Movement sparked by floyds death. Is leading to calls to Defund Police departments around the country its a lot easier to fix windows and is the existence of leading the charge to make a difference and east bay residents stepping up the project created to help black Business Owners now and in the future. Good evening. Thanks for joining us tonight for kron 4 news at a time can way and im pam moore federal and local officials provided an update on the killing of a Santa Cruz County deputy today, suspected gunman stephen is accused of an ambush style attack. At his home that involved explosives and gunfire. Deputy dave and thats willard was killed and 2 other officers were injured in saturdays melee. Kron fours dan thorn live for us in santa cruz tonight he joins us now with an update on whats going on we see a large. Pile and flowers erin honor of that deputy dan. Thats right ken and pam this is a growing memorial here outside of the Sheriffs Office here in santa cruz investigators meanwhile say they are planning on remaining on scene in ben lomond for at least the next couple of days so far a search of the shooters home has turned up several guns and pipe bombs. The sheriff says that this gunman almost got if it wasnt for some brave citizens who helped stop him. Accused cop killer stephen pinned down by fearless bystanders. The citizen take down captured on cell phone video. Police say korea was trying to escape after shooting and killing a deputy at his home in bed lowman he was dangerous hes an angry man intent on bringing or the Police Officers creo is an active Us Air Force Sergeant 911 caller on saturday afternoon said he was driving a white van believed to be filled with guns and explosives. When Santa Cruz County deputy damon got swell or into other officers responded to creo is home may him iraq did this was a very chaotic scene. Theres a lot of gunshots. There was pipe bombs going off. Radio and cell reception is pour in that region of the county. A second unidentified deputy was also shot in the turmoil, he remains in the hospital. The road leading up to curry owes home has been blocked off as federal investigators have found more guns and while attempting his getaway korea was accused of trying to carjack the man seen in the red while wrestling the gunman to the ground the man only identified as sam was able to knock a pipe bomb and guns, including an ar 15 away from creole, the fbi are right now looking into a possible link between curry owes van and a white van seen leaving a deadly may 29th shooting at an oakland Federal Building the fence offering no new information monday as this investigation is ongoing i can not provide and will not provide. Details or comment any further on the van a memorial for deputy got swell or continues to grow outside of the Santa Cruz CountySheriffs Office. A Community Heartbroken over the death of the 14 year veteran who leaves behind a pregnant wife and a 2 yearold son david was a good man is a good good Police Officer. And he was a friend that we all love. Korea was formally charged this afternoon. The sheriff says they plan on honoring that Good Samaritan who helped stop him. At some point reporting live in Santa Cruz County dan thorn kron 4 news. Thank you dan we are also learning more tonight about steve of the alleged killer in this case coming up at 00 45pm tonight. We will hear from one witness who says he had a face to face encounter with the suspect as the suspect was trying to escape capture. And our coverage of the story continues at kron 4 dot com there you will find information on the suspects background in elite military team. The sheriff describing the chaotic scene that day plus vigils and paddle outs held in the fall and deputies memory all of this and much more at kron 4 dot com. Another big story were following tonight. The man charged with George Floyds murder made his First Court Appearance today, former Minneapolis Police officer derek shotguns bail has been set at one and a quarter Million Dollars shopping was arrested last months initially charged with thirddegree murder and other crimes. Last week prosecutors at a seconddegree murder charge chavez next Court Appearance is set for june 29th democrats in congress are leading a push for police and Justice Reform today leaders from the house the senate including the Congressional Black Caucus announced the justice and policing act. The legislation would overhaul Legal Protections for police create a National Database of Excessive Force episodes and set new standards for police training, the measure is already being met by a backlash from President Trump will cause of an effort to quote abolish the police he says the democrats have quote gone crazy earlier this morning on capitol hill house and Senate Democrats many of them kneeling observed 8 minutes and 46 seconds of silence. That was the amount of time that former Minneapolis Police officer chauvin neeld on George Floyds neck. Days after governor Gavin Newsome called for an end to the carotid hold. The Mountain ViewPolice Department is announcing today that it will no longer use that particular restraint technique. The Department Said on twitter it would stop using the hold immediately and it is also reviewing additional policies adding that department is having meaningful conversations with people in the community. Today was the last chance for the public to say a final farewell to george floyd thousands of mourners