>> welcome back. top story this half-hour as california faces a deadly fentanyl epidemic. governor gavin newsom has signed legislation to create a statewide fentanyl task force on wallace joins us. he spoke with democratic and republican lawmakers who proposed the idea. >> and he has urgent plea for action. well, the democrat and republican came up with this fentanyl task force proposal say they are grateful the governor approved, but they warn without quick and decisive action. >> more lives will be lost. this issue is getting worse, not better. republican senator kelli see speaking candidly about california's fentanyl crisis. according to most recent data from the california department of public health. >> in 2021, more than 6,000 deaths in the state were attributed to fentanyl poisoning. that averages about 115 fentanyl deaths per week. we've got sit down and create a comprehensive plan for california to attack this problem. and he says that will happen after governor gavin newsom signed the bills by cr 2 and democratic assembly member doctor jasmeet bains calling for the creation of a statewide fentanyl task force. it will be made up of experts who respond to the opioid epidemic on a daily basis, including those in the field of law enforcement, health care, legal services, education and drug treatment. the ideas for the task force to meet and ultimately present lawmakers with data and recommendations about how to act baynes herself. a medical doctor from kern county speaking about her own experiences responding to the crisis. i have wept with family members that have lost their children. >> i have what with children, the have lost their parents. this is a crisis that. truly is bipartisan. small doesn't. choose its victim based upon their party preference. fentanyl is here. that's why she ncr to agree. it's a vital the task force get set up as soon as possible. it all comes amid disagreements in the legislature about how to best tackle the issue earlier this year, democrats in the assembly and senate public safety committee is killed bills authored by both republicans and a handful of democrats seeking to increase penalties for fentanyl dealers. now looking ahead, cr to hopes the task force will bring about action and results in the year to calm. the longer we wait, the more victims we have. this is something is exponentially increasing. >> and we just have we have to jump on it soon as possible. >> and this all comes as the governor announced francisco create its own task force investigating opioid deaths there. as for the statewide task force mentioned in this report, i'm told it is expected to be up and running in the new year at the state capitol. a tom wallace kron. 4 news. >> we are continuing to track fentanyl use here in the bay area. scan this qr code that on your screen, it will take you to a special section of our website with all of our latest stories. chaos in antioch when a sideshow shut down the intersection of lone tree way and deer valley road. >> and then ended with a fire. you see it there. flames spreading in nearby brush. didn't seem to stop people. that were driving in watching police and fire crews arrive. that stops the sideshow. this is just after midnight late saturday and sunday contra costa county fire says one acre burn firefighters. we're able to put it out within about 20 minutes. officials say the cause of the fire is being investigated. we reached out to antioch police to see if there were any arrests or cars impounded. we did not hear back in time for this broadcast. >> it was an evening of prayer and mourning as the people of lewiston, maine gather to honor the victims of last week's mass shooting. more than 1000 people singing songs and offering prayers for the 18 people killed and 13 others injured in the shooting. religious leaders say the community is facing a long healing process ahead. meantime, we are learning police in maine were alerted last month to threats made by robert card. 2 local law enforcement chiefs say a statewide alert was issued back in september after the army reservist allegedly made threats against his base and his fellow soldiers. officials did step up patrols at the base and they paid a visit to cards home. but then they moved on card was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot on friday after an intensive two-day search. >> a heads up if you're planning to head to the sierra this week, caltrans is closing several lanes and ramps along i-80 for emergency repairs. the work will affect east and westbound traffic between all to near gold run and the california. >> nevada border. the work will last through saturday, november 4th. that's this saturday. >> caltrans plans to monitor traffic to ensure maximum delays through the area are less than 2 hours. >> let's get you a check of your 4 zone forecast. taking a live look at the embarcadero, the bucky ball there at the exploratory emma, not as many people walking around on such a nice evening. i thought we'd see a little bit more traffic foot traffic there on the sidewalks. yeah. what's going on? dave's spars with us now. they can't complain about the weather grant and noelle, good evening. and we're looking at a pretty decent forecast the next couple of days. if you want more that walking around type weather, we have it, however, looks like there will be more clouds in our skies tomorrow, although temperatures are doing pretty good. here's half moon bay for you. >> as some folks at least here trying to raise a son here at low tide temperature. check for you as we do a quick little tour. lower 70's cover most of the real estate. we've got some upper 60's well inland and lower 70's also up in the north bay with some middle 70's at work as well. so the next few hours got to throw in some scattered clouds into the mixture. here we have temperatures falling into the 60's and even the 50's well before midnight. that's got to be pretty close to what the lows will be and then we'll get into ultimately the 40's for the ultimate low. it looks like you'll see some scattered clouds to start your day tomorrow, but that will probably thin out by the late afternoon. now, i want to get to the visibility here real quick in terms of that fog coming back, it looks like it's still on hiatus here because the conditions are so dry. the marine layer is not going to be puncture through and live shot of the east bay shoreline for you to. let's break it all down here for you as we get into tomorrow. our tonight, rather, we've got some scattered clouds by midnight that will probably thicken up by 06:00am. but again, looking for something to allow some warming