rob fladeboe kron 4 news. so to come on kron 4 news at 8 as christmas gets closer. >> santa is all over the country are getting ready to meet with children of all ages, how they're planning to keep them covid safe. also the san francisco tradition of helping families said thanksgiving how the city is planning a huge turkey giveaway. as part of a thanksgiving tradition in san francisco mayor london breed says the city is going to donate. >> more than 5500 turkeys to families. this the 15th annual turkey giveaway. this will be next week. the turkeys will be handed out at more than 85 sites all over the city. the giveaway includes hundreds of gift baskets with other food items and it is again, the 15th year for this tradition. >> if you started are about to start holiday shopping. a warning from scan experts who say this time of year, it's important to be vigilant because it's prime time for thieves to try to steal from you through all kinds of different scams on in-store purchases and especially online. >> so th

rob fladeboe kron 4 news lows in fishes family. kitchen has been providing prepare nutritious meals free of charge to the hungry and homeless. >> for more than 40 years. and this thanksgiving. they've continued their mission earlier today kron four's amanda hari stop by one of their mobile locations. >> i'm told loaves and fishes family kitchen delivered and distributed more than 6,000 meals. this thanksgiving. i have an example of one of those meals here. you can see it's a traditional thanksgiving meal. it has turkey stuffing and mashed potatoes. >> like any donation today. >> jonathan valais with loaves and fishes spent part of his afternoon giving out thanksgiving meals 100 never working on thanksgiving. i don't really look at it as a work i just look at it as going back to the community. heawas in one of loaves and fishes all a carte perfect rated trucks. they recover and redistribute prepared meals throughout santa clara and san mateo counties at no cost to people facing food insecurities. the truck was stocked with thanksgiv

rob fladeboe kron 4 news. still ahead on kron 4 news at a neighbors and workers and a popular san francisco neighborhood are rattled and worried after some recent shootings. >> what they're doing to try to address the violence there. >> and another blow for the defense of the kyle rittenhouse murder trial. why today's witness could make it more difficult of it in house approved self-defense. in georg opening arguments started in amman arbery's murder trial. >> prosecutors showed the now viral video of the moments before and after arbery was shot and killed father and son greg and travis mcmichael and their neighbor. william bryan are all accused in arbery's murder from last year. video of that incident surface. 2 months later, sparking widespread outrage and demonstrations prosecutors show that video with the moments leading up to and including arbery's killing the defendant's claim that they thought he was a robbery suspect prosecutors said the defendants were making an assumption. officials say the trial cou

rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >> still ahead. one bay area food bank working overtime every day to help keep our communities how you can lend a hand. >> plus, there's not enough snow on the slopes, an early start now turning to a delayed ski season. >> when the resort say they may finally be able to open up. >> but fir.t, the friday after thanksgiving is still considered the biggest shopping day of the year for retailers. w ♪ i see trees of green ♪ ♪ red roses too ♪ ♪ i see them bloom for me and you ♪ (music) ♪ so i think to myself ♪ ♪ oh what a wonderful world ♪ >> well, your money and overwhelming number of people apparently plan to do their black friday holiday shopping in person this year. the survey conducted by maybe media hold 500 adults aged 18 and over and found the 75% of them are going to avoid online shopping for gifts this time the shift may be related to fatigue connected to the covid restrictions and also the desire to get back to normal activities depending on what you are looking for. on black

martinez police say the delivery driver was robbed at gunpoint by 3 men wearing masks, 2 of them have semiautomatic weapons. people who live in that area are shaken by what happened. >> it's not a daytime soap. you know, we can expect these things with that necessarily like that. so it is concerning and onset wherever you get harmed by, you know. yeah, at noon, this. people very that c. >> and a surprise. what teenage very safe. >> a source tells kron 4 that this was an unscheduled delivery and when the security guard came out to investigate what was going on store employees were alerted the dispensary. you went into lockdown. nobody was hurt. police say the 3 men took off in a newer model. black honda sedan with a small debt above the rear license plate. they did get away without a lot of marijuana were told and some of the drivers personal possessions. >> the biden administration is halting enforcement of the covid vaccine requirement for businesses as litigation over the issue continues last week, the 5th circuit court of appeals ordered osha to take no action to enforce a mandate

rob assault harm and in some cases have caused fatalities to to franciscan citizens until people were >> andrea shorter with the saver, san francisco without campaign says we can have both criminal justice reform in public safety but says we shouldn't have to choose between the 2. meanwhile, zach heene with jason blue jeans campaign against the recall argues the district attorney has followed through with his campaign promises crime in san francisco is not a new phenomenon that began when jason being took office at the beginning of 2020. unfortunately, our opposition has the goal. and so they have been able to create this rhetoric and his narrative that. >> he is responsible for crime in the city. and when we look at the statistics. without question. crime has gone down and almost every major category. >> now voters decide to remove chance of from office in june, mayor london breed within of appoint a replacement until someone could be elected in the next election in november. for now live in san francisco. taylor kron 4 news. thank you. taylor. >> new tonight at a san francisco mayor

