>> now from the area's local news station. this is kron. 4 news at 3. >> thank you for joining us here on kron for news at 3. i'm just involved in our top story is the major announcement out of the east bay where we have learned who will fill the role as oakland's next top cop kron four's terisa stasio live with us here in the studio with more on the mayor's decision

to select floyd mitchell, theresa, just this announcement comes after more than a year of searching and some back and forth between the mayor and the police commission. floyd mitchell comes to the oakland police department with more than 30 years of law enforcement experience, he began his career as a patrol officer with the kansas city, missouri police department. 25 years later, he accepted the police chief position for the city of temple, texas and 2019 mitchell was appointed as the first black police chief for the city of lubbock, texas, oakland mayor sheng thao praised mitchell's extensive career telling kron 4 news his leadership skills stood out. >> she floyd mitchell really is and, you know, showed at his proven leadership through all of the results that he's been able to do in lebec in also and in the other cities that he was chief sheng thao addressed the issue of

choosing an outside candidate rather than taking from inside the department. all of the candidates were qualified and i think that for the process. but for me, she floyd mitchell. >> really is. and, you know, showed at his proven leadership through all of the results that he's beabto do. chief michel resigned from lubbock, texas in september of 2023. he had faced criticism for 9-1-1. calls being unresponsive. oakland recently poured several million dollars into their 9-1-1. system after facing similar complaints. thao said that she was impressed with mitchell's approach to working with the 9-1-1 system and making it more successful. and so i'm expecting that, you know, when he comes to the city of oakland that we can, you know, chip at the ice block in regards some of the issues that we're dealing with here. the search for oakland's next police chief started after mayor thao fired leronne armstrong in february of last year. armstrong had been placed on administrative leave

one month prior after an investigation faulted him for mishandling to misconduct cases against an opd sergeant last october, the police commission recommended 7 candidates for the position, including former chief armstrong mayor thao rejected that the process started again with the final selection, including mitchell and lisa davis from cincinnati. the oakland police officers association weighed in on the final choice of mitchell. we have significant challenges in our city. number of complaints, process city. >> i'm very eye-opening way. some point. we need somebody to come in pave the way and make serious changes. >> chief mitchell's start date is being finalized but is expected to begin leading the oakland police department between late april and early may chief floyd mitchell moved to oakland with his wife, rebecca. and is the father of 2 adult sons, ben and ethan. adjusting. theresa, thank you

so much. and former oakland police chief leronne armstrong releasing a statement about the new chief saying public safety is the most important issue oakland. we have a dedicated police force that now has a new leader. i send my best wishes to floyd mitchell and offer my assistance that he might desire of. this is my hometown. i want everyone to be safe and will do everything in my power now as a private citizen to assist in that goal. and kron. 4 news did speak with robert harris from the oakland naacp to get reaction to the mitchell hiring. and harris says while they don't know much about chief michel, they look forward to working with him. >> community engagement is so critical. 2 effective police work and we believe if the poli comes were 2 of the community gets own engagement of the community, that he will more than likely be very instrumental in helping open

move forward. >> harris added that one of mitchell's biggest shops will be working to make sure the community feel safe enough to report crimes to opd. the department is currently under a negotiated settlement agreement and under the supervised supervision of a federal judge and a court appointed monitor civil rights attorney john burris who worked on that lawsuit that led to the oversight believes it would have been better to have selected someone who is from oakland, someone who's familiar with the settlement agreement. >> we're at a point where we're kind of getting close to ending the nsa. this whole has not been good. now we've got into the new chief and that she passed now learning saying we learned that the department itself and that could really the ending of the nsa, saw the period of time we lost and not been good. rest trying to get this process done. >> there's currently no date for the oversight to oakland

