>> from the bay area's ocal news station. we now with breaking news. >> that breaking news tonight is in the east bay where oakland educators are expected to announce any minute now

whether or not they're going to be going on strike leaving thousands of children without a place to go during the school day tomorrow. thanks for being with us tonight on kron, 4 news at 5, i'm grant lotus and i'm news conference is set to begin at any moment that we're looking live outside. the teachers union building. there it is. >> where the announcement will be made again at any moment. now. last week, the oakland education association voted to authorize a strike if the school district did not reach a deal with them. the district and the union representing oakland teachers, they've been locked in negotiations for months now. back in march, teachers staged a one-day unauthorized to walk out as negotiations lagged. >> teachers, what salaries increased by 10% with a 60 day retroactive kickback. in addition, they want a one-time stipend of $10,000 for all union members to return next school year along with other increases for starting teachers. if the strike happens, it will affect about

34,000 students. and that announcement, it appears that it is starting right now. let's go their life. >> i is that going to because court. i just find >> all right. that press is

about to begin there, waiting all the people that they're expected there behind them to appear. and again will everyone. and thank you for being here on may day. >> the international workers kampala tease rants from the vice president of the oakland education association. and here with our big bargaining and we're here tonight, united. with an important update for our community. union is 3,000 k through 12. counts. teachers, counselors, psychologists. social workers, speech pathologist early childhood educators, nurses, adult education, teachers, and substitute teachers. together, we served 35,000 students in oakland. we love our students. we love oakland. our union is

committed to the fight for the schools that students deserve. tonight. we'll give our community an update. on our bargaining. usd and to hear from parents and students. i'd like to start by introducing bargaining cherryville my serrano here with a burgeoning >> good afternoon, my name is phil musser on the bargaining co-chair here for only a well. we have been making some progress, but we are still needing to makes it more significant progress we're still still needing to see movement on our common good demands to really support our community and our students and other ways beyond just our normal teaching and learning. and so we're expecting to see more writing today. thank you. thank you,

>> and now we're going to get an update from our interim president, arm and daughters. good evening. for 7 the big bargaining tenm has worked tirelessly. making meaningful proposals while research proposals. >> that will strengthen our schools for our students. usd has. repeatedly council bargaining session. have failed to offer many for proposals are counter proposals at a majority of a bargaining sessions. repeatedly failed to discuss. certain items. this is the legal have filed an unfair labor practice. charged with the california. public employees relation board under california law has a right to strike. over an unfair labor

practice. we worked over the weekend late into the night. on saturday, we state a one. 45? what the district and it wasn't very productive. they came with no proposals. lot of conversations. but we have yet to see really meaningful proposals in writing. the days have been long. and after hours of waiting. the superintendent finally showed up on sunday night 11:00pm. to meet with our team. the district continues. to come to the table, prepared and this is unacceptable. our educators here are pouring their hearts and they're so on their time into these proposals. the district has felt a bargain. in good faith. so today i'm

announcing that on may 4th. if we do not have an agreement with the district. we are going to strike over their unfair labor practice. this means that over 3,000 educators will be on the picket lines. we know oakland of the union town. and we know our community will not cross the picket line. we promise you. we've done everything we can to avert this strike. the district chilly failed. our students. and the time for us to act is now. thank interim and our i'd like to now introduce. >> tiny camacho a parent from manzanita seed.

>> good afternoon. my name is tony kahn. much all i am a mom of 2 children and the who attends manzanita seed and a yearly who encinitas. cdc. >> as a parent, i'm here. i we've been listening to an update there from the oakland teachers union about ongoing negotiations. the headline is that as of thursday may 4th this week, the teachers union says if they do not have an agreement with the district and then they will be going on strike and said again this thursday. so still in theory, time to avert the strike. they said they've been meeting almost around the clock this weekend, but to no avail thus far. yeah. they say 3,000 will be on the picket lines unless they can get an agreement. and again, with there. >> looking for is a salary increase, a bump of 10% with a 60 day retroactive kickback. they also want a one-time stipend. >> of $10,000 for all the

union members who come back to school next year along with the some other increases for starting teachers. so, you know, if the strike does haopen thursday, it's going affect about 34,000 students. >> just 25 days left in the school year. so time when you're trying to ty loose ends together as teachers students wrapping up there, learning for the year. but the teachers say they are simply not getting what they need from the district calling the district unprepared and they say they need to see meaningful proposals in writing. so we'll keep you posted there. but again, a strike could be starting on thursday, according to the teachers union. >> our other top story tonight at members of california highway patrol and the california national guard there in san francisco, helping san francisco police with tackling the sale and use of illegal drugs. this is part of governor newsom's plan to attack the fentanyl problem up and down the state kron four's. rob nesbitt joins us live in the studio with how.

