Target says its closing up shop in several places to organized crime. Some of those stores right here in the bay area. Thanks so much for joining us, everybody. Im Vicki Liviakis and im grant lotus. The company says these closures are because of safety concerns and theft. 3 stores in the bay area are affected going to be shutting down. Kron fours met harry joins us live. She is at the pittsburgh target and thats a popular target. Amanda. Its a popular target and it is the biggest target location in the bay area. That will be closing in this list of closures. And you can see behind me there are all of these cars here. All of these people come october will have to go all the way antioch to the nearest target location. Thats about 8 miles from here. Target said in a statement they cannot keep operating these storms because of theft and organized retail crime. They say they feel both their team and the guests are at risk. Its contributing to an unsustainable business. Target says they made attempts to stop thieves but were unsuccessful. Target is closing their stores on folsom street in San Francisco, on broadway in oakland and here in pittsburgh. I was shocked when a first listen to the news and i say they were close in the first thing my husband was they dont close our store in, of course, popped up on the news it. The 3 Bay Area Stores arent the only ones that are closing. Target will also closed 3 stores in portland, oregon. 2 in seattle and one in east harlem, new york. All of these stores will be closed by october. 21st, even with the 3 store closures, the San Francisco bay area. Well still have 32 targets live in pittsburgh. Amanda hari kron. 4 news. Thank you, amanda. Meanwhile, as many as 200 Small Businesses in oakland close their doors this morning, temporarily to protest what they say is a growing crime problem across the city was a protest in this closure went on from 10 this morning until noon in that time Business Owners held a rally in front of lets all a longrunning vietnamese restaurant which is closing at the end of the month. The owners of that restaurant blame neighborhood crime for the closure people in attendance say theyre worried about their customers being robbed on the sidewalks, worried about car breakins, Violent Crime in general and theyre begging the city to do more. Open has been known as a city that is okay with violence and crime were not at all these people here we are here to say were not ok with because all glenn is a great city. Lets not you know you know, right away from another state take our business somewhere we love over. Thats why were here and work hard. Coral. Organizers are calling on the city to increase staffing in the Police Department. They want at least 1000 officers. Theyre also asking the state and federal governments to provide additional safety funding for the city this year. Oakland missed out on state funding for its Police Department to combat retail crime because they missed a crucial deadline. The city of oakland also has a 360 Million Dollar budget deficit. New at 6, the hollywood Writers Strike is officially over this after wga Board Members approved a contract agreement with the studios. Riders are now free work. Start writing that can do that a minute after midnight tonight, the hollywood Writers Strike that lasted for nearly 5 months. Halting tv shows movies and those daily talk shows the rider still do have to vote to ratify their contracted themselves. But lifting the strike will allow them to work during that process. As of now, there are no negotiations set between actors and the alliance of studios streaming services and producers. In san jose, a man is dead after being hit and killed by a garbage truck. Police say that it happened in the citys mayfair neighborhood about 3. 30, this morning. Kron fours rob nesbitt has more now on what city officials are doing to decrease the number of pedestrians killed. Tuesdays early morning. Traffic fatality in san jose is a unique one for police to investigate. It was in a parking lot, not a roadway and early in the morning when theres not a lot of traffic, a person getting struck and killed by a vehicle is an all too common headline in san jose. But city officials want to prevent when police arrived. The Jackson Square parking lot in san jose. They made a grim discovery. A man hit and killed by a garbage truck in the parking lot on south jackson. Ave. The driver staying behind and cooperating with investigators. Extremely troubled one traffic. Is one too many san Jose Councilmember peter ortiz reacting to the death in his district. San jose second pedestrian death in a 24 hour period. And the 29th pedestrian to die in a traffic related crash this year. San jose mayor matt mahan saying in a statement, quote, this morning we had another devastating pedestrian death in our city. All of us drivers, pedestrians in government have a role to play in making our streets safer and preventing these heartbreaking and unnecessary tragedies. Councilmember ortiz says hes working on a project called complete streets that we use grant money to make safety enhancements along streets like jackson, that make streets appear more that puts in quick build. Structures to forced people to drive in their lanes, force them to drive and smaller areas which he says will help slow down