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Recapping our top story. The whole country coming together to pay respects and honor the late senator Dianne Feinstein and a special theresa here at sfo where the Vice President arrived along with a special group of dignitaries, Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman, Douglas Emhoff for agreed by u. S. Senator alex padilla and his wife angela padilla, also in attendance, the new junior senator from california la funds, a Butler Butler fill the late senator feinsteins seat appointed this week by california governor gavin newsom. U. S. Representative eric swalwell, maxine waters, Jared Huffman and former congresswoman jane harman traveled with the Vice President town. As adam schiff and barbara both representatives who announced their candidacy to fill feinsteins seat after she announced a few months ago that she planned not to run for reelection in 2020 for the Vice President and her husband reportedly staying in the San Francisco bay area before returning on friday, the washington, d. C. At sfo, theresa back to you in the studio. Theresa, thank you. More than 1000 guests actually attended todays Memorial Service supports capitol correspondent Eytan Wallace was. At San Francisco city hall for the ceremony and has more now on how feinstein was remembered. What lots of praise for the late Dianne Feinstein here Memorial Service in San Francisco. Those who spoke remembered for as a trailblazer who dedicated her life to public music, tributes and memories a part of this private service on the steps of San Francisco city hall paying tribute to californias late u. S. Sen. Dianne blue angels formation in honor of find son flew over the private ceremony at about 1500 people. Speakers included former House Speaker and current San Francisco Congress Member nancy pelosi, Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer and Vice President Kamala Harris. A prerecorded message from President Joe Biden also appeared all of the speakers remembering fisa as a woman who broke the Glass Ceiling for decades. Diane. The women of america have come a long way. Our country has come a long way. And you helped move the ball forward and our nations salutes you, diane. First elected to the San Francisco county board of supervisors in 1969. Phase. I was the first woman to serve as that boards president nearly a decade later, she became the first woman to lead San Francisco as its mayor following the assassination of then mayor george and supervisor harvey milk. And most recently she was the first woman to represent california in the u. S. Senate. A powerful seat she held since 1992, but above the power she longheld. Those here spoke about her role as a national trail blazer and someone who can bring democrats and republicans together on a wide array of issues. Everything from the establishment of Joshua Tree National park to the protection of lake tahoe work on gun control and her efforts to bring water to drought stricken california when she embraced an issue, she pursued it until the end. No matter the consequences. No matter what others thought. Her integrity made her sparkle like a diamond. Sky and we know did your best for america. May you rest in thank you. Longtime friends in attendance, including northern california, congressman John Garamendi from members find sign on a personal level specifically her passion for art. My last memory was holding one of her coffee mugs. And looking at the art work. It was one of art pictures, flowers. And always murder. Remember her . Has a looming. Beautiful woman. But the side, the role of senator feinstein play another role, mother and grandmother granddaughter riley marianos spoke about her family matriarch. Your family loves you. We are so proud of you. We miss you. And you will always always be my sunshine. And as for an actual burial, friends and family held a private Service Later in the day at a Jewish Cemetery here in the bay area. All part of one final goodbye for the late Dianne Feinstein reporting in San Francisco, a tom wallace kron. 4 news. Originally as of last night, at least this memorial was not supposed to be open to the public for security reasons. But people who didnt have an invitation who showed up today. Were actually allowed in kind of weird, right . Walking in taking a seat next to some of the biggest names in politics. Kron fours rob nesbitt joins us live now with why some of these people showed up. Rob. Well, grant check in for invited guests to the Memorial Service for the late senator Dianne Feinstein came with security. There were canine dogs, metal detectors and secret service after those invited guests went through that security screening. Even members of the public were able to go through the same security screening and were letting. It is my honor to be here with you today. The chance to hear from Vice President Kamala Harris would be one big draw for the public. But everyone i spoke to who entered thursdays Memorial Service said the biggest reason they attended was to pay their respects to the late senator Dianne Feinstein. Cain, ahmed was surprised that she was able to get a seat when she drove over from oakland without having make a lot of helped. People with sleep from the aids crisis. When i first moved to francisco through the last day when hit it to the pastor floyd trim l from Pilgrim Christian Church in Castro Valley also made it into the general public entrance. Noting senator feinsteins ability to shatter several Glass Ceilings price. Was a trailblazer. For women. Politics. And certainly got to do more lives are like be here to celebrate one person who was on the invite list was michael fera. Who met . Find site what . He was just 5 years old. And she was the president of the San Francisco board of supervisors. He recalled the announcement she made on the steps of city hall where mayor George Moscone supervisor harvey milk were assassinated. She was there for many san franciscans when the tragic days of the assassination has a young 10 yearold. I was the one watching her on Television Made it feel okay for me after that bay area, locals and notable politicians from away paying their respects and hoping others in Public Service follow the late senators lead. Have more more dedicated leaders that didnt need the spotlight but managed to do amazing things. I think we did do a