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From the propalestinian protests all across the bay area. What were learning now after police cleared out of occupy uc Berkeley Building and which University President Just Announced his retirement a day after being placed on leave. Plus one East Bay Church needs more than prayers to help stay open in the aftermath of a devastating fire. Station. Hes calling for news 2. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron. 4 news at 2. Im justine waldman. Verbeek going to begin with the sentencing day for the man convicted of attacking paul pelosi of san france in his San Francisco home kron. 4 s Charles Clifford joins us now live from the federal courthouse in San Francisco with details. And he is going to be spending a lot of time behind bars. Charles . He is. You know, david de pap was convicted in federal court late last year of assaulting and kidnapping paul pelosi, the husband of nancy pelosi. And today we learned that his sentence will be 30 years in federal prison. David de pap appeared in court in an orange jumpsuit. He showed very little emotion during the proceedings. The judge in this case sentenced him to 30 years for assault and 20 years for kidnapping. Those sentences will run concurrently, meaning that he will receive a maximum of 30 years in federal prison minus the 18 months that hes already been in custody. Now, the judge did allow several victim statements to be read into the record, including a statement from nancy pelosi who said that her husband is still struggling with his injuries and that she was in favor of the maximum sentence in this case. Following the proceedings, the fbi made a statement to the media saying that they believe that justice has been served. Todays sentencing of david, the 2 significant prison term sends a clear message. The violence and intimidation have no place in our community. I was hoping he would last time. But, you know, really do about it. One of david, the past 2 sons also spoke saying that he is saddened by what has happened and you really tried his best to be a kind person. And the thing is because i know him personally. I know that there is no real heart and that person now the path is also facing 6 felony counts in state court, including for premeditated attempted murder, burglary, assault with a Deadly Weapon and false imprisonment. Jury selection in that trial begins next week here in San Francisco. Those proceedings are expected to last until late june. All right, back live now the judge in court today said that if david de pap is found guilty in state court that whatever sentence he received, their can run concurrently to his federal sentence. But for now in San Francisco, Charles Clifford kron, 4 news. Charles, thank you so much. Will go to the east bay. Now are a dozen people have been arrested, including a student after university of california police. The officers there broke up a propalestinian demonstration at a vacant uc Berkeley Building. Police say that last night, 12 people blocked the entrance to the and ahead, building the plywood and shields and then they violently resisted arrest using crowbars and they were hitting the officers. No one got hurt. The protesters are now facing charges of vandalism, trespassing and destruction of property. One day earlier, police had called the takeover of that building a crime scene, a recent graduate of uc berkeley says hes all for protests. But was not fully on board with this occupation. I mixed opinions about this, but im proposing, you know, i think theyre doing a good, good work here. Michael. The Investments Mission they have going on. Ucpd is reviewing video to see if they can id those who attacked the officers. So there is a champ smoke. More charges could be coming. Sonoma state University President mike lee has decided to retire. This is coming after csu administrators placed him on leave for insubordination after he made a deal with the pro Palestinian Protesters without checking with his bosses, the chancellor of the csu system says president ali is agreement was made without the appropriate approvals and the agreement included the academic boycott of israel universities. Some students in sonoma are supporting the former president s agreement and think that the punishment was unfair. Support the president and on the agreements against genocide. Kind of crazy. How a statement about lake. Ending genocide is like. Crazy, crazy thing that has put someone on leave. Now propalestine student activists groups say that the agreement that was laid out 3 page letter was a win. Others saw it as antisemitic. The nature of the program being in southwest asia, north African Studies was made without consulting with subject matter. Experts in the middle east of whom i consider myself. One of them is done a really good job up until now as president. I think he did not handle this this situation. Well, but i personally would hope youd be given another chance. Csu has appointed nathan evans as the new acting president of sonoma state and graduation is still scheduled for tomorrow. Ucla now under fire from republican lawmakers who say you the university failed to protect jewish students during propalestinian protests on campus. Republicans on an educational Congressional Committee have called on the school