going to try one. >> right now on the kron, 4 morning news, we're going hear from the attorney for the driver who crashed their suv into a bus stop killing a family of 4 in san francisco. oakland mayor sheng thao updates us on where she is in selecting a new police chief. and we're tracking rain coming into the bay area today as winter weather returns. >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at 6. >> good morning. and happy friday to you. and and i'm james, the first half's going to be fine. the second half's. another question. i wore the turtleneck to kind of give you a clue that we're back into winter. good morning. yeah. you're all bundled up there. come morning, james and very good morning, we will be having colder temperatures coming our way. they're going to stick around for about another week here. as for the first full week of spring wake and it will have some

winter-like weather. so what's going on for today? sunshine to start for some folks. it looks like by some breaks in the clouds going on and a fairly dry to start things off. this is what it looks like in the east bay shoreline. there you have the cloud cover and all we don't have a lot of ground fog. but at least aloft, yes, the cloud cover is pretty much settled, but they're nice breaks that are in those clouds to. so you'll see the sun in many parts of taking the east and the south bay to start your day off and really into the early afternoon, there's a closer inspection. look at this nice clear patch right there along the central coast and on a moderate as well. winds are relatively inactive. i mean, they're single digits in all. we're going to see a pop happened with those winds this afternoon. worth mentioning. another one is expected for tomorrow as well. this may be a little esoteric, but we're just kind walk through this real quick. this is moisture levels of the service. this is relative humidity levels, which when it rains usually very elevated their elevated. now, just because the day is early and young, look at how that clears in the east in the south bay showing you that the rain really not getting going for good chunk of the bay, even by

mid-afternoon. it's really in the north bay. it's really going to be bottled up by the evening. it spreads out. you have an overnight through your saturday. nice little cut here, too east and the south bay where the sun may even be out for a little bit. we're getting some decent mixing with some drier air. so rain turns off or a little time. that's kind of a bad thing because we might get some thunder shower action, 58 by 10 o'clock by one. we're talking. 66 notice how it's variable clouds, rain expected late this afternoon for a lot of the east and the south more on that forecast in a bit runner and has a traffic check reyna. all right. thing it doesn't start until a little later on today. a dry morning commute so far 11 than arrive for everybody traveling into the city this morning. >> 7, 2, bridge just short of 14 minutes. no major issues going on off the bridge. our richmond center fell bridge just short of 9 minutes. and the golden gate bridge. 37 of the tolls, 19 minute morning ride. all right, james, back to you. thanks. a lot it's 602, and are developing story. the accused driver in a fatal crash in san francisco's west portal. >> has been released from

police custody now we've learned the identity of the baby who died in crawford's. rodney has been talked to. >> the driver's lawyer and has the story. mary fong allows lawyer says she did not suffer any major injuries like a broken bone from saturday's crash. >> he also says the public seems to have a misunderstanding how legal proceedings work in a case like this and that there's no wrong in his client being released from police custody. the pictures of the 4 victims who died because of saturday's crash. still hang on you, lois street in san francisco and visitors still walk to the growing memorial to pay their respects. police arrested the driver. 78 year-old mary fong lau. but her lawyer sam geller confirmed to kron 4 that she's been released from police custody and then no charges have been filed. the fact is that this could just be horrible tragedy. >> that, you know, have to vary. for consequences. that is an accidents without there being crime. san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins has asked for patience as investigators gather more

information, saying toxicology results can take more than 30 days to obtain. >> and that will also take time to go with the operating systems of the suv. lau was nd appreciate fact that da's office, despite potential public pressures >> you know, conducting a investigation to make a proper determination to get it right. the youngest victim in the crash, 2 months old ramos, pinto de oliveira died at the hospital wednesday. the executive director of walk san francisco, jodi madeira released a statement saying in part, quote, san francisco griese for this family. we're all far too vulnerable. >> cars, trucks and suvs can become deadly weapons in an instant. our city's leaders must step up to the all too real threat on our streets with new levels of commitment and a new ways walk. san francisco sent a letter to mayor london breed outlining the need for more decisive action with vision, 0, a road safety policy with the goal of eliminating all traffic related fatalities. reporting in the newsroom. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news.

