>> now from the area's local news station. this is kron. 4 news at 3. >> now 3 clouds of black smoke and extreme flames. crews working now to clean up the mess after a massive fire tore through 50 storage units in fremont. and that smoke was still visible near extra space storage this afternoon. and

thank you so much for joining us here on kron for news at 3. i'm justine waldman. fremont fire is saying the building has been red tagged and access to the units are now prohibited. our kron 4 charles clifford has more. >> well, here at fremont on monday, multiple storage units were destroyed early in the morning. fortunately, no one was injured, but the cleanup is going to take quite a while around 6 monday morning. the fremont fire department responded here to extra space storage in the 30,000 block of fremont boulevard on reports of a fire crews arriving on scene found this 2 story butlding composed of storage and it's fully engulfed in flames. it took crews about an hour using water and foam to bring the fire under control. >> adding to the challenge of fighting this blaze is the unknown nature of what was in the storage units in a storage facility. typically people. >> packed and full of whatever the contents were unaware of what those contents are, but they're usually packed fully so you have a heavy fire load so that that always what is going to create different fire conditions for us, even though

the fire was contained quickly, fire crews plan to be on scene for most of the day monday, just in case the flames kick back up again. there's still that deep-seated smoldering fire beneath it. just. >> makes it a challenge for for getting in there and getting to the scene of the fire. fire crews were able to keep this fire from spreading 2 other buildings. and finally, the exact cause of this fire. well, that remains under investigation. but for now in the east bay, charles clifford kron, 4 news. >> we do update now to breaking news out of north carolina were several officers serving a search warrant were shocked. a deputy u.s. marshal has been shot and killed and the suspect in the shooting was found dead inside of a home. this isn't a charlotte neighborhood. 2 others inside of the home are being question officers from several agencies in the u.s. marshals task force. we're carrying out an operation in this residential area when someone they say began firing at them. several other law enforcement officers were also hurt in the shooting. their conditions not known right now. the area has now been. deem safed. we've

been getting new information into our newsroom all afternoon. as soon as we get more details, we'll bring them to you right here. and now the san jose police officers association is defending the actions of mayor matt mahan security detail who was attacked while the mayor was providing an interview to kron 4. 35 year-old leslie pollard has been charged for attacking the mayor's security detail last thursday. pollard stop too. confront the mayor and his staff. and when the security detail asked him to move, he became he did. and man was seen on video hitting that security personnel there that will fight broke out. and in response to the altercation, the naacp is blaming the officers, lack of de-escalation. today, the san jose released a statement that reads in part some such as the referee, more from the naacp as well as other apologist for career criminals immediately rushed to defend the violent, aggressive and dangerous

suspect. mister moore wrote a disingenuous fact lus letter that was so chalk full of untruths that we wonder if you actually watch the full length video of wesley david pollard to salt on a member of mayor mahan security detail. and the poe is also calling for a larger security presence for the mayor saying that there should always be at least 2 san jose police officers assigned to him. new. now o'clock santa rosa police have arrested a man who allegedly robbed a restaurant but alcohol beverage using a sword. this happened yesterday just before 2 o'clock in the afternoon at a restaurant in fore street near the old courthouse square. police say the suspect identified as 29 year-old shayne holbert was exiting a restroom when he threatened an employee with the sword as the employee was hiding holbert bend stolen alcohol beverage. they say before leaving the restaurant, police spotted him shortly after midnight and arrested him on one count of felony robbery. and now to the east

bay where the port of oakland is getting some significant federal funding. the u.s. department of transportation grant to the port 4 million dollars go towards new 0 emissions. equipment like electric trucks and ev chargers. officials say the funding will help improve the air quality at the oakland seaport and also neighboring communities. it's set to start next year. and congresswoman barbara lee, thank the biden harris administration for this funding issuing a statement that reads in part of your ads, crucial that we continue to invest in 0 mission operations. and i'm pleased the port of oakland is leading the way. a live look outside from our camera atop of mount tam, a wide view here showing us what's going on some of the north bay can see how pretty it looks out there today were just joined now by our meteorologist kyla grogan and lots of sun start our workweek. yeah, it's been a beautiful day out there following an absolutely gorgeous weekend to we are

