kron. 4 morning news at 7. >> good morning. and thanks for tuning in. another day closer to the super bowl. i'm daria and i'm james. the countdown continues to super bowl. 58. obviously everybody there in las vegas. the niners are preparing for their rematch against the chiefs and that man right there, patrick mahomes, we are everything for your forty-niners station leading up to the big game. kron four's justine waltman has been in vegas the whole time and she's partying

the postseason. so their numbers both are really good. we'll start with brock because, you go niner nation. he is the top rated passer in the league for the very first time, even though he was the last pick in the 2022. nfl draft party has proven to be a lot more than just a game manager. he mister relevant, making himself very relevant in the post season >> also we have patrick mahomes. he already has 2 rings. he's looking to add a 3rd. he is a beast when it comes to the postseason, he has led a five-game winning drives and for 4th quarter comebacks in his short career and during tuesday's media session, both teams wanted to make sure that people know how much they bring to the team's what they provide as leaders. they're saying they do a lot more. then what they do just on the field. but it's what they do off the field. that counts just as much as well. >> rock is so and you don't.

he's not about his self mays, a team guy, man. and it's just that and it trickles down. he doesn't have to change much. that's really who he is. and brock is this humble person as i've ever been around. know we came to the league. can see it on right away. seen it through everything. i mean, the 3rd string quarterback to starting quarterback what he's done this year may still the same guys who was the first day you when you go through some ups and downs with people, you know, and you make it through the other side, it's a beautiful thing. just want it that much more for the person next to, you know, much work they put yeah, you know, we've we've gotten a great relationship over the past 3 years just be able to work with pets, a blessing. you know, obviously i know he's probably the best quarterback in the league right the best in a while, too. so it's it's a blessing just to get to work with them. and we're on a good relationship over the past 2 years. >> all right. so here's what's on tap today here in las vegas. both the chiefs and the san francisco forty-niners have an official practice and

official media availability. we know kron four's. kate rooney is going to go there. check out with the niners are up to sun. she will have a some live reports for you later on here obowl

sunday live here in las vegas outside of allegiant stadium, the home of super bowl. 58, i'm justine waldman. i'll send it back to you guys in the bay area house ago. and are you guys like billy excited for sunday? we have a countdown. clock are like the snacks happening. oh, excited. we're going to be early and talk to you sunday morning. this special super bowl morning show craft on a whole cool thing. so that will be a whole lot of fun. justine, thank. in fact, let's put the information on the screen. there it is. 07:00am. so we'll be checking in with justin the sunday morning. and then also. >> people are going to start party in the bay area as early as some cases. absolutely. so we're going to take you to all the parties that you can go to in the morning and throughout the day. we'll let you know what might be a good for your drink to serve your own super bowl watch is what i'm looking forward some food here in the studio with some tips on how you can make the munchies for the super bowl extra special and the weather looks like it's going to be beautiful. by the a little rain to get

through today. yeah. and then the weekend job. yeah. the he's so nice. what a change from last weekend. especially last sunday. >> this sunday for the game. things are going to be calm clear. get out to the yard barbecue and don't worry about it. today's kind of the last day that you've got to worry about just a little bit as we do have some stormy weather on its way. those clouds look at little ominous over san francisco right now. and we are seeing a few light showers drifting over the bay currently most of that heavy rainfall is still concentrated several hours up to the north right around humboldt county. now i'm going zoom in on a few spots in the bay that we are actively seeing some showers. and that includes san francisco with some light shower activity. right now. it's nothing super heavy. same on up the east bay shoreline through richmond and on up through the late in american canyon. overall, this is going to get roadways a little bit slick and wet, but it's nothing like what we've got later this morning. a few light showers as well for the south bay, sunnyvale on towards the dumbarton bridge.