>> it's 604. and today the sfmta hold a public meeting on its no turn on red expansion project. yeah. the project aims to improve pedestrian safety in the downtown area. kron four's will tran is live in the city now with more on how this is going to be expanded. will. >> the key where you just hit it right on the head, james expanded meeting. it's already in place. it's in the tenderloin. 54 intersections that actually started in 2021. now they want to expand it to the north and south of market areas. 200 intersections. the whole idea just like what we saw 3 years ago to cut down on pedestrian accidents and they have a sample size that they can point to. so it looks like it's not if, but when it will happen and they're looking for input, starting at 10 o'clock this morning from the public. so you just go to the sfmta website you log on and you can do is zoom or you can call in

with your input. here's how it's going to work. it won't be a camera. it will be signs. it will be at an intersection saying no turn on red. they already did in the tenderloin and they say 92% compliance. they saw pedestrian accidents dramatically drop in the first year and years since what they want to do now is install those signs in 200 other intersections and the north and south of market areas. the core of the downtown area where a lot of people walk. so they want to do. this is just a matter of hearing from the public. and if all goes well, it looks like those signs will be installed sometime a little bit later this year. back to you. thanks a lot. well. >> 606, is the time. and in the east bay, it's been almost a month since the oakland police commission delivered its latest list of candidates for the next police chief. but we still don't know what the

mayor plans to do with that list. the list includes cincinnati police department lieutenant colonel lisa davis, new york city assistant deputy mayor for public safety. luis molina, former san leandro police chief abdul pride in and retired lubbock, texas police chief floyd mitchell. at the beginning of the month, a list of candidates handed to the mayor to the review review and possibly there some questions about her conduct as well and interviews of the 4 finalists. we spoke with the mayor about where she is in this process appointing a new chief. >> i have to do my due diligence. do a thorough review. you know, i can tell you my version of a panel interview has been conducted and i am moving forward in a steadfast, wait moving expeditiously. but at the same time, i'm going to take my due diligence to ensure, you know, any checks and balances are

implemented, making sure that this person is going to be the right person for the city of oakland. >> oakland has been without a permanent police chief for more than a year since mayor thao fired and the former police chief leronne armstrong. >> it's been 15 years since 4 oakland police officers were killed in the line of duty was in march of 2009 that mark duncan and officer jon heggie were ambushed. the suspect shot and killed them both before barricaded himself in a nearby apartment sergeants, irv romans and dan high went in after the suspect and both were shot dead. the suspect was eventually killed by police. and that day remains the deadliest day in history of oakland. police. the man killed in a wrong-way crash following a police chase on 5.80, in oakland earlier this week has been identified 57 year-old lee david winner of lafayette. police say that he sday when a truck involved in a police chase crashed into him

head on. it all started with a burglary in else or which then led to that chase. police say they stopped chasing the truck when it started heading the wrong way on westbound 5.80, at the interstate 80 merge. they say the suspects suffered major injuries and they're all facing criminal charges. >> the california highway patrol is looking for the person who fired shots on the freeway on tuesday. this happened just before 8 along interstate 80 at mcbride avenue in richmond, one person was hit by a bullet but survived. >> well, another blow to bay area, homeowners and renters state. farm insurance says it will not renew more than 70,000 policies for properties in high fire danger areas over the next year. the zip codes locally that will see the most number of cancellations are in and around santa rosa, napa, piedmont, orinda and lafayette state farm says that starting in july it will stop renewing

approximately 30,000 homeowners renters and other property insurance in august. it will also stop offering and stopped renewing commircial apartment policies. one industry expert says it's paying out money after all, the fires has become unsustainable for many insurance companies. >> state farm's the last remaining company that has not non renewed a single homeowners insurance policy. since the big fires 2017. so as the market leader, they really held on longer than anyone else. >> state farm says that affected customers will be notified this summer. this is turning into a prices for homeowners. well, the concord city council has accepted a term sheet for development at the former naval weapons station from brookfield properties. the exclusive negotiation agreement which would span over 4 decades would develop a number of things in that area. it will create more than 12,000 homes with 25% being designated as affordable housing area for

commercial use. and green space will also be designated with more than 2000 acres to the east, which has been gifted to the east bay regional park district for a new regional park. the plan also includes restoration of mount diablo creek. and the widening of willow pass road, a specific plan and environmental reports will be given once a deal with the navy is set because they still own that property. >> it's 6.10, and still ahead on the kron 4 morning news. another victim comes forward in the east bay accusing a teacher of abuse. >> and teachers still working in the bay area. so we'll have the latest on that. and we're going hear from the couple who is accused of staging a kidnapping in valais almost 9 years ago. their story became a central point of the new netflix documentary because they were wrongly accused. >> good morning, everyone. i'm michael thomas live in downtown santa rosa at russian river brewery. take a look. coming up. we'll give you details on that special brew they make every year and why

these people have been out here since before dawn. that more after the break. >> and rain is due across the bay a late this afternoon and this evening, this green that you see here is areas of thunder showers to be had. that's today and that covers portions of the east bay in the north bay, too more that to follow throughout the weekend will be keeping a track on that off to a start on this friday morning. on this friday morning. keeping a close eye on yss.