getting a little bit of a breeze going but certainly not stopping the sunshine. you see some folks out and about here. >> on the burqa darrow, having said that, san francisco now reporting 25 mile per hour wind and you can see it is a distinct onshore flow that's happening also along the coast. you see those numbers are higher, but notice napa now picking up about 18 miles per hour there about 16 in san jose. so it's starting to be more bay area wide. we are being protected by high pressure, but we're getting a little bit of a wind, grady and going even and you can see as we zoom in, we're also just getting some beautiful blue skies. there's just little bit of a pop on the radar that went by nothing really hitting the ground. but just showing you there is a little moisture to the north of us bringing rain to the pacific northwest. but for us, it's all about theseitemperatures today. nice 70's inland spots like getting of 75 degrees. we're close to done santa rosa. some beautiful 60's around the bay hayward right now at 68 and much cooler at the coast because of that on shore flow. so that does bring in that cooler air mass. so tonight we are going to be mostly clear out there. having said that,

there could be some few patchy coastal clouds that are brought in because of that onshore wind. but that should be about it. we really shouldn't see much in the way of fog temperatures overnight between about 43 50 degrees. so again, relatively mild there as we head across next couple of days, though, it's not just the sunshine, but we're going to be seeing that high pressure allow us to warm up right through the week. and then we very abruptly changed course and see those temperatures drop as we get into the weekend. i'll be back a little bit. we'll talk more about that. back to you. all right. a spokesperson for colombia says the university's beginning to suspend student protesters. we defied an ultimatum to leave the uncapped that set up there by a deadline that has already expired. the university has said the protesters who signed the form committing to abiding by university policies through june 2025. orderly or graduation could finish the semester. good standing. if not the letter said they would be suspended pending further investigation. activists defied the deadline with chance, clapping and drumming from this encampment that has more than 300 people. the pro

palestinian student protesters set up this tent encampment at the ivy league university in new york this month. no officials have appeared to have entered the encampment with at least 120 tense, staying up past the deadline. and protesters who returned to the university of texas at austin today were quickly greeted by dozens law enforcement officers. many of them in riot gear. 6 protesters were quickly arrested and the others were taken into custody. one by one officers also use pepper spray after a group of protesters blocked the path of a police van carrying a demonstrator who was arrested. >> and it's now been 5 days since students at stanford university set up their own encampment of tents at the school, protesting the ongoing war in gaza. students are demanding that stanford disclose any ties. it has to companies that financially benefit israel. and so far these protests have been peaceful. crews have had to clean up some graffiti on campus. students protesting are not only calling on the

administration, just closed its finances, but are also joining. several campuses around the nation, calling for a cease-fire. stanford did send letters to around 60 students who say that they are involved in this protest, saying that camping on school property is prohibited and that students could be arrested if they do not move. protest organizers saying these are just empty threats and the university has no idea involved in the protests. >> they even like discipline actions to people who here. >> the people who they thought slept overnight but didn't and the majority of the students, how city a muslim arab students event designed students. so kind of shows that the shooting in the dark and honestly just letting their prejudice guide them. >> protests also continuing at u c berkeley. we have some video into our newsroom now from sprawl plaza where demonstrators posted a list of some of their demands on a large banner students involved are calling on the university to stop investing in companies

that work with israel, especially if they're involved in making of weapons. there are some reports in the camp mets might be getting bigger. some students not currently participating in the protest say they're considering getting involved. >> ways to help. i don't necessarily think that you have to pitch a tent, although that is an option. i thought about it last night. but i'm sure that they need food and that they need water and that they need a place to maybe shower and come back. so whatever i could do to help, i would. >> so you said that you might even think about joining them. if this continues after you yeah, i would see how i can help. >> students at sonoma state university are also holding a solidarity encampment on campus. they're demanding the school divest from all donors and funds that support and profit from the occupation in palestine, the war in gaza. they also want to see study abroad programs connected with israel shut down one student that we spoke with. talk about

how the university statements seem to be downplaying the situation in gaza. >> it's the very same. wording and flowery language using to downplay what's actually going on and genocide. >> while still somehow. informing students that they should feel loved and respected and united with one another, which, of course, but you can use flowery language for genocide. the students also want the university to recognize palestinian identity their curriculum. >> cal poly humboldt has also announced a hard closure of campus because of the ongoing protests in the occupations. there. the closure set to remain in place until the end of the semester. that's may 10th last week several demonstrators took over siemens hall. that's from the main buildings on campus. another group of protesters stayed outside of the building. a lot more have afternoon here on kron 4,

