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Airport and getting through their gates. Thanks so much for joining us on kron. 4 news at 6. Im vicki liviakis. Im ken wayne. That protests started about 8 oclock this morning wrapped up about noon, but it delayed traffic both inside and outside of the airport. It has since cleared up. But tonight were learning more about how it all started in the first place. We have Team Coverage on the story tonight. Well start with kron fours theresa shes live at sfo has reaction from disruption at sfo as protesters block entrances and gate from outside inside the airport, protesters held signs and flags at issue, the conflict between israel and hamas with protesters calling for an immediate ceasefire to end the ceisis. This is something weve certainly seen before. And really, our goal as a public facility is to be able to provide for free speech activity yet ensure the safety and security of not only our passengers, but also our employees and the protesters as well. As spokesperson doug yakel says airport operations stepped in to try and strike a balance between passengers and protesters. And this is something where we do drill that we practice it. We kind of go through the actions that we would take in an incident like the one that we saw today. Yakel says that they received no reports of delays as they instructed passengers tl enter the airport away from the protest. We spoke to passengers at sfo about the protest and whether they believe the airport handled it appropriately, allowing them the platform before leaving but that think, too, you know, we need to. We need to know whats going on in the world and biggest its a good thing that voice. Our opinions the right, sir. Kind of a catch. 22, because i. It kind of snarls. The system. And that that could also turn people off of fighting for a ceasefire because its sort of like impacting them in a in a very and the safety of the public reporting live here in sf out racist back to you guys. All right. Thank you, teresa. Yeah. That protested cause some delays for traveling internationally block travelers from entering 2 different security checkpoints. A kron fours rob nesbitt has reaction from travelers. With beating drums and megaphones protesters calling for a ceasefire in gaza, arrived at sfo around 8. 30 wednesday morning. By 09 00am. They were lined up in front of holding a giant banner that read stop the world for gaza. Eric and darcy gurule a arrived at the airport around the same time as protesters were worried they would miss their flight to rome because of the chaos. This was blocked here. This and the other day was blocked and then outside was blocked from all the cars coming in. Protesters stayed inside the International Terminal until around 11 20am, and then moved outside where they joined another group of protesters for about a half an hour before dispersing Police Officer standing by in riot gear. But no arrests were made. The San Francisco Police Department says they facilitated and monitored the First Amendment activity. Their statement saying in part, quote, we are working with our state, local and federal Law Enforcement partners to continue to monitor any activity that may affect the safety and security of San Francisco international tsa workers close the ag gates security entrances and passengers were guided to other areas for security screening during the nearly 3 hour protest. Some delays on the airports departure boards. But most travelers like the grew lay say their travel plans were not impacted. But if transfer earlier this morning, we would have been able to weve been looking forward to this trip for a long time. And that was our rob nesbitt reporting for us the San Francisco chapter of the council on American Islamic relations responding to todays protest giving us the Statement Reads in part, were appreciative of the many people locally nationally and globally who are continuing to engage in protests to call for a ceasefire. Now, all people of conscience must continue to speak out and take action to end the suffering. Im part for news at noon. We also spoke with the Jewish Community Relations Council to get their take on the protest. Hamas of the holdup. So my mask confusion with these protesters is want you pressuring the arab worlds who have leverage with hamas to get them to accept the ceasefire deal so that we can stop these you devastating effects of the war. Its on the table and israel has effectively accepted that. So i also question are these protests addressing the right actor in all of this . Heres how things stand right now at sfo. Last check, there were 155 fight delays, 5 cancellations. Thats more than twice the amount of disruptions that were seeing today at oakland and san jose airports. And this particular protest sfo. It comes almost 4 months after dozens of protesters shut down all westbound traffic across the full span of the bay bridge. This is video from the protest that day that took place in november. Protesters stopped their cars on the bridge east of Treasure Island and then through their keys into the day before chaining themselves together and to the bridge protest shut down traffic for nearly 4 hours. 