or a parasitic infection. don't change or stop asthma medicines, including steroids, without talking to your doctor. ask your specialist about dupixent. thanks for joining me on today's adventure. from the columbus zoo, i'm jack hanna, hoping you'll come along next time as we go into the wild. >> now on the kron, 4 morning news. 2 bay area restaurants are trying to bounce back after being targeted by burglars. and holiday travel heating bay area airports won't tell you what they're doing to try. make the travel season a little easier on everyone.

>> from the area's local news station, you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at 7. >> good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us on the kron. 4 morning news saturday theresa stasi and for stephanie land. it is december 16th. let's start to getting a look at the weather with dave sphar. so i notice that it was kind of >> drizzle early this morning that my imagination, ma'am. i've been some of the fog maybe along the coast, but for the most part, it's a pretty nice day today. tomorrow, different stories. so today is the day of the weekend that you really want to enjoy with the start of kind of blue skies before we may get some high clouds this afternoon and temperatures pretty much 60's bay area wide. so again for saturday looking good on that front from space. this is what it looks like. just some high cloudiness. we're going make note of just a touch before the the stuff comes in. it looks like tomorrow a little bit, but it is broken up. here's the view. you can see the east bay shoreline, little bit of haze as we start the day. there it is. the big low pressure system off the

pacific. now, this is relatively mild before the colder jolt gets here by the middle of the week. so it's too little players here. the second one being colder. and that's probably a bigger issue for our friends in tahoe, deliver the snows down to the resort levels. a look at your temperatures right now. little chilly off to the far east bay. you can see the middle to upper 30's. we've got a 51 mile degrees. san francisco in some chilly 30's up north as well. quick comparison. we're a little cooler this morning across a good chunk of the bay. we'll make up for it this afternoon. however, here's the breakdown for you. keeping it mostly sunny again. no taking a little in the way. some high cloudiness, high temperatures inland and the well mid to upper 60's coming up in a bit. of course, we'll take a look at this development for sunday and into next week, which looks quite unsettled. and i'll get into that theresa. >> thank you very much, to san francisco restaurants trying to bounce back after burglars ruined their year. the break-ins happened early friday morning in the city's soma neighborhood. and one of the cases nearly a dozen people were seen ransacking

restaurant kron four's. dan thorn has the details for us. >> nearly a dozen burglars are caught on camera breaking into se arate thai restaurant. the large group smashing in through a front window running through the dining area and ransacking the office friday morning. i'm nobody here. >> them do anything to become become a lot. >> restaurant owner chef kobe says the thieves stole a cash register and a safe filled with $10,000. they also caused thousands in damage. the chef says seeing one of the burglars with a gun was alarming. >> that's rest. many them in to see it in it was a full house. it's friday night. but it was a different story just blocks away. and brazilian restaurant volant happ room. they too fell victim to burglars. it's been very frustrating, as you know. >> only a small business. and san francisco is very challenging. the thieves pried the front door open.

>> and stole 2 safes in internet router and several bottles of champagne. the owner's daughter says one of the saves contained her dad's passport and green card. and he's definitely worried about >> you know, you don't want your your name your person running around volant app room will likely be closed through the weekend. >> now has plywood covering the broken glass chef. kobe says the city needs to step up. i want send a message to >> time die. >> protect small >> and we've got some new surveillance video in to kron 4. that shows something that you may find troubling. there's an off-duty police officer shooting and killing an arm an early last month and spend released all the video you're about to see is from the police officers association. and again, we want to warn you that the

video could be disturbing. police say that it was around 04:00am on november. 7th, a police sergeant was getting out of its unmarked car and then the video shows that someone a hood comes up behind the car and then tries to hit or kick it while reaching for an holding what looks like a weapon in his right hand with the police sergeant gets out of his vehicle. the man in the hood points, his weapon at the sergeant who ducks back into his car. some point, the officer opens fire from his vehicle, killing the man according to police. this is what the officer called in immediately after. >> district attorney 6. and this is a hamilton. 23. 00:07:08am, at opd. frank, i look like i just i mean, town shots have been fired or need a covid medical. and a bill to my leave. >> police say that they recovered a loaded weapon that you see right there from the body of the man. they have not released the person's

identity. new this morning, oakland public school officials warning families to be where of phone calls claiming that their children have been kidnapped and being held to ransom this week to families receive calls, claiming that their children have been taken. the caller knew the names of the students, but the reality is that the school, what the children at the school, the scheme first surfaced in november. in every case the alleged victim was safe. police say that if you do receive ransom demands, you should notify police and call the student school to confirm that they are there. we are learning this hour that the flaring up the martinez refinery may continue through the weekend. there was talks flaring friday morning at the refinery. the company says that the flaring released the smell of sulfur into the community are firing executives added that there is a potential for occasional flaring to continue throughout the weekend as employees work to restart affected equipment,

exact cause for friday's flaring is under investigation. but police people say that those who live in the community are furious at this keeps happening. >> today, i'm feeling it. it's in my chest. i'm coughing. i'm headache. e and i am. >> angry. our advice for people who are more sensitive to smell is to stay indoors, close the windows and doors. and if you have a hepa filter so he's run and it can the smells from the air. >> representatives from the martinez refinery will be attending a city council meeting on wednesday at 7. the public will be able to ask questions and voice their concerns. holiday travel season has officially begun. taking a live look outside. beautiful out there. triple a expects 7.5 million people to be traveling by air this holiday season. san jose's airport expecting thousands of travelers passing through the airport every day. kron four's justin campbell reports on

lots of questions and answers for us. >> jose airport officials are expecting nearly 40,000 travelers per day starting friday until new year's tons of people on the flight. savannah, sure. our traveled from hawaii to san jose to be home for the holidays in says she had no problems unlike last year when southwest had a meltdown in canceled over 16,000 flights, you were concerned about the meltdown like they had last. know, i didn't get stuck in that last year as well, though. but southwest always got my back. so airport officials plan to make it cozy for travelers like savannah. they will have live music performances on certain days, courtesy, courage for luggage in a time his personal vehicles between terminals in anticipation of thousands of travelers, volunteers will also be at the airport to answer any questions from travelers. usually we have, you know, >> 3 or 4 questions an hour. and today we've had like, you

know, 10 or 12 questions where's the lived? where's the taxi cab in leeward else is the main question being asked is how to get uber. we love answering questions leading them to the right places. they need to go to get where they need to go and there will be no shortage of travelers here asking questions reporting in san jose, justin campbell kron. 4 news and information will happening today. it's time for the >> good samaritan house holiday toy giveaway. bill handout about 4,000 new toys to underprivileged kids. kron four's. tiffany justice is live in san mateo with more for u.s.. hi tiff. >> hi, good morning. yes, this is the first time this event has been back in person since the pandemic. you can see some of the toys right behind us, but joining us live right now is just harder spokesperson for rittenhouse to give us all the great details about this event that is set to start at 9 o'clock this morning, correct? yes. thank you so much, tiffany. thank you for

being here. we really appreciate we are very excited to be in person like you said for the first time in many years. >> since the pandemic began in just a couple hours, we're going to have 1000 families come through here and shop for all the toys that you see behind you as as kids pick out the toys that they want for their holidays. 2000 families, teens, and children, about 4,000 presents. i read tell us everything that goes into well, this is a two-day event. so we started last night and we'll go through 01:00pm this afternoon. register clients of samaritan house and our and shop. but the program by i- really starts months beforehand as schools and companies and community groups get together and and raise all the money and the toys that we need to hand out today. and it's a special moment for these kids and teens that take park, right? yes, correct. we really want to add that element of dignity and to all of our work. so we're very excited to have kids be able to pick out the toys that they want for themselves and for

their families. and like like, you said, this is the first year that we're back in person. before we we're doing a drive-thru experience. we're very excited to have folks walk around, pick out toys and then venture on to do some other activities like crafts. take pictures with santa. we have a puppet show. we have a lot of activities for people to get involved with. and the kids are also going to get some library library books, correct? yes, that's correct. at the very they can venture out and we have a life free mobile set up where parents can tell the age of the kids are kids can two's the books themselves and take on some great books for free. wonderful, wonderful, just to get. thank you so much for joining us live. i'm gonna send it back to you guys in studio. >> tiffany, thank you very much. well, coming up on the kron, 4 morning news, bart riders reported a strange smell on bart. the details on what we know so far about the chemical stench. >> and if we get some of this haze rid of it, that is we go into temperatures into the 60's pretty much from the coast all the way to the central valley. however, different story

