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Bellow security. Gates, cameras, even store layout changes havent been enough to deter thieves. The owner is now trying a new tactic. Posting video of the incidents online. Yeah, theyre desperate. Kron fours gayle ong joins us live in the studio with the details. Good evening, gayle. Well, good evening. These videos highlight the challenges Small Businesses face in keeping their stores secure. And the real cost of these types of crimes. Unfortunately, weve had more shoplifting lately. Chandler, 10 posting Surveillance Video on social media after 2 shoplifting incidents took place at her San Francisco store postscript. The crimes happening in the same week last month. The video shows people wandering then stuffing items in their jackets, pockets and walking out of the storm. Sometime saw a few items missing in caught on camera. But every once in a while were able to catch it, but honestly can be happening and were not aware of it, too. We have a lot of items in the store tank opened her shop 4 years ago at the start of the pandemic and has dealt with other incidents. How door smashed a couple no one got in. But we had to install security gate during the height of the pandemic. San francisco saw a rise in retail theft and burglaries, according to city leaders. Overall, crime numbers are down in the city for the month of february. This year. Mayor london breeds Office Reports that when comparing february 2024, to the same month last year, the city saw a 37 reduction in larceny, which includes car breakins and retail theft. Theyre reporting a 20 reduction in robberies and a 14 reduction in burglaries. Postscript is located on california street off fillmore near high Fashion Stores and restaurants that have also been targets of retail theft, crying data from the San Francisco Police Department shows the northern station which covers this neighborhood, saw a drop and larceny theft and burglaries. 10 filed Police Reports so police can keep track of the crime data as the pd tells kron 4 to department received a report of shoplifting at 10 shop on february 23rd just before 01 00pm where an unknown female was in the store and stole merchandise and got away. Well, the crime maybe down the cost for a Small Business when it happens, still weighs heavy. We dont really have this in our budget. So, you know, we also support a lot of Small Business vendors. So it impacts them as well. So the effect is much bigger. And tanks as after posting about her experience. She has received an outpouring of support from customers at last check with sfpd. No arrests have been made at this time. But anyone with information is asked to Contact Police gayle ong kron. 4 news. Thank you, gayle. We have another round of business closures here in San Francisco. 2 of them affect the popular shopping and Tourist Destination of union square. The north face is closing its store on post street that closes down a march 17th according to a sign posted on the store. The outdoor retailer was founded in San Francisco. Were back in 1964. The post street location is the companys only store in the city north face tells kron 4 they will continue to operate other stores locally in santa clara berkeley, walnut creek in palo alto. Just a few blocks down ppglobal retailer. Zara is shutting down the business. Lease expires in january. And a spokesperson tells us they will not be renewing. That store is also on post street. The location at emporium center. The former westfield San Francisco center is staying open and in the castro after more than 2 decades of business Seafood Restaurant catch will be closing the final Dinner Services tomorrow. The restaurant hosted guests in a Historic Building here on market street. The location was officially deemed a landmark in 2004 for being the original home of the names project, a memorial to honor the lives lost due to aids. Fire crews are on the scene of a grass fire in antioch right now. You can see from this time lapse video, the smoke from the pg and e camera there. Its burning along west 4th street, the size of the fire is currently fewer than 5 acres, definitely hopefully they can get a handle on those flames. Lets hope so. Meteorologist Lawrence Karnow has been. Tracking the winds there and the weather in general. And he joins us now with a look at what firefighters might be up against. Lawrence. Theres been so much rain that you would figure conditions are favorable for firefighters. But yeah, its been warm and sunny today. Yeah. Nice day around the bay area today. Of course you get the very wet ground there from all the rain that weve seen. So that will really kind of hamper the spread of that fire. But this the time of the day we get that sea breeze in the afternoon. Were seeing that, although its fairly light out there right now, you can see in and around that area near concord and antioch. Weve got some light winds to maybe 5 Miles Per Hour in that location. And generally those coming out of the northnortheast and though thats a light offshore wind that is blowing now. But it is also a dry wind that continues to blow out there right now. So were going to watch closely. It looks like its not going to be a major wind event that develops outside. In fact, things are pretty calm out there overall in much of the bay area. Were looking at some nice weather, as we said into the afternoon now, High Pressure really over the state. But things are going to change again as we get the weekend to see all the white over the top of the sierra nevada, that is not clouds. That is all that snow up across the high country in the bay area, though. Nice and clear all the way the coastline, thats way it is going to stay as we head throughout the night tonight. Probably couple clouds by the morning, though. You can see that front off the coastline. That is going to bring a big change in the weather as we head toward the weekend. So hes now last couple days, been very nice outside with some dry conditions. Sunshine, really some comfortable temperatures. Well in the 60s today, i think well see those go away. Over the weekend, though were going bring a chance of showers into the forecast, but not for everybody. One area location, especially going to see a better chance of rain tomorrow. Well talk more about that coming up in a few minutes. Breaking news. Were just getting into the kron 4 newsroom. Weve learned that another united flight had to divert to lax after taking off from sfo. The faa says the flight it was headed to mexico city from sfo had to land at lax around 4. 