18 people were arrested and charged in connection with an unlawful Public Assembly getting back protest. Other news tonight, a man was arrested after police say he stole money from banks stretching from san jose to modesto in sacramento. Police say his getaway driver was also arrested. Police say heres the handwritten notes that 37 yearold antioch resident Brandon Lopez would use in his bank heists that says, quote, i need all the money in both through chores. Be quick, no games. San jose police say they launched the investigation after bank was robbed of 1000 on west capitol expressway last month. Authorities say lopez was behind Bank Robberies in milpitas fremont san jose, modesto, sacramento, and that 43 yearold tamara bush was the getaway driver. Lopez is now behind bars without bail. All right. Take a look at your screen here. Alameda deputies are asking if you to help find this teen who they say has been missing since the weekend. Authorities say 17 yearold card, a burst was last seen near the intersection of cherry way equal and avenue in hayward right around 3 oclock saturday afternoon. Deputies say he is about 5 foot 11. He approximately 120 pounds. They say that he was last seen wearing a black skull cap, a black sweatshirt with women scare me across the front black sweat pants with white writing on the front and possibly carrying a great backpack. Authorities say he didnt have a phone or any money with them. Anyone with information is being asked to call the Alameda County sheriffs office. All right. Lets step outside on what was just a fantastic day to be out and about celebrating the sunshine and fresh air blue skies, kind of a springlike day. And gayle ong is with us here in the studio to tell us we get more of it. Yes, so were sunny all week long. Its going to be really nice this weekend. But we have some winds will be dealing with. Theres a wind advisory thats been posted as of today. And that will be in effect until sorry, friday morning. So it is by monday it. So heres that wind. Bob advisory here says you can see our north bay communities and east bay communities, the mountains and valleys, the santa cruz mountains. And theres also a high wind warning in the sierra so up to 25 to 35 miles an hour. Gusts up to 45 miles an hour. So want to secure those items, if you havent already. And with the ground so saturated from all the recent storms, we could see some trees down. We countries from the storms and some tree branches down. So just mindful of that wind speeds. Now we are worse now. This is the onshore flow here in San Francisco along the coast of point praise. But as you look at fairfield, that they have that offshore flow there. So thats that warmer wind. We are usually worried about when its fire season, but we had nice dose of rain as you could recall. And you can see its pretty quiet on the Storm Tracker for now. Temperatures at the door pretty comfortable in the upper 50s along the coast and upper 60s as you make your way inland. And we are warming up. So that will be the next weather headline after we get through all these a breezy conditions. We have that were at 2 to 10 degrees warmer than we were 24 hours ago. So stepping out for dinner or if youre going go out and about tonight, we have clear skies, sunny at this 07 00pm hour with the daylight savings. We can see the sunset around 7. 15. Back to you. Thank you, gayle. A bill requiring Law Enforcement to use more accurate and objective drug testing passed through the state Senate Public safety committee. The bill stops agencies for making arrests are filing charges on the basis of these color based drug test, which are also known as cover. I metric drug tests the tests to assess whether a substance contains illegal drugs. The summit agencies across the state of stopped using the test due to their inaccuracy. The bill does not ban the use of the test completely, but it does prevent officers and prosecutors from using them as a faces of an arrest or charging decision, at least without verifying the results with a more accurate test. The bill now heads to the Senate Appropriations committee. Stop the stops, stop the stops, stop the stops. More than 3 dozen people gathered outside the State Capitol to urge support for senate bill 50 de by supporters as the smart act, the legislation would make it illegal for Police Officers to pull over drivers and bicycle riders for infractions such as a faulty tail like proper positioning the license plate or an issue with the cars bumper backers of the bill say it will protect people of color pointing to 2020 to data released by the state showing that black californians make up just 5 of the population yet account for 13 of all traffic stops. The bill does face some opposition from Law Enforcement and others. In a statement, the California District Attorneys Association said, quote, sb 50 jeopardizes Public Safety undermines the rule of law and reduces accountability for lowlevel infractions. The California Supreme Court is going to hear arguments from berkeley residents over the conversion of peoples park. The historic landmark said to be turned into more Student Housing the park now owned by uc berkeley was listed on the National Register of historic places. But in recent years has been called dangerous when used by the unhoused. Despite the parks crime field reputation, protesters against the housing plans rallied at the site in attempt to stop construction back in january. Since then, officials have blocked off the park with shipping containers to restrict access. Uc berkeley says it plans to house more than 1000 students on this site. But construction is being held up in the Supreme Court. The state Supreme Court justices are set to hear arguments in la next month. Berkeley is returning a parking lot on top of the sacred site to loney tribe. The parking lot is located at 4th street near 5. 