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program. program allows musicians to play in select stations so that travelers through the bay area complicit of music in free car for free in parts of the station. the program runs through the 31st. drivers in san bruno will be required to pay to park on posted streets and city parking lots beginning april 1st, the police department says the parking pay stations and signs were installed on city streets and city parking. lots and along portions of el camino. real. san francisco city leaders, by the way, are pushing to bring a full service grocery store to the city's tenderloin. they're proposing city departments to explore potential sites for a store right now. many tenderloin residents currently have traveled outside the tent alluring to get their groceries and the mega millions jackpot is nearly a billion dollars. 977 to be exact. and you have another chance to win. tonight's drawing is set for 8 o'clock. >> that highlight where you buy more than one ticket, not just by what is just starting out. it's on the fridge. okay. maybe he'll get hit by

lightning because the odds are what do you well, we like, joke. okay. haha reveal james darya. good morning. good morning, everybody. and we're starting things off with kind of a mixed bag. clear patches in clouds. >> but the folks in the east and the south bay get some sunshine to get things started. there's the east bay shoreline to see all kind of lit up back to the green. i mentioned earlier, this means the severe prediction center says, hey, you guys may get some scattered thunder showers going on for today, not but >> scattered thunder showers and that those count the east and the north bay before was looking more. the central valley. now that's spread out a little bit. and with the sunshine energy that we're going to be in parts of the bay. that is because the atmosphere, more energy, which to play with let's hand it over the models and kind of get an idea about timing in all of this and will freeze it here to 30 or so. still working on trying to get to the east in the south bay. slow going north bay obviously hit first. then the juice. your stuff gets here by 5 o'clock. you can see pretty good coverage by that point. there's the line and we're going to get winds with this as well. so very sloppy

commute home break in the action overnight. rain redevelops kind of scattered about before dawn on saturday. so it could be spotty. scattered showers, thunder showers on saturday afternoon into saturday evening and on sunday we do the same thing yet again. so i walk in front of that a little bit there. but again, sunday overnight or setting into sunday morning, we get a little patch look out for and again sunday morning might see the sun come out a little bit temporarily back to those winds to pops. want to point out one right on timing this afternoon or this evening, rather evening commute. there you have it coming from the south and from the southwest. a little pop that deserves mentioning on saturday afternoon. these are widespread winds. we've been through this kind of stuff before and it's nothing like that. you don't hear any wind advisories on here in high wind warnings. good news. so it's going to be a good wind but not problematic on balance for most people might have some localized problems and watch out for those thunder showers. so for today, it's rain developing, windy, sloppy evening commute for the

weekend. showers saturday. scattered about on sunday. and that means we may see the sun poke out a little bit breaks of sun. that means energy for thunder showers. next week. rain wednesday. that's the next big day. look for monday. tuesday, relatively uneventful. kind of variable, cloudy, maybe an isolated shower on monday. but again, wednesday, things start to happen. we're going to show you the longer range forecast later. 64 san francisco with rain developing 66 for oakland, 70 san jose and kiss those numbers go by. you're not going to see him. probably even in the extended forecast which will have for you later checking bay area roadways right here's a snapshot our bay area, bridges and highways this morning. as you're traveling. >> seeing a lot more green out there on the map mean your highways are moving at the limit. how we for 24 6.81, on one to 80 things are pretty much smooth sailing. 30 minute ride into the city right now on the bay bridge mateo bridge. just short of 14 minutes. checking on things over the east bay celie angela to 37. 23 minute right there. 1, 0, 1, 85 to menlo park. 30 minutes. all right. james, back to you.

