Now on kron, 4 news that to a pregnant woman and the child that she was carrying killed in a hit and run collision in the south bay where the search stands for the driver. Police say is responsible and the manhunt continues for the person responsible for gunning down 18 people of maine. We now know the identity of some of the victims. Come mayor sheng thao shares an update on the citys search for its next police chief when she says there could be a new top cop. Station. Hes calling news 2. Thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 news at 2. Im justine waldman. We will start with a pregnant woman and her baby who have both died after a hit and run crash in san jose. Police are now searching for the people responsible and kron 4 Charles Clifford has our top story this afternoon. Hes live for us from san jose. Good afternoon. Well, this is just a very tragic case. And now the Police Department here in san jose is investigating the death of a mother and her child. April, i mean, you think shes a sweet girl work on thursday, the friends of clower remembered her as a kind caring person and a wonderful teacher everybody loved being a contract. Everybody according to the san jose Police Department on tuesday clower who was pregnant was driving eastbound along blossom hill road when she was involved in the collision with a white hyundai sedan traveling southbound on winfield boulevard, 2 men in the hyundai, which was later determined to be stolen fled the scene on foot. So glower was taken to the hospital with lifethreatening injuries. But later died doctors performed emergency surgery to save her unborn child. But the baby passed away wednesday evening. So far police have not identified the suspects in this case or released a detailed description of the 2 men. This was the 42nd fatal collision in san jose this year and the 43rd and 44th traffic deaths of the year. Aprils friends say they are having a hard time accepting that she and her baby are gone. Really difficult. Now. All right. There has been a gofundme page set up to help aprils family pay for funeral expenses. Funeral expenses and the san jose Police Department asking if anyone has any information on what happened to give them a call. But for now in san jose, Charles Clifford kron, 4 charles, thank you so much. Well go now to the very latest on the manhunt underway right now for the gunman suspected in 2 Mass Shootings in maine. 18 people are dead. 13 others hurt. There are tens of thousands of people who are sheltering in place right now. And this massive search has stretched on for hours nearby schools and businesses have been shut down. Get the latest now from reporter Kareen Wynter. A massacre in that manhunt underway for the suspect. He should be considered armed and dangerous. 40 yearold robert card. Police say a certified firearms instructor in the u. S. Army reserve assigned to a base in saco maine with a history of Mental Health issues. Card was committed to a Mental Health facility for 2 weeks over the summer. Currently there is an arrest warrant for 8 counts of murder. Mister karr. And the reason its 8 counts because 10 people have not yet been identified as those people are identified. The council probably go to the total of 18. 18 people killed, 13 injured in this rampage in lewiston, maine. Thats the second largest city in the state. That community is located roughly 36 miles north of portland officials are calling this incident, the deadliest u. S. Mass shooting since the Uvalde School massacre. So everyone 1. 3 Million People us. Beautiful the city did not deserve this terrible assault on its citizens and his peace of on a sense of security. Law enforcement officials also revealing that card reported hearing voices and allegedly threatened to shoot up a National Guard base in maine. Authorities say a mass shooting event like this is not something that. I just never thought it could happen here. Surveillance video captured card holding an ar style weapon at a Bowling Alley in those central maine with a population of 40,000 people. He walked into the business began shooting into the crowd. Officials say car then drove for miles to another business, a bar and grill and killed more victims. His whereabouts right now still unknown. But investigators did locate card subaru in lisbon, maine. Thats a few miles from the shooting scenes. That was Kareen Wynter reporting for u. S. President biden says he has been in contact with top made officials and he is mourning the loss of lives in this mass shooting. Democrats on capitol hill are renewing their calls for a ban on assault weapons and high capacity magazines. Vice president Kamala Harris saying the current levels of gun violence must come to an end. Gun violence has terrorized and traumatized. So many of our communities in this country, it does not have to be this way. For years, republicans have blocked attempts to renew the federal assault weapons and high capacity magazine ban. And that appears unlikely to change in the early aftermath of the shooting. Republican said the focus needs to be elsewhere other than gun restriction loss. That the evil this senseless violence and stuff, i just dont think we should be injecting politics right now. The most important thing we can do right now is to put our arms around the victims and their families make sure this person is to justice. The white house says President Biden spoke with the governor of maine and is offering full federal support. Well go nuts. The latest on the war between israel and hamas. Israeli tanks moved into northern gaza overnight