Hey, thanks so much for joining us on the kron. 4 news at noon. Im stephanie land and our top story for you this hour. Wnba star Brittney Griner has been sentenced to 9 years in a russian prison. She had this to say when the ruling came down. What made honest mistakes . And a home. Youre ruling and it doesnt in my life. The judge said the time griner has served in custody since her arrest in february will count towards her sentence. The prosecutors are also asking for griner to pay 8 million ruble penalty that comes out to roughly about 16,700. Breyer was arrested at a moscow airport earlier this year where authorities found a vape cartridge with cannabis oil in her luggage. Legislators say theyre doing everything they can to bring griner back home. Well, we certainly want brittany home and paul whalen, another american being held by the russians. But we dont want to do this in a way that incentivizes them too, to accuse more americans and the ground hold it hostage for another trade for some other notorious drug dealer or arms dealer. And we have a response from the white house this afternoon. President biden writing, quote, today, american citizen Brittney Griner received a prison sentence that is. One more reminder of what the world already knew. Russia is wrongfully detaining. Brittany, according to the white house. Now. Its unacceptable. That statement goes on to say and the president calls on russia to release her immediately so she can be with her wife, loved ones, friends and teammates. The president goes on to write. My administration will continue to work tirelessly and pursue every possible avenue to bring brittney and paul whelan home safely. As soon as possible. And were following new developments in the death of breonna taylor. The department of justice announcing federal charges against 4 current and former Louisville Kentucky Police officers connected to her death in march 2020 officers were serving a noknock warrant when they stormed into the 26 yearold home. Taylors boyfriend fired a shot at officers. They then returned fire, striking and killing taylor attorney general Merrick Garland says the affidavit used to obtain a search warrant for taylors home was falsified. The officers are also accused of conspiring to cover up a lack of probable cause after the shooting. These are the First Federal charges filed in connection to taylors death. New at noon, its official. Monkeypox is now a Public Health emergency in the u. S. The Biden Administration made that declaration today in order to improve the federal response to this disease, which is now infected more than 6600 americans. Specifically the east. This declaration makes it easier to tap into federal funding to improve access to vaccines, treatment and testing for the vaccine. It also removes some of the bureaucratic steps in place, making it easier to hire or reassign staff to address the outbreak. Officials say the past week theyve distributed more than 600,000 doses across the country and are now able to perform as many as 80,000 tests per week. The white house has been criticized for responding too slowly to the monkeypox outbreak. San Francisco City leaders saying they are not receiving nearly enough doses to meet the demand. And San FranciscoGeneral Hospital is officially out of the genius vaccine. And thats a problem because San Francisco county is still reporting the highest number of positive monkeypox cases. And now City Health Officials are thinking about requesting a different smallpox vaccine to treat this problem. Its called cam 2000 vaccine. Its a smallpox vaccine. First approved back in 2007, there are 100 million doses stored right now in the national stockpile. We know the state has requested 200 of those doses, but its not clear yet whether those doses will ever be put to use. Senator scott wiener will chair californias new Senate Select committee on monkeypox. The newly formed group is tasked with figuring out how to improve the states response to monkeypox and identify what can be done in the coming days and weeks to get more shots in arms. The group holds their first hearing next tuesday in sacramento with state and local health officials. In a statement, senator wiener shared with kron 4 that people in San Francisco waited for as long as 9 hours in line to try and get a hold of the genius vaccine. Now the news this afternoon, the race to save laguna honda hospital in San Francisco continues the city this morning announcing plans to sue the federal government over the effort to close the hospital. Meantime, the future of hundreds of patients hangs in the balance. Kron fours Charles Clifford is following the situation as it unfolds is live with the latest on this situation. Hey, charles. Hey there. As it is right now, laguna haas, but honda hospital here in San Francisco could lose funding by mid september and the 600 patients who we are at the hospital may have to be moved to other facilities. Some patients have already been relocated. And the city said today that some of those patients, 9 of them have died after being moved. And for that reason, the city is filing 2 different lawsuits against the federal government was going to take a look at some video here and talk a little bit about these lawsuits. The first is being filed against the u. S. Department of health and Human Services and the centers for medicare and Medicaid Services asking that federal funding remain in place while the Legal Process plays out. The second lawsuit is being brought on behalf patients at the hospital asking that all of the transfers be stopped. Now, laguna honda hospital has been