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 sure does look like

a rainy one. this ford advance of showers. really just a precursor of what's to come later on today, which is increased rainfall, intensity going to start with these areas of rainfall right here. we actually have a little convection that is the upward movement of air that often happens during thunderstorm development. and that is happening immediately over oakland at this moment on up into the oakland hills, too. this is our heavier spot of rainfall and right on top oakland. so watch your travels on 80 as well as 5.80. currently those routes are looking very wet. so give yourself some extra time. also, as you're heading out towards san ramon, alamo oaks, on your way up towards walnut creek. you are also running into a pocket of heavy rainfall. there overall. that's about the heaviest that we do have across the bay little pocket right around palo alto. that's coming down. pretty good. but all in all, we are just seeing the start of what's about to be a stormy year. late morning from 8 to 9 moving more into the north bay, 9.10, to 11 for the rest of us pockets of heavier rainfall just leading up to

the noon hour. temperatures are in the 40's to 50's. so this is some cool rain. snow level falls to 4,000 feet. so some of our tallest mountains in the bay are going to have a little bit of dusting of snow on the very top which will be kind of cool to see what skies do clear back out. sfo got a wet tarmac there. temperatures rising into the mid 50's later today, right on the eve of that. well, everybody bridge on other bridges as well. they've got their windshield wipers going back and forth. >> things are slow. and so the drive times are going up. 20 minutes traveling into the city this morning on the bay bridge, mateo bridge. you can see not the best. 34 min running. 82 want to once he got winds and also the rain. 13 minutes total want along. the richmond, sandra fell bridge golden gate bridge around. 38 minutes. the snapshot of the bay. you see most of our highways covered in rent, give yourself some extra time this morning. darya james, back to you. >> thanks a lot want update you with the latest we have on this breaking news, which is a military helicopter that

they're looking for. 5 marines are on board and it's missing in southern california. they've been searching for it since around 02:30am, in the morning when the call came in. and cal fire and san diego county sheriff, the bows out there looking right now. but the conditions are really difficult to find this chopper. well, there's a lot of snow up there in the mountains where this chopper went down. it was coming from creech air force base in indian springs, nevada. yesterday. >> heading to the marine corps air station there in miramar, just about 50 miles north of downtown san diego. but again, its in rugged territory, which makes accessing last known location. pretty difficult. we'll keep you updated. that's all the information we have at the moment as they can search for this. military helicopter 803, is a time in the south bay. san jose is trying to crack down veces can on catalytic converter in a the city council fact just passed stricter penalties in crop was michael thomas takes a closer look. >> san jose officials say they hope these changes make criminals think twice before

stealing a catalytic converter saying that this has been an issue since the beginning of the pandemic 4 years ago. the changes were unanimously approved by the full city council last night and will enact a higher schedule of fines with a longer time frame, a violation for the possession of unlawful catalytic converters council members say the cost of replacing a catalytic converter is just ridiculous and too much for the working class person adding that last year alone, the city of san jose saw 836 people report their catalytic converter stolen many having to pay anywhere from one to $3,000 insurance, deductible and one san jose mechanic tells me he thinks criminals do need to be held accountable because a few $1000 is just the start of the cost. more than that. >> we've work for a shot. someone could go up to like 5, $6,000. but i customers. was it like once a month? they would call >> with officials say the goal of this policy is to send a clear message to these that if you still from the working

class, the full force of the law will come down on you and drivers this morning say they agree. put >> that convenience and other to get caught. we get the convenience that you know, we try to get >> the group went on to say that they do hope this helps san jose pd. and as we get more details as to when this will all be laid out, what will keep you updated in san jose? michael thomas kron. 4 news. >> 804, is the timing. and the spotlight is again on driverless cars because a waymo had a collision with the bicyclists in san francisco. they bumped into each other in this incident. now has one city supervisor calling into question again, the public safety of these vehicles. kron four's will tran in san francisco wlocation. this all went down at around 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon in the patrol hill area at 17th and

