they will not be able to hold richmond, they will not be able to maintain these army north of richmond. they are going to lose northern virginia and most of the state with it. this is a very sensitive target. grant is poking at it with a smaller army. it could be, grant is entirely open to the possibility, that while he is up here in northern virginia directly supervising the army of the potomac, these guys will win the war! and they might have. he hopes that by stretching lee in all of these directions he will be able to get an advantage over him. that leads to another problem though. another thing that grant will have to deal with. he has good things going for him, and then there are some things going against him. going against grant is this is 1864! this is an election year. there is going to be a presidential election. lincoln is up for reelection. now they were actually some republicans who said or suggested to lincoln we ought to postpone the elections we should not be holding this election in the midst of the civil war we have the huge war going on! the major faction of the demo

the confederates are done in richmond. they will not be able to hold richmond. they will not be able to maintain lee's army nor the richmond and they're gonna lose northern virginia most of the state really so this is very this is a very sensitive target. the grant is poking out with a smaller army. it could be grant's entirely open to the possibility that while he is up here in northern virginia directly supervising the army of the potomac. these guys will win the war. well, it might happen. and so any hopes without by stretching lee and all those directions he will be able to gain an advantage over him. well that leads to another problem though. another thing that grants going to have to deal with is here. so he's got good things going for him and there's some things against him. going against grant is the problem that this is 1864. this is an election year. and there's going to be a presidential election lincoln is up for reelection. now there were actually some republicans. who said and suggested to lincoln we ought to postpone the election. let's not hold t

this is in richmond. there's a memorial, lincoln, that's his young son, teddy, who visited the site with him. and they have a quote from lincoln's second inaugural right before, his death to bind up our nation's right. there's two paintings of libby that are quite famous. here's one of them. it's a beautiful painting. the problem, of course, is it's completely the men are wearing new uniforms. they're happy, they're hanging out. they're well-fed. there's plenty of room and a high ceiling. so you need to make them half naked. the floor dying and piled up on top of one another. so this is not a very accurate painting. oops. i mean, i missed their last slide. this is another painting. i like this more because it has that old testament feel to it, doesn't it? you can feel the sense of it being a bit haunted. some men are clothed summer in various of dying on the ground. it's dark. the only thing i don't like about it, it's not nearly crowded enough. it is extreme high ceiling. so even the paintings, you know,

richmond. to protect richmond. unless he could be sure that grant would not threaten the confederate capital, lee would maintain his position on the north side. counting on the army of beauregard to provide intelligence regarding any operations on the south side. because all of beads pontoons in his terrain were required to cross the chickahominy river, he put general butler in charge of the pontoon bridge across the james river. butler would turn to his chief engineer, brigadier white sought to select a crossing points and attempt a construction. he would recommend a position on the peninsula where the river measured a little less than 2000 feet across. the banks on both sides required significant modifications. 150 man immediately went into the force, cut down giant cypress trees and created avenues of approaches, especially on the north bank of the river was very swampy and then built better approaches on the south side of the river as well. by working around the clock, by the night of june 14th and 15th, they h

if you go to richmond, as i have many times, i love the city of richmond. you go to tobacco row, carrie, and 20th streets. and that's where sat. today there's a huge storm wall. they keep the james river from overflowing. it's a large spot, the height of this room, maybe 12 feet high. and there's a cut in the wall right where libby sat. and people that are jogging, walking and walking their dogs cut through the cut. i just out of curiosity, i've gone there umpteen times and stood there and everybody that goes by with their dogs are jogging. i say, excuse me, have you ever heard of libby? no one ever said yes. do you know what used to be here? nobody knew. i said, you know what's under the ground here? the bones of, you know. nobody knew. there's a sign i took this picture. so it's a little bigger than a license. that's the remnants of libby. what's poetic is the ground that was. libby is now a parking lot and a building years ago, somebody bought the ground and built a building. guess what's on the site now? the virginia holocaust museum. how entirely appro

richmond. to protect richmond. unless he could be sure that grant would not threaten the confederate capital, lee would maintain his position on the north side, counting on the army of beauregard to provide intelligence regarding any operations on the south side. because all of meade's pontoons in his terrain were required to cross the chickahominy river, he put general butler in charge of the pontoon bridge across the james river. butler would turn to his chief engineer, brigadier weitzel, to select a crossing points and attempt a construction. he would recommend a position on the peninsula where the river measured a little less than 2000 feet across. the banks on both sides required significant modifications. 150 men immediately went into the force, cut down giant cypress trees and created avenues of approach, especially on the north bank of the river was very swampy and then built better approaches on the south side of the river as well. by working around the clock, by the night of june 14th and 15th, they had b

