction. This target behind me is the largest location closing in the bay area. Its also the only target in pittsburgh. So people who live in this area, were going to have to go elsewhere. A pretty thing going tuesday, target announced they would be closing 3 bay area stores, one on folsom street in San Francisco, one on Broadway Oakland and one in pittsburgh. I was first listen to the news and i say they were close in the first my husband was they dont close our store in, of course, popped up on the news it. Target said in a statement they cannot keep operating these stores because of theft and organized retail crime. They say they feel both their team and the guests are at risk and its contributing to an unsustainable business. Dennis price lives in pittsburgh has experienced the retail crime in the area particular. Yes, a lot. A lot the Pittsburgh Chamber of commerce released a statement saying the city is doing what they can to fight this type of crime. Quote, our Police Forces dedication to ensuring a safe in business from the environment is unwavering as evidenced by their constant effort and commitment to safety. The announcement is hitting some people particularly hard because they rely on this target coming about 2, times a week and now theyre going to have to drive farther to get what they need to go to now. To walmart, antioch, targeted walmart. Thats thats the only thing else is over target will also be closing 3 stores in portland, oregon, 2 in seattle and one in east harlem, new york. For the same safety concerns in pittsburgh amanda hari kron. 4 news. For your local election headquarters and tonight an heir to the levi strauss fortune is challenging london breed for the job of San Francisco. Mayor kron fours catherine heenan. Talk to daniel lurie about his vision for the city. Daniel lurie is campaigning on the citys a quality of life problems. That means he wants to tackle problems like homelessness, drug dealing overdose deaths. Lori is the founder of tipping point. Thats an antipoverty, a nonprofit. He argues his management track record there along with lots of city project means he can get things done. I asked him, though, about some of the persistent problems the city, including people who absolutely refuse services and shelter. This is a block by block. Proposition. Were talking about first. You need to have enough shelter, pets, which we have not. We need enough shelter beds. So that would be the first thing that i would do standup enough shelter beds. And then when you do offer someone a shelter bed and they refuse well, and if they say no, they have to move. And then its about making sure that the streets are for everyone there, not just for our unhoused neighbors, they are for the people, the citizens, the taxpayers of San Francisco. And weve forgotten that over the last 3 years. Laurie and his wife filed paperwork at the Citys Department of elections this morning making the campaign official. Lori is among the heirs to the levi strauss fortune. His mother is a billionaire. And yes, this does frequently come up. I asked him today thats relevant to his campaign, whether its a good thing or a potential liability. But, you know, its fair everything is fair in this but all i ask ask people to look at what ive done with my life and my its always been in service to others. Tipping point from 2005 to 2020 super bowl, 50 making the most philanthropic and giving super bowl in nfl history. Everything i have done with with the opportunities ive been given has been about service and giving back and being part of the solution. And so. People ask me about it. And thats how ill respond. And im not running away from it. Mayor london breeds campaign has suggested loris platform isnt really all that different from hers, including a focus on police on curbing drug dealing arguing. The main difference is a lack of experience. But laurie says leaders like breed of had plenty of time to do more. And the problems are not going away. Lori does know this could be a pretty tough campaign. No one has defeated an incumbent, San Francisco mayor for 28 years. Thats when willie brown beat former police chief Frank Jordans grant and vicki. App with artificial can give you health care advice here. How it works from the creators based in the bay area. Plus, is the as are set to leave for las vegas. A pro Basketball Team appears to be close to coming to the bay. The warriors are involved in where wnba team would be playing and practicing. And why the tears fleet week in San Francisco is at risk of San Francisco is at risk of not happening. welcome to big tobaccos fantasyland. A new, healthier World Without cigarettes. As long as you dont count the 6 trillion sold worldwide every year. And vaping wont lead to smoking, if you ignore the research that says otherwise. In big tobaccos fantasyland, the deadliest industry is your friend. Shh. At cretors, we handcraft every batch of our delicious popcorn. Like our cretors cheese and caramel mix. Great on their own, even better together. Try cretors, handcrafted smallbatch popcorn. Is up in the air this year. Thanks to the looming threat of a Government Shutdown which would also shut down the event and keep the blue angels grounded. Yeah. That would be dramatic reforms. Theresa has the report now from San Francisco. In 