art gallery owner who was film spraying a homeless woman with water. and we take a look at the historic rivalry between the forty-niners and the cowboys just days before the playoff game this weekend. >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at 7. >> a lot to cover this morning and we'll get to it right after we get to the weather. guess what? it stopped raining. it did rain overnight. you're going to see a lot of like droplets on the cars out there this morning. but luckily. >> we're beginning a nice dry stretch. it'stgoing feel good headline job. yes, i like this headline. it's. >> and earned headline that normally wouldn't talk about dry weather is such a good thing. but after this past 3 weeks, it's what we need to see. and it's something that we kind of want to see. i think, too. >> lots of sunshine out there today already seeing a beautiful sunrise as we start to get a little light over the horizon, you can see the east bay hills in the distanc crystal clear fashion this

morning. we did see showers last night. those have since exit the region. you can see those now moving out into the central valley central coast in the southern sierra rest of the day. rest of the forecast stays dry. we're calm, clear and cold this morning right now, redwood city conquer dublin in brentwood, down in the upper 30's, oakland at 42, north bay. temperatures even colder than that, nearing freezing in some spots in tonight's set to be even colder. i've got the details in your forecast as we go right john. thank you for that will. if you are traveling along 5.80, this morning, westbound at ha pr row. we have an accident. >> in pleasanton, all lanes are blocked. so we're going to take 84 or 6.80, to navigate around that. but look at our highways traveling to the maze right now. 5 88 80 13, nice and light. we are building a long 24 highway 4 and southbound 80 this morning. so factor that into your drive heading into the city. 18 minutes. mace to that fremont street exit. if you're going to take the san mateo bridge about 14 80 to 101, or to

center fell bridge about 20 minutes tolls to 101. there and the golden gate bridge. 37 to the tolls. 21 minutes darya. james, back to you. thank you. reyna 701. and right now president biden is on his way to california to tour storm damage here. yeah. air force one just took off minutes ago. we brought that to you live in. >> one of president stops here in the state will be in the bay area and kron four's will tran is standing by out at moffett field in mountain view where the president is expected to arrive at some point today, will. >> i'm in front of the security gate. james and ari and i can tell you, security has intensified. we've seen a lot of patrol cars in anticipation for president biden to arrive in about 5 hours from now. let's show you the video of him leaving now. we do know that he's been up in the air for approximately 45 minutes or so. here's video of him leaving joint base andrews as he hops on to air

force one is already been briefed throughout the past couple of weeks on the storm. damage in california. what he's going to do now is see it for himself and he will be joined by fema once he lands at moffett field. he will be escorted with fema to santa cruz county. no coincidence why they're going there first, james and because 41 out of the 58 counties in california battered but the storms, but perhaps none harder. then santa cruz county, we're talking 55 million dollars worth of damage to capital up here. the beaches that businesses and about 1000 homes. so he'll talk to the first responders. talk to the residents and the business owners about their suffering from there. he will drive back here a little closer. so the heart of the bay area to santa clara county and do the same thing where they say about

27 million dollars worth of damage. he will be joining not just by fema, but my governor, gavin newsom. they will walk around. now. biden has already pledged federal assistance and according to his press secretary that federal workers are already on the ground helping local state workers clean up and rebuild. he's going to look for it himself and see if they will even do even more in terms of manpower as well as federal assistance. we are outside waiting for his arrival. we will bring that to you live once it happens. and also guys, after he's all done, we'll have a news conference to talk about what he will see today. >> the state will take all the help it can get for sure. thank you. will. >> well, a lot of damage like we've seen in the east bay where the commute is a nightmare because of a mudslide. another mudslide that hit a train, same area and now the train route is shut down until next week. kron four's amanda hari spoke with passengers who are affected.