to turn over documents regarding what it called, quote, an inadequate response to antisemitism and the failure to protect jewish students. The committee is also seeking tax from staff and police and others by next week state repuelican lawmakers want to punish students accused of violence at the encampments by denying them financial aid. Also, fifa is considering placing sanctions on the Israel Football Association as the war gaza goes on the world. Soccer governing board is going to hold a special Council Meeting to determine if israels nations soccer team will be suspended from international competition. The palestinian Football Association had already asked for a vote to ban israel from competitive play, accusing the country of violating fifa rules during the war in gaza. Fifas special counsel is set to make a decision sometime before july. 20th. Stay with us here on kron 4 on air and online for the latest information on the war. Well go over everything from the campus protest to the conflict on the ground. Also, the hostage situation. You can find these details on our website. Kron 4 dot com. Well go now to the east bay where the pastor of a historic landmark is now asking for help. It was last week that flames destroyed a section of the sanctuary of saint james Missionary Baptist Church. That church serves hundreds of people and also serves as a food bank for the Oakland Community as kron fours theresa stasi reports, the past are still processing the pain, but is intent persevering . To the experience. You deal with it a lot and consoling people that went through it. When that happens to you really . In the moment to you dont have emotions can. Processing. Pastor robert lacey junior says in a flash, everything is changed. His church, a historic landmark with a focus on helping people now desperately needs assistance. Pastor lacey says last friday a massive fire broke out at Saint Andrews Missionary Baptist Church in opening. He was inside with others praying before choir rehearsal. It started to get hot. In the building and they what i will open the windows is kind of warm in here. And were in the choir. Stand the years. Thats where the fire started. And the house next door to church. Open up one of the windows and the sanctuary. Are the fire crackling and popping pastor lacey says that he and a parishioner grabbed fire extinguishers, but the flames were fears. We went into the back. Hallway and corridor. And started spring in the fire fight. The fire. Windows started popping. And at that point in time, we just realize it was too much for us to handle. Pastor lacey shares at the church is an historic landmark. Fact, the history of the church. 1916, it was built. By the African American episcopal church. To provide support for earthquake victims of sepsis going 19. 0, 6, and it has always been. Community service center. He has they help the community with meals and were gearing up to help west over residents with a Summer Lunch Program for children. The building is restricted for use temporarily. I spoke with him as returned from getting food for workers. Coming up kron, 4 news at 3 oclock. Pastor lacey says that the church is making do. Tending to the communitys needs, but it also needs help. Theresa kron, 4 news. An arson investigation now underway in piedmont after a car was torched there this morning around one 15, firefighters responded to a car and fire in a residential neighborhood near crocker park crews put out the flames and were able to prevent more damage and they share these pictures with us showing the car gutted by the fire. Police say after reviewing video, they determined that this is ar. On. But so far no one has been arrested. New video now showing us traffic flowing once again on highway one in big sur. Caltrans posting this video on social media. Crews say the area is now going to have signalized traffic control, allowing oneway alternating traffic in both directions. Travelers will now be able to go 40 miles south of monterey with a full closure, though, still in effect, one mile south of us lean part of that highway collapsed in late march following a winter storm. All right. Coming up, bay to breakers. Takes place this weekend. What you need to know if youre planning on coming into San Francisco, there will be some traffic. And a lot of people to be dealing also, chaos erupting as lawmakers hurled insults at each other during a House Oversight Committee Hearing the warning thats now being issued for House Speaker mike johnson. Plus, San Francisco residents now have a new place to shop for groceries and some delicious snacks. Well see where this new trader joes just opened. And we are cloudy over by the coast, but we have over by the coast, but we have some you cant leave without cuddles. But, you also cant leave covered in hair. With bounce pet, you can cuddle and brush that hair off. Bounce, its the sheet. Lawmakers hurling insults at each other during a House Oversight ommittee hearing. This happened while lawmakers were voting to hold attorney general Merrick Garland in contempt and our washington correspondent jessi tenure has the fallout. I feel here. Fake eyelashes are messing, mind the House Oversight committee quickly descended into chaos that many believe him when Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor greene