>> from the area's local news station, you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at >> morning. thanks for joining us. and today is the day that we get to meet the new oakland police chief. been without one for a year. so that is much anticipated. plus, san francisco supervisors are pushing to end traffic related deaths. one supervisor says it's an emergency on the streets that needs to be fixed. and some nurses in the south faces an emergency and they're pushing to keep a trauma center open. we'll have the very latest on that. good morning. i'm daria and i'm james. we'll get to those stories in a minute. but let's switch over and take a look at

outside. find out what's going on. weather wise to get you out the door where the clouds, i guess they're not here yet, john. yes, still dry this morning. and for a lot of us still pretty sunny, as you've noticed, bay bridge behind me looking pretty bright as well. now we will be looking at a wet 2nd half of the day. so don't forget those rain jackets. if you're going to be about all day long, this is up from the east bay hills. also tapping into a good dose of sunshine. great morning for that morning jog walking the dog before things do take a turn later on. this is where we're sitting across the north coast. you can see mendocino as well as do norte a counties seeing rainfall already coming down. still several hours away from late morning, a few sprinkles for the north bay. mid-afternoon sprinkles for the rest of the bay area. rainfall really kicks it up a notch after the evening commute in the meantime, some 40's and 50's right now, alameda and san francisco sitting at 53 concord in berkeley at 50 degrees while santa rosa at 47 later on. it's still 60's for your daytime highs. it's not a complete loss of the day. i

just don't want you to be surprised by those showers when they get here, which i'll tell you more about your full forecast right now. and john, seems like everybody is listening. a lot of people heading out this morning trying to get on the road for the rain hit 17 minute ride into the city this morning. one up to about 30 minutes in the early morning hours. just cause a lot of people were traveling. there are no accidents. 24 minutes. 82 want to win a little slower. getting on to the san mateo bridge in a word 50 min right tools to want to. one along the richmond, sandra fell bridge golden gate brid e around 36 minutes. if you travel on the highways, picking up 63 minutes 101, down in the south bay. 85 to menlo park darya. james, back to you. thank yeah. today is the day that oakland residents are going to get to meet their new police chief. yeah. so we've got floyd taking on the job. he was it will be formally introduced out of city hall in crawford's. michael thomas is standing by in oakland. >> with a preview of that good morning, michael. >> hey, good morning, everyone. that's right. this news press or a conference that's set to be hosted by

oakland jane, tell essentially is going to introduce us to the new police chief. and we've been waiting for over a year for this. and as we know, that surge came with lots of drama filled throughout it. but we're finally here are hoping to hear more from him in the plans he has for the city. take a look. this is video and photos that we have of the new police chief floyd mitchell. what we know now is that he's been 25 starting his career in kansas city, missouri, at the police department. there before becoming the police chief in temple, texas. then most recently lubbock, texas, parted ways with the level to hartman last september. and that was after taking some heat for 9-1-1. calls going unanswered, which is also been an issue here in the city of oakland, many community members say the new chief has a lot on his shoulders as reports show that the city of oakland has already seen over a dozen murders this year with other crime. statistics showing that robberies are up. 35 1% from last year and many of them happening at gunpoint. we did speak with oakland mayor sheng thao recently. take a listen to what she had

to say on why she chose this new police chief. >> for me, she floyd mitchell, really it 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 however, at the end of the day, you know, i do believe that this is a great pairing with my public safety personnel. and yet again, it's never just one person. it's always 18. and so making sure that we have this missing puzzle piece so important and i'm so excited that we finally have a team to move forward. >> now, while some may question, if chief michel is ready to take on oakland as the area is much larger than his previous areas. we did speak with the president of 100 black men of west texas that worked with mitchell while he served as a levick chief. and he tells us that his experience will definitely show adding that he is a person who holds people

accountable when needed back out here live. that press conference is set to happen within the next few hours. so we're hoping to hear more from both the mayor and him on with the plans maybe to try and bring crime down here in the city of oakland. that's very latest reporting live in oakland and michael thomas story. james, we'll send it back to us live in the studio. thank you, michael. >> 804, is the time and happening today, san jose nurses at regional medical center are rallying now to keep their trauma center open. the hospital's trauma center has is a to a level 2 trauma center, which means they treat everything for burn victims to those suffering from a stroke or heart attack. the nurses organizing the rally, say closing the senate's going to cost lives, especially given the fact that the trauma center is located right there at the center's of highway 1, 0, 1, 2, 86 ad. they service a wide area. he's back in february that regional medical center announced they're going to be shutting down the center because of a decline in patient levels. the er they say will stay open. kron 4 spoke with mayor matt mahan after the announcement and he

