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Candidates in the race for the atlarge Council Member seat kron. 4 s Charles Clifford has more from todays announcement. Well, here in oakland, former police chief Leronne Armstrong says that he is running. For city council, former Oakland Police chief Leronne Armstrong has announced that he is running for a seat on the oakland city council. He filed the initial paperwork with the City Clerks Office wednesday morning. Armstrong says that he believes his experience as police chief qualifies him to sit on the council. You know, as our city experiences, obviously dramatic increases in violence, budget issues, homeless issues. I think its important bring my leadership to the table last year. Oakland mayor sheng thao fired armstrong from the Police Department for allegedly mishandling a pair of misconduct cases. He was later cleared of any wrongdoing. Armstrong has since filed a lawsuit against the city for wrongful termination. Even though that case has not yet been resolved. Armstrong says that he can work with the mayor if hes elected to the council. She made a decision. Obviously, i felt like it was not the right decision. And ive taken legal as a result of that. But throughout my entire time, i have not criticized the have not been critical public about them. And im here to do a job serve the public. Armstrong who lives in district 7 is running for the atlarge seat on the council, which is currently held by rebecca kaplan. 8 other candidates have also announced that they are running for that office. Its unclear at this point if kaplan plans to try to keep her seat on the council. Voters will decide who is the next atlarge Council Person during the november general election. But for now in the east bay, Charles Clifford kron, 4 news. City of oakland has reached a tentative deal to sell its half of the coliseum to developers. So this ends decades of ownership. Mayor sheng thao talking about this right now. Well take a look. Mayor shaped house office confirming the sale to the African American sports and Entertainment Group for a minimum of 105 Million Dollars. The steal has been in the works for some time. And while the sale was not done, they say the cover oaklands budget deficit. The proceeds from the sale will be used to make up the deficit at the discretion of the mayor and the city council. You can see the mayor there in the background. Other people coming up to the podium to speak right now. Now the Oakland Group purchasing the state says it wants to develop the coliseum and put Community Interest first. This deal is expected to close in the next few months. We do have a reporter there listening to whats happening right now at this announcement and well be asking some questions of well, well have a full report on what they decided today. Coming up during kron, 4 news at 5. More arrests, more stolen cars were covered and the seizure of more illegal guns. The Governors Office releasing some new numbers from its sting operations in the east bay kron fours terisa stasio has more. This is one of more than several dozen guns tied to criminal activity taken off the streets in the last 3 months. It is all part of a continuous Crime Prevention operation launched in oakland and other parts of the east bay. Back in february, the partnership was initiated by governor newsom. In a statement, quote, the governor said i commend the work of the chp to support local Law Enforcement efforts statewide, including in the east bay to ensure the safety of our communities. The state will continue to hold perpetrators accountable for criminal activity. Heres a closer look at the numbers being released since february. The Governors Office says that the targeted enforcement has recovered 726 stolen vehicles may 355 arrests and seized 46 crime late firearms. Ever every weve been out in the 10th and the city of oakland weve been working with the Law Enforcement, including a hope and a Police Department. And weve been price target vehicle that as well as organized retail crime and other violent crimes. This is chp spokesperson art montel. We are trying make an impact so that the people face safer so that the so more when theyre in the city of oakland. In april, the chp teamed up with San Ramon Police to arrest 2 women and conduct search warrant on to oakland homes as they busted a fencing operation. Were more than 326,000 worth of stolen goods were recovered. Other arrests involved, drug smuggling dui and the rest an outstanding warrants. Another part of the governors 10 point plan in support of oakland involves caltrans lending a hand and tackling homeless encampments and blight abandonment initiatives. Furthermore, the governor announced 480 hightech cameras will be installed around oakland and the east bay to identify vehicles linked to crimes and give realtime information and alerts to Law Enforcement will have a information on the a lot faster than if were to do a regular investigation where we have no cameras. The bill. As for how long the chp will be deployed to aid in Crime Reduction efforts that has not been addressed. Theresa kron, 4 news. A side show was stopped by a multiagency operation over the weekend. The Alameda County Sheriffs Office says the operation was done by the Regional Sideshow Enforcement Team or reset, which is made up of 4 Law Enforcement departments after receiving a tip about a sideshow about to take place near the intersection of mission boulevard and harder road in hayward. Officers arrived at that location before the side show started the operation then resulted in 11 arrests. 