80. It sits on the first human settlement to the shores of San Francisco bay, which was was established 5700 years ago. Berkeley mayor jesse eric, says that this is a historic step towards righting the wrongs of history. Coming up, the san lorenzo family came very close to tragedy after 2 gunmen shoot up their home during an attempted car theft just barely missing the family inside the homeowner confronted those suspects. Members of the legislature are calling for immediate action to tackle california is Home Insurance crisis capital correspondent, a tall was a stick with those on both sides of the aisle. And ill share what the situation just got. Personal for one lawmaker. And more on the new bill that would change the way food is served in california is served in california schools and how made. My dry eyes made me a burning, stinging, 5timesaday,. Makeup smearing drops user. I want another option thats not another drop. Tyrvaya. Its not another drop. Its the first and only nasal spray for dry eye. Tyrvaya treats the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease fast by helping your body produce its own real tears. Common side effects include sneezing, cough, and throat and nose irritation. Relying only on drops . Not me. My own real tears are my relief. Ask your eye doctor about tyrvaya. Your local election headquarters . Still too close to call when it comes to californias prop one measure. But those who oppose it say it is likely to pass the prop backed by governor gavin newsom would raise more than 6 Million Dollars for homeless and Mental Health services. The latest tally shows prop one is leading by approximately 4200 vote with an estimated 85 of the ballots already counted. In a statement, the group californians against prop one say, quote, we almost took down the bear, but it looks like we will fall short. Meantime, republican steve garvey now has more votes in congressman adam schiff in the race for the u. S. Senate garvey has pulled ahead by 4800 votes. That close tally is because democratic vote was split among several democratic candidates. A recent la times poll found in a headtohead matchup, democrat schiff holds a 53 to 38 lead over garvey. Whatever the outcome of the primary, both men will be on the ballot in november to decide who will fill the late senator Dianne Feinsteins senate seat to republican has not won a statewide election in california since 2006. Well, its official for the first time in more than 60 years, the 2024 president ial election will most likely be a rematch after tuesdays primaries. Both President Biden and former President Trump have enough delegates to be their partys presumptive nominees. Our washington correspondent Hannah Brandt explains what comes next. In a surprise to no one tuesdays primary cemented President Biden and former President Trump as the 2024 president ial candidates. Heres the rematch that to very few people wanted political science. Professor todd belt says because both men are so wellknown, voters will have a clear choice in the upcoming election. People have to decide. Do i want to live under Bidens America or do i want to go back to trumps america . Former President Donald Trump celebrated tuesdays results in a video message sent out to voters. Then quickly turned to a general election pitch. Now we have to get back to work because we have the worst president in the history of our country. And President Joe Biden has been campaigning all week talking to voters in new hampshire, michigan and wisconsin. Im optimistic not just about winning, my mom up to spec the country. Now both leaders have a Long Campaign ahead of them with the general election. Still more than 7 months away. Were in the age of permanent campaigning and this is going to be an exhausting election for americans and professor belt predicts this election will be very negative and focused on attacking the opposition, trumping a threat to democracy. And on trumps side, were going to hear a lot bidens failed policies. Last time we saw biden trump face off the election came down to just a small number of votes in key swing states and deltas thats likely to happen again. Its going to be very, very close because people havent shifted their attitudes on these candidates very much in washington. Im Hannah Brandt. Meantime, a georgia judge is throwing out some charges against former President Trump in the 2020 election interference case. The 6 dismissed account have to do with soliciting Election Officials to violate their oaths of office. Those stem from the call, former President Trump made to the georgia secretary of state saying that he wanted to, quote, find the votes needed to win. The judge says the prosecutors are allowed to resubmit their case to a grand jury. The former president has plsaded not guilty to all remaining charges. I whether time now as we get a live look outside those blue skies. We were talking about deal, still blue with not many clouds out there. On wondering, it time to put away the umbrella and break out the flipflops and shorts . I think so. You know, at least for the week, its going to be really nice. Im really looking forward to this weekend. We have some windy conditions. So we have to deal that for the next 3 days. So lets time that out for you here and are big wall here because that we have a wind advisory that was posted as of this afternoon and that is until friday morning. So its going to have offshore northerly wind component. So you may remember after