was obviously concerned. >> what it's it's concerning. yeah, i'm glad to hear that they're committing to a 10 million dollar investment in expanding the number of beds and services in the emergency room. but we don't ever want to lifesaving medical services cut, particularly lower-income neighborhoods. the fact that he side san jose will have to travel farther to get to a trauma center is concerning. our eastside resident should not have to travel farther than other people too. get lifesaving trump. >> well, regional medical center will operate its trauma center is normal until august. 12th the rally today by nurses is set for 3.30. >> it's 805, and another bargaining session is set for today between nurses and john muir, medical and conquered. and the nurses are on their second day of a strike today. the 2 sides have been negotiating for about 2 years now over new contract, the

registered nurses on the picket line yesterday told us they have some safety concerns. workplace violence issues and staffing challenges. they say they need more staff so nurses can take breaks. >> john mayer has. >> a lot of their own. it. >> boards and meetings in place already. but none of those really provide a seat for a nurse to be president and to have any input. and as the feet on ground, the people facing patients every day, we really feel that it's most important that the nurses are t ones that have the most important. >> john myhre responded saying they have faced challenges in staffing like all health systems and they y that they have improved in that area. and they also say when it comes to health and safety, that that is a very important to tnd they are proposing expansive new language in the contract to cover that. >> well, a new report shows

san jose is struggling to divert 9-1-1. calls related to mental and emotional distress to the 9, 8, 8 mental crisis lifeline report found the county mental health teams were only given 2% of the nearly 60,009, 1, 1, calls that should have gone to them in the first place. police administrative have an answer why it's taking so long for staff to figure out which calls need to be redirected to 9, 8, 8, san francisco mayor london breed has lost the latest fight now over housing. yeah, she went toe to toe with the board of supervisors and the board. one will tran is live in san francisco for what this means for housing will. >> what it means for housing is san francisco and mayor london breed can continue looking for housing in trying to build new housing developments. they need. but 82,000 units by 2031. but in certain areas near bree cannot build. and the reason why is the board of supervisors voted late last night to override

her veto to go into certain neighborhoods like the northeast waterfront or jackson square to build, according to what supervisor aaron peskin said high-rise luxury towers basically taking away the charm of certain neighborhoods like jackson square. he wants to preserve that, which is why back in early or early march, just a couple of weeks ago, we introduced the measure to try to preserve those neighborhoods. then mayor breed vetoed that measure. but the supervisors they had the last say in this, which is why by a 2, 3 vote last night, they voted to override her veto, saying that look, in other places of san francisco, we want housing as well. but we also want to reserve certain neighborhoods, the charm, the historic feel of those neighborhoods. mayor breed reacted saying this is what's been going on for decades that san francisco has been trying to build new

housing, but simply can't. and she calls the override of the veto. a setback for san francisco. all right. thanks a lot for the update. >> thank you. will 8 or 9 is the time a san francisco supervisor wants to speed up traffic safety measures in dangerous areas. this after as you know, a family 4 was struck and killed when a car hit a bus stop in west portal and then right after that, there was a man was injured when a car hit a bus stop in the richmond district supervisor. connie chan has asked the city attorney's office to draft legislation to authorize and emergency declaration that would prioritize vision, 0 projects that haven't been completed because of red tape. >> we're saying you we have these plan project. oe know that design and and its plan and it's been planned. well, let's move with that. let's go like let's finish it is time for us to move and declared emergency and we need to move

so i really think that we all have can really share that sentiment today. given what we spent the last 2 weeks is that we can no longer wait. >> chand criticizes the sfmta saying that there's a lack of urgency and they failed to successfully complete major project. we asked sfmta for comment, but we haven't heard back. it's 10, a 10 right now. and still ahead, north bay police have arrested teenager. >> with a gun in his car. we'll tell you more about where that happened. and now it's a recovery effort in the waters off of baltimore after construction workers were thrown into the freezing water in the middle of the dark. as yesterday's we told you when a big shipping container cargo ship hit and collapsed. a bridge. and a high speed chase ends in a crash. and 4 people arrested. we'll have the very latest on that. >> and rainfall on the way later on today. you wouldn't know it just yet. it's

actually pretty sunny for a lot of us this morning. but look at what we got to our north all the time to get out in your full forecast traffic continues to build out there in this 8 o'clock hour, seeing a lot of delays out there on your highways and bridges. how many acci