said Texas Democrat jasmine crockett, eyelashes were obstructing her vision. How dare you act new york, democrat Alexandria Ocasio Cortez demanded the committee strike greens words from the congressional record. Are your feelings, her words girl baby girl. The debacle consumed the committee for more than 30 minutes before ruling to keep greens comments on the record crop of followed up with a disguised as a question. If someone on this committee then starts talking about somebodys bleach blonde, bad built bush body. That would not be engaging personalities. What . Now . The committee ultimately got its work done. Voting down party lines to hold attorney general Merrick Garland in contempt of congress. The move came after the Justice Department refused to turn over audio from president joe biden. Special counsel interview about his handling of classified documents. But the testy back and forth was the talk of capitol hill friday. We dont engage. Personal insoles, maryland democrat jamie raskin called the behavior disgraceful. Colorado Republican Lauren Boebert agreed with him. My apology was sincere because that that was happening while taking care serious business. And House Speaker mike johnson gave a warning to all lawmakers going to one of them with dignity. Respect in washington. Im jessi tenure. Hundreds of republicans from across california are set to converge in sacramento this weekend for the states gop convention. Heres video from last years convention in sacramento at the Safe Credit Union Convention Center downtown. The Upcoming Convention is set to include more than 800 attendees, including Republican National Committee Cochair lara trump and also south dakota governor christine 01. Party chairwoman Jessica Patterson says this weekend is all about garnering support and spreading the partys message ahead of the november election, including an effort to keep republicans in control of u. S. House of representatives. California republicans responsible for bringing the House Majority, the road to holding on to that House Majority rally that House Majority come straight from california. You know, we have picked up 5 house seats in the same time that democrats have lost 6 house seats right here california. Theyre going to come at us with everything that theyve got. The problem is they dont have solutions. Republicans are showing up. The convention will also address internal matters, including a vote on party bylaws. We did reach out to the California Democratic party for comment. But so far have not heard back. California is facing a 55 billion dollar deficit. Thats according to the nonpartisan legislative Analysts Office. This figure is double the 27 and a half billion dollars. Governor newsom projected in his updated Budget Proposal one week ago. The legislative Analysts Office is responsible for making recommendations to the legislature on how to mitigate this deficit. Lawmakers have until june 15th to pass a fully balanced budget. There is a big bay area tradition happening this weekend. Runners are going to take their mark for bay to breakers on sunday. People can. Ron job dance their way to the finish line a lot of them are going to be wearing some interesting outfits. Anything at all. But runner peach shaw has been doing this since 1975 and he says he has no plans to slow down during his 50th race this year. More than ever. Its the people and its its a race course itself. Its so fantastic. Going through Golden Gate Park and getting down to the beach. It certainly has helped me. Had foreigners. The surgeries, the last was in 2006 and a doing pretty well. 5 decades is nothing right pete started off with a group of 6 runners. They eventually upgraded their costumes and started to incorporate afloat. They even won best costume in the year 2000 for dressing up as a group of dogs. And this year hes going to be running with his friends once again for a special reunion and then they go to tommys joynt afterwards to celebrate. And there are a lot of road clur in San Francisco because of bay to breakers on sunday. Heres a map just giving you some idea of whats going on. But if you want to see the full list of all the streets that are closed, you can go to our website kron 4 dot com. Were looking outside right now here in San Francisco, breezy out there today and not as hot as it has been. Thats for sure. We have gail on here as we can talk about the forecast for today and also that bay to breakers forecast and youve never seen. Never been out. You know, i ive seen the videos. Ive seen the costumes and its a lot of fun. You see that are terrifying. Well, race time 08 00am it looks like well be in the midfifties with mostly cloudy skies. So nice. Cool temperatures and a light breeze. Perfect weather for running out there. As for the rest of the weekend, you can see that marine layer is breaking apart here. This view from the mount tam. And thats really the weather story. Weve seen the clouds over by the coast overnight in the morning and then we clear out and when we see mostly sunny sky know theres High Pressure right off shore that is keeping the activity to our north and keeping us nice and mild. And of course, a foggy. So here is that future cast model. You can see the fog coming back here along the coastline towards the evening. And then it will eventually reach