rob fladeboe has that story. i'm here at the san jose sharks practice facility in san jose where former sharks winger evander kane was back on the ice today for the first time in several weeks. >> but instead of skating with the sharks came was practicing with his new team. the minor league hl san jose barracuda, the sharks place cain on waivers on sunday following at the conclusion of his 21 day suspension for violating the nhl's covid-19 protocols. the nhl also investigating and cleared cain amid allegations that he bet on hockey games after practice cain addressed the media over his off ice to make it about time that you stop >> it's always a there's never the same importance in conviction. box so they're just tales of you're this is part of the process is part of a. the job. i don't want at the time of his suspension. >> cain also came under scrutiny amid allegations of and domestic abuse against his ex-wife. charges came. his vehemently denied cain will remain with the barracuda indefinitely and says that hi

. >> reporter: rob hill wants his three-year-old son to have every opportunity to give and understand why it is so important. >> a lot more people worse off than we are and this time of year you don't want people going without and on the streets. >> reporter: they drop their donation into a salvation army kettle in the shadow of the world's largest red kettle, the salvation army hopes donations will be just as large this giving season. during the pandemic, they have doubled the number of meals to people in need. >> the need is still there because people are recovering from the pandemic and we are here for them and try to help them. >> reporter: experts are concerned this year may be more challenging for nonprofits as supply-chain problems and rising inflation have led to higher prices for basic necessities and making charitable giving more difficult. >> economic matters matter and the need and opportunity to give. >> reporter: indiana university philanthropy professor says not everyone is hurting. >> it has been an uneven economic crisis with some households disproportionately impacte

barricades in front of certain business districts to prevent those cars of people from driving up and robbing retailers. and my colleague henry lee will have more on this story and afternoon newscast and online live in the newsroom. ali rasmus ktvu, fox two news. all right, ali. thank you still to come here at noon setback for a new san francisco restaurant set to open next month. what we're now learning about the thieves. who broke into that restaurant and why what they did inside is considered so unusual. plus we saw few storms last month. but ever since then it's been mostly dry. we take a look at what it could mean for the economic impact up and down california. not only dry but unseasonably warm once again. temperatures expected to reach 5 to 15 degrees above the seasonal average. i'll have a look at what you can expect for your neighborhood coming up. emergency planning for kids. we can't predict when an emergency will happen. so that's why it's important to make a plan with your parents. here are a few tips to stay safe. know how to get in touch with your family. write down phone numbe

response to those that would seek to come to oakland and use caravans of vehicles armed suspects to rob businesses. we were prepared, and we will be prepared moving forward. especially trained officers that are trained in de-escalating these highly armed situations. what i was concerned about was the amount of firepower that we continue to address to be confronted with every time these caravans come into oakland and our patrol officers having to drive into those situations and actually putting officers' lives at risk as well. we have two shootings at police officers over that -- over the last weekend. and that has some serious concerns that when officers are responding to these caravans they are being met with gunfire. so in order to safely address this, we have to actually deploy our specially trained officers to be prepared to address these armed caravans. we'll continue to do that. i thank the mayor, mayor shaff, for her proactive approach to assisting the department and helping us identify potential opportunities for resources with additional academies, hopefully unfreezing of posit

good morning, rob. alright, alright, alright. so let's start with wall street's. i want to know how kron is going to be for investors. >> you can tell me how bad it's going to be for the public health. i can tell you about it to be for investors. and that's where we're at on the kron is a situation where we're waiting for next 10 days to see how many people start to die or if it's less effective at killing, we know it's transmittable. we know that it's probably come to the united states about 2 weeks to 2 weeks to 8 weeks after it hits look pretty well. you're pretty well. so it's kind of wait and moderna ceo came out this week at this morning and said our vaccines not going to be as effective against. the mutations. one year after we skim up with a formula. so we'll have to reformulate, which kind of makes sense. we know that's how vaccines includes work every year we get a different flu shot because flu is change. so it's too soon to so wall street shooting first and asking questions. second friday was a horrible day on wall street. today is a horrible day on wa

these 2 seniors were robbed on one was on growth. both broad daylight. one was on. >> mosaic park in the other was on cinnamon ridge road. the the thing that they had in common was the seniors were walking alone and they had whatever jeweler they had on and then a thief pulled up in a car started chatting them up, got out of the car, took their jewelry. luckily, nobody was injured. but the thieves got away. they're looking for the fees and the warning the seniors to be careful. >> well, new this morning, the on the kron variant of coronavirus is continuing to spread around the world. we know that in the netherlands in france and japan. they've all confirmed their first cases. meanwhile, bay area health officials are also speaking out about this latest strain. we've got kron four's theresa stasi with the story. >> but obviously concerned that this is that this is a variant that has taken over very rapidly when it comes a variance. we really look at 3 things to determine what impact it might have. the doctor. matt willis marin county's public health office

