This map shows just how widespread the incidents were today. They happened at Woodside High School on the peninsula. South San Francisco high George Washington high in the city. Abraham lincoln high and san jose mcclymonds high and oakland and Irvington High School in fremont. Authorities say those active shooter reports were the result of swatting calls. Those are the prank phone calls aimed at getting a large response from Law Enforcement. The first call came in before 10 this morning in south San Francisco. High school by noon. A number of high schools across the bay area went into lockdown investigations ultimately reveal that all of the reports were fake. But the nervous moments for parents outside those schools checking their cellphones, hoping to hear from their children. Well, that was real. Its all in there that they said that there was a person on campus with a gun. Im kayla. Were was going a little high on the like a little a little of i wish like me something right away. Instead of paying. It takes like 10 minutes later. But i am just, you know, thankful that theres no bloodshed in nobodys hurt. Never is going home safe. Officers responding to todays fake calls could have been responding to actual emergencies. Kron fours Justin Campbell explains how swatting can drain some of critical resources. Police officers surrounded Irvington High School in fremont just after 11 wednesday morning for a call about an active shooter that turned out to be fake. Very good to know that it sadly was a hoax. Shannon ramirez has 2 kids at the school. She said she was relieved to learn that fremont. Police responded quickly to add an unnerving, but reassuring to know that we do have those resources in our community that shooter out of its its scary for a lot of folks surging. Kim mcdonald with Fremont Police as responding to fake calls like this one can be risky. Those are resources taking away from the other members in our in our community that that could need policing and certain medical able to put the fires but if this was a real active shooter situations, Sergeant Mcdonald says they would get help from Law Enforcement agencies. In neighboring cities reporting in fremont Justin Campbell kron. 4 news. The string of swatting is around the bay area has some departments on high alert. Belmont police say theyre aware of the false emergencies being reported about high schools in other parts of san mateo county. They have increased Police Presence at the belmont campuses of the schools, even though there are no actual threats right now to those schools. Meantime, today marks 2 weeks since a shooting on an Oakland School campus injured 6 people, including 2 students in a few weeks, oakland residents will get a chance to vote on 3 open seats on the Oakland Unified School board. Well for surreys talks with the candidates running for district 6, which encompasses the campus where that shooting took place. I will try not to get of emotional. Oakland unified school candidate joelle velasquezs spoke with me about the shooting on the king estates campus 2 weeks ago. He is running for a seat us. Stay representing the families and students who attend the school where the shooting took place. Lets bring the that the district. Staff at. Lets bring everybody into the room and start moving this forward because we agree upon one thing. Were going to make our school site safe and these incidences, these acts of this violence specifically related to gun violence is going to end. Open schools face real challenges. Im running to bring the focus back to what matters most, which is our students. Because right now were feeling them. Were feeling them academically. We are failing them in terms of their physical safety. Carraman gia is currently the board member for district 6 and also running for a full term. She was appointed by the board this summer after a board member left. No one should fear for their safety anywhere. Let alone, especially at a school site, right . That should be the one place. You know, you are guaranteed to be safe. Quiz says keeping schools open is a priority. He protested with others. The recent closure at parker elementary, it feels the closures have Hurt Community and helped fuel disruption and chaos. I understand how bad policies. And that practices with the district and our school board, the quakes and how it affects our communities and what that looks like a year later. 