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 are in cities like portland, seattle and new york city. Abc7 news anchor karina nova joining us live at the newsroom with a closer look at those closures. Karina yeah, julie and kristen target says despite adding more security, the effort was not enough to stop rampant shoplifting. The three stores clin the bay area are the San Francisco location. Thats at 13th and folsom streets in oakland at 27th and broaaynd at Century PlazaShopping Center in pittsburgh. This will leave 32 stores in the bay area. The closures hit on the issue of retail theft in the bay area, something the state is working to address as we recently saw the state provide millions of dollars to cities to fight back. And oakland actually missed the deadline to get the money. San francisco has dealt with numerous Stores Closing because of perceived problems with retail theft as well as slow rebound from the pandemic. Some people we spoke with near the San Francisco target seem to understand the closure. Sometimes when i get there, its the police or the, you know, the whoever is the security guards are with someone who is either taking something. I mean, im not surprised that that people are stealing. I mean, this area is not very nice, but i feel like everywhere in the city faces theft, target estimates that it could lose 1 billion to theft. This year. In a statement, target said in part, quote, we cannot continue operating these stores because theft and organized retail crime are threatening the safety of our team and guests and contributing to the unsustainable business performed. Since we know that our stores serve an Important Role in their communities. But we can only be successful if the working and shopping shopping environment is safe for all. The company says it is closing those nine stores in four states by october 21st. The employees at the three Bay Area Stores will be offered a chance to transfer to another target in the newsroom, karina nova, abc7 news. Okay. Thank you so much, karina. Certainly a story well stay on top of. Meanwhile, more than 200 oakland Small Business owners took action today to send a message to the city hall that they are fed up with crime. Dozens of businesses took part in the strike, some shortened their hours today. Others decided to close for the entire day. Business owners say theyre losing customers and foot traffic because of car break ins, carjackings, robberies and assaults. Oakland has been known as a city that is okay with violence and crime. Were not. Look at all these people here. We are here to say were not okay with this. We want to be safe. Safe. We want to functional and we want a city that we can come back in a town square. We just heard from the owner of popular restaurants calabash and kingston, 11. Some of those striking Business Owners are calling for the Oakland Police department to increase its staffing to 1000 officers. The department is currently budgeted for 741 officers, but is having trouble filling those positions. With just 696 sworn officers on staff. They also want city officials to declare a state of emergency to leverage more resources from agencies like the chp and fbi. A new plan announced today in San Francisco would try to get more drug addicts into treatment by requiring them to pass a drug test in order to get their county welfare check. Its part of a new plan to show compassion while Still Holding people accountable. Abc7 News Reporter suzannephan is live in the newsroom with a look at the proposal. Suzanne. So kristin, mayor london breed says her proposal is part of a plan to hold people accountable if they receive welfare payments from the county of San Francisco. Now as part of the program, people who get cash assistance and are drug users would not be eligible to receive Cash Payments in the future if they refuse Drug Screening or treatment. I think its a good idea. Craig johnson and cedric akbar both recovered from Substance Abuse addiction. They started positive directions, a program thats helped thousands of san franciscans recover from Substance Abuse. Both men support mayor london breeds proposal to make people go through Drug Screening and treatment if they get cash assistance from San Francisco county. I think what shes just really doing is to motivate people to seek treatment. Right now, 5200 homeless or formerly Homeless People in San Francisco get cash assistance from the county Adult Assistance Program or cap. On average, people can get about 697 a month. The mayor and others argue that money often gets used for drugs because its not being tracked. She wants to change that, but no more. Anything goes without accountability 880. No more handouts without accountability. So in order to get resources from our city, you will need to be in a Substance UseDisorder Program and consistently seeking treatment. Right now, some of the people who get cash help from the county admit they are drug addicts. About 20 of individuals who receive county rental assistance have self declared that they have a Substance Use disorder. The executive director of Sf Human Services Agency believes that number is actually higher. The department of homelessness and Supportive Housing did a survey and in 2022, along with their homeless count, where 52 of Homeless Individuals surveyed self disclosed that they had a Substance Use disorder. Supervisor matt dorsey stands by the proposal. I believe it will better incentivize treatment and recovery for a population that is at wildly disproportionate risk for drug addiction and Drug Overdose fatalities. We heard from several people who oppose the proposition board of supervisors president aaron peskin released a statement saying breed should focus on stopping dealers and open air drug markets rather than drug testing people on welfare. He said, quote, if she cant find a way to prevent several hundred brazen criminals from selling deadly drugs, how does she think she will find the resources to drug test thousands of welfare recipients . As the mayor says, the goal of this proposal is to get more people into treatment. This initiative will now go to the board of supervisor visors if the proposal does not pass. Supervisor dorsey says the mayor should take the issue directly to the voters. Live in the newsroom, suzanne fawn, abc seven news. Fentanyl related deaths across the us have reached a