San francisco board of surprisers meeting for today october 24, 2023. Madam clerk, please call the roll. Yes, mr. President. Supervisor chan, present. Supervisor dorsey, present. Supervisor engardio, present. Supervisor mandelman, present. Supervisor melgar, present. Supervisor peskin, present. Supervisor preston, present. Supervisor ronan, present. Supervisor safai, safai not present. Supervisor stefani, present. Supervisor walton, present. Mr. President , you have quorum. Thank you madam clerk. The San Francisco board of supervisors we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from
Take it away. Ashley thank you, maria with. Good morning, everyone. Im Ashley Webster in today for Stuart Varney. President biden holding a prime time address to make the case for billions in aid to israel and ukraine. And while he didnt give a number, it is widely expected to be around 100 billion, maybe more. Some critics not happy that biden is using the war in israel to push for more aid to ukraine. Were going to get into that issue. Meantime, the situation in the middle east intensifying. Smoke rising from buildings in gaza saw as israels ground offensive could begin soon. Israel warning the conflict will be long and intense. Tar heinrich is the spokeswoman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Meanwhile, more attacks on u. S. Troops in the mideast are ramping up, overnight two more were thwarted in iraq. Meanwhile, hamas is calling for another day of rage. Theyre encounselinging muslims a encouraging muslims to stage mass protests against israel. As for the markets, lets take a
Breadth of the area that has been impacted so terribly by this. It is a massive operation that we have under way still in the searchandrescue mode as mentioned but as we transition and will transition to a recovery mode, we realize that this is going to be a long and difficult journey for all of us. Also today, officials announced that highway 101 between Santa Barbara and ventura will remain closed until noon on monday due to flooding mud and debris. A land slide in napa county killed one person last night. The Falling Rocks and mud smashed into a car and pushed it right off of highway 121. This morning skyfox was over the scene as a tow truck pulled that car up a steep hill. The highway was closed through the night and only reopened this afternoon. It happened in the hills east of the Silverado Country Club and area devastated by the fire last fall. Ktvus rob roth reports. Reporter here niseting of in this setting a somber scene was playing out. The driver was belted in dead. He was
Morning giving way to a clear and warm weekend. Another round of offshore winds possible monday morning otherwise continued seasonably warm and dry through wednesday. Cooling trend may start around thursday. No major hot spots. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Min from 880 less then 30 at park james an hours long standoff with a murder suspect in the east bay continues this morning. Its happening right now in martinez. An armed man is holed up in a car near the corner of howe and old orchard roads. Swat teams surrounded him yesterday evening. And theyre still there. Police say hes suspected of shooting and killing a woman in walnut creek. That shooting happened yesterday afternoon near larkey park and the lindsey wildlife museum. Investigators say the gunman and the victim knew each other. We will continue to monitor this situation and bring you updates as soon as they come into the newsroom. Kron4s avery harper is on the way and will bring us a live report as soon as
Outcome, sierras mother says she is glad her fdaughters killer will never walk the streets again. It gives us peace as a family, knowing that this wont happen to another child and that you cant get away with Something Like this catherine in addition to murder and kidnapping the jury also found garciatorres guilty of attempted carjacking. Prosecutors say he targeted women at Safeway Stores around morgan hill in a series of failed abductions before he kidnapped sierra lamar. Vicki and grant . vicki todays verdict was five years in the making and the bay area has followed this case every step of the way. grant and kron fours rob fladboe has been there since the beginning. He joins us live now from san jose. And rob, you were in the court room this morning when the verdict was read. What was the reaction like . rob live people started lining up outside the courthouse hours before the verdict was to be handed down. Every seat was taken in department 40 and dozens more people were watching v