>> 13 right now we're checking out the weather. we've got kind of a split decision here for past tended to new york. as want to catch. got a nice dry one this morning. and then know you guys are looking at a camera just a moment ago. nearly that's really son. i mean, really? no clouds, wouldn't know it. but yet literally right to our north, it's already okay. join and

what we've got to get the dogs out there. i know they're going to enjoy just as much as but yeah, we're looking at downtown san francisco with a good dose of sunshine up above. we are seeing our next storm system just above us. and it is moving in today after a dry start. we do have certainly a very rainy finish to the day. so clear dry across the bay area. but you zoom out and there's that rainfall sitting to the north of sonoma county. we will see a few light sprinkles late this morning for the north bay into the early afternoon for the rest of us real rainfall really kicks up a notch increase and a year after the evening commute tonight, will see pockets of heavy rain during the evening just in time for you to settle down and hopefully fall asleep to that sound of the rain into tomorrow morning. isolated showers will continue for your morning drive and even some heavy rainfall for the drive tomorrow starting to dry out into the afternoon with just a slight chance of a thunderstorm developing thursday afternoon. so you get

again on friday, all this is going to add up to over an inch by the end of the week. this first round of rain anywhere between a quarter to a half an inch. then we'll add on fridays rainfall and over an inch for most areas this year is going to be measuring it in feet with a winter storm warning going into effect at 11:00am this morning. donner summit could see well over a foot of snowfall from these next few systems with a foot and a half to 2 feet of snowfall above 5,000 feet in elevation. and as the systems are colder, snow level will fall to 3500 feet. that means we will have chain controls in effect and expect possible delays today is still going to be a mild one. all that sunshine we've got this morning will help us to cut up into the 60's later on tomorrow. a little bit cooler and cooler yet come friday. rainiest of times in this forecast tonight and friday with a chance of thunderstorms, especially early on saturday rain. all right, john, thank you for that long see here. just about all your highways. busy governor ran out there.

>> along 80 in the east bay highway 4. pretty much give yourself some extra time. if you're going to be heading on the 8 o'clock hour, 70 min right on the bay bridge. right now, things are looking good. no major accidents there about 22 minutes, a 80 to on our san mateo bridge, one of the south bay, even buildings. the last hour. we're almost at 70 minutes. you might want to take 2.80 to navigate around that. you need to. he's a good option. 50 minutes over the east bay selling to 37 80. the building just pass. also grant, it's going to take you around. 33 minutes to make it down to the maze. all right. james, back to you. thanks. a lot of rain. >> in the north bay, santa rosa, police have pulled over a minor for driving with expired tags and discovered he had a gun. it started with them ordering everybody out of the car after they smelled marijuana and when they searched the vehicle, police turned up a gun and 2 loaded magazines hidden in a bag under the driver's seat. the 17 year-old driver admitted that all belong to him. and so police have booked and now into juvenile hall. it's 8.17 we have some new information now about a high-speed chase.

>> around the bay that ended with 4 people being arrested. police say the 4 stole these items. >> from lululemon in napa on monday, 200 items worth about $23,000. >> and then there was a high speed chase that ended in oakland. let's take you there. this is video from the citizen app where the car was on its side at lakeshore avenue and beacon street. and police arrested the tourists as they're not surprised to hear about this. >> unfortunately, like in today's and it's like just training your team that like to almost just like let them do it because like also the sounds that ensuring and like your life isn't worth a couple. caroline kings. >> we reached out to lululemon, but we haven't heard back yet. >> what uc berkeley police now asking for your help in identify 5 people that were involved in this protest last

month and hear some of the pictures of the people they're looking for. they're accused of disrupting a campus event hosted by jewish student organization. police say members of the crowd forced their way into the school's theater, injured guests and police officers and cause property damage the incidents are now classified as hate crimes. >> it's 8.18, and the developing story out of baltimore is now search crews have turned to recovery efforts because that cargo ship crashed into the bridge. as we told you yesterday in the darkness, all these people plunged into the water and now they're looking for 6 missing construction workers, a total into the water to recover. but yeah, those 6 others still missing. and ben dennis joins us live from baltimore now with the latest on those. >> efforts this morning, ben. >> hey there, guys. good morning. a brisk breeze, frigid temperatures and dangerous pieces of steel sticking out of baltimore's. but a river where crews dive crews are looking for those 6