>> thanks a lot. at 6.18, and today beer lovers are in for a treat. they are. the russian river brewing company is releasing its plight and the younger brew as they do every year in conference. michael thomas is up in santa rosa where people lined up to get their hands on something that i love. your wives are such a big over yeah. good morning. everyone will die. i haven't either. and a lot of these people here have traveled here because they haven't had to take a look 5 in the morning that are open up until about 11 o'clock p. you can see the line is already down. the street 4th street in downtown santa rosa. >> and russian rivers only selling their brewery. they're only selling at 2 locations here in the window for in windsor. now, this specific brewer they've been doing since 2005 and it's called plan b the younger. it's a triple i p a and it's not to be confused with the elder. the younger one is simply higher in alcohol and has tons of hassan. we're going bring the camera over here with

little talk with you publicly. you've been here how many years this there's 11 a decade. what? what's so great about anchor, daria? she says she's never had a she was white so it's the beer. the beers. amazing. you know, hobson, the flavor, the citrus on the the people you meet here, just about what time this morning. o'clock 4 o'clock. so he got here at 4 o'clock. but before send it back to you guys. take a look. there's people have been camping out here. >> since last night. that's the front of the brewery. so it's a pretty big deal. diane and coming up in the next hour or so, we're going to talk to a beer enthusiasts who traveled all the way from sacramento. he's got a podcast. he's going to talk a little bit more about that. and then there's even a guy from denver. so hear from him at some point this morning live this morning in santa rosa. michael you know, and don't forget only 2 weeks. so you only got 2 weeks to buy this bear, but people here tell me actually could be sold out possibly by monday that

some people want back to back up to top of it. all right. thank you, michael. 6, 20's a time right now. the government is going after tech giant apple. the justice department just announced a lawsuit. >> accusing apple of having a monopoly in the smartphone market. yeah, we have our washington correspondent hannah brandt joining us live from dc with the latest on this story. good morning, hannah. >> james darya. good morning. this landmark antitrust case accuses apple of illegal behavior that it says hurts both its competitors and its consumers. >> district the department of is breaking federal law. apple has maintained its power. >> not because of its superiority because of its unlawful exclusionary behavior. attorney general merrick garland argues apple manipulates technology to undermine competitors and he says that crushes innovation and allows apple to juice iphone buyers from our money. consumers should not have to pay higher prices because companies break the law. but

apple caused the lawsuit wrong on the facts and the law. and that choice attorney carl sabo agrees not about protecting consumers. it's advancing the power and weaponization of antitrust law by the government against businesses that they may not garland says the lawsuit aims to create a more free and fair tech marketplace. enforcing the law protects consumers from higher prices and fewer choices. >> that is the justice department's legal application believes the doj lawsuit could hurt innovation damaging what makes iphones so popular? he wants the dumbest of phones for all of us and says somehow that that is pro consumer when it is anything but >> this is just the latest antitrust attack from the biden administration. they've also launched a monopoly lawsuits against other giants like google and amazon darya. james thanks a lot. >> we're going to take a break here at 6.22. coming up on the kron 4 morning news. a new ucsf study says the latino children are at a higher risk

of having too much fat buildup in their liver. doctors will explain why. well, the biden

administration now preparing to forgive another 6 billion dollars worth of student loans. this will help relieve. >> about 78,000 borrowers right now, primarily public surface workers. and that includes teachers and nurses and firefighters and others who all qualify under the public service loan forgiveness program was created back in 2007. the

white house says this will bring the total amount of cancel student loan debt to 144 billion dollars impacting 4 million americans. well, a new bill may help the control over local government to violate state housing laws. if passed, it would find local governments $10,000 a year for each violation. the money will then be used for affordable housing for the area where the violation occurred. currently, california department of housing and community development is authorized to notify the attorney general when cities and counties are violating the state's planning and zoning law. >> it's 6.25. and for your health this morning, there's a new study from ucsf and it says that fatty liver disease is disproportionately affecting latino children. the researchers link in unreliable access to food as the reason that raises the odds of having this disease, latino kids are nearly 4 times as likely because of food insecurity to have this problem. kron 4

spoke with the author of the study, doctor sarah maxwell and she speak speaks about her research here. sadly, it just too many children, especially minority children, do not have >> access access to healthy and nutritious we think it's really important for the medical system and especially for pediatricians to team up organizations that help provide access to healthy nutritious food for families at risk. >> and along with this research, our team is piloting voucher programs for families with food, insecurity. it's 6.26. coming up next on the kron, 4 morning news governor newsom joins the chorus calling for an immediate cease-fire in gaza. >> we'll take a closer look at >> we'll take a closer look at his stance.

