kron four's, rob nesbitt. he's been talking with infectious disease experts about on the kron and joins us now live in the studio with more on what they have to say about it. rob, the key health experts say there is reason to be concerned kron but no reason to panic vaccine rates, having a big part in that and the department of public health reporting no known cases of the variant in california. mccraw may not be in the bay area but it's causing concern all over the u.s. the white house implementing travel bans for 8 countries in southern africa. >> a move that's drawing criticism from infectious disease. experts like doctor john swartzberg that's not going to help very much. it may help a little bit in terms of slowing the emergence of the virus around the globe. >> but it's not going to stop it. if the variant does spread to the u.s. he says worst case would be another shutdown, but that we already know the steps to avoid that masking social distancing not getting the other time to get a crime was first disc

i'm rob nesbitt kron 4 news. pleasanton police are talking about what could have been another case of a jewelry store smash and grab. >> yesterday morning around one 20 police say 9 people entered this stoneridge shopping center by pushing a sliding glass door off its track. surveillance video showed them headed towards jewelry store, but they left when they spotted metal security, gates. police say the group did not get into any of the stores at the mall. >> we'll stay in the cannabis businesses were also attacked over the weekend. course, we're in kelly got surveillance video from an oakland, a marijuana dispensary that was looted early sunday morning. it's a story you'll see only on kron 4. >> the owner of oakland's blunt and more dispensary near the oakland coliseum estimates that over a dozen burglars broke into his pot shop early sunday morning. you can see them looting the display cases here in this video. it started around 05:00am with a sideshow at 66 avenue and coliseum way. he says he has private secur

i'm rob nesbitt kron 4 thank you for that report. of course, is not just san francisco. all corners of the bay area have been hit by what amounts to organized crime amid worries that the brazen crimes will put a chill on holiday shopping law enforcement may be looking into conspiracy charges as a way to stop the madness or dropped out brings us up to date on that from san jose. >> around the corner from where thieves ransack to leaven apparel on sunday here at santana row vintage wine merchants in other shops have their guard up. they're worried customers might fear getting caught up in violence in stay away says owner harry to think of a mob coming around breaking windows looting causing just not the place you want to put your family in response to the recent rash of organized shoplifting, law enforcement is looking at a regional approach but has his work cut out for us is former prosecutor and legal analyst stephen clark them a lot of these retail theft crews have become emboldened by it. decriminalization. >> in our property crime laws. and i think that's why you're s

rob nesbitt kron 4 news. >> well shopping on amazon today might be a little challenging. that's because employees could all go on strike. not all but some employees there could go on strike, a coalition of workers and labor groups say amazon employees want better pay. they want to prove workplace conditions among other issues. they also want the company to be more proactive on things such as climate change. well, those groups are calling all employees at warehouses data centers factories to go on a black friday strike. an amazon spokesperson says the company has taken steps to address those concerns. the federal agencies are warning you be aware of online scammers this holiday season ransomware and phishing attacks usually surge. this time of the year. scammers will disguise themselves as fake charities or create fake businesses hoping to full online shoppers. now the fbi and the cybersecurity and infrastructure agency. urge you to keep an eye out for suspicious links. and the holiday shopping season is here and it's very busy time for scammers. the better business burgau

i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. meantime, pleasanton police are telling us of what could have been another case of a jewelry store smash and grab. >> around one 20 yesterday morning. police say 9 people got inside the stone ridge shopping center by pushing a sliding glass door off its door track. police say they were caught in surveillance video going toward the area of a jewelry store. but immediately left say that metal security gate saw rather metal security gates in place. police say the suspects did not gain access to any of the stores at the mall and there were no other reported incidents of looting in pleasanton. >> sane in the east bay because of the recent smash-and-grab there, the north stream in walnut creek is closing early all week. police say some 80 people rushed into that store and empty shelves before running away with merchandise just before closing time investigators say the suspects assaulted 2 store employees and use pepper spray on another employee police arrested 3 people in found a gun as wel

