more about the deaths of 4 people were found dead in a home in san mateo. some san jose business owners will be getting surveillance cameras for free as the city cracks down on retail theft. we're live with those details. and the concord city council past rent stabilization measures. after hours of heated debate between tenants and landlords. >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at 6. >> good morning and happy valentine's day to you. i'm darya and i'm james and we are waking up this morning to dry conditions. but by the end of valentine's day, that will be a different story. i thought he was going to say love you. such a romantic. might. we've got get to dinner early had will be waking up in love but going to bed with a little bit of rainfall out there, which, hey, it's just going to make for that romantic feel so get to that early. that is a good way to put it. you know what? maybe not your best park day-to-day. no picnic in the

park, but a nice romantic evening and hours near the candles. i think that will be nice. >> a little bit of fog and mist this morning, but not enough to get roadways wet. so we're still looking nice and dry for your morning commute. here's half moon bay. maybe not your romantic day walking along the coastline, either. we will be seeing rainfall really arriving for the most part this afternoon. it will be late morning for the north bay. a few showers drifting in north of santa rosa around 08:00am to 09:00am and then really for the rest of us, rainfall kicks into gear towards the early afternoon and stays with us into the early evening. current temperatures, upper 40's to low 50's oakland and conquered egypt. 48 49 degrees. while alameda at 52 right now later today, rainfall gets here in stays with us through the evening, not keeping temperatures down, though. we're still going to reach the upper 50's to low 60's rain. i don't think that in the rose damian lights on at the bay bridge. about 13 minutes. everybody traveling into the city. santa's little glowing light here to the left. looks like just some crews working

out there. >> just adjacent to the bridge. it's not slowing down. not impacting your morning commute. so a 13 minute ride into the city. san mateo bridge just short of 12 minutes. we're still nice and light. richard senator phil ridge, 8 minutes and the golden gate bridge. 37 to the tolls. 19 minutes on this wednesday morning. darya. james, back to you. thank you. reyna happening today, san jose officials are going to announce a new program. >> to combat retail crime. this point they're going to be giving extra tools to help protect businesses and vendors. >> kron four's will tran in san jose with more on exactly what that entails. good morning will. lf as well as hel

san jose police department. they will be issuing cameras free of charge with all the hardware mounted at that particular location. they will announce it in detail. james this morning at 10 15. so we'll know more about the program, but this actually stretches back to the previous administration with mayor sam liccardo at the time. and now it's matt mahan. he will be at the news conference as well. retail theft, we all seen has been going up and up to the point where what last week governor gavin newsom deployed more state prosecutors to help alameda county prosecute criminals. and in terms of burglaries, robberies, retail thefts. now san jose. they're not working with governor gavin newsom, but they are working with the city. of course, to try to get out there. get ahead to allow those businesses to feel better about themselves as well as in a way, fighters to entire community a little bit safer. back to james

>> all right. thanks a lot. we'll check in with will a little bit later. all right, new this morning we have governor gavin newsom's efforts now to crack down on crime in the east bay appear to be showing results according to information from the governor's office. chp officers in oakland of already made 71 arrests. they recovered 145 stolen cars and seized 4 guns linked to crimes. just last week, governor newsom announced that he was deploying 120 chp officers to oakland to help crack down on crime. the governor's office says the people arrested were suspected of charges, including car theft, drug possession and felony gun possession. ch people continue to conduct operations in high crime areas in the east bay. and these operations are just one part of the governor's plan to fight crime. last week, he also announced that he was deploying additional state attorneys to alameda county to help prosecute suspected criminals. time now 604, in the east bay, the city of concord. >> just past a rent control

ordinance. it was a heated meeting, though, between landlords and tenants. it was the ordinance now limits annual rental increases and requires landlords to have just cause before evicting tenants. but the debate isn't over. as a matter of fact, kron four's sara stinson explains. >> a rally was held before the concord city council meeting tuesday with both tenants and landlords shouting about their rights. every seat was taken at the meeting. people even wore a sticker on their church to show which side they're on the agenda. rent control for multifamily rental complexes with 2 or more units built before february. first 1995. what's being proposed is limiting annual rent increases to 3% or 60% of consumer price index. whichever is lower as well as just cause for eviction, which could apply to most rented units in concord, including single-family homes. however, many council members

