Many people before. And, you know, really excited to find ways to kind of bring it back to life in jessica. What advocates are saying about an effort to revive a city Program Designed for the unhoused. Whats thats turning into a political on some mayoral candidates . When fun time from the bay areas local news station. Youre watching kron. 4 news. Good evening. Thanks for joining us for kron for news at 10. Im ken wayne and im noelle bellow. San francisco residents will get a say in expanding a program aims to helping people on the streets go back home today. The San Francisco rules committee discussed reviving the Homeward Bound Program. The committee will take Public Comment at its next meeting on monday ahead of the supervisors vote on tuesday. Kron 4 Sarah Stinson talked with orga izations devoted to helping the unhoused to learn if they think this program is helpful. She joins us in studio now with details. Sarah. Yeah, people who served the unhoused daily say the Homeward Bound Program is not for everyone, but its a resource they will recommend to people who need or want to go home. A San Francisco program has been offering unhoused people a ticket back to their home towns for nearly 20 years. It allows us the opportunity to offer the ability to reunify with their family. A ticket expenses to get back to their home. And we ensure and a 30 day 60 and a 90 that theyre still there. Theyre still supported the Homeward Bound Program started under thenmayor Gavin Newsoms office with the goal to help 1000 people annually supervisor ahsha suffice. As in recent years, the program has dwindled. Hes now working to revive it while also running against mayor london breed for her job this november under mayor breed. It was buried in the bureaucracy. And it dropped to just a couple 100 people a year. Homeward bound has become a resource for organizations like glide Memorial Church in foundation. The chief Public Affairs officer is glad to see the city reinvesting in it. It is one tool in tool box. And i think we want to be looking at all of that. It is not for everyone and they dont have the resources to go home, but they want to go home. Absolutely. This is a great program. I can reach for family. After years of living on the streets, this man got reconnected with his family with the help of the San Francisco nonprofit miracle messages founder kevin adler says its important this program is only offered to people who are actually from another city, which is not the majority of those living on the streets. According to a study by ucsf. 90 of the unsheltered population in california are from this state. 75 became homeless in the same county. They last had housing programs like homeward as long as theyre not doing greyhound therapy. But theyre actually. You know, you stop the we doing some Due Diligence on where the person is going stay, making sure that theres a plan to them to get there and that were not just trying to ship people out. You know, who really within an area. Mayor london breed announced new goal of helping 1000 people a year with homeward bound during her state of the city address. Last week we reached out to her about supervisor selfies initiative to revive it. Her office sent us a statement that reads in part the proposed legislation before the board of supervisors does nothing that will expand the use of the program in any way or help more people get connected to their homes. Its window dressing that delivers no real change. Im sara stinson reporting the studio. Back to you. Sarah. Thank you. Francisco lawmaker wants to mandate selfdriving Car Companies to report accidents and traffic violations to the dmv. Assembly member matt haney introduced a measure. He calls the atv safety and transparency bill. Today. If that gets signed into law, driverless Car Companies would be required to publicly report all collioions traffic violations and stalling issues as well as assault and harassment involving its fleet. Haney says his proposal is about everyones safety as reliance on selfdriving cars starts to expand. We have reached out to waymo for their response but have not yet heard back. New at 10 tonight, investigators have identified the mother and child found dead last week in santa rosa as 54 yearold cynthia, in brays and 10 yearold Maximus Monroy both were found dead last wednesday in their home on summerfield road. Investigators are on the scene for more than 12 hours before they finally removed the bodies. Police say the final coroners report is still pending. But at this time, they say they believe the mother stabbed herself. The childs cause of death is still being investigated. They say the boy did not have any visible injuries. And from stockton is facing a murder charge in connection to last months death of wadi about drawn the 78 yearold from livermore was an employee at a speedway gas station in san leandro. Investigators say the suspect 40 yearold dennis lee, seen loitering at the gas station back on february. 22nd second got into a confrontation with bob drawn and shoved him into a pole. Drug died of blunt force trauma. Lee is scheduled to be arraigned in Alameda County superior Court Tomorrow. Major shakeup at the all womens federal prison in the east bay thats been plagued with lawsuits and accusations of assaults. Today we learned the facilitys warden associate warden and a captain were removed and new leadership has been put in place this after an fbi raid. At the prison this morning, our grant lotus joins us in studio with the latest details. Grant cannon o well, heres the latest. More than a dozen federal agents reportedly conducted this operation earlier today. Here. At the Federal Correctional Institution in dublin, walking out with computers with documents. The search comes amid a years long federal abuse investigation of the facility. An Ap Investigation in 2021. Found a culture of abuse and coverups that went on for years since then, at least 8 prison employees have been charged with sexually abusing inmates. 