>> and happy saturday like look at that beautiful shot mount tam live shot right now. can see how beautiful it is. dave is going to be looking into the weather center for us to tell us a little bit more about hide a hey. good morning, tracy. good morning, everybody. and a fun-filled saturday in store for you today. lots of sunshine to go around, but that will not be the case tomorrow. >> or kind of an unsettled next week we're looking at were to break it all down for now. half moon bay, check it out on the shadows before the sun joins us in starts to fill up the foreground for you all right. temperature checked, quite chilly. it is off to the

east bay. >> not quite freezing, but well in the business of the upper 30's. we see the same kind of thing up here in the north bay, mixture of 40's and 30's down south. 42 san jose. we have 36 palo alto. 39 for fremont under 50 san francisco force today will kind of call maybe some high clouds on balance, looking pretty good and mostly sunny, but it's upstream. things change this sky. here is a player for as early as tomorrow morning through the early part of the week. then as we get to around tuesday wednesday, that guy up there coming from the gulf of alaska. there's a difference of the rain from that will be a little colder. but more importantly, it's going to lower those snow levels for our friends up around tahoe, handing over future cast for again. we see some high cloudiness for today. we're going to call it mostly sunny tomorrow. different story there. you see the splotches start to appear here. this is sunday morning to the deeper moisture here until later in the day. so we're not looking for much the way of rain on sunday. it's monday. it gets interesting. good news is this particular model really runs

everything through very early. so for 4 o'clock 5 o'clock. maybe you get a break for the early morning commuters with this. but just keep in mind, heavy rains are due in the dead of night for sunday night monday, sunny and mild. enjoy again. those high clouds are referenced earlier 60's for the bay for tomorrow with showers and thunder showers that didn't look too much there. but still there's a possibility. some lightning strikes with all of that next week. unsettled rain. yeah, that's just not just monday, but it looks like we'll get another dose on tuesday morning and then into wednesday. and by that time, that rain is going to be little colder. might drive a little bit more in the way. some thunder shower action to this colder air by mid week sewing top. going to notice this big difference. 65 san francisco about 68 will do it for oakland, destroy 73 for san jose. check out the map here for high temperatures today. we've got a lot of 60's on the board there. my pop 70 santa rosa and for fremont. but don't expect much temperature change in the next week. it's more the rain coming our way to reset. >> thank you very much. day

was beginning to sound a lot like christmas oakland, interfaith gospel choir returns this holiday season with a series of festive concert in joining us right now to talk more about how they're spreading cheer is artistic director parents, kelly and director of youth program when l martin, thank you very much for joining and we're just talking about what time we got up this really relate because we want to bring you so tell us a little bit about. >> the it. i mean, you really try and make sure that all face are being honored temp. but you guys tell me more when we started the oakland interfaith gospel choir, it was out of a cry for people that want be able to gospel but they were not in tradition that supported it. so we decided this. decided to start the choir anybody of any faith. and now have over 20 3 faith recognitions, which includes

>> what is it? baseball was vhe last last month. the rainbow a rainbow. buddy. that wants to gospel music and we have oakland youth chorus is part part of our youth programs. open up a quiet here today in oakland, youth questions. well, with with our program manager lynn else, he's amazing. how do you pick the music that you choose to participate in a lot of time we pick the music dealing with area. we like to make sure that areas supported and that's how we do respect with our singers. >> so a lot of time for make sure that we're doing a lot of world music make sure that everyone's top 10 so tweaked the bill that respect. and then was amazing. but the youth choir because he's always arranging his to his defferent pieces. so it's always something that's really the pulse of oakland, east bay. >> it's so nice to have that melting pot really represents the community and be able to make sure that we uplift those voices. it's some challenging

times he stay. so it's nice to have that positive reinforcement, yes, and >> gospel choir and the main part of for the organization is the gospel choir. and that's the group that has 23 faith recognitions on every political spectrum and show the world what can happen if people come together and just give up a little bit of themselves, educate us far as dew guice tore. tell me a little bit about that. well, i'm glad our our youth choirs together will be going to kind of the later on in. 24, we're going to go on a cultural trip. >> will experience a reserve and we'll have some youth interaction youth in canada. so that that our young people get to experience another culture that's very tell me about the schedule ahead so that once we listen to the music, the people can actually. >> you know, and person. today we will have our you'll tight youth concert is with all of

our. >> our youth choirs. so we'll have our miracles. oakleaf course. miracles are hoping, of course, chamber singers are clermont middle school, which we're there during the day and our west oakland middle school to be represented as well as the oakland of faith. youth kids choir and the oakland, the faith youth. quite can. i get why do i have your back? so we have that all. 2 o'clock today tab and click fang and we're going back to our community. so we're having at roosevelt middle school today. so we're looking for and really excited to have the singer's showcase all of their talents today. that is fantastic. drum roll, please. stivers saying, ok, i will let you take it away. >> it the less he it cheney it

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>> and >> now to bay area sports, the san francisco giants introduce our newest member and the niners are getting ready to take on the arizona cardinals kron four's. erin wilson has the details for us. >> well, with the forty-niners and the warriors just taking over the world. the sports in the bay area. we thought we'd give you a little baseball this morning. the giants introduce their biggest offseason signing jung he came to the bay area and was introduced to the media on yesterday. now lee signed a six-year 113 million dollar deal with the team as the spray hitter who runs well and has a good glove. and he was also voted. the korean league's most valuable player in 2022. when he led the league in hitting rb eyes and hit 23 homers that season. he's a 25 year-old hitter there. like we just explain outfield to 2 probably will lead off with the giants and play center field for them. now, one problem could be that he suffered an ankle injury

last july and could his season short. but he said yesterday that he is 100% healthy, at least showed off, you know, some great personality in the sense of humor as well. when asked how he's he's helped him who was also an all-star in the korean league. take a listen. >> who will this is i learned nothing from my really did learn to be a good person from his father and to be good to me and being part of the team. and he learned all those qualities from his father's money. >> and while the forty-niners offense is relatively healthy. so the defense did take a hit yesterday, you know, on friday with both eric armstead and jayvon hargrave being ruled as out for sunday's game against the cardinals. i'll toss it back to you at that. and thank you for that was still ahead on kron 4 morning news community members in oakland say that they are outraged after a beloved 7.11, security guard was murdered in oakland will break down the rally.

>> that they had for him coming up. programming note. coming up at 9 o'clock on kron 4, it is some fantastic basketball that you want to say. but the news will continue on our 24 7 streaming app. kron-on. it's free to download in your app store.