21 citations and 10 vehicles being towed. Another tax on chevrons richmond refinery is now moving closer to the November Ballot city Council Members last night voting unanimously in favor of a tax on oil refining in the city, including chevrons richmond site, Richmond City attorney will now work to prepare a measure for the November Ballot. Leaving that issue up for voters to decide the tax would also help richmonds 34 Million Dollar budget shortfall. Thats according to the Council Members and Councilmember Claudia human us last night citing the harm caused by oil refiner ing were fighting ahead of her. Yes, vote. So yes, we pay rates because to pay that fetch i sitting here and had to choose eye. You can money to pay for the keys. To be and resources all to pay for a teeming that what it and its still according to state data, asthma rates for richmond, residents are higher than 90 of other people in california. Dozens of people spoke in favor of the measure during Public Comment recalling the 2012 chevron refinery fire and a number of other flaring incidents since then. My vision for richmond. Is to have these polluters pay the city. Thats so we can continue to build up our communities to give everyone a better quality of air in life. I want to be able to go to work to go to the richmond Farmers Market to walk the Richmond Marina without having to fear toxic air. Chevron is richmonds largest employer and taxpayer netting. More than 21 billion dollars in profits last year and paying nearly 46 Million Dollars in taxes. We did reach out to chevron for comment on this proposed tax. So far. We have not heard back. We will talk about our weather now with this live look outside here. Looking out towards richmond right now from the sandra fell bridge. Its blue out there. Sky wise. We have meteorologist kyla grogan here with details on our temperatures for today. Yeah, i wanted to start with how warm weve got yesterday just because i think some people might be wondering if youre in santa rosa, 89 degrees of the snow, a county airport. Thats pretty warm. 88 in concord and pittsburgh. Were at 83 in san jose and redwood city. 75 in oakland, just 69 in San Francisco. Thats one of the gauges. A couple of them did get above 70. I think 71 degree. Mark yesterday was really, really nice. Obviously were going to cool it down a little today. Weve got a little bit of onshore flow coming and the whole temperature, right . If you look at santa rosa as an example here as we look to the north bay, were going to take these temperatures down through saturday and then well start to rebuild on sunday. So just be prepared. Were not going to be quite as toasty and warm as we were yesterday for the rest of this week. Not at all. Really. Heres a live look at stormtracker 4. You can see those beautiful blue skies that are out its just nice, right . The marine layer gives us a break like this that we get to really enjoy the sunshine and it will be the same for today and tomorrow. And then friday is when things really start to change. So lets take a look at temperatures really quickly here. You can see that we are at 83 in santa rosa today. So still warm but not the 89 degrees that we got up to yesterday. A Beautiful Day out there. The only place thats a little bit cool is out at Half Moon Bay. So today weve got another one of those mostly clear night. The moon is gorgeous. Were getting very close to full temperatures between about 47 54 degrees and were going to a little gusty. Thats other thing thats been happening throughout this week. When i come back, talk more about the holiday weekend. Coming up. Thank you. Alright. Jury selection now underway for david de pap state trial. This is for. When to pappa tact. Paul pelosi with a hammer in his San Francisco home in 2022, hes already been convicted in federal court, but since the attack happened in San Francisco at the pelosi home, the state is also seeking its own charges last week, the pap received a 30 Year Prison Sentence for his federal conviction. But a blunder during sentencing means that he will now be resentenced on tuesday in federal court. Police in oakley are now saying dna help them solve a assault cold case for more than 20 years ago in 2002, the victim was walking her dog near laurel road in oakley when a man sexually assaulted her at gunpoint. She escaped and ran to a nearby home for help and police collected the attackers dna but found no matches. And the National Database 20 years later and 2022, they received an alert that a possible match have been discovered in idaho where a man had been arrested. Oakley police then were sent there last week to collect dna from that man. And they compared it to a sample that they had on file. Investigators say it was a direct match. The suspect is 49 yearold Eric Ferguson and police say he was a resident of Contra Costa County in 2002, hes currently in custody in idaho but will be brought to Contra Costa County later on this week. Happening right now, Uc Davis Police need help finding a missing student. Police say 18 yearold diane main left campus friday and took amtrak to Mission Street in San Francisco where she was last seen. She was reported missing on monday. Anyone who might know where she is should be the call Uc Davis Police or San Francisco police. Coming up here, a transgender woman violently killed. How loved ones are celebrating her life today. And remembering a San Jose Police officer. We have takeaways