zavala kron 4 news. >>also tonight kron 4 is always tracking local stories, here's a look at what's going on in your neighborhood right now in the south bay, dozens of nurses were on the picket lines today they want to call attention to the high turnover rates of 2 hospitals, those nurses say it's affecting patient care and good samaritan and a regional medical center in san jose. they want investments in staffing too. so they can better recruit and around longer. both hospitals had a turnover rate of 20% last year, the average rate at california hospitals as 3.2%. there are ongoing contract talks with e california nurses association on the peninsula man has pleaded not guilty to stabbing deaths along skyline boulevard san mateo last month. >>26 year-old malik the soucie is facing 2 murder charges for the murders that happened just one day apart. police say he lured a taxi driver to the area just north. reads road and stabbed him with a large knife, then officers say the very next day to soak he called a

>>reporting in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>officials are cracking down on public nudity at lake tahoe beaches, which have long been considered clothing optional according to police increasing the enforcement of clothing was prompted by a an encounter with nude sunbathers they say that nude men at creek beach were making inappropriate and lewd gestures towards officers last weekend. the carson city sheriff says public that is against state and local laws, but actually enforce minute lake tahoe has it been a real high priority. but times have changed officers now monitoring the beaches and telling newt sun bathers to put their clothes back on. and joey chestnut will try to defend his title in nathan's annual hot dog eating contest. this is video is that just that weighed in today. last year. joey down 74 hot dogs in 10 minutes, just that holds 11 mustard belt, the competition is held at coney island each and every year the eating starts tomorrow at 09:00am our time and for what it's worth just not weighed in at 224 pounds. and

kron four's capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala has the story. >>it was standing room only in the senate hearing room for a be 1054 to love these are the backbone of our. >>economy and the necessary background. >>of our daily lives at the heart of the bill is a $21 billion fund to help you to the companies pay for their future wildfire costs when they are to blame the money would come from utility companies and from a fee californians already pay from the energy crisis decades ago dozens lined up in support including union reps for electric workers and ener groups wildfire victims are divided on the issue there are many people still struggling and financially even if they have insurance that i hope you don't forget it so there is less oversight. >>and less accountability in this bill than current state. >>supporters say the bill will make sure victims get paid and protect rate payers from skyrocketing costs but critics are concerned how far that protection goes isn't completely clear his present form today. >>i can supported up without explicit p

our capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala talk to a wildfire victim who had driven hours just to testify. >>locked hearing room really concerned about these issues that's what santa rosa resident will abrams drove hours to find friday. it really needs to be a collaborative approach he and his family fled the tubbs fire in 2017 he had his testimony ready to go against a be 1054. the bill is the governor's proposal to create a fund that would help utility companies pay for future wildfire costs winner equipment is to blame one of the things that i'm particularly concerned about is. >>these funds are going to be able to flow to utilities without really having. strict to wildfire mitigation standard i want the investors in those utilities to be able to have to come to the table with those funds and further to the ownership. within the utilities to pay for these claims and uh you know that's what's really important in moving this forward and you know this doesn't get us there with the meeting postponed lawmakers will have 5 days to get the measure passed before going on summer break the gover

>>reporting in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>boeing has hired attorney kenneth feinberg to distribute millions of dollars to families of victims killed in 2, 7, 37 max jet crashes in the last year. feinberg's firm has overseen compensation distribution to victims of major events including the september 11th terror attacks, boeing announced today it would set aside million to be given directly to victims families. the announcement to marked a shift in the aerospace giant's compensation plans, boeing previously said it would give a million to nonprofits and community groups that would distribute funds to famies of 346 people who were killed. >>well some robo calls are just plain annoying some are criminal robo calls to try to steal or scam money routinely targets senior citizens. as washington correspondent morgan wright reports, seniors are losing as much as billion a year to these camps. >>on capitol hill law enforcement officials told the senate aging committee about the trick scammers use to steal money over the phone. the m

the trial is expected to start later this year, reporting in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>cisco base of a thing company dual under the microscope for its role in what is being called the youth >>estimated 3.6 million middle and high school students are now vaping san francisco based juul labs is one of the largest players in the vaping industry tool answered questions at a congressional hearing, including whether its marketing deliberately targets young people cnn's doctor sanjay duke has more. >>we face an entire generation of kids addicted to nicotine who are human guinea pigs for that you'll experiment overall many of jewels tactics seem to be. >>right out of the big tobacco playbook. >>we never wanted any non the continues are. and certainly nobody under age to ever use tool products jewel hasn't provided says we seen passionate exchanges between tobacco opponents s and julie executives and members of congress attitude a congressional hearing on jools role in the youth vaping epidemic tool, but perhaps the most surprising exchange came from high schoolers. >>who reve