bodies to recover families on edge, hoping to start the grieving process and the investigation only in the early stages. check out this video overnight from the feds. a bird's eye view that cargo ship almost 1000 feet in length lodged into what was baltimore's iconic local francis scott key memorial bridge is still here for 50 years, but yesterday around one 30 in the morning. that's when it came down. we're told the 35,000 people typically drive on this every single day. officials say they believe a mechanical problem with the ship's power system. gave out before careening into a key structural pillar. that partnership we've learned was operated from company and singapore was headed to sri lanka off the southern tip of india. now, roic lee were told that authorities blocked traffic from driving onto the bridge just after a mayday call was made no doubt saving unknown number of peoples lives. at the last moment. here's what the next recovery stages this morning. >> this is an excruciating day for several families. we do not know where they are.

intend to give it our best effort to help these families find closure going to work with structural engineers to help them understand how to navigate and address the challenges of having bridge structure in the water. that may be sharp. that could puncture issue. >> authorities say they believe this was an accident. the fbi meantime says that no signs are pointing that this was related to terrorism. back to why this port of baltimore so important those ships allowed in no ships allowed out right now blocked 5. what was that bridge? >> they handled tens of billions of dollars of goods that american consumers use people across the world do as well. just last year, 800,000 cars and trucks last year. all put on pause right now. well, that recovery effort is underway in baltimore. and then dennis, back to you. >> thank you, and you know, cause of that collapse in baltimore has a lot of people wondering what about the bay? we see a lot of barges and container ships, cargo ships

that pass through. and we've got big bridges and it is a crash, a consideration yesterday. take that into mine when bridges are being designed and built an upgraded. >> every one of them has a protection device around it. that's a fender system that either is completely different than the bridge foundations themselves or it's designed to absorb the energy. >> yeah. so we're talking about how that works and how far out it goes. so it absorbs the energy. and actually the officials say that offenders are so strong that probably it would be a large ship or both that would be damaged more than a bridge would. but they say caltrans can plan for everything, which is why in the case of a crash, caltrans immediately shuts down, told plazas the chp closes freeways. they make sure nobody at act has access to the bridges. if something were to happen before they were to be checked. now the golden gate bridge is special. it actually features the most robust ship collision protection of any bridge on the whole west coast.

>> because the way it's built, the north tower is partially on man on land. sorry. that means a big vessel would have to run aground for it to collide with the pier which is a in the land and then the south tower that's in the water. it's protected by a concrete fender. it goes 40 feet below the surface and the fender is filled with sand similar to a highway crash barrel. it's 27 feet thick at the base, providing engineers say significant protection. >> well, still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news, multiple people planning to protest in front nancy pelosi's house in front nancy pelosi's house in the city. we'll tell you why.

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>> the 25 is the time. and police in san francisco now offering a quarter of a million dollars for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever is responsible for deadly shooting. that happened at a playground. so that shooting was back in april 2022, it was out alex chalmers playground, which is right behind longfellow elementary school in the crocker, amazon neighborhood. you see it on the map. investigators say the victims were playing basketball when at least 2 people in a car started shooting in the end, 20 year-old occur on carlson at 22 year-old brandon alexander cheese died. 2 other victims were also shot but they survived. police say the getaway car was described simply as a silver honda accord. >> happening today is going to be a rally outside of. >> yeah. a former house speaker nancy pelosi, san francisco. how that's right

out of nancy's pelosi's house are going to be having this rally because they're in. let me just back up. they're protesting her support and banning tiktok. they want tiktok banned. the group says pelosi wants tiktok banned because young people get uncensored information that way about gaza and the us's involvement and everything into la policies maintain she wants to ban tiktok because it's a security threat. she says that's the reason these people are against banning tiktok and their protest is at noon today. it's a 26. and coming up next on the kron, 4 morning news. >> signatures are being collected to recall governor newsom again, we'll tell you why this group wants him out. charged with style. the fully-electric audi q4 e-tron. get exceptional offers at your local audi dealer. bounced from one doctor to the next.

