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6.30, convicted killer scott peterson appeared before a judge today on the peninsula. the la innocence project has taken an interest in peterson's case and is requesting permission to review evidence from the decades-old investigation. kron 4 charles clifford has the details. >> well, earlier this year, the la innocence project announced it was going to take another look at the scott peterson case. they say there could be new witness testimony and new evidence that might be able to set peterson free today, the mateo county courtroom attorneys for the innocence project presented their case in what could be the first of many hearings as their investigation continues inside a mateo county courtroom tuesday morning, scott peterson appeared via video conference. lawyers with the la innocence project. attorneys from the stanislaus county district attorney's office and members of the peterson family were also in the room in 2004 peterson was convicted of murdering his wife laci and their unborn son. connor in modesto, back in 2002 at the original trial, peterson was sentenced to death, but that was later changed to life in prison is

currently serving out his sentence at mule creek state prison east of sacramento. peterson has maintained his innocence since lacey's disappearance earlier this year, the innocence project submitted multiple court filings requesting access to the large amount of evidence that was gathered during the original investigation in its court filings, the innocence project suggested that someone other than peterson may have been responsible for laci's death. they also took issue with how the original case was handled and say that intense media attention during the investigation may have influenced the case among the items they're seeking to examine is any evidence related to a burned out van. it was found near the peterson home around the time of lisa's disappearance. they also want new dna testing done on blood found inside that van in court on tuesday, the judge scheduled 3 additional hearings to discuss the different aspects of the innocence project requests. scott peterson only spoke briefly to say that he prefers attending these hearings via video conference rather than in person in redwood city. charles clifford kron, 4 news. >> earlier today we spoke with

defense attorney michael cardoza who previously worked on the scott peterson case to get his take on the innocence project looking into it. >> back to the innocent project took this case speaks volumes. they don't many of the cases that are present so in my mind, i wonder what you guys know that we don't know about this case that you've already discovered, but you're not telling us what the attorneys that they have and how smart those people are and the money they have to vet this case to investigate it. i'm really excited for them to go through all of the evidence in the case. and finally, at the end of it, we can put to rest number one, whether it gets a new trial or whether that's the end of because this is the end of the road where scott peterson, unless they come up with some have new evidence. >> our coverage does continue

online. scan the qr code that you see on your screen for ongoing coverage of the scott peterson case that that kron 4 dot com, which we will continue to update with latest developments as they become available. >> another fbi raid on the dublin federal prison this week amid allegations of ramp it abuse workers and the women incarcerated there that call the facility, the rape club. even so this raid caught one of the attorneys representing the alleged victims by surprise kron four's theresa brings us the latest on what's happening at that troubled penitentiary. >> it's confusing. it's people don't know where to turn karin janssen is a lawyer whose firm, along with writes behind bars is suing the dublin facility in hopes of turning the tide at the troubled dublin, federal correctional institution. on monday, fbi agents raided the facility yet again taking multiple boxes of potential all we know is that

the fbi, they did the facility took i believe they also may have taken computers. >> and we also know that the same time almost the entire executive staff was let go or removed, no longer working. there. and that includes individuals who in january testified about how they were making positive changes. in a statement to kron 4 news, a bureau of prisons spokesperson said, quote, a new team has been charged with developing a plan for the future of the facility and quote. >> back in 2021, the fbi also raided the facility and that lead to warden ray garcia seen here being charged and convicted with multiple counts of abuse for ordering incarcerated women to pose naked 7 others were found guilty of abuse. my farm brought the case back in the

90's against dublin, which at that time. >> had placed a women in the mail facility and sold access to and again, here we are. you know, 30 years later and we're still seeing abuse and harassment them out of that facility. jansen says that the judge overseeing both the criminal and civil actions in this case has called a special hearing on friday. jansen says that they are asking for an outside moderator referred to as a special master to be appointed. who can come in here and figure out what's going on and most importantly, figure out how to solve it. to recess. stasio kron. 4 news. >> the governor's office just announced that the chp has conducted a number of sting operations leading to 168 arrests and 360 stolen cars being recovered in the east bay. the highway patrol also says it's recovered. 16 guns linked to crimes since a surgeon chp officers began last month. there are currently 72 chp officers assigned to oakland. the governor's office says those

