of anti-semitism and she was one of 3 school district leaders from across the country. our first theresa stasi, who has the story. >> anti-semitic incidents in our schools are never acceptable and they are not who we are. >> berkeley unified school district's superintendent facing a steady stream of pointed questions as complaints have surfaced concerning allegations of anti-semitism. >> on school grounds how this works. we have teachers that are teaching hate to our kids and showing it students being a feeling fearful for this. do they are the founder, this transfer to another school appears that just moving to another place. in this case yeah, i guess that's the question i what house is being resolved. >> if we have a concern or complaint about anti-semitism or any form of hate, we take it very seriously. we investigate and we take action pending the outcome of that investigate. all right. so i guess the action is not fine is just moving some place. i

think it would. action is very subjective, obviously for mortal. also acknowledging the u.s. department of education has opened an investigation. >> saying that it is based on the district failing to address, quote, nonstop severe and persistent bullying and classrooms hallways, schoolyards since the conflict erupted on october 7th between israel and palestine curriculum teaches that the war's consequences. >> for palestine are, quote, no water, no food, no electricity in, quote, whereas the consequences for israel are, quote, ceremony is put on hold travel advisories in place and city shut down. do you think that's a fair representation? the israeli palestine conflict? >> i not think that's a fair representation. >> several parents have detailed graphic cases of alleged discrimination against jewish students on various campuses. one parent said her child was threatened with violence for just being jewish. the berkeley unified

school district issued this statement to kron 4 news about the superintendent testifying saying, quote, we have witnessed superintendent ford mortal demonstrate both compassion and strong leadership. she continues to meet with parents, students, educators and community groups representing all perspectives and has personally attended many community gatherings to share in the grief and hurt that defines the time. she has consistently and clearly articulated procedures for affected students, parents and educators to follow. in the newsroom. terry says stasio kron 4 news. the city of richmond has passed a resolution for the state to jump start a non-profit electric company instead of pg and e. >> the vote is symbolic. but the vice mayor says that for years now the city is had to deal with power outages and problems, including the failure. pga need to supply energy to city parks. in a statement pg and e says that it does not support the idea

of a statewide public utility because pg e says that this type of ownership framework would not benefit customers. taxpayers, local communities or california's economy. >> city of oakland will have to pay more than 2 million dollars to an employee after a jury decided the city failed to protect her from harassment. at a senior center in the lawsuit. the victim, patricia descano said that she reported a supervisor for sexually harassing her to the city's human services department. this was back in 2016, but attorneys representing toscano say nothing was done about that situation. the city will have to pay or 2.6 million dollars. there's another twist in the showdown between san francisco and oakland over the planned renaming of oakland's airport. >> its an 11th hour offer by san francisco to collaborate on a new name in order to avoid litigation. oakland wants to rename its airport, san francisco bay oakland airport, but san francisco says it would be trademark infringement and is suing kron

four's. catherine heenan is in the newsroom with the latest twist in this saga high just to its ongoing well, they offer to talk. this odd is happening on the eve of a final vote on the name change. >> oakland officials apparently are set to finalize the name change tomorrow. weather san francisco likes it or not. the argument basically the port of oakland nothing wrong with adding san francisco to oakland airport's name the city of san francisco disagrees that already filed a federal lawsuit saying the new name would only cause confusion and chaos. i asked city attorney david chiu about today's offer to collaborate which so far seems to be going nowhere. he says it's not as though they haven't been tried. >> we have been off rain for weeks since oakland first proposed this renaming and unfortunately oakland has continued to rebuff our which is extremely disappointing.

