get hyped with fresh, never frozen beef on wendy's dave's single for a buck. only in the app. >> good morning hear from the attorney for the driver who crashed an suv into a bus stop killing a family 4 in san francisco. >> oakland mayor sheng thao updates us on where she is in selecting a new police chief. and of course we're tracking rain coming into the bay area today as winter weather returns. >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at >> thanks for starting your friday with us and aria and i'm james. you see the view of

the city behind us here. it's dry for now, but that won't be the case by the evening commute. yeah. the storms rolling and morning dave morning, guys. good morning. everybody saw the glitter of some sunshine to and that's even in san francisco. we're going to see in tho east and the south bay for. >> a good chunk of the day today. that means sunshine going on. here is a nice breaks in the clouds before things get rolling into this evening, rain will pretty much philip most the babe. i say 5 o'clock with a good stiff wind with that as well. no wind advisory but enough that might be a little bit of an annoyance in your travels home. here's a live shot of the east bay shoreline. looks like the skies opening up a touch. how about that action looks nice for the early part of the day. at least there's the storm system we're watching. it's going to provide the action for today tonight and into tomorrow. there's going to be more success of systems to watch in the gulf of alaska. here we have a nice break in the clouds, but not for long. that will fill back in again. rain will start in the north bay dropped to the southeast. but at times it looks like it will take its sweet time. we keep making it south. current winds are relatively uneventful,

single digits to maybe 10 miles per hour, for example, from oakland that's going to switch more southwesterly and westerly with the arrival. this system. now, when we get it here in a look at that nice clear patch in dry patches should say in the east bay as late as 3.30, you can get rain through that. but as you can see, it's fighting through some dry air. it will correct that, of course, yes. and then tomorrow, another patch probably because the rain will be stopping and maybe even some breaks in the skies. again, that mixing process. we also get some warming and that gives energy for thunder showers to look out for as well. here's the breakdown for you today. 64 by 12 by 3 at 67. from the standpoint, the east and the south bay, mostly cloudy with rain in the north bay. we'll have more on the timing of all of this for you today and into the weekend. right already has a traffic update right now. all right. thank you for that. now is the right time to get outside, hit the roads and get things done. traffic is so light, especially on our bridges. 12 in iran heading into the city right now. all of the meteor lights are on. >> they don't see traffic building here at the toll plaza. so that's a good thing. burgess short of 15 minutes,

8.80, to 101. the richmond, sandra fell bridge around 9 minutes there. and let's check on the golden gate bridge. 37 to the tolls. 25 minute ride. darren james, back to you. thanks a lot. rain 802. and the latest developments now with the driver who crashed her suv into a bus stop in san francisco, killing. >> a family of 4. she's been released from police custody. yeah. and kron four's rob nesbitt actually had a chance to talk to her lawyer to get their side of the story. >> mary fong allows lawyer says she did not suffer any major injuries like a broken bone from saturday's crash. he also says the public seems to have a misunderstanding how legal proceedings work in a case like this and that there's no wrong in his client being released from police custody. the pictures of the 4 victims who died because of saturday's crash. still hang on you, lois street in san francisco and visitors still walk to the growing memorial to pay their respects. police arrested the driver. 78 year-old mary fong lau. but her lawyer sam geller confirmed to kron 4 that she's been released from police

custody and then no charges have been filed. the fact is that this could just be horrible tragedy. >> that, you know, have to vary. for consequences. that is an accidents without there being crime. san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins has asked for patience as investigators gather more information, saying toxicology results can take more than 30 days to obtain. >> and that will also take time to go with the operating systems of the suv. lau was driving his grateful and appreciate fact that da's office, despite potential public pressures >> you know, conducting a investigation to make a proper determination to get it right. the youngest victim in the crash, 2 months old ramos, pinto de oliveira died at the hospital wednesday. the executive director of walk san francisco, jodi madeira released a statement saying in part, quote, san francisco griese for this family. we're all far too vulnerable. >> cars, trucks and suvs can become deadly weapons in an instant. our city's leaders must step up to the all too

