OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) - A 66-year-old man was killed by a driver in Oakland's Chinatown. It happened earlier this month on Alice Street near 8th Street.
Surveillance video shows a 66-year-old man getting hit by a van. He died days later from his injuries.
"Hopefully we can seek justice for the family,” Carl Chan said.
Carl Chan, the Chinatown Chamber of Commerce President, says the victim is Chi Ho Leung. He is helping the victim's family find answers.
“We're trying our best to piece this all together and finding out exactly what happened,” Chan said.
It was March 18 on Alice Street near 8th Street around 6:30 p.m. – Moments before the crash two people get out of the van to flag down two police vehicles.
A minute later Leung could be seen walking back to his truck. The blue van pulled up behind him, then struck. The van remained on the scene. First responders and police arrive shortly after the crash.
The Oakland Police Department says it appears it started as a disagreement between the two parties.
Chan says Leung volunteered in the community. Chan describes what happened to be an isolated incident and wants the public to know volunteers and police are working to keep Chinatown safe.
"They're doing a lot of work and patrolling Chinatown,” Chan said. "We're trying our best in our community truly to keep everyone safe, especially our seniors."
Oakland police are expected to release more details about the crash on Friday.
(KRON) -- A Bay Area artist is continuing to help Ukrainian artists struggling during the invasion by sharing their stories with the world.
One of his artist friends is turning signs of the invasion into masterpieces.
"Max is a really good story of someone who hasn't put down a paint brush and picked up a gun," said Bay Area artist John Doyle. "So he's found that the most beautiful canvas is an enemy BMP, which is the Russian tank that he has painted."
While many people in Ukraine are choosing to join the military and fight to protect their county, artist Max Kilderov is taking a different approach.
Kilderov lives in Nova Kakhovka -- the town has been occupied by Russian troops since Feb. 24.
His friend and fellow artist John Doyle says Kilderov created resistance art on this tank when local art stores ran out of canvases.
"It's an amazing opportunity to to provide moral to tell the people and community that culture is not lost," Doyle said.
Doyle is from the Bay Area but temporarily moved to the United Kingdom to try and raise awareness and money for Ukrainian artists -- doing all they can to help their country.
"They are fundraising and selling digital postcards and NFTs of his painted tanks to provide food and medicine that happen to be delivered by priests because the Russian troops won't shoot at them while doing so," Doyle said.
75% of the profits from the sales goes directly to buying supplies.
Doyle says another group of his artist friends choose a different route.
Artist from the Module Club, which is an arts venue in Ukraine, have joined the armed forces.
They've created a patch and are selling it to supporters to try and purchase more bulletproof vests and ammunition to continue their fight.
"Everybody is scrambling around and trying to figure out constructive ways to help their communities at this time," Doyle said.
OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) - Two Oakland Unified employees were hit by a car while crossing the street on Wednesday morning, according to the school district.
Around 7:30 a.m. on March 30, officials say the employees were at High Street and Wattling Street in Oakland.
The district reports that one person suffered serious injuries, including broken bones.
John Sasaki, the director of communications for Oakland Unified, says there has been security camera footage circulating which came from the Oakland Unified cameras.
However, the district is not releasing the video as the incident is under investigation with the Oakland Police Department and for the respect and privacy of the families.
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) - Time is running out for tenants behind on rent payments.
They must apply for the state's COVID-19 Rent Relief Program by Thursday to avoid being evicted.
“It's a sad day when our state government fails the 17 million tenants across the state in this way, especially in San Francisco,” Supervisor Dean Preston said.
Tenants behind on rent across the Bay Area could face eviction on Friday if they don't apply for the rent relief program. Eviction protections are set to expire on March 31st.
Shanti Singh with tenants together explains that under those protections, tenants cannot be evicted as long as they have an application pending for rental assistance.
“There will be some protections as long as you are in the program so even if your application hasn't been processed yet, we're telling people to get into the system,” Singh said.
However, Singh and some leaders like San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston, say the state isn't giving people enough time to make that deadline.
“Probably the worst part of the state law is not only do they refuse to extend the deadline beyond March 31st so more people can get their claims in, they also try to preempt San Francisco and other cities from taking action to protect tenants,” Preston said.
Something Preston says the city already did.
“We passed a law at the Board of Supervisors. Now it's unclear if that will be able to take effect because of this state law and the state preemption. I will say on a positive note that city leaders in San Francisco have come together through the budget process, through Prop I, the ballot measure that passed, through Prop C, the ballot measure that passed in 2018, and put together right now at $62 million that is available for additional rent relief so even after the state program ends, there's consider money at the city level to try and get some of this back rent paid,” Preston said.
New legislation being rushed through the state government right now would provide protections for an additional three months.
The full state senate is expected to vote on the new bill on Thursday. If passed, it would be sent to the governor for his signature.
To apply and ensure you make that deadline, head to housingiskey.com.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) - More than $100 million was awarded to two women who say they were sexually abused by a San Jose teacher.
The lawsuit accused the Union School District of ignoring the abuse while the two victims were students at Dartmouth Middle School.
This massive payout comes nearly five years after former music teacher Samuel Neipp was arrested and charged with sexual abuse.
The two plaintiffs say the school district administrators failed to investigate Neipp's behavior which allowed him to continue it.
Attorney's representing the two victim's say the sexual assaults happened at between 2009 and 2014.
Neipp is accused of abusing the girls while they were students at the middle school.
The lawsuit claims school administrators received concerns from parents about inappropriate text messages sent by Neipp to students in 2010 and again in 2013 but the school district did nothing about it.
A San Jose jury on Tuesday awarded $65 million to one victim and more than $37 million to a second victim.
Neipp is serving more than 50 years in prison in connection with the crimes.
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) - Some hiking trails in the Presidio will be closing to all dogs ahead of coyote pupping season, according to officials with the Presidio Trust.
From April 4 through early September, trails from Mountain Lake to the Presidio Promenade, including the Bay Ridge Trail from the Rob Hill Campground to the Presidio Golf Course will be closed to dogs on or off-leash are not allowed.
During this time, coyotes are more protective of their babies and may be aggressive to dogs.
These trails are closed every season out of extra precaution.
In early Sept., the trails will be reopened.
"We don't want to cause them stress to a point where they become aggressive and then there's increase chances of conflict between people and coyotes and their pets," Tiffany Yap said.
Tiffany Yap is a wildlife scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity in Oakland. She says the trail closures will allow the coyotes to remain healthy and raise their pups without feeling threatened.
Help keep coyotes wild in the park with these additional precautions:
Never feed coyotes or other wildlife.
Do not leave human or pet food outside.
Keep your dog on a leash and under your control.