from todays memorial and investigation now underway at ucla over the handling of those protests on campus. The police chief has now been removed from his post. The stories and more next here on kron. 4 news at 3. San Francisco Police are investigating a homicide that took place right off of post street. The victims family and friends have identified the victim asked a 25 yearold trans woman kron fours to justice. Joins us now live from the newsroom with more. Right . Michelle henry was beloved in the lgbtq community. And last night a vigil was held at the bar. Mother to celebrate her life. I life was just beginning. And so for her to be murdered at the age of 25 is just so heartbreaking and so many ways. Wednesday, the Trans Community mourning a good friend with a kind heart who was killed. San Francisco Police say there was a physical altercation between 2 people around 2 in the afternoon on may. 15th at a residence near jones street just north of geary officers finding a woman with stab wounds. She did not survive. Family friends and colleagues identified that person as 25 yearold michelle henry. Big loss for the Community Says honey mahogany director of the office of transgender initiatives, San Francisco. So this personal for the community, you know, on this is one of her own and again, you know, there was such a huge children b pack, some other bar with people and to do it was out the door and so many people were touched by her personally and shared their stories of who she was as a person, someone who loved fashion, someone you know, its kind of shy, quiet, but really knew how to lift spirits. Somebody who had an infectious laugh specifically because she was so connected. And so all of you know, i im im really saddened by the fact that, you know, we dont get to kind of one or 2002 and the impacts that you could potentially have had our community. And on the city of San Francisco, henry was a trans woman who was growing into her true self. A vigil was held for her tuesday night at mother. A spot she used to frequent according to the medical examiners office. Michelles cause of death is a fix yet due to neck compression is with significant. Multiple sharp force injuries. So were seeing an increase violence. Were seeing an increase depression and suicidality. And, you know, us to be touched by violence in that here in San Francisco is no really shocking. The San Francisco Police Department arresting 33 yearold ramani. You ha she for the unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought. Now, police say although an arrest has been made, this remains an open and active investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call sfpd is tip line reporting in the newsroom. Tiffany justice kron, 4 news. Tiffany, thank you so much. In the south bay, San Jose Police officers gathering today to honor those who have lost their lives in the line of service. A memorial. And flag ceremony remembering 13 men who passed away between 1924. And 2016. Law enforcement and loved ones of fallen officers first held this ceremony 30 years ago. They have been coming together for this ever since. Mayor matt mahan also there today and he addressed recent shootings injured 3 officers on the job in the last year. 3 of our own San Jose Police officers been hit by a bullet on duty since we last gathered here. Thankful we will not be reading their names here today. The best that we can hope to do here today. Just properly honor these men. I remember in their stories. Celebrating their heroism. And committing ourselves to keeping their memory a lot. Earlier this month, Kevin Briones allegedly started a shoot out with police. Hes accused of shooting 2 officers and is now facing attempted murder charges. Some scary moments for Elementary School students and teachers in san bruno after a Sheriffs Office Training Exercise went wrong. A mixture of gas and pepper spray released into the air yesterday causing 20 students at portola Elementary School to get sick. Strong winds carried over those chemicals from the San Francisco Sheriffs Office jail property after a routine Tactical Training class. The children are expected to be okay, but the department is now pausing all future chemical agent training classes. In the north bay. 9 organizations are soon going to be receiving a total of 1 Million Dollars in grants from the Sonoma County to reduce wildfire risks. The board of supervisors says the grants should be used to finish projects across the mountains and along the Russian River corridor. They say the work will range from creating buffers that prevent fires from spreading 2 gracing programs that will utilize animals to cutting back vegetation. And memorial day weekend could be your last chance to hit the slopes this season in tahoe, palisades tahoe says memorial day weekend is going to be its final full week operation. The resort is known for having lake tahoes longest ski season, kirkwood and sugar bowl wrapped up their seasons on april 28th palisades. Is now saying the last day will be monday. The slopes are scheduled to be open from 8 in the morning until 2 in the afternoon. Weather conditions permitting. But a fun one while last. But now its time to kick off summer. A lot of people will be traveling. Heres a live look here at sfo. Lots going on this week as we have kyle here to talk about what the weather is going to do and its even though slow cool. I think its still pool party. Whether get out. Yeah, it depends where you are. If youre inland agree with you, maybe not out