breed leads a march against fentanyl. one of her challengers is calling for addicts to be jailed if they refuse treatment. plus a san jose pie shop enjoying a boom in business as the community comes together to we'll have a live report from the bakery. >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news >> good morning. thanks for joining us. 08:00am here on the kron. 4 morning news. i'm james fletcher animate rv in for darya folsom. we're talking about the sunny bright weather. yeah. with a tinge of coolness. yeah. you'll feel that as you step outside. good morning, john. yes, the cool is inescapable. as of right now unless you get the jacket on usc, nice and cozy. it's a crisp, clear morning. nice view behind me at san francisco. and if you from the mountaintop at mount tam looking nice as well. with no cloud cover whatsoever. >> unfortunately, that has helped make temperatures as cold as they are dublin. you're down at 39 degrees along with toledo while

sitting at 35 up in saint helena and calistoga santa rosa, you were in the upper 30's. back up to 44 now we do have frost advisories for one more hour up in napa. sonoma as well as marin counties. we are seeing temperatures the next several nights. they're actually getting cold. so cover up those frost vulnerable plants such as your citrus plants. we will be looking at clear skies remaining through the rest of the day's forecast and staying dry into tomorrow as well before return of rain and mountain snow fall on thursday. great highlight something for your morning commute. 18 min right rally into city this morning on the bay bridge, mateo bridge just under 40 minutes, meaning that traffic is really starting to build there. >> our 7 to bridge not see major delays, 14 minute ride and the golden gate bridge. 37 to the tolls. 41 minutes. >> happening today, oakland community members are going to be coming together to address concerns about the future development of the coliseum that so they're asking alameda county board of supervisors to

get involved crowbars. michael thomas is live with the latest on that morning. michael. >> i could morning everyone. you know, tonight's meeting essentially will hopefully give people a chance to express their concerns. not only with the coliseum and the future of that, but also with the owner of the a's who they say is continuing to block any production happening there. take a look. this is video we have of the coliseum now, this entire press conference and meeting that's set to happen earlier or later this morning, i should say, is being hosted by the oakland community in the oakland united coalition, essentially asking alameda county board members to back out of the sale of the county's 50% state. the coliseum and imploring them to do so before the a's complete its final payment, adding that officials need to do something soon as the city's future is currently at risk. and whatever is done with the coliseum is going to affect essentially the entire city of oakland and specifically the east side of oakland. also

with nearby businesses and housing and jobs. now, despite any of that, many fans across the area continue to support the a's. despite the team's owner continuing plans of relocation to las vegas. back out here live again. that meeting is set to happen at around 10 o'clock this morning press conference, rather, should say at that point, we're hoping to hear more from them as to what they hope to hear from officials live this morning in san francisco, michael thomas and it back to you guys live in the studio. okay, michael, thank you. >> 82 is the time. look at this. a sideshow and it with 7.11 being raided. that's what you see here on the video. dozens of people storming the story on springs road and rolling would drive at about 5.30, sunday night. the manager there shared surveillance video with us says 8 to $10,000 worth of merchandise was just taken. walked out of the store windows, even cheddar to no employees were hurt. but someone at the sideshow nearby did apparently get hurt. there are reports of shooting in the

area as well. we reached out apd. we're still waiting to hear back. and in the north bay, santa rosa, police are looking for this man. they say he's wanted for attempted homicide. officers say 21 year-old nathan hoagland shot a man in the shoulder after he and a group friends got into an argument with another group. this happened on february 18th on barman avenue. the victim is expected to survive. but police say the shooting is gang-related. they do believe hogan is armed and dangerous. so if you see him don't approach police say call them instead. >> well, except treatment be arrested. those are the 2 options. san francisco mayoral candidate is proposing to offer to illegal drug users. so daniel lurie announced his plan monday, all while mayor london breed was actually holding around fentanyl crisis event. >> kron four's rob nesbitt takes a look. incumbent mayor london breed and her challenger, daniel lurie, both say that people using drugs on the streets need to be held

