news station, you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at 6. >> was so many things going on today. it is almost gameday. that's tomorrow. yeah. it's friday. the 13th. yes. and it could also be your lucky us friday. the 13th he won the lottery has big jackpot. we've got a live report on that coming up as well. but let's start with the weather because the rain does come back into play for all of us, including the forty-niners this weekend. lucky. yes, we win the lottery. good with the rain today. we've got a look at it that way. i know there's been downsides to a huge downsides, too. but looking at the drought monitor yesterday, there's a huge upside. what we're seeing this morning as winds are already picking up ahead of the line of showers that's about to make its way into the bay area here in just moments. satellite and radar showing that to you can see that we do have lighter showers across the bay already. >> this line or i hear about to be making its way our direction. and as that happens, we're going to be seeing an uptick in rainfall potential really between

06:07:08am, this morning. so very active out there so far today. definitely one to keep a close eye on the radar for. you can see in future cast that uptick in rainfall, intensity through 6, 07:00am, to 08:00am. this morning. we'll start to see a low. and after that point late morning, you will see a peak sunshine here and there and some isolated showers chance of thunderstorm development this afternoon, though, between 4 05:06pm. so it's both your morning and evening commutes being affected by chances of rain will quiet down this evening before heavy rain and stronger winds tomorrow. and yes, this is for game days. so maybe not the ideal timing of that system. but we have flood watches taking effect tomorrow. storm door opens today and stays open as we already saturated ground today tomorrow, as we're seeing that risk of flooding begin to increase winds, as you noticed, already starting to pick up, that's going make those temperatures feel a little bit cooler as you're leaving the house this morning. just make sure you're doing so with the rain jackets in the umbrellas with you and make sure to keep a 2 hands on

that umbrella because that wind may just started pulling away from yet reyna. it's starting to pick up. so that means probably going to see some impact the l right now. our bridges all do look very light. so that doesn't mean >> they're going to stay that way. that means drive careful, drive slow, slow down. just like john mention, traveling into the city 12 minutes, they stood at fremont street exit right now. your san mateo bridge 80 to 101, 12 minutes as you're heading across towards the peninsula, a richmond center fell bridge. put you at about 8 minutes as you're traveling from the tolls to 101, and the golden gate bridge. look at that. 37 to the tolls. 19 minutes when as the rain picks up, give yourself a lot more time this morning. darya james, back to you. thank you. reyna the weather, the rain, the cold and the wind could be an issue for tomorrow's game with the niners. i know as we start the playoffs niners the number 2 seed hosting the seattle seahawks. >> levi state. in fact, let's get out there live. kron four's will tran is standing by and we'll you're very familiar with the weather up in seattle. what do you think? are the seahawks more prepared

to play in the rain? >> then the niners. that's what all the fans are asking right now. >> i think the niners are more prepared because james, if they have to ground and pound right, the niners they have had 2300 rushing yards this year and they kept their opponents to 1300 yards. so how's that for next level knowledge as far as being in the rain is not like it doesn't rain in the bay area. so both teams all ready to go. this is a quick turnaround as the game is tomorrow. at one, 30. let me show you some video of them practicing, right? so it's a short week. they are practicing for opponent that they know so well and they know the niners so well. they've beaten the seahawks twice this year. and the last one was a tough game for the niners, even though they had so much at stake to try to win the nfc west. but they won. 21 to 13, which is why coach kyle shanahan, even though they are heavy favorites, they expect a

slugfest. here's all of fame back owns it. linebacker fred warner talking about, you know, what, this is the right time for them to be peaking against their rivals. >> well, it's all about mindset, right? you know, you constantly looking for all right, what how or how can 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. >> i don't think anybody will be cutting anything loose on saturday because they expect 100% chance of rain. john's raible knows more than i do about the weayher, of course. but they say it's going to be windy as well. so all those weapons, james, that the

niners have, they might not get the ball is efficiently because wind and rain. but we got brock purdy as far as the niners fans are concerned and he is making history once he takes the field has the lowest drafted qb rookie qb to start a playoff game in nfl history. it is super bowl or bust for the niners and the seahawks. let's face it, james. they're playing with house money ever since they traded danger arrests. russell wilson, right? they weren't even expected to make the playoffs. >> and here they are in town. back to you. all right. on by a thread that things you know, it said i want him to be the lowest draft pick ever to win. that would how about that? and if you want to watch the game you're going to have to dig deep into your pockets. we took a look at stuff of this morning and the cheapest tickets which are bad about 100 bucks. but you're going to be way up in the nosebleed. you want anything closer, maybe 50 yard line. you may have to dish out as much as $10,000. a sort of the price