i was working as a reporter in richmond, virginia. i'm from virginia and i had just moved back after being gone for. after college, i became a reporter and was a reporter around the country. and i had just moved back after having two kids and going to grad school in boston. i wanted to be closer to my family and i was also working on my first book, which was about my hometown. something must be done about or accounting, but i thought i should take a reporting job at that time so that i could get to know richmond better. probably because my kids were so young, it was like easier to be at work as a reporter than home to toddlers. so one day the richmond reporter was out covering something else and my editor asked me to cover the story of this african burial ground that activists were asking to be preserved. they were claiming that this part of the city, this plot, was a burial ground and it was actually covered in a parking lot that the state university of virginia commonwealth university was using as a parking lot. and so i really didn

and third is take richmond up the james river. this plan proposed by a general winfield scott was laughed at by the northern media as a joke. the cartoons of a snake trying to wrap around the confederate states of america. his plan was ridiculed, but it was affective. it strangle the confederacy, trading about 90% of confederate ships were able to leave southern ports in 1861. within one year that figure was cut down to 15% because of the union blockade. what does that have to do with the story? the confederate states of america invested money in military technology to counter the anaconda plan. this technology was -- going to make its way on land in about a year or two. but let me highlight through examples of this explosive technology that the confederate states was using to develop countermeasures against the anaconda plan. on the left is a propeller explosive device. on the right is a stationary explosive device. this was to attack shipping, union shippingor union vessels, and blow them up if they came in contact with these ex

and that is grant is the tenth to master richmond. and with the grant going across the james but that confederate commander's primary responsibility was what? and then to protect richmond and unless you could be sure and then to maintain the position on beauregard's army to provide timely intelligence with any operations on the south side. so all of the pontoons to require the chickahominy river he put general butler in charge of the pontoon bridge across the james river. butler would turn to his engineer to select the crossing point and attempt the construction. and then the root river men's was less than 2000 feet across so 150 men immediately went into the forest cutting down giant type for us trees creating avenues especially on the north bank of the river where it was will be and then build better approaches on the south side as well. and by working around the clock by the night of the june h and 15th and built a pontoon bridge consisting of 101 votes and 2000 feet across and is one confederate said the greatest bridge the world

when the confederate government evacuated richmond in the spring of 1865, there was a fire in richmond for burning supplies. but the secret service building was purposely burned to burn all the records, which included all the torpedo records. and just one more part of this. sorry to call along, but is the federal arm the union army was ordered to execute any confederate officer ordering the use of mines. any confederate soldier using mines because inhumane. and so the confederate soldiers and officers who are involved in lamb wouldn't have anything under pockets, no maps, no orders, because if they're taken prisoner, they don't want to be executed. so that could be another reason why this information never got out. well, secret. jefferson davis over rural training manuals, which also explains the ad hoc methods that the land mines been using all these different battles. and the confed trade engineering bureau and the computer bureau did not keep records because they didn't want to be held accountable. so there wasn't a lot of information to go on. so i had to dig deep on this. but i al

and third is take richmond up the james river. this plan proposed by a general winfield scott was laughed at by the northern media as a joke. the cartoons of a snake trying to wrap around the confederate states of america. his plan was ridiculed, but it was affective. it strangle the confederacy, trading about 90% of confederate ships were able to leave southern ports in 1861. within one year that figure was cut down to 15% because of the union blockade. what does that have to do with the story? the confederate states of america invested money in military technology to counter the anaconda plan. this technology was -- going to make its way on land in about a year or two. but let me highlight through examples of this explosive technology that the confederate states was using to develop countermeasures against the anaconda plan. on the left is a propeller explosive device. on the right is a stationary explosive device. this was to attack shipping, union shipping, or union vessels, and blow them up if they came in contact with these