>>reporting in sacramento, ashley zavala kron more news. >>scientists are warning the dozens of areas around the country will experience higher than normal rates of sunny day flooding this year also known as title flooding. sunny day flooding happens during high tide events. a new study says that frequency of these events has doubled since 2000 due to rising sea levels an abnormal el nino weather system this year's expected to task exacerbated the problem, new data also shows that san francisco which experience 0 flood events last year could have anywhere between 6 to 25 annually by the year 2050. >>the gulf coast is bracing for a hurricane the national hurricane center is predicting tropical storm barry will form in the gulf tomorrow and then strengthen to a hurricane and make landfall this weekend that storm system is already causing problems on land as you see here. flash flooding has engulfed streets in new orleans. rescue crews. there have responded to more than 250 emergency calls water spouts out formed in the sky prompting a tornado

capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala talk to a wildfire victim who drove. >>hours to testify. >>locked hearing room really concerned about this issue that's what santa rosa resident will abrams drove hours to find friday. it really needs to be a collaborative approach he and his family fled the tubbs fire in 2017 he had his testimony ready to go against a be 1054. the bill is the governor's proposal to create a fund that would help utility companies pay for future wildfire costs winner equipment is to blame one of the things that i'm particularly concerned about is. >>these funds are going to be able to flow to utilities without really having strict to wildfire mitigation standard i want the investors in those utilities to be able to have to come to the table with those funds and further to the ownership. within the utilities to pay for these claims and uh you know that's what's really important in moving this forward and you know this doesn't get us there with the meeting postponed lawmakers will have 5 days to get the measure passed before going on summer break the governor

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reporting in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>a babysitter and camp counselor will serve 30 years in prison for producing and conspiring to distribute child graffiti a federal judge sentenced 21 year-old ryan spencer map ta son santa cruz county today. federal prosecutors say spencer targeted children, he took care of as a baby sitter at camp counselor and a teacher in training. they say spencer also molested at least 2 of the children he babysat including a boy who was younger than 10. the fbi began investigating spencer after it found child pornographer and the computer of a chess coach and tutor in the timber on area. >>police say livermore looking for a witness to a shooting that left a 16 year-old boy dead on monday that shooting happened just before 9 30 at night outside a taco bell on east to stan lee boulevard officers released this photograph of a white volkswagen today. they say the car was in the drive-thru at the time of the shooting and those inside may have seen something little more police are hoping the driver w

zavala kron 4 news. >>the settlement is expected to affect millions of californians. >>we're going to talk about this with erica. samberg our finance a consumer finance expert, it did seem erica like half of america was affected by this so what is the settlement mean to them. well, it means that you may be eligible for some money and how much and how long it's going to take to receive it's a whole nother story. the settlement does agree to pay out people who have been damaged by by the breach and it could potentially some some decent funds for kind of damages are we talking about that a lot of us had our. they have the credit reports available to us because we had been compromised, but not necessarily thing happened from that, but some people may be something did happen. yeah, i mean that's the point if there was some fraud that was associated with it and you didn't get reimbursed, then that will be reimbursed as part of the settlement, but it's the same thing if you spent a lot of time on it or any time

our capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala has details. >>with summer break just within reach state lawmakers in the assembly give the final ok on a b 1054 were in new frontier, we have to come in with our best thinking and plans that will allow us to move forward. not passing this bill. we don't move forward at the center of the bill is a multibillion dollar wildfire liability fund made up of money from investor owned utilities and attacks the state already collects the money will help utilities pay for future wildfires. they cause lawmakers finalize the bill last friday in fast tracked it through both chambers this week in the hopes of protecting rate payers and credit ratings of utilities across the state we are on. >>diverse urge. >>of a second or a 3rd. major utility being under the kind of stress that we are attempting to deal with here. >>president lee a handful of bipartisan lawmakers have spoken out against the bill. some taking issue with how it could restrict public utilities from expanding assemblyman marc levine thursday citin

ashley zavala kron for news. >>look outside on this friday evening just about any friday looks level a live look at the beautiful clouds low hanging clouds they're hanging over san francisco to be pouring rain could be a love it. >>and we would still be happy because it's it looks pretty good because it is friday and the weekend is upon us yeah that's right in a nice warming trend for at least the 1st half of the weekend is upon us and and no we're noticing that cloud cover along the coast. but as you make your way inland. clear dry and calm conditions out there right now, here's a aive shot from the south bay of san jose storm tracker 4 right now tracking that cloud cover hanging tight right along our coastline, starting to make its way inland and it's getting pushed. thanks to that cool sea breeze starting to see calmer conditions right now for downtown san francisco. you did see sustained winds near 30 miles per hour half an hour ago. now down to 20 in oakland, seeing a little bit dust year winds right now 20

