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see you next time when we go "into the wild." >> now on the kron, 4 morning news. at least 14 people are injured after a car crashes into a bus in the east bay. and a group of parents taking matters into their own hands. a uc berkeley why they are hi ing private security guards to students. >> from the area's local news station, you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at 7.
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>> good morning. thank you so much for joining us here on the kron. 4 morning news. i'm stephanie lin. it's saturday march night. let's get your day started with a look at the weather with dave sphar the good morning, stephanie. good morning, everybody. not a bad start to your day. however, looks like the cloud cover is going to win this little match here. >> as we approach around the noon hour into the early afternoon. now, there is a chance of a couple of stray showers, but the up in the north bay. but for the most part, it will probably eclipse most. >> here's the view from space. you can see the deeper moisture upstream, although there isn't much with that. it's just cloud cover. the beauty shot of the east bay shoreline. you can kind of turning somewhat high cloudiness to mostly cloudy as we get to around the noon hour, some variable winds and by the way, with the passage of all this cluster doesn't look like it's producing much the way of winds or won't there early this afternoon, a little different story tomorrow your temperature check, not bad. a lot of 40's, some lower 50's at work here. 52 san francisco and oakland, 54 san jose. cool. 48 for half moon bay. but that is ahead of where the numbers were this
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time yesterday by some half a dozen, we're better degrees. the breakdown for you today. we go to kind of a mostly cloudy mode by the middle of the day. but late this afternoon into the evening, we'll probably see the skies open back up again. looking for more substantial rain. it looks like into tomorrow and then other round early into next week. morning forecast to that that stephanie. >> before thank you, dave. breaking news we're following right now out of the east bay, a neighborhood in bay point is under lockdown. the contra costa county sheriff's office is asking people near chadwick lane lancaster circle and lancaster lane to stay inside on your screen is a map of the affected area. take a good look at this. there is heavy police presence there and we are working together more information on the situation and we'll keep you posted as soon as we learn more. now to a major head-on crash oakland that left 14 people injured at that. happened between a car and an ac transit bus in the
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area of 54th and international boulevard. ac transit's as a chrysler was speeding down international when it first collided with a toyota, a crash then caused the chrysler to jump over the center median and slammed head-on with the bus. officials tell us of the 14 people hurt. 2 are in critical condition, including the driver of the speeding car, all 12 passengers on the bus were taken to the hospital. another problem for united airlines flight leaving sfo. take a look at your screen here. a flight from sfo to mexico city had to divert to lax after an issue with the aircraft's hydraulic system. the faa tells us the flight landed safely at lax after the crew reported the problem. passengers continued onto mexico on a new flight. this comes just one day after a tire fell off a united plane as it took off from sfo. and here's video of that tire falling off right after takeoff. the flight was headed towards japan before being forced to divert to lax as well. united says a different
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plane later took those passengers to osaka thursday night. the tire landed in the airport employee parking lot, crushing one car and damaging another. thankfully, no one was hurt. kron 4 spoke with one of the workers whose car got damaged. >> a show over there thinking that my cart over going to i saw my car. basically ripped into shreds. and then i started crying because i didn't expect that at and that's when the cops came in >> explain what had happened. united executives say they will work with customers on board that affected flight and the owners of the damage cars to make sure that everyone's needs are heard. in a statement, united said in part, quote, each of these events is distinct unrelated to each other. safety is our top priority and will continue to do everything we can to keep our customers and employees safe. new this morning, police in san mateo are warning parents about a trending tiktok game. police
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say could put teens in danger. it's called senior assassins players use an app called splash in. you can track other people who are playing the same game players then shoot rival teams in real life with water, guns. but the trend takes it a step further with players painting their guns, their water, guns, black, making them look more real. police say they detained several teens around the hillsdale shopping center last night and found multiple fake guns like the ones you see on your screen there. police say that this game can turn dangerous if the fake guns are mistaken as real ones. they're asking parents to please talk to their teens. pleasanton. police say a woman found dead in her home thursday was killed by an ex-boyfriend. investigators have not yet identified the victim or suspect. police say the woman was at her home on saginaw circle thursday morning when her ex-boyfriend broke into the house. police say the 2 had an argument. the man then shot the woman several times that led to a police chase
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along i-580, in san leandro where the driver later died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds. parents of uc berkeley students are taking campus safety into their own hands, raising money to hire private security was amanda hari has the latest. >> according to the department of education. uc berkeley is the 3rd most dangerous college campus in america. and that needs to change. sauder to tiny is the president of safe bears and a father of 2 uc berkeley students. he says as soon as they arrived on campus in 2022. >> there were safety concerns. i think there's a real the man. >> for more safety resources around the university. he says he started the nonprofit a year ago after felt the university wasn't doing enough to keep students safe were forced to invest and talk about safety. >> the cause it's become so dire. safe bears worked with cal parents in 2023 to raise more than $40,000 to launch a
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pilot security program that just started this week. private security guards are now stationed around the uc berkeley campus. 6 safety ambassadors are stationed around the marked areas from 6, 30 at night until 3 in the morning. all are wearing bright colored jackets. that's a security. i think that there's more mixed feelings from the administration about what we're doing. >> we were very forthcoming. we told them what we had in mind. they've known about this for months now. but now that it's finally here and it's launched you know, it's not a great look for the university, according to safe bears, all the security guards have california guard cards. >> and have undergone background checks. the guards will not carry any weapons like pepper spray or but hans, still some students say they welcome more guards. i think that. >> a lot of students sometimes can feel kind of unsafe and just knowing they can feel safer will help you feel more comfortable campus, able to focus school more. overall,
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just going to different camps. a good thing. the pilot program will run through march 23rd. >> the safe bears will then evaluate how it and it extend it in berkeley. amanda hari kron, 4 news. >> happening today, the group working to recall oakland mayor sheng thao holds a town hall with updates on their efforts. the group started collecting signatures for the recall petition last month say they're fed up with crime in the lack of a permanent police chief in the city. mayor thao has told prom for the recall campaign is organized by her political opponents who previously ran against her. the group needs 25,000 signatures by july to get the recall on the november ballot. today's town hall starts at 04:00pm at 10. 0, 7 clay street. in the south bay. there are more transit options for people living east san jose. the vta board of directors approved a construction contract for a long overdue light rail extension. kron four's dan thorn reports.
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>> the vta project connecting east san jose to milpitas. bart is finally rolling along the vta board unanimously approved the construction contract thursday night with mcm rail work. city leaders say after 2 decades of broken promises, it's time for the wait to end. it's going bring about positive change in a historically disadvantaged. >> area of not just san jose but silicon valley councilmember domingo canned ellis says east san jose's lower-income population. >> has long had to deal with limited transit options through this new project can tell us says it will allow his district to have more access to jobs and resources. it opens up a lot of opportunity for residents and small businesses and and working class families to get reliably to. and from point a to point the 2 and a half mile extension includes an elevated light rail track along capitol
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expressway from the alum rock station to the east ridge transit center, which will connect to bart in milpitas. >> the total cost of the project is expected to be more than 650 million dollars, which is more than what vta officials previously budgeted. >> but the vote on the project was seen by city leaders as crucial to make the transit system more equitable to the east side of san jose. this could be a game-changer for residents in the san jose. >> that was dan thorn reporting for us. the vta is hoping that construction on the project will start as early as next month. and real service could begin by 2028. the oakland a's got their first taste of las vegas last night. the team host of the milwaukee brewers in the first of 2 spring training games. the a's lost. but before the game we heard from the team's president about the possibility the a's could play more games in sun city before their new stadium is built. >> but vegas, no regular season games here. you want to make a big splash in 28 when
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you come here in the new state was at the plant. that is the plan. but i think there could be some games in or spice, you know, in the season. that's a possibility. we're looking at that and trying to understand how that would work. we have to obviously work with the aviators and figure out their schedule. but, you know, our season starts a little early. so there might be an opportunity >> start their regular season at the end of the month, this could be their last season at the oakland coliseum. the team's lease is set to expire later this year. the team is considering other options in case they're not able to extend their lease beyond this season. the new stadium in vegas is expected to open in 2028. coming up on the kron 4 morning news. how last week's winter storm affected our state's water resources. >> now, the primary election day has come and gone. we have a better idea of how voter turnout fair. >> and here's a hint. it was not good capital correspondent, 8, how also have a closer look at the updated numbers. >> a couple early should raise of son that we're getting here is going to cover it up. power reproach around the noon hour.
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that last leicester matic than that. that's what stephanie? >> yeah. we have some hazy sunshine to start don't get too attached because we're probably going to be looking at kind of mostly cloudy a little bit as we get to around the noon hour of any sort of weather that this thing is bringing in might get a few little showers up in the north bay. that's about it. not even a major pop of winds today. little bit more. so, however, tomorrow, though, that's more the day to watch a bit. so here's how it looks like from space. it looks like more substantial moisture upstream, but that's where cloud cover. we're not picking up a lot of radar returns with all of this. we've been up in the north bay. it looks to be very modest that that let's go to futurecast for here with all of this. and this is about when the line is due to arrive in the early afternoon. again, penciling in that chance of a sprinkle. and then we clear out just around sunset, sorry. and then we get into tomorrow. increase the clouds, right when we get the sun here. but conditions calling it could be much cooler today. and tomorrow than today. however, as far as that line of rain that we're talking about getting here, looks like that
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doesn't happen till late tomorrow. that will be after sunset. so expect costs sky conditions kind of cloud up a little bit early on. and then the rain happens when we get past sunset that clears out. looks okay for your monday. however, we're waiting for the shoe to drop. let's get back. those winds now little bit of a breeze going on with this initial wave that comes through with cloud cover, almost like a blustery feel a bit to little cooler than we experienced from friday. certainly then tomorrow afternoon here, the winds before that line drops to the south. nice on short clip there. you can see well in the business of the teens and even some 20's it passes, doesn't leave much with it. so today kind of cloudy on balance north bay midday shower, perhaps or sprinkle almost late partial clearing will for the wider bay. and that really means after sunset with that tomorrow we go to increasing clouds again, colder, same kind of drill, rain and windy late, though, and it will be after sunset next week. rain and showers early in. the next big hit looks to be monday night through tuesday morning.