the first happened friday night in san leandro, a pizza delivery driver was robbed and carjacked at gunpoint and police arrested a 13 year-old boy for that. then there was a carjacking that ended with a crash early sunday morning. a 13 year-old boy had a gun and is accused of taking a car in oakland leading police on a chase through antioch before the crash and it and oakley and police ended up arresting the 13 year-old and a 12 year-old one local organization believes that we have to do something to keep those young kids away from a life of crime. >> i continue to be heartbroken by by seeing this. it is it's not far removed from any of us. what else can we do while we even have them in our presence. it's not ok, here's the key. you do some time. and that's it. what rehabilitation can happen. well, we have their attention. we have them. >> hand, believe it or not, it even gets younger last month. police arrested in a llevan year-old along with other children for a crime spree that happened in berkeley. and of course, because these are all minors. police do not release any of their names. lit

rob. this time in the east bay and oakland the renegade running store on grand avenue was targeted the surveillance video shows the fees in there. just taking what they wanted. the broken sunday night. >> and the owner says this is the 3rd time his store has been broken into. >> when you're building community and we love being in oakland. and when something like this happens, it's just it's just heart it's sad. of course it's a little scary and frightening. i don't know how many more incidents like this we can take to keep our doors open. they can't afford these losses in the most recent the store owner says it cost about $5,000 that he lost from. >> the shoes. they took. >> in the south bay santa clara shoe store. also robbed twice in less than a week by a large group of burglars. police say the group of about 2 dozen people forced their way into the store inside the santa clara town center on el camino reale. they stole shoes and clothing. this all happened last tuesday at about one in t

that he has no interest in staying around a drug-ridden, crime-ridden area he feels he has been robbed three times in the last month. so i think you are going to see everyday people respond aggressively. i think crime will become a bigger and bigger issue because it directly threatens all of us. when you see the flash mobs that rush into stores, 80 people, semi organized looting a store, i suspect people will say they want prosecutors who prosecute. they want policemen who police, and they are tired of being told that our sympathy for the criminal has to be greater than our sympathy for the innocent. i do think there will be a big shift but the media will do everything it can. watch the way they are dealing with the killings that happened in wisconsin in which they are avoiding really dealing with the man who killed those people and trying to hide the issue. the media will do all it can to slow this down and not communicate how bad it really is. >> bill: on that point about waukesha a couple things i want to play for you. you are exactly right. the story has disappeared. you had an ame

this happened friday night in san leandro, a pizza delivery driver was robbed and carjacked at gunpoint. a 13 year-old boy was arrested for that. the second car jacking and with a crash early sunday morning. we told you about that. a 13 year-old boy who had a gun is accused of taking a car in oakland leading police on a chase through antioch before it ended in oakley. the teen and a 12 year-old were arrested. one local organization believes that more needs to be done to keep kids away from a life of crime. i continue to be heartbroken. >> by by seeing this. it is it's not far removed from any of us. what else can we do while we even have them in our presence. it's not ok, here's the key. you do some time. and that's it. what rehabilitation can happen. well, we have their attention. we have them. >> here. people like an odd are going to make a difference. people. it's going to take everybody because this is continuing to happen. last month. police arrested an 11 year-old and some other kids in connection with a crime spree in berkeley. we don't their names, of course, because their child

we want people prosecuted and we want people to feel safe this holiday season. >> people can still rob without consequence. it's sad. they are going to keep doing it. >> since 2019 this task force we menged will be involved in this has made 240 arrests and recovered nearly $19 million in stolen goods. live in the newsroom. >>> prosecutors in the elizabeth holmes fraud trial will get a chance to case exam her today this after testimony yesterday that prompted hadder to break down in tears on the stand in san jose. she described how she processed being raped at stanford by dedicating herself to building a business. she said her former business partner and live in boyfriend was controlling. she said she often bullied her and sometimes forced her into sex. she took notes which were shown to the jury. >> it's compelling evidence and it goes to whether or not she could form the intent to defraud. >> holmes is accused of misleading investors, doctors and patients about an advanced blood testing technology that turned out hot no work. >>> developing story out of california, detectives searched