Report any unusual behavior to our coyote hotline below.
BELMONT, Calif. (KRON) - Ukrainian flags are flying off the shelves as Americans show their support for the country.
At Judy’s Flag City in Belmont, the demand for the Ukrainian flag is unbelievable and sometimes out of control.
“I said hold on hold on, they are fighting over there, let’s not fight in here, we can accommodate everybody,” Judy Shelton said.
Owner Judy Shelton says she is getting a box delivered from her supplier every day. Each box carries 144 Ukrainian flags of different sizes.
She says this wasn't the case just a month ago.
“Literally I had none, I didn’t even have one flag in here,” Shelton said.
“We came by a day ago, saw her flying some Ukrainian flags, thought it was cool and wanted to get one,” Herb Mesler said.
Herb and Nicole Mesler were back at the shop on Wednesday to get a flag only to find the store closed for the day.
“I want to send support to the Ukrainian people, that we believe in what they are trying to stand up against and trying to stand up for their own country and liberty,” Nicole Mesler said.
The show of support by waving the very identity of a nation outside their doors.
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The holiday for Mexican-American icon and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez is on Thursday, March 31.
One day before, the 65th San Francisco Film Festival announced its lineup of films that will begin showtimes in April -- including a film about two other icons within the Mexican community.
'La Guerra Civil' (translates to The Civil War) centers around the boxing rivalry between Mexican Julio César Chávez and Mexican-American Oscar De La Hoya during their two fights in the 1990s.
The film also focuses on the cultural divide of the Mexican people: home country native Chavez against the East Los Angeles-raised De La Hoya, according to the SF Film Festival's website.
The film festival announced two showtimes of 'La Guerra Civil.'
April 24: 7:45 p.m. at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA)
Tickets to watch the film go on sale Friday, April 1 at 10 a.m.
'La Guerra Civil' is directed by Eva Longoria Bastón who is Mexican-American and known for starring in "Desperate Housewives."
The Rivalry Between Oscar De La Hoya and Julio Cesar Chavez
Two icons within the Mexican and Mexican-American community met in the ring on June 7, 1996.
Chavez was the older fight at 33 but came in the fight with an outstanding record of 96-1-1, according to Boxstat.
De La Hoya was 23 years old and undefeated with a pre-fight record of 21-0.
He beat the older Chavez via a technical knockout in round 4 to win the WBC super lightweight championship, according to DAZN, which is the broadcast partner of De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions.
Two years later in the rematch, De La Hoya won via 8th round technical knockout to win the WBC welterweight title.
De La Hoya may have won both fights but not necessarily the hearts of the Mexican people.
Mexican Fans Sided With Chavez
'La Guerra Civil' dives into the split within the Mexican fan base on who they were cheering on.
The clear favorite among Mexicans was Chavez who was born and raised in Mexico.
During the promotion of the fight, De La Hoya would get booed by the hardcore Mexican fans, according to Bleacher Report.
The divide -- Mexican fans saw Chavez as their true national hero while those who identified as second-generation Mexican-Americans or Chicano leaned more towards supporting De La Hoya.
Both Chavez (107-6-2, 86 KOs) and De La Hoya (39-6, 30 KOs) have been inducted in the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
The film will be available to watch on sports streaming platform DAZN sometime in 2022 -- without a set date for release. As of March 30, 'La Guerra Civil' is not available on DAZN yet.
Mexico's current superstar boxer, Canelo Álvarez, fights on Cinco de Mayo weekend on May 7 in Las Vegas against Russia's Dmitry Bivol for the WBA light heavyweight championship.
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — The United States men are returning to the World Cup after the trauma of missing the 2018 tournament, clinching a berth for this year’s championship in Qatar on Wednesday despite a 2-0 loss to Costa Rica on the final night of qualifying.
Juan Pablo Vargas got behind Walker Zimmerman and headed Brandon Aguilera’s corner kick past goalkeeper Zack Steffen in the 51st minute, and Anthony Contreras knocked in a cross off a scramble in the 59th after Steffen couldn’t hold onto a free kick.
A sellout crowd of about 35,000 in National Stadium came to life, but the Americans’ 5-1 rout of Panama at home last weekend gave them a huge goal-difference margin over Costa Rica. That meant the U.S. merely had to avoid losing by six goals or more in order to claim an automatic berth by finishing among the top three nations in North and Central America and Caribbean.
American players on the bench walked onto the field at the final whistle and exchanged handshakes and hugs with their teammates who ended the game, while home fans cheered the Ticos.
Canada, which had clinched its first World Cup trip since 1986 with a win Sunday, finished first with 28 points after a 1-0 loss at Panama, ahead of Mexico on goal difference. El Tri moved ahead of the U.S. and clinched its eighth straight World Cup, while the U.S. finished third with 25 points and a plus-11 goal difference.
Costa Rica was fourth with 25 points and plus-five, and the Ticos will meet Oceania champion New Zealand in a one-game playoff in June for a berth in the 32-nation field,
While the U.S. won six of seven home games with one draw, it finished with one victory, three losses and three ties on the road. The Amercans have never won a qualifier in Costa Rica, losing 10 and drawing two.
The U.S. finds out at Friday’s draw which three nations it will face in the group stage, which starts Nov. 21 at a tournament pushed back five months to avoid summer desert heat. A growing and increasingly hypercritical fan base is hoping to see Christian Pulisic & Co. reach the quarterfinals for the first time since 2002.
Ticos coach Luis Fernando Suárez didn’t open with six starters from Sunday’s win at El Salvador who carried yellow cards, not wanting to risk a suspension for a playoff.
The clinch took place on the 1,267th day after a shocking 2-1 loss at Trinidad and Tobago that ended the Americans’ streak of seven straight World Cup appearances. Pulisic was in tears after the defeat, which led to a shakeup at the U.S. Soccer Federation and Gregg Berhalter’s hiring in December 2018 as the team’s fourth coach in 25 months.
The U.S. has used 114 new players since the elimination, including 88 under Berhalter. Thirty-eight players took the field during the 14 qualifiers plus six others were on rosters without getting in.
Berhalter has matches in June and September to help evaluate a pool of perhaps four dozen and choose what currently is a roster limited to 23.
A qualifying tournament that began with fireworks above the field during the opening minutes at San Salvador, El Salvador, on Sept. 2, ended with more pyrotechnics.
The U.S. traveled 25,042 miles on charters — just over circling the globe at 24,901 — plus players had up to five trans-Atlantic round trips, with Germany-based Tyler Adams and England-based Antonee Robinson making the maximum. Games were played at 3 degrees (minus-16 Celsius) in St. Paul, Minnesota, and 85 degrees (29 Celsiush) in Austin, Texas.
