Good morning. Its sunday, october 22nd. Im stephanie sierra. We have a lot to get to this morning. But first, we begin with the weather with a special sunday appearance with meteorologist drew tuma. Good morning. Hey, good morning, stephanie. And we have rain out there this morning. Were tracking that the second half of the weekend would feature wet weather. Heres a live look from the exploratorium camera showing you those raindrops on our lens. Live doppler seven along with satellite showing you an area of low pressure is spinning into Northern California. This morning, pushing a cold front into our neck of the woods, which is ushering in those showers out there. Heres the local view on live doppler seven. Its a peppering of light rain this morning. And will continue to have that chance of light rain throughout the day. On the exclusive abc7 storm impact scale, it is a level one today with scattered showers, slick roads. Your biggest impact and later on this afternoon there is a sligh
Includes the disputed blast earlier this week at a hospital in gaza. Israel says there are still at least 210 people being held hostage after two americans were released yesterday say its not clear when they will return to the united states. Abc News Reporter Morgan Norwood is following the situation in the middle east. Israel announcing on saturday that it is stepping up airstrikes into gaza as it prepares for an expected ground invasion, which israel says is the next step in its attempt to wipe out hamas after the october 7th terror attack. Vivarta. Rear admiral daniel hager saying we will deepen our attacks. We will minimize the danger to our forces in the next stages of the war. Repeating his call for residents of gaza city to head south for their safety. Israeli airstrikes have caused massive destruction in gaza. The hamas run Palestinian Health Ministry Says more than 4300 people have been killed. Hundreds of thousands have been forced from their homes. People desperately in need
Oversees the Financial Assistance program says that this applies only to single adults between 18 and 65 years. Old. And that right now about 5200 people are receiving the Cash Payments anywhere between 10700 per month. But at this time, people qualify for that money by self declaring that they are suffering from Substance Abuse disorder. So the mayors plan would change a few things. It would require people to be screened to prove their addiction to drugs. That process has yet to be determined and they would have to get into treatment. Mayor breed says that part too many people are refusing available help and are dying from drug overdoses. So its time for new approach. People are not accepting help. And so now its time to make sure. That were cutting off resources that continue to allow this behavior to occur with out the economy, liddy, without someone involved in a Treatment Program that could lead to a better life. So i reached out to all board supervisors to gauge their stance. Let
Table. Well, then the president will head to San Francisco, where hell stay at the renowned fairmont hotel. Tomorrow, hes scheduled to meet the president s council of advisors on science and technology. Theyll likely discuss the latest developments in tech, including regulation of Artificial Intelligence ence, among other topics. And as we mentioned, the president arrived in the bay area from michigan. There he became the first sitting president to join striking workers on the picket line. The president expressed his support for members of the United Auto Workers union who have been on strike for 12 days now, telling them to stick with it. He says they deserve to be rewarded for the sacrifices they have made to help bring back the auto industry, which is now enjoying massive profits. All right. Now developing news with target citing rampant theft. The retail chain says its close, saying nine of its 1900 stores nationwide. So three of those stores are here in the bay area. The others ar
Thieves used a car to break into in steal from the store in San Franciscos marina district. We have the latest on the investigation. And why San Francisco mayor london breed wants people in the city to have Substance Abuse, screening and treatment before they can collect government assistance. News station. 2. Thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 news of 2, im justine waltman and we will begin with yet another big company blaming theft and organized retail crime for its departure target announcing today it is closing several stores over safety concerns. Some of those stores are here in the bay area. Kron fours to joins us now live to breakdown this big announcements which stores are closing. There are 3 stores here in the bay area. Justine, you may recall this viral video from earlier this year. It was taken inside the target on folsom street in San Francisco showing aisles and aisles of product locked up. Behind security glass at the time. A Company Spokesperson told us the glass