morning news. and as a mayor, matt mahan is nearly attacked while talking to kron 4. his security detail had to step in explain what happened. and a community rally together in san francisco to help a hit and run victim fights for his life. >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at 7. good morning and thanks for waking up with us aria and i'm james. let's start the hour with a check of weather and traffic is we're looking at gray skies here over san francisco. really all over yesterday was about the wind today. it might be about the humidity, john. yeah. and muggy out there. >> not a word. i necessarily enjoy say it otherwise. pretty nice day. it is going to be a little cloudier today. much like yesterday was but a little less windy, too, looking outside at the

coastline this morning. it's got a lot of that mid-level stratus. well, blocking out pretty much all the sunshine this morning. so we're not seeing a sunny morning. not a lot of sunrise is going on in the bay area. future cast of wind gusts. we are seeing calmer winds but directly out of the south ahead of this low pressure area really transporting some humid air up our direction. as for temperatures right now, most of us are in the 50's dublin in fremont at 56 bowden view in oakland at 57 this afternoon. not a whole lot different than that. with low to mid 60's. for most of our peak temperatures today, i'll be talking everything. you got it now and stay with us for all the details into the weekend in your forecast as well. all still to come right now. all right, john, thank you for that. a lot of folks hitting the roads. traffic has been steadily building as the morning goes on. >> no accidents or hazards on a bridge. that's good news. 60 min right there traveling into the city this morning. our san mateo bridge around. 21 the last hour. we are still at 15. so this is a pretty big jump. no accidents. there. 30 minute

ride on the richmond. sandra fell bridge in golden gate bridge just short of 25 minutes. arias is back to you. thanks a lot. reyna 701. let's get to our top story, which is a man involved in a hit run earlier this week in san francisco is in critical condition right now. and right now the community is rallying together to help him and his family. >> kron four's michael thomas is following the story for us in the newsroom. michael, hey, good morning, everyone. that driver still on the run while this husband and father of 2 was in the hospital this morning listed under critical condition. >> and bob's donuts where he works. will they tell me he hasn't been responsive since the accident that take a look at happened in san francisco. and police say that it happened early sunday morning around 03:00am near duboce avenue and guerrero street. when police arrived, they found a man with no identification lying on the ground unconscious. well, he would soon be identified as he mizzou deo. we have a photo of him up on the screen. he had been hit by a vehicle while riding an electric scooter with the driver and vehicle fleeing the scene. he was

rushed to a nearby hospital at that time. it has been listed in a critical condition ever since the bob's donuts manager tells me they knew something was wrong when he didn't show up for his 03:00am. shift. >> we know and that's >> now we went to the store this morning and you can see they've created a gofundme account. they've got flyers posted all throughout the window. this is where jesus work. they say he was the sole provider for both his wife and 2 young kids, ages 3, 5 that live in mexico. adding that right now, his family still hasn't even been able to see him. they're working to get a visa before things get worse in francisco, police say everything is still under investigation and they're still trying to find that driver now asking the public for any information. it may have. if you do have any information or details, you can contact san francisco

police as we get more information regarding his condition. and an update on that driver will keep you updated live this morning in the newsroom. i'm michael thomas story. james, we'll send it back to you. all right. thank you, michael. >> a fight in san jose breaks out. this is a story you'll only see on kron 4. it was in downtown yesterday when we were doing an interview with mayor matt mahan and our crews are there in the million or view as you can see, this guy walks up and what happened before the swings is that security detail for the mayor talk to the man because he was sort of acting erratically towards the mayor and the staff. then he got hostile and then the plainclothes officer assigned to the mayor's security detail, tried to de-escalate several times but the man grew more advocate educated in things came to blows. as you can see there with that man, a striking the security walker a passerby

help to detain him and take him into custody. >> and the officer was treated at the hospital for minor injuries. and now the man faces several charges, including felony battery on a police officer. and this case is now been handed over to the da's office. the san francisco sheriffs association says that there is a deputy shortage and they are calling on the city for help. they sent a letter to city leaders and the sheriff's office asking for more hires. the association says deputies are working about 28 hours of overtime per week. and they say some deputies or even facing health risks because of the lack of sleep. >> 704 is the time in a memorial service for fallen oakland police officer jordan wingate is set for this friday. officer wingate died saturday from his injuries that he suffered in 2018 car crash while on duty. the service will be held at 3 crosses church in castro valley. it's set for 11:00am and it is open to the public.