in whats being called a targeted raid. Israel says this is part of the preparations for the next stage of combat, which is likely a ground invasion. United nations says gazas Health Care System continues to fail and hospitals are running out of fuel to power generators. Relief agencies say they may be forced to stop operations today if you will, runs out. Oakland mayor sheng thao says the city will soon have a new police chief earlier today i spoke with her live during kron 4 news at noon and she told me the Police Commission has been hard at work and will be making their recommendations to fill that position shortly. Thao says oakland will likely have a new chief before the end of the year. Im very optimistic that i will receive the 3 names they will recommend to me so that i can make a decision around the police chief. And so we we timeline. Were back on track. And so im excited for those efforts. And by next year, we will have our new police chief. Oakland has been without a police chief since the mayor fired the wrong armstrong in february. The Pleasant Hill pilot charged with trying to shut off the engines of an alaska jet midflight is expected in federal court today earlier this week. Joseph emerson pleaded not guilty to 83 counts from the state regarding Second Degree attempted murder. His First Court Appearance in federal court is for a single count of interfering with flight crew members and passengers. Police in oregon say emerson told them he took magic mushrooms. 48 hours before the flight and he thought he was dreaming when he tried to shut the engines off. He added that he had a nervous breakdown and was struggling with depression and the recent death of his friend and that he had not slept for 40 hours. A live look outside here quite tower in San Francisco. One little leaf. Theyre blowing away. Beautiful blue skies today. But yes, that chill is in the air will bring in meteorologist kyla grogan for our first look at the forecast. Good afternoon. Hey there. Good afternoon. Lot of blue skies out there. Cool start to the morning. No doubt about live from the east bay, though, looking very nice right now. But this morning, if youre in the north bay, thats where the coldest temperatures are. In fact, a parka down to 34 degrees. 36 in Santa Rosa Sonoma and blow. And 37 in napa and point rays. Those are the chilliest ones that i saw on the map and was looking this morning out. Thankfully, we have rebounded to a pretty nice day today, albeit a little bit below average. So you can see right now and were at 62 in downtown San Francisco. 67 up in santa rosa. And weve got some those kind of mid to almost upper 60s over the inner east de san jose about 68 degrees. So a little bit of a difference in temperatures between now 24 hours ago are starting to even out of it and even get a little warmer in the north bay and in San Francisco. But still a few spots that are a couple of degrees cooler. Nothing too dramatic as we go throughout the night tonight. One thing to notice is were going to have kind of mostly clear skies. A few clouds out there. But the moon, we have a full moon coming up saturday. So its getting very close to a full and sits will have less cloud cover today. Can be kind of nice to check it out. But also means that we see the heat of the day escape quickly when there are a lot of clouds and that does allow some of those inland valleys once again in the north bay to be looking out for temperatures in the 30s. So those clear skies, unfortunately, come with a little bit of a price this time of year. As we zoom out, you can kind of see the next thing that well be looking out for in our weather because of High Pressure and low pressure that are going to be creating a wind gradient and driving some offshore winds. So we now have a fire weather watch going into effect on saturday morning. And that will take us through the weekend. The peak of the wind looks to be saturday night into sunday. When i come back in just a bit, well talk more about that. Unfortunately, some fire danger. We have done so well this season, but this weekend could be a little bit of a rough ride. Back to all right. Thanks so much. Were now learning new details about when the oakland as plan to become the las vegas ace. Still just hard to say. Yesterday team leaders gave the Stadium Authority board in las vegas. A timeline for building a new stadium on the strip. The team also presented a Lease Agreement and details on Community Outreach programs and worker wages. The as told Board Members they plan to start work on this new stadium in 2025 and that it should be finished by 2028. But the as move. Its not a done deal just yet. It still needs to be approved by the other major league owners. I certainly hopeful that the owners will and i dont see how you could miss it. Frankly, what las vegas brings to professional sports. One, located here. Mlb commissioner rob manfred has said he hopes the owners will vote on the as move when they meet next month in texas. Meanwhile, the as lease at the coliseum expires after next season. So its not clear where the team will play after that. Coming up here, though, this year sees its first snowfall. How ski resorts are preparing for what is expected to be a busy winter. And how police able to find the cold case. Murder suspect nearly 44 years after the stabbing death of an 18 yearold Security Guard in the south bay. But first, now that the house of representatives has a new leader. They have a busy couple of weeks ahead in order to avoid a government shutdown. So well look at the issues theyre trying