city council president nikki fortunato bas welcoming chief michel. she posted working together across our branches of government and with community. we will expand our comprehensive safety program so that oaklanders feel safe and the security that we all deserve. stay with kron 4 for the latest developments on the new police chief. make sure you download the kron 4 app. it's free. you can also get push alerts about breaking news sent straight to your mobile device. and a historic closure now in oakland, the in and out burger that's located in the hegenberger corridor will be closing its doors for good this weekend. the restaurant made the announcement in january, citing a wave of car break-ins, property damage, theft and armed robberies as a reason for the closure since 2019 police have logged more than 1300 incidents in the facility vicinity of that restaurant on oakport street more than any other location in oakland. and this week, city leaders announced that they are intensifying their efforts to crack down on crime

in that area. this will be the first in and out burger to close in the company. 75 year. history. 6 men have been charged for attempting to meet up with teenagers with the intent to commit a crime. they were all caught by undercover police officers working in a contra costa county task force hayward high school teacher was one of the men arrested josef martinez worked at tennis in high school, teaching 10th grade english. police say that martinez sent inappropriate messages to to undercover cops posing as a 13 year-old girl. he was arrested for sending harmful material to a minor and attempting the production of child. the district attorney's office says the arrests were made possible from the operation broken heart. that's a task force targeting internet crimes against children. caltrans has delayed the full closure of a section of 6 ad. the freeway there in the east bay due to the possibility of wet weather. the agency wanted to shut down the interstate at

the 5, 86, 80 connector in pleasanton down to common road and snow over the weekend of april 1 the new dates have now been pushed to the weekend of april. 26 will start at 9 at night. the closure will give crews the opportunity to repair the roadway in that area. the same section of that freeway was closed this past weekend for similar repairs. speaking of wet weather, it's raining outside and parts of the bay area. here's a look at the east bay headlights on for sure is. people are making their friday commute. pilots here now with a look at the radar so we could see where it's raining right now and where it's going. yeah, we're in it right now. you take a live look here and i've kind of frozen it. so you can come see exactly where the showers are coming down. north bay started seeing this first and there are some light showers. >> at a point raise over to santa rosa. but if you go a little farther to the north, you start to see those oranges and yellows pop-up in and around middletown just south of clear lake just north of calistoga. this is all to say that these roads are definitely slick out there right now. and as we take a look here, you can see from richmond to lafayette to

oakland. we're seeing these fall in concord as well. just in time for rush hour right now. it's not great timing, but certainly if you're on 8.80, or 5.80, you're going to have some slick roads to contend with as you make your way home today, bring it over the peninsula into badly in san francisco. we've had a little bit of rainfall there, but now san mateo starting to see this. you can see it's working its way towards the south bay. so palo alto, seeing a few showers as well at this hour. so we're all going to get in on this eventually as this continues to stream in. not just today, but throughout tomorrow and even into the first part of sunday. quick look at your current temperatures as we take a live look at the clouds that are all stacked up there. taking a look from the east bay. you can see we're still relatively warm. so still above average temperatures, particularly inland where we're in those mid to even some upper 60's. so temperatures are going to change big time. we get into tomorrow. part of this system moving past us right now, though, we see the winds start to pick up. it is that southerly flow. so in addition to the rain on the roads, watch out as well for those bridges where you could see a little bit of a shaken your card. you go across some of

these bridges. see what those lights on for sure. and the windshield wipers on because look how dark it is as we take a live look here at the golden gate bridge. thankfully the road not too wet here yet, but just take it easy. if you're driving on the back a little bit. we'll talk hour by hour forecast and take a look at the rest of the weekend. clear district attorney brooke jenkins joining members of api community in a rally demanding justice for and paying taylor a victim of elderly assault. >> taylor was 94 years old at the time of her attack. she was stabbed multiple times while walking in the lower, not home neighborhood in 2021. the attacker pleaded guilty. 2 attempted murder, elder abuse and assault. despite the district attorney's recommendation for a 12 year prison sentence, he was sentenced to only 5 years of probation. >> we have to have a responsible system of justice. we have to have accountability