we've been concerned renaming is going to create immense confusion and chaos for travelers, particularly those who do not read or speak english. we're worried about travelers who are going to miss flights and our hope had been to be able to sit down and talk with them and consider alternative names that would meet their goals but not infringe on our trademark. >> she would not give me specifics but says that they've got a lot of alternative ideas to offer oakland on a new name. oakland. does not seem interested and has been talking about getting positive feedback on the name change from customers. chew says it was a completely cooked survey. >> we had a chance finally to take a look at their so-called customer survey. and it was riddle with all sorts of issues. it was essentially a survey that push respondents toward the answers that they wanted. it didn't give them the direct choice. from our perspective, we think any reasonable person. here's a

name. san francisco international airport next to san francisco bay, oakland international airport. well understand how clearly similar those 2 names are and the likely confusion that those names will create. and that's a standard for a clear infringement case. >> a spokesperson for the oakland airport says the letter from david chiu with that offer to collaborate will be shared by the oakland port commissioner before tomorrow's board meeting but offered no other comment. david chu says if nothing changes tomorrow, san francisco will press on with the lawsuit and ask for a preliminary injunction and that case they can can. all right, catherine, new at 6 longtime south bay congressman pete mccloskey passed away yesterday at the age of 96 mccluskey served in congress from 1967. to 1960, 83 rather representing parts of the peninsula and silicon valley. his work championed environmental causes,

including the endangered species act and helping to launch the first-ever earth day. i was fortunate to be able to interview him a few years back. he is survived by his wife and 4 children. for your local election headquarters. and now to a big fight over a major ballot measure that would make it tougher for local and state governments to raise taxes. today, the california supreme court officially took up a gavin newsom backed lawsuit calling on justsce is to remove the measure from the ballot. our capitol correspondent eytan wallace has more. meeting in san francisco justices on the california supreme court. >> heard arguments supporting and opposing the taxpayer protection and government accountability act or tpa. they specifically must decide whether to take it off the november ballot. the proposed measure already qualified for the upcoming november ballot with more than 1 million signatures turned supporters note, if passed, the measure would require voters to

approve every new state tax increase or new state feet proposed by the state legislature or local governments. it would also change the voter threshold for local citizen run tax initiatives from a simple majority to at least two-thirds majority needed to but governor gavin newsom and democratic members of the legislature say the measure is illegal because they believe it was significantly revise the california state constitution. it would prevent government from doing its job. that's why newsom says he filed a lawsuit asking the california supreme court to consider removing the measure from the november 2024 ballot. attorney mark or printing represented the governor during oral arguments at the high court. if taxing subject to voter approval. >> it might become impossible and it would certainly be delayed for for the legislature to try pass a balanced budget, raise revenues that are necessary on the other side, attorney thomas hi-tech represented the

measure's proponents, including the howard jarvis taxpayers association. >> they want the measure to remain on the ballot, our constitution since its inception. >> has stated that all political power inherent in the people. >> and what tpa does its recent war, not only the people's power to have check and balance on that requires the legislature to be part of that process. that's accountability. assembly speaker robert remus and former senate president pro tempore toni atkins signed onto the lawsuit, urging the court to strip the measure from the ballot. they wrote the amount of harm this measure could cause is vast and would hamper local government in our state's ability to function. but republican assembly minority leader james gallagher disagrees. he says the governor is trying to take away the voters ability to decide for themselves. he's fine with taking away your right to vote. >> on the ballot in november. so, look, i think people see the hypocrisy and they're just not buying his book. >> now the ball is in the court of the 7 justices on the state supreme court. among

their options. they could strike it from the ballot, which means it would not go before the voters in november or they could do some variation allowed o go to the people for a vote on november. 5th. >> but maybe take one or more provisions out. yes, this is a precedent setting case. however, they decide that. and the court is expected to make a final ruling by late june reporting in sacramento. eytan wallace. >> kron 4 time for the 4 zone forecast. as we give you a live look outside. gorgeous shot of the golden gate and the clear blue skies of blue water. it's calm and >> melo, right? pleasant out there. but elsewhere a mother nature's really stirring it. another scary night this? >> last few weeks, almost a month now they've had severe weather breaking out the country's midsection. they're looking at it again, moving a little further to the east and the big storms rolling through right now. very dangerous out there. we've had numerous reports of tornadoes out there as well. you see that line of storms just popping up outside of here we go again.