to tackits back to business in congress. Not that the house is elected mike johnson to be the. 56 speaker of the house. The house immediately resume work on wednesday, passing a resolution defending israel and condemning hamas. Wiernicki reports that congress has a big to do less and very little time to act. Its back to work on capitol hill. The house will be in order. New House Speaker mike johnson gavel didnt thursday, ending the 3 week legislative paralysis in the lower chamber. Youre going to see an aggressive schedule in the days and weeks ahead. Youre going to see Congress Working as hard as its ever work. Johnson faces a packed list of priorities. Congress needs to consider a funding bill to support israel and ukraine and pass a spending bill to avoid a november 18th. Government shutdown. Johnson says to do that, hes open to passing another continuing resolution to keep the government funded. While the house passes the rest of the Appropriations Bills that have a clean. Continuing resolution, if thats necessary. And a clean year in spending. Agreement. But some democrats say they wont support any bill that includes republicans, extreme spending cuts. The republican Appropriations Bills still contain deep cuts to education and health care and services for the elderly and others who really need help in our country. And Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer cuts wont make it through the senate either. Speaker johnson tries to send those cuts over here. Not going to happen. It will be did they will be dead on arrival. Still, johnson says hes willing to work with democrats to get the job done. The challenge before us is great. But the time for action is now and i will not let you down in washington. Im anna wiernicki. A group of republican senators moving now to separate israel from other foreign aid packages. Notably the war in ukraine. Funding for ukraines war with russia has become a hot button topic for some conservatives. The bill sponsored by kansas senator Roger Marshall provides 14. 3 billion to israel alone. And this differs from President Bidens request for 100 billion dollars to provide aid for israel. Ukraine, taiwan, and some other issues. Some republicans have accused the white house of trying to leverage aid for israel into funding for the ukraine war. The new york congressman who pulled the fire alarm right before the house spending bill vote pleaded guilty today to a misdemeanor charge. New york representative Jamaal Bowman appeared in court saying he regrets his actions. He also called his actions embarrassing. He says he pulled that alarm because he was rushing a vote and the door in the Cannon House Office buildings. Well, they were locked. That alarm caused the building to be evacuated. Republicans pounced on this, accusing him of trying to delay the vote to allow more time for democrats to vote on funding the government. Baumann is saying that was not the case. He has been ordered to pay 1000 fine. Southwest Airlines Pilots are picketing outside of the Airlines Headquarters in texas as contract negotiations continue. Pilots, the Association Members held an informational picket in dallas today while executives hosted a big event inside the pilots are demanding better working conditions and improved operations. Their union says the airline is losing pilots on a daily basis to competing companies because theres better pay and Better Benefits and they say better scheduling us needed to avoid another system meltdown like last years that left thousands of travelers stranded. Brunt of our focus has been scheduled. Thats going to continue to be because at the end of the day for customers dont come back. And thats what our pilots you know, thats why we go to work for us. Southwest just recently finalized a deal with the flight attendants union. The airline says negotiations with the Pilots Association are expected to wrap up sometime next month. Releasing its outlook for the Winter Weather season and it could be another killer. One for skiers. The agency says there is the potential for wetter than average conditions in Northern California from december through february, which could mean we could see a lot of snow. The ski season and with opening day for some tahoe ski resorts just around the corner, they are getting ready. Were definitely starting to ramp up and having the here. Were planning on beginning snowmaking tonight. So those temperatures are actually getting low enough that we can start making snow. Ski resorts can begin opening their doors for the 23. 24 winter season. Coming up, starting on november, 17th. And heres a sign winter is coming. The first chain control checkpoint of the season took place in the sierra after snowfall this week created some Hazardous Conditions on the roads. Multiple crashes, including a jackknifed big rig, were reported leading to traffic delays along 80, according to caltrans semi trucks, transport millions of dollars worth of commercial goods every hour over donner summit. More than 30,000 vehicles pass over the summit every single day. And while some people dread driving on icy roads, we found one dad who says hes just getting ready for snow season. Love the snow. I mean that thats great. Actually read plow snow usually in the winter time. So thats kind of our 2 cash. Jane, you know. I love it. I love being out in the snow, but have to do it for a job. But driving around in the game right . Love the chp is reminding drivers that what it snows take it slow. All right. Lets take a live look outside right now. Hears hey, look, theyre in 88 castle peak. Yes, there is some snow on the side of a falls here welcoming in winter, welcoming in kyle. Will. That is a sight for sore eyes. I cant believe it. Yes, snow is out there. Which you know, weve kind of broken the seal on the snow thing. Having said that, it wasnt a whole lot of snow. But take a live look here. You can see this is from diamond peak. You look right to the back of the picture here, you can kind of make out a little snow right along the top of the sierra. But really pretty this morning when it came in, it was quite clear and i can see it very not seeing it so easily today, but here we are about 2 to 4 inches of snow. Not everyone reporting it and some of the ski resorts, but the Sierra Snow Lab got 3. 