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Price, the Alameda County board of supervisors have the option of choosing a special election this summer or to put the issue on the november ballot. They voted tonight to hold that recall election during the general election on november. 5th, nearly 100 people showed up for Public Comment ahead of the supervisors. Vote today. Prices opponents pushed for a special election in august or september or arguing the Public Safety is at risk. The longer she remains d a price and her supporters, however, wanted to wait until november to avoid any extra cost to taxpayers. Prosecutors Alliance Action is among prices supporters. Its executive director issued a statement saying in part, quote, we are glad that today the board of supervisors decided to do the right thing and save taxpayers millions by putting the recall election on the november ballot. This will ensure the most voters possible will have their voice heard in this important decision about the future of Public Safety in the county. Da price has scheduled a press conference for tomorrow morning at 10 00am in oakland. Kron. 4 will be listening in and we will bring you her statement on the kron. 4 morning news. Another big story were following bay area universities pushing back against student protesters for weeks now. Encampments and popped up on campuses across the bay area with students demanding the university has cut ties with there. Israeli relations, 3 weeklong encampment, uc berkeley ended today as 2 other University Set deadlines for students to clear up their tents. This is whats left of that encampment at cow. Students had been camping out for more than 3 weeks outside sproul hall. But the chancellor sent out a letter today saying the School Leaders had reached an agreement with demonstrators. She says the university will create a committee to look over investments in israel adding they will not be able to fully divest from those investments, but they will look into weapons manufacturing and surveillance industries. Student protesters at San Francisco state also reached an agreement with the administration. There after more than 2 weeks of demonstrating the Group Announced tonight the schools president and other leaders committed to divest from weapons manufacturers and create a workforce to develop new screenings for those investments. The student protesters have scheduled a News Conference for tomorrow afternoon. However, its a different story in the south bay School Leaders at San Jose State University gave students camping out there until 6 oclock tonight to clear their tense. But those demonstrators are still there tonight. Kron 4 jack molmud joins us live from san jose state where students say they have no plans of clearing out any time soon. Jack. Yeah, kinda know. Well, thats right. This encampment now is officially more than a day old. But like you said, it wasnt supposed to last that long with School Administration asking students here to pack up and leave by 06 00pm this evening. Now, as you can see behind me about obviously didnt happen. But students now have a tall task at hand convincing the School Administration to abide by their demands by graduation next week. What started as daytime sit san jose states campus is now a 24 7 encampment. Because i understand that our campus is very silent and complicit with not only genocide, but also as 9 isnt. Around 70 protesters asking the university to abide by their demands. Professor of justice studies saying kill is the advise it for some of the students here. The students in solidarity each other decided to launch a Popular University for gaza. And students say their first night the sprinklers turned forcing them to clean up some of their camp. The university tells us, though, the sprinklers are turned off now as long as the students are camping here and another point of contention is tony smith, the 1960, at olympia who famously raised his fist and the support of human rights posted an instagram, his support for the protesters said as a state. On the other hand, says they for the opposite from smith and the other olympians there, john. Carlos, i do think that makes the administration a little bit nervous about this encampment, even existing so close to graduation. Meantime, back on campus, the deadline to move out has passed. No police and no forcing out. Saying kill says she wants to keep advocating for her students. So thats why i risk my own skin in order to protect their right to free speech and Academic Freedom to speak out against this genocide. I spoke with san jose state who tells me about a lot of these students now are in violation of the student code of conduct and what possible punishments can look like remains to be seen. Im told by the school with graduation so close around the corner. For now reporting live on san jose states campus. Jack moment. Kron 4 news. Jack, thank you. In San Francisco, students at usf were also given a