>> a lot of folks been scrambling for the shel ers as they've seen a tornado warnings popping up in many neighborhoods. and you've got another strong line of storms on the way. so very active out there right now. we've got watches up for tornadic activity in those areas. and you can see right now all these areas, all the circles, these reports from people talking about all the huge hail, they've seen a tornado, funnel clouds, you name it. they've seen just about everything out there. gusty winds over 65 miles per hour. of course, tornados. yeah, that's a major concern tonight as there are watches and warnings up across the area. some of the signatures being picked up on the doppler radar showing possible tornadoes in that area. nashville. they're right now looking at flash flooding in that area with some very, very heavy rain. more storms for the south, more tornadoes possibly being picked up on the doppler radar. nothing hitting the ground yet, but we're starting to see a little circulation in some of these cells. and that's why we're watching those very closely as of those could very well produced tornadoes that could soon touch the ground here very shortly. active weather continuing across the country

and it's going to march just a little further to the south and the east. you see the areas expected to see the worst of for now. and then tomorrow i think we head further east. you can see storms start to make their way seaboard. very active noon again tomorrow, guys of the possibility of more damaging storms. federal prosecutors are examining whether tesla misled investors and consumers about the car's self-driving capabilities. >> department of justice is investigating statements made by tesla officials, including ceo elon musk suggesting the cars can drive are not fully autonomous. prosecutors trying to determine if the company committed securities or wire fraud in making those claims. tesla is not commenting on the investigation. the autopilot features been linked to hundreds of crashes.

>> it's a rare sight, but the a's and rangers played doubleheader today at the coliseum. both teams and their offense is in high gear. jason will have all your highlights next. in sports.

>> and now kron 4 sports. >> the a's have been one of the surprise story of the young baseball season. they have the lowest payroll in the majors. but they've been playing like a playoff team over the last couple of weeks. they've cooled down a bit over

the last 4 or 5 days, but they look to keep the pace going with a double header today against the rangers and the weather had been beautiful here the bay area over the last few weeks and it's almost always warmer in oakland. so, you know, it was hot out there today. second ending aids down one to nothing man offer chelan lear's and he drives his fastball to the deepest part of the coliseum. 454 feet to be exact. and just like that is 2 to one a's 3rd inning. same score until jonah heinrichs. this single through the infield with the bases loaded 2 runs score and the rangers take a 3 to 2 lead 4th inning now a trail 7 to form an offer. tyler solar storm soda straw. i'm sorry. he just got called up from las vegas today. what a debut to run home all the way out to left center field 421 feet. but the rangers added to their lead in the 8th man on for at a list.

garcia's garcia live the fastball into the corner. 10 7 after that, we're in the 9th and the rangers are holding on to the 10 7 lead. how about game 1, 3, this one started around 12, 30. the it was an offensive battle. it out of hand early. marcus picked off where he left off in chelan. gliers woke up for days. speaking of which langley years takes that one on a right to left. go up to the one top of the 3rd same score. i told omar kissimmee and picked up where he left off. he hits a solo home run his 7th of the season. 4th inning rangers up. 42 in langley years rips a shot down the left-field line. 2 runs score. we are all tied up for again. 5, 4, in the bottom of the 6 guests langley years. he hits a shot. so gap in left. lang,

there's had 3 hits and 5 rbi is he just missed on this cycle. coming up, a single shorty. it's and then the 7 rent workers. he gives a some insurance runs. that 3 run bomb with his 9th of the season. aides go on to win 9 to 4. yesterday. the sharks won the nhl draft lottery and all attention turned to macklin celebrini. he will be the first pick for the sharks. and he also just so happens to be the son rick celebrini, the sports director of sports, medicine and performance for the golden state warriors. so not only is macklin a high-level player who can help turn around a franchise. he also got to be around the warriors during the height of their dynasty and earlier today, rick celebrini was asked about how special it will be to have his son so close to him. >> we're a very tight-knit family and to have your son. >> so close to home would be would be as everyone knows