of the coast that that not so much. Lets start though. Youre talking tahoe. Lets take a live look. This is diamond peak. Theyre all wrapped up for the skiing. But its a nice view. Any time of the care here are the temperatures over the next few days right into the weekend to theyre looking out for kind of upper 50s low 60s. So should be really nice time to get out there. Pretty cool. If you can still see this time of meanwhile, back in the bay. Weve got lots of beautiful sunshine out here. Going Half Moon Bay catching a break at the coast today. San jose looking good. Everybody getting a little bit of that sun. We are picking up that breeze. Its that same story that i tell you every day lately. It seems. So were getting a little bit gusty right now. 23 Miles Per Hour sustained wind right now. Davis is going to feel that nevada about 20 Miles Per Hour. 2. So just be prepared for that. Temperatures are nice. 78 in san jose where its 70 in hayward. 79 in livermore and weve made it to that 80 degree mark today. 81, in fact, in concord, 80 in pittsburgh, 80 in sonoma right now. And 83 in santa rosa just popped up 65 in downtown San Francisco. Thats still pretty nice day by any measure. Here is the High Pressure thats kind hanging out. Not a whole lot of movement there. Were not going to see this change until the pattern change rolls in on friday into saturday. Thats when were going to see a bit of a trough roll through bit of a front push in and that means things change. But for today, if youre out on your patio, maybe youre in walnut creek. Pretty nice, right . Not bad. If youre working from home. Thanks for joining us and enjoy your 79, 80 degrees that you had out there today. So lets talk about that pattern. Monroe you through here and show you that tomorrow is very similar to today. It isnt until we get to friday that we start to see the slide in and you see the cloud cover rolling up friday morning. So thats when youre really going to notice it and even notice a little drizzle possible late friday into saturday rain. I dont know if call it rain, but i think drizzle is what the effective it will you can see as far as totals are concerned to be measuring and hundreds of an inch, but still a heads up that, you know, the first part of saturday could be a little bit misty out there. But by the 2nd half of saturday, we should clear out start to look good for sunday. Temperatures are going to be cool on saturday. But sunday we get sunshine back. We also start to rebound there. Temperatures monday as our holiday. And thats actually looking quite nice. And then we head into the week with some lovely, seasonal sunshine in california. Weather loving that. You know, 3 Service Workers at university of california, San Francisco are on the picket lines today over recent protest. They say endangered staff. Protesters calling out of University Officials for what they say is a failure to protect workers during recent violence that has stem from protests. They are also asking for better housing near campuses. Workers say that their needs have been ignored even as those protests took over universities all across the state. Ucla officials have reassigned to their Campus Police chief over criticism for his handling of campus demonstrations. So were looking at video of those recent propalestine protest at ucla. The chief john thomas facing some heavy criticism over the handling of those protests, including an attack by counterprotesters. Officials say it took more than 3 hours for Law Enforcement to step in. The university is now investigating shortfalls in campus security. A ucla Police Captain is set to take over as interim chief pending the completion of the investigation. Still ahead this hour here on kron, 4 new data about the high cost of housing. Were going to walk through those numbers. See how expensive it is to buy a home. Also more Student Loans have been canceled under the biden administration. How many more americans are impacted more americans are impacted for your money is next. 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The company did not give a reason for the layoffs, but a walmart spokesperson, the chief people, officer and executive Vice President did release a statement about the layoffs saying, quote, here, some parts of our business have made changes that will result in a reduction of several 100 campus roles. While the overall numbers are small in percentage, were focused on supporting each of our associates affected by these changes. Some new details now about the high cost of homes in our state last month. For the first time ever. A the median sale price for a singlefamily house in california when over 900,000. That is up 11. 4 from last year. According to the California Association of realtors, home prices have climbed more than 100,000 in just 2 years. President biden has canceled nearly 8 billion dollars in student debt. The u. S. Education department announced the move this morning. It will affect more than 160,000 federal Student Loans. Each of the borrowers has received an average of 35,000 in debt cancellation, the president says nearly 5 million americans have benefited from recent debt relief actions. Administration says it is cancel the total of 167 billion dollars in student debt through several programs. Next up here at 3 tornadoes tearing through the midwest will take a look at the damage and see where that storm is headed next. Also, mandatory speeding alerts in cars. The controversial bill thats up for consideration. Why it might have some trouble moving forward. Plus, a Staffing Shortage is really hurting the palais hope Police Department, the pending bill that could bring some much needed relief and bring some people out of and bring some people out of retirement. Studies show people like to get more for less. So im giving you not just 1 jumbo jack burger. But 2, for only 5 bucks statistically speaking thats a lot more for a lot less. At jack, every bites a big deal. 