Back and forth with the San FranciscoUnified School District since march. Kron fours rob nesbitt spoke with teachers today about their frustrations. He joins us now live from San Francisco with more details. Rob. Noel in grand. Its not just teachers go on strike. Its also school counselors, school nurses. And para educators or those who work oneonone with special needs students who could walk off the job. The last time a teacher strike happened in San Francisco. It was 1979. Around 6,000. Educators will make their way through the voting line wednesday at balboa high school. Voting on a possible strike against the San FranciscoUnified School District impacting around 50,000 students and more than 110 schools. Megan dukes teaches kindergarten at Alvarado Elementary School and says the current pay for teachers in the city does not cut it. Its been really unfortunately, ive ive had a couple of friends leave the profession who are really, really good educators because they just couldnt make it work. The Teachers Union has been in negotiations with the School District for the last 6 months. Most recently, the district offered 10,000 raises and a 30 per hour minimum for teachers who work ipwith special needs students. Duke says thats for this year that the district has a stipulation for their 4 salary increases for the 2024 to 2025 school year. They wanted us to agree to unspecified budget cuts to secure a raise and also withdraw. No cost proposals that help stabilize school communities. The School District offered no new comments wednesday but referred to their october 3rd statement saying current district proposals are a major step forward to attract and retain qualified educators. President of the Teachers Union casandra curio. As a possible strike will be about more than a livable wage. We have so many vacancies when we have such high turnover when we cant retain educators. When are classified members are paid enough. And when our working conditions continue to impact our students, education. Tonights vote is just to authorize meaning. Educators will decide whether or not the Union President can call for a strike if approved a second vote will need to happen to strike. Do decide if a strike will happen when and for how long reporting live in San Francisco. Im rob nesbitt. Kron. 4 news. Rob, thank you. Meantime, House Republicans nominated their next speaker of the house today, but it immediately became clear louisiana congressman Steve Scalise says far short of the votes he needs on the house floor to secure the speakership, which obviously complicates things kron fours. Catherine heenan is here now with more on what happened today. Hi, catherine. Yeah. Still amassed there. Still basically out of business. It has been a just over a week since californias Kevin Mccarthy was booted out as speaker by a small group of republican hardliners and everybody agrees that a terrible time to halt the business of congress and a new speaker is needed. But that seems to be about the only thing everybody agrees weve a conference have selected a leaders, police to be the conference nominee for speakers along with speakers louisiana congressman Steve Scalise was nominated after a closed door meeting that lasted hours. He was chosen over. Trump endorsed ohio congressman jim jordan who now says he will support school ace scullys told reporters hes eager to get the house back to work, make sure were sending a message to people all throughout the world that the house is open and doing the peoples business. While it briefly sounded like progress, scullys clearly did not have the. 217 votes needed to win the gavel, not even close. It was at least partly because some republicans still want Kevin Mccarthy. Others were immediately demanding concessions from the nominee. It all led to a planned afternoon vote on the house floor being canceled and recess being declared. Bottom line, republicans and democrats went back to stewing over how something needs to be done and listen to the war powers wrestling. With the congress, the president not have the ability to do that on his or her own. We have to get back to work doing the things we need to do for the people who sent us here to represent so i dont know what theyre going to do, but we need to do something frozen. We cant speaker. It is not clear tonight when there will be a vote by the full house meeting. Still no. And insight to this. Meantime, most americans probably dont care about this infighting. They simply want to avoid the huge problems that come with government shutdown. I wish i could say oh, but theyll be another vote tomorrow. Thats thats not even but the time is so the essence given whats happening is really you would think this motivate them to. It has a lot of people fired up, but its still not bringing them together. Its just not working yet. It almost feels like theres. Almost nothing they can come together at this point. This doesnt you have to really worry. Yeah, thanks. Thanksgiving. Well, the vote for speaker comes as democrats and republicans draft a bipartisan resolution condemning hamas. At least 400 lawmakers have signed the resolution. Many of them saying it is just the beginning of what theyre prepared to do to support israel. To make sure that israel has the weapon systems, the artillery and everything that they need so that israel can defend yourself. We have the back of the israeli people. We have their back to date. Well have it tomorrow. Well have it every day. President biden said the first round of military aid is on its way, including ammunition and interceptors. As for the millions of People Living in gaza, the Biden Administration says it is in active conversations to get civilians safely out of the war zone. Here in the bay area, one israeli american is working to help people safely evacuate israel. 