Thanks so much for joining us here on the kron. 4 news at noon. Im stephanie lin, the man charged with breaking into Speaker Nancy Pelosi is home in an attempt to kidnap her and beating her husband, paul with a hammer made his First Court Appearance yesterday. Kron 4 Sarah Stinson brings us the latest developments in this case. According to court documents, the man accused of beating paul pelosi with a hammer at their San Francisco home told police on scene that he was on a suicide mission. He also said he wanted to attack other politicians as well. Take a look. Weve got sketches from the courtroom yesterday where you can see 42 yearold david to pap in orange jumpsuit with a sling on his arm. Apparently his arm got hurt during the arrest. Dip at pleaded not guilty yesterday to attempted murder and 5 other state charges. The judge granted the prosecutions request that the path remain in jail with no bail in a court filing to keep the defendant behind bars. Prosecutors said to have told police he had plans to go after other california and federal politicians. Court documents, quote, a pap saying i really didnt want to hurt him, meaning paul pelosi. But, you know, this was a suicide mission. Im not going to stand here and do nothing even if it costs me my life. The judge also granted a protective order preventing to pap from getting near paul or nancy pelosi. Should he be released . It also prevents him from contacting them at all. Following the hearing dip apps, public defender said he had little to say about the case so far because hes only met with his client once and has yet to see the police reports. He did raise concerns about misinformation in the case. Pups attorney also told us hell be looking into his clients mental state the next time well see. The path in court will be this friday. A judge will put a date on the calendar for preliminary hearings and there should be no later than january 4th. And keep in mind, these are for the state charges. He still faces 2 federal charges. Im Sarah Stinson reporting in San Francisco. Back to you. Thanks a lot, karen, as we learn more about the suspects intentions were also getting more reaction from his neighbors. One man telling us he was not surprised to hear that the plot would get involved in Something Like this. You know, he had he ends. It ends in several ways. Kind of fit the profile of somebody who would might call weird are somewhat eccentric. This being kind of a suburb of berkeley and being part of the oakland berkeley. Metropolitan of that kind personality is as tolerant and pretty well around here. Meantime, threats against lawmakers and Election Officials are at an all time high leading up to the november Midterm Elections, the midterms will be the First Nationwide races since the january 6 insurrection at the capitol. And authorities have even issued warnings about rising extremism in the u. S. Governor gavin newsom saying that hes also received threatening emails and he shared this in an interview with cbs on saturday. I know what. Over the last 3 years come in my inbox. Trust me. You do because im not sharing it now and show with my wife. The u. S. Capitol police chief released this statement saying the attack on the pelosi home as a reminder of the dangerous threats faced or other threats elected people faced by officials and public figures during todays political climate. He also called out the need for more physical Security Resources for members of congress. San Francisco Police are investigating an attack at a 7 11 store in the citys visitation valley neighborhood. That turned deadly. It happened just before 6. 30, Tuesday Morning on bayshore boulevard. Police say a suspect attacked multiple people at the store than men away. That suspect was later found and arrested nearby. One of the victims died near the scene. They were not name. But police say that person is a 73 yearold San Francisco resident. In the north bay. 6 people face attempted murder charges for a stabbing during a fight at an Elementary School. One adult in 5 teens. Some of them as young as 13 years old for involved in this kron fours will tran is in novato with the latest. The kids are inside the classroom. This is lynwood elementary. And since this happened last monday, the parents have never been worried because they believe this happened with neighborhood kids possibly and has nothing to do with the Elementary School, especially since we have found out their ages 13 to 19 years old. Now, lynwood elementary is about a mile and a half and the Nevada Police department and they were alerted on monday night long after school. Let out this happened about 7 oclock at night when the faculty they worked late into the night, they were told by witnesses that there were 2 teenagers on campus who were attacked. They came out and they saw them. We do know one of the victims, a 16 yearold boy still in the hospital in critical condition. And were hearing its going to be a long road to recovery. As far as the arrests, the ages might shock. You. 13 yearolds 2, 15 yearolds. They have been charged with suspicion of attempted murder. Also, they did arrested 19 yearold man aiding and abetting heres parents reaction to the news of their ages. There were 2 young, 13, 15, thats way too the 19 yearold doing hanging around these young people like that. Do we know if theyre locals like it . Theyre teenagers. So their identities not released. Yeah, but their ages. You find that shocking. Little shocking. 