Points at the s p. The dow up 72 points the nasdaq looking to be higher by 32 points in asia we saw a pull back from yesterdays gains off the china u. S. Trade truce hang seng is off just a fraction over in europe, european equities are mostly higher the dax is up by 0. 8 . Perhaps europe is still digesting the news that Christine Lagarde will head the ecb. The first woman to do so treasury yields fell back below 2 yesterday and remains there right now. 1. 895 the global story here, the benchmark german bund yield has fallen to a new record low, negative 0. 385 right now. It was negative 0. 4 earlier. The italian tenyear has gone from 2. 8 to 1. 7 in the space of about three weeks. Lagardes appointment seen not just in the german bund yield as not potential hawk, she will be more dovish, but someone who can operate politically and avoid a clash on the italian budget. Both appointments being European Commission president and ecb president being german and french shows the power brokers,
Soon, all those Street Vendors over there would have to move away. And they are not happy about it. From wallets and bags to bracelet and religious items , you can find it all here, at sophia lopezs business in the mission. Sophia tells me all kinds of people come here because it is the mission. This is the heart of san francisco. She has been working as a Street Vendor since 2015, but that is about to change because she will need to find another place to do go. Are you frustrated . She tells me, look, this is how i make a living. From here, i earn money for food and i pay for my daughters education, she is about to graduate. From here, i pay my rent, bills, everything. Starting november 1st, she, along with other Street Vendors, will have to relocate at least 90 days due to safety concerns raised by supervisor Hillary Ronan. In a newsletter, supervisor ronan said she recently learned that dpw workers who enforce the law have been assaulted and had their lives threatened by individuals
Love that. That is so sweet. Good morning on this friday, october 27th. Lets get a check on traffic. Good morning, jobina. Good morning. So were going to look into the weekend actually, and some things going on with bart. So track upgrades are going to be underway at the Pleasant Hill and concord stations this weekend. So you will have to take a free bus to transfer, but you can expect about 30 minute delays because of this. So give yourself some extra time if you rely on that at the bay bridge toll plaza metering lights are on. They flipped on at 536. No backup there. So great news. And also we do have an update on that sig alert that weve been following in san jose due to the deadly crash on northbound 85 to the northbound 101 connector. It has cleared. Hey, drew. Hey, joe. Bianna, it is cold out there this morning. In fact, its the coldest start since april in San Francisco. A lot of cities beginning in the 30s right now from san ramon to santa rosa. Novato half moon bay. Good morni
Department of Motor Vehicles has suspended crews from operating its driverless taxis in San Francisco. And a man is facing dozens of charges for allegedly tried to stop a planes engine while it was in the we will go live as we continue to learn more about the suspect. From the bay station. Youre watching kron. And news. Thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 news at noon. Im justine waldman. We start with a bombshell announcement from the dmv. Cruz is losing its permit to deploy and test Driverless Cars on public roads, at least for now. This is coming while labor leaders and allies are demanding more regulations for all robot taxis. Kron fours Michael Thomas reports now what led to the suspension. Well, crews Must Immediately stop using their driverless vehicles. The dmv says ultimately its because of safety issues for taking this action. Take a look at your screen. Theres details now specifically. There are 4 criteria for the suspension. The department has determined that the compa
Were able to stop him and the San Francisco bound plane diverted to portland and emerson was then taken into custody, according to some new court documents, emerson told the port of Portland Police following his arrest that he had been struggling with depression and then a friend had recently died and he had taken some psychedelic mushrooms about 48 hours before he attempted to cut the engines. He also says he did not sleep in more than 40 hours. Alaska airlines said today that emerson has been relieved of all of his duties and federal prosecutors. Meanwhile, have charged emerson with interfering with a flight crew which can carry up to 20 years in prison. Well get those details now from kron. 4 Charles Clifford. On tuesday, the fbi filed a criminal complaint against robert emerson. In that complaint, they detail the moments before and after he allegedly tried to turn off the engines of the plane in a federal criminal complaint filed against joseph emerson. The fbi says that the pilot