mississippi. 3 parties are involved. one was a driverless waymo. the other was a garbage truck in a cyclist according to waymo who did their investigation. they claim that the driverless car was not at fault that the cyclists was right behind the garbage truck. the garbage truck went through the intersection, but because the cyclist was right behind the garbage truck, the driverless car could not spot the cyclists before he got into the intersection. and at the very last moment the cameras spotted the cyclist slammed on the car's brakes. but by then, it was the cyclist who hit the waymo vehicle. at this particular point. we do know that the cyclists, minor injuries and left the scene paddling away from the scene. but in the court of public opinion, we already know about cruz. the dmv has suspended their

operations in san francisco. now there was a san francisco supervisor who immediately took to facebook and posted this a driverless waymo vehicle struck a cyclist at 17th and mississippi. so much for safety, obviously being very sarcastic about that. and that was san francisco supervisor to back to you. >> thanks a lot. we'll 807. and we are ready for the ultimate face i'm over here tith over here and follow wearing blue were both chair for the niners, as told on. so obviously on sunday we've got brock purdy, patrick holmes going head to head for super

bowl all eyes on las vegas, of course, as you can imagine. and really all eyes on brock and the team, they're going to getting the practice field today. the fans are showing up in droves. a lot of them, 40 niner fans apparently there and justine waltman has been out there all week and she says, yeah, she's been big packed with a 9 or jerseys. >> it's time now to get down to business for the quarterbacks for both the kansas city chiefs and the san francisco forty-niners. that would be patrick mahomes and of course, brock purdy. the focus is really turn to them as far as who there is people type of leaders that they are. but of course, they have some really good numbers. look how far they've taken both of their teams so far into 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 just that and it trickles down. he doesn't have to change much. that's really who he is. i mean, brock is this humble of a person as i've ever been around? know when it came to the league can see it on right away. you've seen it through everything. i mean, the 3rd string quarterback to starting quarterback what he's done this year. we still the same guys who was the first day you when you go through some ups and downs with people, you you make it through the other side. it's a beautiful thing. just wanted that much more for the person next to, you know,

in 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 up at 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. we're on a good relationship over the past 2 years. >> all right. so here's whwt'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 on kron 4. so we can hear how the players are feeling as they get closer and closer to super bowl sunday. and there's lots of other fun things going on here. and there are more and more fans showing up here in las vegas. there's a lot for them to do. obviously, as i'm walking around and seeing a lot of red jerseys, you know, because the chiefs and san francisco forty-niners kind are both rocking the red. but forty-niners fans are coming here. what they should go do is check out the nfl

experience. opening up today at mandalay bay. it's a chance for football fans to really get up close and personal to the sport that they love so much. they can see the lombardi trophy. they can also see all the different nfl championship rings throughout all for years. how much bigger and better they have gotten. how many were diamonds? they stick on that thing. i'm also hearing that you like manning and jerry rice are set to be there. so maybe fans can go get autograph. take a selfie. it's just some of the fun stuff that's going on here in las vegas. and there's just more and more going on. the closer we get to super bowl 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. >> and we will be checking in with justine in all of our crews that are in vegas sunday morning to get you going. super bowl sunday. absolutely. a whole big show from vegas to live watch parties here in the bay to food here in the studio with tips on how you can make your super bowl party that much more super answer. i'd show them. we're going to be

waking up early. james and i hope you'll join us starting at 07:00am. john. >> and it is going to be a good weekend for all of it. makes you look forward to that sunshine with the rainfall we have this morning right now. some of heavier rain is rolling through san leandro, lafayette, walnut creek in san ramon moving fairly quickly. this is just the start erdos too. we've got heavier rainfall later on this morning. >> all right. and because of the rain, things are slowing down out there. get a lot of people taking their time using those windshield wipers and make sur