turning to another big story this morning, the san jose city council has approved a proposal to build 150 new affordable housing units in the southern part of san jose. yeah, it will be a off of the great oat exit of highway. 85. >> and once it's there, the homeless will be offered those units. and then if not, they'll be told to leave. >> well, it was here at san jose city council last week were councilors approved the contract to get the ball rolling on this housing project in south san jose, a neighborhood where mayor matt mahan tells me there is a significant number of unhoused people there. and he says once this facility is constructed, they will offer shelter numerous times to the unhoused people there. and if you do not accept it, they will be swept. >> right now, it's an empty lot. but soon a housing complex will stand with 150. a small step to help bring the thousands of currently unhoused people in san jose get off the street. yes, it is

very difficult. sharon lee has been at this encampment between and monterey road for a year. kate. he's speaking outside. scary. she says volunteers used to take trash out of their encampment. that stopped 3 months ago. she also says there are rumors that this camp will be swept. >> i was on the waiting list since. 2018. that's 6 years. she's waited for housing. she hopes that wait will be over with this new facility gets built in her backyard. one is that the neighborhoods to take on solutions homelessness should see the immediate benefits. mayor matt mahan says the beds will first be offered to those unsheltered in the immediate area. >> those who have refused and remain will be abated. the city would that make it so camping near the facility is illegal. they had says it's a good step. >> but it's still not enough. we know there's more need than that. we're going keep building shelter, housing, safe, within safe, sleeping sites. but i would be great.

got at lee says she's looking forward to the day where she and the thousands of otheg and house in san jose can get offered housing. >> we can do better than that of the taxes. the bag money that cycle money. haha, the pot money. they got it. >> now i spoke with an house advocates who tell me that they are supportive of low income housing project. they say it's much better than homeless shelters that they've seen where it can be quite crowded inside. they tell me that they want to make sure, though, that everybody who is living on the streets nearby gets offered every type of help they could possibly get. we're in downtown san jose. jack molmud kron. 4 news. >> well, 707, is a time across 4 is your local election headquarters and san pablo rent control activists have submitted more than 1000 signatures to the city clerk. it's all to get a renter protection package on the november ballot. the proposed package of ordinance includes rent stabilization 10 to a tenant, anti harassment and just cause protect against all of those renters would also be

able to file petitions with the city manager if their landlord fails to make repairs. but landlords can also file petitions with the city if they feel they're not getting a reasonable return on their investment. the contra costa county registrar of voters has 30 days now to approve the more than 1600 signatures that were submitted. in the south bay, santa clara man now charged with stealing more than $10,000 from an elderly couple that he was hired to take care of. and the santa clara county sheriff's office believes there could be other victims out there. so investigators say gerald come post so rio was working as a temporary caregiver for the los altos hills elderly couple and during his time with them, they say that used the couple's credit card 15 times in 2 weeks. they say the victim's daughter was preparing their tax documents when she found the transactions and then deputies who investigated it say they saw in atm videos using their card. syria was arrested last week.

>> new this morning, gas prices, as you know, are well over 5 bucks in the bay area. let's take a look, though, at how much you really could pay if you wanted to find the most expensive. this was a in menlo park 7.29, somebody posted on social media 3 days ago. 7.29 a gallon for the regular staff and 7.79 for the high test. my dad used to call it all right. then we look to gas, buddy, because you want to where it's the most expensive. you can see just a sampling of prices here that all all of them are over 5 bucks. and then we circled a really high price here, too, as well. you know what else is a high price in the bay area is car insurance. it costs about $2500 a year. now to ensure a car in california. that's 26% higher. then it was in. this is according to bankrate. >> more and more technology, that's on cars. that's a good thing that keeps us safer. but when those cars or in

accidents, it costs a lot more money to repair them. >> and the car insurance company say that they don't anticipate lowering the prices anytime soon. 7.10, is the time. and still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news. >> a plea deal is reached in the murder of a home depot worker. we're going to hear from his mom about how she helped put this deal together. and a new initiative in san francisco is trying to target around the tenderloin corner stores that have seen a lot of drugs being dealt in crime around the midnight. plus, people in the south bay say goodbye to a local burger joint that's been around since the 60's. >> and today is going to be another cloudy one. cooler won 2 daytime highs in the 60's across the board, talking to the changes as we approach the weekend. still ahead. and avoid leave the house this morning. you need to know how your morning commute is going topic as a pop up on the san mateo bridge.