range we're seeing, right? does that come with a personal umbrella? holder? you got to get wet. i'd rather watch at a bar. something a lot of people are going to be in the bars or a home for tomorrow's game. this is a mural with a deebo samuel painted outside. alex's 49 or bar in san jose. >> and fans say this is the place to be used to be visited by 9 or >> famed alone is joe montana. jerry rice match watch and enjoy a beer and then there's joe cool sitting next the fans. tell us that they expect the niners to go all the way. >> tonight is our role for the super no stopping with red goal. >> i like and matters on a yeah. the fans also tell us that they are obviously a little concerned. we talk about that a little bit with will about the weather, and whether or not seattle more prepared to play in that kind muddy sloppy game that. but i don't think so. i think going to pull out a win. and don't

forget, it's not just rain. is this going to be an issue but wind as well. so john has been tracking that morning. you know what, seattle might have a little more preparation with the weather, but we've also had some practice with it. don't forget these 2 to 3 weeks now. so, yeah, it is going to be a rough game, especially sitting up in those nosebleeds in the stands where you're going to really feel those wind gusts. we are going to have wind gusts in excess of 30 miles per hour. it's going to bring a be a game to bring all the niners get. you got. >> especially those wateiproof kickoff is at one 30 pm. we're going to be in the midst of some heavy showers getting down to the game. take it slower. give yourself plenty of time. getting there that we're not lay now. we're not rushing through some pretty crowded roads and some pretty heavy rain and wind along with it. darya james, i know everyone's going to still get out there. but yeah, definitely want to stay dry as much as yeah, let's take a look at this 2.49, a tight end. george kittle. >> asking for a little help from pg e because you know what you're we've talked about power outages and he's been out of power for 4 days and he

goes a little help would be appreciated. thanks. just trying to prepare for something this so funny. i love he is a carrot. he is. he is. hopefully he's getting plenty of rest to so that he's fully ready. >> to face off against seattle come tomorrow. we will continue to follow the journey that the forty-niners are on the red gold zone. going to be on every night from 4 sports director jason dumas, along with kate rooney and aaron wilson covering all the developments. >> leading up to each game. hopefully they'll be a number of them leading to the super bowl. all the highlights all the analysis and you can watch it all starting tonight at 10, 30. >> 608, is the time. and as more rain is headed our way today, a lot of people are still trying to recover from all the other storms. a big concern is a street in hayward. you can see all of the fencing here at a barrier to this, you know, to fall off the edge of this. this into the san lorenzo creek, part of the roadway. when that's better angle to see you the end, that street is a main artery that connects hayward to castro valley. one side now

barricaded off. there are danger signs and the sidewalk grayling a light post all destroyed when the ground underneath the row did in the heavy downpours that we had representative there you see i'm eric swalwell toward the damage yesterday. >> to just see it in that because so many 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 and alameda county as rest to the 9 bay area counties use. >> and all that damage is going to cost the county. they think about 52 million dollars to repair. swalwell is asking the state to reimburse the county. and public works. leaders are hoping that they can start to work as soon as the conditions allow, which at this point, the forecast looks like maybe late next week. yeah. the recent storms have taken lives as well. at least 16 people have died across the state and now president biden has greenlit an emergency

declaration for california that allows the state to get help from the coast guard and the army corps of engineers. we talked to a fema official. she says, because the storms are coming one after the other. that makes the repair and rescue work all the harder. what makes this one? so i'm challenging is that there are so many of these different types of threats and hazards that are out there that are >> really hard to predict where a tree might fall down as we continue to see rain system after rain system coming through california. >> fema officials also urge residents follow local governments orders and advisories when it comes to evacuating or sheltering in place. whatever they say, jen, all right. also making news this morning and breaking news overnight in east palo alto police officer is recovering this morning after being shot yet started as a traffic stop that escalated quickly. kron four's camila barco has the details from the newsroom. camilla? that officer. >> had one gunshot wound, but they are expected to be okay. the police department, they do have a man in custody, but the