2013, exactly 10 years ago, the Navy Marine Corps had out of San Francisco fleet had to make our apologies. We could participate during that during that government 10 years we also were not able to participate first year. The pandemic. So and what was that 2020 october 2020, we did not have a fleet week. Navy spokesperson Brian Orourke on what happened 10 years ago when congress failed to pass a budget throwing federal funding into a tailspin grounding fleet week in San Francisco this year, despite the looming deadline are roark says that they are hoping for the best. What i can say is that we are hoping for a swift decision on a funding bill so that that. We can get up there. The sailors and marines could have a great time that everybody can come down the piers and see our ships throughout the weekend. The blue angels will be able to fly everybody has a great time like we always do during week. And that is a Common Thread right now. Staying cautiously optimistic kron 4 reached out to Sf Fleet Week Association who in a statement said, quote, San Francisco fleet week is standing by to take guidance from the navy and our other military partners. Currently, our staff are continuing planning as usual for the greatest fleet week ever. Well make adjustments as needed as we receive guidance, end quote. And this statement from the air show network who puts on programming, quote, as of right now, nothing has been canceled and the air show is full steam ahead. We will not know the effect of the Government Shutdown and till and it happens. Fleet week involves about 1000 sailors and marines as well as members of the coast guard, about a Million People come into town to watch. And that also translates into a lot of money. Fact, according to sf lee week organization, it generates about 10 Million Dollars to recess stasio kron. 4 news. On the peninsula, the cow palace in daly city is set to get a major facelift. So that its better equipped to be able to be used as an evacuation shelter for folks during future natural disasters. Mateo county officials have approved a 1 Million Dollar renovation project. Take a look at this. Smoke from canadian wildfires. Darken the skies in greenland. This video was taken just yesterday. Experts say that the smoke will remain there and linger until at least tomorrow. Our first chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow joins us now. Wow, thats quite a distance. Yeah. We know all about that smoke, dont we have plenty of that last week. But thank goodness the winds have picked up the pressure patterns of change done. Well, weve really cleared out our skies around the bay area and that these weve got that nice fresh air out there right now. Thats way looks across the bay. Remember last week we could even see across the bay things are so hazy during the day, even i couldnt see across. But now looking good to see all the way to San Francisco, the peninsula. Those couple patches of fog forming out there is looking really good, though. Centers are on the green out there right now showing good air quality all around the bay area. Fresh from the coast, the valleys to the south bay and the north bay and its likely going to stay that way to tomorrow. Another day of some of that fresh ocean air going to be sweeping on shore. So air quality doesnt look like an issue. And of course, we had all that rain from that storm system. Special those fires, those active fires in oregon and northern california. And that really helped dampen fires there. Thats some good news. Saw firefighters getting a hand on that. You can see the storm system very impressive and they are not done with the rain just yet another round. You see the southern other area of low pressure rotating around that low. And here comes and there it goes and making its way onshore in the Pacific Northwest. Part of that moving up into a washington just kind of clipping northern california. But again, more rain, Cool Temperatures helping to put out some of those fires there. That is a good sign on the way and more of that to come. So i think overall tomorrow should be a nice day. Youve got that beautiful air out there. Temperatures tomorrow. Hey, were going to be right about the average. Not a bad place to be mid 80s inland. Youll see 70s 80s and sunny skies around the bay 60s along the coast. Im lawrence, a francisco mayor. London breed wants the city to start drug testing. People who suffer addiction. Thats before they can receive more money from the city. Her proposal would only apply to single adults between the ages of 18 65 currently, about 5200 people are receiving payment of up to 1000 a month. Right now people can qualify for the money by self declaring that theyre suffering from Substance Abuse disorder. But under the mayors new plan, people will be required to be screened to prove their addiction and then get into treatment. People are not accepting help. And so now its time to make sure. That were cutting off resources that continue to allow this behavior to occur with out the economy. Without someone involved in a Treatment Program that could lead to a better life. A majority vote is needed from the board of supervisors for the mayors plan to pass. Kron 4 reached out to all 11 San Francisco supervisors so far. Matt dorsey, joel and and Rafeal Mandelman are in favor