Chance on this neighborhood . I want remain here. San franciscos only black woman owned cannabis shop at risk of closing how the owners now asking for the communitys help to keep dream alive. When fun time from the bay areas local news station. Youre watching kron. 4 news. Good evening. Thanks for joining us for kron for news at 10. Im ken wayne and im Vicki Liviakis propalestine protest continue in berkeley tonight. This time off of the cal campus area. University Officials Say the latest demonstration was not initiated by the same protesters would set up an encampment in sproul plaza on campus for 2 weeks before reaching a deal with university and then clearing out yesterday, the new protests began at an ahead complex sets. A boardedup building next to peoples park. Kron 4 Sarah Stinson reports. A group of propalestine protesters broke into head complex. Take a look. You can see on the sidewalk here. It says free palestine. This is a boarded up building. University Officials Say they are aware of the vandalism that is happening at this quote, unsafe, boarded up fire, damaged building. Its a block away from peoples park in 2 blocks from campus. Propalestine protesters taking over berkeleys and ahead complex wednesday afternoon. Yeah. Resisting with palestinians the bravest strongest demonstrators refused to do an interview with kron 4 but didnt announce a list of 4 demands live. From people parked outside. All all right. Apollo bay and pop happen. Protesters set up tents, hung a palestinian flags and even spray painted the sidewalks in parts of the building. After listing the demands, protesters said they do not want any police on the property and they started putting up tarps and banners so that no one could see the tense and people on the grass. Its unclear if these are cal students are even berkeley residents. This protest does fall on the 55th anniversary of peoples park which is being turned into new housing for students and lowincome residents. Its been closed and blocked off since january, which has since sparked many protests. Nicholas alexander says he was there the first day. The park closed, but he became visibly upset at the presence of these protesters. Seems like theyre just here do. I to get attention, frankly. Because i dont know. I havent seen them before. You know, why were you here on january 4th, when i was chased by swat up the tree into my tree while a cal alumni walking by says he sees no problem with people protesting on vacant land like why shouldnt they be able to take that space . Its out of the way and its not causing traffic or anything like that. They should be able you know, protest here. Theres nothing wrong with student protesters would not say how long they plan to occupy this property. Police have been seen around here taking pictures monitoring the situation, but no one has been removed. Nor arrested says definitely a fluid situation. Check kron 4 dot com. For the latest, im sara stinson reporting berkeley. Back to you. Developing news out of the north bay sonoma states. President is on administrative leave after he made an agreement with campus. Protesters. Well, first of all below joins us here in the studio with the wide agreement is causing some controversy. Noel. Can in a letter sent out yesterday, president mike lee said he had listened in to protesters demands, but today he was placed on leave. And one state lawmaker has spoken out against some of the decisions he had made. In the letter, president lee said, quote, none of us should be on the sidelines when human beings are subjects to mass killing and destruction, he then laid out a detailed plan to look at divestments from israel and ending an Exchange Program with the country on social media. Protesters at sonoma state applauded the agreement, calling it a win, saying their demands have been met. However, the School System was not pleased. At least one state senator spoke to us today saying it was an awful plan. What i saw the announcement from the president of sonoma state. My jaw drops ops salute lee, unacceptable. What sonoma state is proposing to do is to basically blocks list israeli academics. Its a complete academic. We caught it any kind of Student Exchange between sonoma, state universities in this route. Now, a day later, lee was placed on leave and he has released a new statement backtracking on his decisions. He says, quote, in my attempt to find agreement with one group of students. I marginalized other members of our student population and community. I realize the harm that this has caused and i take full ownership of it. He goes on to say the initial letter was sent without the approval of the University Systems chancellor and board leaders. The csu chancellor also put out a statement saying the heart and mission of csu is to create an inclusive and welcoming place for everyone will continue to follow the developments there. The key. All right now, well, in southern california, demonstrations escalated after Police Showed up on campus. There. The school says that the protesters overtook a building and then built a barricade encampment. They have been cleared out of the building for now, but still remain on campus. Demonstrators there also demanding the university divest its relationships with israel. You see i sent out an alert calling the protest violent and telling students to avoid that area. And we will, of course, be continuing to monitor the situation at uc irvine and on campuses in the bay area on air and online at kron 4 dot com. Other news tonight. Happening now, an evacuation warning is in effect in part a butte county because of this wildfire. Its burned. 