real threat on our streets with new levels of commitment and a new ways walk. san francisco sent a letter to mayor london breed outlining the need for more decisive action with vision, 0, a road safety policy with the goal of eliminating all traffic related fatalities. reporting in the newsroom. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> and as far you know, dangers on the streets of san francisco. the sfmta is going hold a public meeting on its no turn on red expansion project. yeah. looking to widen that throughout the city to help improve pedestrian safety kron four's will tran standing by live in san francisco. now with more on what this means for drivers will. >> it could mean later this year as seth mta slamming the brakes on your ability to make a right on red. it's already happening. you might not be aware of it, but this is an expansion, not and implementation. and i'll explain why. and just a few moments. but let me give you the logistics. if you want to chime it's going to happen in about 2 hours from now. just

have to log on to the sfmta website. you can call and you can do zoom in, give your input on it. but they are already have a sample size and they think it's quite effective because 3 years ago they started this program in the tenderloin. 54 intersections. and since that time, they say 92% compliance from drivers not making a right on red. and more importantly, the number of pedestrian accidents dramatically drop. so what they want to do is if it works here, how about we apply over here and over here is the south of market area and north of market area, about 200 intersections in the core of the downtown area. and they probably is not a matter of if, but when it will happen, they just want to hear your him. but i know some people don't like it. they don't want to turn san francisco in to new york city where in new york city you cannot make a right on red anywhere in that

city, according to sf mta, they say they just want to do it at this north and south of market areas. for now. and they point to the numbers in the tenderloin that it is, in fact, safe for pedestrians and bicyclist. again, if you want to log-on go to sfmta website and you too, can chime in on this program. back to you. will. thank you very much. >> 806, is the time and east bay. it's been a month now since the oakland police commission delivered its list of candidates for the city's next police chief to the mayor. we still don't know what the mayor plans to do with the list, which includes cincinnati police department lieutenant colonel lisa davis, new york city assistant deputy mayor for public safety. luis molina, former san leandro police chief abdul president and retire lubbock, texas police chief floyd mitchell at the beginning of the month. the police commission gave the list of candidates to mayor thao for review and possibly to conduct her own interviews

of the finalists. and here's what she has to say about the process right now. >> i have to do my due diligence. do a thorough review. you know, i can tell you migration of a panel interview has been conducted and i am moving forward in a steadfast, wait moving expeditiously. but at the same time, i'm going to take my due diligence to ensure, you know, any checks and balances are implemented, making sure that this person is going to be the right person for the city of oakland. >> and i don't know if we're able to put that list of the candidates up again. but it turns out just moments ago we got an e-mail saying that mayor tell haannounced floyd mitchell. as the new oakland police chiefs. you can see him on the right there. floyd mitchell has more than 30 years of experience in law enforcement. he was the police chief of lubbock, texas, and his start date is still being finalized. the thought is right now he's going to be leading the oakland police

department between late april and early may give him some time move out here. we just found that out live on our air. there you go. so now we know who the next police chief in oakland is going to be right there on the right floyd mitchell. >> okay. to wait is the time. and in other news this morning, the man killed in a wrong-way crash following a police chase on 5.80, in oakland earlier this week has been identified. now as 57 year-old lee david wiener of lafayette. police say he was driving bmw tuesday when a truck, a pickup truck involved in a police chase hit him head-on. it all started with a burglary up in else to which then led to this chase. but police stopped the chase. once that pickup truck started heading the wrong way on westbound 5.80, right at the 8 emerge near the bay bridge. they say the suspects suffered major injuries in that crash and they're all now facing criminal charges. 809, is the time and more than 70,000 property owners and renters who have state farm insurance.