traffic. Walk. San jose was formed in 2017 to help create safer streets for pedestrians. But the organizations executive director says theyve lost some funding this year and are unable to track crashes in the city. Councilmember ortiz was disappointed to hear that cespedes tree and safety needs to be a collaborative effort. But the more voices the and important fact. We have people, according to mayor may hands office. There are over 200 safety infrastructure projects. The city will complete this year to improve things like crosswalk, striping and Traffic Signals reporting in san jose. Im rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. Fleet week is up in the air this year. Thanks to the looming threat of a Government Shutdown which would also cancel the annual event and that would keep the blue angels ground. It first racist joins us live from the city with the latest here to raise be a real. A real. Im out here near the embarcadero were a lot of people gathered to watch the blue angels. And yeah, that could be a real possibility. And weve got some precedent. It happened 10 years ago in the whole thing being canceled. In 2013, exactly 10 years ago, the Navy Marine Corps had that out of San Francisco fleet had to make our apologies. We could participate during that during that government 10 years we also were not able to participate first year of the pandemic. So and what was that 2020 october 2020, we did not have a fleet week. Navy spokesperson Brian Orourke on what happened 10 years ago when congress failed to pass a budget throwing federal funding into a tailspin grounding fleet week in San Francisco this year, despite the looming deadline are roark says that they are hoping for the best. What i can say is that we are hoping for a swift decision on a funding bill so that that. We can get up there. The sailors and marines could have a great time that everybody can come down the piers and see our ships throughout the weekend. The blue angels will be able to fly and everybody has a great time like we always do during week. And that is a common yhread right now. Staying cautiously optimistic kron 4 reached out to Sf Fleet Week Association who in a statement said, quote, San Francisco fleet week is standing by to take guidance from the navy and our other military partners. Currently, our staff are continuing planning as usual for the greatest fleet week ever. Well make adjustments as needed as we receive guidance, end quote. And this statement from the air show network who puts on programming, quote, as of right now, nothing has been canceled and the air show is full steam ahead. We will not know the effect of the Government Shutdown and till and it happens. Fleet week involves about 1000 sailors and marines as well as members of the coast guard about a Million People come into town to watch. And that also translates into a lot of money. In fact, according to sf lee week organization, it generates about 10 Million Dollars. So bottom line, this all boils down to what happens on the east coast. So here on the west coast, we will just have to wait and see reporting live here. Interest and theresa stasi. Back to you guys. Thank you, theresa. Take a live look outside. Talk about the weather. And you always remember your first. Rain of the season. And we had it here. But more importantly, the series rainstorms isnt that helping the firefighting efforts up nor yeah, really helped. They got a significant rain. We kind of cut the trailing edge of this front, but they have upwards of an inch and a half 2 inches in some spots as much as 4 inches of rain on some of those active fires. So thats good news for all in the bay area. Hey, we have some rain out there as well. Skies clearing out, though, very nicely now. Beautiful. Look over downtown San Francisco. Youve got some blue skies. The air quality, of course, looking much better. But this storm system very impressive looking storm this early in the season september. How about that . And weve got one little more swirl thats about to make its way onshore. That is going to head a little further north. So were not going to see the effects of that. Exactly. So we had a rain overnight, though, into early in the morning. Things are drying out, though now, but it did turn out to be a nice little soaker in parts of the bay area. How about this mount tam over a half an inch of rain, the end of september. Thats a nice little event. Saint rose almost a quarter of an inch 14. 100s enrichment him checked in at over a 10th of an inch of rain. Just under that 700 in San Francisco and to tense in coma. Hopefully this is a good sign of things to come. Lets hope so. Thank you, lawrence. President biden has landed in the bay. He flew into Moffett Field in Mountain View this afternoon. The president is scheduled to participate in campaign events. One in atherton one in San Francisco. Biden is also going to be meeting with his council of advisors on science and technology. 