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Legal. This legal fight in oregon is one of the most significant cases involving homelessness to come before the court in decades. Welcome everyone to the for this afternoon. Im Heather Holmes and im alex savage. The Supreme Courts decision could have a major impact on how cities address unhoused People Living on the streets. This Supreme Court case comes from the town of grants pass, oregon, among other things, that city bans people who are homeless from using blankets, pillows or cardboard boxes as shelter to camp outdoors within the city limits. Those who violate the laws face fines of 295. The challengers here argue that it makes it a crime to be homeless in the city, in violation of the eighth amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment. The city says the ordinances are essential to Public Health and safety. Although the city describes its ordinances as punishing camping on public property, it defines campsite as any place a homeless person is. While covered with a blanket, the city interprets and applies the ordinances to permit non Homeless People to rest on blankets in public parks, while a homeless person who does the same thing breaks the law. Federal courts are now deciding everything from the exact size of campsites in san rafael to the adequacy of empty beds at specific shelters like the Gospel Rescue Mission in grants pass. And cities are struggling to apply arbitrary shifting standards in the field. Advocates for those who are experiencing homelessness gathered outside of the court in washington today, experts estimate there are more than 650,000 people who are homeless here in the us, the most since surveys began back in 2007. The high court is expected to decide this case by the end of june, and many other cities, including San Francisco, will be closely watching a decision here. Ktvu christian captain joining us now live this afternoon in the city with the potential impact of this case right here. Yeah, guys, all eyes on that case because for right now, San Francisco is in a legal limbo. The citys plans to address homelessness up in the air. For right now, while the decision is made by the Supreme Court. And that decision will have a major impact here in San Francisco for three. Homeless advocates marched and rallied in front of San Franciscos federal Court Building and through the streets of the city, advocates saying this case will get to the heart of whether cities can, in their words, criminalize homelessness. The Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments over how cities manage the issue of homelessness. And while the case in question came from grants pass, oregon, that case, of course, drawing major attention right here in the bay area. The reality is folks are out there because they have no other choice, for almost everyone. And its not okay to then cite them and arrest them because theyre destitute. That is, in essence, a paupers prison that were creating there. And i think weve moved beyond that. I mean, not only is San Francisco, meanwhile, San Franciscos City Attorney has a very different take. The city says it has laws on the book to offer Compassionate Care for the homeless, but also to clear the streets when necessary. Those policies, though blocked for now by the courts waiting for a decision on this case. The City Attorney, david chiu, says whether and how San Francisco can manage its homelessness crisis will be determined by this ruling. Hopefully have a much more nuanced ruling that strikes a balance between what San Francisco has been trying to do, which is our compassionate approach to homelessness, but also giving us the ability to have some tools to ensure that our streets are clean and safe. And as you said earlier, the decision on this case is expected in late june, possibly, possibly as late as july, guys. All right, christian captain, live for us this afternoon in San Francisco. Thank you. Christian. All right. For more now on how this case was debated today at the us Supreme Court. Were joined live by jessica levinson, law professor at Loyola Marymount university. Professor, we always appreciate the time. The ruling by the ninth Circuit Court of appeals found that the city of grants pass, oregon, was penalizing unhoused people for their status and not their conduct. Can you talk about why that is an important distinction, and why do some Supreme Court justices seem to disagree with the lower courts view . Its such an important distinction, in part because what the court is doing is theyre looking at one of their old cases, a 1962 case where the court said very generally, its okay to punish people for conduct, but not for status. Now, in that case, it was actually dealing with a state law from california. And the question was whether or not you could punish people for being drug addicts, which you cannot, versus for buying and selling drugs, which is conduct. And you can. And so thats why i think we spend so much time in oral arguments this morning focusing on that divide between, are we saying that we are punishing people for the conduct of sleeping on the street with a blanket, or in a cardboard box, or some shelter from the elements, or are we punishing people for their status, which the vast majority of the time is involved . Homelessness. And i think what you saw this morning is the judges, the justices really seeing that through very different lenses. There are so many