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after that point, wednesday's kind of like a working out deal, kind of clearing out what's left on the table here. and then thursday, friday away we go late might be looking at some mid 70's for high temperatures. so it's going to be definitely spring spring here. 59 san francisco, 61 for oakland and 62 for san jose were going call that kind of variable clouds on the bigger map here. lower 60's. so maybe not as warm as yesterday, but certainly much warmer. they're going see for tomorrow. we're going to get more into that longer range forecast in a bit. by the way, step in this package does carry with it a little bit of the way of some snow shower activity. know, they're going get a little bit more up there. however, for this weekend, i think we're okay. and this batch that we're going to get if you're coming back on sunday night, you might have a little weather to deal with but nothing too terrible. the bigger he's going to be monday night tuesday and good for those skiers and snowboarders who want to head out there to know have more to what we get spring by the end of next week. so yes, yeah, exactly. thanks so much that. >> well, good weekend for skiers and snowboarders headed
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to sierra wright. as dave just mentioned, last weekend's blizzard lot brought more than 8 feet of snow to the area. watch this. >> the weekend blizzard that clew through the sierra last weekend made for difficult travel conditions and ski resorts were closed for several days once the area was shoveled out, places like palisades tahoe were able to take advantage of the fresh powder this past weekend from thursday evening. >> they're monday. we got 8 feet of snow. it was insane. pr coordinator at palisades maddy condon says because of all the new snow, the ski resort will extend their season to may 27th. >> memorial day weekend skiing is a good sign for the state's snowpack. it's always great space to lake. it's great for watershed. it's great for the california drought that we've seen the past. you know, a few years. so the more so the merrier, as always, that scares hearts. the california department of water resources keeps a close eye on the state's snowpack. according to the manager of the department's hydrology section david the statewide snowpack is just above 100%. but then
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we had this really good snowstorm really push does. >> where we want to be at this time of the year early march hesitates to be too optimistic because he's still paying close attention to the day. april first, that's about when the state reaches peak snowpack each year department of water resources wants to see more snow in the forecast before then saying 100% snowpack does not result in 100% runoff. if you have a little bit extra, maybe 110, 215%, then you give yourself a buffer to to maximize the runoff into our reservoir is which is important every year. >> a government shutdown avoided after the senate passed a 460 billion dollars spending package today ahead of friday friday's midnight deadline rather. now this after plenty of debate across party lines, republicans have been calling for drastic spending cuts while democrats accuse the gop of delaying a decision friday successful vote lawmakers halfway in wrapping up their
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appropriations work. the 2024 budget year. >> and with the primary election in the rearview mirror, we now have a better idea how voter turnout turned out to statewide. and it's not great. kron four's capitol correspondent eytan wallace spoke with a political data expert. >> well, keep in mind, california, some ballast to more than 20 million registered voters weeks in advance of election day. but even so turnout was historically low. >> it was actually the second lowest turnout of a presidential primary in the state's history. that's how bad paul mitchell says the turnout was in california super tuesday primary election. mitchell who serves as vice president of the voter ballot tracking service, political data inc says, well, ballots are still being processed based on the numbers he has of the 22 million registered voters in the state. when it's all said and done. he projects the final turn out to stand somewhere between 33 and 35% presidential primaries are generally closer to 50% turnout, but they also vary
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greatly depending on whether or not they're competitive races. and that's precisely why he says california's primary turnout was low noting donald trump and joe biden faced little competition in their respective primaries. so that lack of the top of the ticket really did depress turnout and change the demographics of the voters who did actually vote in this election. in fact, mitchell note, heading into election day early data showed older whiter and more conservative californians voted in larger numbers than younger, more progressive voters. while data from the secretary of state's office showed as of friday, more than 2 million ballots still need to be processed. mitchell says even so the turnout demographics we've seen up to now made enough of a difference to greatly propel republican u.s. senate candidate steve garvey to the runoff against democrat adam schiff. still, mitchell says we are likely to see a totally different turnout story in the november general election when america will choose between joe biden and donald trump in november, it will be an
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election where voters probably think to themselves this might be the most important election of my lifetime where they are going to be jumping out of bed and get us to, you know, very, very high turnout. >> and as for the march primary election, all county elections office have one month to certify the results reporting in sacramento, wallace kron. 4 news. >> still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news people packed the streets of chinatown in san francisco. we take you inside the sights and sounds of the night market coming up.
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happening today in san francisco after more than 2 decades seafood restaurant catch. >> serves its last dinners in the castro. the business announced its closure earlier this week. the location was officially deemed a landmark in 2004 for being the original home of the names project in memorial to honor the lives lost to aids. today, francisco's union square blooms with 10's of thousands of tulips. organizers say this month's event is in honor of international women's day. you'll be able to pick a limited number of flowers for free. the garden opens at 01:00pm and closes at 4.30. you can't make it out today to update. does return in may, july and august. lots of people expected out there to get in line early and that markets return to san francisco friday night chinatown hosted one of grant avenue featuring traditional
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chinese food and activities. as you can see there, it returns every second friday of the month until november. the sunset neighborhood night market is also expected to be back later this year. some state lawmakers want to ban decaf coffee. they say it's made with a chemical that can increase the risk of cancer. the coffee makers argue the chemicals washed off the beans after happy and is removed. the bill will need to be voted on before being taken up by committee. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news, a san francisco shop owner turns to social media to raise awareness of shoplifting and now she's going viral. now she's going viral. >> that story up next.
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the kron. 4 morning news. growing frustration after state regulators approve another rate hike for pg and e. >> so we get to the 60. >> and from coding to construction, dozens of men at the san quentin. as your it received job certificates, we hear from the men and families who attended the graduation ceremony. welcome back to the kron. 4 morning news. thank you so much for joining us today. >> let's get you started this half hour with a look at the forecast with dave sphar had their day. a good morning, stephanie. good morning, everybody. and we're going to raise the sun as we start our saturday. however, that won't last like a cloud cover coming in over around midday. shortly. thereafter words across the east bay a little bit here, although temporary, because this should. >> start to clear out tonight,
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sfo not looking too bad at all. by the way, no delays being reported out that way. and there you see that kind of clump of clouds off towards our west. but it does not much bite with the bark. there isn't much rain to be had and it we're actually waiting for a more substantial line to come through probably tomorrow evening. so timing on all this is great. well, this one is kind of the middle of the day, but tomorrow looks like that will happen after sunset and also the one monday. what happened after sunset as well. temperature check for you. most readings in the 40's and 50's at this hour. that puts us a little ahead of the ball game where we were this time from yesterday. so later on by 1 o'clock, you can see most parts kind of dry out a little bit except up in the north bay here. then that's the marine layer again. and then as we get into sunday night with that line of shower activity, hard to discriminate between that and typical marine layer. but there you have the numbers. well in the 80's and some lower 90's. but the drying out shows you we're not really wet, wet at the surface too much here. that sets the stage for one of 2 hits. the bigger one will be monday
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night into tuesday morning's keeping an eye on that, too. so for today, for the daylight hours, we're getting some early sun cloud cover comes back in again. and then will clear out probably after sunset. coming up a little bit here, take a look at that longer-range forecasts and kind of compare some numbers as far as the 4 zone forecast. your highs today, stephanie. >> breaking news we're following right now out of the east y. a neighborhood in bay point is under lockdown. the contra costa county sheriff's offs asking people near chadwick lane lancter circle and lancaster lane to please stay inside on your screen is a map of the affectedreas to take a good look at this. if you live in the neighborhood, we know that there is heavy police activity there. we are working together more information on this and we'll keep you posted as soon as that information comes into our newsroom. with rising pg and e bills are frustrating you. there's no relief ahead. unfortunately. in fact, the california utility officials have approved yet another
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increase kron four's. dan kerman reports on how much your bill could go up and by when. >> if you think p g any bills are already high, get ready for another increase. the california public utilities commission is okay to 12 month rate hike so pg and e can recoup a portion of the money that was spent for wildfire safety work. that means in late april early may average electric bills will go up about $3.65 a month and gas bills will increase just over a dollar a month. >> it is absolutely unsustainable. have double digit increase. 5th year after year. martone with the utility reform network says this latest increase. >> is on top of the 13% rate hike that went into effect in january. that's all bills go up. an average of $34 and $0.50 a month. people who are seniors, retired fixed income. this able. these are the folks to get hurt the most. by these rate increases. bill increases. more than anyone
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else. they need a limit. >> tony is hoping customers will pressure state lawmakers to cap eugenie increases since 2019. san francisco has been exploring another option having the san francisco public utilities commission purchased the grid and take over the distribution of electricity in the city and county of san francisco. >> made a formal offer to pg and e to purchase their grid for 2.5 billion dollars. they have told it's not for sale. and that the price is too low. so far pg and e has and entertain the buyout. but san francisco is pushing forward. we think we can provide the service at a more reliable cost-effective rate. we are structurally advantaged as as a local government and providing that service under the local government model. in the meantime, another rate
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hike request is still pending before the california public utilities commission. >> this one would see another 7.2% hike in electric bills. dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> on deputies are looking for a murder suspect. they released an image of that person. they say the death happened on february 9th in the ashland community not far from the bayfair shopping mall. police say that they found a man and a woman suffering from gunshot wounds. there. official sharing that image from the scene. they say the woman had a mobility issue. both victims were taken to a hospital in the area. the woman did not survive. if you recognize this man, please give alameda county sheriff's office and deputies a call. and police in richmond are looking for this person who ran off with a donation box from the richmond arts center. this video from thursday shows a person in a dark hooded sweatshirt carrying the box and away on a bike. if you recognize the suspect, please call richmond police. a new
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trial has started for 2 former marine county students convicted of killing an italian police officer in rome back in 2019 that help high teens were vacationing in italy when the 2 met up with a drug dealer. turned out to be an undercover cop. prosecutors say finnegan lee elder stabbed an officer 11 times and gabriel mattel dort helped him hide the knife in their hotel room. they were sentenced to life in prison. but last year, italy's highest court threw out the convictions based on the defense's argument. but the 2 americans did not realize they were dealing with italian police hearings continue next month with a resolution expected by summer. in oakland. thieves broke into this lgbtq youth club. take a look right here. the front door of tell youth clubs now boarded up after it was damaged. leaders at the center tell us that this happened early thursday morning. it's unclear what the thieves took from the center of this time center. officials say that
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they do plan to replace that damaged or with an 8,000 new homes could be coming to san francisco. mayor london breed announcing plans to make treasure island, the largest source of new housing in the bay area. the goal is to create new homes on the island by 2030. family and friends were invited to a graduation ceremony at san quentin rehab center this week as kron 4 ella sogomonian reports all part of an effort to help incarcerated people get ready for the workforce. >> shouldn't clinton a graduation ceremony for about 50 men were taught skills from construction to coating. the idea is to give them tools to succeed as contributing members of society. once they get out, tony, to for his parents came to cheer him on as he got his certificate and audio production. he already runs a podcast called your host. >> you know, it's just a pure joy. we'll see a complex. something else i should say. not just what he's accomplished much in the past
