>> now on the kron 4 morning news lawmakers would like to increase fines for protesters. lot major highways in hopes of

deterring them from stopping traffic like they've done on our bay area. bridges in the past. a former airline mechanics suing asked afternoon placed on tsa's felons. why he says a faulty security 8 is to blame. developers that want to make big changes. stonestown shopping center will talk more about that coming up. >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news >> well, good morning and thank you waking up with us bright and early for the kron. 4 morning news face thursday, april 25th, i'm reyna harvey. >> all right. well, we got a lot going on in our weather pot today. i mean, we todd start of the week. now here we are gradually dipping lower. lower morning, and we are looking at a lot of clouds out there, too. which is why this screen right here isn't showing much of anything. >> a view from the clouds looking down into the bay showing you that that blanket of low stratus aloft is still

hanging out with radar showing that we are at least dry despite all this low elevation cloud cover that is sifted in tonight to tomorrow, though, could see a couple of sprinkles making their return. winds have relaxed yesterday wasn't quite as breezy of the day, but did certainly stay cool and cloudy winds also now shifting to out of the northwest. we're actually seeing a second low pressure area diving in and this one is going to impact us with those cooler temperatures. we're going to feel today into tomorrow and tomorrow in particular, going to be breezy, cool. that chance of light showers for us in the bay area tomorrow. temperatures today in the 50's conquered. you're sitting at 55 santa rosa at 50 degrees. mild morning followed by a mild afternoon. daytime highs reaching the 60's later on today into the afternoon. and another cloudier day ahead of us. as for your roads were sitting in some pretty light traffic out there. you're definitely rolling through the bay bridge as well as the san mateo bridge without slowing down much at all. as you're

getting through the metering lights. as for the richmond center fell and the golden gate. any cloud cover is way up about so you're not looking at any low visibility raining. all right, john, thank you for that. well, a bill making its way through the state legislature would like to double the fines for protesters. >> who would like to block highways and freeways so gaining bipartisan support in the state capitol, but not across the state. well, where sara stinson got a chance to talk with assemblywoman who's introducing the bill and a civil rights activist that's against it. >> this bill is proposing to increase fines for protesters. every time they're convicted of blocking traffic on highways. the hope is to deter them from doing it again. but civil rights advocates tell tougher penalties will not stop people from speaking out amid a series of protests related to the israel-hamas war assemblywoman kate sanchez has introduced legislation that would crack down on any demonstrations blocking traffic on highways in

california. so this is because public safety, healthcare risk and honestly. >> i would hate to get to the point where we're losing a lawsuit. one life sanchez says she became frustrated after 78e protesters arrested for blocking the bay bridge in november. >> we're only ordered to 5 hours of community service and $57 fines under current state law. protesters can be fined anywhere between 100 to $500. >> sanchez wants to double those fines up to $1000 depending on past convictions because we've seen of these laws on the books are are not enough right there tie chart. what's happening now? >> we believe in doubling that would give them our tolls in their tool box. this bill passed transportation committee hearing by both democrats and republicans, the california highway patrol association also in favor saying these protests prevent first responders from doing their job. this is dangerous. something needs to change. >> the executive director of

the council on american islamic relations is on robbie lou is speaking out against the bill. frankly, i'm appalled that our legislators are using the pretense of transportation and public safety. >> to quell. first amendment protected activity, the loose as if this bill gets passed into law. it won't stop protesters. the only way to deter protesters. urgent implement a permanent cease-fire. now. >> assemblywoman sanchez says she's hopeful her bill makes its way to the governor's desk. it next goes to an appropriations committee. i'm sara stinson reporting the studio. back to you. >> well, happening today, you got classes are to resume as normal at san jose city college after police say they found nothing suspicious on campus. there. jose police reported a possible bomb threat shortly after 5 last night. we have video showing police blocking moore park avenue bascom. well, police

they canceled classes and they evacuated the school for about 3 hours before they reopen the campus. again. martin expansion to the south bay. it's taking shape who's around santa clear yesterday. again, the new site ready for a new maintenance yard made its facility slated to be built behind the santa clara transit center across the border with san jose. well, other bart stations are in bill. transit officials expect the bar to expansion to serve nearly 55,000 people every day 2040. we're finally getting a look at the future of san francisco stonestown shopping center, brookfield property sharing these renderings of the project. it includes plans for a civic town center for double housing neighborhood, even open spaces in retail. the company says the idea was about 4 years in the making. and a man whose live right near stonestown galleria for decades says it's hard to imagine the area transforming so dramatically.