>> now on the kron 4 morning news. a former student is suing saint mary's college, accusing university officials of covering up a assault that happened more than 20 years ago. the oakland a's owner agrees to pay alameda county millions as the team gets ready to roll to vegas. good

morning, everyone. and welcome back to the kron. 4 morning news on start this half hour with a look outside and more information about your forecast with dave spahr. he's in the weather center for us. good morning, dave. welcome morning, teresa. good morning, everybody. in a pretty nice start to the day today. a little bit. the way color is a should we have some oranges and all that kind of jazz. >> but basically mostly sunny, as we have to start the day and throughout the day today, maybe some high cloudiness. but tomorrow things start to change. that sets the tone into next week. for now, we have a pretty much mostly sunny skies trying to work their little bit of haze again off towards the distance, just a touch. but we'll see put plenty of sunshine going on for today. all right. let's check it out here. what's going on for right now? there you have it a part of it, at yeah. san jose state checking in that. mostly sunny skies show activity. meanwhile, a lot of 30's 40's on the big board there. 42 san jose, 50 meanwhile for san francisco and again, you're contrast were trailing in midday for the most this morning. so again, just a few little wave,

some high cloudiness. am i thinking up in some spots to the south? but the real action doesn't get here until tomorrow. so enjoy this again, noting maybe some high clouds, particularly around the santa cruz mountains later on today. and as we approach the evening hours, lots of 60's to dish out there. we're tracking the storm coming our way. actually a series of the 2 of them as we get into next week. we'll have more details on that check out for some thank you very former student is suing saint mary's college for allegedly covering up the assault. >> that happened more than 20 years ago. the suit alleges the university has a history of victim shaming. i'm not reporting crimes. kron four's gayle ong reports for us. >> my we actually have at least 2 other women who are going to be joining the lawsuit under the same circumstances. jessica dayton is a lawyer of the former student at saint mary's college who filed a lawsuit thursday against the school. >> according to court documents, the victim reported

the assault in the fall of 2000. the president of the college at the time brother craig, from allegedly chastised her over the claims. the lawsuit says the university chose to handle the investigation internally instead of involving the police. the former student claims she remained silent in order to stay in school and keep her scholarship. my client first came to me. i'm learning about this statue and when we looked into it saint mary's college. >> we determined that there was a history of pattern and practice of both underreported things, assault silencing survivors who came forward and ultimately on a survivors to maintain their silence. 2006 brother, craig resigned as president of saint mary's university, minnesota. >> according to a letter from the saint mary's university board of trustees chairman at the time from admitted to inappropriate behavior with a student during his time leading saint mary's and

moraga. >> in 2011 students stage a strike at them around the campus against assault complaints after at least 2 female students reported being raped within 2 weeks of each other. a spokesperson told kron 4 at the time the college was concern in handling the situation through educating students about personal and social responsibility. this recent lawsuit was filed under a temporary law that eliminates the statute of limitations from assault cases. the statute of limitations for pursuing civil claims under this statute will end december 31st. know that it happens. we know that there are others out and i hope that they >> learn of their options and1 choose to to pursue this accountability if they if they if that's right for them. and in a statement to kron 4 saint mary says they are taking the allegations seriously. >> and they do not tolerate any type of misconduct in their community. they also say they've made improvements since the year 2000 to better protect students who have been victims of misconduct. gayle opong kron. 4 news.

>> on the call when chasing me. >> i on and crashes into a pole and flipped his car in oakland. the driver says he was being chased by someone who tried to rob him before losing control hitting the pole. a witness told us that this happened just before 7 o'clock friday morning at 5th and international boulevard they say that they saw up to 5 cars chasing the man. paramedics took the drive to the hospital. no word right now on whether anyone has arrested connection with us. a community members say that they are outraged after a beloved 7.11, security guard was murdered in oakland. >> 59 year-old james johnson was killed last friday trying to stop a thief and the gas station on harrison street friday, a small group of community members rallied outside the 7.11 saying that crime in oakland has gotten

out of hand and that elected officials need to do some things to fix it. >> and we have to look at poor administration, poor leadership. and most of all poor policies of all we need is more police presence. we need to do more prevention. >> and spending more time catching bad guys. >> no word on any suspect right now. anyone with information is being asked to call the oakland police. the city of alameda confirms it has reached a more than 11 million dollar settlement with mark mario gonzalez's mother and son agreement to settle the civil rights lawsuit happened thursday night. gonzalez died in police custody in april of 2021, the alameda county coroner's office ruled the death as a homicide and that the officers who restrained him contributed to his passing. >> on april 19th 2021 neighbors near a park in

alameda called police reporting a person acting 3 officers responded and eventually took. 26 year-old mario gonzalez to the ground. well, taking him into custody. he lost his breath when officers pinned him and he died at a hospital officers. eric mckinley and cameron legally remain actively sir james fisher has moved on to another agency. >> to this day, the community still leaves flowers with the tragic incident happened. and one chapter of that horrific day has now closed our research. >> so it shows it's the largest amount of money awarded to a single child in the last 10 years, at least in california, a civil rights case. attorney michael haddad and his law haddad unsure when negotiated 11 million dollar federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of alameda. >> and the 3 officers involved in gonzalez's death, which will be awarded to gonzalez is

7 year-old son. if law enforcement refuses to follow their training in generally accepted principles have to avoid us. fix you up. then there's going to be consequences like this again and again. and, you know, it's a large amount of money. >> but it doesn't bring back a life civil rights attorney adante pointer and his law firm lawyers for the people negotiating the $350,000 settlement with the city. >> and officers involved and gonzalez is mother's behalf. as many of us are preparing and have already celebrated some holidays as holidays in front of us. >> there's going to be empty seat at her dinner table. and she has to deal with that. like many people who've lost loved ones. that is that something that you can never replace? you just learn how to cope. in a statement, the city of alameda says, quote. >> the parties further agreed that the settlement should not be construed as an admission by any party of liability or of any fact that might give rise to liability for any purpose. the city of alameda remains committed to full

transparency and accountability in the tragic death of mario gonzalez and extends our heartfelt condolences to his family and loved ones. the alameda county coroner's office ruled the death a homicide and independent autopsy determined gonzalez died from restraint, asphyxia. the district attorney's office declined to comment on whether or not it is still considering criminal charges against the in alameda, philippe djegal kron. 4 >> well, following their announcement of relocating to las vegas. the oakland a's say that they will pay alameda county. the 45 million dollars owed from their purchase of half of the coliseum property. their final payment was scheduled for 2026, but officials say by moving out of oakland, the a's of well, they put that on a fast track in a timeline to 2020 for the a's plan to open their new ballpark on the tropicana site along the las vegas strip for the 2028 season. well, a

federal judge in san francisco is ordering elon musk to testify again over how he acquired twitter. the ruling after musk failed to attend a meeting into the investigation on whether he lied on paperwork about his twitter stock purchases. musk a bought the social media company for 44 billion dollars last year and has since rebranded. the platform as acsi testified back in july. but investigators say that they need additional testimony following the release of new documents. his attorneys have called the probe, quote, misguided and harassment well, the cdc says a new coronavirus strain called j and one is behind the increasing number of covid cases. infectious disease specialist doctor peter chin. hong says it is not a variant we should be super concerned about, but it could be dangerous if you're not vaccinated.

>> studies have shown you know, it's nothing really to fear. but if you boost immune you can you know, concrete pretty easily. the problem is not enough ball. the rubble. people are getting vaccines right and i think we really need to get that number higher. >> doctor chin-hong says that hospital capacity is starting to decrease in the bay area. and although the new variant isn't making people sick or there's been a 25% increase in hospitalizations nationwide in those rates in the past 2 weeks because the new variant. well, this week weekend caltrain is suspending some service between stations, construction caltrain. all officials say that some of the service will be cut off between they're done and tamarin stations. they say that free buses from the santa clara valley, transportation authority will be available to take instead. some bart riders

have been reporting a strange smell following them from the east bay into san francisco, particular around 12 straight in west oakland station. some have described it as a kind chemical smell. others say that it smells more like sewage riders have been noticing it for a couple months now. and nobody's exactly sure where it's coming from a bart spokesperson says that they are aware of the complaints and even some staff of notice the stench as well. they also tell us that their system safety department has been on site and reported nothing that cause some concern, adding that it's not clear if the smell is generated by bart, it could be something. >> and the neighboring area court. >> well, coming up on the kron, 4 morning news, hundreds of pets are looking for a forever home this holiday weekend. and we going to be joined live in the studio from the founder of month. bill senior dog rescue to talk more about how you can help out.