debated that for a just cause would not apply to dwelling units. just cause does not apply when a tenant is evicted for at reasons like non payment. if there is no fault. but the landlord wants to evict the tenant. this ordinance proposes to require property owners to pay 3 times the fair market rent and an extra $3,000 to cover moving expenses. both sides say this has been debated for 7 years and they're ready for city council to make a decision city ca. so really need see the real situations that all the 2 winters family and children are suffering with the rent control of the rent, rent increases every year. and it's a it's a really bright. and so what's going to happen is that we're going to be in that living on the street. so this isn't really just about, you know, rental rights. it's about property owner rights. and that's what strikes at my core city council will have a second reading of these

ordinances at the next meeting. march i'm sara stinson reporting in concord kron. 4 news 606, is the time. another developing story as the investigation is continuing now into the murder suicide. that happened in san mateo where 2 children. >> and 2 adults were found dead. >> in their home during a welfare check, police just gave us an update on the case. officers checked all the doors and windows. they found no signs of forced entry and inside, that's where a man woman, they were dead in the bathroom with gunshot wounds. and then in the the gun was in the bathroom and then in the bedroom. that's where they found the 2 children. both boys dead. authorities are trying to figure out more about what happened. >> children do not have gunshot wounds and there was no signs of a struggle through the house >> all of the if there's any bruising or anything like that would come from the and we don't have any information about >> they haven't said anything

about the identity of these people were still waiting for the autopsy results. >> well, police arrest a paddle out the massage therapist on suspicion of assault was back in november of 2023 that police received a call from a woman saying that she had been sexually assaulted earlier that day by u.s. or at massage envy on el camino, real. the woman alleges that she was sexually assaulted during her appointment but didn't have a physical injury to show it was last thursday police arrested arturo gomez on suspicion of. penetration and battery. felony charges have also been filed. police say massage and be worked collaboratively with them and fired gomez when they learned that he was a suspect in this case. police say gomez has worked for other massage establishments in the south bay, but there are currently no other known alleged victims. well, freemont police right now are looking for potential victims of this man who they say sexually assaulted a woman monday night. this is 27 year-old

marin. vasquez velasquez. the freemont police say he attacked and sexually assaulted. a woman who was walking in the area fremont boulevard and jurors drive right around 09:00pm. police say community members held him there until officers were able to arrive and arrest him. >> it's 608, and on the peninsula. san mateo county officials want the final say over autonomous vehicles on the roads in the county. the board of supervisor just passed a resolution supporting a law that would put control of the driverless cars in the hands of local governments instead of the state officials in the dmv. counties resolution comes as waymo has proposed expanding its fleet be on san francisco and on to the peninsula far south of sunnyvale, the board of supervisors says that way. most proposal is premature. >> the state agencies are allowing unfettered access to our roads and highways without

any community input. went to some pains to ensure that provided correspondence the cpc just to make clear again, we are taking substantive position as the county county attorney's office. with respect to the bill, it's more a question of >> ensuring that the county has as granularity in detail with respect to what's proposed and that the decisions made at the appropriate the appropriate place. >> last week, san mateo county attorney sent a protest letter. 2 utility officials about waymo's proposed expansion. the dmv has already okayed the expansion. and this comes as waymo is recalling some of their software after 2 incidents in phoenix back in december where one of the waymo cars crashed into a pickup truck in phoenix. it was being towed. and then a few minutes after that, another waymo car crashed into that same pick up truck waymo says that none of those vehicles, those who didn't have passengers in at the time of the crash there and

phoenix. >> well, due to the rain southbound 6 ad and pleasanton will stay open this weekend. caltrans had scheduled a full closure of the freeway through long weekend to repair some pavement. but now that can do that because the weather, this is the second time the caltrans has had to cancel that closure because of weather. >> time now 6.10, and still ahead on the kron. 4 morning news, a specialized team of firefighters is missing some valuable equipment because somebody stole it from their trucks will tell you more about what they need back and your utility bill could soon be based on how much money you make. why some say this to do more harm than good. >> hey, good morning, everyone. happy valentine's day. i'm live this morning in berkeley at a bakery coming up, we'll tell you everything you need to know about valentine's day and how much you might be spending on that special. someone that more after the break. >> and if you are spending on someone may be spending some

