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Now at 11, a mail carrier robbed at gunpoint and an east bay neighborhood. The crime now putting folks who live there on edge. Good evening. Thanks for joining us here on kron for news at 11. Im noelle bellow and im grant lotus. It is another case of a local mail carrier being robbed. The latest incident happened in dublin kron fours. Sara stinson reports. Home Security Camera captures the terrifying moment. A mail carrier in dublin was robbed at gunpoint. This happened monday afternoon around 4. 30, on a bespoke court video shows 2 masked men wearing all black approached the male woman. One point a gun at her dublin. Police say the men demanded the carriers mailbox key and phone. You can see her go to the usps truck to get her phone and handed over. Then the 2 men run off. Thankfully, the male woman was not physically injured. I went down to culdesac. Probably within 10 or 15 minutes after happen after seeing police in his neighborhood, mike grant went down to check it out. Once he learned about the robbery, grant went to check his highquality Security Camera system to see if it captured anything useful. Thats when he saw what he believes to be the getaway car narrowed it down to this. A blue grants as police and the u. S. Postal inspectors. Investigators came by to get the video. Hes lived in this dublin neighborhood for nearly 30 years and says only recently has there been a spike in crime and its not just staying isolated in the oakland sundown towns for the, you know, vandalism or breakins of grant says hes been talking with neighbors about ways to protect their homes, to start putting some cameras up to help. And alarm systems and everything like that. Be a little proactive is what im trying tell people. As for the mail carrier grant says hes checked in on her. Shes going to take a month off of work to emotionally recover. You know, were always out talking to her stuff like that. So shes kind like family. So i stopped by just to make sure she was ok, i let her know that were were all thinking about the Postal Service is offering 150,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the thieves. Im sara stinson reporting in dublin kron. 4 news. Santa clara county authorities made one of the largest fentanyl seizures ever. They found 13 pounds of the deadly drug inside a san jose home under a babys crib. Authorities say they raided the home yesterday and found 25,000 fentanyl pills in a backpack. Officers say they also found marijuana just a few feet away from the babys playpen and cocaine right next to the babys formula in the kitchen. The babys father. 27 yearold Octavian Moreno and mother. 23 yearold crystal delgado are in custody. Happening tomorrow. The man accused of attempting to kill his family by driving off a cliff in San Mateo County will have a final hearing and a Mental Health Diversion Court case hinges on what kind of Mental Health crisis divert patel was suffering from when he drove off highway one in january of last year. His wife and 2 kids were inside the car when it plunged 250 feet off a cliff. Amazingly, they all survived. The judge could decide to move but tells case out of criminal court and into a Mental Health treatment program. If the judge rules in favor of the defense patel will be released from jail immediately. And once he completes the twoyear treatment program, his record will be clear. Quite the spectacle for people in San Franciscos marina district. President biden landed on marina green shortly after 8 oclock tonight after air force one touched down in Mountain View about an hour earlier, the president is scheduled to attend a couple of fundraisers tomorrow. Hell be staying at the fairmont in the city tonight. And because of that california street between powell and taylor streets as well as mason between pine and sacramento are closed through tomorrow. Oakland International Airport has a new name and a new legal battle. Port commissioners unanimously approved the rebrand to call the airport San Francisco bay oakland International Airport. That decision coming earlier today. Kind of a long name. The new name has been getting pushback from the city of San Francisco and now attorneys are involved. Kron fours. Dan thorn reports. San Francisco City attorney david chiu has already sued on behalf of the city. And on wednesday he sent a letter to the port of oakland urging them to reconsider and instead have both maybe oakland and San Francisco Work Together to come up with an alternative name. But the port of oakland moved ahead with their plans and they say that theyll also have a response to San Franciscos lawsuit. There are now 2 bay area airports with the name San Francisco in their title. A unanimous vote by the oakland port board thursday approved the switch from oakland International Airport. To San Francisco bay oakland International Airport. Nobody owns the San Francisco bay and it is the most identify identifiable geographic indicator. And we happen to sit on the on the San Francisco bay and we just want people to know where we are so they can come enjoy our beautiful city port port president barbara lesslie, along with other commissioners, says the name change will increase the airports visibility. Well, also giving potential travelers more options in the bay area. And