>> right now on the kron 4 morning news. more details about the man who got into a fight with san jose mayor matt mahan security detail. we'll have more of this 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 cracking down on junk fees. hidden fees and making 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 no. >> good morning. and thanks for waking up with us on thursday daria and i'm james. we've got lots to get to this morning. really interested about easier to get a refund for a flight delayed or canceled. so we'll have that in just a little. st. and we're taking a look at the weather for you. whether

you're flying out of town are staying here. hi, john, yet we are looking at a beautiful day to getting out and about today, a little less muggy than yesterday. but those 60's to fairly low 70's that we'll see should be a little bit more enticing. we are seeing a bit of sunshine piercing through the blanket of mid-level stratus that you're seeing here from the embarcadero. definitely not a bad morning. winds will pick up a little bit later on today from the north and west. so expect a bit of a brisk in even blustery one out along the coastline and in the north bay mountains, especially leading into what will be a cold front passing across the region overnight tonight, temperatures in the 50's right now delay when berkeley at 55. same for you in livermore. cool enough of a morning to keep the jackets close a hand later on today will land in the 60's just as we have the past couple of days rain. all right, john, thank you for but i'm starting to go down, but we're not out of the clear just yet. 9 o'clock hour. always bringing us just a little ease. 15 minute ride into the city meter lights to launch. lot folks down there.

21 minutes on the san mateo bridge. you started off with a hazard there. not seeing any major delays on the bridge as of right now, still slogan on that bridge on a 80 richmond center fell bridge. 21 minutes. golden gate bridge around 27. get a look at the highway. still a little red along the east bay and take a little bit longer to taper that out. darya. james, back to you. thanks a lot. rain. it's 901. and now to a story you'll see only on kron 4. a man is in jail. >> after fighting with the police officer who was protecting the mayor of san jose. this all happened in the middle of an interview that crawford was conducting with the mayor. >> we've got dan kerman now with more on who was arrested. 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. that interview is under way do it. >> we're moving talking for reduced. 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. >> happening today, classes will resume at san jose city college after police canceled them yesterday to investigate a bomb threat. that threat came in shortly after 5 o'clock last night. this is video showing police blocking moore park avenue at bascom while they searched the campus. it took about 3 hours to do that work. and in the end, investigators say they found nothing suspicious. the sonoma county sheriff's office is asking for your help in sharing any information you might have about the victim of this cold case dating back to the 80's. this is a picture of jeffrey thomas rubin. they say his skull was found in 2001 and turned into the sheriff's office up in santa rosa. investigators classified this as a homicide case, but he really could move forward for 20 years. it took that long to finally identify group and by name. sheriff's office says he came to the east coast or came from the east coast was rumored to have worked as a house painter in california.

any information on who this person was or is life please contact police? a bill is making its way through the state legislature right now. that would double. >> the fines for protesters who block highways and freeways. and we know that we've seen a lot of this in the bay area recently. this is the most recent protests that shut down the golden gate bridge for hours. these protesters calling for a cease-fire between israel and gaza and palestinians. and you can see here caused a big disruption. and we've seen a number of these cars freeway disruptions. there was on that same day 8.80, was blocked in oakland for hours. this is a bipartisan push that aims to make it a more difficult and more costly for these protesters to do this. the protesters would be fined. currently. it's $10500. but this bill, if it passes, they be fined up to $1000 depending on past convictions.

>> because we see that these laws on the books are are not enough right there tie the chart. what's happening now? we believe in doubling that would give them smart holes in their tool box to go those that are continually putting others lives at risk. keeping parents from dropping off their children's school. things like that. >> the california highway patrol association is in favor of this because they say these protests put first responders in jeopardy. and, you know, people who need help and prevents them from doing their jobs. the executive director of the council on american islamic relations is against the bill say that isn't it is an attempt to limit free speech. >> 906, is the time. let's turn our attention to the airport here at sfo where there are some big changes coming for airline yeah, we have some new laws. to be on the books that will make it easier for you to get a refund. well, yeah, an automatic refund where you don't have to jump through hoops if your plane. >> is delayed for hours or if it's suddenly canceled. comp