Not since Paul Caligiuri’s stunning goal at Trinidad before the 1990 tournament had the U.S. clinched in its final game. The Americans assured themselves of a berth with three games to spare for 2006, two for 2014 and one game for 1998, 2002 and 2010. All of those clinches were with wins.
Qualifying will not be as onerous for the 2026 World Cup, which expands to 48 nations. The U.S., Mexico and Canada are co-hosts, and all three are expected to get automatic berths.
BERKELEY, Calif. (KRON) -- A study at UC Berkeley has found that secondhand cannabis smoke is more harmful than secondhand tobacco smoke.
It was conducted by a graduate student and a professor of the UC Berkeley School of Public Health.
KRON4 spoke to the pair about the study and has more about what laws they hope results from their findings.
The study that measured the air quality of a bong smoker’s living room found that there isn’t just a health concern during smoking, but that the quality of the air stays dangerous for up to 12 hours after.
From the annual 420 festival to their favorite dispensaries, marijuana enthusiasts are passionate about their smoking.
UC Berkeley graduate, Patton Nguyen, decided to dedicate his senior honors thesis to the topic of smoking.
“Most of my peers in college, I feel like they have this pre-conceived notion that cannabis smoke might be safer or a better alternative to cigarette smoke," Nguyen said.
Nguyen conducted a study during his senior year and continued it while he was the smoke and tobacco free fellow at UC Berkeley -- by measuring the air quality of an undergrad student’s living room that was used to smoke a bong in.
“A college student that, separate from the study, who independently invited folks over to smoke and we just had that opportunity to take measurements while they were smoking,” Nguyen said.
The study was overseen by professor Katharine Hammond who says it was not a controlled experiment, but rather a focus of what happens in real life.
According to Hammond, an instrument was put in the student’s living room to measure the particles in the air.
“We let it just run during the entire smoking session and for between 1 to 12 hours after,” Hammond said.
The results of the study showed that cannabis smoke from the bong produced four times the amount of air matter than smoke produced by tobacco.
“You recall the orange days of wildfires a year in a half ago, when the sky was orange the concentrations of particles were 10 times higher than that,” Hammond said.
Hammond and Nguyen understand that their findings won’t sit well with most marijuana enthusiasts --since that was also the case with cigarette smokers when the professor first studied the effects of secondhand tobacco smoke more than 30 years ago.
“One's rights to smoke cigarettes is fine, just as your right to smoke a bong is fine, but the problem is when you impact somebody else," Hammond said.
When it comes to changes around smoking cannabis, Nguyen hopes the study will be considered when it comes to forming laws and public health policies.
“Don’t smoke indoors. Understand that you could be effecting others and just be aware that there is a public health concern with bong smoking,” Nguyen said.
BELMONT, Calif. (KRON) -- After her long journey to escape the violence, a Ukrainian refugee who fled her country during the Russian invasion is now staying in the Bay Area.
It took close to two-and-a-half weeks for Dorina Olefir to escape her hometown of Odessa, Ukraine.
Packed with just a few items, her cats Bruno and Walter cross five borders, through Moldova to Romania where she finally caught a flight to the United States.
"It was a very difficult journey," Olefir said through a translator.
Close family friend and fellow Ukrainian Michael Milshtein, who lives in Walnut Creek with wife and daughter, helps translate Dorina's story.
Olefir just so happened to have a valid visa allowing her entry into the United States.
After visiting her parents along the Peninsula in Belmont in the winter and shortly after the Russians invaded Ukraine on her 30th birthday, Olefir hit the road.
"All meanwhile, there were rockets launched and bombardment. Her friends were joking that they ordered fireworks for her birthday," she said.
She felt protected by Ukrainian forces, but she was never comfortable knowing seemingly calm moments could quickly turn violent.
"We had to get to the border before the martial law curfew kicks in. Once it kicks in you cannot be on the street -- period," Olefir said.
Often, she was alone with her cats, and at times, she was with friends and other family.
A woman in Romania housed her for a few days and helped connect her to a veterinarian who administered the necessary vaccinations to Bruno and Ealter, so they would be allowed to travel
Finally, Olefir arrived in the Bay Area mid-march.
"(I) am convinced that we will win, despite the relatively small size of Ukraine compared to Russia. The victory is going to be ours just because of how people behave -- how people step up to the occasion," Olefir said.
The sound of crashing and sirens woke up those living on Pine Drive.
Fairfax building inspector Mark Lockaby says rain over the weekend may have played a factor.
“We don’t see a lot of water, the water probably did have an impact on it, but it looks like there was some excavation that took place on the site and it looks like the cause of the collapse is due to the excavation,” Lockaby said.
The home that was under construction and was placed on cribbing to lift it and re-place the foundation, according to the Ross Valley Fire Department.
“They dug out the entire basement and had the house on platforms. Looked like they were about to pout the cement for the foundation,” Gatty said.
Julie Gatty moved to Pine Drive four years ago.
After seeing the collapse, she’s worried about how structurally sound other homes are in the area.
“How do we know moving into a house on a hill that the person living above us has a house that won’t collapse and slide down the hill into my kitchen,” she said.
Though the damage to the home is beyond repair, it was not occupied by the owner during construction.
No injuries was one good thing to come out of the report from investigators.
“I did speak to the homeowner and she’s working to get her soils engineer up here,” Lockaby said.
Police have the area of Pine Drive in front of this property closed off while the town’s building inspector investigates.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) - High gas prices have more and more people ditching their cars for more affordable ways of getting around.
One way that's growing in popularity is commuter bicycles.
Bicycles saw a big comeback during the pandemic.
It was a way for people to get outside but now with high gas prices, they're becoming a reliable and cost effective way to get around.
“It's well documented that the pandemic was a bicycling bubble. We're 8% of that right now. It's been then it's ever been,” Jim Gardner said.
Jim Gardner is CEO of Good Karma Bikes in San Jose.
It's a non-profit, second-hand bike shop that's seeing people opting out of using their cars and instead picking up a bicycle to commute.
“Demand for commuter bikes is through the roof. More than we have ever seen in 13 years. It's been tough for us to keep up with demand right now,” Gardner said.
High prices at the pump have also been pushing people to public transportation.
Ferry and BART ridership has gone up as people are returning to office work and interest in using electric scooters is also rising.
The average price of a bike at Good Karma is around $280.
Gardner says right now the investment pays for itself.
“The average cost of a bike is less than the price of one new car tire. people are spending up to $90 and more to fill their tank,” Gardner said.
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, Calif. (KRON) -- People are calling for the Contra Costa County sheriff to step down after showing sympathy for a former deputy who was convicted for shooting a mentally ill man, Laudemer Arboleta.