>> looks like a close to clear

>> it's 7.13, right now talking about the weather and a little bit of a shift in what we had last few days. normally we can get a really clear shot of kuwait. are you kind of see it there? but kind of blending into the great background, the skies what's ? yeah. and speaking of great, you can see anything from mount tam this morning. that's that mid-level cloud coverage is blocking out that you completely most of us are looking up at the grey and the sheer way up on our mountain tops today is going to another cool one. another great one and a muggy feeling one. we've got a southerly wind ahead of this low pressure system to our south. >> transporting some humid

air, our direction. yesterday we saw enough unsettled weather to see actually a ton thunderstorm activity up in the sierra and now the central valley blame it all on this low pressure area today. it's the southerly wind in advance of it tomorrow we're going to see that low pressure moving over southern california resulting in unsettled weather and a chance of thunderstorms from la up into the sierra nevada. we'll see our best chance of a few isolated sprinkles. really come thursday night into friday morning. as for what we can expect in future cast, you do see a lot of that cloud cover today. we see some clearing going on tomorrow, but still a mostly cloudy day tomorrow night into friday morning. you see those little spots of green popping up. that's your potential of an isolated shower here. and there more so likely to see thunderstorm development out into the central valley in the sierra of come friday. and that will include areas like stockton, as you can see on the very far side of your screen areas of bay area, not going to be quite as active as some of the surrounding spots in the state

will be rainfall for us. maybe just a drop of water, too. as for the sierra nevada, what you had a really high up in the sierra. that's where you're looking at. some snowfall and snow levels going to be really high this time around and only just a couple of inches. one of the last names of the season likely temperatures in the 60's low 60's at the coast mid to upper 60's elsewhere. and overall, just a cool that kind of humid, feeling day, not your ideal. want to venturing out there and enjoying that cooler field. that's okay, though. at least we're taking a break from some of the hotter weather. good chance to get some stuff done in the yard. if you can. oakland at 65 concord, 80 68 antioch in pittsburgh, 2 or warmer spots at 69 degrees each. tomorrow's going to be very similar. likely a little less humid friday. a slight chance of morning sprinkles. we're smooth sailing after that much drier into the weekend with lots of sunshine highs in the 60's to low 70's right now. all right, john, thank you for tracking an accident on the

mateo bridge. >> as you can see, chp, they haven't pulled over to the side of the bridge. there. so they still got to get off the bridge, but it's no longer blocking anything drive times to go up by a few minutes. so at 24 minutes now, 8, 8, to 101, other bridges. i'm not seeing any access, but i am seeing a lot of people traveling like the bay bridge, a 60 minute ride into the city this morning. no accidents, no hazards there. thankfully. now i want to certainly picked up since the last hour at 30 minutes. now at 41. some got about 10 minutes south bay, but along the peninsula, look at that. you still look good. 2, 80 82 into 37. you're also making good time. down, low 80's cilantro to 37. if you decide whether to take 5.80, or 80 through oakland, both look great. as of right reaches back to you. >> 7.16, is the time for your money. this morning, a new biden rule would make 4 million white collar workers eligible for overtime pay. and starbucks apparently taking its union was all the way to

the high court. let's find out more. jane king standing by live at the nasdaq. hey, jane. >> hi, james. good morning. so starbucks asked the supreme court to government labor board that's been eager to support union drives under the biden administration. the national labor relations board has been very friendly to unions. and some companies say very unfriendly to business. now the nlrb has brought a dozen cases seeking court injunctions against starbucks alone. the high court's decision could have an impact on all of the various union drives going on at other companies like chipotle, for example. well, starting july first, a new labor rule would increase the threshold which executive administrative and professional employees are exempt from overtime pay the 43,800 from the current 35,500. that change would make an additional 1 million workers eligible to receive time and a half for over 40 hour work week. then on january first, the threshold goes up even more to just shy of 59,000 covering another 3 million workers. and apple is having a big product launch