was will tran has the details live at sfo? >> i will. >> duryea you said the key word automatic because the refunds are always available to you. they never disclosed did, but they were available to you. but you have to jump through all kinds of hoops let's face it. who wants to be on the phone for hours punching one biden and the next and the next button, hoping to talk to a human being. and even then before these new rules go into effect, it was up to the airlines discretion. whether or not you are delayed or canceled, canceled is canceled but delayed. well, what's for hours now? they have a hard deadline. so what's going to happen is in 6 months from now. so it's not going to protect you for summer months come thanksgiving and christmas. those lost should be in effect. if you are delay domestically for more than 3 hours and if you fly international and if you're delayed more than 6 hours, automatic refund to your account, if that's what you wish. but it doesn't stop

there your bags if you land say in philadelphia, but your bag lands a day later. guess what? automatic refund as well. no questions asked, got a chance to talk to some travelers this morning. some from other countries. i broke the news to them and they left. absolutely. if it's a fault, it's good to know. >> where do i sign up? >> you don't have to sign up is supposed to be automatic. if you've ever had your bags arrived very late as well. yes, well, you're going to get a refund for that. excellent. >> in the words bill maher, new rules. and so the new rules are if you are putting a price down on a website and it looks fantastic. you know what? round trip from here to new york? $100. but no, it's not that because once you have book it, you have to pay all those fees. it might be a lot more. the new laws say that they have to given out the door price the final price. so you'll know exactly what you

are paying for. a lot of people have been complaining about getting refunds and now they will be able to do so. it's almost like telling a doctor you're running late. you know, you have to cancel within certain amount time before they charge. write. it's almost like telling a doctor, you know what i said. this lobby for 2 hours. here's my bill to you. >> that's not happening that's also thing that hurts me. thank you. well, all right. let's go from airline travel now to barr. >> bart is expanding through the south bay and beginning to take shape with this in santa clara county yesterday. you could see how they are getting ready for a new maintenance yard doing some work there. that facility. >> will be built behind the santa clara transit center in across the border was san jose. they're going to be 3 other bart stations built there as well. and transit officials expect the bart extension when it's done will serve nearly 55,000 people every weekday by the year 20 40. speaking future plans,

we're getting a look at the future for san francisco's. stonestown shopping center. >> looks really different. doesn't brookfield properties has been working on these plans for 4 years and then finally sharing the renderings now their new-look involves a civic town center, affordable housing, open spaces and of course, retail space as well. and somebody who lives nearby stonestown for many, many years says this will be a pretty cool change. >> 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. >> so he's thinking it will really be in a good addition to that area of town. the san francisco planning commission still has to approve this. and so does the board of supervisors. >> o k 9.11, is the time. we have some breaking news to share with you this morning came into the word from new

york that the appeals court there has overturned harvey weinstein's twenty-twenty rape conviction and has ordered now a new trial in that landmark. me too case. so the court found that the judge prejudice to harvey with improper rulings, including letting women testify about allegations that weren't part of the case. weinstein has been serving a 23 year sentence in new york following his conviction on charges of forcibly performing a act in 2006 and then rape in 2013, he will be staying in prison, however, because he was also convicted in los angeles in 2022 of another rate and was sentenced to 16 years in prison. there. we'll keep you updated as we learn more about this new trial in new york. we'll take a break as we approach 9.12, but still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news. nearly 3 dozen death penalty cases in alameda county are now in limbo because of potential. >> misconduct. we'll hear from legal experts and as the state of arizona prepares for a near total abortion ban to take

