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Suffering of palestinians in gaza as israeli airstrikes continue. And as the space shoppers and businesses expressed concern over the spike in armed robberies at a popular shopping center. There have now been arrested a major retail theft operation. And its official. The San Francisco giants have a new leader in the clubhouse there. Yes, bay area native bob melvin introduced as the teams new manager. Station. Hes calling for news 2. Hello, everybody. Thank you for joining us on kron. 4 news at 2. Im catherine heenan. The city of richmonds stands in solidarity with the Palestinian People of gaza. This after the city Council Passed a resolution affirming the citys support against the ongoing war between the state of israel and hamas in the middle east. Richmond is reportedly the first city in the country to make that kind of proclamation. Kron fours philippe reports that ended more than 5 and a half hours of passionate. Sometimes contentious public comments. Richmond mayor kicks off a nearly 6 hour discussion tuesday night over a proposed resolution for the city council to affirm the city support and solidarity with the Palestinian People of gaza with a moment of silence honoring civilian israeli and palestinian lives lost in the war. He then explains why he and vice mayor Gayle Mclaughlin brought the resolution to counsel the people of the United States whose government and tax dollars directly support israels military. Having immediate moral obligation to get to condemn israels acts. Collective punishment, an apartheid state, dozens of current and former residents from both sides of the conflict given one minute to share their stance on the proposed played change you for being the voice of voiceless and powerless children of palestine. People got to remember sept. Was that started this in the first place and moose was going to clean house. Dont care how many people are going to have to kill. The bottom line hamas is going to have to grow original resolution amended to include a denunciation of the thousands of israelis killed in the conflict. You know, calls for an immediate ceasefire release of all israeli hostages taken by hamas. And an end to all existing and future u. S. Military aid to israel. This is an urgent time, a critical time time in history where we need to speak out. Im proud to live in the city. That stands up and says no more. Not in our name. The violence must stop still in the resolution is divisive. Its s issue. Its an occupation. And we had enough of keep fish and hamas is goal is to kill every ju thats in their charter. My hope is that we have a 2 state solution and we hope we live in peace. But that not possible. While hamas exists. Mayor martinez, yes. Eventually the resolution passed by a vote of 5 to Council Member say up a bit. The lone dissenting vote. The Jewish Community Relations Council bay area commending zepeda for being quote. Our sole jewish ally on the council while also condemning what it calls a biased we can and inflammatory resolution divison Philippe Djegal kron. 4 meantime, israel is keeping the pressure on hamas with punishing air strikes. Caught in the cross fire in gaza after another israeli in this case, another home, another supermarket destroyed. Israel says it is targeting hamas military compounds in retaliation for the massacre of 1400 israelis by hamas terrorists, october 7th. Meantime, the gaza death toll has reportedly topped 5,000 with children making up nearly half the victims as the war rages on. Is running out of supplies, including food, water, medicine. Meantime, the un attorney general is walking back comments that he made calling the attack on israel, a justification for terrorism. I am shocked. By the missouri presentations by some. Thats my statement yesterday in this it could be call as as if i was just the fighting exif data by hamas. Is false. It was the opposite. Still, israels envoy to the un is calling for Antonio Guterres to resign, saying israel has to rethink its relations with the world body. Walnut creek police are investigating more robberies as businesses say they are seeing a spike in crime just last week, lululemon was taken for thousands of dollars. Police did manage to catch the suspect, but the increase in theft is a big problem for businesses in that area. Kron 4 Tiffany Justice has that story and she joins us live. Definite. Yes, ive spoken with a locally owned business right here on the plaza. They tell me theyve witnessed stores being scoped and foot traffic is down. What weve been seeing is and daily weekly. Theres definitely a lot of action out there in terms of people just rolling up in scoping things out. Local businesses in walnut creek feeling the impact of an uptick in criminal activity. One of the largest shopping stops for the area. Broadway plaza, its mainly known for its name brands, but there are some locally owned shops and they tell kron 4 theyre seeing activity weekly. In some of the bigger retailers like lululemon and supported. I know for a fact we see people getting arrested 2, 3, times a week. So its really scary. And its also really sad. Its its just lawless. I mean, unfortunately, i mean, there are police the police are here and they are trying walnut creek. Police now investigating 2 robberies near Broadway Plaza. Both happening within hours of each other last week. The first happened around 2. 