>> pretty surprised that they're they're going to do because it's been like that for, you know, as long as i can remember since the 70's, it's a good area. and it's it's a great place to be. you know, they got libraries here and, >> you know, schools and think people get educated it's a great place. >> well, the san francisco planning commission, they've been gathering public input for years. the project still requires approval by the planning commission and the board of supervisors. before we reached out to city officials. we haven't heard back just yet. well, a former president of san jose elementary school enrichment program has now been arrested this week, accused of embezzling over $400,000 from the organization. police say between 2019, 2023, set night road herself up to 45 fraudulent checks claiming to be reimbursement for services that were not render warrant was served tuesday night was arrested on suspicion of grand theft and forgery. so as a unified school district says they're now working pretty closely with district

attorney's office, local law enforcement as they try investigate this case. as a foe and the city of san francisco facing a lawsuit by airline mechanic, says lost his livelihood due to a faulty security turnstile. they say south hill just before the remembrance of 9.11. now he's suing the city to his job back kron four's. ken wayne has that story. >> and put on the list with felons murders. and that's the same list, ok for tsa culture. spurlock doesn't want to show his face on camera because he's concerned it could be blacklisted by airlines because his airport security badge has been revoked on september 9th 2021, just 2 days before the 20th anniversary of the 9.11 attacks, the alaska airlines aviation mechanic was stopped at the employees, security turnstile, one trying to go to work at sfo. >> he used his biometrics security badge to pass through, but it didn't work on. his first attempt started through and then the turnstile

froze up and locked up. >> so came back. i trieg it again. i use my bad jen fingerprint like exposed to it gave me the green light now and through and that was the violation. they said that we had spurlock says he was accused of trying to circumvent security by trying to go through again after the turnstile froze. so what they did is they pulled my badge, astounds me from working at basically every airport. the commute side of stands for security identification display area. the san francisco city attorney's office responded by saying spurlock, quote. >> tampered with a secured access point which violated airport rules. the airport had previously warned employees that this type of conduct posed an unacceptable security threat, ensuring the safety and security of the airport is paramount. the decision to revoke their security badges is clearly warranted. and within the airports, discretion, the airport followed all necessary procedures. we look forward to discussing this matter. further in court, the motion a

li, it's just been a roller coasters. the coalition used overwhelming air power to defeat a brutal dictator. >> and free a nation spurlock has been an aviation mechanic ever since his service in the air force during the first gulf war working on military aircraft. >> and holding a top secret clearance. by all accounts, he has an unblemished record and 20 years of work with the airline. not at any point was security jeopardize into the end of the day. the entire incident was a function of the faulty turnstile, which is the responsibility, the airport to maintain alaska airlines and the mechanics union have tried to resolve the situation to no avail. we had our attorneys write letters airport commission. it was just a complete storm. all the timing couldn't have been worse for spurlock. i just had a baby and i was going to start my baby bonding leave 2 weeks after this happened, the has since found aviation work. but earning less than before. i was also eligible the right

tire for alaska. 55, i just turned 55. so i wasn't able to retire. but i lost my health insurance. basically took everything spurlock and his union say they think sfo and the tsa overreacted. i don't understand why the authorities at sfo are taking such a hard line on this and basically ending an individual's it scenes spiteful, it seems emotional and it doesn't seem rational. and the only thing that we're guessing are trying to figure is that it was because it was close to 9.11. >> so they're trying to make a point. well, that was ken wayne reporting for us. >> time now for tenants says the city youth they're proposing lower the voting age to 16. activists even barker plumber was pointed to this. and is a new commission by mayor london breed in 2021. now gain support among community leaders back in another attempt to pass a measure that would grant 16 year-old san franciscans the right to vote in local

elections. eveland barker plummer says the measure aims to increase engagement overall local elections. this is the 3rd attempt to lower the voting age in san francisco after failing to pass 2016 in 2020 by a small margin. still ahead, the problem morning news. so was this will celebrate the opening of the city's newly renovated 9-1-1. dispatch center. when you hear how the mayor feels about the renovations. plus, we're learning more about what led up to a fight between a man. >> and the sales and their >> and the sales and their security detail right alice loves the scent of gain so much,