the valleys overnight. So it will be another cloudy morning and then things will start to mix out the app in the afternoon. So sunny skies inland for the rest of weekend. And you can see view there. Im here. San francisco temperatures in the upper 50s as well as Half Moon Bay. Were already in the mid 70s in san jose and were in the 70s in livermore in concord. Should be bumping up to close to 80 degrees and those inland communities. So here is your sevenday forecast. Take a look at your inland temperatures where were mostly hold on to the upper 80s until tuesday. Looks like temperatures bump up to the 80s there, upper 70s and then the low 80s and then around the bay. You see the low 70s for the next couple of days of the coast will be pretty seasonable in the upper 50s 60s. But, you know, mostly sunny skies. And then those cloudy conditions over by the coast and we should get breaks from the clouds in the morning. And daytime, back to you. Gayle, thank you. San francisco shoppers now have a new place to get groceries and one of a kind snacks trader joes opening up a new location today on fulton street that some haze valley. This is the 7th location in the city. And in a statement, the district supervisor, dean preston says were thrilled to fill this long vacant space. But the Grocery Store after all these years, the area has been subject to encampments and vandalism over the years. And now neighborhood residents say theyre excited to have a Grocery Store option. So close by. Were so excited because this is part sort of revitalize neighborhoods. So its yeah, its tough to get to Grocery Store a lot of the time and its so nice. I look like a walk away. So im excited that i can actually like and on. The plan is launching grocery its a great community. So i think itll be a a place. The store is going to be open every day from 09 00am to 09 00pm. Get those Peanut Butter cup. All right. Still ahead, some good news for homebuyers and it has to do with market rates and why the masters champion Scottie Scheffler was cuffed on his way. The pga championship. The worlds top ranked golfer Scottie Sheffler arrested this morning before the second round of the pga championship in kentucky. And espn reporter captured this video of the arrest. So earlier outside of a cub, there was an unrelated fatal traffic accident. And the reporter says that scheffler tried to drive around the crash area that police had blocked off. And then police told him to stop. He didnt. And officer grabbed his car. He kept on driving for about 10 yards. He was then pulled out of the car and then handcuffed and and is now been booked multiple charges, including disobeying a police officer. Scheffler was released and then returned to the golf course to play his second round as planned at last check. He was currently in 3rd place in the tournament. And scheffler did issue a statement on social media after he was released. He called the incident a chaotic situation and wrote, quote, everything was just a misunderstanding. He says he also never intended to disobey the police scheffler also gave condolences for the person who died in the traffic accident. Thousands of people waited outside of Dodger Stadium last night, all trying to get their hands on the Shohei Ohtani bobblehead. His first one is a member of the team. Theres one in particular thats going for 1000 as of dollars already on the secondary market one of those 40,000 ohtani bobbleheads given out at Dodger Stadium. There was a highly limited bobblehead bobblehead that fans wanted. It featured him in the row on the road in a gray jersey and only 1700 of them are made and now you can get top dollar for it on ebay. There are numerous listings with it already going for hundreds of dollars. The highest listing weve seen so far had one seller asking for 5,000, although still above 7 , Mortgage Rates have now dropped for a second week in a row. The latest data from freddie mac shows a 30 year fixed rate is now 7 point. 0, 2 . Thats down 7 hundredths of a point from a week before a 15 year mortgage is now 6. 2 8 . The lowering rates could start to fuel a new wave of mortgage or even refinancing applications. Up next, state lawmakers deciding the fate of a bill that would legalize magic mushrooms for therapeutic purposes. Plus, thousands of people still without power after a deadly storm rips through the houston area. But first, a check in with a north Bay Food Bank on how food donations are bank on how food donations are looking and ominous music teacher . But its still true. There are four states of matter. There are solids, liquids, gases. Teacher trevor . Teacher not quite . Plasma. Teacher lights please. Teacher now, states of matter are comprised of relationships between molecules. Teacher molecules relationships. Nicotines a neurotoxin that can escalate teen anxiety. Teacher saved by the bell ominous music key partners for food banks are the local pantries that distribute groceries to food, insecure families. But as kron fours, Philippe Djegal explains much like many other nonprofits, monetary and food donations are way down for this group called faith food fridays. And it is struggling now to keep feeding people. Little bit helps neighbors dropping off food donations. Corporations offering cash volunteers giving their and a dedicated couple committed to fighting hunger in vallejo. Its really the Community Driving this and and supporting it. That makes it happen. Mary and dogs and her husband, benjamin cofounded faith, food fridays in 2011. The nonprofit accepts donation dropoffs and offers volunteer opportunities. 