event on may 7th. the image on the invitation shows and with an apple pencil spurring speculation that a new ipad pro might be on the horizon since the ipad is the only device that uses the pencil. the first says the larger ipad air could be announced. and a new study shows that we check smartphones 144 times a day that includes social media apps, work messaging. it also includes taking notes on her phone and setting alarms a nearly 90% of respondents checked the phone within the first 10 minutes of waking live from the nasdaq market site. i'm jane king. back to you. all right, jane, thank you very much. time now is 7.18, underage child. a juvenile was arrested for attempting. >> to carjack a woman in san bruno and take her car on monday. the 700 block of san felipe avenue. >> she was in her car that was parked this young person walked up, opened the door and demanded her keys. the juvenile wasn't able to get away with anything and they took off in a short time later, police arrested the

suspect. it's 7.19 and san francisco mayor london breed wants to crack down on illegal activity that's been happening. >> around corner stores in the tenderloin at night. yeah. although some people who live and work there in the tenderloin aren't on board with her plan. we have kron four's sara stinson to explain. >> at event aimed at celebrating the tenderloin. the open drug market was on display for all. i spoke with people who live and work in the neighborhood of say they see this every single day and it makes them feel unsafe. mayor london breed says she's got a new proposal that she thinks will help. >> one couple, i'm not. i'm not the tender 9 while making loves living in san francisco's tenderloin neighborhood, she says there's one big problem. she doesn't feel safe at night. got is the home lot about the illegal vendors hanging hundreds of them hang out in front of our building. mickey was at the small business foggy tuesday night touring and celebrating 5 businesses in her neighborhood. she got the

opportunity to express her frustrations to mayor london breed. i want you to want to breed, joined others in walking to each business right past people visibly doing drugs breed told macie and others at the event about an initiative to crack down on the open drug market there. the night time needs to improve significantly. reid is proposing legislation that would require corner stores, liquor stores and smoke shops to close. >> from midnight to 05:00am reid says late night shops attract illegal activity that that was where we had the most problems, especially at night. if stores don't comply, they could face $1000 fines for each hour. they are open business owners like jamie flanagan of the phoenix hotel says it's a good first step. anything that helps. >> so her tail that the drug trade and the drug activity on our streets is, you know, something worth.

>> macie says she's torn about this proposal. it's kind of nice start have the story you know, and i want to be able to go out at night again if the board of supervisors decide to pass breeds initiative, it will affect stores between o farrell and mcallister streets and between polk and jones treats. this will not include restaurants, bars and event spaces. i'm sara stinson reporting in the newsroom. back to you. >> thank you, sarah. well, the garlic festival is back, but it will be a new location with a new name. what once was the gilroy? garlic festival is now the california garlic festival and it will be at the merced county springs fairgrounds. that's in los panos. this will be the 3 day event starting at august on the 30th and will last until september first will have local entertainment monster truck shows of a carnival. and of course, all of the garlic dishes you could want. according to their website, they will have the ever-popular garlic fries,

mushrooms. have red bulls, garlic pesto. even a maple. we're told maple brown, sugar, garlic ice cream. if you want to try festival hours are from noon until 10:00pm each of those 3 days. if you're heading down have fun. all right. it's 7.22, we'll take a break. but coming up on the kron, 4 morning news and east bay restaurant has been broken into so many times. the owner. >> no longer calls police, although he does have a suggestion for them to make the area a little safer.

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year-old boy, unfortunately was killed in a car crash in richmond. and now a go fund me page 4. >> over as junior says that the car he was in was hit by a drunk driver. the crash happened at cutting boulevard and carlson boulevard. his go fund me page says that like practicing sports and he did that with his dad hanging out with his teammates. he played with the richmond little league and his family's reaching out now for community support as they face unexpected funeral and medical expenses. in the north bay. police in fairfield now looking for the person responsible for hitting and killing a pedestrian early yesterday morning. police say an officer found the victim dead on air base parkway at about one in the morning. investigators are still trying to identify the vehicle and the driver responsible. >> digging into a new affordable housing project that is now underway. and oakland, it's located at east