officers will continue to have an expanded and visible role with a focus on deterring and responding to crime. >> new protections for renters are on hold and conquer that after the city clerk received a petition that could put the issue on the november ballot, the new ordinance had already been approved by the city council and was set to take effect next month. those changes would have capped annual rent increases at 3% for certain rental units built before 1995. but it also added additional eviction protections for renters opponents argued the cap on rent increases was too low and now have about a month to gather a little more than 7,000 signatures from concord voters. if opponents can do that, the measure will either need to be repealed by the city council or placed on the november ballot where voters will get the final say on the matter. >> in the north bay, a police chase ended in a car crash as police pursued some thieves accused of robbing a santa rosa dick's sporting goods store. the picture you're

about see on the right side of your screen is of the merchandise was stolen yesterday afternoon. law enforcement try to stop to get away car on highway 101. but the suspects sped off. they crashed on the southbound lanes of one-on-one between cotati and petaluma. the suspect suffered minor injuries. investigators say brandon owens, heaven henry and roy andrew junior are believed to be tied to other sporting goods thefts in the bay area allegedly stealing more than $75,000 worth of merchandise. >> a san francisco lawmaker wants to require self-driving car companies to report accidents and traffic violations to the dmv. assembly member matt haney introduced a measure. he calls the ab safety and transparency. bill. if it's signed into law, a driverless car companies would be required to publicly report all crashes, traffic violations and incidents of cars stalling as well as assault and harassment involving its fleet. haney says his proposal is about everyone's safety as reliance

on self-driving cars continues to expand. we have reached out to waymo executives for their response to this but have not yet heard back. all right. now to our 4 zone forecast as we give you a live look outside from mount tam, a pious and a little hazy out there. a little hazy, but nice green hills to look at more inside their snow. also to look out on some other out. how about that? i mean, a ton of snow in the high country know that some of the resort's 2 to 6 inches just last night across on the pixel 10 inches, more snow on the. so we've been adding up some pretty impressive totals. it's going to be a better year in the sierra nevada. >> lot of the ski resort start to extend their ski times. we're going to see. >> the snow sticking around. but right now looking good in the high country. still a couple of snow flurries and yeah, they're checking for chains on both 15, 18. now, if you're headed up there, even though some scattered snow showers. but just be prepared for that if you're heading that direction tonight. but if you could wait till tomorrow, things quiet down in the high country, the roadways are going to be open and clear looking good. in fact, temperatures yet cold just hovering slightly above freezing right now, south lake tahoe at 33 degrees, emerald

bay, a beautiful place. 31 degrees 30 the incline village. 45 getting chilly in reno, too? alright, overall here, the percentages. how about this? the northern sierra nevada, 117% of normal for snowfall. the central sierra, 100 of one percent of normal and 94% of normal in the southern sierra nevada. we're looking good now. we're going to take a break from these storms here. so these totals you go down just a bit. but overall, well, it's been a great time this year, especially from where we've come from. but yeah, as we look forward if you want to head up the high country, here's the best news. you have that fresh powder on top of all the pattern we've had from recent storms. and here you go. now the roadways are going to be opening clear wednesday, thursday and friday. look fantastic. looking at highs generally hovering in the 40's, maybe start to feel a little bit like spring as we head in towards saturday and sunday. if you plan on sticking around through the weekend to. but right now we're going to stay dry for the foreseeable future in the high country. the roadways are open and there's all that powder to ski on. get up there

and enjoy. it will be a lot of fun. guys, back to you. thanks, lawrence. >> turnout for last week's primary was low. and california latest numbers from the secretary of state's office puts turnout at around 34%. that's not a record low for a presidential primary, but it's pretty close. the lowest is one. 31% of registered california voters weighed in back in 2012 when president barack obama cruised into a re-election the last presidential primary back in 2020 sot 47% turnout in the state. one analyst we heard from is anticipating a very high turnout this november. powerball jackpot continues to climb after no tickets matched all of the winning numbers that were drawn. last night's jackpot is now estimated at. >> 559 million dollars. that's a cash prize of 273 million dollars. and the mega millions jackpot also again, inching closer to that billion dollar mark. the prize now stands at

and estimate is 735 million dollars ahead of tonight's drawing. of course, the only take home about a 3rd of that after taxes. if you choose the lump sum, this is the 6th largest jackpot in the game's history. the top 5 for all more than a billion dollars. this jackpot has been growing since last winning ticket was sold back in december. your odds of winning. it's a long shot. one in 302 million. still ahead, the house of representatives and moving forward with a bill that could ban tiktok if it doesn't cut ties with its chinese parent company. >> steph curry has missed the warriors last couple of games with an injured ankle. today he was re-evaluated on his condition next. in sports, kate rooney will have the latest on his condition and an update on when he might come back.