here in San Francisco for 150 years. And earlier this year, cms the centers for medicare and Medicaid Services said they were going to pull federal funding and were asking that all the patients be relocated because the hospital had several up violations of procedure, people smoking at the hospital. Some miss doses of some other minor issues such as that. Now, the city says theyve been working with cms to try to resolve these problems. The mayor today was adamant that theyre working to get the hospital into compliance. And also we heard from a nurse today who said that moving patients, its bad for their health. You know that laguna honda has challenges. We understand the need to make corrective action. And weve already implemented significant amounts of corrective action based on the recommendations of cms and what we know that we have to do. They are human beings. They belong at the going on that they deserve the best care. Lets give the best care. Lets give good oversight. Lets be responsible. Lets do oversight with compassion. So cms, come back to the table. Lets talk. Lets work together. Thank you. Or hes live reporting there again. That was Charles Clifford reporting live for us on the situation. And now the search is on for the gunman who shot and killed a passenger on a muni bus in San Francisco. Kron fours camila barco brings us the latest details on the investigation. A San Francisco bus ride turned deadly wednesday afternoon in the sunnydale neighborhood. Police officers taped off the muni bus where shots were fired on board just before 03 30pm. The shooting happened at the lascaux avenue and santos street on a number 8 bayshore bus that was headed to fishermans wharf. Police say paramedics took 2 victims to the hospital. Were one guide and the other is expected to recover. Its the second shooting on a muni Transportation Service in the past 2 months on june 22nd, a man was shot and killed inside a muni subway train in the castro district. Muni says video cameras are installed throughout their system to document crimes which are later provided to the police. The agency also added 20 new ambassadors late last year that ride the routes to help customers and deter crime. Many Officials Say they are, quote, trained in conflict resolution techniques. We use data to quickly identify trends and patterns and security incidents and deploy staff in places where the data shows theyre needed. Its still not clear what led up to wednesday shooting police have not released any information on a possible suspect, but they are still investigating in San Francisco, camila barco kron. 4 innings. And also new at noon, former San Francisco dha somebody and says he will not run for reelection in november. He says he wants to focus instead on family. He tweeted out his decision this morning, the current San Francisco da, Brooke Jenkins will run in a special election in november to finish deans term. It will be a regul r election for the position in november of next year. 2023. In the south bay, san jose. Police believe they caught the person suspected of attacking several people with a pellet gun. Kron. 4 Sarah Stinson has the latest on that case. San jose Police Arrested a man they suspect shot 7 random people with a pellet gun. The youngest victim being 9 years old. Lets take a look at who was arrested. That is 38 yearold nicholas montoya. Hes from campbell. Hes been charged with 7 counts of assault with a Deadly Weapon and assault with causing great bodily injury. Montoya is accused of shooting lead pellets from a highpowered rifle at 3 victims in 3 different san jose locations. It happened within a 45 minute period on june 10th. And then from there, the list of victims kept growing. And that includes a 15 yearold girl who was shot in the back with a pellet gun near valley fair mall. At first she didnt know what happened. She told kron 4 news. She thought it was a small cut. But when she went to the doctors, they found a bullet in her lungs which caused her long to collapse. She does surgery and has recovered since police say they put a task force together to find the shooter. Detectives discovered there was even more pellet gun shooting victims bringing the total to 7. The victims were hit with highvelocity projectiles believed to be pellets. The victims range in age from 9 years old to 56 years old. 6 of the 7 victims are girls or women. Police say the description of the shooters car was very unique and thats what led them to him. They say that once they issued a search warrant for montoya, thats where they found evidence against him. Im Sarah Stinson reporting in san jose. Back to you. All right. Lets talk a bit about our forecast now taking a live look outdoors coit tower looking really beautiful out there or just clear blue skies, at least in the San Francisco area. But things could be looking a little bit different. A different parts of the for more on that, lets check in with the brittany bentley. How are you doing today . You guys pick the right were taking a look at it behind the scenes. I was like, yes, this really sets at the town. You can see the bright sunshine right now in the corner of the screen. You can also see is kind of breezy today. But lets talk about those temperatures right now because its hot as is only going to get hotter, you can see that right here. San francisco, 64 half moon bay. Were at 62. Any act . 