here, you know, are a in professional sports in the nba is is quite demanding. so. >> you're right. tough for for me and for us to to to see them with their, you know, last year, planet bus university or or or next year, if he is again, fortunate to play in nhl. so to have him in our own backyard, so to speak and to, you know, want to bring him a meal every once in a while do his laundry would be to be a lot of >> love you know, becoming a moment bringing we all do that or, you know, 100%. you know, it's just having your family as a support system. hasta here, make the transition from being college freshman to playing with grown men in the nhl. got to make it easier, right? yeah. he knows how to stretch. i'm sure right from dad. do you want add is like loki the real mvp of the warriors over the past couple years we or he could be on his and he keeps those guys are right. like klay thompson, for

instance, he played like 70 something games this year after going through all that traumatic in the lower half of his body. so rick celebrini is a huge part of the golden state warriors. all right. exciting >> kind of town is preparing to host a number of events celebrating asian american and pacific islander heritage month event. organizers announcing the details for the api festivals and performances earlier today at the edge on the square. this year's theme for the celebrations is moving forward together. many events are paying tribute to the year of the dragon, including the lion stance and me competition that take place that takes place on saturday. the grandmaster, the events as this years competition is is expanding to get more students, the opportunity to showcase their skills. >> be 7 high schools taking place in this competition. there's a new school that's combining together for a number for first time. so it's

pretty exciting have we animals and everything for them. so it'll be really, really exciting time. >> other events happening in chinatown included the night market. the chinese hospital community health, fair and cultural festival posted by the chinatown history and cultural association. tune into kron 4 every thursday this month for stories highlighting the bay area's api community all leads up to our special that airs on thursday may 23rd at 06:30pm. >> hundreds of people looking to enter the workforce gathering san francisco's ferry building today for the hospitality and small business job. fair businesses and the in-person application process is more beneficial than trying to secure a job over zoom an online. >> we get to shake hands and meet people up front close and personal and it's really nice. candidates percent. feel like in-person events actually bring more candidates their

virtual career fairs that we did during the i think, you know, video screen time with a little bit nervous >> more resources and job fairs from the office of economic and workforce development can be found on its website. time for a last check weather this hour. we'll give you a live picture from mount tam, a pious showing everything in its summer glory. it's not summer yet, but sure feels like lawrence, what's coming along with it some allergies. yeah, that's true. we've got the offshore wind. so you may be seeing some of those allergies on the rise to from places usually don't get in from the east. >> pushing back toward the west. but overall sunshine all the way, the temperatures tomorrow, maybe the nicest of the week. i think we may see some changes late the day tomorrow, at least along the coastline. but tonight, nice and clear. it will be windy at times specially the north of the east bay, the number off and running with the sunshine all day long tomorrow. and then the fog may begin to creep in back along the coastline late in the day, especially on the san mateo county coast. watch out for that. otherwise, how about

this numbers out the door right now? 75 degrees in pacifica. 72 in san mateo to 77 degrees now in san francisco, 78 in carter. what a nice evening to get out. enjoy if you can. it's going to stick around too. high pressure overhead. those offshore winds continuing. and that means we're left with another gorgeous day tomorrow, upper 70's in downtown san francisco about 81 in the breonna 70 degrees in daly city. about 70 in half moon bay. 75 in millbrae. 76 in burlingame work your way down the peninsula's temperatures. nice and toasty as we head toward the afternoon. how about 87 degrees in santa clara tomorrow about 86 in san jose, east bay numbers. well into the 80 some places getting near 90 degrees by tomorrow afternoon. and we may actually see that happen as we get toward the following day. so other than some gusty winds early tomorrow morning in parts of the north and the east bay. i think things calm down by the afternoon that nice summer, like weather kind of settles in temperatures heating up thursday and friday. cooling down probably a little bit along the coastline with the fog make a return and cooler temperatures expected over the weekend. thank you, lawrence. coming

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