people are familiar with richmond in the vicinity of bird park today. in the spring of 1862 just prior to the bloodiest part of the war that would that will be fought up to that point the richmond daily. dispatch featured an ad asking for a hundred free of black men to come as nurses to this hospital and the ad stated if the parties go willingly good wages will be paid. and kind treatment afforded them if they do not volunteer, they will be impressed. again this if you come willingly we will be nice if you don't we're going to force you to do it anyway. the same sort of rhetoric repeated in 1860 three at the end of the year and advanced of the even bloodier 1864 campaign. it would ultimately land union competitor forces around richmond and petersburg. with that ad noted by pressing free -- of both sexes into service of being nurses at hospitals. then enslaved people would not be forced to go in as many numbers again making slaveholders happy at the detriment of free black people. the editor continued if white men can be taken from their families and mad

on the richmond commute . that's 5 80 eastbound and westbound. both affected. the truck accident is on the westbound side and the 80 freeway's backed up for or five eighties backed up from 80, but also coming this way on eastbound 5 80. we have slow traffic and then we have another backup on the richmond bridge getting there. you can see here that traffic on the east shore is busy, but getting away from the east shore. very slow. heading out to the richmond bridge. bay bridge looks pretty normal here at the toll plaza and in san jose, we don't have much of a commute yet, but things are beginning to get more crowded. we'll touch on that when we come back and just a few minutes at 7 11, let's go back to the desk out, told to help students, especially younger children. deal with gun violence coming up. we'll look at how picture books can help kids process how they feel. and destroying their yards messing up their landscaping, even threatening children and pets. take a look at this wild video after the break the u

richmond center fell bridge a 7 minute ride out of richmond and the golden gate bridge. 37 to the tolls. 32 minutes on this thursday morning. well, that is now 08:49am. and netflix is going to start charging subscribers an extra fee for sharing their account. and a lot of people need to listen to this. the fees going to start in 2023. and what they're going to do is they're going to tack it onto your monthly subscription, which costs anywhere from 10, 20 bucks a month, depending on what you have. the thing could be another 3 or $4 per share. and outside your household, netflix is cracking down because they say they're losing 6 billion dollars from a year from passgord sharing. so something keep in mind. that means say i got to pay for my kids. now they're my kids, but they're not my house. so i guess i got to pay. >> all right. if you like things that have pumpkin spice in the name, you are paying for it. and it really doesn't matter what it is. latte, eggnog, ice cream, whatever. they're selling its pumpkins buys its more a report by the finance website. magnify money found pumpkin spi

and, the city council in richmond, the third government operating in richmond during the war. just seven days after the general passed this new law, decided that they were going to encourage the mayor to force free black men to participate in constructing these earthworks. on the 12th of february, 1862, the general assembly passed another law. it is, again, very focused upon forcing sheriffs constables, local court systems, to enroll free black men between 18 and 50 years of age. as they said, to construct batteries, fortifications and other tasks as illustrated in this london newspaper from 1863. this is happening in tandem with conversations about enslaved men doing constructing of fortifications, but slave owners were not overly eager to let people go to the front. in part, it was about the health of the enslaved people that they owned, in part it was relevant to what doctor newhall was just talking about in terms of people escaping if they are closer to the federal lines. they are going to be more apt to escape than within the federal army's lines. so, slave holders are ex

if you're taking the richmond center fell bridge still pretty quiet. seven-minute drive as you head out of richmond and the golden gate bridge 37 of the tolls. 19 minutes on this tuesday morning. >> the years since the devastating loma prieta earthquake crumble. a large part of san francisco. the marina district taking a direct hit. san francisco fire and the marina earthquake monument committee commemorated the disaster through a special ceremony. crawford's tiller is accurate there and has more on that. >> city leaders say monday is a day to remember the resiliency of san francisco and also its ability to learn from the past. emergency crews say because of the loma prieta earthquake there now better equipped to handle future events. 33 years ago, the bay area was forever changed. >> the loma prieta earthquake struck at 05:00:04pm, in caused ruins in just a short 20 seconds. the 6.9 magnitude earthquake created extensive damage to santa cruz in san francisco's marina district also causing collapses to the bay bridge and a section of interstate 80 in o

richmond, sandra fell bridge 8 minute ride as you travel out of richmond and the golden gate bridge. 37 to the tolls. 19 minutes on this wednesday morning. now 04:30am, in the east bay. the oakland police chief is unveiling the results of a 30 day operation aimed at reducing violent crime. well, he gave a rundown of how crime rates in the city changed after they adopted that plan. kron four's. is it that you has more on that?