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>> we're back at 6.14. here are 4 things to know approve. alameda county firefighters are trying to replace equipment was stolen out of their truck during last week's storm. the cruise. we're staying at a hotel in pleasanton when someone stole their chainsaw and personal bags. an unknown amount of diesel fuel leak from a grounded fishing boat when authorities tried to retrieve

the vessel after it ran aground along the sonoma coast on friday. u.s. coast guard says the boat ran aground friday night 2 miles southwest of the day debate up along the sonoma coast state park right near the great or fair lawn's national marine sanctuary. as a new report shows a bay area. air quality has been getting worse in recent years and will likely continue to get worse. the report says the central valley and san francisco areas are already seen twice as many poor air quality days now compared to well, we had 20 years ago and over the next 30 years, more than 50% of people in the u.s. entire country will be exposed to unhealthy air. she's just a little love is in the alright, draymond green, by the way, at the nixon center, new stuffed noreika are going at on social media. just juice tweeted about graham on calling him clown on his podcast saying, quote, all good, bad boy, just. >> don't stay too long on podcast.

>> going to be late. there are 4 therapy sessions so digging at each other, referring to grandma's mandatory sessions after he struck him on the court. green responded calling the bosnian center a 300 pound softy. >> okay. and providing a link to a spot where little in the weeds here this this will happen or hit happened a long time ago and >> we're over it. we're on love. let's get back on the love this morning on a wednesday valentine's day and the weather is looking su make those reservations earlier rather than later you know, if you've got a 300 pounds off the that you kind of take out to dinner, i'm talking about getting to be like you got a good forecast for you could see outside this morning that we do have some dry skies for now across the bay area. >> but this afternoon into the evening, it's dinner indoors. kind of weather. no walk in the park. nora picnic in the park. we do have showers to our north and we have some

snowfall up in the sierra nevada that to be falling pretty good today. snow level fall to 5500 feet in elevation. there are actually 3 systems ahead of us. this is just the first line of showers that's about to drop in. that's actually our lightest dose of rainfall compared to the next 2. so this afternoon to expect a light to moderate rainfall pushing it, especially late morning for the north bay. and then early afternoon for the rest of us pockets of heavy rainfall in there, it's not going to add up to too terribly much does have an impact on those evening plans to be ready at the umbrella in the rain jacket. i think it kind of adds the romantic field. as for tomorrow, we are looking at a dry one. could see an isolated sprinkle. it start but thursday and even most of friday will be dry friday night into saturday and even heavier punch of rain and then even heavier yet sunday night into monday and early tuesday. so this forecast stays active. rainfall amounts today anywhere between a quarter of an inch to half an inch for most urban areas. some upper elevations will see over an inch of rainfall. we're going

to add more and more on top of this through the course of the nest next week. actually got some pretty impressive model runs. as for what rainfall is going to look like from these next 2 system. so expect a wet weekend. the sierra nevada is under a winter storm warning until 04:00pm on thursday. as much as 2 feet of snowfall at the upper elevations. and as i mentioned, snow level falling to 5500 feet. that's pretty low. and that's definitely good news. we need to see some snow makers keep that momentum going. upper 50's to low 60's for today's daytime highs. burlingame foster city just like yesterday at 60 degrees. you think i it's going to be a rainy day. it's probably going to be way cooler. actually. it's not that much different temperature wise. so wouldn't call today a stormy one which just want to be ready for it. oakland down through castro valley at 60 degrees while the late show up to napa in the upper 50's santa rosa at 55, one of our cooler spots. tomorrow's temperatures will be into the low 60's as we will remain into the weekend care. best chances of rainfall

and the days to maybe avoid too much outdoor activity is today, of course. and then again, friday night into saturday, 3rd system arrive sunday night into monday and tuesday, right? all right, john, thank you for that. let's get you rolling on a wednesday morning. if you need to get some things done, we're off to a nice and light start. >> along 88 88, even highway for just seen slight pockets of delays as things start to pick up for your morning commute. bridge right now. 15 minute ride. meter lights are on 70 oh bridge. just under 14. 80 to 101. checking a one on the south bay. 85 up to miller park 30 minutes to 82. 37. you're moving at the limit. selanne showdown to to 37 just short of 30 minutes. arias is back to you. all right. 6.19, times day were spread. the love here on the kron. 4 morning news. >> and how people show love is important. it is. yeah, we've got cards, flowers, chocolates, you know, the typical things you do on valentine's crawford's michael thomas is live in berkeley. >> as one local bakery gets ready for this special day. good morning, michael.