deadline by School Leaders to leave their encampments or face consequences. And just like in san jose state, they instead held a rally today. Kron fours grant lotus here in the studio with reaction from some of those students. Grant divide. Students are talking about welsh field here behind me at usf where student protesters, as you can see, have set up a decent size encampment there. The schools graduation is saturday. So thats a looming. And students say theyre going to stay here and they say that encampment could be there beyond graduation. If their demands are not met. Students remains unfazed this afternoon despite the schools threat of repercussions, if they didnt clear out by 03 00pm. Says the suspension or explosion. So you are at risk of being suspended or expelled. And we just think thats a scare tactic. We think that we understand that we have so much power as a collective of what we did here. Either encampment has been really unifying for all of us. The university has been in talks with protesters in says they have been working to try to keep an open dialogue. In a statement, they say there are no plans to clear the encampment or involve Law Enforcement as long as that encampment is peaceful, nonviolent. Well keep you posted. Well back to you. Thank you. Grant. Meanwhile, congressional aides at the white the Biden Administration is setting a new package of more than a billion dollars to israel and its war against hamas in gaza. They say the package includes about 700 Million Dollars for tank ammunition and 500 million for tactical vehicles. They did not say when those weapons would be sent. Stay with kron 4 on air and online for the latest information on the israel and hamas war from campus protest to the conflict on the ground and to our website kron 4 dot com. Highway one in big sur is reopening to traffic this friday. Part of a highway collapsed in late march following one of our winter storms and happened just a half mile north of the famous bixby bridge. Crews say when it reopens on friday, the area will have signalized Traffic Control allowing one way alternating traffic in both directions. A project to construct a permanent repair to the highway is currently in the design phase. They hope to finish and install it in spring 2025. The goal of fog may return to the bay area. Lot of that around and a lot of that moving on shore right now. Lets check out your wakeup Weather Forecast gets going tomorrow morning and well, looks like the fog and low clouds going to be very thick early on tomorrow morning, foggy all around. I think not only just along the coastline inside the bay, some of the valleys to temperatures going to be hovering in the 40s in the 50s. Maybe some drizzle early on to cloudy skies continuing even at 08 00am in the temperatures reflect that as well. Only in the 50s and then we start sneaking a little sunshine in the valleys as we head toward 10 00am temperatures in the 50s and the 60s. Shoppers in San Francisco reacting to the closure of the highend Jewelry Store, shreve and company, the longtime Jewelry Store announced it would be moving its headquarters to palo alto with news of their move. Real estate experts say other businesses are already waiting to take their spot at union square. Were actually in advanced negotiations with the local tenant to take the entire ground floor and potentially the mezzanine as well for a very special concept. The store is having a major sale starting friday. They say discounts on jewelry and watches will be up to 60 off. Governor gavin newsom touring the new facility today in redwood city that will soon expand to house people experiencing Behavioral Health challenges. He says plans are in place for similar facilities to go up after voters narrowly passed prop one in march. The governor promises the 6. 4 billion dollar bond wolf and Treatment Facilities and more than 11,000 Behavioral Health beds. We need to do better and do more. And we need to all held to a higher level of accountability. Ive never been more enthusiastic about our prospects to actually make a dent in address the issue of what happened on the streets and sidewalks in the state that i am these next 2 to 3 years will be transformation. Critics have argued prop one which just throw more money at the problem. Still ahead tonight, care, not cages. The message tonight from Community Leaders to San Francisco officials. Over the handling Overdose Deaths. Plus, the new proposed law that would force social Media Companies to allow parents to be involved in their kids Online Presence. Tesla drivers scrambling to find a working charger after a station in north bay was vandalized. Whats inside those chargers . That thieves are now after . Take a look at this video thats now gone viral showing charging cables cut at a tesla charging station in vallejo. The vandalism likely done over the weekend by suspected copper thieves, all charging stations. There are back in service tonight. But the