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Electing a speaker of the house. But theres still no guarantee theyve actually got the votes to make that happen. Explain why coming up just ahead. But first, we are moments away from a live announcement from the San Francisco unified School Districts Teachers Union. On whether a strike vote has been made. From the bay station, youre watching kron. Noon. Thanks so much for joining us here on kron. 4 news at noon. Im Stephanie Lin happening right now. This francisco unified School Districts our other. The Teachers Union out there is working on announcing the results of the teachers strike vote, affecting some of their 6,000 members. So were going to work bring to you live in just a moment here. In the meantime. We have some coverage from our will tran on this. Its take that story. No matter the results that we will find out at noon if the teachers vote to go on strike or not, you wont have any problems dropping off your child inside the classrooms today. Probably not a problem tomorrow or even monday because we are not officially yet at a strike, but they will have to circle back a second time. Even if we find out that the vote was yes today. And explain in just a few moments. The parents, they are very concerned, obviously with whats going on there. 132 schools in San Francisco, 50,000 kids throughout the city. Theyre inside the classrooms at stake. Whether or not their teachers. Well be inside the classrooms and the teachers and the union. They say, well, that all depends on the unified School District. They are looking for a significant pay raise more than the 10,000 that the School District is offering per year per teacher. Right now the teachers are fighting the unified School District. Theyre back at the bargaining table on monday. But joining in on the fight are the parents. Hopefully this cause parents to pressure the district into giving the teachers what they need because its not the teachers fault that they dont have the resources and the pay to survive in this incredibly expensive city. Do feel for them. You know, the its as you know, hard to. Make a living with the salary and the benefits of a teacher here in San Francisco. Even if the teachers voted yes for the strike authorization and they spent yesterday between 4 and placing their votes, even if they vote. Yes, it does not mean that a strike is imminent because they will have to circle back. They will be asked again, are you sure you want to go on strike . And if its yes at that time, then a strike gets closer and closer. But we do know that the 2 sides will be back at the bargaining table on mondays. So you wont have any problems as you can clearly see. Many students are still showing up to school this morning. And we are expecting some live remarks from the Teachers Union again at 12, 30 today. We will bring you that News Conference live when those remarks go live. Stay with us. Lets talk about our forecast now as we take a look at this perspective outdoors. This is our mount tam camera city of San Francisco right there on the right hand side of your screen looking so pretty under those blue skies. Lets check in now with meteorologist kyla grogan. Hey, kyla. Hey, there it is. A Beautiful Day in the neighborhood. Everybody have to keep myself from saying that one. It is gorgeous out there today. Blue skies as we take a live look from the east were talking about this in our morning meeting. And i said if you dont like the weather today, i kind of cant help you. We are nice and calm with our the exception of fairfield, you can see still getting a little bit of when theyre about 18 miles per hour. But the wind is starting to relent. So thats kind of nice blue skies. As i mentioned as we take a live look at the Golden Gate Bridge and notice we dont have the flag flying in the wind like we did yesterday. So really nice out there. 69 San Francisco. 65 in oakland. Weve got some nice 70s, low 70s in san jose in livermore, mid 70s right now in santa rosa and even Half Moon Bay reporting 70 degrees warming up a little bit, getting that sunshine in there and just having a really nice run of it today. So the highs today will be right where we should be this time of year. This is almost bang on average rate. So we want low 80s inland. Perfect. Thats where we should and thats where we will be in spots like little more in antioch in santa rosa. Looking good today. So i do have a little weather coming our way as we head into our friday. So as you can see, we look at future cast here today. Pretty nice, but a few high clouds rolling through tomorrow. The picture changes. We are going to look out for a shot of a little bit of rain and you can see the north bay is likely to be the place thats going to see that when it come back on the track that for you and talk about a second shot of rain that is also possible for us as we get into monday. So your extended forecast is a little bit of a busy one. Back to all right. Thank you so much. A turn to developing news. The israel hamas war enters its 6th day. Israel is stepping up its offensive attacks against hamas in gaza. The israeli army is preparing for a possible ground operation. There. At least 2400 people have died on both sides. 