department says that the weapon was a ghost gun. take a look at this map to give you a better idea of where the shooting took place. it happened in east palo alto in the area for him and purdue avenue just after 11:00pm. it's an area filled with many homes. investigators say an officer pulled over a car, but the driver ended up running away. that's when officers started chasing the suspect down the block and police say they were trying to get him in custody. but the set trying to get the suspect in custody. but the suspect deup firing a gun and shooting an officer. officers did not fire back and they were able to get the suspect in custody. the officer if the shot is a five-year veteran of the east, palo alto police department, their injuries are said to be non life threatening and they are expected to survive the suspect is willie wiley. he is of 44 year-old man of east palo alto. he is in custody and this is the firearm that officers recovered. officers say it's a ghost gun that's

been converted to be fully automatic with a high capacity magazine and darya james. the department continues to investigate the shooting. the interim police chief says, quote, this is a stark reminder of the danger police officers and the ongoing dangers of gun violence. earlier this month, the department remembered one of their own officers who passed away in 2006 after being shot and killed while he was on patrol. i'll send it bac- to you guys. thank you. camila. >> it is 6.12, and we'll take a break. but still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news mail carriers themselves now being targeted and robbed at gunpoint around the bay area. tell you what the postal inspectors says is being done to protect them and protect your mail, john. and we've been talking about showers making their return this morning. some of the first thoughts really seeing that rain picking up is coastal moran and up into sonoma counties. we're already seeing winds picking up a few sprinkles here and their rainfall intensity set to increase as we make our way increase as we make our way through

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>> 6.15, right now. and with all of the rain and the snow that we're seeing, a good indication that the state could potentially get out of the drought or at least make a huge dent in it. mandatory water restrictions could also be a thing of the past. if things go our way this year saw more than 2, a 200% overage of snowpack year. and some reservoirs, as we know up i2 marin county, for instance, are already at max capacity. >> even with promising results, though, 2 bay area water agencies say that their

customers will remain under a mandatory water use restriction. they say it's just too early right now to make that determination to lift it. >> forecasting is not such a precise science, right? and so this was supposed to be a dry year. and yet here we are 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 december and early january wiped out. >> you know, both agencies say that they will re-evaluate their water restrictions in april worse. we'll see where we stand. that will you know, the great. well. i guess we get a lack. we up with word of exactly that. hey, john, i know everyone's like weight. should we be done with the drought? should we get all these waters frictions lifted? you understand the caution because even after these weeks of rainfall like lisa, i got to do is remember last year and how we dry out for the

rest of the season. and we do have a very wet weekend upon us. but after that, >> we actually do have a bit of a drier period, which at this point is kind of needed what we do have a right on our doorstep right now. it's knocking on the doorstep is our next system. you can see the winds picking up ahead of it right at the embarcadero and rainfall really mostly still sitting offshore. but that heavier line right there already starting to impact coastal marine and sonoma counties. then nothing really but sprinkles for the rest of us as of yet. but there is that line that's about to be pushing in. and that is what is going to open the storm door for us door that remains open over the next several days. so this morning, heavy rain and pockets will see the heavier rain and stronger winds arriving tomorrow, though, and some really heavy snow pack starting to build in the sierra as we make our way through this weekend and on into early next week, too. so today through monday, expected to be wet, expect plenty of time spent indoors and also just be careful out there because things are about to get really slick even for your morning commute through 6,

07:00am, to 08:00am this morning. we'll see those heavier bands of rainfall moving in. we will see a low and rainfall late this morning and then pockets of rain into the afternoon. heaviest of rainfall as far as thunderstorm activity goes really pops up between 4, 05:06:07pm, tonight. we'll see those heavier pockets of rain. also watch out for few strikes of lightning there, too. we quiet down this evening before tomorrow. the very heaviest of it gets here. widespread rain, heavy showers and strong winds for your saturday. this is where we'll start to see some issues forming as we see another 3 to even 7 inches of rainfall for the bay area over the weekend. we'll start to see flooding risks, increasing flood watches going back into effect starting tomorrow morning. now, as far as this year goes, we have winter storm warnings taking effect later on today for the crest of the sierra. another 6 feet of snowfall piling up. that's just adding to the already sizable snow pack up there. upper 50's for most of our highs today. and we actually look at temperatures cooling down for much of the rest of