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>> 6.29 right now and we're going to turn a corner and head head into a little storm. this weekend we've got to use that pre spring weather. we are enjoying a right smack in the winter day that passed the equinox. let's do winter again. yeah. morning james and darya. good morning, everybody. and really it's going to be following the playbook this weekend and into next week of the winter type pattern. we get these lows from the gulf of alaska and they have the the contrast going on with the cold air aloft our thunder showers and it's going to live up to that. looks like all throughout this weekend. >> there's sfo for you know, they do have some delays cooking here about an hour or so. that's due to some construction. however, if you are going to be flying out coming anybody coming in this evening, that's where it's going to be a little more dicey. may push things off a half hour to an hour. a thought things get kind of interrupted. here's a look at the breakdown today. show you

how late everything develops over the east and the south bay perspective. we still have sunshine want on until some cloud cover develops in the early afternoon. and it's really in the late afternoon, the east and the south bay starts to see the development of rain. there's the low we're going to be watching. it's going to be a player basically today tomorrow before successive systems, march on through into sunday. what we're really going to see again as that cold air upstairs and get the heating, you get the rising of moisture in. you start to get some problems in terms of maybe some hail thunder showers and sometimes even locally heavy winds. widespread winds expected later today. yes, in tomorrow afternoon and evening as well. yes, here's a look at your single digits on the winds calm in many spots and again, single digits. elsewhere. our temperatures checking in to the 50's for the most part, very mild start and get used to it because that's going to be close to high temperatures. it looks like for the week ahead will have more on that in a bit right now. the checkout area traffic reyna. all right. we're all to like meet friday morning traveling into the city. 14 minutes there. no accidents, hazards or delays. >> pretty smooth sailing

looking good. san mateo bridge just sort of 15 minutes, 80 to 101 traveling across towards peninsula. your ridges overfill bridge just short of 10 minutes. golden gate bridge around 90 minutes. 37 of the tolls and look at your highways. whole lot of green out there on this friday morning. all rkght, james, back to you. thank you. reyna 6.31. and amended civil rights lawsuit has been filed against the san ramon valley unified school district and a former teacher. so a second victim apparently come forward alleging abuse and claims the school district failed to act with kron four's philippe gaulle speaking. >> to some of the attorneys. >> a second former student at san ramon valley high school has come forward with abuse allegations against a former theater arts teacher. she has been added to a lawsuit originally filed last month in contra costa county superior court against the teacher and the san ramon valley unified school district. it alleges the school district failed to act when made aware of the

abuse allegations. >> during the 2011, 2012 school year. they did not document his final so that subsequent employers would know >> about these allegations. they did not submit the matter to the california teachers accreditation agency to ensure that his license was taken away. attorney robert allard with the san jose based law firm of sari boskovich and allard represents the 2 plaintiffs. >> he says jane doe number ones, alleged abuse happened multiple times on and off campus in 2011. and jane doe number twos abuse allegedly occurred shortly after the first plaintiffs graduation. the lawsuit claims the teacher showered the plaintiffs with gifts and played favorites. allard says jane doe number one was sexually abused multiple times on and off campus. >> and that the teacher's alleged grooming led to him inappropriately touching jane doe. number 2. >> without her consent, these were all behaviors which were known to the school. and to our knowledge, no action was taken by the school of prior to the. station of jane doe.

number one, allard says the report was filed with law enforcement back in 2012, but no charges were filed, which is why kron 4 is not sharing the defendant's name or picture. >> allen says he eventually left the school on his own accord shot. for the past. >> several years he has been advice principle. at a reputable private k through 12. school and the east bay ice shutter to think about what i know about this man. how much damage he cause they're allard says now that a second plaintiff has come forward, a formal request has been made to law enforcement to reopen its case. >> the san ramon valley unified school district responded to our inquiry by stating, quote, we take these kinds of allegations very seriously, because this is active litigation. it is our policy not to comment. philippe djegal all kron. 4 news.

>> ray of sunshine to is. somebody was carrying, gave so much others. she loved her kids, her husband, she loved the community. >> a father remembers his daughter and son in law. jt and amanda. true died march. 12th when their car hit a tree on river road in santa rosa. the couple was returning from celebrating jay tease 42nd birthday. they leave behind 2 little boys, 11 year-old travis and 2 year-old mason amanda's father. paul says that. he and his wife, they're doing all they can to cope with the sudden loss. >> he's like, you know, the rooms of the rooms, exactly what they have put. everything is going to be the same. so trying to everything as normal as can. but when i collect them to >> yeah. so they're taking