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has continued growers read about in wired magazine a county jail. and i was like, this is a way to change my entire life to get back into something positive. it's wonderful him back on the track that he was on came here. so, yes, it's a positive thing around. it was made possible by the company prison industry authority. the opportunity is unique approach that prepares them for the workforce and promotes harmony. breaking down racial barriers as tony hall visits with his own family. he reflects on the new one formed inside we come together and help each so we get to the 60 and it just turned into a family instructor for the code. 73, 74 says been teaching for a decade or a nonprofit called the last john groce show versus educating and motivating incarcerated students this work as hard person every day. when you don't have to be here is hard. so why did i come back after
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the i think the pandemic kind of talk what? this program meant to me personally, not just what it meant to the community at large, but >> i felt salem, boston piece myself. and when it was time to come back, when i got that call to come back, i just i just started crying because it was what i'm supposed to do. and advocates say education is key to safer communities. a uc irvine study found that since the start of these programs 85% of graduates who are released to not go back to prison reporting in san quintin. ellison cross another round business closures to tell you about in san francisco. >> 2 of them affecting union square north face is closing its only san francisco store on post street march 17th. the retailer was founded in the city. back in 1964. north face tells kron 4 they continue to run their other stores in santa clara berkeley, walnut
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creek and palo alto. but just a few blocks down from here, global retailer zara is also shutting down. their businesses expires in january 2025, that story is also located on post location at the emporium center. the former westfield san francisco center is staying open. a san francisco shop owners ongoing battle with shoplifters is going viral online. trump was gayle ong reports. >> unfortunately, we've had more shoplifting lately. chandler, 10 posting surveillance video on social media after 2 shoplifting incidents took place at her san francisco store postscript. the crimes happening in the same week last month. the video shows people wandering then stuffing items in their jackets, pockets and walking out of the storm. sometime saw a f w items missing in the caught on camera. but every once in while we're able to catch it. but honestly, it can be happening are not aware of it, too. we have a lot of items in the store tank opened her shop 4 years ago at the start of
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the pandemic and dealt with other incidents. how our door smashed a couple no one got in. but we had to install security gate during the height of the pandemic. san francisco saw a rise in retail theft and burglaries, according to city leaders. overall, crime numbers are down in the city for the month of february. this year. mayor london breed's office reports that when comparing february 2024, to the same month last year, the city saw a 37% reduction in larceny, which includes car break-ins and retail theft. they're reporting a 20% reduction in robberies and a 14% reduction in burglaries. postscript is located on california street off fillmore near high fashion stores and restaurants that have also been targets of retail theft. crime data from the san francisco police department shows the northern station which covers this neighborhood, saw a drop and larceny theft and burglaries. 10 file police reports so police can keep track of the crime data as the pd tells kron 4 to department received a report of shoplifting at 10 shop on february 23rd just
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before 01:00pm where an unknown female was in the store and stole merchandise and got away. the crime maybe down the costs for a small business when it happens, still weighs heavy. we don't really have this in our budget. so, you know, we also support a lot of small business vendors. so it impacts them as well. so the effect is much bigger. >> that was gayle ong reporting for us this morning. >> tank says that after posting about her experience, she has received an outpouring of support from customers. a last check of by gayle as apd. no arrests have been made at this time. but anyone with information is asked to get in touch with police. >> you know, feet of snow and, you know, they just i'm still just sitting on what this week and was like. >> meet the newlyweds who refused to be iced out of their wedding. how the sacramento couple got married in the middle of a snowstorm.
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and steph curry's recent ankle injury, not as bad as originally thought, but he will still miss some games. we have the details after this. >> and waited for a couple lines to march on through. that's going to bring us some rain. this kind of modest for today. but tomorrow night line of rain showers and even another one and early next week. but warming up for some spring-like weather later on. we'll put it all together for you run for morning news you run for morning news continues.
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snowstorm. chloe bowman and chris nielsen got married in truckee right in the middle of a major winter blizzard in the sierra that shut down highways and even ski resorts. the couple is in sacramento. they book their venue in truckee last february, never imagining how much snow could fall a year later. >> oh, gosh, when when we see when we started, we look at the report like a week from this past saturday and it said like one 3 inches an ago. you know, that will be nothing. and then next, you know, more more. the reports are saying. >> the a day just you couldn't believe what was coming. and, you know, we're just focused keeping the vendors going. you know, getting as many guests as possible. >> yeah, i think our top priority safety for all of our guests i think you are in that moment like being we've got to get married. but we also saved. it was a roller coaster. >> roller coaster indy, but everything's still happen when honest plan for the most part,
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the couple said their guest list said close to 170 people, 70 of them, though, showed up for the wedding because of those harsh winter conditions and group also had to send a snowplow to rescue the bride's makeup artist. as you can see that she looks great. so it all really worked out for them. terms that you have another chance of the mega millions jackpot. there was no winner in last night's drawing. so that jackpot is now 735 million dollars. the next drawing is tuesday night. so good luck to all of you who do play. and taking a live look now at the golden gate bridge or to the mount tam camera. you can see it's quite overcast out 7.46. this morning a day. does this surprise you at all know what's up? that line of cloud cover marching through and there you can see it. that's making the north bay traverse first. >> and then we'll cover across the wider bays. we approach around the noon hour and really in the next several days, we're looking for a
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couple of ways to come through. and because of all that, yes, there will be some winter weather with this. it looks like if you're headed up to tahoe, you might get some weather more important coming back at this point. it's a winter storm watch. it doesn't actually cover tahoe proper, but they're watching out for it. looks like the heavier batch is going to be monday night into tuesday. so just keep that in mind. you might have a little bit of weather on your way coming back with this. there it is. tomorrow afternoon or evening. snow showers taking a break on monday and then tuesday, fire up again. we do see these 40's going on. we'll get some melting in the process. at sapo no delays happening out that way. futurecast for what happens. a couple little stray sprinkles. they're going on and the north bay and particularly the higher elevations. and you can see a lot of the they will be clouded up by 1, 2, or 3 o'clock in the afternoon clearing up for overnight tomorrow morning. couple raise the sun to start here. comes of cloud cover. but here's the more substantial line of rain. you can see that march on through for the evening hours and overnight. timing of these
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was pretty good on that, too. so you can enjoy your sunday without any rain or parents. that will happen after sunset winds. there's a nice, interesting little pop here. little bit of a breeze this afternoon. yeah, but the bigger one tomorrow afternoon and evening. strong onshore flow and winds coming in from the south. it's quick pop for 6 hours. boom, gone back to the teens again. now longer-range. we see more coming our way. there's that hit that we talked about for sunday and then a more substantial hit. looks like late on monday into tuesday. so this is part a of our week day forecast. coming up. there's snow showers you can see in the mountains, then we switch over not only dry, but you got it right. high pressure up those temperatures and we're going to be son some 70's on your seven-day forecast. not today, though, today 59 san francisco to the coast will keep that around 60 upper 50's at that. got 60 going on for burlingame to the south foster city. 62 san carlo. 63 along with redwood city in the south bay mid-sixties getting up to 66 for san jose. 64 milpitas in
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santa clara. 63 for cupertino, lower 60's east bay shoreline in pretty much matched for tri valley. also in the lower 60's. 58 for berkeley. 59 richmond, vallejo. 58. 61 fairfield now 58 in santa rosa at 59 longer-range forecast. unsettled early on. look at it. warm up nicely by friday. at 76. sometimes it could be a runaway train. don't forget we spring ahead as we go into daylight saving time. that's officially occurs at 02:00am sunday morning to want to wait for that. but am at 02:00am. okay morning. so for on 59 59. well, go to 03:00am okay. oh, 02:00am at all tonight. so for all of us who are working this morning >> got make sure out there all right. there is right here for you stuff. look at that. many of these. yeah, for sure. thanks a lot, dave. ball is growing in popularity across the united states and this women's history month, a solano county based nonprofit
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is encouraging girls to play but offering a free clinic this weekend. kron four's philippe djegal reports. >> as of 2020, the national association of intercollegiate athletics declared women's flag football, a sanctioned sport within the division opening up scholarship opportunities for girls previously available. only the boys. it's not like other sports for soccer and basketball is inundated with so many girls who, you know. >> just thousands of girls every year played sports for a long time flag football. those college is looking for girls. it's there's just not a lot of girls experience yet to the opportunity right now for scholarships for girls. >> has been fantastic. ryan sarna teaches the game to his 2 young daughters along with his son. all 3 are players in the valais based nonprofit their father founded back in 2021. called the coach sarna nfl flag football league, a coed youth organization that serna says has grown 10 times over since its inception to be able to to take the game of
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football always been considered a >> and bring girls into and say, this didn't just beat watches for you to play your football player. now has been incredible. this weekend sarna is offering a free females and flag football clinic to girls and solano county. >> the free camp will be held sunday from 10 o'clock in the morning through 1 o'clock in the afternoon at solano community college for girls from 4 to 18 years old, free registration on the league's website is required and participants need to wear sports attire for the girl to go ahead and stand for. >> it's a move forward with the learning this. it's really an active here was and philippe djegal all kron. 4 news. >> congratulations to the girls. oakland, high wildcats, their this year's division, 5 state champs, maybe montgomery high school from san diego yesterday in sacramento. and we spoke with the wildcats coach and players about how
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they got ready. >> he did that early in the morning light. we're locked in and we knew that we just wanted to come out and play to investment. >> yeah, they've really covered that. we're all just ready to go tonight. the foreman 10% really does give everything they had. >> and as the coats, my job is to prepare. and i felt that we had prepared for that is important everybody else that we think so they're ready. >> and indeed, they were. >> the boys, oakland tech bulldogs, in the meantime, have their state championship game today. they want the regional champion game against the oakland high wildcats. tipoff for today's state championship title is set for 04:00pm at golden one center in sacramento. and the golden state warriors dodged a bullet after steph curry injured. he's a goal in thursday night's game against chicago convoys. erin wilson has the latest. >> not great, but definitely some good news coming out of the warriors camp on friday in regards to steph curry and
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that ankle injury, he sustained against the bulls on thursday night. so more information coming out that steph curry's injured ankle is not as bad as it seemed, at least because he was unable to return back to the game. you can see i'm trying to change directions on that play he ended up slightly turning his ankle limping over to the bench, eventually limping over to the locker room. he was set to have mri on friday morning. >> those results actually showed clean that there was no structural damage. now he will miss a little bit of time as expected, but he is not expected to miss a significant amount of time obviously no time away from still step with the warriors is a good thing. but it sounds like it could have been much worse and lovely. mri does show that there was no structural damage done to his ankle there and he should be back in a few games outside. back to you. >> at the aaron, thank you. >> at the aaron, thank you. and we'll b have heart failure with unresolved symptoms?