incident did cause some headaches for a lot of tesla drivers. Kron fours sara stinson spoke to the man who posted the video and reports from la how. All the charging josh tackler posted this now viral tiktok showing tesla charging cables slashed in stolen from multiple charging stalls on sunday. This happening at a tesla supercharger station in vallejo. Behind the target on admiral callaghan lane. We were a park in the car to go to the gym. My wife and i and i noticed that only at. Couple other tesla charging stations had not been cut. After looking at one of the cut cables, becker says he knew exactly what happened. The suns have a little copper poor so i catch ekeler. It spent 17 years investigating these kinds of crime we would find generators in the back of big box retailers stripped of their copper. So its a common theme right now. Copper sells for 3, a pound on average and you get up to around 10 to 12 miles and youre looking to push probably 100 pounds. Tesla quickly replace the charging cables on monday. But 8 stalls remained offline until tuesday night at 7 oclock, which had tesla owners scrambling to find a working stall as be shocking to hear. But im ive got this. Im glad didnt take all of the copper cause. I actually was pretty low right now. I had like 2 miles left. That would be pretty bad as president bush. And i hope it doesnt happen again. And that clears tiktok got nearly 1 million views in just 48 hours. He says while its angered a lot of people, he wants everyone to know that stealing copper is not a fast track to cash. You really had to work hard and then. Take it you know, recycling center. God knows how far down the road strip it just a symptom of. How desperate someone can be and how are theyre willing to work to put a couple of dollars on the table . He says, unfortunately, this is a sign of the times, extra money. If that you definitely feel it. And virtually every city in the bay area. So im just hoping for some semblance of change. The tesla charges are back online and working. Says the Security Guard is the one who filed a police report. We reached out to vallejo police, but we did not hear back in time for this report. We have seen security monitoring the station. Im sara stinson reporting in vallejo kron. 4 news. Police are investigating after several teslas meantime were vandalized. Reports indicate numerous vehicles had their tires slashed at the tesla factory in fremont near 8. 80, anyone with information is asked to contact fremont police. Meantime, california is getting nearly 64 Million Dollars in federal funds to repair and replace electric vehicle chargers. Lawmakers say the funding will help reduce Greenhouse Gases and promote ev Alameda County fire crews in livermore are preparing for wildfire season. They toured the altamonte Mountain Pass in area vulnerable to fires due to high winds and dry vegetation. This is one of the main arteries for the have bay area coming through with a lot of vehicles will be fire sparks cigarette in the name of front of the window concert fired. The Alameda County Fire Department says it will be increasing its staff for the next few months. We definitely are in us our summer pattern to things are starting to move along here conference. You meteorologist Lawrence Karnow joining us with a look at the weather headlines. Still some green in those hills but not long and that will be turning all brown. Thats for sure. As we get along. Dry summer months ahead of the humidity. Well, thats going to be going way down to. And thats when we get some of these with these afternoon breezes mets. We see a lot of these fires getg in the afternoon hours. But tonight that fog really kind of socking in around the bay area. That means humidity is way up. In fact, the rain, theyre going to see some drizzle along the coastline overnight tonight and tomorrow you can see in the San Francisco that cloud deck really surging on shore right now. More that on the way today. We did squeeze in some nice numbers, warm in the valleys above normal in lemore. 82 degrees. 80 in concord. 79 degrees in nice day in san jose. 66 in oakland cooler. 62 in the San Francisco. But out the door right now, things kind of quiet out there. For the most part. Weve got a couple high clouds streaming up above and the monterey bay and of course, low clouds and fog surging back on shore right now. More of that is on the way. In fact, high well, you can see those little trough develop along the coastline. Watch out for a few more thunderstorms over the southern Sierra Nevada. If youre headed in that direction for us, though, yeah, its going to be that deeper marine layer. Thats going to let that marine layer up and let it move further to the valley. So weve got more fog, low clouds on the way. It will be breaking up, though, as we head toward the afternoon, warm sunshine, going to fill many of those valleys even inside the bay tomorrow. Looks like a beautiful especially away from the immediate coastline