25 of them, americans, another 17 americans are believed to be missing or held captive. President joe biden called the hamas attack on israel. Quote, the deadliest day for jews sense the holocaust. With tears group not only chairman sheer evil. Shoot people. To the world. People echoes the worst. Matches in some cases exceeds the worst atrocities of isis. More 1000 civilian slaughter newsroom. Officials say egypt is talking with israel and the u. S. To allow the delivery of humanitarian aid and fuel secretary of state Antony Blinken is right now in israel talking about setting up corridors as well. But egypt has pushed back against proposals to set up those corridors saying an exodus of palestinians could have grave consequences. Meanwhile, here at home, some University Students visiting the bay area from israel are stuck in San Francisco watching the horror happening at home. The group came to the city over the weekend to connect with the Jewish Community here in the bay area and learn about Technology Despite the warfare oversees, the students say all they want is to get back to their families. Theyre in the bunker is without electricity, see my nephews for 2 years old, 4 years old having to sleep off on the floor, on on the bus. And there is really attending religious service in San Francisco on sunday. They say theyre grateful. To see the american support for israel. And dozens of people gathered in san and to pray for israel last night, kron 4 Sarah Stinson was there and brings us this story. To people of all ages gathered in front of san anselmo city hall wednesday night to jewish songs and pray for the israelis affected by the war in the middle east. Tremendous sadness and grief. I just broke down crying because everything that i was hearing on the news was so and when i came just all came the event was put on by moshe burke woods and his wife, hadassah. Response has always consistent and resilient. One. The 2 opened Chabad Jewish Center of west marin about a year ago. Its a hub for people to share their judaism when israel was attacked over the weekend, berkowitz says it hit their Community Hard so they decided to put together an event for people to grieve together for myself. It was very hard to swallow. And i knew that. Others in the community are also going through a hard time, especially those a family there. Those words really work. Woods encourage people to find positivity during these hard times. He spoke about how the way to respond to is to reinforce ourselves and to find within ourselves the ability to bring out lights, to fight that darkness. People helped one another light candles to stgnify just that not and its like all of our people are Holding Hands together support for im Sarah Stinson reporting in san anselmo kron. 4 National News now House Republicans appear to be one step closer to electing a speaker. But its still unclear whether theres enough votes to support a single nominee. Washington correspondent Trevor Shirley reports from dc with the latest. House majority leader Steve Scalise won yesterdays secret ballot but only by a slim margin. And theres still no guarantee hes actually got the votes to become speaker. On wednesday, House Majority leader Steve Scalise clinching a narrow victory over his rival for house speaker. Ohio congressman jim jordan during the gop is closed or ballot. The conversations weve been having. With my colleagues over the last few days leading up to this. Ill show that theres a result. We need to get back to theres a lot of business to take care of. But despite jordan pledging to back scullys, its unclear if theres enough party unity to elect scully speaker of the house. Its not over. Still my support behind jim jordan for speaker. Im not going to change my now or anytime soon on the house floor, a full floor vote was expected wednesday, but House Republicans dropping those plans over concerns. Scullys lack the votes to win. We for dysfunction. The nation. For this team. American people cant afford we need to the chair sculleys needs the support of almost all House Republicans. Its unlikely any democrats would vote. Yay. I think that part know that the Republican Caucus is still in disarray. They just they dont know what they want. And so the house stairs down its 9th speaker list day with most of congresss business still on hold. The majority comes with responsibility. When youre in the minority, you can communicate. When youre in the magic majority. You have to legislate and we expect to get a better sense of where this whole process stands later on today. Reporting in washington, im Trevor Shirley. Home in the bay area. The great california shakeout sure is making a pit stop in San Francisco. Cal oes will provide services to help get you prepared for an earthquake kron fours. Michael thomas reports from San Francisco with the latest on this. The California Office of Emergency Services is quite literally shaking things up. Take a look. This is a simulator that im inside of and take a look right outside people who are walking by can see exactly what it looks like. All to keep people prepared for the big one. The california Governors Office of Emergency Services is using the specific simulator to show people just how impactful earthquakes can be ranging from 3 to 7 point, oh, magnitude, representative john from says this week and next, its all about preparing event here. This tour leads up to the great california shakeout on october 19th. At 10 19am, the entire state will practice how to drop cover and hold on and you can actually register for the event to go to shake out dot org. The biggest reminders for californians is to have a plan, know how to protect themselves and ultimately have an emergency supply kit, but also using technology to the fullest. The best tool that we have is the my shake download breeds available in 6 languages. It will give you a notification 30 seconds earthquakes over the threshold of 4. 