45. In the afternoon. Police say for thieves smashed the front door of this lululemon in Broadway Plaza and took 10,000 worth of merchandise. Police later arresting 8 people involved and recovered all of that merchandise a few hours later around 09 30pm. Police say 2 people were robbed at gunpoint after leaving dinner in the same area. The robbery happened near the intersection of otello drive and locust street effects with traffic. And after we have and everybody that came into the store was talking about it. And making headlines only 3 weeks ago, the louis baton location at the plaza was hit after 15 people broke into the shop driving a land rover through the window to get inside, stealing thousands of dollars worth of merchandise employees at the plaza. More mindful after dark. Youre careful and walking to your car. Youre careful. Anyone with information about the Armed Robbery that happened right off of locust street urged to contact walnut creek police. Police say theyre looking for 2 men. Who got away in a white sedan reporting live to justice. Back to you. All right, stephanie, thank you very much for that. Well, we are already several weeks and the californias rainy season there is growing concern. We could see flooding in the months ahead. Kron 4 s Charles Clifford joins us live from the south bay with more on that. Hey, charles. Good afternoon. Well, this is flood preparedness week here in california. Officials are asking people to be ready. Californias rainy season usually runs october to april, but this winter, we will see el nino conditions, which traditionally has meant warmer temperatures and more rainfall. And that means a higher likelihood of flooding here in the south bay, the Santa Clara Valley Water District has been clearing out the creeks, including guadalupe creek, silver creek and coyote creek in preparation for potentially wet weather. The city of san jose is also clear thousands of storm drains at a press conference on wednesday morning. The city along with ali water and the National Weather service are advising people to be prepared. Its really important to be prepared. Now. Prepared ahead of time to know your risks. Know your hazards. And in no those places to go to find that critical information that you need in order to protect your property as well as your light. Now, officials are also recommending that folks check with your city or county, a local Water District to find out where your near sandbag station is in case you need to get sandbags. If theres flooding. They also recommend having a go bag, ready to go in case you need to leave home on short notice and they recommend signing up for emergency alerts in your area. All right, back live now. They also say that folks find out if their home, their apartment, where they live is in a flood plain or if it might be an extra creek or stream somewhere that might be in danger of flooding if the rains too much, just know how much risk you are. You have. But for now in the south bay, Charles Clifford kron, 4 news, all of that. Very good advice. Thank you, charles. Just the newsroom. Fortyniners head coach Kyle Shanahan says brock purdy. Hes in concussion protocol. Shanahan says pretty began having concussion related symptoms on the flight home from minnesota. Not clear whos going to be able to play sunday if he kaptur that sam darnold would get the start against the bengals on sunday. The San Francisco giants have introduced their new manager bob melvin. He is a bay area native who says being named the teams next skipper big dream. A dream come true. Kron fours erin wilson joins us live from oracle park. Aaron, what to see 100 out. Well, catherine, i can tell you he sounds very excited to be here. Excited to be back home where he grew up, excited to be back home where he also managed for the oakland as but also played his catcher for the giants. And takes home to a whole new level because not only has he play for this franchise, but now hes leading this franchise trying to revitalize that winning way that they had just a few years ago when they brought home 3 World Series Champions within championships within years of each other. And so we talked about today being a full circle moment it any other moment in his life was one. Its this one because obviously hes excited to be here and hell be here for a little while. They have locked him in on this country through 2026. Now farm on the teams president has also been by principle, not on paper and pen just yet. He has been extended through 2026. Along with milk. So thats exciting. Now, when you think about the fact that it was tough for melvin to get here. Well, it wasnt too tough because san diego actually didnt put up much of a fight. He was managing diego for the last 2 seasons. And according to apartment today, there was no compensation, a one in or the other for bob melvin to come here now, im sure that the deal is still being worked out in ways that will understand in the near future. But