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at known. >> now 9 tracking more stout storm damage all across the bay area highway. 92 between interstate to wait in half moon bay remains shut down tonight because of a massive sinkhole. there. chp did not say when this roadway will be back open. caltrans, very concerned that the sinkhole could actually continue to grow. thanks for joining us here on kron. 4 news at 9. i'm vicki liviakis. i'm grant lotus. today's much-needed break from all that rain did allow crews to. >> kind of go into overdrive, repairing the broken roads. so they also were cleaning up debris today. but just like that huge sinkhole, some damage will take longer than a day to fix. oakland zoo expected to be closed at least until next month because of this huge sinkhole there. the zoo had initially said it would open up next tuesday, but it says sinkhole repairs have been delayed. the zoo has been closed since new year's day. officials say all the animals, though, are safe and are being cared for the zoo

also says it will announce plans to extend glow farhi in the next couple of makes a lot of money this time of year. that's a brutal blow for them. well, the powerful storms have also uprooted giant trees, of course, all over the bay area, sadly causing deaths. in some cases. a little toddler was killed last week when it big tree fell onto his home in sonoma county are kroger's. theresa spoke with arbery's today about why so many trees are falling and what residents can do to protect themselves. >> this giant tree fell right in the middle of solano avenue in albany. and look at this. this woman standing in front of a fallen tree that almost crushed her home in larkspur. >> you never know where they're going to fall. they know what they're going to fall this fall. >> bob emrich steam working nonstop these days addressing one hot spot after another. i spoke with him about why these storms are creating such dangerous conditions. simply it's all right. so the water. >> we need the water. we need the rain. so. you know, what

happens is all the water is saturated with okay. the root systems could not handle it. they're they're giving way. i've seen. >> him in the upper 80 trees and this week i cat't even count anymore. josh johns with our burris now says heavy rains mixed. >> with the high winds created bad combination for trees, especially >> i've seen both but definitely the majority of them had some sort of structural issue, whether they were just overly heavy from never being trained in the past or maybe they had decay and the base of the those ones are definitely much more acceptable. >> john says that crews are getting ready for another round of cleanup as yet. another storm barrels its way to the bay area. he says all of the situations should serve as a reminder to residents to take proper care of trees as

an arborist. and i think you should at least have your trees. look that annually. >> especially if larger, mature trees because they have much more potential and risk to 2. yeah safety issue they're neglected and bad things happen like we're seeing right now. >> and there is this area fact, both emmerich and john say that when they have gone to these job sites, residents say that these trees are falling without any kind of warning. first, they are healthy. and then all of a sudden they just come crashing down. here in marin county, theresa kron, 4 news and here in the studio with us now. meteorologist, any hong, any we get little bit of a break today. yeah, a little wanted a healthy enjoyed it because it later tonight and into tomorrow. we've got more rain coming. and then the real strong system really happens over the weekend on saturday. >> we're just saying thank grant. it's actually better timing on the weekend because people are usually off the roads. kids are already home from school. and, you know,

we're not looking at lot of folks going to work for the most part on the weekend. so that is kind of the good thing about this storm happening. but you can still see we have client plenty of moisture still hanging out on the coast. we'll see the rain start to pick up again. probably after midnight tonight and into tomorrow. just in time for friday morning's commute and also into the evening commute as well. winds will also pick up on saturday with a cold front coming through temperatures right now. it was a mild day today. so hopefully got to enjoy. they'll break that we had today. a much needed break. >> temperature right now in san francisco, 59 oakland, 58. 54 in concord and santa rosa at 61 degrees. current winds at this hour. birds still pet light. a little some parts of sampson square at 21 miles an hour. a wind gust 20 file for 25 or happen. bay, the east bay, not too bad, generally less than 10 miles an hour. also 10 for rosa area, ok? so here's a live look at the golden gate bridge. we have some dry roads today. boy, do we need it now with the storms coming this way for friday.

