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KRON KRON July 2, 2024

Department of Motor Vehicles has suspended crews from operating its driverless taxis in San Francisco. And a man is facing dozens of charges for allegedly tried to stop a planes engine while it was in the we will go live as we continue to learn more about the suspect. From the bay station. Youre watching kron. And news. Thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 news at noon. Im justine waldman. We start with a bombshell announcement from the dmv. Cruz is losing its permit to deploy and test Driverless Cars on public roads, at least for now. This is coming while labor leaders and allies are demanding more regulations for all robot taxis. Kron fours Michael Thomas reports now what led to the suspension. Well, crews Must Immediately stop using their driverless vehicles. The dmv says ultimately its because of safety issues for taking this action. Take a look at your screen. Theres details now specifically. There are 4 criteria for the suspension. The department has determined that the companys vehicles are not safe for public operation. The company has misrepresented information related to the safety of the Driverless Technology on its vehicles and the company or one of its employees has limited information that makes the conduct of driverless vehicle testing on public roads, an unreasonable risk to the public based on this, the dmv has the right to immediately suspend the companys permit in order to ensure the safety of the public roads. Now the dmv also says its proved its provided the San Francisco company with the steps it needs to see to once again allow the company to be permitted to use its Driverless Cars, adding that the decision does not impact the companys permit for testing with a human driver inside of it. And this all comes as members from the teamsters labor leaders and also Public Officials and gathered outside of the cruise San Francisco headquarters to raleigh saying that the cruise robo taxis need to be off the streets completely. Not just temporarily telling kron 4 news not only do the Driverless Cars take away thousands of jobs from people, but also that they are dangerous and it stood in the way of San Francisco fire trucks and allegedly were involved with the death of a pedestrian after blocking an ambulance that was transporting a patient to the hospital. Take a listen to what organizers had to say earlier this morning. Want to be able to control vehicle that are. Most importantly, we need to make sure that we have responsible. You might behind the wheel. Its a very latest here in the newsroom. Im Michael Thomas will send it back to you at the desk. Now in response crews which is owned by general motors, says it has agreed to pause its driverless operations in San Francisco. The company indicates in its statement that the dmv subset suspension is related to an incident 3 weeks ago where a pedestrian was struck and hit. By a driver and then run over and then that was person was propelled into the past of a cruise car. So this is video of the aftermath. There have been several highprofile incidents involving cruise vehicles. The dmv did not mention any of them in its statement, we have reached out to the dmv for further clarification. We should also note that the other Driverless Car Company in San Francisco is not affected by todays announcement. A pilot from Pleasant Hill is now facing 167 charges, including attempted murder. Hes accused of trying to shut down the engines of a commercial plane that was bound for San Francisco while he was offduty kron. 4 Charles Clifford joins now live from Pleasant Hill with the latest. Thanks for joining us. Good afternoon. Well, we have been able to review a criminal complaint filed in federal court, which details the fbis investigation into this case, at least a case, at least in part. And what were learning is some new details about what happened in the moments before and after the suspect in this case. Robert emerson allegedly tried to turn off the engines of the plane. In a federal criminal complaint filed against joseph emerson, the fbi says that the pilot and copilot of horizon flight 2, 0, 5, 9, had casually spoken with emerson who was sitting in the cockpit jump seat for several minutes after takeoff and did not initially believe that anything was wrong. They also claim to have never met emerson prior to the flight. But according to the fbi, while the plane was flying over, oregon emerson suddenly said i am not okay. He then allegedly reached up and pulled to read engine, showed off, handles one of the pilots then struggled with emerson for several seconds. While the other pilot declared an inflight emergency turned the autopilot off and change the aircraft course to fly to portland. Emerson then left the cockpit and walked to the back of the plane where he allegedly told a Flight Attendant you need to cuff me right now or its going to be bad. The Flight Attendants then placed handcuffs on him or somebody allegedly tried to grab the handle of a nearby emergency exit and had to be restrained. Emerson was also overheard saying i messed everything up and that he had tried to kill everybody after the plane landed in portland, officers took emerson into custody while being questioned. He told police that he was having a nervous breakdown and had not slept in 40 hours and felt tired and dehydrated. He