Electing a speaker of the house. But theres still no guarantee theyve actually got the votes to make that happen. Explain why coming up just ahead. But first, we are moments away from a live announcement from the San Francisco unified School DistrictsTeachers Union. On whether a strike vote has been made. From the bay station, youre watching kron. Noon. Thanks so much for joining us here on kron. 4 news at noon. Im Stephanie Lin happening right now. This francisco unified School Districts our other. The Teachers Union out there is working on announcing the results of the teachers strike vote, affecting some of their 6,000 members. So were going to work bring to you live in just a moment here. In the meantime. We have some coverage from our will tran on this. Its take that story. No matter the results that we will find out at noon if the teachers vote to go on strike or not, you wont have any problems dropping off your child inside the classrooms today. Probably not a problem tomorrow or even monday because we are not officially yet at a strike, but they will have to circle back a second time. Even if we find out that the vote was yes today. And explain in just a few moments. The parents, they are very concerned, obviously with whats going on there. 132 schools in San Francisco, 50,000 kids throughout the city. Theyre inside the classrooms at stake. Whether or not their teachers. Well be inside the classrooms and the teachers and the union. They say, well, that all depends on the unified School District. They are looking for a significant pay raise more than the 10,000 that the School District is offering per year per teacher. Right now the teachers are fighting the unified School District. Theyre back at the bargaining table on monday. But joining in on the fight are the parents. Hopefully this cause parents to pressure the district into giving the teachers what they need because its not the teachers fault that they dont have the resources and the pay to survive in this incredibly expensive city. Do feel for them. You know, the its as you know, hard to. Make a living with the salary and the benefits of a teacher here in San Francisco. Even if the teachers voted yes for the strike authorization and they spent yesterday between 4 and placing their votes, even if they vote. Yes, it does not mean that a strike is imminent because they will have to circle back. They will be asked again, are you sure you want to go on strike . And if its yes at that time, then a strike gets closer and closer. But we do know that the 2 sides will be back at the bargaining table on mondays. So you wont have any problems as you can clearly see. Many students are still showing up to school this morning. And we are expecting some live remarks from the Teachers Union again at 12, 30 today. We will bring you that News Conference live when those remarks go live. Stay with us. Lets talk about our forecast now as we take a look at this perspective outdoors. This is our mount tam camera city of San Francisco right there on the right hand side of your screen looking so pretty under those blue skies. Lets check in now with meteorologist kyla grogan. Hey, kyla. Hey, there it is. A Beautiful Day in the neighborhood. Everybody have to keep myself from saying that one. It is gorgeous out there today. Blue skies as we take a live look from the east were talking about this in our morning meeting. And i said if you dont like the weather today, i kind of cant help you. We are nice and calm with our the exception of fairfield, you can see still getting a little bit of when theyre about 18 miles per hour. But the wind is starting to relent. So thats kind of nice blue skies. As i mentioned as we take a live look at the Golden Gate Bridge and notice we dont have the flag flying in the wind like we did yesterday. So really nice out there. 69 San Francisco. 65 in oakland. Weve got some nice 70s, low 70s in san jose in livermore, mid 70s right now in santa rosa and even Half Moon Bay reporting 70 degrees warming up a little bit, getting that sunshine in there and just having a really nice run of it today. So the highs today will be right where we should be this time of year. This is almost bang on average rate. So we want low 80s inland. Perfect. Thats where we should and thats where we will be in spots like little more in antioch in santa rosa. Looking good today. So i do have a little weather coming our way as we head into our friday. So as you can see, we look at future cast here today. Pretty nice, but a few high clouds rolling through tomorrow. The picture changes. We are going to look out for a shot of a little bit of rain and you can see the north bay is likely to be the place thats going to see that when it come back on the track that for you and talk about a second shot of rain that is also possible for us as we get into monday. So your extended forecast is a little bit of a busy one. Back to all right. Thank you so much. A turn to developing news. The israel hamas war enters its 6th day. Israel is stepping up its offensive attacks against hamas in gaza. The israeli army is preparing for a possible ground operation. There. At least 2400 people have died on both sides. 