Highway 2. 42. Reopening after Police Activity. From the bay station, youre watching kron. Noon. Thanks so much for joining us here on kron. 4 news at noon. Im Stephanie Lin highway to 42 in concord is back open in the northbound direction after Police Activity shut it down for most of the morning. Kron fours Charles Clifford is live at the scene for us with the latest on this. Charles. Well, the good news here is that the situation result was resolved peacefully and no one injured and traffic is getting back to normal. Its going to take a look at some video here from earlier now. The Concord PoliceDepartment Says about 7. 30, this morning they found a man apparently in distressed above willow, pass road on an overpass on highway 2. 42. And the northbound lanes so they shut down northbound lanes. The shutdown will pass road underneath the overpass and they spent several hours very peacefully talking to this man. You might build to see him in this video wearing a black hoodie. There. They were very patient with him. They got pretty close to him. Witnesses say that at times he would go near the edge of overpass and cops would back off. But they spent a long time talking to him, unfortunately about 10 45 this morning. They were able to convince him to walk down off of the overpass and then we could see him the police department, Highway Patrol talking to him below the overpass and thats when they were able to reopen traffic. Other traffic delays that we were seeing earlier that is kind of let up there. A lot of plays on 6 ad in the surface streets. But that for the most part now has resolved itself at this point. Its unclear what if any charges this man might face in relation to what happened. They seem to be very patient with him were just talking to him. So well have to figure out later a fight and there will consequences to the situation. But thankfully, again, no one was injured. This was resolved peacefully. But for now in the east bay, Charles Clifford kron, 4 news. All right, charles, thank you for your live coverage. Lets take a live look now at the traffic conditions out there. You can see by all that green on your screen that traffic is moving again with. Very minimal. Back up. So a positive change there. Well, today, the San FranciscoTeachers Union votes whether or not to authorize a strike. Teachers say negotiations have hit a standstill and they are prepared to hit the picket lines. Kron fours will tran has the latest. The Teachers Union, they want to teach the San FranciscoUnified School District. Some basic math. Right now theyre looking for more than what the Unified School District is offering and they want. Few students in their classrooms. And right now theyre not getting it. Which is why this afternoon they will meet at Balboa High School and they will do a strike authorization vote even if they vote. Yes, it does not necessarily mean that they will go on strike and all explain that in just a few moments. Heres whats at stake. 50,000 students have 132 schools in San Francisco. They can go to school for now as the 2 sides work out a deal. Now, the Unified School District, they are prepared to offer the teachers as much as 10,000 more each year. The teachers theyre looking for a lot more than that saying that its very expensive to live in San Francisco and until they get what they want, they are prepared to possibly go on strike. If they vote to go on strike this afternoon, it doesnt mean that they will because they do not take this lightly. That means the union will circle back and then they will vote once again. And at that point, if they vote yes, that means there will be a strike. And if so, it will be the first one in San Francisco since 1978. And we continue our coverage of the conflict overseas. The number of americans killed in the war between israel and hamas is now at 22 the u. S. State Department Just releasing that information this morning. Meantime, air strikes continue throughout the night into today as israel stepped its offensive on the gaza strip in response to hamas is attack the war has killed at least 2100 people on both sides. The airstrikes are reducing buildings to rubble in neighborhoods in the gaza strip and forcing people to find safety elsewhere. Humanitarian groups are asking of corridors can be created so they can deliver aid. They say hospitals are overwhelmed and running out of supplies on top of that gaza rent out of electricity after their only power plant ran out of fuel this morning. Meantime, hamas has kidnapped more than 150 people, including some americans. Moss has warned it will kill one of the hostages every time israels military bombs, civilian every time israels military bomb civilian targets in gaza without warning. Israels iron dome is arguably the worlds most effective Missile Defense system in operation today. It was first deployed in march 2011 and because the flight time for a rocket is so short, the iron dome can operate on automatic the military claims it has about a 90 success rate. Its able to take out countless incoming rockets and missiles. This week its faced its biggest test ever. The overwhelming number of missiles fired into israel, pushed the iron dome and the people protects to its limits. Nick smith has a breakdown of this high tech market. We will be flowing in additional iron dome interceptors so that they have the capabilities they need to sustain their iron dome defense systems. Israel says hamas has launched more than 4,500 rockets. Many of them intercepted by the iron dome air defense system. The pentagon now scrambling to replenish israels arsenal amid concerns hamas may