>> a 14 and we want to get to the north bay where the big storm that we had ripped the roof off of this church, 150

year-old church in napa. a big sections of it came down. the congregation work together to save the interior of first presbyterian church as that rain was coming down sunday. back kron. 4 sarah stinson. she went out there and talk to those folks. >> high winds ripped parts of the roof off here at the first presbyterian church in napa. you can still see shingles scattered along the street. now the church community is working together to restore this historic landmark first built in 18, 70 for the storm on sunday ripped through downtown napa, damaging the iconic first presbyterian church on 3rd street. when was over 40 miles an hour. >> and the wind got under these copper panels here and lifted him up over the roof onto the street onto the sidewalk. thankfully, no one was hurt, but pieces of the copper roof slammed into the stained glass windows. breaking several panels. that was the windiest storm i've

ever seen a nap and 47 years. david crawford served as napa city council member and interim mayor in 1988. >> he now volunteers as a youth leader at first presbyterian on sunday. he was among several people jumping in to protect the interior of the church from the rain. 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 charts, trying to keep the pews, the him knowles, the >> carpet. >> dry crawford says they're working to patch up the roof, especially with more rain in the forecast. once insurance assesses the damage, they can hire a contractor. crawford says it will be a community effort to fully restore the historic church. whole congregation is ready to help out a lot of people. the community love this church, even though they don't go here because it's such a >> beautiful landmark building. so i'm sure they'll be helping to sunday service will be in the churches gymnasium for now, which they had to do 10 years ago when an earthquake. >> heavily damaged the church

that took 2 years to fix the presbyterian church plans to hold 150 year-old celebration. this august of the plan is to have the roof fixed, at least by then i'm sara stinson reporting in napa kron. 4 news. nothing worse than a roof. you got to fix. one starts raining again. like to do. >> there is a bucket and our bedroom that this is like there when it there's a bucket in the back of this you what? i need to tell everybody. all i in today's kind of the last one where you got the bucket, yeah, get the drains clear to, you know, the whole reality that we're we are going to be looking at a nice weekend ahead for the game. so that is going to be something we're all looking forward to after these multiple past few days. you see it's wet out there on the embarcadero right now. showers coming down across the bay area. this is just the first line of showers. we actually got a heavy around just around the corner.

>> and that energy is still for the most part up in mendocino and humboldt counties. lot of snow so level falling to 4,000 feet in elevation. that means mountains like mount saint as well as the diablo is east of san jose getting a little bit of the white stuff. in fact, if you look really close here on radar, you can see that little spot of purple. that's some rain snow mix on top of mount diablo right now. some of our heaviest of rainfall, few pockets up in the santa cruz mountains. but we do have that heavier area of rain that just rolled through san leandro wasting no time it's moving hayward on over 5.80, san ramon currently there's that little pocket of rain snow mix on top of mount are on top of diablo right now. as for where we're headed this afternoon, cold front swings through cold nature to this system in some nice powder up in the sierra nevada. and we are going to be looking at a rush of stronger winds and heavy rain here within the next 1, 2, to 3 hours. 09:00am here on a future cast about an hour away. rain really picks up in marin and sonoma

counties just after that between 9 to 10 for the rest of the bay rushing through towards the noon hour as well. we'll see spotty showers after that point with peeks of sunshine. don't be surprised if you hear a roll of thunder. hear there. we will continue to see an isolated shower into the early evening. tomorrow looks a lot drier, maybe an isolated sprinkle into the afternoon. but today is the last of our heavier rain days were pretty smooth sailing after this one. rainfall anywhere between a quarter and a half, an inch of rain winds an up of a problem with 40 mile per hour gusts at the coast of a mountain tops that any trees that may be weakened from sunday's storm watch out for and hopefully have an arborist. check out all your trees so far. i wouldn't be parking under the eucalyptus today. as for ford's future cast the snowfall totals a foot to a foot and a half. as we move into the weekend. this is good news for the sierra just enough snow to ski not enough to be closing things down up there. so it's a great weekend to head up to the mountains. temperatures today in the low to mid 50's. it's a