in san francisco. there is no one more vulnerable than a 94 year-old woman is walking down the street. this was an unprovoked situation. and so we want to make sure that our asian seniors have ability to walk down the street safely our >> the rally interrupted by people protesting jenkins decision and instead supporting the judge who placed the man who stabbed taylor on probation, the opposing protesters accused jenkins of not revealing all the details in the case and said that revenge on someone is not the answer. san francisco police arrested a man who allegedly vandalized more than 20 cars. officers responded to a call around 9 tuesday night to reports of slashed tires. the area of 12th avenue in anza street. when police arrived, they saw a suspect who matched their description. officers identified that man as 22

year-old ozel torres. he was taken to jail for suspected felony vandalism. now on to some developing news s catherine, the princess of wales has confirmed that she has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy. she disclosed her condition in a video message that was released today in january. i underwent major domo side street in london. >> and at the time it was so that my condition was known cancerous. the surgery was successful. however, tests to the operation council hot being present. my medical team that for advice that i should undergo cool said prevents of chemotherapy. i'm now and stage is that treatment? >> this announcement coming after weeks of speculation about her whereabouts and her health. she was hospitalized in january for an unspecified abdominal surgery. and this is another shock for the royal family since the announcement last month that king charles, the 3rd being treated for an unspecified type of cancer that was caught while undergoing a procedure for a

benign enlarged prostate coming up, residents in san mateo county will soon have to pay for parking in the city. that's now. >> starting these charges. also, a business owner devastated after being targeted by thieves. what they want customers to do now. but first, people are lining up to get their hands on. a very special beer release hear from people who are waiting in line for hours to get their hands for hours to get their hands on it. ness.

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this year's vintage of the very popular play need the younger crowd for us. charles clifford spoke with people who are willing to wait in line for hours. >> well, here in saint rose, it has been raining off and on throughout the day on friday, but that hasn't stopped hundreds of people from showing up here to enjoy the plenty of the younger. >> friday morning, the russian river brewing company opened its stores for the annual release of the popular plenty. the younger fans lined up down the block around the corner for hours to be one of the first to enjoy this year's offerings the center line the senator says about 06:00am so about 4 and a half hours, almost this is a spring tradition here to come out and get a planea. are you excited? i'm very excited. i was worth taking the day off the problem. >> the brewing company is celebrating its 20th anniversary of offering plenty to younger a milestone. they didn't think they would reach in the beginning has been doing this for 20 years and that released in 2005, the first time, you know, there

was plan fanfare. there are certainly nobody standing in line to drink. >> not only are there, but anybody's beer back in those days. and you know, here we are 20 years later and we're super grateful for the all these people come out year after year. we've a lot of familiar faces and people have joining us for a very long time playing the younger will be available on tap here in santa rosa and that the russian river brewery pub in windsor for the next 2 weeks. once inside all customers are allowed 3.10, ounce pours. they can buy up to 3 bottles to go now for anyone headed to sonoma to try out this year's planning keep in mind the lines to get kind of long on weekends and also probably not a. >> that idea to bring an umbrella and a coat. but for now in the north bay, charles clifford kron, 4 news. >> the port of oakland rather busy. port officials say imports rose for the 4th month in a row. they brought a nearly 77,000 containers last month. experts were also up 24% year over year. all right. let's see what's going on with that rain. charles was talking

about the clouds building here across san francisco. pilots here now. so we can chat about what's going on, where it's raining when it's going to stop. yeah, well, it's starting to rain quite a few places now. everybody on the map. let's start off with were at for rain season, which is to say we're doing pretty good, but we'll take the rain. >> that we get this month because it will only add to this kind of reinforce that we've had a good season. so it's all going to be beneficial rain. but as you can see, it is starting to come down and now starting to see some of those oranges and yellows pop-up there in the north bay indicating that they're heavier showers along the 101 and certainly rolling into point rays. right now. he's been a little bit lighter in parts of the east bay and on the peninsula. but hang on. it's coming your way to if you haven't seen any rain yet, it will certainly be there soon as the stream of moisture roles in all connected to a low pressure system sitting right there. you see that perfectly calm ahead, shape there. and that low pressure system driving this moisture that will be with us, not just today, but also into our saturday. and the first part of our sunday. now, these do come with a chance of