the forecast. even as we dry out after monday. we stay wet through monday of next week. and then as you can see, the trend is drier with lots of sunshine, starting tuesday, chance of showers wednesday, but more sunshine in the forecast come thursday right now. john, thank you for that. we have a 20 minute systemwide delayed because of those wet conditions. >> but travel times moving at the if you're traveling along 101, it's going to take about 30 minutes to make it from 85 into menlo park. 13 minutes traveling into the city right now. maze to that fremont street exit. how about the san mat o bridge at about 13 minutes traveling across towards the peninsula. well, 8.80, sally down towards milpitas. 22 minutes for your drive. traveling along 6.80, through san ramon to live a more you see a slight delay, the air. but as you reach, hey, work to 38. no major issues traveling through the maze right now. you can see 5, 80 80 still in the green.

however, now that the rain is coming down, you definitely want to drive a lot slower crockett down towards the maze. it's long, 5, 18, 80 this morning. it's going to take about 16 minutes to make that drive 6.80, through martinez conquered walnut creek. not see any major issues. however, again, slick conditions like john was talking about a slowdown out there. if you're traveling along highway 4, it's going to take you 15 minutes, antioch, into congress to 42 and then wannacry down to 5.80, about 12 minutes story of james, back to you. thank you, anna. 6.20, and attorney general merrick garland yesterday appointed a special counsel to investigate the presence of classified documents founded president biden's home in wilmington, delaware. yeah, washington correspondent reshad hudson joining us with more on. >> what this means for shaw. good morning. good morning, james and darya attorney general merrick garland said the move was necessary. >> given the extraordinary circumstances involved. now, president biden and his team

say they're fully cooperating with the department of justice. good afternoon. a special counsel is now investigating president biden's handling of classified documents after material from his time as vice president were found at both his delaware home and a former office. it was in the public interest to appoint a special counsel attorney general merrick garland appointed robert kerr, a former trump appointed u.s. attorney to look into the matter. the extraordinary circumstances here require the appointment of a special counsel for this matter. president biden responding to the documents being found in his private home. people know. >> i take classified documents are classified material seriously cooperate fully completed. the justice department's review. >> house democratic leader hakeem jeffries support tell the president is handling believe that he's doing everything. take the appropriate steps to determine what happened. but house speaker kevin mccarthy says

president biden is getting special treatment from the justice department treats one president trump one way but treats president biden a whole different way. and house republicans say they plan to launch their own investigation to determine if these classified documents pose any threat to national security. >> james darya, thank you. reshad. it is 6.22. a brief break here on the kron. 4 morning news. but coming up, many recent deaths during the storms were because of trees falling down. >> we have some tips on how to stay prepared as another round of wet weather approaches this weekend. we'll be right back.

6.25 is the time in the north bay. sonoma county. investigators believe that a generator. >> running inside of a home is what caused the death of 2 men. now, deputies say a tree trimming crew found the man inside this house in sea ranch on wednesday night. they say the men were in separate bedrooms of the house. there was a generator in the hallway and according to the county sheriff, the generators power switch was still in the on position, but it had run out of fuel at that point. coroner detectives are now working to identify who these men were and confirm the cause of death. meantime, authorities again want to remind everybody not to run generators inside of buildings for heat and warmth. they say it can

release harmful fumes that can result in carbon monoxide poisoning leading possibly to death. it's 6.25. and art gallery is being wrongfully accused online. >> of being connected to the san francisco art gallery owner who hose down in an house woman on the streets. and this video went viral. we've shown it to you probably have seen it. let's take another look at the video which shows the gallery owner and his name is collier. gwin hosing down this homeless woman will yesterday employees of a different art gallery down the montgomery as well. it's called a 03:06am, they found out their google reviews were suffering. come to find out that some people have mistaken there gallery with glenn's gallery. and so they're criticizing the wrong gallery. one comment posted a photo of the incident. employees of a 03:06am, have had to respond saying they're just neighbors, they're not

affiliated and they have nothing to do with his actions. >> good morning, everyone. this man, roger actually just bought a ticket. said he completely forgot about 1.0, 3, 5 million dollars. that's what we're talking about coming up in the next half hour. so stick with us. we'll be right back with all those be right back with all those details and more. meet three sisters. the drummer, the dribbler, and the day-dreamer... the dribbler's getting hands-on practice with her chase first banking debit card... the drummer's making savings simple with a tap... ...round of applause. and this dreamer, well, she's still learning how to budget, so mom keeps her alerts on full volume. hey! what? it's true! and that's all thanks to chase first banking. freedom for kids. control for parents. one bank with tools for both, all with no monthly service fee. chase. make more of what's yours.