accountable. but the experts and harm reduction say the candidates are all just going for the votes and not to help solve the opioid epidemic. we're gonna going until we get to 0 overdose deaths. >> on the steps of san francisco city hall monday, mayor london breed promise to continue the fight against fentanyl. >> as she campaigns for reelection in november, we are making it easier to help people then to harm people. >> because, you know, i reduction from my perspective is not reducing the >> last year, mayor london breed brought in extra law enforcement from the chp sheriff's office in california. national guard to crack down on drug cartels and those participating in open air drug use while she led a march to the city monday, one of her opponents, daniel lurie, announced his plan to tackle the fentanyl crisis. we will introduce a deflection program. >> to incentivize individuals to seek treatment. or face arrest. we will open 24 7

drop-off crisis center where police and co responders. can drop off individuals and mental health crisis. for those who have opted for treatment, lurie says arrested drug users are currently offered immediate treatment options. >> but are instead issued a citation in court date that they often get out of executive director for the national harm reduction coalition lord guzman says she isn't impressed with bowler ease and mayor breed's promises mandatory treatment to rest. >> coming out of session is the way candidates right now. i really running their platforms to get votes, even with an increase in drug-related arrests in 2023, san francisco still saw a record number of 813 overdose deaths, guzman and others who work in harm reduction believe strongly that san francisco can't arrest its way out of the opioid epidemic over and over. it clearly indicated and the 2 treatment does not pick a shows. >> and it does not really engage people who are now ready, willing and able. guzman says the san francisco department of public health

develop an overdose prevention plan in 2022. >> that the city chose not to adopt that plan, but instead went with a more law enforcement approach. >> reporting in the newsroom. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> well, new this morning, macy's announced they're going to close 150 stores nationwide. the company says it's going to close about 50 of those stores along this year. well, the company hasn't announced which locations are going to be closing their doors. but this does come after it posted a 4th quarter loss. >> and declining sales last month. macy's rejected a 5.8 billion dollar takeover from an investment manager was in january. that macy's also said it would trim about 3% of its workforce, which comes to about 2300 employees >> i well in the south bay of san jose pie shop is starting their week off. pretty strong. for yeah. the community really coming in the wake of what happened last week when tesla put in this huge order the bakery created thousands of pies and then tesla decided to cancel the order and stiff them with the bill. but all

that's changed now the community stepped up in a huge way crumbles will tran is live in san jose with that story in a little more morning. well. ca

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left. it's the time we had a lot to get to governor gavin newsom. >> facing yet another recall thread and own it saying that it's not enough for plus, lawmakers at the state capitol are teaming up to fight fentanyl and retail theft here in the state will talk about the new legislation they're hoping will help with problem.

>> saturday night live, chris rock the stage palisades for the tahoe cut. but he needed some extra help believe in the olympic valley. lassen county sheriff says as the excitement for lupita crowd think start to gat er around his vehicle.

debbie stepped in to assist with his safe departure from the area. they say the rapper was genuinely appreciative that he posed for this photoh with the deputies afterwards. deputy looks so cool. rivals pup those with luka. sure they're all fast and furious sheriff's office says despite the bus in crowd, everything else went smooth. thanks to the collective efforts. everybody law. i'm glad ludacris had the coat on because they got some decent snow here hold back. take a look here at what skiers and snowboarders enjoyed on monday. >> and we've got more snow heading up to this year, especially this coming weekend where john's been talking about feet upon feet up on feet upon feet upon we have to keep counting lots hockey. how many people night that well, rest of the sierra i'm expecting donner summit could see maybe up 9 feet of snow out. very top of you can. caltrans going have tough

time. i wasn't up with that. we'll have to wait to go. so oh, yeah, i would definitely. i wait when there's a couple of yeah. haha. yeah. exactly. and today and tomorrow are good days to get up there. just make sure to be heading back like thursday morning at the latest. >> weve got diamond peak right here. looking beautiful. the deck. all melted and right back off the diamond peak. we still have plenty of snow on the slopes and plenty more on its way here. very, very quickly. we're we're sitting the next 3 days. you can see that we do have a window of opportunity today tomorrow into early thursday, thursday afternoon, snow kicks back into gear from thursday friday into saturday. don't plan on doing a lot of moving around. if you're up at tahoe, going to be snowed in up there. we are looking at snow level reaching as low as 1500 feet too. that does mean some snow in portions of the north bay mountains and even in the diablo is east of san jose mission peak mount saint helene at mount diablo could see a couple inches of snow. well, that 5 to 10 plus feet up in upper elevations of the