zavala kron 4 news. >>up tonight at 6.45 how some local fisherman managed to reel in the catch of a lifetime in san francisco bay warriors gm bob myers talks about all the new faces that will be part of the team's first year in san francisco. and next at 6.30 go back to where you came from how the president's inflammatory rhetoric is causing democrats to unite be >>these are people that in my opinion hate our country. they hate it i think with the passion we don't leave the things that we laugh. >>and when we left this country. >>for democratic congresswoman, they're responding to president trump's attack on their patriotism in language widely considered as racists. no question it seems to be getting pretty ugly in the nation's capital the president tweeting over the weekend that the 4 women should quote. >>go back and help fix a totally broken and crime infested places from which they came kron four's vicki liviakis has the story. >>he's play racist. and floyd duly members of the united house of represe

reporting in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>well to the east right now the man accused of stabbing and killing wilson at the macarthur bart station has been found competent to stand trial. so the crime happened in july of last year you may remember her. here's picture. this is a 2 year-old near wilson. her sister was with her she was also stabbed by the suspect 28 year-old john lee cows facing murder and attempted murder charges. the judge in the case initially suspended the criminal proceedings because he said that there was evidence that cal was not mentally competent to stand trial. but yesterday the judge ruled that a cow is indeed in fact competent to stand trial. and cal the scheduled to enter a plea on august 2nd. well 2 window washers had to be rescued from the millennium tower in san francisco yesterday look at the top and yesterday afternoon. they have been trapped right there on the platform 10 floors above ground boy this is a dangerous job. firefighters used ladders to rescue the pair, no one was hurt. they were

capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala. >>has that story. >>was standing room only in the senate hearing room for a be 1054 to love these are the backbone of our. >>economy and the necessary background. >>from our daily lives at the heart of the bill is a $21 billion fund to help you to the companies pay for their future wildfire costs when they are to blame the money would come from utility companies and from a fee californians already pay from the energy crisis decades ago, dozens lined up in support including union reps for electric workers and energy divided on the issue there are many people still struggling and financially even if they have insurance that i hope you don't forgive it so there is less oversight. >>and less accountability in this bill, then current state. >>supporters say the bill will make sure victims get paid and protect rate payers from skyrocketing costs. but critics are concerned how far that protection goes isn't completely clear those present form today. >>i can supported up without explicit proof that our victims

in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>kron 4 is always tracking local stories so here's a look at what's going on in your neighborhood right now. >>start tonight in the east bay where police in livermore are still searching for the suspect who shot and killed a 16 year-old boy last week these are the pictures that police just released of 21 year-old jorge tay as he's accused of shooting a manual lowe's be on monday last week near a taco bell on stan lee boulevard most be was a student at livermore high. police say the teenager got into an argument with has before he was shot, they're asking anyone who might know where it has is to contact them. and dozens of amazon packages are still missing tonight after an amazon delivery vehicle was stolen in elsa brought a the contra costa county chp found the van and arrested one man yesterday you see him being taken in the van went missing last week just one package was found out of the 71 packages that the van was carrying. the man arrested is believed to be the accomplice of the

>>reporting in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>also tonight over is always tracking local stories, here's a look at what's going on in your neighborhood right now will start the north bay tonight where a man was killed after being hit by 2 cars while riding his bike near santa rosa. it happened just after midnight last night on petaluma hill road near hobby trail police say the man was not in a designated bike lane when he was hit the first car hit him and he was tossed off his bike and then another car right over him both driver stayed at the scene and are cooperating with the investigation. the man was wearing dark clothing and inveigators are looking into whether he may have been impaired in the south bay milpitas police are looking for anywh

>>reporting in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>president trump is going to federal court to try to prevent the release of his tax returns he filed a lawsuit in washington today, asking for orders. the orders. raining he wants what applies to any member of the house ways and means committee to the new york state attorney general and to the tax commissioner, the house committee went to court earlier this month trying to enforce is a subpoena for trump's tax returns, lawmakers said that they need those documents to investigate how the irs handle trump's tax compliance, new york attorney general letitia james is also trying to obtain the president's tax records among other things she is investigating whether trump's businesses violated laws for charities president trump tweeted his congratulations to boris johnson this morning. >>johnson is set to take over as britain's prime minister tomorrow. the country's conservative party elected johnson as its leader today prime minister theresa may is expected to step down tomorrow leaving jo