30, this afternoon after the crew reported some kind of hydraulics issue. Were still trying to learn more details about that incident. But obviously disconcerting, especially coming just a day after a united flight headed to japan from sfo had to divert after one of its tires fell off damaging cars in the employee parking lot at sfo. So well keep you posted on the latest issue in the airline industry. Take a look at this. A water main break once again washes out stern grove in San Francisco. It happened this morning on will street. Around pine lake park, Water Service was not interrupted to those who live in the area, according to public, works damage to the park and the hillside are still being investigated this evening. If increasing pg and e bills are frustrating. You well, youre not alone. And theres no relief ahead. In fact, the California Public Utilities Commission has approved yet another increase on 4 dan kerman reports. How much it is and what it will be showing up on your bill. If you think p g any bills are already high, get ready for another increase. The California Public Utilities Commission is okay to 12 month rate hike so pg and e can recoup a portion of the money that was spent for wildfire safety work. That means in late april early may average electric bills will go up about 3. 65 a month and gas bills will increase just over a dollar a month. It is absolutely unsustainable. Have double digit increase. 5th year after year. Martone with the Utility Reform Network says this latest increase. Hes on top of the 13 rate hike that went into effect in january. Thats all bills go up. An average of 34 and 0. 50 a month. People who are seniors, retired fixed income. This able. These are the folks to get hurt the most. By. These rate increases. These bill increases. More than anyone else. They need a limit. Tony is hoping customers will pressure state lawmakers to cap eugenie increases since 2019. San francisco has been exploring another option having the San Francisco Public Utilities commission purchased the grid and take over the distribution of electricity in the city and county of San Francisco. Made a formal offer to pg and e to purchase their grid for 2. 5 billion dollars. They have told its not for sale. And that price is too low so far pg and e has and entertain the buyout. But San Francisco is pushing forward. We think we can provide the service at a more reliable costeffective rate. We are structurally advantaged as as a local government and providing that service under the local government model. In the meantime, another rate hike request is still pending before the California Public Utilities Commission. This one would see another 7. 2 hike in electric bills. Dan kerman kron. 4 news. San franciscos taking another step towards building more housing on treasure island. Mayor london breed is pushing plans forward to make treasure island. The largest source of new housing in the bay area. This is part of the housing for all plan. The mayor launched last year. The goal is to create more than 80,000 new homes in the city by 2030, with 8,000 of those homes located on treasure island. A new Public Transit connection will make it easier to get around in the south bay, a connection between bart and eta is officially happening. The vta board unanimously approving the extension project that will connect to bart at the milpitas station. Trains will run on the east capitol expressway all the way to alum rock this project has been in development for decades now. Construction can finally begin as soon as next month. How long can we expect the snow to stay in the sierra . Some resorts are already thinking about skiing in late spring. Maybe even the summer. First, though, an ankle update after steph rolled his during last nights game. The warriors got a huge scare during last nights loss to the bulls. Steph curry left the game early. With an apparent sprained ankle, it cant lose him today. Steph got an mri really assess the damage and kron fours. Erin wilson is here with an update aaron. Losing staff is like the one thing that can happen to the warriors. I mean, losing staff just you can avoid the feeling of like, oh, my gosh, the season is over, right . But luckily. Those scary times. Not that bad. It seems at least after mri was done at you can see it on the faces of the guys like Draymond Green and Klay Thompson after the game when they spoke in the press conference. But given the circumstances, the warriors got some pretty good news regarding staffs as they mri results came back negative for any structural. Dan, is this. It was on this play right here on your screen where you can ee still try to change directions their bit. You see him there, limping off of the floor and eventually back to the locker room after having mri done today, it was all came back clear step will more than likely theyll miss a few games with the warriors, but hes not expected to miss any significant amount of time. Now its tough because on wednesday night, one of the topics of conversation was how healthy the team actually was. It