sierra. today, though, just the opposite clear from the sierra to the bay. we're going to stay that way as we make our way through today into tomorrow. next. 24 48 hours here looking great after that, though. that's our next storm system right here. and it drops in leaving us with a good dose of rain in the bay. and of course, that snow in the sierra nevada, our rainfall in the bay area amounting to over an inch to an inch and a half for a lot of urban areas. santa rosa could see up to 3 inches of rain from thursday into saturday. this year, though, it's not the inches. it's the thieves. and of course, we will have those dangerous travel conditions. so just a reminder about that, expect closures if you're planning on giving up i-80 or highway 50, it's going to take a minute for those plows to get up there. get all that cleared back out. so if you have family that are residents of this year home to get stocked up, all the supplies going to be coming in handy the next few days. temperatures in the low 60's for your highs today and will stay that way into tomorrow. temperatures actually cooling down further and further through this

forecast. this is a cold system pushing through. so we'll have some cold rain in the bay area for the weekend after next couple. mild days. rates are down. thank you for look at your morning commute bay bridge right now. you're at about 18 minutes heading into the city this morning. >> we got an accident on the san mateo bridge. 92 westbound drive times gone up 40 minutes. a 81 to one rich was ever fill bridge about 14 minutes there. and the golden gate bridge. 37 to the tolls. 40 minutes. >> okay. 17 the time. let's talk politics kron for your local election headquarters and governor gavin newsom now facing another possible recall. now one of the same groups behind the 2021 recall says they will do it again offers dan kerman has that story. no, it's not the only thing. >> that was expressed tonight. i want to focus on what we said. yes, to as the state we said yes to science. we said yes to vaccines. we said yes to ending this pandemic. we said yes to people's right to

vote without fear of. >> voter suppression. this was governor gavin newsom taking a victory lap in september of 2021. when a majority of californians voted no rejecting a move to recall him. and while the one that by more than 3 million votes he may face yet another recall is leaving the state. >> to pursue his own presidential aspirations and working or to a lot of ways setting a budget deficit and a public safety, immigration and education crisis. >> rescue california, one of the groups behind the last recall he's served the governor with a notice of intent to recall. they believe they'll be successful this time despite how costly it will be, sooner we can get rid of free spender. the more money will say the night say this point, 200 million dollars pales in comparison. people in california. i don't really have a reason to vote against gavin newsom right now. back then. i don't think they're going to now kron 4

political analyst michael yaki says the timing of this recall could be worse for opponents of newsom's always does is it enables him to raise more money and spend more money outside of california because this will be if you just eat something, wants to be traded again, 2 years later when actually things are better than they were 2 years ago. it's going to be a completely wipe and the giant waste of time already newsom is sent out this fundraising letter to supporters in the wake of the recall and he took to social media on monday saying trump republicans are launching another wasteful recall campaign to distract us from the existential fight for democracy and reproductive freedom. we will defeat them. recall backers are hoping to put the question on the ballot sometime early next year. dan kerman kron, 4 news. >> well, attorney general rob bonta says he is taking a stand so that we don't pay more for groceries. the state of california, they are suing grocery giant, kroger and

albertsons to block them from merging. >> lot of consolidation and it's up to us to stand up for everyday folks, for workers, for consumers, for folks who want to pay a fair price. and have quality and options and a high high level services. >> california joins the ftc in 7 other states and the district of columbia. and following monday's lawsuit say it will result higher prices, reduce customer choice. lawsuit also says the merger violates federal anti monopoly law. kroger's proposed deal to buy albertsons is valued at 24.6 billion dollars. >> for your money this morning, state superintendent tony thurmond is back in new legislation now to provide paid pregnancy leave for all california public school employees, a coalition of educators others joined him at the state capitol monday to shine a spotlight on the fact the teachers don't currently receive pay pregnancy. leave. >> kind of outrageous. sardine time right now that we're in a we need teachers, we need

educators and pete and women are a few male dominated profession and we don't have maternity. so it is surprising and it does seem like something from the past that should have been fixed already. >> yeah, there's no formal opposition to this legislation at the moment. so we'll keep following the story. >> coming up on the kron, morning news. all eyes boeing after safety report reveals more discrepancies while the is calling a major overhaul there. and after the break, troubling reports for use in the state. what's behind the sudden spike in antidepressants? this first? antidepressants? this first? we'll be right back.