have cracked the crucial Missile Defense system by simply overwhelming. It battery. If an iron dome would go up and knock out a missile, it would first calculate where that missile was going go next to it and not get out. But it only has about 20 missiles at a time. Were watching 5,000 go with at least 10 missile batteries throughout the country. Each capable of defending a 60 square mile area. Kept the death toll from going even higher. On tuesday, President Biden promising to send more interceptors manufactured by raytheon at about 50,000 their plan. Was to build enough mets missiles to overwhelm. And that first set of missiles to be dumb missiles until you took out. All the ability in the iron dome to knock him down, then use in the precision guided longrange missiles. Some experts say the system performed as best it could given overwhelming number of missiles launched lived up to the best it could have been anticipated under those circumstances. It could have been least 10 even higher fold. Area continues to come together in the wake of that deadly war. San francisco people gathered at dolores park for a public prayer for both palestinians and israelis. Kron 4 Sarah Stinson dozens of people gathered in San Franciscos dolores park tuesday night. To recite the mourners cottage, a jewish prayer meant to mourn the death of a loved one. Organization, if not now bay area organized this event for people to grieve together of all the lives lost in the israel, hamas war, both palestinians and israelis, despite sprinkles of rain coming down, 3 candles glowed in their it was an extremely powerful event. Im so grateful for all the people who share their stories and were willing to show up with their full selves, all their grief, other emotion. In this moment, the organizers opened the florida anyone who wanted to express their feelings during this tragic time. People are brought to tears rico go spoke them. You do. What to you is goin and i myself why go says from honduras. But his ancestry is both jewish and palestinian. He got emotional explaining that he feels torn between both cultures as he wants peace for all before we are or that or the other. We are. Humans. And we believe the same. And we suffered this same and we going after the same things which is safety, happiness, peas for our families and for everyone in our communities. Im sara stinson reporting in San Francisco 4 news. Now to big news on capitol hill. House republicans have chosen steve scullys as their nominee for the next speaker of the house. The gop caucus met behind closed doors this morning to select a nominee. The final vote was 113 for congressman scalise of louisiana and 99 for ohios jim jordan. While this move clears one hurdle, its not clear if scullys has enough support to win the speakers gavel on a full house floor vote. Many republicans say they still support jordan. We have a lot of work to not just. In the house for the people of this country, but we see how dangerous of a world it is and how things can change so quickly. We need to make sure were sending a message to people all throughout the world that the house is open and doing the peoples business along with speakers, police even a vote on the biden voting i sure hope so. Police will need 218 floor votes to replace congressman Kevin Mccarthy who was removed from the speakership last week. Its not clear when that vote will take place yet. Lets talk about our forecast now as we take a live look outside at mount tam looking so beautiful out there. Nice and blue core. Just a few. Lets check in now with kron 4 meteorologist kyla grogan for more. Hey kyla. Hey there. Gorgeous day out there. No doubt about it. As we take a live look here at the embarcadero area with the bay bridge behind. You can see a little bit of a breeze there. We are going to have a little bit of a northwest wind happening today into tomorrow morning. So just be prepared for that right now. Not too bad. You can see about 14 Miles Per Hour there, Half Moon Bay, 30 Miles Per Hour at sfo. Little breezier. Those to the north bay santa rosa starting to see that northwest flow there at about 60 Miles Per Hour. Other than that, though, weve got the beautiful blue skies that are happening out there. Not just here, but across a good portion of california. You can see just a little bit of precipitation trying to make it into the far northwest corner of california. The rest well to the north of us. And of course, that front the track through brought us just a tiny bit of rain last night has already rolled through. So temperatures right now. 66 degrees in San Francisco where 69 in napa we hit 70 in novato and san jose. Same story in hayward here are starting to warm up to be a couple of degrees warmer today than it was yesterday. But mostly its going to be about the blue skies in the fact that were still a little bit below average, right . So this time of year in livermore, we should be about 80 degrees. That would be normal. And today were looking out for about 74, so 5 or 6 degrees below where we should lots low to mid 70s there. As we head inland oakland, about 71 San Francisco staying in the 60s today. So wanted to mention the wind as it picks up, especially as we get into the afternoon. You see the north bay and the peninsula really starting to ramp up or we could see gusts upwards of 25 miles per back a little bit. Well talk more about what happens as we get through the rest of our week. Can see that northerly flow starting to happen on thursday morning. Well talk about that too. Back to you. All right. Cuyler, thank you. Coming up, new protections for patients