12th street and second avenue and the lake merritt, eastlake neighborhood. and when it's done, there will be 91 units designated permanent supportive housing for the unhoused in. this is among the first project to break ground with funding from measure you which was an infrastructure bond that was passed in 2022. and in fremont applications are now being accepted for new affordable housing. and that is there at fremont boulevard near 80 and 99 ranch market. 27 rental units are available based on income that determines your eligibility. the deadline to apply is may 3rd. it's 7.26. and coming up on the kron 4 morning news. >> protesters are staging sit-ins or camp ins at the uc berkeley campus. and cow is a responding now. and so are some of the jewish students. there w

>> 7.29 and it's kind of gray out there. >> it is. can't see much here. as you can what i can see the transamerica pyramid. right we know san francisco, otherwise, john, all that gray out there is kind of scary everything. it's definitely a great morning. even more so than yesterday was today is going to stay pretty cloudy as well. so not your brightest today's, but it is some relief from the heat for those of us that maybe don't love those 80's so much your view outside of the east bay hills. you can see just how much cloud cover we do have overhead that mid-level stratus kind of state puts through the day. now we do have a southerly wind pushing into the bay

area. it's relatively light, but just enough to be transporting some humid air up our direction, contributing to what will be a muggy feel today. temperatures in the mid to upper 50's for our current temperatures, which is really not a far cry from where we're going to be later on today. your daytime highs are really only going to be in a range of 60's even cooler than yesterday was. i'll tell you more about what the rest of the week has in store. still to rain. all right, john, thank you for minor traffic collision on or san matteo bridge. it's still on the bridge there, but they pulled off there. if you can see the. >> a police lights going. hopefully they're able to get off the bridge fairly quickly. drive time is one of just a little bit wet. 25 minute. it's no longer blocking the middle center lanes of the bridge. they were just 20 minutes drive time. certainly been changing their going up a 90 minute ride along richmond center fell bridge. last time i checked in merced 14 minute. so that's pretty significant. 30 minute ride across the golden gate bridge. let's get a look at some of highways that are building nearly 50. that's almost an hour along 101. so you could take 82 to

80. those are other good options for you as reaches back to you. thanks. a lot of rain at 7.31, of the east bay. a plea deal is reached in the murder of a home depot worker. the worker who was shot and killed while confronting a shoplifting suspect. >> this happened in pleasanton. we've got kron four's dan kerman with more on the story. actually had a chance to talk to the victim's mother. >> 26 year-old blake. most was shot and killed a little over a year ago while working as a loss prevention officer at this home depot in pleasanton. police say he was shot after confronting a woman for shoplifting. that woman was later identified as benicia naps. she was eventually charged with murder and her accomplice. david guillory was charged with child endangerment and accessory to robbery. now is the 2 are set to go to trial. a plea agreement has been reached with naps, pleading guilty with the sentence of 19 years to life and guillory pleading guilty with a sentence of 7 years and 4 months. if the deal is actually a plea deal that i.

>> arrange for. >> lori moses, the mother of blake moe's. she says it was the family's decision to offer this deal instead of going through a protracted trial with grisly details and potential appeals. >> it gives us our life back. we now get to pursue other things and honor our son instead of. the people that killer side continuing to hold ransom our lives and our families. it's big, big deal to us. 2 to have freedom and to be able to grieve properly and to debris. most never thought. da pamela price made the proper charging decisions in her son's murder. >> and says if she had a plea deal may have been reached earlier. now with the deal done, the family can grieve properly. and remember, blake moe's for who he was. blake was all about the love people, the one that is bullied or b not or forgotten about. he was the person that would go find them and bring them into the fold.

>> he lived with his heart on his sleeve and with massive compassion for people and his family. any touch so many people in 26 years. >> well, that was dan kerman reporting for us this morning. a sentencing hearing to finalize the deal is set for june 6th. >> happening now, pro gaza and palestine, protesters. >> are staging a camp in or a sit-in at the cal campus in berkeley. you can see there outside of sproul hall and this is video that we got yesterday. >> they have dozens of tents and banners and they are calling also for the school to call for a cease-fire. there were students who are walking a class who supported what was going on. and we also talked to some jewish students to say they have been harassed for months and they feel the university's let them down. >> i think that the students using their power and their

privilege to uplift other people, especially those suffering from a genocide is extremely important. uc berkeley doesn't care about your students prioritize your safety and it isn't care of, you know, we are forced to learn in an environment that is not conducive to one in which we feel welcomed. >> or let alone say fun. >> the university says that there are just 3 weeks left in