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>> taking a live look outside to the golden gate bridge. you can see it's beautiful day is here is going to tell us all about the hit. some highlights friday. >> yeah, good morning, tracy. good morning, everybody. and enjoy the sunshine for your saturday. things are changing starting into tomorrow. here's

the east bay shoreline a little bit the way some water colors left over. but that hayes also with us today up to tahoe, we'll get some rain to start tuesday. it's talking about some snow, but it looks mix with some rain at the resort levels. it's by wednesday. we'll probably see those levels fall. finally down to the 7,000 feet level. but yeah, before that time, its 9,008 1000 feet and so forth. that's because the source of this is a pacific low rather than the gulf of alaska low. that guy, there's the cold stuff. this is the mild stuff. so we'll get to fall snow level wise when it gets a little closer. when you have cold air to to watch out to some thunder showers that this guy may even produce to start potentially. so we'll keep thunder showers perhaps in the forecast as well. checking this into motion. today's looking pretty good sunday. we start to get some, but it's really sunday night monday. big hit. we'll get a little bit of a hit on tuesday as well. but you can see how unsettled it is. secondary low marches through tuesday. wednesday. we clear out in time for next weekend into the

following week. looks like some rain trying to come back into the forecast for zone forecast the saturday numbers you in the 60's everywhere. 65 san francisco. even to the coast, some middle 60's too burlingame about 66 will do it. foster city 68 69 palo alto in the south bay lower to approaching some middle 70's kind of exception down here. now, 74 union city, 67 for livermore. 65 walnut creek. 63 for berkeley, the 63 65 fairfield and us to about a 67 for petaluma. not much in the way of temperature change tomorrow or really when the rain starts its by midweek, it starts to really change. there's the big drop you can see by wednesday and we'll keep it into the 60's for the bay. and even along the coast, tiffany arms to start. >> this holiday season, animal shelters across the bay area are dealing with some avail. senior dog rescue is in san francisco and joining me right now is sherry and she's going

to talk to me about clove. we have this beautiful, wonderful dog so close. fortu ately, sadly, you know, owner die, yes, her mama died and she ended up in the shelter and time. >> but take senior dogs. so we we do see this happen a lot. >> and she she is quite a love, in that all of the chorus, kids and adults and she's like the social butterfly. look at her. she's getting belly right now. >> cloke is 8, she's been loved a lot. maybe a little too much in the food department. she loves children. she everybody and she's up for adoption. we have a big adoption event today. i'm from 11 to 2 come to much, though see, we have over 100 dogs up for adoption right now. >> and cherry was telling you were telling me that you've got an increase in uptick,

which across the nation is it is we're in crisis mode. there's many, many dogs getting euthanize just for lack of space. and these are adoptable animals. so much decided we were going to do something crazy and we've got a whole team together and actually we're our goal was 100 dogs and 10 days and we actually beat arkle because it was 103 dogs in 8 days. and so they're all for we have such a wonderful variety of dogs that are 7 and older friendly, happy and ready to be adopted so sad. i mean, they must really go a lot of trauma to have him come back into an environment. >> yeah, they don't know when they're uncomfortable. well, i think when they get up those already happy because they're starting their new beginning. okay. so they're not. and they come in, it's like the gold. like winning the golden ticket we clean them up. she just got a total hair can't see and

understand a suit. we have a full-time veterinarian. so we checked, we do their blood work. our ears and all sorts of things to get them ready for adoption and get them ready for a new family. and i highly recommend i'm having adding a dog to your family. if it's up, if you're up for yes, and i understand full well, having an 11 year-old dog it is a lot of responsibility and it is a beautiful, wonderful thing. but it is a lot of right? right. and you know, >> we hope that when out one of our dogs, it is there for ever home, especially because they're older. and and they've already been to enough change. so, sir, new beginning, tell me, when is adoption today and okay, but those senior dog all of our dogs are also on our website, not filled. obvious. saw some pictures month, dot org, all sizes, all shapes. all models. i'm just older

it's from 11 to 2 is our open house that we do adoptions around the week. we do adoptions virtually with say a beautiful dog right there. yeah. oh, my god. so beautiful. and like i said, all shapes and sizes are they are to be a big dog person. there you go. look at him. i know we also have just got a new one and we named him bobsled. he is a wine reimer pit bull mix. i can't tell which one is more. my. and she is just gorgeous. we have couple of american bulldogs. we've got frenchies this timeline. goodness. yeah, we've got lots of 2 hours and and poodles to so everything. a rainbow rainbow for sure with out a doubt and is there any way, for example, if you're not in the position to be able to adopt a dock? is there any way that we can we need everything we need volunteers. >> we need foster families

because foster families really save lives. so if you can't really make that long-term commitment to great way, to some dog love in your life without making that commitment. we need owners. i mean, yes, so if we have a wish list on our yeah, definitely go to our web site because you read a lot about all of these dogs and their own personal stories and their journeys to get to my along. you have anything to say you want to share anything. we do want to reveal any secrets. yeah, a lot the critics wrong and you can see a little bit but my some what a sweetheart. >> yes, this is going to be a very exciting season for the dogs. and we're just so excited that we can actually make such a huge dent in the population of animals around the northern california in the central valley. and if you can't get to monfill, go to your local shelter because

we're all we're all feeling there. there's a real need for to move the stocks into homes my grandmother adopted a dog. it really transformed her life. yes, it's a lovely we we have a beautiful seniors for seniors program. we waive fees for seniors and we get them. a look at her. and we we send them off with a full kit at a welcome home kit full supplies. >> we have a adoption counselors that work with our senior senior population. find them just the right dog and a lot of these stocks have come from seniors. so it's a real win-win. you know, when you put this little girl, for instance, she be great in the family, but she also be great. just coming up. and in a minute solid, yes, lots of treats a good book and a good book. there you thank you very much, chair for so getting up early and having this nice i

like the little thank you for having us. absolutely. come adopt. yes, exactly. will be adopt. yes, exactly. will be right back after the break.

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>> mean, my my husband, always enjoyed mexican we are asian descent, the flavors, mary. well together, every single cocktail, every single dash to has a marriage of both flavors, persian and mexican. it's the ultimate fusion. >> oh, that sounds so good right? right about now. if you're stopping by, the owners recommend the short rib tostada and they chilly. it's a seasonal seafood served with serrano, pepper and avocado. a green plum broth and persian cucumbers. and looks amazing. case. you don't know. it's christmas and it's christmas with the currys stephen. i asia stop by the manzanita community school in oakland. on friday. students got to play games, decorate cookies and ornaments and even take home some free books. 800 students kind gift boxes

specially delivered by the eat play, learn bus. that is stephen. it shows charity and a really big surprise renovations to the school yard. this is the 11th christmas with the currys. but the first time that they are gifting schoolyard renovations. it's amazing. still ahead in next hour on kron 4 morning news on the saturday. the flaring at the refinery martinez could continue. >> throughout the weekend, plus, 2 restaurants got hit by thieves just before the holidays here, how they are trying to recover. also, school officials are warning parents to be very wary of some kidnapping calls that are some kidnapping calls that are