and, the city council in richmond, the third government operating in richmond during the war. just seven days after the general passed this new law, decided that they were going to encourage the mayor to force free black men to participate in constructing these earthworks. on the 12th of february, 1862, the general passed another law. it is, again, very focused upon forcing sheriffs constables, local court systems, to enroll free black man between 18 and 50 years of age. as they said, to construct batteries, fortifications and other tasks as illustrated in this london newspaper from 1863. this is happening in tandem with conversations about enslaved men doing constructing of fortifications, but slave owners were not overly eager to let people go to the front. in part, it was about the health of the enslaved people that they owned, in part it was relevant to what doctor newhall was just talking about in terms of people escaping if they are closer to the federal lines. they are going to be more apt to escape than within the federal army's lives. so, slave holders are excited by

well, richmond, sandra fell bridge. it was minutes making on richmond. sandra fell and the golden gate bridge. 37 to the tolls. 19 minutes on this monday morning. well, the u.s. postal service, they're hiring 500 positions in the east bay ahead of the holiday season. several positions are available, including mail, processing delivery, transportation and maintenance. the usps says the jobs could even extend beyond the holiday season. hiring events are going to be in san ramon, oakland, walnut creek and berkeley for a list and times and locations. we have all of that over on our website for you. kron 4 dot com. just about a week away from the spookiest holiday of the year. hopefully you're ready for that. which means the return of trick or treating and hollowing gatherings for the kids. and as the weather continues to cool on down new covid variant are also on the way. now the effort is now on to prevent the return of another winter covid surge. we've got doctor david cornfield, who is the chief of pulmonary pediatrician at stanford's children, health. he

our richmond center fell bridge 13 minutes as you head out of richmond and the golden gate bridge. 37 to the tolls. 31 minutes on this thursday morning. >> 7.30, right now. it's time for is your local election headquarters in the race is heating up in the east bay to replace the outgoing alameda county district attorney. now the 2 candidates faced off at a forum last night. kron four's theresa stasi reports on the big topics that dominate that debate. >> one of the things that i have articulated and champion is lined with guest is our da's office does not provide diversion services. asians make up 32% of the population in alameda county and they're less than 20% of our workforce in the da's office. and so we've got to up our game in terms recruitment. >> alameda county da candidates, pamela price and terry wiley tackle questions presented at a forum hosted by the alameda county bar association and the alameda county league of women voters, prices, civil rights attorney and former san francisco prosecutors stay focused on her campaign theme, stressing voters want to change and she has

our richmond center fell bridge tolls to 101 a 7 minute right out of richmond and the golden gate bridge. 37 to the tolls. 27 minutes on this tuesday morning. >> it's 9.48 and first lady doctor jill biden and singer mary j. blige are teaming up. they want to raise awareness about cancer and they held this event. you can see here at the american cancer society at the white house yesterday. it's part of the biden administration's cancer moonshot, which is an initiative that works to reduce cancer death rates and improve the lives of patients and survivors. >> we're going to find the best way to help people get vaccines. screenings like mammograms and pap smears and all of the care that they need. >> i'm here today as a black woman who was passionate about using my platform to encourage other women to prioritize the health, namely the annual well woman visit mammograms pap plus hpv test while the screening rate for black women and white women are comparable. black women more likely to be screened at low resource fat facilities and also experienced longer intervals between detection diagnosi

. >> iniciamos un recorrido en el Área la bahÍa y comenzamos en richmond. fuimos en busca de respuestas para saber quÉ se estÁ haciendo para alertar a los automovilistas, esta es la informaciÓn. ramÓn: hay trÁfico, trÁfico y mÁs trÁfico. es uno de los cruces con mÁs accidentes. >> usted me comenta que tiene tres aÑos aquÍ en la ciudad de richmond, quÉ tan frecuentes son los automovilistas? >> tengo tres aÑos aquÍ y han habido muchos choques. >> otra de las intersecciones en esta vÍa mÚltiple estÁ localizada en ambas direcciones. >> cuÁl es su relaciÓn en cuanto los ciclistas, etc.? >> hay carros con motociclistas y carros con peatones. ramÓn: estos tubos estÁn rellenos de cemento para proteger los inmuebles de posible impactos de automovilistas como este tuvo que fue vencido y que podemos ver que estÁ inclinado. muchas mÁs personas estamos manejando con celulares en la mano, a veces con prisa, la gente estÁ mÁs impaciente. >> entre septiembre del 2019 y septiembre del 2022 se reportaron 121 colisiones contra la concejal de richmond