gathered at a church in his native houston. You all so much for coming out to support a. And all the family of that he will meet today, michael brown. And their floyds funeral will be held tomorrow followed by a burial at the houston Memorial Gardens cemetery world he will be laid to rest next to his mother. We will carry tomorrows possession live on kron 4 and kronon starting it. 9 oclock tomorrow morning. Former Vice President joe biden met privately with the floyd family today you can see him with congressman Cedric Richmond reverend al sharpton attorneys, ben crump and George Floyds uncle roger floyd he also sat down with George Floyds daughter gianna and her mother rosie washington. In Southern California today in memory of george floyd a funeral style procession of vehicles moved through the streets designed to coincide with the final public viewing for george floyd in houston. The los angeles procession ended with a Memorial Service downtown. Also today, los angeles prosecutors said that they will not charge the thousands of protesters arrested for violating curfew and other Misdemeanor Police orders. Protests continue here in the bay area, dozens of people gathered in Castro Valley today calling for justice for george floyd and other African Americans killed by police participants marched to see the adobe park hear from activists and community leaders. The fact that theres a fund thats targeted at supporting black is this time is really a great thing that a number of other people should be following. It can be difficult for small local businesses to bounce back after being damaged during major and oakland resident has stepped in to help black Business Owners pick up the pieces the word got out and now the Oakland Black Business Damage Fund has close to 100,000 while fours michelle kingston is live with more on this project tonight, michelle. Yeah these douglas has raised close to a 100,000 not money it can be used to help board up windows and repair any damage. Front side of our building. Had a lot of graffiti spray paint oak stop is just one of many businesses damaged during protests in oakland owner trevor parents surprise that his place was hit that surprised me think that whoever did do this damage. Likely wasnt part of this local open community because people in the Community Know that we are very much for and support the community, thanks to a lease douglas in her latest venture oak stop and other black owned businesses in oakland will be able to recover means a lot to me to know that theyre always have this resource or vehicle to get resource it is. It is a psychology doing what theyre doing douglas is partnering with a local nonprofit to make sure the close to 100,000 shes now raised will always be available to black Business Owners in oakland in need of both Protection Measures like boarding up windows and any damage repair. It says a lot easier to fix windows and is to fix systems of racism and injustice and so. You know as me as a single person. Im going to vote and im going to be civically engaged and im going to do things i most always going to do. But im also an all out. And hes my time and energy to make sure that. 6 in windows and im you know the people like people honor to cleaning graffiti and were doing that background infrastructure work so that a larger world for the mission which is really towards Racial Justice can keep on the fact that theres a fund thats targeted at supporting black is this time is really a great thing that a number of other people should be following. Now if you need access to this fund or youre interested in donating her website kron 4 dot com for more information led the east bay, michelle kingston kron 4 of the show. Thank you our coverage continues on the unrest over George Floyds death stay with kron 4 for more on calls to defund the Police Department in oakland plans for the president to address the nation and were going to talk with a us a former u. S. Attorneys on the difficulty of prosecuting Police Officers the je ne is planning to move to a new home across the bay, the utility announced today it is looking to sell its headquarters complex in San Francisco and relocate to oakland. It expects the move will cut its real estate costs and provide longterm savings to customers. The company says the new pga headquarters is set to be located at 300 Lakeside Drive in oakland, the move is expected to happen in phases over the next 3 years. Now on kron 4 news at 00 08pm tonight face coverings are a must but what else should parents and students expect heading into the next school year road to reopening an east bay county moving further ahead and stage to what that means and what comes next plus imagine half a billion more covid19 infections, how large scale preventative measures help to significantly slow the spread of covid19 and temperatures warm here in the bay area today were headed toward a large scale Preventative Health care measures in the u. S. Saved more than 60 Million People from geting covid19 that is according to a study published today by researchers at u c berkeley, the study used data from the pandemic in 6 countries United States china south korea, italy, iran, and france. Without shelter in place from january through early april there would be collectively about 500 million new cases in all those countries. Researchers did not estimate how many deaths might have been prevented. The others authors did say they