until then, like i to myself, if there was pressure to get this team back to their winning ways in, well, this is what he had to say. I wouldnt say it pressure . Theres always pressure when you go out and play. Its more responsibility that i feel here even more. So maybe then wherever ive been because of the fact i grew up here. So, you know, pressure just part of it all. But the expectation is going to be to win here from day one and and definitely have the resources to do it. Definitely have the resources to resources rather to do it in. They will need to use those resources in the offseason of course, round out this roster ithe way that they feel that they can be competitive because up against division rivals, they will definitely have something up again. So something to go up against because they have strong roster. De la dodgers are expected to be very aggressive in the offseason. It people are hoping the giants do the same. Right now. They stopped a little bit about the luxury tax but not much. And i dont think that it sounds like this an issue for them. So well just have to wait and see how this offseason pans out. But i can tell you right now, bringing in bob melvin just weeks after letting go of kepler. Theyre already moving in trending a what seems to be the right direction. Catherine, ill toss it back to you in the studio. Thank you. And i guess well find out how it goes. But sounds exciting. Thanks, karen. Coming up, an update on the little otter known for being big headache to surfers. Whats new in her life . Also, Governor Newsom met with the chinese president invasion. Why he says hes but first, we finally have a new House Speaker latest from washington hours after louisiana congressman mike johnson got enough votes to be the new speaker. And were running a little cool out there. Also chance of a shower in the north bay. Ill have a House Republicans have finally elected a new speaker, louisiana congressman mike johnson. This time the gop support was unanimous correspondent jessi tenure has the story. Johnson was quickly sworn into office and his name already placed above the Speakers Office showing just how ready lawmakers are to get back to work. 56 speaker of the United States house of representatives, the honorable mike johnson. After 3 weeks of infighting, thank you all. House Republicans United around louisiana congressman mike johnson to replace ousted speaker kevin mccarthy. The challenge before us is great. But the time for action is now and i will not let you down every republican on the house floor wednesday supported johnson giving him a total of 220 votes. And new york congresswoman Elise Stefanik explained why a friend to all. And an enemy to none. Mike is strong, tough and fair. Former President Trump whose influence shaped the race agreed with comment House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said he will work with johnson finding bipartisan common ground. Whenever and we have a possible. But other House Democrats like california congresswoman judy chu called johnson extremist on abortion. Im just worried about. Our institutions upholding government under mike johnson and massachusetts congressman jake talking class stress johnson was one of the leaders behind the effort to overturn the president ial election on january 6, speaker johnson won the gavel by appeasing the medical wing of his party through election denial and extremism. Johnson says the first order of business for the house will be approving a resolution in support of israel. In washington, im jessi tenure. Former President Donald Trump has been fined a second time for violating the gag order in his new york fraud case. He was fined 10,000 today. He later told reporters the judge is, quote, a very partisan judge with a very partisan person sitting alongside him, perhaps even more partisan than he is a justice. Arthur engoron called those comments a blatant violation. He find trump 5,000 just last week for a post on the trials, a clerk on truth social. It was another incident. Trump but kept the post on his Campaign Website long after the judge ordered it to be removed. New york state allows judges to impose fines, even jail time for contempt charges. Theres been a Surprise Development in the federal election subversion case against president. Former President Trump, former chief of staff mark meadows has been granted immunity in exchange for his cooperation. Meadows reportedly told special counsel jack smiths team trump was dishonest after the 2020 election. He says trump new allegations of voter fraud were baseless. And meadows agrees with the assessment that the 2020 election was the most secure in history. He has met with the special counsels prosecutors at least 3 times and testified in front of a grand jury scott wiener has announced his bid for a 3rd term in the state senate. The San Francisco state senator made that announcement today. The 53 yearold openly attorney was first elected to the state senate in 2016 after serving 2 terms on the board of supervisors, wiener has become one of the legislatures most outspoken progressive lawmakers. Hes written a number of highprofile bills aimed at boasting Housing Production and