you can see the timing of this rainfall arriving in the north bay towards 08:00am so only about an hour hour and a half away for a lot of the north bay, 9 to 10 for the rest of the bay area and moving through fairly quickly into the afternoon. spotty showers for the remainder of today. 40's 50's for most of our current temps, although a few spots like dublin as well as lead to down in the upper 30's. right now, oakland in sf here in the low 50's currently later today. watch out for those isolated showers this afternoon and some heavier rainfall late this morning. great. all right, john, thank you for that. already starting to bill at the bay bridge. you can see traffic at the toll plaza. >> 17 minute ride for everybody headed into the city this morning to make it to at least at fremont street exit. you have a traffic hazard on the san mateo bridge, some debris in the lanes. you can see crews already trying to get that off of the bridge 5 times about 19 minutes, 8.80, to 101. hopefully they're able to get off the bridge pretty quickly. here things will go up. bridges that were built bridge around 14 minutes. accidents there. and the golden gate bridge. 37 to the

tolls. 24 reaches back to you. thank you. reyna 76 in the south bay, san jose trying to crack down on catalytic and birth they are. the city council has just passed stricter penalties and kron four's. michael thomas explains what they are. >> san jose officials hope that this proposed changes will essentially make criminals think twice before stealing catalytic converters, saying that this is an issue they've been dealing with since the beginning of the pandemic. take a look. this is general video. we've got up on your screen when it comes to those changes. will they were unanimously approved by the full city council last night and will enact a higher schedule of fines and a longer time frame a violation for the possession of unlawful catalytic converters council members say the cost of replacing one of these catalytic converters. it's just beyond a reasonable for any working class person adding that last year alone, the city of san jose saw around 836 people report their catalytic converter stolen. many who say that they had to pay anywhere from one to $3,000 for an insurance deductible, adding that the

goal of this policy is to send a clear message that that if you still from the working class, the full force of the law will come down on you. the group goes on to say that they do hope that these changes help san jose pd when it comes to the details of when they go into full effect of well, i did reach out to them this morning. im still waiting to hear back in san jose. michael thomas kron. 4 news. thanks a lot, mike. 77 right now and there are questions again about driverless cars because a waymo was involved. >> in a bump into a bicycle in san francisco. yeah, it says a new incident and as a result, one city supervisor is questioning the public safety of these autonomous cars and conference will tran is in the city for us this morning with the latest on the story. well, me show you a map with the location where it all went down at around 3 o'clock

yesterday afternoon. it was in the patrol hill area at 17th and mississippi. now this happened with 3 parties involved. we're talking the driverless waymo car, a garbage truck in the cyclist, according to waymo the driverless car waited until the garbage truck went through the intersection, but they claim the cyclist was right behind the garbage truck and therefore blocked the view of the cameras of the waymo car. the waymo car at the very last second spotted the cyclists slammed on the brakes. but by then it was too late. the cyclists and the waymo driver, the waymo car hit each other. waymo says for now it appears the cyclist was the one who hit waymo and then the cyclist? well, we haven't heard from that particular person, but it has. and the mission to driverless cars and the controversy behind that almost immediately shamann walton. he's a supervisor with san francisco. he took to

facebook. >> and he said driverless waymo vehicle struck a bike, select a cyclist at 17th and mississippi. so much for safety, obviously being very department to say. and so far the investigation is ongoing. back to you. all right. way you like they it is raining. double duty on the hood up. thank you. well. >> all right, 7, 0, 9, 10. >> and union city police have identified 2 people in a shooting that happened that injured alameda county sheriff's deputy last month. michael door thick and was at chan were found dead after a daylong standoff after this shooting. that happened. it was all on january 24th in the warehouse district along dowe avenue near alvarado niles road. that's where a deputy went to serve. any vick's

haute us. but when he went to serve that notice, shot was fired at him. he was hit in the arm and then the standoff after several attempts to negotiate police eventually moved in. and that's when they found the 2 dead inside what appeared to be self-inflicted gunshot wounds. investigators have not told us what the relationship with those 2 was. but we also learned the deputy was injured is recovering at home now. and the alameda county sheriff's department sent this picture to us. it shows the deputies and members of law enforcement agencies greeting that deputy when he was discharged from the hospital. >> we're going to take a break here. 7.11, but still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news, a san francisco man says that he is the niners number one fan. we're going to hear how his love for the red and gold started all those years ago. do you have any of these products in your kitchen? if you do, you're going throw him out. we'll have a complete look at this recall. coming up. and after the break, we're

still seeing the aftermath of the recent storm across the bay area. how a north bay community it's coming together repair a historic church. >> and as will noted, it is raining in san francisco right now as well as across the bay bridge over to richmond, parts of berkeley, san pablo to the late and across the richmond, sandra fell bridge into marion county talking