7 days a week at its pantry on salon away. It hosts food, distributions 3 times a week giving out at least 10,000 pounds of food. On those days, we would never in our entire history. You run out of food after distribution. And weve done that consistent with for the last 4 months eggs says it has been a struggle lately. Keeping the refrigerators school and even the lights turned because donations all around are down. Despite the demand for services jumping at least 50 since the start of the pandemic, monetarily and food supplies. Plus, we well, a lot of volunteers behind me, but we need more faith food, fridays partners with the food bank of contra costa insalon serving as a distributor. The Organization Also provides groceries to homeless Vallejo City Unified School district students to keep them fed. When schools closed School District academic support providers here logan pix, the food every week and the children look forward to it. And its not just because they receive a bad, but i believe because it does down. And help them over the week. Volunteer say their work is fulfilling safina way donates her time every friday. I think were doing a good job, but we have a very nice grew far. Women, especially women. And course, we do come in to india. With well, we get food you know, from individuals lemmons off their anything you know, if youre clearing out your pantry as long its not expired. Will take will get put to good use. And in all likelihood you will be helping out a neighbor. In vallejo, Philippe Djegal kron, 4 news. California lawmakers have decided not to advance a bill to legalize psychedelic mushrooms. San Francisco State senator scott wiener was behind the regulated psychedelic assisted therapy act would have allowed licensed professionals to give psychedelic mushrooms to patients over. 21 years old. The bill failed to advance out of it. Senate committee this week earlier this year. Governor gavin newsom vetoed a bill from wiener that would have legalized the possession of small quantities of hallucinogenic deaths from overdoses from drugs is dropping in the u. S. For the first time. Now in 5 years, preliminary data from the cdc shows theyre around 107,000 Overdose Deaths in 2023, which is about a 3 decrease from the year before. Cdc officials saying that the final number may be different, but they believe that there will be a decline. Prescription painkillers were once the driving force of Overdose Deaths in the u. S. That it was heroin. And now its fentanyl. The cdc is warning about a resurgence of mpox here in the u. S. As a deadlier variant of the disease is gaining strength overseas. Mpox also known as monkeypox spread amongst a mostly and bisexual men during an outbreak in 2022. A vaccine for mpox has been released. But the cdc says the majority of the people at risk have not received it. The government has enlisted lgbtq influencers to spread awareness ahead of pride events this spring and summer. The cdc is also concerned about a newer variant of mpox currently spreading in the democratic republic of congo, which is saying that its spreading amongst people who may have direct contact with infected animals. About 1000 people, mostly children have died from this version of mpox, which is an estimated 25 times deadlier than the variant currently detected in the u. S. Deadly thunderstorms hitting southeastern texas for the second time this month. Now houstons mayor saying at least 4 people are dead. We have some video now from above showing us the aftermath. You can see here large trees, homes. Theyre just ripped apart. Priscilla thompson joins us now with the latest. Well, it was a scary night for residents across the southeast, texas as those severe thunderstorms rolled in. Were in downtown houston, parts of which look like a disaster zone today. Take a look at this building. You can see the entire the site has just completely crumbled. This is just some of the damage that people are dealing with today. There are also hundreds of thousands of people across the state and particularly this houston area who are without power. And sadly, we know that 4 people did lose their lives as a result of the storms. Today, there are more than 1500 crews who are out working to restore power and clean up debris. We know that schools are closed across the city and in parts of louisiana and nonessential workers are being asked to stay home so that that working it can get done. But it comes as theres more bad weather on the way with this storm moving east impacting millions in places like louisiana, alabama and mississippi. Parts of the gulf coast expected to get up to a foot of rain by saturday. Priscilla thompson in houston, texas. All right. Lets check in now with killed to see whats happening in that part of the country right now. Yeah, justin, where in the heart of tornado season for the folks in the south here. So the threat of Severe Weather now, its not going to be anything that we saw yesterday. So Texas Houston specifically will now be dealing with the heat as millions are still without power