then the next round is we're going to be saturday morning with the passage of a cold front, which means heavy rain, downpours and also some strong gusts coming through. so flooding is a concern for the entire bay area. roads and the soils are already saturated. so do expect more flooding to happen all over the weekend, especially into saturday morning and through monday morning and also will will mostly likely get some downed power lines and power outages. i would stop. and when to start, you know, powering up the especially friday and into saturday morning we'll talk more about what to expect as far as temperatures go. and also tonight, expecting mostly cloudy conditions. again, the rain developing late and it will be a wet commute for friday morning and into friday evening. temperatures overnight we about 47 to 54 degrees. when i come back, we'll talk more about we'll time out the storms for you and also talk more about the forty-niners forecast as well. coming up a little bit later. back to you. all right, annie, the city of antioch has

canceled its martin luther king junior day of service because of the new storms expected. >> over the weekend today, the city's mayor also declared a local state of emergency mayor lamar thorpe says the city suffered an estimated 4 million dollars in damage to the city infrastructure because of these recent storms. and he expects the cost to grow even higher. >> more potholes could surface or get bigger after this. next set of storms kron four's philippe djegal reports from contra costa county where public works. crews are repairing already damaged roads. >> from 7 o'clock in the morning through the afternoon, tending to one pothole after another contra costa county public works. crews identify is now that flood waters have washed up the where a limiting hazards. >> along our roadways to make them safe on thursday. focused on road in discovery bay. >> vision manager chris lau says some of these potholes

are new others and expanded following the were using material called cut back >> it's a material that with rocked an oil going the pothole packing and rolling in this work is considered routine maintenance but operations pick up during the winter time when the rain weakens the roads. >> we're sending me far. roadways is water and so water can infiltrate into our cracks and crevices in our payments and go down into the foundation of the road and cause softening of our base. and one vehicles roll over it constantly pumps. the roadway and each area. it's a >> wow says cut back is a temporary fix that should last through the winter season or longer. there's will be made when crews follow up. if you see a pothole. >> try to avoid them. they can cause damage to your vehicle. and so that's the best course

of action is to try to avoid during the season. lau says hundreds, if not thousands of particles will be repaired county in discovery bay league football kron. 4 >> we'll stay in the east bay now. several areas damaged by the storm in alameda county are still rebuilding. is again. more rain is headed this way this weekend. the big concern is a street in hayward failure caused the side of a road to fall into the san lorenzo creek street is a main artery that connects hayward to castro valley. one side now blocked by barricades and signs warning about the danger, a sidewalk railing and light post were destroyed when the ground beneath it eroded during the downpours this week. representative eric swalwell toward the damage this afternoon. >> its to just see it. and that some of us, you know, have just rely on the local infrastructure here. >> there's over 20 examples of

critical failures on infrastructure that we and in alameda county as ressa, the 9 bay area counties use. >> all the damage combines they're estimating it's going to cost the county about 52 million dollars to fix it. swalwell says he's asking the state to reimburse the county and local sites for the millions of dollars. they'll have to spend to make the repairs, especially in places like this where crews will be building from the ground up. as for when that construction will start, alameda county public works says they hope to start as soon as possible. >> staying in the east bay, oakland, police are seeing an uptick in robberies of mail carriers and the most recent incident happened last month. kron four's gayle ong is live with us in studio with details on this. good evening, gayle. >> good evening, grant and vicki, a scary situation for mail carriers. oakland police say in several cases the suspect would hold the postal workers at gunpoint. demand a key to the truck and steal

mail open. police and postal inspectors are actively investigating the robberies in the crimes are not just happening in oakland. >> outrageous and unacceptable. level of threats to to mail carriers just trending that jobs. >> postal inspector matthew norfleet on the 7 armed robberies, his office and bay area. authorities are now investigating all targeting postal workers in the months since september. most of them in the east bay. but we're investigating robberies in. >> the berkeley, oakland, newark and fremont. >> back in november, a usps mail carrier was robbed at gunpoint in vallejo, grabbing the postal workers keys before taking off in their mail truck. other recent robberies following a similar pattern to target the robbery seems to be take the male keys. >> so that someone else can still mail later using those mail keys. we've also seen personal property of carriers take in vehicle keys and and mail off the off the carriers person out of the truck on

thursday, oakland police released a public safety advisory about the robberies according to opd. the most recent incident happened on december. 22nd police say a postal employee was robbed on wilson avenue just north of macarthur boulevard after 02:00pm. meantime, concern about members of the public also becoming targets. >> the opd releasing tips to stay safe, including probably pick up your mail after delivery, especially if you are receiving a check or merchandise, get a locking mailbox, request your income tax return to be electronically sent to your bank account and hand outgoing mail to the carrier. take your mail to a postal box or post office. the usps with strong words for the criminals responsible. and a reminder that any crime against a postal worker is punishable under both federal and state law. it is a very serious crime. >> and people can expect to go to prison for it. >> last september, an east bay man was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison for the armed robbery of a mail carrier in oakland carriers are a dedicated their brave.