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If human rights attorney melissa nold has filed past and currently pending civil rights lawsuits against the vallejo Police Department and is skeptical about state senate bill. 13 79. It would allow retired officers to skirt current state law and exceed the 960 our annual cap on work hours for retired cops. Napa based Democratic State senator bill dodd wrote the bill in order to bring more officers to the dwindling vallejo Police Department. The city council has already declared a local emergency. Youre saying its a state of emergency, but dont make the state of emergency worse by bringing in officers. It make more emergency old says an independent entity should be required to examine the retired officers records and says they should not be retired. Vallejo cops, a dotd spokesperson says the senator is also concerned about the Police Department and allegations of abuse and correction and then shoes. The bill specifically authorizes qualify. Deputies from the Solano County Sheriffs Office to be eligible. David harrisons cousin willie mccoy was gunned down by valais who police in 2019 and the family was represented by an old earlier this year when they settled the 5 Million Dollars. Civil rights lawsuit with the city of vallejo. Is that a good idea to get these out of work officers and getting back to work while the out of work hes getting there. But these are properly vetted officers and past all the post standards and have you know the requirements, background checks. You knowmental health examinations, if theyre being required in same guidelines. Wed have no issue with that. Senator dogs office says the Police Department is authorized to have 132 officers, but it is currently down to just 31 patrolling the entire city. His bill passed the Senate Tuesday and will next head to the assembly. In a statement, dodd says, quote, allowing them to temporarily work more hours. Well, recruitment ramps up for permanent officers can save taxpayers money while deterring crime and improving responsiveness. Concerned that. Youre going to end up catching some of the better while trying to people back in the citys mayor, chamber of commerce, Solano County sheriff and Deputy Sheriffs Association support the bill. If it passes through the assembly, it will end up on the governors desk. And senator dodds office says could likely be signed by september. Philippe djegal all kron. 4 news. A bill has advanced in sacramento that would have social Media Companies pay for any harm caused to Children Assembly bill. 31 72 would impose a fine against large social media platforms. If a court finds they knowingly offered features that resulted in some kind of harm to minors. Long beach Assembly Member Josh Leventhal argues these companies should be accountable for their roles in the rise in anxiety, depression, eating disorders and even suicides among adolescents. The Tech Industry opposes the bill saying it would result in a flurry of litigation and cents or more content. And just like your car notifies you when you dont wear your seatbelt, drivers could also soon be notified if their speeding. New bill in the California Legislature would require all new cars sold in the state by 2032 to beep at drivers when they go over the speed limit by 10 Miles Per Hour. The bill just passed its first vote in the state senate yesterday does indicate there could be some trouble getting it all the way, though, to the governors desk. Experts say the technology is not bill. Its being used in the european union, but drivers there are able to turn the function off. And now were going to follow the aftermath of those deadly storms in the midwest. Several people have been killed in a town in iowa where a powerful tornado leveled homes and knocked down trees. Were looking at some of the damage right now. The storm also battered a lot of other states with heavy winds and rain. Reporter Griffin Wright has the latest now on the damage. It is still an incredibly active scene here in greenfield. This is really the center of town. And you can see just the amount of destruction in the amount of crews out here working right now to clean everything up. The governor said its still a search and rescue operation. So the town being contained limiting the number of volunteers, a media access things like that. They can make sure that everyone is found in accounted for. Cleanup is well underway so far. Heres what the governor had to say earlier during her press conference. This morning. But i want to give a shout out to the community and everybody that i was responded the gist emergency manager cooper. Thank you for coordinating. Weve site set up here at the dot headquarters. The indicated that we will be putting forth an expedited president ial declaration. Were hoping by no later than tomorrow. Well have those numbers in so that we can get them to the white house and get a president ial disaster declaration as quickly as possible. When we have those numbers are will be sure and get them to the media. But at this point, were not prepared to