of the move. Aaron peskin released a statement in opposition. We are awaiting responses from the rest. San francisco supervisor Rafael Mandelman is also calling for a review of the citys treatment on demand mandate. The measure imposed by voters in 2008 requires the city to provide adequate available and low cost treatment for people addicted to drugs. Today mandelman and supervisor Catherine Stefani said they are not sure that the city is meeting all its obligations. One of the things we have from prior treatment of the man reports and hearings is the Department Public health insist that were basically meeting our treatment on demand obligations and then we typically have a fight or at least on our guns on a fight thats too strong. Argument where where who are on on the ground trying to provide trying to get folks into treatment folks who are engaged criminal justice system. Folks are trying to access treatment for folks that diagnose. These folks are trying to access treatment for people who are monolingual and a language other than english all say that were not actually meeting our treatment obligation. This is a concept. In a way to try to help people. I will not participate in anything that will make peoples lives worse. One of the reasons as supervisor mandelman stated. We have to believe that we can do better to deliver services or wont work. Theres no point to it. And week at the department of Public Health to do better, they are not delivering on treatment on demand. This whole no wrong doors policy is somewhat of a joke. No date has been set for the hearing that these 2 supervisors want to have. Turning right on red could be banned in San Francisco supervisor, dean preston introduce the resolution at todays supervisors meeting. Calling on the citys Transportation Agency to ban turns at mon red lights at all. Stoplight intersections. Now that ban has already been in effect in the tenderloin district ever since 2021. Coming up, the man was hit and killed by garbage truck in the south bay. What Officials Say theyre doing to try to keep pedestrians safe after the second death. We just 24 hours. Plus, Governor Newsom signed several gun control bills into law. How supporters say the new laws will make say the new laws will make california safer. We made it bmo has arrived. Hello . You said it. 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It will require people who apply for permits to have gun training and be at least 21 years old as well. The proposal will also require applicants to provide character references and go through a background check. If you have a record of domestic abuse, you shouldnt have a gun. If youre on social media threatening the lives of people, you shouldnt have a gun. If you cant get 3 character witnesses to say youre an upstanding citizen, you shouldnt have a gun. Opponents already filed a lawsuit and an attempt to block this bill. They argue the bill will hurt responsible gun owners. The bills will officially become law january. 1st. Next, its been almost 40 years since his death. And now investigators say that they found who killed the 6 yearold little boy from the what they say helped them solve this cold case. Plus, the new app that uses ai to give you health care advice. We put it to the test with an ai expert from san jose state and thousands of miles away from home. 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That 69 yearold fred cain, the 3rd was tracked down and arrested by members of her cold case unit last week at his home in oregon. Dna evidence collected from jeremy stoners. Autopsy connects him to the 6 year olds. Murder stoner was kidnapped from his home in vallejo in 1987 and found dead near sacramento. 4 days later, death, this murder of jeremy stone. It rocked this whole community. Abram says cain was interviewed by Vallejo Police in 1987. But the same day he spoke with investigators, a man named sean milton walked into the Police Department offering to help solve the crime and was eventually named the prime suspect. He was arrested and charged with murder gain. Never served time for the crime. Mel to phase 2 trials, both ending with a hung jury eventually meltons case was dismissed and he was released from custody last october. Investigators in the das office is cold case unit dna from stoners autopsy to a forensic lab which exonerated milton and matched with cain. We have charged with murder. With special circumstances with respect to kidnapping, sodomy and a lewd act on a child. We have also charged him with suffering a prior serious felony for which she was convicted in 1979 prior committing this offense. And those were for sodomy and rape. Weve spoken with the theyre very appreciative. Obviously, its a shock. That information that a milton was a suspect. And they believed he was its a shocking emotional event for the family. Cain waived extradition. Hes being transported here to solano county, expected sometime this week. And then will be arraigned in fairfield, Philippe Djegal all kron. 4 news. A man is dead after being hit by a garbage truck in san jose. Police say it happened in a parking lot in the citys mayfair neighborhood early this morning. They say the driver stayed on scene and cooperated with the investigators. This marks the second pedestrian death in just 24 hours. And