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things you to know today. therefore, police say a woman was hit and killed by a semi truck early yesterday morning. white near 80 in the parking lot so drive. that's gators say the semi truck was pulling away which hit the victim. redwood city police arrested him henry from seca in connection to an incident where a package was stolen from a porch. continue the wedding dress. we say concerned citizen found addressed and that was returned to the rightful owner. let's beat the giants 8 to 2 last night. the giants start new series against pirates tomorrow night. let's pitch is at 7.15. and the first round of nfl draft. that's tonight i was going to pick 31st. the draft starts at 05:00pm. we're the 3rd annual hatching it for peregrine. falcon was held yesterday. uc berkeley. >> to welcome in for new chicks. they're so cute. blaze batch of how can chicks hatched really early this week, top of uc berkeley's

famous chaplain bell tower where event goers watch a livestream of the falcon's nest on a large outdoor screen. well, guys, are the events. a naming contest is going to be help mid-may when the falcon chicks are of the fit with identification bands to help track so cool to see that. go from aig's 2 little babies feel like a been watching them over the course of this. all right. well, the weather today, we're in florence, the mixed bag for the next few days into the weekend. john, good morning. yeah, definitely have had lots of variety this week. we started it with sunshine and 80's. >> and obviously the past couple of days we've dipped into the 60's and a lot of cloud cover overhead. today is going to look a lot more like that. looking outside at some cloudy skies over san francisco. that cloud cover sitting above us. so you're not driving through it this morning. no fog out there and we don't have any rainfall across the bay. we continue to see some unsettled weather across the region yesterday. and our next system is now visible to our north. a little bit of cloud cover and showers

about to be rolling into the very far northern coast of the state today. this is part of this next low pressure area that dips in from the north. what we've been seeing was already an existing low-pressure to our south. so we've just been seeing one after the other keeping things cooler in keeping things unsettled. this next low pressure area keeps his cool for sure. in also results in our best chance of rain in the forecast for those of us in the bay area. it's pretty slim to none with just a couple of sprinkles looking possible tomorrow. if you are up to the north coast of the sierra, the central valley or even southern california, your chances of rainfall are better. and for the sierra, even some high elevation snowfall rainfall tomorrow really just a sprinkle or 2 is possible. so don't rule out a couple of drops. that's about all you're going to be seeing as for the sierra, a few more inches of snow. this is mostly going to be above lake level. so this is like mountain pass kind of stuff. just the very top of the sierra and really only a couple of inches you're likely to see minimal impact

from it. temperatures today are going to be in the 60's pretty consistently another day just like yesterday where it is going to be cool enough that you might think about the jacket a time or 2 palo alto at 64 today. san jose at 67 east bay. temperatures also in the mid 60's with hayward at 64 degrees. same in oakland, concord, one of our few spots along with pittsburg, antioch, up to vacaville that will actually hit 70 degrees. most of us, as i mentioned, hanging out in those 60's again tomorrow and saturday will keep those 60's going tomorrow. just a slim chance of a sprinkle, mostly just a windy and cool day after that, we really clear outcome saturday and the rest of the forecast after that looks really nice with highs in the upper 60's to low 70's roadways this morning are just fine. we don't see anything close to a backup at the bay bridge. it's thursday. hopefully not as busy as your wednesday was yesterday. and now that fairly packed early on. but so far this morning, things are definitely looking