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back in 2019, now attorney general then assembly member rob bonta attempted to do this. he was unsuccessful. our former director of the office nicole elliott now governor newsome's head cannabis officer recently suggested the governor would be supportive of legislative efforts to revisit a lower tax rate and ufcw who are supportive of order nants are before you today. finally, it should be noted that we now actually have several years of gross receipts data for cannabis businesses in san francisco as they are already subject to our city's existing gross receipts tax. if we do extend the suspension of the tax, supervisor mandelman has requested that the controller in consultation with the treasurer tax collector, office of cannabis and cannabis oversight committee analyze the data we have on cannabis sales in san francisco consider factors like state taxation and impacts to our equity goals and present the board with a set of recommendations on a reasonable tax rate and structure that can be implemented for the 2023 tax year. i do know vice chair safai, you are also leadi

police say the first happened friday night in san leandro when a group of kids armed with a gun robbed, a pizza delivery worker. the car was later found by investigators on sunday morning and a 1213 year-old were taken into custody. the second ended with a crash early sunday morning, another 13 year-old who police say also had a gun is accused of taking a car in oakland and leading police on a chase through the city of antioch before crashing into a staabucks in oakley continue to be heartbroken. >> by by seeing this. it is it's not far removed from any of us. you not burrell is the ceo of youth uprising. she says the lack of outlets and a failure by adults is contributing to the increase in these crimes. >> in terms of punishment burrell believes that's not the issue. i do not believe we've been stopped. we have definitely not been proactive and intentional enough to make sure when they come home. there's a plan last month. police arrested an 11 year-old along with other juveniles in connection with the crime spree in berkeley and in april, a group of teens were caught after trying to

rob roth, ktvu fox two news. today the city of los angeles began enforcing its proof of vaccination mandate for various indoor businesses. the program called safe passage, la. launched on november 8th. it requires businesses to verify customers are vaccinated before. it applies to restaurants, bars , gyms, hair and nail salons, entertainment and sports venues . some people say even though they are vaccinated, they do not want to share that information. i wasn't cool with like showing off that i was vaccinated. it was just like a personal decision. um and now you came to have to, you know, like, oh, yeah, i'm back. senator. here's the proof. enforcement starts with a warning, followed by fines from 1000 to $5000, also in southern california. 29 year old man has been arrested in the shooting deaths of his four children and their grandmother. investigators say the children's mother discovered the bodies last night. at the family's home in lancaster, north of los angeles. the young victims were 12 and under and also

rob mcduff with the mississippi center for justice argues the u.s. supreme court has already decided and reaffirmed that states cannot ban abortions prior to a fetus is viability. >> which is around 24 weeks. you shouldn't be able to go back and overturned several flights. >> simply because the composition of supreme court is but that's exactly what anti-abortion advocates want and expect the court's new 6, 3 conservative majority to overturn roe v wade. we have an opportunity say millions and millions of lives in the future. if this is to be rolled up favorably, mississippi governor tate reeves shepherded the law in question through the state legislature. >> and fellow republican governors like south dakota's kristi noem support it. we actually got to go out and take actions that offend lives and save lives. the justices are not expected to rule until next summer. >> but if they overturn roe many states, including mississippi and south dakota already have measures in place that would automatically ban abortion in washington. i'm jessi tenure. next a

up mayor schaff says a hiring plan for new officers will be brought before council by friday. >> i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> coming up at 6 addressing the supply chain and inflation challenges. president biden has met with the ceos of some top companies about fixing these problems. what this could mean for american shoppers. and don't let your home be the target of porch pirates. if your package gets stolen, chances are placement. is it going to come very quickly how to ensure you do get your online orders and a big shakeup at twitter. we will hear from a scene that editor to find out what this means. and it's been very dry for a long time. sunshine war weather could be soon. a sea change in the pattern may be some rain. we will talk about that coming up next. two loads of snot covered laundry. only one will be sanitized. wait, what? adding lysol laundry sanitizer kills 99.9% of bacteria detergent alone, can't. why hide your skin if dupixent has your moderate-to-severe eczema, or atopic dermatitis under control? hide our skin? not us. because dupixent targets a root cause of eczema,