the 3rd death in the last couple of days. San Jose Councilmember peter ortiz says that hes working on a project that will use grant money to make streets safer. That makes streets appear more that puts in quick build structures to forced people to drive in their lanes, force them to drive in smaller areas. Ortiz says that his plan would help slow down traffic. Mayor matt mahan office also tells us there is there are over 200 safety projects. The city is set to complete this year to improve pedestrian safety. Take a look at what is left of a security gate here. This is the sunglass hut store in San Franciscos marina, a car was used to break through it overnight. Residents tell us this is not the first time that business has been hit. I was shocked to see that for the second time in about 6 or 7 months these guys got rams by a car. Obviously someone broke in and stole a bunch of sunglasses as a shame. Shame indeed. Supervisor Catherine Stefani who represents the marina sent kron 4 a statement. It says this is absolutely unacceptable and cant happen again. Ive secured Police Ambassadors for the Chestnut Street corridor and well be working to get billiards installed just as we did for another business on sacramento street. In oakland, as many as 200 Small Businesses closed their doors today to protest what they say is a growing crime problem across oakland, the closure went on from 10 this morning until noon. And during that time owners held a rally in front of lush of all, thats a long time. A vietnamese restaurant, which is closing now due to crime in the neighborhood. Theyre calling on the city to do more. Bolton has been known as a city that is okay with violence and crime were not at all these people here we are here to say were not ok with because all glenn is a great city. Lets not you know you know, right away from another state take our business somewhere we love over. Thats why were here and work hard. Coral. Organizers are calling on the city to beef up security in the state the federal government to provide additional safety funding for oakland, the city of oakland currently has a 360 Million Dollar deficit in their budget, which could make it tough for them to hire additional officers and make a lot of these needed changes. The 2 unions that represent San Francisco unified teachers and staff will soon be voting on whether or not to go on strike. This is video of some of the picketing outside the School Districts headquarters last week. The vote welcome as contract negotiations remain stalled between the unions and district teachers have been vocal about their frustrations, which they say include low pay large classroom sizes and ongoing payroll issues. The date back nearly 2 years. If the strike is authorized, it will affect about 50,000 students across 132 schools in the city. The nearly 5 month long hollywood Writers Strike is officially over the Writers Union announced tonight its Board Members have approved a contract agreement with the studios. Riders can now go back to work soon as midnight. The Writers Union says that their 3 Year Agreement with the studios includes higher pay and control of Artificial Intelligence with a new contract late night shows will likely be the first to return to tv scripted shows will take a little longer to come back with actors still out on strike. Out of the 4 zone forecast as we get a live look at the the Golden Gate Bridge at this hour. Been a nice tuesday after a little bit of rain overnight and its going to feel like fall this weekend. But before little toasty hears lawrence to run it down this. The time of year we get some of those nice temperatures outside. I think tomorrow and maybe. Into thursday, we could actually see some warm weather to. But after that thingsu change is were going to get ready for another weak weather system, the drop into the bay area. But tonight, yeah, its dry out there last night. Of course, were waiting for the raindrop finally moving in into the Early Morning hours. Can you believe this . Mount tam has over half an inch of rain from that storm system. Thats pretty impressive for september storm out there right now. We do have that fog. Thats creeping back on shore. Looking out toward the Golden Gate Bridge out there. Busy working tonight. Were going to see more of that fog just a couple patches inside the bay. I think most that just along the coastline, otherwise it will stay clear in the valleys tonight. Thats morning fog early tomorrow. Then sunshine. Really some nice temperatures. I think these numbers by tomorrow afternoon, maybe some mid 80s inland. So thats a nice warm afternoon around the bay area. As we get closer to october. And then this weekend, everything changes again. Weve got a weak weather system dropping in. Thats likely going to some cooler temperatures and start to kick up the winds. Temperatures out the door. Now were cooling off in the 50s along the coastline 60s elsewhere around much of the bay area, though. 