cool one. temps will remain cool into tomorrow but start to climb after that. the weekend looks beautiful with sunshine and low 60's. all right, john, thank you for that. we're off to a start. but now the rain start to fall. highways are slowing down. >> so we're over the north bay along 101 all the way 80 to the east bay, 8.80, and even down to the south bay while 1, 0, and 2.80. so be mindful of that. if you've got somewhere to go, you need to leave the house with some extra time. all the bay bridge right now. we've got everybody with windshield wipers bringing the spiders out as well. 19 min arrive. everybody heading into the city this morning are senate over just short of 30 minutes. so i'm seeing some high winds. some of the vehicles of low back and forth and slick conditions all making for slow and go commute 60 minutes long. 1, one. 85 to menlo park and 8.80, selling a downhill. pete is about an hour there. 5, 80, 80, both pretty backed up through oakland. you might want to take some of the streets to try to navigate around those highways. arias is back to you.

>> all right. thank you very much, renay. 20 is the time. and 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. it was friday that vanden high school and to other campuses were placed on lockdown after police got this call from someone who said that there is somebody of and and that had a gun. well, police say they suspected that the time this might have been a swatting attempt. and so investigation was carried out by the school's resource officer and that led to the identification of this 15 year-old student from vanden as their suspect. and on tuesday, officers arrested that boyd is home and he's now been booked into juvenile hall. >> it's a 21 in the south bay gilroy. police are investigating vandalism and a high school hate graffiti. >> was scrawled on the walls throughout the school at christopher high monday night is when it was discovered there were 3 people who ransacked multiple classrooms.

they know they're looking for at least 3 people. anybody with information is asked to contact the gilroy. police. >> well, south bay residents against the war in the middle east are demanding a ban on city authorized travel to israel. now at the moment, there's no scheduled trips for any officials to travel to israel, but speakers feel the city should not support israel due to the thousands of palestinians have been killed so far. >> have heart. have humanity act for justice and do the right thing. >> the travel issue was not on tuesday's agenda. so the city council really couldn't take any action on it. san jose city council also has not considered a formal measure calling for a cease-fire there in gaza. >> we're going to take a break in a 22. but coming up on the kron, 4 morning news, it may be time to hang up your landline, why some service providers are starting to phase them out here in the state. and we're also watching the rain. of course, as you can see the radar really

ramping up in activity over the last hour. we've got john trouble in the weather center trouble in the weather center walking us through this w

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that it could stop servicing traditional landlines here in california. att says that maintaining traditional copper cable wiring is expensive and they would rather spend their money on expanding broadband and cell phone service. critics, though, say the move would have a significant impact on communities, especially those that don't have good cell phone service. others like the comfort of a land line for its stability during emergencies. the cpsc is inviting the public to comment on the matter online through a series of public forums that they're being held throughout the state through the month of march. >> lawmakers in sacramento are pushing for a law that would require public high schools to offer at least one computer science course starting in the fall of 2026, it would establish computer sciences, high school graduation requirement by the year 2030, supporters of this say this would prepare our students for careers with an average salary of more than $150,000 a year. the bill right now has no formal opposition. a 26. and

still ahead next on the kron, morning news. >> we're just a couple of games away from the big one. the one that counts, the one that means everything and the niners have to be on their a game will take a look at what they're doing in vegas to prepare. and the rain is making its way on the bay area over us right now. pretty widespread, but not huge. the downfalls, it is light at this point. we'll see where the storm will go next with john in the weather.

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to which it which is always yeah. john, what do you think? yeah, this is actually going to be a perfect snowmaker because it's a colder system. so we're going to have that light, fluffy snow up in the sierra and just enough of it that it won't block out your travel too much. so definitely a good option there. you can actually see a lot of snowfall following up on the north coast. we're seeing it right up here in upper elevations of lake and mendocino counties likely to see a little dusting on top of some of our mountains in the day like mount diablo, mount saint spots like that, we are seeing some pockets of heavy rain rolling through as we speak. i'm gonna focus first on the one that we have out towards the tri valley right now. this is what you had over oakland moments ago. and it is a quick mover. this is a cold front right here and it is not stalling out rolling across really quickly, which is actually good. severe flooding risk will be minimal here right now over san ramon, we're seeing a pocket of heavy rain, a little upward as far as this one goes, which is the early signs of a thunderstorm developing. we do see dublin out towards livermore. also seeing some moderate showers