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>> a 24 is the time. and we're back now with the latest from the faa. they released a scathing new report taking boeing safety culture and recommend now and overhaul. the u.s. regulators noted a disconnect between boeing senior management and others when it comes to safety matters. and they also cited insufficient safeguards to prevent retaliation against employees who flagged safety issues. they want employees to be able to do that. this comes after a door plug blew off an alaska airlines jet midflight and triggered a number of investigations. >> well, the rate of antidepressant prescriptions spike for young americans during the pandemic. study published in the journal pediatrics says dispensing of antidepressants was already going up among people between the ages of 12 to 25 prior to covid-19. once the pandemic hit, the rate went up about 64% faster than normal. and the study showed that the dispersing rate increased 130%

for females between the age of 12 to 17. so dispensing refers to the rate of antidepressants given out to patients. my pharmacies, not the actual use of the medication. for your health. new research is revealing the connection between screen time in language development for toddlers. the study out of southern methodist university found video use among toddlers under 30 months can actually start speech development. it all depends on what kinds of videos they're watching. toddlers who were put in front of a screen to distract them half their speech negatively impacted toddlers watch educational videos or even engaged video calls and loved ones did not have negative effects. the study appears in the journal active >> all right. we're going to take a break or 26. but coming up next on the kron, 4 morning news, the biden administration now focusing on port cybersecurity. how the new investment strategy is going

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may. 29 now. welcome back to the kron. 4 morning news at the half hour. probably want to get a check of the weather has been nice so open. it's going to stay that way, at least for the next few days. good morning. yeah. looking at a nice day today and tomorrow to get back out there. >> enjoy, maybe get some stuff cleaned up before our next storm arrives thursday afternoon. behind me

bay bridge with a busy one 20 minute so that fremont street exit that accident the on the san mateo bridge. 92 westbound right near the high rise. >> drive times around 40 minutes 80 to 101. if you are going to be checking on the richmond, sandra fell bridge 15 minutes there and the golden gate bridge. 37 to the tolls. 40 minute ride on this tuesday morning. >> 30's. the time developing news, the white house will be investing billions of dollars now to replace chinese-made cranes at ports all across the

country. this includes the port of oakland. what was michael thomas is live with the details morning. michael. >> well, president biden and his administration essentially say that some of these chinese-made port cranes could be a cyber security issue. so moving forward, any time that a new portray needs to be put in at any of the u.s. ports. he says they need to be made on american soil. this is video we got up on your screen so i can break it all down for you. now, according to a government report, the current v p and c cranes, that's the name of them that are made in china have the ability to monitor us shipping and could potentially disrupt and even shut down an entire system at times from overseas right now, hundreds of the ship to shore cranes are implemented at ports across the u.s. and as mentioned earlier, that includes the port of oakland. now the president's executive order to change. this is a 5 year process costing about 20 billion dollars will call for pace co, which is the u.s. based company to onshore the

u.s. manufacturing capacity of the crane production and supply them moving forward essentially going back to what the u.s. did back in the early days of ports at this companies to build cranes for the u.s. back until the late 80's. it is important to note that the executive order does not affect any existing chinese-made cranes that are already at american ports. only future ones that are to come. president biden says that the goal of this 20 billion dollar executive order is essentially to strengthen the cyber security at u.s. ports insecure. the country's supply also strengthening its industrial base back at her life. i did reach out to the port of oakland to ask exactly how many of these cranes that they have there and how many they may be expecting because we are getting reports that other ports in the country already have some that are set to come in within the next few months. that's the very latest here in francisco in michael thomas. and back to you guys live in the studio. all right. thank you for that breakdown. there might. >> well, california lawmakers now doubling down to fight organized retail theft and

tackle the state's opioid crisis. congress capitol correspondent eytan wallace has that breakdown. democrats and republicans. we're going to build a safer california. that's the message. senate president pro tempore mike mcguire hammered home as he joined the democratic and republican leaders to announce more than a dozen bills on public safety specifically on retail theft. and california's fentanyl crisis. >> senate democrats and senate republicans are setting aside politics coming together coming to together to advance a data driven policy solution package. we're calling a safer california plan on the issue of opioids and specifically fentanyl. one of the bill seeks to exploit the creation of more rehab facility is for those experiencing substance use disorders, another 6 to increase pencil testing strip statewide. doing the right thing is 100%. what we need to do in this case. and the right thing is to look at the problem of substance abuse is a whole and build support systems for those.