thunderstorms as well. so just be prepared for that. we will get some clearing on sunday. so that would be your better chance for any outdoor activities. as you can see tonight is going to stay very active. the showers will continue to press towards the south and the east. and before they go, they're going to quite a bit of rain in their wake. now we'll catch a little break overnight and then we're back at it tomorrow. this is the noontime hour. and again, we do have that 10% chance of thunderstorms. and i do think tomorrow night. but you when we see some of them roll through so just get ready for that on saturday night. this is right before midnight and you can see sunday morning starts off active yet again early. but by later in the afternoon, that's when we start to clear out and kind of get our our weekend back. this is the rain we're looking out for. you might notice some of these totals are like a little wide and varied. it's because some spots will be the places where we have thunderstorm cells and those are going to be the heavier totals and those kind of set up and they come down very quickly. in addition to that, we've got an awful lot of wind coming our way. not just today, but also tomorrow. so be prepared for that as well. we're getting all the fun stuff, right? here's a look at your extended forecast. let me add to that

fun stuff. that's going to be very cool tomorrow. temperatures in the upper 50's. so look out for that. we'll get a break sunday into monday and tuesday. more rain expected wednesday into thursday of next week. >> thank you. congress facing another deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown. lawmakers release details of the 1.2 trillion dollars spending bill yesterday. they face a midnight deadline. republicans say they got more money to deal with the immigration and border security issues. democrats say they're still more funding for child health care and research. the bill is essentially keeps domestic spending flat while cutting some foreign aid. it still needs to be passed by the senate in order to avoid a partial shutdown. and you may have noticed a few chips in the back at the grocery store. but the prices, it's such. it's a fewer home. you may have noticed fewer chips in the back at the grocery store, but the price is still the same. ford has increased. and now some lawmakers in

washington want to crack down on what is known as shrinkflation. our dc correspondent reshad hudson who shares more. >> shrinkflation less product for more money. it's an issue that's affecting main street and sesame street cookie monster posted on x that he's cookies are getting smaller. people are are suffering under this ohio democratic senator sherrod brown says people should not be paying more for fewer chips or cookies in the bag. he says corporations are ripping off the american people, doing all kinds of deceit for marketing, deceitful sales practices. brown wants a crackdown on companies for quietly shrinking the size of their products, then charging more people are paying more for groceries because of stock buybacks and because of profiteering by a lot of american companies. brown has introduced a bill that would make it easier for state and federal officials to sue corporations that engage and

shrinkflation. but kentucky republican senator rand paul says it's not just the cookies that are shrinking. the dollar is shrinking and it's from debt. paul says massive government spending is driving inflation. well, the government should be involved only in the sense of the government should quit devaluing the dollar. my colleagues are always seem at the ready to do the bidding. corporate america. brown's bill also has the backing of the white house same size back. >> but fewer chips than not joking. it's called shrinkflation. president biden raised the issue during his state of the union address earlier this month. >> reporting in washington reshad hudson. >> still ahead, looks from residents calling on officials to apologize after what they to apologize after what they say happened during a city california's largest insurance provider has announced it will discontinue coverage for certain homeowners. the new policies coming from state farm.

>> for many this afternoon, some port san bruno residents may have noticed that they have to start stop paying for parking in some areas, parking pay stations in some areas starting april first drivers will be required to pay for parking in the downtown area. also near some city parking lots and some of these new. pay parking stations are going to be a long welcome you to re out. you can visit the san bruno police department's website for more information. and another blow to bay area homeowners and renters state. farm is saying 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 starting in july we'll stop renewing about 30,000 homeowners renters. and other property insurance is and in august will also stop offering and stopped renewing commercial apartment policies. one industry expert says paying out all those monies. after all the fires has just 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 it's the market leader they really held on longer than anyone else. >> state farm says affected customers will be notified the summer. the mega millions

jackpot is a almost a billion dollars. the next drawing for that is tonight. the powerball jackpot continues to climb as well. the expanded jackpot. there is 750 million dollars with a cash prize of more than 375 million. the next drawing for that is tomorrow. coming up here. >> another snowstorm touching down in the sierra which arab areas are going to be hit the hardest. also, march madness continues with barack as very own saint. mary's gearing up to >> place. we're going to preview their big game. plus, crooks ransacking a local restaurant. but the owner has to