rob roth, ktvu fox two news. i know. at six tonight, police in san leandro arrested a 12 and a 13 year old over the weekend in connection with an armed carjacking. police say that officers spotted that stolen car yesterday. you're the walmart on his sperry in boulevard. officers then established a perimeter around the property and arrested the suspects as soon as they came out of that store. police say the two were among four people who a pizza delivery man on lexington avenue near pontiac street on friday night. scott peterson has new surroundings in san mateo county tonight, coming up why he got moved from san quentin's death row. and the u. s. supreme court gets a request from prosecutors involved in bill cosby's sexual assault case. and a beautiful day today. last couple there's been great. it's going to continue that way. warm and dry back into the seventies, coming up with the five day i'll see you back here. hand side shows taking over more streets and some san francisco neighborhoods coming up why neighbors fear

rob mcduff with the mississippi center for justice argues the u.s. supreme court has already decided and reaffirmed that states cannot ban abortions prior to a fetus is viability. >> which is around 24 weeks. you shouldn't be able to go back and over turned settles. lights. >> simply because the composition of the supreme court is change. but that's exactly what anti-abortion advocates want. >> and expect the court's new 6, 3 conservative majority to overturn roe v wade. we have an opportunity say millions and millions of lives in the future. if this is to be ruled favorably. mississippi governor tate reeves shepherded the law in question through the state legislature and fellow republican governors like south dakota's kristi noem support it. we actually got to go out and take actions that offend lives and save lives. the justices are not expected to rule until next summer. >> but if they overturn roe many states, including mississippi and south dakota already have measures in place that would automatically ban abortion in washington. i'm jessi tenur

rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >> in walnut creek, a family there. want some answers after their home was vandalized. several times. here are some pictures now, the vandalism that happened last monday and tuesday night. you can see there. so we threw toilet, paper, eggs and even wrap the bush's with saran wrap. now, the owners thought it was just a prank. but then the home was hit a 3rd time. this time with a homophobic slur written in the front of the home. >> they rode out. >> some pretty offensive messages using the tp on street side. but there was more tp. there was. >> they took it to next step in the sense that >> they started throwing in our driveway. >> the family has filed a report with walnut creek. police department and police say they will be patrolling that neighborhood a lot more often. now. >> oakland police are looking for the thieves who stole a french bulldog at gunpoint happened friday night. the dog's owner says a friend was walking the dog named merlin near valdez and 24th streets. 2 guys approached the woman pointed a gun at her

julie all right, rob roth reporting live for us tonight. thank you, rob and stay with ktvu. for the latest coronavirus information. we have a special section on our website dedicated to covid-19 updates. you can find everything at ktvu .com. now to oakland, where mayor libby shaft is speaking out today about another of violent weekend in her city, brazen daylight robberies and then also the shooting death of that security guard for a news crew. all of it has the mayor talking about plans to try to submit a revised police hiring plan to the city council. and that could mean another police academy and more officers on the streets are crime reporter henry lee is here now, with the very latest on this proposal, henry. we'll have the thanksgiving weekend in oakland brought more bloodshed to city streets, and the mayor and other officials are saying once again, the violence is an acceptable and that there needs to be some increased police staffing. we have taken an unprecedented number of guns off the streets, but clearly that is not enough. oakland mayor libby schaaf says she's h

rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >> in the south bay a day care center workers in custody. suspected of sexually abusing a child over a period of several years. san jose police say 62 year-old julio carrasco diaz assault of a child between 2011 2019 while working at residential day care facility on mcginnis avenue. police believe there could be more victims. anybody with information is asked to call san jose police in the east bay oakland. police are looking for the thieves who stole a french bulldog at gunpoint. that happened friday night. the dog's owner says friend was walking. the dog named merlin near valdez and 24th 2 men approached the woman pointed a gun at her demanding that she hand over the dog. the man sped away in a car. french bulldogs have been a popular target for thieves because they can be sold for high prices. the dog's owner says the last few days have been very emotional. >> it's hard. i can't even. understand why someone would want to do this. i mean, even coming home not running to the door to greet me. or hearing him run around in the background real

in minnesota best buy was robbed by a group of 22 by 30 thieves who made off with electronics. the ceo saying in the third quarter earnings call, we are definitely see more and more organized retail crime and incidents of shrinking our location. this is a real issue that her and scares real people. the real people being shoppers and employees. because of the dangerous nature of the crimes, some stores are closing locations to avoid conflict. walgreens will close an additional five stores in san francisco. they say because of organized retail crime. what are the big problems that retailers point to is a lack of regulation and online marketplaces. thieves can steal goods and quickly sell them for a high price online, especially popular during this holiday shopping season. liz: thinking for your journalism, congress is trying to move on legislation that would stop retail steps and goods being put online. it's good to see you. >> former boston chief of police dan linsky, we can blame local prosecutors for a free-for-all and downgrading crime, how do you stop this and who's doing it