the protesters at uc berkeley have a right to free speech and assembly and no violence or obstruction has yet been reported. we are in conversation with the administration who are committed to ensuring jewish safety and participation. >> in the east bay restaurant owner in downtown oakland now cleaning up yet after another break the most recent one happened monday morning. in fact, the owner of the roasted and raw shared this video of the restaurant's glass door shattered. as you can see, he says the break-ins cost of about $3500 in repairs. he says this is the 4th time he's been burglarized in the 3 years since he opened his restaurant. fact, it doesn't even call police anymore. but he is asking for more police patrols downtown to try and deter the criminals. >> huge police presence. a lot of be cops. a lot of cars driving around during the day. but for some reason that night. oakland police just turned into responding to gunshots and violence. and to

me, that's not. that's not a feeling, you know, the entire city. >> the oakland police department says that their staff tracks crime trends and they are deploying officers to areas that are experiencing more crime. they've also expanded their foot patrols to 14 officers. >> well, save alameda for everyone. the group leading the effort to recall alameda county district attorney pamela price held this rally yesterday at the alameda county administration. building. they're calling on supervisors to set a date for the recall election during next tuesday's meeting. now that enough signatures have been verified. >> this mall, then it just we call is also wake up call for many of especially of this county. >> the damage that has been so far. it's tremendous. and we should not be the only people that see what's going on. the board of supervisors have a job to president miley. it's

your responsibility. >> to set a date for the recall. put that on the agenda and we want to see that on april 30th and will be here to watch you and watch the board vote on that. >> the price has been criticized for being too soft on crime, but her attorney claims the recall is illegal alleging that the registrar voters failed to follow the rules of the county's charter. signatures were not counted within 10 days and they claim that people from outside the county reused to collect those signatures its 7.37 in the north bay, a former benicia school teacher is charged with sexually abusing a student. >> at the elementary school where he worked, prosecutors have charged matthew shelton with 7 counts of child molestation. he's accused of touching using a 5th grade girl and in after-school program at robert semple elementary in 2022. shelton worked at robert semple at the time and ever since 2015, a benicia school district officials said as of the 2023

24 school year, he no longer works for the district. the lawsuit also claims that shelled committed similar acts against a minor and alameda county and 2018. and according to the napa valley register, he was acquitted of 6 counts of child molestation in 2008. in the east bay, a former account and is charged with stealing. >> hundreds of thousands of dollars from her employer. investigators say that angela fay brown embezzled more than $800,000 while she worked for viking. pavers in richmond between 2017 2022, she's charged with identity theft, money laundering and several other crimes. >> in the north bay marin county and the city of sandra fell have been awarded nearly 6 million dollars to address the mayhem creek path. homeless encampment. now, the encampment currently includes about 65 people who are living in tents and under the proposed program, the marin,

health and human services department along with the city have 3 years to help those people. the city says it will use 4 million dollars for interim housing solutions. the california state university system is announcing more than 4 and a half million dollars to advance black student success across the system. it's all part of a 10 million dollar allocation over the next 3 years. they say it will help fund programs and projects that each university has identified to meet recommendations that were outlined in the black student success report last year. the report hopes to address persistent trends. enloe black student enrollment retention and graduation rates. the csu system also announced that it will be holding its second biennial juneteenth symposium. virtually it will be on june 13th and 14th to celebrate african-american history and achievement. >> it's 7.39, and the burger pit is now closed. it closed in the south bay after being in san jose is a staple at blossom hill and kuz year

since 1964, you can see the line of people that just loved this place. they served the burgers and mashed potatoes and the like they potatoes for as long as they could until they ran out of food. the owner and the loyal customers said goodbye. >> they just and a sad to see us go because there's too many little family mom and pop restaurant anymore a young family this is where we this is just very family oriented. loved the food wanted to be here. when they close the doors, they're closing doors now. really sad about this. but, you know, >> but it's like steak on a french role and is pretty cool. look at the manager says that the reason they had to close down is because the property manager did not renew the >> it's 7.40, and after the break, scientists are looking at what is most likely to be the next pandemic. >> yeah. all right. also after