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>> barbie is celebrating international women's day. mattel announced 8 new dolls based on influential woman. one of the honorees is actress helen mirren, who narrated the award-winning barbie movie. viola davis, shania twain and kylie minogue are also getting one of a kind dolls. these dolls will not be sold in stores. instead, they'll be given to each woman as a gesture of gratitude for the work they've done international women's day also coincides with barbies 65th birthday. so happy birthday. next hour of the kron 4 he morning news and new tiktok game could be putting your child in danger. the warning from san mateo police.
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morning news. at least 14 people are injured after a car crashes into a bus in the east bay. and a group of parents taking matters into their own hands that uc berkeley, well, they are hiring private security guards for students. >> from the area's local news
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station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at >> good morning. thank you so much for joining us here on the kron. 4 morning news. i'm stephanie lin. good saturday to you. we have a lot we're covering for you today, but let's get you started on your day with a look at the weather with dave spahr. hey, good morning, dave. well, good morning, stephanie. good morning, everybody. and a couple raise the sun to start sure, but it's not going to last. we have a deck of some cloud cover to march off across the bay as we approach from the noon hour or so. >> far as any rain with it might get a couple sprinkles in the north bay, etiquette that and not even much of a pop of winds either looks a little bit more threatening here from the satellite picture here. but that is really the cloud cover event for a good chunk of the day. here's the east bay shoreline. little bit less sun. some of that high cloudiness starts to thicken up a bit winds, by the way, noting that kind of variable single digits. again, a mine or pop into the teens, but not a major deal today. 53 going on for oakland, 54 san francisco, some 40's up north and 53 san jose. that's actually ahead of where we were this time from yesterday by in some cases, a
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half-a-dozen degrees for today. count on a lot of cloud cover. and then some late day clearing little bit going on here. temperatures are scraping into the lower 60's. looks like a bigger drop in temperatures tomorrow and a line of rain to look out for 2 your forecast and bit stephanie. all right. thank you. that breaking news we're following right now out of the east bay. a neighborhood in bay point is under lockdown. the contra costa county sheriff's office is asking people. >> chadwick lane, lancaster circle and lancaster lane to please stay inside on your screen is a map of the affected areas to take a good look at this. if you live in the neighborhood, we are working together more information. we know that there is active police activity in this neighborhood and we will keep you posted as soon as we get more information into our newsroom. now to a major head-on crash in oakland that left 14 people injured. it happened between a car and an ac transit bus and the area 54th and international boulevard. ac transit's as a chrysler was speeding down international when it first collided with a
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toyota that crash caused the chrysler to jump over the center median and slammed head-on with the bus. officials tell us that the 14 people hurt 2 are in critical condition, including the driver of that speeding car. all dozen passengers on the bus were taken to the hospital. another problem for united airlines flight leaving sfo. take a look at this live from sfo to mexico city had to divert to lax after an issue with the aircraft's hydraulic system. the faa tells us the flight landed safely at lax after the crew reported the problem. passengers continued on to mexico on a new flight. this comes just one day after a tire fell off a united plane as it took off from sfo. here's video of that tire falling off right after take off. you can see it right there on your screen. the flight was headed towards japan before it was forced to divert to lax as well. united says a different plane later took those passengers to osaka thursday night. the tire landed at the airport employee
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parking lot. question one car and damaging another. thankfully no one was hurt. kron 4 spoke with one of the workers whose car got smashed. >> over there thinking that my cart over going to and then i saw my >> basically ripped in distress. and then i started crying because didn't expect that at all. and that's when the cops came in explain what had happened. >> united's say they will work with the customers on board the affected flight and the owners of the damage vehicles to make sure everyone's needs are hurt. in a statement, united said in part, quote, each of these events is state and unrelated to one another. safety is our top priority and will continue to do everything we can to keep our customers and employees safe. new this morning, police in san mateo are warning parents about a trending tiktok game. police say could put teens in danger. it's called senior assassins players use an app called splash an well. you can track other people who are playing the same game players and
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shoot rival teams in real life with water guns. but the trend takes it a step further with players painting their water, guns, black, making them look more real. police say they detained several teens around the hillsdale shopping center last night and fell multiple fake guns like the ones you see on your screen there. police say the game can turn dangerous if the fake guns are mistaken as real ones. they're asking parents to please talk to their teens. pleasanton police say a woman found dead in her home thursday was killed by her ex-boyfriend. investigators have not yet identified the victim or suspect. police say the woman was at her home on saginaw circle thursday morning when her ex-boyfriend broke into the house. police say the 2 had an argument. the man then shot the woman several times that led to a police chase along i-580, in san leandro with the driver later died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds. parents of uc berkeley pair parents of uc berkeley students rather are taking campus safety into their own hands, raising money to hire
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private security from prison. and hari has the latest >> according to the department of education. uc berkeley is the 3rd most dangerous college campus in america. and that needs to change. sauder to tiny is the president of safe bears and a father of 2 uc berkeley students. he says as soon as they arrived on campus in 2022. >> there were safety concerns. iithink there's a real the man. >> for more safety resources around the university, he says he started the nonprofit a year ago after felt the university wasn't doing enough to keep students safe were forced to invest and talk about safety. >> the cause it's become so dire. safe bears worked with cal parents in 2023 to raise more than $40,000 to launch a pilot security program that just started this week. private security guards are now stationed around the uc berkeley campus. 6 safety ambassadors are stationed around the marked areas from
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6, 30 at night until 3 in the morning. all are wearing bright colored jackets. that's a security. i think that there's more mixed feelings from the administration about what we're doing. >> we were very forthcoming. we told them what we had in mind. they known about this for months now. but now that it's finally here and it's launched you know, it's not a great look for the university, according to safe bears, all of the security guards have california guard cards. >> and have undergone background checks. the guards will not carry any weapons like pepper spray or but hans, still some students say they welcome more guards. i think that a lot of students sometimes can feel kind of unsafe and just knowing they can feel safer will help you feel more comfortable campus, able to focus school more. overall, just going to different camps. a good thing. the pilot program will run through march 23rd. >> the safe bears will then evaluate how it and it extend it in berkeley. amanda hari kron, 4 news.
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>> happening today, the group working to recall oakland mayor sheng thao holds a town hall. >> with updates on their efforts, the group started collecting signatures for the recall petition last month. they said that they're fed up with crime and the lack of a permanent police chief in the city mayor tell has told prom for the recall campaign is organized by her political opponents who previously ran against her. the group needs 25,000 signatures by july to get the recall on the november ballot. today's town hall starts at 04:00pm at 10. 0, 7 clay street. the south bay. there are more transit options for people living in east san jose. the vta board of directors approved a construction contract for a long overdue light rail extension. kron four's dan thorn reports. >> the vta project connecting east san jose to milpitas. bart is finally rolling along the vta board unanimously approved the construction contract thursday night with mcm rail work. city leaders
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say after 2 decades of broken promises, it's time for the way to end. it's going bring about positive change in a historically disadvantaged. >> area of not just san jose but silicon valley councilmember domingo canned ellis says east san jose's lower-income population. >> has long had to deal with limited transit options through this new project can tell us says it will allow his district to have more access to jobs and resources. it opens up a lot of opportunity for residents and small businesses and and working class families to get reliably to. and from point a to point the 2 and a half mile extension includes an elevated light rail track along capitol expressway from the alum rock transit center, which will connect to bart in milpitas. >> the total cost of th project is expected to be more than 650 million dollars,
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which is more than what vta officials previously budgeted. >> but the vote on the project was seen by city leaders as crucial to make the transit system more equitable to the east side of san jose. this could be a game-changer for residents in the san jose. >> that was dan thorn reporting for us. the tea's hoping construction on the project will start as early as next month. and real service could start by 2028. well, they open is got their first taste of las vegas last night. the team hosted the milwaukee brewers in the first of 2 spring training games. the a's lost. but before the game we heard from the team's president about the possibility the a's could play more games in sun city before their new stadium is built. >> but vegas, no regular season games here. you want to make a big splash in 28, when you come here say was that the plan? that is the plan, but i think there could be some games in or spice, you know, in the season. that's a possibility. we're looking at that and trying to understand how that would work. we have to obviously work with the aviators and figure out their schedule. but, you know, our season starts a little early. so there might be an
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opportunity >> start their regular season at the end of the month. and this could be their last season at the oakland coliseum. the team's lease is set to expire aspire later this year. the team is considering other options in case they're unable to extend their lease beyond this season. the new stadium in vegas is expected to open in 2028. >> coming up on the kron 4 morning news. how last week's winter storm affecting our state's water resources. >> now, the primary election day has come and gone. we have a better idea of how voter turnout fair. and here's a hint. it was not good capitol correspondent wallace all have a closer look at the updated numbers. >> a weak little system is going to pass over the bay for today. maybe some north korea if they sprinkles with that. the covering up a lot of sun today. that's not too bad into the 64 were looking for more rain upstream. i have that forecast called morning.