including the ferry service between sausalito in san francisco is still suspended. there's no estimate as to when it will reopen. >> and local officials are saying it's hurting more than just the morning commute. and more giant pandas coming to california where you'll be able to see these lovable and adorable creatures. but first, people police chief says he was attacked. why he says the suspect should still be behind bars. in the east

bay police arresting the man accused of attacking 2 different people. one of the

victims does include piedmont's police chief. the chief not questioning why the suspect had been released from jail before serving his full sentence for kidnapping kron four's. tiffany justice spoke with the piedmont police chief about this. she's live in or is there with all the details? thanks for joining us. yes, she bowers telling me he's going to follow through with this investigation right now, detectives are working to gather evidence before it's handed over to alameda county da's office. >> significantly injured in an unprovoked attack. older gentleman and he had just gotten injuring my officers. and so it was at that point time, doesn't matter what think. you are. you know, we're in this you know, we set up for officer. my position would do the same thing. >> on monday, piedmont police chief jeremy bowers recounting attack on friday that had face to face with a violent suspect around 4.20 in the afternoon. police were called to ace hardware on 12. 21 grand avenue after getting calls

about an elderly man getting punched from behind. happened right inside of our front initially we thought it was a medical >> issue because there really >> issue because there really wasn't anybody around. we had walk through the door. >> appeared to kind of stop and clean as glasses. and a gentleman walked from outside right behind them. sucker punched him right into the back of his head and knocked him out for quite a few minutes. store manager sean braga says the suspect. 42 year-old willie gomer ran back outside. >> into the building next door, which is their garden center. that's where piedmont police caught up to gomer. she bowers says the suspect immediately initiated a physical confrontation >> attempted to were relegated to have use the on several occasions. in addition our oc spray pepper spray for lack of better term. >> all of which proved to be ineffective on the suspect.

officer was injured during the and at that point they were unable to to subdue him and he continued flee southbound on grand avenue towards say. at that point. >> gomer them broke into a home and threatened the resident before running off. keep our decided to strategically placed himself in the direction the suspect was heading. he then found himself in a fistfight with gomer >> lone behold pop right out where i was at and so that in my vehicle, identified giving unit media. he advanced on me. got basically got on top of them to and that we got that is competition. you know, he's he's punching, trying to get me off and course, having to defend myself and prevent him from carjacking me. >> the chief says gomer was released early on parole for auto theft, robbery in kidnapping, along with several parole violations. he says

after reviewing records from donors, kidnapping offense, they learned he was released prior to his full term which would have kept him in jail until 2025. prompting the police chief to question why when i look at that situation with the things i'm thinking, as you know, was he doing out? >> he's clearly a he wasn't in a space where you might think we should be in public based off his actions. >> we're told one officer was treated at the hospital and released that night. gore has been cleared medically. he's still in custody for a psychological evaluation and then he will be booked into santa rita jail. he's now facing additional charges, including multiple counts of assault on an officer carjacking and robbery. reporting in the newsroom to be justice kron. 4 news. tiffany, thank you so much. will go not to the peninsula where san mateo deputies have arrested a man accused of taking a child. >> the same day that she was reported kidnapped. deputies say a woman approached them outside their headquarters in north fair oaks saturday afternoon to report that her 4 year-old daughter was taken from her. by the child's

father. they say that the man's car was spotted driving community re out. he was then taken into custody of the child was returned uninjured shortly after the report. and now to the north bay worse, the sausalito ferry remains closed for commuters. ferry service has been closed for about 2 weeks. there was a damage to one of the piers pilings, a ferry spokesperson says crews can only work during low tide so repairs may take some time. people who live in sausalito say this is ben a big loss, not just for their town, but also for the people who might want to come visit. i think everybody's businesses affected. >> 15 or more per cent. people that visit san francisco, one of the things they have to do while they're in san francisco's take a ferry boat to sausalito and spend a day here in the in the magic kingdom. and that's what this is.