on up towards antioch, some spots of moderate rainfall out that way too. little bit calmer right now for the east bay shoreline, north bay conditions starting to pick back up a little bit in this line from peddling. but just north of the of the town of sonoma and further south in the bay, we do have a pocket of heavier showers just east of downtown san jose out towards our rock. so definitely act of this morning. we will see our heaviest of rainfall still on its way, making its way in really between 9 to 10:00am, for most of the bay area. so we're around the corner from it. that's for sure. we'll continue to see heavy pockets of rain on into the late morning into early afternoon just after the morning commute winds down. so that's good news that at least the bulk of the commute got out of the way before the heavier stuff got here. now temperatures in the 30's to 40's right now. oakland, alameda in sf in the low 50's mid to upper 50's this afternoon that are very warmest rain. all right, john, thank you for that. sloan to block our you want to bust

those windshield wipers out? because >> the conditions and the rain coming down 18 minute ride traveling into the city right now. so the biggest hazard is the weather. look at this san mateo bridge, visibility not the best. 24 minute. everybody heading across towards peninsula. 12 minute ride on the richmond center fell bridge golden gate bridge about 36 minutes. we didn't want to one of the north a little slow. here's a look at all of our highways across the bay. 8.80, all the way down to 2.80, in the south bay definitely some more time. all right. james, back to you. >> 8.31 right now and we are on the countdown to the super bowl. and the big thing is the defense. they've got to be on their game. to face the chiefs, only game will work. our reporter aaron wilson takes a closer 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 do. want let a for you me, you know, we've got to be but you'll see it is home. but this is definitely a great atmosphere best against the side of play. >> all right. this sports to submit to >> thank you, aaron. a 33 is the time and the san francisco forty-niners have a huge fan and this person right here. in fact, he says he's the number one fan. he's cut that plaque there to prove it. his name is martin jacobs actually won that plaque in a national contest. back in 2000. but his love for the niners goes way beyond that. he's been a niner fan for more than 70 years. in fact, he started working for the team back when they were playing accuser stadium. his job at that young age was to pick up the cushions from the stands after each game. he then worked as an assistant at the gates and then a food vendor even spend his

retirement, writing 9 books about the niners. and now at 80 years old, jacob says says he's been to more than 1200 games. it's amazing. i've been divorced twice and >> one wife said you love joe montana, more than her. >> he one as for this sunday, of course, he thinks the niners are going to be victoria all right. we'll be sure to stay tuned to kron 4 and start your super bowl sunday right with us changes. i'll be up in early at 07:00am. to bring you everything that's happening in las vegas and around the bay for super bowl sunday will be at the watch. parties will have some food tips here in studio. 42 make sure your sunday. >> super bowl party is top notch. all right. we're going to take another look at headlines. yeah, because we want to take you to the east bay where the by order of governor newsom 120. >> chp officers are now patrolling oakland. they've been asked to help crack down on crime. there. the governor

is hoping by deploying these extra officers it will alleviate the crime that has been happening. officers are going to be moved from 9 bay area counties to work with local law enforcement that include specialized units with advanced technology city. councilmember noel gallo says that the additional officers are welcome. >> we have an emergency, the robberies out of control, not only of the business corridors, but are trying to walk their children to school? alright, so the point where grandma and grandpa can walk down the street anymore. >> and chp is also going to be using license plate readers, canine units and air support. this is a temporary situation that will be stationed throughout oakland. but at this point, we do not know the end date for the deployment. >> let's go to the east bay where police in alameda are warning residents about scammers posing as cable or electricity company workers say, say before letting anybody into your home ask for