5 of them have pleaded guilty. 2 were convicted at trial and last august, 8 inmates sued the bureau of prisons alleging the agency had failed to keep its promise to root out abuse and protect the safety of people in custody. We spoke with a volunteer advocate with the California Coalition for women prisoners. The group is part of a Class Action Lawsuit against federal Correctional Institute and the federal bureau of prisons. Emily shapiro says last week 12 more survivors joined the lawsuit. Shapiro is not clear what led to this mornings raid but thinks its probably connected to the Class Action Lawsuit. In then, over 2 years that ive been visiting people at dublin. Theres so much retaliation for people who speak got bin for survivors who bravely talk about whats been happening. I think and there needs to be like overhaul the prison system in order for this abuse to stop. The federal bureau of prisons says deputy regional director and Team Mckinney will now replace the ousted wharton art. Do gov. On an interim basis effective immediately. Mckinney is at least the 4th person to be put in charge of fci, dublin since former warden ray garcia was in charge. Garcia was convicted in 2022 of molesting inmates and forcing them to pose naked in their cells. Garcia was sentenced to 6 years in prison. Cannon. Noel, back to you. Grant, thank you. Lets get you a check of your 4 zone forecast as we take a live look of downtown San Francisco tonight. It was a nice, sunny day, but little bit of moisture. Lawrence, standing by with the last throes of winter. Yet this may be it. We may not see another storm tell spring. Thats right. Weve got another round. Of some rain just beginning to move into the bay area. Had a beautiful day. Then all of a sudden those clouds started to gather in the afternoon. Now skies are mostly cloudy. Ever see a few popup showers around the bay area. In fact, you can see him right here most that scattered shower activity outside of this. Going to be picking up as we head throughout the night tonight. And so you can see some periods of some downpours throughout the night. The good news is most of this comes overnight tonight and very early tomorrow morning. So overall, this cold front coming right out of the gulf of alaska. The rain has been in Northern California is finally sagging to the south. Now as that front moves on by not a real strong system, very reminiscent of a late season storm system. You see that low center right in the gulf of alaska. That cold front dropping into the bay area. More that rain on the way. So headed out the door tonight. Weve got a few scattered showers popping up around the bay area. So yeah, watch out for that on the roads tomorrow morning. Maybe a little slick to start your day to. Well have more on that. The rescue forecast coming up. Investigators say that white suv weaving in and out of traffic belong to 3 people accused of stealing several 1000. From a store santa rosa news helicopter helicopter, rather with the Sonoma CountySheriffs Department spotted the vehicle speeding down highway 101 today. Eventually hit another car injured. That driver sheriffs deputies arrested all 3 suspects following that collision. Investigators say the suspects car was also linked to a retail theft between 75 and 100,000 worth of merchandise in sunnyvale. Is your election headquarters . Former san jose mayor sam liccardo is heading to the general election to succeed representative anna eshoo in congress. He was named today as the first candidate to advance to the november election from a crowded field while ballots are still being counted. Supervisor joe simeone and Assemblymember Evan low are locked in a tight race for that remaining second spot. Look did post a statement on his social media x saying he is grateful to voters in both san mateo and santa clara counties. Following outcry from community leaders, San Francisco police say they will take another look at last years death of a woman. Why activists say police still are not being transparent enough. Plus, the future of your commute. We get a glimpse of caltrains all electric fleet that just had a successful test run. But first, hundreds of jewish students and their allies take over the uc Berkeley Campus as tensions rise amid the conflict in gaza. What theyre demanding from school administrators. Welcome back. Tensions are rising at uc berkeley over the conflict in gaza. Hundreds of students, faculty and alumni gathered on campus today saying the School Leaders are not doing enough to protect jewish students from antisemitic violence. Organizers say propalestinian and antiisrael protesters have blocked, say their gate for weeks and they say campus policy indicates that shouldnt be allowed. When theres a student or Student Organization that is violating policies such as protesting and blocking, say their gate to enforce the policy when the University Administration doesnt enforce policy. That results in a hostile unsafe island campus ridges. 