9 inches, 2 inches and heavily and palisades tahoe reported 2 inches as well. A little cool out there right now. 49 degrees in south lake tahoe. Wind is relatively calm. 45 in truckee . Theyre going to get down into the highs just being in the 40s as we get into the next couple of days here. So you can see thursday and friday into the 50s. But just yesterday they had a wind w, advisory on the lake. Nothing for them this weekend. However, here in the foothills of this year, you are included in this. We have fire weather danger, unfortunately, coming this weekend, a fire weather watch in place starting saturday morning and going through sunday afternoon, expecting winds to be about 15 to 25 Miles Per Hour, but gusting higher than that, about 40 Miles Per Hour. Humidity levels dropping. This is offshore wind. This is the kind of thing that we get. You know, unfortunately, every time we go into this part of the year, we get those offshore diablo winds. You can see all the areas here. North bay hills and mountains are east bay hills and mountains. Also down in the santa cruz mountains. Those Higher Elevations spots are going to the dangerous part. So High Pressure here. Low pressure, of course, brought some of that cold air. And were going to see that now with clockwise meets counter clockwise circulation, wind gets driven from the north northeast and that provides the offshore wind. That is dry, offshore wind. It is very different than what happens when we get the ocean air coming in, bringing in the moist kind of cool air, as you can see already right now, relative humidity levels in the teens right now in napa and jan and were going to much lower than that. Once that wind starts rose, let me just show you really quickly here this afternoon. A little wind tomorrow afternoon, a little wind thats both onshore. But when we get to saturday, this is when the offshore wind starts to roll. You see it right there. Going to peak saturday night into sunday. Some of these gusts getting upwards of 40 Miles Per Hour. So that is fire danger. And again, that will be saturday and sunday. So just make sure youre ready for that. Look, your standard forecast shows we stay cool until we get into next week. Back to you. Thank you so much. Still ahead, a new report finds that San Francisco has been operating out of compliance with state housing laws. How this could have created decades of costly building delays in the city. And after weeks on the picket lines, the uaw was announcing a tentative agreement with one of the automakers will take a look at that deal that could and this strike. United auto workers have now reached a tentative agreement with ford that hope to bring an end to its sixweek long strike. The union says part of the deal is a 25 base wage increase into 2028 top wages will increase by more than 30 . Ford is also reinstating a cost of living allowance. Uaw president shawn fain says they won concessions. Nobody thought was possible. The deal is subject still to approval by the uaw is Ford National council and a majority vote by some of the 57,000 ford workers. Negotiations with General Motors and chryslers Parent Company stellantis continue. But its hope that this agreement will help reach a breakthrough with those companies as well. Negotiations between sec after on the Hollywood Studios resume today. They were pushed back a day yesterday to give the union more time to respond to the studios latest offer. It includes a bonus for the most watched streaming shows increase in the minimum rates. However, it does not give actors a cut of those total streaming revenues, which the union has made a centerpiece of its demands. And accountability report from Governor Newsoms office finds that San Francisco is out of compliance with state housing laws. The report looked what patterns may have created decades of costly building delays in the city. The state says the delays in the citys review local politics are having a negative and expensive outcome on developments. The california housing and community development. Program is requiring the city to adhere to 18 actions set by them such as increasing accountability and transparency in the housing approval process. All right. Up next here, pleasant. Pleasanton teachers cant reach a deal with the district will see what comes next. And the latest on hurricane otis and how police were able to find a cold case. Murder suspect nearly 44 years after the new to the suspect in a grisly sonny bill berger has now been identified more than 4 decades later. Authorities say after years without any leads, new Technology Helped them crack this cold case kron fours also money and live for us now in the newsroom with those details. But afternoon. So just saying this is a case that dates back all the way to 1979. Still, mena was working as a Security Guard in sunnyvale for a local business