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>> 14 right now and we are checking out the weather for you on a thursday inching near the weekend. so i might ask for that to be included. good morning. yet we get a little bit of a lease to some more sunshine this weekend because right now, even though we are seeing peaks of sunshine, we still got a lot of cloud cover out there. today is going to be yet another cool one and a partly to mostly cloudy. kind of like yesterday not near as muggy or humid to our north. you can see that cold front draped across northern

california and along it some rainfall that's now falling up in humboldt county near the oregon border to this low pressure area dives in to the east of us. that means that northern california in the sierra get a dose of rain and even mountain snow on the bay area, right on the edge of any sort of chance of rainfall. thus our rain potential is literally just sprinkles overnight tonight into tomorrow morning. you can see that reflected here in your futurecast rainfall totals. nothing much to look at this year does get another couple of inches. mostly at very highest of elevations, including donner summit in echo past. if you are heading to the sierra to kick off the weekend, just around the corner, temperatures today are going to be in the 50's to 60's in the city as well elsewhere at the coastline. daytime highs for bayshore in inland areas. right back to the sixties today. less muggy than windier than yesterday. so this one is just going to be more of a brisk, blustery feel especially out towards the coast. a lot of 64 is in the east bay concord, as well as antioch in napa right up at

70 degrees. some of warmer spots tomorrow is going to be another day of 60's even cooler than today due to the cold front and windy with that chance of sprinkles. after that, though, the weekend clears and dries out and lots of sunshine into the weekend. right now, all eyes on eve of that a little congestion out there on your highways and bridges. >> so not in the clear in the 9 o'clock hour. still nearly an hour along 101 as you're traveling from 85 up to menlo park. 2, 80 82 might be better alternate at this hour. 16 minutes into the city. the busy pretty backed over the bay bridge for most of the morning mateo bridge. few traffic has got about 30 minutes now down to 16. so i am seeing some improvement there as a traveler. a 32 minute ride crockett out towards the maze and pinole and appian way. we do have a traffic collision there. so you see that low slight delay and also want to get the berkeley things are just slowing down. checking on silly angeles down to 37 around 40 minutes started is

back to you. >> time now to talk winners and losers on wall street with financial expert rob black. and rob, i don't see a lot of winning going on. the dow off by more than 600 points. at one point this morning currently went down more than 500. ouch. good morning. it's kind of an ouch we deserve it. our stocks were sitting at near all-time highs or all-time highs about 2 weeks ago were off about 5%. that's normal. >> we should be off 10%. 20% is a bear market. 10 1% correction. corrections are but that what we saw today was gdp for the 1st quarter in advance. reading will be 2 more readings of that. he met 1.0. 6 1% was expected. 2.4, so much weaker than expected. and the 4th quarter gdp, gross domestic product grew 3.8%. so a big deceleration last 3 onths. i'm consumer prices also are generally a little

higher federal, higher marginal higher. so those 3 little blips of become a bump. so inflation now is set 3.4%. that wouldn't be killing but with a slowdown in the economy, that's the combination is pulling us back to a persistent inflation. 10 year treasury is yielding 4.7%. so i'm keeping cash in a money market. earning almost 5% versus going after stocks, i think still has another 5% downside unless we buy the dips right? >> well, speaking of stocks, i know we're we're expecting to hear what microsoft and alphabet today we heard from eta yesterday. they beat 1st quarter expectations. but i guess. their stocks getting hammered right now. they're off by double digits right now. >> yeah. 173 billion. dollar hit the market there and down in 12 15% today. keep in mind there. still up 100 bucks for the year, starting the year to 5.40, a year ago. and now it's at 3.40. it's doing quite the problem is we want fire. there's been a lot of money on

ai and mixed reality. their capital expenditures for equipment. they've opted 32 billion to 35 to 40 billion. i'm thinking this they get 3.2 billion viewers day at their different so they dominate social media such as ongoing at facebook threads. real stories, instagram, whatsapp. they can give me an ad for 50 plus year old male on a mortgage and they can give will be dog in it because i'd like dog videos in the past. they could get dari and had our chair weather person who's 40 and he likes cats and cap will be a dance. they're spending a lot of money to personalize with things that you've seen before with ads. they're going to serve to 3.2 billion users day on their different devices on the different applications. they'll be fine. it's just going to be a rough 6 to 9 months where billions or morgan be spent on equipment for says, getting back to the shareholders. i look at as a