cant think of any human endeavor that has saved so many lives in such a short period of time. Well have more on this story coming up on kron 4 news at 9 oclock. Tonight there are now more than 15,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus here in the bay area and 464 people have died from the virus. Alameda county leads the bay area was almost 4,000 cases, santa clara and satin contra costa counties. Each reported one new death today for full list head to our website kron 4 dot com. Alameda countys updated health order went into effect today it is is more of the restrictions which were originally put in place to try and slow the spread of covid19. Now social gatherings of up to 12 people are allowed outdoors and child care businesses can resume educational businesses can also reopen to offer career internship and pathways programs libraries can reopen for curbside pickup. Certain businesses which provide services with limited person to person contact can reopen as well that includes Appliance Repair and pet grooming services, however, barbershops and hair salons have not been approved to reopen until this under this updated. Alameda county health order just yet state education officials today released detailed guidelines to safely reopen schools. On top of requiring face coverings and 6 feet of social distancing. A 55 page guidebook laid out recommendations for Student Temperature checks at School Entrances and bus stops along with frequent hand washing and other sanitation steps to accommodate physicaldistancing education officials recommend rotating students into campuses twice a week and allowing them to use distancelearning the rest of the week. It will be up to local leaders to determine how schools move forward with these guidelines schools across california been closed since midmarch when governor gavin newsom issued a statewide stay at home order. Contra costa county continues to ease restrictions after the coronavirus pandemic today, the county moved further along into stage 2 with less than a month to go until the county is set to move on to stage 3. Kron fours Jonathan Mccall earned the biggest concerns from county leaders said could stop the reopening plan for moving forward. Contra costa countys road to reopening from the coronavirus hit another milestone on monday. As the county moved further into face to starting monday people can once again eat outdoors at restaurants. Visit swimming pools and dog parts and also hold outdoor religious gatherings. Next week the county is expected to move even further into face to reopening barbershops and salons board of supervisors chairwoman Candice Anderson says that county leaders are closely paying attention to any potential spikes that could happen as a result of large crowds taking part and recent protest in im happy that. So many of our protest were conducted with people wearing face masks will be closer than 16 and i think were all crossing our fingers that were not going to see. 2 weeks from now or 2 weeks of last week and severe to takes takes in our numbers the county is expected to move into phase 3 on july 1st, which would see the return of Indoor Dining bars gyms Indoor Church Services and other activities. But anderson says that any spikes could prevent that from happening only thing that would really stop us from Going Forward would be a significant surge particularly in the number of people who are hospitalized or of course test anderson says while the county is seeing more cases of covid19. Health officials are doing a better job of managing it. She says the county is also doing a better job of Contact Tracing and should have a number of tracers in place soon Jonathan Mccall kron 4 news. Happening today, bart runnin on a new schedule to accommodate the openings of its new stations in the south bay this coming weekend. The new stations in milpitas in will open on saturday. The longer route will mean extra an extra 13 minutes on the green and the orange lines but extra trains are also being added to make sure that they still arrive every 15 minutes during the commute hours air travel has and return to skyhigh levels just yet but its on its way back. This past weekend was the busiest air travel has been since the pandemic began more than 400,000 people were screened by the Transportation Security Administration on friday and sunday. The tsa says its the first pam and havent seen a plane taxing across that shot in quite a while yeah, its been a while its a little hazy out there tonight. Guess whos back in the trump for studio our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow large were happy to have you back yeah it could be back in the soo you forget how much you miss just being around other people and certainly. The 5 people here kron 4 so certainly good to see you guys but yeah good to be back in the studio on a nice day today beautiful weather all around the bay area lot of sunshine because look at the golden gate bridge. Its looking fantastic out there this evening. And hey weve got a couple of nice days coming our way kind of summer last couple of had these midweek warm ups well see it again temperatures today start to warm up already 82 degrees in livermore 83 that with the warm spot in concord 80 in san jose, 70 downtown San Francisco 77 in oakland and 82 degrees in santa rosa. High pressure overhead right now that ridge bringing with it plenty of sunshine today, and its going to sit there