25 acres so far. County fire says the fire started about 7 oclock tonight in the town of khan count as just east of paradise, which of course, have that devastating fire. As of now, fire crews say the fire stop spreading and is 20 contained. Chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow tracking the weather conditions in the area right now. Yeah, you can see just in the afternoon you can see on that video that wind was coming now the west. Headed toward the east, blowing the fire toward the sierra nevada. But things have changed. You can see it right here as we head through the afternoon. We have those onshore breeze. And then all of a sudden the wind begins to switch direction. And thats a good thing. So if you have an active fire and then you get that wind blowing from the opposite direction, all of a sudden thats being pushed in those areas that have already burned that can help slow down that fire. Cc Lake Oroville in butte county and you see paradise there where we recently had that terrible fire. And now we get to you for a closer look now on. We are going to see that some of those winds now are starting back the other way. And there you go. You can see con cow. You see poll there. You see those winds, though, still breezy out there this evening. And thats very rough terrain. And that location just loaded with all kinds of trees. Still a little bit early in the season to see big fires. But certainly thats a scary one out there tonight. Guys, back to you. Thank you, lawrence. New at 10 tonight. Police in oakland are looking for a shooter after a man was taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound. Citizen Video Shows Police this afternoon at international boulevard and 5th avenue just a couple blocks away from lake merritt. No word on what led up to that shooting. The family of a man who died in Police Custody has reached a multimillion Dollar Settlement with the city of antioch. Angelo keto died back in 2020. His family says that he was having a Mental Health crisis when they called for help. As part of the settlement, the family will be awarded 7 and a half million dollars. Civil rights Attorney John Burris says that this case has the potential of saving others like him given a new mindset that has developed here in this city some of the other cities around. We wont have seeking help families seeking help losing their loved ones at a time when form interaction, a intrusive less aggressive form i could could have resolved it differently. The mayor of antioch joined the family during the settlement announcement. He says that while it is unusual for a city official to take part, its the start of change. San franciscos first and only black woman owned cannabis shop is at risk of closing right now. The shops owner is trying to raise enough money to keep the dispensary opened. But its apparently a daunting task. Kron fours dan thorn here in the studio after visiting the dispensary in Hunters Point can shop owner east benton has just weeks to come up with the money to buy this space. The buildings current owner said theyre selling it when the lease is up. Benton says her dispensary posh Green Cannabis boutique has become something good in the neighborhood and they do want to become another Small Business tragedy. Hunters point is just weeks away from possibly losing its only dispensary posh cream. Cannabis boutique needs around 200,000 to keep the dream alive. I want remain here so we can have black woman owned business in this community as we shop owner respect says shes endured several hardships like crime and the covid19 pandemic to keep her in a business afloat. Benton now faces another obstacle as landlord wants to sell the space when her lease is up on may 31st. We turn this into a community. And so why should we be shut out . After we stayed to a storm and then helped their businesses here. Benton says she understands its difficult for Small Businesses everywhere. But even more so for cannabis shops that are still illegal in the eyes of the federal government. Benton was born and raised in San Francisco and says her boutique has become something positive in the neighborhood. Nobody believed in his neighborhood. I was nobody want to be on his back. When i got here. The crime, you know, and i took a chance on this neighborhood and now we have both drivers waiting. We have police. They way. We have people that dont even come in here. San paolo benton says it makes her uncomfortable having to ask for money to keep things going. But the fight is worth it. And i think were going to make it. You know, we were nowhere to be that near them out. You know, anything helps. And, you know, its going to stay open. Up on screen, cannabis boutique has set up a gofundme. And as of this report, theyve raised more than 8,000, which is unfortunately still pretty far off from the goal. But benton says that she is really thankful for the support that they have gotten in studio. Dan thorn kron, 4 news. Thank you, dan. Still ahead, pride month just a few weeks away as bay area cities get ready celebrate. The fbi is warning about terrorists targeting the events. I am we share what theyre looking for. A bill for the doors over 2000. The search for the suspects in a car who were caught on Surveillance Video. Ramming into businesses in the east bay and the push to crack down on smoke shops in the south bay that leaders say. Were selling more than tobacco to kids. Tonight, police in concord are looking for the suspects used a car to break through to businesses as kron fours. Philippe djegal reports tonight. The suspects left emptyhanded but cause significant damage. Around 9. 