when she stabbed several times, she was found dead by officers with the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety blood collected at the crime scene had no matches with the national dna database. So the case remain dormant with no leads until october of last year when authorities submitted the dna for forensic investigative genealogy, a tool that has only been available in recent years, additional testing of fairness, belongings at the time of her death led investigators to a suspect. Several silva, a former resident of sunnyvale with a lengthy criminal history, including assault in Violent Crime. Silverwood later live in colorado where he died in 2008 after further investigation. Sunnyvale dps announced today that they can close this cold case by naming silva as the killer. They say the Saint Clair County das office and multiple agencies in colorado help them reach this conclusion, although we may never know motive for the crime. Officials say they hope that todays announcement will help bring menace family. Some closure tomorrow will actually mark 44 years since her death and the newsroom, Ella Sogomonian kron. 4 thank you. Oakley. Police have arrested an 18 yearold man in connection with the deadly shooting that happened at a house party over the weekend. Police say they have arrested jason while is de in antioch yesterday afternoon. The shooting happened saturday night on shannon way. Just a few blocks away from freedom. High school, a 16 yearold kamarion tucker from brentwood was killed and 3 others were injured. 2 of them still recovering in the hospital. That 3rd person has been released. The suspect has been booked into the main detention facility in martinez on over a 1 Million Dollar bond. Police are still looking into what led up to that shooting. The negligence trial surrounding that deadly dive boat fire off of santa cruz will resume today. Opening statements got underway yesterday. 34 people died when an intense fire broke out on board the conception more than 4 years ago. The captain jerry bolen is being charged with neglect. Federal prosecutors say he was the first of the 5 crew members to jump ship and that he did not direct his crew to fight the fire on board. With any suppression equipment, they also say he failed his duties as a captain by not assigning a night watchman as everyone else was sleeping. He has pleaded not guilty and has denied any wrongdoing. State senator steve glazer calling on governor gavin newsom to help with any ox Police Staffing issues. In a letter to newsom glazer wrote the city of antioch is struggling with Public Safety right now and the chp can help. And mayor lamar thorpe says Police Response times are very long since more than half of the citys 87 officers are on leave because there are several investigations going on into the forest. The mayor says this leaves only 4 or 5 officers patrolling the streets at any given moment. If newsom grants glazers request antioch will become the 3rd city this year to get help from the chp following San Francisco in may. And oakland in august. Take a look at this here. 2 street racers did not notice a Brentwood Police officer right behind them. This is dash cam video from the Police Department taking on monday night on sand creek road. Brentwood. Police say the driver is being in racing as soon as the light turned green. One driver pulled over and arrested on suspicion of initiating a speed contest and his car impounded for 30 days. In the east bay. Now were continuing to learn more about a deadly shooting at a barbershop in san leandro. One person shot and killed kron fours amanda hari on the scene. The San Leandro Community is shocked by this shooting that happened in the middle of the day. Were learning the victim was a barber at this shop down the street. Its a family oriented shop. This kids here. Every time ive come, dozens of people gathering near the crime scene tape tuesday afternoon. Crying and hugging one another. After hearing a member of their community was shot and killed around one san leandro. Police started getting calls of shots fired. Your east 14th street and blossom way tie rod sampson says he wouldnt expect this to happen here, dont be happening like this. But this is starting its starting to get crazy. You know, starting just go out of control. Police say 2 people were shot. Officers believe a client of the shop suffered minor injuries. The barber was pronounced dead at the scene surge and g says he went to the barber shop for years. He was a great barbara been going over over there since i was 5th grade. Maybe before 4th grade. And he just he was great with people. He was great with kids. Police are still investigating. If this was a targeted shooting, they dont believe theres any threat to the public. Sampson says hes related to the victim and also works at the shop. I would be did too. If i was was here you know, i just missed the police havent released any information about a suspect or suspects trust yet they did canvass the area for any Surveillance Video or witnesses. In san leandro amanda hari kron, 4 news. In the south bay, police in saratoga have arrested a man who is suspected of stringing up complexion dolls with new says the trees at schools last year. It was last november that Redwood Middle School officials found these dark color dolls hanging from a tree on campus. One of the dolls had a noose tied around its neck. And then 2 days later, another dog was found at Prospect High School on that. After that, another doll like that found hanging at saratoga high school. The sheriffs hate