13 is a little on the younger side for Something Like that. I would assume theres influence from the 19 yearold. For now, the 19 yearold man, he has not been charged with attempted murder, but again, aiding and abetting. As far as that 13 15 yearolds because theyre minors. Their names have not been released to the public or any details on whether or not they even live in novato. But i did talk to the parents here. They believe its surrounding neighborhoods and they want to give credit to the Police Department for jumping all over this for 2 reasons. One, the Police Department came out the very next day to assure the parents and the teachers and the kids that everything was going to be ok and that they made arrests so quickly. All right. Lets talk a bit about our forecast now as we take a live look outside over the beautiful city of San Francisco. We can see Sales Force Tower and a bit of cloud cover in the sky. I know kyla grogan is tracking all those weather conditions for us of doors. Hey, kyla. Hey there. Yeah. I want to start some of the rainfall that weve got so far from the system thats making its way through. Wanted to look back to october. 1st, the beginning of our new water season and show you take a look at san jose just from that one storm that rolled through yesterday. Theyre now at 77 of normal. You can see thats where bulk of the rain was falling down the south by about 30 of normal where weve got 3 tenths of an inch in San Francisco. And you can see santa rose up in the north bay just at 6 . So kind of a reversal of fortunes with this system that rolled through, although was bay area. Why these are some of the totals from yesterday. Can tell you about tam got over. An inch of rain are in des over half an inch about half an inch in milpitas, half moon bay. Just under that. And you can see the totals here. Yeah, not bad sfo even got over a quarter of an inch. As we look outside. You do see some of the blue sky, but also some of these ominous clouds out there. Temperatures staying cool as cooler air has rushed in behind this. And so you can see were all sitting in the 50s. Unfortunately, were not quite done with this yet. Check out hayward where right now theres 20 Miles Per Hour wind and that has everything to do with this cell that just popped up right there. That has lightning associated with it in the weather service. Just put out a special Weather Statement saying they need to be on the lookout for not only rain but potentially pea sized hail. So all of this is happening because this is the back end of the system. Weve got that counter clockwise circulation. You can see that snow still falling in the sierra, but also this unsettled weather being dragged. And so thats what today is going to be about. Keeping your eye to the sky because some of these pop ups could happen as we go throughout the day. Ill be back in just a bit with the rest of your forecast. Send it back to all right. Thanks so much. Pilot. The last hour, the Federal Reserve bumped up Interest Rates yet again to try and combat inflation. Checking on another threequarters of a point since march, the fed has raised its benchmark Interest Rate 3 points. It is by far the most aggressive rate hike strategy in decades. Some experts saying todays rate hike could be the last big increase. Were going to see for a while. Heres White House Press secretary karine jean pierre. The fed is that is independent. Its an independent agency and we believe the president believes that it has this. It has the best monetary policies to address inflation. The fed is trying to balance rising but rather balance raising Interest Rates to slow inflation without triggering a recession, higher Interest Rates mean borrowing money is more expensive, meaning youll pay more for a mortgage or even the balance on your monthly credit card at this point, even if the fed strategy does start to work, it will take many months to bring inflation down to acceptable levels around 2 . Well, commissioner at the fcc is calling on congress to ban tiktok over concerns that user data could end up in the hands of the chinese government. Brendan carr, that commissioner, they say a ban is needed due to the way the company handles user data. Tiktok is controlled by the Chinese Company byte dance and intelligence officials. They say they were the data could be used to influence american voters. A tiktok is currently exploring divesting to a company here in the u. S. Will see how that turns out. Coming up here on the kron, 4 news at noon, crews are working to clear the roadways as the first layers of snow start to fall over the sierra. It got more on that coming up. And covered california registrations are open for the year and this year, even more people are eligible. We explain. And local leaders raise a flag to acknowledge the struggles of trans people. 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Vo Climate Change is fueling a wildfire crisis. Destroying our forests. Threatening our communities. Polluting our air. Prop 30 taxes those making over 2 million a year. No one else pays a penny. 30 will reduce the tailpipe emissions that drive Climate Change. And prevent wildfires and toxic smoke. So we have clean air to breathe. This is about our kids future. Omar prop 30 helps contain fires and combat tailpipe emissions. Vote yes on 30. Well, the Powerball Jackpot is sitting at a cool 1. 2 billion dollars kron fours camila barco spoke with some players hoping to strike it rich in pacifica. This is the second largest jackpot in powerball history. And in the past, some people have gotten lucky at this quik mart in pacifica. You are is looking to be the next powerball winner on wednesday night. The giant prize is set at 1. 2 billion dollars after no ticket would. Monday nights drawing. Somebodys win it. So. Take my with the chances to win that happy jackpot is one in 292. 2 million. Wednesdays cash prizes worth 596. 7 Million Dollars. If he wins benson, way to invest in real estate and choose annual payments for 29 years. And a fine is made to. Yeah, i would take the mayor, im you know, those those a financial benson purchased his ticket at this quik mart in pacifica. Where the owner has seen customers when several Million Dollars in the past the owner calls it the lucky store when it comes to the lottery will be in the winning twice a before. And were hoping this is a 3rd charge for him. And for our store. The owner sold an 11 Million Dollar ticket back in 2018. He says one woman turned a few bucks into millions. Im delay the she have only the last couple dollar and she she was the lucky one in the store. While there have been people in the last few weeks who have won a few 1000, no one has won powerballs top prize since early august. If no one wins wednesday night, the jackpot could become the largest ever. Surpassing 1. 