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>> a 29 right now and we're checking out the weather. wait for storms that can move later so the morning commute. i find it's the evening when you've got to be where don't have stuff to do before the rain comes to get in goodmorning, yeah, i do. there's a couple things that i'm like. no, i think i got to care this. >> this afternoon is when we'll start to see a few light sprinkles. really? the real rain gets here towards if not after the evening commute tonight, we still got quite a lot of time in the bay bridge right there. looking nice and clear behind me and look at this view from the east bay hills. nice and sunny as well. a you'd never know. looking outside until you see the radar that we do have arraigned on its way. and there is a lot of it already falling across the north coast of the state for the bay area itself. we've seen a few light sprinkles now drifting into northern sonoma and napa counties as well as lake and mendocino counties, mostly at this point really up in those upper elevations. late morning, we will see a few more sprinkles that the rest of the north bay, but holding

off until the afternoon for the rest of us temperatures in the 40's to low 50's. right now it's been a chilly start. it's going to be a fairly mild afternoon. still some peeks of sunshine through noontime today. some showers into the early afternoon and increasing rain into our overnight hours right now. all right. on the eve of that will get out and get things done for the rain starts to fall. that's a lot of people did in the early morning hours drive times on the bay bridge. they're getting better. think at the peak, we're at 30 minutes now down to 14 may's to that fremont street exit mateo bridge just shy of 21 minutes. last time we checked in 25. so these are starting to slowly improve 30 minutes along the ridges center bridge golden gate bridge around 34 minutes. and checking on your highways across the bay. this is our busiest hour right now. see all that red. give yourself a little extra time. james, back to you. thanks. a lot rain. a 31 and the head of california's public schools is backing a plan to make. >> financial education, a requirement for kids to get

yet to make more financially savvy before they graduate earlier actually highlighted one of those programs that was being taught out. it. >> in elementary school in oakland, we have a capitol correspondent eytan wallace with more on the story. well, here at the california department of education, thurmond told me he believes are required. personal finance course could be a game-changer for students. >> and soon you the voters. >> could have the final say. this is something that will have tremendous benefits for our students. that's the message. state superintendent of public instruction tony thurmond hopes to convey about a proposal to make a course in personal finance, a graduation requirement in california. public schools. at the california department of education. thurmond spoke to this group of educators and financial literacy professionals about why he believes making such a course mandatory would have a long-term impact. what students have access to learn about personal finance. they're less likely to have >> be able to make great decisions about their future. and their finances and they

get education that often isn't provided in the home. in the past. members of the legislature have tried to introduce bills to mandate a personal finance high school course. but those proposals failed. >> but now supporters behind a new effort are hoping to bring the idea directly to voters. last month with the support of thurmont, they turned in nearly 900,000 signatures to qualify the measure for the november ballot. they need just under 600,000 of those signatures to be considered valid to officially qualify for the november election. we hope that people will support and we think this is a great thing for california kids. it's a message with valerie chapman agrees and educator from oakland. she's the founder and ceo of financial literacy for kids, a nonprofit organization dedicated to teaching 4th and 5th graders about saving and investing. well, this is extremely important because studies have proven that students learn or develop their financial habits at an early age habits that will, you know, last them a lifetime. still, some are skeptical. >> in an op-ed for the nonprofit publication cal matters last fall columnist

dan walters road adding new mandates takes class time away from basics that too many students are not already mastering media. literacy classes are pointless for kids who cannot to map or read at their grade level and sees it differently. it can save a life report with students who are in tough neighborhoods or schools that, you know, i've had many challenges and we see students performing well academically, but being engaged in life and what their future is going to be. we think that personal finances, important ingredient to success for all of our students. >> and it's unclear where all legislative republicans, dan, on this proposal, but gop senator and former senate minority leader scott wilk says he supports arguing it will give students the tools they need. >> to succeed reporting outside the california department of education in sacramento. eytan wallace kron. 4 news. >> well, people trying to recall governor newsom can start collecting signatures to the secretary of state has approved the official recall petition submitted by the group called rescue

california. now the group says they're pushing for this because of concerns with the budget deficit. public safety, immigration, education. these are just some of the list. the reasons that they've listed, california they don't forget rejected a similar recall back in 2021. wide margin that vote came down. 61 to 38 against it. >> it's 8.34 local election headquarters. presidential candidate robert f kennedy junior has picked his running mate a silicon valley lawyer and philanthropist kennedy made the announcement yesterday morning in oakland, which is where his choice for vp nicole shanahan is from. and he calls her exactly the right person praises her as a gifted administrator. >> my fellow lawyer, a brilliant scientists acknowledges fears or your mom, nicole >> there's only antiwar candidate today and you all in the democratic party or the republican party is an independent. robert f kennedy junior. his commitment to