difficult questions surrounding this case, mainly around the eighth amendment. How might it be applied in this case . So the question here is whether or not punishing people for sleeping on the streets, basically using these anticamping ordinances, whether it amounts to cruel and unusual punishment when you first implement a fine, then another fine, and then finally tell people that they need to leave the area, and then if they dont leave the area, they could potentially face criminal trespass. So the question is whether or not those kind of series of penalties for the specific action of sleeping on the street with, you know, a blanket again, or a cardboard box, whether or not that violates our eighth amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. As you mentioned, just a few moments ago, the ninth circuit in a case out of idaho said, yes, that is in fact cruel and unusual punishment. And the court is now really, for the first time, taking up that question of what is prohibited under the eighth amendment. And do these anticamping laws and the penalties under them fall within those prohibitions . There also today was this really intense debate among the justices about whether the complicated issue here of addressing homelessness in our society is better handled by the courts or by local leaders at the city level, the local government level. How did the conservative and liberal justices on the high Court Address that question differently . So this is one of those age old questions when it comes to the justices and constitutional law. And i just, you know, the very first day of constitutional law, i put up a slide and it says Something Like, what is the judges role . And i think what you heard is for the liberal justices, they feel like they have a role here to say that these types of ordinances is, at least as they are applied to Homeless People, that they do, in fact violate that eighth amendment right. Whereas i think what you saw from the more conservative justices is a fairly typical on the other hand, a view that, you know, what, we should leave this up to elected officials that we dont belong here. Were going outside of our lane. If we say you cant do this, and this is a disagreement that we see in a lot of areas, its not just when it comes to these anticamping ordinances. I mean, we can even think about reproductive choice where theres a division of who should make this determination. So again, i heard the conservatives saying, i think that we need to leave these decisions to city rouz, to towns, to counties, to the elected officials, not us, not this group of unelected judges. Whereas i think you saw the liberals saying, no, im comfortable saying im interpreting the eighth amendment and this violates it. Okay. So given all of that, how likely is it that the federal judiciary will stay away from homelessness policy altogether and let local governments sort out the way that they want to deal with this issue . So i dont know that theyll be able to get, quote, get out of this business altogether. But i think if you listen to oral arguments, the chances are fairly high, given this conservative court, that they will say that grants pass does have the power to implement this or another very similar ordinance, but i think that similar questions will come up again because unfortunately, this is an intractable problem. And cities and counties and states are trying to use different measures to deal with that problem. All right. Were looking for that ruling to come sometime in june. We appreciate your perspective, as always. Jessica levinson from Loyola Marymount university. Good to see you. Thank you. Well, we want you to stay right there with us here on the four, because were going to continue our conversation on this landmark case. And were going to talk up next here with ucsf researcher who signed an amicus brief supporting the rights of unho peopl here in the bay area, and we give you a live look at mount diablo in the east bay. We enjoyed some nice warm conditions all throughout the weekend. Mark is here now, tracking our forecast as we head into the workweek. Either alex. Yeah, two weather stories today. It was another round of some warm temperatures, some 80s inland. But if youre near the coast near portions of the bay, you definitely notice that a cooler breeze out there in the fog making a comeback. And we are expecting a widespread cooldown as we do move into your tuesday, take a look here at the highs so far from today. Kind of split them up here, showing you the warm temperatures on the left in the 80s and the cooler temperatures on the right out toward richmond, ocean beach, 57 degrees. Half moon bay 57 degrees. So yeah, the cooler conditions right near the immediate coastline. And you can see the main reason why theres that fog bank which developed a kind of raced up our coastline from Southern California yesterday. And you can see right around monterey bay, approaching Half Moon Bay and right around San Francisco bay. And that coupled with a pretty good onshore breeze that will help transport the low clouds back into the bay. As we do move into the overnight hours. So it looks like a summertime pattern out there with the fog making a comeback as we widen out the view in the pacific. There you can see that low cloud cover from san diego down towards Santa Barbara here in the bay area as well. Just put this in a perspective. This fog bank was right about here yesterday. So it raced up