5 years later monday, a former Oakland School teacher and now Deputy Director of education for oakland, mayor schaff. Says addressing School Safety must be the number one priority to ensure all children can learn and excel. Our students, we cannot expect them to learn if they are in fear for lots. And so that must be addressed. That is the basement families want more information from the district. They want Higher Quality academics. Valerie bachelor is also running. Kron 4 reached out multiple times to talk with their, but she was not available. She says on a website that as an immigrant, 10 professional organizer, she knows what it takes to bring people together and make schools better and safer for everyone. Theresa kron, 4 news. Vote by mail. Ballots are already being processed in San Francisco, the Citys Department of elections says ballots will be processed every day until november ace mail in ballots were sent out to every registered california voter earlier this week. If you are not registered to vote, that deadline is quickly approaching. The deadline to register is 15 days before an election, which in this case will be october 24th. If youre not registered before, then you can still vote. But you have to fill out the same day Voter Registration at your polling place or local Elections Office and you can always check your status on the california secretary of states web page. That web address is a while. Its on your screen. But the letters are pretty small. Voter status dot s o s dot gov. Mailin ballots will be sent to all active registered voters in california. If you vote by mail, there are several ways to submit your ballot. The easiest way simply put your ballot back in the mail after voting mail in ballots must be postmarked on or before election day and received by your county election official. No later than 7 days after the election. Other options put your ballot in a ballot drop box or take it to an inperson polling place by 08 00pm on election day. And of course, there is the old fashion way of doing it. Just go to your local polling place and vote. Registered voters can vote in person at any Voting Center in their county. The offices stay open until 8 oclock in the evening. And remember, if youre still in line to vote at that point, stay in line. Youll be allowed to cast your ballot even after 8 oclock. State senator scott wiener has some San Francisco city leaders held a Campaign Rally in the city today. Call for support for proposition d. The San Francisco ballot measure is also called affordable homes. Now it is backed by Affordable Housing leaders as well as mayor london breed and supervisor matt dorsey, the measure fully streamlines projects, which are 100 Affordable Housing. And it speeds up the approval process. Says in San Francisco its getting harder to build more houses. But prop d he says can help with that. And property is an opportunity for San Francisco to get back on the right right to build more housing to get it done faster to have Good Government to cut red tape and take the politics out of housing. But those against prop d say it does not actually require developers to build anything and it will not deliver housing that working people in families can afford. They say it only benefits the developers that already have deep pockets. San franciscos laguna honda hospital got the best news its had in months today, federal officials agreed to extend funding for laguna honda through november. 13th that will halt a forest patient transfer program until at least next year on february. 2nd, the president of the Service EmployeesInternational Union issued that statement today. Back in april. The hospital is decertified and had its funding frozen over to onsite overdoses that occurred there. The followup investigations revealed the presence of cigarette lighters and drug paraphernalia. Hospitals forced to submit plans to relocate all 700 patients, which they did start doing. But several medically fragile patients died during that process. The statement also says city leaders and Union Workers are still working hard to keep the doors of laguna honda open. Doctors in santa clara countys Public Health and hospitals say theyre ready to go on strike the Valley Physicians Group says its members overwhelmingly authorize a strike. Quote, if the county continues to negotiate in bad faith with regard to working conditions, said impact patient care and physician, Mental Health. The union says it and the county have already agreed to Salary Structure of the next contract leaving only working condition issues that affect patient care and position Mental Health to be resolved. Meals on wheels headquarters in walnut creek will not be open to and will not be able to open the office for at least 6 months to a year. Thats the update from the organization. A fire damaged the Building Back on september. Twentyfourth Officials Say that fire was likely caused by a faulty light panel. The group has been working to secure a temporary office space for a staff. While the repairs get done. Meal deliveries, however, will not be affected. Coming up tonight on kron, 4 news today. A abuse scandal on Campus Apartment of justice interviewing students part of an Ongoing Investigation in san jose. Still no inflation relief check from the state. Well, it could be on the way when you can expect to see the next round of 8 times. And that father rolling back on shore for tonight. Fog is okay with that. Would like some rain will be soon. See some. Well talk about that. Forecast is coming up next. San Jose State University students want School Officials to do more after a abuse scandal on the campus students against assault. Thats the group name held a rally today a year after the ruling in favor of female swimmers who said there are reports of assault were ignored. The