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morning news. 2 bay area restaurants are trying to bounce back after being targeted by burglars and holiday travel is heating up at bay area. airports will tell you what they are doing to try make the travel season a little bit more palatable. >> from the area's local news station, you're watching the kron. 4 morning news >> good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us here on the kron. morning news. i'm theresa stasi, a win for stephanie lin. it's saturday december 15th 16th. actually, let's start by getting a look at the weather with dave spahr. >> hey, good morning to 3. good morning, everybody. not about saturday in store for us. you know, temperatures in the 60's in the south, but you pop some 70's at it, bit of

haze and some high cloudiness this afternoon. sure. but on balance, the weather doesn't start to change until tomorrow. so enjoy today while we've got it. first of all, first, things first, not a bad shot that we have to of half moon bay. look at that sun glistening out there from the clouds off to the distance. but upstream here, we have 2 systems to watch. the first one is relatively mild. that will be kind of sunday monday, little bit into tuesday in the secondary one coming out of the gulf of alaska. that's going to help low those snow levels up around tahoe. it looks like by midweek temperature check for you this hour. we still have 34 to santa rosa, most readings in the 40's and we see 50 for san francisco at this hour. also, 38 per fremont and look for more coming in at 35 there. there you can see a lot of the basil cooler than we were from this time yesterday, including where we were at half moon bay and negative 9 for today. lots of sunshine temperatures pretty much in the 60's in the south bay, maybe popping some lower 70's again, much changes by tomorrow. we'll have more for you on expect into tomorrow. and next week,

theresa and christmas hoped. >> to san francisco restaurants are trying to bounce back after burglars ruined their year. the break-ins happened early friday morning in the city's soma neighborhood. and one of the cases nearly a dozen people were seen ransacking a restaurant kron four's. dan thorn has the details for us. >> nearly a dozen burglars are caught on camera breaking into separate thai restaurant. the large group smashing in through a front window running through the dining area and ransacking the office friday morning. i'm nobody here. >> i cannot do anything to become become a lot. >> restaurant owner chef kobe says the thieves stole a cash register and a safe filled with $10,000. they also caused thousands in damage. the chef says seeing one of the burglars with a gun was alarming. >> does rest many them in to sit in it was a full house. it's friday night, but it was

a different story just blocks away. brazilian restaurant volant happ room. they too fell victim to burglars. it's been very frustrating, as you know. >> only a small business. and san francisco is very challenging. the thieves pried the front door open and stole 2 safes in internet router and several bottles of champagne. >> the owner's daughter says one, the saves contained her dad's passport and green card. he's definitely worried about >> you know, you don't want your your name your person running around volant app room will likely be closed through the weekend. >> now has plywood covering the broken glass chef. kobe says the city needs to step up. i want send a message to >> time die. protect small, it. >> that was dan thorn reporting for us. new surveillance video of an off-duty police officer shooting and killing and our

man early last month has been released. all of the video that you're about to see is from the police officers association. and we want to warn you that some people may find the video disturbing. around 04:00am on november. 7th, the police sergeant was headed to work in an unmarked car the video shows a hooded man walked behind the car and hit or kick it while reaching for and holding what looks like a weapon in his right hand when the police sergeant gets out of his vehicle, the man in the hood points, his weapon at the sergeant who ducks back into his car. at some point, the officer opens fire from his car, killing the man according to police. this is what the officer called in immediately after. >> 26. so this is hamilton. 27, 08:00am at opd, frank that. i just i mean, town shots have been fired the covid medical. and a bill to provide a clean.

>> police say that they recovered a loaded weapon that you can see right there from the body of a man. they have not released. the man's identity. >> new this come public. school officials are warning families to be where phone calls claiming that their children have been kidnapped. >> and they're being held for ransom this week to families received calls, claiming that their children have been abducted. the caller knew the names of the students, but the reality is that the children were in school and safe a scheme first surfaced back in november. in every case, the alleged victim was safe in school. now, police say that if you do receive ransom demands, you should notify police immediately and call the student school to confirm that they are in class. we are learning that the flaring at the martinez refinery may continue throughout the weekend. there was a toxic flaring friday morning at the refinery. the company says

that the flaring release a smell of sulfur into the community. refinery executives added that there is a potential for occasional flaring to continue throughout the weekend as employees try and work to restart the affected equipment, an exact cause for friday's flaring is under investigation. but people who live in the community are furious at this just keeps happening. today. i'm feeling it. it's in my chest. i'm coughing. i'm headache. e and i am. >> angry. our advice for people who are more sensitive to smell is to stay indoors, close the windows and doors. and if you have a hepa filter so he's drawn it can the smells from the air. >> representatives from the martinez refinery will be attending a city council meeting on wednesday at 7 o'clock, the public will be able to ask questions and voice their concerns. holiday travel season has officially begun. you're looking at sfo

right there. beautiful out there. triple a expects 7.5 million people a ling by air this holiday season. san jose's airport is expecting thousands of travelers passing through the airport every day. kron four's justin campbell reports an a lot of questions and he gives us also some answers. >> jose airport officials are expecting nearly 40,000 travelers per day starting friday until new year's tons of people on the flight. savannah, sure. our traveled from hawaii to san jose to be home for the holidays in says she had no problems unlike last year when southwest had a meltdown in canceled over 16,000 flights, you were concerned about the meltdown like they had last. know, i did get stuck in that last year as well, though. but southwest always got my back. so airport officials plan to make it cozy for travelers like savannah. they will have live music performances on certain days, courtesy, courage for luggage in a time his personal vehicles between terminals in anticipation of

thousands of travelers, volunteers will also be at the airport to answer any questions from travelers. usually we have, you know, >> 3 or 4 questions an hour. and today we've had like, you know, 10 or 12 questions of where's the lived? where's the tax a cab leeward else? as the main question being asked is how to get uber. we love answering questions leading them to the right places. they need to go to get where they need to go and there will be no shortage of travelers here asking questions reporting in san jose, justin campbell kron. 4 news. >> and the south expect to see more police officers around shopping center. san jose police say that they will be stepping up patrols this week to combat retail theft. additional officers will be stationed at shopping centers and malls 4 days a week. the police department says that there is a response to the 25% increase and burglary and

thefts over the last few years. that's why they are doing all this. well happening today. it's time for the san mateo samaritan house holiday toy giveaway. handover about 4,000 new toys to underprivileged kids. kron four's tiffany justice live in san mateo with more details. so i think it's going to be showing up throughout the day. tiffany. yes, so in in our this room is going to be filled kids and families getting to enjoy the holidays. >> joining us live right now is just to go hard. spokesperson for the samaritan house. just jessica's going to tell us everything we need to know about this event that starting at 9 correct? yes. thank you so much, tiffany. today we are here at the san mateo county event center. and we're thrilled to be back in person after 3 years of being a drive-thru experience during the pandemic. so today, in just little bit of time, we're going to have hundreds of families coming through to pick out toys for their children for the holidays.

this it is a special moment for these kids to get to come in here. pick not only one before they get enjoy some time with their a special moment for these families. yes, definitely. and we do try to instill that that piece of dignity enjoy and all that we do, especially around the holidays. so we really want kids to be able to come in and pick what resonates with them. what toy that they like and then we also have santa and missus, claus coming in arts and crafts. that hot chocolate puppet show. so it should be a great, great day. and this is just one of whole two-week long experience that we have here. mission house for a holiday program. we serve over 1500 families with toys, gift cards and food. and this event is at the expo can you just kind of give us a rundown? went and moved into this room. it's going to be filled with, you know, kids in a in an hour and their families. but it's filled with a whole bunch of great craft ideas. can you just walk us around? >> what that these kids will be enjoying today? yes, so. we

have some arts and crafts. we have some coloring pages going on for the youngest kids. we have a game set up in the corner and we have hot chocolate station. we have cookies over in the corner. we have a puppet show. experience for everyone. >> and then right behind us is where mister missus, claus will be sitting for photos and just to get, how can people learn more about this mayor to that's a great question. thank you so much for asking. if folks want involved with experiences like this or volunteer with us year-round, they can go to our website its merit and how san mateo dot to volunteer or to donate. and again, that samaritan house and dot org. just thank you again for joining us live in telling us all that great detail about the event. i'm gonna send it back to you in studio. >> thank you very much. well, coming up on the kron, 4 morning news bar riders reported a strange smell on bart. >> details on what we know so far about this smell. after the break. the city of oakland is encouraging people to shop local this holiday season. we're going to have a life interview with some of those

shoppers coming up. >> well, lots of sunshine for your saturday as we see temperatures. well in the business of the 60's by even scratch. a couple token, lower 70's down to the south bay.