getting Prescription Medications here in california. More on the stop. Dangerous pharmacies act signed into law just this week. Plus, people are lining up to buy powerball tickets as the jackpot continues to grow. How much tonights grand prize is worth. But first, the flag ban at the sunol glen School District will remain place after a push to repeal thethe b board will keep its ban on all flags other than the u. S. Flag and the california state flag. A board member introduced a resolution to repeal the ban, but nobody else supported it. That means flags like the pride flag cannot be displayed at school. Kron fours. Amanda hari has more on there were dozens of public comments, even the Board Members debated. People spoke passionately on both sides of this issue. Some even bringing flags into the meeting. It was standing room only at the glen School Board Meeting tuesday night on the agenda, an opportunity to repeal a ban on displaying any flag. Other than the u. S. And california flags. We are just here to keep the pressure up. President of Castro Valley pride, Austin Bruckner carrillo says in 2021. They pushed for the pride flag to be flown at districts across Alameda County, including signal in september with a 2, one split. The board voted to ban the pride flag and many other flags on campus. What is going on here and know is not its dangerous. Its scary. The flag ban does not just for move pride, flags but also peace, flags and flags that say things like well come to school. How can you prefer one . Social flag over all the others pretty soon. Well just be full of flag poles. Parents like matthew sylvesters say this argument has started to consume. The community were doing all sorts of, you know, things are normal parents to making a bet and jelly sandwiches. And now here we have research and read about School Board Board member peter romo proposed a resolution repeal the flag ban but no one seconded. Sylvester says some parents will be taking action against school Board Members. Linda hurley and president ryan jorgenson. Weve been organizing. There is a recall underway so far. Its just people when they get the signatures and serve well see what the Community Wants to do in september. The meeting got so heated. They had to call in Alameda County sheriffs deputies to get everything under control. This meeting. They had sheriffs deputies here on campus before it even started. And throughout the meeting in tunnel amanda hari kron. 4 news. Lets talk about our forecast now as we take a live look outside at the Golden Gate Bridge looking so pretty out there. You can see a little sailboats enjoying a that nice weather. Lets check in now with cuyler for more on what we need to know kyla. Hey there. Yeah, it is a gorgeous day out there and it is going to be a little bit below average. But other than not a whole lot to complain about wanted to talk about the rain totals that we had in the overnight. It wasnt huge, right . A little over a 10th of an inch in point raise mill valley just under that law. Honda 7, 1, hundredths. We get down into the smaller devils numbers in santa rosa, Half Moon Bay in just a trace. Their the Oakland Airport at the airport was the same. So chances are you might have seen a little drizzle and thats about it. But today its all about the blue skies as we take a live look here at the Golden Gate Bridge, though were going to keep a cool below average. Today we are going to see some breezy northwest winds that are already kind of starting to show. But the really going to be kicking as we get into the afternoon tonight, mostly clear skies. That should be a pretty quiet night. We do have a shot at a little bit of rain likely north bay. Only it looks like a friday night into saturday and it doesnt look like a whole lot. Another chance possible as we get into the early part of next week. Temperatures right now, though, a pretty nice out there, 70 degrees in hayward, 70 degrees in nevado starting to see those 70s pop up in san jose in antioch, some 60s out to Half Moon Bay about 62. So today will be a little bit warmer than yesterday. These are the highs are looking out for. And, you know, as you can see, kind of similar, yes, to maybe a degree or 2 warmer, particularly as we head into our inland but here is the future cast to show you all the sunshine we have today. As we get into tomorrow, we start that way. Were going to see some clouds start to move in later on thursday, an indication of this front thats going to be coming our way. Thats the one you can seek out falls apart here, trying to hold together. But it does kind of fall apart. Thats the one that could bring us a little bit of a north bay, maybe shower down to about the Golden Gate Bridge. I think that again totals are not going to be terribly impressive for that one. However, having said that, wildfire danger, we are still in it. And this is just to show you that we take into account the dryness. We taking account the wind right now. Were at about a 3 out of 8 or 9. If youre to say for the highest in the scale. And so every little bit of precipitation, we get kind of helps us to stave off our fire danger. So well look out for that wind, which otherwise i would be really concerned about, right . But because we have a little rain, im not as concerned, but still but make sure saying fire the weekend looking pretty good after we get past those am showers back to a staying fire safe is so important. Thank you. Kyla happening tonight. It is a powerball frenzy. The estimated jackpot is now 1. 7, 3 billion dollars and people are scrambling to get their tickets. Kron fours Michael Thomas