>> south of representatives is moving forward with a bill that could ban tiktok if it doesn't cut ties with its chinese parent company. washington correspondent basil john reports as the vote is expected this week. a bipartisan group of lawmakers say the app poses a national security threat. >> but opponents say banning the app would violate tiktok users. freedom of expression. >> the young kids that they set the phone up against and they do this number in their cheered and then they send out a video tiktok in the u.s. could soon become a thing of the past algorithm side tracking pipe hill and tracking people. it's dangerous for our young people in we've got to find a way to

rein in house. republicans are ready to vote on their bill that would require the chinese company bytedance to sell their app within 6 months or face a been in the united states. our bill is not an act of censorship is a safeguard for our citizens. many republicans and democrats share concerns that china could force bytedance to hand over data on the millions of americans who use tiktok the overwhelming issue here is. >> do we protect our national security? law makers say the goal isn't to ban tiktok but the protect americans and their data. what we're after is a separation from tiktok from its parent company bytedance by extension the ccp. we want tiktok to exist. we're not there to we want to make it something that not a fearful social media platform, but one that is very positive. the bill is scheduled to be voted on tomorrow where it is expected to pass. then it would head to the senate reporting in washington. i'm basil, john. after 6 months aboard the international space

station for astronauts are back now back here on planet earth. >> there's space capsule splashed down in the gulf of mexico just off the florida panhandle early this morning, a marine helicopter pilot jasmin moghbeli led the crew of astronauts from denmark, japan and russia. there's space station replacements arrives last week on a space x capsule. nasa says it wants to have several travel options in case of rocket trouble. boeing will start providing astronaut taxi service for the 2 pilot test flight in early may. >> in the north bay and iconic boat check in tomorrow. u.s. bay is in the process of rebuilding after this fire destroyed it back in early january, mix cove launched a gofundme to help with the process. you can find that information on our website. kron 4 dot com mix code was built on to bay back in the 1930's save since served in house people along highway one at the idyllic setting. >> and now kron 4 sports.

>> after steph curry missed the last 2 warriors games, his ankle injury was re-evaluated today. time to check in on how he's progressing and when he can return to the court for this upcoming playoff push little bit of mixed results. death has been ruled out for tomorrow's game with the mavericks. not a huge surprise. however, he is making good progress and has been cleared to resume on-court workout. so he'll travel with the team to la at the warriors saturday matchup with the lakers. he will be re-evaluated again following friday's practice. i spoke to candy ours, john dickinson today. he talked about the importance of getting stuff that for that lakers game and the upcoming stretch run. >> and again, the good news is is it builds trending toward i know he's going practicing in la before they play the lakers on saturday is going to practice their on friday. so i think there's some optimism that that he'll be able to make his return for that one. >> and really, i think it's it's these head-to-head games against dallas and the lakers.

they've got 3 left with dallas to left with the lakers. those are the teams that right now are right in front of them. and so it really is a luxury to be able to play those teams because you can catch him just by beating them head to head. so i think, you know, the the opportunity for them is is still there. but it's it's get that momentum back that they were really building since the end of january and sort of last year with the injury to staff wiggins coming back. >> all about momentum. this time of year, right? nfl free agency continuing. and of course, we're continuing to keep an eye on the forty-niners today might be less about. >> who they brought in and more about who they've lost. but we will start with the newest addition to the roster. the forty-niners are set to sign browns defensive tackle jordan elliott. >> to a reported two-year 10 million dollar deal. elliott had 2 and a half sacks and 3 tackles for loss last year as a starter for cleveland's top ranked the line, the forty-niners will still needs more help up front dt javan kinlaw a man. clearly