>> take a live look outside, yes. >> here we are. good morning, theresa. good morning, everybody live shot of what's coming it. let's go up to the track or if we can guys off the tracker. max, what i guess that's the other one should have a little view going on the east bay shoreline for right now. if we can check

that out by chance, because this is that the one for traffic. there we go. we'll just take it full screen about the east bay shoreline. there you have it. some hazy sunshine to get things started. temperature check for you. we have mostly 40's and 34 going into santa rosa. 51 san francisco. 43 san jose. but don't worry this afternoon, you're to look at some 70's what's going on right now. some high cloudiness, you know, and at the surface, it's actually much cooler than right, up above. so a little mixing with much drier, too. it will take a while to do that mixing because it's a warmer upstairs. that kind of slows things down. 2 systems to watch. you can see one of them off the gulf of alaska. that's the colder one that's going to be mid-week. but early into the week as the one off to the pacific. that's going to track that right now. you can actually see it make its appearance. well, not me, but area. you can see it make its appearance as we get into sunday. yes, some scattered showers. maybe some thunder showers with us, but not a big deal with this. it's more like not so nice like today is so enjoy your saturday because sunday won't be so nice, but

not much the way of rain a little bit. a lot of barking here, much biting. but don't worry, the teeth are ready by your monday morning. actually, predawn and the timing is good. get the get the heavy stuff out of here by maybe 5 o'clock. so you early commuters, you might have a little bit of a break and midway looks pretty good, too, because it will be right now breaking the whole. however, that's a very fine time period here. so it may not hold together and timing, but we know it's going to be nasty monday morning. so prepare accordingly for today. we've got sunny and mild enjoy 60's bay area wide might scratch some lower 70's while we're at it. meanwhile, tomorrow showers, thunder showers. not much to see is i just showed you there. but some of the models are hinting we might get some thunder shower activity with that, too mild in the 60 still. and also because it's coming over an area, some dry air that virga fact might be evaporating more. the rain that we should beginning next week. unsettled rain that starts monday morning overnight sunday, heavy rain will have some winds with that as well. cooler air by midweek. and

that means tahoe is going to some of the snow at the resort levels. not a lot, though. it doesn't look like comparatively speaking. 65 san francisco. 68 for oakland, 73, san jose. check it out and high temperatures today. you folks in san jose might get up to about 73 in the south bay. we do have some lower to maybe even some middle 70's perhaps today. again, that's just or saturday because things change tomorrow. theresa. >> much day one of this holiday season. city of oakland is encouraging people to think oakland first and shop local. joining me right now to discuss all of this fun stuff as interim director of the city's economic and workforce development fan navarro. >> and the owner of leslie evers boutique. so >> this is all and then this is all so let's walk and talk all of this school shopping stuff and i have done nothing. >> i hope my family's all. listen, i've been terrible. i'm usually really ahead of the game. and this year, i'm just not so give me some ideas. great. so we want folks to think oakland first want think about shopping. and so i

have a few items here that i wanted to make i highlighted so he won 4 gallery, which is on 9th street have really is about showcasing master and visual artist with tides and strong blow for oakland. so we have loney as right here, which by vatican put from oakland. we also have a purse here who it's a collaboration between an artist. camille from oakland and san francisco. graffiti artist. neat one. so they came up with this amazing piece. and then also we have candid are, which is the owner is candice and we have these lovely new globe earrings. i love that. these are amazing. it's like a blown glass. yes, it is. it is. and it's she is inspired by the african diaspora. addition to also geometric shapes, which you see the globe areas there and then lastly, we fund sees artisanal goods, which is over at uptown market front of right there, right actually downtown oakland. yeah. i

think you're a different open makers. it's led by the black cultural zone. they have different vendors there. you can get candles. you can get children's books. i want to on the kids, of course, as a freshman. so definitely cop cars maxey cosmic. see and alfonso gonzales is the owner of snowfall to good tips when a nice way participate get something local. so this is really cool because i love going to this place. you have to show me. okay. thanks so i have we have the toss car and it's an illustration that i a few years ago the oakland fox theater. >> thank you. yeah. this is a really popular get and i'm just through. so we've got napkins. we do. we have i we have a lot of print napkins we also have a lot of matching things. so we do matching my aunt with. yeah. this is a really cute matching apron. so

we have this little guy. so you can give a little host just given the brand matching. and then this is my favorite gift. it's that mix, not consent. and as you can see, there's 8 different napkins. so in your family comes together during the holidays, you can just give everyone a different app. can so that you don't have to learn after every meal, which is which is lovely. well, this was my mother's idea. and like the fact that it's even though i really like white napkins, white cloth napkins that you have to iron impressive. you don't have impress. and if you have lasagna and then you're not so doesn't right. exactly. and then what's over here? so >> we have pretty tight. and i like to say that we're famous for tight because they're so popular and you can my legs. i don't think matching tights with my dress. that really fun and festive and everyone loves them. it's really good stocking. stuffer went to cuba idea and then i love all of these. and then what over here? okay. so this is. mixed

mugs at teammate. like the gift of the season for us this year. okay. and it was inspired by my grandmother. had a mix, floral scent of my eggs and we just all love them so much. so that's what we made this year's this next set. so pretty. and then what we have here put down as a cause. everybody's you need a new pair myself do off. rose to jama was i saw a sign there and socks disappeared resident anyway. so we have lots of lots of styles and how do we get more information? where do we go? is it on the you know, we have a web site phone and we have free priority shipping its leslie evers dot com. okay. and we're actually doing a promo code for kron. 4 this weekend to get 10% just enter kron 4 and get 10% off and free priority shipping. as going to say. for someone like an like me, who's like on top

of it this year. and i'm not top of it. don't know what happened this year and can we get it in time? yes, especially in the bay area. you have till tuesday really to ensure that will get it to you because the priority time because this could go to someone and that could go to someone. and i hope my mom so watching it so because you enter their address and it will go right to and say that you don't have to go to the it. and what about and i wanted to tell you all so that we manufacture a lot of our products right in oakland. i the business for 15 years and we manufacture in oakland. i love oakland. i was born in it's that now. i would just mentioned that with the think open first campaign. if you go to visit oakland dot com, you can find many other shops dining. >> really activities. so glow fire also the oakland zoo. so you can bring your families into town and also just enjoy all the shopping. and of course, you know, like lessees shop, you can really do shop

oakland and support the local economy. our families from oakland. so we're really proud and really glad that you guys are here. thank so much. ink we are going to toss it back and we'll be right back after the break.

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can help you prepare for today's longer retirement. hi mom. that's the value of ownership. sports, the san francisco giants introduce their newest member and the niners are getting ready to take on the arizona cardinals. game right. >> kron four's erin wilson has the details. >> well, with the forty-niners and the warriors just taking over the world. the sports in the bay area. we thought we'd

give you a little baseball this morning. the giants introduce their biggest offseason signing jung lee. he came to the bay area and was introduced to the media on yesterday. now lee signed a six-year 113 million dollar deal with the team as a spray hitter who runs well and have a good glove. and he was also voted. the korean leaguehs most valuable player in 2022. when he led the league in hitting our eyes and hit 23 homers that season. he's a 25 year-old hitter there. like we just explain. outfielder too, probably will lead off with the giants play center field for them. now, one problem could be that he suffered an ankle injury last july and could his season short. but he said yesterday that he is 100% healthy, at least showed off, you know, some great personality in the sense of humor as well. when asked how he's he's helped him who was also an all-star in the korean league. take a listen. >> this is i learn a thing for

my really did learn to be a good person from his father and to be good to me being part of the team. he learned all those qualities from his father's money. >> and while the forty-niners offense is relatively healthy. so the defense did take a hit yesterday, you know, on friday with both eric armstead and jayvon hargrave being ruled as out for sunday's game against the cardinals. i'll toss it back to you at the going to be a good game, like i still ahead on the kron 4 morning news. >> community members can say that there outraged after a beloved 7.11, security guard was murdered in oakland. we'll break down their rally coming up. and a programming note coming up at 9 o'clock on kron, 4 news. it is the acc basketball. but the news will continue on. 24 7, our streaming app