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>> welcome back to kron. 4 morning news. good morning, everybody. we take a look at our mount tam picture here. looks like they're actually getting a little bit in the way of some weather here. you can see the cloud cover. there are actually in the midst of it. what's interesting is when you take a look at the profile, the atmosphere get above this. a couple of 1000 feet above that huge layer of dry air right above that, which is going to change because encroaching on upstream. there's the deck of cloud cover. there could be some sprinkles with that mount tam probably going to get some of those 2 already. but there are several 1000 feet up there. so a lot of that's going to dry out by the time reaches the surface for the
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greater bay area. you can count on good deal of cloud cover. it looks like towards the middle of the day, give or take a few hours for noon. if yours after before, it starts to clear out a little bit for tonight. here it is on future cast for that line marches right through the middle of the day. horrible timing. sorry about that. and then starts to clear out towards the latter portion of the day. now your sunday. some are kind of pattern as well. we start off with a couple raise a son in the south bay. you might get some morning sunshine and a good chunk of the east bay until the afternoon. the prime meridian part changes there you have it by 9 o'clock and the rain is involved across the bay area. a little rain event going on here for us and the more substantial one, however, is upstream for monday night tuesday. by the way, this line here is what prompted the national weather service to add to this with the winter storm watch that's been posted he doesn't include tahoe. it's actually more in the foothills. but as meant a as a notation of that, there you have that first hit. and then again, another one monday night tuesday. that will be
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watching, too. so those 2 big hits are this is kind of like nothing as far as the winds are concerned. we don't see much going on today. they got breezy conditions. there you have it on shore. the teens, but then we see a little pop happens tomorrow afternoon, right? about 3 o'clock or so again, being on shore with those winds getting into the 20's. again, this will be short-lived, but it's going to be more substantial as far as that storm, the field and what we're getting for today, which is basically overcast for many areas of the bay for a couple of hours, putting it all together for you. it's cloudy, north bay. a little sprinkle might happen there by midday, late partial clearing. we get to sunset for the wider bay derby. basically for stargazers than tomorrow, increasing the clouds and cooler kind of same things today. little bit more in the way, raise the sun for the east and the south bay. and then we have rain and windy late. that will be after sunset carrying us into monday morning. take a breather again and rain and showers early for the week. that means monday night tuesday, before we flip the page for the end of the week with temperatures plowing into the mid to maybe upper
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70's. that's right. spring springing before the equinox. 59 san francisco, 61 oakland and 62. meanwhile for san jose numbers today, not only impressive but a little warmer, then we're going to see tomorrow course. we'll check it out. the 4 zone forecast and we'll have more on that extended forecast for you as well. but again, and i know you like this towards the end of the week, it looks like it's warming up subtle. yes, praying for the equinox. so we haven't before its time. so. >> but for today, just a lot of cloud cover, not as pretty as yesterday. little cooler. >> okay. all right. so just dress in layers till then you it. thanks so much, dave. >> all right. well, in the east bay, firefighters continue mop up on a 19 acre grass fire. the blaze started around 4 o'clock friday afternoon, burning along west 4th street. crews did get the flames under control around 07:00pm. no injuries reported. no structures threatened. the cause of this fire is under investigation. a good weekend for skiers and snowboarders headed to the sierra last weekend's blizzard brought more than 8 feet of snow to
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the area. our kron kron four's rob nesbitt reports. >> the weekend blizzard that blew through the sierra last weekend made for difficult travel conditions and ski resorts were closed for several days once the area was shoveled out, places like palisades tahoe were able to take advantage of the fresh powder this past weekend from thursday evening. >> they're monday. we got 8 feet of snow. it was insane. pr coordinator at palisades maddy condon says because of all the new snow, the ski resort will extend their season to may 27th. >> memorial day weekend skiing is a good sign for the state's snowpack. it's always great space to lake. it's great for watershed. it's great for the california drought that we've seen the past. you know, a few years. so the more so the merrier, as always, that scares hearts. the california department of water resources keeps a close eye on the state's snowpack. according to the manager of the department's hydrology section david the statewide snowpack is just above 100%. but then we had this really good snowstorm really push does.
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>> where we want to be at this time of the year early march hesitates to be too optimistic because he's still paying close attention to the date. april first, that's about when the state reaches peak snowpack each year department of water resources wants to see more snow in the forecast before then saying 100% snowpack does not result in 100% runoff. if you have a little bit extra, maybe 110, 215%, then you give yourself a buffer to to maximize the runoff into our reservoir is which is important every year. >> with the primary election in the rearview mirror, we now have a better idea of voter turnout statewide and it wasn't great kron four's capitol correspondent eytan wallace spoke with a political data expert. >> well, keep in mind, california, some ballast to more than 20 million registered voters weeks in advance of election day. but even so turnout was historically low. >> it was actually the second lowest turnout of a presidential primary in the
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state's history. that's how bad paul mitchell says the turnout was in california super tuesday primary election. mitchell who serves as vice president of the voter ballot tracking service, political data inc says, well, ballots are still being processed based on the numbers h of the 22 million registered voters in the state. when it's all said and done. he projects the final turn out to stand somewhere between 33 and 35% presidential primaries are generally closer to 50% turnout, but they also vary greatly depending on whether or not they're competitive races. and that's precisely why he says california's primary turnout was low noting donald trump and joe biden faced little competition in their respective primaries. so that lack of the top of the ticket really did depress turnout and change the demographics of the voters who did actually vote in this election. in fact, mitchell note, heading into election day early data showed older whiter and more conservative californians voted in larger numbers than younger, more progressive voters. while data
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from the secretary of state's office showed as of friday, more than 2 million ballots still need to be processed. mitchell says even so the turnout demographics we've seen up to now made enough of a difference to greatly propel republican u.s. senate candidate steve garvey to the runoff against democrat adam schiff. still, mitchell says we are likely to see a totally different turnout story in the november general election when america will choose between joe biden and donald trump in november, it will be an election where voters probably think to themselves this might be the most important election of my lifetime where they are going to be jumping out of bed and get us to, you know, very, very high turnout. >> and as for the march primary election, all county elections office have one month to certify the results reporting in sacramento, wallace kron. 4 news. >> electric car maker or even announced new models at an event in laguna beach, tamara was there and brings us the details in today's tech smart.
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>> in an online world filled with leaks, the all electric car maker rivian still managed to pull off a surprise. not only did they show off the smaller suv. everyone expected. they also showed off 2 smaller crossovers as well. >> a trifecta of announcements from electric car maker rivian at a critical time. they're sort of in evening rally death, if you well, where their production costs and their demand are meeting each other, they can make those things need at this point. 0st up, a smaller suv called the art thou. it has 5 seats and is expected to go over 300 miles on a charge. both rose fold completely flat. there are 11 cameras and 5 radar sensors for driver assistance starting price. $45,000. they wanted to build off of what was great about our one but offer as something much more affordable price point. so you
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can get more people into the break. one key change to our 2 will come equipped with tesla's charging port. >> called any cs, which will allow it to tap into the supercharger network obviously got a very amazing charging that network and being able to utilize that is going to help not only rivian but all the other brands that have signed up to do that. next. a surprise with audible gasps from the audience. >> a review in our 3 midsize crossover. >> the company light on details, but it will likely be their most affordable car they also showed off a performance version called the are 3 acts. i think for the folks that want are their options. i think this is going to one theme. rivian's are built to instill a sense of adventure. every decision really delivery start in twenty-twenty 6 for
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the suv such a critical juncture. >> we do have to electrify the world. be in the middle of we can help drive that. >> you can place $100 reservation for the are 2 right now. deliveries are expected in the 1st half of 2026. with the r 3 and they are 3 acts to follow some time after that. if you want to learn more about the new rivian suv using go to my website, rich on tech dot tv. i'm rich demuro and you are tech smart. >> still ahead on the kron 4 morning news people packed the streets of chinatown in san francisco. we take you inside the sights and sounds of the night market there. coming up.
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happening today san francisco after more than 2 decades seafood restaurant catch serves its last dinners in the castro. >> the business announced its closure earlier this week. the location was officially deemed a landmark in 2004 for being the original home of the names project, a memorial to honor the lives lost to aids. today, francisco's union square blooms with tens of thousands of tulips. organizers say this month's event is in honor of international women's day. you'll be able to pick a limited number of flowers for free. the garden opens at 01:00pm, a close at 4.30. if you can't make it out today to update does return. it may july and august. that markets return to san francisco friday night on the town hosted what
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on grant avenue featuring traditional chinese food activities. lots of people out there. you can see. >> the night market returns every second friday of the month until november sunset neighborhood night market is also expected to be back later this year. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news. versus the shop owner turns to social media to raise awareness of shoplifting. now she's going viral that story for you. up next. now on the kron 4
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morning news growing frustration after state regulators approve another rate hike for pg and e.
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>> help each so we get to the 60. >> plus from coding to construction, dozens of men at the san quentin, the center received job certificates. going to hear from those who attended the special graduation ceremony. welcome back to the kron. 4 morning news. let's get you started this half hour with a look at the forecast with dave spahr rise and shine day. hey, good morning, stephanie. good morning, not a bad start to the day but expect basically mostly cloudy skies for the balance of the day, even in those inland areas as well. >> scott of the cloud cover comes draping across the whole region. now couple sprinkles are possible up in the north bay. but very token at that. and actually moisture levels are not working in our favor. more substantial rain we're expecting tomorrow night. >> and also into monday night as well. not a bad start again to the day again. kind of turning over cast, though, sfo, no delays being reported earlier this morning. there's that the current tech of cloud cover off towards the west.