good. no fog. just some cloud cover overhead right now. i'm john, thank you for that. well, the city of san francisco, they're hoping to improve 9-1-1. response times. >> opening a new emergency dispatch center. the new facility was unveiled yesterday on the second floor of the old 9-1-1 center right along street. it features 55 run workstations now daybreak elevate supervisor area and a new trainer. >> and it prepares us for the future by increasing our capacity and our ability to add more dispatchers and create the kind of environment that's going to be a better environment for the people who are answering the most challenging calls. and san francisco. well, the city also ramping up efforts to recruit up to 30 new dispatchers. and they're hoping the new nacility is going to track applicants. >> well, that of the east because protests calling for a cease-fire in gaza all rolling on uc berkeley's campus. demonstrators created tent city right in front of sproul hall solidarity with other universities across the

country. so far the campus that they haven't uc berkeley, that camp, he's grown about 70 tents. participants say they're going to continue protest until their demands are met. that includes the university calling for a cease-fire in gaza and the stopping any financial support to israel. uc berkeley spokesperson says school officials. i'm monitoring the situation. he says. as of now, the free palestine camp is not disrupted campus operations. >> it comes to nonviolent political protest. the campuses are not to use law enforcement unless it is absolutely necessary. to prevent bodily damage or threat to anyone's life. we're not at that point. >> well, uc berkeley officials say the safety of all students continues to be their top priority. meantime, clashes between police and protest in ian demonstrators are intensifying other college campuses across the u.s. and they're now getting the

attention of some of lawmakers on capitol hill. wash your spot. reshad hudson joins us with the latest of been watching. this is this has been happening or shock morning. >> they ran a good morning to you. house speaker mike johnson was met with mixed reactions yesterday when he spoke at columbia university condemning the protests over the war in gaza. house speaker mike johnson was drowned out by boos and cheers during a speech columbia university. >> where he condemned the ongoing student protests against the war in gaza. >> my message to the students inside the go back to class and stop the nonsense during his speech wednesday, johnson called on the school's president to resign if she could not get a handle on the protests. >> as colombia has allowed these lawless agitators and radicals to take over. >> the virus of antisemitism is spread across other

>> this was the scene at the university of texas austin police in riot gear and officers on horseback confronting dozens of students participating in a pro-palestinian rally. the white house says it is monitoring the protests across the country. the president believes. >> free speech debate and non-discrimination on college campuses are important. they're important american values. you know, protests must be peaceful. >> and president biden will be in new york today but is not expected to address protesters. reyna. >> all right, richard, thank you for that update. coming up the kron morning news of host city project in oakland now has businesses. well, none of us about losing customers will tell you what that project entails. and they area filmmakers are getting the chance to see their films on the big screen during that's 7 international film festival. show you the different fields w

kicked off opening night of the sf international film festival. >> this is the 67 year of the festival. so between now and sunday, more than 80 films are. showed it across san francisco and the east bay. some of the films are from area. filmmakers from documentaries to feature films. there are about 40 different countries represented this week. director of programming says

this year's selection features many filmmakers will stories in their own lives, real experiences. there are also several filmmakers feature. we have been a part of as a film since early in their careers. >> and one of the filmmakers this year doesn't renee jones was a part of our use competitions several years ago. her producer went through our development program and then now they are screening their phone seeking mavis beacon at the festival, which was largely on the east bay. so the medics are really about just the powerhouse called like creative collective. the is the bay area. >> o well. >> hey, we'll screens of that film seeking mavis beacon take place this friday and saturday. so, you know, the festival close out sunday with the film selma featuring 93 year old actress june squibb doing her that's right. the cause of the festival can be found online at as a film dot org. all right. coming up on

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>> i welcome back to the kron. morning news. we're inching on 5.30, year. i mean, last weekend was just warm sunshine as we approach this weekend's different pitcher morning, john. yeah, it's definitely been a different picture. the past couple of days that will continue to be today and tomorrow.