better place. When i spoke to members of the public on their way out, i asked them what their favorite part of the Memorial Service was the most common answer that i heard was the late senators granddaughter speech at the reporting live in San Francisco. Im rob nesbitt kron. 4 news yes, she had a nice about how they used to play chess. The senator would teach you how to play chess, but hated to lose to have little granddaughter, which is funny. Meanwhile, some that Union Leaders held a rally in San Francisco today to protest governor newsoms appointment of senator Laphonza Butler to fill Dianne Feinsteins seat. Organizers say butler supported the passing of prop 22 which exempts Gig Companies like uber and lyft from classifying their workers as employees. Theyre also speaking out about her choice to back airbnb. Company they accused of gentrifying houses, housing in working class neighborhoods. Todays rally took place at the San Francisco California State Building just about 150 feet away from where the Memorial Service for the late sen for being held. Our weather time here couldnt be more calm in the bay today. The day was almost glass like certainly no white caps and the seas are very docile as we are in the midst of this heat wave here in San Francisco and the bay area. But things are much different on the other side of the country. Yeah, i opened up my window listen to the blue angels and see how hot it was here. A crime for chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow. Those taking a look at whats going on in the tropics. Yeah. You know, things really heating up there. Of course, Hurricane Season continues. And now weve got fleet thats been spinning around last couple of weeks. Kind of a ragtag system. But it may combined with a cold front and produce maybe more flooding across the northeast. You can see right now that system rolling on through just beginning to try and organize itself. I dont think its going fully organized, but the latest track here we go, sustained winds of 50 miles an hour at the core. You see bermuda almost directly to the north and it is moving due north. So theyre likely to face some Tropical Storm force winds and some flooding conditions as the storm system going to brush right by then. Guess what . Takes aim at the northeast. And there you go. Combining with another cold front. We could be talking about some flooding. Remember how they had that horrible flooding in new just a week ago will now youve got this storm interacting with that cold front. There you are making its way to the northeast. This from a move a little bit further north on the backside of that, you can actually see some snow beginning develop across the great lakes. All right. Things are a changing. Of course, this time of year is when we get some of our nice weather around the bay area. Beautiful in san jose. A little hazy out there right now. But clear skies as can look at the temperatures out the door. 81 degrees still in half. Moon bay, 86 in San Francisco right now. 86 in oakland, 91 in hayward, 92 apollo out to 91 in fremont and 93 in san jose. So beautiful weather holding on right now. But things in the pacific. You can see that cold front out there. That is not that far away. In fact, we may have to deal with some rain as we get to next week. So enjoy the sunshine while we have these temperatures running above the average for this time of year with those offshore winds, High Pressure continuing to build in for at least another day. That means weve got another day heat all the way to the coastline. Were talking some hot weather out there. Maybe some more 80s out there along the coastline, going to be a and go as we take into the next couple days. Here we go overnight tonight. Still those offshore winds in place sky staying nice and clear as we head through the day tomorrow looks beautiful. Then by tomorrow night, maybe some patchy fog beginning to creep along the coastline as we head into weekend in fleet week. There you go. Some patchy fog developing in the San Francisco, maybe get a bounce up against the east bay hills by saturday. Evening, of course, want to hold off most that fog and that the blue angels fly out there as we head through the weekend. Guys, back to you. Our large snow at 5 tonight, the sec is pushing for elon musk to testify as it investigates his purchase and takeover of twitter. Musk failed to appear in court last month. The sec started its investigation in april of 2022. After he purchased 9 of twitter the previous month musk reported his purchase later. Then the sec, a louse during the investigation. The sec has requested thousands of documents from musk in 2022, they say he sent hundreds of documents and he did testify twice. The sec is pushing for musk to testify again in the investigation. Musk now oversees 6 companies, including tesla, twitter or acts and space x. Simon biles leads the u. S. Women to a record 7th Straight Team title at the gymnastics world championships. They have now won every team title since 2011. This marking biles 30rd major championship medal. Their victory broke a tie with the chinese men and made biles the most decorated female gymnast and history. Congratulations to her. Coming up, we are flying through fleet week with the iconic blue angels. We spoke to the crew coming up. But first, we continue our hispanic heritage coverage about a local comnunity college helping to create a safe space undocumented students. Is it possible my network could take my business to the next level . It is with comcast business. 