roll over the bay area. The next day and a half or so on that is going to bring with the plenty of sunshine. But the winds have been kicking up a little more of a northerly component the wind but still blustery in spots. He toured sfo 23 mile an hour winds, 11 in the San Francisco, 13 edition 15 in the fairfield tonight skies going stay nice and clear all night long it will be a little bit breezy. Those winds decreasing after midnight tonight, sunny and warm little breezy toward tomorrow afternoon. But not as windy as what we had today you watch on the winds here overnight tonight, those winds on the decrease as we wake up tomorrow morning kind of calm out there a nice start your day with sunshine. No clouds to worry about than that sea breeze kicks in by the afternoon but nothing too bad and it will stay sunny all day long. Here comes a big dome High Pressure going to settle in for the middle of the week again bringing temperatures above normal in fact i think a couple spots crack 90 degrees inland. By tomorrow afternoon. No threat of any clouds i think tomorrow i think the first chance we get that will be on wednesday. Thats when this ridge starts to slide a little further to the east. The clouds start to move in along the coastline and that will help to cool down the temperatures down least out toward the beaches. Although going to be a Beautiful Day plan on 70s 80s in around the base of 80s some low 90s inland out toward the coastline see those temperatures in the 60s mid 70s in the San Francisco thats look weather guys back to you. Thanks lawrence. Music community is mourning the death of one of its own tonight Bonnie Pointer of the Musical Group the pointer sisters has passed away variety reports her sister anita announced the news today in a statement anita calls her sister her best friend and says the family is devastated. Bonnie pointer helped found the Popular Group in the 1970s and then pursued a solo career. The sisters grew up in oakland singing at their fathers church. The familys youngest sister june died in 2006 ronnie and anita released a tribute to her just a few months ago the cause of death has not been released bonnie was 69 years old. The call to Defund Police departments is growing across the country how one east bay city is handling. The concern. And your client. Plus were tagging along for a ride in the east bay to see how the Creative Community artists muralist of volunteers all went to work along 15th street near broadway in oakland, we told you about this they were painting a black lives matter mural on the street in bold yellow lettering on the street yesterday while a day later that crew is back on the street to do some more work kronon at a chance to go for a skateboard ride with local artists an organizer of the event. Area on to maurice. Dont get hurt kid george fat. Your eyes, youre like on west 13th now heading toward yes like going away from her actually youre going to wait on a were going up. Yeah well go up 30 foot soaks the next 3. Guy and what about the fox 8. Next im not throughout the we had a weve been planning this for a couple weeks on the second one story was both written about alters whats left of today as well as youre wrapping up right now cole in the day. Different kind of interview this interview first aired on kronon download the app right now you can watch it for free live local news streaming commercial free 24 7. Coming up tonight at a gulf coast concern crystal ball, making waves and causing a flood of trouble because growing louder for President Trump to address the nation in the wake of weeks long demonstrations sow the president is responding and after the break were speaking live with a former u. S. Attorney ernie thanks for sharing your diy haircuts. Thanks for sharing your savage moves, and especially your awkward ones. Thanks for sharing your cute kids. And your adorable pets. Now its our turn to share. With the geico giveback. A 15 credit on car and motorcycle policies for both current and new customers. And because were committed for the long haul, the credit lasts your full policy term. So thanks again. One good share deserves another. Officials say President Trump plans to get back on the campaign trail in the next 2 weeks the announcement comes as he is sliding in the polls amid nationwide protests against racism and Police Brutality the president is also facing pressure by some to address the nation Kaitlan Collins reports following 2 days of nationwide protests. President trump met with Law Enforcement some aides are considering whether he should address the nation again i believe youre going to be hearing from the president this on this topic in some detail. Trump is still facing criticism for his last statement on the protest and a new survey finds it may be hurting his standing with voters, the president s Approval Rating slipped 7 points in the last month, according to a new cnn poll. And 63 of adults disapprove of how hes handled Race Relations in the country. 