a name kings change can certainly do that. That brings that knowledge for people past the mississippi to really understand where oakland sits in the greater bay area and also internationally, really a pub understanding from people from around the world where oakland is in this greater bay area. But the city of San Francisco does not want this new name to happen. A lawsuit claims that infringes on San Francisco International Airports trademark in a statement to kron for the San Francisco City Attorneys Office says it is disappointing that oakland chose to ignore our multiple offers to collaborate an alternative names and avoid litigation. We have no choice but to move forward with next steps in our trademark lawsuit, porter attorney Barry Richardson has requested for a declaratory judgment as a counterclaim to the lawsuit. She hopes the court will agree that San Francisco bay is a geographic term and not exclusive to the city nor county of San Francisco. We were not seeking money damages with that were only seeking a declaration from the court that we can continue to use the mark that the board to support. Some residents did voice their concerns before thursdays vote saying if theres going to be more air traffic, thats going to create more air pollution in the city. But Business Leaders and city leaders such as Councilmember Noel Gallo said the name change is going to be good for the airport in oakland, dan thorn kron. 4 news. Taking a live look now at the san mateo bridge. Thats a really look like much. Sometimes we see fog out there sometimes shaken because all windy. It has been very, very nice all day today. Pretty benign right there. But elsewhere around the bay, youll find some fog tonight and here in the fog horns and chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is here after another really warm day in the bay. It sure was. But yeah, that fog has crept back onshore. Tonight, a sign that ridge of High Pressure starting to break down a little bit. And thats sea breeze making a return to see some of the clouds looking out toward the Golden Gate Bridge. Right now. Were going to see more of that in the coming days. I think, especially by tomorrow afternoon will really be watching that low cloud deck ramping up. But but its not going affect temperatures so cooler along the coastline. 52 now it happened but 60 in pacifica, 60 in San Francisco. Youre still looking at 70 in brentwood. 71 in pittsburgh and 60 degrees in napa. So the temperatures kind of all over the map right now. You get type of spread when you get these nice offshore winds. But the fog started develop late in the day. We start to see a couple of patches out there in the pacific. Now were seeing a little bit more of that. So overnight tonight, likely going to see a couple patches of fog along the coastline. Daytime temperatures, though, about 88 in san jose. 83 in oakland and 74 and sunny in San Francisco. Firefighters playing a crucial role in protecting our communities. And despite progress over the years, the api Community Remains under represented among First Responders for Stephanie Lin now introduces us to one organization that is working to change that. Its a busy day at San Franciscos fire station the engine. Trucks and rescue squad rolling out to emergencies across the city plan to keep doing it. Despite these challenges, i dont quit. And theyre sliding into acting lieutenant stanley braving literal trial by fire after nearly 3 decades with the Department Day today. Theres a lot of unpredictability. That was the beauty of being a firefighter. You never met i72 and on average San Francisco fire response to more than 200 emergency medical calls like this a day becoming working. Have know you have a building collapse. Right, because im on the rescue squad. We respond to have to fire since lee heads, the Asian Firefighters Association or say Employee Group within San Francisco fire working to support and recruit more asians and pacific islanders. Knowing that i have a Community Within a community has been great. Julie mao is assistant deputy chief. She serve San Francisco for more than 2 decades. When youre first starting out. Did you feel underestimated . Oh, absolutely. When i came into the department, people would second, guess me and they can. You lift this latter. Can you start can you do these things and like absolutely. Lets go breaking barriers through smoke and stereotypes. Every day i come to work. I am that shows other people that lgbtq Asian Pacific islander. A woman to be in this job and it opens their doors. Hopefully gives a message to the Younger Generation api members. They. This is something you could do nationwide just over one percent of firefighters api. 17 of San Francisco firefighters api. Asians make up more than 37 of the population. Why is it so important that we have a firefighting force that reflects its community . Representation matters when people see themselves in the people that are helping in their worst day. They feel a sense of trust. When i go on calls, you filipino. We can have a conversation with somebody that speaks only to go for firefighter robert to representation also means being a role model when a little kid sees somebody that looks like them. Well, i can do that. In august, say led a mission to maui shortly after Deadly Wildfires torched