department of justice found the university violated title 9 rules and we have to pay almost 2 Million Dollars to the former athletes. The doj is on campus this week to interview students as well as faculty about title 9 office. The students say they want all 6 positions of that office staffed up to help speed up the investigation. Theres resource for it. Survivors for people have had traumatic experiences and instead of reaching a handout and for those people, theyre not there. The students claim sjsu has made halfhearted attempts to make the campus safer in response, san jose state sent us this statement. Quote, the university has cooperated fully with the doj throughout the investigation and during the implementation of the resolution agreement, were fortunate to have added 4 new members to the title 9 team since february, including most recently a title 9 investigator. This wednesday night, lets check on our 4 zone weather forecasts. A live look outside from our camera on mount tam. See some finn fog there in the picture and planes flying around and stars and clouds of arms. Its a its a full picture. And yeah, its been a gorgeous shot the last couple that fog out there. But wed like to fill that with some raindrops for we theres a sign that things are beginning to change. No promises just yet. But theres a sign of things begin to change the atmosphere now. So as we look further down the road, i think things start to get a little more interesting as we head in toward next week tonight, though, that fog, thats the story again, pushing well on shore. Thats going to feel into the valleys again late tonight early tomorrow morning. So pretty gray as we head toward tomorrow as well, but least to start the day and then the sun will show up as we head toward the middle of the day 50s coast side. Right now we have the fog in the San Francisco. 57 62 degrees in livermore. Still 73 warmer brent when theyre not feeling the effects that marine air just yet. But most of bay areas 54 in petaluma. 54 also in santa rosa and 55 degrees in the bottle. But yeah, weve had a lot of that fog along the cloud along the coastline today. Again. Well, even some storm clouds into southern california, theyre seeing some rain drops from an area of low pressure, kind of spin around out there. But the bay area seeing the fog kind of rolling on shore overnight and slowly pulling back. You see the rolling toward the coastline. Much more like a summerlike pattern, somewhat unusual to see that fog this time of year. But here we sit now under this big dome of High Pressure. Thats what we call a blocking ridge. And you can see why these storms try to get through a block. Some sense of well to the north. And usually once these type of a ridge is build in the usually last for a while, this one finally showing some signs of weakening. You see kind of a bending and starting collapse in on itself. Still that low spinning around southern california. Going to be for you to a few more rain drops down toward los angeles. San diego may be in the santa barbara. Again, the bay area should see a warm day ab some patchy fog in the morning. And then cool night tonight. Thats for sure, though. 40s and 50s for overnight lows. So temperatures starting to a little chilly in spots overnight by day. Tomorrow. Should be a nice day away from the coastline that 72 degrees, hazy sunshine in the san jose, 70 in mountain view. 77 in mill valley about 76 in the bout of 72 in late on 82 degrees in concord. So these numbers and cooling off just a bit around the bay area the next couple days. But here we go as we head through the weekend, a few more clouds come away on saturday, staying dry, but next week put least a slight chance on tuesday. Another low is going to swing off the coastline, going to get close, slight chance of showers, maybe a better chance. Some raindrops, the following weekend. All right, lawrence, thank you both. For the 3rd time this month, fired at a person who was trying to stop thieves from stealing a catalytic converter this latest shooting happened which sent a man to the hospital just before 4 oclock this morning in castro valley. The Sheriffs Office says the victim shot most of victim was shot twice in the leg after he confronted for people who are attempting to steal a catalytic converter from a parked car on sergeant avenue. The victim was taken to the hospital and is expected to be okay. As for the attempted converter thieves, the Victim Told Police they drove off in a silver fourdoor sedan. The suspect vehicle was later spotted in oakland traveling along interstate 5. 80, sheriffs deputy followed the car on to eastbound. 24, the california Highway Patrol and the sheriffs deputy then tried to pull over the car, but it did not stop the car made its way to walnut creek where it was involved in an accident. The 4 people left the car at the scene. They ran away. Police say in several catalytic converters were found in the trunk of that car. A man suspected of hitting and killing a 12 yearold child with his car and injuring 2 other children in antioch has been arrested. The crash happened back on september. 