65 say his response to the protests has done more harm than good the president once said all negative polls are fake news and today he dismissed the new numbers by claiming cnn polls are as fake is there reporting that the new polls show that americans now believe that Race Relations is as big of a Campaign Issue as health care and the economy in turn Trumps Campaign is focusing on activists who have advocated for defunding Police Department while trump portrays himself as the law and order candidate moments after the Trump Campaign said biden was endorsing defunding the police by staying silent. Bidens Campaign Said he does not believe the police should be defunded this comes as several of the president s top cabinet officials have said they do not believe there is systemic racism in Law Enforcement is racism in the United States still, but i dont think that Law Enforcement system is just an ugly racist. I do not think that we have a systemic racism problem with Law Enforcement officers across this country that kind of thing is very uncommon now. Today, the white house wouldnt say if the president believes theyre systemic racism in Law Enforcement he believes most of our Police Officers are good hardworking people and theres a lot of evidence of that and he has great faith in our Police Department as he faces criticism for his own handling of the unrest across the country. The on to utah senator mitt romney for marching with black lives matters violence. And make sure that people lives matter trump tweeted tremendous sincerity what a guy beside his tweets the president has kept a low profile in recent days and has declined to engage with the press at length in over a week ignoring reporters questions during his last appearance on friday. Today marks 2 weeks now since the death of george floyd nationwide protests continue as elected officials point to police unions. That they are critical to getting some reform and Police Departments, President Trump held a roundtable meeting in washington today with members of Law Enforcement we welcome now the former u. S. Attorney for the Northern District of california joseph druce anello joseph thank you for being with when you see over the course of just a couple of years case after case of after case of. Black men unarmed being killed minor do you think that Law Enforcement is systemically racist. No i dont i and you have to remember that from my perspective ive been in Law Enforcement for over 50 years beginning as an fbi agent moment late 60s assigned to the south. I mean that we were still fighting a an active ku klux klan in mississippi. And White Citizens Councils and so on they were Police Departments in the country in washington dc to take notorious being racist. I think weve come a very very long way since then obviously i think theres been a significant increase improvement in the professionalization of Police Departments. A great deal more accountability, better effective that recruitment of a good for sons for police work. Its not perfect believe me there there always are going to be an institution in which you have 900,000 members. There are going to oddballs are going to are the jobs are going to be people who shouldnt be there. And i think we need to now as we have in the past need to attend to those people we need to find out who they are we need to remove comey need better systems in place in order to identify them early but i think in terms of the specific question which is is this a systemic racism specifically among Police Departments in the United States. I would say categorically no there is. So joe how do you handle this issue too make people feel at ease or at least make them feel better that this issue is being addressed because we hear these stories about officers who are fired or are able to resign from departments because of their bad behavior that just get hired by another department is at one example of something that could be fixed. Well i have to be the next time you know this is weve had this in the church peta feel you and number of priests or reassigned to different parishes parishes and the bias use after they were found out. As miss grandson, one particular area. As i said i think there needs to be a better system in place in order to ensure that the and actors are weeded out and that theyre not given the chance to sort of resuscitate themselves a Memory Service someplace else. Thats fairly easy to do. I think the more difficult thing to do is with in the structure of an individual Police Departments have mechanisms in place to ensure that were taking the right approach to weeding out bad actors identifying those complaints that are made that that are sound or says those that are just. Ill directed that Police Officers are always being accused by criminals misconduct and a lot of that stuff goes into the file is broad data and as you know because quite frankly it isnt the isnt verify. So there needs to be a a system in place to make sure that theres a scrutiny. And affected the valuation of the material was going into into those files and action taken but appropriate. Remember in this case in minneapolis. The in the main perpetrator, the person charged with primarily committing the murder was Training Officer for 2 of the others. Its hard to expect the other 2 would have done anything to blow the whistle or to or to try to prevent him. From a from from doing anything the second officer that was more senior probably as more responsibility for taking action there than a minute mr. Ripleys based on what the public knows right now about the case in minneapolis said and you as a prosecutor talk about the difficulty in prosecuting officers and do you think. The prosecution and conviction is likely in minneapolis. Well its not impossible. We remember a i think emeka kosher to go present senator from the minneapolis. And has been selfcongratulatory that she is