identification and don't be shy about calling the company or organization that they claim to be with to verify that there's actually a crew at your house. police say it's ok to ask that person to leave while you take time to verify their identity. >> the year of the dragon is really about courage and strength in progress. and we're celebrating that progress right here in chinatown. >> yeah, we've been talking a lot about the super bowl. and by the way, the mayor there is wearing but the night before, it's the year of the dragon be welcomed into china town. they've got a huge party planned and all kinds of libya parade. the celebrations are huge and they're making sure that they're safe. that got through a crews throughout the city ramping up their patrols in the area. and the mayor has praised the community for getting the city already for the big festivities saturday night. >> 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 exciting. so it all starts to lunar new year starts saturday night. >> and then it culminates with the big parade which will be february 24th. >> san francisco's chinatown is the oldest chinatown in north america and the largest of its kind outside of asia. the city's chinese new year parade is going to draw people from around the world. and oakland, restaurants and stores are ready to showcase what we have to offer. >> 8.38 is the time and the legacy institution celebrating transwomen in san francisco is sadly closing asia sf. >> they've been a space for entertainment for 25 years. yeah. but kron 4 ella sogomonian reports that the owners say. >> it's been tough. keeping the doors open ever since the pandemic.

>> performers grace the stage of asia sf for more than 2 decades, kind of looting and ricas grew up in the bay area and says it's the very space she now works and that encouraged her to be her authentic self as a transit division myself. i just know how hard it is to get a job. >> being trans without being discriminated and have to have hired, you know, for 26 years. >> but after all those years in business, the renowned trance club is now closing its doors for good founder and ceo larry hash burger admits it was a tough decision, but the economic hardships in the wake of the pandemic were just too much to maintain. they say the only constant in life is change. and so >> we have to change. we have to move forward and just the the economics of our situation at this point. you know, are such that we need to make this really tough decision. so it's it's very it's been very difficult. >> over time the place has become a premier destination

for san francisco nightlife. and together, the staff formed a family. >> and for the ladies in asia sf this was more than just a stage. it was a place they can celebrate themselves. call home. >> as a 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 on 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. >> though the brick and mortar location is shutting down for good. house burger says that the legacy will live on through pop-up events in the future. we want to look at this is not the end, but really the beginning of a new opportunity or we can take what we do. be on the doors of

9th. and howard, to, you know, all across the city in the bay area and beyond the last performance will take place on trans visibility day, which is march 31st. reporting in san francisco, i'm ella sogomonian kron. 4 news. >> will san francisco pride has announced the theme for this year's pride events and it will be beacon of love. that's the theme for the 54th annual san francisco lgbt pride parade and celebration in the press release. don't go anywhere. i'm still here. if the press release, they say that the theme in bodies embodies the and diminished spirit of san francisco is a global leader in the fight for the lgbtq+ liberation and fundamental human rights. the event runs from june 29th to the 30th. all right. now we're going take a break. and still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news, oakland finds an unlikely ally and their fight to keep the a's rooted right in the town. >> i'll still presidents and the east bay right now,

livermore, you're seeing some of the heaviest of it. it's not wasting its time. so this first line of showers rushing through rather quickly. still looking at some showers and oakland as well as peninsula and north bay, the real heavyo rainfall. that's yet to get here yet. it's on its way, though. and i'll get your forecast ahead. >> all here on your morning commute is already slowing down. even slow. it says about the 7 o'clock hour. so factor

>> talk about it raining today and get snow. that's right. drivers in the sierra last

night were met with some stand still traffic. this is a tea has it looked over donner summit? yeah. trafficked. there are some spin outs and that brought everything to a stop. so, yeah, it was kind of a pain. both rest areas nearby were also closed for snow removal to the highway has since reopened. they are screening, however, eastbound trucks for chains out applegate and all westbound trucks are going to be required to stop at the break. down when it snows. it does snow on the highways as well. so, you know, you you can't just be on the resort's that we would love that price. you pay, as you do, have to drive through to get there. and it looks like today they're probably going to get a little on the ground up john. they sure are. yeah, they're going to have some good white, fluffy snow, good skiing snow over the next couple of days. >> and we are going to be looking at just enough of it to add to the slopes you still go encountered on the roads but likely no closures, which is good news. we're looking outside at san jose right here. lots of clouds overhead.