the richmond center fell bridge. you're at a 7 minute right host a one on there and the golden gate bridge. we've got some fog. take your time as you're traveling about 19 minutes. 37 to the tolls. >> 5.31 is the time. let's go to the north bay now where santa rosa police are investigating what they're calling a murder suicide of an elderly couple. yeah. authorities say this is the 10th homicide of the year and the 6 involving a gun kron four's terisa stasio brings us that story. >> santa rosa police say that they came to the home on the 400 block of meadow. green drum might after a caller reported a possible murder suicide when officers went inside the home, they say that they found 2 people lying on the bed. now identified as robert is a maury age. 84 and his wife, 79 year-old judith, the summary both had gunshot wounds. a handgun was also discovered. actually, i. >> heard the discharge of the weapon in the morning and congo. it wasn't a gunshot wound. with a gunshot. i have to know when it came found out what had

ride a 80 to 101, richmond center fell coming about 12 minutes as you travel at a richmond this morning and the golden gate bridge. 37 to the tolls. 35 minutes on this tuesday morning. >> 8 o'clock and we're following breaking news out of san jose. 2 people made it out of a burning house, but rescuers could get to a woman on the second floor. yeah. kron four's will tran live in san jose with more on the fatal fire this morning. will what are you learning? well, the flames are out, but the questions still remain. the fire department will stay here for throughout the morning perhaps even throughout the day. >> as they still deal with hot spots and after that, they will allow their investigators to go inside this house just office. 6 ad on landis avenue. you can see all the windows have been punched out. look at the roof there. they had to punch a couple of holes there just to let the heat a skate because it was so hot that they were not able to instantaneously once they arrived at the scene, 2 run to the second floor. that's where the 65 year-old woman was found. she never made it out. he

the richmond center fell bridge a 12 minute drive as you head out of richmond and the golden gate bridge. 37 to the tolls. 28 minutes on this monday morning. well, the time is now 18 and the u.s. postal service. they're hiring 500 positions in the east bay ahead of the holiday season. several of those positions are available, including mail processing. you can have a delivery or transportation or maintenance jobs available. the usps says the jobs could even extend beyond the holiday season. hiring events are going to take place in san ramon. there's going to be one in oakland won creek in berkeley. we have a full list of those times in those locations over on our website at kron 4 dot com. and we're just about a week out from the spookiest holiday of the year, which means the return of trick or treating and hollowing gatherings for the kiddo's. and as the weather continues to cool, a john mentioned new covid variants are on the way. effort is now on to prevent the return of another winter surge. doctor david cornfield, who is the chief pulmonary pediatrician at stanford children's health

that's when richmond is about that we are together at once. welcome to the richmond. [music] >> i am iris long. we are a family business that started in san francisco chinatown by my parents who started the business in the mid 1980s. today we follow the same footsteps of my parents. we source the teas by the harvest season and style of crafting and the specific variety. we specialize in premium tea. today i still visit many of the farms we work with multigenerational farms that produce premium teas with its own natural flavors. it is very much like grapes for wine. what we do is more specialized, but it is more natural. growing up in san francisco i used to come and help my parents after school whether in middle school or high school and throughout college. i went to san francisco state university. i did stay home and i helped my parents work throughout the summers to learn what it is that makes our community so special. after graduating i worked for an investment bank in hong kong for a few years before returning when my dad said he was retiring. he passed away a few

the richmond sandra fell bridge about 14 minutes as you travel at a richmond. let's check on our highways in the south bay 1, 0, 1, 85 up to menlo park about 47 minutes to 80 82 to 37. starting to pick up. but not too many delays. okay. we're busy not on our highways are also busy with some of the top stories we all right. thank you very much. on the peninsula. an elderly woman was robbed in broad daylight in her own home in daly city. in fact, it was caught on security camera. so the footage actually shows the attack is one of them dressed as utility worker. >> kron four's amanda hari with a closer look. >> what started as a typical wednesday morning for this grandmother watering her flowers quickly turned into one of the scariest moments of her life. the woman's granddaughter schuyler says the family is worried about their safety. she asked us not to reveal the family's last name security video shows this white kia pulling up to the home. then 10 minutes later, a man identifies himself as a pg. any worker knocking on the door. he was wearing a ski mask and sk