also allegedly denied taking any medication but said that he had been depressed for several months. He also talked about the use of psychedelic mushrooms and said it was his first time taking mushrooms, according to the Portland Police department. Emerson waived his rights to attorney and said im admitting to what i did. Im not fighting any charges you want to bring against me guys. All right. Back live now. The fbi also says in that court filing. That the plane was just seconds away from becoming a High Altitude gleiter. It was only because of the quick actions by the pilot and the copilot that they were able maintain control. Anderson is expected to appear in court some point later this week. But for now in Pleasant Hill, Charles Clifford kron, 4 news. Charles, thank you. The eastbound lanes of the dunbar bridge will be closing overnight. Starting on halloween. Caltrans is closing those lanes for 4 nights for repaving from 10 00pm until 07 00am the following. Mornings. The westbound direction will remain open throughout the project. Those heading to the east bay from the peninsula can instead take the san mateo bridge into hayward of those heading towards the milpitas and fremont areas from the south bay can also take calaveras boulevard. Some developing news now. As jenna ellis has become the latest trump lawyer to plead guilty to efforts to overturn Donald Trumps 2020 election loss in georgia, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge and an emotional statement to the court. The attorney acknowledged her mistakes and said if she had to do it again, she would not. Ellis is the 4th defendant in this case to enter into a plea deal with prosecutors. She was sentenced to 5 years of probation along with 5,000 in restitution 100 hours of Community Service writing apology letter to the people of georgia and testified truthfully in trials related to this case. Just did now republicans have picked majority whip tom emmer as their latest candidate for house speaker. They met privately today as they tried to find a new nominee for the job after representatives Steve Scalise dropped out and representative jim jordan failed to get enough votes through 3 but different ballots. And there is from minnesota secured a majority of the votes in an early round of balloting and battle. Louisiana representative mike johnson on the 5th ballot, the next move now is for amor to fight for support in the full house. I got get ready. It is the Season Opener tonight. Fans are excited as some of the favorite players are going to take the court tonight. Kron fours will tran at chase center with all the excitement. Were just hours away from tipoff. It was a long summer. The warriors. Did a lot of moving and grooving. Jordan poole is gone in is cp 3. You can see the court right behind me. Its been a long summer as far as them not having to clean the floors. Look at the jumbotron. Fireworks. They tested it out. It is ready to go. Should be a lot of fireworks tonight. Minus. Unfortunately, draymond green. He will not be taking the court because hes still nursing a bad ankle that he injured during a pickup game. Hes pretty recently fine if this was a playoff game. But its a long season. So theyre going to keep him out. He will not be taking the floor, but technically he still part of the team. Right . And by doing so. He clay and curry. The second longest trio nba history as they try to chase another title. Speaking of chasing another title or his first title, cp, 3. He was a longtime foe. They didnt like and they admitted. But now hes a friend. Chris paul is now with the golden state warriors. And theres a good chance he will be the point guard while steph curry is on the floor. So new roles for steph curry and Klay Thompson whom i end up playing power forward. So lots of kinks that they need to work out. As far as the warriors in town for the First Time Since 2019 in front of home fans, the slim reaper, kevin durant, hes here. Hes with the phoenix suns. They expect the warriors to give him a standing ovation once he comes back to the court, heres coach kerr talking about a man who helped them win 2 championships. I anticipate our fans giving kevin the love that he deserves. I mean, you know, to 2 championships you know, and trying to help us win a 3rd. And he was incredible here and go down. You know, as one of the great players in franchise history. And i would expect nothing less use your nation. Kevin durant has been politicking for the last so he wants his number retired for those 2 championships, possibly 3. If you didnt get injured while hes with the warriors. Joe lake upset as long as he owns the team, nobody else will wear number. 35 and kevin durant also said this is the house that he helped build. Chase. Enter wasnt always around. I was here when they broke ground when they put the shovel into the ground. I watched it, but it was kevin durant who literally but a shovel in the ground to help build chase center. So hes excited to be back. Tickets all sold out. But if you go to a thirdparty site and you have deep pockets, you too, can be here as well and get these blue tshirts. Its the first game of the season. So they going with blue. Dont worry about it. They will bring back the gold strength in numbers. Not a weather forecaster, but hopefully it will rain a lot tonight. Raining threes from clay and curry. Back to you. Coming up, the ftc is diving deeper into social media and its effects on Mental Health who they are now hiring to help. Plus, were learning more about the moments before shots were fired at a house party killing a 16 yearold. But first fights between 2 football teams forced officials to cancel the game. Because of safety concerns and some sun starting to peek through keeping an eye on your forecast. Got a big cool down coming. Ill have the details coming. 