5, 8, 6 billion dollars in pacifica. Camila barco kron. 4 news. A San Mateo County officials held a day of remembrance and an annual flag raising ceremony for the transgender community. This event happens each year to bring visibility to the struggles of non gendered and trans individuals. The countys chair of the lgbtq commission, thanks. County supervisors for their ongoing support describing the actions the county can take to improve outcomes for marginalized groups. Might ask is where the water supervisors to continue to support and bring visibility to the gender Diverse Community members by nonbinary and transgender Community Members with Programs Services and allocating funding. Specifically providing programming in affordable housing. The official trans day of remembrances, november 20th to memorialize the killing of a transgender woman named rita. Hester. San mateo county has been observing this date since 2015. Well, a former Apple Employee is pleading guilty to mail and wire fraud after he allegedly swindle the company of more than 17 Million Dollars. The andhra precise admitted to defrauding apple as far back as 2011 by inflating invoices, stealing parts and causing apple to pay for items and services. It never received. He also admitted that these schemes continue through 2018. He could face up to 25 years in prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled from march. And drugstore chain cvs has agreed to a 5 billion dollars settlement over the opioid crisis. The Company Announcing this morning it will pay the money over 10 years. State county and city governments, cbs did not admit any wrongdoing, but they did settle. This is the First Nationwide deal with Retail Pharmacy companies over the opioid crisis. Walgreens and warm walmart are expected to settle claims as well. Drug makers are accused of downplaying the risks of opioids and pharmacies have been accused of ignoring red flags. That prescriptions were being diverted into illegal trafficking of those drugs. Well, the state of ohio is suing Dollar General for alleged deceptive pricing. The Ohio Attorney general claiming the discount Household Goods chain advertises items for one price, but charges a higher price at the register. An audit conducted last month found overcharge error rates at Dollar General stores in ohio as high as 88 . Ohio law allows only a 2 error margin. Dollar general has not yet responded to these allegations. All right. Lets talk a bit about our forecast now as we take a live look it looks like its not quite working there. Yeah, maybe our producer get back online. But there it is. Gorgeous view at the snow cam from heavily hit a ski resort because all those pretty layers of white there, even some snowfall happening right now live. I know kron 4 meteorologist kyla grogan. Shes tracking all those conditions out there for us. And is it just so nice to see that its great, especially because, you know, were right at the time of year. We need to start seeing it looks like they were making snow out there to the look of snow making machine that they had in the camera. This, by the way, is right. The incline village. So this is right on the shore of lake tahoe. Weve got a little snow there, too. Some of the spots got about 10 inches. I was looking at some of the ski resorts there, 9. 10 inches. Theyre reporting so snow is still falling at this hour. Thats why are there under this winter storm warning and all the area in red you can see in purple under that advisory until 8 oclock tonight. Now the travel has been treacherous there. Theyve had spinouts on highway 80. So it is not where you want to be going right now. If youre there, youve got to hang out and wait until storm passes tonight. If youre not there, you want to wait until tomorrow. I would say before you head out, they had a lot of trouble chain controls, etcetera, going on. All right. So here we are live in the bay. Notice weve got all this cloud cover out there. So this big low pressure system that is bringing snow to the sierra is still bringing rain down to parts of nevada right now. And its starting to bring some cells into the bay area that have lighting associate with that. Weve got one that is right now in the east bay kind of south bay area. But notice theres some offshore lightning headed that way as well. And this is the stories we go through today. Is these popup storms. So its not that everyone is going to see a lot of rain out of this. But it is a little bit dangerous. Hes got some lightning associated with it. And you notice you see that you get those big cumulus clouds are kind of, you know, starting to grow. You can tell that the very unsettled atmosphere. So also weve had cool air russian behind this system and thats why were going to see 50s across the board today. Ive got one, you know, 61 degree mark there in nevada. But everyone else is going to be those mid to upper 50s. So when is this all wrapped up when we get into tonight and take you to 7. 