>> golden gate ferry hopes to have the sausalito service back up and running sometime next week. and in the meantime, there is a transit boss available to take commuters across the golden gate bridge. and here's what it looks like at the golden gate bridge right now. beautiful day across the bay area. we have meteorologist kyla grogan here now with details on the sun and the wind and it's breezy out there. yeah, it is a little breezy. it's a little deceiving ray because you just see the sunshine and you think perfect and it is. it's gorgeous out there. but take a look at that flag. >> and you can see on the right side of your screen there that we've got a little breeze going on. having said that, it's not stopping these temperatures from getting awfully nice today. they are at or slightly above normal. right now. you can see are 58 in san francisco, 67 oakland, but we've got 70's in san jose livermore, concord, santa rosa, half moon bay. so out of the coast for that wind is an onshore flow. that's where we're staying relatively cool today. while everyone else warms up and you can see these numbers along the coast are certainly higher. the what you see inland. having said that,

this onshore flow is starting to move inland as well. so a little bit of a breezy evening and in fact, tomorrow, if you look at our part of our viewing area here where vallejo is, it's kind of yolo and solano counties. they're going to be under a wind advisory starting at 11:00pm tomorrow night going through 05:00pm on wednesday. we could see gusts upwards of 40 even 45 miles per hour. now, even though the rest of the bay area is not under that wind advisory, we're going to stay awfully breezy as well. high pressure kind of protecting us from any of this low pressure that's sitting out in the pacific. some of them bringing rain to the pacific northwest. but for us, it's really just all about the blue skies, right? and the warming trend. if we take a look at livermore as an example, this time of year should be about 72 degrees today and tomorrow will be close to that. but, you know, wednesday, thursday, friday, we're going to be flirting with 80 degrees and then saturday and sunday role in everything changes because our weather pattern right now at that high pressure out here, keeping us nice and safe is going to break down a

little bit as we get towards the weekend. so there's your saturday. you can see this just slight chance of a shower wanting to come in overnight saturday into sunday. so the question is, will we are? well, we get a little are able. if you look at the long-term forecast, they show you here that we do have a slightly above a erage chance of getting a little precipitation. once we get to that first week of may, which starts on, you know, wednesday this week. so by this weekend we've got a chance. but we will mostly just cool us down. i think that regardless of how much rain or how much rain we do get or don't get, we're going to be chilly. that's for sure. compared to friday, we get to saturday. a pair of giant pandas will soon be making the journey from china to the u.s.. >> where they will be cared for at the san diego zoo. it's all part of some ongoing conservation partnerships between the 2 nations, the san diego zoo, wildlife alliance now saying that the care takers recently visit china so they could meet the pandas there. 4, 5, years old. but an exact date for this handoff

has not been set. and we know san francisco's trying to do some fundraising to bring. pandas the san francisco zoo. >> and it might not come as a surprise, but raising a kid is very expensive. we'll tell you about a new report that shows just how extreme these costs can become. and gas prices cooling off just a little bit. we'll break it down county by county. that's next in for your money. gas prices are

going down, but just not enough. compared to last week, the cost has gone down 3 whole set. so we'll take a look out prices here in the bay area,

the most expensive. >> in napa and san francisco 5.64, alameda and solano counties around $0.10 less contra costa. not too far behind and the cheapest is 5.48. in santa clara county, california remains one of the top states with the most expensive gas. the average is about 5.40, for a gallon of regular. and while gas prices are slowly creeping down. we want to talk about how much more expensive other things are, which includes the cost of raising a kid. a new report is revealing more than half of american families are going to go into debt because of child-related expenses. according to a financial company called lendingtree, childcare costs have increased nearly 20% between 2016 2021. raising a child until they're 18 can cost families anywhere from $232,000 to $482,000. that does not include college tuition. families say that the

top 3 expenses are food, child care and clothing kids are expensive. all right. a new study showing the wealth gap between millennials and baby boomers is the largest of any generation, according to the american journal of sociology boomers had 30% more wealth compared to an average millennial. but the top 10% of the richest millennials have 20% more wealth. richest boomers, the study also acknowledges that millennials or anyone who's the h a 28 to 43 have struggled with larger debt, low home ownership and the lack of jobs. coming up here, there are some new temporary housing that's coming to san jose mayor matt mahan. had a lot to say about it at today's unveiling. >> plus, the family killed in that fiery crash in the east bay last week has now been identified. we'll hear how they're being remembered. and california's lieutenant governor is saying she is closely watching the case regarding bans on people

sleeping outdoors. what she says could happen if the

>> we're now learning the names of the family members killed in that awful car crash in pleasanton last week. it's so brutal to talk about in this afternoon. authorities are continuing to try and figure out what caused this accident. kron four's terisa stasio has the latest. >> on monday, pleasant and police at the scene taking measurements and documenting other pertinent facts. there are more questions than answers right now as to what caused a fiery crash last wednesday night on foothill in stone ridge road that killed a family of 4 notes and flowers