care of the kids and the chp is investigating the crash. >> happening today, san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins and members of the api community will rally to demand justice for and paying taylor. taylor was stabbed multiple times while walking in the lower not hill neighborhood back in 2021, the attacker pleaded guilty to attempted murder, elder abuse and assault. and despite the district attorney's recommendations for a 12 year prison sentence, he was sentenced to only 5 years of probation. today's rally will take place at 8.15 this morning outside of the san francisco hall of justice. governor gavin newsom is now calling for an immediate cease-fire in gaza. elected leaders have been facing pressure as the death toll in that war between israel and hamas continues to grow in a letter to the state's muslim, palestinian american and arab american communities. the governor says he's supporting president biden's call for an immediate cease-fire as part of a deal to get relief for gazan civilians and the release of hostages. the bay

area's civil or i should say council on american islamic relations says that the governor's stance is better late than never. >> for many months now, the majority of americans have said that the genocide in gaza it's sad that it's taken our elected officials so long. to join the moral called for a cease-fire. but we welcome that they're now here. >> the governor's letter also acknowledges a rise in anti-muslim discrimination and hate. care. national says in the months following the october 7th attack on israel, anti-arab bias jumped more than 170%. >> meantime, the san francisco bay area office of care is calling on san bruno officials to issue a public apology over what they say happened during last week's city council meeting care says city council officials refused to let muslims attending the meeting, break their fast and pray inside city hall. the group sent this letter, 2 san

bruno's mayor and in it care says that muslim residents had previously requested accommodations for fasting as the meeting sell on the second night of ramadan. but city staff reportedly denied that request hours before the meeting stating city policy prohibits food in the lobby despite the presence of a vending machine, a kiosk for snacks and pastries and an area congregate. fasting constituents were instead instructed to break their fast and make their prayer outside surrounded by police which were present there. the letter asked the mayor to clarify the city policies used to justify their actions and engage in comprehensive islamophobia training. >> in the north bay, the couple wrongfully accused of staging a kidnapping at the leo back in 2015, spoke publicly about what they went through. the story of denise huskins. and aaron quinn was recently featured in a netflix documentary called american nightmare 9 years ago this month. the couple was

restrained and drug in their vallejo home. dennis was and kidnapped and raped. vallejo police, however, named quinn as their primary suspect in accused him of staging the break-in. call the whole thing a hoax. the couple spoke to police in seaside yesterday, hoping that by sharing their story, they can keep this from happening to anybody else. >> you don't have to believe every person who comes to speak to you. but as soon as you say, i don't believe this person. and that cuts off the opportunity for you to find out more. >> matthew mueller, who you see here was eventually sentenced to 31 years in state prison for kidnapping huskins. he's also serving out a 40 year sentence for federal crimes. huskins and quinn won a 2 and a half million dollars settlement with the city of but say that to this day, no one from the city's police department has directly apologize to them for what happened. >> time now 6.39 in the south bay community advocates in san jose are calling on city

officials to help tenants stay in their neighborhoods. advocates are supporting an ordinance that would require 20% of affordable housing units to go to people already living in a neighborhood. they say that many working class families in san jose are facing eviction from their own communities because they can't afford the rent any longer. >> it is unacceptable that families and tenet had endure the harm of the harmful effects of this placement cars. but the lack of affordable and stable housing. we witnessed families. >> living in the streets and caused that. we also witnessed so many struggle in trying to find foot of the house and buildings. >> the city council set to vote on the policy next tuesday. if it's approved, the ordinance would go into effect immediately. new proposal by san francisco leaders could bring a full service grocery store to the tenderloin supervisor. dean preston erode a resolution calling on city departments to explore

potential sites for a grocery store and then come up with plans to open one in the tenderloin. many residents who live there currently have to travel outside to get their groceries. >> well, the corner shop really expensive. story >> like to get home a cursory need and >> so you heard him say really, you have to go to a corner shop in the tenderloin that will have a big grocery store. this plan calls on city departments to report to the board of supervisors within 60 days. >> time now 6.40, and some san bruno residents may have noticed parking pay stations in areas ere they weren't before starting april. first drivers are going to be required to pay for parking in the downtown near city parking lots and some long alchemy to re you can visit the san bruno police department website for more information on how this is all going to work. >> it's 6.41. in coming up on the kron 4 morning news. scary moments for a santa rosa teenager when he was attacked by some older kids and the

city is seeing an uptick violence right now. plus, a former san francisco mayor willie brown reaches a milestone. he is 90 years old and kron 4 said down with him to hear what his birthday wishes. it's 6.44. here for