was the healthy as theyve been all season since november. Now well have to wait and see how stiff responds to the treatment that hes undergoing for his ankle to get a clear timeline on his return. But the warriors, they will host the spurs and chase and then theyre on the road against the spurs and then they have the some games that they definitely need to win, but some games that it might be a little bit easier without step out there with well, a he responds. Yeah. This is kind of a bestcase scenario given that he had to leave the game. You knew he was hurt. If he misses a week 10 days, 2 weeks is at the end of the world and hopefully they can still make a late push an nobody wants to face the warriors in the playoffs. So lets hope yeah, they can get some momentum once he returns and then make a make a i think would be good to see if they can keep the momentum going. Now that hes out for him to come back into a really good situation a day when they were without draymond, just as they did when they without wiggins. And so just to continue that entre this season, because i think that right there is what the warriors have done well so far this season, especially if everyone else is healthy right now, they should be able to do that. Exactly. Exactly. Sep 3 for a reason, right . Yeah. Haha. And they. Happening tomorrow, San Franciscos union square will be blooming with thousands of 2 lips more than 80,000 to be exact. This is all part of the Union Square Alliance spring and summer initiative. Organizers say this months event is in honor of International Womens day. Attendees will be limited to just 5 minutes in this to left field. If you cant make it out tomorrow to update will return again in may, july and in im hoping that i would like to say that the weather is going to be what it was like today for day tomorrow. But i think lawrence has the answer. What he said . Well, im saying that, you know, there are so many tulips there. You might need to tip toe if youre going through the tulips. Thats cute. Headed out there. Theres a chance you could see a couple of sprinkles in the San Francisco in the morning. Not going to be and up. Turning up the more of the drizzle out there. Yeah, its got that springfield to it on friday evening. Looking nice outside, beautiful all the way to the coastline. Looking good. But changes are in the works today. Things kind of settling down across the state yesterday. Of course you had that the rain move into southern california. The action, a Flash Flood Watch yesterday afternoon and Beverly Hills of all places. But now that has quieted down. Were seeing so break in the stormy weather. But looks like them may not last long. Right now were looking good outside but off the coastline. Yeah, it looks like weve got another storm system putting itself together. Not going to be a big one. In fact, its going to come in, right kind of robin on the back side of that ridge of High Pressure as it does, its going to weaken somewhat. And that means when it comes on shore, theyre just not going to be a whole lot of energy with it. Heading out the door tonight, you can find some clear skies around the bay area. Some pretty comfortable temperatures in the 50s as we head throughout the evening and no rain in the forecast for tonight. Tomorrow that begins to change as High Pressure kind of gets out of the way. And then here comes that cold front beginning to fall apart as it comes through. But i think really the best chance of rain with this kind of storm system probably in the north bay, watch out for some scattered showers there. The rest, the bay area, you can see some passing clouds and some notably cooler temperatures by the afternoon. So tomorrow, a pleasant day san jose with a partly cloudy skies about 64. You head north, though you see more clouds, those temperatures are going to be cooler. You head north of the golden gate bridge. Well, that increases the chance of a little precipitation out there. Couple little rain drops in the forecast north for that. You may have to tiptoe in between. There will be yes, that was q. Thank you very late winter storms are expected to lead to a milder than normal wildfire season. The National Interagency fire centers predicting below normal fire activity from may through june. Researchers say vegetation that would normally burned and dry conditions at lower elevations is still green. And buried in snow. Higher elevations. All that snow also means a good weekend for skiers and snowboarders headed to the sierra last weekends blizzard brought 8 plus feet of snow to the area. Kron fours rob nesbitt. Joining us now in studio with more on how that snow was badly needed help the states Water Resources. Rob. Noel miracle march is what snow enthusiasts were hoping for in places like lake tahoe. And they got it. It being a huge amount of snow for the month and the snow pack is benefiting. Weekend blizzard that blew through the sierra last weekend made for difficult travel conditions and ski resorts were closed for several days. Once the area was shoveled out, places like palisades tahoe were able to take advantage of the fresh powder this past weekend from thursday evening. Theyre monday. Weve got 8 feet of snow. It was insane. Pr coordinator at palisades maddy condon says because of all the new snow, the ski resort will extend their season to may 27th. Memorial day weekend skiing is a good sign for the states snowpack. Its always great space to lake. Its great for watershed. Its great for the California Drought that weve seen the past. You know, a few years. So the more so the merrier, as always, that scares hearts. The California Department of Water Resources keeps a close eye on the states snowpack. According to the manager of the departments hydrology section david the statewide snowpack is just above 100 . But then we had this really good snowstorm really push does. Where we want to be at this time of the year early march hesitates to be too optimistic because hes still paying close attention to the date. April 1st. Thats when the state reaches peak snowpack each year and the department of Water Resources wants to see more snow in the forecast before. Then playing devils advocate on 2. Were still just below the april one average. So. By april one, we would hope to get more snow. In fact, id like to actually get slightly above average by april. 