unfurled joined the list of 49 ers lineman heading elsewhere. they signed one-year deals with the jets and commanders respectively. and then back up, qb sam darnold is also on the move. he heads to the vikings and the forty-niners locked up their perspective. replacement backup brandon allen to a one-year deal. he was their 3rd string qb last season. let's go to the ice starts on the road. playing the flyers in philadelphia looking for their second straight win. they were down to one in the second period on the power play >> net second goal of the night to the game is tied at 2 score in the 3rd period on a delayed penalty. the flyers take advantages. owen tippett. it's the tip in in front of the net for the goal and it would be the winning goal. flyers win a tight one with the sharks. final score 3 to 2. >> spring training rolling on the giants face the dodgers in their new pitcher, tyler glass. now in a cactus league match. ups glass now was in

mid season form, 5 and a 3rd scoreless innings with 8 strikeouts to get his first spring it was just another day at work for shohei ohtani. he was 3 for 4 with 2 rbi in his second homer in arizona as the dodgers beat giants. 64 ready for spring training to be over in the regular season to start already. alright, that's it for sports. now over to lawrence for some weather. yeah. going to feel like baseball weather around the bay area the next couple days of sunshine coming back. we're done with the rain for now will be. >> windy in spots over the next couple days. those offshore winds going to be kicking in. but out the door tonight. >> now the skies begin to part just a little bit and we're going to see what looks like a return. some nice weather around the bay. area's high pressure really kind of builds in. so that being said, you're looking good out toward the golden gate bridge right now. we do have a nice rain. overnight. we had almost three-quarters niche in timber on over 3rd in san francisco just under a 3rd and brutal half moon bay, almost up to a half an inch of rain. oakland, 800 to 400 in san jose. so now

we're starting to have some pretty impressive totals. in fact, for the year, many spots well above the average so far, of course, looks like going to quiet down a little bit. there's a good chance we're going to be above normal across much of the bay area's we end the season. nonetheless, we've got some quiting weather around the bay area. not a bad place to be some partly cloudy skies overall long range forecast. high pressure starts building in. we start to see more of a northerly wind kicking in. that's generally a dry wind and also that offshore wind blowing in. that's going to warm up the temperatures that air sinks. it approaches the ocean. tends to warm things up. a lot of 70's going to be popping up in the coming days and staying dry right on into the weekend. yeah. looks like saint patrick's day looking like a beautiful day. even the first day of spring looking good. lots of sunshine, maybe couple patches of fog moving along the coastline. then things begin to change as we head toward the end of next week. so overnight tonight will be chilly in spots about 38 degrees said chilly in santa rosa. 41 a little more about 44 becoming mostly clear, but cool in the jose. and 51 degrees in oakland.

tomorrow, we're enjoying return to some sunshine and some warmer weather about 68 degrees in napa. 68 also in blair, 69 in saint rose and 67 degrees in san jose. warm those temperatures up looking good. the winds will be kicking around on thursday and friday. get ready for a nice weekend. ahead with temperatures in the mid 70's, the warmest >> we're going to talk about the bars open tryout in oakland. when we come back.

>> there is a new effort to protect burrowing owls across the state. the ala was once a common sight in california, but their numbers have dwindled because of habitat loss and urban development. environmentalists are now urging the fish and game commission to protect this species by labeling the owls as endangered. the burrowing owls are nearing localized extinction in the bay area where fewer than 25 breeding pairs remain penned beautiful eyes and amazing piercing. >> of her coach and product trader, joe's mini tote bags. >> are now being listed by online resellers at many times. their original cost. if you're not familiar, this is the trader joe's many canvas tote bag. don't think prada has a lot to worry about. but this sells for $2 and $0.99. it's pretty much sold out everywhere after the bags went viral and social media videos. >> now people are turning places like e-bay to get their hands on one. they're

routinely be listed for 20 to $30. each trader joe's not taking too kindly to this after market selling, they released a statement saying in part we neither condone nor support the reselling of our products and do all we can to stop the practice. trader joe's says more bags are expected to be coming to stores in late summer. so just be patient. get up for 3 bucks. hang in. there today. the bay area's new sports team, the oakland ballers announced open tryouts for its inaugural season. the baller say the trials will become an annual tradition to find and develop the best. >> local talent, however, open doesn't mean free. interested players will have to pony up some money. they have to register via the event. brite website put up $150 plus fees for the opportunity to try out the trials will be held. it laney college marked your calendar, april 6 in go by, you know, fed bash brothers are still around getting

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♪ ♪ >> announcer: look who's got a ponytail. notorious wife killer scott peterson, c and for the first time in years, mugging for the camera. >> will get a new trial? >> announcer: then, secrets from oscar night revealed. >> there were intense discussions about