things to know the man who died in a wrong-way crash after a police chase on 5.80, in oakland earlier in the week has been identified. it was 57

year-old david weiner of lafayette. he was driving a bmw on tuesday and a truck involved in a police chase crashed head-on into him. it started with a burglary in elstree to that led to the chase. the california highway patrol is looking for whoever fired the shots on the freeway tuesday. the shooting was a before 08:00pm along interstate 80 at mcbride avenue and richmond. one person was hit by a bullet but survived state farm plans to not renew more than 70,000 policies. >> of properties in high fire, danger areas. state farm says that starting in july it will stop or knowing about 30,000 homeowners renters and other properties that use them for insurance august. they're also going to stop offering and stop renewing commercial department policies. the city of oakland is going to install

50 digital interactive kiosks. like what you see here, they'll be on. >> city sidewalks to help guide people who are looking for, you know, where to eat, shop and events around town. >> all right. let's check here at 6.45. the weather outside is we're seeing some of the clouds layer up outside behind us getting ready in talking about the timing of the storm. hi, dave, james and darya. good morning. good morning, everybody. and you see nice breaks happening here, too. so we'll get some sunshine this morning and the folks in the east and the south bay that's going to carry right into the early afternoon before things turn later. so it's pretty clear that as we get in the evening commute, that's when the big hammer is going to hit everybody. let's jump up to tao the real briefly. it's today. tomorrow is where the focal point is for what's going on here. there's a winter storm warning getting up to tahoe. and then that's where the advisory is in tahoe proper snow levels appear to be somewhat lofty to get things started. say 7,000 feet dropping to about 5. they're advising no travel up there for this weekend. by the way, just hold off until next week because it looks like the

weather is cooperating for that. a look at the tahoe forecast. we've got snow still continue on saturday. can't rule out for sunday. little break develops on monday but notice how the temperatures drop. you may recall. we had a highs around 50. it's a 30 story after that and allegedly its spring. all right. take a look at the west coast thing here. what we're so used to with a lot of the storms. this particular winter has been supplemental information from the subtropical jet comes up, gives us all that rain copious amounts of moisture than these lows drop out of the gulf of alaska. and we have a show. this is a little different. this is following the typical winter pattern where these lows drop south and this basically kicks open the door for a bunch of them all week long. so this pattern is going to be the familiar singsong winter pattern for the next week. coming up ahead, here's what looks like for today, though, focusing on our activities. we have sun and clouds mixture in the east bay in the south bay. here comes a line of rain, the progress of it by 6 o'clock has just about everybody cover that will be with winds as well. we lose a lot of that energy, though we get to later tonight before another dose tries to

redevelop kind of patches of rain here and they're all overnight through your saturday. now. and this isn't a saturday night with some heavy rain expected by that point. now, getting back to the dynamics here again, even today we could see some thunder showers and into tomorrow. that's a little different also because we have a layer, some dry air. so that has to be corrected. but that also could provide the dynamics with the energy exchange in all takes us to sunday morning. another clear patch tries to develop spotty rain showers expected on your sunday rainfall collection. that's going stop it for today. this is the dead of night overnight. we miles that are somewhat a quarter to a half of an inch of rain by that point, depending on where you are. let's at saturday's activity on top of that, we're going to about an inch of rain or so from but three-quarters of an inch. it looks like throughout the broader bay that's collection from now and all the way to sunday morning. there's a bit more to be had on sunday morning as well. winds will come with this to this is the broad based winds are going locally heavy winds

that with the thunder shower. but this is just broad base for your ride home tonight. sloppy commute? yeah, we're but it's pretty much covered. their 20's and 30 miles per hour range. no wind advisory not to last too long. and then another one worth mentioning on saturday. this looks to be saturday afternoon and evening, but we'll probably have a more palatable day on sunday, relatively speaking. but again, spotty showers. thunder showers expected in those breaks in the clouds. just get the atmosphere more energy. here's what you can expect throughout the weekend. again, saturday, coytinuing on with this. can't rule out sunday, but it's going to be more spotty at that point. little break. kind of on monday. maybe an isolated shower there. but nice breaks happening. variable clouds middle ef the week is when the next hit is coming from the northwest yet again and takes us up to friday. but wait a minute next weekend, looking much better. we clear out nicely this what it meant, the trip to tahoe where but it kind of clears out 7 day forecast. check it out here. it's more or less a winter type forecast with upper 50's lower 60's unsettled traffic.