>> yeah, good morning, everyone. happy valentine's day. look at these cupcakes behind me. they've been here since 3 o'clock this morning preparing. they tell me that this is their superbowl essentially. and i can tell you why, because the national retail federation says this year it's all about candy and sweets. it's the number one gift and you can see these people are here working hard this morning. in fact, i don't know. can can i ask you which did you specifically get here? am for you working on this our top of chocolate vanilla. okay. >> and these are specifically for valentine's day, right? okay. you can see lots of pink and take a look. we've got numbers up on your screens. you can see how much it's costing. so 53% of consumers are expected to celebrate this year in total cost across the nation. 25.8 billion dollars expected to be spent today and on average people spending about $185. now, again, those top gifts, candy greeting cards and flowers and age

range was my age spending the most. 25 to 34. but back out here live, we've got says she is the representative for cake and cup a bake shop. excuse me. talk a little bit about this. you guys are making all these great things and you see it. you're super bowl. this is absolutely our super bowl days. our biggest day of the year. we have all of these specialty cakes cupcakes that we for this special right here. we've got our many left boxes said doesn't minis. and as you see this but love they have all of a valentine's day to on them. >> and they want a sermon of vanilla chocolate and a classic red velvet. >> and this specific bakery is not just baking for this location here in berkeley. they've got locations over in oakland and also in the city as well and also in walnut creek. so all of these cupcakes are expected to go today. so you can see there, i would on average what there's probably at least a couple 1000 cupcakes and absolutely without even question out, even questioning at so that's what it's looking like this morning. they open up in a few hours and they haven't even baked all of the actual cupcakes yet. so in the

meantime, i'm going to try to grab some cupcakes to eat. maybe i'll bring you my son back. but that's the very latest here in berkeley. and michael thomas will send it back to i'm going to tell you right now, i like something that costs nothing. i like a handwritten note. >> wow, i'll take a while thank you, michael. >> 6.21. right now and happening today, mayor london breed is going to celebrate the lgbtq+ community with the 20th anniversary of same marriage in san francisco, nearly 200 couples are registered with the city clerk's office to be married in the annual valentine's day. celebration of love today. as part of that, the mayor and various city officials. we'll leave the vow renewals and the officiate the marriage of same couples all throughout the day. this starts at noon on the mayor's balcony and san francisco city hall. >> well, big changes could soon be coming to your utility bill, but not without some

pushback at the state capitol legislation passed a year and a half ago could change the way your utility bill is calculated. so currently your bills are based on consumption only with consumers paying more if they use more energy but a b 205 would allow utility bills to include a fixed charge, which would increase based on your income supporters argue it would benefit low income californians, but many lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are speaking out against the policy. they're concerned it could lead to higher costs for those that it's actually intending to help. >> it's 6.22. and coming up on the kron 4 morning news, the man who took this plane in half moon bay is going if you're in we'll see why he's going to the quest to represent himself. but thatit's

in the south bay, a woman was riding a bicycle was struck and killed >> by a vehicle in los altos. this happened yesterday morning on southbound foothill expressway near old oak court. we're not sure about the investigation or exactly what caused that crash. >> well, flight attendants with alaska airlines voted to authorize a strike the last time alaska airlines flight attendant went on strike was during the famous 1993 strike. where took well over the schedule yeah, the cake, the chaos that ensued. say this i have an alaska flight and i think i know. yeah. so there

you go. hits a created havoc around the system. >> intermittent, you know, stoppages of flights. now during that 1993 strike, alaska saw dramatic reductions, a ticket bookings as passengers never knew whether alaska flights might take off. >> so they went to other airlines. it hit the company hard. they voted to strike, but we'll keep you posted. we don't know when that means or okay. >> 6.26. right now. and coming up next on the kron, 4 morning chevron commits to making chevron commits to making changes at 2 bay are this ad? typical. politicians... "he's bad. i'm good." blah, blah. let's shake things up. with katie porter. porter refuses corporate pac money. and leads the fight to ban congressional stock trading. katie porter. taking on big banks to make housing more affordable. and drug company ceos to stop their price gouging. most politicians just fight each other. while katie porter fights for you. for senate - democrat katie porter. i'm katie porter and i approve this message.

