Research relies on funding from nih and there are a lot of concerns about that budget being cut which would have a big impact of the science i do focused on autism. What happens when we start to erode the funding or the trust we have in scientific institutions. The fact that were even having a debate about the climate changing is still surprising. Those speaking at the rally hoped to transcend idealogy and rely on scientific fact. Even their rallying chants were an attempt to rise above partisan politics. What do we want, evidence based science. When do we want it . After peer review. The organizers were hopeful that the size of the crowd both here and throughout the world on saturday would shed light on the threat science is facing. Resisting the war on science is central to the survival of our democracy. Act up fight back. Resist. What youve seen here and in hundreds of cities across the world including two hundred International Cities gives me plenty of hope that the will is there. Its the next steps that we have to fill in. After the rally the thousands of science supporters marched up Market Street to join those already gathering at civic center celebrating earth day. In San Francisco jeff pierce kron four news. justine well take you to the earth day rally coming up at 8 30 tonight. Science marches just like that one here in San Francisco were organized across the world. Andrew spencer show us some of the 600 events held today. From new york to los angeles, crowds gathered and marched all over the United States pressing back against legislators and policy makers that, they say, are ignoring facts and research. Organizers billed the marches as political but nonpartisan an effort to support science and evidencebased research. But for many demonstrators, its also a protest against the policies of President Donald Trump. Protester we have an american president disparaging the facts, denigrating science, and were here to tell him science matters. Speaking to a crowd in washington, science advocate bill nye said science must shape policy not just in the United States, but around the world. Bill nye ceo of the Planetary Society our lawmakers must know and accept that science serves every one of us every citizen of every nation and society. The marches have been worldwide, with demonstrators taking to the streets from sydney, australia, to geneva, switzerland. And from the arctic to the antarctic, researchers and scientists added their support to the cause. At neumayer station on antarctica, they summed up the movement with a quote from marie curie nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand we may fear less. Im andrew spencer, reporting the university of california at berkeley is bracing for trouble next week. Conservative commentator ann coulter has vowed to speak in defiance of the schools wishes. Today we learned. The attorney representing Berkeley College republicans, who invited coulter, responded to claims the University Made friday about her apperance. Kron fours Spencer Blake has been following the story for the last two days. Hes live on campus now spencer. This argument is just going back and forth here. That attorney, harmeet dhillon, presented facts that she says blows the universitys story out of the water. Dhillon threatened a civil rights lawsuit on behalf of her clients, and uc berkeley released responded friday. The school claims it only learned of the plan to have ann coulter speak on campusfrom a newspaper article. But dhillon responded to athat statement saying she has email evidence that Berkeley College republicans, or bcr, notified the school of coulters probable appearance in midmarch. She also says they sent a confirmation email to the school on march 28th, saying the date would for sure be on april 27th. The University Says it tried to make that happen, but didnt have places available that would work well in light of threats made to the event. Now dhillon says the school and the city of berkeley had a closed door meeting at the beginning of marchand created a secret policy. theyre claiming that, oh we have this rule that prominent speakers, or publicized speakers, have a curfew, but others dont. Well thats not a standard thats defined, and its clearly not a standard thats equally applied. vo dhillon says its unfair that former mexican president vicente fox, for example, spoke on campus recently in the evening not during daytime hours, as the curfew policy would suggest. This is obviously getting stickier and stickier as things go on. Ann coulter insists she awill be coming to speak on april 27th the date of the original invitation even though uc berkeley has not made a time nor place available for her on that date. Dhillon is working on fililng that lawsuit, and she thinks they have a winning free speech case. Live in berkeley, Spencer Blake, kron four news. State lawmakers held a town hall meeting today in San Francisco. State senator scott wiener and assemblymembe rs david chiu and phil ting attended. The event was held at mission high school. Dozens of people showed up to discuss californias role in the resistance to President Donald Trump and the new administration. Immigration, healthcare, and housing were all discussed. Lawmakers talked about their recent actions and those who attended voiced their concerns. It doesnt appear as though anything got out of hand. justine turning to weather now, meteorologist Lawrence Karnow has our forecast. Lawrence karnow the clouds returned and the temperatures cooled a few degrees today. There were even a few showers that popped up in the north bay. You can see the weak weather system moving thorugh the state and the scattered