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happy to say, i think it's still a it's not raining it right. well, it's fine break yesterday and john's got an eye on the radar. i know though the latter half of the commute is going to get hit, but our showers already falling. but, you know, for the most part, it's been light so far. just couple sprinkles here. and there you're right. the heaviest up yet to get here just yet. so you're still making your way outside with some relatively inviting conditions where we're at right now in downtown san francisco cloud cover starting to increase more than anything else. you're noticing the winds starting to increase. we are seeing some light sprinkles here. and there most of the rainfall that we've seen so far has been up in mendocino western sonoma and western marine counties. so for most of us still sitting offshore, as you can see, so we're holding off on it for the moment. that means our early risers are definitely getting the easier commute today that heavier rain pushes through between the 06:07:08am, hours here. so we are looking at it right on our doorstep for sure. we'll see a while and rainfall this afternoon. and then an uptick in not just rain but thunderstorm potential this afternoon. that means that as

you're driving home from work, i run into a few heavier spots of rain and tomorrow bring the very heaviest of it. the strongest winds along with that our greatest flooding potential flood watches go back into effect starting tomorrow morning. winds picking up, especially at the coastline where winds are gusting 30 to 40 miles per hour. right now, temperatures are currently in the 50's to low 60's. you might think our certain the morning pretty nice and mild. that means we've got a warm afternoon. some of us this is as warm as it's going to get. we're actually going to cool down a touch later today for some spots in the bay area will be talking all the details for your friday your weekend in a wet weekend at that. still to come right now, john, thank you for that. well, you talked about the wet conditions of are saying there's a 20 minute systemwide delay right now because they're anticipating the wet weather and that's going to build. >> 13 minutes into the city right now. right now, our bridges are looking good highways looking good. a 14 minute drive 80 to 101. not tracking any major hot spots except for that issue along part, rich was ever filled. bridge tolls to 1, 0, 1, 8

minute ride. as you head out of richmond, golden gate bridge. 37 to the tolls about 19 minutes for you. there. if you're traveling out of a the north bay heading into the city, remember 20 minute systemwide bar delay, give yourself a lot more time. if you're taking bart darya. james, back to you. thanks a lot and trees. you know, their fallen left or right. it seems like the more storms we get a towel on top of each other. the more trees toppled. yeah. and sadly, some of those trees falling have caused deaths during the series of storms. some arborists say they haven't seen anything like this before and they're asking. >> residents, you be prepared. that means either you or having a professional come out and get a look at your trees before they fall. here's when it's too late there already over. and the tree people have to come out, chop it up or move and take it away. one tree fell right. the middle of solano avenue in albany. that's what you're looking at. there. residents say that they've notice that these trees fall without warning. we've all noticed that. but there is some erosion that takes place. and so actually

an expert can tell sometimes tell if the root system has been weakened. >> simply it's all right. so the water, we need the water. we need the rain. so. what happens is all the water is saturating the okay. the root systems could not handle it. >> they're they're giving way. >> are that you should have your trees checked annually, especially if it's a big, mature or neglected tree or any kind of a safety issue. i mean, you look up in a windy day and say this one looks like it could blow to my house in which case you want check them in the east bay public works. crews are busy. they're still trying to get ahead of the storm. that's coming today. fixing what that was best up from the last round of rain. it opened up new and old potholes all across discovery bay. some are even bigger kron four's philippe djegal takes a look. >> 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 off. the roads were eliminating hazards. >> along our roadways to make them safe. on thursday. this green focused on bixler road in discovery bay. >> and manager chris lau says some of these potholes are new. others are old and expanded following the were using asphalt material called cut back >> it's a material that with rocked an oil filling a pothole >> and compacting and rolling in this work is considered routine maintenance but operations pick up during the winter time when the rain weakens the roads. >> we were sending me for our 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 and one vehicles rollover at it constantly pumps. that's