and there's there's carriers out there still delivering mail in the same neighborhoods where they've been robbed. >> in some cases multiple times. so i you know, i have nothing but respect for the care so that they're doing that job, but they shouldn't have to face this to do it. >> postal inspection service is offering up to a $50,000 reward for information on it. several of these mail carrier truck robberies in the studio. gayle ong kron. 4 news. >> chang powell was sworn in. opens to mayor this week, but now there's another challenge in the outcome of that race. unlike a previous failed attempt at this recount, this one may actually happen. our chris has it made. you has details. >> so a recount is going to happen. >> a recount is going to happen. perform the duties of mayor of the city of oak within days of shane powell being sworn in as city of oakland's 51st mayor, the alameda county board of supervisors voted in favor of the recount in the mayor's race and the vote was unanimous.

>> the vote on that was in the wake of an admitted technical error and a recount made by the alameda county registrar of voters in the oakland unified school board election which led to a different outcome. alameda county supervisor keith carson author the proposal to have a recount in the oakland mayor xrays. the difference between then candidate tao and her opponent council colleague lauren taylor was 677 votes. i think that there was general consent not just with the board of supervisors, but with everybody. >> that we were attempting to do this to not only give confidence to the selection and try to rectify the mistake. so do you welcome the decision by the alameda county board of supervisors for recount? i absolutely welcome this decision, although lauren taylor conceded the election and vowed not to pursue a weak out. >> he admits that he did have his own doubts about the final outcome. absolutely. when you look at a small margin of less

than 2.5%, it seems though a recount makes sense. it also makes sense to mayor shane in a new statement regarding the prospect of a recount. she writes in part, quote, if the board of supervisors and registrar of voters choose to conduct a hand recount in the mayor's race to bring additional assurance that every vote was counted accurately. >> i welcome it fully, unquote. >> now due to this being an unforced error, the county will foot the bill for the recount. no date has been set and any legal challenges that happened along the way will have the potential of slowing down the final outcome really key and important. >> it is to try to reach store confidence in the electoral process. >> has he met kron? 4 news. >> it was a historic night in oakland last night is the new school board voted to keep 6 schools open in the district. this came after violent

clashes last school year when parents in the district staged protests angry about the closure of a neighborhood school. the most recent vote means horace mann, brookfield carl munk, grass valley and fred t korematsu discovery academy elementary will all remain open. now, hillcrest elementary will continue to offer schooling for grades 6 through 8. >> and the south bay, santa clara county, preparing for the next round of storms with potential flooding expected tomorrow and through the weekend, officials are urging all residents to sign up for alerts sec. that's the counties official emergency alert warning system residents can sign up for the alert online or download the app on their smartphone. the system notifies residents about flooding, power outages. road closures and mudslides. and these are the latest outage numbers according to pg and e tonight, as of 5 o'clock. this evening, just under 6700 customers did not have their power. south bay still has the most outages with almost 5600

customers still in the dark. >> they have won 10 in a row and there's no reason to think the niners are going to stopped riding that wave. right? the fans are certainly getting ready for the big playoff game. it's this saturday against the seattle seahawks have all the confidence crawford's. justin campbell live for us outside levi's stadium with more on the excitement that's building just that. >> that's right. vicki and grant, we haven't seen any crazy fans that are camping outside here. but we have preparations here at levi stadium. but ticket prices are jumping and bars are getting ready for the big game. >> tonight is our role for the super no, stopping with red go. the excitement is growing for saturday's wild-card game between the niners and seahawks forty-niners deebo. samuel mural is painted outside alex's forty-niners iin in santa was a inside. the niners spirit continues with early hanging on the wall and

sometimes famous forty-niners stopped by job. and do you feel here, gerri, right over here, the niners fever is also reflected in ticket prices. according to take pick the average price ahead of saturday's game is $373. while they get in price is $130 while to get and should also be prepared for the anticipated rain. i'm not going watch it on the tv and but they hope the cold and rainy weather doesn't dash the niners super bowl chance she used to that and the board on or not. now, despite what the weather will be saturday, thousands of people are expected here behind me to tailgate and also to watch the game reporting live here in santa clara, justin campbell kron. 4 news. all right. justin looks pretty clear out there. >> for the time being, but that we can expect a little bit more action from mother