the rate is made its way in for sure. san jose. you see light showers all morning long. la metro area finally coming down. but we've got a cold front swinging into northern california. that's what's contributing to our rainy resurgence here. now, if you think that this is the most of it, this is actually just the appetizer, the start of all of it. we're seeing a few pockets of heavier rainfall right around. sandra fell right now. just north of novato itself. and then our heaviest round of rain is just directly over livermore right now about to pass over the ultimate now to the central valley. so definitely an active situation going on radar here. cold front pushes through here in just a couple of hours that as it does, winds are going to pick up along with it as well as rainfall intensity. so we're in the introductory rain right now. rainfall really going to pick up for the north bay initially and then drop into the rest of the bay area here in about an hour or so. do expect rainfall to increase and is hanging out with us all the way towards around noontime, especially for the south bay and inland east bay.

after that showers will be much more spotty for the rest of the day, especially for inland and south bay area's. we will continue to see an isolated shower into the early evening. tomorrow looks generally to be a lot calmer. we could see an isolated light sprinkle here or there on into the afternoon tomorrow, smooth sailing after that point friday on into the weekend. you're going to be good to go. rainfall today amounting to anywhere between a quarter of an inch and half an inch of rain winds. not a huge factor right now, but they will pick up as that cold front swings through specially out along the coastline. here's this afternoon, 40 plus mile per hour gusts. any trees that were weakened by sunday system may be susceptible to toppling over in these winds as well. so i wouldn't be parking under the large trees or branches today. as for the sierra, we're talking a little bit about that. another foot to foot and had the fa snowfall for the remainder of his week. it's going to be some nice, fresh snow up there in the sierra to be skiing around temps today. low 50's to mid-fifties. it's a cool one for sure. temps tomorrow will

be cool as well. rising a little bit into the weekend by saturday and then sunday for the game. looking nice in the low 60's under sunshine. all right, john, thank you for coming down along our san mateo bridge. so please take your time. >> if you are going to be traveling to taking that route right now, you see visibility's impacted because of that drive times have gone up. 25 minutes 8.82. want to want to make that right. the bridge about 19 minutes doesn't seem as bad. but we have seen what conditions because people are using their windshield wipers on the bay bridge. 62 minutes 85 to menlo park. so we've gone up just a bit to 80's. a little lighter there. kelly o'donnell piece about 53 minutes. 85 82 oakland, both busy might want to take the street as you're traveling through that cracking down towards the maze, about 40 minutes or from hercules all the way down. oakland highway for that looks better. 16 minutes, antioch, into concord darya. james, back to you. 8.48 uprooted

days. maybe not. yeah. turns out los vegas is mayor says the team should probably go back to oakland kron four's dan kerman. >> talk to mayor sheng thao it's here on the side of the tropicana hotel in las vegas that the oakland a's intend to build. >> new 1.5 billion dollar stadium assuming they can get additional financing. but in an interview on the front office sports today, podcast las vegas mayor carolyn goodman suggested the a's reconsider. >> i personally think it got to figure out a way to stay in oakland to make i agree with her. i think that they need to figure out how stay in oakland, oakland, mayor sheng thao says her door remains open days. owner john fisher and major league baseball. 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 boehner over the new owner in the front

office sports today podcast the mayor of las vegas also criticized the tropicana location. they're going to go out, want to get close to the strip with all the congestion, everything and i this s not make sense. the tropicana site and much of the rest of the las vegas strip actually falls outside of the city limits of las vegas. >> could the mayor simply be pushing the a's to build a stadium within the las vegas city limits. nothing surprises may in the yellow brick road paved with from oakland to las vegas and adolis who served as executive vice president and vice president of business operations for the a's from 1980, to 1994 says it could be that or something else or whether this is a push for las vegas to say, you know what, we'd rather be in the expansion side of this. then the relocation side of whatever is at play here should give fans renewed