16th. Witnesses say that a red Chevrolet Impala struck a 10 mercury mystique forcing the impala into the direction of 3 children who are walking nearby. All 3 children were airlifted to a hospital and one of the children died from his injuries. Police say they believe the driver of the impala was speeding and attempted to pass the mercury. Is it started making a turn, according to police that propelled the impala toward the children who are on their way home from school. The driver of the impala has been identified as 29 yearold shaquille reeves. He has been charged with vehicular manslaughter and 5 counts of assault with a deadly weapon. Las vegas raiders receiver Davante Adams has been charged with misdemeanor assault for shoving a photographer to the ground as he left the field following the team lost in kansas city, kansas city, missouri. Police say that adams pushed the photographer to the ground while running off the field following the raiders 30 29 loss to the chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium on monday night. Police called it an intentional overt act that cause whiplash a headache. Anna, possible minor concussion charges were filed this morning in kansas city. Adams apologized in his postgame comments to the media. And then later on twitter, the nfl is also investigating those actions. Still ahead tonight, who is going to be watching over our tax dollars . We had to sacramento where we preview the race to be californias next controller. And hear from the 2 candidates rising. Gasoline prices continue to cause pain at the pump for bay area. Drivers now. Democrats in the Nations Capital want to pass that hurt on to one of the Worlds Largest oil supplier. Now for a check of gas prices around the bay area. Napa is still the most expensive right now at about 6 and 0. 50 6. 49, San Francisco. Its 6. 43. Oakland, 6. 29 center fell 6. 38. And san jose has the lowest prices at 6. 28, of course, east very by station with the recent surge in gas prices, an announcement that opec, the organization of Petroleum Exporting countries would be cutting production, sounded good. Congressional democrats say theyre now looking to punish saudi arabia as the leader of the opec alliance, which is going to cut production today. Leaders of both the house and the Senate Introduced legislation that would stop all weapon sales to the saudis for at least a year would also pause any sales of Parts Services and support for weapons said are already held by that government. According to u. S. Officials, the saudis, its 73 of their arms from the united states. President biden says there would be consequences for the cut in oil production. But he stopped short of endorsing the new democratic bill inflation. Relief payments will continue to be sent out to california. Is this week the Franchise Tax board said it has made some 700,000 direct deposits to people whose Bank Information was on file for their 2020 tax returns. More than 2 million more deposits are expected to be made this week. For those who do not have direct deposit, registered with the state, they will be getting debit cards after october. The 25th the payments range from 200 to more than 100t depending on income filing status and whether or not you have dependents and people on Social Security are expected to get a major bump in their Monthly Payments starting in 2023, according to projections, the federal government will increase payments by about 9 , perhaps more in a response to ongoing inflation. It is the largest cost of living adjustment in more than 40 years. Experts also say the increase will help insulate those on a fixed income from unexpected expenses or even a potential recession. It is not just the elderly recipients who will benefit the government says some 4 million children also receive some kind of Social Security money. Coming up next tonight on kron, 4 news at 8 addressing Violent Crime from the mayor to police to members of congress to the chamber of commerce. The different proposals to try to make oakland safe. 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Sorry, i wasnt thinking. , uh, donreally e the v word. Ats kind of insensitive. Prefer prolunar. S, much better. Violent crime has been a growing problem in oakland and there are a lot of opinions on how to make things better. Increasing the number of Police Officers to getting help from the feds. Go for grant. Lotus joins us now with the options that are on the table. Quite a few. Because they they know they need change. They want to get people back working, you know, the pandemic in the crime have kind of combined to make the downtown area an area that is really hoping people come back and if rising crime and a shortage of officers was not enough. Oaklands Police Department is facing a new issue and that is a lack of confidence from the Public People who live in oakland say there theyre hesitant to or maybe even make a conscious decision not to call for help knowing that depending on the severity of the crime, police may not even be able to respond and theyre now demanding that the federal government step in and back