somebody that would rob a member of our elderly community and hut putthem on the ground and take their purse. if you have information our investigators are looking for video to get evidence to bring this person to act for this crime. last incident robbery with a gun on november 14th at 10:25 a.m. 700 block of steiner. blood daylight. victim was 30 years old approached three suspects as they broke into his vehicle. one of the subject pointed gun at the victim and took the victim's backpack and left the scene. there was $6,000 in property taken from the victim. no arrests at this time. we hope to locate the evidence to bring these folks to justice as well. we have seen more of these incidents resulting in violent encounters. this is something to get a handle be on. getting to our strategies on that. central district is focused on these types of auto thefts, break ins, particularly as i mentioned earlier in the fisherman's wharf, union square and chinatown. there will continue through december. we are ramping up a park smart education campaign. we are going to the holidays. a lot of peopl

at rob black dot com, thanks, rob. we'll see tomorrow. >> 29 a beautiful shot here of quite how are they don't like for the holidays, which which is a missed opportunity. i mean, i know that put a spotlight on, but they could, you know, yeah, they're yellow and green lights on latter up there now. hey, honey. now to a letter on quite i don't want to do lights around my well, i'm going to do my banister. >> all like 33 steps of it all holiday e tomorrow. yeah, because i get away from the lights. yeah. and then you're still ahead of schedule because it's only last a november that's right. got up before december 2nd day of hanukkah. you can be exactly that right on time. right on we are looking at lots of sunshine mother nature is lagging behind a little bit. we're supposed to be kicking in some more wintry conditions than what we are seeing. >> still feels a little too warm and dry what we need to be seeing at least your view outside at berkeley hills. abundantly sunny and it's going to get really mild really quickly and

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so far santa clara police department has acknowledged the business has been robbed previously but you see in the video the shoes they sell. they sell jordans, one pair worth hundreds of dollars. we are working to get more information. as soon as we get that, we'll bring that to you. >> thank you. >>> happening today in contra costa courtroom, three suspects in the mob style robbery of the walnut creek nordstrom will be arraigned on felony charges of conspiracy, burglary, robbery, and organized retail theft. investigators say they were among about 90 people who stormed the store last weekend stealing tens of thousands of dollars in merchandise. >> this morning u.s. is banning most travelers from eight countries in south africa because of the new covid variant. >> justin andrews is live in the newsroom looking at how u.s. is preparing for this latest covid strand. >> reporter: the new covid variant omicron is spreading throughout other countries and threatening to thwart covid recovery in the u.s. president biden is expected to address the in a us today. health experts are keeping a clo

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oakland on 14th and oakland working on a story when a couple of suspects jumped out of the car, tried to rob our crew of equipment. kevin was there. kevin, the shooter. he jumped into action. and unfortunately he was shot twice. we understand that he was pretty bad where the oakland police officers. they came to the scene. they saw. they recognize that he was one of them. they put him in the back of a a squad car and rushed him to highland hospital where he underwent surgery and james it rocked the media in the bay area on saturday because we all thought he was on them. and i found out on saturday morning that he had died. i couldn't believe it because i actually texted him on friday saying if you need anything, i'm there for you. now i know why he did not respond. here's video or picture, i should say, provided to us by the oakland police department of what they believe is the getaway car. it's a 2004, 2, 2008 acura tl with that. no license plate in the front. there's a sunroof as well. hopefully you will recognize it and let investigators know, by the way, guys oakland was actually where h

whether you want to create a shopping center, people aren't going to go shop where they know they'll get robbed. there is video of people sitting down and having lunch and someone walking up and pulling guns and taking wrist watches. if you try to create a drug program to help addicts you need to create the environment to change. when you don't have the environment to change they stay on the downside longer. safety is a cornerstone of everything you want to do. if you eliminate that and politicize public safety people die, people lose their property and people can't live comfortably and safely in their own communities and that's wrong. >> dana: one last question, steve. gascon and the problem in los angeles. we've seen what is happening and also in san francisco. progressive prosecutors are spreading across the country. we just saw it terribly in waukesha, wisconsin. what do you think needs to happen? can there be a recall? are people going to get fed up enough they'll demand change? >> here we'll try to recall george gascon. i think it will succeed. elsewhere, what the voters have the realize