5 magnitude or higher. These are tips up on your screen for an immediate things to do. If an earthquake does occur, you should drop to the ground. Cover your head with your arms and hold on to your neck until the shaking stops. Do not stand by a doorway or near large glass windows and mirrors. Representative mariah says if youre in a wheelchair. Get to a safe location or cover your head in your neck to make sure that youre protected of all time. As we know, california is known for its quakes. But officials here say that as long as youre prepared, thats the best thing that you can do in francisco. Michael thomas kron. 4 news. Michael must have some strong abs there. He wasnt moving too much and that and thats a mock up there. Coming up, a new initiative to pay back the socalled tampon tax will break down the compensation plan. Plus, veterinarian appointments california are going virtual. How the technology works. And we take a look at the remembrance rights, remenew at noon, the driver shot and killed by police after crashing a car into the San Francisco. Chinese consulate has been identified. Investigators say 31 yearold young drove a vehicle into the visa office on monday. A witness says he saw young bleeding from his head as he got out of the car, yelling about the Chinese Communist party. Its still not clear what led the officers to open fire. Both the white house in Chinese Government have condemned this incident, calling it a targeted attack, attacked the visa office is expected expected to reopen today. Francisco city officials and the salvation army. Remember those who lost their lives to drug addiction in an event called the remembrance of lights. Kron fours. Dan thorn has the details. Flameless candles raised in memory of those who have died from drug overdoses in San Francisco, the remembrance of lights bringing together city leaders and the salvation army. I just you know, number of Overdose Deaths we have. Its just outrageous. San francisco is a city there where it is too easy to get high and its too hard to get sober and we need to change that. According to the latest medical examiners report, more than 560 people have died from drug overdoses in 2023. The main culprit. Fentanyl and were on track to over 900 people to Overdose Deaths in San Francisco alone. This is a nationwide problem. We know that 120,000 people died across the nation last year to 2. Mainly fentanyl overdoses. District attorney Brooke Jenkins told the gathering wednesday night that her offices crack down on fentanyl is not meant to hurt those who are struggling with addiction. We all know that its not a choice to be addicted. Its something thats often times almost every time out of a persons control, it we have to rally around and help. Those people as San Francisco continues to look for solutions to the problem. All agree that lives need to be saved. One of need and i say another parent, another family member, another friend who tells me that theyve had to bury their loved one due to overdose. Reporting in San Francisco, dan thorn kron. 4 news. Lets check in on our weather conditions taking a live look outside at coit tower looking so beautiful at this hour. 12 18 this afternoon. Beautiful blue skies in just a bit of a breeze out there. Kyla. Yeah, its nice because the wind is kind of calm down a little bit breezy yesterday in the afternoon this morning. Little bit, too, but were getting a little better now. Its gorgeous out there. Seasonal temperatures tomorrow. We will see the clouds start to increase in kind of infringe upon these beautiful blue skies. We do have a shower chance likely in the north bay as we get into the evening tomorrow and then looking ahead. That means your saturday starts a little cloudy. But sunday, looking like the better day of the 2 for outdoor plans. So lets talk about this excessive front. Weve seen this a few past few weeks where we get one front tracking through. That will be friday night. That gives us that north bay shower chance. And then another when tracking through as we get into monday and one more shot at a little rain in behind each of these kind of a reinforcement of cooler temperatures. But today we are warming up a bit because we are free of any front. So taking a look right now. Temperatures 68 in San Francisco or 75 in antioch. 