the coastline over the past day or so. Well check out some of the Current Conditions out there with temperatures and it is still warm, showing you some 70s out toward livermore and concord, San Francisco 61 and the winds. You probably notice that stronger wind today in a few spots. Look at napa showing you that southerly wind at about 20 miles an hour. So thats linked up with that pattern with the fog moving in from the south, we call that the southerly surge that typically cools off, especially the north bay. And also right near the coastline, Half Moon Bay winds gusting to about 18 miles an hour. Heres our view from the south bay. Nice to still see all those green hills in the foreground here. A bit of some haze in the sky. But the headline tomorrow more clouds and looks like the cooldown really kicks in for your tuesday forecast. Overnight temperatures will be in the upper 40s to the 50s. Look at all the cloud cover. This is 7 00 tomorrow morning and then into the afternoon hours. We are expecting partly sunny skies and the eventual temperature range from right around 60 coastside, barely making it to 60 degrees, and the warmest locations inland. No more 80. Not much in the way of 70s. The warmest locations close to 70 degrees for tomorrow afternoon. The cool down will continue in the five day forecast, and eventually we could be talking about some shower chances. While the full update coming up in a little bit. Okay, mark. Thank you. Well, today is earth day and to celebrate, california has a new state park. Governor newsom, first partner Jennifer Siebel newsom and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta were in Stanislaus County for the new parks dedication. Dos rios ranch state park consists of 1600 acres of rehabilitated natural open space along the san joaquin and tuolumne rivers near modesto. The area was transformed from farmland. It is the first new state park here in california in nearly a decade. We are here today in modesto at dos rios because again, it is a wonderful, a beautiful, a magical example of the work were doing to heal our environment and ourselves through restoration of this beautiful land and the protection of the endangered species who call it home. San joaquin valley, in fact, per capita has the Lowest Per Capita open space and parks any other region in the state of california. And thats why this is so profound. Well, the park project cost more than 45 million from public and private funding. Dos rios ranch state park is set to open in june of next year on the four this afternoon. The fight against Climate Change is top of mind on this earth day, and the issue is a priority for young people, data from blue shield of california finds 68 of teens surveyed said they experienced anxiety or feel overwhelmed when it comes to the topic of Climate Change. For more now on how you can help your children manage that anxiety, were joined by david bond, director of Behavioral Health at blue shield of california. David, good to see you. Thank you for the time. This is a phenomenon that that has been called climate anxiety. City kids and young adults extremely concerned about the effects of Climate Change and what it means for their futures, what is driving this trend . Well, it i would say first and foremost, its very difficult to be healthy when youre not in a healthy environment. And so when young people are talking about the anxiety that theyre feeling, theyre talking about things you can see really easily. Here in california, for example, were talking about wildfires, were talking about flooding here, even in here in san diego, weve had flooding in a way that was was extraordinary. And recently for us. So young people are feeling this. Its not a new thing, but the intensity is increasing. Theyre also the exposure to things that are going on through social media and other platforms is also increasing. And so as the world becomes smaller and smaller for young people, the concern for more going on becomes larger and larger. And as you talk to young people, what is it that concerns them the most about about the idea of growing up in a world thats already experiencing profound effects from Climate Change . Theyre concerned about being able to have water to drink and being able to go outside and enjoy the fresh air without smoke and other disasters going on and other challenges because of, of, of climate, Climate Change, also some of the struggle in the rhetoric about is Climate Change, real or not, is also very, very frustrating for folks who understand facts and can understand science and understand that these things are actually going on, to have some of that rhetoric come in to downplay the significance of these challenges is also very complicated for young folks. Yeah, that that certainly makes sense. So the question then becomes, how can parents and others who are in a child or a young adults inner circle help to support them if they are feeling that that anxiety about Climate Change . Well, as with anything, i would always say to parents, first listen to your kids or listen to the young people in your life that are talking about these things and take them seriously. And so even if you dont necessarily agree with every specific detail of the thing thats challenging, that person is so i would say when theyre when they want to get involved, encourage that when theyre frustrated because they cant do enough talk about how local action is, is just as important as as doing