address because its still a search and rescue. So those efforts are going to be continuing for really weeks here in greenfield, you can see just the amount of work these line crews working to restore power, electricity, things like that to that but really, this is just the start of a very, very long process to rebuild here in greenfield. All right. Kyle is now tracking where that storms going now. Yeah. And the good news is iowa getting a chance to clean up. You can see here as we take a look. They do have blue skies like you saw behind him. However, the tornado threat still happening today. And you can see this line of storms all the way from texas rolls right through parts you know, nashville part to kentucky right up into the can Canadian Border into western new york state. And i can tell you right now we just have a new Tornado Warning that just popped up to the watches, all the area in yellow. This is in texas. But the warning now just north as you can see north of austin. So lets take a live look at this. You can see where this morning is. So this means that there is likely something on the ground there now that theyre sensing rotation, very dangerous situation. The yellow boxes are Severe Thunderstorm Warning. So as we go towards dallas, theyve been dealing with this all day. You can see one now to the east of them. I mentioned that we, you know, have had the storms popping up. Also in parts of tennessee. You can see right here, another Severe Thunderstorm Warning that is to the east of nashville and also into kentucky. And then, you know, again, it goes all the way up to western pennsylvania into western new york. So the threat is there. The e f 3 is what it was. Preliminarily rated yesterday and the fatality that i was reading about was actually someone in a vehicle that had been blown off the road. So incredibly dangerous weather tomorrow is going to be another tough day and believe it or 27 more tornadoes this season so far than they usually have in a normal year. So its been a rough start. And this is where i get to tell you that its lovely here in california. As you take a live look from mount tam. Ill be back in a little bit. Well talk more about our local weather. Take a look at our 7 day forecast. All right. Thank you for your health. Right now. A new telehealth line is launching in San Francisco for unhoused people to start their recovery treatment. This Pilot Program will provide realtime connections with a doctor to help prescribe medication and a space will be provided to begin treatment for fentanyl. An opioid addiction. The program was tested in march and the city found that 55 people started treatment for opioid addiction. 173 people had telehealth visits and about a dozen people then entered into a residential treatment program. We do know at some point the big one is going to be coming. The question is, are we ready for its . Were talking about a major earthquake and that question was put to the test in a big way during a major exercise in Sonoma County kron fours ken wayne reports. Its good one. A massive quake has struck northern Sonoma County, dozens of First Responders gathered at the citrus fairgrounds in cloverdale to test their skills in responding to such a disaster. Victims weve got about 50 victims in there. So youre going to be very, very busy. This is the definition of a mass casualty incident. Theres a lot of prep going into this. Dozens of students go through makeup to simulate head injuries and broken bones. The fire police, medical responders are overwhelmed by simultaneous incidents. Buildings are down some on fire. 2 buses collide leaving dozens of students and adults firefighters have to pry their way through the metal to get to the victims. Cell phone towers are out. And for the next hours and days, First Responders wont be getting outside. Help because those agencies are responding to their own emergencies. Thats where the search come in. Search is Community Emergency response. Team civilians often your neighbors. We train to step in when professional First Responders are overwhelmed by disaster. Practice getting victims to safety by and freedom operate. Lessons from past disasters have shown many residents wont evacuate. Lesser animals are accounted now theyre see that the california veterinary emergency team, theyll work with cart the community. Animal Response Team to make sure everything from a dog or cat to livestock are treated and put their owners minds at ease. We can make sure that were giving the best care possible to animals and then turn people can keep themselves today. Safe by knowing that those animals are getting the appropriate care. That was ken wayne reporting for us. And a reminder that ken is leaving the anchor desks here on kron 4 at the end of the week. But he is going to be joining us here in studio right after the break to talk about his remarkable career in bay area news and the legacy that he leaves behind. Im looking forward to having a oneonone conversation with him coming up in just a few minutes. Also, candidates for San Francisco mayor sharing the stage for the first time. We have takeaways from last have takeaways from last slow network is no network for business. Thats why more choose comcast business. And now, were introducing ultimate speed for business our fastest plans yet. Were up to 12 times faster than verizon, at t, and tmobile. And existing customers could even get up to triple the speeds. At no additional cost. Its ultimate speed for ultimate business. Dont miss out on our fastest speed plans yet switch to comcast business and get started for 49. 