>> who are suffering. the new emerging drug xylazine is also mentioned in the package of bills often called tranq or tranq dope. xylazine is a horse tranquilizer not approved for human use, but it has become more prevalent on the streets and has been known to cause major flash eating wounds, sedation and death place and seeks to increase penalties for trying traffickers. on the issue of retail theft. one of the bill's targets, the sale of stolen goods online by requiring third-party sellers to be certified. another bill will increase penalties for those involved in organized retail theft and illegal resale schemes. but exact details still need to be worked out. we must hold repeat, professional thieves accountable. >> well, we're still reviewing the specifics of the legislative package. we're optimistic about the proposals here today, but not included in the bill. a proposal to repeal prop. 47 passed by california voters in 2014. the law change certain nonviolent crimes from felonies to

misdemeanors, including theft when the items stolen are valued at less than $950, supporters argued it would help reduce california's prison over population and lead to criminal justice reform. mass incarceration. >> simply isn't the answer. i do not believe that this state needs to tuch prop 47 to be able to help make our community safer. >> full stop. but opponents including republican. a number. tom lackey say prop 47 emboldened criminals to take part in certain crimes like retail theft, with little to no punishment, property heavily contributed to the problem. and so in order to find a solution to have to first address the problem and front. 47 and you may recall assembly speaker robert remus previously announced his own retail theft legislation targeting thieves and supporting diversion programs. mcguire says that bill will move forward and will complement the bills ntroduced. >> reporting at the state capitol, a tom wallace kron. 4 news. >> well, police have charged

an oakland man now in connection with a string of business burglaries. that happened last month in brentwood officers arrested. 49 year-old marcus policy owes during a traffic stop back in february. feb or 17th. that is during the search. police say they found more than 4 ounces of meth and fentanyl that were reportedly being sold and then more evidence related to park. police say they found a gun nearly a pound of marijuana and working scale along with $1200 cash when they arrested a fare evaders. the arrest was made sunday night at the oakland coliseum station. police say a records check revealed the gun had been reported stolen. investigation is underway into a 3 car crash in san francisco. that crash happened at about 3 o'clock monday afternoon on to 80 just south of the geneva avenue. on-ramp. several southbound lanes were temporarily blocked, according to the chp, the crash may have

involved a wrong-way driver who coming from the john daly drive direction. the number of people in the cars and the severity of the injuries. still unclear right now. we do know some people that were taken to the hospital. look at the backup that ensued. >> also versus workers are going to be rallying today as contract negotiation talks continue between them in the city. this is a picture from a rally back in january contracts for nearly 30,000 city workers are set to expire in june. well, union officials say the city has a staffing crisis and that there are more than 3600 jobs that have to be field. also pretty concerned with potential budget cuts, especially the public services because of the city's deficit. so they're asking the city to fill those vacancies, permanent jobs and to stop quote, wasting spending on contracting out. the started noon near stephanie, the agency building. that's on the nes avenue. >> ucsf mission, bay nurses, by the way, are going to be

rallying today to call for safe staffing levels for patients. they're calling on ucsf to improve staffing and patient care at all. 3 of their campuses, including mission bay and parnassus. the rally set to start at 1 o'clock this afternoon. it will be at the ucsf mission bay area. >> san francisco leaders now questioning pg and e about why they've been so many frequent power outages on related to recent storms. elder says january before the storms, there are outages, neighborhoods lasting beyond 48 hours, some up 7 hours pg and e says many are due to improving the infrastructure. they presented this graph saying before the storm this year, there were more than 150 were planned. 77, unplanned, those of plant outages. 25 had to do with the power pole lines. all 12 are on the ground. but the pg representatives did not give specifics on. 21 unknown outages. >> and a lot of what our rates

have gone up on is to invest in infrastructure to improve art. our systems and much of that is also though it's not felt in san francisco. we're doing 10,000 miles of undergrounding throughout the territory to stop wildfires and maybe someday that will be in our communities because it is absolutely very to have outages that because we have wires, i'm in the air and around trees. >> but a lot of residents who are unhappy with pg and e's responses felt that they were still left a whole lot of an answer questions till it supervisor melder said she would be following up with pg and e try to get those answers. >> well, the supreme court now here in the landmark social media, censorship cases from florida and texas that could dramatically shape the content that we see on those social media platforms, the laws from those 2 states bar major social media companies which are private from making editorial judgments about which messages are content to