>> the ace train station in pleasanton. you're really empty. >> almost no cars parked in the parking lot. and the only movement was this sign alerting riders about the cancellations. it says due to the conditions of the mudslide location and for the safety of passengers and crews ace will not be operating until monday. january 23rd. >> very inconvenient. >> montana's jones was one of the few people i saw stopped by the station. he was waiting for his ride to pick him up and taken back to tracy wednesday. he knew about the cancellation, but tuesday was a different story. standing here waiting. >> and we saw the review board and the board mention that at the ace or was not going to be a right. and that that we have to catch aids fight, which arrives like an already late. so just being bundled up and trying to stay warm until that train came along. he says he makes his drive to work in san ramon. this is video of the a strain that was stopped today morning because of a mudslide.

>> wednesday's mudslide was the second one in less than 24 hours. some passengers say it was scary for the flight to treat and that and we hit it. and then the slide just came up to side of the train like we hit a vehicle or something that was so powerful. >> it just rocked this more than 200 passengers and crew members were on the train says there were 3 minor injuries reported. it woke me out. it was a big hit. union pacific owns the train tracks. they've told ace they cannot operate because of potential mudslide risk until monday. a spokesperson david perry says they've dealt with mudslides before. luckily this one damage the equipment. the mudslide came into contact with the train. >> but the equipment. was unaffected. it remained on the tracks that was launched and some of the and debris, the train tracks and the hillside will be evaluated to make sure

it's safe to resume service on monday. >> ace passengers can check aces website and social media pages for any updates in pleasanton amanda hari kron. 4 news. >> well, on the peninsula section of road in pascoe darrow was basically swallowed up by flood waters, the backyard of a home also turned into a lake in the garage was filled with mud. just some of the stories. one shop down the road had no power for over 10 days. plus a mudslide in a sinkhole on highway 90 to force road closures for the past week prompting drivers to make. detours that lasted for hours. just to get into that city. now one nonprofit is trying as best it can to help those in need. >> people aren't working as much. >> so even just thinking about how they access food, those that are trying to make about paying rent and how hard this is going to be during this really difficult time when so much work has been compromised by this natural disaster. >> yeah, half moon bay city manager has reached out to the

state and federal government for assistance to help complete those repairs. >> time now 707, and a developing story that we're following is a san francisco art gallery owner, the one who was seen on video spraying a homeless woman with water. >> has now been arrested. might even face some jail time with kron four's michael thomas live here in the studio to explain. good morning, michael. >> yeah, good morning. everyone. viral is right. he was arrested and taken into custody yesterday being charged with misdemeanor battery. the da calling the incident, quote, unacceptable. take a look. this is collier gwin. he's a gallery owner and the man seen in the viral video spring down a homeless person with a hose and he was arrested yesterday around 3 o'clock in the afternoon and booked at the san francisco county jail. the incident you're looking at happened last week over on montgomery street over in the jackson square neighborhood. the district attorney took to twitter announcing his charges reading as misdemeanor battery for the alleged initial in excuse me, intentional, unlawful spring of water on and around a woman

experiencing homelessness saying, quote, the alleged battery of a nun house member of our community is completely unacceptable. mister, when will face appropriate consequences for his actions adding that any vandalism to the gallery and that it's experienced is unacceptable saying that 2 wrongs don't make it right now, according to public records. as of this morning, when is not in custody, appears that he did make bail. and if he is convicted, he could face a $2000 fine and up to 6 months in jail. as we get more information on this, we'll continue to keep you updated. james story, i'll send it back to you. thank you very much, michael 709. and now let's go to the north bay, where to marijuana dispensaries in sonoma county were burglarized this week. >> the thieves took off with thousands of dollars in cash and pot. take a look at do be nights in santa rosa was hit early monday morning in the video you'll see a second here that the group first breaks in through a glass door and then let's go back inside and you see one person appears to be holding a semiautomatic weapon. they go in ransacked