99 a month. Plus, ask how to get up to an 800 prepaid card. Call today all right. Were taking a live look now here at. The city of San Francisco. Well, thats that said here are looking at truckee and then i looked out and i was like trucking aooks a lot like francisco today, but it is memorial day weekend. So we want to talk about what the weather is. We like people are going to tahoe. Yeah, off summer is going to nice weekend, albeit cold on saturday, right . So just get ready for a little bit of a transition from this gorgeous blue sky thing weve had going on. The warm temperatures yesterday. Wildly warm today, though. Pretty nice, right . One. Saint rose. 83. Not bad. Not bad at all. Lovely day out there today. So current temperatures showing you that we are obviously above average inland and were getting breezy i feel like im a broken record this week with the draft, the wind thing thats been happening. But you can see these numbers are just going up as we work our way through the afternoon and into the evening. So thats going to be sticking with us. Obviously looking good as well here on Storm Tracker 4. But we still have that wind to contend with of the next few days. So just to show you some of these gusts that are going continue tonight, tomorrow afternoon, well get another bout of this as we get going. And then the think youre going to really start to feel it as we get into friday. This is when the fronts going to start to come through later in the day on friday. So you can see this wind really starting to kick up and it becomes bay area wide as this pushes through. Now, the other interesting thing is we havent dealt with a lot of clouds in a minute here. But by the time we get into thursday, a few rolling in friday morning, we wake up, we start to see that marine layer president s and notice theres a little drizzle in there, too. As we go friday into saturday. Now the time we get to saturday at noon, were clearing out again. Were looking pretty good. That drizzle shouldnt be a whole lot. But yeah, a little bit of a tiny bit of measurable rain is possible, i think particularly at the coast. The good news is by the time we get to our holiday memorial day is on monday. Were going to be looking at sunshine and lovely conditions. Get that really nice temperatures back inland between about 75 80 degrees. So for any activities theyre going to be outdoors. I think youre going have some great weather for that. So take a look at your extended forecast. Tomorrow is going to another day quite like today. They will start to cool down a little more on friday as we start to see that on shore flow roll in and then we get real nice and cool as we get into saturday. Thats going to be a bit of a marine layer day sunday. We will rebuild. And by monday, were looking good for the holiday. Thank you. Kron fours your local election headquarters and all 5 top candidates for San Francisco mayor gathered last night for their first town hall kron. 4 Sarah Stinson takes us there. 5 candidates vying to be San Franciscos next. Mayor spoke at a town hall tuesday night. This being the first time were hearing from them in a forum. The harvey milk, lgbtq Democratic Club hosted with president Jeffrey Kwong moderating candidates answered questions about issues like homelessness, Public Safety police saying and affordable housing. It kicked off with candidate daniel lurie, levis aaron founder of an antipoverty organization. Youre not the point the board of supervisors, da for the police chief for the commissions. Going to be a that you can hold accountable. Second up, current mayor london breed. Im concerned that someone lose people graduate with. Cant afford to be in the city anymore. Doesnt know what it feels like to actually have to pay rent. Is not a solution. Also say that. The fact ive very aggressive with my hasnt policies mostly because of my experience of growing this late in the 3rd quarter down the street. Next attendees heard from candidate osha self who says hes been fighting for homelessness. Wow. Supervisor and then made a dig. It breed for not prioritizing kids in the City Administration cut. 24, 25 more dollars from youth programming in our city. Couple days later, she knows one of the water is 25 Million Dollars for pandas. The 4th candidate was supervisor. Aaron peskin. He addressed criticisms about not being pro housing. Spent by astroturf organization and a handful of plutocrats trying to spend that narrative. But the facts are the facts. The facts are. 24 years that ive been in office 100,000 units of housing. People are talking. Im actually doing things the latest up on stage was former San Francisco mayor and supervisor mark farrell. I believe that we need to build more housing years here just go to make our city more formal, plain and simple. The mill club has not announced an endorsement yet. But this town hall will influence that decision. The club hopes to have that endorsement by labor day. I spoke with some attendees afterwards, many saying that this town hall was helpful, but they still hope to see a debate before the election. Im sara stinson reporting in San Francisco. Kron. 4 news. It is a bittersweet week here at kron. 4 are long time anchor, our veteran journalist and friend ken wayne is retiring after 45 years as a journalist and can is here with us live in studio so we can talk about his life. His legacy is career and also whats next. Ken wayne, i was like he doesnt even need an