Leaders making a bombshell announcement. Police saying theyve arrested 23 people in connection to various crimes. They call it operation. Dont mess around. Today. The mayor and the Police Department announced they arrested nearly 2 dozen people buy serving arrest warrants last week for a variety of crimes, including murder, assault and robbery leaders say many of the suspects came from out of town. Antioch mayor lamar thorpe had this to say. The message is very clear. If you come to any commit a crime, you will be found. Will be arrested and you will ultimately be prosecuted. Again, i cant reiterate that message enough. And i cant reiterate the message to create the safe harbors those who commit crimes elsewhere. You will be responsible for this as well. These arrests are part of a push the city made last year and e on police and the state department of justice partner together to improve policing within the city limits. Theres a lot to unpack with the latest operation. Weber. Well bring you more details throughout the day. Happening right gq advocates are protesting outside a federal Health Building in San Francisco. They say federal Health Leaders are not doing enough to keep the Community Safe for monkeypox kron. 4 Sarah Stinson breaks down the complaints. Right now in San Francisco, an lgbtq group is leading a demonstration in front of a federal Health Department building. Theyre demanding that the Biden Administration step up their distribution of the Monkeypox Vaccine leaders with the Alice B Toklas lgbtq Democratic Club say enough is enough. People need the vaccine now, especially in San Francisco since the county has the most cases in the state to. So i think, you know, the supply and distribution from hhs is is an abysmal failure. Ellis club co chair. Talk with us to explain the frustrations that have really led up to todays protest. Unity is concerned and scared. Were trying to take responsibility for health and for the health of those around us and, you know, its hard to do that when, you know, the current distribution of vaccines are equitable were also dealing with stigma around it because right now our community is the most impacted. This virus has been predominantly affecting the Lgbtq Community. But monkeypox can be transmitted to anyone with skin to skin contact. Ucsf doctor peter chin. Hong explains. But looking at the history of monkeypox, theres really no biological reason why whos to one population . Over another doctor chin home. Also explain why there are issues with the distribution and where they stem from. There is enough vaccine. Mainly the government only stockpiled 56,000, those is in the begin in the beginning because it just needed time it on stock for emergency. All by return not recognizing that there be an outbreak. The second reason is that theres anyone factory that makes it in the world. Theyve been closed temporarily for but now they catching up with the orders coming in. The protests happening today, something well continue to follow right here from the kron. 4 news room for now. Im sara stinson reporting back to you. Data from the cdc shows california has 266 cases of monkeypox. 86 of those have been reported in San Francisco county. That makes up more than 32 of the states cases. Looking ahead in the south bay, Health Leaders will host a town hall about monkeypox later this week. Santa clara county public Health Department partnering with the billy to frank Lgbtq Community center. They plan to tell people about the virus, how it works, how it spreads and how to protect yourself from getting it. Theyre also going to explain the countys response to monkeypox that town hall scheduled for thursday at the Community Center from 06 00pm to 08 00pm. Well, despite a rise in covid19 cases across the region, bart says you can take off your mask. As of today. The mask policy expired at midnight, but riders tell us theyre not ready to breathe easy just yet. Kron fours will tran has more. Its no mask monday for bart riders and for the immediate future part could have extended their mask mandate, which they put in place back in april. But they decided to let it expire at midnight, which is why if you are showing up and hopping on bart, youre not required to mask up. Although a lot of people that we are seeing today, theyre still wearing their mask either. They dont know that its expired or they continue to feel safer wearing it. Robert says that they are fully aware of the uptick in covid19 cases, but they decided right now not to enforce the mask mandate. This despite the covid cases going up not just in the bay area but across the country. Even los angeles county, theyre considering having people mask up again. But the majority of people that we saw this morning, they are continuing to wear their mask either for their safety. Well, for the safety of others. Im going to visit my grandparents so i dont want to get them sick anything. Im already like vaccinated. I have the booster. I just you know, limine. And in Public Transportation was crowded area. You dont feel safe not wearing your mask. Know that. And and and those kind of situation. Bart says dont worry about it. If you dont have your mask and all of a sudden you need a mask, you can still go to the booth that any bird station and you can ask for a mask and they will give it to you. Theyre still going to monitor the situation and there is a chance that you could mask up once again. If you hop on bart as they will revisit this issue, july 