along with parts left behind at the family's car now dot the landscape. police say that the family was apparently returning from a birthday party when for some reason, the electric car swerved and collided with a tree catching fire. >> right down the street from yeah. their family, you know, like all rest of this and they have them. you know, he's seen him with their kids playing he writes, when i right back my yeah. it's really a neighbor, too. upset to be on camera. talked with kron 4 news. >> got home this way. that was the next day. was pretty the names not being released to kron. 4 news from the alameda county sheriff's department include. >>t2 run george 41 rowan george 13 and aaron george 9, the identity of the 4th victim, authorities say cannot be released yet. but sources tell kron 4 news that was the wife rienzi george. 2 run

worked in tech. he was with aruba and networking company for 11 years. in a statement, a spokesperson said, quote, we are deeply saddened to learn of this tragic accident. 2 run was a valued alumnus of our hpe, aruba family, and our thoughts are with his family's loved ones at this devastating time, unquote. the boy's ruin aaron attended pleasanton schools notes from their classmates. we're on a poster at the crash site. >> grief counselors have been called in to help children with the grieving process of losing a classmate in pleasanton theresa kron. 4 news. >> new temporary housing coming to san jose county supervisor. cindy chavez unveiled this new project at the salvation army manual house. today. the campus will be getting a complete makeover and turn into 112 temporary houses. mayor matt mahan also in attendance and he spoke about the importance of public

private investments. >> it's going to take all of us coming together with an all of the above approach from from the shelter to individual sleeping pods to more permanent long-term housing placements. we are using streamlining to our planning department thanks to state legislation to move these projects forward with less red tape to do it faster to do it. more cost effectively. >> the county of santa clara will invest 4 million dollars into this project. a recent count of unhoused individuals in napa county show significant progress being made in addressing homelessness. the findings highlighted a decline in the overall count of individuals experiencing homelessness stemming from increased housing, focus services and strategic investments. according to the preliminary data, there has been an 18% decrease in the overall count of individuals experiencing homelessness between january 2023. in january of this year. this is below pre-pandemic levels. the number of individual sleeping in

shelters increased by 34% the number of individual sleeping outside a shelter has declined by 42%. and the number individuals experiencing first-time homelessness has seen a quote concerning increase. and as the state is grappling with an affordable housing crisis, hundreds of renters are set to take to the state capitol today urging governor gavin newsom to invest more in housing production. those participating in the march say they're frustrated that the state is not on pace to reach its housing goals of 1 million new affordable housing units by 2030. they also say they're concerned that the governor's proposed budget includes nearly 1 billion dollars in cuts are funding delays. 2 housing programs. i'm paying, you know, 64% of my income to rent. >> so we just want to you know, some help with that. i want everyone to have housing and i want everyone to have housing they can afford. >> in the past, governor

newsom has said that the cuts are necessary to help the state balance its projected multi-billion dollar budget deficit. today, a spokesperson from the noose administration told us some of the funds for certain housing programs could be pulled back if it's found the money appropriated for them went unspent. and it appears that the supreme court may rule in favor of cities and a case on whether to allow punishments for unhoused people who are sleeping outside when shelters are at full capacity and here in the bay area, san francisco officials say they have been blocked from enforcing camping regulations because the city does not have enough shelter space for its homeless population. california's lieutenant governor has been paying very close attention to the hearings in this case. it does appear as though the court is going to side with the cities. >> and when they make this decision, if it goes that way, that ability to clear encampments when necessary by the city's he's probably going to be restored.

>> a decision on that case is expected later on this year. peace plaza renovations now underway in san francisco's japantown. there was a groundbreaking ceremony over the weekend assembly member phil ting said it's important to invest in a api communities. he said this is a step in a toning for forcing japanese americans out of the neighborhood in the past. mayor london breed and former house speaker nancy pelosi were also there. we'll continue to keep an eye on the weather in the sierra ski resorts. now switching gears from snow boarding to mountain biking. >> we're getting ready for the summertime. it's it's time for new woodward were open with a mountain, biking and everything. so it's really we've got a whole bunch of different things to do. >> palisades tahoe says it will continue to be open daily through memorial day and we're going to see what it looks like right now. this is the scene outside a highway 50 right near lake tahoe. some snow on the mountains, but not inside someone's out there for a nice bike ride cowgirl. here now with details on what's