>> 7.14, right now and we're looking at will tran had the hood saying that san francisco seen it already? yeah. john been following it for us to and today is going to be little stronger punch that we

had yesterday home. it is. yeah, light rainfall for now. sitting at the embarcadero cruise ship right there. some light showers making its way down into the bay. we are seeing finally calmer conditions for la. but this next system, it's a cold front. it's tearing our direction. the heavier rainfall that's still to our north. but we are seeing some introductory bands now working their way into the bay area. light showers in sf down into the northern end of the peninsula. marin county bridges, such as the golden gate and bay and richmond center fell as well as parts of alameda on up through richmond and vallejo. these are all your area seeing some light showers right now. a few sprinkles in san jose. it is enough to get roadways wet. so certainly slow your roll a little bit as you're getting outside. really? it's after the morning commute winds down, though that the cold front steers its way through. that's when winds are going to get breezier and rainfall is going to get heavier. this is what we're seeing right now. this first band coming right on through next band moves through the north bay, starting at 08:00am to 09:00am

and then 09:00am to 10:00am for the rest of us. this is the one that packs the punch right here, yellow to orange indicating heavier areas of rain. again, this is after the morning commute is wound down. your hopefully all settled in indoors. so you can take it a little easier. is this real storm makes its way through. it is going to hang out with this towards the noon hour. pockets of rain after that point for the next several hours, looks like we'll start to catch a break around 03:00pm to 04:00pm, which just a few inland showers beyond that point tonight looks dry tomorrow afternoon may see some isolated showers popping up. kind of like what we had yesterday, which overall very calm day friday through sunday for the game. all looking nice and dry. so we've got several dry days ahead of us after today. really, futurecast rainfall totals a quarter of an inch to half an inch of rainfall expected. winds are calm right now will pick up to around 40 miles per hour. gusts this afternoon. that's nothing like it was on sunday. but for trees that are already weakened may be susceptible to

falling. so keep an eye, especially on trees that you might be questioning have a little lean or something future cast of rainfall totals are going to be pretty light. but the sierra does see a good dose of snow around a foot to a foot and a half. this is going to be solid just enough to get some powder on the slopes, but not too much to close anything down up there. as for high temperatures today, we are going to be in the mid 50's a cool afternoon for sure. after today we'll see temperatures beginning to climb and by saturday and sunday for the game, it's back to the 60's and under sunny dry skies, right? all right, john, thank you for that. just an accident. clear off of 80 in emeryville. >> so drive times went up a little bit. there. 27 minutes traveling from crockett down towards the maze. be mindful as soon as you do, hit the may's heading into the city. it can take about 22 minutes last summer at 18 minutes. so drive times are gone up just a little bit. there. we had a traffic hazard on the san mateo bridge. last time we saw they were just trying to get it off. looks like they got removed was some debris in the

lanes. 20 women right 80 to 101, 1, 1, in the south bay. 85 up to menlo park growing steadily about 40 to 18. 82. you still looking nice and light 6.80, traveling through sunday. all things are a little slow on the southbound side. t-cell injured animal. pete us take about 32 reaches back to you. >> well, for your money this morning, many americans know relatively little about their partner's financial situation and credit card debt apparently smashed another record high last year. that's not good news. jane king live in new york. the nasdaq to explain. i jane. >> hi, good morning. so credit card delinquencies surge more than 50% last year as total consumer debts. while the 17 and a half trillion dollars. the new york federal reserve says credit card debt that moved into serious delinquency. so that's 90 days past due with 6.4% in the 4th quarter delinquencies also rose in mortgages and auto loans relative to other states. california's credit

card debt is growing faster while have says debt is up. 41%. that's the 9th highest growth rate. the nation. one in 10 americans don't know their partner's salary about one in 5 aren't sure how much their partner has in savings what their credit score is or even where their partner spends most of their money. the survey was conducted by onepoll on behalf of the banking app. chime in if when it came time to have that financial conversation, respondents started the topics like current expenses, financial goals are budgeting real estate fraud is on the rise. sort of fits 2024 state of wire fraud report. one in 20 americans who bought or sold a home within the past 3 years were victim of some type of real estate fraud and the median amount lost was about $70,000. fraudsters have increasingly become skilled at leveraging public records. reaching broker entitle agency systems and posing as someone involved in the transaction to intercept that well, apple avoided another legal case related to his watch. an antitrust lawsuit that a like or filed against apple in 2021. will not proceed according to a judge. this is