after that Severe Weather passed through. So back here at home, you can see were quiet. Its all about the clouds over by the coast. And were sunny inland statewide. You can really notice the difference in temperatures. Were in the 60s and upper 50s along the coast from San Francisco to san diego. And as you make your way inland, 87 degrees in bakersfield, pretty much the one of the warmest close to reading close in the 90 degree mark in here in the state of eightyfour in fresno and 80 and the sacramento. So back here in the bay area, i am seeing readings in the 70s as you make your way in lynn, lynn livermore, fremont 72 degrees over by the east bay shoreline, 60 degrees and berkeley and 65 in oakland. And as you make your way north, you could see 66 degrees in santa rosa. 61 degrees over at point reyes station. A quick check over here at diamond peak in lake tahoe. Its nice and sunny out there. You see blue lake out in the distance. So if youre heading out there this weekend, your forecast will be pretty warm, 70s and mid to upper 60s for the weekend and then well cool down to the 50s and back here in the bay area. We have cloudy skies along the coast, but we are sunny inland. So tonight, just look out for some coastal drizzle overnight and the partly cloudy skies. Temperatures will be pretty mild in the overnight. 49 degrees to 55 degrees. Back to you. Thank you, gayle. Personal data of recology customers in San Francisco may have been leaked because of a data breach and we were notified about this from one of our viewers. In the letter recology says this data breach happened last november. The Company Began an internal review and found that sensitive information, including customers names dates of birth, Social Security numbers and Health Insurance information was all leaked. According to the letter, recology does not believe that the leaked customer information is being used for fraud or Identity Theft, but theyre offering some Identity Theft protection memberships. Now. For the second year in a row, salmon fishing along. Rivers has now been banned in california on wednesday. The state fish and Game Commission canceled recreational salmon fishing along the states river systems. Officials say the salmon population is struggling due to multiple factors including climate change, rough drought years and harmful algae blooms. This is coming after months of federal officers banned commercial salmon fishing off of our coasts for the second time. A bill that would have scrutinized a new electric charge for californians will not move forward. The Assembly Appropriations committee killed this bill on thursday. The Public Utilities Commission Led by Governor Newsom appointees approved a new charge for 24. 15 last week in return for paying that new fee, customers will get a lower rate for their power. Californias electric rates are the second highest in the nation. This new fee did spark some outrage, which is why the bill was introduced. The committee did not explain why they killed it. People martinez may see flaring later on this month that the Martinez Refining Company because its up finishing up a major maintenance project, a project late last rc began restarting equipment to make sure that its processing units are in good shape. The company says flares are a central part of its system to safely manage excess combustible gases while burning them off efficiently and effectively. Mrc hopes to minimize or prevent any flaring during this process. More than 70 Million Dollars has gone into upgrading the equipment. The Transportation Security Administration says its ready for the busiest Summer Travel season ever starting with the memorial day holiday, which is next weekend. So starting may 23rd 2 may 29th. The tsa expects to screen more than 18 million passengers at airport checkpoints nationwide next friday is forecast to be the busiest day of the long memorial day weekend with 3 Million People expected to fly. There will be some days the summer that we will likely see 3 million travelers in our screening checkpoints across the country records. About 2. 9 million. But we expect 3 or 3. 1 million travelers on most likely during the busiest during the courts summer in in july and early part of august. So far this year, the tsa says passenger travel is up 8 and 7 of the 10 busiest passenger screening days in tsa history have been in the past 12 months. 2 of them just last week. President biden delivered remarks at the National Museum of africanamerican history to mark 70 years since the Supreme Courts brown versus board of education order to desegregate schools. Washington correspondent basil john reports. Tensions are high as the commencement draws near over the president s handling of the israelhamas war. And the president tries to make inroads with more voters before the election. President joe biden capped off week of events marking 70 years since the Supreme Court ordered schools to desegregate. I speaking at the National Museum africanamerican history. Black history is american history. This comes as the president is scheduled to deliver a speech to Morehouse College graduates. A species are vital to our nations progress. However, the administration anticipates there will be protests. I think as long as theyre peaceful that dont disrupt. The the amazing moment that