buying opportunity. if you've got 3 to 5 years, look at it was an cut still up for the year, a year to date. still up in 52 weeks. it still up. and it's it's doing everything it just got a little too expensive, i guess so. >> speaking of getting too our last story, which is again in the loser column had nothing but just like nick to stories today. but i know that no, but that that that is what the news is of the day. but we've got americans, i guess. they're not currently warm or falling behind on payments. but the worry is that more and more will walk me through this last story here. >> consumer debt, it's not especially high at this point in time, but is creeping higher and that creep. he's got me worried. rising. charges or delinquencies are hitting auto credit cards rents bills. everything has since about student loans, which a surprise. they're not in it as well. the credit card debt in the 4th quarter think

christmas time was 143 billion a year over year. so we're adding to our debt aisles at a time where let's go back that dp story. things are starting to slow. this could get out of hand and creators session. we're not there yet eyes and say maybe gone from 10% to 25% with the slowing gdp credit card debt 143 billion with higher interest rates. you can see the problem there that people are paying more just to service their debt were higher than we were pre pandemic. we're trending higher. so it's it's not great news. that's not great all right. off again, don't have the record early 20's. that's what that's what? so we can hold onto that. alright. >> hey, do me a favor tomorrow? when you talk with we talked to her about the venice story. don't don't give it away. not on the ground, maybe monday. well, ok, so maybe monday. darnell,

appreciate that story can wait, ok, that story. thank you, rob, as always. and if you've got a story you are rob to talk about like i just did ask him and he'll likely do it segment each morning. you have a social media handles and you've got media handles and you've got his e-mail

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>> pass a bill that would allow arizona doctors to come to california to perform abortion services after their currently, arizona has a law on the books that allows abortions in the first 15 weeks of pregnancy. but the state supreme court ruled earlier this month that the state should follow a lot was actually crafted way back in 18, 64, which bans nearly all

abortions, except when the pregnant person's life is in danger. and are found to violate this could face a penalty of 2 to 5 years in prison. governor newsom has joined lawmakers announcing this bill. they call it the urgency bill that would allow arizona doctors to come to california and provide abortion care for parents who for the patients who travel here. what and our hand, not just our hearts and we want to we want to create a framework of real support. we have the opportunity to help women who woke up last week with fewer rights than their mothers have had for their lifetime. we proudly take on this fight. we will not abandon our sisters or their health care professionals in arizona or in any other state. just hours after this announcement, the gop controlled arizona lower state house voted to repeal the near abortion ban, but it still needs approval from the arizona state senate before it could make it to the

democratic governor. >> and to see if she signs it will see what happens. but for now, the governor here is working with a nonprofit to provide this access to arizona's who want to come here. now, as for that urgency, bill, it needs a two-thirds vote in the house and senate before. >> it goes to his desk for signing. so we'll see what happens. we're going to take a break 9.26. that i'm up next on the kron. 4 morning news. a proposed city project in oakland now has businesses nervous. >> about might lose customers over. we're going to tell you what that project entails. and the alexis gabe documentary has finally been released. will tell you what her family is saying now that they've seen we'll be right back.

>> 29 right now and we're looking at a great day, but there are some sunshine peeking through a little bit. how we see behind us here. let's get the update on the yet we've got a little bit of sunshine making its way in now for a lot of spots. maybe a little grayer right there behind me at the golden gate bridge. but take a look at this view at quay tower right here. this is the sunniest i've seen in any of our web cams and multiple days. >> there you go. you can see that sunshine overhead. also note the wind, though, the boat around some of those branches winds will pick up today in advance of a cold front moving in out of the northwest. and this is going to replace yesterday's mcgee, southern wind with the cool brisk wind from the northwest and look at that later on today. pretty breezy finished the day and also going to be breezy tomorrow, too. as for temperatures right now, it's mid to upper 50's. we will see 60's this afternoon. but with those brisk winds, i would keep the jacket on hand today and tomorrow for that matter.