15, again, get in the heat of the day . I think were going to see some of that popping up. You could even see pea sized hail. Then we clear out as we get into our evening, this is how much rain were talking about additional totals. Its not much so its not really about that. So much is just watching out those little popup thunderstorms that are happening. Then were going to warm up into friday, have some sunshine on thursday. And then weve got another 2 shots at rain as we head into the weekend and next week. So looking good. The storm door is definitely open, stephanie. All right. Love the sound of that. Thanks so much, kyra. Meantime, crews in the sea are working very hard to keep the roads clear of that snow and other debris. Monica de anda reports on the conditions out there today. Been busy here at the gas station off the nyack exit. When guys kind of take a look. You can see the trucks here. Theyre going to be pulling on into that on ramp and thats where they have a checkpoint for chain controls. So weve been seeing a lot of trucks are this morning, even just here off, we move on over this way. You can see a bunch of the trucks just waiting at this gas station in the parking lot. What driving conditions been like for you guys with the snow is wonderful and this beautiful. But we have to put chains on for the first time and we are both and he kept. And the 3rd sister was also and the cap. So its of experience and were enjoying it but cost a little bit of money. But we have some wonderful guys are putting money on for us. But thank you. Thats awesome. So i want to just ask whats your advice for other drivers headed up this way today . Make sure we have make sure you get your chains and or allwheel drive. But where a big honda cause were handicapped. But thats all i can say. Its the experience theyre picked weight. And elizabeth, thank you so much for your time. So again, those reminders to anyone heading this way today. Just make sure you have chains, you have food, you have water prepare for possibly delays and just be very careful on the roadways as you make your way up toward the sierra. Reporting from nyack when you get than that. Yeah, those drivers know whats up. Definitely. Remember to bring your chains. Well, still ahead, San Francisco teachers are calling out sick. They say getting paid is still a problem for them. We have a live report explaining what that means at the bottom of the hour. Covered california enrollment is open today. We tell you more about the new benefits offered this year. Well be right back. Happening now covered california. The States Health insurance marketplace celebrates its 10 year anniversary. A rule change to the Affordable Care act happening next year is set to make half a million eligible half a million more people rather eligible for Health Care Insurance on the now to see if you qualify for coverage under the state exchange. Just logon to covered ca dot com. The open Enrollment Period last until january 31st. All right. Coming up here in our next half hour of the kron, 4 news at noon a california county declares a Public Health emergency over r s v. Weve got the latest guidance from doctors on how you can protect your kids. And later on, Tobacco Companies are pushing back against a ban on flavored products. We walk you through the measure now on the ballot addressing this issue. And francisco teachers all over the city are calling out sick today saying that theyre tired of payroll problems. 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But this isnt ice cream. This is big tobacco. And their candy flavors are served with a strong dose of nicotine. Because big tobacco knows four out of five kids who use tobacco started with a flavored product. And once theyre hooked, they can be addicted for life. Its time to put the brakes on big tobaccos candyflavored trick and protect california kids. Vote yes on proposition 31. Happening today, schools around the San Francisco Unified School District are staging a sickout over ongoing payroll issues they say are affecting the district kron fours. Charles clifford is live for us now at Burton High School in San Francisco. Charles, what have you learned for us . Well, you know, for months now of the San Francisco Unified School District has had problems making sure that its teachers and staff, not all of them, but some of them are not getting paid properly. Their benefits are being administered properly. Today, many teachers across the district are either calling in sick or walking off the job early to send a message to the district that this is unacceptable. Earlier this year, the San Francisco Unified School District switched to a new payroll and hr system called empower almost immediately. There were problems. Some teachers and staff werent being paid on time, which led to this protest outside district headquarters back in march. The School District promise to fix the problems, but more than 7 months later, there are still issues. Chris klaus is a teacher at washington high school. I had gotten me. So many emails from people at my site. Im not getting paid correctly. This is wrong. Not as wrong. Just this morning i got an email from a parent one of the people who support our a special day classes primarily that they do not get paid. For its part, the district acknowledges that there are still problems and they are shifting resources to deal with them. Among other things, the district says they will issue off cycle checks to people who dont get paid on time. Theyve also created a call center to help teachers and staff and theyre moving district staff to help deal with problems quicker in a statement posted on the districts website on wednesday, superintendent matt wayne said San Francisco Unified School District has a responsibility to solve this issue so that we can rebuild trust with our community. I know that theres a lot of work ahead and we will not stop until we can make every sf usd employee whole. Im sure that he means it when he says it. Chris is hopeful the district can finally make things right. But at a certain point, actions speak louder than words and what we as educators have deciders. The action is needed right now is for us to show the district that we and will not accept all right, back live now the teachers and some of the Staff Members plan to rally outside a School District headquarters here in San Francisco of around 3 oclock this afternoon. But for now in San Francisco, Charles Clifford kron, 4 thanks very much, charles reporting for us live off the we appreciate it. Now one man is dead after police say he was hit by a car while jaywalking. It happened around 4. 