28. But in the meantime, you dont have to mask up. And barr says, dont worry about it. Theyve already added extra air filters circulation within the bart trains to make people feel safe and make them safe even if theyre not wearing new at noon, an update on a deadly hit and run accident in the south bay. San jose. Police are looking for a dark colored minivan after a man was hit and killed near an Elementary School. This happened around 11, 15 last night in the area of story road and kolmar drive. Thats near ryan Elementary School. Police say the man was in the middle of the roadway when he was hit and he was not in the crosswalk. He died at the scene. The driver fled and has not been found or identified. This is san joses 23rd pedestrian fatality. So far this year. San jose police meanwhile have made an arrest in a deadly shooting that happened at a Shopping Center over the weekend. We have a picture of the suspect manual guard. Good teary. Good tear as he was arrested near the plant Shopping Center on friday just across from the Santa Clara County fairgrounds. The motive for the killing. Still unclear. Over to the east bay now or walnut creek. Police is responding to a rash of Violent Crimes by putting more officers on the streets. Kron fours Charles Clifford joining us live from there now. Hes got some reaction from neighbors. Charles, i know here in San Francisco, they did back around the holidays, but seems theres another thrash of a crime seran walnut creek. Yeah. The Police Department is people, especially folks who are in the downtown area to use. Caution, be aware of your surroundings in a Facebook Post over the weekend. This one, the creek Police Department said that so far this summer, they have seen 3 cases of robbery in the downtown area in which people have personal items like jewelry taken in response. The Police Department is shifting resources to downtown other adding extra foot patrols extra vehicle patrols as well. Most people i talked to today on monday or are okay with that. They like the extra patrols. But some people like one woman, regina goldman, said that she likes of patrols. But there this is part of a larger problem that might need to be dealt with in a different way. Its like putting a tiny bandaid on a big sore. Right. And the big store has to do something thats happening on a larger level. Its not just the jewelry taken on the street. Theres people that are going into stores and stealing and theyre walking out scotfree. Nobodys chasing them. Nobodys calling the cops. So its emboldening these people. My question is whats going on with the people that are creating the laws are allowing this to happen . My my perspective is its we need to look at our local government. We need to talk to our governor. When you talk to our mayor. All right. Back live now. The Police Department says that they are coordinating with other Law Enforcement agencies around the bay area to identify the suspects in there working to bring them into custody. But for now in walnut creek, charles, clifford kron, 4 news. All right, charles, thank you for that live report. Happening today, the kristen smart murder trial has begun her 1996 disappearance rocked College Campuses up and down the state. The cold case Murder Investigation was revived following a podcast that shed new light on her disappearance. 45 yearold paul flores has been considered a suspect in her killing. Prosecutors only arrested flores and his father, though in 2021. After that investigation was revived, Opening Statements have begun today with prosecutors detailing how a 25 year investigation ultimately led to a burial site underneath the deck of the flores home. If convicted, paul flores faces 25 years to life in prison. It is 12, 10 on this monday afternoon. We want to get you a check of your forecast. Taking a live look outside at the embarcadero. We had a pretty hot weekend. I think todays still going to be pretty warm for some folks there meteorologist dave spahr has the details. Okay. Today, noel and everybody. Nice blue skies happening here at half moon bay. All that fog has already taken care of. Looks pretty good there and a nice place to keep cool. But a cooling trend is coming our way in the next several days. Now, well still going to see. And flirt with some lower 90s going on. Well, inland, 83 already by 7 oclock. So nice drop with the temperatures, though. Thats about where we are now. Upper 80s in the far east bay. 81 santa rosa. Some cooling already being felt here. 72 for now, the east bay shoreline, pretty much in the 70s. 84 going on for fremont. And just to give you some perspective, were a couple degrees actually ahead of where we were this time from yesterday. A little bit credit to the fog clearing up a little quicker than we saw from yesterday in a bit. Well take a look at what you can expect for the day ahead. And in the next couple days, noel, thank you, dave. In national headlines, doctor Anthony Fauci will be retiring by the end of the Biden Administration. Thats according to an interview published and politico. Today. Fauci is currently serving as President Bidens chief medical advisor. Hes also been the director of the National Institute of allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984. During that time. Fauci has been an adviser on Public Health to 7 president ial administrations, of course, becoming a household name back in 2020 when the coronavirus pandemic hit. Coming up here on kron, 4 news at noon, a suspect behind bars charged with shooting a Mountain ViewPolice Officer. What we know about the incident so far. Plus, San Franciscos aids walk returned after 2 years. The message behind the march later in our show. Livermore Bowling Alley set to reopen today after a deadly shooting over the weekend. Details on the young man killed. Livermore Bowling Alley will reopen at 4 oclock today following a deadly shooting over the weekend. One person was killed. 