crime unit has identified 3 suspects in this case, a juvenile male suspect was arrested on suspicion of 3 felony counts of terrorism by symbol. The investigation is ongoing. Pleasanton teachers have declared impasse after one year of negotiating with the district that teachers are asking for a meaningful cost of living increase that will be competitive with surrounding districts. Theyre also asking for smaller class sizes and case loads Community Members and parents have signed a petition in support of the teachers and well be sharing their support at a School Board Meeting later on tonight. The fbi warning us about phantom hackers. Scammers are reportedly impersonating tech support banking personnel and government representatives. This specific scam misleads people to believe that their Bank Accounts have already been hacked. So the scammers convinced the victims to Wire Transfer money to them by saying theyll move the funds to a different account for, quote, protection. The fbi says government representatives will never ask for money through a Wire Transfer either through cryptocurrency or even prepaid cards. Now to the latest on hurricane otis, at least 27 people are confirmed dead after this category 5 storm slammed acapulco, mexico yesterday. It was the strongest ever to make landfall on Mexicos Pacific coast. Were looking at some of the damage here. Oceanfront hotels and restaurants suffered massive flooding and had their windows blown out. There is video from inside some hospital showing patients on gurneys taking cover from this powerful winds and right now many areas are cut off because of flooding and mudslides and thats hindering the search and rescue efforts. Theres also no power in acapulco and there are reports of widespread looting. Pilots tracking that storm for us. Yeah, its worse than we thought. Well, honestly, i mean, i think that what was worse is that we were unable to predict soon enough to give people more time to get out the way you see the storm surge there, all of that water, right . Just left there because it was pushed in from the sea. Im very sad. Very sad story there in a storm. As i mentioned yesterday, that could be studied to help make those predictions better in the future. Now, happy to say that right now the the weather is calm there. So at least they have that on their side and it is expected to stay that way for a while as we go back into the rest of the United States that you see all of these winter watches and warnings are happening are all the snow is bringing every california were getting into that area where the wind now in southern california, theyre getting ready for 2 diablo winds here. A santa anas down in southern california. And then the areas that you see in purple up here that is some of the freeze watches and warnings that are happening to some very cold air still spilling in. You can see it there in helena, montana, in casper, wyoming are now sitting at 19 degrees. Little different as we bring in california. Were cooler or not that cool. Thankfully. So you can see la sitting about 68 right now. Things story in sacramento, but eureka, 58 degrees. So a little cool. Theyre here. We are around the bay. Some 60s for the most part everywhere except the coast, right . So were looking at about 57 in pacifica, but 62 downtown San Francisco, 67 in concord and about 66 in sonoma below average, another kind of below average day. And we are looking out for unfortunately the winds pick up as we get into the weekend. But right now its pretty nice out. The sunshine is awfully beautiful. Those clear skies do allow us to cool down. Quickly, though we get into the night. So the next couple of days are going remain below average and the next couple of mornings, if you are in the inner east bay in particular, im sorry, north bay in particular, youre going to see those temperatures likely drop down into those 30s. But lots of sunshine in the forecast. Now, you might be asking yourself, well, what about when were going to warm up . Well, halloween is about when were going to start to see a little bit of a warmup and wanted to quickly just also so you that im starting to see pictures of people who have costumes for their kids, right . So this is tucker tate there in santa cruz. You can see the flipflops there at the costume in there with mom and dad are getting ready to get ready for the Halloween Party at school. If you have your kids and you theyre getting their costumes on. You can email me. The pictures here. Kron 4 weather kron 4 dot com and ill do my best to try and get them on the show. A jesse but weather looks good for halloween. Looks dry and it looks like its not to be terribly cold as well. Thats what were looking for. Forecast calls lots of candy. Retail fact, not a problem thats just unique to the bay area or even california. Now, some lawmakers on capitol hill are pitching a plan to address the crime at the federal level. Our washington correspondent Raquel Martin explains. This is a problem that we have to deal lawmakers day of time to clamp down on organized retail theft plaguing businesses nationwide telling news happening in every community, not a oneoff. Its not one person. Nevada democratic senator Catherine Cortez masto, an Iowa Republican senator Chuck Grassley are among the Bipartisan Group pushing a national approach. Theyve introduced a bill to create a centralized agency to help Law Enforcement investigate and prosecute thieves. Even across state lines. The same penalties applied whether it happens in california are in iowa. The National Retail federation says stuart, that surge 20 from 2021, 2022 costing retailers more than 112 billion dollars. Lawmakers i spoke to acknowledge this, mike and that began during the pandemic. But tell me they do not believe its linked to rising prices. Retail theft rings have been around you know, decades, really. And they havent been impacted by, you know, the National Economic cycles in the same way. Maryland democratic congressman glenn ivey, a former prosecutor. Says these arent just property crimes. You are actually getting hurt some instances killed. He says the federal intervention is necessary to protect retailers and communities. 