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it's more biting than bar care bike parking, rather, the biting as it doesn't have much the way of rain with that. that's pretty much up toward the north. that's a pattern we're going to get used to as we go forward into the season when we get into spring, we tend to see less of those systems coming in from the north. we've got 50's covering a good chunk of the bay right now. some 40's hanging on up north. let's go through this moisture part of the program. that's what's left of the system dropping south. you can see trying to hold together a little bit up in the north bay, but most of the east bay dries out nicely on the day. that's the marine layer back tomorrow afternoon, drying out during the day. and here comes again. more substantial rain by that point as well. it will be different stories we get into early next week as it will be towards the end of next week. so mixed bag sun and clouds to start things off. we turn mostly cloudy for the afternoon. temperatures in the lower 60's. little cooler looks like for tomorrow, but again will make up for towards the end of the week. at that extended forecast and look at your 4 zone stephanie. all right. thank you. >> breaking news we're following right now out of the
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east bay, a neighborhood in bay point remains under lockdown at this hour. the contra costa county sheriff's office again asking people near chadwick lane lancaster circle and lancaster lane to please stay inside on your screen. there is a map of this affected areas to take a good look. we know that there is heavy police activity in this area and we are working to gather more information as soon as more information does come into our newsroom. we will update you live during our newscast. with rising pg. e those are frustrating. you sorry. there's no relief ahead. it appears, in fact, the california utility officials have approved get another increase and kron % four's. dan kerman reports on that. >> if you think p g any bills are already high, get ready for another increase. the california public utilities commission is okay to 12 month rate hike so pg and e can recoup a portion of the money that was spent for wildfire safety work. that means in late april early may average electric bills will go up about $3.65 a month and gas
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bills will increase just over a dollar a month. >> it is absolutely unsustainable. have double digit increase. 5th year after year. martone with the utility reform network says this latest increase. >> is on top of the 13% rate hike that went into effect in january. that's all bills go up. an average of $34 and $0.50 a month. people who are seniors, retired fixed income. this able. these are the folks to get hurt the most. by these rate increases. these bill increases. more than anyone else. they need a limit. >> tony is hoping customers will pressure state lawmakers to cap eugenie increases since 2019. san francisco has been exploring another option having the san francisco public utilities commission purchased the grid and take over the distribution of electricity in the city and county of san francisco.
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>> made a formal offer to pg and e to purchase their grid for 2.5 billion dollars. they have told it's not for sale. and that the price is too low. so far pg and e hasn't entertain the buyout. but san francisco is pushing forward. we think we can provide the service at a more reliable cost-effective rate. we are structurally advantaged as as a local government and providing that service under the local government model. in the meantime, another rate hike request is still pending before the california public utilities commission. >> this one would see another 7.2% hike in electric bills. dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> alameda county deputies are looking for a murder suspect. they believe image of the accused person right there. investigators say that the death happened on february 9th in the ashland community not far from the bay for shopping
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mall. police say they found a man and a woman with gunshot wounds. officials sharing this image from the scene. they say the woman had a mobility issue. both victims were taken to a hospital. the woman did not survive. if you do recognize the suspect again, please give the alameda county sheriff's office a call. and police in richmond are looking for this man who ran off with a donation box from the richmond arts center. this video from thursday shows a person in a dark hooded sweatshirt carrying the box and getting off on a bike. if you recognize the suspect, you are asked to call richmond police. a new trial has begun for 2 former marine county students accused of killing an italian police officer in rome back in 2019 teens were vacationing in italy when the 2 met up with a drug dealer turned out to be an undercover cop. prosecutors say finnegan lee elder stabbed the officer 11 times. gabriel natalie york helped him hide the knife in their hotel room the pair were
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sentenced to life in prison. but last year, italy's highest court threw out the convictions based on the defense's argument. the 2 americans did not realize they were dealing with italian police hearings continue next month with a resolution expected by summer. in oakland. thieves broke into this lgbtq youth club. the front door of tell you club now boarded up after it was damaged thursday morning. it's unclear what the thieves took. the center tells us it plans to replace that damaged or and more than 8 revenue. more than 8,000 new homes could be coming to san francisco. mayor london breed announced plans to make treasure island, the largest source of new housing in the bay area. the goal is to create new homes on the island by 2030. community members were invited to a graduation ceremony at san quentin rehabilitation center of this week as kron four's ellis sogomonian reports. it's all part of an effort to help incarcerated people get ready for the workforce.
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>> shouldn't clinton a graduation ceremony for about 15 men were taught skills from construction to coating. the idea is to give them tools to succeed as contributing members of society. once they get out, tony, to for his parents came to cheer him on as he got his certificate and audio production. he already runs a podcast called your host. >> you know, it's just a pure joy. we'll see cop or something else i should say. i just that's what he's accomplished much in the past continued read about in wired magazine county jail. and i was like, this is a way to change my entire life to get back into something positive. it's wonderful gets him back on the track that he was on came here. so, yes, it's a positive thing around. it was made possible by the company prison industry authority. the opportunity is unique approach that prepares them for the workforce and promotes harmony. breaking down racial barriers as tony hall visits
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with his own family. he reflects on the new one formed inside we come together help each so we get to the 60 and it just turned into a instructor for the code. 73, 74 says been teaching for a decade or a nonprofit called the last jonker show versus education and motivating incarcerated students this work as hard person every day. when you don't have to be here, his heart. so why did i come back after the i think the pandemic kind of talk what? >> this program meant to be personally, not just what it meant to the community at large, but i felt i say, lost a piece myself and when it was time to come back, when i got that call to come back, i just i just started crying because it was what i'm supposed to do. and advocates say education is key to safer communities. a uc irvine study found that since the start of
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these programs 85% of graduates who are released to not go back to prison reporting in san quintin. ellison kron 4 >> its emphasis, shop owners ongoing battle with shoplifters is going viral online kron four's gayle ong reports. >> unfortunately, we've had more shoplifting lately. chandler, 10 posting surveillance video on social media after 2 shoplifting incidents took place at her san francisco store postscript. the crimes happening in the same week last month. the video shows people wandering then stuffing items in their jackets, pockets and walking out of the storm. sometime saw a few items missing in the caught on camera. but every once in while we're able to catch it, but honestly can be happening are not aware of it, too. we have a lot of items in the store tank opened her shop 4 years ago at the start of the pandemic and has dealt with other incidents. how door smashed a couple no one got in. but we had to install security gate during the height of the pandemic. san
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francisco saw a rise in retail theft and burglaries, according to city leaders. overall, crime numbers are down in the city for the month of february. this year. mayor london breed's office reports that when comparing february 2024, to the same month last year, the city saw a 37% reduction in larceny, which includes car break-ins and retail theft. they're reporting a 20% reduction in robberies and a 14% reduction in burglaries. postscript is located on california street off fillmore near high fashion stores and restaurants that have also been targets of retail theft. crime data from the san francisco police department shows the northern station which covers this neighborhood, saw a drop and larceny theft and burglaries. 10 file police reports so police can keep track of the crime data as the pd tells kron 4 to department received a report of shoplifting at 10 shop on february 23rd just before 01:00pm where an unknown female was in the store and stole merchandise and got away. well, the crime maybe down the costs for a small business when it
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happens, still weighs heavy. we don't really have this in our budget. so, you know, we also support a lot of small business vendors. so it impacts them as well. so the effect is much bigger. >> and that was kron four's. gayle ong reporting for us this morning. >> the business owner says that she's received an outpouring of support from customers, but that sfpd have not yet made any arrests at this time. >> one of the cloud cover going on for today. temps a little cooler than yesterday and then some rain coming our way for sunday night football lineup. you're forcing highway from gulf of alaska. the kron 4 morning news continues.
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>> welcome back. thanks so much for joining us here live. look outside at the golden gate bridge looking pretty nice out there. of let's check in with dave to see if we need a jacket before we step outside hitter good morning, stephanie. good morning, everybody. you know what? you need a jacket, maybe a little bit today. certainly up to yosemite and tahoe. by the way, we take a look at what's going on >> up and you're somebody there's a nice little fresh coating of snow. adding to that a little bit more over the next couple of days ago. watch that's been posted right now. this guy sunday morning through tuesday morning going on this and actually include lake tahoe proper, but it's a winter storm watch at this point. so it's on a full-blown warning and notice the time to does include today. it really gets into tomorrow. so be head up their part. one have too much weather coming back. but you might have a little bit sunday night. so sunday we've got the snow showers going on there. take a break on monday. and then tuesday continues. that will be the last leg of
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that little journey. most readings in the 40's, although a little chillier on the other side here you have a today. basically it's a cloud cover story covering up most of the sun. so mostly cloudy for most of the bay. you might see some early sunshine like some folks are right now. let's get into tomorrow. we do the same kind of thing. but we get the rain to hold off until after sunset there you see it marching on through during the overnight, clearing out a little bit into monday. we do have a little pop of winds, not so much today, little breezy, sure in spots, but there's the uptick with that system dropping south will be for a few hours. the wind will be cooking here and then they're gone into your monday morning. so we talk about a little system coming tomorrow night and into monday. there you have it for monday morning. and then another one monday night into tuesday. this is more potent. it will produce the mountain snows that we discussed and then the other side of things. oh, yes, high pressure takes over and what that means. temperatures will be bumped up. look at that. no interference all the way to the following week. 4 zone forecast coming today. 59 san francisco. we'll keep it in the upper 50's along the
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coast. bayside scratching about 60 burning again. 62 foster city in palo alto in the south bay readings mid 60's east bay shoreline, lower 60's along with tri valley. not much of a separation today like in the summer months. that really starts rock. 61, san ramon, 62 walnut creek, 58 going on for ballet. one napa in a 59 for santa rosa. kind of almost winter. like to start. then it looks like spring is springing. that's before the equinox. by the way, about that and we get numbers into the middle 70's. and by the way, when you retire tonight, we've got to spring ahead. one hour. that's 10:32am. on sunday, 70. >> all right, dave, thank you. oakland restaurant week kicks off next thursday and the event highlight some of the best restaurants in the town. joining us live now with more details are chef jose ramos and business owner sylvia a callow didn't and nato's backyard in oakland. good morning to the both of you. a