the business load all of the merchandise into their cars and the co-owner and general manager game and crane says he's just grateful nobody was inside the dispensary at the time. >> as for want to miss, a small business owner says we're all local people that on this morning raising this town. i've been working this trying to build a taking money out as businesses is a big step. but i fear for my employees safety. i don't want to be in the breeze and people coming with guns through the day and they came in, though, their machine guns on this robbery. we saw them very bluntly in their hands. so everybody's happy nobody was hurt. and the same cars police say were spotted at another dispensary a day later. >> and then this one led police on a high-speed chase. it crashed in. there was a manhunt that ended yesterday morning with 3 people being arrested. do be nights and other local cannabis businesses are working together to raise awareness about this type of crime. >> well, san francisco cannabis dispensary was also burglarized last weekend. they say they lost about $100,000 worth of inventory. you're

seeing the surveillance video right now which showed thieves breaking their way into the california street cannabis store in the city's hill neighborhood. the suspects all wore face masks so they were hard to identify the quickly grabbed everything they could toss them in trash bags. they attempted to break into the store's atm, but they weren't able to do that. >> it's 7.11 and still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news, dozens of people in one neighborhood in the bay area are waking up to smashed. car windows will tell you where all the burglaries happened. and now we're just days away from the big matchup with the niners and the cowboys will hear from the players about this rivalry. plus, king tides returning to the bay area. we'll show you where they'l. have an impact. yeah, and we're looking at dry skies, at least during those king tides. so we've already got plenty of water making its way into the bay. >> we're seeing conditions out there today that will be consistently dry after last night's rainfall. no more of it in the forecast. i've got more still ahead. and on this thursday morning, if you're traveling out there, we do have a traffic starting to slowly. but surely, bill.

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>> it's 7.14 and we thank you for getting up with the kron 4 morning news it's a little easier to get up and out of bed when you know it's got

rating. yeah. >> it's good. i'm in it getting it. it's been difficult tough. the it all altering. how we do everything on daily basis with these rains. but luckily that's behind us now. john, in the weather center with our blue sky forecast and the good news. drought. after all that rain, we do have some good news. we saw especially good news last week when the latest drought monitor updates came through. and we've got more updates for you this week. so just a few weeks back, we had already eliminated exceptional drought from the state, but still at a lot of extreme drought. >> last week we took got rid of that in this week. we may be even more progress. look at this abnormally dry conditions. that's yellow. the lightest category of drought. you can get returning for la on up through santa barbara as well as up on the north coast and for the bay area were entirely back into moderate drought. now there is still room for improvement. obviously you see those deeper shades, that severe drought still for the central valley. but we have made some good progress in nice to see some updates from last week. even

now coit tower looks great under that sunshine. we do have the birds out there enjoying this dry start to the day. showers last night. those are well out of the region now down into the central valley. and we still do have some lingering snow in the sierra. i'd wait on your travels up there until this afternoon. we've got ideal ski conditions over the next couple of days. skies clear for the bay conditions. calm out there. all in all. this is a beautiful one to step outside. just bring the sweater, the light jacket with you and you're good. now we do have coastal flood advisories. that's more. so a product of king tides that any sort of flooding that we're seeing from our streams. but there's still a lot of water rushing into the small streams which could complicate that coastal flooding a little bit further. freeze warnings take effect tonight. and the reason behind this is yesterday's rain came along with the cold front now are in the midst of a really cold air mass and temperatures tonight fall well below freezing for many inland east bay, north bay, even santa clara valley neighbors. so make sure to cover up those plants before you go to bed this evening. temperatures

today will mostly be in the mid 50's very similar to yesterday. a couple of degrees cooler. if you've got the sweater and jacket, you're good to go for today. paired with sunshine. those 50's are not going to feel bad at all. san jose at 53 fremont and hayward also at 53 pleasanton and livermore barely making 50 degrees. while oakland, sonoma and santa rosa each at 54 degrees for your daytime highs. here's your look ahead today. tomorrow saturday, very similar to one another. we do warm things up just a few degrees into next week, nearing 60 degrees by sunday and monday. great. john, thank you for that. will have you taken bart? we have an alert. >> reduce service right between richmond and mill rate because of a disabled train. there. so if you're traveling factor that into your early morning commute, if you are traveling into the city by car 17 minutes may so that fremont street exit. so no major hazards or accidents causing those delays there. but definitely lot of people traveling this morning. 15 minutes, a 80 to 101 heading across towards the peninsula.