nature heading out to the game for sure. was a nice, though, today that just kind take a little break apart and soak up some vitamin d kron. 4 meteorologist haag is with us tonight. >> she's a look at what is ahead for saturday. any is it going to be as bad as we think? well, yeah, we have a cold front coming through that morning. and by the time that game starts with a niners against the. >> a seattle seahawks. boy, it's going to be a very stormy game. kickoff is at one 30 on saturday afternoon, expecting rain, heavy rain at times. strong winds at times gusting over 30 miles an hour. so it's going to be. very tough game weather wise and especially for those fans will be impressive. those fans to make it out there. those are some fans. future wind gusts for saturday morning. here's the clock at 9 o'clock on top, you'll see wind gusting between 30 to over 40 miles an hour and the santa clara area. so it's going to be a very blustery and stormy afternoon. it will be some tough weather conditions. sure, the seahawks

are used to the wet conditions, but it's going to be a tough one for. i think everybody involved in santa clara at lee at the stadium on saturday afternoon. so we'll talk more about the forecast coming up. we'll time it out for you. and also take a look at your snow forecast as well. coming up a little bit later. >> thank you and me. we have some sad news to report tonight. i'm lisa marie presley, the daughter of one of the biggest figures in entertainment history. part of that family has just suffered a share of tragedy. yeah, that tragically known for its loss. and tonight, lisa marie presley elvis's daughter died after being hospitalized for cardiac arrest. according to tmz housekeeper. >> found a 54 year-old unresponsive in a bedroom this morning. presley, of course, the daughter of the king of rock and roll was at the golden globes tuesday night. a couple nights ago to see actor austin butler, wind for his portrayal of her father. and

like elvis, she was a billboard to charting singer. >> she's also known for her high-profile marriages to actor nicolas cage. and of course, michael jackson. lisa marie presley debts at the age of 54. we'll be taking a quick break. we'll be right back.

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meantime, president biden praised today new inflation data showing high prices are on the path to cooling off inflation overall does remain well above normal levels. prices rose 6 and a half percent. the cost of electricity, hotels and apparel all increased from 2021. well, gas and used cars brought. but for the first time in more than 2 and a half years, americans actually paid a little less for goods than they did the month before the consumer price index fell a 10th of a percent from november to december. the data is clear. >> you know, inflation is high and major economies around the world is coming down in america month after month. can the family some real breathing room? >> investors hope a new data means the federal reserve will take it easy on the next rate hike. they are set to make that announcement on february. 1st. >> next, immigration reform. is it gaining momentum after leaders made trips to the

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>> now at 9.30, after this video surfaced of a san francisco owner hosing down an unhoused woman. another gallery down the street is being wrongfully accused online for folks unfamiliar the jackson square neighborhood where this happened. it's near north beach is home actually about half a dozen art gallery. scott for celso the moeny in this live in the newsroom with us with more on this mix-up. l a? >> yeah, that's right. that video has been widely circulated in lots of eyes on it. a lot of people enraged and they have been taking to the internet in protest of foster quinn, who owns an art gallery in his name, seen in the video. but today, employees of another art gallery called 08:03:06am, located just up the street. also on montgomery found out that their google reveals were also suffering. people angry with quinn mistakenly left comments on their profile. they are actually many art

galleries in that vicinity. one comment posted a photo of the incident. so employees of 08:03:06am, have had to respond saying that they are just neighbors and they're not affiliated. but instead are a nonprofit art gallery. the don't support his actions. in a statement to kron 4 the road, 8, 3, was made aware but neighboring gallery owners, inhumane actions toward a community member. we condemn his actions as of warrant and we are deeply agonized to have seen someone treated so cruelly. we are one of many other galleries in the area. while we understand that there has been some confusion and misdirected anger towards us amongst the outrage, we want to clarify that we are not affiliated with foster going gallery or its owner. collier going in the newsroom. ella sogomonian kron. 4 news. thank you the latest drought map was released today. this is what things look like. >> several months ago in october, you see a lot of, you know, red on the map marking extreme drought and even more