they were robbed in what appears to be at least according to police, a coordinated plan. you have the lulu lemon at santana row out more than $40,000 in merchandise and then that was robbed last night around the same time. 2 people stole him. they estimate $7,000 in merchandise from a sunglass hut that is that the valley fair mall acr7ss the street. so to store set about the same time. san jose police. they believe they believe this would have been a bigger burglary at the sunglass hut. but they say that security guards actually spotted the action early. but whoever was waiting outside and multiple vehicles. let me add that it was just wasn't one or 2 cars. >> it was 4, 5, cars. they're planning to load all these cars fully with merchandise. who knows. >> in the east bay. now police say about 80 people rushed into a nordstrom in walnut creek that was saturday night. 80 people. they emptied shelves right away with merchandise just before the store was set to close. investigators say the suspects assaulted 2 store employees using pepper spray on one of them. finally to the

i'm rob nesbitt kron 4 news. >> the variant has prompted several countries, including the u.s. and canada to issue travel bans on at least 6 african nations as a precaution. us restrictions on visitors from the southern part of africa take effect on monday and will not apply to returning us citizens or permanent residents following the announcement travelers the airport in cape town, south africa date today hoping to catch a flight out of there. health experts say the new strands name. mccrone variant is spreading through that part of the now people visiting the area are scrambling to return to their home countries. >> my family live in australia and i'm going back to see them before the kuz country shuts down. i don't know when i'll be able to to leave my job behind and getting on a plane today. >> according to south african officials the new virus is likely responsible for the recent spike in covid infections in the country's busiest province. >> stocks tanked today amid news of a crime very and it was a shortened trading day as new york stock exchange beak because of the tha

kron four's rob fladeboe learned more about the impacts now being felt at one south bay food bank. >> there should be plenty of peppers asparagus and other fresh vegetables and most other holiday staples in holiday food boxes this year. but second harvest, another food banks are not immune from supply chain issues threatening many other aspects of the economy says second harvest. tracy whether bin. >> we do see disruptions. we're seeing the increased cost of freight gas like everyone else is. and we have a specific situations like we've needed a new cooler and one of our warehouses and we don't know when that's going to arrive because of the supply chain challenges. second harvest helps feed some 450,000 clients each month. >> and eye-popping 80% increase from before the pandemic inflation is hitting food prices. a lot depends on donations says weatherbee, we do have a concern that >> food supplies being tight in general for a lot of items we may get fewer donations from those people who work with us because they will be tighter surging food prices and limited availability could lead

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

attorney general rob bonta came to san jose wednesday to meet with elected and community leaders. >> to identify concrete solutions to the epidemic of hate and also how to better protect california's residents, whether you are running an errand or going for a run. >> everyday activities are places where people worry, whether they might be next, where they might be the next individual targeted by hate who they are, how they look where they're from. >> who they love. we have been to this epidemic of anti-asian hate for them not just a year and a half here and what we have seen has really worked is for people to feel empowered to come forward to talk about what has happened with them to them friends and families and community members to do the same. bond established a racial justice bureau but says more work needs to be done. >> both in terms of reporting hate crimes and preventing hate crimes feelings of hate. >> turn the speech turned to hate incidents on the way to becoming hate crimes. there are many places in between where we can intervene and prevent hate from getting to that plac

rob fladeboe kron 4 news. coming up and more and more seems at the grocery store. how rising prices are causing some bay area shoppers to struggle. no one was expecting you to be born that day. >> an early delivery right on the front lawn in vacaville and all caught on camera. the unexpected arrival of a new family member. that's coming up. >> world war 2 camps are covid. this 100 year-old veteran has fought all of them and one. we'll have his story after the break. and before we head to break o let's do this crime for wants to shine a spotlight on the bay area. men and women who have served in the military. >> sergeant david butler, one of the photos you looked at who served in the u.s. army. i was injured in a car crash. i had no idea how much my case was worth. i called the barnes firm. when a truck hit my son, i had so many questions about his case. i called the barnes firm. it was the best call i could've made. your case is often worth more than insurance offers. call the barnes firm to find out what your case could be worth. we will help get you the best resu