we have settled their rain all well tracking. the traffic has lobbied for this is in concord. >> drive times have gone up. 37 minute ride is a traveling from antioch and conquer to 42. this morning. mindful of that. all the bridges and i was with great 13 minutes on the bay bridge in mateo bridge. somewhere around 14 minutes, 80 to 101. checking on our highways. 24 wannacry down to 5.80, around 30 minutes. there. 6.80, dublin to fremont all and the green. 15 minute smooth sailing. we're going gate bridge somewhere around 21 minutes on this friday are ages. back to you. thank you very much. rain >> time now, 6.49, in santa rosa. police say they've arrested 2 alleged gang members in connection with an assault of a 13 year-old officers say the teen was walking to school last thursday when several alleged gang members wearing blue clothing jumped out of a car and started punching and kicking that teen. the 2 people arrested have been identified as 19 year-old joshua riz on ortiz from santa rosa. and 25 year-old victor garcia roman from windsor. the 13 year-old was injured, but did not need to go to the

hospital. 14 year-old, by the way, is in custody in east bay accused of trying to steal cars. livermore. police say the first attempt was made last tuesday and a downtown parking garage near the intersection of livermore and railroad avenues. officers say the teen pretended to have a gun in his pocket and threatened to harm the victim if he didn't get in the car keys police and receive 4 more reports of similar incidents. 4 days later, the teen is now facing multiple counts of attempted carjacking, attempted robbery and criminal threats. >> time now 6.50, and san francisco has. >> few. we'll celebrities who have lasted through the ages. willie brown is on the top of that list of them for sure. the former mayor san francisco reached his 90th birthday, but the man about town. >> it's hard to keep up with the kron four's. vicki liviakis found that out. that's me. >> there is only one mayor willie brown, the man known

for just received a birthday cake in the shape of else? his famous it's not every day you turn 90 and brown is making the most of it. got a lot of birthday cakes. when you make a wish. what do you wish for? that make 91? here he is looking out at the bay bridge named after him. san francisco, after all is his town that we're looking at the clock. we've got restore that this time on your side. always. >> always >> brown was the first black mayor of the city and held that position for 8 years until gavin newsom succeeded him in 2004 before that he spent 3 decades in the california state assembly serving as speaker willie brown has meant or other politicians like gavin newsom and kamala harris and this guy is a perfect politician. every time you lost iran higher office. and he lost all the

way to the president's state. his tip for joe let him be. i. and that age won't show because you'll make joke. about something associated with wrong step. so what is the best advice is 90 years has taught him? i never think what happened yesterday. i always think of what might happen tomorrow. happy birthday. thank you and so cool. that is so cool. >> should have we'll be that >> should have we'll be that happy and healthy. we'll norman, bad news...

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>> we are back at 6.55. and more than 3,000 creative californians enter the caltrans snowplow naming contest. and finally, the winning names have been announced. so take a look. oakland is representing the bay area with the grand prize winning name. it's notorious b, i g that's what they decided. other winners include the big plowed sir plows a lot. like lineup below plow that. well, i like these all allows in you can find the full not going to say darth blade or that your favorite. that's a good one do he go to the to what's protocol for the full list. there see all the names. >> it's again. 6.56 right now. and for your health. >> you know, you all think cleaning your home is a good thing. but what about if it's too clean? is that possible? >> a new study says that

actually there are there is something is too clean because they say modern homes have become so clean with the fear of germs that children are not getting good bacteria that helps train their immune system. you see what was it? >> is that how you clean? who was cleaning? was that woman dancing with the vacuum? all right. anyway, this is a hygiene hypothesis. and it says that. >> a lack of certain microbes in childhood can lead to an increased risk of no immune diseases and allergies. later in life. so, you know, clean, but just not to 6.56. will be back with more in just a few minutes, including what open mayor sheng thao has to says about where we stand with the

>> right now on the kron, 4 morning news we hear from the attorney for the driver who crashed her suv into a bus stop killing a family of 4 in san francisco. oakland mayor sheng thao. update us on where she is in selecting a new police chief. and we're tracking rain coming into the bay area today as winter weather returns. >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at 7. >> good morning. and happy friday to you on guard. and i'm james and on this friday, we're going to see things change on over the course of the day. yeah, i guess we have several hours to maybe prepare. let's talk about the timing of the storm. had yeah. good morning, james and ari, good morning. everybody can see behind them. some breaks in the clouds there and that's what everybody is going to be tred