something that will change the entire world. I also say when young people are on social media consuming lots and lots of challenging messages, i would say check in to make sure that theres a balance there so that theyre educating themselves. Maybe theyre posting and being activist activist minded, but also that theyre incorporating messages of hope and positive outcomes as well, and getting exposed to influencers who are getting through it, who are doing well and who are coping in effective and effective ways. Because the way that the messages that youre giving yourself about whether youre going to be able to get through it, those are the most important things that are going to change the way that you feel, and therefore the way that youre youre able to interact with others. Yeah. And finally, here david is this growing level of concern about the effects of Climate Change among young people, translating into more activism . Oh, it absolutely is. Young people are telling us more and more theyre talking about clubs at school that are forming that help young people get active, were were hearing more about late cleanups and ocean cleanups and, and folks going out there to really make a difference. Were talking about were hearing a lot about young people who are educating their parents and other adults about recycling and reducing their use of plastics and so forth. So there really is this amazing sense of activism, particularly among gen z and younger youth, and we all should learn from that. Yeah, certainly. David bond with blue shield of california. Good to have you on. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Now to some breaking news and really sad news coming to the newsroom today from San Francisco. We have just received word that Cecil Williams, Pastor Emeritus of San Franciscos glide Memorial Church, has died at the age of 94. Williams, of course, a mainstay in the city, he became pastor of glide in 1963. Under his leadership, that church grew to 10,000 people, the glide Foundation Becoming the largest provider of social services in San Francisco, serving more than 3000 meals a day. Obviously, a lot of tributes and condolences already coming in to word that the reverend Cecil Williams has passed away. And if i can, for just a moment, go ahead and read this from mayor london breed. This is what she says about the man, Cecil Williams. She says that he was the conscience of our San Francisco community. He spoke out against injustice and he spoke for the marginalized. He led with compassion and wisdom, always putting the people first and never relenting in his pursuit of justice and equality. His kindness brought people together and his vision changed. Our city and the world. What he created at glide Memorial Church, she says, along with his partner janice mirikitani, saved and transformed countless lives. And she goes on to say mayor london breed that their impact will never be matched. But it is a hearreaking day for San Francisco, as so many people in that city have been touched by Cecil Williams himself and real by the fantastic work of the ide morial foundation and that church, just a pillar there in the tenderloin world renowned for all of the work that it has done. We will continue to follow the death of reverend Cecil Williams, right here on the floor and throughout the rest you made a cow actually its a piggy bank. My inspiration to start saving. How about a more solid way to save . Im listening. Well, bmo helps get your savings habit into shape with a cash reward, every month you save. Both cash reward . And theres a cash bonus when you open a new Checking Account to get you started. Wow. Anything you cant do . mugs. Bmo in how cities regulate homelessness. And as we mentioned, it is a case that has huge implications. Implications. Excuse me for communities all across the bay area for more. Now we are joined live by doctor margot kushel, director of ucsf benioff homelessness and housing initiative. Thank you so much for being here, margot. I want to spend some time on the case. But before we get to that, we are just getting word of the passing of the reverend Cecil Williams. I know that you have worked so closely on helping to address the issue of homelessness, something that he he was really a champion for. Your thoughts on this gaping hole that now exists in the city of San Francisco. So its just a terrible loss, reverend Cecil Williams was a towering figure in really, being, in a way, the moral conscience of the city, his leadership of glide, which is an absolutely essential part of the citys commitment to care for all of its members, all of its neighbors, its just a terrible loss. All right, well, margot, well move along here. And obviously, he meant so much to you and the work that you did and to so many people in San Francisco. And we appreciate you sharing your thoughts here as we learn about this, this tragic news. We want to shift now and get back to this important case thats unfolding at the us Supreme Court. And you are one of a number of Public Health professionals who signed on to an amicus brief in this case, supporting the unhoused people who were fined in oregon for camping outdoors. After hearing the arguments today, are you are you feeling as though this ban is going to be allowed to stand . That seems to be the way the justices are leaning. Yeah, you know, im not im not going to try to guess at what the court is going to decide, but i hope what came through loud