>> the city of san mateo is agreeing to pay 25 million dollars to settle a abuse lawsuit involving a former police officer. noah winchester's serving more than 80 years in prison for sexually assaulting 4 women back in 2019, 3 of the victims were part of the lawsuit. according to the suit, winchester was on duty in full uniform and armed at the time of the assault. the victims attorneys say that the san mateo police department ignored accusations of him. threatening and assaulting women when he worked in sacramento. >> the ray of sunshine to

somebody was carrying gave so much others. she loved her kids, her husband, she loved the community. >> tonight, a grieving father remembering his daughter and son in law after they were killed in a crash in santa rosa. officers say the victims jt and amanda true. we're driving on river road in sonoma county last tuesday when they hit a tree in their vehicle overturned. family members say the couple was on their way. back from celebrating jay tease 42nd birthday when it happened. the couple leaves behind 2 young boys, 2 year-old mason and 11 year-old travis mandate ruse. father says he and his wife are now trying to figure out what will come next for those boys were suddenly without their parents. >> he's like, you know, the rooms of the rooms, exactly what they have to everything is going to be the same. so trying to keep everything as normal as we but what not to let them to >> highway patrol is investigating what led to that

crash. >> one person is dead after a house fire in san anselmo. it happened just before 9 o'clock last night on hillcrest court. just about a mile north of rt williams, high school. the fire crews say that after working to put out the flames, that's when they found the victim. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >> san francisco police are raising the award reward, rather for information that will help a crack in 2016 cold case. they're raising it to $200,000. police say lindsey mccollum and any tate were shot and killed in a wooden box that they were living in. this happened back in december of 2016 on 16th street in the city's mission district. here's a sketch from police of a person of interest. officers say the reward for will get paid on if it leads to the identification arrest and conviction of the killer. anyone who has information is asked to call san francisco police. and amended civil rights lawsuit has been filed against the san ramon valley

unified school district and a former teacher. a second victim has come forward alleging abuse and claims that the school district failed to act. >> kron four's philippe djegal spoke with the plaintiff's attorney. >> a second former student at san ramon valley high school has come forward with abuse allegations against a former theater arts teacher. she has been added to a lawsuit originally filed last month in contra costa county superior court against the teacher and the san ramon valley unified school district. it alleges the school district failed to act when made aware of the abuse allegations. >> during the 2011, 2012 school year, they did not document his final so that subsequent employers would know >> about these allegations. they did not submit the matter to the california teachers accreditation agency to ensure that his license was taken away. attorney robert allard with the san jose based law firm of sari boskovich and allard represents the 2 plaintiffs.

>> he says jane doe number ones, alleged abuse happened multiple times on and off campus in 2011. and jane doe number twos abuse allegedly occurred shortly after the first plaintiffs graduation. the lawsuit claims the teacher showered the plaintiffs with gifts and played favorites. allard says jane doe number one was sexually abused multiple times on and off campus. >> and that the teacher's alleged grooming led to him inappropriately touching jane doe. number 2 without her consent. these were all behaviors which were known to the school. and to our knowledge, no action was taken by the school of prior to the. >> station of jane doe. number one, allard says the report was filed with law enforcement back in 2012, but no charges were filed, which is why kron 4 is not sharing the defendant's name or picture. >> allen says he eventually left the school on his own accord shot. for the past. >> several years he has been advice. a principal. and a

reputable private k through 12. school and the east bay ice shutter to think about what i know about this man, how much damage he cause they're allard says now that a second plaintiff has come forward, a formal request has been made to law enforcement to reopen its case. >> the san ramon valley unified school district responded to our inquiry by stating, quote, we take these kinds of allegations very seriously, because this is active litigation. it is our policy not to comment. philippe djegal all kron. 4 news. >> and at our 4 zone forecast as we get a live look outside right now, the commute in walnut creek. yeah, it's a nice of the trees, everything. but lawrence is standing front of a much nicer shot. amazing. just gorgeous right now in the high country. you head up there. you've got to be careful, though. we've got a series of spring storms coming. but yeah, looking beautiful up there right now. here's a live look 70 right now. there's half dome in all its glory as we've got the