>> day one went. rob, any time you hear that the national guard is coming to your city raises concerns and questions right. and the california national guard has assured the public that there would not be boots on the ground with their work. >> more of a behind the scenes that work of criminal analysts tracking drug cartels. so i spoke with someone who's an expert in that line of work. >> the chp officers assisting the san francisco police department were already based in the city and the california national guard has indicated 14 criminal analysts a big part of the job for both agencies will be fighting in stopping illegal drug cartels, a job that michael brown did for 32 years as a special agent with the drug enforcement administration review reports they're helping. >> put together flow charts, identify who the mid-level dealers are, who the top level dealers are possible. transportation routes, house of fentanyl getting into san francisco, the global director of counter narcotics technology at roduco analytical devices. commends governor gavin newsom for allowing chp in the california national guard to come to san

francisco. >> but questions how effective it will be. he says they need to stop the main sources of the drug supply and not just the drug traffickers. people are replaceable. >> what's not replaceable are the chemicals were just coming in and then the distribution routes that are set up on friday. mayor london breed was asked about the criticism from those who compare her plan to the failed war on drugs. everything was about arrests, lock people up and in fact, this is different. this is program services, second chance opportunities, but also accountability. the national harm reduction coalition is not convinced director of overdose prevention and policy. mary scylla says the mindset needs to change around drugs advocating for getting treatment for those who want it and focusing more on decreasing the demand for fentanyl. i would hope that we realize that. >> criminalization and more policing doesn't work and the harm reduction is the alternative that does work. >> chp has said that they will assist with training and

resources, but it's still unknown if actual arrest will be made by their officers in the tenderloin or other parts of the city reporting live in studio. i'm rob nesbitt kron 4 news. thank you, rob. coming up, another french bulldogs stolen in the bay area. the tragic theft caught on camera and the owners desperate plea tonight. >> to get her beloved pet back. >> and the rally for the young person who was shot and killed outside of san francisco. walgreens. as we hear from the victim's mother, she's speaking publicly for the first time. plus, sideshows took over the streets of oakland this weekend. a look at how police responded. i'm meteorologist lawrence karnow. hey, it is looking a little on outside. look on the dark outside. look on the dark clouds. yeah. we're talking

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>> another weekends, but sideshows happening here in the bay area once again. yeah. well, this time it was in the city of oakland, our statement. you spoke to a business owner. >> who got stuck in the sideshow but did manage to escape by driving. right through it. >> an illegal sideshow causes a major disruption to the flow of traffic sunday at around 06:45pm at the corner of 42nd avenue and international boulevard in east oakland. >> we were the first and why. but again, still across the street, i saw opd and i was like, oh, what's happening? the owner of oakland's film or

social barred need to join recorded. the video joyner was on the way to the bar but got stuck among the other vehicles. however, with a rare front row view of the sideshow. >> the oakland, their views as a cultural bay area phenomenon but also recognizes that it comes with its own set of problems. you know, after the you're like, oh, my god, i saw this. this is great. this is open, but it's about the innocent bystanders that are sitting at the intersection waiting to go home getting through and what happens to them and and their day, not so much as just their day in time, but also their their possessions, their kids in the car and just things that they have >> and after about 45 minutes, joyner took advantage of a momentary break in the reckless driving exhibition and took a chance of getting out of there by driving directly through the intersection. so, mark, why did i were in the car? and i was like, oh, my gosh, like, don't go, don't go. >> you know? and and was like, we've got to take this.

>> at what point in the video you see oakland, police patrol car rolled through the middle of the sideshow without stopping does not guarantee you. they're playing for do anything. that was one for safety for was, you know, the people who are at the intersection trying to go somewhere is it was about safety for us as well. >> oakland police officials say they are investigating multiple sideshows that occurred citywide sunday involving up to 100 bicyclists, atv's and dirt bikes report also include assault spectators. investigators say officers encountered gunfire from the crowds and opd officials say that officers made one arrest toldn2 vehicles and recovered firearm. >> think that you for 2 news. >> a rally in san francisco today demanding justice for the person shot and killed by

a private security officer last week outside a walgreens on market street. the san francisco medical examiner's office identified the victim as china brown. we have since learned from brown's family and friends that the victim went by the name banco and identified as a transgender man. investigators believe the incident started with brown shoplifting from the walgreens. we spoke with his mother reacting to the news of her son's death. >> all i remember thinking is baby, my baby and i can't do anything but cry and i'm >> thanks to beach >> i was angry. i was i don't understand why a walgreens security guard. we have a >> the private security guard was arraigned today and is being held on suspicion of homicide. first republic bank has a new owner video from

this morning shows a notice being posted on the windows there. jp morgan chase now owns the bank. the seizure of the san francisco based company marks the 3rd bank failure this year and the second largest bank failure in u.s. history are krogers. anna wiernicki has more on what it means for the economy and how >> people in washington, d.c., are reacting. anna? >> president joe biden says taxpayers will not bear the burden for the failure of first republic bank. depositors are being protected. >> shareholders are losing their investments and critically taxpayers are not the ones that are on the hook. the federal government seized first republic bank and sold to jp morgan chase bank monday morning. >> as part of the deal, the fdic provided 50 billion dollars in financing to jp morgan chase. these actions are going to make sure that the banking system is safe and sound. this is the 3rd failure of a u.s. bank this year. still, the white house says