zavala kron 4 news. >>the department of justice is not get a heads up about what former special counsel robert mueller will say in his opening statement to congressional lawmakers that is from mueller's spokesman who says no one at the d o j has seen the statement that mueller will make when he testifies wednesday mueller's set to speak before 2 house committees in what's shaping up to be one of the most highly anticipated congressional hearings in decades. his spokesman says mueller's been preparing with some aides who worked with him on the investigation mainly stick to his report when he testifies mueller will be talking about his investigation into possible obstruction of justice by president trump and possible collusion with russia. the president says he's not going to watch much of the testimony if any democrats are expected to press mueller on 5 areas where they believe the president obstructed justice. they'll also be trying to dig into details about contacts between russia and wikileaks and we w

so now all it needs is the governor's signature capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala has the story. with summer break just within reach state lawmakers in the assembly give the final ok on a b 1054 were in new frontier, we have to come in with our best thinking and plans that will allow us to move forward. >>not passing this bill. we don't move forward at the center of the bill is a multibillion dollar wildfire liability fund made up of money from investor owned utilities and attacks the state already collects the money will help utilities pay for future wildfires. they cause lawmakers finalize the bill last friday in fast tracked it through both chambers this week in the hopes of protecting rate payers and credit ratings of utilities across the state we are on. >>diverse urge. >>of a second or a 3rd. major utility being under the kind of stress that we are attempting to deal with here presently a handful of bipartisan lawmakers have spoken out against the bill. some taking issue with how it could restrict public utilities from expanding assemblyman marc levine thursday citing a rec

>>reporting in sacramento, ashley zavala kron more news. >>we'll take a live look outside at the golden gate bridge, no fog in sight. lord cargo here to talk about the weather and receive that far come back. >>yeah, it looks like the fog will make return again tonight but looks like some warmer days ahead now see a little less fog i think as we get ready for the weekend as high pressure begins to take over beautiful out there right now look at that over the golden gate bridge. last couple days really just uncovered a fog this time but now you see a good look at alcatraz out over the bay right now clears you can go even along the coastline had some clearing for today. storm clouds still making their way across the pacific northwest you can see the rain moving up in that direction but we're not have to worry about that we just got the cold patches of all you see what patch right off the coastline that is going to redevelop and kind of spread on shore overnight tonight and inside the bay. so we've got some nice temperatures around much of the

>>reporting in sacramento, ashley zavala kron more news. for northern california or than california fire departments over the past year a dozen babies were born to parents linked to the reading fire department. >>now this happened after the area dealt with the devastating car fire of course to avery has that story. >>12 bouncing baby is born into the reading fire department family in the past year. 12 babies and 9 moms that's right do the math 3 sets of twins after the car fire. >>after you we all went through some real emotional we all coming back together and we were telling each other what was happening and all kind of figure out that president together. >>they call it one big family. >>it's a big team effort. and and very family oriented and i think that's one thing one of the reasons why we love this job. and being able to help each other out families friends. >>but the night the car fire barreled into reading they grew even closer you actually communicated day and night 24 7 it was a hard time for sure being pregnant and trying to eva

>>in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>another big story that we're following this morning. the white house is reviving its threat of ice raids. president trump stalled plans for deportations across major cities, including san francisco last weekend. well now he says a series of raids will begin sometime after the 4th of july holiday kron four's dan thorn has a closer look. >>president trump is renewing a call for ice raids after the 4th of july holiday much to the dismay of immigration advocacy groups. >>there's such fear in the community and justifiably and people have a right to be here dianne klein is development director with the sisters of mercy in burlingame. >>klein says through the sisters, she's done extensive work with people living in central and south america because of violence and other dangerous conditions. klein says many of those people need to flee. >>people are trying to calm and provide for their families and to engender fear in the community against people that have ultimate dignity and right to provide for their families, it's very unjust. >>the presid

in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>still ahead on the kron 4 morning news, a man is arrested for trying to kidnap and rape a woman along the peninsula. we'll tell you how she was able to get away after the break. before we go how about we take a little peek outside there's a foggy golden gate bridge, a special fog advisory remains in place to be careful out there oh thaphenomenal!, that's unfair. that's so unfair. c'mon jay-bo. let's go. let's go. woahh! try my $4.99 bbq bacon double cheeseburger combo. only at jack in the box. and my side super soft? with the sleep number 360 smart bed you can both adjust your comfort with your sleep number setting. so, can it help us fall asleep faster? yes, by gently warming your feet. but can it help keep me asleep? absolutely, it intelligently senses your movements and automatically adjusts to keep you both effortlessly comfortable. will it help me keep up with him? yup. so, i'll wake up ready for anything? oh, we've got your back. so, you can really promise better sleep? not pr

ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>meantime, the state has a new utilities regulator governor newsom announced today he ia tapping maryville bakhtiar to serve as president. the california public utilities commission. the commission oversees the power companies and other services. the agency is currently in the spotlight and is also facing criticism as the state's largest electric utility pg has been blamed for not maintaining equipment properly and causing some of the state's largest wildfires is now waiting through the bankruptcy process that are currently serves as the secretary of the california government operations agency. the governors also explaining why he fired the head of the state oil and gas division. >>he says that can harris did not exercise consistency as he put it with newsom's opposition to hydraulic fracturing in other words newsome wants to move the state away from reliance on oil and gas and under harris there's been an increase in state issued fracking permits a report from anti fracking groups a

in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>the mountain lion was spotted in a san overnight this is viewer video from a long phasma and drive you can see in the cat casually strolling down the sidewalk. officials don't know if it's a male or a female they also say if you encounter a mountain line in the wild or in your neighborhood, the best thing to do is not to run, make yourself look bigger make a lot of noise to try to scare away going hiking, you're advised to go with the partner and if you live in an area where mount lines tend to rome. you should keep a special close eye on pets and small children. >>developing news tonight, people living near the us oscillate a mudslide that destroyed 2 homes this was back in february. frustrated the cleanup has been delayed yet again kron four's maureen kelly talk to the mayor about why it's taking so long. >>it's been more than 5 months since the valentine's day mudslide wiped out 2 homes and left a woman trapped inside injured students were already voicing frustration about the ti

zavala explains. >>a few months ago the governor had said that he hoped the legislature would get him something big as it relates to wildfire liability before they go on summer break which comes up in just a couple of weeks. now with the governor's new plan lawmakers have a lot to consider in a short amount of time. >>governor gavin newsome guarded as he's asked if he should leave the state wildfire liability plan after taking campaign contributions from pg in the last the governor's plan would create a new liability fund to protect utility companies blame for future wildfires pg which was blamed for the deadly camp fire would not be eligible for any funds unless it gets out of bankruptcy and takes care of recent claims by next june 9 lawmakers from both sides of the aisle sent a letter to the governor in it's about. >>we're looking at the approach we're taking a stunt proteus under the circumstances is perfect not committed to every. you know comet so michael and with fire season under way and the le

zavala explains. >>governor gavin newsom signature means anyone running for president must release their 5 most recent tax returns in order to get on california ballots, california allegation of that. federal government's not going to act california needs to act we always gun that we've lead on transparency on financial disclosure and accountability. >>this law only applies to the primary election which is up coming in march, not the general election which the state legislature does not control president donald trump has refused to release his own tax returns white house representative said tuesday, california's new law is unconstitutional become for new republican party's chairwoman echoing the president saying in part democrat leadership in the state continues to put partisan politics first, a fact made obvious by governor newsom's insistence here to waste time in taxpayer money to fight a losing legal battle, the law likely to face legal challenges may not keep president trump off the 2020 general

>>reporting in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>coming up why officials say to sea lions were sick and in need of rescuing on bay area beaches today. >>last-minute preparations for the 4th of july fireworks show underway in san francisco. we take a look behind the scenes at all that goes into making the show safe and fun for everybody air bnb is the latest company to try aew approach to try to curb special harassment in the workplace. >>we're going to talk to an expert about the new asked once policy. >>as san francisco based air bnb prepares to go public the home rental company is making some changes when it comes to interim office relationships. a new policy you only get a chance to ask out a co-worker once it's that person says no you're not allowed to persist the change could be a move to try to prevent potentl lawsuits that have plagued other tech startups such as uber google facebook and netflix. uber rather google facebook and netflix have all adopted some form of new office stating policies in the wake of the me too movem

>>the move takes aim at president trump capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala explains. >>governor gavin newsom signature means anyone running for president must release their 5 most recent tax returns in order to get on california ballots, california allegation of that. >>government's not going to act california needs to act we always gun that we've lead on transparency on financial disclosure and accountability. >>this law only applies to the primary election which is up coming in march, not the general election which the state legislature does not control president donald trump has refused to release his own tax returns white house representative said tuesday, california's new law is unconstitutional the california republican party's chairwoman echoing the president saying in part democrat leadership in the state continues to put partisan politics first, a fact made obvious by governor newsom's insistence here to waste time in taxpayer money to fight a losing legal battle, the law likely to face legal challenges may not keep president trump off the 2020 general electi

zavala kron 4 news. >>police in the south they're searching for a group of women whose they say stole thousands of items from all to thousands of dollars worth of items. morgan hill police released these pictures of the suspects to the women have been identified so far. the skaters say they still $4,000 worth of merchandise on tuesday. this has been a problem for the store recently that there have been 8. times that the store has been robbed in just the past 6 months. >>these are folks that are very familiar with what they're doing this not the first time they have unfortunately a retail store is vulnerable right and uh you know they're they're just taking advantage of it. >>police say they think these burglaries in the suspects are connected to other all to burglaries in the bay area. >>a judge has now ordered a mental examination for a man charged with killing a taxi driver and a tow truck driver in san mateo county. the judge ordered 2 doctors to examine suu kyi last month police say he lured a taxi d