30 this morning near the intersection of almaden expressway and cherry avenue. The victim died at the scene. Police have the roadways closed and the driver is cooperating with police. This marks the citys 56 fatal collision. And the 30th pedestrian death of the year. Well, the family of a Fremont Police captain who killed himself is accusing city leaders of contributing to his death. Captain fred bobbitt committed suicide in february. His family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city. The suit claims bobbitt had been demoted in retaliation for publicly criticizing the city manager and the police chief in 2019, according to court documents, bobbitt was removed as a Patrol Division leader reassigned to a desk job and put on a yearlong Performance Improvement plan. This lawsuit claims these actions caused bobbitt. Significant Emotional Distress leading to his death. Through its allegation and unfair treatment. My dad continue to do the right thing. I stand here today saying my dad is no longer here with us. We as a family will continue this fight for him. It will always be about the people and for the people. And in march in of 2021, almost a year before he killed himself, bobbitt filed a complaint with the California Department of fair employment and housing alleging discrimination and retaliation. His familys wrongful death lawsuit seeks seeks unspecified damages. Bob. It was 54 years old. A city official released a statement only saying that the city of fremont was not served with the lawsuit yet, but it is aware that this will happen and that statement went on to say that the city is offering their deepest sympathy during this difficult time to bobbitts family. Parents of an Elementary School in held of students at an Elementary School in oakland held a rally on tuesday to denounce racism and hate directed towards black children. The rally at thornhill Elementary School follows incident. An incident at the School Last Week involving a racist message written on a restroom wall state superintendent Tony Thurmond joined those parents given the against me want to be regular School District superintendent very people for our and youre working on a lot organizers say they wanted todays event to encourage unity and community building. All right. Lets talk a bit about our forecast now taking a live look outside at coit tower. A beautiful shot of the tower there and pretty blue skies up above as kyla tracking it all for all the conditions out doors for us right now. Hey kylen. Yeah. Its a chilly temperatures out there. No doubt about it. And if you look over to spots like truckee where its 32 degrees. 30 in south lake tahoe. You can see where that cold air has been rushing in and thats why they are dealing with some snow thereu you had a lot of trouble on donner pass. They have chain controls and that one point were having to turn people around because of spinouts that were happening there. So its very rough going kind stay put if youre not already where you want to be. Its not the time to head out there. Also check out whats happening here. Weve got offshore lightning. Weve got lightning that has been rolling over in the east bay in the south bay. Weve got pea sized hail reported in spots like milpitas and san jose as we have some of that rain kind getting lifted up and then making that journey down. Were getting a little bit of re freezing. So and its kind of interesting, too, when you consider that we also just saw blue skies in San Francisco. So this is going to be the story of the day. Weve got these kind of rogue cells in popping up. So you want to be aware, i think your eye to the sky, but it really is important today because you could be the one that kind of caught in this notice. Also when some of this years getting for step into Mount Hamilton area, getting a little bit of freezing going on there. So that probably has less do with why that hail is happening. But this is going to go on throughout the rest of today. So while were sunny and San Francisco, not everywhere is going to be sunny all day today. Its going to be that pop up shower. Here are the current temperatures. You can see we are plenty cool. Just 53 in San Francisco. 55 in petaluma concord about 57 degrees. Ill be back with your extended forecast. Well talk about what all of this is going to wrap up and what our chances for rain are going forward. Back to you. But thank you. The sudden spread of rsv a respiratory virus, particularly dangerous for young children. Is forcing Health Officials in Southern California to declare a Public Health emergency every day. They say that hundreds of sick kids are being brought to the emergency room at Childrens Hospital. Orange county. And they say that they are now running out of room and asking other hospitals in the county to accept some of their pediatric patients. And this problem not just happening in Orange County hospitals across our state are preparing for a surge in patients between an early flu season. A rise in rsv cases and concerns over another Covid Subvariant Reporter Mason morrow explains some of the precautions you can take to stay healthy. Theres been reports of hospitals being overwhelmed by patients on the 10 minute for arent speak. Doctor dean blumberg says uc davis Childrens Hospital is in that capacity yet, but its still early. Weve had increasing rates of admission for children and our u. S. Being. Weve got several children admitted now with rsv rsv is a respiratory virus with common symptoms like a cough fever or runny nose. But bloomberg says severe cases make it difficult for kids to green is children may get pneumonia with or they can get inflammation of the airways are bronchiolitis and may need Supportive Care such as supplemental oxygen. Local medical experts like doctor katie baker at Mercy Hospital