so far they have only acknowledged this business has been robbed previously. we are hearing reports that 25 to 35 people broke in and stole valuable items. that has not been confirmed with santa clara pd yet. you see in the video that they have speciality designer shoes. one pair can be worth hundreds of dollars. we are working to get more information. as soon as we do get that, we'll be sure to bring that to you. joycelyn moran, kpix5. >>> president biden plans to address the nation today as the covid variant omicron is spreading. >> this strand has international travelers expressing concern. justin andrews is live in the newsroom with the very latest on this variant. >>> health leaders are keeping a very close eye on this. world health organization yesterday urged countries around the world to not impose flight bands on southern african nations now until they have a better understanding of omicron. scientists and doctors say it is spreading throughout other countries. u.s. leaders fear it can slow recovery in the u.s. biden's administration plans to respond

attorney general rob bonto was on hand to give his hanukkah greetings. >>> right now, slowing the spread before it gets out of control. >> all of a sudden there was this big spike. >> cases of the new omicron covid variant growing across the globe. we'll be live in washington with the new push to keep americans safe. >> plus, theranos founder elizabeth holmes resumes her testimony in a matter of hours. the recent filing experts argue tipped off a likely defense strategy. >> and black friday bummer. new numbers showing the top holiday shopping day came up far short compared to last year's or past years. the phenomenon experts believe drove a big dip in sales. this is "today in the bay." >>> good morning. i'm scott mcgrew. marcus washington has the day off. >> i'm laura garcia. let's check in with meteorologist kari hall with a look at the monday morning forecast. >> good morning. starting out a little foggy in parts of the north bay. we can see in novato, visibility down to a quarter mile. in santa rosa, two miles. elsewhere some clear visibility as you head out the door. it's a nice driv

the editor and american conservative contributing editor so he rob ahmari joins us now. good morning to you. >> thanks for having me. >> i'm no longer with the post but i love my colleague miranda devine's work and following it closely when you are the son of the sitting vice president, that last name is an amazing thing, isn't it? >> >> yes. absolutely. you know, steve, i grew up in iran, spent most of my child 450d there. and back in iran we always used to talk about something called the regime. the regime wasn't just a normal governmental appear rat tus. it was all these children and prince lings attacked to powerful ayatollahs and other merchants connected to the government. we should start using the regime to refer to this complex of corrupt prince lings like hunter biden attached by last names to powerful men in government, part of our ruling class, mostly democratic elites. and then the media and social media companies that cover for them, you know, you can't blame the chinese. the chinese are thinking how do we deal with the regime as it actually exists. on paper

police three people who were arrested for robbing the nordstrom store in walnut creek earlier this month, are now scheduled to appear in court tomorrow. 30 year old dana dawson, 32 year old joshua underwood and 19 year old rodney robinson are set to be arraigned on charges including robbery, burglary, organized retail theft. conspiracy and receiving stolen property. the three suspects were among dozens of people who stormed that department store on the evening of november. 20th several nordstrom employees were pepper sprayed, punched and kicked. the search continues tonight for dozens of other people who were involved in similar smash and grab break ins across the bay area. recently at least nine people are facing felony charges following those organized thefts that we saw at stores in san francisco's union square, and governor newsom is promising state resources to help local law enforcement. deal with this problem. we need to investigate these crimes. we need to break up these crime rinks, and we need to make an example out of these folks. along with san francisco. there have been simi

anyone with information should put in a call to antioch police three people who were arrested for robbing the nordstrom store in walnut creek earlier this month, are now scheduled to appear in court tomorrow. 30 year old dana dawson, 32 year old joshua underwood and 19 year old rodney robinson are set to be arraigned on charges including robbery. burglary organized retail theft , conspiracy and receiving stolen property. the three suspects were among dozens of people who stormed the department store on the evening of november. 20th police say several nordstrom employees were pepper sprayed, punched and kicked. the search continues tonight for dozens of other people who were involved in similar smash and grab break ins around the bay area. recently at least nine people are facing felony charges following organized thefts at stores in san francisco's union square. governor. newsom has promised state resources to help local law enforcement officers deal with this problem. we need to investigate these crimes. we need to break up these crime rings. and we need to make an example out of these f