"So for Sheriff Livingston to say it's a sad day, to me, to our mother, to our family, that is disgusting," said Arboleta's sister, Jennifer.
These Contra Costa families whose loved ones were killed by police joined together at the sheriff's office in Martinez to call for the resignation of Sheriff David Lingingston.
They want the sheriff to step down after allegedly making sympathetic remarks following the sentencing of former deputy Andrew Hall for the November 2018 shooting death of Arboleda.
According to Arboleda's sister, was killed by Hall in Danville after officers responded to.
"Someone called saying he looked suspicious," Jennifer said. "Maybe it was because he was a darker man in Danville who looked out of place, I don't know?"
However, she does know that she doesn't share the sheriff's view expressed in a letter to his staff, that it was a sad day when the former deputy was sentenced to six years in prison for killing her brother.
"It was a sad day when my brother was killed," she said. "It was a sad day when Tyrell Wilson was killed."
Video shows Tyrell Wilson was armed with a knife back in 2021 when deputy Andrew Hall shot and killed him.
The county settled a multi-million dollar civil lawsuit.
The criminal case remains under investigation by the district attorney's office. Family members say both Arboleda and Wilson suffered from mental illness.
"We need the sheriff to understand, we know people don't understand mental illness the way they should and how his words hurt so many people but we'll accept an apology," Gi Gi Crowder, the executive director at the National Alliance Of Mental Illness Contra Costa said.
KRON4 reached out to the sheriff's office. There was no word of an apology nor was there any reaction to calls for his resignation.
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, Calif. (KRON) -- Contra Costa Health Services will begin administering second COVID-19 booster shots for people 50-years-of-age and older at its vaccine sites Wednesday.
"The vaccine is one of the most effective vaccines in history," health officer Ori Tzvieli said. "I have no doubt in my mind, because of the vaccine, hundreds or thousands of lives have been saved."
Officials say, 81% of the county's eligible population is fully vaccinated and 50.5% have been boosted.
"We're hitting a low point in recent months," health director Anna Roth said.
During the county board of supervisors meeting Tuesday, Roth said health services continues to monitor the fast spreading omicron subvariant BA2.
The U.S. Center of Disease control and prevention says it is the dominant strain of the virus across the country.
Roth says it is not overwhelming hospitals, like omicron did.
"We don't see any signs of surge at this point," Roth said.
Although the average number of new cases and hospitalizations have stabilized, Tzvieli says students and other county residents should stock up on at-home antigen tests, especially during spring break.
He says they should also consult with a doctor about being prescribed the widely available oral antiviral medication, paxlovid, if their results return positive.
"There's plenty of supply right now," Tzvieli said. "It's available to everyone. It's not being reserved for specific groups."
Tzvieli says the medicine could reduce a person's chance of being hospitalized with the virus by 90%.
SAN LEANDRO, Calif. (KRON) -- The AIDS Memorial Quilt was created 35 years ago to remember and honor people who died as a result of the AIDS pandemic.
The quilt is currently being kept in this office space here in San Leandro. It is cared for by people at the National AIDS Memorial.
The AIDS Memorial Quilt consists of 50,000 panels. The quilts have 110,000 names on all of the panels. The whole thing weighs roughly 54 tons, and it continues to grow.
Unfortunately, it hasn't been displayed publicly for about 10 years, but on Tuesday the organizers of the National AIDS Memorial say that the quilt will be brought out and placed in San Francisco in Golden Gate Park at the Robin Williams meadow, near the AIDS memorial grove, on June 11 and 12.
Organizers said they want to display the quilt to remind everyone that the AIDS pandemic is still happening, and that people are still dying from this disease.
"And it's important to remember that there are too many names here and to many names that aren't here," John Cunningham, CEO of the National AIDS Memorial said.
"But we are committed as an organization and as a community to ensure that we remember the lives because when you look at these panels, they tell the story of a life lost, but they also showcase the love that developed that life," he continued.
Now organizers today also put out a call for volunteers to help move the quilt and to help set it up, since the material is heavy.
Anyone out there who wants to add a name or a panel to the quilt, can reach them through their website which aidsmemorial.org.
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (KRON) - Outdoor dining has been a hit in downtown Walnut Creek but soon those popular spaces may come at a price.
The city council is leaning toward a fee to allow businesses, such as restaurants, to continue to use parklets.
Outdoor dining parklets have been a pandemic lifeline for restaurants and until now, the parking spots replaced with tables, chairs and tents for al fresco eating have remained without a fee.
The manager of Capullo Cocina Mexicana understands why that might have to change.
“We all know that the city needs money. We all lost during the pandemic and I think it's very reasonable for them to charge a fee for it,” Yazmin Martinez said.
The numbers are still being crunched but Walnut Creek City Council is reviewing a fee as a way to make up for the money not being generated by the metered parking spaces.
Right now, around 125 parking spaces are being used for parklets free of charge.
That's more than $800,000-a-year not being collected for downtown beautification projects and the free trolley.
Restaurant owners tell us the fee might force them to reconfigure their outdoor spaces.
“If we can still keep the parklets it's been a great help throughout the pandemic. We were fortunate enough for them to not charge us during the whole time so if they can find a balance while it's still affordable, I think we'd go for it,” restaurant manager, Rodel Marquez said.
It's still unclear what the cost would be for businesses to continue to operate on the street and in parking spaces.
Many business owners say they are willing to pay as long as the fee is reasonable.
“Thanks to the parklets we've been able to hire more people. We actually doubled our staff. We've been able to serve more people and actually we've done pretty well thanks to them,” Martinez said.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) -- The San Jose Police Department is investigating two separate shootings from early Sunday morning.
This includes the city's fourth homicide of the year.
Both of these incidents occurred near Fourth Street and San Carlos early Sunday morning.
The first shooting happened around 2:44 a.m. in the morning.
When officers responded to the scene, they found one man suffering from a gunshot.
The victim died at the scene. The suspect fled on foot into nearby San Jose State University, officials said.
The police department did not release any description of the suspect or a motive for this attack. They said they don't believe there's any threat to public safety.
Shortly after the first incident, around 3:11 a.m., just down the street, officers noticed a commotion at a taqueria.
Police went to investigate and found a man with the gun.
According to the police department, an officer shot that man he was taken to the hospital and is expected to be okay.
At a press conference on Monday, The police department said they don't believe the two shootings are connected in any way.
However they do say it's unusual to have two incidents like this in the same area around the same time.
"Two major incidents right around the corner from each other within minutes, which in my 24 years," Sargent Christian Camarillo said. "I've never been a part of anything like that. Certainly, you know, different parts of the city. But I mean, right around the corner. Literally take 100 paces and you're there."