>> 6.29 right now. just because have travel plans. and i just checked this for you. if you're flying alaska, we

would get at least a month's noticed right away if there were a strike. so stay stay freak out on yeah. so you should be thinking about more important things like what are you going to do for your honey? yeah, today's the day and you've only got part of it. that's going to be dry. so factor that valentine's breakfast, perhaps. yeah, all about that. that's that's good to be. but yet this evening, maybe a candlelit dinner indoors with the rain outside. let's get a romantic. >> no walks around the ocean tonight. probably this is your view at half moon bay right now, which is still dry for the time being. but showers will be arriving later on. so unless you've got a nice umbrella that you're ready to snuggle under, maybe an indoors. ballantine's radar is showing a little bit of green out there. we had a couple of misty spots not enough to get roadways wet just yet, though. rainfall really holds off until the afternoon for most areas late morning for the north bay. you can see here around 08:00am some showers arriving north of santa rosa. mostly drifting into the rest of the bay area and picking up into the early afternoon, staying with us into early

evening. current temperatures are in the upper 40's to low 50's the san mateo and redwood city each at 50 degrees. oakland at 48 berkeley, right at 50 degrees as well. later today will be in the low 60's for a very warm. not a huge change. temperature-wise just factor in that rain right now. thank you for meteor lights on at the bay bridge. so things are slowing us down just by a little bit, though. >> 15 minute ride into the city this morning. no accidents, no hazards. we're off to a good start. san mateo bridge still under 15 minutes. there. here it is. summer feel rich. just short of 11 minutes. last time we checked in red around 8. so it's just a little thing picking up about 22 minutes. 37 to the tolls. if you are taking that route this morning, a good time to get things done before the rain starts starring james, back to you. thanks. a lot of 6.31, in the east bay fire crews worked to clear the roads from last week's storm. yeah, that was a doozy. so they've been working ever since to get all those trees picked up. yeah. been dangerous. work to. in fact, they discovered. >> in that work that some of

their valuable tools had been swiped from their very vehicles. we have kron four's theresa stasi with more on that. >> i drove out the lock and went through the mechanism, opened it up in the sewer. this storm, most of the personal equipment that was kept in gone. that is what a specialized team of firefighters discovered last wednesday morning say woke up at a pleasanton hotel ready to get back to work but found someone had ripped into their trucks and stolen equipment and backs and that we've been working for 4 days straight. >> finding out tomorrow went into the hotel and we came out crew. but you both are pickup trucks are vandalized, broken into a store. 5 chainsaws and personal equipment from us. >> this is crew ate in action last week during the latest powerful storms that swept through the bay area. erik truax with alameda county fire department says that the unit is new and designed to tackle emergencies such as downed trees and other calamities. we had to go out of service for unable to provide that service that we have been for the last

week to the communities. you know, we're a new program. >> and that's that's what hurts the most is. we're still trying to get our feet you know, gain momentum and, you know, you get shot down like that. it's really hard just come back and and get back to where we were. >> to access of the team was able to get some donations to bounce back. but the theft certainly hurt. >> tough. it's it's something you can't really replace its its center meant so that the cumulative small things here and there like 16 years. so you know that seth can replace in just a, you know, attachment are. so here's how to our size. i mean, they're they're part of other tool. they work on them. they customize them to make them their own and that was really tough. >> although some of the equipment is back to act said to be great to have the thieves return, the items stolen, especially as they prepare for the next round of storms knew about that equipment stolen, which take it back. >> absolutely. and her feet. i it mean a lot to us you i

guess that sentimental value that the relationship that we've all built around each other our equipment. that's a part of us, right? these are the tools that we work with and yes, if it's out there, we would love to get or just anything. you alameda county, theresa kron, 4 news. >> 6.33, is the time in a florida man accused of stealing this small plane and then crash landing it at a beach in half moon bay has pleaded not guilty in court, luis, gustavo errors is accused of stealing that plane from palo alto last week. he does not have a license to fly however he remains in jail on a $10,000 bond. he was also given a public defender after his request to represent himself was denied. his next hearing is scheduled for later this month. the skeletal remains of a body found 29 years ago has been identified. now as a vallejo woman. her picture you see there on the screen, her name is robyn fay hedrick her body was found in a creek bed off pine flat road near healdsburg back in august of 1993. is known about her

except that she was born in 1953. and was last seen alive in vallejo in february of 1992. hedrick was identified via the dna. do project which led them to hendrick's son who identified the sheriff's office is now asking for any information about her life so they can determine how she died. >> a pedestrian was struck and killed last night near hayward. it was on northbound mission boulevard north of blossom way in cherry land. and what happened was there was a car driving in the second lane of mission boulevard. and it hit the pedestrian who was standing just outside of a crosswalk. the pedestrian died at the scene and the police are investigating factors in the crash. do not at this point. 2 of the alcohol or speed-related. they're not sure exactly what happened in the east bay to refineries in