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workers are projected to lose her job with sinking sales of nearly 55%. tesla, the austin based electric carmaker says it will be making sweeping layoffs, affecting every sector of the business. there's there's actually been layoffs across both stop. >> manufacturing as well as engineering design parts of the as well as also lot of people on the sales and side from their service honors stores and apparently people from marketing team as well. >> sam abuelsamid is a transportation analyst. here is a look at some of the jobs projected to be slashed here in the bay area. starting in june with thousands at the fremont and palo alto locations. the electric car company revealed global sales went from 2.5, 1 billion last year. the 1.1, 3 billion for the same period this year. so

it's not surprising that tesla did from their sales have >> declined significantly in the last quarter >> and that really tapered off. they've that really running with a lot of excess capacity right now. he also added that tesla had trying to produce a lower cost electric car but admitted to shelving the product. >> they did finally confirm that the so-called $25,000 car, the next generation product. >> that they have been developing has been shelved for the time being. that was that was it stated was supposed to come out in the 2nd half of 2025. >> bottom line, the transportation expert says that all of these cuts are going to be saving the company. several billion dollars in capital expenditures here in fremont theresa kron. 4 news. >> well, this comes as google is also firing people after they protested the israel-hamas war last week as we reported more than 20 pro

palestinian workers were fired after holding sit-in protests to google's offices and sunnyvale. and in new york. well, now the company says that additional employees have been fired as well after an investigation revealed the identities of those who were wearing masks, a group representing the workers say more than 50 employees were fired in all. they say they were protesting the company supplying the israeli government with ai technology. >> time now is 7.46. and we want to get yeah caught up on the weather so that you don't get caught without a jacket that's what you're going to we need an umbrella or anything, but it feels waste out there, although this weekend. coming up, john, is there a chance of rain drop? >> yeah, friday morning. it looks like we have a little chance of a sprinkle for us. as for today, it's just the muggy feel out there. lots cloud cover sitting across the bay. san jose right here. just not look at the bright us this morning. but that's okay. break from the 80's for sure. for really the rest of the month. what we got out there right now is a lot of cloud

cover up above low pressure sitting to the south and west of us. now, this is going to stir up an opportunity of thunderstorm activity, especially into friday morning for areas like the sierra and southern california as that low traverses to the south of us here in the bay area today, it's a southerly wind contributing to the muggy, humid, feel to it. we will be looking at a little bit less of that field towards the end of this week, though, just a lot of clouds today. couple of sprinkles on our mountain tops. that's about it. as for tomorrow, a peek of sunshine here and they're less muggy, feel to it. thursday night into friday morning. chance of an isolated sprinkle into the weekend. nice clear skies and temperatures remaining fairly cool. we will see a chance of thunderstorms up in the sierra on friday. and as i mentioned in southern california, too, rainfall in the bay area may be just a drop of water here. there again. that's mostly friday morning in for the sierra. just a few more inches of snowfall at the very top of the sierra one of our last nose of the season. very likely temperatures today are going to be in the 60's across

the board. whether you're at the coast, the bayshore or inland, pretty much everyone is feeling the same which is cooler and a little bit more humid, redwood city at 66 today, south bay temperatures just shy of 70 with san jose being one of our warmer spots. fremont at 68 oakland, 65 degrees. today. also on the warmer side, pittsburg, antioch, only at 69, though, our warmer spots in the bay today. tomorrow's temperatures will be right around the same a little less muggy friday. a little cooler actually. slight chance of morning sprinkles. the weekend ahead. we'll start to clear out with highs reaching the low 70's of the warmest right all eyes on. thank you for that well. get a snapshot of a bay area. highways are seeing a lot more red out there as we approach the 8 o'clock hour. >> you can see 80's starting to pick up before even 8.80, and down in the south bay, you see more traffic building. so a lot of people are getting ready at the roads at now to work a 30 minute right now into the city maze to that 3 month. stay don't see any saw

reports of a hazard along 8.80, just as you're approaching 80 but no traffic collisions there. 26 minute ride. looks like that accident we saw on the senate over got off. the bridge finally was there for about an hour, 80 drive times croghan out towards the maze. not 40 minutes. san pablo avenue just adjacent to that might want to take that taking on a 80 selanne to down to 37 out. 44 minutes decide between 85 80 through oakland, i would say fine a's a little lighter. you can also see traffic starting to build there. international might be a good option. let's leave you with a look at the south bay. nearly 60 minutes along 1, 0, 1, 82 2.80. are much lighter right now. darya james, back to you. >> all right. thank you very much. rain is 7.49. is the time for your health this morning. scientists now warning that a common virus like the flu will most likely trigger the next pandemic. the research was presented at a global sides conference in spain. the survey asked infectious disease experts to rank pathogens in order of their pandemic. potential. 57%