Monday, the police department did not elaborate or provide any details on the shooting involving the officer.
They say they will address that at a separate press conference later this week. Anyone with information about either incident is asked to contact the San Jose Police Department.
FAIRFIELD, Calif. (KRON) - A funnel cloud was spotted in the sky in Solano this afternoon.
A KRON 4 viewer captured this stunning picture on their phone as they were driving from Vallejo to Fairfield.
An early Spring storm brought rain and numerous thunderstorms to the state and the Bay Area.
The unusual weather followed a night of much needed rain. If the conditions are right and the atmosphere becomes unstable enough, thunderstorms and funnel clouds and even tornadoes are possible in California.
It doesn't appear that this funnel cloud touched the ground. If it had, it would then be classified as a tornado.
Showers and thunderstorms are forecast to diminish tonight with dry weather returning tomorrow.
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) - The 'Quarantine and Isolation Calculator' provides information about what precautions people with COVID-19 and their close contacts can take.
The tool is located on the CDC's website and works on your computer or phone.
This is how it works:
Select the option that best suits you. (For example: If you have been in close contact with someone who tested positive, choose that option)
Scroll down to see a new prompt – The calculator will ask if you have tested positive any time in the last 90 days, and it will show you the date range - so you know exactly when you are in the clear.
If you have not had COVID in the last 90 days, scroll down to the next prompt and you'll need to provide some details about your vaccine status. (For this example, let's say your COVID-vaccine is not up to date, meaning you have not gotten all recommended doses of their vaccine, including boosters.)
Once the calculator has that information, the last thing it needs is the date of exposure.
Results are shown.
The calculator will show you the earliest you should leave your home, as long as you don't develop symptoms and have tested negative, in addition to how long you should wear a mask after exposure.
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The slap in the face at last night’s Oscars is raising the question of when a joke goes too far.
Some are using last night’s Oscar slap to shine a light on alopecia and how difficult it is for someone living with the hair loss disease.
“Jada, I love ya. GI Jane two can’t wait to see you," Comedian Chris Rock said at the Oscars.
The joke received laughs from the audience.
However, it did not sit well with her husband Will Smith.
Smith approached Rock and smacked him. His actions were followed with vulgar comments towards Rock.
Despite Rock's intentions, comedians have called the slap unnecessary.
“Chris Rock last night was working," Bay Area comedian Victor Pacheco said. "He wasn’t doing anything but his job and his job is to make people laugh.”
Smith's actions left Pacheco wondering why security wasn't called to remove Smith. He worries how others will react if they don't like a joke at a comedy show.
"Deplorable for any person in the audience to get up and physical assault a comedian while they are performing,” he said.
Smith's response came in defense of his wife's openness about her alopecia.
According to the National Alopecia Areata Foundation, the disease effects around 147 million people worldwide.
“It’s not a laughing matter, but unfortunately it’s still not uncommon for some people who have this disease to be ridiculed or even bullied,” Communications Director for the Foundation Gary Sherwood says.
About two weeks ago, a 12-year-old girl in Indiana with the disease took her own life, Sherwood said. He believes its important to shine a positive light on people like Pinkett Smith and not make jokes about alopecia.
"Let’s bring awareness," he shared. "Let’s let more people know about this disease."
Sherwood agrees that violence is never the answer.
The Academy shared their response saying, "We have officially started a formal review around the incident and will explore further action and consequences in accordance with our bylaws, standards of conduct and California law."
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KTXL) — The latest round of wet weather is still not enough for California to get out of the drought.
After California had its three driest months on record this year, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Monday in efforts to boost water conservation.
Newsom is requesting state water regulators to consider a ban on watering decorative grass at businesses and institutions. His administration estimates the executive order could save hundreds of thousands of acre-feet worth of water.
“We’re not asking for communities to dry up their parks or recreational spaces or allow their trees to die to the contrary,” said Wade Crowfoot, California Natural Resources secretary. “But we are suggesting that non-functional turf, in other words, the only other time it gets walked on is to mow.”
Another part of the governor’s order is urging regulators to require urban water supplies to move up a level in their water saving efforts to stage two.
As a result of the state’s last drought, California established levels and plans tailored for each local water agency to prepare water shortages. For example, level two for many communities includes reducing the number of days residents can use water outdoors.
“A single conservation target across the state doesn’t make sense because some communities have done absolutely everything they can,” said Jared Blumenfeld from the California Environmental Protection Agency.
Every county in California remains under a drought-related emergency declaration. State officials said they’re trying to conserve water before the drought intensifies.
(The Hill) -- The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) said that Chris Rock is declining to file a police report after being slapped by actor Will Smith in a shocking altercation during the Oscars broadcast.
"LAPD investigative entities are aware of an incident between two individuals during the Academy Awards program. The incident involved one individual slapping another," a statement obtained early Monday by ITK said following the awards show in Los Angeles.
"The individual involved has declined to file a police report," the LAPD said in a statement, which appeared to refer to the confrontation between Smith and Rock.
"If the involved party desires a police report at a later date, LAPD will be available to complete an investigative report," the statement said.
Just hours earlier on Sunday, "King Richard" star Smith interrupted Rock and slapped him onstage after the comedian made a joke about the actor's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, while presenting a trophy at the 94th annual awards show.
Rock then said, "Wow, Will Smith just smacked the shit out of me" as Smith walked away.
Smith could then be heard yelling at Rock: "Keep my wife's name out of your f--king mouth!"
"That was uh...greatest night in the history of television," Rock, 57, said, before not making any further reference on-air to the incident.
Minutes after the altercation, Smith took to the stage again — as the Oscar winner in the "Best Actor" category.
"Richard Williams was a fierce defender of his family," Smith said of the father of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams, the title role he played in "King Richard."
(BCN) - Santa Rosa firefighters rescued a man from the first-floor roof of a burning two-story home on Sunday evening.
They also rescued and resuscitated a kitten they found overcome by smoke and rescued a pet bearded dragon from the home.
Firefighters received multiple calls at 7:38 p.m. that the home at 3851 Lois Krohn Drive was on fire and someone was trapped on the roof. Firefighters arrived four minutes later and found black smoke coming from the front door and from windows on the second floor.
Officials said in a statement a young adult man was hanging on to a small, steep section of the first story roof. He had been forced out through a second story window by the heat and smoke. The firefighters from the first engine quickly raised a ladder and climbed up to rescue the victim, who wasn't injured.
Firefighters entered the home to look for more victims and found the family pets, both of which survived. No one else was inside, and the blaze was brought under control in 20 minutes. The structure had extensive heat and smoke damage throughout, estimated to be a $250,000 loss.