contra costa county agreed to reduce their emissions and pay more than 20 million dollars as part of a settlement reached by the chevron richmond refinery. the martinez refining company and the bay area air quality management district. the refineries sued the management district over the stricter ecissions standards. but now they've agreed to drop the lawsuits and commit to changes. chevron agrees to reduce emissions of the refinery by 70 to 80% and pay 40 million dollars for pass. finds an for future exposures. the martinez refining company will install air monitoring equipment contra costa county supervisor john gioia says that this settlement is a win-win. >> day is really improving public health for residents who live near refineries everyone no matter where they live deserves are has the right to breathe clean air. and that's what th announcement is about.

>> and here's the statement from chevron where th y we're pleased to put this litigation behind us in a way that benefits our community and allow chevron richmond to remain and important energy supplier in the region. air district says it's going take chevron about 4 years to make these changes mainly because they'll need to install additional equipment. the martinez refining company, they are close to meeting their obligations. >> well, this comes as a new report now shows a bay area air quality as getting worse in recent years and will likely continue on that track research from the first street foundation shows that california would bear the brunt of increasingly worse air quality in the country, mostly because of climate change fueled wildfires. the report's authors say the central valley and san francisco bay area's are already seeing twice as many poor air quality days. now compared to what we saw 20 years ago and over the next 30 years, the study predicts more than 50% of people in the u.s. will be exposed to unhealthy air.

>> it's 6.37 your local election headquarters. the top 4 california candidates, as you know, for senate face off right here in our studio. they did. yeah, we aired it live and they were running a course to take over the seat left behind by late senator dianne feinstein. >> kron four's dan kerman spoke to a political analyst about the takeaways from that debate. >> democratic congressman adam schiff went into monday's debate ahead of the pack. according to most polls. and analysts say the debate seen live on kron 4 didn't change that. doesn't look like this debate has changed the state of play in the race with the 2 top vote getters regardless of party going head to head in november. that means the next 3 weeks or race for second place between democratic congresswoman katie porter and retired republican baseball player steve garvey. if your adam schiff, you're in lead, you want steve garvey in second place. and obviously if you're katie porter, you're going to need a left. and the question is that what what sense do you hit at of adam

schiff and garvey kind of moving forward back and forth. sonoma state university political science professor david mckeown says republicans will not cross party lines and vote for porter. so she must wrong-way votes from fellow democrat shift. if you're katie border, you've got to attack business as usual. you've got to attack washington, d.c., and you've got a kind of adam schiff with that. as for garvey, he must not alienate any california republicans, which is why he's staying away from attacking or endorsing donald trump, trying to have it all ways whether whether it's just successful strategy not. >> you know, it's knowing really didn't know the polling hasn't quite that. that detailed enough to understand how the republicans really view. steve garvey. ron, for political analyst michael yaki says as to who will get the number 2 spot, it likely will depend on turnout if it's a depressed republican turnout. and katie porter has a very good chance. i'm making it into the top 2. and and because of that, i think she's

a very, very good chance winning the senate seat november. if you have. depress democratic turnout as well. if you have a higher than normal republican turnout because maybe they like steve garvey a lot of southern california dream. every supply baseball for the 2 teams down there. you know, he could he could have a shot. so it really is. i think horse race between between porter and garvey. >> well, that was dan kerman reporting for us. we are 3 weeks out from the primary. analysts say that during that time we could expect more advertisements from all candidates in h pes of moving the needle before election day. so be prepared to see that. >> so i'm here today to officially announce the launch. of my campaign for mayor of san francisco. >> well, that is former supervisor and one-time interim mayor mark farrell joining the race for san francisco. mayor. he said that if he beats mayor london breed at the polls, one of his first plans of action will be the

fire police chief bill scott farrell says chief scott isn't doing enough to inspire other officers or to improve recruitment or fight for a budget necessary to protect residents. the sapd responded to the announcement defending scott's record saying that new protocols by the chief led to a 40% decrease in property crimes like break-ins and retail thefts. >> 6.40, is the time and the a's are making history. jenny cavnar becomes the first female play-by-play voice of a major league baseball team. she's going to be the tv voice of the a's. cavnar is a broadcasting vet with nearly 2 decades of baseball experience. she's been a pre and postgame host for the colorado rockies for the past 12 years. congratulations. well, still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news. >> it was a somber mood in santa clara. the forty-niners cleared out their lockers. we're going hear how players are feeling following. >> at big super bowl last and

draymond greene once again in the headlines. more on that later on john. yeah, something else that's in the headlines again. rain and it makes return today fo