traffic slowing down here. richmond, sandra fell bridge tolls to want to about 34 minutes. so we certainly are slow and building there. southbound 101. if you're traveling there right now, no major issues. but heading up the got some construction. that's right near that tully road exit. 41 minutes. 85 into park. well, 2.80, in 82 are both still pretty much was in at the limit t-cell down towards you know, pete is about 37 minutes. darya. james, back to you. >> thank you very much. 72 the time and for your money this morning, southwest says it's going to spend a billion dollars improving its computer systems behind the scenes and bank of america is taking a pause in hiring right now. just in case of a recession. we've got jane king standing by live at the nasdaq with these and other business stories. good morning, james. >> that's high, james. good morning. yes, bank of america is freezing. most hiring executives say this is to control costs and guard against bank of america will hold off on bringing in new workers until at least mid

year. southwest airlines will spend over a billion dollars to invest in it. systems following the holiday meltdown, ceo bob jordan said the company is committed to keeping customers up to date as it makes progress on those efforts as well as additional steps to prevent an event like that from happening again and allstate. hold wall street to brace for higher catastrophe. losses due to the late your winter storms. the severe winter storm blanketed two-thirds of the u.s. and frigid temperatures and snow in december and premium wines continue to be a bright spot for the u.s. wind industry. but silicon valley bank warrants a good times may not last unless more gen x-ers and millennials start opting for merlot over martinis revenue. a premium wineries was up 10% through september. however, that's a depth of it from 18% increase in 2021. live from the nasdaq market site. i'm jane king. james, back to you. good enough. thank you very much. and have a good day. >> 7.19, right now and we're counting down the days till the forty-niners take on the dallas cowboys in the

divisional round of the nfl playoffs and from the catch 2 of the historic rivalry that goes back decades. most of the current players on the niners. obviously there are new to this rivalry. but the history does mean something. it add something to sunday's game kron. 4 sports reporter aaron wilson has more. >> it's no secret that this weekend may look more like the nfc championship. then the actual nfc championship game and you have that franchise player and that prescott that's never made it past this very route. and then you have a former third-string quarterback party that is as relevant as quarterbacks could be right now. both of them coming up games racking up 300 plus yards. and just to take you down memory lane at the 2, need it. 40 years ago, dwight clark snag the kitchen. then 30 years ago, the cowboys get paid that ending the season for the forty-niners in the actual nfc championship game. now, fast forward to just last season, the niners returned the favor, ending the cowboys season at atnt stadium sunday.

the cowboys have to come to the coast and wednesday in the locker room interviews, it was made very clear that although they may not be. old enough to remember those events, the current players are definitely enjoying the shared history between the 2 teams leading up to the minute. >> yeah. i mean, it is something has been a part of the history, right? i think right it's not as a playable out say because it's such a different time now. and there. i mean, there's not too much of like this bad blood between both teams. i think, you know, things might be said here and there which is football and that's just competitive, the competitive nature of of people. but at the when when sunday comes, it's going to be about 2 great football teams playing against each other. who's going to play the best offers? i'm going to taste of that's what i didn't fully understand it. now this in the second time at it. >> and gets in here and get to hear about the stuff hear about the history and hear about it said the fans. leaving my family. just everybody talking the rich

history between these 2 teams in super fun we'll go. we're excited about. >> of course, we don't have to sell this one to you. of course, it's the biggest game of the season for san francisco. so far. that's your look at sports. back to you. >> and we'll continue covering the forty-niners journey into the playoffs every night on the red and gold zone with kron. 4 sports director jason dumas, kate rooney and aaron wilson. and they'll have everything you need us and you can watch if you haven't done so yet. i would recommend checking it out tonight at 10. 45? >> we will take a break at 7.22. but coming up on the kron 4 morning news, the palace of fine arts in san francisco. we say goodbye to one of its beloved swans. we'll have the story.