about 75 degrees in oakland, breezy in the afternoon should be a beautiful 79 in san jose warm but you head to San Francisco. Youve got mixed bag toward the find those numbers in the 50s downtown. Maybe a little bit warmer. Plenty of fog and sunshine throughout the bay area. They one man is under arrest tonight for allegedly shooting and killing 2 women in san lorenzo. Skaters say it happened earlier this month at a home on dermody avenue. They say the suspect identified as howard reed was captured in kansas and will be brought back to california reid has been charged with 2 counts of murder with special circumstances. San jose police are asking for your help locating a assault suspect. Julian salvador, martinez is accused of pulling a young girl under a freeway overpass and sexually assaulting her happened back on april. 9th. Investigators say he was riding a dark colored bicycle at the time. The girl managed to fight him off and then flat and then martinez fled on his bicycle. Martinez is described as 5 foot 11 inches tall with dark hair and a thin mustache. This is a photo of him there on your screen. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to contact san jose pd. Lawmakers at the State Capitol are hoping to hold social Media Companies accountable with a new set of bills they say will protect children. Our capitol correspondent Eytan Wallace reports. Im im outraged. Thats why were going hard here. Los angeles, democratic senator henry stern sharing frustration with social Media Companies, he says have not done their part to protect children and teenagers online. Its time these large corporations. Well have plenty of resources to do so step up. But he says he does not have faith in many social Media Companies and protecting minors online. Thats why he introduced 2 bipartisan bills, including sb 14. 44 also known as samis law named for the late sammy chapman. The 16 yearold teen died 3 years ago after taking a pill he bought from a drug dealer on snapchat. That pill turned out to be laced with the deadly dose of fentanyl and the names. My son, lets save some lies with this legislation. Sammys father sam came to the capitol to urge support for samis law. It would allow parents to be involved in their kids Online Presence by bringing in thirdparty safety apps designed to monitor online activity. Those apps will then notify parents upon finding dangerous content and potential harms online such as bullying or drug deals. What i hope for is that sammys legacy is a legacy of saving other people. And that other people wont have to go through what his brother and his mother and myself have had to suffer. But Major Tech Companies are opposed in a statement tech net, a network of Tech Industry executives said safety is the number one priority for platforms adding thirdparty apps could pose issues quote, at a minimum, a 3rd party should not be able to unwind the many settings features Parental Controls policies. And protections. Platforms have created to ensure a safe environment for teen users. But stern and his colleagues say they will keep fighting, not just for samis law, but also for sb 15, 0, 4, a bill they argue will take on the issue of cyber bullying. The bill would require platforms to have a clear cyber bulling reporting button and provide written confirmation within 36 hours after a user has formally reported a cyber platform is then make a written determination about its findings within 10 days if they fail to do so. Platforms could face a 75,000 daily penalty per violation users could also file legal action if platforms failed to respond. Technet said the proposed penalties for violations are unduly burdensome, but bipartisan lawmakers who spoke here disagree. It is dangerous out there. Its imperative that we do our part as legislators to ensure that we have safety. We need to do more. Just a start. And we want to make sure that we protect our children. And the bills are set to go before the Senate Appropriations Committee Later this week. Reporting at the State Capitol, a tonn wallace kron. 4 news. The new sign is up at the south bay water park. Its long been known as raging waters sign reads calib after serving the region for almost 40 years. Raging waters and now said the end of last summer that it would not be renewing its lease and closing for good because of low turnout in february. San jose city leaders approved a new lease and contract for the new management of a new water park. Theres no official opening date yet for caeleb unga. Coming up, concerns of covid cases rising once again. Well tell you about the new variant Health Officials are now warning about. Plus thieves arrested on the peninsula after targeting to mail carriers on the same day and get ready for the golden state about currys more on the meaning behind the name for San Franciscos new wnba team. Stick with us. Kron. 4 news at 10. Well be right news at 10. Well be right back. If youre happy and, you know it, clap your hands if youre happy and, you know it, ride your bike. If youre happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it. If youre happy and you know it smile big and bright. Thousands of kids just like me are happy every day. And its all because of generous people like you who support shriners hospitals for children every month. All you have to do is call the number on your screen or go online to loveshriners. Org right now with your monthly gift. Because of people like you shriners hospitals for children is able to make an everyday miracle happen for kids like me. 