up the Department Help out reinforcements. Those calls came today at the first african methodist episcopal church. That is where representative barbara lee invited senator alex padilla and mayor libby schaff to talk Crime Prevention and intervention solutions. But we over and over again of the importance of having these resources at the street level at the Grassroots Level where the community is engaged in violence prevention, several programs that utilize violence, interrupters young people who are able to prevent the onset of whatever is about to take place. Both senator padilla there and mayor schaff agreed with the calls for federal support and say there are several federal grants that could support the citys efforts besides federal help. There is also a push for more help on the local scale on the steps of a still closed city hall today. The Oakland Chamber of commerce announced a 5 point back to work pledge that there asking all City Council Members to adopt and then an act. They say this plan is what the city needs to revive downtown. Were going to sign this and were going to ask our elected leaders and those who are seeking to be our elected leaders, just sign this pledge and then to implement it again, this is the beginning of a very active dialogue to demonstrate to everybody that we believe in the city. This can be a safe city. Were going to make it a safe city. The welcome back to work pledged a 5 point plan which would reopen city hall. See some money received from Parking Enforcement diverted to help Small Businesses and implement a previously adopted homeless encampment plant. The pledge also asks for the city to increase the Police Department up to 900 officers and add more downtown patrols right pd has just shy of 700 officers. Meanwhile, Oakland Police have released several tips for staying safe while in the city. A lot of them are common sense, but they include keeping your cars windows indoors up unlocked while driving. They say if youre being carjacked, dont resist, just give it up. Also, they want people not to wait in there car in the driveway. Just dont be a sitting duck basically. And they want folks to be aware of their surroundings before they get in their car before they get out of their car. There are other tips to weve posted all of them on our website. Kron 4 dot com. Ken pam, back to you. All right, grant, thank you for that kron. 4 news is your local election headquarters and with ballots out, registered californians can now. Officially vote in several key races that includes the contest for state controller, also known as californias independent fiscal watchdog capitol correspondent Eytan Wallace talked with both candidates about their message for voters. As the state spends your tax dollars, the state controller is there to service its watchdog and this election republican law. He cham and democrat malia cohen each hope to earn your vote as they vie for the office. Im running because i want this government to work for everyone find the person best equipped to be a true watchdog for taxpayers. The controller is actually one of the most powerful positions across State Government to making sure the funds allocated by the legislature. And governor go where theyre supposed to go. Chan says in addition to his role as a Stanford UniversityPublic Policy educator and researcher his experience as a Small Business owner and former member of the Social SecurityAdvisory Board serves him well for the California Controllers Office in office. He says must prioritize fiscal transparency. California is the only state in the country. What we dont have complete line by line transparency into state spending. So job number one, in my view. Is a full transparency database where we can go and see every line item. A state spending were every californian can access that and see for themselves. Exactly whats going on exactly whats happening, what were spending money on. He also says there needs to be more honesty about how much california owes in unfunded liabilities, specifically Retirement Benefits pledge long ago to state employees at the end of the day, those liabilities are going to be things we need to pay. We dont want to keep those promises. Weve made to teachers and state employees. Its very important. But were not going to be able to do it in honest way. If we dont know how much we actually do. My job is to watch the disbursement to spending up every single tax dollar. Cohen says her role as chair on the state board of equalization and her experience as a former San Francisco county supervisor prepared her well for controller. One of her Top Priorities reform and simplify the state Accounting System known as fiscal. Right now, we have a very fractured Accounting System corrections has one system and the board of equalization as another system legislature as another system. And so its not doesnt seamlessly all come together. So what i want to do was make the system more efficient. He says the state must also fix how it communicates with non english speakers. Starting with the translate button on the controllers website, not everyone in the state