one of the few people who was able to actually get a conviction in these cases as a state prosecutor. The levels that are in place for example with the local d a as the primary responsibilities prosecute. Maybe some question about that persons ability to be impartial given that his office works in her office words what a regular basis with police and so the let be a system where and state attorney general takes over the prosecution. May make a lot of sense. The federal authority is a is a backup. A federal that looks at the case from the standpoint of civil Rights Violations different from the substantive charges of murder manslaughter. Whatever. Its all a question of gathering evidence these cases havent been made in the best i can point to any one particular now the top of my head, which i said it was a grave injustice with his federal government didnt step in and right the wrong even even the rodney king case where where a local jury may have been biased in favor of police of this believing that a person could have been beat up to the extent that he was that the federal government came in took over that case much different jury panel and was able to bring some justice and joe iser speed of jumping never about out of time i want to ask you one last question before we before we go youre appointed the u. S. Attorney for Northern California which covers set 15 counties from moderate to the oregon border, including the bay area. Your first appointed by i believe president reagan and then president George W Bush he served a second time in the bay area based in San Francisco. I do think that william barr is doing u. S. Attorney general. I like it i like what hes doing i think that the hes a breath of fresh air for quite frankly. I did almost 2 and a half years under. In the obama administrations us attorneys and know that just got some things happening that were were i thought in the going in the wrong direction. Not specifically in the civil rights area, but just in terms of the focus of our i think bars a very sober and the serious person and very experienced and the then attorney general before. So it is a tough it. I mean this is a no ones been confronted with the kinds of challenges that they have but i think teyre holding up pretty well as they say the proof of the pudding is in the eating well have to wait until you see at the end of the term how history judges how affected they work. Former u. S. 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Plus Major League Baseball offer players, a new proposal for a possible start to take a look at this surveillance camera footage showing the chilly moments a worker at a been lawman pot dispensary came face to face with the suspect in the killing of a Santa Cruz County officer deputy as kron fours Maureen Kelly reports the worker initially thought that suspect was an offduty officer. The Surveillance Video shows the suspect crouched behind a parked car in front of the redwood coast dispensary off highway 9 in ben lawman saturday afternoon employee Mark Kowalski says at the time he was aware a deputy had been shot and that a gunman was on the loose when he and his boss came out to investigate a commotion outside as soon as he got to the parking lot. He found himself face to face with the armed man weve got a look each other up and down i noticed he was holding a you know an assault rifle. And for a moment, i think i hope to use an offduty Police Officer because use i a 30 year scruffy like someone had just been in the shootout as we look at each other i just was co uk was going on. And he said and i were your karma and i really got to get out of here. And i was still hoping that he was going to flip out of that and say im a Police Officer. He said im not a bad guy, im just sick of all this duality bulls s. Said realize ok. Kowalski says he was able to back away when the suspect looked in another direction and then jogged across the parking lot jumped in a car or young lady was i heard her screaming jumped out. It was after that that the man left the parking lot. Another witness says he then attempted to carjack another local man who tackled the suspect not long after that the suspect was arrested and later identified as ben lomond resident, Stephen Kowalski learned after his runin with the suspect that a santa cruz sheriffs deputy was killed in the ambush this guy to know how to direct his anger. A good guy is a crime. That pot shop worker says that the suspect never pointed his firearm at him at any time during their encounter. But he is still rattled by the experience. At least 4 other people were here in this parking lot potentially in harms way. Maureen kelly kron 4 news. There is nationwide unrest over the death of george floyd and there is growing there are growing calls to Defund Police departments across the country. Some protesters want to disband Police Departments all together however as kron fours Haaziq Madyun tells us and east bay city is considering a 3rd option. I love this is Oakland Police can i help you. A different model of policing that involve civilians responding to specific 911 calls is currently under consideration to the city of oakland one of the calls that dispatch gets regularly is that a parent will call and say my child wont get up and go to school. Theres really no reason to respond to that call with a badge and a gun a little over a year ago the Oakland City Council commissioned the urban strategies