and clear today is the cruelty of this, of this ruling, which really to be clear, is not about whether, folks can, you know, jurisdictions can manage encampments. Its literally can a town that is, refused to build adequate Affordable Housing or provide shelter, actually, ticket fine and arrest people for the crime of using a blanket in subfreezing weather when they slept. And that is what is so horrifying about this case. It really is just cruel. I want to go back to our governor because he told the High Court Last month that people experiencing homelessness should not be criminalized. But he also warned the justices about creating a broad ruling here that would really tie city governments hands. And that was something that was echoed today by state representative kevin kiley, who made the trip to washington, dc for todays oral arguments. Lets listen to what representative kiley had to say. Today can be a new day. The courts hearing this morning, i think, has made it very clear that the us Supreme Court is ready to rein in the ninth circuit and restore the power of our local communities to reclaim our public spaces. I mean, margo, lawmakers, they argue that they need ways to regulate Public Camping and address homelessness. Yeah. I mean, first of all, lawmakers have regulated encampments. They have continued to do so under the grants ruling under the, boise versus morton ruling, but what none of this is about is actually solving homelessness. And that is completely in the control of our governments to decide to create enough housing and enough shelter for those who are homeless. There is nothing about this ruling that holds back the ability to do that. And i think its a little disingenuous to say that they need this cruel ruling, which literally gives towns the ability to force people out of their borders who have no place else to go. And to be clear, the constituents in grants pass are lifelong residents of grants pass who have fallen on hard times in a city that has refused to build Affordable Housing or shelter for them. And it is really just an effort to push them someplace else. And what we would say is that the solutions to homeless are the same today as they were yesterday, and the day before, and that is to create the Affordable Housing that our Community Members need to be able to thrive and survive. I want to put up just a portion of the amicus brief that you signed on to. I think we can put that up on the screen. It says here the grants pass ordinances ignore scientific and Public Health concerns by depriving individuals experiencing homelessness the ability to sleep, let alone to have quality sleep, in violation of the eighth amendments provision against cruel and unusual punishment. The brief focuses heavily on on the Health Impacts of policies like the one put in place in grants pass. You argue that punishing people for sleeping in Public Places also, so in the long run makes the issue of homelessness worse. How is that it . Absolutely does. I mean, again, this this ruling is about whether people can be punished for sleeping when there is no other place to sleep. Sleeping is a basic human need, a biological function that, if you are unable to sleep, causes grave threats to health. So obviously, things that allow governments to go and harass people when theyre trying to get sleep is dangerous for that person. But i would also argue that it worsens homelessness because it does nothing to solve homelessness. One of the justices today, i think, in fact, one of the conservative justices said so if you put someone in jail for 30 days and then they come out, theyre still homeless. And i would say, not only are they more sleep deprived, not only are they homeless, but now they have a criminal record which makes it that much harder for them to get employment or to get housing. So really, what the argument today is about is do we actually look for Real Solutions to this problem, or are we looking for a way to deprive people of the ability to sleep and to live their lives without deep, deep harassment from the government when they have no other choice . Well, that is the question before the u. S. Supreme court. Really appreciate you coming on, professor, and sharing your insight this afternoon. Thank you again. Thanks for having me. All right, Young Students chosen to speak about their research on education and reparations. And we are so excited to have these oakland fifth graders here with us today live in studio to share with us their experience about speaking at that annual conference in ph ad from Oakland Academy of knowledge traveled across the country and with their teacher, lauren stan, to give a presentation during the American Educational Research Association conference in philadelphia. The group presented their research on the quality of education in underserved communities, and how schools can create a more equitable landscape for students of color. All right, so for more, we are joined here in studio by teacher lawrence tan and the students who took part in this trip. Welcome, everyone to the ktvu studios just by a quick show of hands for everyone here. How many of you had fun on this trip . Whew i think thats everybody. I think it was successful. This sounds incredibly exciting for a group of fifth graders to be a part of Something Like this. Traveling across the country to give this kind of presentation. Lawrence, what what was the goal here of this trip and how how were you and your