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Try cretors, handcrafted smallbatch popcorn. Theres officially a new candidate who says he will challenge london breed next year for the job of San Francisco. Mayor kron fours Catherine Heenan talk to daniel lurie today. A local philanthropists and an heir to the levi strauss fortune. Shes live in the newsroom now with more on that conversation. Interesting candidate catherine. Yeah, he he wants to unseat mayor breed in the november 2024 election. Daniel lurie is campaigning on the citys a quality of life problems. That means he wants to tackle problems like homelessness, drug dealing overdose deaths. Lori is the founder of tipping point. Thats an antipoverty, a nonprofit. He argues his management track record there along with lots of city project means he can get things done. I asked him, though, about some of the persistent problems the city, including people who absolutely refuse services and shelter. This is a block by block. Proposition. Were talking about first. You need to have enough shelter, pets, which we have not. We need enough shelter that. So that would be the first thing that i would do standup enough shelter beds. And then when you do offer someone a shelter bed and they refuse well, and if they say no, they have to move. And then its about making sure that the streets are for everyone there, not just for our unhoused neighbors, they are for the people, the citizens, the taxpayers of San Francisco. And weve forgotten that over the last 3 years. Laurie and his wife filed paperwork at the Citys Department of elections this morning making the campaign official. Lori is among the heirs to the levi strauss fortune. His mother is a billionaire. And yes, this does frequently come up. I asked him today thats relevant to his campaign, whether its a good thing or a potential liability. You know, its fair ever. Everything is fair in this but all i ask ask people to look at what ive done with my life and my its always been in service to others. Tipping point from 2005 to 2020 super bowl, 50 making the most philanthropic and giving super bowl in nfl history. Everything i have done with with the opportunities ive been given has been about service and giving back and being part of the solution. And so. People ask me about it. And thats how ill respond. And im not running away from it. Mayor london breeds campaign has suggested loris platform isnt really all that different from hers, including a focus on police on curbing drug dealing, arguing. The main difference is a lack of experience. But laurie says leaders like breed of had plenty of time to do more. And the problems are not going away. Lori does know this could be a pretty tough campaign. No one has defeated an incumbent, San Francisco mayor for 28 years. Thats when willie brown beat former police chief Frank Jordans grant and vicki and that was big. Thank you, catherine. Will lori would become mayor . Breit second major challenger after San Francisco supervisor joseph it, who declared his candidacy in may. Today supervisor. Stephanie, how to conference to propose more police foot and bicycle patrols in the citys neighborhoods. Hes urging the Police Department to roll out a Community Policing strategy that includes more officers on the ground to address and prevent crime. The proposal would also require the chief of police to work with district captains to develop a mapping outlining system that would have patrol beats within each District Police station. All right. Well San Franciscos current mayor london breed. Shes taking a different approach to encourage sobriety that she announced plans today that would require people who suffer from drug addiction to be screened and treated before they can receive more money from the city. The agency that oversees the Financial Assistance program says it only applies to single adults between the ages of 18 to 65. 50. 200 people are receiving Cash Payments anywhere from 1000 to 700 a month. Right now people can qualify for the money by self declaring that they are suffering from Substance Abuse disorders. But under the mayors new plan, people will be required to be screened to prove their addiction to drugs and then to get into treatment. No word on how that process would actually go. Meantime, mayor breed says far too many people are refusing the available help out there. And theyre dying from drug overdoses. People are not accepting help. And so now its time to make sure. That were cutting off resources that continue to allow this behavior to occur with out the economy, without someone involved in a Treatment Program that could lead to a better life. Kron 4 reached out to all 11 board supervisors to gauge their stance so far. Matt dorsey, who was at the press conferences leading the charge alongside a mayor breed. Joel and and rafael mandelman. All 3. Theyre in favor of the move. Aaron peskin, on the other hand released a statement in opposition and were awaiting responses from the rest. There has to be a majority vote in order for it to pass. Our 4 is continuing to track fentanyl use here in the bay area. You can scan this qr code to go to a special section on our website with all the latest stories. Sunglass hut in San Francisco now left with broken glass and damage after police say someone tried to use a cart, a breakin as our kron haaziq modyoon tells us tonight this isnt the first time the store was targeted. Youre looking at whats left of the security gate here at sunglass hut in San Francisco. Know its really disappointing. Somebody drove a car through here. It happened overnight here Chestnut Street in the citys Marina District. A spot its of concerned. Residents walking by who pulle