74 in san jose. And weve already hit some nice mid 70s up in the north bay as well. An indication that were warming up rates a little warmer than yesterday should get some nice average temperatures. Low 80s inland sunday, 70s around the bay about 66 out of Half Moon Bay. So just to show you this weather pattern as it plays out, theres that front friday night that rolls through, then we get a pretty good looking saturday into sunday. And then by monday, another front rolling through. Now we catch the tail end of these things. And its always a question as to whether or not theyre going to hold together to bring us any rain. But it looks like we get a little bit. I think the north bay could get a 10th of an inch, but you can see elsewhere, you know, even if we look at those 2 hits of rain, were talking, you know, to one 100th of an inch. If you are in San Francisco. So what this does to is our temperatures kind of very with this. We warm up today. Then we get that front going through. We cool it down. We warm up on sunday. Then we get another front going through. We start to cool it down on the other side of that. But nothing too dramatic. As we look at our extended forecast again, thats a shot of rain friday night and a shot of rain monday. Other than that, were looking pretty good back to all right. Cuyler, thank you. In the north bay, theres a new greenhouse dedicated to feeding the unhoused in novato a Ribbon Cutting ceremony happened on north hamilton parkway near the new Beginnings Center shelter. The green else was provided by bank of america to benefit the nonprofit homeward bound of marin. The goal is to grow enough vegetables to serve 12,000 meals every month. The investment in our local community is an investment in our our communal think fast. And everybodys. Success locally and for me, thats really exciting. I live in newark and moran. Its really, really biden to get to do Something Like this. More than 1500 seeds can be planted here each season. California pet owners will soon have another way to get veterinary care. A new bill just signed into law will allow virtual appointments. Kron fours amanda hari spoke to veteran areas to get their reaction to this new option. A sick pet usually means a trip to the vets office and time spent sitting in a waiting room, a New California law may save you from all of that. They can be in front era. And 2 minutes ceo of the San Francisco spca, Jennifer Scarlett says the organization has been in support of expanding veterinarian tele medicine for years. The new bill signed by governor gavin newsom will allow bets to see new or existing patients for a wide range of issues. Scarlett says theres a shortage of vets that virtual appointments will allow more volume of patients as well as easier access to care for folks who live in very rural getting to a vet can take several hours. Or if youre here in the city and youre housebound or your cat doesnt want to get in that box. Telemedicine is a godson virtual. Appointment is both for the owner to get more information. For the vet to have an opportunity to get a look at their free patients like carson here. In his natural habitat and sometimes they can tell just by looking at the dog. If they need to come in immediately in the near future or not. All. Really, though, at the end of the day, i think a lot of the value is in the ability to have a really indepth conversation with the human and the equation. Chief medical officer with modern animal christie long says these appointments will always replacing inperson visit. And there are guardrails in the bill to ensure pet owners can still get one. It requires that the benton area and that is having that video interaction still has a place that they can have the animal come into it. It needs to be seeing the new law goes into effect on january first, amanda hari kron, 4 all right. Lets go side are discussing the results of last nights vote on whether or not theyre going to be authorizing a strike. Lets incident impacting every child in sf usd and every school site. We cannot we cannot agree to what the district currently has and we will make that known. And now. Over 50 of our members have made it clear that thats our charge. Im going now call parent. Maya. Just big. My name is my colleague and im a longtime parents San Francisco community school, a k through 8 school in excelsior each year. Our educators are being asked to do more with less. Each year we watch educators who would rather stay leave for other districts, other cities because they cannot survive on the salary and benefits that they receive at as a few st. This year. Our schools understaffed, like many other district schools. We have no middle school math teacher. So the counselor has taken on that job in effect, leading the counselor spot open. We just got a resource teacher for the middle school and a social worker for the whole school after 50 plus days of instruction. So many schools are performing staffing gymnastics, putting teachers in positions that are not their expertise, asking them to wear several hats. This is not fair and it is not sustainable. Our students deserve permanent educators in every classroom. Educators who can be confident that they will receive their full paycheck and full benefits every month. Our students deserve teachers who can stay at a school for several years, getting to know their students and their needs. Our teachers and staff deserve Quality Resources to best serve all of our students and their range of academic and social emotional needs. A fair contract will not only help retain our dedicated educators but will help attract more new. Excellent educators. Nobody wants to go on strike. Teachers and educators dont want it. Parents and families dont want it. However, in order to avoid a strike, as usd must support our teachers and support staff and agree to a fair contract. One that meets the needs of all of our educators. And we just heard some live remarks from representatives of the San Francisco unified School Districts Teachers Union 93 above voting to authorize a strike again. 