i'm rob nesbitt kron 4 news. all right, rob, thanks a lot of 5 people who were arrested in connection to a crime spree at san francisco's union square made their first appearance in court yesterday and they are all charged with multiple felonies for their alleged involvement in a smash-and-grab robbery at the louis store last friday night. all of those suspects entered not guilty. pleas. judge set bail for 2 of the suspects. it $5,000. there were 3 others who were denied bail. >> new tonight at 6, making sure that nobody goes hungry this thanksgiving is the goal for homeless advocates in the south bay kron four's. rob fladeboe goes behind the scenes to share a few stories of those who make all of those holiday meals possible. >> hard at work since 02:00am leading the kitchen crew here at san jose city team ministry's is executive chef reynolds stuart, i'm giving back to others from lifting them up. >> i'm able to do that because all the people around me, our help really do that. working alongside stuart in cookin

i'm rob nesbitt kron 4 news. >> that's our are also playing southern california just last night. police say about 20 people were involved in a smash and grab incident at the nordstrom store that in the grove, a popular la shopping center. 3 people were arrested, although more than a dozen others got away. one of the getaway cars led police on a high-speed chase and officers eventually took the driver and the others into custody. barriers are being set up at the shopping center to try and keep the thieves away. coming up tonight at 5, california has renewed its billion dollar contract for the covid testing lab. >> despite reports of suspicious activity and then it is not just the shipping backlogs driving up prices for pretty much everything will take a look at the local reason behind increase in the price of christmas trees. but first, what president biden is doing to try to bring down gas prices. and when we can expect 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.

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, it helps heal your skin from within, keeping you one step ahead of it. and for kids ages 6 an

i'm rob nesbitt kron 4 news. >> with a long fire been a hard but god is good. >> yes, he is. that was mother of ahmad arbery shortly after the 3 men accused of killing him last year on an empty georgia road were found guilty after weeks of testimony. the jury took only 2 days to deliver the verdict. joining us now live from georgia is evan lambert who has been following this trial for us. good evening at it. >> good evening. and vicki and grant the jury, as you said, deliberating over 2 days about 11 hours before returning this verdict this afternoon. all 3 of those white men charged in the murder of ahmad arbery did get convicted of at least one murder charge. and here in georgia, the sentence for that, the minimum sentence is life in prison. >> travis mcmichael, the younger son who was seen on that video shooting and killing ahmad arbery. a last february was convicted on all 9 of the counts that he was facing as the judge was reading the verdict. there was an audible gasp coming from arbery's mother. wanda cooper jones. his father jumped up and cheered actually had to be ad

i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. thank you, rob. >> for your money tonight. california officials are offering another opportunity for pandemic, unemployment benefits. this is for about 100,000 people who were previously denied eligibility has been expanded under federal rules. it now includes workers who refused to work for an employer that violated covid safety standards workers who were laid off or had hours reduced because of covid and school employees whose usual work schedule was affected. people initially denied are being encouraged to check back on whether they are eligible for benefits. a big announcement today. the fda and the cdc now recommend that anyone over the age of 18 who wants a covid-19 vaccine booster shot. >> should be able to get one both decisions came down today as public health officials sought to simplify eligibility requirements. doctors say a booster shot is necessary to curb the expected holiday surge in infections. any adult who is at least 6 months past their second shot can get boosted was either the pfizer or moderna vaccine. c

i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. thank you, rob. president biden says he's already met with members of the covid response team to evaluate their response. the new on the kron variant. in a statement released on the white house's website. the president is urging unvaccinated americans to get their covid vaccine is also stressing the importance of getting a booster shot. president also called for the release of intellectual property restrictions regarding the makeup of the vaccines to ensure that they can be manufactured more quickly all around the world vaccine maker moderna says it is working rapidly to test its covid vaccine against on the kron variant. in a statement it said in part, the recently described on the crime. varian includes mutations seen in the delta variant that are believed to increased transmissibility and you take seen in the beta and delta variants that are believed to promote immune escape the combination of mutations represents a significant potential risk to accelerate the waning of a natural and vaccine. indu