is for each of graduates today. I consider success students and alumni have demanded. The university canceled a speech over bidens handling of the conflict between israel and hamas. He should not be speaking at the alma mater of doctor Martin Luther king, Edward Mitchell with the council on American Islamic relations is a morehouse along. And says the president s visit takes away from the graduates. His team should made the decision that this is not the right time. 2 of the spotlight from morehouse students to the president and his bad mitchell expects the school in respect protest, but least its all up to the president. He can make the morass graduation happy moment. If you announce im demanding and securing a ceasefire and gas and the ball is in the president s court. He knows what he needs to do. More house president david thomas has said its more important for biden to speak during this time when emotions are high reporting in washington. Im basil, john. Coming up, there is a new area code coming to Northern California. Well tell you where. And increase in euthanasia of healthy and treatable animals at local shelters. What one vet who is the medical director says is causing this. And if youre suffering from bad allergies this season, you are not the only one. So after the break, were going to talk live with allergist from stamford about why this season seems to be worse than years past and if worse than years past and if theres any relief in sight. Okay, so heres my most requested hack for stubborn odors. Youll need vinegar, a large salad bowl and. Oh, hi have you tried tide fabric rinse . It works after your detergent to fight deep odors 3 times better than detergent alone. I love that. Try tide fabric rinse. Well, this years allergy season might be worse than years past for some people here in the bay area. A lot of people, but having some questions about this, we thought we would try to get some answers. Doctor teen us in here with Stanford Medicine is here with us to talk about it. Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you so much for having me. So whats making people allergic right now is grass flowers, trees. Whats . Whats our biggest enemy at the moment . Yes. So right now we have really high grass pollen all around as well as those oak trees or olive trees. Their pollen is also very high. And if you are allergic to Something Like that, what are your symptoms . Is it mostly just like runny nose . Coughing, sneezing. Writes, majority of folks present with you need congestion. They may have a lot of post nasal drip so they can present with coughing for some folks. It may trigger asthma if they have underlying a lot of that, im pediatric allergist. So i see a lot of little kids coming in with their eyes are swollen. Theyre eating. Theyre playing out in the park or playing sports and is making them very miserable. And on top of that with the kind of underlying allergy symptoms, you just more at risk for sinus infections poor sleep and just overall fatigue. So youre talking about kids there. Are you born with an allergy to Something Like this . And can you outgrow it . And then if youre an adult, can you develop it later on in life . Yes, so seasonal allergies are a little different than that. See Something Like food, allergies, food, allergies. We see very early but when it comes to seasonal allergies, they really kind of. You know, take off toddler one of the later. And it is one of those allergies that you can develop very much develop later in life. And then what we see. I have patients and family members who move from one area to another and they moved to the new area and the pollen our gender different there. And theyre, you know, theyre breeding great. The first couple years. But usually takes about 3 years before your body starts it become sensitized to the new allergy. As always wonder that people thought im not grew up. I wasnt alerted anything. And then they moved to a new area like here in the bay area. And then all of a sudden they find themselves being allergic to something. But because they didnt grow up with it like getting immune system getting used to it. So we see some of distance little different because we actually now have a birth cohort looking in into allergy. Its one of its a first of its kind. Its all have 13 centers within the country doing looking at out children are developing allergies and were seeing kind of the early hands and 2 years, 3 years of age where testing positive. You know, they start off with dust which is some, you know, all year round. Were also seeing some grass allergies as well. People are really needing some like relief right now wondering like overthecounter medications year. Youre recommending to your patients and also if theres things we can do like closing windows, washing, you know, washing our hair face before we go to bed. And then people also say you should try to eat local honey, im wondering what you think about that. Yes, yes, still even in terms of allergies, i think prevention is sometimes the best treatment. So whatever you can do to kind of minimize your exposure, exposure when possible. I know its not always possible. So like you said, keeping windows closed. I tell folks when they come home after a whole day outside shower quickly get it off of change clothes. And then local