winds, usually its fire season. Were not worried about wildfires right now because all of that fuel up. Weve got a lot of moisture this winter, but it will be picking up this evening as we are pretty breezy out there and intensify tomorrow by tomorrow morning. Really. And through friday morning. So you can expect some tree limbs down a minor power outages, especially for you and those mountain communities. I know you know when you look at their those strong gusty winds and well show it to future when forecast in a bit. But heres our satellite and radar. You can just see the wind direction coming down there. And i dont see rain forecast. So here is a future wind gusts here. 8 oclock were in the double digits in for nas. Sandra fell in the teens there. And then as you notice, the mountains in the north bay. 26. And that was peak and then towards the east bay. 29 in danville and 30 in livermore. And then to this is this evening, 10 00pm. You can notice the mountain communities there looks like its in the 30s and 20s. So thats going to be the pattern. And then this thursday morning. And you can see its going to be pretty breezy even if youre not in that when criteria cisco is going to be in the 20s and 43 in danville by tomorrow morning. So just keep that in mind. You know, you the message is to secure those loose items and then just, you know, were going to have some nice weather after that in this weekend. But like liberty sure you know, pretty close to officially being spring. So yeah, exactly is from the start. Interesting. Its fun to see no green. Now im here in the weekend. Were rain and then. We have clear skies green on the radar. New california bill introduced today would prohibit Public Schools across the state from serving food that contains synthetic dyes. The proposal target to read 40 along with 6 other chemicals that researchers say have been linked to hyperactivity in behavioral issues in some children as well as cancer. The artificial dyes can be found various foods like ice cream flavored milks, baked goods and more. The bill would not ban any specific food items but would have manufacturers make modifications to their products an out if it passes, it would make california the first in the nation to ban additives from school food. Coming up, the bill that could possibly end tiktok here in the u. S. Its now heading to the senate. More on the road ahead for that legislation. The house has passed a bill that could lead to a nationwide ban of tiktok. It requires a social medias Parent Company bytedance, which is based in china to sell it in the next 6 months or c. The app deleted from app stores here in the u. S. Now supporters of the bill say that the app is a National Security threat as the Chinese Government could force tiktok to hand over american users data. But lawmakers who voted no say the legislation wont stop china from getting americans data and claim the bill could be unconstitutional. Even without tiktok, the prc could still be able to conduct influence operations on other social media platforms. Some of us are concerned that their First Amendment implications here. House passage of the bill is really only the first step. The senate would also need to pass the measure for it to become law and lawmakers in that chamber indicated it would undergo a thorough review. During kron. 4 news at to justine waltman. She talked to a cal state east Bay Communications professor about how this could affect the more than 150 million users here in the u. S. If they sell the company thats going to be new ownership thats going to disrupt probably the platform. We certainly saw that when elon twitter. But if if the platform is banned, that we get all kinds of other unknowns, like, for example, whos going to be liable if people do access the find a way to do it through a vpn, for example or or something else. So i think theres a lot of unknowns and questions out there. Professor nolan higdon says that although the app is free, people have already been exchanging their personal data for the content. Still ahead tonight on kron, 4 news at 6, a man accused of stabbing 2 people and injuring one in davis last year was arraigned in court today. How he played in that case. Plus, San Mateo County leaders are pushing back against a team tease effort to try landline courts. Why they say it could be dangerous for some of San Mateo Countys residents and more than 1000 tree and Family Dollar stores are set to close up starting this year when we could soon start seeing thos our top story this halfhour, san lorenzo homeowner confronted armed suspects attempting to steal his car. He says 2 gunman opened fire narrowly missing one of his sleeping daughters as kron fours philippe jobs reports for us tonight. The homeowner took action. Broken glass right here from my window. They broke getting into the vehicle, but they did not get away with it. Thats because joey hawker to front of the 2 armed suspects early monday morning attempted to steal his when he received an alert on his phone. And when he went outside, the gunman opened fire. Heres the bullet holes. Right where i was standing. Theres bullet holes here and the first one hit right at my head level and honorably discharged on sergeant u. S. Marines hawker slipped on his front door steps in san lorenzo which may have saved his he says at least one of the weapons the suspects fired was an ak. 47 directed at his head. Fortunately they missed, but the bullets penetrated his walls and came close to his wife and 2 young sleeping