new high. An Organization Called families against fentanyl analyzed recent cdc data. It shows 77,000 americans died of fentanyl overdoses between april 2022 and april. This year. California had the most fentanyl deaths of any state in that 12 month period. A new candidate is announcing his bid for San Francisco mayor. His announcement today and what it could mean for the city. From abc7 news insider phil matier. That will be coming up at 430. California has enacted the first statewide gun in ammunition tax in the country. Governor gavin newsom signing that bill into law today. It doubles the tax already placed on guns and ammunition by the feds. Its typically 10 or 11, depending on the type of gun. The law newsom signed adds another 11 tax. On top of that, there is a pattern thats solved from leadership. And that pattern is being advanced here in terms of the strategies and solutions is that we know statistically the data bears fruit, save lives and reduce gun violence and gun deaths. The money collected from the tax will be used to pay for more security at Public Schools in various various rather violent prevention programs. As a nearly four decade old cold case solved, what led to the arrest in a high profile kidnaping and murder. The clock is ticking. With just days away from a potential federal government shutdown, what it means for you and the new rules of phone etiquette. 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An unsafe solved cold case until a year ago, when two Solano County investigators dug deeper, reexamining evidence from the boys autopsy. And developing a dna profile. Well, it did not match that of melton, the original suspect that we are exonerating him here today. And the importance of dna in exonerating him and actually leading to the suspect that is responsible, that we, our office believes is responsible for the brutal murder of Jeremy Stoner. It led to a suspect by the name of fred kane, who was arrested on september 18th, last monday in oregon. Kane knew the six year old boy, according to the Solano County da, and was even interviewed by investigators as a possible suspect back in 1987. Theyd actually talked to kane once during this time and they were going to follow up on it. But they didnt. But kane, the new 69 year old suspect, is now in custody. We have charged him with murder, with special circumstances, with respect to kidnap, using and a lewd act on a child. Kanes niece reacted to her uncles arrest. I hope he rots in hell. Hes got he got what he deserves now, martinez is. Police are looking at the new dna evidence in the cold case murder of nine year old eric coy a month before stoner was abducted back in 1987. Abc7 news tried to reach out to the stoner family as well. Cant bring jeremy back. Its absolutely horrible what the familys gone through for the last 37 years. But hopefully this will bring a slight bit of comfort. Suspect fred kane will be transported from oregon to Solano County tomorrow and the da says they expect to have him arraigned in court by the end of the week. In fairfield, im leslie brinkly. Abc7 news. In the south bay, a woman was sentenced today for a crime. She says she was forced to commit. The woman initial pled guilty to sex trafficking charges but tried to withdraw the plea. She says she too was a victim of the mastermind behind the scheme. Abc7 news south bay reporter zach fuentes was in court today. The steps of the federal courthouse in san jose were taken over by a group of advocates showing support for a woman who was to be sentenced in a sex trafficking case. The south Bay Coalition to end Human Trafficking referred to the woman only as alyssa, who did not want to go on camera tuesday. Shes been criminalized for the act of trafficking when in fact she is a survivor of trafficking. The coalition and her attorney say her story represents changes needed in the criminal Justice System. I think its important to understand from today that all parties involved in the criminal Justice System should be able to better understand sex trafficking, especially when it comes to women like my client, who have a long history of abuse and manipulation. This all comes after alyssa became involved with a man in 2015 who was later sentenced for trafficking. She said she turned to the man in san jose after facing difficulties and was coerced into helping him. She was trafficked for three months and she escaped. Those details were also brought up in Court Tuesday, where cameras were not allowed. The judge noted that alyssa was coerced by the man and did not financially benefit from the trafficking. She was exploited on a daily basis. She was even, the judge noted that she was under duress. The sentence saw delays after alyssa tried unsuccess forcefully to change her guilty plea. Still prosecutors said in Court Tuesday that a difficult balance between accountability and justice had to be reached. The prosecution wanted to give alyssa a 24 month prison sentence. Her sentence was time served, meaning she will not go back behind bars. A relative of one of the victims spoke with us following that sentencing. They say it sends the wrong message to traffickers. To me, its black and white. You are either a survivor or like my niece or youre a predator like alyssa, who can claim shes a survivor. All of a sudden. Thats a convenient scapegoat to use. But you werent using that for the time that you were doing it. The Coalition Says the familys perspectives are understandable and says its goal is to keep more people from becoming victims. Were not celebrating today, certainly not celebrating a lot of lives were harmed. We really just want to focus more attention on who should be held accountable for these types of crimes. Zach fuentes, abc7 news. Its not a great day to head to the beach, but be careful if you do a High Surf Advisory for a dangerous surf and rip currents is in effect until 11 00 tonight. Some beaches could see waves between 12 to 20ft. So today more than ever dont turn your back on the ocean. Lets get more now on that High Surf Advisory. Checking in with our abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. Yeah and julian and kristen, those waves have really built as we take a look at the large swells. Notice theyre up to 15ft. Monterey bay buoy, 11 footers around San Francisco, 13ft point arena. 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