concerning that darkest red them room show most representing exceptional drought. that's the worst you can get. all right. so fast forward to last week and there are no exceptional drought areas that are visible on the map. >> and today, wow, look at that progress. the most recent drought map shows almost no extreme drought. the map was released today, but this status here was, as of tuesday, of course, it's rain since then. so that figures to get even better and it's going to rain this weekend and tomorrow. >> a little bit of red their way at the top. the border of siskiyou and >> modoc counties. but all in all, a vast improvement. yeah passed. so now republican lawmakers are calling on the governor to make more investments in water it concerns that much of the recent rainfall just is ending up in the ocean. yeah. point those republicans say the state could get more than 20 trillion gallons of water by the time the storms are said and done and in the middle of this historic drought, they argue more should be done to safe water

during this year. >> why do we save it? is it just really is an enigma to me that we do not protect the water. that is free comes from nature and it's going out to the ocean build sites now the water right here next to us could have been stored in sight. >> it's a fact. we should have water abundance in the city. california. we have the technology. we have the capability. the governor. >> so these republicans say that the state has not built a new reservoir in decades while the 5.2 billion dollar project is set for construction in 2024. they want the governor to start that process right now. the secretary of the national natural rather resources agency says that the governor is aware of the media urge to improve california's water infrastructure and points to the governors budget proposal, which includes more than 8 billion dollars to help respond to the dropped. in the

east bay, the state department of water resources is going to continue flood releases at lake del val until saturday. livermore police are asking people to stay away from the arroyo is leading down from del val and their adjacent trails. adele bell regional park remains closed because of all the flooding there. the park also doesn't have power or water. >> rising water levels along the salinas river are threatening to effectively cut off the monterey peninsula from the rest of the state. the monterey county sheriff's office share this aerial view of the river near gonzales. that's a long 101. the county is expected to shut down some of its major roads between tonight and sunday morning because of flooding. authorities are also discouraging people from traveling. investigators in the north bay believe a generator running inside a home is linked to the death of 2 met the sonoma county sheriff's office says a tree trimming crew found the man dead inside a home in sea

ranch last night. investigators say the men were in separate bedrooms of the house and there was a generator in the hallway, according to the sheriff, the generators power switch was turned on and its fuel tank was empty. according detectives are now working to identify them and notify their families and confirm the cause of death. authorities warn people not to run generators inside buildings because they released noxious fumes that can result in carbon monoxide poisoning and sometimes debt. >> the search intensifies for a 5 year-old little boy swept away from his mom by flood waters near san miguel in san luis obispo county, the california national guard is joined the search and rescue teams from across the state still looking for that little boy on the ground and from the air on monday, kyle doan was on his way to kindergarten with his mother's truck. got stuck in the rising flood waters. his mother was rescued. but before help could arrive, she says the strong

current ripped her son out of her hands. the only sign rescuers have found so far. little noah. is one of his shoes. several dangerous storms move through the south today, killing at least 7 people in alabama and producing tornadoes that uprooted trees, downed power lines and caused significant damage to homes and businesses. according to the national weather service in birmingham, one of those tornadoes moved through selma causing a path of destruction in its wake. and in morgan county, alabama, damage and injuries were reported after a tornado tore through the decatur area. a kentucky, tennessee, mississippi, all had tornado warnings issued today as the storm moved across the region. momentum is growing on immigration legislation following trips to the border by president biden and a group of senators. >> but with a divided congress, any bill would have to be bipartisan kron four's hannah brandt explains where

the discussion stand at this point. >> despite decades of effort, lawmakers keep failing to find a solution for immigration reform. one of the most difficult that you could possibly be willing to address in congress, but it's critically important. but after a trip to the southern border with a bipartisan group, senator thom tillis has been and how we made a lot of progress. but we have to have everybody on the same page for what the problem is before we can start drafting a solution to it. president biden also visited the border last weekend and says while his administration is working on its own solutions, it's time for congress to step up. >> what he's going to continue to call line is for congress to actually take action but divided control. congress makes the issue more complicated. the republican majority house and democrat majority senate both have to agree on a plan. if there are responsible individuals who want to tackle these challenges together, we stand ready to do that. house democratic leader hakeem jeffries argues it's

republicans who willing to compromise. many of my colleagues on the other out seem to want to politicize the issue, not solve problems. but speaker kevin mccarthy says immigration is a top priority for his party and promises republicans are focused on securing the border in washington. i'm hannah brandt. >> stay with us. we check out of san francisco restaurant known by beer lovers for 13 unique beers on tap. among other things. that's tonight's dine and dish next. >> the niners got a little practice in dry today about that. getting ready for the playoff game against seattle in santa clara saturday where figures to not be dry. so run the ball. if the winds are whipping in the rain is pouring. kate really has been a camp all week with the team. >> show t