in apple's favor. a life court said that apple's heart great technology policies were anti-competitive from the nasdaq market site. i'm jane king. back to you. >> all right, jane, thank you very much. thank you. it's 7.19 and we're getting a warning for you from the cdc. they're saying is an outbreak of listeria. >> linked to some recalled dairy products. and 26 people have gotten sick in 11 states, including here in california, 8 people became ill from this and 2 have died of listeria. rizal lopez foods has recalled more than 60 different products more than a dozen brand names. you can see some of them in this video box. if you have any questions about it, go to kron 4 dot com. and if you have any questions about what you have in the kitchen, just chuck, it it's not worth it. >> in the north bay this weekend, storm damage to 150 year-old church in napa. high winds ripped off portions of the roof at first presbyterian church on 3rd street. copper

panels fell from the roof to the ground. some hitting the stained glass windows on their way down. thankfully, nobody was hurt. and as the rain fell sunday, voluneeers gathered there at the church to try to fix the damage. >> so i came down here. there are about 20 people from church that where they're putting plastic out, putting buckets out draining water off the tarps, trying to keep the pews, the him knowles, the carpet dry and we get a pretty good job. >> the congregation worked to patch up the roof ahead of more rain that's expected today. for now. sunday service is set to be held in the church's gymnasium. >> in marin county pg and e had to use a helicopter. >> to deliver replacement power poles. look at this. a lot of people in that area that working on have been without power since sunday's big storm pg. and e has been doing this because some of the areas are very challenging the rural areas. hard to get to. so in this case is quite a

sight. seeing a an airlift of a power pole to get power back on there and all along the peninsula.%this small community on tara, they're still in the dark because of this. wow, that's a big tree that fell onto a power line or few lines. there that caused thousands of customers to lose their electricity. and it's been days. crews have been still working to get the lights back on. they are running into some issues like more downed trees and flooding that they have had to deal with. so if there's a delay and that's why. >> 7.21 is the time it happening tonight. the san francisco board of appeals is set to hold a hearing that could reopen the great highway to vehicles once again was back in 2022. that the board voted 92 to keep it car free until 2025. that thoroughfare first became car free during the 2 covid-19 lockdowns. everybody seemed to like it. san francisco voters in fact, had the opportunity to reopen that highway to cars on the weekends. but they rejected that at the ballot box. it was

a 65 to 35 vote. but tonight's meeting is set to start at 05:00pm. we'll see what they decide. >> it's 7.22. and coming up on the kron 4 morning news, oakland finds an unlikely ally in the fight to keep the a's in the bay. and can't find your car. a san francisco towing company is accused of illegally taking them in san francisco.

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now investigating vandalism at a high school where hate graffiti was written on the walls throughout the school. this was it. christopher high school. happened monday night. police say 3 suspects also ransacked multiple classrooms. they're still looking for them. so if you have any information about this, you're asked to contact gilroy. police. in the north bay police in fairfield have arrested a 15 year-old boy on suspicion of creating a swatting response that cause schools to go into lockdown for several hours last week. friday vanden high school and to other campuses were placed on lockdown after police received a call that someone at vanden had a gun. police say they suspected at the time the call might be an attempt at swatting and investigation was carried out by the school's resource officer. and that's what led to the idea of this 15 year-old vanden student as the suspect. and on tuesday, officers arrested that boy at his home. he's now been booked into juvenile hall. >> it's 7.26 and another bay area tech company is laying off workers. san francisco based docu sign is cutting

about 400 employees. they say that the job cuts are part of restructuring plan, the electronic signature company said the majority of those layoffs. we'll be in sales and marketing. another business in san francisco is closing for good bloom room. >> will close permanently tonight at 6 bloom room is on jessie street downtown san francisco. it's been there about 11 years. one of the top cannabis dispensaries around the owners say that, there are several reasons. a decline in sales, some empty storefronts around the homeless encampments opened drug markets and they say these are some of the reasons that they have to close their keeping the pacifica location open. >> take a break 7.27. but up next on the kron, 4 morning news. the forty-niners just days away from the biggest game of the season will tell you what they think they need to work on and make sure they got their a game on sunday.