daytime highs in the mid to upper 60's right now. all right, john, thank you for that. will 9.30, we're starting wind down. but >> still a little busy out there in the bay bridge. still packed, at least under 15 minutes. but again, we want to get down to around 10 minutes. the air, 15 minutes on the senate, a ridge. we had a few traffic hazards in the earlier hours there got to 30 minutes now. word out 18 minutes long. richmond center fell bridge are typically around 7 minutes at this time. you just have more people in the roads. 20 minutes across the golden gate bridge, a one on one of the south. but you're still at nearly an hour to make 85 to menlo parks to 82 might be better reasons. back to you. thanks. a lot of to 9.30, in the big story out of the east bay. now, 35 death penalty cases in alameda county are being reviewed. >> because of allegations of racism within the justice system. we have kron four's theresa stasi are now talking with legal experts about the >> ripple effects u.s. might have. >> 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 on 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 a 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 race 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, a long anticipated documentary about the alexis gabe murder case is finally been aired. that then 23 year-old woman from oakley went missing back in january of 2022. and her partial remains were found near sacramento months later. now, gabe's family, friends and community members gathered at supreme his pizzeria in oakley to watch the documentary together last family has been pushing hard for this documentary be released, hoping that will change public perception about the case and possibly to charges against the mother of alexis ex-boyfriend, marshall jones. jones was the primary suspect in that case, but he died in a police standoff before more information could be gathered and after watching the documentary, alexis, his parents say they were actually a bit disappointed that the final product was missing. what they thought were some key pieces, including a video of the suspects. mother.

>> that video really important expecting to everyone to see. to the police report said something like he said something like was it was very cold, but not but it's not. with h and especially the inside of the house speak. what do to us. that in soda specialty so >> in a statement to kron 4, the contra costa county district attorney's office says, quote, based on the evidence we've been provided

by the investigating agencies. there is no indication anyone other than marshall jones was directly involved in the murder of alexis. gabe, either as a direct perpetrator or an aider and abettor end quote. the gabe family says they still intend to file a lawsuit against jones. his mother. happening tomorrow in the east bay, a memorial service for fallen oakland police officer jordan wingate will be held. he died saturday from injuries he suffered back in the 2018 car crash while he was on duty. the service will be held at 3 cross church in castro valley. it'll start at 11 o'clock in the morning and the public is welcome. >> it's 9.35. and we have an update now on the wedding dress that was in this box that was snatched from a porch in redwood city. police have arrested a suspect. this theft happened back on april. 11th and the police got multiple tips from the community that led them to 65 year-old. henry fonseka and they found the

wedding dress and gave it back to the bride. hopefully in time in the north bay police have arrested a person for having a stolen car and using that car to ram a police patrol vehicle trying to get away. here is the vehicle that police tried to stop. this is monday. first they noticed in the parking lot of a business near tennessee stree and found out that it was stolen out of rich men when they attempted to pull the driver over here and a patrol vehicle 6 times and then crashed into a wall trying to escape. police did arrest him and they found this loaded gun in the back seat. it had no serial number. >> in the east bay, oakland, small business owners are concerned about a road project

proposing to improve safety along this road. but that includes getting rid of dozens of those parking spaces. our concern is that if they take away. >> easy access to our businesses. it's going to be a lot harder for our customers. able to get to veterinarian elizabeth mcdonald says the proposed removal of 30 to 40 parking spots would make life difficult for her clients, especially those who are elderly and with pets that need extra care. her business, the grand lake better an area hospital and the grand avenue business association have been asking for input to share with oak dot. we unfortunately really haven't been able to get very much input to them. >> they have not really come down and not talk to the merchants on the streets. so we got permission if we collected input. >> that we could at least presented to kdot says grand avenue from broadway to macarthur needs to be repaved to cut down on a high number of bicycle and pedestrian accidents. >> the proposed improvements

include new crosswalks protected bike lanes and turning angled parking spaces into parallel parking mcdonald's says she and other business owners all for safety. but a more balanced approach needs to be taken. she thinks losing the parking spaces might be a death blow to already struggling merchan's. we'd rather they slow down traffic. >> maybe have their be less lanes. but a company for both parking and safe biking, not have solution. 30 to 40 parking spots taking away affecting businesses ability to have customers come. >> mcdonald's is hoping to present the findings of the parking survey to oak dot next month. then it's a waiting game to see if transportation officials revised their plans in oakland. dan thorn kron. 4 news. >> all 3 high schools in the bay area are apparently among the best in california. u.s. news and world report released its newest list of the top 10 high schools in the state and