59 now in sonoma and also the petaluma, the storm system. Very impressive for this time of year old around. Were not done with the system yet. Youve got one more low thats begin to approach the coastline. Most that energy headed up the Pacific Northwest also trailing off into parts of oregon and just making its way into northern california. The bay area going to keep things dry. We may see a passing high clouds thats about it. So overall looks like most of the storms now going to track a little further to the north, but not for long. Were going to see another one its way toward the bay area as we get toward the latter part of the week overnight tonight. Yeah, we may a couple patches of fog along the coastline. Not going to be much is going to be very broken. And then as we head through the middle of the day, i think lots of sunshine and that fog begin to pile up along the coastline a little bit later in the day. Temperatures for tomorrow. Hey, this is right about the average right where we like to be. 82 in saint rose about 81 in napa. 74 mill valley. Nice 80 degrees in san jose and your 10 attend those temperatures staying warm the next couple days. Then we start to cool things off on friday into saturday, the clouds begin to roll back in just a bit. Theres even him. Theres a slight chance of a sprinkle or 2, maybe on friday. But i think most thats going head east of us, but theyre going to see some snow in the sierra nevada. The winds are going to pick up around the bay area. The big concern right now is will we or will we not see those double those . A fire winds kind of over the weekend. Yeah. Any rain to just kind of, you moisten things a little bit. So if that winds do kick up a see, weve got some rain from this from this last storm system. Not really enough to and fire season. We need good inch rain and then i think well bring that to an end. And were not seeing that just yet. Keep looking for. Yes, find thanks, local fire officials are donating a fire engine to after this is, you know, all that was left of maui. Their fire engine torched during the august fire fight on the island. There. The menlo park Fire District is donating this of fire engine to maui. Firefighters is going to be shipped out on november. 1st, maui fire engines are traditionally painted yellow. But the menlo park fire chief tells us that their Fire Department is, you know, going to keep the donated a truck read as a reminder of the outpouring of support from the mainland. In the north bay, the Sonoma County Vintners Foundation says it is donating 10,000 to hawaii. They say the donation will be used to provide resources for Disaster Response and recovery. Newberry, a based company is using ai to give health advice. The cofounders of the app. Mary say a user can type in any health issue theyre having from stomach pains to acne steven stress. You can talk to it. You can share whats happening for i can respond with empathy and understanding and really hear you and give you the kind of advice you really need in a moment. After area try Renowned San Jose State University professor ahmed an expert in the field says his biggest concern is liability when it comes to giving medical advice. Ai is a tool ano a everything were doing. You can see it in customer service. You can help to get a seat and education. So whatever you see now is using the ai so we can achieve something that that would help us get the information faster can the year with with sympathy and empathy and all of this would be part of the as is like talking to a human. The cofounders and mary say they do not want their app to replace doctors. They want to use ai to offer health support. 24 7. This hispanic heritage month. Were spotlighting the Oakland Roots Soccer Club thats embracing his heritage while starting a brand new legacy kron fours Michael Thomas met up with the team. And they say theyre celebrating the city. They call home and bringing cultures together. Bennett population in oakland accounts for about 27 of the city, according to the u. S. Census, a professional Soccer Player in ecuador needed to sell. See daniel, who now plays for the oakland roots says its a population that feels like home, especially on game have mexicans, colombia, ecuador honduras. And this very its very nice to see all these people going to the stadium. You can feel the support support. The the oakland roots has been getting since 2018. Thats what it was built with. The purpose of uniting, inspiring and bringing hope to the oakland community. And then uses for these spending community. Those are all things needed, especially for those who are first generation cant move in ecuador found in different situations you know, have the best of everything. But you can make the best out every single thing. The oakland roots head coach noah delgados from freeman says having this professional soccer team in oakland is really a game changer for the hispanic community. What the club does and represents helps to motivate young kids in the in the community that see people like them playing professional soccer. The love for soccer or football as its spanish is and listen this community and can providing that sense of home for people in oakland. Michael thomas kron. 4 all right. Pretty cool. And that wraps up kron. 4 news at 10 oclock coming up next. So yeah, jason is here. Jason well, the giants still stink. Really man and bunsh airs again tonight. Thanks any errors. Not knowing how many outs there were. You cant make it up. Also, i go oneonone with jason kidd talks to me about his Basketball Team coaching the mavs this year and the wnba coming to the bay. We talk about all that after the break