>> shattered glass ransacked rooms at a stolen safe. that's what kron four's to juggle reports. a fremont restaurant owner was faced with after cafe and the niles community was burglarized. >> they did break and that this whole window they broke that one all the doors inside were broken into. you can just tell that they were all forced in just because they're trying to figure out where things were a day later. priscilla bravo is still coming to grips with her new reality, a burglary victim for the first time in 10 years of coal owning skillets cafe in fremont's niles community. >> bravo says crime is rare here, especially break-ins. i think it's also like a wake-up call for everybody can sometimes we see it on the news like, oh, yeah, so it can happen us. >> and then all of a sudden it happens to a problem, says the thieves got away with a large

safe and cash from the register, the loss and damage is several $1000 report has been filed with police, but unfortunately, the business does not have security cameras. >> that could have captured the burglary moving forward. we're going to have to figure out a better way having cameras. but let's be honest, even if you were to have cameras leaves helpless feeling. but the community is prime to pick her up by continuing to eat at the business and even joined the recovery effort. we're going to make sure that they're safe as fortified. so next time this happens. >> they won't get a safe. of course, it's stress training. i mean, niles is wonderful little community. we take care of each other and we took care of our own. and so we just want to be there to support put so much love into effort into this and for someone and just >> come and take everything. it's kind of like disappointing you know, lot of mixed emotions, bravo's other eatery in town. really roy's burger is featured in fremont's restaurant week. she says ordering from either

venue will go a long way. >> in fremont, philippe djegal all kron. 4 news. >> a 14 year-old is now in custody in the east bay accused of trying to steal cars. livermore police say this first attempt was made earlier this month in a downtown parking garage near the intersection of livermore and railroad avenues. officers say that the teen pretended to have a gun in his pocket and threatened to harm the victim. if he did not give him his car, police then received for more reports of similar incidents. 4 days later, the teen is now facing multiple counts of attempted carjacking, attempted robbery and criminal fact threats. 2 alleged gang members in santa rosa have been arrested in connection to an assault on a 13 year-old officers say that this attack happened as the victim was walking to school last thursday. the 2 people arrested have now been identified as a 19 year-old from santa rosa. and a 25 year-old from windsor. the 13

year-old was hurt but did not need to go to the hospital. in california, a pastor is accused of paying several suspects $40,000 to kill his daughter's boyfriend. the shooting happened in october last year and the victim survived. samuel past us was a pastor in san bernardino county and people believe police believe that he hired hit men to kill his daughter's boyfriend because of his religion and his beliefs. so now he faces charges of solicitation and conspiracy to commit murder, attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon. their bail has now been set at 1 million dollars. there was a celebrity turnout at a rally for a california law that bans homes that are close to oil and gas wells. governor newsom along with former governor arnold schwarzenegger and actress jane fonda joined local officials in support of this law senate bill 11. 37 is facing a november ballot

initiative that would overturn it. the referendum is supported by the oil industry. but environmental groups are working on a signature drive for a measure on the november ballot, asking to keep the law in place. >> big oil is playing us for fools for decades and decades, buy off politicians of all political stripes. lying to you. elaine science. they knew the facts. they hit it. >> if the measure to keep the law makes the ballot and voters pass at the result within override the outcome of the initiative seeking to overturn it. a ceasefire in gaza seems no closer today. despite u.s. efforts un meeting in and also in jerusalem, a u.s. led un resolution for a cease-fire was vetoed by russia and china in an effort to change the outcome. secretary of state antony blinken continues to meet face to face with top israeli officials. blinken met with the prime minister

benjamin netanyahu and his work cabinet and said a ground operation in rafah could isolate israel and its standing in the world. but he also says the u.s. is still committed to helping israel achieve its goal of defeating hamas. >> killing more civilians it weekend greater. have it. there's humanitarian assistance requires an integrated humanitarian. military and political plan. >> israeli officials will travel to washington next week to continue conversations with u.s.. officials. and back in california, governor gavin newsom is taking a stance now on the war in gaza. in a letter to the state's muslim palestinian american and arab american communities. the governor called for an immediate cease-fire. kron four's. dan thorn has the story. >> governor gavin newsom is now joining the chorus of people calling for an immediate cease-fire in gaza.