>> lot of cloud cover out there and even a little bit of a sprinkle as we move into tomorrow. >> we are looking outside at what is your view here from mount tam looking down into the city, some of that low-lying stratus clouds sitting right above the bay area, not blocking out the visibility of bridge level, which is good. but definitely another mostly cloudy day ahead of us. winds from the north and west. now, this is a completely different trajectory. so a little bit less muggy of a field today. winds will actually pick up a bit into the afternoon and especially windy day tomorrow as a cold front passes by in tomorrow does bring that best chance of maybe an isolated sprinkle to the bay area. we do see something just a few drops. temperatures are currently in the 50's novato in sonoma at fifty-two degrees. oakland and alameda at 55 degrees right now. later today, you're probably already guessed it. we're back to the mostly cloudy skies in the 60's tomorrow. we'll follow that up. but we do see a bit of a switch up this weekend and i'll get to that. still to come. as for your roads,

things out there are doing okay. still, we don't have the metering lights just on yet. so you are rolling okay through the bay bridge. san mateo bridge are definitely picking up as far as traffic goes, you're still rolling at the limit. but i can tell that traffic is going to be a bit busier today. richmond center fell still fairly empty, as is the golden gate right now. all right, john, thank you for that. let's head to the east bay of small businesses. they're concerned about a road project and what actually get rid of dozens of parking spots. odot is planning to do paving project right along grand avenue. >> but to make the area safer, transportation officials say the neighborhood is lots of bike and pedestrian accidents and they say the proposed project includes crosswalks protected bike lanes, turning angle parking spots into parallel parking. business owners along grand avenue say the removal of 30 to 40 spots along the corridor is going to cost people money. >> our concern is that if they take away. easy access to our businesses, it's going to be a lot harder our customers able

to get to us. and if we make even more impediments to have customers come to the street, we are worried it will drive more business away from oakland and specifically more business away from small businesses in a >> mcdowell says she's offer safety and improving the area. but odot needs to consider more input from local businesses before they move ahead with the project, donald veterinary hospitals. collecting feedback from its clients to dot next month. the south bay, a man is in jail after fighting with the police officer who was protecting a san jose mayor promised their current reports on what that man's arrest uncover. >> it's this attack that's led to the arrest of 35 year-old leslie pollard, san jose. police say pollard has been booked for battering a police officer and resisting arrest with violence. the incident was caught by kron 4 cameras during a tuesday evening interview with san jose mayor matt mahan at first in san

fernando as steps right next to the mayor. both he and the plainclothes san jose police officer providing security for the mayor in-form pollard. but an interview is under way do it. >> we're moving talking for mark. >> pollard uses profanity and tells the officer to mind his own business. what happens next is off camera. it's unclear who touches who first. but pollard is heard saying all smack you right right now 9 seconds later, he does just that hitting the officer in the face and head at least twice at that point. a scuffle in season. police are called witnesses say at some point pollard begins yanking on the officer's tie after 2 more minutes and police nowhere in sight. a customer from a nearby business comes to the offices. rescue removing

pollard's hands from the officers tie and allowing the officer to handcuff him. police eventually arrived and took pollard into custody. one person who witnessed the confrontation but didn't want to go on camera says he's not even sure that the suspect knew the mayor was even involved in all of this and was definitely clear that the person did not know that the security person protecting the mayor was actually a san jose police officer. while kron 4 has posted edited version of the video online sent as a police point out in a statement, the video does not contain the entire incident in particular. it does not include the officer identifying himself, nor does it include the many attempts teammate to de-escalate the situation and avoid using force or taking any enforcement action. police confirm pollard has an outstanding arrest warrant out of georgia for resisting arrest with violence. the officer hospitalized overnight with head and neck pain. but it's now been released. the case is now under review by

the santa clara county district attorney's office. dan kerman kron. 4 news. well, there are new laws to protect airline passengers that were taking a live look at sfo right now. >> the department transportation is cracking down airline fees and they require airlines to now give and on grief. and if your flight is either delayed or canceled numbers will trend line. as with more on these new rules. good morning. well, >> radar, here's what you need to know. those new rules will not protect you during summer travel, but it could come in handy come thanksgiving and christmas windows holidays roll around with millions of people travel at that particular time. the reason why is the new rules will not take effect for another 6 months but is being called biggest expansion of passengers rights in u.s. transportation history. by that secretary of transportation, pete buttigieg. now what's going to happen is if your flight is