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arts has died at the age of 28, which is for us, won the san francisco recreation and parks department says blanche passed away last thursday at her retirement home in sonoma county. she retired back in july of 2022. after a at the palace of fine arts lagoon. there are concerns at the time about avian flu and lead in the urban soil. so they relocated or a volunteer caretaker who's been caring for the palace wants for 30 years, says the other swans saw her as a queen. not one day past in cinema where she wasn't appreciated and given >> coming up, the mayor, san francisco is facing a brick wall when it comes to funding safe drug consumption sites in the city. now she's introducing a new plan of action. but will it work? we have the details after the break.

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>> 7.29 look, i've ever shot the airport. well, and what's nice is nice and dry. there's plenty of sunshine. so we we can't look to the weather any delays. >> it will be a on a sofo. the weather is looking yeah. well, i don't blame for anything anymore. not after they've been through what they've been through and everything travelers choice really, you know, excited to go where they're going. they get there.

they on in the weather center with our forecast. let's head there john, i'd say the skies are little friendlier today. hopefully there's no good going on at sfo that make it for some delays. >> look at this. snow moving on the flag there at the pier. and if you look really close, can see that bird up. they're just enjoying the still bright morning. we are seeing a consistently dry forecast from this point forward. you know that last night we saw some showers moving across the region. those are now making their way further and further southward losing a little steam across the rest of the state. futurecast winds also showing calm winds through the course of the day today. it is going to be calm, clear, but a cold rest of the morning. so do bundle up sweaters jackets, going to come in handy. redwood city, dublin in brentwood as well as conquered in the upper 30's. santa rosa just above freezing right now. 33 said, don't forget those layers this afternoon. you'll be able to get away with the sweater. the light jacket and most importantly can put away the rain jacket, at least for the foreseeable we do need re and eventually. but for now

we'll get our break. good because i didn't have a rain jacket or that i have an umbrella. so now in the clear. >> if you're traveling, not pretty in the clear when you're traveling into the city this morning. 60 minutes metering lights are on, but no accidents or no hazards across the bay bridge. so that's good news. an 18 minute drive 80 to 101, as a traveling across towards the peninsula. a richmond sandra fell bridge you at 30 minutes. last time i checked in, there are no accidents. there. so we're back down to 19 minutes. things were just starting to get a little slow on a little congested and the golden gate bridge. 37 to the tolls. 33 minutes as you're traveling along, ok today, i feel like when you finally get a little hike yeah. today be the day a slippery told are in love in that letter, the golden gate behind it get out and that got to get outdoors. telling you thank 7.31. right now. >> and the city of san francisco's taking some steps to address the ongoing problem with drug overdose. they are they're processing are proposing, i should say new legislation that should allow

privately funded safe drug consumption sites. we've got kron four's camila barco in san francisco to explain. good morning. camila. >> good morning, seattle mayor london breed and supervisor hillary ronen. they are determined to open a safe drug consumption site here in the city. but because of current federal and state legal issues right now, they can not so they are introducing a new legislation that would help open the site without taxpayer money. now the safe drug consumption sites, they have been a topic of discussion for the board of supervisors for a while in 2020, the board approved a process for how they would grant permits for city-funded overdose prevention programs like safe consumption sites. but because the way the law was written, it doesn't allow the programs to open until federal and state legal issues are resolved. but now breeden, ronan, they are introducing legislation that would repeal the process they put in place in 2020 if the legislation is

approved, it would allow for the site to be privately funded by a nonprofit before the legal issues are sorted out a year ago. the tenderloin center opened as part of breeds emergency declaration for that neighborhood. the goal of the one-stop shop was to reduce outdoor drug use and overdose deaths. but less than a year later, the doors now breed in roan and they are trying to get a new site open and darya james, that legislation will be introduced to the board of supervisors next tuesday on the 24th during as a board of supervisors meeting. and we know that the safe drug consumption sites, they have been quite controversial, but now we'll have to see if the supervisors are on board with this new legislation will send it back to you we shall see. all right. thank you very much. camila time now, 7 create a city of san francisco has seen an increase. >> and accidental overdoses, according to new data from the department of public health. >> the city recorded 620 accidental drug overdose