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>> 7.29 and rain is falling again. it is today's another wet one before a fantastic weekend ahead. yeah, super bowl morning, john. the we've got the super bowl this weekend which is going to be perfect weather for. so as you're stepping outside of saying, it's so dreary again, just think this weekend is going to be so beautiful. you're look outside at san francisco, not just looking cloudy. we have seen some showers out there making their way across the bay and including across the city, our heaviest of rainfall is still very concentrated well to the north of the bay up and mendocino and humboldt counties, especially. but we

are seeing some decent rainfall coming down in the midst of the bay currently and starting with san francisco seeing some light to moderate showers right now. heaviest of rainfall is actually right over oakland and highway. 24 crossing into the oakland and berkeley hills up towards or in the moroccan lafayette, alameda, you're getting it up to richmond, san pablo and eventually up a. also in the midst of it, these showers are generally spreading a little bit further inland. so conquered walnut creek, san ramon, your next on the list and a little bit further south san mateo is starting to see some light showers picking up. now, south bay are also getting just a few light sprinkles at this moment. rainfall. this is just a precursor to the real stuff that's on its way towards 8, 9, to 10:00am this morning. so here in just an hour or 2 more and more of its going to come down and rather stormy to be finishing out the morning into the early afternoon 40's to 50's for current temperatures. it's a cold morning. in fact, snow level is falling to 4,000 feet in elevation. so you're

going to see a little dusting of snow on some of our higher peaks in the bay area. once all our skies clear out. so that will be one of the first times this season. that will notice that temperatures in the 50's for your highs later on today, rain. all right, john, thank you for that. starting see lots of windshield wipers on everybody's trying to make it safely into the city this morning. people are driving much lower. >> about 22 minutes may so that fremont street exit and although are scenes of slicker, conditions have also seen some wind scene. some of the tops of the cars. they're blowing so slow down. if you're traveling on the senate over about 30 to make that drive, richmond center fell bridge drive times and gone up last. 15? our 21 tolls. the telling me that things are slowing down because of how slick it is. 31 minute, right. 37 to the tolls. also, remember on days like today, they slows bart trains down and extra 10 onto your commute. alright, is back to you. >> thanks a lot of that some breaking news just into kron for a military helicopter with

5 marines on board is missing cal fire and the san diego county sheriff started searching for the chopper about 2.30 this morning. they got a report that it didn't show up to its destination. yeah. the u.s. marine corps says the helicopter left from creech air force base in in dm. >> indian springs, nevada. it yesterday was headed to the marine corps air station miramar there in san diego. it's about 50 miles north of the city. cal fire says it was last reported in the area. well, north of interstate 8, which is southeast of pine valley. it's about 35 miles east of downtown san diego. they say air crews are searching right now, but the areas covered in snow and that's making it hard to access. we'll keep you updated as hopefully they discover where this helicopter. and i mean that like we said 02:30am in the morning. so they've been looking in the dark. >> 7.33. right now on update. now, this is a story we first told you about earlier this week were 100 california highway patrol officers are

now in oakland. they've been deployed by the governor to crack down on crime governor newsom hoping this will help bring down the numbers of violent crime, retail thefts, things that we've been having >> to really struggle with here in these past few months. congressman harry has the story. >> the governor's office, california highway patrol and the city of oakland are now working together to curb crime and violence in oakland, 120 chp officers from throughout the 9 bay area. counties have been assigned to the town. councilmember dan kalb says he believes the officers will help deter criminals will help fill in the gaps in and patrol and be visible. >> and to help deter crime and if they see a crime, they'll take action. called says one area the officers will be focusing on is traffic control. some of them will and force a serious traffic laws like if they see someone who's, you recklessly speeding and danger now stop them and give them a ticket and that will deter speeding, reckless driving. oakland mayor sheng thao says she's seen in the

past that additional help from chp. >> can make a big difference. this is really taking backing off of last year when we've asked support from chp bbc, 6 chp officers and a sergeant. >> last year in with a were focused on was convert corridor. and we saw that those numbers in crimes can down. the deployment will include specialized units equipped with advanced investigation, technology to improve public safety. it includes license plate reader technology, canine units and air support councilmember noel gallo says it all sounds great, but leaders need to make sure it happens. we get a lot of promises, a lot of commitments, but >> they don't transpire immediately. and we have to sitting here waiting and waiting. >> that was amanda harry reporting. the officers are just temporarily stationed in oakland. but at this point, there is no end date for the deployment. >> more than 20 cars were burglarized in a single night along a street in south san francisco. it happened monday night on gateway boulevard near the hilton garden inn.

that is where so many people started calling, saying that their cars have been burglarized in. the police came out. they found more than 20 cars on that street have been broken into. >> san francisco city attorney david chiu says that he has suspended a handful of tow truck companies from doing business with the city over alleged illegal activities. so says one of those companies called auto towing illegally towed cars from a private parking lot limited. the times of these vehicles could be retrieved and pressured owners to give them cash to get their cars back in the east bay police in alameda. now we're going residents about scammers posing as cable or electric company workers. they say before letting anybody into your home, you should ask for identification and don't be shy about calling the company or organization that they claim to be with just verify that there is, in fact, a crew at your house. police say it's ok to ask the person to leave while you verify that information.