showers too. Highs today were cooler than normal and mainly in the 60s. Well just see some passing clouds tonight and into tomorrow morning but then more sunshine tomorrow afternoon. I dont think were done with the rain just yet. Im tracking another possible rain maker and ill show you the latest coming up in a few minutes. The warriors are without two key stars tonight. Coach steve kerr and kevin durant are both on the bench. Game 3 of the dubs playoff series against the trail blazers is going on right now. Reporter Andrew Dymburt from our sister station koin in portland. Is at the game right now. He joins us live from the moda center. Andrew. It doesnt appear that youre wearing your blue and gold. Kevin durant participated in a light practice with the Golden State Warriors and was still listed as questionable to play in saturdays game 3 of the playoffs at portland because of a strained left calf. He appeared to be moving well while doing shooting work alongside Stephen Curry after the workout, though coach steve kerr doesnt plan to play durant until hes been deemed fully healthy without risk of making the injury worse. Kerr said friday im not ready to say hes 100 percent, so as long hes not 100 percent, weve got to be cautious and make the right decision. Durant injured the calf in the Third Quarter of sundays game 1 victory against the trail blazers but said friday hes unsure how he did so. As frustrated as he is to be injured again, kd said he doesnt want to cause himself to miss extended time by rushing back. The warriors may be playing in portland this evening. But warriors fans here in the bay are fired up and ready for a win. Kron 4s Lydia Pantazes is live in oakland tonight. She has the most exciting assignment of the night. Hangin with other fans and watching the dubs. Lydia, just how crowded is the bar this evening . Fans are really excited. ad lib here at mad oak bar in oakland they are projecting the game on the side of 4 Story Building adjacent to the bar. We spoke to the bar manager who is expecting a very busy night. In fact, even hours before the game, fans had already starting coming in and making sure they had a seat for the game. There is also a restaurant inside mad oak bar that sells bbq, the owner of that business says shes also stocked up for the night. The bar manager at mad oak expects as many as 500 customers tonight. Hasani Barnes mad oak bar mgr. we are extremely prepared, always have enough security, we have a lot of bartenders, a lot of bar backs, i mean this is when the payroll goes up but its good it all works out. Butted to kristen adamsmoffett burned ends bbq im super excited, we probably should serve around 300350 people plus this evening so itll definitely double from what were normally used to. Coming up at ten well hear from warrior fans. In oakland, Lydia Pantazes kron4 news. Coming up at eight. A killer is on the loose after a man was shot to Death Outside a san jose motel. What a witness tell kron 4 news happened. The santa cruz sheriffs deputy who shot and killed a 15year old teen. Will not face charges. What the Sheriffs Office is now doing to improve. And we go inside the cabin where a tennessee teacher stayed with a teenaged student who police say he kidnapped. What was found in that cabin. That authorities now have as evidence. justine former child star erin moran has died. Moran played Joanie Cunningham in the sitcom happy days. As the younger sister to actor ron howards. Richie cunningham. She later appear with scott baio in the happy days spinoff joanie loves chachi. Police in indiana say she was found unresponsive after authorities received a 911 call. The cause of death has not been determined. Moran was 56 years old. jr stone one man is dead another two wounded in a shoot out at a motel six in san jose. Kron fours Philippe Djegal is following the deadly shooting. Neighbors say it happened this morning in a troubled part of town. philippe in the early morning. A visibly wounded man holding his wrist walks out of the motel six on the alameda in san jose. Another gunshot victim limps away with help from a woman and a San Jose Police officer. A third man was carried out in a sheet. And, police say that man did not survive his injuries. International College Student dhruv droove patel was startled out of bed by the gunfire just before 330 in the morning. He lives behind the motel. Dhruv patel heard gunshots i heard four gunshots probably. Thats what i guess. So. Someone fired probably one gunshot. And after, after a while i hear four more gunshots. A motel guest who heard the shooting says it happened outside in this parking lot. A neighbor whose lived in the area for quite some time says that violence isnt uncommon here. But the owner of the motel says that violence rarely escaltes to a homicide. Dhruv patel heard gunshots sometime i feel scary to come, come to home in the night after 12. Investigators continued mapping the crime scene well into saturday afternoon. Motel guests were allowed in and out but no one else. Police focused on the back part of the parking lot. Where evidence markers suggest shellcasings. Right now, police say the victims who survived suffered nonlife threatening injuries. No suspects have been announced or arrested. In san jose, Philippe Djegal, kron four news. jr stone officers now say that a missing bay area teen may have recently been seen in pittsburg. 