deaths in 2022. slightly down from 2021. when there were 640 deaths. and if you back that up, all go to that other number we have, which is in 2020, there were 725 accidental overdose deaths in twenty-twenty. fentanyl remains the leading cause of drug overdose deaths in san francisco. >> well, officials in contra costa county are looking for volunteers to serve on a committee which will oversee the investigation into the martinez refinery companies flaring release of heavy metals. now that release was back in november. it released more than 20 tons of hazardous dust into the community. the nine-member committee will be led by a county staff member and will include people who live in communities near the refinery, such as martinez and pacheco and surrounding unincorporated areas. also the news this morning, a 23 year-old man was arrested for allegedly assaulting and murdering his 24 year-old girlfriend in san leandro.

this apparently happened sunday morning at a home on marina boulevard. police say they found a woman with significant trauma to her head and upper torso. they did not say how this happened or what led up to the incident. but they did say they were able to determine that should trone rose was responsible for the murder after talking to witnesses and reviewing surveillance camera video. >> 7.35 and today the ready. king tides expected to return to the bay area. the last today through the weekend and into monday. and local officials are telling you to be prepared to avoid any dangers. >> because the water can get dangerously high. this is video from 2018 in mill valley and this is before they took steps to let people know in manzanita park and ride what can happen now. they show you they have posted. they have signs up and everything explaining that this water can get very high. the chief jason golden for the southern marin fire protection district says

that king tides can cause a lot of damage. >> and they want you to be on guard against this type of flood water. >> that's where we find cars that stall they think it's just maybe a couple inches and it ends up being a foot 2 feet and they get stuck in there. so that causes problems for them or their damage. their brings resources out to help them out. so we just ask people to be really cognizant of those areas and not drive through that is standing. and it looks like it's flooded. >> and to mitigate the flooding at this, what they did, you can see that they posted signs and they have they have fences up warning commuters not to leave your car in that area because you won't find it quite the same when you get back. no. >> some residents in the east bay are worried that a wall of massive eucalyptus trees in their community may fall over on to their homes. this is on madison avenue and sandy street in castro valley. a factor in one of the recent storms. the tree did come down on a home which is why they're so concerned. now that sent one person to the hospital. >> and it could come down to

my house, the public street, the public sidewalk. you could injure someone driving by. we want the whole creek to be inspected. we want all of the trees to be looked at and checked out to sea. >> posing a danger. >> yeah. these castor valley residents are asking alameda county now to take a look at these trees. alameda county tells kron 4 that the residents who don't want these trees on their property should consult with the tree removal contractor. they say they're working on repairs which are within their jurisdiction. we'll take a break at 7.37, but still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news, a man saves a couple from a burning building in san francisco. we're going hear him tell the story about how he did that. and in a few months will no longer see the bay bridge all lit up. what we've come accustomed to seeing. we'll explain why. and yeah, taxes. the irs says that some filers may want to wait a little bit before filing their taxes will tell you why job and nothing but sunshine out there today. look at this bright morning. it's cold to

start but mild later on. >> enjoy a it's just the start of a dry trend to come. your forecast ahead. >> and in the rose on this thursday morning, we're keeping a close eye on that commute is traffic continues to build. will be right back after the break.