>> performers in san francisco are sad because a place they call home is closing asia. sf has been celebrating transfer farmers for 25 years and now they're closing because of the economic hardships after the pandemic, the owner and the performers at the club say that is asia as has become more than just a venue to them. >> performer myself, i it's it's just like i'm i'm i'm home. >> you know, i i'm in my element when i'm on stage. i'm really >> trans. i'm just a performer. i'm there and people are watching and celebrating me for my talent and what i can do stage and this is a place for me where i can really use. my strength and my my my my passion for music for dancing for performing and it goes everything else is goes away. and i'm just there in that moment. >> the owner believes the legacy will live on long after

they close. they're keeping their tell you, keep your eye out because they're going to pop up events in the future. the last performance, though, at asia sf is going to happen on trans visibility day, which is march 31st. >> well, the drama continues in las vegas with the oakland a's. in fact, the mayor of las vegas is apparently against the team moving in an ,pinterview on the front office sports today podcast las vegas mayor carolyn goodman actually criticize the a's plans to build a new stadium there in the site of the tropicana hotel hotels on the strip. and as you can imagine, that would cause a lot of foot and car traffic well beyond what they have right now. and goodman said in this podcast, quote, they've got to figure out a way to stay in oakland and make their dream come true and quote, oakland mayor sheng tank responded. sheng thao responded to that by saying her door is still open to the a's. >> agree with i think that they need figure out how stay

in oakland just because you announced a possible site doesn't mean that you actually will have a stadium, you know, until the shovel hits the ground. like i said from the very beginning, i still have hope that the oakland a's will remain here in the city of oakland with john fisher is owner with the new owner. >> and well, mayor goodman there in vegas says she's excited about the prospect of one day getting a major league baseball team there in vegas. maybe it will be the a's in the end. but she reiterated her belief that the best option for the team is actually that waterfront ballpark in oakland and she wants the ownership and government leaders to work together to make that happen. >> time now is and we want to baseball and this is the niners number one fan pledged to prove it says right there, james, right. number one fan, he's martin jacobs. anyone that contest back in 2000 but his love of the niners goes back more than 70 years. he started working for the team, use 9 years old. he's to pick

up the cushions. >> from the stands because the keys are stadium. yeah, they actually provided cushion. that's right. we've never do that today, but that he worked as a gate assistant. then he was a food vendor. look at these old pictures with the greats he spent is retirement, writing 9 books on the line about that. he's 80 years old now and he's been he says to more than 1200 games. >> i've been divorced twice and >> one wife said you love joe montana, more than her. >> he'd ever divorce the night. says he's confident the niners are going to win this sunday in the super bowl. as you say, like it's easy, they're just going to win this just like that, there are a lot of questions maybe some nerves going into the game seeing is the last 2 games leading up to defense struggles. yeah, it was a we're on the edge of her seat. yes. put it that way for sports reporter aaron wilson takes a look. >> well, the forty-niners they continue to prep for the super bowl rematch with the chiefs

and will the recurring theme so far with the niners is to keep going back. 2 is effort and they a lot of effort in order to beat the defending super bowl champs. that being said the forty-niners once dominant defense this season. thanks to be taken some steps backward, especially in last 2 games. of course, neither of those winds started off well and the niners d. >> they struggle. they've been widely criticized for struggle for not showing up in the way that fans have become accustomed to them over the last 2 seasons. now both the packers and the lions had their way it comes to the defense, they combined 772 total yards in, you know, the 2 playoff matchups with the lions. they rushed for one 82 at bay in the nfc championship game. simply won't do against patrick mahomes and those chiefs that being said, general manager, let john lynch. he addressed the issue last friday in his press conference in told the media that this was the issue that was being dealt with, an assured everyone that the type of play will not be tolerated in. it wouldn't happen again. they only get one more chance. meanwhile, chase young was one