>> it's 6.44. and you're 4 things that you need to know this morning. a palo alto, massage therapist has been arrested, accused of assault in november of 2023. police got a call from a woman who said she was sexually assaulted earlier that day by

her the seuss massage envy on el camino. the city of concord past a rent control ordinance that limits the annual rent increases and requires landlords to have just cause before evicting tenants. it's going to be a second reading of that ordinance coming up. due to the rain. southbound 6.80, in pleasanton is going to stay open this weekend. it was supposed to be fully closed over the weekend for some repairs, but they're not going to do that. the a's are going to meet with people in oakland and alameda county officials tomorrow to talk about a lease extension for the coliseum because they need some place to play until their new ballpark in their digs already in vegas in the year 2028. we'll see if that happens. they're able to come to an agreement on that. all right, 6.45 is the time on this valentine's day. let's check the weather. see what's in store for you. if you've got plans with your significant other because >> if the weather play a part.

>> some people should always so friday. so because it's a weekend. they do at least the one piece of chocolate a day or something. but then like, yes, save the big plans for friday, which actually is going to be a better forecast anyways. today is not bad. it's just going to get a little rainy later on. adds to the romantic feeling little bit of cloud cover above the embarcadero this morning. but we are seeing predominantly dry skies for this morning commute. good news for those of you that are just in gear to be getting out the door. and that's what you're focused on. we're looking at snow up in the sierra nevada and the southern cascades. rainfall still well to the north and west of us. all part of this first system in a series of a low pressures, a 1, 2, 3, punch, a rainy systems today. then again, as we make our way into friday night and saturday and a 3rd sunday night into monday and tuesday. and each one does look to be progressively more significant. so this is the lightest of the bunch today. we will be seeing some showers in the north bay late morning, mostly drifting into the rest of the bay come the afternoon.

you'll notice most rainfall stays light to moderate. so nothing too terribly heavy out there. maybe a nice evening to go get dinner. walk down to that local restaurant. the umbrellas out, just ready to stay nice, dry and cozy together. as we move into tomorrow, we'll dry things back out thursday into friday. conditions out there are going to be predominantly dry. that is until friday night when friday night into saturday. that next system makes its way in this first round of rainfall. well, around a quarter of an inch to half an inch of rain for most urban areas and valleys while upwards of an inch or more in our mountain tops, we will add more on top of this into saturday and then again on into sunday monday and tuesday by the middle to end of next week. we've got some pretty significant rainfall totals and some pretty significant snowfall in the works up in the sierra nevada. a winter storm warning in effect until 04:00pm tomorrow. we do have snow level falling as low as 5500 feet in elevation that is down towards around lake level and at the crest of the sierra, those upper elevations as much as 2 feet of snowfall

out of this next one. so good news there. temperatures today are going to be in the upper 50's to low 60's. you'd expect on a rainy day to be cooling things down. but that's actually not so much the case. very similar feel as to what we have the past few days. so this is some mild rainfall for the bay area, not exceptionally windy, neither. so today is going to be pleasant enough. as long as you're ready for it. the rain jacket, the umbrella and you are good to go. the late at 59 benicia sitting at 60 for your highs. tomorrow's temperatures will be right around the same. we should be dry tomorrow. and for most of the day on friday evening, rainfall friday night to saturday and then again, sunday night into monday and tuesday, right? all right, john, thank you for accident accident on the bay bridge right near the toll plaza. >> the drive times of not really change just yet. still 15 minutes into the city will keep a close eye. see if things change as the morning goes on. richmond center fell bridge 12 minutes 80 to 101. checking on. 24 want to down to 5.80. you're still at the limit. fair. 12 minutes,

antioch and to conquer. you are starting to build just past pittsburgh. 30 minute ride. if you are going to be taking 8.80 right now, cilantro down to 37. just short of 33 minutes. darya. james, back to you. >> thank you very much. rain is 6.48. the time happening today. the coast guard will be back out cleaning up after a fishing boat ran aground last friday off the sonoma county coast happened up near bodega bay. you see on the map here. was on monday. the coast guard tried to refloat this boat, but they were unsuccessful. and that's when diesel fuel started to leak into the water yesterday to be and removing petroleum from the boat storage tanks. that work will continue today. not clear exactly how much diesel has leaked into the water, but the boat had about 1500 gallons on board at the time it ran aground. the department of energy is awarding a bay area company, 100 million dollars to promote and research renewable energy. alameda based sila is creating better batteries. they say that can