in a letter to california is muslim, palestinian american and arab american communities. newsom says it's time to work toward peace. yesterday cease-fire. >> could have saved today's martyrs is a line that we have used over and over again in our advocacy. i would say that early for. >> for months, organizations like the bay area's council on american islamic relations or cair have been pressuring elected officials to demand a cease-fire in gaza. aren't blue executive director of care says the cease-fire is necessary to save innocent lives, though we have been asking for a cease-fire in october. we welcome that call even now. >> palestinians are facing it could pass to feel like nothing we've seen before. either. they are bombed. >> where they are starved. the governor's letter also acknowledge the rise in anti-muslim discrimination and hate. >> care national says in the months following the october

7th attack in israel, anti-arab bias jumped more than the governor's statements come during the holy month of ramadan. >> for blue and many muslims, this year's observance is incredibly somber. >> but they're not giving up. we welcome the governor's greetings during this blessed the time. and we are even more prayerful. and more committed to action and protest to continue to advocate for a cease-fire. in san francisco, thorn kron, 4 news. >> the jewish public affairs committee of california says the governor has made it clear that hamas is continued rule in gaza is not compatible with a lasting peace between israelis and palestinians. they released a statement about the governor's stance. it reads in part here, we appreciate his support for jay pack score positions on the israel-hamas war. returning all remaining hostages to israel, removing hamas for

military control, maximizing humanitarian aid to gazans and minimizing civilian casualties. goods goes on to say here we look forward to continuing our close working relationship with governor newsom to strengthen california. israel ties achieve a peaceful and secure future for both israelis and palestinians. counter anti-semitism and make california a safe and welcoming place for all. now 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 officials refused to let muslims attending the meeting, break their fast and pray inside of city hall. the groups sent this letter to sen produce mayor in it care says muslim residents had requested accommodations for fasting as the meeting fell on the second night of ramadan. but city staff reportedly denied the request just 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 as well as an area to gather fasting constituents were instead instructed to break their fast and make their prayer outside surrounded by a police presence. the letter asked the mayor to clarify the city's policies used to justify their actions and engage in islam as la familia training. we've been enjoying warm and wonderful spring weather the past couple days. but get ready for more of this snow on the sierra. also rain in the valley kron 4 meteorologist kyla grogan tracking. what's going to happen now with the storm and how we're doing with the snow. yes, snow packed looking good, right? we've had a good season, but we could stand to top it off a little bit. and that's exactly what we're going to do. >> as we head towards the weekend, you're taking a live look in your 70 here at half dome. beautiful view there. lots of snow up on the peaks, but they, too, will be seeing some more because you can see

where this winter storm warning on the western facing slopes goes all the way down the state and then you can see the watch as well. and parts northern california, some of our peaks and certainly on those eastern facing side of lake tahoe area, too. so heavy snow expected. this is when the warning goes into effect. 6 o'clock tonight until 08:00am on sunday. so make sure you don't travel during that time if you can, because you're going snow covered. roads are going to have wind gusts up to 45 miles per hour. it's not going to be pleasant if you're not already up there. you kinda have missed the boat and you'll have to wait until we get to sunday later in the day. so here are the totals we're expecting, as i mentioned, one to 2 feet up the peaks, but notice this system cold enough to bring a little bit of snow up to places as well like upper lake and points north of that. so it's going to be a good system. but here we go again tonight that 7.15, that snow is going to start falling rather quickly and get very heavy as we get into the overnight tonight. tomorrow, we will have a little bit of a slower start. but then once we get into our afternoon and evening, once again, we'ret going to see those totals kind

