plus, east bay father suing the city of pittsburgh accusing the police department of using excessive force on him. well, he was suffering from a mental health crisis. it was all caught on camera. and the san francisco sheriff's office is defending its use some chemical materials that caused 20 elementary school kids to get sick. station. 2. thank you for joining us here on kron for news of 2. i'm justine waltman. when you get the latest now. >> what happened in court today with scott peterson. a lot of new developments conference. charles clifford is there for us live to give us an update. thanks for joining us. >> well, good afternoon. inside the courthouse here in redwood city, mateo county they just had a lunch break in the courtroom. they have just resumed for the afternoon. let's going take a look at some video now. scott peterson is attending via zoom. he's on video conference currently incarcerated in prison east of sacramento serving a life sentence. but he is in the courtroom appearing on a monitor this morning started with his attorneys from innocence project, basically walking through the case in describing what they believe are deficiencies in the original investigation, saying that witnesses were can talk to and the evidence wasn't properly tested. and that's sort of the point of today is that they're requesting an opportunity to do dna testing on blood evidence as specifically blood from a burned out van that was found near the peterson home around the time of lacey's disappearance. now, attorneys from these tennis leftist district attorney's office also spoke this afternoon and said the lot of these questions about evidence and retesting have already been asked and answered and denied in the past. they don't feel they should have to do this again. they also say that they don't want to put the victim's family, laci peterson's family through any more court hearings and they also claimed in court today that a lot of the evidence that the innocence project is trying to test either doesn't exist anymore. this a 20 year-old case or it's contaminated. now the hearing is going to continue for this afternoon. we don't know exactly how long, but it's possible that the judge could make a ruling at some point later today and decide whether or not the innocence project can examine that evidence. but for now in san mateo county, charles clifford kron, 4 news. charles, thank you so much. >> david de pap also back in court today for the state trial and that 2022 attack on paul pelosi. opening statements are set to start today. in this case, the pap facing charges, including attempted murder. >> assault with a deadly weapon, elder abuse and residential burglary. prosecutors say the pap admitted that he broke into the san francisco home with the intent of holding former house speaker nancy pelosi hostage. the state trial is expected to last about 3 weeks. just yesterday he received a sentence of 30 years in federal prison for the attack in the federal case. and coming up here during kron for news at 2 o'clock today, we're going to follow developments on former president donald trump's hush money case. the jury has been dismissed for the day. they are deliberating on 34 counts. so stay with us. we'll go to new york to get the latest there in just a few moments. now, 2 years ago, san mateo county declared a very bold goal of pledging to end homelessness. and since then, the number of homeless people living on the streets or in tents or in vehicles has actually gone up. according to the official one day homeless count that was released today, 2130 people. we're experiencing homelessness at that time of the count in january. that is an 18% increase in population from what was done in 2022, the director of human services and he's saying now they did see an increase in those receiving shelter in emergency facilities. the 2024 count found that redwood city has the most homeless individuals followed by pacifica and also some unincorporated land along the coast. in the south bay roads back open after this big rig carrying 40,000 pounds of strawberries overturned, shutting do n highway 1, 0, 1, 80 in san jose this morning. this traffic jam lasted about 3 hours after that, crashed around 07:00am video showing us crews working to clear all those berries and getting the roadway back open. flipping that truck back up again. all the lanes are back open. talk about our forecast now on this very sunny and bright blue day with a live look here. the bay bridge on the embarcadero in san francisco. grogan in the weather center even ice of the coast today. i'm tellin ya. you know, it's a gorgeous day when we're out of half moon bay, we've got blue skies there. no green layered site. >> it's just been beautiful. kind of wall-to-wall. sunshine across the bay area and temperatures starting to reflect that in our inland spots. that's for sure. we're still cool out of the coast. 56 degrees in half moon bay, but downtown san francisco just hit 69 degrees. that's a pretty nice temperatures. sunday, 70's around the bay and obviously to head inland. we're in the low 80's in concord and livermore in antioch. we're at 86. wow, i have to say that just jumped up. 86 degrees in santa rosa right now. it's obviously the heat is on. if you are inland and this is just the beginning of a run of warm temperatures are going to have to the rest of this week. when does a little bit breezy out there, too? you can see about 50 miles per hour in san francisco in half moon bay. we're at 16 in fairfield, 15 in san jose as well. so that's going to part of our afternoon to i don't think will be quite as blustery as yesterday, but still, you definitely feel a little wind out there. high pressure is more in control now and that is going to dominate our forecast as we head across the next few days. that low pressure has started to scoot a little bit off towards the east, helping to ease its influence on our weather. so that means we get these just unbelievably clear skies. that is the hallmark of high pressure. so tonight, mostly clear skies out there. we'll have a nice shot of the moon tonight and little bit of gusty wind temperatures be a little warm inland in a spot like antioch, looking out for a high low rather of like 56 degrees tonight. so that will be a change of the back a little bit. we'll talk about how long these warm temperatures last 2 right? thank you so much. a mental health crisis that turned into a police shooting in pittsburgh back in 2022 has resulted now in a federal civil rights lawsuit. the plaintiff who was shot twice claims that the shooting was unjustified and as kron 4 