3 dozen stores are going to go under because of the losses that theyre suffering. Some of those are grocery stores. The bill the support of nearly 80 lawmakers in the house and senate, but much more will need to sign with a bill to pass in washington. Raquel martin. Coming up, a south bay city ranked as one of the safest places to go trick or treating. Well tell which one plus. A whale of a tale here. A man is lucky to be alive after a whale landed right on top of them as he was windsurfing will go over the scary moment that was caught on camera. Plus the city of oakland very close to establishing its first lgbtq cultural districts will soon hear from people who are excited about this. Oakland getting closer to establishing the citys first lgbtq cultural district and neighborhood. Its an idea the lgbtq Community Members say is long overdue. Kron fours dan thorn has the details. Its something the city of oakland has never had before. This area between the grand lake and lake shore. Neighborhoods could be the first cultural district for the Lgbtq Community. Excited. Im big on its and this is this is historic. This is historic. Some overwhelmed oakland needs. Its own. On say spaces, cultural districts lgbtq and thats whats happening now. The cofounders of oaklands Lgbtq Community center say an official designation would solidify what already exists in the area. Run bars, restaurants and other businesses as well as the center itself can be found in the lakeshore area. Joe hawkins says San Francisco gets a lot of attention for lgbtq culture, but its just as important in oakland and it shouldnt be lost on people either plan our Lgbtq Community centers founded my black people as one of the in the state. Its not the only one founded by black people. Community leaders also say recent anti drag an antitrans legislation as well as increased attacks on lgbtq rights across the country. Show a known safe space is needed in oakland in general. We want to space that we can say this is our and we bring everybody together. With allies and people who are friendly. The entire City Council Still needs to vote on making the district official. But theres lots of confidence. It will become a reality. It just makes sense that. We now create zone thats a coach or zone. Thats where we can continue to showcase and provide Safe Environments for our community. In oakland, dan thorn kron. 4 news. Were in county working to create a plan to protect communities from rising ocean levels. A Virtual Community meeting is planned for this during that meeting, officials will get feedback on the plan, which includes more work on highway. 37 and restoration of marshes and wetlands. Earlier this month, Governor Newsom signed a law requiring coastal governments to create a plan to deal with rising sea levels in order to receive money in order to deal with that problem. Sea levels along us coastlines are expected to rise by up to 12 inches by the year 2050, experts say if that happens, 28,000 people in marin county would be impacted. Your time for where your local election headquarters in the south sonny bill Council Member has Just Announced that he is joining the 2024 race to be the citys next mayor district. 4 Council Members. Russ milton is now the first candidate to officially enter the race. He represents the citys southeast portion and is serving his second term on the Council Mayor larry kleins first term as mayor expires in 2024. The u. S. Secretary of energy, Jennifer Granholm in the bay area this week, secretary granholm will be in menlo park this afternoon to visit the worlds most powerful xray laser at the slac National Accelerator laboratory. Yesterday the secretary was in san jose with mayor matt mahan where she announced an update. 2 new federal programs that are designed to help nonprofit organizations become more energy efficient. Now to the peninsula where theres a tiktok video thats helping a longtime bay area business, diddy ums party and toy supply has stores in mountain view. San carlos and san mateo. 34 years in business. Its seen a lot of ups and downs. But lately its been struggling with a 20 decline in sales. Its competing with big online retailers like amazon. But the stores owners daughter posted about the store and the video quickly went viral. Theres over 1000 comments where people are saying, yeah, i shop there when i was kid, i had all my birthdays there. I love you guys. You know, above the law. And its like people that you reach 12 people that know you know, is amazing. This is the best part for the first time in years. Sales are right where they should be and to celebrate anyone who comes in and mentions that social media video will receive 50 off their halloween costume. A study is ranking the safest cities in america for trick or treating this year. And one south bay city ranked in the top. 25 sonny bill is number 25 in the country when it comes to safety because of low crime rates, a high number of Law