1st. Were nowhere near the high percentages of last winters snowpack, but still in a good place and says its also important that temperatures dont rise too fast. This spring to avoid flooding in the sierra as remember last year. That was a huge concern. We did look at last year. Didnt happen. From that big snow pack and they dont want to obviously have to get the ship a gradual warm up, i guess is what were looking for little slow. Haha. All right. Thanks for that. Still ahead, a program oo help give incarcerated people a jump start in the career field. How it works after the field. How it works after the break. My dry eyes made me a burning, stinging, 5timesaday,. Makeup smearing drops user. I want another option thats not another drop. Tyrvaya. Its not another drop. Its the first and only nasal spray for dry eye. Tyrvaya treats the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease fast by helping your body produce its own real tears. Common side effects include sneezing, cough, and throat and nose irritation. Relying only on drops . Not me. My own real tears are my relief. Ask your eye doctor about tyrvaya. Family and friends were invited to a Graduation Ceremony at San Quentin Rehab Center this weekend for sell sogomonian reports. It is part of an effort to prepare incarcerated people for the workforce and keep them from a life of crime. Shouldnt clinton a Graduation Ceremony for about 50 men are taught skills from construction to coating. The idea is to give them tools to succeed as contributing members of society. Once they get out. Tony, to for his parents came to cheer him on as he got his certificate and audio production. He already runs a podcast your house. You know, its just a pure joy. Well see capa Something Else i should say. I just what hes accomplished much in the past continued and growers read about in wired magazine when i was a county jail and i was like, this is a way to change my entire life to get back into something positive. Its wonderful gets him back on the track that he was on came here. So, yes, its a positive thing around. It was made possible by the Company Prison industry authority. The opportunity is unique approach that prepares them for the workforce and promotes harmony. They breaking down racial barriers as tony hall visits with his own family. He reflects on the new one thats formed inside the we come together help each so we get to the 60 and it just started instructor for the code. 73, 74 says been teaching for a decade for a nonprofit called the last john groce show versus at you kidding. And motivating incarcerated students this work as hard person every day. When you dont have to be here is hard. So why did i come back after the i think the pandemic kind of talk what . This program meant to be personally, not just what it meant to the community at large, but i felt it. I say lost a piece myself and when it was time to come back, when i got that call to come back, i just i just started crying because it was what im supposed to do. And advocates say education is key to safer communities. A uc irvine study found that since the start of these programs 85 of graduates who are released did not go back to prison reporting in san quintin. Ellison kron 4 coming up next, we are following breaking news out of the east bay. A grass fire growing in size this evening with the very latest after the you can make money the hard way as a bullfighter or a human cannonball. Or save money the easy way, with xfinity mobile. Existing customers can get a free line of our most popular unlimited plan for a year not only will you save hundreds but youll also be joining millions who have connected to americas most reliable 5g network. Sure is a lot safer than becoming a stuntman for money. Get a free line of unlimited intro for a year when you buy one unlimited line. Visit xfinitymobile. Com today to learn more. Tonight, the Investigation Continues into why a tire fell off of a plane shortly after takeoff and smashed multiple cars parked at San Francisco international airport. Were also hearing from one of the owners of those vehicles can force Charles Clifford reports. Federal transportation authorities have said that they plan on launching a possibly multiple investigations into this incident. Essentially a very crazy story with a tire falling off a plane and smashing into a car. Also on friday afternoon, we spoke with a woman whose vehicle was badly damaged. A dramatic scene caught on video as a tire falls off the landing gear of a boeing triple 7 just after takeoff from sfo thursday morning. The tire landed in an airport employee parking lot, crushing one car and damaging at least one other vehicle. Thankfully, no one was injured. One of the damage cars belong to lauren. If the she was at work when it happened and got a call from security. I rush over there. I think, you know, my cart over going to and then i saw my basically ripped into shreds. And then i started crying because didnt expect that at all. And thats when the cops came in explain what had happened. Lauren says that of all the things to worry about life, an airplane tire falling on her car. Wasnt something that ever crossed your no idea. I just couldnt you expect that at all . United airlines has said that they will work with their