allow on their sites. supporters say that conservative views are being silenced by these platforms, which they claim is a violation of their first amendment right to freedom of speech. but private companies are not subject to first amendment writes like can censor content that they see is unfit. experts say if these laws are allowed to take effect, will that would set a dangerous precedent? >> florida texas enacted laws that will force a private business to host lawful but awful content that they just don't want to left right or center. every single american should want to protect our first amendment rights from the government. >> well, the biden administration is siding with social media companies, but former president donald trump who was kicked off some of those sites is urging the court to uphold the florida law. the final decision isn't expected until june, which would be a pivotal time for the election. we'll see what happens. a big honor for san jose. it was named among the top 5 best places to live in the u.s. when it comes to

quality of life. the ranking was done by u.s. news world report and play san jose at number 4 saying it was a quote, diverse area with an innovative spirit. it also gave san jose high marks for its proximity to the ocean, the sierra and the wine country. the 3 cities that topped the list include an arbor, michigan at number one, boulder, colorado, a number 2 and madison, wisconsin at number 3. >> we'll they are now reporting that of actually brought in the highest number of monthly applications in 7 years. agency says january 2024, 94% increase in total applications compared to january of 2022. chp credits the rise in applications to their recruitment campaign and other higher investments to accommodate the surge of interest. chp says they've been holding 3 academy classes simultaneously for the first time in the agency's history. well, the power of a

six-figure salary is fading and a lot of cities, including here in the bay, according to personal finance company, go banking rates. the company says making $150,000 in cities like san francisco, san jose puts you on the lower end of the middle class kill se high housing costs, child care, transportation. they've all got an impact on your class status. >> having fun isn't hard when you've got a library card. >> all right. coming up, we're continuing our celebration of black history month. we're going to sit down with a local librarian who has gone viral on tiktok for spreading the message of inclusion and mental health care. so more on that coming up in a minute. >> and we've got lots of sunshine out there today. something that you're going to see well into the afternoon under that sunshine, san jose, 63 oakland and that's not bad either in the low 60's. got your forecast.

>> we are back a 44 is the time and nasa has released new images showing the lunar lander odysseus on the surface of the moon. they have put an arrow there to help you find it there on the it is a little the privately owned spacecraft landed near the south pole within about a mile of where it intended to land. but it's on its side. one of its land o'lakes kind of clipped the ground as it was coming to a stop in the whole thing. kind of tipped over intuitive machines, the company that made odysseus says that the kraft will probably stop working by tomorrow because the solar panels aren't really facing the right way to collect all the sunlight that it was intended to. that

lander touched down last thursday actually became the first u.s. spacecraft to land on the moon in more than 50 years. and there will be more craft to come by. there will be more and there will be more sunshine. but >> one enjoy the sunshine we have today. we've got john in the weather center with that i know. i want to set this one. the golden gate bridge just look in crystal clear today. not a lot of wind out there, too, today tomorrow. whether you want to get outside to walk across the bridge or maybe some work in the backyard. >> perfect days for a nice, crisp, cool air this morning, though. so don't forget the jacket later today will be nice mild sierra bay, north coast, all looking nice and clear. and we're going hold on to those clear skies for 2 days ahead of us. so futurecast not showing a lot just yet, at least in the immediate future, knowing that just around the corner after today. and tomorrow's nice weather, we've got that change of pace on thursday. it. alright, israeli thursday afternoon. cold system moving in from the north and west. going to be a big snow maker

for the sierra. also going to be a pretty decent rain maker for the bay area, an inch to an inch and a half for rainfall for a lot of our urban areas this weekend, santa rosa could see upwards of 3 inches on the higher side of rain for us here locally. this year, though, is where most of what we're going to be seeing is going to happen. this the biggest snow maker of the season, very likely 5 to 10 feet of snowfall on top of summer mountain passes like donner summit highway 50 heading to south lake tahoe. this is going to completely put traffic is at standstill, especially into friday and saturday with that 5 to 12 feet of snow above 5,000 feet and snow as low as 1500 feet. that's way down in the foothills. also put snow fall down on some of our mountain see peaks here in the bay area. mike mission peak mount diablo in mount saint. helene, up, today's highs will be in the low 60's. so a very pleasant feeling afternoon tomorrow, very similar. and then we get colder and wetter with thursday afternoon, friday into saturday being the days to avoid too much travel