snow on the mountain tops there. what a gorgeous evening out there. there's a lot of stormy weather, though. head of the high country. if you plan on traveling there in the next couple of weeks here, you've got to be you've got to be prepared as we'll see. significant winter is like storms rolling on in right now, though, looking good on the roads. 15 ab both looking clear up there. it is dry as can be in the high country. of course, they've had a ton of snow already and a lot more snow to come. in fact, a series of cold spring going to be active right into tomorrow and the next week and maybe beyond for the first part. yeah. we'll see that snow level lowering all the way down to about 3500 feet by sunday and get this. we could see maybe one to 2 feet of snow as we head throughout friday and the weekend about 5,000 feet or so. and we're starting even adding more tolls as we get to next week. likely going to be some delays there in the high country is chain controls some time. so make sure you pack your chains you head into the high country and expect some gusty winds from time to time win. a warnings have been upgraded across the western of the sierra nevada. we've got

winter weather advisory continuing across the tahoe area. further south in the mammoth lakes in that snow is going to be picking up, starting out with some rain as we head through the day tomorrow. and then by the evening, that picks up that overnight, colder temperatures moving in. look at the numbers. go from 50's. yeah. then you're in the 30's on saturday and sunday. don't go up unprepared. we're going to see some cold storms rolling on and some heavy snow. so you're a crime for ski report. you're looking at palisade utc about 149 inches on the ground. more to come about heavenly. 85 inches on the ground. plenty more to come. course you have to time this out. if you're headed up the high country, be prepared. more storms, more snow coming their way. all right. or it's a story you'll only see here on kron 4, the home insurance crisis in california. >> now affecting longtime homeowners in the bay area because of where they've chosen to live. you know, we talked with a family who's unsure, just drop them. kron 4 sarah stinson has the story. >> right above the homes on santa court in santa rosa. you can still see charred trees

from the 2020 class fire that came about 75 yards from our front door. too close for comfort for gretchen and rick mullen, d who have experience 3 fires while living in their santa rosa home for the last 22 years, they have ensured their home with farmers insurance. earlier this month, the couple got a letter from the company saying their policy was canceled field and i feel scared. we've never filed a claim. and it's all due to our address being close to a wildfire area. >> that too quickly hired insurance brokers to find a new insurance company. the search that's getting more difficult by the day. and we were denied by 157 insurance companies. no one will take us. i mean, even today i received 7 o'clock. the niles, if the couple does not get insurance, they can lose their home. the state does offer a last resort option. the california fair plan melendez have applied for it, but they say it's not an affordable

option. costa, 6% higher and it's less coverage for us. my husband retired, run a fixed income. and we don't have a lot of options. gretchen says they can't even sell their home, putting them between a rock and a hard place. my home just got to tell you nobody's going by my home know if they can't get insurance and the mullane, these are not alone. thousands of californians are feeling the pain of the homeowners insurance crisis. many companies have announced limiting or stopping new policies altogether due to inflation and increased risk of wildfires. janet ruiz with the insurance information institute says the insurance industry is working with the state to bounce back in the last 10 years from very >> premium. that wheat we pay down a so that's not really sustainable. but we would we want to be here. we're working with california department of

insurance insurance commissioner ricardo, lara. >> announce a new strategy to keep private insurance companies in the state. all a part of the deal to consider future ris and climate change. one setting prices. senator mike mcguire says legislation needs to be passed to protect homeowners. we need a pathway. >> for that homeowner to get renewed once again in back into the traditional insurance policy. what i'd like is a moratorium to force these private insurance companies to stay in california at affordable rates that we can pay for insurance to keep a shelter at home for us. >> home insurance, regulation reform is being discussed at the capitol, but people like them allenby say if something isn't done soon, they could lose it all and they're not alone. they say their neighbors are going through the same struggles. i'm sara stinson reporting in santa rosa. back to you.