2 white now. Hes one getting people on the flight getting the right equipment that we can fundraising, fundraising, fundraising. Its a beauty, israeli. I mean, youve your identity that it doesnt matter where you live in the ward. Your identity rarely. But if a nation. Fear. Good. The cofounder of the Grassroots Organization unacceptable, which is organizing the flights. If you know someone who needs a flight out of israel, you can get in touch with them at an acceptable dot org. The spelling of that is on the bottom of your screen. The e in the acts are flipped around and not spelling. The conflict at the gaza strip in gaza can be certainly a difficult topic to address with kids. And coming up in about 30 minutes, we will be joined by a psychologist to discuss the effects, some of the images and information coming out of the war zone can have especially on younger generations. In the north Bay High School students walked out of class today after other students made a video using a racial slur kron fours gayle ong was there and joins us live in the newsroom with details. Scale. Students and supporters say this video raises a lot of concerns and want the School District to take action against the people responsible. This is about the black lives matter first of all, but some incidents have led up to this, which made have a walkout at noon wednesday, students of temple, Pius High School marched down the streets of mill valley after classmates allegedly made a video using a racial slur against the administration hand, not facing actions against these people. Yeah, we just need some change on basis of the video Johnathan Logan is a pastor at Cornerstone Community church in marin city. He met another pastor at the school to learn more about what happened. Really a lot of concecns. To think that, you know, people are still. Putting out negative racial remarks about people and about a particular race of people. Its its disturbing among those marching which students sarah turner as seniors for peace. Were told by one of the students about what it happened. And so were very concerned. That people were using slurs that were hurtful for people. So we wanted to help and that i love the support. You need more support. You know and all the school needs to know all of this. And we reached out to the town of highest union high School District about this incident. We have yet to hear back gayle ong kron. 4 news. Thank you, gayle. Taking a live look outside here on this wednesday night. Theres the Golden Gate Bridge on it was a warmer day here in the bay. Yeah, nice and sunny. I have a neighbor who was just sitting outside soaking up the Lawrence Karnow series got a look at what to expect. A lawrence got to enjoy these days while we and yesterday kind of a sign of things to come. But back to sunshine out there today. It looks like. Were for a beautiful evening around the bay area. Looking out toward the Golden Gate Bridge right now. Youve got sunny skies all the way to the coastline is going to stay that way through the evening hours. And then some changes we get into the weekend. But temperatures out the door right now. Very comfortable in many spots. 74 degrees right now in santa rosa. 73 in the bottle. 73 also in livermore, 71 in san jose and 69 degrees right now in oakland. Overall, we have that cold front that moved through. All that is long gone now falling apart. And so looking pretty good out the door right now. Most of california with plenty of sunshine, just the far northern part of the state getting clipped by another system. One of some rain really good head all the way up in the Pacific Northwest are seeing some showers in toward portland. And eugene been seeing some scattered showers in that direction. But in our neck of the woods, we are looking good. Weve got mostly clear skies out there right now. And thats the way its going to stay for tonight to now. Tomorrow looks like another nice day ahead. Get ready for more sunshine and beautiful temperatures. In fact, we may sneak in low 80s in some spots inland, but hold on. We do another chance of rain in the forecast. Well let you know. Coming up a few minutes, lawrence, thank you. Tonights Powerball Jackpot is an estimated 1. 7, 3 billion dollars. And growing the drawing takes place tonight at 8 oclock you have until then to buy a ticket at this drawing is the second largest in history. 