of the players whose name came up regards to not giving it his all. and he was asked about the defensive effort in in the playoffs and this was his answer ahead of the super bowl. >> i think all worried about is doing my job. every play. prepare and for this game is the best we can do. want let a before. you me, you know, we've got to be you'll see it is home. but this is definitely a great atmosphere that gives me citing human already ready to play. >> all right. this sports to submit to >> and we're going to be open adam sunday morning, super bowl morning to get to go in and >> start the party, right. get to get in the move. we're going to tell you some good ideas for food and drink to serve it your party. as you watch, there's watch parties actually started that our anyway, james, there as well be alive at those. plus, we're going to be live in vegas. and there's, you know, there's start stay tuned for that this sunday morning. all right.

we're going to take a break at 7.42. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news. the year of the dragon begins this saturday. we're going to tell you how s n francisco is you how s n francisco is gearing up for that.

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>> 7.45 is time right now. and check out this giant eucalyptus tree that fell in a concord neighborhood. pretty much cutting off access to the neighborhood because this tree was huge and had to cut it up. >> 75 feet tall and it fell right onto the street pine hollow road at quiet circle. the owner of that property

says that they actually had an arborist check the tree and they thought it was good. but well, turns out it wasn't. and $8,000 later, you know, they had to spend money to move the tree out and then they're going to have to build a new fence. but he's just happy. nobody got hurt. fight in nature. >> you know that you're looking some people sit down and cry. i love. very fortunate. didn't damage any life or any property as part of cars and people like that go. >> yeah. i mean, point is that you just never know. we it's not an exact science, right? we just know that the ground when it gets saturated, the soil is wet. there's high winds things get complicated. he saw so many trees go down past weekend. this storm is not going to be the same today. know, luckily and it's just a one-day deal. and then i think we're on a better weather, john, that sunday storm was brutal. >> this one that could provide a little bit of risk just because some of those trees after sunday might be on the edge of fallen over. so i would take a very close look at trees this morning. make sure your cars are parked away

from anything you find suspected all what we got out there right now at the embarcadero is already a little wet conditions. you can see some showers rolling over the bay currently la. just a quick note. finally, a dry morning. we have our cold front. that's about to be pushing through in advance of this. we have a forward line of showers that right now is starting to move out of san francisco down peninsula and into the east bay, seeing some shower activity picking back up in northern sonoma county right now, some of our heavier areas of rainfall is actually center director around the bay bridge toll plaza. and then in the hills just above oakland, as you get past month, they're up there, conquer down to walnut creek, starting to see some light sprinkles. highway 4 from concord, out towards martinez. eventually toward san pablo. also looking at some light showers, same into portions of solano county o see it picking up too. cold front dies in this morning. and along with that comes this heavy rush of rain and some stronger winds here in a little bit as well. this is

that forwardaline of showers that is currently working its way through. this is the one that's really going to provide the risk for us and really moves through here in about an hour or 2, depending on where you're at mostly 9 to 10:00am across the bay, yellow, orange and red. you know, those heavier pockets of rain. when you see i'm rolling on through, we will see it all the way through the noon hour. starting to see some breaks in the rain after that early afternoon, spotty showers and generally getting calmer by the late afternoon today. tonight should be a fairly calm evening tomorrow, a slim chance of a sprinkle or 2, but not a whole lot. and then friday through the weekend, you are smooth sailing. i mentioned how much rainfall we're going to be seeing. no risk of flooding anywhere between a quarter of an inch to a half an inch of rainfall. today. worst really is the risk of some stronger winds, 40 miles per hour gust pushing over some already damaged or weakened trees. so again, keep a close eye on those taller trees, especially those eucalyptus snow fall totals. we will be looking at another foot to foot and a half by the end of the week. love to see

that. it's just enough snowfall for the fresh powder. this is a cold front. so it's going to be that nice, fluffy stuff and you're not going to likely see much closures up there. so this is actually a great forecast for skiing this weekend. temperatures in the mid 50's for your daytime highs today. looking ahead, temps are getting warmer into the weekend saturday and sunday for the game going to be in the 60's under sunshine. all right, john, thank you for that. will that rain really slowing down here? as we approach the 8 o'clock hour? >> snapshot of the bay area. you could see we have delays from the north. they all the way to the east bay all the way down to the south bay. looks like to 80's really the only island not seen major issues there. checking on those drive times for you about 24 minutes. as you can see, everybody has their wipers going back and forth. there on the bay bridge, our san mateo bridge around 34. so we're slowly building. that's some high winds and some slick conditions. folks down 1, 85 in the low part about 57 minutes. so we're touching 60 there. selanne showdown up. he is 51 minutes now. we're