of full so say covid prevention measures like isolation and masking effect childrens ability to fight off these airborne viruses. She says Mercy Hospital has admitted some kids that contract it both rsv and the flu. This trajectory is probably going to increase and that this is likely the beginning, the beginning of another fall. Winter surge in Northern California hospitals. Baker suggest getting yourself and your kids up to date on covid and flu shots to help avoid a trip to the emergency room and help healthcare workers keep a handle on their patients. It starts to really cause a lot of strain on the system and our ability to really do the that we can for our children. That was mason morrow reporting for us. And a big story out of the nfl, the Washington Commanders Football Team could soon be for sale owners. Dan and tanya snyder say theyve hired bank of america to help with a possible transaction year snyders ownership of the team has been criticized over the last couple of years because of alleged Workplace Culture issues and claims of harassment and financial misconduct. Snyder bought the team in 1999. It is estimated to be worth 5 and a half billion dollars. Well, you can make your next International Trip smoother with the help of new tech tools. Rich demuro shares what he learned on a recent trip in todays tech smart. Every time i travel, i learn something new on my recent overseas trip, i discovered these apps and tips that can make the process easier. Starting with rome 2 rio. This is a helpful app for finding the best way between 2 points, whether its big cities or local landmarks see transit options inc uding trains, buses, subways, taxis, walking and more. It gives you a proximate prices and even the recommended and fastest ways to get there. Time shifters an app that helps you combat jet lag. Plug in your travel dates in flights and it generates a plan to help your body adapt to the time. Difference is telling you went to sleep nap, drink coffee and get some bright light. The first plan is free. I cant say it worked perfectly, but it did seem to help before you reach your destination, activate wifi, calling this way you can still send and receive texts and calls for free even overseas. Now, if International Data is not included in your plan and you want to avoid fees entirely turn off data roaming and purchase an east end for your destination. I like air low because you can buy and activity in seconds through their app on the ground. I use the app world clock time widget to put various time zones on my home screen in a digital format. So theyre easy to understand to bridge the language barrier. You can use Google Translate or apples builtin translate app. Both will transform text on signs instantly. Just be sure to download a language before you leave. Finally for currency conversions, you could ask siri or google assistant, but i like the app xc it simple and straightforward. And you can add a widget for easy conversions. Im rich demuro and you are tech smart. All right. Coming up, lawmakers are looking forward and hoping for a high voter turnout this upcoming mid term election season. We break down how many ballots have been cast in california so far . And in oakland, home in the hills listed with a price tag and very little living space. We explain the first prong 4 is your election coverage headquarters. We take a look at a proposition in the upcoming election pushing for a tobacco ban. All right. Well, kron 4 is your local election headquarters and the midterms are less than a week away. Were taking a closer look at the propositions on the ballot. Kron fours Philippe Djegal takes a look at a referendum aimed at banning flavored Tobacco Products. Medically speaking, pick your poison cotton candy and to flavored after sour patch kids. When youre in 6th grade, youre not going to try some bitter cigarette. Youre definitely going for the mango flavors, the pineapple flavor. And thats what proponents of yes, on proposition 30, once a big Tobacco Companies want to get them. Young flavors are the gateway drug for kids. And if we and these flavors and then we can say this generation and all the future generations to come. But opponents of the legislations passage disagree. Tobacco companies fought to put prop 31 on the ballot by doing so it prevented the twentytwenty law banning most flavored Tobacco Products from being sold in stores from going into effect. It was signed by governor gavin newsom in 31 is a referendum. And if it fails, will overturn that twentytwenty law. The position no one 31 will prevail. John dennis is chairman of the San Francisco republican party. The state gop sides with the Tobacco Industry and opposes prop 31. Dennis says the notion big tobacco is targeting youth with flavored products if its already illegal to sell these products, any tobacco related a product. 2 kids. So in fact, theyre not telling you the truth. The root of the reality is that the parking indies products, specifically of adults who just want to serve our customers as they would like to be served. Have a choice. Chris clark manages fast and easy liquor store in pleasantville. He says Tobacco Sales account for a 3rd of the shots revenue adding that taking flavors off shelves will hurt his bottom line. He says theyre popular. All this and this and kids may want them, but theyre not the ones buying them in his store were prochoice. If you want a choice. Here to serve it if youre over. 21, you have an id. Try to follow all the laws. Because thats the last day in business. And big tobacco is big business. They have massive doses of nicotine behind these candy flavored vapor and smoke thats essentially how young individuals become lifelong customers of the Tobacco Industry. Doctor turned apparently is deputy executive director of the nonprofit organization, breathe california in san jose. She works with youth advocates fighting against what they call a youth vaping epidemic