ashley zavala explains. >>often in one of the security guards at this dmv office got their steps into day walking up to sometimes the lines of cars telling drivers the offices close the deal with inside employees spent the morning doing real id and customer service training reporters were not allowed inside this training took place at 183 offices with 5,000 front line employees across the state is so low logical first step to rebuild that you're led the governor strike team that spent 6 months sorting out how the dmv can do better first priority was to address statewide inconsistent season, how employees handle department processes so this is just let's all get on the same page one day all at the same time. >>and with a consistent training, so you can consistently carry out. >>your service to the customers moving forward the dmv is bracing for millions of customers seeking a real id before next fall matter says the department is cutting down and consolidating parts of the real id application process to make

zavala kron 4 news. >>california senator and presidential candidate kamala harris unveiled a plan today that lets the federal government set prices on some prescription drugs her people over profit plan as she calls it considers medication prices in europe, japan and australia to set benchmarks for fair market value. it's similar to legislation that senator bernie sanders proposed earlier this year she had co-sponsored that her plan would punish drug makers that so above what the law considers a fair price, using a 100% tax on the profits it would also penalize pharmaceutical companies. that race medication prices faster than the inflation rate. >>google executives were grilled on capitol hill today at issue censorship. republicans say google facebook and twitter have been censoring conservative opinions. meanwhile, the father of a murdered television journalist says the companies are not doing enough to keep offensive content off their platforms. washington correspondent bree jackson reports. reporter.

our capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala talk to a wildlife victim. a wildfire victim rather who drove hours to testify. >>locked hearing room really concerned about these issues that's what santa rosa resident will abrams drove hours to find friday. it really needs to be a coaborative approach he and his family fled the tubbs fire in 2017 he had his testimony ready to go against a be 1054. the bill is the governor's proposal to create a fund that would help utility companies pay for future wildfire costs winner equipment is to blame one of the things that i'm particularly concerned about is. >>these funds are going to be able to flow to utilities without really having strict to wildfire mitigation standard i want the investors in those utilities to be able to have to come to the table with those funds and further to the ownership. within the utilities to pay for these claims and uh you know that's what's really important in moving this forward and you know this doesn't get us there with the meeting postponed lawmakers will have 5 days to get the meas

ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>and this sunday evening gorgeous shot of san francisco and a little more there >>i mean it when it's been so clear today compared to yesterday i'm surprised what a difference 24 hours makes. yeah we got really lucky with every mayor today great way to end our weekend at sunday night. >>and we're also noticing clear skies not just along the coast, but also the interior valleys as well so today's daytime highs cooling down relief in sight for most of our interior valleys specifically, the tribe valleys conquered though a little toasty still in the low 90's santa rosa, not that far behind 80 degrees for your afternoon highs in downtown san francisco, 62 degrees with oakland in the upper 60's today. so we all noticed that slight cool down today that cooling trend continuing all the way through tomorrow as well storm tracker for tracking very dry. calm conditions out there right now and beautiful sunset this evening for those of you in the east bay over looking sun all as you can see pic

>>in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>let's take a live look outside tonight and see what we can say ah. >>as and it's a little hazy out there tonight, everybody's favorite hangout a let's check in with weatherman day for her exits bout of the swim, you know i i way when advise it but anyway, here's a live shot of some know beautiful sunset about to happen here some scattered clouds making their appearance on the horizon. but a bit of fog sneaking on in across the bay, we're looking at temperatures like this 60 to 59 about 10 o'clock 11 o'clock it about 57, his ultimate low settle across the greater bay in the mid to upper 50's own future cast winds is going check these gusts out here pretty settled by the time we get to tomorrow morning but remaining out of the west for wednesday. there's the uptick that happens in the afternoon. so we'll keep breezy in there. temperatures behaving themselves, nice winds here out of the west and the teens and the lower 20's. now by thursday morning. we do have a system moving across th

>>utility companies are to blame our capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala has the story. >>the governor's ink is dry on the new law that create a wildfire liability fund for utilities to use winner equipment sparked the blaze >>it's not the end of the process, this is one. >>face it goes into effect immediately establishing a $21 billion fund with money from investor owned utilities and attacks californians already pay governor newsome emphasizing pg e has a lot to do before it has access to the money. the company first needs to get out of bankruptcy and pay off the 2017 2018 wildfire claims they got a lot of work to do. >>and you know get to participate in this one unless they go through a series. steps most importantly they've got sit down and they can deal with these victims. and he's been 1400 days. some of these victims. compensate. >>the governor says to help prevent fire in the first place he sent a letter to a number of us senators requesting the federal government boost its forest management budget more than half of california wild lands are on federal property.