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And i think thats a big theme for our students here and undocumented communities, right where find your voice, find your voice, find your it marcus is the Program Services coordinator for the undocumented Community Center at Skyline College in san bruno growing up with immigrant parents, he says helping others navigate Higher Education is deeply personal. The white board inspirational messages is just one of several ways. Marquez says his team is trying to reshape college and make it a successful experience for undocumented students. Im able to expand all of those experiences and im able to provide so much more of my knowledge. So much my advocacy before. Underrepresented in under marginalize group, especially when it comes to Higher Education. The latest figures from the california Community College system show that 50 to 70,000 undocumented students at 10, one. Of the 116 campuses in the state. A recent chancers report also revealed shortcomings for the group such as failing to provide an adequate support system to help students earn a degree or advance to a fouryear institution. Undocumented students dont have a lot of us. Those opportunities or if they dont. They are not aware of the opportunities that are given to them when it comes to Higher Education. So being in a space like means that i can high and and strengthened advocacy for students. They just want educate from Financial Aid assistance to emotional and Mental Health support to nutritions such as maintaining a snack area for free. Marquez says that he and the team have worked hard to make this a Safe Community space. The mission of drum set is basically provide support undocumented immigrant students. So i i mean, i am in even myself. I had to face a lot like a social economic obstacles. Just for me to be here today, arthur. All lorenzo is one of the team members at the center with his sights aimed at law school. He enjoys tackling problems for the students. It is a great contribution and also a great training for the future position that im going to taken now low from providing assistance for other undocumented immigrants that wants to build a future america. Marquez says that the center has helped more than 500 students in his nearly twoyear tenure. Battista is one of those students parties to share with me how the center has changed his life. Now looks forward to heading to either send is a or said for a business we put in the asked me about the thats nice. So because people would wouldnt know with the is its a name. Kind of be like a walking billboard. Have lakers in swing to heavies and people ask us. Yeah. And it used to be during center. Yeah. Used to senator this was a probably the first design just like the name. The senator lives in breeze around creating a Community Among students. And it is clear this space is making a lasting impression on it touches. I came from a continuation school. It was really hard you know, focus in school and stuff like that. When i got here got really comfortable. Theresa kron, 4 news. I whether time now taking a peek gorgeous, beautiful camera there that talent buyer. Sometimes its shaking around. So windy up there. Not today. And not for the next couple of days. Dont think Lawrence Karnow has the answer on that. Though. Pressure. Yeah. Just take care of us. Now were in the sweet spot right now. Temperatures soaring today. I think very similar numbers as we head toward tomorrow afternoon that were going to get to see some changes as we head in toward the weekend. But flee. We could have almost plan to better a week for fleet week weatherwise. If youve got plenty of sunshine of the coastline looking good. Some see a little cloud cover begin to pick up, i think on saturday. So well have to watch that closely. But overall, now these temperatures 80s in the San Francisco, sunny skies warm to the coastline. Beautiful flying weather out there. Continue to be prepared. These numbers running on the hot side. So make sure you got something cool to drink. We had to check it out. Numbers around the bay area tomorrow. 85 degrees, San Francisco. Youre going to see numbers, maybe a little cooler along the coastline, not by much. 70s and 80s. There inside the bay. 88 degrees in millbrae 90 in burlingame. 95 and hot carlos. 90 amount you the south bay filled with 90s tomorrow afternoon. Thats why the advisories for heat are going up and staying around until friday as well. Little hazy inside the bay to in some of the valleys. 95 in danville, 96 in walnut creek, hot, 92 in blade on his get back toward the coastline. Keeping those temperatures on the warm side back next couple days. Here we are. The temperatures spiking over the next couple days may be cooling down coast side on saturday. More cooling and a chance of rain as we head in toward tuesday up next week. 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The speed, the precision of the dedication more than 70 plus crew members to pull the showoff. Crew members say its honor to be a part of the show. They know how memorable the event is for spectators and all what they do in the air. And when the weather is clear, theres no better show in town. The coordination, the second the is, you know, its best team ive ever been a part of being able to show. Everybody over over the the city watching the aircraft fly back and forth with our c one 30 and all that fun stuff. Being able to bring that to the people that i know. Its extremely rewarding. And keep in mind, this is the only air show in the United States with a commercial airline. To perform a fully choreographed act. And this years performance will be dedicated to the late u. S. Senator Dianne Feinstein at Oakland International airport fleet all kron 4 news. Super fun. Going to be a lot of fun out there than today practicing. Yeah. And no matter where you are, kinda, youll hear that if in and around the francisco area here that and then you look up try and yeah, it every year. Yeah, its a u. S. For me. Its like a surprise like thats really that. Yeah. Yeah. Thankfully this year the weather is going to be good. The last year we kind of missed out on one of the days. Im looking forward to so large says maybe sunday, there might be some fog, but that will be or is that right, lawrence . We might see some on saturday a you hes saturday. Yeah, listen better. All right. Hes got coming up at 6 high in that. Grant, heres whats coming we have a lot more ahead on. Kron news at 6. Tonight. Before Dianne Feinstein made mark in what continues. She left heart in San Francisco. How the late senator and mayor was honored today in her hometown as the entire country looked on. Plus, an update on what happened when 3 people were stabbed today in union city. The latest on Police Investigation coming up at 6. 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The memorial was at city hall, the same place where her political crear many of todays speakers remembering senator feinstein is a trailblazer leader, a hero. A force to be reckoned with and a friend are for sale aside the money and joins us now live from the studio with some highlights from todays events in San Francisco that captured the attention of the