The cause of the fire, which is believed to be accidental, is still being investigated. Four people were displaced.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Will Smith marched onto the Oscars stage and smacked Chris Rock, the unpredictable moment served as a jarring interruption to Hollywood’s feel-good celebration.
But once Smith returned moments later to accept his first-ever Academy Award, he delivered a tearful apology for an act sure to overshadow his milestone achievement. He seized the opportunity during Sunday night's awards to speak on being a fierce defender just like his tennis dad character Richard Williams from “King Richard.”
Smith felt like the protector of many including his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, after Rock made a joke about her appearance that didn't sit right with him.
“Richard Williams was a fierce defender of his family,” Smith said as he began his acceptance speech after winning best actor honors. He apologized afterward to many people — including tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams, Richard Williams’ daughters — but did not mention Rock in his apology.
Smith then spoke about being a protector for those who worked with him on the film such as Aunjanue Ellis along with Saniyya Sidney and Demi Singleton, the two actors who played Venus and Serena.
“I’m being called on in my life to love people and to protect people and to be a river to my people,” said Smith during his acceptance speech after winning his first-ever Oscar. “I know to do what we do you’ve got to be able to take abuse. You’ve got to be able to have people talk crazy about you. In this business, you’ve got to be able to have people disrespecting you. And you’ve got to smile and pretend like that’s OK.”
The exchange began when Rock took aim at Pinkett Smith’s shaved head, saying, “Jada, I love you. ‘G.I. Jane 2,’ can’t wait to see it, all right?” Rock’s reference was made from the 1997 film “G.I. Jane,” starring Demi Moore, who shaved her head to portray a fictional Navy Seal candidate.
Pinkett Smith revealed in 2018 that she was diagnosed with alopecia. She has often discussed the challenges of hair loss on Instagram and other social media platforms.
The joke missed, badly.
Smith walked onto the stage from his front-row seat and took a swing at Rock with an open palm, generating a loud smack. Smith walked back to his seat and shouted for Rock to leave Pinkett Smith alone. Rock replied that he was just making a “G.I. Jane” joke — and Smith yelled back at him a second time.
Smith shouted at Rock to “keep my wife’s name out of your (expletive) mouth,” and the crowd hushed as it became clear this was no act.
The moment shocked the Dolby Theatre audience and viewers at home. At the commercial break, presenter Daniel Kaluuya came up to hug Smith, and Denzel Washington escorted him to the side of the stage. The two talked and hugged and Tyler Perry came over to talk as well.
Smith shared what Washington told him: “At your highest moment, be careful because that’s when the devil comes for you.
“I’m hoping the Academy invites me back,” Will Smith said, as he concluded his on-stage remarks.
A representative for Rock didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking comment.
After the show, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences issued a statement saying it “does not condone violence of any form.”
The Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement that it was aware of the incident.
“The incident involved one individual slapping another,” the statement read. “The individual involved has declined to file a police report. If the involved party desires a police report at a later date, LAPD will be available to complete an investigative report.”
“That was the greatest night in the history of television,” Rock said before resuming his role as presenter.
A few minutes later, rapper Sean Combs — on stage to introduce a tribute to “The Godfather” — tried to play peacemaker and suggested Smith and Rock settle their differences at an Oscars afterparty.
“Will and Chris, we’re going to solve that like family at the Gold party,” Combs said.
The reverberations did not stop there. Several people approached Smith and Pinkett Smith in the commercial breaks that followed; Keith Urban hugged Smith during one stoppage in the show, and Nicole Kidman also went over to say a few words as well.
Backstage, during interview sessions with winners, the Rock-Smith incident seemed like something few — if anyone — wanted to discuss.
“I’m not talking about that,” said Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, the director of “Summer of Soul,” which won an Oscar for best documentary.
The confrontation overshadowed Smith’s milestone accomplishment. He was previously nominated twice for best actor, for his role in “Ali” in 2002 and “The Pursuit of Happyness” in 2007. In those films, he portrayed real-life characters: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali and Chris Garner, a homeless salesman.
This time, Smith won against formidable competition including Andrew Garfield, Javier Bardem, Benedict Cumberbatch and Denzel Washington — who won his first and only best actor Oscar award in 2002 over Smith for “Training Day.”
Pinkett Smith was also the subject of jokes from Rock when he hosted the Oscars in 2016. She did not attend the Oscars that year, saying at the time her decision stemmed from a lack of diversity among award nominees and how Black artists were not properly represented.
“I think we have to sometimes remember, like at a certain point, everyone breaks,” said TV personality Karamo Brown. “But I think these are two men that will actually come together, figure it out and like say ‘OK, enough is enough, I’m sorry.’ ... I haven’t been in that situation. I never condone violence or anything of that nature, but I also could understand protecting those you love.”
LOS ANGELES (AP) — After a movie year often light on crowds, the Academy Awards named an unabashed crowd-pleaser, the deaf family drama “CODA,” best picture Sunday, handing Hollywood’s top award to a streaming service for the first time in a ceremony that saw the greatest drama when Will Smith strode onstage and slapped Chris Rock.
Sian Heder’s “CODA,” which first premiered at a virtual Sundance Film Festival in winter 2021, started out as an underdog but gradually emerged as the Oscars’ feel-good favorite. It also had one very deep-pocketed backer in Apple TV+, which scored its first best picture Academy Award on Sunday, less than three years after launching the service.
It also handed another near-miss defeat to Netflix, the veteran streamer that for years has tried vainly to score best picture. Its best chance, Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog,” came in with a leading 12 nominations. It won one, for Campion's direction.
But “CODA" rode a wave of goodwill driven by its cast including Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur, Emilia Jones and Daniel Durant. It’s the first film with a largely deaf cast to win best picture. “CODA” managed that despite being one of the least-nominated films with only three coming into Sunday. Not since 1932’s “Grand Hotel” has a movie won best picture with fewer than four nods.
Kotsur also won best supporting actor to become the first male deaf actor to win an Oscar, and only the second deaf actor to do so, joining his castmate and “CODA” co-star Matlin.
“This is for the Deaf community, the CODA community and the disabled community,” said Kotsur, signing from the stage. “This is our moment.”
Many, though, were talking about another moment. After Rock, as a presenter, joked to Jada Pinkett Smith that he was looking forward to a sequel to “G.I. Jane,” Will Smith stood up from his seat near the stage, strode up to Rock and smacked him. After sitting back down, Smith shouted at Rock to “keep my wife's name out of your (expletive) mouth." When Rock, who joked about Jada Pinkett Smith while hosting the Oscars in 2016, protested that it was just a “GI Jane” joke, Smith repeated the same line.