rob fladeboe has the latest on the story, including the identity of the man who died. >> has he paid his respects to a friend shot and killed at a halloween party late saturday night. you are resident. make huerta said he was headed for the party to but decided not to go with the last minute. >> i just saw a lot of people that i do were up to no good so i just mean my friend thought it wasn't a good idea to come. >> the victim is identified by his family on a go fund me campaign as 19 year-old michael daniels una going see us of gilroy. police were called to this home on loss on drive. >> where neighbors said a loud party was being held. the other victims are ages 17 to 19 gilroy police have made one arrest so far. he is identified as 19 year-old benjamin david colder room of gilroy made huerta heard. there was some kind of argument. >> what did not involve his friend. he says. >> i have no idea. honestly, i don't know. i just i just know that people started shooting and he got caught in the middle of it. that's all i know. the home with a party in shooting occurred belongs to gilroy

it's part of the first of its kind judgment announced today by california attorney general rob bonta at a news conference this morning. bonta said that amazon failed to adequately notify workers at their warehouses and local health agencies of the coronavirus case numbers. the doj reach to stipulate is judgment with the company today as part of the deal. amazon has agreed to modify its covid notification system for workers and local health departments. the company aldo has to submit to monitoring and pay $500,000 to the state for further enforcement. >> the key focus here is that the health and safety of our workers. the practices that are enshrined embodied in 8685 to make sure that workers are being notified when they're exposed to make sure that there's a sanitation plan to make sure that the local health agencies are notified so they can intervene as appropriate. >> across california. there are about a 100 so-called fulfillment centers and a 100 and 10's of thousands of workers at those locations was asked if the state is looking into any other large companies to see if they're f

that's according to california attorney general rob bonta during a virtual meeting today. he said the state department of justice has created a housing strike force. it will focus on tenant protections and housing availability and affordability. the strike force will also enforce housing and development laws and tenant rights laws. is planning meetings around the state to detail the plants. >> this work is critical every day, millions of californians worry about keeping a roof over their head while others have already lost theirs. ownership rates are at their lowest since the 1940's almost half of black households in california spent more than 30% of their income on housing. and among all households. one in 4 renters, pay more. then half. their income on rent. our house in strikeforce on. but the tenant round tables and housing portal. well allow doj to ramp up our efforts to tackle this crisis and advance housing access portability and equity. >> you can get details on the department of justice's housing portal. it's at all a g dot dot gov slash housing. >> now our 4 zone

rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >> new data show that in the midst of the current drought emergency. the state is in most californians are not cutting back on their water. use last summer governor gavin newsom asked californians to cut their water consumption by 15%. but according to new data from local water agencies since the governor made that request water use is only fallen by 3.6%, local water officials say that's because water saving measures put in place during earlier droughts are still largely in effect and that makes it harder to get further reductions in water use right now. 80 1% of the state is classified as being in either extreme or exceptional drought. some good news on the effort to keep tahoe blue officials say water quality was not out of the ordinary in the areas affected by the caldor fire. >> experts have been studying what effect the fire had on lake tahoe. clarity. they're gathering information on concerns like algae growth that particles and the like that study looked at water from the first storm that happened since the fire officials say if not for recent

with a 19 year-old man to sell a car through the app offerup but instead investigators say strange robbed and shot the victim. it happened on college street back on thursday where the victim died at the scene. strange was arrested yesterday and is now behind bars at the solano county jail on charges of homicide. >> now we go to the tragedy that's unfolding in houston, texas tonight 8 people are dead. hundreds more are recovering from injuries after a crowd rushed the stage at rapper travis scott's astroworld music festival. >> today. investigators say the youngest victim killed just 14 years old. officials also say at least one person was pricked with some type of item injected into them and had to be revived with narcan. felicia bolden brings us the very latest. >> fans are posting videos online from last night leaving more questions about what really happened at travis scott's astroworld festival like this year. i was going on. and then it just. >> it's like the biggest march that everybody was pushing people are jumping barricades trying to get out you know, security or emt's could not

. >> then the robbed as they walk to their car or to get to their car and find broken glass everywhere because their car has been broken into. >> this has to stop. >> and in wake of the retail. mayor london breed and chief bill scott say that there will be limited access to vehicles in union square and that should take effect soon. live in san francisco. gayle ong kron 4 news, thank you so much. going tonight. we now know the name of the man shot and killed by san francisco. police on friday morning. >> the man has been identified as 41 year-old money of san francisco yesterday morning officers responded to a call of a man with a knife inside a building near folsom and 5th streets after initial contact with the money officers fired their guns hitting and killing him. police say amani is someone that is known to the department. the shooting is now under investigation. the department says a town hall meeting on what happened will be held in the next 10 days. >> a scary moment for a driver. the south bay. he says he was traveling along highway one. oh, one in sunnyvale when someone hit hi