honey, that is a great question. Once you ready to that, luck, allergies. Not sure how much that will help you in the media time. But local honey is something that will be good for microbiome. Its nutrition sits you cant hurt you. And it might just help you down the many months from now. So it definitely should try, but im not sure how much relief that will give in the new year in the near term. Good to know. Last question here. Just one. When patients come into your office, how can you tell if it is an allergy and not just a cold or maybe covid . Oh, thats a great questions. So one of them, what greatest indicators is stable . The patient will tell us theyll say this is the season. This is the give no other symptoms that theyre they dont have a fever. They dont have other symptoms like vomiting abdominal pains. And those are kind of the ones you can out another quick way. I can tell as you try any histamines, are you try your usual out mess that help you . And if it helps chances are its allergy that that being said viral symptoms can also sometimes overlap. And its hard to tease it but usually its ongoing. Get more fatigue, fever, those are all signs that that is more viral and not allergies. Doctor team thats in here with Stanford Medicine. Thank you so much for joining us. Well be getting a lot of questions about this and were glad that you can answer some of them for us. Thank you so much. Good thinking. And a live look outside. This is mount diablo at the moment are already starting to change from kind of green to brown. But we have gail here so we can talk about the weather for the weekend. And i did check the allergy forecast. So yeah, i am. The next few days and then maybe high on monday tuesday, it will get warmer. Were a little cool right now. And heres the view from mount tam. You see we have the marine layer. Its breaking apart, but we were cloudy in the morning. So you can expect some breaks in the clouds, especially if youre at the coast. Some parts in the mid morning and maybe the afternoon. But it is cloudy at Half Moon Bay at last check. So you can see the clouds really just right off shore, hanging out by the coastline there inland. We are sunny. We do have High Pressure offshore and is keeping activity to the north of us. And that is keeping us mild, mostly dry. But with the clouds over by the coast there. So heres that future cast model. You can daly, city and Half Moon Bay. You will see that cloud cover roll in towards the evening and the overnight. Thats when it reaches the valleys and then that will stick around in the morning. So saturday morning looks like were going to see some coastal fog and some clouds. It will start to mix out by the afternoon. So inland, very similar set up to today, not as cloudy as yesterday, though. So youll see more sunny skies inland. And you can the view here from the city tampa cam sutro cam. So 57 degrees in San Francisco, 70 in concord and livermore. San jose where in the 70s as well upper 50s over at Half Moon Bay. Heres that 7 day outlook. Youll notice where hes going to stay quite warm. Upper 70s inland over the next few days. We start to warm up just a bit as you make your way towards tuesday. Im seeing 80s there and then the bay will remain in the 70s. The coast will remain seasonably cool in the upper 50s and 60s. All right. Back to you. Thank you. The u. S. Is facing a vet shortage. A report by Mars Veterinary Health estimates that the country will need additional 55,000 vets. By twentythirty in order to meet the demand for animal care. The first thing that the study points out is that simply there are more people becoming pet owners. So this is creating a supply and demand issue. Another issue was the money and the time it takes to become a vet. And earlier today on kron 4 news at noon, i spoke with a medical director at Veterinary Emergency Group on ways to help close this gap. Just getting people are at younger age, unfortunately, everybody understand about the stress treating patients. They dont. They dont always understand that that all the wind that we have and so just making it a more positive environment people get into. I think it is the first out. Doctor dombrowski also suggests that pet parents prepare for Emergency Care by building a relationship with a local vet. The new area code is coming to Northern California will be used in the same area as the 5, 3, 0 area code which stretches from the edge of the bay area all the way north to the oregon border. The Public Utilities commission announced yesterday that starting in january 2025, people who receive a new number could be getting this new area code. That is 8, 3, 7, the decision coming after such a high demand for new phone numbers in the area. Up next, one of the Santa Cruz Beach boardwalks, most famous roller coasters. Marking a huge milestone. The iconic giant dipper roller coaster at the Santa Cruz Beach boardwalk turns 100 years old today and more than 66 Million People have taking a ride on that roller coaster since it first opened up in 1924, it has been featured in movies like sudden impact the lost boys and dangerous mines. So the boardwalk is going to have a public ceremony tomorrow morning at 10, 30 to celebrate. Theres also going to be a Fireworks Show at 9 tomorrow night. 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