93 1 of those members voting in favor of a strike. We heard that representative describing pretty tough situations that teachers out there are facing. They say they describe teachers performing what they called staffing gymnastics teachers working multiple roles and they went on to say, but the district deserves teachers who can stay within the district and support children there for at least several years. Instead of moving out of the bay area. This is a developing story. We will continue to follow it for you closely and bring you more updates in our for your health today. A new initiative has been launched to pay back the socalled tampon tax from certain menstrual products. Right now, 21 states charge standard tax on pads and tampons Womens Health advocates have argued for years that these products should not be considered nonessential goods. Now, 8 feminine hygiene brand so formed the tampon tax backed coalition to reimburse the extra money paid. Consumers can send their receipt to tampon tax back dot com within 24 hours of purchase and get that sales tax sent back to them via venmo or paypal coming up next, several major universities organizations facing backlash over their messages on the israel hamas floor. What was said and the consequences, these groups potentially face. Plus why it could take weeks to repair the damage done to richmond. Sandra fell bridge toll plaza. We have the latest on this situation after the break. But first, the push to recall this week. Attorney pamela price week. Attorney pamela price advances. We kayaking is my thing. Running is awesome. But her moderate to severe eczema would make her skin so uncomfortable. I was always so itchy especially when i was hot. Now my skin doesnt itch as much. Now were staying ahead of her eczema. Theres a power inside all of us to live our passion. And dupixent works on the inside to help heal your skin from within. It helps block a key source of inflammation inside the body that can cause eczema. So, they can have clearer skin and less itch. Serious allergic reactions can occur that can be severe. Tell your doctor about new or worsening eye problems such as eye pain or vision changes including blurred vision, joint aches and pain, or a parasitic infection. Dont change or stop asthma medicines without talking to your doctor. Healing from within is a wonderful thing. Ask your childs eczema specialist how dupixent can help heal their skin from within. The monthslong push to recall Alameda County District Attorney pamela price as advanced after a mass petition signing kron 4 Charles Clifford joins us live now from oakland with the latest details on this charles. Well, here in Alameda County, organizers of the effort to recall District Attorney pamela that gathered or theyve gotten about 1900 volunteers and many businesses willing to help them out here. And theyve hired a contractor to start Gathering Signatures in this recall effort, which is gaining steam. On thursday, the lead organizers of save alameda for everyone are safe, said that they will begin collecting signatures this week. They have until march 5th together, 73,195 signatures. That will all need to be verified by the county. The group says that since being elected District Attorney pamela price has not been aggressive enough in addressing crime in oakland and across the county. They also say she has not been supportive enough to those who have been the victims of crime. Everyone is talking about public look at the pieces you look at people we talked to, we go to every city and everyone is talking about my god. You we feel we dont you safe. We want immediate family to be safe for everybody. That means from the children to the grandmothers to the those this store owners, the Restaurant Owners want everybody to be safe in the current administration. That is not their main focus. Thats not the priority. Its so we have to do something different. On thursday, we reached out to the das office for comment, but so far have not heard back in recent months. Price has. Publicly defended her record saying she is doing the job that she was elected to do. I dont take lightly people who violate the law. I ran on a platform of justice with compassion. And thats what we are administering justice with compassion where its appropriate. Organizers of the recall effort are hoping to have the signatures collected and verified in time to hold a special recall election next june. All right, back live. Now. Organizers say they plan to spend about 2 Million Dollars on this recall effort. They hope to raise that money through donations fundraisers. But for now in the east bay, Charles Clifford kron, 4 charles, thank you. In the north bay could take weeks to repair the damage to the richmond. Sandra fell bridge toll plaza kron fours theresa stasi has more on the plan to get lanes up and running again. 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 to westbound 85, 80 across richmond. Sandra fell bridge every day. So is a major priority for the department to get those 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 if the department is looking at 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 in 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 again tree. 