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good morning. so have of course, so happy to have you both here with us in showcasing this incredibly delicious looking food. so to start off, you just tell us how does it feel be participating in oakland restaurant week this year? >> it's we feel that it's, you know, all the years. this is kind of one of the biggest, the most important one for us because we've been, you know, coming out of pandemic. past couple years. we're really excited to put ourselves out there again and invite people to come. check us out so, yeah, yeah. and to be clear, this is 2 different businesses that were talking about today. odin's as well as >> needles backyard. ok, wonder, also you brought some dishes to wanted to walk us through some of that. of the restaurants were going to run. i want to beat okay. let's go to the feel way the 205 sport with on-site sites like us to
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makes all >> and then this is going to be to it's going to be way cilic has come to that's going to though, try listen to. it looks really good. by the way, it's going to franko and i did it. that's a lot tell us a little bit about the outside here and that that looks really unique. i don't think i've seen that before. >> you know, we're using combat mission. so those. i heard my side that we're getting from my time provider that that went bro current con from mexico, ok from different >> so it's a is it's a cause so that you're holding up. yeah, cornices. you grind that up. and that's that's what it the outcome is right here. yes, it goes through an entire process. new stimulus, >> cook it and then we've
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grinded in the house. so here are 3 versions of the mask at all that's needed is to do fresh every morning or how the okay. so everything that people can get. the restaurant is going to taste pretty fresh and exactly and tasing really and then we see something kind of similar over over here. >> for their system then we're going to have a lot it's eyes to ice its neck. >> streets okay, you'll find looks delicious is filled take the poor and it stopped the way real at she can. >> asked some of from to tillis. yes, sunday to list it is use is we took the seat as a base for that mission and >> has that and joe, i and
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some of the okay it. as soon as we sensex yes. and at chi oh-oh, well, it looks absolutely incredible. and you came up with all this yourself. guys, was it a joint sort of partnership when you're coming up with the menu? >> yeah, it's it's incredible. what inspired you to come up with these dishes? >> well, the focus is my side we're see you. i say i say that really it's really, but took to keep that we tend to get the base on my are of the kitchen, ok? so as a commission, we haven't for and those dishes have us from all right. very good. and then tell us a bit about what's happening over here. yeah, here is both of our restaurants have wonderful selection of that. his >> i'm over it in which is our
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smaller sister restaurant has an amazing collection, not collection, but an offer of different misconduct. what i brought today because it's woman's month. i brought a few bottles made by trailblazing misguided but that basket and was one of the first and we're really truly honored to have some of her bottles for people to come in. so fantastic. so not only can people celebrate restaurant week, you can also selling absolutely, you know, women and you know, of people who are women who producing such incredible products. and, you know, soviet tell us a little bit, too. i mean. >> about r staurant week in general. so there's a lot of businesses who are going to be participating. and yes, so it's a wonderful time go out and support restaurants that you love restaurants that you haven't been to in a while the used to be, you know, in your
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rolodex of places you would visit but you just haven't made it out for, you know, whatever reason. >> it's a great opportunity to go out and check out new places. there's a lot of places that opening we want to focus highlighting. reintroducing and but what we can do and what we do. and i think every restaurant deserves us to go and check them out to. this is the great time you'll steal. you know, find a great deal as because all of these restaurants are offering special menus, a special menu, special price are specific restaurant wasn't. so this isn't something where people purchase tickets to a 10 more. >> making go to the website and check out all the participating restaurants and then, you know, get a sense of like it from preview. like absolutely. it's a tasting menu. done. we're doing a tasting it's four-course
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tasting menu for $45. you can pair it with some of that. is some misguided cocktails and at the backyard we're doing. and that's for dinner. i doing dinner participating during dinnertime only tuesday through saturday. and if you're more of a lunch percent needles backyard. we're doing a $15 lunch special. well, absolutely. the you know. we think it's the greatest. all right. yeah. $15. all right. thank you so much to so and is in chef jose ramos. really appreciate your time. for showcasing such delicious food for us today. thank you. all right. we'll be right back.
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>> barbie is celebrating international women's day. michelle announced 8 new dolls based on influential women and one of the honorees is actress helen mirren, who narrated the award-winning barbie movie, viola davis, shania twain and calling the know are also getting one of a kind dolls. these are not going to be sold in stores. they will be instead given to each woman as a gesture of gratitude for the work that they've done. international women's day also coincides barbies 65th birthday. >> still ahead on the next hour kron, 4 morning news, a new tiktok game could putting your child in danger. the warning from san mateo police and oakland police are investigating a crash involving an ac transit bus. we've been more than a dozen people injured. the details people injured. the details next. i'll be honest.
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morning news. at least 14 people are injured after a car crashes into a bus in the east bay. and a group of parents taking matters into their own hands that uc berkeley, well, they're higher hiring private security guards for students. >> from the area's local news station, you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at no.
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good morning. thank you so much for joining us here on the kron. 4 morning news. i'm stephanie lin. >> it's saturday march 9th. let's get your day started with a look at the weather with dave spahr. good morning, buddy. and we're off to a kind of turning mostly cloudy. start for the day. temperatures will be fairly mild for this time of year. >> and a little weak little sprinkle event. also up in the north bay is a possibility. higher elevations, too. but beyond that, somewhat uneventful waiting for tomorrow. we'll look for more substantial rain coming our way. what a bit of cloud cover. it looks like upstream as you can see. but again, relatively modest in terms of anything is going to happen with all of that, even though the winds are going to pop too much today tomorrow, but more so half moon bay, not too bad, but you can see is turning mostly cloudy at this hour. the winds pop you can see i'm coming from the south in from the west a little bit in the teens in the single digits. most of our readings are in the lower to middle 50's, particularly lining up the east bay shoreline in for comparison sake were a couple degrees ahead of yesterday's
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performance. now for today. got to count on a lot of cloud cover going forward. we've got lower 60's at work here tomorrow, though, a little cooler in some winds will have more of that. stormy feel and unsettled to start next week but will make up for towards the latter portion of the week. stephanie. >> all right, dave, thank you. breaking news we're following right now on the east bay, a neighborhood in bay point is under lockdown. the contra costa county sheriff's office is asking people near chadwick lane, lancaster circle and lancaster lane to please stay inside on your screen is a map of the affected areas to take a good look at that. if you live in the neighborhood. no, but there was heavy police activity here. we are working to gather more information and we'll keep you posted as soon as we get that information is. a major head-on crash in oakland left 14 people injured. it happened between a car and an ac transit bus in the area of 54th and international boulevard. ac transit says a chrysler was speeding down international when it first collided with a toyota that crash caused price
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low to jump over the center median and slammed head-on with the bus. officials tell us of the 14 people hurt. 2 are in critical condition, including the driver of the speeding car, all dozen passengers on the bus were taken to the hospital. another problem for united airlines flight leaving sfo. take a look flight from sfo to mexico city. a diver to lax after an issue with the aircraft's hydraulic system. the faa tells us the flight landed safely at lax after the crew reported the problem. passengers continued on to mexico on a new flight. this comes just one day after a tire fell off a united plane as it took off from sfo. here's video of that tire falling off right after takeoff. it could see it going there. the flight was headed towards japan before diverted to lax as well. united says a different plane later took those passengers to osaka thursday night. the tire landed in the airport's parking lot. airports employee parking lot rather question one car and damaging another.
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thankfully no one was hurt. kron 4 spoke with one of the workers who his car was damaged. >> over there. i think, you know, my cart over going to and then i saw my car. >> basically written districts and then i started crying because didn't expect that at all. and that's when the cops came in explain what led up to it. >> united's say they will work with the customers on for the affected flight and the owners of the damage vehicles to make sure everyone's needs are heard. in a statement united said in part, quote, each of these events is distinct unrelated to one another. safety is our top priority and will continue to do everything we can to keep our customers and workers safe. new this morning, police in san mateo are warning parents about a trending tiktok game. police say could put teens in danger. it's called senior assassins players use an app called splash an you can track the other people who are playing the game. at the same time, the players then shoot rival teams in real life with water,
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guns. but the trend takes it a step further with players painting their water guns, black, making them look real. police say they detained several teens around the hillsdale shopping center last night and found multiple fake guns like the one you see on your screen. police say the game can turn dangerous of the fake guns are mistaken. israel. they are asking parents to talk to their kids. pleasanton police say a woman found dead in her home thursday was killed by an ex-boyfriend. investigators have not yet identified the victim or suspect. police say the woman was at her home on saginaw circle thursday morning when her ex-boyfriend broke into the house. police say the 2 had an argument. the man then shot the woman several times led to a police chase along i-580, in san leandro with the driver later died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds. the parents of uc berkeley students are taking campus safety into their own hands, raising money to hire private security was amanda hari has the latest. >> according to the department
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of education. uc berkeley is the 3rd most dangerous college campus in america. and that needs to change. sauder to tiny is the president of safe berkeley students. he says as soon as they arrived on campus in 2022. >> there were safety concerns. i think there's a real the man. >> for more safety resources around the university. he says he started the nonprofit a year ago after felt the university wasn't doing enough to keep students safe were forced to invest and talk about safety. >> the cause it's become so dire. safe bears worked with cal parents in 2023 to raise more than $40,000 to launch a pilot security program that just started this week. private security guards are now stationed around the uc berkeley campus. 6 safety ambassadors are stationed around the marked areas from 6, 30 at night until 3 in the morning. all are wearing bright colored jackets. that's
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a security. i think that there's more mixed feelings from the administration about what we're doing. >> we were very forthcoming. we told them what we had in mind. they've known about this for months now. but now that it's finally here and it's launched you know, it's not a great look for the university. according to safe bears, all the security guards have california guard cards. >> and have undergone background checks. the guards will not carry any weapons like pepper spray or but hans, still some students say they welcome more guards. i think that. >> a lot of students sometimes can feel kind of unsafe and just knowing they can feel safer will help you feel more comfortable campus, able to focus school more. overall, just going to different camps. a good thing. the pilot program will run through march 23rd. >> the safe bears will then evaluate how it and it extend it in berkeley. amanda hari kron, 4 news. happening today. the group feature we call oakland mayor sheng thao holds a town hall with updates on
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their efforts. >> the group started collecting signatures for the recall petition last month. they said they're fed up with crime and the lack of a permanent police chief in the city. mayor, tell us to a prom for the recall is being organized by her political opponents who previously ran against her. the group meets 25,000 signatures by july to get the recall on the november ballot. today's town hall starts at 04:00pm at 10. 0, 7 clay street. and the south bayt there are more transit options for people living in east san jose. the vta board of directors approved a construction contract for a long overdue light rail extension. kron four's dan thorn reports. >> the vta project connecting east san jose to milpitas. bart is finally rolling along the vta board unanimously approved the construction contract thursday night with mcm rail work. city leaders say after 2 decades of broken promises, it's time for the wait to end. it's going bring about positive change in a