of california thats doing business speaks english. So i want to be able to reach people with where they are. But the race has not come without its controversies on the coincide. The foreclosure over San Francisco condo more than a decade ago has resurfaced given the foreclosure history on your personal residence. What do you say to some voters who say theyre worried about you overseeing taxpayer dollars . I would say that you dont have to worry. I the foreclosure that use that that my opponent is making an issue of happened in 2009 and on the 10 side, no gop candidate has won statewide elected office in california since former governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2006. You are republican running for statewide office in a blue state. So what are doing to reach out to voters on the other side . You know, we are running and im talking about issues that i believe all californians care about regardless of their partisan affiliation. 2 candidates each hoping for your vote in sacramento. Eytan wallace kron. 4 news. Now to our 4 zone forecast. But first we want to show you some Police Activity at the sandra fell bridge toll plaza as youre approaching the told wusa heading westbound on highway 5. 80, knowing towards center fell from richmond. You can see at least looks like chp cars that are there. One is blocking the number 3 lane, the far right lane as youre heading toward the toll plaza. Another one parked off to the side. Were not exactly sure whats going on there. We just want to point out if anybody is heading to or from that area that there is some Police Activity and slow traffic getting onto the Richmond Center fell bridge. All right. Well, lawrence is standing by to bring us up to date on the weather right now. All right, guys. Yeah, weve been talking about maybe a chance of some rain in the forecast returning, keep your fingers crossed for that outside. Got a lot of fog right now. Want to show you the longrange computer model. Now this is get way out there in the forecast. High pressure overhead, of course, has been sticking around. Now this what we call a rex block, a blocking ridge of High Pressure stick around as we get the weekend, then things begin to change. Lot of part of the weekend by sunday. You can see that ridge starts to buck a little bit. Then you see a little swirl developing off the coastline. Thats your first chance that the letter, a lower pressure of low pressure going to move in and its going to bring with it. Maybe a slight chance of showers and tuesday, mainly along the coastline, not much of a chance there. I think a better chance is the longrange. It will be the following weekend. Here comes that next storm system that storm system that comes through. It could possibly bring some showers to the bay area, which is hes kind of broken at this breaks up before it comes through without bringing us any rain, probably going to see some offshore winds on the backside of that, some gusty offshore winds, of course, 5 for high fire danger somewhat of a concern. But right now were going to keep our fingers crossed. We get the rain drops tomorrow. You can see a lot of sunshine of some patchy fog in the morning. Next couple days. The temperatures cooling off over the weekend. Slight chance of rain next tuesday. Lawrence, thank you. And still ahead tonight at 8, will there be another theranos trial . A federal judge is responding to sunny balwani request for a new trial. The former business p rtner of theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes will nt get a new trial today. A federal judge denied sunny balwani these request both ball on e and homes were convicted of wire fraud based on false and misleading statements on the theranos blood testing. Techn logy earlier this month, holmes was granted in then she arie hearing on her motion for new trial ball. One e asked to join homes in that hearing and he was tonight the evidentiary hearing in the holmes case is set to begin next week. Starting tomorrow, cbs will lower the price of its store branded menstrual products across the nation by 25 , including here in california, the price cuts from the latest step in a growing effort to close the gap between the cost of womens and mens personal health items. Cbs is also eliminating sales taxes on feminine hygiene products, which are also known as the pink the tampon tax initial products can be a big expense for women and they more costly in recent years. The phillies and braves play in game 2 of their divisional playoffs in atlanta. Coming up next in sports, kate rooney will tell us how 2 former bay area players played a key part in that game. We told you earlier in this newscast about the fake reports of shootings on School Campuses around the bay area. You can see the stress on parents faces today as they waited to pick up their children from school after Police Responded to those reports of active shooters. Kron fours rob nesbitt, talk to a child psychologist who has more on the anxiety students are dealing with when it comes to School Shootings. All right. We have it technical problem and will work to get that story to you as soon as we can pan. Other news now, children. And as young as may. All right. Maybe can. Maybe you should do where we have a video problem. We cant show any video right now. Ok, so were going to the shooter story with a psychologist. 