reporting in sacramento county ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>and now for a check on your 4 zone forecast let's take a look at that seismic activity right now in southern california, very active seismologist have actually reported 4700 quakes in that area alone since thursday and not only that but after friday, 7.1 quake in the ridge crest area seismologists said that there have been about one aftershock reported per minute so friday's magnitude 7.1 quake was about 11 times stronger than the 6.4 magnitude 2 earthquake that happened thursday night near that ridge quest area but 27% chance in the coming days of a 6 point o magnitude quake, right there in that region with a 3% chance of a 7 point o magnitude quake in that area now fortunately we are going to notice a lot less seismic activity but in the next couple of months or could still be about a handful of activists shocks about magnitude 5 point o in that area and maybe even around 30 1000 aftershocks of a magnet to one point oh quake in that ridge quest area now fortunately, it's near deat

in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. a well known san francisco skate boarder is fighting for her life tonight after she fell and fractured her skull this happened when. >>tom o co. week how i was skating in san francisco still or street in the held bomb. you're looking at some video of what that is like she like many of the other skaters on the held that day were flying down the hill, it high speeds with no helmet it was nothing new for her who had already compete completed. several successful runs before falling and fracturing the back of her skull. >>she is so sweet loving hines and we're just raided taker. know it's going to be months from now before that happens but that optimistic. and thank everyone again for all the light and prayers. >>noticed created the popular custom grip tape company called toe most skate co all the current proceeds from her online store going to help pay for her very expensive medical bills. california firefighters now have a new weapon to battle wildfires. it's the c one 30 air tankers tha

in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 ne. and while on san francisco skate boarder is fighting for her life after she fell and fractured her skull. >>this happened when tomoko week howell was skating san francisco's dolores street held bomb. she like many of the other skaters on the hill that day were flat and down the hill at high speeds with no helmet it was nothing new for her she'd already completed several successful runs before falling and fracturing the back of her skull. >>she is so sweet loving hines and we're just raided taker. i know it's going to minds from now before that happens >>optimistic. and thank everyone again for all the light and prayers. >>known as tom o as the creator of the popular custom grip. cape company toe most skate co and all the current proceeds from her online store helping to pay for her medical bills. a deadly heat wave is impacting more than 2 thirds of the us and it's reaching its peak this weekend. right now cities are under heat warnings and advisories and are expected to see some of t

zavala kron 4 news. >>and time for a check on whether we look live over the embarcadero our producer amy said looks like cotton, candy clouds count little bit colors there definitely hazy out there. the sun going down. we're in the mood for cotton candy, this that's for sure. but yeah we are going to see some cooler weather had the sea breeze kicked in these temperatures today. they took a big time dive and just in time i think after a very hot weekend. numbers falling almost 20 degrees in some spots and look at that cool marine air working its way all the way to the interior valleys and that's of course where we have those hot us a triple digit temperatures over the weekend. so today. it was back in the very comfortable 80's just about average for this time of year 84 to concord 84 and a little more. it 70's lot of 80's inside the bay much more couple, they're really not much change along the coastline. still some patchy fog in temperatures hovering in the 50's and the 60's but out there this evening if

>>reporting in sacramento county ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>well thank you so much ashley last night's earthquake in southern california was even stronger. the 1989 loma prieta quake in san francisco, one man in the berkeley area says he remembers that historic quake. >>my neighbor actually lost his leg was on the bridge. hearts go out to just under one the men have been affected. >>the loma prieta quake was a magnitude 6.9 earthquake that killed 67 people and caused more than billion in damage. >>our team quake coverage continues now with kron 4 sleep to gaal he reports from berkeley worry seismologist talks about whether the shaking in southern california can trigger. some similar seismic activity here in the bay area. >>size of a gram of the last 4 days in ridgecrest california reviewed by doctor held wakes i'm going to call it small one is the main shock. this is one of the bigger aftershocks. i think it was a magnitude 5. >>and this is a main shock from last night and you can see compared to the 6.4 which goes from here to here. this on