exacerbated by the wide availability flavored tobacco. If they dont have it in their hand, then. You know, then theres less likely chance of getting addicted. So take it off the market. Some School Districts have invested in vape detectors, installing them in bathrooms to monitor students. How high you think that tennis works with many california and hes a senior at Evergreen Valley High School in san jose where she says flavored vaping is a crisis. She says some bathroom doors at the school are chained open or have been removed all together to discourage vaping. Kids arent allowed. Outside without like a hall pass and theyre not allowed out during passing periods because teachers know that theyre just going to go into back ins in advocating against the use of like bates and other drugs that could harm you. I feel thats my way to make the community feel safer. The campaign for tobaccofree kids says 80 of youth that use a tobacco product start with a flavored truth is that the Tobacco Industry sees my kids as a target. Yes, on prop 31. Will save lives. They would in younger than the legal smoking age of 21 just decide. Next month. Billy kron, 4 news. But we also reached out to the companies that are pushing against prop 31. And that agreed to answer our questions about how their products are marketed. Those companies itg brands incorporated. Phyllis morris, usa Rj Reynolds Tobacco Company and Swedish Match North America supporting a yes vote on prop 31 other groups, the american heart association, the American Lung association and the american cancer society. In all, california voters are asked to vote on 7 statewide propositions. Kron fours Catherine Heenan is breaking down. Whats on the ballot for us join us this sunday evening at 9. 30, for what you need to know before you head to the polls. All right. Now to the south bay and the race for san jose mayor City Council Member matt mahan and Santa Clara County supervisor cindy chavez are locked in a heated, an expensive competition with more than 8 and a half Million Dollars spent between the 2 candidates campaigns, mahan and chavez have collectively raised 2. 2 Million Dollars since june to fuel their campaigns. Current san jose mayor sam liccardo is turning out. Hes publicly endorsed mahan to take his place. Early voting has been underway for weeks now. But analysts say not many people have turned in their ballots yet. Capitol correspondent Eytan Wallace takes a look at how many californians have cast their ballots so far. More than 20 million californians received their ballots in the mail. But now the question turns to how many people actually vote. Ballot after ballot after ballot. Over the last 3 weeks. California saw some 22 million ballots sent to registered voters via mail so far, though, just 2. 8 million of those ballots or roughly 13 have actually been returned. The figures coming directly from political data, inc or pdi, a nonpartisan voter information service. I think a lot of us that work in the field. Were expecting higher turnout than this. By now. Paul mitchell is pdi as vice president. He says more than 20 days into early voting. The turnout is not particularly strong still, he says there are factors to consider compared to this time during the last election. 2 years ago, turnout is lower. But mitchell says that is to be expected given the fact twentytwenty was a president ial election and compared to this time during the last Midterm Election in 2018, statewide turnout so far, at least is higher. But mitchell says you have to be careful when comparing in 2018, there were literally more than a million fewer voters to start with. And only 7 counties in the state. Were mailing ballots to all the voters in their county. So now we have all 58 counties mailing ballots to every voter. So its a larger number of people that can return their ballots by mail. So the fact that its a lot higher than 2018 really isnt surprising in this blue state, democrats are outnumbering republicans in early voting nearly 2 to one with the numbers. Also indicating half of the ballots sent in so far are from seniors. While just 10 are from Younger Voters aged 18 to 34. Thats pretty shocking. It means that these early ballots que much older than the actual electorate. So if the election were to be be held, just among people have voted already. You can see those election being skewed very heavily towards the electoral preferences, a very old californians. And if you received a ballot in the mail, you still have time to send it must be postmarked no later than election day, november 8 and must be received no later than one week after that. Of course, you can always drop it off in person at your local Elections Office or Voting Center reporting here outside the California State Capitol Eytan Wallace kron. 4 news meantime, a federal judge in arizona is banning people accused of voter intimidation from monitoring the states ballot boxes. U. S. District court judge Michael Liburdi restricted the activities of the group clean elections usa late tuesday. Now this group claims it is preventing voter fraud by stationing armed and masked guards near ballot boxes. Well, the league of women voters sued clean elections usa last week seeking to stop their actions. A federal judge ruled that clean elections. Usa members cannot stand within 75 feet of a ballot box or speak or yell at anyone unless theyre spoken to. First. They also cannot follow voters after theyve dropped off their ballots. The Biden Administration has announced billions of dollars in new funding as part of an effort to help families lower their energy bills. Under the plan, the department of health and Human Services will release 4 and a half billion dollars to help lowincome families pay energy bills and home repairs. Another 9 billion dollars will go to low and moderate income families to make Energy Efficient upgrades to their homes. Ok, lets talk a bit about our forecast now taking a