peace and to the welfare. working people in america that shocked me as a person of compassion to his candidacy. >> shanahan used to be married to google co-founder sergey brandon and she is also a record of donating to democrats. she says she left the democratic party because she feels lost its way. there are new numbers out that show how much fentanyl the state of california sees last month, according to data from the newsom administration, the california national guard last month help to seize more than 1 million fentanyl pills statewide. that includes about 600,000 along the california mexico border. governor newsom is now calling on congress to take action to help secure the border with mexico. >> in the north bay, we have a big step forward now for a sonoma county sheriff's deputy who was injured in the line of duty after spending. 22 days in the hospital. deputy nick dahlia was released from the hospital yesterday morning. he

was critically injured while confronting an armed suspect. incident ended with the suspect dead and elliott will be continuing his recovery at a rehabilitation facility. in san francisco. police are looking for the person who stabbed a man in the city's tenderloin neighborhood. it happened early yesterday morning on gary street just a few blocks from van ness. police say the 2 men got into a fight before one stabbed the other several times. the victim is at the hospital and police haven't yet released a description of the attacker let you know if they do. meantime, there will be no new smoke shops in san francisco's tenderloin neighborhood. the board of supervisors unanimously voted for a ban on tuesday. existing businesses will not be affected but residents of that and a light push city leaders to make this decision. supervisors also voted to bring a full service grocery store to that neighborhood as well. >> time now is 8.37. in san mateo county. sheriff's deputies arrested a woman for stealing $300,000 from the san

carlos based technology company that she worked for and she is now charged with embezzlement. the investigation spanned for several months where detectives then identified tina covered oi as the suspected on march. 20th they and officers from santa rosa arrested her. she is now the maguire correctional facility. in the east. bay. officials have identified a man who was killed in a crash in fremont over the weekend. we have citizen app. the accident on saturday. daniel thrower of el sobrante was killed. he was driving southbound 8.80, near dakota road. the off-ramp there. he hit a car, struck an embankment and died at the scene. the driver of the other car was not hurt. also in the east bay, a man who died when his truck hit a freeway overpass in oakland has just been identified by the coroner is jose deah dry day philo of pittsburgh who was killed. he

was driving a big 3 actual truck with a bed and it was a raised bed march night and it hit it that part of the freeway overpass. he was pronounced dead at the scene. investigators say he was not wearing a seatbelt. >> in the south bay, san jose has launched a pilot program that will use technology to try detect homeless encampments. the city's invite tech companies to mount cameras on a city vehicle that would then collect video of streets and public spaces. that video footage would be used to train ai to detect homeless encampments and people living in cars. advocates worry, though, that this will be used to push homeless residents out. but city officials say the surveillance will be used to better provide essential services. well, a new study warns that chemicals found in common household products might damage the brain's wiring. now these chemicals are found in disinfectants cleaners, hair products, even furniture and textiles, and it could be related to dangerous

brain diseases like ms. the study was published this week in nature. neuroscience researchers say their findings suggest more scrutiny of the potential impact of certain chemicals. but more investigation is needed before any sort of cause and effect link can be established. >> happening today, the hunters point tennis courts in san francisco are going to be reopened. the courts are right next to the willie mays boys and girls club. mayor london breed is expected to be there. and former mayor willie brown. the court was originally dedicated 40 years ago by tennis legend arthur ashe. the grand opening today is at 4 o'clock this afternoon. one of san francisco's iconic lgbtq+ venues is going reopen. this stood will be back in business on april. 20th at its new location on folsom street. the nightclub operated for 55 years before it had to close in 2020 because the pandemic of the new location is twice as big as the old place. there are 2 new bars, a new stage

and a new sound system. all right. 8.40 is the time. >> still ahead on the kron 4 morning news, we spoke with niners owner jed york about the huge money command that he might be getting from brock purdy next season. and rainfall is on its way later on today. we may still be dry for now, but you can parts of northern sonoma county are starting to see a few sprinkles. we've got your forecast. before you leave the house, you need to know how your morning commute is