doctor t j owns gilroy. early college academy in gilroy ranked number 10 at number 9 lynbrook high school in san jose and lowell high school in san francisco, rank 7th at the very top of the list. riverside stem academy in southern california. >> i love that music and indie films. and this is a fast for you. if you like independent film san francisco just kicked off opening night of the sf international film festival. and now between now and sunday, there are more than 80 films that are going to be shown in movie theaters all across san francisco and the east bay as part of this in 7 of those movies are from bay area. filmmakers, they had documentaries and feature films. 40 different countries are represented. the director of programming says this

year's selections have filmmakers who pulled stories from their own lives. and there are also several filmmakers featured who've been park of the sf film festival series 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 coat, like creative collective. the is the bay area. >> so she was on the cutting edge and support these young filmmakers. the screenings on seeking mavis beacon, which she just mention happen this friday and saturday, the festival and sunday with the film called thelma, which features a 93 year-old actress name june squibb and she even does her own stunts. details of the festival. if you need

more info, you can find that at film dot org. >> we're going to take a break in i-41, but still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news, a former airline mechanic now suing sfo after being placed on the tsa's felons. tell you why he say was all over a faulty security gate, not his fault. >> and today we're getting a few peeks of sunshine with a little bit of cloud cover. hard to miss what's heading our direction, though, that cold front swinging into northern california as we speak talking your forecast still to come. >> and still a little busy in the 9 o'clock hour. although we normally are winding down about now, about 20 minutes on the bay bridge.

>> we are back in 9.41. still keeping an eye on the live falcon camera over uc berkeley's up and was down early. this is there are 4 chicks that hatched earlier. this week atop the famous bell tower. she on them. yeah, right now i'm well. she has moved for hours hours ago. >> they're staying a warm there's going to be naming mid-may. they say when the the chicks will be fitted with some identification ban so that they can be tracked as well. you know, we just missed mike 20 minutes ago was feeding time. you think so? i just yeah. and i understand that we didn't we didn't we can't show you this. >> can we have a little box and the news every day. just have a life. elgin mccarter when it is addicting to watch that and yeah. all right. 9.45 is the time. we should probably get a check of the weather here at the quarter hour. like we like to yes, we do it on any kind of like weather details to slip

through the about this. the last thing, that's why we're on for 6 hours. >> nothing slips we're looking out there at the east bay hills right here. all that sunshine overhead and >> it's nice to see it because yesterday we didn't get a whole lot of it anyways. today we are going to see mostly cloudy skies. but having a nice little break from some of those clouds for a lot of us, the head of what is that cold front sitting to the north and west of showers pushing it along with it for northern california and the sierra. but that low that's bringing this rain is going to head a little bit too far east for us to get a direct hit in the bay area. that's a mild forecast for us and just a few sprinkles into the evening tonight and into tomorrow itself. while the central valley sees a chance of thunderstorms tomorrow in the sierra actually gets a bit of snowfall. our rainfall totals hardly anything to look at. it really is going to be a couple drops of water this year, a few inches of snowfall, mostly above lake level daughter summit naicco pass. if you're heading up that direction, expect some slick conditions. but roadway

closures are not going to be a thing out of just a few inches. temperatures in the 50's to 60's at the coastline and then 60's to 70's elsewhere. and when i say 70's, it's only a couple of spots. most of us stay in the 60's this afternoon, south bay temps in the upper 60's while the east bay mid 60's for you. lot of 64. that's a very common number today. oakland, castor valley in berkeley. you'll be right there while conquered pittsburgh fairfield, the napa among spots that get up to 70 just barely a look ahead shows today and tomorrow being some of our cooler days. it's also going to be breezy out there. winds pick up this afternoon making for those 60's feeling just a little cooler. i recommend the jackets highly saturday and sunday getting a little warmer, clear and much calmer right in time for the weekend. right i don't think of in the 9 o'clock hour. still just a little busy out there on our bridges. >> under 16 minutes to make it across the bay bridge, san mateo bridge and richmond simmer. phil are typically in like 10 minutes. not seeing a lot of traffic building at