Enforcement and safe streets for pedestrians. The study by the chamber of Commerce Organization looked at over 300 cities. The sunday study says in sunnyvale there are 8 registered offenders per 10,000 people and only 15 Violent Crime incidents per 10,000 people. In california for southern california. Cities also made the list. Well, talk about the weather for the weekend. Heres a live look outside right now at. Blue skies here in San Francisco. As far as it being safe. Thats also important. Yes, they need to rank like what kind of candy, those communities get, what you just given up a little mini boxes or given me job . I dont know. I was a kid and get the candy like a regular day. So halloween. I didnt care. We whatever candy you had. I was happy to get it. I was so happy to get it because that was not a thing in my lets talk about this when were going to be dealing with as we get to saturday, though, everybody. So today, tomorrow, no problems. We have our onshore flow, get a little breezy in the afternoon. You can see the direction of the wind bringing it on shore, right . Thats the cooler moister air. What happens on saturday . All of this change is now were starting to get that north northeasterly wind. You can see kind of emanating from the north there and showing up in atlas peak saturday. It continues into saturday night. You see some of these numbers getting pretty high. That is bringing very dry air our way. And that is when we get into fire danger. You can see there sunday in the overnight. It still remains into sunday and then finally ramps down. So thats why we and much of Northern California are under this fire weather watch. So it starts saturday morning goes through sunday later in the day and were expecting the wind to be 15 to 25 Miles Per Hour sustained, but gusting up to about 40 Miles Per Hour. That wind coming down is going to dry us out and drop those humidity levels. So wanted to talk about this of why this happens, right . So you get moist, warm air hits the mountain gets forced upwards rate and then once it gets up there, it rises and it cools. But then it comes running down the other side of the mountain and it picks up speed and it dries out and it warms and thats why we get that offshore wind that can cause fire danger. And thats whats going to happen this weekend. Remember, were kind of the enemy of ourselves in this situation. 85 1 of wildfires are caused by humans. So its a weekend to make sure youre thinking about what your plans are, what youre going to be doing and that youre going to be staying fire safe and not doing anything that could cause a wildfire because conditions can dot make that spread very quickly. When we get into this weekend, current temperatures right now 50s and San Francisco 60s across the board everywhere else. Wind is not bad right now as i mentioned. So this isnt until saturday that were going to start to see some of this kind of come together with high and low pressure and thats what were going to get some of the fire danger. So just make sure entire safe. Of course, all the talking you through it as we work our way towards the weekend. Back to you. Take a look at this. A wind surfer in australia got quite the surprise when a whale came out of the water. And not the surfer off his board. This happened off the coast of australia of the man said he feared for his life when the whale dragged him under. Fortunately, he came out of this whole thing uninjured and has some Pretty Amazing video to share with all of us. So up next, last week, it was netflix and now the price for another. A streaming service is going up. Apple subscriptions are next. 10,000 pounds of frozen burritos by Don Miguel Foods are being recalled because of a possible listeria contamination. The 7 ounce packages of the companys carne asada burritos are impacted. They have a date code d 23. 2. 70, food safety regulators say the issue was discovered during lab testing. There have been no known illnesses associated with those products. But if you have that, you should throw them out or return it. Tory, you got it for a refund. Theres another streaming service thats raising its subscription rates. But not just for it shows apple tv plus will be going up 3 a month to 9. 95 a month. But the tech giant is also raising the price of apple arcade. Apple news plus and the inclusive apple. One. But later served that latter service will cost about 20 a month more for an individual. The new prices are expected to kick in on a subscribers next renewal cycle. California cal fires ai detection tool for fires has been named by Time Magazine as one of the best innovations inventions of 2023. The agency partnered with the university of san diego to implement a network of more than 1000 live cameras all across the state and using ai alert, california monitors potential wildfires real time. That helps firefighters and also improves responses to potential disasters with the past 4 months alone. I detected a 77 fires across the state. So congrats to them for coming up with that great. Convention and innovation. We have a lot more news ahead for you here during kron. 4 news this afternoon. Any moment now were expecting an update from maine on the mass shooting that has left 18 people dead. Authorities still. Combing the entire state for that gunman. He is considered armed and dangerous. Heres a live look at where that press conference is set to start at 3 oclock. Our times will be watching from the bay areas local news station. We now with breaking news. Thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 news at 3. Im