that means hundreds of people who work at hello fresh in richmond will be out of a job. local leaders say they were blindsided by this move. >> we had no advanced warning about this, and this came in their required notification to the state. >> reporter: john gioia was surprised to find out that hello fresh, the world's leading meal kit delivery company will be closing its richmond facility in december. the company says it's because of the age of the building, an inefficient layout and outdated refrigeration system. >> it's always traumatic to lose 600 jobs, and that's what we're losing here. >> reporter: workers at the facility failed to unionized last year, after the site produced the largest covid outbreak of the pandemic. and gioia fears it could mean less protection for workers. >> they would be required to sit down and negotiate some opportunity for moving these employees, potentially to other facilities or helping them in their efforts to find other jobs. >> reporter: richmond city

richmond, sandra fell bridge will have a look at that in a moment. but 22 minutes across the golden gate and checking on the richmond, sandra fell bridge tolls to want to want an 8 minute ride on this thursday morning. well, the open mayor's race is neck and neck with 2 candidates with a razor thin margins. according to a recent oakland chamber of commerce polls, one of the candidates made a very strategic move to try to get to the head of the feel offers to resist. osseo has our coverage on that. >> it's an awesome day to stand with the leaders. that are assembled here for the future of our communities in our city, bringing out heavy hitters such as former oakland city councilmember lynette mcelhaney. >> and other community activists, candidates lauren taylor and treva reid joined forces on wednesday publicly encouraging their supporters to close the circle on rank choice, voting, helping to improve the odds that one of them will be calm elected is oakland's new mayor next month. >> for those who have watched. the council. you know that this allianc

ride a 80 to 101, richmond center fell coming about 12 minutes as you travel at a richmond this morning and the golden gate bridge. 37 to the tolls. 35 minutes on this tuesday morning.

. >> richmond, sandra fell bridge about a 7 minute ride as you travel out of richmond and the golden gate bridge. 37 to the tolls. 19 minutes on this monday morning. >> it's 501 right now. and happening today, nurses at alta bates summit medical center are going on strike. yeah, they're joining the picket lines to call on set or help to address several issues including high turnover at that facility will tran is live in berkeley with more on what's going to happen today. will. >> it's going to happen in about 2 hours from now. we are seeing nurses still show up for the shift, but in a couple of hours from now, starting at 07:00am for the next 5 days after that, they will not be inside the building. instead, they either will be home or they will be on the picket lines to try to send a message to their employers. and we're talking center health throughout the bay area. 1800 altogether. they have been negotiating for quite some time, but part of their agreement is no sudden movement. so this will not surprise their boss is, as they told him yesterday that we're not making any progress.

your richmond center fell bridge a 7 minute drive as you travel at a richmond and the golden gate bridge. 37 to the tolls about 20 minutes 903. and a big story we're following in san mateo county. forensic detectives are trying to get to the bottom of the mystery in atherton the other digging up. a car found buried on the grounds of a mansion and there could actually be human remains inside of for sarah stinson is live in atherton with the clues that we have so far. sarah. >> landscapers at this atherton home. they were doing a project but didn't expect to find a car buried underground 4 to 5 feet. and then they course called the police. they brought in a cadaver dog and that cadaver dog indicated there's a possibility there's human remains down there as well. let's start off with the maps. you can see exactly where we're standing now. this is on the 300 block of stockbridge avenue in atherton, a very wealthy area with multimillion dollar homes lining the street. police got called out to this home yesterday morning and again, when they got here, they found that car underground in a they'

the richmond, sandra fell bridge about 60 minutes out of richmond. sandra fell and the golden gate bridge. 37 to the tolls. 24 minutes on this wednesday morning. it's 7.17, in for your money. this morning. americans are buying fewer things at the supermarket in california, home sales have gone really far down in the past few months. jane king is live at the nasdaq with those stories and more groceries are up houses while the house can hard to afford depends on if you're talking about sales, are home sales? >> definitely dropped to 30% of this is higher rain to that market listings taken longer to find buyers. majority of deals are below asking. price is now the stock with the california association of realtors, which also says prices appear to have plateaued rising. just 1.6% from last september to a median price of $821,000. now, retailers may change their return policies this holiday season. some companies may charge a fee for returns due to their higher labor and fuel costs. according a survey by the national retail federation, retailers 166 milli