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Org mateo county man is in jail accused of having with a child younger than 14 years old. Redwood city police say they arrested 19 yearold andre gomes today in east palo alto. Officers say the incident happened in redwood city. Theyre now investigating to see if th re are any more victims. In palo altos, 2 suspects are behind bars tonight for allegedly robbing 2 postal mail carriers over the weekend. The first happened in belmont on old county road near el camino. On saturday. Police say the suspects allegedly through the mail carrier to the ground and then forcefully took her set of postal service. Keys officers would later get reports about another mailecarrier being robbed this time on lima court in palo alto. They soon realized it was the same suspects. They led police on a brief pursuit before being caught. Both were booked on several felony charges. Coming up next, a swim that lasted more than 17 hours. Were going hear from the woman who swam almost 30 miles from San Francisco to the carolina. Theyre not cages. The message tonight from Community Leaders to San Francisco on how theyre dealing with Overdose Deaths in the city. Now at 10, 30 Health Workers and Community Groups are demanding San Francisco do more to prevent Overdose Deaths. That includes the argument that the problem is only made worse if drug users face the risk of incarceration. Kron fours. Catherine heenan has reaction from San Francisco da Brooke Jenkins. Members of the Group Carried signs that said things like care, not cages in dealing with addicts. They argue against what they call car several measures and other words, jail or prison time in 2023. We saw a crackdown on drug users. The sheriffs were activated to arrest people who use drugs in the heart of our city. 60 of those arrests involved. People of see the ways that disrupts peoples lives and actually contributes to Overdose Deaths. District attorney Brooke Jenkins sees the problem in a very different light. I think the fact that we have enabled drug use that we have condoned it and weve allowed it is what has caused this problem to everyone that i talked to who is in recovery right now, it has been successful, said that it was the criminal Justice System that really propelled to decide that treatment was what they needed for themselves. They had to be forced in a way to make that choice for what was best for them. And so thats all that were trying to do is to make sure that we protect the most vulnerable from drug dealers, but also use this system to try to to to influence people to choose a better life for themselves. Coalition members argue that crackdown measures only lead to more overdoses. They say San Francisco needs to spend more money on prevention, treatment and Community Care facilities and say treatment should be available on demand. No waiting. We put so many barriers in peoples way from meeting to have id from meeting to show up at a certain place at a certain time of wait, lance. But among those agreeing that tougher measures are critical. Supervisor matt dorsey, who has overcome his own drug problems, he says with progress being made to reduce street level drug scenes advocating to turn San Francisco streets into arrest free for all of public drug use is a lunatic fringe and are key, not sound Public Health strategy. We have an obligation. As a body of government to intervene and help people again choose to a life worth living. Catherine heenan kron. 4 news. The new set of coronavirus variants known as flirt is sparking concerns about a potential summer uptick in covid cases. They say for 2 weeks in april, the ariants made up about 28 of new cases in the u. S. Ucsf Infectious Disease expert doctor peter chin. Hong says many of the symptoms are similar to other variants of covid. Yeah, its probably going to be very similar doesnt mean that everybody is going out of a mild you know, were still seeing covid in the hospital, believe it or not. Just not that just the lowest point in the pandemic. But common theme of everyone that ive seen in last with serious diseases that they didnt get a single vaccine in the last year. Doctor chinhong as encouraging everyone to get an updated vaccine, particularly older people. And those who are immune compromised. Hundreds of protesters gathered on the sidewalks outside of google this morning. They chose to be here