of start to ramp up. now we get to sunday. it does start to clear out as we get into the afternoon. so if you're a person is already up there than they could get back to the bay area. no problem as we get into sunday night. here's a live look right now. and you can see things are kind of quieting down. people heading indoors, getting ready for the snow. notice those temperatures saturday and sunday highs just in the 30's. i'll be back in a bit. we'll talk more about our bay area. rain for the weekend. >> thank you for your health. now, more than 60 lawsuits have been filed against the makers of pick, another weight loss, drugs. patients are accusing novo nordisk and eli lilly of failing to notify them about the side effects which range from digestive problems as well as nausea. some have been sent to the hospital. the companies are saying they will defend themselves in court. both companies say patient safety is their top priority and they're working with federal regulators to monitor the safety of their medicines. starbucks recalling 440,000 mugs. the mugs are part of the

2023 holiday gifts made by nestle usa sold at target and wal-mart. customers contacted the company saying the mugs which have a metallic coating can break. if they're put in the microwave or filled with very hot liquids. there have been one 10 reports of people getting burns as a result. they can be returned to the place that you purchased it for a refund. now, the chp hayward from mining the public that your imaginary friend does not count as a passenger. if you want to drive in the carpool lane and they posted this photo on social media of someone trying to up what they say was a fast one on a fast track express lane. so if your fast track is not set to the correct number of passengers in your car there say you could face. fine of more than $200 when you think that was the half it was going to try pull my cause. a person look like a t-shirt. didn't work coming public transit commuters will enter.

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talk about march madness now as marauders, very own saint mary's gearing up to take on grand canyon university tonight. reporter dan fanning has a preview. >> good afternoon, dan. banning for the spokane arena as march madness is set to begin for saint mary's. the gaels will begin their ncaa tournament play later tonight against the 12 seeded grand canyon antelopes. a 3rd

straight ncaa tourney are the big dance fresh off 5th wcc tournament title. thanks. tweet. 9 point win over the home team for this arena. gonzaga last week they're taking on an antelope steam out of phoenix that is seeking its first ever ncaa tournament win at the division one level fresh off a conference tournament title of their old. it's the chance against the wcc champs. it should be some must-see tv later tonight. tipoff time around 07:00pm pacific time here from the spokane arena for now reporting in spokane, dan fanning back to you. >> and the stanford women's basketball team also gearing up for their march madness run. they play tonight the cardinals to see the take on the 15th seed norfolk state in portland. this marks their 37 ncaa tournament appearance and 35th under the head coach tara

vanderveer, the all-time winningest coach in college basketball history. the scheduled for 7. and that to a job that some might say out of this world. nasa is recruiting for the artemis generation program. they want to send astronauts to the moon's south pole qualifications include a stem master's degree, a minimum of 3 years as a pilot or medical residency, selected candidates will spend 2 years training in houston prepping for travel and getting ready for some lunar experiment. and then soon after nasa plans to land the first woman and the next man on the moon. >> looking nice dish sort audi. the rain starting to move in college. did you do any march madness? brackets know, because i don't generally sport as we know. but like not sometimes like i like the name of this, right, like their mashed on that

before got in on the office pool. i just randomly pick random stuff. and i usually do okay, but i'm not but i was reading the new york times this morning. they said that their thing with the brackets, which you gotta figure is like a lot of people, not one person wasn't busted after last night's game. apparently so if you're if yours is not working anymore, well, you're not the only one. hey, guess what? it was so nice when we started our day and now we've got some crazy wild. >> whether that's happening just about everywhere in the bay area, half moon bay getting some of those raindrops and up here at mount tam, you can barely see anything because they got rain drops on the on the lens. but you do kind of make out the trees that that are kind of taking it all that wind. so we are in it right now. all the rain starting to come down, particularly in the north bay where things got started. and you can see now some of the heavier showers in and around santa rosa, where you see those oranges and yellows. that means that's coming down at a pretty good clip. still pretty light, as you can see in parts of the peninsula and the east bay. but notice we're starting to see the cells that are picking up speed here, picking up intensity. so if