students received, the goal of this trip was to make learning meaningful. A lot of times, we tell them what to do and what to learn, and for them to actually put the learning into something meaningful and matter that was the goal. And to and to give the widest, audience that we could to, you know, present to. So we were invited president ial session at the ara conference. And the students went hard to work during their spring break to research and present. And so, it was a lot of work from a lot of folks in right here, including the fellow teachers, to, to get this done. Yeah, great job guys. Yes. Give me a high five. You can give me a half. You can relax a little bit. I know we went through this. Amadou, im coming over to you. I want you to tell me a little bit about this project and what made it so special to be in philadelphia. There you go, sweetie. Im not going to leave you out. What we did during this project was basically we researched reparations, especially in oac and how they were being delivered. And we researched, equity in schools and seeing what we were actually doing as equity. And if what we did as equity was truly equity, why did you think it was important to be able to spread this message . Well, a lot of students around the country, dont get what they need when they need it, which is the definition of equity. And a lot of people just think that, oh, you dont get a good test scores because you dont study hard enough. But its not always its theres a lot more to it. Right . Yes. Good job. Amadou. Everybody awesome. Yeah. And you know, you just talked about lawrence this this took a lot of hard work to prepare for this trip and for this presentation. You guys were working during spring break. Can you talk to us if you could . Here, im going to ask this young lady right here to speak with it. Can you talk to us about all the work that you guys did to do interviews, to do research so that you were ready to give that presentation in, in philadelphia. So how we did it is we used the Michael Burroughs extended case method. Okay and there are three phases to this method that helped us with our work, the first phase is review the literature, we looked at documents of the esd, reparations for black families and students, and we also looked at jeff duncan and his book equality or equity. And that helped us a lot in our work. And then phase two. Test in the field. How we did that is we did interviews and surveys with stakeholders and experts. This phase three reconstruct theory. So we went back to the lab, collected. We collected what we got from our surveys. And we used the three cs confirmed instances, counter instances and complex finances. This sounds like an incredibly thorough Research Project that you were all involved in. Wow, that that is really incredible. Yeah, incredible. And the student right there, i know that you were also going to tell us a little bit about the project and the takeaway from this trip to philadelphia. So, in our experience with the waipa project, it was very stressful and challenging. But, at the end, it was very worth it. And i want to speak for all of the students. Yes, we felt very proud of ourselves because we felt like we helped the schools for, students and families of color. Thats great. Thats great. Laurence, you must be incredibly proud watching them talk about the work. The work that they did to prepare for this presentation. And you must have been just beyond proud watching them deliver. What did this mean to you to see your students achieve this . I mean, ive done this in the past with multigenerational students, but this is the first time ive taken all fifth graders and having them do the work. And honestly, this this high level of quality is, is left for like, graduate students or whatnot. And were proving that only can fifth graders do this kind of work, but its important and, you know, representing oakland, representing students of color, doing meaningful work. And its the proof is in the pudding. Like, i was very proud to watch them up there and then and then be take the take the be the stars of the show where people want to keep asking them questions. Experts want to talk to them and build with them. Follow ups afterward, i would imagine. Show of hands. How many of you feel proud about what you did in philadelphia . There you go. You should. You should, laurence, though, what is the ultimate takeaway here . And what are you hoping that these young fifth fifth graders gain from this experience overall, number one is just to give skills to give them tools to speak truth to power, to show that learning is meaningful. And, you know, in this day and age where were the show me age where its like, if its not working and to show that what theyre learning is could be put into real use in practice and take with them beyond fifth grade. What an incredible experience. And what incredible work that you all did. Were really proud of you. And youre representing oakland in an incredible way. So thank you for sharing the experience with us and sharing your research with us, and for coming down to the studios. Can we get a round of applause for you guys and what you did . Where do you go from here . Whats next after this . How do you how do you follow this up, another trip somewhere . By making sure it all happens. There you go. Yeah, absolutely. Hey, thank you guys, i love that. Thank you so much. Thank you, thank you. Appreciate it. Really appreciate it. Thank you all. We appreciate you coming in. All right. Were going to have more earth day coverage coming up. Coming up. Youre going to meet a scientist mom who is fighting Climate Change for her children. Coming up right here on the four and in barry weather the fog is making a comeback in cooler co itions. In ou foreca norman, bad news. I never graduated from med school. What . But the good news is. 