shoring up the rights of lgbtq residents. A fall snowstorm heading to Northern California and the Sierra Nevada this week expected to hit today, probably lasting through. At least thursday, as much as 3 inches of snow expected at the 6,000 feet level and above lower elevations could get maybe about an inch of snow. But they said probably will not accumulate if youre headed that way, you are being advised to check conditions before you go. And time for a look at the this is that taco looks beautiful. Grogan is here. Its not like nice. It does look if they were showing video before. That was definitely not this system to seem like a lot look anything like that. I know its a little bit of snow that look like its from the middle of winter, weve got all that snow last winter. But theyre just getting a little bit of snow. Ill talk about that just a second. Lets talk about the bay area because look at the clouds, especially here on the mount tam cam getting very foreboding. That is the same system thats set to bring that snow to the sierra. And it certainly bring snow well to the north of us in places like montana and idaho. But for us, i want to talk about the sprinkles that might be coming to the north bay same system. You can see it kind of falls apart, but not out of the question that those clouds bring a few sprinkles, maybe even a light shower for you. I think up north of the golden gate is about all thats going to see that as we get into this evening. Obviously, you see the clearing very quickly. And that sets us up for a really nice day tomorrow with some nice sunshine. Now, how much rain . Well, yeah, 107 inch, not a whole lot. So just be careful. If youre driving, you might be seeing a little bit of a wet road there up in the north bay. This is the snow that were talking about. So again, its not a lot of snow are looking for a couple of inches here may be higher up in elevation. They can get a little more than that. But it is that first snow of the season. And i know those who are skiers like to see where its coming from cold air from the arctic rushing down. You can see some of these temperatures up in canada there in the teens. Now the 20s. But even like seattle right now sitting at 48 degrees and you can see in spots like a in montana at 20 degrees. So thats that cold air being brought down from the jet stream and the success of low pressure systems helping to deliver that. So today were just seeing those clouds increase that north bay chance of showers. Were going to see this cold air reinforce as another front tracks through on friday. So thats going to stay a little cool. Not just today where you can see temperatures will be struggling to get 70 degrees. Maybe if were lucky. But also as we get tomorrow, the next couple of days wanted to start with halloween is next tuesday. Looking pretty good. Were going to pick up the temperatures a little bit. I think our trick or treaters will be dry and also looking out for some 60s while their trickortreating. But a little chilly as we head across the next few days. To you. Thank you, kyra. If you spent time on the santa cruz coast the summer you might have spotted on are number 8 for one. Shes got an aggressive reputation and a growing social media fan club. That little otter is now a mother. A photographer shared these photos of her with her pup. She was launched into the spotlight after photos and videos showing her wrestling surfboards away from us or first, wildlife experts tried to capture arguing she was a safety risk. But that didnt work. And now officials are simply monitoring her using a radio transmitter. Still ahead, police in oakland are taking steps to try to tackle car burglaries. And the bay area county saying the biggest drop in Property Values since the 2008 financial crisis. Santa clara county is set to see biggest decline in Property Values since the 2008 financial crisis. Theres new information saying more than 17,000 properties have dropped in value just this year, home sales dropped by 25 county wide. The properties which value equal more than 4 billion dollars, inflation and high Interest Rates are being blamed with people struggling to get their homes sold. There is concern since 51 of all property tax revenue in the county goes to local school districts. Marin county officials have approved a grant for temporary rv campground on to chair a ranch in bolinas. More than 622,000 will be invested to help move people out of unpermitted structures on that ranch and into rvs and trailers. And there will be worked on to make conditions more livable in the event of a wet winter, the county is allowing the emergency rv campground to operate fall more permanent housing is being built in other places. Happening today, members of the local sag after a union plan to rally in San Francisco. Theyre marking the one 100th day of their strike. Its happening at San Francisco, a San Francisco city hall at 05 00pm state. Senator scott wiener will be there. The union and studio executives did meet yesterday for talks. Both sides are said to be negotiating again today. Performers are asking for minimum pay to keep up with inflation and compensation to reflect the value. They say they