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. Today the San Mateo County Domestic Violence Council Meets for the first time after the creation of their special task force. The Domestic Violence task force was created last month in response to 5 women allegedly killed this year by their partners. That council estimates 10,000 people in San Mateo County are impacted by Domestic Violence every year. San mateo county supervisor noelia corzo says the majority of victims killed this year were latino women. She says she wants a task force to reach out to communities in multiple languages. Todays meeting will be streamed publicly on zoom, starting at 3 oclock this afternoon. If you or anyone, you know, is a victim of Domestic Violence, you can call this National Hotline number right there on your screen. Thats 1, 807, 9, 9, 7, 2, 3, 3, it is available to you. 24 7. Governor gavin newsom signed a new bill or other signed a bill into law. Supporters say will help track down missing black youth. Its called the ebony alert state senator stay. But Steven Bradford authored the bill and says black children make up 40 of people who end up missing. An amber alert is for children 17 years or younger, the age for an ebony alert is 12 to 25 black youth considered at risk or with mental or physical challenges do fall under this category. The new law takes effect january first of next year. Governor newsom also signed a bill to make the California State University system more accountable in the way it handles harassment complaint. It requires the csu system to publicly disclose the outcome of those cases to the state legislature. Each year. All campuses will also have to publish the outcome of any settlement. The bill was put into motion after the la times uncovered breakdowns and how the csu handled harassment claims against powerful campus figures. The new measures take effect next year. Its beginning to look like ski season. Check this out. Palisades tahoe got its first real dusting of snow on tuesday night. Looking so festive out there, opening day for the resort is scheduled for november. 22nd, lovely sight to gorgeous out there. And i was looking and the lows tonight in tahoe, south lake tahoe, 29 degrees. So that could be. Certainly snowmaking numbers about the rest of the week. Its looking like the lows are going to be more in the mid to upper 30s. So not expecting any snowfall over the weekend, but just an indication when these highs are in the 50s and 60s the lows getting down there. Now, lets talk about this eclipse. You may have heard about. Were going to see the moon move in front of the sun. It is called an annular eclipse is happening on saturday. And as you can see here, this is the pathway cove and hilarity. Its called right where you would see the complete eclipse. Now for us in california, it look more like an 80 eclipse that the moon goes in for the center. Not completely covering it. So if you get in an airplane and show you that pathway, the closest point would be well start the Pacific Ocean going to oregon. You can see eugene, oregon, but it take you down to california. The hot part of california thats barely. And this would be in and around davis creek. So theres that nevada, california border. In other words that northeast corner. So if youre planning to try view the eclipse, you do not want to look directly at the sun, your sunglasses, theyre not going to provide enough protection. You only want to look through an approved seller filter or you can dubs irvine indirectly. And im going to show you how you might be able to do that. All right. So what we need for this, we need a box with tape. We need tin foil. We need a pencil and scissors. Or an exacto knife. Youre gonna cut 2 holes in the box rate. So cut 2 holes in the front of the box and youre going to cover one of those holes with tin foil that you can take to the front of it, then youre going to take your pencil, pop a little hole in it. And then youre going to take your piece of paper and were going to put that and tape it on the back of the box rate about their rights. Then once you do that, youre going to close the box. Stand with your back to the sun and then youll be able to look through and see the projection of the eclipse happening without hurting your eyes. There you go. Youve got a diy a way to do it. However, we are going to have some clouve mornings you can see between about 8, 30 10 30am. A little cloud cover. So could get a little tricky for us to get a great view unless maybe youre a little further inland. Ill be back a little bit. Well talk more about our forecast for now. Ill send it back to the i love that diy. I love try that myself at home. Very cool. Well, developing news as fighting continues in the middle east, a local political chapter faces intense scrutiny. For a parent to support the hamas terrorist attack on israel. The San Francisco chapter of the democratic socialists of america posting this statement on social media, which media which reads in part, quote, violent oppression. Inevitably produces resistance, socialist, support the palestinian peoples and all peoples right to resist and fight for their own liberation. This weekends events are no different. The statement has drawn widespread condemnation from several local jewish leaders and lawmakers. State senator scott wiener writing, quote, that statement is horrifying. It endorses hamass socalled resistance consisting of the massacre of 1200 israelis, including kids, seniors and hostage taking it uses this horrific moment to call for an end to israel. And weve seen other groups across the country criticized for issuing statements in support of palestine today, propalestinian groups that some universities host a national day of