the the roadway. and each areas are >> lau says cut back is a temporary fix that should last through the winter season or longer. we're permanent repairs 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 potholes will be repaired county in discovery bay, philippe djegal, all kron. 4 news. >> well, the city of antioch has canceled its martin luther king junior day of service because of the storms that we're expecting this weekend yesterday, mayor lamar thorpe instead declared a local state of emergency. he says the city has suffered an estimated 4 million dollars in damage to infrastructure so far because of these rains and he expects the cost to only go up. meanwhile, the oakland zoo is expected to stay closed, at least until next month because of that large sinkhole that opened up. we've been telling

you about this. the zoo had initially said it potentially could open up next tuesday, but now has announced that sinkhole repair work has been delayed. the zoo has been closed since new year's day. and officials say all of the animals so far are still safe. they're being cared for. but leaders also say that they will announce plans to extend glow ferry in the next few weeks. hopefully people can get out to see it once they get the roads repaired. >> the body of a man who was missing since going fishing on christmas day has been found. marin county officials say 32 year-old william had each of beads. body was found yesterday east of the hamilton wetlands within the san pablo bay to be remains were found by a volunteer aquatic search group. a medical examiner is going to look at those remains today to determine the exact cause of his death. >> big story we're following this morning. postal workers in oakland are being frequently targeted by robbers while they're out on the job.

yeah, and it's not actually just in oakland either areas around the bay are seeing an increase in these types of robberies by law enforcement of postal inspectors are investigating now in different towns. you can see here from the down to fremont newark, oakland, berkeley, the most recent happened at last month where a robber held a postal worker at gunpoint took their postal key. and the mail from the truck. usps inspector matthew norfleet says that these robberies are alarming and they follow a similar pattern. the 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 to very serious crime and people can expect to go to prison for it. >> any crime against a postal worker is punishable under both state and federal law last september, an east bay

man was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison for the armed robbery of a mail carrier in oakland. >> well, opd has some tips now for you to stay and protect yourself from these robberies. firstly, they say you want to quickly get your from the mailbox. if you can put a locking mailbox up that even better. also have your income tax return sent electronically so they don't have a check sitting out there waiting to be stolen. and of course, if you're looking to mail something, you can always take it to the post office or to one of those drop boxes instead of putting it out in a mailbox in front of your house. >> time now is in the east bay. the alameda county board of supervisors has voted in favor of the recount. results of the may all race between sheng hao and lauren taylor. yeah. the alameda county registrar admitted that there was a mechanical error that did affect voters in the oakland unified school board election. >> so they want to do a recount of%everything. alameda county supervisor keith carson says that they want to bring confidence back into the election. this recount is

going to be done by hand. there will be overseers from legal experts to representatives from both of the 2 candidates. the difference of votes between talent, taylor don't forget was pretty thin. it was only 677 votes and both say they will stand by the decision. >> when you look at a small margin of less than 2.5%, it's a wasn't going recount. makes sense. >> in a statement regarding the prospect of the recount at the time shank co wrote in part fishing town if the board of supervisors unrest are 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 is what she says. the county is going pay for this recount. no date has been set and any legal challenges along the way have to be taken into consideration as well. >> all right, 6.39, let's talk a little bit about what's going to be happening tonight. the drawing you're going to be winning tickets on the fridge. 1.3, 5 billion. how can you not? but 2 bucks into it.

that's how yeah, i'll tell you how. but i mean, i wish you the best. >> let's check in live now with michael thomas who's watching people buy tickets in burlingame. good morning, michael. >> yeah, good morning, everyone. happy friday for one. you know, take a look. we've got donuts, but they're also selling these mega million tickets. not i've got it. make a correct yes, here. i asked her, what would she do? first thing if you bought our got bought a ticket with the winning one, what would you do? >> well, first thing i would do is i have a brown labrador puppy and i also have a german shepherd at home 9 months in 3 months. and i would want them to get puppy chained in order to training dogs. that's like the first thing i thought about when we got. and then second, she obviously would buy her homes that i i think everyone would do that. >> out of where we'll because i live in the snow yet. >> exactly what you can see that many people were buying a man right there. there's a machine, you know, have you gotten before? is this something that you do every time it's over a billion