starting to get busy along fine 80 in oakland, 6.80, southbound things are going a little slow personal about 43 minutes. kraken out towards the maze. from hercules all the way down into oakland. arias is back to you. >> the year of the dragon is really about courage and strength in progress. and we're celebrating that progress right here in chinatown. it's all come again this week. it is. you've got to the chinatown celebrations here, the dragon, then the super bowl sunday a whole culminating here in chinatown. city leaders gathered there to highlight some of the efforts they've been doing to keep community members safe during the celebrations. >> in preparation we have public works. crews saying they're going to have additional crews out there throughout the city. san francisco police also said they're going to be ramping up patrols. and you just heard from mayor london breed. she went on to praise the community for helping to get the city ready. >> it takes a village and we are now starting to see and

feel the difference in places like chinatown, where our grandma's can be as safe as they can be. and we can take a lot of pride in our ambassador programs and all the work we did to come together and to make this a reality. >> the mayor also says that there's going to be free parking in portsmouth square this month. and san francisco's chinatown, as you maybe don't know. it's the oldest chinatown in north america and the largest one outside of china. the city's chinese new year parade is going to take place on february. 24 and there are so many amazing and fact we've got vicki liviakis doing just that in today's dine and dish. >> how san francisco revved up and ready for if you should find yourself in san francisco's chinatown, boy, are you would want because there's no shortage of great places to celebrate the new year. >> i mean, will come to it

all. the chili a living platform for all things. chinese, culinary. >> here at china, live owner george chen will welcome you. a special menu for chinese new year includes this double happiness, water dumplings chef daniel also whipping up some young gal rice cakes in the shape of coin. it's a time is calling means good luck and you can't miss cracking open a fresh local dungeness crab. in fact, all kinds of a suspicious dishes upstairs at the posh a tables by george a chef floyd is preparing a year of the dragon feast in partnership with my hennessy to ring in the new year in style with health. and good fortune. any way you choose to celebrate, wishing you good fortune and good food i happy new year in san francisco, vicki liviakis kron. 4 news. >> 7 did you right now. and coming up next on the kron 4

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>> 7.55, the time. a new this morning. the oakland zoo has been nominated by usa. today's 10 best awards in both the best zoo and the best experience exhibit categories. so this is the 5th year that the zoo has been nominated. oakland zoo is currently ranking at number 12 for best zoo in america. in the best new exhibit category. they're currently ranking at number 9 for the california trail

exhibit. that's that one. yeah. retake the on all the way up. the zoo is currently asking for votes and you can vote every day between now and march 4th. and if you haven't heard diamond selling singer usher is coming to oakland for his newly-announced tour entitled past present future the super bowl stage that will be enjoying at halftime. and the two-year stint in las vegas is as an artist in residence isn't enough for usher. he wants to perform around the country, too. and he's going to be performing songs from his 9th studio album entitled coming home. and that is slated to drop this friday. so in a couple days on february, 9th, the singer has to tour dates at the oakland arena. they're for september 28th and september 29th. so look for tickets should be a lot of fun. >> 7.56 is the timing. coming up next on the kron 4 morning news. there are more questions this morning about driverless car safety because the waymo car collided with a bicyclist in san francisco will talk

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on the kron. 4 morning news. a driverless waymo car and a bicyclist bump into each other

in san francisco, raising public safety concerns. >> a new ordinance in san jose is enacted tougher penalties for people caught with unregistered catalytic converters and the forty-niners and the chiefs praising brock purdy and patrick mahomes as the spotlight zeroes in on them and their abilities ahead of the big game. >> from the area's local news station, you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at >> good morning and thanks for joining us on this wednesday morning. things are getting a little messy right now and the rain is back today. yeah, but >> then it's gone just as quick it's gone. and then it's on to the super bowl. we've got more of coverage of that. i just a second first, john, what's going on with these rain drops? yeah, it's light showers so far. but we're looking at the heavier stuff just around the corner. >> i should say there are a couple of heavy patches that have developed, though, especially out to the east bay looking outside at san francisco. you can see those dark clouds across the bay currently