killed so the Oakland Police commission and the coalition for Police Accountability to develop a report on how to implement what is called the mobile Assistance Community responders of Oakland Program or macro and jakes of the coalition for Police Accountability describes how it works for the calls that dont really require a badge and a gun. If they responded to by a macro. Thai team, it enables the police to spend their time on calls that are genuinely criminal or violent in nature instead of hiring licensed clinicians the program but you specially trained counselors an Emergency Medical Technicians to resolve nonviolent police calls for service, the things that will make them excellent of their jobs or that theyre very good at de escalation. Theyre good at working with people to help people figure out what the best resolution is to their own situation. And its a very good problem solvers the Macro Program is based on eugene oregons Cahoots Program crisis assistance helping out the streets which has been working successfully with the eugene Police Department for the past 30 years in a statement to kron 4 they wrote quote in 2014 kahoot handled 9,646 calls for service in 2019 they handle 18,583 calls quote janke says it is important to note like eugene oregons model macro does not involve abolishing the oakland Police Department i would say its definitely a model of re imagining public safety. Has it made you kron 4 news. Time for school. The pga tour is returning this week some nca athletes are back to work out some other us pro leagues are making plans to return, but Major League Baseball continues to struggle, the league and the Players Union are still dogs today when it comes to resuming what the season might look like after weeks of back and forth between league management, the Players Union. The latest proposal presented by the league this morning has been rejected by the union. Now the plan called for 76 games for which players would receive 75 of their normal salary, prorated the union had previously proposed 114 game season. Espn reported today that the league has requested a response from the union by wednesday. The nfl is taking more steps towards Training Camp beginning at the end of july the league and Players Association sent a jointly approved memo to teams yesterday with guidelines for how to reopen facilities that includes a tiered approach to the return of employees with players coaches and physicians among the first group allowed to return Health Screening and covid testing will be mandated daily. Masks must be worn inside at all times, including players and teams must work to create as much physical distancing as possible in spaces like locker rooms to the nba where the warriors wont play again if the league proves the 22 team re start to offseason that includes the health of Klay Thompson who spent the year recovering from a torn acl meyer said he didnt know of clay was back to a 100 yet and wouldnt until the team could work out with him in person, but did say thompson hasnt had any setbacks myers also said he didnt know what the Team Spending capability would look like when it comes to bolstering the roster for the coming season with the new nba draft rules the warriors are guaranteed a topfive selection in this years draft which has been moved to august 25th. They have a 14 chance of landing the top pick in the draft lottery. Coming up were track in a tropical depression now continue to make more rainfall it is a very early start of hurricane season. This one never quite becoming a hurricane but look at that all that damage has this tropical depression came on shore flooding have 6 high tide storm surge rolling on shore causing the flooding there near the coastline and now theyre seeing more Flooding Issues that due to all the rainfall 3 to 6 inches of rain in the forecast more to come down. And the mississippi has already been flooding, and guess what it is heading right up the mississippi has the very latest you can see it. Making its way just almost due north and that interesting theres the mississippi all shaded in red that is the flooding thats occurring right now along the mississippi and theyre seeing all that rain falling right on that watershed in and around that area, the i have it right now as you see right over little rock so this is certainly just a tropical depression, nonetheless youve got these very strong bands cape of not only producing the rain maybe more thunderstorms possibilities more tornadoes this going all the way up in the great lakes. So certainly something to watch the next couple days around the bay area going to be beautiful weather tomorrow again were in the 80s low 90s well, inland, 60s 70s near the coast line temperatures cooling down though as we head toward next weekend. Thank you lawrence and that wraps up kron 4 news tonight, a day, heres what were tracking tonight at 9 oclock gunfire and explosives rain down from the hillside onto unsuspecting police on the ground a chaotic scene described by the Santa Cruz County sheriff. And later a cache of weapons uncovered by investigators the disturbing details revealed today. The massive effort to shelter in place may have made a profound difference berkeley, researchers estimate Safety Measures prevented 500 million covid19 infections stay news station. Youre watching kron 4 news at 09 00am my mom, multiple firearms. A large man ammunition heavily armed and highly trained hes angry