develop reports the officer who opened fire allegedly killed the person while in custody years before. >> ashton porter, civil rights attorney adante pointer says pittsburgh police supervisors dismissed members of contra costa county's mental health team without reason. february 23rd 2022. that is when they responded to porter's mental health crisis while he was staying at the hampton inn and suites in a federal civil rights lawsuit filed tuesday. the complete says, although the mental health team told officers porter was the only person in the room and was not threatening anyone after hours negotiations, police escalated the situation by forcing porter the next morning eventually shooting him with rubber and live bullets in a were unsuccessful and breaking down the door and forcing a confrontation. >> they instead used pepper spray and tear gas to do it. the lawsuit lists the city of pittsburgh, its former police chief. brian, adding to it 2 police supervisors, officer ernesto mejia rosco and up to 50 doe's from the police department as defendants, porter and his wife who was called to the scene to help de-escalate the matter, but was also allegedly dismissed by the is accused of shooting puerto twice in the arm and abdomen nearly killing the father of 6. the lawsuit claims porter exited the room with a knife above his head and never charged at my hero. rosco as pointers says police reports suggest and which body camera footage seems to the bunk. mister porter had his hands above his head hand, holding a knife in a position of surrender and he was shot after taking one or 2 steps out of this hotel. the door in a separate case may hear rosco was among several pittsburgh and antioch police officers federally indicted last year. >> for obstruction of justice, bribery and civil rights violations. 9 he showed up to the scene blood already on his hands because he choked someone just several years before choked him to death. >> just several years before this, that in custody, death allegedly happened in 2016 leading to the city of pittsburgh, settling a 7.3 million dollar lawsuit with the man's family. >> in porter's case he spent more than a month in jail before eventually posting bail exceeding $400,000 city. took him 2 years. >> fighting this case to the court system to finally get the criminal charge dismissed. supporters lawsuit seeks monetary damages and demands a jury trial. the city of pittsburgh, the police department and former chief have not responded to our requests for comment. philippe djegal all kron. 4 news. >> san francisco leaders announcing progress on drug-related arrests. mayor london breed and police chief bill scott today said about 3,000 arrests have been made and 200 kilos of narcotics have been seized over the past year in the tenderloin and the south of market neighborhoods. most of the drugs seized have been fentanyl with methamphetamines. today marks exactly one year since san francisco launched its drug market agency coordination center, bringing together local, federal and state officials to crack down on the drug crisis in san francisco. more than $30,000 worth of metals and industrial equipment stolen from a uc berkeley warehouse. police say this happened probably in the past week at the university's richmond warehouse on regatta boulevard. anyone with information should call uc berkeley police. and now to a major conference on the future of ai in california. but just wrapped up, governor newsom delivered a fireside chat earlier this afternoon. the focus was how to best use ai to serve californians and impact on the workforce. other speakers included university faculty, state officials and union and labor leaders. speakers touched on how ai can be applied to issues like climate change, health and medicine, transportation and a lot more. the city of san leandro is getting introduced to the new interim police chief tonight, angela beretta hosting a self introduction and live interview with the community. she plans to explain why she would be a good candidate to be the city's permanent police chief. and you can watch this live on youtube at 06:30pm, tonight. coming up here as the school year comes to an end and students who rely on school lunches will have the opportunity still to eat for free. >> we'll tell you where you can find the location that serving the food near you. and police investigation uncovers a gun trafficking scheme where officers found all these weapons and what san francisco officials are saying about how a chemical material spread to a nearby elementary school. the cause behind this training the cause behind this training mishap. did you know some dish soaps don't remove all the grease, even with scrubbing? whaaat? i just cleaned those! try dawn platinum. it removes 99% of grease and food residue. that's why dawn is trusted to save wildlife affected by oil. dawn platinum cleans to the squeak. >> the san francisco sheriff's office releasing some new details on how a training exercise went wrong and released some chemical materials into the air that then spread to a san bruno elementary school. we covered the story last week when these kids got sick kron four's to be justice in the newsroom. now with the update. thanks for joining us. yes, law enforcement defending the use of chemical agents. the san francisco sheriff's office releasing a statement today. >> addressing where the chemicals came from. officials say on tuesday of last week, canisters containing chemicals were brought over by the uc berkeley police department for a training exercise on the sheriff's office jail property in san bruno today. a report in the francisco chronicle indicated that some of the chemical agents involved in the exercise may have been decades old. the sheriff's office says that the chemicals used do not change over time and had no expiration tabs on them. adding, quote, the mechanism by which the canister is deployed may in fact, be less effective rendering the product potent. now 20 students and one teacher, a portal elementary school experience burning sensations on their faces and scratchy throats. the san mateo county board of supervisors, vice president says this should never happen again. >> they treated on site. that location is maybe a half mile a way. it's so here's issue. the issue is and i've said this from the game and had conversations. what share of moto? could never happen again. were in 2024, there has to be protocols and processes in place. that's why now deeply, deeply more alarm is that now we find out that was a multi agency >> you know, police, various police departments and that we're looking at