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Several fights broke out at a High School Football game between valais and kennedy. High schools over the weekend. The fighting got so bad that the refs stopped play with nearly 10 minutes left in the game. Kron fours to resist asio tells us whats next. Now for those 2 teams. There was no winners and this on either side thats thomas case, a Sports Writer for the Vallejo Times herald. He took this picture of the Vallejo High School Varsity Football Team on the sidelines after a fight broke out during last fridays game against kennedy high. And then kenny players retaliate. They have a problem with little having a problem. And with and second, its theres punches being thrown by players, not, says that when he snapped the photo, the coaches were trying to calm down the teen. So that play could resume. I want to make this very clear. I never saw any coaches throwing punches, but they were involved was shouting most of them are trying to separate players. But then says another fight occurred. Its probably like about a 10 minute delay. And while theyre all hard lane, a second incident kind of starts. And this is like coaches, hr. There fans yelling at each other. You know, when i was interviewing the rat, like, get out of here, games been called, not safe like so. That was hope i can get the reps name because he was out of their time. So on monday, field where the game was held friday night was vacant to several investigations are underway. The Vallejo Unified School district sent kron 4 news. This statement, quote, vallejo city Unified School District condemns any form of fighting or aggressive conduct during athletic events. In response to this incident, we are actively conducting an investigation. This includes gathering statements from Staff Members and reviewing video footage recorded during the game. Additionally, we are eagerly awaiting a report from the Tri County Athletic League kennedy. High school is in the west Contra Costa County School District who issued this statement. Quote, the west contra costa Unified School District takes the safety of our student athletes very seriously. And we are disappointed in the outcome of the october 20 game between Vallejo High School and kennedy high school. We are committed to take all necessary steps to preserve safe and respectful opportunities for athletic play. Says that he is hearing reports 2 players from each team may be ejected and unable to play in the next few games and the theresa kron, 4 news. Some developing news from the east bay because police in oakley are. Working now to track down the person who shot and killed a 16 yearold boy during a house party over the weekend. Police were called to the home for a noise complaint on saturday night. The host told police that she was working to shut it down and did not need their help in doing so. The officers left and later that night shots were fired outside of the home. Joshua lane lives across the street and his doorbell camera captured the sounds of the gunshots. And welcome to the gunshots. And it really realize i woke up to the and i just came outside with a flashlight and a bunch of screaming and commotion. That kind of just seemed like party commotion at first. But i heard someone on the grass over here get asked if they had got shot. Police say the shots were fired after a group of about 30 teenager showed up and tried to get in through a locked front door. They got through the backyard and then the shooting happened shortly afterwards. They say 3 people went to the hospital. They are expected to survive the 16 yearold boy who was killed that end of Liberty High School in brentwood. The police chief says this is an active investigation. But so far, no description of a suspect has been shared publicly. A live look outside at a picture showing us the great kind of clouds hanging over the city of San Francisco today. Much cooler weather. Were going to check in now with our meteorologist kyla grogan to see just how much cooler were going to get. Also today, not a whole lot cooler, just a couple of degrees, but we did certainly start off a little foggy, a little cloudy and still very much,4though, out at Half Moon Bay, were taking a live look right now. So today getting that afternoon, sun breaking through in most spots, i think it will be a little tough at the coast, but also will notice a little bit of a breeze kicking up this afternoon like yesterday tomorrow. Thats when were going to see that cool down. Really kick in with a cloudy day and gust year wind happening. That has a little bit more of a longlasting effect. Overnight. Lows are going to start dropping. We get into wednesday night into thursday. So get ready for that. We havent seen some of those inland valleys, get that chilly and also a slight shower chance coming our way on friday. Lets start with where we are right now. Which is little cool out there. 65 in san jose. Jus

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