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historically disadvantaged. >> area of not just san jose but silicon valley councilmember domingo canned ellis says east san jose's lower-income population. >> has long had to deal with limited transit options through this new project can tell us says it will allow his district to have more access to jobs and resources. it opens up a lot of opportunity for residents and small businesses and and working class families to get reliably to. and from point a to point the 2 and a half mile extension includes an elevated light rail track along capitol expressway from the alum rock station to the east ridge transit center, which will connect to bart in milpitas. >> the total cost of the project is expected to be more than 650 million dollars, which is more than what vta officials previously budgeted. >> but the vote on the project was seen by city leaders as crucial to make the transit system more equitable to the
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east side of san jose. this could be a game-changer for residents in the san jose. >> that was dan thorn reporting for us. the vta is hoping construction on the project starts as early as next month with rail service starting by 2028. the open is got their first days of las vegas last night. the team hosting the milwaukee brewers in the first of 2 spring training games. the a's last before the game we heard from the team's president about the possibility the a's could play more games in sun city before their new stadium is built. >> but vegas, no regular season games here. you want to make a big splash in 28, when you come here say was that the plan? that is the plan, but i think there could be some games in or spice, you know, in the season. that's a possibility. we're looking at that and trying to understand how that would work. we have to obviously work with the aviators and figure out their schedule. but, you know, our season start a little early. so there might be an opportunity >> start their regular season at the end of the month, this could be their last season at the coliseum. their lease is
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set to expire later this year. and the team is considering other options in case they cannot extend their lease be on the season. the new stadium in vegas is expected to open in 2028. >> rising pg e bills are frustrating you. well, it turns out there may not be any relief ahead. california utility officials approved yet another rate increase. >> well, was dan kerman reports on how much your bill could go up. >> if you think p g any bills are already high, get ready for another increase. the california public utilities commission is okay to 12 month rate hike so pg and e can recoup a portion of the money that was spent for wildfire safety work. that means in late april early may average electric bills will go up about $3.65 a month and gas bills will increase just over a dollar a month. >> it is absolutely unsustainable. have double digit increase. 5th year after year. martone with the utility reform network says this latest increase. >> is on top of the 13% rate
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hike that went into effect in january. that's all bills go up. an average of $34 and $0.50 a month. people who are seniors, retired fixed income. this able. these are the folks to get hurt the most. by these rate increases. these bill increases. more than anyone else. they need a limit. >> tony is hoping customers will pressure state lawmakers to cap eugenie increases since 2019. san francisco has been exploring another option having the san francisco public utilities commission purchased the grid and take over the distribution of electricity in the city and county of san drancisco. >> made a formal offer to pg and e to purchase their grid for 2.5 billion dollars. they have told it's not for sale. and that the price is too low. so far pg and e hasn't
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entertain the buyout. but san francisco is pushing forward. we think we can provide the service at a more reliable cost-effective rate. we are structurally advantaged as as a local government and providing that service under the local government model. in the meantime, another rate hike request is still pending before the california public utilities commission. >> this one would see another 7.2% hike in electric bills. dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> well, the way you get a little break in those heating bills, latter portion of next week for today. quite a bit of cloud cover. those temperatures venturing into the lower 60's and we have
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>> all right. welcome back. thank you so much for joining us here live. look at the richmond bridge. not too much traffic out. there are 9.14, this morning, but maybe things could pick up. people might want to step outside. enjoy this weather. let's check in with dave now. payday. >> good morning, stephanie. good morning, everybody. not as much sun as we had from yesterday. and yes, more mountain snow this year, 70, by the way. but you get a general idea what's going on here. they'll be more snow to be added to this. they're talking about this. a winter storm watch at this point. maybe a foot to 2 feet of snow around the 5,000 range. when you get higher up, of course more and will be some snow drifts with added to that. but if you're headed that direction, member coming back home sunday night, you might have to deal with some weather as it were. but the second hit monday night is probably going to be more potent with all of that. general forecast calls for 44 going on for your sunday. by monday. we turn that off a little bit, taking a breather. and then it fires back up again on tuesday. with
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that probably being the bigger hit. that will be monday night in a tuesday. back in the home front here yeah. cloud cover. quite a bit of thins out just in time for sunset clouds build again. tomorrow afternoon. yeah. and then here comes that line of rain showers. you can see very late. that clears on out again by monday. looking good on that front until again monday night. we do the whole thing again about those winds of the way breezy conditions today, you know, in the teens won't have quite the same fields friday did more intense winds, though, or we could say windy for a few hours going on tomorrow. not long enough warrant. however, and the wind advisory for the all about the longer range forecast. there's that secondary hit. that's tomorrow night. then monday night into tuesday. that's the biggest hit that will get. and after that point, look at this. this usually means is a high-pressure somewhere. that usually gives us a bit of a warming trend and it looks like towards the latter portion next week. those numbers will be push an well in the 70's so flavor of spring. earlier 59 san francisco, upper 50's along
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the coast with the bayside at 64 burlington, a 62 going on foster city. 62 also palo alto alto and out of the south the mid 60's for the most part, the space shoreline lower 60's, lower 60's also for tri valley. we don't see the separation that we tend to see when like the summer months when they get a lot warmer. the inland areas. 58 for berkeley, comes at a 58 along with napa and santa rosa at 59 7 day forecast. here you have the pop in temperatures towards the end as promised it's middle 70's with don't forget, we turn our clocks ahead an hour when you retire tonight, stephanie. >> all right, dave, thank you. the annual san francisco saint patrick's day parade and festival is back. it's taking place one week from today and joining us live to talk more about what we can expect is liam frost, president of the united irish societies. and mary jo feeney, director of murphy, irish dancers. good morning to the both of you. good morning, stephanie. happy to be here yesterday. pleasure
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to have you both. so first of all, tell us a bit about the parade. it's been around for uuite some time. >> yeah, this is 170rd parades about 174 years ago. irish group got together and decided to celebrate our heritage. so the parade and then again, we brought back the festival this year is going to be amazing. it's going to be a great day. we looked at the weather. listen to your weather man. and we know it's going to be great. sunny we're going to have everybody come out and help celebrate the irish traditions with us then testing and tell us to a bit about how it feels to be a participating. it with your dancers is with in this parade. it's actually one of the biggest states of the year for. >> it's the one time that we want all the dancers to participate. so we'll have about 70 dancers and our unit we've been doing it since 1963, as the murphy honest answer. so hopefully this year will go well. we've been through rain and and so that's
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great. yes, wonderful forecast expected for the day now. this is a family-friendly event. yes's says their charge to what can people expect? not not at all. the cities helped us with our our fees so we can put this on for free and we're wishing everybody comes down first for the parade lined the parade up market street to city hall. and then at the civic center, we have a festival. and then the next day we're out of the irish, a community center out 45th avenue in the same thing. another minature festival, a block party out there and not sponsored by ourselves. united irish cultural center and job that beach uk wonder find what are some sights and sounds that people absolutely should not be missing out on. i think number one is we've got the glide memorial acquire that's coming out at the festival. we also have the band, the hooks and then we'll have irish dancers as well. so it should be really entertaining. and i think everybody that comes out there will really enjoy themselves and it helps us to
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celebrate our irish heritage by having people from all walks of life come to us and wonderful. and you know, mary jo, since you're here is what i want to ask you, too, about how your performance group has kind of evolved over the years with participating in the finn this we've been in this senate. we've been in the san francisco ethnic festival. we've danced it. candlestick park for the we every senior center, every hospital, every school. >> where in about 10 church dinners. yeah. so we just do everything in the that and the but the children left the parade. yes, it's a big day. they have a lot of fun and we're going to see them perform in just a moment. here to tell us a little bit about the what they're going to be performing first today today, elizabeth, the neve and annika are going to do a troubled real for you. so there you have the heart shoes on and they'll do a little bit of it's like fantastic. we look forward to seeing that and leave just to wrap things up here again, just repeat that
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information for folks who are watching this and they're interested in attending. we have the parade 11, 30 starts at second. the market goes up market and set the city hall and then afterwards at 02:00pm when the parade is over, that's when the festival at civic center plaza. and then on the 17th were out at 45th. >> slow near the zoo for block party. alright, fantastically of frost. president of the united irish societies and mary jo feeney, director of murphy, irish dancers. thank you so much to the both of you for being here. thank you. welcome shade. you have a great day for the irish to all right. and we'll let our performers take it away.
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>> some state lawmakers want to ban decaf coffee. they say it's made with a chemical that can increase the risk of cancer. >> but coffee makers argue that this chemical is washed off f off the beans rather after the clash happening is removed, the bill will need to
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be voted on before being taken up by a committee will see what happens and that markets return to san francisco, by the way, friday night chinatown hosted one on grand avenue featuring traditional chinese food neck to view these. and that does return every second friday of the month until november. the sunset neighborhood night market is also expected to be back later this year. and today purchased those union square blooms with tens of thousands of to lips. organizers say this month's of that is in honor of international women's day. you'll be able to pick a limited number of flowers for free. the garden opens at 01:00pm, a close at 4.30, in. if you can't make it out today, tulip day does return in may july and in august. how about that? so nice day for some to of picking which you say. yeah, you know, nice thing is the latter portion of this week. coming up, we're going to really springfield towards the end of okay your screen. that's not spring. i don't know what is or the equinox to about that.
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>> the sun is still in the southern hemisphere has been got up here yet. so what we're dealing with in the short term now, as you all this cloud cover, blah, blah, blah, a little rain shower happening sunday night and then another one to look out for on monday night. and this will replicate in terms of snow for the higher elevations off towards tahoe, but not actually in tow property. have a winter storm warning. but there is a watch that they're looking out for a little bit until tuesday. meanwhile, the right hand side of your screen. there's the warming trend that we see. stephanie in remains dry. and we repeat last friday and do better really, as we have a a nice warm-up happening here. so that spells tulips to me. i think was is and all that stuff. very nice. and reminder, of course, to turn those clocks ahead an hour. that's right. officially at 02:00am one for 9.59. and then 3 will not exist. >> okay. all right. so keep that in mind. very important. daylight saving time. all right. for us here at the kron 4 weekend news. thank you so much for joining us this morning. and we'll see you back here at 07:00am. take good care enjoy your weekend.
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