>> we're back at 7.40, and a

warning now from the irs for those that are eager to file their 2022 tax return. you don't want to pump the brakes a little bit. the irs is suggesting maybe wait for all of your key documents to arrive before filing and one of those to watch out for is the 10 99 k which report income from third-party payment platforms like pay pal or venmo or the cash app. if you don't report it, you may owe money and they need to file an amendment later on which is just another headache. so before the 20 up for 2022, the reporting threshold for these third-party platforms was 200 transactions above $20,000. well, now the american rescue plan act of 2021. drop that limit to just $600, which may mean that you might have that form. now that you have to wait for so double check before you file otherwise. like i said, you're going to have to refile later on. >> time now is 7.41. and let's back up and tell you a story

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and the lights on the bay bridge that are so beautiful might not see passed march because there's a non-profit behind that art installation and they say that the hardware is failing and they need to come up with a lot of money to keep it going. noelle bellow takes a look at how much money they need. >> and in >> what what the bay bridge look like without its iconic twinkling march 5th, the bay area. we'll find out the hardware is failing. >> it's actually fairly at a rate faster than we can cost effectively keep up. ben davis is the founder of eliminate san francisco arts nonprofit create flight filled public art.

>> and after 10 years of dazzling bay area, residents and visitors, the bay lights display has more than a few bald spots. if you look closely at all and watch for some of the brighter patterns will start to see areas. a lot of outages, according to davis, constant repairs are just too costly and the lights will be coming down no matter what. why does not meet them and they look gorgeous. davis is hoping to bring them back, brighter and more durable actually had the challenge of these current light switch, which again, they're good life, but they have to exist in area where there's. >> high winds grime. 24 7 vibration expansion and contraction. currently 25,000 lights shine bright from the bridge. eliminate wants to double that with a new custom engineered led system and a 10 year maintenance contract. >> the group says 11 million dollars would make it happen. some find that cost extreme sounds kind of like you could be spending this money on may be the home of people are some other stuff while others see

the >> so we're going to the responsible thing. we'll take it down and we're going to dig deep for topically and bring it back in a new configuration that actually lets the r be available to everyone around the entire in an ideal world. eliminate wants 10 millionaires to donate 1 million dollars each to fund the project. if all goes well, they lights 3.60, will be unveiled labor day weekend in san francisco. noelle bellow kron, 4 news. >> i feel like you can't look back like i can never sees as a bridge again, not let its now a san francisco institution is. we've got to keep it beyond. all right, 7.47, let's head over to the weather center visit with another bay area institution, john how do you feel >> yeah. birthdays. a deal with this to to stay. know you're old or one of the but yeah, we are looking out there had to san jose which is nice and clear. nice and bright to you don't need to be getting

outside with the headlights apright now at the clouds are gone. the rain is gone. it's all about the sunshine from this point forward. you can see rainfall pushing out of the region. snow still barely hanging on in the sierra bay area. we've quieted things down at this point. futurecast, clear skies through the day today. that's the way we stay. not a whole lot going on in future cast. but at this point, we need to see that allowing the ground to soak in all that moisture return to the water table as much as possible. and then hopefully later on this season, we can get some nice moderate rainfall. keep that momentum going. not because of the rains, but because of king tides. we have coastal flood advisories taking effect today through monday of next week. king tides really peaking over the weekend. that could mean standing water and roads that are low-lying, especially right along the bay shore and freezing conditions tonight, freeze warnings taking effect at midnight for the inland north and the east bay as well as the santa clara valley cover those plants that are susceptible to those hard freezes. now, today's daytime

highs do get into the mid to low 50's. it's going to be a cool day but pleasant paired with sunshine. it's going to feel good with the sweaters and light jackets ready tonight. temps do fall below freezing for some of our inland areas as well. also be the case tomorrow night. so definitely plan for that. as for saturday and sunday, temps start to warm and next week will be flirting with the 60's for daytime highs. reyna. >> thank you for that. well, if you're rocking and rolling along or 80 about 41 minutes of traffic certainly is getting busy as the morning hours. go on heading into the city right now. 18 minutes may's to that fremont street exit. thankfully, no accidents or hazards across the bay bridge or the san mateo bridge. but we are starting to get a little sluggish along 101 on the peninsula side. that's why we're at 20 to 101, the south bay. if you're traveling at 101 right now. 68 minutes. 85 into menlo park. well, 2.80, also starting to back up just a bit, but not as bad as one on one, 80 san