a 80 to 101, you're richmond. sandra fell bridge 7 minute drive. and then let's check on the richmond center fell bridge 18 minutes. 37 to the tolls. time now is 5.48. and the future of downtown san francisco looks bleak, according to a report by the city's chief economists. it says that a 5th of offices in san francisco are expected to stay empty for at least 4 more years. chief economist ted egan says the pandemic and the resulting increase of employees working remotely have increased office vacancies throughout the city used to be 5% bacon prepandemic. now 24% of officers are vacant just in the past 3 months. an analysis by commercial real estate company jll forecast between 19% and 25% of san francisco's office space will remain vacant through 2026. both vacancy rates would be as high or higher than any prior office vacancy. peak since at least the 1990's. that's a lot of empty office. yeah. that's also forcing san francisco leaders to get a little more creative to revive the city's downtown area. space. some are even turning to neighboring cit

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and let's go ahead and get a look at the richmond. sandra fell bridge tolls to 101 about 11 minutes. now we've had busy roadways. you guys also a lot happening in the news busy as well. we've got this story here. thank you very much. this one out of daly on the peninsula. an elderly woman robbed in broad daylight in her home. yeah. i see all of it captured on security video. by the way. >> the attackers apparently dressed up as utility workers. that's how they were able to get inside of her home. but she put up a fight with crawford's amanda hari with the story. >> what started as a typical wednesday morning for this grandmother watering her flowers quickly turned into one of the scariest moments of her life. the woman's granddaughter schuyler says the family is worried about their safety. she asked us not to reveal the family's last name security video shows this white kia pulling up to the home. then 10 minutes later, a man identifies himself as a pg. any worker knocking on the door. he was wearing a ski mask and skyler says her gra

the richmond sandra fell bridge about 13 minutes as you head out of richmond. and look at the golden gate bridge this morning. 37 to the tolls about 21 minutes on this monday morning. 71 and today, nurses at alta bates summit medical center go on strike. yeah. and there are demanding center help address several issues including high turn over at that facility. kron four's will tran is live in berkeley with more on. if this the effect, any patients will hard well, here's what you need to know. you can see them clearly mobilizing behind me. and that means they're not inside or outside. >> so, yes, there is a strong possibility that if you are a patient, you could be disrupted. so call ahead. just in case your appointment has been canceled or pushed back. they did bring in replacement workers. this will go on for the next several days. let's get right to it. let's talk to and gabler as you are with the nurses. why are you here this morning? matt? >> we're here because we are our negotiations have broken down with the hospital. we've bargaining with them since june

richmond center fell bridge 8 minutes as you're heading out of richmond. and let's go ahead and look at the golden gate bridge this morning. 19 minute ride. 37 to the tolls. it's 6.16, and new this morning. adidas is the latest company to cut ties with the rapper who used to be called kanye west. now goes by ye. >> this comes after the rapper made antisemitic comments multiple times in the company says that the comments are unacceptable, hateful and dangerous and they violate the company's values at adidas state leaders are among the groups that are calling out the rapper because several banners were put up in los angeles over the weekend that had a barrage of hate speech on them and echo the rapper's. recent rants kron four's terisa stasio has the story. this was a banner draped across the 4, 5, freeway in los angeles this past weekend stating, quote. >> is right about the jews and quote, we're not going to. >> the own by the jewish media anymore. if you think about every celebrity. >> khan, if you look a banner comes after a long litany of anti semitic c

the richmond, sandra fell bridge about 7 minutes traveling out of richmond. checking on it. a teasing start to pick up a bit to hayward. silly answer down in milpitas. 25 minutes for you to make that drive the highway for 24 minutes. any acts one, 60 into cockpits to 42 darya. james, back to you. thanks a lot. 5.49, and governor newsom is blasting oil companies saying that they're bringing in huge profits. >> well, jack, up the prices at the pump and that's why he has proposed a windfall profits tax on oil companies. some, however, say this policy will only lead to even higher gas prices. our capitol correspondent eytan wallace has the latest. >> this time the governor is going after one company as he doubles down on his message that big oil is to blame for the pain at the pump. these companies are ripping you off and ripping us off. governor gavin newsom not mincing words of the gubernatorial debate sunday. has he spoke directly about oil companies. they have record profits fast forward to today. newsom is doubling down on his message going after for putting out this tweet