6 schools and thousands of students were affected by wednesdays hoax. I spoke to a clinical psychologist about the conversations parents and to have with their children when it comes to School Shootings. The bay area breathe a sigh of relief hearing that wednesdays reports of active School Shootings were faults. But even a swatting can be harmful to students. Mental health. According to clinical psychologist, doctor bethany cook. You dont know the time that its false and your body responds directly with the reptile brain. So fight, fly a freezer. Find doctor cook works with children of all ages and their parents after School Shootings in places like sandy hook, parkland, uvalde and even oakland. Shes noticed a shift in the anxiety of her young patients worried for their own safety and not only help children and parents relate when it comes to School Shootings, but also children going to school. They know why police are there. They know why certain schools have. You know, metal detectors. Its a tough topic to tackle for parents. But doctor cook says its necessary to find a way to talk about School Shootings. Both real and the hoax is recognizing with age appropriate. And what children really understand about the seriousness of an active shooter. Kindergartners not really good. Understand anything on a level that a senior will. So you could just say that them, you know, we we have to do drills to be safe just like we do. Tornado drills and fire drills. We also have to now do drills in case somebody comes into the school. Theres a difference between being prepared and being worried. This week the u. S. Preventive Services Task force announced a recommendation that children ages 8 to 18, be screened for anxiety. Doctor cook says parents can look for changes in behavior with their children to see if theyre struggling with their Mental Health. If your child is sleeping more or sleepy less, if your child is all of a sudden eating more eating less, if you notice they are really taking care of themselves like they used to. These are signs. That somethings going on. Local news and National News is important. But doctor cook says children dont need to hear all the facts. She says its important for parents to screen the information when it comes to reports their kids are hearing about School Shootings and hoaxes reporting in the newsroom. Im rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. Children as young as 5 can now get the updated version of the covid vaccine. Today, federal Health Officials authorized pfizers vaccines for children age 5 and above and moderna shots for those aged 6 and above bay area. Infectious disease experts say federal approval has come just in the nick of time. Were heading into a season where people are going to be indoors closer together and less likely to be masked. So more risk for transmitting whatever to the south there. Remembed, there are still thousands of infections every day and 300 deaths a day from a covid. So thats more deaths than we see from flu every year. So we want everyone to be protected. Federal officials estimate between 13 15 Million People have already received the updated booster. So far, 4, those who have not they say you should get the shot by halloween so it will support you during any thanksgiving holiday gatherings. And now kron 4 sports from the 18 t fiber sports desk. West virginia mountain mama. Take me home. Well, West Virginia is short starting to feel like home for the fortyniners since 2019. Thats where they spend a week each year between their eastern time zone, road games and its worked like a charm. Theyve won that second game every single time. But this year theyll be attempting to do so with a depleted defensive roster. Kyle shanahans latest update today was pretty grim. The fortyniners defensive line resembles a triage unit. Nick bosa didnt practice today because of a strained groin. He does have a chance to play sunday. Made the trip but is unlikely to play. Eric armstead didnt even make the trip. And right now the team is just saying a prayer. He wont have to go on injured reserve due to his plantar fasciitis. Simpson. Every camp also missed practice with an achilles injury, but it isnt all bad quarterback jason, for et was back on the practice field today since Emmanuel Moseley season ended last week with a torn acl is the logical choice to come back into the fold and help that banged up. Secondary kyle shanahan. Happy to see a shutdown cornerback running around on the practice field he said the team will be ultra cautious when it comes to got to test everything out to make sure hes ready. Not just that. Hes feeling good and says hes good and looking quick. Youve got to make sure you can do go through all the routes, everything in practice stuff. You figure out throughout training camp. But sometimes tough in just carted practice last and 19 that we all