>> now on the kron 4 morning news, a former student is suing saint mary's accusing university officials of covering up a assault that happened more than 20 years ago. the oakland a's owner agrees to pay alameda county millions as the team gets ready to head for vegas. good morning, everyone. welcome back to kron. 4 morning news that start the half hour with a look at the forecast. dave spahr is in the s ki of chilly there. >> cool temperatures going on here to let's go ahead and check out what's going just a moment here. we're getting things all situated. there you have it. our sutro camera with a nice little shadow off to the distance. there. so enjoy your saturday because you

plenty of sunshine, things start changing tomorrow and boy is going to be really messy as we get into next week. it looks like as well. so let's get into what looks like a little bit. some of the ways some high cloudiness is what you can expect for today. temperature check for you where 34 going on for santa rosa. 47 for antioch. we've got 52 this hour for san francisco. and yes, it is a bit on the chilly side to start things off more. so even than yesterday. and those really colder temperatures are being found that little pocket around concord, as you can see, a negative 10 behind some clear skies there allowed some temperatures to kind of tumble a little bit. as i mentioned, some high clouds this afternoon, a touch thinking up a little bit of a santa cruz mountains. looks like by the evening hours, but i want to walk through use real quick here. the winds a little breezy in someotsthey've been offshore and we've got offshore winds going on. that's been kind of dry the last couple of days. well, you've got dry conditions and that we have, however, tomorrow looks like we still have offshore winds work. and i talk about the messiness

monday morning. yeah, that's going to happen. but the winds are still offshore. so that's going to kind of odd. have some heavy rain, stormy activity monday morning. and yet our winds won't be on shore as they typically are. they will remain off shore breakdown for you today. 62 by high noon to 3 o'clock. 63, some warmer numbers to be found in the south bay today. coming up a little bit here we have the 4 zone forecast. we're going also walk through with you the unsettled weather starting tomorrow through the middle of the week. theresa, hey, thank you very much. a former student is suing saint mary's college for allegedly covering up a assault. >> that happened more than 20 years ago. the suit alleges that the university has a history of victim shaming and not reporting crimes. kron four's gayle ong reports for us. >> my we actually have at least 2 other women who are going to be joining the lawsuit under the same circumstances. jessica dayton is a lawyer of the former

student at saint mary's college who filed a lawsuit thursdayyagainst the school. >> according to court documents, the victim reported the assault in the fall of 2000. the president of the college at the time brother chastised her over the claims. the lawsuit says the university chose to handle the investigation internally instead of involving the police. the former student claims she remained silent in order to stay in school and keeper scholarship. my client first came to me. i'm learning about this statue and when we looked into it saint mary's college. >> we determined that there was a history of pattern and practice of both underreported things, assault silencing survivors who came forward and ultimately punishing survivors to maintain their silence. 2006 brother, craig resigned as president of saint mary's university, minnesota. >> according to a letter from the saint mary's university board of trustees chairman at the time from admitted to inappropriate behavior with a

student during his time leading saint mary's and moraga. >> in 2011 students stage a strike at them around the campus against assault complaints after at least 2 female students reported being raped within 2 weeks of each other. a spokesperson told kron 4 at the time the college was concern in handling the situation through educating students about personal and social responsibility. this recent lawsuit was filed under a temporary law that eliminates the statute of limitations from assault cases. the statute of limitations for pursuing civil claims under this statute will end december 31st. know that it happens. we know that there are others out and i hope that they >> learn of their options and choose to to pursue accountability if they if they if that's right for them. and in a statement to kron 4 saint mary says they are taking the allegations seriously. >> and they do not tolerate any type of misconduct in their community. they also say they've made improvements since the year 2000 to print

to better protect students who have been victims of misconduct. gayle ong kron. 4 news. >> on the call when chasing me. >> so >> and crashes into a pole and flipped his car in oakland. the driver says he was being chased by someone who tried to rob him before losing control and hitting the pole. a witness told us that this happened just before 7 friday morning at 5th and international boulevard they say saw up to 5 cars chasing the man. paramedics took the driver to the hospital. no word if anyone's been arrested. community members say that they're outraged after a beloved 7.11, security guard was murdered in oakland. 59 year-old james johnson was killed last friday when trying to stop a thief in the gas station on harrison street

friday, a small group of community members rallied outside the 7.11 saying that crime in oakland is at a hand. up to look at. >> ministries poor leadership. and most of all poor policies of all we need is more police presence. we need to do more prevention. >> many wartime bad guys. >> no word on any suspect. anyone with information is being asked to call the local police department. the city of alameda confirms that it has reached more than 11 million dollar settlement with mario gonzalez's mother and son the agreement to settle the civil rights lawsuit happened on thursday night. gonzales died in police custody back in april of 2021, the alameda county coroner's office ruled the death a homicide and that officers who restrained him contributed to his passing. philippe djegal has the details. >> on april 19th 2021

neighbors near a park in alameda called police reporting a person acting erratically. 3 officers responded and eventually took. 26 year-old mario gonzalez to the ground. well, taking him into custody. he lost his breath when officers pinned him and he died at a hospital officers. eric mckinley and cameron legally remain actively officers james fisher has moved on to another agency. >> to this day, the community still leaves flowers with the tragic incident happened. and one chapter of that horrific day has now closed our research. >> so it shows it's the largest amount of money awarded to a single child in the last 10 years, at least in california in a civil rights case. attorney michael haddad and his law firm haddad unsure when negotiated 11 million dollar federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of alameda. >> and the 3 officers involved in gonzalez's death, which will be awarded to gonzalez is

7 year-old son. if law enforcement refuses to follow their training in generally accepted principles have to avoid us. fix you up. then there's going to be consequences like this again and again. and, you know, it's a large amount of money. >> but it doesn't bring back a life civil rights attorney adante pointer and his law firm lawyers for the people negotiating the $350,000 settlement with the city. >> and officers involved and gonzalez is mother's behalf. as many of us are preparing and have already celebrated some holidays as holidays in front of us. >> there's going to empty seat at her dinner table. and she has to deal with that. like many people who've lost loved ones. that is that something that you can ever replace? you just learn how to cope. in a statement, the city of alameda says, quote, the parties further agreed that the settlement should not be construed as an admission by any party of liability. >> or of any fact that might give rise to liability for any

purpose. the city of alameda remains committed to full transparency and accountability in the tragic death of mario gonzalez and extends our heartfelt condolences to his family and lov d ones. the alameda county coroner's office ruled the death a homicide and independent autopsy determined gonzalez died from restraint, asphyxia. the district attorney's office declined to comment on whether or not it is still considering criminal charges against the in alameda, philippe djegal kron. 4 >> following announcement of relocating to las vegas. the oakland a's say that they will pay alameda county. the 45 million dollars owed from their purchase of half of the coliseum property. their final payment was scheduled for 2026, but officials are now saying that by moving out of oakland, the a's of sped up the timeline to june of 2020 for the a's plan to opened their new ballpark on the

tropicana site along the las vegas strip for the 2028 season. a federal judge in san francisco is ordering elon musk to testify again over how we acquired twitter. the ruling after musk failed to attend a meeting into the investigation on whether he lied on paperwork about his twitter stock purchases. musk bought the social media company for 44 billion dollars last year and has since rebranded. the platform is acsi testified back in july. but investigators say that they need additional testimony following the release of some new documents. his attorneys have called the probe, quote, the sky did and harassment. this weekend caltrain is suspending some service between stations in san jose for construction. caltrain officials say service will be caught off between the derision and tamarin stations. they say that free buses from the santa clara valley,

transportation authority will be available to take instead. some bart riders have been reporting a strange smell following from the east bay into san francisco, particularly around the 12th street and west oakland stations. now some people have described it as a kind of a chemical smell. others more like sewage riders have been noticing it for a couple of months now. and nobody's exactly sure where it is, what it is, even if it's associate with burn. a spokesperson for bart said they are aware of the complaints and even some staff of notices stench as well. they also tell us that their system, quote. safety department has been on site and reported nothing that caused him concern and that it is not clear the smell is generated by bart. it could be something in the neighboring area. >> a lot of sunshine going on for today, but things are changing tomorrow and into next week. this is the player