fayed wasn't robbed. >> no she wasn't. >> mrs. fayed wasn't sexually >> no, she was not. >> so the purpose of that crime was to kill her. >> it was to kill her. that was the only purpose of the crime, to get rid of her and make sure she was dead. >> abdul rahman says the murder was carefully planned. >> mrs. fayed comes out at about 6:30 at night. >> that's correct. >> and she's walking to her car, what, alone? >> by herself. >> at some point, what, the killer comes up behind her? >> well, the killer pulled up in the burgundy suv behind mrs. fayed's vehicle. >> so blocking her. >> blocking her so she can't move her car from the parking spot. the killer gets out of the back passenger seat and approaches mrs. fayed from behind. >> how long did the attack take start to finish? >> from start to finish i would say anywhere from one to three >> police found no eyewitnesses to the actual stabbing but there were people close by. >> there was an individual in a building across the street from where mrs. fayed was killed. that individual ob

like so many of the environment that we might otherwise take for granted, climate change is now also robbing our coastlines of one of its most important habitats. >> reporter: it is no wonder the kelp forest exhibit at the monterey bay aquarium is so popular but in addition to getting mesmerized here, we also get schooled on how vital these forests are to almost everything that lives along our coast. that message may be more important now than ever. >> i does have this for the people are going to say how did we never know about this. >> reporter: she is the executive director here and that place a at ground zero of an ecological crisis right now. >> i have had grown men crying in my office saying i have been diving here for 30 years and i've never seen anything like this. what can i do. >> we have seen 96% of our forest decline in less than a decade. truck she is with the nature conservancy. >> this is a climate driven catastrophe that if this was happening in our trust real forest, it would be front page news every day. these systems are abundant and vibrant and they are absolutely worth sa

over so it will be a really rough holiday season for small businesses because there is no downside to robbing, it's literally a. mentoring scheme to capitalism. judge jeanine: tommy, what say you? >> five thing finger discount is going over well this holiday season but in biden's america, if you can't afford it, he might as well looted she can do it in cities and states felon caught policies, das soft on crime, defunded police departments, it's a perfect storm and also what happens when you spend the entirety of summer 2020 looting social justice, of course they are embolden and think they can get away with it because they can't. you've got democrat mayors and governors not knowing what to do trying to install different wiring and things like that. maybe if you are tough on crime, maybe the people doing this tell them there's consequences for their action, maybe they wouldn't do it. if you can classify this as a misdemeanor in places like california, he wouldn't have people important to do so but in biden's america, he will see more. the only protection there are, crooks degenerates and felon

. >>> check in with rob mayeda many i'm distracted by the tree behind you that is going wild. >> you could put it on the tv and watch it all. >> yes. >> add the music soundtrack that's probably playing right now. >> yes. >> quite a sight in san jose. by san jose standards, 51 degrees. may feel chilly outside. not too bad. not much in the way of patchy fog as the christmas tree continues there and christmas in the park it other spots of the bay area pretty nice. still upper 50s near san francisco without much fog and not much wind. dublin, 48 degrees. in walnut creek, 50 degrees. with high pressure sticking around air quality and patchy fog will be the top issues we will be watching. you may notice tomorrow around the bay area a little bit of the haze settling into the valleys. moderate air quality for tomorrow. stay tuned. we will see if the numbers get high enough to warrant any winter-time spare-the-air alerts monday and saturday. from city camera view, not much in the way of fog. we don't expect much tomorrow morning. starting off in the mid 40s to mid 50s. by noon tomorrow, we ar

and she said that she had just been robbed at gunpoint and they had taken merlin our dog, nelson says. it happened friday evening around six right in front of bar, modern times beer at the intersection of valdez and 24th street in downtown oakland. it just can't believe that i have been the right outside our apartment, her friend telling police that two men dressed in black from head to toe walked up to her on the street. one allegedly pointed a gun to her face and demanded the dog. meanwhile the other suspect grabbed merlin from the ground. my apartment has a side entrance. um that is gated. so she goes in that side entrance, and that's where it occurs. both suspects then ran down the street before jumping in a car and taking off with merlin nelson says her friend wasn't hurt during the attack and immediately called police just as good as she can be. at least i think she's a little shaken up as well. but i'm glad that she wasn't harness physically. since getting back to the city, nelson says. she's been doing everything she can to find her frenchy merlin, which he discusd called our

according to police during an attempt to rob our reporter of her camera equipment medics rushed him to highland hospital where he underwent emergency surgery. unfortunately, he died from his injuries this morning. meanwhile, there are new developments in the search for his killer. police tonight. still looking for the shooter or shooters involved. but today police released this picture of a car believed to be connected to his murder. it is a white four-door acura tl the model year is from 2004 to 2008. kevin also worked at the oakland housing authority. in a statement, the agency said today, quote, our hearts and prayers go out to kevin's family. friends, colleagues and all those he touched through his years of devoted service and his work to help keep our neighborhoods safe. he will be missed. also, a fund has been set up for the family of kevin ishida. we have details on how you can help right now at kron 4 dot com. also you can get a better look at the car investigators are looking for right now along with complete coverage of the investigation right now at kron 4 dot com. police ha