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At Kaiser Permanente all of us Work Together to care for all that is you. Were seeing a video this evening of the chaos just moments after a car crashed into the chinese consulate in San Francisco. The man took this video says he was waiting in line to submit documents for a visa when a car suddenly smashed through the door and hit a wall. He claims the driver then came out shouting. Quote, where is ccp and then started fighting with security guards. You see in the video, people running out of the building, obviously terrified. This is right before police arrived. Were told officers who showed up eventually shot the driver. The driver died at the hospital. An investigation is still ongoing. We dont know exactly what prompted police to shoot the white house did put out a statement this week condemning the incident. Several lanes are still shut down snarling traffic. At times on the richmond, sandra fell bridge kron fours terisa stasio has an update on the plans to get all lanes up and rolling again after a deadly accident damaged the plaza. The fiery accident monday night towards the far right lane, known as lane 7 and seriously impacted the integrity of lanes 5, 6, according to caltrans, the chp is investigating the cause of the crash that killed the big rig driver. Westbound traffic was shut down for hours that night. And now days later, repairs are still underway with no estimate on when 3 damage lanes will reopen. Caltrans has made a priority reopen far right lanes are caught up in years. Tell us that 40,000 vehicles use westbound 85, 80 across richmond. Sandra fell bridge every day. So is a major priority for the department to get lanes back open, but obviously want to do it vince jacala is a caltrans spokesperson. He explains a large Team Continues to assess what it will take to safely rebuild the lanes the department is looking at an emergency directors order. So hopefully those lanes. We can get those back as soon as possible. But obviously that depends the department securing the funding and equipment and the personnel to be able to do that work. Basically, everything was just obliterated a in lane. Number 7. Other damage includes we need to replace whats called the crash cushion. Which is in front of the toll booth. In lane. Number 7. John goodwin is a spokesperson for the metropolitan transportation commission. The state agency that manages the toll plaza at the richmond, sandra fell bridge. He says that the agency is in a similar position is count trans looking for parts to replace the burned items. This is likely to be measured in weeks rather than the toll plaza is scheduled to be eliminated altogether, replaced by an overhead structure called a gantry. But goodwin says that project will began until 2024. Another planning meeting to evaluate fixing the toll plaza will happen monday and hopefully a better timeline on when it will reopen will be announced shortly thereafter to recess stasio kron. 4 news. Lets get you a check of your forecast. Taking a live look outside from our mount tam cam. Look at absolutely gorgeous across the bay area today. Lots of blue sky yet clear day in the bay. Lawrence is here now talking about some windy weather out there. Yeah, easy breezy around the bay area this afternoon. Cold front swept through last night. By the time we woke up today, skies already mostly clear out there looking pretty good out there around the bay area right now. Youve got sunshine all the way. The coastline, pretty typical fall weather out there as the marine layer has a hard time reestablish himself. That means less fog and more sunshine downtown San Francisco. Youve got a lot of sunshine blow around just a little bit. Not too bad, but up toward the Golden Gate Bridge. See that flag blowing in the wind outside a nice day out at the bridge. Otherwise weve got mostly sunny skies there at this time. If youre stepping out the door this evening, you can leave the umbrellas behind. That is going to be a dry evening. You may want to grab a light coat. Temperatures going to fall off a little faster as we head through the evening hours tonight under mostly clear skies, temperatures running in the 50s and 60s by 8 oclock. Tonight. All right. Heres a look at some of the winds in this past hour or so. And you can see some of those gusts 20 plus, miles an hour in spots, a little breezy kind all around the bay area this afternoon. Those winds likely to subside overnight tonight. High pressure going to start to build in overhead. Very nicely. You see one last little system moving to our north, but that ridge building in off the pacific. That is going to bring with a lots of sunshine for us and some really nice weather looking good across most california. Now drying things out. Maybe couple scattered showers far northern california. But that is about it. Otherwise is big dome of High Pressure going kind of sneak in here for one more day. You can always see that next cold front, though, the sea green out there in the middle of pacific that is going to paying a visit to the bay areas early as friday by friday evening. We could be talking about some scattered showers in the north bay. So lets enjoy the sunshine while we have a number is going to be very nice. Tomorrow. Europe and low 80s inland, maybe 80 degrees in san jose, Santa Clara Valley going to be beautiful along the coastline. It will be