bring to streaming platforms. Coming up next, why the legal team for disgraced ftx founder Sam Bankmanfrieds. They say now he will take the stand in his fraud trial and a house once used as a meth lab is on sale for more than a million dollars. This is in the south bay and well take you inside riskreward dilemma. But first, what was discussed when Governor Newsom met with chinas presiden 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. Ftx founder Sam Bankmanfried will testify in his own defense. His legal team had complained that he did not get an adequate supply of his adhd medication. They said that would hinder trial preparations. Bankmanfried will be subject to a crossexamination by federal prosecutors. They plan to press him tomorrow on details of the collapse of his Crypto Exchange ftx. On the peninsula. The San Mateo County board of supervisors is considering setting up a civilian Oversight Committee of the Sheriffs Office office, both supporters and opponents were talking at a special session about this. Supporters say other areas have successfully created similar committees to assure the public deputies are held accountable. Critics say if you add another agency that might only complicate any attempts to improve accountability, a final vote is expected at a november board meeting. All right. Take a look at this. A burglar breaking into a car in oakland making it look a really easy using a sharp object broke the glass with a couple of punches, ran off with somebody is bag that had been sitting in the passenger seat. Just one of the many videos Oakland Police have been releasing to show the increasing problem. The burglary. Its happening some cases near freeways. Police say areas near restaurants and shops are being targeted and other places which of visitors tend to visit after leaving the airport. Attended Many Community meetings and operate in in these areas. And their biggest concern is the. Auto burglaries are current. Hearing that the businesses and seeing our business having to shut down close Indoor Dining and leave the city because of the auto burglaries here. Police say they have added more foot patrols to these areas since july might be helping a bit because they were 1500 car burglaries reported in may last month. The number was 1000. Demonstrators rallied in oakland protesting again. Alameda County District attorney pamela price and her policies. They say she has failed oakland protesters included the widow of kevin, the cheetah, a Security Guard who was shot and killed in oakland while protecting a kron. 4 news i welcome the public. Prices repeatedly responded to criticism by saying voters asked her to reform the Justice System, a Justice System with her very progressive policies. In the north bay, the city of vallejo will continue to operate under a state of emergency for another 2 months. This is because of a shortage of police officers. The state of emergency was put in place in july. And since then, vallejo has been recruiting new officers and moving more Desk Officers back onto the street. The department is hoping to eventually have 132 sworn officers. There are currently 76. We need need the traffic division. Traffic horrible here. But are we have so few officers they they can and they do a great job out there. Theyre stopping people arresting people. Im shocked with them and people that they have. But we need to get back to that. I think if we get close to 132 sworn, then we can start having those special teams again. The city is even considering using billboards to help recruit new officers and representatives have been attending Community College locations. And this comes as the Vallejo Police department is being supervised by the justice department. San Francisco City officials and the community are celebrating the grand opening of a permanent family shelter. The 59 unit shelter is at the former oasis in this was originally an emergency family shelter during the pandemic. So it wasnt meant to be temporary. It was bought by the Saint Anthony foundation in june. The family shelter began operating in 2020 after fundraising brought in more than 100,000. There is new data on the number of young people in california who are homeless. The report says 36 of homeless californians are between the ages of 12 24. This is an interactive map that shows that there are more than 57,000 minors under the age of 18 who are homeless and more than 23,000 young people without parents or guardians facing that problem. A san jose home rated as a meth lab back in march is now for sale and the price tag. More than a million dollars. The property selling as it is kron fours. Rob nesbitt has the story. Very conflicting signs of this home on Potomac Court in san jose. One letting people know that the home is for sale and just behind at the sign on the fence as its unsafe to occupy surrounded by chainlink fence and warning signs. The san jose home isnt even close to move in. Ready this sign in particular, letting the public know that the home had been used as a meth lab. Go to the Keller Williams realty web site, and youll find that the home is listed for more than 1. 