. >> in the coming months to address an increase in crime kron four's rob nesbitt now tells us how city leaders will be reversing police budget cuts. oakland's current budget freezes, an additional 50 positions from the police department. mayor schaff says she plans on proposing a reversal of that as well as stopping any more cuts from the city's police force. >> a public health crisis. that's what oakland city leaders say they are dealing with when it comes to gun violence. >> our businesses, our community are grappling to understand how they would get through as we come in these remaining days of the years. police say the most recent victim was a man who was shot and killed while trying to be a good samaritan at lake merritt sunday afternoon. the victim in a wreck, did auto robbery in progress. >> and was shot by the passenger in the suspect vehicle. the suspect drove away in a black toyota rav 4. according to police who are offering a $10,000 reward for any information that leads to an arrest while investigators work to solve the city's 100 27th homicide of the year. mayor schaff say

i'm rob nesbitt kron 4 thank you for that. well, a heads up now, if you are still planning to go to sfo. you may have trouble finding parking the airport tweeted this parking message today saying tomorrow is already up for tomorrow saying is already quo pretty full in terms of parking there. if you have not already made parking reservations. officials are asking you to consider some sort of public transportation such as bart sam trance, a taxi or rideshare or ask somebody to drop you off suggesting that parking at the airport is going to be very difficult in southern california. thanksgiving dinner could be ruined. some edison customers are being warned that their plans could be affected by possible power shut offs. the giant utility is considering preemptive polished off says those santa ana winds are set to sweep across southern california over the next 2 days. increasing the risk of fire there. in fact, in order to prepare for a quick response. the la county fire department has a ploy. strike teams to known high risk corrid

i'm rob nesbitt kron 4 news. >> all right. now to our 4 zone forecast. we're looking live at the bay bridge couple hours ago. it was just jammed out there. but moving a lot better right slide right into the city kron 4 chief meteorologist lawrence karnow with a look at what to expect a this going to be a weekend. everybody is going to join the sunshine in the warm weather. in fact, these and clear out nicely. but tonight. >> still a lot of clouds lingering in our skies leftover moisture from the front that just kind of fell apart as it moves across the bay are behind much in the way of rain, but there's a lot of moisture out there in the atmosphere you see kind of hovering above looking from the berkeley hills out over the bay. that front. you can see kind of just fall apart. reza moves in the bay area around the backside of ridge of high pressure with nowhere to go. so there you go. that's a some kind of falls apart leaves behind very moist atmosphere 50's out there across the board right now and i think as we head overnight and you'll see some changes.

i'm rob nesbitt kron 4 news. thank you very much. trump. and we have been following breaking news out of michigan. were 15. year-old has been arrested after opening fire on his high school campus. >> killing 3 students police say wounding 6 other people including a teacher police responded about one this afternoon to the report of an active shooter at oxford high school that is an oxford township about 30 miles north of detroit. police don't have a motive yet. they believe the boy was the only gunman the school was put on lockdown. students were later as scored into a nearby parking lot. officers arrested the teenager and found the gun that he had used. now to the latest from the pandemic scientist racing for answers as the new omicron variant is a growing number of countries. so far it has not been found in the u.s. but health officials say there is a chance it's already here. kareen wynter has the latest. >> this new variant is a cause for concern. but not panic. the white house covid-19 response coordinator echoing president biden's comm

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

rob nesbitt kron 4 news. >> depending on what you are looking for. some days and times this weekend, maybe more financially favorable than others when looking for a bargain. according to a study by the deal website promo bit. if you're looking for clothing, especially women's fashions, the best time to get a deal is tonight and tomorrow at 09:00pm smartphones peak between 11:00pm and 02:00am and you can get a good discount on a computer between the hours from now until 02:00am friday. if you're in the market for a new tv your best that will be around 10 o'clock. >> tonight if you do not want to shop in person. some websites are working to try and help you find the best deals which tomorrow explains how consumers can use what's called slickdeals to find the best bang for your buck. >> everyone wants a deal and with the holiday shopping season in full swing. a little research online can go a long way. >> slick deals is all about shoppers helping shoppers seeking is a deals expert with the website which has been helping shoppers since 1999. we have a co