this week because googles hosting a developer conference with thousands in attendance at the nearby shoreline amphitheater. Protesters did block one of the entrances to the event, but attendees were able to get through it other ways. The protesters are worried about project nimbus a Cloud Computing effort by the israeli government. In partnership with google and amazon. The message that were trying send here is when the innovations and the potentially beautifully and not things that are valley are harm people. But thats not ok. We will not kron 4 did reach out to google for comment. But so far we have not heard back. Meantime, 50 former google employees have filed an official complaint against the company for unlawful termination. This comes after the employees held a sit in at google offices in sunnyvale and new york. The Company Fired them after finding out which employees have participated. The workers filed the complaint saying google unlawfully retaliated against them. The protesters say they want their jobs back and they want google to allow workers to protest without the risk of retaliation. American eagle outfitters is closing its store in the San Francisco center. Thats according to filings on the States Employment Development Website in september of last year. American eagle sued westfield for the for breach of the Lease Agreement and overall unsafe work conditions for employees. When westfield announced it was leaving the downtown mall behind. Since then, several other wellknown Stores Including nordstrom, lego and hollister have also decided leave sf Center American eagles last day open is on june. 12th. Time now for the 4 zone forecast as we go outside to be a live look at sfo anyone coming in over the next couple days. It might. Be a little bumpy on inbound laurence with all fog weve got. Yeah, a lot of fog out there. That certainly be an issue, especially at the sfo. They get the time of that fog and can cause some issues, especially late night and early mornings. But overall, i think the pattern setting up to be very, very nice ahead. A very summerlike pattern begin to kick in, whiyh should should for this time of year, right . As we get closer and closer now to summertime. But our outside right now looking a whole lot like some of those clouds start to roll. Well onshore. This looking from mount tam. So the clouds already making their way inside the bay and really pushing well inland. Now, Golden Gate Bridge got a lot of cloud cover. There may be a little drizzle overnight tonight along the coastline. Watch out for that. Maybe a little slick by tomorrow morning and speaking sfo, you can see right there. The clouds already overhead, marching well onshore tonight and probably some of the interior valleys, the rain. Theyre starting deep in just a little bit. Now morning fog giving way to some sunshine in and the valleys. But along the coast sticking around out there toward the beach is going to keep you cool right at the waters numbers out the door right now. Youre 50 in a gray along the coastline. Youve got 50s inside the bay. Now some of the valleys, though, still very pleasant. 64 degrees, mostly clear and conquer. 71 in brentwood. Also in a vacaville and 66 degrees now in calistoga. But were going to see more of this in the coming days. More low clouds and fog. A deeper marine lair is going to push him further on shore. In fact, forecast model showing that surging onshore tonight, filling into the valley. See maybe even the Central Valley by tomorrow morning. Even picking up a little patchy drizzle out there as we head toward the middle of day tomorrow. Really looking pretty good lunch time. You want to head outside inside the bay . Looking very nice. There are some warm temperatures and then also that fog star search back on shore by tomorrow evening. Looking very summer, like outside the temperatures reflect that, too. Numbers in the San Francisco, mainly in the 50s and low 60s along the coastline. Little bit cool. Their plan on the fog most of the day, right out toward the waters edge. But inside the bay start to warm things up nicely. 67, Beautiful Day in millbrae. 72 in san carlos. 78, it would side the south bay enjoying lots of sunshine after couple patches of fog early in the morning. Warm sunshine in the tri valley. Looking good there. 75 in fremont. 