this hour. but not a lot of people traveling out there. if you hazard sprinkle here and there golden gate bridge at 20 minutes to make that right. traveling highways, you still have that accident. you're traveling to cano opting in ways. so that's what you see. the little red stretch there. the 20 minute ride all week rocking out towards the major. don't start to slow down until you hit her xlii traveling into the city. how they for looks good back down under 17 minutes, antioch and to conquer told for a long they're just under 12 minutes. not seeing any major delays or issues doubling down to fremont along southbound 6.80. a 22 minute ride. maybe you're in the south bay. you have and i want to let are still at 60 minutes to our it's 85 to menlo park. so 82 might be a better option for you at this time. darya. james, back to you. >> thank you. and it's every david de pap of the man who broke into nancy pelosi is home in san francisco in attacked her husband is going to be sentenced a little bit later. we have to wait. another month has been pushed back to may 17th david to pat

faces a maximum of 50 years in prison for attacking paul pelosi with a hammer in october of 2022. sfo in the city of san francisco are facing a lawsuit now by an airline mechanic who says he lost his livelihood because of a faulty security turnstile. yeah, they say the turnstile failed just before the remembrance of 9.11 and now he's suing the city to get his job back with kron four's ken wayne with the story. >> put on the list with felons and murder and it's the same list, ok for tsa. alter spurlock doesn't want to show hrs 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 want 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 tried it again. i use my bad jen fingerprint like exposed to it gave me the green light now on through and that was the violation. they said that we had alex 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 my lay to dare port 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 report followed all necessary procedures. we look forward to discussing this matter.

further in court emotionally, it's just been a roller coasters. the coalition used overwhelming air power to defeat a brutal dictator. >> and for your 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 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 of trying to resolve the situation to no avail. we had our attorneys write letters >> their port 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. believe 2 weeks after this happened. he 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. they 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's 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. >> it was ken wayne reporting will follow the lawsuit 9.51. is the time a proposed a proposal, i should say, to equip new cars with speed safety devices is moving forward in sacramento state senator scott wiener's street safety bills would mandate that all new cars made or sold in the state would have to come with technology that monitors a vehicle speed and

it would require caltrans to design and fix roads for pedestrians. cyclists drivers and transit riders. mayor says the goal is to make streets safer for everyone. coming up on the kron 4 morning news. big changes being proposed at san francisco's stonestown mall. we're going to tell you what developers are planning for that shopping center.

>> 9.54. and if you saw apes riding horses. >> in san francisco that might turn your head right. like what planet of the apes. the new movie is coming out. and

to get attention, which they did. >> they had a couple of people get on or says and met a couple of people. couple okay. it yes on israel see for this is planet of the apes has been set in the bay area. i did. you would know is a fan, but >> since 2011 and now the new one is kingdom of the planet of the apes candidates. there's may 8th. know they're getting creative. but you know the market in getting yes and to and what you know. see now they're on the news. there you go. they got what they want. all right, 9.55 is the time we're going to take a break. but coming up in the next hour of kron, morning news drama unfolding on the streets of san jose. we're learning more about this man was arrested. >> after fighting with san jose mayor matt mahan security detail. it all happened while we were doing an interview with at the full video. plus, lawmakers want keep up. increase the consequences for the protesters who block

highways and freeways and bridges. we've seen this play out recent months. so we'll tell you about those new fines. and new airline rules are going make it easier for you to get a refund if your flight is delayed or canceled.

right now on the kron 4 morning news. more details about the man who got into fight with san jose mayor matt mahan security team members. this exclusive video you'll see only on kron 4. and

lawmakers want to increase the fines for protesters who choose to block highways like we've seen here recently. and new federal rules crackdown on hidden fees and makes it easier for you to get a refund. >> from the local news station, you're watching you on morning team. >> good morning and thanks for waking up with us. i'm daria and i'm james john and rain here as well as we're looking at whether and news this hour. working on the animal. you got some breaking news this morning. army wants go into getting a new trial and that landmark me too movement we'll break that down and talk about life. okay. and we're also looking at the weather day or a couple days from the thank you for and super close. but are we going to keep the clouds around? and that's the airport. oh, yeah. this weekend saturday, we get that sunshine back. and this is kind of a little bit of a preview of what thoo