40, monday night Surveillance Video capturing suspects breaking through a gate and eventually a rollup door at micro measurements and pacific instruments and conquered the crew. Taking a look inside after ramming the entrance. Only to take off shortly after without stealing anything less than 10 minutes later, it appears the same crew stopped by hsd engineering about a mile and a half away on solano way and did the same thing. I am we share what theyre looking for. Maybe they thought they had the wrong business because got a look inside. But didnt see men arrested. Tyler hagan owns hsd a high vacuum repair operation. Alex, little bit of ski and hagan, our Business Partners and both cohen, theyre building the first Sister Companies hit that night down the road manufacturer, High Accuracy data systems. I feel very grateful that we just picked up that forklift recently. And just chance, it was parked about 2 feet from the door. And you can pretty much see in the video how the car just makes couple of abrupt stops for, you know, when the driver, they obviously have no clue what was going on until the guy peak. Then little bit ski and hagan are offering a 500 reward for information leading to arrests and convictions. In this case, the bill for the doors over 2000, hagan says he will likely pay out of pocket for repairs rather than submit an insurance claim. He fears his coverage could be dropped or see a dramatic increase to his premium. If you reports the break, the time and inconvenience. If you secure this, then what they go through the front door to. So what you do. I mean, you know, i mean, theres you cant you cant anything, right . You can just make it. More difficult. The license plate on the car used to ram both doors came back stolen Concord Police investigating both cases in concord, philippe djegal, all kron. 4 news cracking down on smoke shops in San Jose City leaders. There have started to try to regulate stores that are selling. To kids, not only tobacco, but also we need mushrooms. Another drugs. Our grant lotus spoke with councilmember leading this effort and joining us from the newsroom with more on that grant. Thats right. Vicki councilmember, peter it. He says. Legal weed dispensaries are just fine. But this is not ok when these tobacco shops, these vape shops are selling pot and mushrooms and whip its or night. Russ to kids and hes proposing a way to formally regulate them. All Council Members and the mayor just voted to approve his initiative. So everybodys on board and ortiz says the problem is just been getting worse the past few years. So bad. He says 8 or 9 out of 10 smoke shops. He goes into well, theyre selling things illegally. Particularly. Historically underserved areas like the side. Saying the unfortunate reality is that, you know, youth across our city and Community Members are gaining access to illegal and unsafe items being sold. You know, at these shops and its important that our working families know that theres going to be accountability these individuals were are pushing these drugs out in the community for what they sell and and that face consequences couple more votes are still needed in there. Need to find funding. Well, for all this comes official now, assuming the support from city leaders remains what it is now, the Police Department and city workers would then be in charge of making sure the shops have the necessary special permits to remain open and then they would be going in and inspecting these businesses from time to time to make sure everythings on the up and up. In the meantime, the want to prevent new smoke shops from opening up while theyre still assessing how to better regulate the whole industry. Well keep you posted. Vicki and ken, back to you. All right, grant, thank you. Palo alto is the latest city in the bay area to ban Public Comment via zoom at city council meetings. The goal is to prevent socalled zoom bombing or incidents of people logging on remotely often using fake names to spew offensive comments. Council members say those incidents become more frequent and ive been involved in to serious abuse. With everything, theres also good in that. And while i the issue is that remote participation brings. I think really good. I think we have more places, a more diverse voices. I think we benefit from their perspective. Its a balance. And we saw tonight whats on the other side of that scale. And it is ugly and it is distracting and it takes us off course and conducting the citys business. Under the new rules, zoom participants are still allowed to comment on agenda items but can no longer comment during the general Public Comment period. Its the last call for a south bay business thats been at the center of los gatos is night scene. After more than 50 years in business, charlies bar nightclub is set to close up on sunday, june second. The club has been offering dancing performances and themed nights ever since it first opened its doors back in 1972, tonight was a trivia night. The business first opened as a mountain. Charlies back in 72. It has changed and several times over the decades and many of the customers, though, say that charlie says become like their second home. We start of a strangers. We turn to friends and we turn to family. I guess were just going to have to. Be a family somewhere else. But its its its kind of sad were so familiar with these doors these walls, we have a great collection people to meet people. Its very interactive, very friendly here. And now were wondering, where do we go from here were we do it. Charlies is closing down because its owners sold the business. They do plan on holding a Closing Party and saturday, june first and its called, course, the last dance. Popular santa cruz brewery is coming to pier 39 in San Francisco. Take a look at the humble see Brewing Company put up this coming soon. Banner over a boardedup storefront at the pier. No word on when exactly its set to open, but you can already check out their beer, their bay area locations in alameda and pacifica. None of the 4 zone forecast as we give you a live look tower tonight went outside just to check out the temperature. And its its a bit chilly out there, lawrence. Yeah, you get that foggy it. That moisture your skin and the wind blowing just a bit and certainly could veal. A very cold, especially at this time of year. Weve got that fog. That is surging back on shore. Its going to be a thick marine layer tonight. Probably going to see some drizzle out there along the coastline. So a damp, certainly thats going to see as we head through the nigh