dollars. >> i would say your dad. daughters are like their moms. and so my mom has always said that with her where they always fight like a a lottery like 5 ticket. >> and then this past 2 weeks, she's been say, make it you need to come and go and get tickets. he says now mother died of a son at any time. it's a billion dollars are just like, you know what the you never know if you win. you can turn that into a reality show because you have enough money to buy production company. best of luck. but as much as one wishing people look, it is also friday, the 13th, but according to mega-millions dot com, they see that there's about 6 times that there's been a drawing. >> here i'm not here excuse me that there's been a drawing on friday. the 13th where people have actually won. so you really just never know. but the last drawing was tuesday, which had ticket that matched all 6 numbers leading to tonight's huge prize of 1.3 billion or that cash out of nearly 708 million dollars. the winner does come forward

tonight. this would be the second largest jackpot in mega millions history. the last was back in 2018 for around 1.5 billion. but tuesday's drawing did have some non-jackpot prizes ranging from $2 all the way to 3 million dollars. i mean, that's still a nice chunk of change. the most recent mega millions jackpot was back in october. it was shared, but there was a winner out of california so, you know, back out here live again, lots on the table here. but again, it is friday, the 13th. so it will be an interesting they're announcing everything tonight at 8 o'clock. our time to 7.45. is the last time tonight that you can buy a ticket. >> that back to you live in the studio. i said you guys all the luck. i i wish you all the luck. you guys. cars that much. but i'll be playing. thank you, michael. how do you reconcile the fact that you believe in friday the 13th? >> like in a bad way, but then you really like it likely tonight. right? yeah, i don't know about this, james. it's going to be a crossing of all right. still ahead on the

kron, 4 morning news. >> santa clara county officials are asking you if you live there to be prepared for the next storm by downloading an app that could give you critical advanced warning of alerts. we'll tell you about that coming up in a moment. yeah, anything to prepare because we've got another one literally on our doorstep right now. it's to move on to the peninsula. you see that line of heavier showers just off shore already having moved into and sonoma having moved into and sonoma counties. it

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>> 6.45 right now, time for another installment of dine and dish today. it's all about beer. it is. yeah. crawford's vicki liviakis takes us to a san francisco beer garden inspired by the ones you find in bavaria. >> we'll come in to rod house, the bavarian style beer hall and restaurant in san francisco at fort mason where beer lovers rejoice is a slight oktoberfest every pretty much. it's pronounced 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 german-style chef michael is behind the house. made menu. it's traditional with a

california twist. it's cheese plate is funder ball or homemade truffle butter. brussels sprouts with alpine is our jaeger schnitzel with mushrooms pretzel with haas made muster. don't forget the broad worst. i think we should name and brock best. it is 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. >> that's up. you want to do when the weather gets gloomy outside belly up to >> gardening when let alone because the weather because the game, i together. so tomorrow you've got rain. you can watch the game. the forty-niners. you're indoors and it's going to good weekend. yeah, right or not,

john, you know, no need to make unnecessary journeys unless it's definitely. it is definitely a weekend that we're working our way back into the system. we saw a dry day yesterday was short-lived. little dry stint here. >> now it's back to the rough stuff you can see outside and san francisco right now. the cloud cover is pushing back in. we've yet to see the rain picking up yet. but the winds have certainly picked up in san francisco. you can see some heavier showers pushing into the santa cruz mountains and then especially western moran up into sonoma county. some heavier rain right around windsor right most of us around sf in our bridges really just looking at a few sprinkles here and there. but the wind is definitely whipping already. there's that line of showers still sitting offshore the peninsula, but working its way into the north bay. we'll continue to do so through the morning commute today opens the storm door and it stays open through saturday sunday and monday. we start to see a drier pattern shaping up after that. so there's light

at the end of the tunnel here, but a very wet weekend to get through first pockets of heavy rain through the morning commute here after 08:00am. it does look like we should be easing off the gas pedal. seeing a few sprinkles here and there through the middle of the day, but also seeing some peeks of sunshine, that same sunshine will allow some storm building to become possible. you may actually even hear a few rolls of thunder this afternoon, especially around for 05:00pm to 06:00pm. may see some thunderstorm activity popping up could come along with some isolated heavy downpours. really strong winds, too. tomorrow is when the real rain gets here widespread and at times heavy rain through the morning on saturday. this is going up your flooding risk. so today's going to the ground saturated tomorrow is where we could see the water really starting to rise. as for rainfall totals today into the weekend, another 3 to even 7 inches are possible. so we've got a very, very wet weekend ahead of us. we have flood watches taking effect tomorrow morning. so the shouldn't go into effect today unless we do