delayed domestically more than 3 hours or if your international flight is delayed more than 6 hours, no questions asked, you will get an automatic refund. no more vouchers given to you, which in essence, save the airlines money or sometimes they keep the money into their bank account and then you use the money again with the same airline. that's not the case. you will get an automatic refund. what about checked bags? same deal with that. we all pay for checked bags, right? well, if those bags domestically take longer than 12 hours after you land at your destination to arrive, you will also get an automatic here's secretary pete dye secretary of transportation, pete buttigieg saying this actually will help the airlines do better. >> in theory, passengers are already supposed to be refunded for a cancellation or a major delay in practice. it

often doesn't work that way. isn't just about enforcing when something goes wrong. it's making it less likely something would go wrong. >> so like the rest of you listen. you listen. but you really don't listen until hits your pocketbook. and according to buttigieg, this should save customers about 500 million dollars every year because the refunds are automatie. by the way, a lot of people get enticed into pride. those fees that you look into your late wow. flight from here to new york city say $150, but that once you go through all of that unit checked bags, the fees, the seats, it's a lot more. then what you first saw and buttigieg says that's really bait and switch. so there's also new rules that force airlines to disclose all of that. these basically the out the door price before you purchase that ticket to give you a decision whether or not you want to purchase that ticket.

>> all right. well, a lot of people listening closely to thank you. ok, time now 5 37 35 death penalty cases in alameda county rv reviewed following allegations of racism in the justice system. homers to resist osseo todd with legal expert say the allegations could have sweeping consequences. >> maybe what happened here is that these people were deemed to be opposed to the death penalty. and that's how they got away with removing people based on that city on wednesday, legal experts weighing in on the bombshell dropped by alameda county district attorney pamela price. >> that a federal judge has ordered the review of 35 death penalty cases after these scribbled notes were discovered while examining an appeal for this man, ernest, a 51 year-old was convicted and put on death row for the 1995 killing of 9 year-old lance clark and attempted murder of his grandmother. price says that the notes suggest prosecutors may have blocked female black and jewish

potential jurors from serving on trials. brown is a criminal law professor at uc law. san francisco. >> this is probably just the tip of the iceberg. because there were a lot of bats and shenanigans going until california tightened its laws and what could happen next is not only could these death verdicts be set aside, but the entire case could be set aside. and some of these individuals may be given a new trial in its entirety. >> stephen clark is a former santa clara prosecutor and now defense attorney and legal analyst. while the death penalty cases are under the microscope, both legal analysts say that there has been sweeping changes in the past couple of decades, making jury selection more transparent. there's been a tremendous evolution and how jury selection is you have to have a legitimate reason for removing a juror. >> and you have to articulate that reason to the court. if asked.

>> so we are no suspicious of removals of people on the basis not just of rac or gender, but a bunch of other categories like religion, nationality. you know, a lot of other things. and moreover, when the prosecution has to provide a reason, it can't be a silly reason. it has to be a reason that stands like that. that makes some common sense. >> but legal experts say that it could take years before the truth is revealed on whether or not there was misconduct conducted in these death penalty cases in alameda county in the newsroom to recess stasio kron. 4 news. >> well, long anticipated documentary on the lexus game murder case tolley released. but then 23 year-old woman from oakley went missing in january of 2022, a partial remains were found right near sacramento months later, gabe's family, friends and community members gathered at sabrina. it's pizzeria in oakley to watch the documentary together last night, the family, they've been pushing hard for the documentary to be released, hoping that it changes public perception about the case

possibly lead to charges against the mother of alexis, gabe's ex-boyfriend, marshall jones. well, a marshall jones and of his mother jones is the primary suspect in the case he was killed in a police standoff after watching the documentary, lax is parents say they were disappointed. the final product was missing. some key pieces, including video of the suspects. mother. >> that video is really important and expecting to everyone to see. to the police report something like he said something like was cold but it's not. with h and especially the inside of the house speak. what they do to

us. that in soda spent should be so >> all right. a statement to kron 4, the contra costa county district attorney's office says, quote, based on the evidence been provided by the investigating agencies. there's no indication anyone other than march jones was directly involved in the murder of alexis kate, either as a direct perpetrator or an aider and abettor. now the gabe family still intends to have their attorney filed a lawsuit against the mother after the documentary airs. still ahead, the problem morning news. the settle the shots fired their head coach after 2 seasons with the team. we'll tell you how the general we'll tell you how the general manager feels about that move.