5 million dollars. Realtors, 8 hanna has an office just 3 miles from the home and says its a sellers market. But this listing price surprises him. If they do achieve this 1550 1000 that theyre asking for, thats a home run. Honestly, id be very surprised if they get. This was the scene back in march when the homes owner was arrested for having explosive material and police investigated for possible narcotic activity. The properties Description Online is transparent with the fact that the home is currently active meth lab and meth contamination at the home will be transferred to a new buyer and its current state, hanna says getting the home to a safe livable state wont be cheap. Somebody will need to come in to help out. Pretty much the flooring. The sheet rock insulation deducting. So youre looking at about 2 to 300,000 to bring this back to where it needs to be. A former meth lab sits in a residential neighborhood close to a school and shopping mall. 6 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms and a 6,000 squarefoot lot are some of the selling points. But hanna says the current price is not worth it and that he would have never taken the risk of listing it. Want to be responsible for. Cleanup may not be done right. 5 years down the road. The next owner of the sue, you. Because youre taking full responsibility and saying heres a clean bill of health. I also reached out to the listing agent who is selling the property, but they were unavailable for comment reporting in san jose. Im rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. Hurricane iota slamming southern mexico bringing strong winds, heavy rain, flash flooding. Otis made landfall near acapulco this morning as category 5 hurricane, the strongest hurricane to make landfall in mexico in recorded history. In fact, it has since weakened to a category 2. But the National Weather service says the threat of flooding and mudslides that remains mexicos president says communications in that area have been completely lost and authorities have having a lot of trouble reaching some of the most affected areas. And kron 4 meteorologist kyla grogan is here county so thats been a really season. Has been yeah. Because this one came in with 165 mile per hour winds. Right . And that was category 5. But remember, lydia came into port of i r a as a category 4 also underwent rapid intensification kind of busted the forecast. And then lets not forget hillary. The came into california, right . That was another one that was kind of hurricane. The behave very oddly. So lets talk about this. This made landfall as a category 5. And as you heard, catherine say, this is Mexicos Pacific side. This is the strongest hurricane to ever come through taking you through back 24 hours ago. Look at that. I goes right into acapulco and very sadly right now, theres still very little communication there. So we dont even know the extent of the damage or the injuries that are there. I want to take you back to yesterday morning. It was a Tropical Storm at 7 oclock in the morning had become a category one just before noon. By the time i was on air yesterday. I was watching it as a 3 threatening to become a 4 and then around midnight it made land contact with acapulco as a category 5 hurricane. Now thats katrina strength. That is major hurricane. As bad as it gets. No one of the reasons they think this might have blown the forecast here because people did not get as much warning as they would have liked is the very warm water, not only the warmth of the water, which is about 90 degrees, but the depth of that water, that big pocket of warm water that may have helped to fuel this and make it even worse than it could have been or should have been, frankly, according to the National Hurricane forecast, it is now just the remnants here of otis that are left. So you can see the winds. Theyre now at 35 miles per hour. So obviously things now are going to be pretty there, but a lot of damage still to be found out. Meanwhile, back in the bay, were looking out for just a few sprinkles and some cooler air over the next few days will be back in a bit. Well talk more about our forecast. Back to thanks. Resident of Solano County are getting a questionnaire sent by a group of billionaire investors from flannery associates. Thats the group thats buying land to build a new city and stern Solano County called california forever. That survey is asking people what theyd like to see from a new city. But some people dont like the growth way. The group is going about its business over the years saying theres been no real transparency. And coming up with a plan. Just to kind of make them look good, i think some people might fall for that. I dont if you read it, realize their main purpose is to make more money. You know, so i just dont really trust is asking people what kinds of homes and jobs and schools and other businesses they would like to see created. Theres been no date given yet for when those survey results might be released. Coming up, any space city is making big plans to redevelop its waterfront into a regional destination. And uber eats several bills. The biggest order i got this year. Details on a midnight snack but cost somebody more than 1000 right here in the bay area. And