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And we wanted to help provide parents with the tools to take action. Now, we showed part of one of your commercials, which draws the connection from action to a love for our kids. And now to another ad which begins with a frequent threat to us here in california. Of course, im talking about wildfire. Season. Okay, so these spots are dramatic, but thats really by design. It sure is, we, we released these two new psas to raise awareness of how Climate Change is worsening extreme weather events like fires, heat waves, and floods. Extreme weather is destroying so much of our natural beauty, including our favorite campground grounds and national parks, causing our kids to lose out on these meaningful outdoor memories that were so important to us. And we want them to be important to our children. Climate change is already harming our kids, but we have the power to protect their future. If we take this issue seriously right now. Okay, so what are some of the things that we can do to help tackle Climate Change . Oh, were telling everybody three things swap, swap whenever you can away from carbon polluting things to non carbon polluting things. Electrify whenever you can reduce reuse recycle and so swap and then share when you have a triumph or a better way of doing things that cuts your Carbon Footprint and helps put us on the road to low carbon. Share about it. Share with your friends, blow up your group chat. Put it on facebook. Let the world know, and then third, speak up. We all need to speak up. Whether its to our local School District telling them, you know, to take advantage of the inflation reduction acts new, electric school bus subsidies, which we did just, just this year here in the tucson unified School District, but also all the way up to our federal legislators as well. We need them to take Carbon Pollution seriously. And get in front of this, because our kids are counting on us. Okay. What about for our kids . What are some tips that we can give them to try to keep the planet in mind . Oh its fantastic. Well, with my kids, they are big thrifters. I dont know about you, but these days its when we say, we say used. They say vintage. So, one of the things that we talk about with our kids is trying to help us make sure that we hit the recycling bin, make sure that when we can, we, you get new to us rather than brand new, which actually extends its life before it hits the landfill. Every little bit counts. Every single molecule of carbon. We dont stick into the atmosphere will not be keeping our grandchildren hot. Its really important, and everybody can do it. Okay, i say preloved. Thats thats my turm, right . I love that, i love that im a big im a big fan of that. So hey, really appreciate you coming on, especially on this earth day when were all celebrating our beautiful planet. So thank you again. And some really easy tips for everyone for having me. Yeah. Thank you. All right. Back now to our weather here on this earth day. And we are giving you a live look, where. Im not sure exactly where that is, but well. Oh, im sorry. You know, its lake oroville. Thats what were looking at. Lake oroville. And this is a live look from the California State Parks department. The lake is used for the state water project. It supplies 27 million californians and 750,000 acres of farmland with water, including right here in the bay area. Mark, this is a lesson in just look up and see what it says on the prompt. See the big words, right . Yeah. See the words that are right there in front of your face. I was so enamored with the with the shot itself. I was trying to make heads or tails of where it was, anyway, so mark, beautiful spring day. Another one beautiful spring day. Yeah. And thats a reminder that our water supply, were in a pretty good shape. Of course, we always have to prepare for drought, but we had a very good rainfall season here in the bay area. And of course, the snowpack in the sierra exceptional as well. So taking a look here at the earth on earth day, as you can see here, actually showing you the real satellite information. And as were coming closer to the bay area for today into northern california, we do have some changes developing offshore that will ultimately send in some cooler air over the next several days. So the temperature trend, we are definitely going to see a downward trend. You will notice that change tomorrow and into wednesday and into thursday. So weve been enjoying these warmer temperatures. But that thats a little warm up is soon coming to an end. You can see the temperature arrows you can see from santa rosa from 79 today down at 66 for tomorrow. So significant cooling there. Concord down about 12 degrees from 82 to right around 70 tomorrow. So heres a satellite you probably noticed over the throughout the afternoon hours we had that cooler breeze developing. And that was that southerly flow developing that transported the fog from Southern California closer to the bay area coastline. So heres a closer look at that fog bank right around