resistance, according to the Antidefamation League news nation, Stephanie Haines has more. A growing number of people are calling out those who say they are standing with palestine following the bloodshed in israel by hamas. This now deleted social media post was apparently published on the chicago chapter of black lives matter. It shows a paraglider in reference to how some of the Hamas Terrorists descended on israel. A subsequent message from the account reads, quote, yesterday we sent out messages that we arent proud death. We stand with palestine. The people who are expressing their sentiment for for for free palestine. We agree. What we need them also to do is to condemn brutal murder innocent civilians. And that goes before any national cause. Meanwhile, at least 30 Student Groups at Harvard University signed off on a letter from the Palestine Solidarity Group writing in part, quote. We hold the Israeli Regime entirely responsible for all unfolding violence. Todays events did not occur in a vacuum for the last 2 decades. Millions of palestinians in gaza have been forced to live in an open air prison. The statement was met with outcry from several alumni, including texas senator ted cruz who tweeted, quote, what the is wrong with harvard Harvard University president cloudy day condemning the terrorist carnage and quote, no Student Group speaks for harvard. This is about humanity. This is about standing up in the fat in the face of just like me to stand up against isis or any other, you Violent Group anywhere around the world thinks that terrorism is the answer to south their problems. Coming up on kron, 4 news at noon. The fortyniners are back to work on the practice field as they prepare for the cleveland browns. The first continuing our hispanic heritage month coverage. We speak with the first woman to serve the south bay as san serve the south bay as san jose when i first learned about my dupuytrens contracture, my physician referred me to a hand specialist. And im glad he did, because when i took the tabletop test, i couldnt lay my hand flat anymore. The first hand specialist i saw only offered surgery. So, i went to a second hand specialist who also offered nonsurgical options which felt more right for me. So, what id say to other people with dupuytrens contracture is this dont wait find a hand specialist trained in nonsurgical options, today. I found mine at findahandspecialist. Com. Welcome back. Bianca alvarado is the first woman to have served the south bay, a Jose City Council member, vice mayor and Santa Clara County supervisor after working a local farm, she became an activist to make sure latinos got a seat at the table. Kron fours Ella Sogomonian sat down with her for a oneonone interview. You have to be most 92 years old blog about how those still makes time for her community. Affectionately nicknamed limit knot or the godmother of the san jose about has continuously been recognized for her 60 years of activism. Today we meet inside of a tuitionfree Charter School in alum her love that i get from these kids is really, really personal and im i cant speak enough about it. About other was raised by a coal miner in colorado when she was a teen. Her family came to san jose for what was supposed to be a temporary stay. While her father worked in the fields. When youve got a permanent job as a foreman, but other planted roots and went to work. She explains she was drawn to Public Service early on in high school. For the poor, we wanted to do have food drives. Clothing drives. And so our ideal, that idealism was reflected at that moment. But throughout my entire life, there has been examples of activism now myself. But in combination with movements. Later in life other married but divorced as a single mom to 5 children. She always kept a day job to support her family, but remained deeply involved in grassroots movements. She worked alongside civil rights icons like cesar chavez to help start the united farm workers union. The farm worker movement, i think activated so many was at a higher level. We had been grassroots people for a long time looking for equality and justice in pursuit our our our right to achieve elevations within society that in 1978 about other who was already entrenched in the community. Says a stranger walked into her office and introduced himself as a candidate for Council Member to represent east san jose. Thats when she says it was time to take the lead herself so that someone familiar with the people in local issues would be at the helm. I had no plans to run for the city council. Until that incident happened and that was sparked. But that was a motivator. So my understanding is the Voting System had to be overhauled so that each District Voted for their individual representatives and that thats how you were able to get elected. To break it up to the city into 10 district was the first opportunity. For people like myself from specific areas of the city to be elected, to govern. At 49 years old about other would be elected as the first latina to san Jose City Council in 1980, embodying the representation she so desperately wanted to see in local politics. She later moved on to serve as vice mayor and as a supervisor for Santa Clara County, i imagine theres a lot of pressure being the first i opened the door for a lot of people. Could that the door had been closed for a long, long time. And i think probably more important than