senators are talking about possible solutions to the fact about 3 and for low income workers do not have access to paid family leave. President biden is hosting the australian Prime Minister for a state visit today. Visit comes 5 months after President Biden canceled his trip to australia at the time the u. S. Was on the verge of a potentially disastrous debt default. Now, al been easy as being given a very lavish state. Welcome the visit happening during the specter of a broader war in the middle east as well as the ongoing war in ukraine. President biden says ties between the 2 countries have never been more important. Together. Were standing with israel against hamas, terrorism. Standing ukraine. Charity. The australian Prime Minister will be honored tonight at a full state dinner happening, of course, at the white house. On capitol hill. Lawmakers say theyre working toward a National Paid family leave policy, although theres disagreement about how to do that in a way that benefit workers and not negatively impact employers. Washington corr spondent Alexandra Limon has that story. About 3 fourths of workers in the u. S. Have access to paid leave, but only about onethird of lowwage workers received the same benefit. United states is the only developed nation in the World Without a national. Paid leave program weve talked about for years. But never seem it to actually do what needs to be done. Senators from both parties say guaranteed, paid leave, would improve the entire economy because more people, especially women. Would be able to work. But republican mike says the government must tread carefully imposing a one size fits all paid leave program could actually limit employers ability to offer paid leave policies. Some witnesses told senators at a hearing wednesday that many Small Businesses forward to provide leave leaves paid or unpaid is not a free benefit. The unanswered question with a leave mandate is who is going to pay. But ben, for hoeven, a Small Business owner from oregon says investing in paid family leave has more than paid off for his independent farm and greenhouse business. I will see a tremendous return on that investment in the form of retention promotion and and business growth. There are many different federal paid leave proposals and most provide some government subsidies. But right now it doesnt appear that any have the support needed to become law in washington. Alexandra limon. Burbank, democratic congressman adam schiff is proposing a bill that would give Unemployment Benefits to workers on strike. He says workers across the country have been striking or have recently been on strike. He says they need livable wages and should not be at a disadvantage because of an ongoing strike. The empowering striking workers act of 2023 as they call it would provide unemployment insurance. It is not clear whether this will pass because of the republican controlled house. Schiff is running for the u. S. Senate seat here in california. A surprise meeting between Governor Newsom and the chinese president today. This comes during newsoms a weeklong tour of china to promote Climate Change solutions. Newsoms office says the 2 men talked a lot about Climate Change but also about fentanyl exports. Something the white house has tried to curb through sanctions on chinese chemical companies. Were not going to move the needle on Climate Change unless the United States and china collaborate together United States and china together represent over 40 of global emissions. And i wanted to express not just my desire to collaborate, but i wanted to substantively work to advance that effort. Governor of california traveling to china is not both jerry brown and Arnold Schwarzenegger made that trip jack times during a their office terms. Brown went on to launch the California China Climate Institute at uc berkeley. Newsoms visit comes amid years of escalating tensions, though, between the u. S. And china. How to anything us time. It can agree on this space right . Why come to the South China Sea when it comes to pie y you the war ukraine. All were talking about the middle east i think the bside to china sea. Lets pass some kind of common but has being it has been a high challenge foot both party to do that. A rumored facetoface meeting between President Biden and the chinese president at next months apec summit in San Francisco being discussed might help ease the tensions. President biden will attend that summit. China has not confirmed whether its president will attempt. New at to San Francisco. Police say they have found 4 yearold for obvious are after she was reported missing tuesday morning. The little girls father alerted said that 30 yearold an r e a relative of the family took this little girl without his knowledge or consent. Inmate records show that the suspect has been booked into a San Francisco jail on kidnapping charges. And police say the 4 yearold was found in good health. A silver alert is in effect for a missing man from San Mateo County. The chp says kenny to was last seen tuesday afternoon and coma believed to be on foot could be wearing a 49 are being media giants windbreaker gray, sweat pants and brown slippers. Hes 5 foot 