introduction. Lets just go right to it. How you feel like this is like the longest goodbye just get get this guy out of here. Dragging on. We do. Why to far too long. Can you tell us how you started in tv news even just to begin with 1979. I joined the navy 18 years old, got into the military broadcasting was in alaska on a ship on the east coast. Ended up in the philippines. Got out. And started to hustle a job and civilian news and worked my way up through a bunch of stations in california and finally got to come home to the bay area. We also have these amazing pictures of you. On block know cant cover up the magnum p i was a big deal back. So when picture from that got off active still in the reserves. So that was in. And then this is the Civil Air Patrol students applying for them a great im sorry, im right . So were doing news stuff. Then back then. That sailor pictures, view of the action thats in the and thats when i was working in chico and i would go to sacramento to my weekend drills, ok . So from there, how did you get to the bay area . I started freelancing and went all the way through. I worked it every station in this market for for a while and finally got full time and worked my way up weekend anchoring mornings. All that. And then 6 years ago, kron became available. Yes, here we are. And what has been like your top memory from kron. Oh, will it really help me get flying tails going . So that was a huge opportunity thank ron for letting me thats been the highlight for me so far. All right. So we want to talk more about that. The first were going to take a quick break, ok . And when we come back, i want to hear a little bit about how youre feeling to oh, yeah, is a big deal. Ken wayne is retiring here with us at 3. Were making a big deal about it. I want to hear. Whats next for you . Want to hear a little well gas up little dirt. Okay. Just maybe have shere with us in studio is ken wayne. He is retiring after many decades working in journalism here in the bay area. So ken is here now to spill a little dirt. And tell us a little bit about some of the stories that you think will stick with you forever. Hurricane katrina was a big one. And that kind of got me back in the animal thing because as with the chp, they got deputized as sheriffs deputies and they were evacuating people out and they had to leave their pets. And were in a National Guard truck going out with evacuees and this poor dog was chasing the truck because the owner was in the truck and they wouldnt and all that that has changed since and get people realize how important pets are. But that really stuck with me. A bunch earthquakes and fires and everything weve had here in california mass shooting in vegas. I covered all. Thats all that. What about like working in a newsroom . Is there anything about like your favorite coworkers want to shara with theres this anchor at kron is shes completely i cant say enough good things about her. She does the noon and the 2 and the 3. Oh, thats me. Thats you. I know i have i just i have more questions for you. But youve just been such a great mentor and friend and know a lot of times you went to bat for me and i really appreciate that. And i would be sitting here right now having this conversation with you if you hadnt done those things. So i was queue for that. You earned it. Can you tell us why now is the time to retire . I got a lot of other interests and i feel like, you know, quit when kind of doing i always want to be an anchor in san fra want to do and find tale says top of the list. What do you think youll miss the most about . Coming in every day at 3 oclock sun on that desk talking about whats going on and b, i got to work with pam moore, vicki liviakis. You. And everybody is just is its a family here really is everybody really have worked stations. And this one is the most family oriented. You feel like everybody cares about each other and they have a lot of fun. Teasing you the past couple weeks since you announced your retirement your badge still works, they let you back. I what do you think your last day will be like its going go by fast. This whole week just been a blur. And honestly, ive been so busy. I cant wait to just like not do anything for at least a day or this mean priscilla presley, right . Yeah, thats cool. Tell us about what youre i know youre retiring from working here, but you still like huge plans. Flying tails is going to be on your plate plane down to southern california, pick up 7 coyote puppies and bring them back up here. So its just like boom, boom, boom, boom. I dont really to get much of a break. Know. Yeah. And where we get to see flying tails or is that certainly and certainly online flying tails dot org. Ill be posting all of that rescue trips and people want to help. Thats but there also talking to somebody we may have a 13 episode halfhour series coming out, perhaps this fall. But well see. Its in this county and are you sleeping and eating . Well, no, no, were going have a party to celebrate tonight by posting pictures on social media to show how much taller i am. The youve never done that before. Ladies and gentlemen. Can wait a few more days here at kron 4. Thank you for joining us here. Appreciate your time. And well see you back here tomorrow. Ow network o network for business. Thats why more choose comcast business. And now, were introducing ultimate speed for business our fastest plans yet. Were up to 12 times faster than verizon, at t, and tmobile. 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