power everything from electric vehicles to other things as well. and at the same time, doing less damage to the environment. the department of energy plans to invest even more money to bolster manufacturing plants for them. >> this continued support from deo. we will and help us scale and grow our facilities so that we can help power the world's transition to clean energy. >> i'll see low will soon be unveiling a factory plant in washington state, which will be the size they say of 8 football fields. the company founded in 2011 is one of 15 across the nation that receive part of this 2 billion dollar investment from the federal government. >> time now 6.50, and to move finding show california's biggest cities are home to some of the nation's best drivers. the forbes advisor study looked at the top 50 most populous metropolitan areas in america. ranking california, 6 california cities. well, 6 of our cities were in the top 20 for the

best drivers. san francisco, by the way, came in second overall. oakland ranks 7 san diego, right? 9th jose ranked 13th la ranked 14th and long beach ranked 17th for best drivers, california cities that did not do so well for drivers, fresno and >> alright, 6, 4, or 6 50's the time. let's talk sports and the forty-niners. the players are back cleaning out their lockers having a chance to reflect. >> on the last i would say let it go. don't think about at the big game is gone. a crown for takes a closer look. now with jason dumas. >> there were very few dry eyes in the forty-niners locker room in las vegas on sunday. and you can tell the last was still weighing on them on tuesday as they cleaned out their locker rooms. the players understood the opportunity that was awaiting them in. >> they were so close that they could feel it. we can spend all day breaking down some of the turnovers and

missed opportunities. but at the end of the day, they just didn't make enough plays. kansas city at some of the same turnovers and costly penalties to, but they found ways to make the timely plays that san francisco did not. now the bulk of this niners group will be back. so it is up to them to use this pain. and this motion and channel it the right way to save his remarks but i mean, that's the game that we and you've got to find find a way to sort fuel have a role in the next year that taste in your mouth. always hungry. that's the feeling you always want. i think when you get there, you i think it makes definitely makes you more its worst. >> in other news, the giants signed jorge. so our he had 36 dingers for the miami marlins last year. great pickup. also the warriors go for their 6th straight victory tonight with the los angeles clippers in

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>> we are back at 6.55. and a michigan man found a 70 year-old lost love letter sent from san francisco when he bought a tool box from an option, it was apparently written by corporal irving fleming who was serving in the army at the time and was sent to a woman in grand rapids named mary lee crib snow. in that letter, fleming revealed that he hadn't heard from mary in 5 months after the 2 had a

disagreement. fleming goes on to express is unyielding love for her, asking her to marry him when he returned home. take a listen. >> 1953. wow. so it's pretty old. san francisco, california. this is where irwin was station to that. evidently, it's almost like a true love story. people just don't write things like that nowadays. it's almost like poetry. >> the letter never made it to marry. that man who found it now is hoping that the story will help get the 7 year-old love letter ultimately into the right hands. >> 70, 80, 90, maybe. what are they now? 99 years old. i >> 6.56. that's one way to get. your bill has started coming in the mail. i know. coming up, san jose has a new program. postal. make shopping center. stay for. we're going to tell you what they're going to and conquer just passed an ordinance. this for us to

control. rent prices will see what they're doing. plus, we're going to take you to a bay area bakery that is serving up sweet treats for valentine's.

>> right now on the kron 4 morning news. the crackdown on crime in oakland appears to be showing some results with tracking the numbers on the

number of arrests so far that are just in from the governor's office. some san jose business owners will be getting surveillance cameras for free as that city cracks down on retail thefts. we're live with those details and the conference city council does pass a rent stabilization measure after hours of heated debate. >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at 7. >> happy wednesday and happy valentine's day. i and i'm james. we're waking up this morning on this wednesday with a dry start. but a wet finish if you have any evening valentine's day plans. let's 0 in on that. good morning, john. a good morning. yeah, valentine's day. not going to be quite as crystal clear as the past few days have been. but it's okay. it's not super storm. even just getting a little rainy later on. you can see it's not holding anything up at sfo behind me. things are moving along just fine there. then you'll find the same on your roads. you get the morning commute started. >> san jose. you're definitely seeing a lot more cloud cover up above