11, 240 pounds with brown eyes and gray hair. In the north bay, the Sonoma County board of supervisors voted last night to ban the sale of ecigarettes and flavored Tobacco Products and unincorporated areas. They say theres a problem with more High Schoolers using flavored tobacco, almost half the 11th graders surveyed in the county say yes, they theyve used an ecigarette and they say theyre very easy to get. There are 79 license, tobacco retailers unincorporated Sonoma County. Thats roughly a quarter the total tobacco retailers in the county. And the east bay, the city of martinez is planning to redevelop the waterfront area into a regional destination. That was the martinez mayor who says the project will happen in phases could cost 120 million dollars. The plan includes a Marina Village with the promenade, maritime recreation, hiking trails. And fish market during commercial fishing season. The waterfront is in contra costa county. It looks towards the Benicia Martinez bridge. All right. Time for another look at the forecast. You know, another area being developed like that. Sounds nice. Yeah, actually, if the weathers good, thats right. Today you probably need a jacket if youre going to be out and as those clouds are taking over. And the reason for that, take a look at this map and take your eye up to those winter storm watches and warnings that you can see. Thats because of the snow coming down in some of those spots. But its also because of the cold air rushing in, right . Thats helping to create that snow. And in fact, were seeing some of those snowflakes fly right now in tahoe. You can see in kirkwood skiers are happy to see that first going to snow. Now this is where we were looking earlier today. You can see all of lake tahoe, unfortunately, not so much as we look at it now bring you down to the surface of time. You can see some of that precipitation is certainly on the screen and you notice the lake itself is a little bit churned up there under a lake wind advisory today goes through 11 oclock tonight, expecting 40 mile per hour wind gusts out there and some pretty big waves. So as we bring it back, San Francisco, you can see weve got a little wind. Weve got some clouds are rolling in. Temperatures are certainly cool out there. You can see it here downtown francisco about 60 degrees. San jose hit the 70 degree mark. But pretty much everybody else in the 60s and some of the coastal spots still hanging out in the for a day to day. The wind is picking up and this is going to be with us as we go throughout the night tonight. So thats why i mention you might jacket if youre headed out as far as rain is concerned, not a whole lot of it out there. You can see how quickly its going to clear out, but we could see a sprinkle or 2 in the north bay. Really . Its all about the cool air. Just kind of keeping it cool for the next pfew days, even into the weekend as we get some sunshine back and then we get into trick or treat timing on tuesday. Were going to be looking out for some pretty good weather for trick or treaters. Looks like we will stay dry and get just a little bit warmer to back to you. Thank you. Kyla over 8 has revealed its most expensive order of the year happened in april. And San Francisco. A customer ordered more than 1200 worth of mediterranean food. That order included 3 gallons of hummus, a gallon of baba ganoush. More than 120 drumsticks. The restaurant at about 3 hours to get that order together. Not a lot of time, but they did it and they spend say it was a enough to feed about 80 people. As for the dish most often ordered in San Francisco this year. Uber says its a double from chipotle. Coming up next, protecting babies from rsv. The concern over a shortage of a new shot to help keep children healthy through flu season. For your health. The cdc is warning doctors nationwide, but the limited availability of the drug given to babies to prevent an rsv infection. The fda approved the antibody drug before just in july. This is not a vaccine, but it acts like one and it is delivered by injection. Doctors are saying this badly needed and theyre being advised to commute, telling people to focus on getting the drug to the babies at the highest risk of severe rsv. Next year. You might be able to take your flu vaccine at home. This is if the fda approves the nasal vaccine, flumist for south administration, its been on the market since 2003. Its the only nasal spray flu option available right now in the country. The drug maker is asking the fda to allow adults to give themselves the vaccine and to make it available to children as young as 2 patients would still still need to go through an Online Pharmacy to order it. And thats it for kron. 4 news at 2. We have another hour of news ahead. A big bust in retail crime for walnut creek police. But isnt enough for Business Owners and shoppers to feel even a little safer. And after 3 weeks of dysfunction, republican mike johnson has been elected. The new House Speaker have the latest from washington in a live report. Kathryn and kron. 4 news at coming up next. Now from the areas local news station. This is kron. 4 news at 3. Hello, everybody. Thank you for joining us on kron. 4 news