cooler and then it looks like as we head in toward the weekend. Well, things are changing. I dont think its going to be a rain out, but it could be a little bit wet in spots. Well talk more about that coming up in a few minutes. Ryan wont let us go just yet. No, its got a lot to do with us in the next few much. You bet. All right. Thanks, arent you got and the north bay, a new greenhouse dedicated to providing thousands of meals per month to the un house broke ground in novato today. A Ribbon Cutting ceremony was held on north hamilton parkway near the new Beginnings Center shelter. The greenhouse was gifted by bank of america to benefit the nonprofit homeward bound of marin by providing 13,000 meals. That will also save an estimated 300 per week on food costs. The investment in our local community is investment in our communal fastened. Everybodys success locally and for me, thats really exciting. I live and work iran we dont find to get to do Something Like this today. The vegetables they say will also be used by culinary trainees. More than 1500 seeds can be planted each season. Still ahead. Before you vote, theres new contests that could change l san franciscans. Celebrate election day. 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Now, according to the United Nations, nearly one in 5 girls in the Global Community are still not finishing grades. 7 through 9, only 2 in 5 are finishing grades 10 through 12 and adolescent girls continue to account for 75 of new hiv infections among their peers over the next decade, up to 10 million more girls worldwide will be at risk of marrying as children. Now here at home in the bay area, there are advocacy groups working to change the narrative. I spoke with girls inc of Alameda County and organizations supporting girls and their mental and physical health. Heres what the ceo shared with me. Very important to be connecting young girl with resources because they think we have realized that fighting what happens when we got out their solutions that come about that are different than the solutions that come about one girl. The women are not involved. Theres some changes that we need to be making the need to be making world that were living works for everybody. How do we do that . If were not in that thing, everyone. I also asked about the guidance that parents and mentors can give to young girls in their lives today. Building her up. Im getting her supporting her with that confident and letting her know that she that you value that she matters. That hurt that she has an opinion. You want to hear it to have the boy. What did she say . And how can you continue to create they did. Where she can share what matters to her. And she know that youre listening. Well, if youd like to learn about some of the programs offered by girls and Alameda County, you can learn more on their website and apply for their free program. That gets girls ready for college through paid internships and scholarships support reporting live in the studio. Im stephanie back to you. Thank you, stephanie. Next at 5, it has been hard videos, death and destruction have been filling a lot of people, social media timelines. A psychologist will join us after the break. Well talk live to discuss. 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Hes been overseas with an International Group of catholic churchgoers visiting holy sites. They were going to a holy cities and holy sites to madrid, rome, cairo, last one and their last destination is israel and for that, and these are very only cities and for them to go to and have prayer and have ceremony with one another jennys daughter jemez says the group was in the israeli town of nazareth on saturday when the hamas attack occurred near the gaza strip. Eventually the group traveled from nazareth to jerusalem. My mom is in good spirits. Shes keeping her for the most part. Majority of people are shaken up. There was an alarm that sound off at their hotel in jerusalem. Cantu says her mom plan to fly back to the u. S. This week. But with major air carriers canceling flights out of tel aviv, she and 3 other americans in the group have now booked a flight out of amman, jordan, the twohour car trip from jerusalem. My concerns is just, you know, a safe and transportation. And my hope is that they get there safely can do is reached out to congresswoman Nancy Pelosis office and the governors office, which connected her with the u. S. State department, which is leading u. S. Assistance overseas. I also reached out to the embassy in israel and they requested that everyone fills out crisis in take form. They have already done that. But there has been no response can to is hoping theyll provide some level of protection for her mom before she leaves for the airport on friday. Really hoping that we can get the support that we need to make sure that my mom and her friends and just any american citizen that is there to really get them out safely for the return in just come dan kerman kron, 4 news. Disease images and stories of whats happening in the middle east continue to be shared and discussed a lot times on social media. A lot of people are struggling figuring out how exactly to talk to their kids, especially