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rottinghaus pitch in german means wheelhouse. >> but some might just call it red house because it's that rat. >> aaron, along with his twin brother, matt, are the owners with a thing for all things bavarian? this is a town in look bills. this is a smoked beer. our smoked patrons come for the beverages. the camaraderie and the fresh food. there's this hand-rolled, the germans town. jackie chef michael is behind the house, made menu. it's traditional with a california it's cheese plate is funder ball home and truffle butter. brussels sprouts with alpine this is our jaeger schnitzel with mushrooms pretzel with haas made. it must hurt. don't forget the broad worst. i think we should name and brock best. he's the best there are 13 specialty beers to wash it all down and bavarian wines and and as they say, coast. in

san francisco, vicki liviakis kron. 4 news. so yeah, you don't have to go all the way to october fest to enjoy some of the find the fears of the area right there for mason. yeah. user killer to have a chance to show you that. >> but it was raining so could really that's because it's always raining. yeah, these days. all right. that's cool. yeah. >> check it out. i would even not been there. i don't need

in the north bay, all 7 reservoirs in marin county are full. we're looking at alpine lake filled at the top and there's more water coming in off the hills there. great to see. now look at this video from 2021 of how the reservoirs and marine looks sad. you could walk across some of them back to the president were in water says the current reservoir storage is 100% of capacity and normally this year would be around 78% of capacity. you know, the drought monitor the snowpack and the coming round of storms. a real good indications of california. >> could be getting out of the drought and those mandatory water restrictions might become thing of the past. we shall see. but it keeps raining as kron four's. dan kerman tells us water right now. it's just too early to make that final determination. it's not even mid january in

the sierra snowpack is more than 200% of average for this time of year. >> and some reservoirs are already filled to the brim andy samberg. we saw i mean, essentially half of the rainy seasons range and one month. and so we normally get about 40 inches a year. and we are currently as of yesterday at 38 inches of precipitation month. but andrea pook with east bay mud says its 1.4 million customers will remain under a mandatory 10%. water use restrictions for the time being forecasting is not such a precise science, right. and so this was supposed to be a dry year. and yet here we are. we're hopeful that we're trending in the right direction and we're not going to see those same conditions this year. >> but we have to wait and see that keller with the santa clara valley water district degrees. despite better than promising snow and rain. he says history has demonstrated its too early to pull the plug on valley waters 15% water restrictions at this time.

>> in december 2021, we had record breaking rain. we had record breaking snow. we thought, oh, this is great. we're going to be out of the drought and then at the start of 2022, we have to hit the dry start to a year on record and all of those games that we saw on december and early january. >> wiped out. both agencies will re-evaluate water restrictions in april in the meantime, even if what weather does lead to a reversal of restrictions, it's important to remember drought. so the norm, not the exception. why not just make this the new a new baseline, you know, take out your lawns. >> putin, drought, resilient landscape because we know even if we get away here this year, you know, it's only going to be a year or 2 or 3 or you know, we don't know when, but we do know that the next drought is going to come. dan kerman kron 4 news time now for our 4 zone forecast as we get a live look at what appears to be a dry golden gate bridge least for the time being. >> which is a total novelty days. yeah, it has been.

>> wetter than wet meteorologists and he hung is back with us and we're going to get back to basics, right? yeah, grant and vicki healthy got a chance to enjoy the dry weather today. and also the milder conditions that we have throughout the day. >> we're looking at more rain to ride this wave when the next couple of hours most likely. here's a live look at stormtracker 4. see all that green. that's kind of hanging on the coast. that's up will be making its way probably overnight around after midnight and falling for much of friday. and then another round of more powerful storm coming on the weekend. so tonight we still get that much-needed break tomorrow. showers roll back in. we're talking mainly light to moderate rain. then 2 more systems coming this way between saturday and into monday for the mlk holiday. all right. that's tame time out that future cast. so tonight, cloudy conditions, the rain developing later tonight during the overnight hours. you'll see kind of the green indicating the light rain most of the light to moderate. i think some of the heavier rain will be fit to the north of us in santa rosa area in the north bay. we'll