going on. yeah, no snow in the sierra. that's for sure. but i want to start with a look at the national picture. you can see this line of storms that's extending all the way from. >> can it canada right on down into louisiana yesterday behind that line. so a little bit farther over to the west, there are some horrible tornadoes resulting least 5 deaths that i've seen. and you had some of these tornadoes are on the ground for absolutely miles. unbelievable. now, today been keeping an eye on this cell that's rolling through louisiana. happy to say that one has gotten a little bit better and hasn't been quite as dangerous. but we are in the thick of tornado season. you can see the areas in red. these are the highest number per month that you see and as we get into may and june, those areas in red kind of increase, right? and then we get into july this, you start to pull back. and by august, we're in a different situation. but that is to say this is the time of year when we've got these 2 air masses, that kind of meet the cool air that comes from the north and the warm air that comes from the south. and unfortunately tomorrow, some of the same places through iowa, oklahoma and other spots are going to be looking out for more

tornado damage. meanwhile, today we have look at this 86 degrees in washington, d.c., which makes them warmer than miami and atlanta. right now there's high pressure off to the east coast that is heating things up to near record levels spots like philadelphia and dc. we are also warming up. you can see some of those upper 70's in sacramento and fresno. pretty nice day here in the bay. as we get into tomorrow, those temperatures are set to be quite nice as well. and then by wednesday, we'll start rocketing up into the upper 70's, even potentially 80 degree mark as we head inland. i'll be back a little bit. we'll talk more about how long that warm-up will last back to you. thank you for your help. right now, california set to purchase. >> twin packs of that life saving drug naloxone, the nasal spray, they're going to be buying it for almost half of the current market price. the state will purchase this medication for $24. that's down 40% from current prices qualifying organizations in the state, including first responders, universities and communita organizations can access the state's supply for

free. millions of kaiser permanente members have maybe been impacted by a data breach. the company did confirm this to kron 4 and according to a statement from kaiser, which is headquartered, oakland, certain online technologies previously installed on its website and mobile applications may have transmitted personal information. 2 third-party vendors and those vendors potentially include the search engines from google and microsoft's bing. also the social media platform x information was transmitted when members access kaiser's website mobile apps. they say no user names, passwords, social security numbers, financial account, information or credit card numbers were transmitted in the breach. the company is informing people who are impacted. the number of retirees in the u.s. is growing at a rapid rate. but instead of being able to enjoy retirement, a lot of them are realizing they need or want to return to the workforce so they can make ends meet

newsnation's xavier walton tells us how many more people are going back to work. >> all products on the 4th floor, janet campbell reports for duty. good morning. she's making waves in more ways than what at united homecare you can pulled out before we can even sit down for an interview. janet and the team had to finish putting together bags for community outreach. we are janet says she was finished working altogether years ago or so. she thought she actually retired early after working education for many, many years. but things changed. we have to have somewhere to >> we have to have food on my table. so i put the pride the janet says she was thrusted back into the workforce. she blames inflation. her mortgage rate went through the roof and says the social security just wasn't enough. i cried. >> days. but i just put one

foot. >> for sadly, janet's story is playing up for millions nationwide. 12% of retired americans are expected to go back to work this year. that's according to a survey from resume builder dot com except to like 60% of retirees. >> are having to do something to supplement whatever they've got to their own retirement accounts. >> inflation and cost of living are among the top reasons, retirees or punching the clock again, starting a business going into the game. come me. i'm driving for uber doordash. haha back of the 4th floor. janet says she's just rolling with the punches. just i don't i will cry and i don't want to crash. those xavier walton reporting frost. and coming up, some good news for drivers of electric cars. the new initiative from governor newsom that will make charging ev cars. he says he's here. >> but first, the internet is about to become more expensive for millions of people in california as a federal program. it's now on the verge

of being overturned. we're going to talk with a local expert at how this could impact you.