live look outside at one of my favorite parts of the city. The embarcadero getting a nice front and center view of that palm tree out very nice and sunny. I mean, you see that palm tree might think summer, but its actually pretty chilly out there, right, kyla . Yeah, it is. Indeed a notice behind it. You saw some pretty, you know, fluffy clouds out there. Weve got some action happening in the bait. To put it mildly, these cells that are rolling across here and you can see them some of lightning associated with them. And some of them have also just generated pea size hail, the dropped in san jose and milpitas. Those are the places ive seen reports from there. Maybe more. Maybe it was at your house. I dont know. Youll have to jump on social media. Let me know. But this is rolling across and this is going to be the hallmark of what we deal with today. Notice some lightning offshore here and other cells trying to make their way into its this unsettled weather that have talked about yesterday. They would be the back end of the system. Now, meanwhile, there is snow falling in the sierra. Still they are piling up the numbers. There are some of the reports are talking about 9. 10 inches of snow that theyve gotten. Theres that counter clockwise circulation. So that is why this unsettled air is being dragged in. And thats why for the rest of the afternoon, were going be on the lookout for some of those popup showers. Its also why that snow making machine is going to stay on in the sierra until that 8 oclock tonight, which is what all of that starts to expire for them for their watches and warnings. But here are some of the big clouds i was talking about. You can really see them as we look to the north as we look to the east, thats where some of these storms are rolling in. So youve got to keep your eye to the sky. Just stay aware of whats going on today because certainly theres lightning around you. Youre going want to know about it. 50s. We are cool out there. Weve had a very cool air russian behind this system and that will also be the hallmark of our weather today. As you can see, ive got, you know, just a few 60s on the map, but thats about it, everybody mostly in those mid to upper 50s today and tonight its going to be chilly especially looking out for those 30s were getting awfully frosty up there. You know, were starting to see some of the warnings for the cold. There are a little further to the north of us, but we could see that here as well as we get into say the next 48 hours. Well keep an eye on that, too. So this system clears out and then we get a nice thursday. But as we get into the weekend, friday looks good by saturday. Were keeping an eye out for the next system and then theres another system. So the storm door is wide open and it looks like november is going to be productive for us as far as getting some beneoicial rain in here. Notice that we do have Daylight Saving on sunday. Did you remember that . Stephon thank you so much for the reminder, though, that we should extra hour. Yes, yes, something to look forward yeah, thanks so much, kyra. Well, coming up next noon, an old no problem coverage to this home in the Oakland Hills is going for and why experts say the price tag might be just a bit misleading. Vo Climate Change is fueling a wildfire crisis. Destroying our forests. Threatening our communities. Polluting our air. Prop 30 taxes those making over 2 million a year. No one else pays a penny. 30 will reduce the tailpipe emissions that drive Climate Change. And prevent wildfires and toxic smoke. So we have clean air to breathe. This is about our kids future. Omar prop 30 helps contain fires and combat tailpipe emissions. Vote yes on 30. Back. A small Oakland Hills home with a big price tag is making headlines. According to real estate, brokerage redfin. This 480 squarefoot home with no bedrooms. And just one bathroom has a listing price of 849,000. Experts say the value of this is in the land that the property is on. They say that theres a high probability that this home will go for more than asking. Well, a new Christmas Tree is coming to 30 rock. There it is. This years tree is a norway spruce from upstate new york. Its set to be cut down in 10 days and will make its way to Rockefeller Center very soon. The Tree Lighting ceremony is set for november. 30 is sure to be a beautiful sight that will do it for us here at the kron. 4 news at noon. Lets send things over to Olivia Horton for live in the day has to go into libya. Hey, stephanie. I mean, listen, i saw the big beautiful tree. Does that mean that its time to start, you know, bring out all the holiday decor and you know what i actually have. I know a person who keeps their Christmas Tree up yearround. I dont know if theyre that type, though. Im okay. I have something i have to admit. Okay. A few years ago i did have my Christmas Tree and i just left it up all year. And you know what . Instead of calling a Christmas Tree, i just called a seasonal tree. So each season it just i love any different decorations for every yes, i did. Perfect. Haha. Well, listen. Coming up today on the show, were learning more about the polynesian style of dance who left. Find out where you can see historic costumes performances. And music. Plus, were meeting them on new york. Whos helping you with your self care . Hear how shes chasing her dreams with a natural product. Then its a museum where everything is for sale were chatting with the childhood friends who want traveling museum and reconcile and has been nominated for 6 awards at upcoming Golden Gate International film festival. Learn how to build, you know, used to San Francisco. Backdrop. Theres so much happening today on live in the bay. Welcome in to live in the bay. And thanks for joining us today, everyone. Im Olivia Horton. Lets get you caught up with anything you may have missed in our first segment in case you missed it
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