17yearold Kamryn Bresee is from brentwood. She was reported missing on wednesday night. Pittsburg police say someone may have spotted her at the Dollar Tree Store in pittsburg. Kamryns mother says her daughter is a type 1 diabetic who is dependent on insulin. She only has a small amout of insulin with her and has had past Mental Health issues. That mother says kamryn was last seen when someone picked her up from their home earlier this week. If you spot kamryn police urge you to call 911. justine turning to weather now, meteorologist Lawrence Karnow has our forecast. Lawrence karnow the clouds returned and the temperatures cooled a few degrees today. There were even a few showers that popped up in the north bay. You can see the weak weather system moving thorugh the state and the scattered showers too. Highs today were cooler than normal and mainly in the 60s. On the satellite you can see the storm moving onto the west coast. Theres not much energy with this system and it really looks like a late season storm. But the weather pattern still looks unsettled to me with a chance of showers continuing into the middle of next week. Our latest forecast model shows the clouds moving through tonight and into tomorrow morning. Then by the afternoon the clouds start to clear out and the sunshine returns. Highs tomorrow afternoon will be mild and in the 60s around the bay, upper 60s to low 70s inland and upper 50s at the coast. It will be an interesting next 7 days. We have a couple of weak storms headed our way to bring clouds and at least a slight chance of showers on monday. Another storm will pass to our north on wednesday to keep things somewhat unsettled. But then i think its back to warmer temperatures, sunshine and breezy conditions on thursday and friday. justine the 39day manhunt for tennessee teacher tad cummins and his 15 yearold former student Elizabeth Thomas ended at a small cabin in Northern California. Police say the two spent at least one night inside a small building deep in the mountains. Cnns sara sidner shows us what was found inside the cabin. Police say the two spent at least one night in the remote cabin in Siskiyou County in Northern California it is a one room structure that was in the process of being built. It had no electricity or furniture. On friday, a grill, pots and pans, a bag of rice and boxes of food and empty bottles of soda and water remained in the cabin. There is a search and seizure list and a list of things taken out of the cabin including coconut oil and ky jelly. Those things are important because authorities are trying to establish that there was some sort of sexual relationship between the two. Next. Activists did something theyve never done before at this years earth day demonstration. Well explain coming up. Stanlety coming up i have some 420 inspired its the 420 is it the kinder gentler event hell no this has been hijacked by politicians its ungodly if you see some trash pick it up and put it in the trash can well explore in the next edition of people behaving badly whoa youre not taking these. Hey, hey, hey youre not taking those. Whoa, whoa youre not taking that. Come with me. Youre not taking that. Youre not taking that. Youre not taking that. Mom, im taking the subaru. Dont be late. Even when were not there to keep them safe, our Subaru Outback will be. vo love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. There is a place where heroes hspiderman. Black widow. Captain america. And eddie . So, whats the plan . Breaking out the guardians, pal. Come celebrate the allnew guardians of the galaxymission breakout during the summer of heroes, only at disneyland resort. Hero up jr for the past six years our Stanley Roberts has attended the annual 420 event in Golden Gate Park. This year there were some changes. justine the city wanted to make it a little more mellow. And pot smokers in the park. Gave the changes a mixed review. I have some 420 inspired creations i think its kind of weird and commercialized now funny how its been demonized for so long and as soon as it becomes legalized it turns into this huge cooperate thing this is the perfect posted child for what liberalism is to a teethe city of San Francisco has put the hammer down on the yearly 420 event its no longer business as usual. Or is it people behaving badly Stanley Roberts hey bubble gum cush we got edibles ill take that back it is business as usual. Except for this time we have a stage a disc jockey. Some food trucks, lots of porta potties vendors booth, oh wait i think what we have here is a street faire with weed two dollar edibles one dollar joints now all thats missing is a brass band sound of band playing is this just like the 420 days of the past . Hell no. This had been hijacked by politicians i realize they are trying to make it safer and stuff in a way it kind of sucks but in a way i understand people were being disrespectful bu destroying the park destroying the neighborhoods and they wanted to step in and try to make it a safe enviorment it ungodly ok what s ungodly about soft plush leather couches it was a warm day to attend 420 warm enough for a hatjust wore it to match the jeans you know i thought the weather was going to freezing or something out here like in russia you 420 out yes sir how many fingers i got i may be 420 out but i aint stupid so in a way, nothing has really changed. A little bit of three bottle top monte watch that ball who know where its at the usual people taking selfies while puffing on a doobie albeit with a Police Captain in the background. Puffing on bongs and selling random stuff like whole weed trees nats that a purple train wreck there were a couple of rules, one was no barbeque grills inside the park so all of them were outside the park. Oh wait and my personal rule never eat fully loaded oysters in a park if you see some trash pick it up and put in into the trash in Golden Gate ParkStanley Roberts kron 4 news if you have a comment or sto