>> a new study out of ucsf shows that fatty liver disease is disproportionately affecting latino children. researchers have linked unreliable access to food. raises the odds of having the disease that he know children are nearly 4 times more likely to have that due to food insecurity. earlier today we talked with the author of the study, doctor, sarah maxwell about her research. >> sadly, it just too many children, especially minority children, do not have access and access to healthy and nutritious we think it's really important for the medical system in especially for pediatricians to team up organizations that help provide access to healthy nutritious food for families at risk. >> maxwell says along with the research her team is piloting voucher programs for families with food, insecurities. >> one kicked off this morning all across the country looking to move on through the dance. that's next. in sports. and

wilson will have all your early results as well as a preview of the stanford women in their quest. the ncaa title.

>> and >> now kron 4 sports. >> well, the anticipating continues to grow because the cardinal they have they have a bit of a chip on their shoulder hit into march madness this season. now it's one game season from this point on. we all know that in many feel this stanford actually was snow for the top seed, texas being the number one in the region that stanford is in not to mention, you know, stanford, the

cardinal, they were knocked out pretty early on in the tournament last season after they failed is it hodding the cardinal? they have a lot to prove. so they'll start by trying to prove their dominance welcoming norfolk state to maples pavilion on friday. now, although they are the clear underdog norfolk, us live by diamond johgson, who is not to be taken lightly. she actually let her respective conference in scoring in. she's a former big 10 p g she actually play for rutgers. but that's about all the cargo has to worry about. when we talk about your full state about, you know, they don't really have other pieces, at least not as many pieces and stan for heads. when we talk about that, obviously they have pieces but they fail to ole miss with those pieces last season in the winningest head coach of all of college basketball coach tara vanderveer. she knew that the cardinals approach this time around had to be a little different and i think it's really a stab, you know, reestablishing what is stanford basketball and >> you know, if we straight you know it. we're in a

different time. whether it's with the portal or with all the different things that are, you know, going on with collectives in nil and to really navigate that, you know, maybe more successfully this year. i think this year has just been a lot of good energy and a lot of people saying, hey, you know, we learn from maybe last year, we want to have a great run and whether it's a leadership or connectivity or the, you know, the maturity of our staff and just a getting it. and it's been that's why i like what i said here today. i'm just like, wow, we just want to play well. >> you want to play well. and so to the saint mary gaels, they were at practice today in spokane as they prep for their friday matchup with a 12 seed great came team. now this is the gaels 3rd straight tournament appearance and they look for some redemption after falling short last year to uconn now saint mary's and drinking in are set to tip off tomorrow night at 07:00:05pm. now lets go to today's action because the 11 th-seeded

oregon making some noise against the 60 to south carolina team in the midwest region and will jermaine couisnard. he could be heard all through the arena today not made his presence known to the gamecocks all game long. the ducks right here. they work it around to cause our for burglaries. that 3 right there just off the top of the key, 40 points for the ducks or for him as a joke. actually. and then the that he was the cheerleader is will it wasn't for scoring. >> he was like on drive to kwame evans junior who throws down the damage. organ of says south carolina, 87 to 73 with the final and they advance to the second round. >> to face the number 3 seed creighton on saturday. the cinderella stories already starting. meanwhile, arizona, the oecond seed in the west region tried to stay away from an upset facing the 15 th-seeded long beach state and they're retiring hit coast and one son. now it was close. there already in the 1st half

lisa marie stroud hits the three-pointer here for long beach state. and they only trailed by 6 at the head with the wildcats. they went on a 16 0 run to put the game away and open up the 2nd half. caleb love out on the break. throws up the alley for a shot. johnson who throws down the jam 13 points for johnson. the wildcats hit 13, 3 pointers in 4 of them were from kylan boswell. he later zone with 20 points in arizona. they win 85 to 65. and now they played a ton in this second. now shohei ohtani. >> he was all smiles this morning for the dodgers second game against the padres and see out korea. tony is in the middle of some controversy, if you will, after his longtime friend interpreter was fired following allegations, the legal gambling. but as they say, the show must go on. so it did the dodgers, their new pictures. you know, she the lotto right here, made his major league debut and the padres made a short one first inning here to offer jake

cronenworth who >> lines will laser down the line in writing. that brings both runs chrome. work was 4 for 4 with 4 rbi on the day. louise cops, rather followed with rbi double to live. model gave up 5 runs in the inning. it well, the padres they beat the dodgers 15 to 11 for the first win of the season. not the best week for dodgers fans or the dodgers. suspect you guys >> thank you, mayor and a governor newsom and democratic leaders in the legislature say that they've reached an agreement to reduce the state's multi billion dollar budget currently, there is a discrepancy on what that death is. it actually is the nonpartisan legislative analyst's office projects that it's about 73 billion. but the newsom administration estimates it's a lot closer to 38 billion, whatever the number the aim is to reduce it