88 conquered. Were looking at 83 to those temperatures inland. Much warmer as expected. But as we fast for take a look at sonia to get hotter. So average temperatures and San Franciscos around 66, you can see our highs going to be around 72 right here francisco, oakland. Were looking at 76 and even san jose. Were looking at 90s. So those warm temperatures are on the way. But some fog happening tomorrow. And what about a cooldown . Give you all those answers coming up next. And sounds really nice. Thank you, brittany. Coming up, Oakland Police are searching for suspects after a smashandgrab spree is caught on camera. And the former info wars host admits he had his information wrong. We have the dramatic testimony from alex jones on the sandy hook elementary shooting. The head. And a Richmond Police officer is app out of a job after new details arise over use of force. What the victims in the protesters stopped bulldozers from rolling over peoples park for now. Uc berkeley has paused construction on its new Student Housing site. Protesters showed up early yesterday morning after police started clearing out the homeless encampment in the park and the demonstrations grew throughout the day with people marching through the streets. As you can see there, advocacy groups want to save the park because of its historic nature and the role it played in the civil rights movement, multiple streets around the car park are closed right now. So people cannot enter the area. A Richmond Police officer faces felony Assault Charges after hes caught on camera tazing and beating a man during a traffic stop kron fours gayle ong has the story. Tough couple days, especially know the videos reliving. Will be okay. Is talking about his clients all mendoza reliving the moment in this video. Police body camera video capturing mendoza being tased and be in by a former Richmond Police officer eric smidt junior back in april. Officer smiths actions are unacceptable. His behavior deviated from our training. And will not be tolerated. Wednesday, richmonds police chief announcing smith juniors termination after an internal investigation. Junior faces felony Assault Charges and outcome mendozas lawyer says is appropriate. Tip our to the Contra Costa District Attorneys Office for for us charge is and also to richmond pd misstep and to officer according to police smith junior tried to pull over mendoza suspected of drunk driving. Police say mendoza did not comply and got out of the car and walked away and do za let officers smith junior on a foot chase. Then the situation escalated. Moved to. I mean this and i want to see this is video of the former officer junior being featured in the Richmond Police video. A statement to kron 4 from smith junior is lawyer reads in part, quote. Eric smith is a Brilliant Police officer. Any great young man. It isnt easy dealing with a violent criminal element these days. The suspect was likely armed would one pistol which he discarded. It was entirely reasonable for young officer smith to believe he might have another mendozas lawyers. Reaction to the statement. The fact that this year trains bringing charges. Pretty clearly reflects that. There was no reason for the about a that was used on and if not for the officers body cam. You know, this probably would have never seen the light of day. Wed like to also reacting to the case bay area, civil rights attorney adante pointer. Wed like to see. Other District Attorneys, other District Attorney offices. You know, do the same thing, which is there should be more prosecutions taking place against officers who violate the public trust. Smith junior will be arraigned at a later date in Contra Costa County superior court gayle ong kron. 4 news. All right. Talk a bit about our forecast now as we take a live look outside of leave. This is our mount tam camera, beautiful mountainside there. But it is looking just a little bit hazy. Sometimes, you know, we dont really see that much cloud cover. But right now its looking a little bit hazy for more information on that. Check in with the brittany begley. Hows it going . You know, im always excited to see what camera you show because it really does set up that helen and we have a wide area were tracking for you to make sure youre prepared for your day. So. Todays word really is hot. Its going to be hot. But take a look at your screen friday. Were going to see a cool down. Maybe even by 10 degrees. So todays going to be hot tomorrow when but that cooldown, it some good news really is the air quality. Of course, our weather team behind the scene really keeping a close eye on our smoke tractor for your air quality. You can see the fire near redding. This is one of the areas were watching not only are going to see temperatures in this area of 107 degrees, but it really is the wind pattern thats really going to tell us how our air quality is. So right now, you can see with this wind pattern. Air quality is not bad. So thats the good news. But if we have just a little shift in winds that could actually change the story. So right now, were good right now. Were just really hot. And thats really what well be watching for the next couple of days until we get that cool down. Another logic is going to be your morning commute. So make sure to wake up with john. Were watching some fog for you. I always say make sure to leave nice and early and use your low beams. But youre from this area probably used to that. But, you know, it does hurt to give you that warning high temperatures today. Again, its going to be hot going the hottest days of the week. And you can see that right here. So San Francisco, were looking at 72 average temperatures for you should be around 66 and we are above average temperatures now last month for the coast. Were looking at temperatures in the 70s. You can see that right here. Were still in t