i'm rob nesbitt kron 4 news. >> thank you, rob. if you started your holiday shopping, there is a warning from scam experts who say this is the time of year. it's important to be vigilant because it is prime time for thieves to steal from you. they're all sorts of scams in-store purchases. but this especially online. >> so the things we have to be watchful for fake advertisements online. e-mails with links texts with links your best bet choose the retailer. you want to visit online. go to your web browser and type that exact web address in. >> if carts. also a big go to for so many shoppers. experts say make sure if you're getting them at the store. they say that's a good idea because if you don't get them at the actual store. sometimes they may have been manipulating it. for your money tonight. california officials are offering another opportunity for pandemic. unemployment benefits that for about a 100,000 people who were previously denied. >> eligibility has been expanded under federal rules. it now includes workers who refuse to

i'm rob nesbitt kron 4 news. thanks, robin. stocks sank today amid news of the. >> on the kron variant, the dow tumbled 905 points. the nasdaq and s and p also lost more than 2% of their values travel and energy stocks were among the biggest losers. investors fear that the new variant may lead to lockdowns again. >> they have sold off airline stocks. you not a united airlines delta airlines and american airlines are down 7, 8, 9%, respectively. also, the investors are moving into stocks that benefited during the pandemic zoom communications is up 10% today. how on the exercise company is up 3% today. >> investors are also worried that the supply chain issues that have been impacting global markets for months will worsen amid the new variant today was the worst single-day drop for the dow in more than a year, president biden says that he has already met with members of the covid response team to evaluate their response to the new on the kron variant in a statement released by the white house and the president urged unvaccinated

rob nesbitt kron 4 news. >> and if you're looking for something to do today. that doesn't involve shop in the east bay regional park district is hosting what they call green friday free park day. all district fees are going to be way for park entrances and activities, including parking as well. >> a quick update now on the gunman that still on the loose after a private security guard who was on assignment for us here at kron. 4 was shot in oakland on wednesday. a reward for information leading to the arrests has now gone up to $25,000. hopefully that'll attract some tips that might break this case wide open. police say the incident was an attempted robbery basically they're trying to steal our news camera equipment. the shooting happened at the intersection of 14th and harrison right near the 12 street bart station and video of it. as you can see here was captured on the citizen app by a viewer looking down on the events playing out below the guard is now recovering at the hospital. officers. also later found an additional victim in all of berkeley man who was

rob nesbitt explains. >> and as i was going back, i heard glass being broken. >> what was supposed to be a nice day at crissy field wednesday for stephen w turned into witnessing the smash and grab parked car. it saw him a distinctly take 2 bags of luggage out of the back of the smashed up vehicle. >> increase of smash and grabs outside cars and inside stores makes him question just how busy black friday will be. >> but area mayors including concord mayor tim mcgallian say that shopping safety should not be a concern. i mean, there's a lot of eyes on. >> on our shopping district right now and they usually are during the holidays anyway. so we just encourage people still coming out. please patronize our business as a sense of security that people seem to be trusting with an increase in crime. you know, deter you from going out to do your shopping. sara lee kaling says that she always has to be aware of her surroundings in san francisco. >> unsettled by the videos of smash and grabs at retail stores during business hours don't think targeting people perhaps. >> guess that would be a sca

rob nesbitt kron 4 news. >> the gunman still on the loose tonight after a private security guard who was on assignment with kron 4 was shot in oakland yesterday that $25,000 reward is being offered for any information leading to an arrest in this case. police say the incident was an attempted armed robbery to steal news camera equipment. the shooting happening around 12 30 yesterday at the intersection of 14th in harrison near the 12 street bart station. this is video from the citizen app showing the scene yesterday that guard is now recovering in the hospital. officers later found an additional victim involved in the incident berkeley man who was also transported to highland hospital for treatment that man was hit by bullet shrapnel. that's according to police kron 4 can confirm that he has since been released from hospital. a reporter was not physically injured in recent years. this has become a common practice for bay area television stations, including here at kron 4 news to send our reporters and photographers out with private security guards while covering our news reports. hap