or outdoor plans right now. all right, john, thank you for that check in morning. drive 60 minute ride into the city. >> no accidents. just a little busy. there is an accident on or san matteo bridge. however, 34 minute ride last time work. 40 minutes. so slight improvement. rich was over fo bridge. 13 minutes there. and the golden gate bridge 37 of the tolls, 40 minutes. >> well, you may not know your local library and by name, but maybe this one in fairfield, you recognize you might have seen him on social media. yeah. michael, 3, 8, >> it's gone viral for his post about his love of libraries and reading as kron four's a little bella report. he's spreading a message of inclusion and unimportant. one mental health, too. >> having fun isn't hard when you've got a library card. >> every day, bright eyed and afro hair michael threet greets his more than 1 million followers on tiktok and instagram with a smile and

positive attitude. you video the could be found out. i am need not an answer. popping on tiktok during the pandemic. he soon pivoted to talking about the thing he loves most books. so beautiful day to save books. >> they would use the trends and i would turn into bookish content that i realized, hey, this is a tool for us to reach. people left the mine them of the library and remind them he has that your library card tattooed on your right as his follower numbers grew. so did the number of people visiting local libraries. so many people message me each day on social media saying, look, i've got a library card. i need to be i am from people from the consensus new york city, florida. tonight. people having on people city live report from africa from germany, from japan. >> born and raised in the bay area. michael got his first library card at age 5 at the fairfield civic center library. but growing up, he never really saw himself as a librarian. and 71 in see people of color behind the

front desk. >> i didn't see behind the front does. so to me it wasn't for been like i was like, oh, it will never happen for you. it is never like triggered thought that i could one day become a library. now that same library he grew up is the one he's worked at for the last decade. a job he says has been an i leverage books, movies music, musical insurance ordenes video games. we just lost a big reflection. >> michael simply believes no matter who you are or what you're going through, you can find comfort in your local library. library is at 3rd space. that space with our. >> no expectation that having to buy a book having to buy a membership, you can just come in just as you are. and while he's not trying to target any one group specifically do love the fact that i'm obama blackmail. >> a number on the ground. well, i'm i'm i'm black and mexican. i love that. i can be kind like a presence for kids of color to cover debt to so they can see a tattoo person. they can see a giant after

in-person his message doesn't stop there. he tackles literacy issues. dear dyslexic, you. >> your brain is brilliant. >> and mental michael suffers from depression and severe anxiety among other mental health issues. is it surprise of her from those suffer from things that people coming to library with? >> every single is ok to not be ok, 3, 6, 9. it's okay to not be fine because i know that you will get there. >> and while those topics for once taboo and his family so happy to be able to present platform and show people that whoever they are of their culture said don't talk about maybe a culture to be conversation that was michael's openness has earned him fans all over the world. michael has such a great energy. he has kind of image that i want to make give to my community as educator, hope

the future. he's embracing all the love, thrown his way and hopes wherever you live. >> you'll show your librarian a little love to. i want people remember that their local library in little ember. and it's just it's cool because they your local library and make their day in fairfield, noelle people at near 4 to help for news to bring now on. michael is love his work at the library and he's dedicated his time to take a step away for his mental health. his last day in the fairfield library was going to be this friday march. 1st, he does, however, plan to continue advocating for literacy and live every new avenues he's found through his social media presence. ok, want to make sure you tune into the black history month special that airs this thursday at 6.30. don't miss it. coming up in the next hour of the kron, morning news sti test. camille made easy from the comfort of your own home in san mateo county. we'll be right back go anywhere.

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>> right now on the kron, 4 morning news. a sideshow, a shooting alluding all in the same night in for lei. we'll tell you what happened. as san francisco mayor london breed leads a march against fentanyl. one of her challengers is calling for addicts to be jailed if they refuse treatment. and a san jose pie shop enjoying a big boom in business after the community came together to support. will have the latest in a live report. >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at no. good morning. thank you for joining us here on the kron. 4 morning news at 09:00am. i'm james fletcher and i'm reyna harvey in for darya folsom this morning. we've been talking about the weather and how much appreciate. >> the sunshine not so much. the callow