leandro down towards milpitas about 54 minutes. i was tracking in accident out in pleasanton and hop yarbro. they just open up most of those lanes. still one lane closed as you're traveling along 5.80, but now all lanes are no longer all blocked. so that's a good thing for you. there. if you're taking 24 westbound. 24 wannacry down to 5.80, around 17 minutes. and let's check on highway 4 antioch in to conquer about 62 minutes of traffic is certainly busy in the 7 o'clock hour. darya. james, back to you. >> thank you very much. rain to 7.50, is the time. and is elon musk a liar or a well intentioned visionary? he was portrayed as both by lawyers during opening statements in the trial involving his tweets about tesla from 2018. musk stated in those tweets that he had the financing to take tesla private at a price of $420. a share that tweet came at a time when the automaker's stock was slumping and the goal of the trial is to determine if musk cheated investors. musk has always

maintained he did nothing wrong. the federal government already force must to pay 40 million dollars and required him to step down for a time as tesla's chairman, the trial is expected to last until early february. it's 7.50, in a san francisco man pulls 2 people out of a burning building in the mission district kron four's alice and ammonium. talk to him about it. >> just on ice was working at the door of the dog trick bar in the mission district when he noticed a strong smell resembling fireworks. he quickly learned that it was coming from an apartment that caught fire across the way on 20th street. but that s was told that an elderly couple was still on the top floor of the three-story complex. so he ran into the burning building. i found one in the top of the stairs. >> she was gasping for air. and then the other one was a noble man in a room put on his shoes and at home, we've got to go. and he's like i got to put my shoes on my notice. grab them from the back. and and i just pulled him out of

there. and you just went through the smoke and got lost her second decipher where the cerro somehow eventually i found got there. he pulled them out one at a time. >> and on the second trip, he found the old man but lost his way to the exit. >> the plume of smoke grew darker and he says it was at that point. he didn't think he's going to make it out alive. and i wasn't hearing a lot of smoke at that time. that. >> i do remember down again. they were just think i think i'm in a tie with this all fortunately they made it out unscathed. >> no is being monitored by doctors for smoke inhalation. meantime, the building has been red tagged so no one can live inside until it's restored and safe again to the board of wall. and you're like that. i went up those always people that this and those firemen like literally like shut that down. we get 15 minutes. it was under control. >> what a story that was ella sogomonian reporting and the san francisco fire department. they credit contreras with

helping those people out. but they do recommend that you enter a burning building. interestingly, though, contreras says he had always dreamed of being a firefighter. 75 right now and a

stockton couple finds themselves in a pickle after testing some dog crates they had just bought. security video captured a series of mistakes that led to both of them being trapped. >> take a look.

>> o o i. >> yeah. okay. he's right. you husband was able to maneuver the crate so that he could set his wife free by sticking his fingers through the holes. and then once she was out, she was able to free him that the woman says her backup plan was to use alexa to call the neighbors to free them if they couldn't get themselves out. so the deal is is they were testing out the crates because they obviously want to see what what they have a good day, but you can't open from the inside. apparently they

have test. they a website where they review different readings for pets and things like that may reveal let's review this. if you were want yourself in there. because people use creates for themselves and well, just to see if maybe the dog could force the door open and get out, right? you can't turn those are really good ok? good to know. come to find out. thanks for the 7.57. right now coming up in the next hour, president biden is on his way right now to california and he's going to be in the bay area to survey the damage from the storms will take a look at that. >> plus, to begin a damaged some of what we'll see in months sides. and that's what stopped strains from running. we'll see how long it's going check those in need the trains to get to work.

>> today on the kron, 4 morning news, president biden travels to the bay area to get a firsthand look at damage left behind in the wake of the storms. a big development in the case of a san francisco art gallery owner who was film spraying a homeless woman with water. and we take a look at the historic rivalry between the forty-niners and the cowboys as we countdown to the big game this weekend. >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news >> good morning and thanks for waking up with us. i'm daria and i'm james. we want to start off this hour with a check of the weather because today's the day.