>>in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>in the meantime we have more dmv offices opening up earlier to help with those long wait times beginning today, there are 10 offices across the bay area that will be opening at 7 in the morning. and that will be every weekday except wednesdays on those days, officers still open at 9 o'clock. >>a big story this morning the trump administration has renewed its threat of ice raids in major cities including esident trump says th to begin deporting undocumented immigrants sometime after the 4th of july that comes after a ruling by an oakland judge to block border wall funding the president says he will appeal that decision trump's threat is renewing concerns for immigration advocacy groups around the bay. >>there's such fear in the community and justifiably and people have a right to be here to engender fear in the community against people that have ultimate dignity and right to provide for their families. it's very unjust. >>some bay area religious groups and immigrant support organizat

the trial is expected to start later this year, reporting in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. president trump refuses to shield apple's mac pros from china tariffs. the president is promising to slap tariffs on apple's mac pros if the company goes through >>to shift production of the computer from texas to china. apple has applied for an exemption from a possible 25% tariff on a series of parts it would likely use to make the mac pro president trump tweeted today. apple will not be given tariff waiver or really for met pro parts that are made in china make them in the usa, no tariffs, apple says it currently supports hundreds of thousands of jobs in the united states. >>ahead tonight new surveillance video released of the canadian murder suspects who are still on the loose. >>and a little boy made a very special promise to his father how he plans to try to keep that promise even though just when you thought you were done painting... ...you discover paint bleed under your tape... not with frogtape! frogtape is the only painter's tape treated with patented paintblock technology.

>>reporting in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>homeless is of course a major issue across california but in the east bay extra steps are under way right now to try to help to the average person these sheds may look like storage units but to a homeless person they could be a safe place to sleep at night. oakland mayor libby shaft emeryville marelli medina and tony tomorrow so caltrans introduced oakland's 5th community cabins site it's designed to alleviate homelessness in the area. each of the cabins can house one or 2 people are also fully equipped with electricity. a fire alarm double pane windows and insulation. >>most people. >>when offered the privacy and comfort of one of these cabins has taken us up on the offer and that's something that's very important to us we don't want it 10 like we're helping people we don't want to just push the problem somewhere else week actually want to reduce harm and help people. >>the site will cost one million a year to operate that money will come from the state homeless emergency aid progr

>>covers ashley zavala has more. >>california dmv is could be completely transformed under governor gavin newsome for years the department has been scrutinized over technology outages long wait times and some registration errors all of us are. >>perturbed in our age the retail face of government in a one on one interview the governor told us next month he'll be giving a status update on the dmv to reveal some big plans we've hired a team to envision a 21th century retail experience for the dmv and i've seen some. sketches about completely redesigning the experience no more lines, no more having to go to the counter totally different engagement and interaction totally different look and feel i think we need to focus on the future and that way because the futures automation. >>well the transformed experience will take time the governor says his team is putting together creative ways to soon expand access to the dmz so updating web sites fighting the credit cards. a new saturday hours expanding. the partnership see can

>>reporting in sacramento, ashley zavala kron more news. >>also sacramento governor gavin newsome has 30 days to sign or veto legislation that would protect sec's workers. state senator scott wiener san francisco wrote senate bill to 33 it would protect sect work checks workers from arrest when they report serious and violent crimes such as rape. it would also bar investigators from arresting and prosecuting someone for sec's work just because they were carrying condoms a group of proposals to help california prevent and respond to the growing wildfire threat is moving forward in sacramento for senate bill sponsored by bill dodd of napa clear the final policy committees today, one of them would establish a california wildfire warning center. that would be a statewide network of automated weather and environmental monitoring stations conducting fire weather forecasting and threat assessment. another would authorize the government insurance commissioner and treasurer to enter into an insurance policy that pays out in california has unexpected

zavala kron 4 news. >>today the san francisco fire department released the results of a study that examined whether firefighters examined whether firefighters at big wildfires like th tubbs fire 2 years ago, we're exposed to toxic chemicals. 149 firefighters who went to the tubbs fire were tested. the results compared to those who did not go to that fire. those at the fire had elevated levels of toxic chemicals, including mercury. the chief said today that nationwide firefighters are dealing with high rates of cancer and something has to be done. >>so we're trying to bring awareness to this ensure that change keeps on happening. because there are too many firefighters. they get sick and that shouldn't happen. >>the fire department is hoping to do more testing and we'll share the results with other fire agencies. the earthquakes in the ridgecrest area recently they've served as yet another reminder. a major quake could happen any time here in the bay area, hundreds of buildings in hayward are considered v

zavala kron 4 news. >>martz is losing millions of dollars each and every year because of fare evaders and now the agency. this trying to crack down on that gate jumpers with modified gates like one in for bill yeah, they're also trying a different version at the richmond bart station right now from forced sack the check them out today's joins us live from the newsroom. so taylor. >>the questions are are these going to work. >>well so far riders are split there's a people are still sneaking through but the new gates are making it harder well as their today by police was also there monitoring the gates and still us all some people slip through the cracks. >>writers trying to skip out on paying our fair it's really the last 2 days, someone. he did in front of me so the night last 2 days in a row finding new ways to slip their new gates at the fruitvale enrichment stations with >>stations because first of all they have the smallest a re a fare gates so there are fewer fare gates to mind. and also because our