The cast and crew of "CODA" accept the award for best picture at the Oscars on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
“That was the greatest night in the history of television,” Rock said, before awkwardly returning to presenting best documentary, which went to Questlove's “Summer of Soul (...or When the Revolution Was Not Televised)."
The moment shocked the Dolby Theatre audience and viewers at home. At the commercial break, presenter Daniel Kaluuya came up to hug Smith, and Denzel Washington escorted him to the side of the stage. The two talked and hugged and Tyler Perry came over to talk as well.
Smith, who plays Venus and Serena Williams' father in “King Richard,” later in the show won best actor, his first Oscar. So Smith again took the stage shortly after what seemed likely to be one of the most infamous moments in Academy Awards history. His acceptance speech vacillated between defense and apology.
"Richard Williams was a fierce defender of his family," Smith said in his first remarks. Smith then shared what Washington told him: “At your highest moment, be careful because that’s when the devil comes for you.”
Ultimately, Smith apologized to the academy and to his fellow nominees.
“Art imitates life. I look like the crazy father” said Smith, chuckling. “But love will make you do crazy things.”
After the show, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences issued a statement saying it “does not condone violence of any form.” The Los Angeles Police Department said it was aware of a slapping incident at the Oscars but said the person involved had declined to file a police report.
Up until then, the ceremony — fashioned as a revival for the Oscars and the movies — had been running fairly smoothly. Ariana DeBose became the first Afro-Latina and openly LBGTQ actor to win an Academy Award for supporting actress. Jane Campion won the Oscar best director for “The Power of the Dog,” her open-plains psychodrama that twisted and upended western conventions.
Campion, who had been the first woman ever twice nominated in the category (previously for 1993’s “The Piano”), is only the third woman to win best director. It’s also the first time the directing award has ever gone to women in back-to-back years, after “Nomadland” filmmaker Chloé Zhao won last year.
Best actress went to Jessica Chastain, who also won her first Oscar. Chastain won for her empathetic portrayal of the televangelist Tammy Faye in “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” a movie she also produced.
After record-low ratings and a pandemic-marred 2021 show, producers this year turned to one of the biggest stars around — Beyoncé — to kick off an Oscars intended to revive the awards' place in pop culture. After an introduction from Venus and Serena Williams, Beyoncé performed her “King Richard” nominated song, “Be Alive,” in an elaborately choreographed performance from a lime-colored, open-air stage in Compton, where the Williams sisters grew up.
Hosts Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer and Regina Hall then began the telecast from the Dolby Theatre.
Sykes, Schumer and Hall breezily joked through prominent Hollywood issues like pay equity — they said three female hosts were “cheaper than one man" — the Lady Gaga drama that Sykes called “House of Random Accents," the state of the Golden Globes (now relegated to the memoriam package, said Sykes) and Leonardo DiCaprio's girlfriends. Their most pointed political point came at the end of their routine, in which they promised a great night and then alluded to Florida's “Don't Say Gay” bill.
“And for you people in Florida, we’re going to have a gay night,” said Sykes.
The first broadcast award went, fittingly, to Ariana DeBose, whose win came 60 years after Rita Moreno won for the same role in the 1961 original “West Side Story.” DeBose thanked Moreno for leading the way for “tons of Anitas like me.”
“Imagine this little girl in the back seat of a white Ford Focus, look into her eyes: You see a queer, openly queer woman of color, an Afro Latina who found her strength in life through art. And that is, I think, what we’re here to celebrate," said DeBose. "So if anyone has ever questioned your identity or you find yourself living in the gray spaces, I promise you this — there is indeed a place for us.”
“Encanto,” the Disney hit propelled by its chart-topping soundtrack, won best animated film. Lin-Manuel Miranda, who penned the film's hit songs, missed the ceremony after his wife tested positive for COVID-19. Ryusuke Hamaguchi's three-hour Japanese drama “Drive My Car,” one of the year's most acclaimed films, won for best international film.
After two years of pandemic, and beneath a warm California sun Sunday, the Hollywood rite of glamour again got into swing, with a flush red carpet and a COVID-tested audience. Before the exchange with Smith, Rock commented, with relish: “No one’s wearing a mask. Just breathing raw dog tonight.”
To help regain the cultural spotlight, the Oscars leaned heavily on musical performances (Billie Eilish, Reba McEntire), film anniversaries ("The Godfather," “Pulp Fiction," “White Men Can't Jump”) and as many mentions of the “Encanto” breakout song, “We Don't Talk About Bruno,” as possible. The Ukrainian-born Mila Kunis led a 30-second moment of silence for Ukraine. Some stars, like Sean Penn, had lobbied the academy to have Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speak at the ceremony
But aside from a few blue ribbons spotted on the red carpet, politics were seldom center stage. The Oscars instead doubled down on razzle dazzle, and the movies as an escape. Producers brought in the likes of BTS and Tony Hawk to rope in more viewers. Some things worked better than others. Fan favorite prizes, as voted on by Twitter users were overrun by Zack Snyder fans, who voted up Snyder's version of “Justice League" and his “Army of the Dead.”
Feel-good movies also fared well. “CODA" also won for best adapted screenplay. Kenneth Branagh's autobiographical “Belfast,” an affectionate family drama bathed in nostalgia and shot in black-and-white, took best original screenplay.
Eilish and her brother Finneas, won for their Bond theme to “No Time to Die,” a song that was released before the pandemic began.
The Academy Awards got underway Sunday off-camera, with the first eight awards on the night being handed out at the Dolby Theatre before the start of the ABC telecast. The Dolby was largely full in time for the 7 p.m. EDT pre-show, dubbed the “golden hour” by the academy. Speeches were later edited into the broadcast.
“Dune” got out to an early lead in those early awards, and it kept it through the night. The biggest blockbusters of this year's 10 best-picture nominees, “Dune” won a leading six awards, for production design, cinematography, editing, visual effects, sound and Hans Zimmer's score.
Best makeup and hairstyling went to Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh for “The Eyes of Tammy Faye.” Chastain had been among the many academy members who thought all the awards should have been handed out live during the broadcast. Chastain hugged each winner as they took the stage.
Behind this year's telecast changes was alarm over the Oscars fast-falling ratings. While drops have been common to all major network award shows, last year’s show attracted only about 10 million viewers, less than half of the 23.6 million the year before. A decade ago, it was closer to 40 million. Will the slap heard 'round the world help lift ratings?
“Welp,” tweeted Oscar producer Will Packer after the show. “I said it wouldn’t be boring.”
HAYWARD, Calif. (KRON) -- A Hayward mother is expected to be in court Monday morning.