2 others were hurt. And this afternoon the gunman is still on the loose. Police say a fight led to the shootings. Family members identifying the victim as 28 yearold Antonio Vargas. They held a vigil for him last night outside of the Bowling Alley kron fours gayle ong has the very latest on the investigation. Were not a bull remain closed on sunday, but it was a different scene the night before when Livermore Police responded to a shooting that took place in the bar area around 06 00pm saturday started out as a. Fight between 3 individuals, you know, ultimately lead to one suspect shooting and fleeing the scene. A 28 yearold man died on the scene. 2 other men are in the hospital just to was friend was there was traumatizing. They didnt know if it was a mass shooting. They didnt know if it was, you know, gunfire. What happened, you breaks out here, the stuff on the news and im sure its from matic and shes got kids that were there. So stuff to but describes the Bowling Alley has a place for families. And we have kids. We bring in here all the time. This morning hear that happens. You know . We dont hear that kind of stuff happened a little more lot. Saturday night surgeon steve gourd with the livermore Police Department echoed that sentiment. And says the group involved in the incident knew each other. A suspect description has not been released, but detectives are combing through evidence and following leads to find a suspect. We believe we know who that person is. So we did get a lot of tips right off. It was kind of crowded. So we did have a lot of witnesses. The owner of granada bowl declined to comment due to the ongoing investigation. A post on their social media page reads in part, quote, the staff and management of granada bowl are deeply saddened by the senseless acts of violence that occurred at our center on saturday evening. The safety and security of our custemers and employees is and always will continue to be a top priority. We will do everything in our power to assist local authorities in bringing the responsible party to justice. Were not double plans to reopen on monday and is expected to have a shortened hours until further notice reporting from livermore gayle ong kron. 4 news in oakland, police are still searching for a suspect after a man was shot dead sunday morning. It happened just after 11 00am on 13th avenue. This is a few blocks away from San Antonio Park field. Officers were in the area investigating reports of a shooting when they found the victim. He ended up dying at the scene. The victims name is being withheld until his friends and family can be notified. And the search continues for missing oakley woman. Alexis gabe on saturday about 100 volunteers spent hours looking for parts of alexis cell phone. Her father says her iphone 11 Screen Protector was found in some bushes near oakley. And in recent weeks, investigators did release more clues, including a handwritten note believed to lead the to the location of her body. Police believe games, exboyfriend, Marshall Jones wrote that note. 2 Police Departments are helping the zone is and you know and the entire community here. Its its awesome. That here to support just pleading to anyone who has information to these. We just give us the information we need. The city of oakley is offering 100,000 reward for any information leading to the whereabouts of alexis cape. All right. We do want to talk a little bit about your forecast this afternoon. Taking a live look outside at the san mateo bridge, looking a little hazy out there. Kron 4 meteorologist dave spahr is here. Hes got more details. Heres the shot. Also to the east bay shoreline with a nice blue skies, blue bay at work. Meanwhile, we sending down south to san jose state and something that the poll here too, i think just slide roll right off the camera shot here. But anyway, clear skies happening there as well. By the way, though, not the same everywhere across our state. Were starting to see the flare up of some of the showers and even Thunder Showers inching up near or around tahoe here. Now over the weekend, were kind of hovering to the south here, but theyre basically for the backflow, the High Pressure system in this is typical in the summer months that monsoon sneaking in from the 4 corner states usually is pretty contain from these trough coming in from the coast, helping out. Heres the onshore flow, providing some cooling relief not only for the coast. Also a little bit to the east bay shoreline, too, getting back to future cast for theres the flare up its noting tonight that all goes away. We get our marine layer back again. Typical then tomorrow with some daytime heating again will return with some showers again, getting kind of close to tom. What looks like in those afternoon hours. The forecast today, 68 San Francisco will do about 72 for open 86 for san jose. Temperatures are improving a little bit contrasted from the weekend in a bit. Well take a look at the 4 zone forecast. Noel. Thanks, dave inflation continuing to rise and the fed