you are headed out this afternoon or this evening, make sure they are ready for this because the roads are certainly going to be slick. all of it courtesy of our low pressure system sitting right off the coast. here's the second thing the wind is kicking a parade along with the rain. we've got that southerly flow very much pronounced the direction of the wind from the south right now. tomorrow we'll see it. shift to the west will take you hour by hour through the evening here. and you can see again that some of these are going to be quite to step. the cells could have thunderstorm potential in them. so please be careful. this is about 10 o'clock tonight to take you into tomorrow. we get scattered showers as we start our day. still with that slight chance of thunderstorm potential, especially i think as we get into tomorrow evening, that's about 8 o'clock. when you start to see some of this roll through even in the early morning hours of sunday, still seeing activity sunday afternoon. we catch a break and we wrap this up. now. it's all said and we're looking out for about half an inch to an inch of rain. having said that, some of the spots that might encounter some of the thunderstorms can get very heavy downpours very quickly. and so those totals can certainly go up. here's a look at your senate forecast.

it's not bad. once we get past sunday monday, tuesday, stay dry wednesday. first part stays dry. but by wednesday and thursday, we've got a few more showers expected. by the way, tomorrow is going drop like 10 degrees. so just be ready for that, too. along with the rain and the wind, we've got some chilly temperatures to thanks. but every weekend ring. >> she shot wright former. san francisco mayor willie brown celebrating a major milestone. he turned 90 years old this week. but the man about town is pretty hard to keep up with less. you put a kron vicki liviakis on the story she found about his law office working hard and celebrating. s >> there is only one mayor willie brown, the man known for just received a birthday cake in the shape of what 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 i make 91. >> here he is looking out at the bay bridge named after him. san francisco, after all is his town. so 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 other politicians like gavin newsom and kamala harris and this guy's a perfect politician. every time you lost iran higher office. and the last all the way to the presidency. his tip for joe biden, let him be by. and that age won't show because you'll make a joke.

about something associated. 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. >> it was a night glamour and giving in san francisco, the american red cross held its 29th annual gala at pier 27. the event is a fundraiser for red cross blood services which supplies 40% of the nation's blood. but red cross officials say more importantly, it's to raise awareness about blood donations. >> we oftentimes say the number one reason people don't donate blood. they weren't asked. so we're trying to make sure that we get the message out there can make that task because every 2 seconds someone in the united states needs what?

>> last year's gala raised more than a million dollars and organizers are hoping to match that or top it this year. >> happening now, and barks is back. if you're taking public transit over the next couple days, you might run into young and very talented musicians. bart is sharing this musical preview on social media. some can see what's going on here. this year's program kicked off and berkeley and the series runs until the end of the month. >> all right. stay with us here. as we wrap up our show, kyle is going to join us for the 3 at 3, 3, stories

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>> all right. welcome back. and happy friday. it is time for the 3 at 3. show you some fun video that you think of selling it right? consider it bought. okay. here we go. let's start first piece of video take into the weekend in 8 decided to be a party crasher. i love this at the oakland zoo said good e o on their social media? one of the apes was turning 28 and the other 8 decided, i think a steal your presents and your snacks and you have to chase me to get them. but >> it looks like they had a really good time kind of chasing each other around the pair had so happy birthday to today's make their way there. clearly siblings right like that has to be like want to blow out the candles. yeah, i don't know that blaze, but they definitely function like their city. no doubt they're in the same family. you know, all right. so this was a

tennis match that was interrupted by a cap on the court, unexpected visitor years and all this was tuesday's a miami open game. venus williams. >> battling diana schneider when the animal stole the show. it's the audience and the commentators all watch happen. ran across the and then out of sight, didn't catch it or anything with their coast. just wanted to see them play. not bad luck of its black and white cat the to be a black. i don't think it's a even if it is a black cap space to have like a cat. alright, got one more. i'm into though, into this. you guys. we've had rain and we may be getting a super bloom. >> southern some of these flower blooms have been spotted. we've got drone footage southern california capturing the images of the vibrant flower fields lake elsinore. it's amazing. highly recommend closer to home, though. we've got mount diablo and the presidio in san francisco getting ready for those blooms to pop chino

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