of scientists said that influenza was the pathogen with the highest pandemic risk. sars was also a top concern for scientists to something that could pose a pandemic risk. it's 7.50, and the fda says that traces of the bird flu. >> could be in some pasteurize milk. they say some samples of pasteurized milk came back positive for remnants of the bird flu virus. but the agency says the virus does not pose a risk to consumers. this comes about a month after an avian influenza virus was detected in dairy cows in at least 8 states. the fda says past research indicates the past year is a shunt process. very likely in activates the bird flu virus. they're still extensively testing milk egg to make sure that is safe for us to drink and 8. it's 7, 51 13 new pick like drugs are coming in the next few years

as part of a weight loss. gold rush starting this year. the number of new obesity drugs hitting the market is going to go up hitting a projected peak in 2027. obesity is a major public health crisis in the u.s. poses health risks for several connor, chronic diseases, including heart disease and stroke, which are the leading causes of death. an estimated 2 of every 3 u.s. adults qualify and would be classified as either overweight or obese. >> well, now to bay area baseball the giants were taking on the mets once again in their series. you know his game to. let's see what happened. call for sports reporter aaron wilson. >> well, the giants they look to make it 2 in a row over the mets on tuesday night at oracle, they had their a slow the way of on the hoping to make all his fans happy. and for part now hedda going on early, not want to disappoint the kids, of course, and well, he gets joey wendle swinging

right here on the 5th floor in the logan kept them. it's it bay to keep the game scoreless. but the giants, they had no hits either until this happened right before it was first and then tyro estrada bring michael conforto home with a sliding right there. head first to pass home base. it took a one. nothing lead and then in continued as might stressed. the follow with the blooper to center field to place. 2 more runs in the diet. they go up 3 to nothing and they are celebrating. at oracle. i don't know though. we have to see if they're still there. they definitely will be there later on today, giving up 6 hits only, you know, that was logan. we have pretty good night as they win 5 to one over the minutes. that suspect to you guys at the dais. >> it's 7.52. and coming up on the kron 4 morning news. what one east bay university is doing to help teachers stay in the classr

>> we're back at 7.55, an incredible piece of music. history is going up for auction. john legend's or john lennon's along last 12 string guitar will actually go up for auction next month. the iconic instrument was used by london on the 1965 beatles album. help. it was recently found in an attic in the uk where it was apparently sitting there for 50 years. the guitars expected to sell for about $800,000 during julien's music icons. auction, which is set for may 29th and 30th and we'll see what the final bid price goes it's going to need to be very strong for sure. yeah. >> probably. all right. >> megan, the stallion is

getting sued. megan, the stallion. she's accused of fat shaming and harassment in a new lawsuit from a former cameraman in the suit million or says that after a night out in spain, he was in an suv with the rapper when she started having apparently with another a person next to him. now, the lawsuit also claims that. megan told garcia to never discuss what he saw and berated him and fat shamed him. garcia says he was also overworked and underpaid when he brought these issues up to megan, he says he was fired, making solar says that she plans to fight the lawsuit in court, calling it and attempt to get money. >> going take a break. it's 7.56. coming up next on the kron 4 morning news access to shelter. we're leave. that's the only 2 options at the san jose mayor is giving some people that are living in encampments right now. is the city build new housing? we'll explain. and a man is fighting for his life this morning after being hit by a car. we're going to tell you what officials know so far in a officials know so far in a live report.

♪ ♪ california sky ♪ ♪ todos alcanzamos las estrellas ♪ ♪ sunny state of mind ♪ ♪ flexin' all the time ♪ ♪ todo es dorado ♪ ♪ feels so golden ♪ ♪ vive en el estado dorado ♪ 4 morning news. san jose mayor matt mahan is merely attack while talking to kron 4. his security detail had to step in and we'll tell you that happened. the group behind the recall of district attorney pamela price is calling on county supervisors to get date on the calendar for that recall election and the community rallies together in san francisco to help the man hit was hit by cars fighting for his life right now.