>> april is the last fully funded month for a popular federal program that provides discounted internet to eligible americans. and that's raising some concern for thousands of people in the bay area who rely on affordable connectivity. this program, acp. and joining us now to discuss this is patrick massac with oakland and divided, which helped eligible oaklanders sign-up. thank you for joining us here this afternoon. how did people qualified for this program was taken advantage of enough of?

it expires in just 2 days. >> thanks, justine. yeah, the program is taking advantage of by 27,000 households here in oakland. but across the state of california, almost 3 million households are enrolled in the acp which provides a $30 a-month discount internet or cell phone bill for those who are taking advantage of this benefit. >> so what happens when this expires and they don't get this $30 a month, which i would think for some families, the 6 a significant amount of money in order to pay for internet services that they might need for work or for school. what happens when they lose this? >> it's one of our biggest concerns right now. and you've seen digital equity out advocates from across the state imploring the federal government to keep this benefit going. tech keep thousands of households on 9. we've heard from we did an incredible drive with oakland unified school district to enroll thousands of families in just earlier today, i heard from an ou st parent who said that she doesn't know if she'll be able to keep her internet on after this $30.

a-month benefit expires in just a couple days. a national survey found that over 75% of respondents said that this is going to interrupt their internet service, which is so essential post-pandemic for access to essential services, telehealth impacting all corners of the state. but especially here in east and west oakland. >> so without this. money anymore coming into these households where these families going to be doing in order to get internet. so we're advising. pretty much everyone to do 2 things. the first is check your bill. we found that almost half of the people who are enrolled in benefit don't actually realize that they're receiving this $30 benefit is part of the affordable connectivity program. so we're advising everyone to check your cell phone and internet bill to see if you're receiving the acp. the affordable connectivity plan. that second thing we're asking them to do is to contact their internet providers. internet providers have an incentive to keep you in roles to keep us their customer. and now is the time to contact them and ask about

how the end of the program will impact their bill in may and to learn about any promotions or low-cost programs that they might be able to enroll in as the acp expires importantly, the federal government put in certain protections. so if you contact your internet service provider and you realize that internet just become too expensive without this benefit, you can cancel your plan or switch plans without in any early termination fees after the acp ends at the end of this month, those protections are not guaranteed. so we're encouraging folks to act expeditiously to contact their internet and cell phone companies. and congress is not showing any signs of trying to renew this. unfortunately, not. there's been quite the standstill despite wide bipartisan support, including all of our elected here in california, really rallying for this benefit. the state is making huge strides in advancing digital equity. but this is a huge tool in the tool belt, which for the foreseeable future is likely not to be benefiting the consumers that need it so

much. >> so for all the people that signed up and they're about to lose this, how are you letting them know? what's the outreach besides talking to us here, letting them know about this discount that they're about to be losing. >> we're leveraging every communication channels we can to holler from the rooftops. check your bill. contact your isp provider, some of our greatest partners have entrusted community-based organizations like al tampa know here in oakland, which has great outreach that mom community tech cbo that's been doing this for for 30 years and has a long road. the decks of community members. they're contacting oakland unified school district, which is an integral partner drilling. thousands of family sets, notify all the families that this benefits ending open housing authority. we're seeing folks from across the state leveraging every channel they have and internet service providers were required to notify customers who are receiving a cp that the benefits ending. but a lot of times those were in that we're not very confident that folks know about. we called 500 acp

enrolled households here in oakland and fewer than half knew that the acp was ending. stories like please call your neighbors. call. tell anyone, you know, double check if they're receiving this benefit because that the protections that are so integral folks not getting he will hit with bill shock in may. and in just a couple days using the internet to tell people they're not about to have internet. >> and give the digital age. thanks so much, justine. thank you, patrick, with oakland, undivided, we appreciate your time. of course. heart county taxpayers are going to see a sales tax increase in order to create a more money for child care measure. c is a 20 year half-cent sales tax increase that voters passed in 2020. >> it was challenged by the alameda county taxpayers association. but the california supreme court upheld this measure last week. the money will be divided into 2 accounts with 20% devoted to

pediatric health care. that's overseen by a citizens oversight committee and that other 80% will be dedicated to childcare. preschool and early education. that will be administered by first 5 alameda county. there's some good news now for california electric vehicle owners, governor gavin newsom has announced that tesla's superchargers are now going to be opened up to non tesla vehicles. and this is part of the governor's plan to deploy thousands of new public chargers statewide. the governor says it's to help make california the most extensive charging and refueling network in america. the governor putting up x that when the switch is official, there will be more than 105,000 public ev chargers. the governor's office released a statement noting that for every 5 gas stations in california, there is now one electric vehicle fast charging station. and we'll talk about our weather right now with a live look here at sfo. we can see the breezy conditions, but sunny conditions as well. the