25 of them, americans, another 17 americans are believed to be missing or held captive. President joe biden called the hamas attack on israel. Quote, the deadliest day for jews sense the holocaust. With tears group not only chairman sheer evil. Shoot people. To the world. People echoes the worst. Matches in some cases exceeds the worst atrocities of isis. More 1000 civilian slaughter newsroom. Officials say egypt is talking with israel and the u. S. To allow the delivery of humanitarian aid and fuel secretary of state Antony Blinken is right now in israel talking about setting up corridors as well. But egypt has pushed back against proposals to set up those corridors saying an exodus of palestinians could have grave consequences. Meanwhile, here at home, some University Students visiting the bay area from israel are stuck in San Francisco watching the horror happening at home. The group came to the city over the weekend to connect with the Jewish Community here in the bay area and learn about Technology Despite the warfare oversees, the students say all they want is to get back to their families. Theyre in the bunker is without electricity, see my nephews for 2 years old, 4 years old having to sleep off on the floor, on on the bus. And there is really attending religious service in San Francisco on sunday. They say theyre grateful. To see the american support for israel. And dozens of people gathered in san and to pray for israel last night, kron 4 Sarah Stinson was there and brings us this story. To people of all ages gathered in front of san anselmo city hall wednesday night to jewish songs and pray for the israelis affected by the war in the middle east. Tremendous sadness and grief. I just broke down crying because everything that i was hearing on the news was so and when i came just all came the event was put on by moshe burke woods and his wife, hadassah. Response has always consistent and resilient. One. The 2 opened Chabad Jewish Center of west marin about a year ago. Its a hub for people to share their judaism when israel was attacked over the weekend, berkowitz says it hit their Community Hard so they decided to put together an event for people to grieve together for myself. It was very hard to swallow. And i knew that. Others in the community are also going through a hard time, especially those a family there. Those words really work. Woods encourage people to find positivity during these hard times. He spoke about how the way to respond to is to reinforce ourselves and to find within ourselves the ability to bring out lights, to fight that darkness. People helped one another light candles to stgnify just that not and its like all of our people are Holding Hands together support for im Sarah Stinson reporting in san anselmo kron. 4 National News now House Republicans appear to be one step closer to electing a speaker. But its still unclear whether theres enough votes to support a single nominee. Washington correspondent Trevor Shirley reports from dc with the latest. House majority leader Steve Scalise won yesterdays secret ballot but only by a slim margin. And theres still no guarantee hes actually got the votes to become speaker. On wednesday, House Majority leader Steve Scalise clinching a narrow victory over his rival for house speaker. Ohio congressman jim jordan during the gop is closed or ballot. The conversations weve been having. With my colleagues over the last few days leading up to this. Ill show that theres a result. We need to get back to theres a lot of business to take care of. But despite jordan pledging to back scullys, its unclear if theres enough party unity to elect scully speaker of the house. Its not over. Still my support behind jim jordan for speaker. Im not going to change my now or anytime soon on the house floor, a full floor vote was expected wednesday, but House Republicans dropping those plans over concerns. Scullys lack the votes to win. We for dysfunction. The nation. For this team. American people cant afford we need to the chair sculleys needs the support of almost all House Republicans. Its unlikely any democrats would vote. Yay. I think that part know that the Republican Caucus is still in disarray. They just they dont know what they want. And so the house stairs down its 9th speaker list day with most of congresss business still on hold. The majority comes with responsibility. When youre in the minority, you can communicate. When youre in the magic majority. You have to legislate and we expect to get a better sense of where this whole process stands later on today. Reporting in washington, im Trevor Shirley. Home in the bay area. The great california shakeout sure is making a pit stop in San Francisco. Cal oes will provide services to help get you prepared for an earthquake kron fours. Michael thomas reports from San Francisco with the latest on this. The California Office of Emergency Services is quite literally shaking things up. Take a look. This is a simulator that im inside of and take a look right outside people who are walking by can see exactly what it looks like. All to keep people prepared for the big one. The california Governors Office of Emergency Services is using the specific simulator to show people just how impactful earthquakes can be ranging from 3 to 7 point, oh, magnitude, representative john from says this week and next, its all about preparing event here. This tour leads up to the great california shakeout on october 19th. At 10 19am, the entire state will practice how to drop cover and hold on and you can actually register for the event to go to shake out dot org. The biggest reminders for californians is to have a plan, know how to protect themselves and ultimately have an emergency supply kit, but also using technology to the fullest. The best tool that we have is the my shake download breeds available in 6 languages. It will give you a notification 30 seconds earthquakes over the threshold of 4. 