the u.s. banking system remains strong. the banking system overalls and stable shape. >> banks themselves are resilient overall. and folks should have confidence that their deposits are going to be there meet them at their pick. >> the president called on congress to pass stronger regulations to avoid more bank failures in the future. one of the great things that we could do with new legislation would be to simply previous legislation. but ej antoni with the conservative heritage foundation says more regulations won't fix the problem. the biggest reason that we're here today is actually government spending. >> and that was anna wiernicki reporting for us tonight. outside first republic branch in millbrae this morning. customers lined up waiting for the bank to open. some had regular banking business to tend to, they say, but others were looking for answers. >> well, we're kind of see what's going to happen. we're not sure what's going on. if it's going to go strictly over the cia's, are there going to be over? give us in interest on our cd. and if they can

reassure us that it's going to be okay. we'll leave the money here. >> last month, first republic reported that it lost more than 100 billion dollars which led to the fdic seizing the bank in an effort to prevent investors from panicking the federal government is trying to reassure investors that the banking system is safe in this country. but the average bank customer, a lot of them still have concerns. >> as you're concerned about the weather yeah, there's good reason. transamerica pyramid there. >> rain clouds and it's like winter. >> what happened, lawrence? yeah. about that. member last week we have 80's even a couple 90's out there. we talked about a major change. well, here it is. the clouds beginning to roll in. we've seen some scattered pop up showers around the bay area. nothing measurable just ships that will likely change. i think overnight tonight and tomorrow morning's a low comes swinging in. but you can see some of those dark clouds. this look from mount tam looks

pretty ominous out there right now. from the golden gate bridge, also seeing some of those cumulus clouds rolling in now and that is going to lead to a chance of rain and maybe some thunderstorms. you know what? we could even see some snow on our local peaks from the system. so that's cold it is. unusually cool out there right now holding in the 50's all around the bay area. so these temperatures running well below the average doppler radar picking up on a couple of scattered showers. you can see some of that moving down the peninsula right now over the hill tops as well. and that's what it's going to be. it's not going to be a solid band of rain, but the storm system, it's going to be more scattered showers, kind of popping up at that 7 of the to the north of us. now it's going to be dropping down overnight tonight and then kind of moving right along the coastline. and that's going to ramp up more rain our way. we'll talk more about that. talk about more rain totals coming up just a few minutes. guys, back to you. all right, lawrence. >> still ahead, attorney general rob bonta says he's taking the gloves off in the fight for affordable housing here in california. details on

>> as the state grapples with an affordable housing crisis. attorney general rob bonta says his office is not afraid to take legal action against local governments evading california's housing laws. our capitol correspondent eytan wallace has more now on the attorney general's decision to file a lawsuit against the city of velcro for allegedly taking part in illegal practices all while denying affordable housing projects.

>> the city of elk grove, it's a sacramento suburb home to more than 170,000 people often described as a family friendly, quiet community. today. this city is very much in the public view, specifically garnering negative attention from the office of attorney general rob bonta, his accusation of the city. they've chosen to stifle affordable housing. projects discriminate against eower income families. >> and knowingly violate state housing bonta announcing a lawsuit against the city all pertaining to this. the crows apartment project. it calls for 66 supportive housing units for lower-income households at risk of homelessness. but the elk grove city council tonight, the project and instead, according to bonta, approved another project with fewer units that were more expensive. >> bonta alleges that was a violation of state fair housing laws and could constitute discrimination looking at the evidence. it's clear this project was denied because of the intended residents.

>> it's wrong it's illegal. it's discriminatory and that should have done it. that's why we're taking the court. >> but the city firing back its mayor writing, quote, elk grove is not a bad actor with the city noting it has more than 1100 affordable housing units and development writing in a statement the city welcomes invites further dialogue with the attorney general's office in hopes of reaching a resolution that is beneficial to all impacted parties, particularly the city's low-income households and persons experiencing homelessness. but bonta says he and his team put the city on notice in march with little response. now he's moving forward, taking them to court. do your part. >> to address california's housing crisis. if you don't. we will be there to hold. you. >> account in elk grove, a tom wallace kron. 4 news. >> next person has been killed in the south bay. the message police have for people walking and driving. >> plus, how the warriors riding high after that. incredible steph curry

performance yesterday. but now it's it's a quick turnaround dubs. plan. the lakers tomorrow we're going hear from a coach kerr about the wild ride his team is on and we've been monitoring that oakland teachers, union press conference work. >> leaders, sir, saying when a strike might start this week, kron four's a

>> back to the breaking news. we started with the top of the hour.