Samantha Johnson is charged with the murder of her 8-year-old daughter.
Police say Sophia Mason's body was found earlier this month at her mother's boyfriend's home in Merced.
Dhante Jackson is still wanted in connection to the murder.
The family says they're having a very difficult time with this situation, and no one is going to be able to be there in court in person.
It will be on Zoom live for them so that they can watch.
It will be their first time seeing Samantha Johnson since Sophia's death.
"It's difficult for my aunt, Samantha's mom, because that's her child," said Melissa Harris who is Johnson's cousin. "But she killed her grandchild, or at least had a roll to play in it."
Harris will be watching Samantha Johnson's arraignment live over Zoom.
Johnson is being charged with murder and child abuse of her 8-year-old daughter, sophia mason.
"Our family is not doing well," Harris said.
She says they had very little contact with Johnson over the last few months of Sophia's life, and it's been difficult to hear what Sophia was going through.
"Just hearing that she was kept in a shed and that she was treated in the manner that she was during her last month or so has left our family in a range of anger -- it's a high stress time for us," Harris said.
The coroner is still working on Sophia's cause of death.
While Johnson is in jail, her boyfriend, Dhante Jackson, is wanted by police in connection with the murder as well.
But they have yet to find him.
"It's really frustrating to us, especially because the police had him the night they apprehended Samantha in Newark, and they let him go because they didn't have probable cause," Harris said.
Harris says she wishes more national news outlets would pay attention to Sophia's case and broadcast Jackson's photo to help find him. She also wishes officials would have done more sooner.
"We still can't help but wonder if Sophia wasn't a small black girl, if the CPS and police would have paid attention earlier on," Harris said.
KRON4 asked Harris what she would say to her cousin, Samantha Johnson, if she could talk to her in court.
"I don't throw people away. We don't throw people away. But right now we have a hard time understanding why you did what you did when you know there are so many people who love you and Sophia and would have helped both of you," Harris said.
Merced police are offering a $3K reward for Dhante Jackson. If you see him, you're asked to call police.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) -- One person is dead after two shootings that happened early Sunday morning, just a block away from San Jose State University.
The shootings happened within a block of each other near East San Carlos Street and South Fourth Street.
When San Jose police responded, an officer also shot at a suspect who they say was pointing a handgun at someone inside La Victoria restaurant.
Police have shut down East San Carlos street as they continue to investigate both shootings.
They haven't confirmed whether or not the shootings were related but say one person is dead.
San Jose police are investigating a death following two separate shootings -- one block a part.
One scene unfolded near East San Carlos and South 4th Streets.
Police say they responded just before 3 a.m. and found a man suffering from a gunshot wound.
They say the victim died on scene, and the unidentified suspect got away.
Meanwhile, a second shooting took place just feet away at the La Victoria Taqueria.
"We see a cop wielding a gun at the steps of La Vic's, aiming at the suspect probably just a step or two inside the door and then all you hear is three shots and everyone just scatters," said Jiday Dike who lives nearby the scene of the shooting.
Jiday Dike and his friend Nate Nunez live across the street at the Grad Apartments and were on their way home when they witnessed the officer involved shooting.
"I'm going to be rethinking every time I go to La Vic's or even just grabbing some food right across the street from where we stay," Nunez said.
Police say the suspect was pointing a handgun at someone else when an officer shot at the suspect. They say the suspect is being treated for non life-threatening injuries.
''Right when he shot him, the people inside everyone screamed and jumped back. They didn't think the cop was going to shoot'," Dike said.
Police are still investigating both cases and looking for the suspect who pulled the trigger in the shooting near East San Carlos and South 4th Street.
KRON4 is still waiting on more information about that victim and how this all unfolded.
(INSIDE CALIFORNIA POLITICS) - Lorena Gonzalez, a former Democratic Assembly member, joined Inside California co-host Nikki Laurenzo to discuss her new role at the California Labor Federation.
Gonzalez will takeover leadership at Cal Labor later this year. She discusses her priorities in the new role and which initiatives she plans to continue to fight for after leaving the legislature.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) - Country music artist and Academy of Country Music award-winner Jeff Carson has died at the age of 58.
According to a release on his website, Carson died of a heart attack on Saturday at the Williamson Medical Center in Franklin, Tennessee.
The country artist was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on December 16, 1963. He began his music career early by singing in church and later moving to Nashville where he began recording demos for other country music artists such as Faith Hill ("It Matters to Me"), Tracy Lawrence ("I See it Now"), Reba McEntire ("The Heart is A Lonely Hunter"), Tim McGraw ("I Wouldn’t Want It Any Other Way"), and Mark Wills ("Places I’ve Never Been").
In 1995, Carson began his recording contract at Curb Records, releasing the single “Yeah Buddy,” which was his first song to make the charts. Soon after came the single “Not on Your Love,” which went number one on the country music charts. His next single, “The Car,” became a top-five hit and was named “Video of the Year” at the Academy of Country Music awards.
Throughout his career, Carson had a total of 14 charted singles on the Billboard charts.
In 2009, Carson retired from music to join the Franklin Police Department in Williamson County, Tennessee, where he continued to work up until his passing. The country music artist recently signed with Encore Music Group and was recording a specialty album that featured duets with Michael Ray, Darryl Worley, Mark Wills, and Craig Morgan.
Carson, according to the release, is survived by his wife, son, mother, brother, and sister, as well as aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews.
(The Hill) - The White House is attempting to walk back a major moment in President Biden’s remarks on Saturday, in which he declared that Russian President Vladimir Putin should not remain in power.
“For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power,” the president said at the end of his speech in Warsaw, Poland.
Following the remarks, a White House official said that comment was referring to Putin exercising power outside of Russia.
“The president’s point was that Putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or the region. He was not discussing Putin’s power in Russia, or regime change,” the official said in an email.
Much of Biden’s speech involved placing blame for the Russian invasion into Ukraine directly on Putin and delivering a plea to the Russian people that they not be welcoming or supportive of the war. The comment was a particularly notable moment, however, appearing to mark a shift in Biden’s thinking about Putin’s position in Russia.
It’s unclear if the White House meant that Biden muddled his words or went off-script with his comments. The White House did not immediately respond to The Hill’s request for comment to clarify the statement.
Biden at one point in his remarks declared, “It is Putin, it is Vladimir Putin who is to blame. Period.” And he called the war “an example of one of the oldest human impulses, using brute force and disinformation to satisfy a craving for absolute power and control.”
The president called Putin “a butcher,” when asked earlier on Saturday what he thought of him for having caused the humanitarian fallout.
He also on Friday reiterated his belief that Putin has committed war crimes, after Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday said the Biden administration has determined that Russian forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine.