5 magnitude or higher. These are tips up on your screen for an immediate things to do. If an earthquake does occur, you should drop to the ground. Cover your head with your arms and hold on to your neck until the shaking stops. Do not stand by a doorway or near large glass windows and mirrors. Representative mariah says if youre in a wheelchair. Get to a safe location or cover your head in your neck to make sure that youre protected of all time. As we know, california is known for its quakes. But officials here say that as long as youre prepared, thats the best thing that you can do in francisco. Michael thomas kron. 4 news. Michael must have some strong abs there. He wasnt moving too much and that and thats a mock up there. Coming up, a new initiative to pay back the socalled tampon tax will break down the compensation plan. Plus, veterinarian appointments california are going virtual. How the technology works. And we take a look at the remembrance rights, remenew at noon, the driver shot and killed by police after crashing a car into the San Francisco. Chinese consulate has been identified. Investigators say 31 yearold young drove a vehicle into the visa office on monday. A witness says he saw young bleeding from his head as he got out of the car, yelling about the Chinese Communist party. Its still not clear what led the officers to open fire. Both the white house in Chinese Government have condemned this incident, calling it a targeted attack, attacked the visa office is expected expected to reopen today. Francisco city officials and the salvation army. Remember those who lost their lives to drug addiction in an event called the remembrance of lights. Kron fours. Dan thorn has the details. Flameless candles raised in memory of those who have died from drug overdoses in San Francisco, the remembrance of lights bringing together city leaders and the salvation army. I just you know, number of Overdose Deaths we have. Its just outrageous. San francisco is a city there where it is too easy to get high and its too hard to get sober and we need to change that. According to the latest medical examiners report, more than 560 people have died from drug overdoses in 2023. The main culprit. Fentanyl and were on track to over 900 people to Overdose Deaths in San Francisco alone. This is a nationwide problem. We know that 120,000 people died across the nation last year to 2. Mainly fentanyl overdoses. District attorney Brooke Jenkins told the gathering wednesday night that her offices crack down on fentanyl is not meant to hurt those who are struggling with addiction. We all know that its not a choice to be addicted. Its something thats often times almost every time out of a persons control, it we have to rally around and help. Those people as San Francisco continues to look for solutions to the problem. All agree that lives need to be saved. One of need and i say another parent, another family member, another friend who tells me that theyve had to bury their loved one due to overdose. Reporting in San Francisco, dan thorn kron. 4 news. Lets check in on our weather conditions taking a live look outside at coit tower looking so beautiful at this hour. 12 18 this afternoon. Beautiful blue skies in just a bit of a breeze out there. Kyla. Yeah, its nice because the wind is kind of calm down a little bit breezy yesterday in the afternoon this morning. Little bit, too, but were getting a little better now. Its gorgeous out there. Seasonal temperatures tomorrow. We will see the clouds start to increase in kind of infringe upon these beautiful blue skies. We do have a shower chance likely in the north bay as we get into the evening tomorrow and then looking ahead. That means your saturday starts a little cloudy. But sunday, looking like the better day of the 2 for outdoor plans. So lets talk about this excessive front. Weve seen this a few past few weeks where we get one front tracking through. That will be friday night. That gives us that north bay shower chance. And then another when tracking through as we get into monday and one more shot at a little rain in behind each of these kind of a reinforcement of cooler temperatures. But today we are warming up a bit because we are free of any front. So taking a look right now. Temperatures 68 in San Francisco or 75 in antioch. 74 in san jose. And weve already hit some nice mid 70s up in the north bay as well. An indication that were warming up rates a little warmer than yesterday should get some nice average temperatures. Low 80s inland sunday, 70s around the bay about 66 out of Half Moon Bay. So just to show you this weather pattern as it plays out, theres that front friday night that rolls through, then we get a pretty good looking saturday into sunday. And then by monday, another front rolling through. Now we catch the tail end of these things. And its always a question as to whether or not theyre going to hold together to bring us any rain. But it looks like we get a little bit. I think the north bay could get a 10th of an inch, but you can see elsewhere, you know, even if we look at those 2 hits of rain, were talking, you know, to one 100th of an inch. If you are in San Francisco. So what this does to is our temperatures kind of very with this. We warm up today. Then we get that front going through. We cool it down. We warm up on sunday. Then we get anothe