felt like he was there. Then he got in some situations where you can see wasnt. So thats what im trying to not do. All right. First was rams linebacker bobby wagner tackling that onfield protester in the 49 ers game. Now raiders receiver Davante Adams is being cited for this. Taking out a photographer after the raiders monday night loss to the chiefs. Adams was caught on camera shoving an espn cameraman walking off the field and to the locker room. You see that theyre the kansas city Police Department has charged adams with misdemeanor assault. The camera man, ryans a plea is claiming to have suffered whiplash headaches and even a possible concussion after being pushed to the ground by adams. Lets talk some playoff baseball game. 2 of the phillies and braves game had a 3 hour rain delay in atlanta, but they finally got the game started. No score 2 outs. Bottom of the 6th. Thats former giant pitcher zack wheeler against not olson, formally of the as. Olson wins this battle ripping a shot off the glove of rhys hoskins. First rolls into right field. Dansby swanson scores one. Nothing braves not to nothing. When Travis Darnaud skalde an rbi single into center field. Olson comes into score 3. Nothing braves for atlanta. Pitchers have the philly scoreless on 3 hits and got this kind of defense. Wow. Austin riley runs down the pop up, makes the catch and rams into the why the cats rays win 3, nothing and tie the series at one game apiece and the padres and the dodgers are playing as we speak. Were going to highlight to that later. I think theres a lot of local interest as to whether the padres can take down the dodgers to i g i fans want to see exactly. Haha. Im just tickled kate singing the beginning of her cas. Well, you know, our floor director mark alerted me to the fact the anniversary of john denvers death so kind of appropriate with the fortyniners traveling theme, you know . And you could carry the tsunamis and nobody wants me to sing anything. So all right. Thank you. Cant a different well be right back. If youre a star wars fan and theres a lot out there, you can take a ride to a bakery in benicia to see a lifesized han solo sculpture. Also known as a han solo or hand. So connelly proven coowner and head baker of one house bakery. She created this sculpture for the towns annual main street scarecrow contest. 2 week event showcases halloweenthemed creations by local businesses. This is how at least 3rd star wars inspired injury. After the mandalorian and baby yoda creation helps pack in 2020. Wow. Was that guy laying on the ground so that she can make it more of him to make this . And a woman, ok, im told it was a woman thats amazing. Has a lot of work. That is a lot of work. She should double. Thats our our producers telling us its kind of old bread. So if you wanted to eat it, i suppose, you know, grand and catherine. Yeah, were looking this one out yeah. And that very yeah. We love sweet treats and you know better. You yeah, theres some star wars fans out there who probably wanted to be just as it is so they can look at. But thats up in the newsroom. It would go. Thanks. All right. Coming up at the clock, San FranciscoPolice Confiscate nearly. 8 pounds of fentanyl over the weekend. And this is from one man how they made that arrest and why some people are crediting the citys new d whole lot of drugs there. Plus, weve heard the rumors now confirmed. Oracle has let go about 200 employees from its former headquarters here in redwood city. Why one bay area Officials Says he expects more job cuts in silicon valley. Keep it here. Kron. 4 news tonight is next. Cotton candy. Pink lemonade. Bubble gum. When Tobacco Companies sell candy flavored products, they know exactly what theyre doing because four out of five kids who use tobacco start with a flavored product. And once theyre hooked, they can be addicted for life. This election we can stop big tobaccos dirty trick. Voting yes on prop 31 will end the sale of candy flavored tobacco products. Saving kids from nicotine addiction. Vote yes on 31. When fun time from the bay areas local news station. Youre watching kron. 4 news at known. Now at 9 San Francisco police removed nearly 8 pounds of fentanyl off the streets in one arrest over the weekend. Good evening, everybody. Thanks for being here tonight on kron. 4 news at 9. Im grant lotus and im catherine heenan. A police announced today they had arrested. 24 yearold miguel ramos. He was originally being investigated for a separate crime as kron. 4 Taylor Bisacky explains. Some people are crediting San FranciscoDistrict Attorney brooke. Jake, its San Francisco. Police took this photo revealing all the narcotics found on 24 yearold miguel ramos when he was arrested over the weekend. In addition to heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine. Officers say they found nearly 8 pounds of fentanyl. Big polled. 55 kilos of illicit fentanyl off the street just this year already in the years not over. So thats about 120 pounds of fentanyl. So when you think about the fact that one dealer had 7 or 8 pounds of fentanyl on him, and then you think about that. We have