the things that we complain about. Its its miniscule, you know, these people lost their homes, lost livelihood, their living out their cars. It was eyeopening. The team assisting local fire crews to stamp out a grass fire near a Relief Center distributing relief supplies to families in need in times of disaster. When people see that theres a bigger response that. If the firefighters coming over really helps people understand that theres love and support for them beyond there, their local community, the Department Plans to make another trip back this year. You know, it takes hard to be a firefighter. You give of yourself to your colleagues to your community. What are you proudest of when it comes to being an asian firefighter in San Francisco . What were doing . Were accomplishing, you know, i see a bunch of chiefs now that that are asian. And its something that my son can see to for me being here. It gives my son. Someone to look up to i love this out. Its very satisfying for, you know, you helped save a life. Its absolutely rewarding. And thats what keeps us going in San Francisco. Stephanie lit. Kron. 4 news. And tune into kron 4 every thursday this month for stories highlighting the barriers api community. Its all leading up to our special airing thursday. May 23rd at 06 30pm. Still to come here at 11 mothers day, right around the corner, fun event you can do with mom on sunday to celebrate. Plus how people are reacting after more changes are coming to our utility are coming to our utility norman, bad news. I never graduated from med school. What . But the good news is. Xfinity mobile just got even better now, you can automatically connect to wifi speeds up to a gig on the go. Plus, buy one unlimited line and get one free for a year. I gotta get this deal. Thats like 20 a month per unlimited line. I dont want to miss that. Thats amazing doc. Mobile savings are calling. Visit xfinitymobile. Com to learn more. Doc . Welcome back. Big changes will soon be coming to utility bills across the state. The vote is 4, 0, the item passes. With that. The California Public Utilities Commission or cpu see approved a plan to allow major utility companies, including pg and e. To impose a fixed charge on most of their customers bills. The plan includes a new flat fee of 24. 15 per month. That fee would be 6 for lowincome californians in return, the utility well, reduce electricity prices by 5 to 0. 7 per kilowatt hour. Supporters say the monthly fee will help pay for grid maintenance. This is a fair proposal implementing a reasonable fix charge that help support the fixed costs of the grid. We commend the cpc on taking action today in support of the fixed charge. And because of their action today, relief is coming to californians who need it most. Opponents of the plan, however, held a demonstration outside the meeting today. They argue the fixed charge will hurt the very people. Its supposed to help. I mean, thats an extra 24 that i would have to budget. Its the lower class, middleaged disabled and you know, the the working that that they need to look out for. This isnt an elected board. And this is the first time weve seen them have the ability to be able to come in and set up the statewide. And so for me, thats the biggest concern. Its appointed by the governor not elected board and theyre going to set the what to say, you know, 2 or 3 years from now, they dont continue to raise that. The it impacts the every case. Every single rate payer in california. The plan will go into effect in early 2026, for pg and e customers. Barts future may depend on the tax measure that is set to be on the ballot in 2026, according to barts, new budget deficit numbers, the Transit Agency will be facing a 35 Million Dollar deficit by 2026. If passed, the tax measure would bring in more than a billion dollars every year for bart. But if it fails, bart is warning it is going to have to make some drastic cuts. Imagine if just bart close at 09 00pm and certain stations were closed and no, no trains at all on the weekend. Those are the types of things that our reality. Im not anytime soon. Weve got 2 that we know that we have funding, but then we need to focus on that ballot measure. But leaders say the deficit is partly due to declining tax revenues and lower ridership than expected. They say people working from home has really hurt them. The bart board will not vote on a budget until june. In the south bay. The federal Transit Administration is investing 500 Million Dollars to fund the bart Silicon Valley extension project that would extend bart service by 6 miles from the Berryessa Transit Center into downtown san jose with an underground tunnel all the way to santa clara. The project will cost about 12 billion dollars. Half of that is coming from federal programs. The other half is coming from state and local money. Lets get you a check of your 4 zone forecast tonight. Taking a live look at the Golden Gate Bridge along with carl making an appearance this evening. Karl, the fog, how youve been. As we turn it over to lauren says looking at the rest of the weekend mothers day weekend. Yeah, were going to see more of that fog on the way to is High Pressure will start to weaken a little bit, but its going to be a slow cooldown. Youre going be a little bit warmer inland tomorrow, then slowly cool down th