wind has certainly been a whip and today highlights here now so we can take a little tour around the bay area and see what it looks like outside. yeah, lots of sunshine out there, but definitely a little bit of wind to contend with 2. that will be the story this week. blue skies, though. >> as you can see from san francisco to san jose up in mount tam looking nice and blue at half moon bay, too. it's nice out there. temperatures are certainly reflecting the warm-up. 72 in san jose and dublin right now. we're at 73 in concord. you can see some nice 60's around the bay to 68 right now in berkeley and heading up to the north bay. 64 petaluma. but 74 in santa rosa. so warming up there. the only places a little cool right now is out of the coast. it has everything to do with that onshore flow. you can see where it 25 miles per hour in san francisco, 21 and half moon bay and 31 out of point rays which does get a little breezy out there. but, you know, some of this working its way into napa is well and you can see it's kind of down in san jose to so out of the coast and frankly, on the wster going to be very difficult place to be is this wind is going to be kicking throughout the day today. we'll get a little break in the overnight. but notice tomorrow we ramp right back up

as we get into the afternoon and that's not just going to be for, you know, out of the coast. you can see we've got a wind advisory now for those of you in solano and yolo counties. that does include spots like the late show that goes into effect tomorrow night at 11:00pm until 5 o'clock on wednesday, we could see gusts up to about 45 miles per hour. and even if you're not under this wind advisories still going to be quite breezy, as you can see as we go through this afternoon into this evening and then tomorrow, once again, we get into the afternoon, we start to get that onshore push. now we get to wednesday. things change it up a little here. we're going to start to get some offshore wind a little bit of a northerly direction. so that will give the coast a little bit of a break. but having said that, it's going to be breezy as we head through the week. we're also going to see those temperatures start to pop up and using san jose. we can see the sunshine as an example, will be flirting with those upper 70's as we get into wednesday thursday and friday. and then everything changes once this high pressure starts to move along. so kind of

static here. as you can see as we get into friday saturday, you start to see that low pressure moving in. that's we're going to see these temperatures breakdown and also a slight chance of it is just a slight chance of a shower overnight saturday into sunday. but regardless of whether we get any rain out of this this weekend, we will definitely cooling on down. back to you. thank you. all right. coming up here, san francisco hosted chocolate makers from all around the world over the oeekend. and we're going to take a look at the record breaking s'more the record breaking s'more that they made. all of the things that you're looking for in a pad, that is always discreet. look at how it absorbs all the liquid. oh my gosh! and locking it right on in. look at that! totally absorbed. i got to get some always discreet.

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>> we have soge new details now on that shooting in north

carolina were several law enforcement officers were serving a search warrant. the new information we've learned is that 3 of the people shot. >> have been killed. 5 others have been hurt. this all happened when a u.s. marshals task force tried to serve a search warrant in charl-tte today and then they say someone started shooting at them. the 3 killed were all u.s. marshals. the 5 hurt. we're all police officers. one of them is in critical condition. a suspect in the shooting was found dead inside of a home 2 others inside the home are still being questioned. the local police chief is saying to people inside the home were shooting. we're still following the story and we'll share more details right here on kron 4 and our website kron 4 dot com. we're watching a world record get broken right there. that is the world's biggest s'more. stephen. do free from

dandelion chocolate created the biggest s'more in the world that the chocolate craft experience yesterday thus more there 7 by 7. he looks very it's a lot of marshall's this craft hosted chocolate makers from around the world this weekend. it was hosted at the palace of fine arts. we got a final check of the forecast right now. i mean, s'mores really are the best part of camping. so i think we've got to take that 7 by 7. that's enough to fit. you like me and 2 friends. it girl scout days you can see the cameras kind of moving around here. and that is an indication of some of the wind that is out in san francisco right now in and around the bay area. you can see we're about 25 miles per hour. >> higher than that out of point so it is going to be a bit of a breezy evening. having said that, we do still have the blue skies with us. and tomorrow we'll have another day very similar to today. and then we're going to see things warm up and then we're going to see them cool down. so quick. look at your

seven-day forecast as you that warm-up wednesday, thursday. friday cooling it back down as we head towards the weekend and a slight chance of rain saturday night. >> so much for joining us here on kron for news this afternoon. i'm justine waldman. appreciate your time. see you right back here see you right back here tomorrow.

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