As a long Time Employee of valley water, i know the operations, i know how to basically navigate within the community. But i think i bring a unique view, especially at this time right now, being able to make sure we have equity in everything we do. Both internally and externally with this organization. Calendar worked at valley water for 24 years and was chief of external affairs. He might be best known in the community for his role as the president of the Silicon Valley chapter of the naacp from 2000 to 2008. The current president called his appointment as ceo of the water district, historic. Most water districts in the boards across the state and the nation have been dominated by the white majority. And hes concerned about the latino and African American communities who have been left out of water policies and water considerations in the past. Calendar will have his hands full leading the water agency through the pandemic and the ever looming possibility of drought. While still overs
Before bursting into flames, killing a family of 4 and pleasanton last month. The vehicle in question vinfast a new entry into the electric vehicle market. In the complaint, the owner of the vehicle describes what appears to be this crash in says he had steering problems before loaning the card to a coworker who died in the crash. The complaint says the Steering Wheel automatically maneuvered to the right direction. However, the contact was able to regain control of the Steering Wheel and maneuvered into the correct lane. The context stated the failure recurred where the lane assist was turned on by default and it would automatically move the Steering Wheel. The contact was concerned that the failure occurred while the coworker was driving. That raises questions about the vehicles, lane assist feature the way these link keeping assist systems generally work is you have a camera thats mounted behind the wind above the mirror. Typically. Thats looking forward. Looking looking ahead at th
News station, this is. News 11. Good evening, everybody. Thanks for being with us tonight on kron 4 news at 11, im grant lotus and im noelle bellow. A rally held in berkeley this evening in support of the school district. The superintendent of schools faced Harsh Criticism on capitol hill today. She was confronted with questions concerning allegations of jewish students being harassed repeatedly. Kron 4 Sarah Stinson joins us now with the details. Sarah. Supporters of the superintendent showed up at Old City Hall today after the School Leader pushed back against representatives in dc who asked or a stream of questions about how the district has handled antisemitism. Berkeley Community Members called this congressional hearing a witch hunt. Dozens of parents and Community Members rallied at the Old City Hall in berkeley wednesday in support of the superintendent and the kia forte. More thelle. They thought she did an amazing job this morning. More thought was one of 3 School Leaders who
Continue at u c berkeley. The universitys commencement. Its still scheduled for this saturday morning. This while other universities have already canceled theirs because of the student protests. Thank you for joining us here in companies at 5. Im noelle bellow and im grant lotus. According to the University Negotiations between protesters and administrators are still happening. But no agreement has been reached in terms of when they were might end this. Now 3 week tent encampment kron fours rob nesbitt spoke with some one leading the in camp and he joins us live from sproul plaza. Good evening, rob. Granda. Well, tents are still up behind sproul plaza and protesters are still calling on uc berkeley to divest from israel. I notice a lot of parents Walking Around campus today, 3 days away from uc berkeley is moving ahead with plans to hold commencement saturday at california memorial stadium. Thousands of undergraduates limited to 4 tickets, each for guests and similar protocols to footb
Than yesterday was to prepare for that warmer feel. Golden gate bridge. Crystal clearh been showing this view a lot this morning because it is so gorgeous all the way to the coast. And weve got even warmer temperatures for the entire board later on. Whether youre at the coast inland or along the bayshore. Were all in for a warmup will today into tomorrow as well. Temperatures are already getting close to 70 degrees in a few spots. And later on today, it will be solid 70s if not low 80s. Ive got the rest of your forecast as we go. Reyna harvey is at the traffic cast. Everybody traveling. Been tracking in accident along highway 4. That is all clear now. That was on the eastbound side of hillcrest. So thankfully making good time there as well. Bridge right now down to 15 minutes. We got up to about 20 minutes of the peak of the morning. 22 minute ride on our san mateo bridge is down from 30. So were progressively seen our drive times will lower. Thats good. 12 minutes long over to rich Go