monterey bay, closer to Half Moon Bay, right around the Golden Gate Bridge as well. And a pretty good onshore breeze thats transporting that fog back into the bay throughout the evening hours. Current numbers out there for the 4 00 hour. Livermore right now 78. San jose 74. Oakland 66. And some 60s for napa and up in santa rosa. Checking out the wind reports. You can see winds from around 12 to 14 to around 20 miles an hour up in napa and Half Moon Bay, a southerly wind gusting to 20 miles an hour. Thats at the Half Moon Bay airport. Heres a live camera looking out toward from our south bay camera, and still nice to see all the green hillsides showing up. But of course, things will be drying out over the coming weeks. Tonight we will bring in more low cloud cover tomorrow for your tuesday. Some clouds in the morning you will notice that cool down and then the extended more clouds this week and maybe a shower chance by thursday night and into friday. Just a chance of a scattered shower for right now. Now at least tomorrow morning well bring in more clouds. Upper 40s to the lower 50s into the afternoon hours, skies becoming partly sunny. So cool for the coastline near 60 degrees in the warmest locations inland, barely making it to 70. So heres this area of High Pressure. This will be on the move. So this has been warming us up. You can see the fog out toward the coast right now, and that area of High Pressure will be moving out of the picture. This area of low pressure wants to approach our coastline. So more clouds, well have that cool down. And then another system wants to drop in by thursday afternoon. Thursday night that could bring in more clouds and maybe shower chance theres a slight chance thursday afternoon, but probably a better bet thursday night and into friday. Its only a possibility for right now. Here we are tomorrow for your wednesday and not tomorrow a couple days from now. And then for your thursday, we are showing you this some rain showers up to our north. So this is thursday. Were watching out for this later in the day, thursday and into friday. With that, the shower chance added to the forecast highs for tomorrow. You can see ranging from 60 in pacifica. The warmest locations inland right around 70 degrees. It will be breezy with winds around 15 to 25 miles an hour. More clouds on wednesday. Mostly cloudy skies on thursday. Theres that shower chance into friday. The weekend coming up will not be like last weekend, but you could see a sun cloud mix and temperatures warming up just a little bit. So definitely cooler weather is coming up. All right mark, thank you much more news. Headed your way this afternoon here on the four. But up first we want to check on the roads around the bay area and give you a live look at the east shore freeway this afternoon. It is packed both directions here along this stretc of freeway. As you head of San Franciscos glide Memorial Church has died at the age of 94. Williams became pastor of glide back in 1963, and under his leadership, the church grew to 10,000 people. The glide foundation became the largest provider of social services in San Francisco, serving over 3000 meals every single day. We received a statement from glide on the passing of reverend williams. It says in part, it is with profound grief that we confirm that reverend Cecil Williams glides renowned cofounder and minister of liberation, passed away today, april 22nd, at his home in San Francisco. He was surrounded by friends and family. We have lost an incomparable champion. Incomparable . Excuse me, champion of social justice, civil and human rights and liberation theology. I mean, Cecil Williams, synonymous with San Francisco, synonymous with glide and synonymous with doing good work. He is a man who cared so deeply for everyone in San Francisco and he is going to be greatly, greatly missed. Yeah, you cannot overstate the impact that he has had on the city of San Francisco. If you you grew up in the bay area, as i did, i mean, for as long as you can remember, reverend Cecil Williams was was a part of the fabric of San Francisco around the holidays. Always helping to feed those less fortunate in the city. And then growing up as a journalist, getting the chance to speak with him in person was, you know, he was this incredible figure, kind, compassionate, thoughtful, so caring, a wonderful, loving. Yeah. All right. The reverend cecil s business. Its not a ninetofive proposition. Its all day and into the night. Its all the things that keep this world turning. 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Tonight, reverend Cecil Williams has passed away. Good evening, im julie julie haener. Reverend Cecil Williams headed up glide Memorial Church in San Franciscos tenderloin district for 60 years, feeding the bodies and souls of thousands, maybe even millions of the most vulnerable. Over the years. The news of his death coming just in the past hour, mayor london breed saying tonight he was the conscience of our San Francisco community. Ktvu Jana Katsuyama live tonight in the newsroom. And gianna, his kindness. It was enormous. His love for all so impactful. And i know you did speak to the reverend recently. I did mike and julie. This is such a heartbreaking moment for so many people across the city. I spoke with reverend Cecil Williams one on one when they had the big holiday jam celebration for him back in november. He had the biggest smile on his face. I saw him looking out over the