canisters that are from the 1960's. that would disposed. >> story that we will continue to follow for you reporting live in the newsroom to be justice kron. 4 news. tiffany, thank you. we'll go now to the north bay where this sandra fell. police department is warning people about thieves who are impersonating federal agents and targeting. >> pedestrians. they say that the thieves will come up to people both on the street and in their cars and then identified themselves as an agent and demand their wallets or cash. the police department says no legitimate federal agents are involved in these incidents and that law enforcement agents would never demand your entire wallet. purse or cash. california highway patrol's maximum enforcement period led deputies to arrest more than 1300 people over memorial day weekend. extra officers were patrolling from friday through monday, more than 1000 of the arrest for dui related. that's an average of one dui arrest. every 4 minutes. the agency also issued nearly 32,000 citations for other violations. most were for speeding and 42 people died in crashes over the memorial day weekend. a live look here. pull this picture really looks right now. i looking at thinking that someone papers or something is beautiful out there. let's hear now. i mean, that is quite stunning. i mean, what do you want if that doesn't do it for you? i can help. it's beautiful today. just gorgeous. i mean, look at the golden gate. just a few clouds out the sky, but that's it. >> got to feel great about anybody visiting today. they got quite a show at this sunshine and lack of marine layer. it's been really nice out there. temperatures have been warming up inland quite quickly. and so we do have some 80's out there. santa rosa now at 86 degrees. low 80's in concord and livermore as well. close to done san jose sitting at 79 degrees. even oakland get a little warm there. it's 73. so we are feeling the effects of that high pressure in the difference in temperatures because of that is between about 5.10 degrees compared to where we were 24 hours ago. so if you feel like it's warmer, you are correct. as we take a live look at stormtracker 4, you can things are relatively quiet here. not getting that little bit of disturbance that we had yesterday in the sierra now are nice and quiet today. so a little bit different. so if you want to take the dog for a long walk today, you've got some great weather to do it. we're looking at san mateo right now. another spot that's getting nice and warm. lots of sunshine and some nice clear skies this evening as well. so it's that day we can take the extra long walk and take your time. so high pressure, obviously giving us the sun today as that low pressure is moved aside. it's going to continue to strengthen as we go over the next couple of days. so between now and friday, expect those above average temperatures. we could even be flirting that ninety-degree mark for a few extreme inland spots. most will be in the 80's if you're in love but temperature trend wise. let's look at livermore. we're obviously warm today. we're expecting the same tomorrow, even warmer. and then, you know, maybe pull back a degree or 2 as we get into friday will really start to cool down a bit over the weekend, but still pretty nice weekend on tap and then notice by the time we get to next week by tuesday, temperatures rocketing up once again. so this is a very sunny, very warm forecast. you're going to see here for the next 7 days. i did mention that cool down comingoover the weekend. we'll get a little marine layer presence that will roll in. but it is short-lived and you can see what we've got on the other side of tuesday here. now things really starting to heat up inland. all right. thanks, kyle. well, the jury and donald trump's hush money case has ended its first day of deliberations without a verdict. the panel did asked to rehear potentially crucial testimony about the alleged hush money scheme at the heart of this history-making case, our washington, d.c., correspondent hannah brandt has more. just before noon today, the judge sent the jurors to a private room to start their discussions. now, both legal teams, the judge and the former president are left to wait. >> the criminal fate of former president donald trump is now in the hands of the 12 person. jury mother teresa kidnapping charges. >> these charges are thing trump is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. prosecutors say he misrepresented hush money payments to cover up an affair with adult film. actress stormy daniels. now the jury will decide if prosecutors prove that in court. the jury deliberation room been called a black box. >> no one knows what's going on in their gregory mize is a retired trial judge in a georgetown law professor. he says each jury deliberation looks different. but with 34 counts to consider, i think it's going to take a long time. my says the jurors will likely take a while to go over the testimony. they heard over the past 4 weeks and to discuss what believe, the witnesses who took the stand credibility of witnesses is he. >> element. the jurors have to reach unanimous decision on each one of the 34 counts. they're kind of probably have some dispute among themselves and they've got to resolve them. to reach a unanimous verdict. and it only takes one holdout to complicate the case. the judge will be hands off unless. >> he receives a note were deadlocked. >> if the jury does get deadlocked, the judge may ask them to keep trying to reach unanimous verdict. but if the deadlock continues, he could declare a mistrial in washington. i'm hannah brandt. >> still ahead, officials addressing the opioid epidemic why they say that the overdose numbers are going to get worse before they get better. and shoppers saying goodbye to self-check out why a grocery store chain is doing away with do it yourself paying options. for your money this afternoon. self checkout no longer an option for safeway. shoppers have turned locations in the bay area safely says it took them out of select stores. >> due to increasing amounts of theft. this is not the first step that safeway has done to prevent crime. they didn't stall exit gates which only open after customer scanned there were seats at some locations and because retail fact is an issue that continues to plague california. a state senator has proposed a bill to prevent retail fafton if past it would prohibit stores from happening south. check out unless that store follows a long list of requirements. >> regulating that you can only have 15 items 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