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talking more about the total eclipse coming up on april 8th when millions of americans are going put on those protective glasses and try catch a glimpse of that total solar eclipse as it moves on by. and while those in the path of the eclipse will have a chance to marvel at the show firsthand, nasa is also very interested in it for scientific reasons. this will be great chance for them. they say to sort of focus on the sun's corona, which is the outermost part of the sun's atmosphere, maybe get some good readings. >> this is a very elusive region and it can be viewed during a solar eclipse in a very special way. understanding how solar energy affects the ionosphere is crucial for predicting and mitigating potential disruptions to our technology. >> yeah. so it's pretty the path totality, which is that path where the sun blocks that or the moon blocks out 100%, it's unfortunately doesn't cross over california. and john was saying it's texas all the way up to maine. ok, couple things i was. so we're

watching the livestream like, well, there's a couple places. do we have to wear the glasses? know, okay. when you're watching a tv and secondly. >> the glass much. you go ahead. no, but i want to be cool. yeah. the classes looks alike. flimsy can let's say i could see it. >> could they just were sunglass? that's what's good about their near it. needs to be real. most >> talked about that. and don't use over the last i seen now they have like the little clip funds. you know how like you can all i can do that, ok? but it has to be eclipsed. but not for tv. be say yes. shopper tv. you can never be too safe. why always where the clashes? but for the rain. >> it protects us when we are looking at rainfall later on today. so don't forget that extra layer or that umbrella with you. were looking outside at a view. that's not as bright as it was moments ago. and you can see up there in marin county, some evidence of those light sprinkles that have drifted into the north bay. now.

>> low pressure area to our north pushing this rain our direction and along with that 2 doses of cool cool and rainy weather are ahead of us, especially into the start of the weekend. timing out this first wave of moisture. you do see showers already in portions of sonoma county. just a few light sprinkles. heavy rain from the north from there. the rest of the morning the rest of us. really rain kicks into gear more. so though, right around evening commute and after that in your overnight hours tonight, going to see some heavy areas of rainfall while we're sleeping tonight, we'll get a brief break early morning tomorrow before right around the morning commute, a resurgence of some pockets of rain and maybe even a roll of thunder, too. tomorrow afternoon could see an isolated thunderstorm. most of us will stay dry for your thursday before friday brings most widespread and heavy rainfall of the forecast tonight into tomorrow morning as rainfall, a quarter to a half an inch. we're going to

add a lot more on top of that into friday and around an inch in many areas, especially closer to the bay and the coast for the sierra. it's going to be a big snow making next couple of days. a winter storm warning goes into effect 11:00am. this morning and several inches. if not multiple feet of snowfall in the upper elevations a foot and a half to 2 feet of snowfall. once you get above 5,000 feet in elevation, that includes donner pass. an echo summit. so make sure that you've got the chains with you. expect possible travel delays and snow level, especially by friday, dropping as low as 3500 feet well into the foothills. as for today's daytime highs, still fairly mild livermore in fremont at 64 san jose at 66 tomorrow into friday. cooling down more and more most likely rainfall being tonight and then again on friday, a chance of an isolated thunderstorm early on saturday. right now. all eyes on. thank you for that. planned for slower commute, especially as we're approaching the 9 o'clock hour. >> a lot more red out there than green across our highways like 80 traveling to the east

bay area villain berkeley, 8.80, through hayward, even along the peninsula. things are slow along 101, 2.80, might be a much better choice, especially at this hour, 14 minutes bay bridge is seen a lot of progress there. it's we've got about 30 minutes, the peak of the morning, 13 minutes ridge's ever fill bridge. things are free flowing there. not seen any axes are hazards. 7, bridge going to bridge. also looking decent, 20 woman, iran, allawi for concord to 2.42, a long 24 walnut creek down to 5.80, around 60 minute. you start to build once you hit a renda. and let's get a look at southbound 6.80, doubling down to fremont. 22 minutes you see 80's busy. so be mindful of that might want to hop onto 38 to get around that orange jail. back to you. thanks. a lot of state. 47 and new this morning, 2 of the world's biggest credit card networks have agreed to lower payment processing fees for businesses visa and mastercard. they are settling a 2005 anti-trust case. the merchant sick used the credit card companies of