2 weeks ago, a pro palestine demonstration did take place on campus against an event organized by jewish students at bellaire, buck playhouse, it forced police to evacuate attendees and and israeli speaker Uc Berkeley Police department announced last week it was investigating those incidents as hate crimes. In a statement uc berkeleys vice chancellor said in part, while we support uc berkeley is under investigation by the u. S. Department of education for possible discrimination tied to the ongoing conflict between israel and hamas. The investigation comes following allegations the university violated title 6 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race color and National Origin and programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance. Its unclear what event or events may have triggered this investigation. We have reached out to uc berkeley for comment on that but have not yet heard back. The death of a 63 yearold asian woman in San Franciscos Bayview District last year is getting another look police have reopened the investigation after initially ruling in an accident. Yanfeng wound died after falling on the sidewalk and hitting her head. Witnesses have said wu is standing at the intersection of 3rd and egbert when someone pushed her from behind a year after closing that case, police say new evidence may have emerged last week. They say they arrested and charged a person who reportedly assaulted 71 yearold asian woman just 5 blocks from where you fell. Police did not confirm if that person interviewed in the attack is the same person they arrested last week. But Charles Zhang with the Asian Justice Movement is demanding Police Release video of that first attack. There was a conclusion reached that that death was an accident. And so now here we are the next and the same person apparently attacked another elderly asian woman. And so i think its high time for the public to be able to judge for themselves. I think one way that we could do that is by viewing the video of that first attack. Police have refused to release the video saying it will jeopardize the investigation. Sugar bowl is extending its ski season through april 28th. The snow pack up the summit has now reached nearly 15 feet to celebrate the resort is also offering discounted lift access. So if youre planning a trip now is a good time to go warrants. Yeah. In fact, theyre getting some fresh snow up there tonight. Its just a tough go getting up there tonight. Theyre chaining up on 80 right now. And going on 50. But that snow is falling once again. Theyre going to see more of that throughout the night tonight and tomorrow, too. So a boy last week. It was a great a sneak up there, if you could, between some of the storm. So now looks like the storms winding down a bit. I think even better travel conditions. If youre planning on heading up there except for tonight and tomorrow up there right now, you can see that snow falling across the higher peaks there. Long, 80 and long 50. But were going to see that snow continuing throughout the night tonight as a late winter storm rolls in. Going to keep things busy, at least through tomorrow. Then things begin to settle down. Now the snow level, this a colder storm dropping down to about 4500 feet. You can see maybe 3, maybe 6 inches of snow above 5,000 feet across some of the higher peaks. Well be talking about the 8, maybe 10 inches of snow. How about that . So you can expect some travel delays up there, of course, tonight and possibly tomorrow chain controls at times. Definitely overnight tonight and some gusty winds, especially lake level, are seeing some gusty winds and get over some of the mountain passes there. Youln likely see some pretty gust as well. So Winter Weather advisories have been posted across much of the western slopes of the sierra nevada. You can see all shaded in purple here, brown there. This wind advisories across the great lake tahoe area, too. But yeah, you can see another nice round of some snow heading the high country. But heres the good news. Things are going to stop as far as snows concern and then the clouds are going to go away for the most part. And were going bring lots of sunshine and dry conditions, the high country. So if you want to ski on that fresh powder wednesday, thursday, friday, even into the weekend is looking good. Thank lawrence. As gun violence continues to plague the country and California Attorney general rob bonta says the state is taking action to ensure guns are kept away from people who are prohibited from owning them. Our capitol correspondent Eytan Wallace has the story. Well, just take a look at all of these guns. These represent just a handful of the more than 1000 firearms. The California Department of justice seized last year. From people prohibited from as low as possible. That attorney general rob bonta says is specifically the goal of californias armed prohibited persons system program. Also known as apps. It takes date of all the legal gun purchases and 3 plus million legal gun owners in the state and cross references it with a list of the more than 23,000 californians who are prohibited from owning a gun most of the time either because they were convicted of a violent felony or misdemeanor were placed under a Domestic Violence or other restraining order or are experiencing severe mental illness. If theyre found with a gun or deemed to about one before ending up on the list, the state will come and take it away because of this program. Organs. Are off our streets and out of dangerous hands. More schools, places of worship, dance studios, workplaces and neighborhoods. They are all safer. He notes the program is especially crucial in the state where more than 3,000 people die of gun violence every year bonta has long maintained the program does not target legal gun owners, something republicans in the legislature agree with. But while they acknowledge the state has ramped up investigations to confiscate g