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we are 4 things you to know today. classes are to resume its normal today at san jose city college after police say they found nothing suspicious on campus. san jose police department bomb threat shortly after 5 last night. at the sonoma county sheriff's office asking the public share any information you might have about the victim of a cold case. it stays back to the 80's. look, this is a picture of jeffrey thomas group. it. they say his skull was found 2001 and it turned to the sheriff's office in santa rosa. a bill making its way to the state legislature would like to double the fines. both testers block highways and

freeways under current state laws. protestors are fine anywhere between 200 to $500. the bill aims to deter protesters by creasy those 5 up to $1000. they not past convictions. and the city of san francisco unveiling a new emergency dispatch center with the is on the second floor of the old 9-1-1, center. why the long term street, their little breach of the goal is to use the facility to improve 9-1-1. response times. all right. as you glide into this thursday, you need to know how the weather is going to be definitely change for us. john, good morning. yeah. i mean, we have been seeing those changes through the week from the 80's and sunshine at the start of the week to the past few days of 60's and cloud cover. >> and i think one look at this view from app moon bay. you've got the good guess of what we got today. a little bit more cloud cover and those cooler temperatures continued for yet another day. our next system is on the horizon. another low pressure to our north and that line of showers

now just barely drifting towards the california oregon border is a sign increased chance of rainfall for the state tomorrow, but just barely a chance of rain for those of us in the bay area. we're just a little bit too far west for where the trajectory of this low pressure is going to go. you can see the center of the low right here. showers up in the pacific northwest, drifting just a little bit too far inland for us. this doesn't mean the sierra, the central valley, the north coast, sees an opportunity of rainfall. the bay area just a scattered sprinkle or 2 into tomorrow. this is going to leave us with literally just a trace of rainfall for most areas, the sierra above lake level at lake tahoe. a couple more inches of snow expected at donner summit. echo past areas like that. this is not going to cause any sort of travel disruptions unless you've got some really ball tires. just a couple inches of snow shouldn't be too much of a deal. upper 50's to low 60's along the coastline and then 60's elsewhere in the day

today feels a whole lot like we did the past couple of days saying carlos at 64 degrees, south bay temperatures in the upper 60's with san jose at 67 east bay temperatures. also some mid 60's for you. oakland i-64 same down to castro valley and up to berkeley. only a few low 70's vacaville, napa, antioch, among those spots, getting your lookahead. tomorrow's temperatures will be in the mid 60's next week. we do level out pretty nicely. in fact, by saturday we've got lots of sunshine for you and upper 60's to low 70's to carry us through next week. as for your roads will be got out there this morning is your first signs, the backup there at the bay bridge toll plaza. the means to fremont street is now taking you 20 minutes. and the metering lights are certainly on. you're back up is getting closer to the maze. now, san mateo bridge at 13 minutes still rolling up the limit. as for the richmond center fell as well as the golden gate. a little peek of sunshine between the clouds that are still drifting across the bay rain. all right, john, thank you for that.