optimism that it ain't over till it's over. it doesn't necessarily mean that everything is going to fall apart. >> but >> it's it's very fans not necessarily to get our hopes up. >> but it just adds fuel to the ongoing fire or dumpster fire. that is john now after the release of the podcast las vegas's mayor said that she is excited about a major league baseball team in las vegas. senate could be the a's. >> but she reiterated that she still thinks the best choice as a waterfront ballpark for the a's in oakland and she encouraged ownership and government leaders to make that happen. dan kerman kron, 4 news. >> a 51 right now. and guess who's coming to town? a sure. yeah. he's going to be playing in oakland for his newly-announced tour past present future. the super bowl stage and a 2 year las vegas residency were amazing, but he wants more. he is going to be performing songs from his 9th

studio album coming home slated to be released friday this friday, february 9th. and he has to door dates. coming up in oakland is going to beat the oakland arena. september 28th and september 29th. and new this morning, the oakland zoo is nominated by usa today the awards for the best zoo and the is the best zoo categories. it's the 5th year that the zoo the oakland zoo has been nominated. they are currently ranked number 12 for best zoo. wow, that's pretty good. i think the oakland's is fantastic. zoo's exhibit >> they're you know, you know, they have to have the layout and the best animals and that whole thing. the zoo is currently asking for votes. you can vote every day between now and march 4th. so this is voted on by the people. enjoy zoos. and if you've never been there, check it out. it really is a beautiful zoo. >> all right. we're going to

take a break a 52 coming up in the next hour. the kron 4 morning news. a new start-up is changing how we mow our lawns. look at that is ai about to take the job of the locals teenager mowing lawns in the neighborhood meeting. also coming up on the kron 4 morning news. the rain making its way down the bay area. and you could you can see here on the radar. it is impacting everyone. we'll have a complete look at the for

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>> 8.55 and we're following the niners to vegas for the super bowl. they're already there and so were a lot of fans. yeah. the at joey's tavern. we've got the whole place decked out for the big

game. they are ready to celebrate the red and gold. please be patient. >> it we're going to be packed house. we're going to the best that we can and we just hope everybody has a great said how cool is that that a vegas barr made themselves all 9 are down to get 100 inch tv there. but in the parking lot. so that actually the overflow you know, and they can enjoy the party outside. if you can't fit in families, they know how many or niner jerseys are walking there was a lot of people at from the bay have bought tickets and will be a vase but they can for the super bowl. it's like looking for some place to enjoy the faithful travel. well, as we know 8.55, right now. still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news, we're going to talk more about what the niners are doing as they approach the big game like brock purdy. you know, he's got to be a ready. >> for his big face off with the chiefs and a new ordinance and center's day as tougher penalties for people are caught with unregistered catalytic converters. we'll tell you about the latest on that in a live report. plus, there are new questions about

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>> from the area's local news station, you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at no. >> good morning. and thanks for waking up with us on wet wednesday daria and i'm james. yeah, certainly is wet outside right now all around the bay. you're probably seeing a raindrop or 2 is today. storms rolling in, but at least he's not going to stick around for ever. hi, john. it's a quick mover for sure which is good.

the last thing you want heavy rainfall sitting around lingering for too terribly long. so this one's in and it is out. we are seeing out there some showers about the east bay hills. and you see in this view right here, all that cloud cover is seen right above berkeley. first line of showers currently pushing through the heavier line has yet descend into the bay area just yet. well, let's take a look at livermore for us. we're already seeing that line of heavy rainfall moving over the altamont pass. this is what you saw over oakland is that heavier rain just about an hour ago. next line of showers and starting to push into the north bay. and this one is going to produce even a little bit of heavier marin county. right now, sandra fell on up to nap, especially look at that, seeing some really heavy pockets of rain and this line really stretching just offshore currently inbound to be dropping into the bay area over the next several hours. so from this point forward, you can expect rainfall intensity to start to increase a little bit more. so here's around 10. 45 on your