assignment in oakland with the kron 4 news reporter oakland police say he was shot during an attempt to rob our reporter of her camera equipment medics rushed him to highland hospital where he underwent surgery. the shooter died from his injuries this morning. meanwhile, tonight there are new developments in the search for his killer. police are still looking for the shooter or shooters involved today, oakland police released this picture of a car believed to be connected to his murder. it is a white four-door acura tl the model years from 2004 to 2008. meanwhile, the reward for unrest in the she does murder continuing to grow tonight nearly $33,000 now officially on the table for information leading to an arrest in the case. anyone with details now urged to call oakland homicide detectives for oakland crime stoppers. kevin worked as a private security guard with star protection agency. but before that, he also worked as a police officer in hayward san jose in coma before retiring from the force kron four's, gayle ong. talk to those who knew him best. >> this smile would light up a room for

oakland police say it happened during an attempt to rob our reporter of her camera equipment medics rushed kevin to highland hospital. he underwent emergency surgery. and unfortunately he passed away from his injuries this morning. here's a look at kevin's career. he joined the hayward police department back in 95 is when he joined the academy, he served the department from 1996 to 2000. one, he then moved to the san jose police department in 2000, one as a gang investigations detective. then in 2012 he joined the coma. police department where he served as a detective and a field training officer. he was promoted to sergeant in 2015, he retired from the department in 2018. meanwhile, california congressman eric swalwell offering his condolences on twitter today calling kevin's loss heartbreaking going on to thank kevin for his years of service and even calling for his killer to be brought to justice. also today we learned that kevin work that the oakland hausen department. in a statement that agency said that quote, our hearts and prayers go out to kevin's family. friends, colleagues and t

robbed a house and killed a woman and the cops couldn't prevent it. >> right. i think the majority of the neighborhood was just stunned and shocked by the violence. you know, how does somebody who's in her own home die within a matter of seconds with officers all around her home? >> tracy's paper, "the long beach press telegram," was reporting on the community backlash. there was fear and, of course, anger. cops often tend to pull together in the face of a thing like that, but in private? harsh judgments, said the undercover cop, kris nelson. >> i'm sorry. you just don't let her go back into a situation like that. it's police 101. >> what? >> at the very minimum, you go with her. >> so what was the feeling in the department when this happened? >> they [ bleep ] up. >> detective richard birdsall, used to asking tough questions suddenly found himself answering them. you would think that the department would kind of adopt a bit of a defensive stance at this point. because you know the public's going to say, what the hell was going on here? why did you guys let tha

back in 2019, now attorney general then assembly member rob bonta attempted to do this. he was unsuccessful. our former director of the office nicole elliott now governor newsome's head cannabis officer recently suggested the governor would be supportive of legislative efforts to revisit a lower tax rate and ufcw who are supportive of order nants are before you today. finally, it should be noted that we now actually have several years of gross receipts data for cannabis businesses in san francisco as they are already subject to our city's existing gross receipts tax. if we do extend the suspension of the tax, supervisor mandelman has requested that the controller in consultation with the treasurer tax collector, office of cannabis and cannabis oversight committee analyze the data we have on cannabis sales in san francisco consider factors like state taxation and impacts to our equity goals and present the board with a set of recommendations on a reasonable tax rate and structure that can be implemented for the 2023 tax year. i do know vice chair safai, you are also leadi

scott believes prior to that those robbed by law enforcement were too scared to speak up. >> you are going to call the police and admit you are illegally growing or transporting marijuana? i don't think so. who are you going to call? ghost busters? >> flatten worries corruption may have gone unchecked for decades inside the agencies that protect to serve. >> they are gangs with badges. >> that's strong words. it's time to leave them . . . . . . . . . . . ment . . ♪ ♪ increased transportation benefits. one more thing you can rely on. one of many cost-saving medicare advantage benefits from scan health plan for 2022. call today, or ask your agent about scan health plan. >>> tonight we investigate the largest seniors living home in the country. we found deadly covid outbreaks are just the latest in a long list of problems facing the company. here is investigative reporter candice nguyen. >> reporter: the state of attorney general is already suing brooke dale for different reasons. now, 83 families are coming forward about assisted living services prompting brooke dale that it allowe