a little bit better warming. it looks like, however, in the south bay, as we'll see some lower 80's at work to more on that in the 4 zone forecast for you and take a look at the extended as well. well, dave, thank you. >> strikes continue across the country this time workers from some of the nation's biggest pharmacy chains are on the picket lines. walgreens. cvs and rite say they're calling out sick from today. through wednesday. they're protesting working conditions and unfair wages. organizers say the goal is to have better staffed stores and improved work-life balance. today's protest follows sickouts by walgreens and cvs employees. that happened earlier this month. meantime, the auto workers strike coming to an end after general motors reached a tentative agreement with the uaw. gm was the last of the big 3 auto workers to do so. the news comes just 2 days after the union moved to expand its strike to a 4th assembly plant in tennessee. details of the deal have not yet been released. however, it's expected to be in line with the agreements, both ford and stellantis reached last week. their deals include an immediate 11% raise for workers as well as protections from inflation. and some good news out of hollywood contract negotiations between hollywood studios and sag aftra are said to be in the final stretch. however, no deal has been reached just yet. reports say there is a feeling of optimism and reaching a deal that could end the months-long strike. both sides held talks over the weekend. negotiations resuming last tuesday after talks came to an abrupt end on october. 11th, the actors union is demanding general wage increases protections against the use of ai and boost and compensation for successful streak programs. >> fans around the world are paying tribute to actor matthew perry who passed away suddenly over the weekend at the age of 54. the friends star was found dead in his hot of that. his specific pacific palisades home saturday. lauren lyster has reaction now from fans and loved ones. >> know, good tailor it close no, no, i'm just looking for man to drive me, which to fans. matthew perry was the sweet and sarcastic chandler being on the hit tv show. but for many others, he was an inspiration as a recovering alcoholic, an opioid addict. i love the fact that he actually. >> tried to help people that are in need that are having problems with addiction, addiction issues sands today still gathering outside perry's pacific palisades home where the actor suddenly died saturday. >> in his more perry was candid about his long struggle with alcoholism and addiction admitting he was near death several times and spent 9 million dollars to reach recovery. addiction medicine. specialist doctor drew pinsky spoke to ktla today. >> 2 people with addiction. relieves some of their sense of shame and guilt to understand that somebody they look up to struggles with this same illness in the same way. >> investigators did find prescription but no illegal drugs in perry's home and his death was initially reported as a drowning. but the coroner now has deferred his official cause of death. he went to enormous lengths. >> and was enormously generous in helping and reaching out to other people struggling with this disease. >> on social media, others remembering perry as an inspiration, even to fellow actors like hank azaria who said perry helped him get sober. >> we help people that he was an active member of the sober community, ktla. entertainment reporter sam rubin. there's no question that even with the enormous addictions that he faced, matthew perry has done a lot over the years and most especially in this last year with the release of his book. >> that was lauren lister reporting for us tonight. >> halloween's tomorrow. if you don't have your act figured out just yet. don't worry. we have you covered on worry. we have you covered on the best deals for costumes. okay everyone, our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy. yay - woo hoo! ensure, with 27 vitamins and minerals, nutrients for immune health. and ensure complete with 30 grams of protein. (♪♪) >> fright night or more commonly known as halloween is just one day away. but everyone, cochran for sleep to go reports from the east bay tonight where there is an 11th hour rush for costumes and gold halloween decor. >> halloween classics like ghostface from the scream franchise. jason vorhees from the court. it's friday. the 13th are always popular drugs for the spooky holiday. 9 year-old emily hunter will dress as a clown when she goes trick-or-treating this year. even looking. >> and side >> she ended up getting both and had plenty to choose from at halloween outlet on willow pass road in concord. the hunters among the steady stream of customers making a last minute run for their costumes decorations. i was looking around all over the place just for toys and you know, the decorations, all that. it's really amazing. this last weekend was very busy. people are in the spirit ready to have a good time. jennifer told them owns the store and says this is the best time of the year this year. it's certainly been freddy krueger. it's been bar mean. clowns are always great. penny wise. i mean, the list goes on and on for spiderman been a top contender to culver, says her store opened in september and will close up for the season on friday. she says the days following halloween are a great time to shop for next year. >> when prices are marked down in concord, philippe djegal all kron. 4 news. >> scary stuff. been i feel like obviously everyone knows, you know, halloween's for the scary i'm deaf and i never go for the witches. garish is going to which with your i honestly usually don't celebrate halloween. but this year i did. and i was a mermaid this have partner be prince eric. my first time i could ever do that like little couples costume. that's that's yeah. for those who celebrate. yeah. >> for the first time in nearly 20 years, halloween was back in the castro. >> castro wean took over the streets of san francisco this weekend. the event included a costume contest trick-or-treating and some performances. residents gathering for a spooky. good time on know we and market streets. the festival was on hiatus since 2006 after 9 people were injured during shooting attendees saying they are happy that the celebrations are officially back in action. >> the super family oriented events. all the costumes just it's was just super fun for the kids to cheer for who they wanted. it's really important for me, especially on the creative director of story hour to make sure that they feel included and have a safe