72 in hayward about 80 in dublin. Lot of warm sunshine after couple patches of fog. A little thick early on. But late today, looks like another Beautiful Day outside. Thats whats going to play out. Looks like over the next couple of days and probably the weekend were just going to see some minor changes in the forecast. So heres your 10 10 for you as were getting closer toward the end of the month of your 10 of 10. But the warmer spots inland over the next few days, cooler by the coastline. Then those temperatures start to drop off a little bit on saturday and sunday, probably in the monday or so and then start to warm back up just a little bit. So no major change in the pattern in the forecast. Looking good. If you want to do some traveling, watch out the southern Sierra Nevada likely going to see another round of some thunderstorms here in the next couple of days. Really . Yeah. If your camp and going thank you. Learn it. All right. This is really an incredible story for the first time that we know of a swimmer has made it all the way from San Francisco. To the Farallon Islands has more than 29 miles in 45 degree water. Her name is amy apple has groups are and to complete the task. She swam for more than 17 hours. Amy says the swim was mainly a test of endurance, not speed. Open water. Swimming is not about how that your its about what you can were and what you can withstand. And i have a very strong aptitude for the cold and ive always the swim that direction. I used the current to launch me out toward the island and then halfway through the women to begin with the beginning of the of the actual hard part of this wet. My name is not in the water. Shes a pediatric intensive care nurse. Her swim will be ratified by the marathon swimming federation. Thats a group that keeps Historical Records of successful swims. Very impressive. Also impressive. The golden state dell currys of the new San Francisco wnba team announcing their new name today showing us off their logo. The team is set to Start Playing in 2025. At chase center. More than 7,000 season. Tickets have already been sold. Kron 4 Stephanie Justice stopped by the official warriors shopped today which is now decked out with valkyrie skier. Golden state warriors. Well, now we have the golden states curry. The bay area getting hyped. The Golden State Warriors franchise and dealing the brand name for our new wnba team tuesday, the golden state val currys the team getting support from the Golden State Warriors and for many in the bay, they believe its about time. I think high im so excited. I mean, it just makes sense. Doesnt it light . To have team in area and the colors are our favorite. Im so excited about colors love. At first i about thats the and how deep the meaning was in the low. But i was yeah, street in praise. Thats what a great. Need to live into the name and look striking a chord and conversation. The name originating from norse mythology valkyrie zara, host of lawyer women who are fearless in unwavering flying through the air and sea alike. The franchise says the brand is golden states modern interpretation. You know, as we sat with that meme and thought through what that means to the visible representation of these incredible players coming together on the court to our community circling around each other and making sure that we were going to be the ones that show the world whats possible . You know that together we are about currys. I cant think of anything more powerful. The franchise which marks the first wnba Expansion Team since 2008. Will begin play in the 2025 season at chase center, the logo and colors representing the bay. The v stands for about currys in victory. It includes a rendition of the bay bridge which is depicted with 13 lines. Those lines represent the team being the 13th active wnba franchise. The color valkyrie violet symbolizes power. Ambition, nobility and women empowerment, basketball. We have a little girl now and i we take her womens and 7th grade. I was told about the wnba still i mean this this . This season is already shaping up to be exciting. Im excited about 2025. Were going bite. Its game on for the team is holding a block party from 02 00pm to 06 00pm saturday thrive city. There will be outside at the plaza at chase center. Theyll be live music and other festivities to enjoy reporting the newsroom to just as kron. 4 news and were trying to figure out what would be their nickname, right and warriors are some people from the are they going to be the valcq sort of ease the . Of right . You could do you the valve not bouts of the mouse. Calling consonants that the not you are going to go to Little Block Party on you know, im just finding out about so i got a i think theyre going to great. I think people are going to support him and theyre going to huge following in the bay area. Dont know 100 and, you know, womens basketball. The popularity is on the rise. U. S. Is that. Sports town in general. So, you building really chase, right . So, i cant wait to cover fashion, ali. So it all it will be fun. Other and worst news weve got to talk about a baseball tennis, a meaningful, very painful. I mean, look. This is the rival and i dont think there had ever been this big gap between the 2 talent levels of 2 teams ive been here, which has been 6 season. So. What . Looking good tonight at chase. We will also. Go down to houston. The as. Its starting to cool off after there hot streak last week, the last 2 weeks, they fight hard with the second straight night hes kind of been a heartbreaking loss that day. 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