>> david de pap the man convicted of attacking paul pelosi is going to have to wait another month to learn his fate. his sentencing hearing has been pushed back to may 17th. the 43 year-old faces a maximum of 50 years in prison for attacking nancy pelosi's husband, paul pelosi back in october of 2022. and the north that police are investigating after a woman was hit and killed by a semi truck in fairfield. this happened pretty early yesterday morning, right near 80 right in the parking lot of casa de a drive. investigators say the semi truck was pulling away when it hit the woman. this is the second deadly pedestrian crash in fairfield this week. here's to area hockey sharks signed to part ways with head coach david quinn. so under quinn's directions, sharks event. 25 41 winds and 98 losses. the worst record in the nhl during that stretch. this past season. it was rock bottom for the franchise which has been around since 92 general

manager mike greer said it was just time to move >> you know, going through our process and and digesting this and same as it did last year, kind of going through the process evaluating everything you know, just felt it was what we needed to do and a different voice for the group where the group is now on the north's needed for the group. >> greer put no timeline on the search for a new coach. and so he's open to candidates both with and without hit coaching experience in the nhl. bay area. baseball giants are hoping to sweep the mets in their 3rd game of the series. sports director jason dumas has all those highlights. >> the giants got 2 impressive wins over a really good mets team over the past couple of days and wednesday, they look for the series sweep, but because some tough news a few hours before the first pitch prize free agent blake snow was placed on the 15 day. within the doctor stream. it's

been a rocky start to snell's 10 year and is sounds like he could be out way longer than just 15 days. he was set to start all wednesday, but obviously he couldn't so they had to go to a bullpen game. top of the 3rd francisco lindor came into this series struggling mightily, but he broke out of it. all wednesday. he takes on jelly deep. it's 2, nothing. mets lindor hit 2 home runs. the mets build a 6, nothing lead in the 7th tyler fitzgerald. it's the giants on the board with this first homer of the season. but it wasn't enough. giants fall 8 to 2. they take 2 of 3 from the mets. but after the last most people still had questions about the lake snow. he was there to answer some of them. >> this week, even during the ball come there. so. change my

focus to get healthy. >> the giants have the day off later tonight. but big news, san francisco forty-niners in the nfl draft niners pick 31st will have full coverage from the draft all night long. that's a look at sports. >> the plan flee as the reopening was always the reopen. we're going anywhere. >> or barbecue gotten back to oakland. owner says he's open a new location after a devastating fire 5 months ago. the new location is going to part of his other restaurant. maddie's in downtown oakland,

grand opening of the new war barbecue is set for this friday. well, 8. took over san francisco 3 chimpanzees in the plan of a smoothie franchise were seen at crissy field yesterday. riding horses apparently to promote the upcoming movie kingdom of the planet of the apes. since 2011, the area has been the setting of the franchise kingdom of the plan of the 8 to set to hit theaters may 8th. we'll be right back, 8th. we'll be right back, though. going with.

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>> what what city police have arrested a man suspected of taking addressed off the redwood city porch. take a look at the surveillance video of that incident back on april. 11th police identified and arrested 65 year-old henry. well, jessica, after receiving multiple tips from the community, police say the dress is located by conserve citizen and has been returned to its rightful owner. and sadly, a bay area man is found dead after falling while on a hike in oregon seven's sunday right near the coast. less than 20 miles from the california border. another hiker report seeing the body in the rocks down below the trail. the victim was later identified as richard at cart san jose. happening tomorrow in the east bay, a memorial service for fallen oakland police officer jordan. when gates going to be hill. he died saturday from injuries he suffered in a 2018 car crashed

while on duty. the services will be held at 3 crosses church in castro valley. 11:00am and is open to the public. coming up next to the problem morning news, we're learning more about the man arrested after get into a scuffle with a police officer. check in the san jose mayor. lawmakers they want to up the consequences. if you protest block a highway or freeway will tell you how much want to increase those fines to. and a new airline rules is going to make it easier to get refunds for canceled flights. how this is going to say travelers, hundreds of dollars right back.

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>> right now the kron 4 morning news. more details about the man who got into a fight with san jose mayor matt mahan security detail. the exclusive video you'll see only on kron 4. and lawmakers want to increase fines for protesters who blocked major highways like we've seen here in the bay area. plus, new federal rules crackdown on surprise airline fees and make it easier for you to get a refund. we're live at sfo. >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at 6. >> good morning and thanks for waking up with us on a thursday aria. and i'm james. let's start the hour with a check of the weather. we've got john with more against the great skies that we saw yesterday. little bit of sunshine