charging inflated prices for their services. notably the swipe fees that they charge this deal is supposed to save businesses about 30 billion dollars over the next 5 years. and it will most likely not save the consumer any money, but it's so now you can pay and you will be hurting immersion, which is nice. the country's biggest online sportsbooks are coming together to help promote responsible gambling. 7 sports bookies, including draft kings. bet mgm and fanduel are forming a responsible online gaming association that represents 85% of the legal on-line betting market in the u.s. for the first time ever. these firms are going to share information about their customers who have a gambling problem and the work to foster responsible gaming practice his advertising and marketing. the giants were back at oracle park. >> hosting the a's in the bay bridge series, although one voice was missing from the game. and last night fans recognize it was the first game without the team's

longtime announcer renel brooks moon for 24 years. she's been known as the voice of oracle park with the team announced last week that the organization and brooks moon, we're going to be parting ways before the game. we spoke with some fans and they said or they're going to >> for years a lifetime, most of these kids haven't experienced a game without you so that will even now i can hear the pa that's notable differences not run i wish you the best stick with the diocesan level. on this here. >> team president larry baer says at least for the foreseeable future, they'll rotate announcers in and out of the booth for last night's game. the giants used caroline cj tell us she is the baseball announcer for cal poly. >> time now is 8, 50 and in honor of women's history month, the worriers invited the girls of oakland's mcclymonds high school and kipp san francisco college prep basketball teams for some hoops and some has self care.

they get a tour of the warriors from his practice facility, which is going to be the new home for the wnba team coming to the bay professional spoke to the girls about the importance of taking care of themselves about setting boundaries and alike as they become young women. >> just have decided it's what the market is, right, it's not rock is going to ask for something that no one has ever asked work players making over 40 million dollars quarterback right now. i whether i like it or not, that's what the market is. >> okay. so well, we were actually combining a little forty-niners action there. and he was talking about brock and the quarterback position with the niners. now back to the warriors and that event with a high school the warriors have had all of these various events to celebrate women's empowerment. they had some reading workshops and all kinds of things. and we here at kron 4 are continuing to honor women as well. >> all right. now let's talk about the forty-niners and we're going hear once again

from a owner jed york who says that the organization made a mistake drafted trey lance, but also said that brock purdy was a blessing in disguise with pretty being the last pick of the draft. as we know a few years ago, the niners have been able to pay exactly like that. the last pick of the draft. which means a lower paycheck for brock purdy, allowing them to build some big talent around him with that, you know, less expensive quarterback in the position, but that won't be the case year from now when brock purdy's contract extension is eligible and if you playing the way he's been playing, you know, he's going to ask for a lot of money. >> i mean, a good problem quarterback is when your highest paid guys on your team b. so there's a lot of planning goes into it. >> you know, again, i'm i'm glad that we have prodigy out. i'll like they're they're the ones. figure out the details of it. >> i just have decided do. it's what the market is, right, it's not rock is going to ask for something that no one has ever asked work

players making over 40 million dollars quarterback right now. i whether i like it or not, that's what the market is. and you have to accept the reality of the world. and to me, quarterback is most important position not to support all in all sports. those guys should be >> from one football to another this saturday is bay fc's first home opener ever. and to celebrate san francisco through a kickoff party at civic center on tuesday. mayor london breed was there all decked out in the team's gear? as you can see, she said she's thrilled to welcome bay fc to san francisco and the greater bay area players signed autographs for fans. young players also got the chance to work on their footwork. bay fc will be playing at the houston are playing the houston dash at paypal park in san jose on saturday. >> all right. we're going take a break. but coming up in the next hour kron, 4 morning

news, the warriors were looking to bring home a win in miami if they want to keep their playoff hopes alive. we'll take a look at what we'll take a look at what happened.

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yeah, or you know, it costs more. but if i buy this thing and so lego, i don't taste as much, jacqueline, i'm not going to have to get what you pay well, the price of cocoa. i mean, >> it's doubled over the last year %ecause of poor harvest means in west africa. so companies got to do something. >> well, the news cadbury bunny of the year is a species that hasn't held that title before you can see it there. raccoon. yeah, the people have spoken and louis, the raccoon is winning the grand prize which includes $7,000 and a starring role in those cadbury by out there giving a record $7,000. yeah. well, the owners, okay. yeah. he's actually a pet of so he is up against a rescue pet. as matter of fact, this is all part of a competition that cadbury holds each year. but this is a rescue pet. and the owners say that he likes to spend his time painting with his but early then sell that aren't for charity and it goes to health, you know, fund have sent peso has that's talent. all right.

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>> from the area's local news station, you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at good morning. lots going on this morning. the city of oakland gets to meet their new police chief. i lee's been almost a year has plus san francisco supervisors now