being the first. From battling slumlords to creating a first of its kind Childrens Health initiative and building the mexican Heritage Plaza about although says shes always strive to govern by reflecting the views and the needs of the community. The cultural hub still plays host all types of festivities for everyone to enjoy. Youve served the south bay for 6 decades. Whats it like to know that the seeds are planted . Then are still bearing fruit of your labor . Have had many careers and ive done many things, but been a full life. I have no regrets about any part of but other is optimistic that the next generation be inspired to continue mission caring for the people around them. Reporting in san jose, im Ella Sogomonian 3. A trailblazer and we hope youll join us tonight for our special coverage of hispanic and latino culture. Fours theresa stasi host are hispanic month special with more stories including the bay areas first allwomen mariachi band. The program airs tonight at 06 30pm. All right. Lets check in on our forecast. Taking a live look outside of outside at the bay bridge. The embarcadero looking like a lovely day out there with just a touch of a breeze. Kyla. What else should we know . Well, we are going to hang on to these blue skies for today, but then we will see some clouds move in, but it is simply gorgeous out there right now. Wind has calmed down. We do have a little bit of a delta breeze happening there. And you see that is a little bit of offshore wind, but that should get a little bit better as we go throughout the day today showing about 14 miles per hour. Temperatures are really nice. 74 right now in san jose. Were 69 in hayward. 68 out of Pacifica Berkeley about 69 and were warming up in the north bay. Nevado just hit the 77 degree mark. So a very nice kind of average day today were inland. Were looking out for some of those low 80s. This puts us right where we should be this time of year now to get later into the day. I mentioned some clouds are going to pop up. But right now, boy, oh, boy, stormtracker 4 looking fantastic. As we zoom out there, you can see some of this kind of lurking offshore. And by the way, you can see the last system that rolled in providing some snow and a big storm system in the center of the country. Are they looking out for that Winter Weather since we had a good julian crowned, i think in california they sell the ticket. I thought we would take a look at concords forecast and do it in the lottery version here. So were going to be nice and warm today. Cooling down as we get a little shot of rain possible coming in friday into saturday. Warming up again on your sunday. And then as you can see as we get into next week, looking pretty good. But if we take a live look outside at the lovely blue skies here, i want to show you where the clouds come in, right . Because its going to be later today that we start to see thats about 09 30pm, tonight. Now, tomorrow we start off with a little sun and then heres where the front comes through. That could bring a little bit of rain to the north bay. You can see that kind of roll through rather quickly between about 05 07pm, and then it stays unsettled as we get into saturday morning by the time we get into saturday evening, we should start to get some clearing and all told its not going to be a lot of rain. So this is that first hit friday night to saturday. Theres another one expected as we get into monday about the same. So i think the north bay could pull off about a 10th of an inch of rain and thats about it. So again, it just keeps us kind it. More of that moisture laden environment, which is helpful for us here during fire season. But i think sunday will be a nice dry day for you for outdoor plans. And then well look out for another chance of rain as we get into monday. Back to you. All right. I have my jacket ready just in case. Thanks. Kyla. The San Francisco fortyniners are getting ready to face another tough challenge as they look to remain undefeated on sunday. Kron 4 sports director jason dumas has the details for us. The fortyniners were back on the practice field on wednesday as they prep for the browns and there was a new face on that practice field. Randy gregory, dani, that number 5 jersey, this was his first practice with his new squad after being acquired from denver last week. The niners you may catch a break on sunday to cleveland quarterback deshaun watson. He probably wont play. He missed practice on wednesday with a right shoulder injury, pj walker will start of watson, sits out walker has been on the practice squad all season. So theyre just skipping the Second String quarterback. But one guy who will be playing who the niners better be on high alert for. Is this guy right here. All pro defensive Myles Garrett and his 5 and a half sacks that chart today. Hes one of the most talented i think anyone seen in. The style they play on defense is very similar to ours. The rush, the passer, every play and then react everything else. Combined with short scheme and the guys around him. Thats problems, obviously the top defense right now is get could visit comes a as power is really good. And then his changeup south of those 2 things are. All he really needs. All thats your look at sports. And coming up, a touching story about half their a p why story about half their a p why it may be just what the doctor air wick. 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