see tomorrow morning. it's a wet commute. it will be wet throughout the much much of the day that in the afternoon tomorrow night looks like a wet commute as hell as that rain moves off over to the east heading into the sacramento area by late friday night. now, then get ready for another round. this is the more powerful storm happening saturday morning. a cold front coming through the oranges and the reds and the yellows that's indicating moderate to heavy rainfall by the afternoon. that front should be pushing through. and we're looking at still some scattered showers, maybe some pockets of heavier rain. how much rain expecting anywhere from one to 2 inches by the end of sunday into the weekend for most locations, higher amounts for the valleys. i mean, for that foothills winter weather storm is also in effect for the tahoe area. 3 to 6 feet of new snow for this weekend. avoid it. if you can. all right. the next several days still holding lots of rain and maybe finally a break and on until wednesday or even thursday. >> and now kron 4 sports.

>> it's going to be wet at the forty-niners game. less than 48 hours to go until their playoff run begins. well, they hope it is a run. it's really a win or go home situation against san francisco's archrival, the seattle seahawks boom. they've already beaten twice this season. the forty-niners are heavy favorites against the seahawks this saturday at levi's and there's a reason why their defense in the forty-niners to winds over seattle, they outscored them. 48 to 20 7 of those points against their special teams unit which gave up a touchdown. seahawks quarterback geno smith who was held under wraps in the 2 losses has had a passer rating under 75 2 of his last 3 games. not good. and in the locker room this week, there was definitely quiet confidence coming from the defensive forty-niners. >> it's all in the details guys going to and put those details together and add up, you know, the compounding interest that, you know, that these plays you can win os

at then again, most likely you're probably going to win overall. you know, it's all about mindset, right? you know, you constantly looking for. >> all right. what how we just get a little bit better. you know, because we're at the end saying, no, you can't. you can always say, oh, we've got to get better. we've got to get better. because like now your best is needed. you know, one i know guys are ready. we we are where we are in the season because of how we've got. we continue to get better throughout the year. right? i think we're peaking right at the right time. and it's all about how we prepare, you know, and and could nothing loose on on saturday. confidence was we go every game with the players on this team. >> knowing that. we have what it takes we don't do it at times. >> meanwhile, today, derek carr confirmed what we all already knew. he is no longer a raider on social media today. carr, thank raider nation for all of their support over the last 9 years that he spent with the team carr was the 36th overall pick in the 2014 draft coming out of fresno state and he was

bench 2 weeks before the end of the season this year. that was after vegas lost to the steelers men. he left the team. he said so as not to be a distraction. now he officially leaves the raiders as their all-time passing leader in yards and touchdowns. also second all-time in wins. >> and now the raiders begin the somewhat complicated process of trading car complicated because he does have a no trade clause in the 3 year 121 million dollar extension. he signed this past offseason a season that saw him reunited with his college teammate davante adams. but the reunion didn't turn out to get the success that they had been hoping for. let's talk some college hoops to wcc contenders battling it out in moraga. tonight, the saint mary's gaels hosting loyola marymount. randy bennett looking a little worried early on going on in the lane for saint mary's. so >> it's going to be outside one of their better shooters. teeny buries the 3 pointer from the corner. he's a local kid. mahaney grew up in moraga and we're tied early on. nice

game tonight for saint mary's logan johnson doesn't need any help on this drive. pretty up. and under layup for logan scales led. 35 21 at the half and lmu tried to make it close but can say there's always found a way to get back on top. in a haste passing by the gaels leading to that dunk by mitchell saxen and the gaels win it. 76 to 62.

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the drive through and then being served by an oscar winning actor. it's exactly what happened to a woman in massachusetts. she was served none other than ben affleck. the actor was shooting a commercial at the cop shop. wanted to have a little fun. the few customers no word if he got the woman's order right for now. i wouldn't get it right. well, but because it takes some actual skill yeah. >> wraps up kron. 4 news at 9 in he's a boston partner that they shot the movie that they be a met he is hanging around there, too. maybe you friends. guys taking we digress. all right. vicki and grant, thank you. coming up on kron, 4 news at 10. the fallout continues over this video. it's gone viral. the footage outraging people shows a gallery owner in san francisco hosing in on how to woman on the street.

>> he's apologized, but they're still growing outrage. other galleries and businesses in the area are being falsely linked to this incident. plus, a big loss in the entertainment world. lisa marie presley, the only child of elvis presley. >> died today at the age of 54. how the industry is remembering her tonight and we continue our storm coverage. rain expected to return rain expected to return tomorrow. kron 4 meteo

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