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because it's not sticking around much longer. it's really today. tomorrow things will there's a lot of bark and going on a much not much bite. meanwhile, up to tahoe, here's what we have. this rain turns to kind of a rain-snow mix tuesday shifts over to snow. it looks like wednesday because some colder air working in here. there's a look at your temps that reflect all of that. so will be a cooling pattern as we'll see here in the bay area as well. so what we're watching are 2 systems. this first one is going to take kind of the scenic route to get around here. so get a little talking tomorrow, allegedly. it starts, not much going on. and then inter morning commute monday morning. a lot going on by that point and this low from the gulf of alaska will be a player as we get to the middle the week. so how much rain now? let's check it out. this is all day for your sunday. and into sunday night. that's about midnight. then we get into sunday night monday. oh, yeah, ok, seeing something by 07:00am. yeah. looks like there's something happening. so a half an inch to 3

quarters already during the morning commute. and there's more upstream as we get into tuesday into wednesday. looks like from satellite and radar estimation point. this takes us all the way out till tuesday. so we pretty much played out this mild low. now it's the gulf of alaska low by tuesday night through wednesday, but it doesn't give us the slam hit. so it doesn't have as much moisture from our perspective. looks like it clears out in time for the weekend, but there's more upstream to be had as you can check it out. all right. 4 zone forecast covering this saturday with sunshine. 65 mid 60's along the coast. not bad for a a december day. 66 for burlingame, 68 foster city, 69 palo alto, noting some lower 70's happening down here in the south bay east bay shoreline, 70 ish tri valley. you're looking at upper 60's today. 66 danville, walnut creek at 65 68. for oakland, 63 berkeley and 63 for the late show with the 65 for fairfield and santa rosa at 70's. so it will be busy this

week. yes, rain and some thunder shower activity. there might actually see it linger all the way through the middle of the week. look at the temperatures. drop for highs now and then for the end of the week, we'll keep some scattered clouds still in place. theresa. >> thank you very much. day with the holidays are a time for family and friends and food and try not to stress, right not go to that threat anyway. joining us right now to share some delicious holiday recipes. livermore chef leslie. >> so tell me about these short kind of cuts. but at the same time, amazing things. and i'm going to take a picture of all this because i love you're right. the holidays can be really stressful. and we're only 9 days away from remind me. i so if you're looking for a christmas day plans for family and friends stress free. >> i have my christmas wish i love easy to make. but it's delicious. and you know something give you a couple of tips and some shortcuts because i made my crest for my quiche. but you know

something, we can all go to the grocery store. yes, they have great cross there, right in the freezers. really kind of gotten so much better at making great, chris. i absolutely agree with it really are good. and you know something. there's no shame in your game. there's you know, you're going to do that. that's fine. and i love to eat. so this is so really create. and this is something you can make ahead of time. i already baked off mic rest a little bit. we're going to make inside of it, which is going to be the aches and then i added some half and half to it for the filling and then of course, we've got to have cheese. i'm using monterey, right? because i mean, she's makes everything. topic. do you just like to add it all together? i like to add it all together because i like it to bake together. it's kind nice that way. and to make this my christmas quiche, we're going to start by using a cup, a fresh spinach at the bottom. okay. and that's going to be our green layer and then i'm adding some bacon. now. i

already, you know, made the bacon, my daughter to and you can use a cup of you could use a pound. there's too much quiche, you know, with you know, bacon says nobody ever at the base nobody ever writes. so there's too much good know. we want too much bacon. so we're going to add the bacon to it. and then all we do is we're going to add this delicious mixture to it and we're going to bake it just like this for about half an hour, but 10 minutes into it, theresa. yeah, i'm going at some really pretty slices of to made about events we at first just a little correct, correct. and then we're going to decorate it with these beautiful slices of tomato, which makes it more red and green and then, of course, when it fully baked. we've delicious, delicious quiche. i want to be putting on put a little bit of parsley because let's keep it right. so

pretty. and thank you. and you know something we're going to need to it to go with case. so i have my christmas tree caprese salad. of course. if you want to do a chop, salad or or salad, you absolutely can read this is an appetizer, right? right. and it's so easy to just put out the romaine lettuce. i added the heirloom tomatoes because there are different colors have a look like ornaments on the tree. and then, of course, a couple days the pays a side without a mozzarella. love it. so i have the little book achieve. that the store and then also caprese. i mean, add a little bit of basil to it. and kids can get involved out, you know, difficult or something like that didn't be that kids love it. i like a little crunch so you go ahead and add maybe some croutons. but i love, you know, a little bit of pecan and it's pretty. and we're going to just got run

away. they're going to run away. okay, get back on there because we're going to that this is delicious. so good. and then dris. well, if you're having company, you can put different dressings out. i just drizzle a little bit of things. where did these come from? which of just got the 7 arts and crafts store. i think it's and there's crate with you're doing a mimosa bar you want to do different dressings. and then you can imagine that you also share with me. i want to make sure that i pass this along. you mentioned this that yes, and it is you can do a played if you want. try like to put my pan in the freezer or the fridge for about an hour. so when you put the salad on there, it stays and chris, so it works because it's big enough, but it also let you know, nice and cool and crisp salad. want to keep that like that. so even though it's blanche, can have a little bit of a sweet. so i some home. a peppermint bark really our kohr well, this isn't even

kind of everything. it's just my sweet chocolate. we added some white chocolate, a little bit of peppermint extract and peppermint said chocolate on the bottom. and i i set that up. i add a little bit of the peppermint extract to get and flavor and then the white chocolate and then high trestle over just crushed up some candy canes for ingredients. but what a beautiful little snack to have put. these are good to and then of course, i made you some theresa. so i have some. those are great to give as gifts. and like i said, no baking easy to do. and of course, recipe. could i find all of this is on instagram on my blog, which is at the vineyard, mom living on instagram. so you can all that will have that on kron. 4 dot com. absolutely, too. and then, you know, i won't be the vineyard mom unless we have some kind of for the holidays. so i'm doing my points. eddie, a cocktail. a cage is really

simple in here. i just have a little bit of triple sec, which orange liqueur. and a little splash of cranberry juice just to get that really pretty pink flavor of them. i'm going top it off with, you know, whatever sparkling you like. and if you wanted to non-alcoholic, you can you can make this for kids and for friends and like a cranberry juice or you could do just kind thing with houston added an or something. absolutely and love that. yes, the sparkling make it fun. and then to giuffre's said, i like to freeze the cranberries to put in that rain. could be that cold? >> and it doesn't water it down. but look at pretty that looks. okay. so that's my branch there for thank you very much. i like all of the ideas and we're going to share the ideas will have it on the website and then we can always follow on those lovely social media platforms. thank you. thank you very much. we'll be right a san francisco

restaurant that has been open for only 2 months has been added to the michelin vita lounge opened in october a couple of blocks from oracle park on second street. michelin recommends it for its been the persian and mexican food. >> mean, my my husband, always enjoyed mexican we are asian descent, the flavors, mary. well, together, every single cocktanl, every single dash to has a marriage of both flavors, persian and mexican. it's the ultimate person. >> it looks so good if you're

stopping by. the owners recommend the short ramp and the uggla the seasonal sue food served with. >> pepper of conduct does not look dave spahr for our forecast re. so we have kind of unsettled weather coming our way. not today, though. so enjoy but >> as we get into your sunday, some a few fuel scattered showers might get a couple strikes of lightning and there maybe look at the temperature drop for you in the middle of the week. that's when we get serious. that's going to lower the snow levels for 2 thumbs up there. and it's december. >> go to clap for the snow you go. we are going to say goodbye and going to have i know just in case you're wondering, it is the holiday season. thank you for joining us.

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