rob nesbitt kron 4 news. >> and if you're looking for something today, that doesn't involve shopping. the east bay regional park district is hosting what they call green friday free park day. all district fees are going to be way for park entrances and activities including parking. so that's a big deal. >> well, the gunman is still on the loose now after a private security guard who was on assignment for us here at kron. 4 was shot in oakland wednesday. the reward for information leading to arrest has gone up now to $25,000. police say the incident was an attempted armed robbery to try and steal a news camera equipment of the shooting happened at the intersection of 14th and harrison right near the 12 street bart station. what you're looking at here is video from the citizens app from somebody above shooting down towards the scene. the guard is now recovering at the hospital. officers later found an additional victim involved in this berkeley man who was also transported to highland hospital for treatment. that man was hit by a by bullet shrapnel. basically he has since been released

rob nesbitt kron 4 news. >> and if you're looking for something to do today. that doesn't involve shopping at all. the east bay regional park district is hosting what they call green friday or free part day. all district fees are going to be way for park entrances and activities as well as parking. if you're going out there today. >> alright, an update now to story we've been following here for a couple of days. a gunman still on the loose after a private security guard who was on assignment with kron. 4 was shot in oakland on wednesday. the reward for any information leading to an arrest in this case has now gone up to $25,000. police say the incident was an attempted robbery of news camera equipment. the shooting happened at the intersection of 14th and harrison right near the 12 street bart station. this is video from the citizens app showing the scene below the guard, we're told is recovering at the hospital officers did find later that there was another victim in all of berkeley man who was taken to highland hospital for treatment apparently was hit by sh

rob nesbitt explains how. >> and as i was going back, i heard glass being broken. >> what was supposed to be a nice day at crissy field wednesday for stephen w turned into witnessing the smash and grab parked car. it saw him a distinctly take 2 bags of luggage out of the back of the smashed up vehicle. >> an increase of smash and grabs outside cars and inside stores makes him question just how busy black friday will be. >> but area mayors including concord mayor tim mcgallian say that shopping safety should not be a concern. i mean, there's a lot of eyes on. >> on our shopping district right now and they usually are during the holidays anyway. so we just encourage people still coming out. please patronize our business is a sense of security that people seem to be trusting with an increase in crime. you know, deter you from going out to your shopping. necessarily kaling says that she always has to be aware of her surroundings in san francisco. >> unsettled by the videos of smash and grabs at retail stores during business hours don't think they're targeting people perhaps. >> guess that

rob nesbitt spoke with shoppers about the increase in these crimes. >> police got the call just before 05:30pm, sunday. the thieves caught on camera stealing from sam's jewelers in the mall was still open with shoppers all around. within seconds, this group and hooded sweatshirts use hammers. to smash open the display cases at sam's jewelers. according to hayward police 9 suspects got away with the loot leaving south and mall and 2 vehicles. a smash-and-grab happening at the exact time. kathy weaver had planned on doing her shopping sunday evening. just

kron four's rob nesbitt is following up on this story. we'll have more on kron 4 news at 5 o'clock. pleasanton police are talking about what might have been another case of a jewelry store smash and grab yesterday morning about one 20 police say 9 people walked into the stone ridge shopping center and that they did that after pushing a sliding glass door off its track. surveillance video shows the group headed towards a jewelry store. actually, we're looking at the map there. but they left when they spotted metal security, gates. police say the group did not get into any of the stores at that mall. meantime, governor newsome says his administration is responding to the robberies that plagued retailers over the weekend. capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala has that story. >> look, i have no sympathy, no empathy whatsoever. people smashing and grabbing stealing people's items crane havoc and tear on our streets. not governor gavin newsome reacting after a weekend of ransacking in robbery at numerous retailers across the bay area. in response. he says you can expect to see more police

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