by 2012 to 18 billion dollars specifically the plan calls to allow the legislature to reduce the size of the current fiscal year's budget. the quicker we move. the better off our budget in fiscal situation will be for the entire golden state. are sacrifices getting need to be made this year. you're right. yes, absolutely. we are going to have to make sacrifices. but early action means that we can bring this deficit to a more manageable level. democrats say that they plan to vote on their deficit reduction plan sometime early april. time now for 4 zone forecast looking outside from mount tam a pious at the bay at the bay kron. first chief meteorologist lawrence karnow just count down when the rain is going be long now we see that rain moving in as we head in toward tomorrow, especially in the afternoon >> really kind of opening the door to a series of storms. by the time things are all said and done. i think most of the

bay area probably going to see above normal precipitation for the entire season about that right now it is dry. got a couple clouds moving in overhead. a nice evening around the bay area now. but those clouds going to thicken up overnight tonight and tomorrow that rain will start of the north and spread to the south in the afternoon. the winds also going to be kicking up cold showers continuing on saturday, a few scattered showers left over on sunday. even the possibility of a couple thunderstorms over the weekend. so here we go. we've got the low spinning off the coastline. it is slowly ramping up and headed toward the bay area's high pressure, kind of scoots out of town. so here's the long-range forecast models. see that rain coming in as we head toward tomorrow afternoon that in that area of low pressure just kind of spins along the coastline. more snow in the sierra nevada. more cold showers across the state and maybe some lingering showers into sunday to before clearing out. just briefly, then a weak system coming through on monday may become more scattered showers and then a stronger storm system comes in by wednesday of next week. and then another one following that as we head toward friday. and then next weekend, too. so

you get the idea starting out a up some pretty impressive amounts of our rainfall around the bay area around the state to a more snow in the high country. temperatures tomorrow, we may just squeeze out about 69, almost 70 degrees in the south bay by tomorrow afternoon. look at the north bay are in the 50's there in santa rosa. that rain moving in and then they go with some showers on and off throughout the weekend and maybe some thunderstorms to chance of showers on monday. another chance of rain, the middle of next week. a favorite story tonight. more than 3,000 creative californians entered the count. trance snowplow naming contest and >> finally, the winning names been announced. take a look. oakland representing the bay area won the grand prize. the best name of all. so notorious b i g s notorious b, i g winners include the big the plows ski, sir plows a lot paint a plow and plows to you can find the list on our website. kron 4 dot com.

>> coming up, a former san francisco mayor willie brown reaching yet another milestone 90 years. the still go and i sit down with them. we hear what wishes. you can celebrate

your birthday too much. and that's certainly true for willie brown. >> i paid a visit today to the san francisco's famous former mayor's office. that's can the

areas that is law office brown, the man about town is receiving birthday cakes. this one in the shape of his famous fedora because it is just not every day you turn 90. >> that a lot of birthday cakes. when you make a wish, what do you wish for? >> that make 91. >> mayor of course, his mentor other politicians like gavin newsom and the vice president, kamala harris tonight on the kron. 4 news at 10 o'clock as he celebrates his 90th year going into his 91st year on the planet. we're going here brown's advice for the much younger, 10 years younger joe biden and the one tip he has 4 the president. >> everybody has a willie brown story was ever met him. i mean, he can't help but not even if you don't agree with his politics. absolutely. just a great guy to hang out what he is. and he was the master of bipartisanship. so try to

find out the soon to that as well. and one of the shrewdest politicians, if not the shrewdest in california, political history for sure for sure. yeah. he outfoxed every everybody the powerball jackpot continues to climb after nobody won last night. the estimated jackpot is now 750 million dollars. the cash prize of more than 357 million dollars next. drawing. it's going to be on saturday. the mega millions pot meantime, is almost a billion dollars to next trying for that one is tomorrow night. so get in line have a good night for

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