space. if you missed castro armor following today. be back next bigger, better, amazing. there are drag performers. throughout the deejays, there's vendors, there's art installations and then there's multiple costume contest really for the whole community to come alright, selling it san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins was in attendance. >> she was a judge for the costume contest. she shared pictures on x or twitter say, hey, by the good costumes, it was a tough call. that's a pretty fun. but hair. as a wego upon them out, not tema. pius taking a live look here on a monday night. halloween eve. >> dave sphar, i'm curious. have you ever even cloud have been fog halloween? what have you been for halloween? evil knievel. and back in the 70's this is obviously not as an adult. snyder. when you're i think hahaha. oh, yes. going to be spooky at the forecast. not too bad. actually. it looks like, although we're going to have some, you know, kind of increasing clouds a little bit tomorrow. >> around the morning, hours in around midday before thins out as a precursor motion here, some high clouds that you can see making their way. also little bit of an onshore wind try to work here from the flag hasn't been too intense, but just a little bit of pop's every so often. so the general program is coming in off the pacific. look, it's better than having an offshore wind. so at least we'll get some of this cloud cover here. at least the fog will hold off tomorrow night. looks like temperatures. if you're headed up to tahoe pretty much unaffected by all this kind of a mixed bag of sun and clouds, business lower 60's, really, by the way, it's early next week that this will get a little bit more interesting. there are a series of systems to look out for from this weekend. onward that may have an impact up there. temperatures for tonight mostly into the 40's. want to get back again to future cast for, as i noted overnight, again, some high cloudiness. here's the marine layer out here. there we go. some cloudiness looks like it's the coming up at 06:00am but won't stick around all day. it will start to thin out. by the time we get to the late afternoon into the evening hours. so at least on that front, that's where the moisture will stay very much a lot. let's check it out. your 4 zone forecast for the day. 72 san francisco and again, some cloudiness tries to get in here during the day. pretty warm along the the city, 72, 74 pacifica, back to bayside. 73 burlingame looks like 76 foster city, san carlos. 76, if you notice a lot of the cloud cover state kind of mid zone across the bay. so little warming to the south bay here. we've got 80 going on for morgan hill. 79 will scott east bay shoreline, mid 70's tri valley matching that pretty much at 76 going on for livermore, tri valley looking at highs, at least in the middle 70's contrast that with numbers very similar east bay shoreline, castro valley at 75 and also 76 am and row. 74 for delay. whoa, 73 going on for fairfield. a nap at 74 78 for santa rosa. now by the middle of the week. we'll see some cloud cover. it looks like this is not going to be threatening any real precipitation. wow. he was to make a statement doesn't tomorrow, by the way, got those scattered clouds for your thursday into friday. might have a couple sprinkles way up north. but saturday is the day. we want to watch them. abc, some bay area rain and by the way, that will carry over to early the following week. so we might have maybe up in tahoe, potentially maybe a little bit of light snow way, way up there. so but measurable rain here in the bay. hopefully looks like over the weekend might have some. ok, let's get to know thank you, dave. >> for the second year in a row, the warriors are the most valuable team in the nba. yeah. according to a forbes report, the dubs are worth 7.7 billion dollars. and that's a 10% increase from just a year ago. the worry of success on the court, which includes 4 nba titles in the past decade, has certainly contributed to the rising value. the team having steph curry doesn't hurt, although the warriors did not take home championship trophy last year. the dubs still generated almost 800 million dollars during last season in 2010 july cup. and peter guber where leaders of an ownership group that bought the team for a then record 450 million dollars. 13 years later. safe to say that investment has paid off. >> meantime, kim kardashian has just struck a major deal with the nba. the league has announced a multi-year partnership with her skims clothing brand, making it the official underwear of the nba. wnba and usa basketball. both sides announcing the partnership in new york city on saturday. details of the deal not totally been revealed. the announcement comes just days after scams launched its men's line last week's got it right. >> beginning november, 30th paper tickets will no longer be accepted at bart. this change comes as the agency begins to roll out new state of the art fair. gates said as clipper prepares for the launch of the next generation of clipper, you can start planning for the change by downloading the clipper app on your phone, saving you 3 bucks compared to the physical card. of course, you can still add money to your clipper card as usual. >> coming up, if you've ever thought about what's led to taylor swift success, a bay area campus is offering a class where you learn just that. >> the san jose art advocates coalition wants the city to move forward on applying a but the call percent for our policy. on new developments, 6 city council members had already approved creating a fee and 2020. but step back when the pandemic hit advocates say art and culture grants are essential to improve the downtown area, especially with tourism, bouncing back. currently the city sets aside one percent of its capital improvement project budget for the installation of artwork. >> are you ready for it? i think that's how she says in her song. university of california berkeley students will have the option to enroll in a taylor swift course in 2024. students will learn about how the pop star amassed a devoted fan base built a wildly attractive brand and dominated the music industry. the course titled artistry and entrepreneurship. taylor's version is being offered through the university's school of business. swift performed one of the concerts tours of the year at a sold at levi stadium in july. the era's tour showcasing the evolution of swift as a musical artist over the years. it is kind of wild to think about hold that she has on her fans on just i
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