see some heavy downpours. you may see some pockets of flooding popping up winter storm warnings take effect this afternoon lasting through tuesday afternoon, upwards of 6 feet of snow at the crest of the sierra from these next systems. love to see that snow pack. more than 80 thing else. upper 50's for your daytime highs today. we should stay in the 50's for the rest of the forecast. unlike the other forecasts have been showing you, we start this one very wet. but after monday like it that some sunshine tuesday, wednesday and thursday, bringing a lot drier conditions, rain. john, thank you for that. will you might want to take advantage of the light conditions we're seeing right now. >> 11 minutes traveling along highway 24 wannacry down to 5.80. there is a 20 minute systemwide bar delay that putting that in place in anticipation of the storm that's moving through 15 minutes into the city. meteor lights are on the san mateo bridge 80 to 1, 0, 1, 14 minutes as you travel across towards the peninsula. well, 8.80, san leandro down in milpitas. it's going to take a

22 minutes. we're moving up the limit. do hey, we're live in moore, san ramon last 6.80. and if you're traveling along 8.80, right now, we're 5.80, from hayward into the city this morning. you're not going to reach any major delays or traffic there. he's still move that the limit. 1, 1, of the south bay. 31 minutes along the peninsula. 2, 80, 80 to 17 2.37. no major issues started. james, back to you. thanks a lot. let's get back to the weather. the fact that we had a break yesterday in a little bit more this morning is giving in to people a chance to prepare for the rains that's got more coming still cleaning up from last time. of course. yeah. and proper. waldman has new information now on this push from santa clara county officials that are encouraging. >> their residents to sign up for what they're calling alert. sec. it's a new app that they can get updated alert information through. >> right around the corner. well, people prepare. >> santa clara county wants people to get emergency updates from alert. scc like a

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>> welcome back. 6.55. getting close to 07:00am now in getting close to a line of heavier rainfall. that is making its way in across parts of the bay, at least at this point, really looking at you north bay at this point, marine county, sonoma county up into lake and mendocino

counties where we're seeing some of our heaviest of rain right now. let's zoom in on a few of these spots right here. you are seeing some pockets of heavy rain accompanied by strong winds out here in western portions are in now working your way into santa rosa and rohnert park. windsor healdsburg. you've already been in the midst of it and further north from there up into lake county. you're also seeing some of that heavier stuff, too. now that ring a little bit further southward. san francisco, right on the cusp haven't seen a ton of rain just yet. just a few isolated sprinkles going south down the peninsula. you definitely started to see those pockets of heavy rain. they're in the santa cruz mountains where, as we know, we've seen flooding in a whole lot of trees down this wind paired with this rain is just the start to a very active pattern for the weekend and into early next week. so this is merely the storm door opening right here. but as of right now, there's that line of showers that's making its way in across the bay area. let's time it all out for you because definitely looking at the day today, that is going to bring pretty unsettled conditions. some of our

heaviest of rainfall, unfortunately right here smack dab in the middle of the morning commute. see a bit of a lull going on late morning into early afternoon. winds will stay with us throughout the course of the day, though, pop-up showers here and there. now sunshine peeking through the clouds. this will allow a little bit of storm building to occur and by 4, 05:00pm, to 06:00pm, you may hear a few rolls of thunder and some heavier pockets of rain pushing through. we're going to hold off on flood advisories today. tomorrow, heavier and more widespread rain arrives for your saturday. stay with us for the 7 o'clock hour. because we're keeping you updated

>> they continue to see rain system after rain system coming through california. >> now on the kron 4 morning news. more rain coming to the bay area's community struggle to clean up after the last storm. plus. >> we've gone to every game with the players on this team knowing that we have what it takes. >> yeah. the forty-niners getting ready to take their first step on the path to the super bowl. we're live at levi stadium with everything you need to know before tomorrow's playoff matchup. >> from the area's local news station, you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at 7. >> good morning. and thanks for spending a little bit of your friday with us. i'm daria and i'm james. we've got lots of talk about this hour. the niners, of course, starting off the postseason tomorrow. we've got rain on the way today. friday, the 13th there d