>> are going to see their policies not renewed in the next year more on the ongoing crisis for homeowner. state farm says it's the only way to keep its business viable, especially in the wake of all the wildfires that we've seen here in past years. >> kron four's dan kerman. that takes a closer look. those who live in high fire danger areas may soon be without homeowners or renters insurance. state farm, the state's leading insurer has announced that over the next year will stop renewing approximately 30,000 homeowners renters. another property insurance policies and not renew another. 42,000 commercial apartment policies, state farm's the last remaining company that has not non renewed a single homeowners insurance policy. since the big fires 2017. >> so as the market leader, they really held on longer than anyone else. rex frazier's with the personal insurance federation of california, which represents large auto and home insurance companies in california. he says taking on more policies and paying out for wildfire

damage has proved unsustainable for state farm. >> they outlined. >> the drop in the capital that they have available to service their existing customers. and it went from 4.1 billion dollars at the end of 2016 to 1.3 billion at the end of 2023, the zip codes that will see the most non renewals are in areas ripe for wildfires. >> places in and around santa rosa, napa, piedmont, orinda and lafayette. this is part of a larger problem. we've got other insurers withdraw. >> we need to make sure that we're stabilizing or insurance market. >> bay area state senator scott wiener says the state insurance commissioners looking at new rules as to how insurance companies can calculate risk when setting rates. he says that might help at rates are going to go up. >> and but that's going to be painful for many of us. but it's also better than not being able to access insurancp at all.

>> still, this is raised a red flag for state regulators. they say state from general's decision today raises serious questions about its financial situation questions. the company must answer to regulators. dan kerman kron, 4 news. >> hey, good morning, everyone. i'm michael thomas live in santa rosa. we're river accuse the russian river brewery. it's the 20th anniversary of finding the younger coming up. we'll show you that line. looks like because there's hundreds of people waiting to get a of this room. >> he w 40 on the door sound like okay. look at stormtracker 4 here. we do have a chance of some thunder showers from the central valley points to the north, including portions of the bay area that will continue through this weekend. our rain arrival looks to be for the evening commute. all show yo

>> 14 right now and a drive the moment. not going to stay that way, though, all day really all we can do. it's like you let one of them in last beat me it's all week long. way the song and dance, ok? but next weekend looks to be good. so hold your tahoe plans to do next weekend. okay. like the fresh pow, pow. you got to get through a lot of non. you take it there. okay. okay. okay. do you want we've got going on. we talk about some breaks in the clouds here going on this. the south bay, san jose state. not too bad. but earlier they were pretty clear. so this is kind of spread out a little bit. >> but this little clear patch should some sunshine going on early to give energy to the atmosphere. but folks, the spirits of ears prediction

center say, hey, you guys may have some thunder showers scattered about. that's all means. it doesn't mean it's going to very severe. but you may have been since we don't get that often. just kind of pointing that out a little bit. got cold air aloft. you've got the moisture at the surface. so that's what drives things back to future cast for. let's watch this into motion. and here it is evening commute. pretty much all covered up. talk about this earlier. but it looks like at the surface, some dry patches in the east and the south bay. so it'll be some virga fight things initially. but that will be overcome. and we're going to have some winds with this as well. little pop of winds. this has to march through winds will subside little break. then overnight, the kind of pick up a little bit but will be fairly light going on and spotty very, very spotty throughout saturday morning into the afternoon. we may get breaks in the skies and if we do get some sunshine in the afternoon, that's just energy for this line that moves through saturday evening and throw in a couple of scattered thunder showers while we're at it as well. potential hail with that. and even sometimes straight-line winds were locally. nice package comes down here you can see on sunday morning this

looks to be around on or so which is kind of good because it helps to stabilize the atmosphere. when you get that to happen. so maybe they'll kind of shut things off a little bit, at least for the severity. back to the when pop. we're going to get wind shift from the south and to be could come from the south and the west winds in the 20 mile per hour range or so. we've got to see an uptick on the winds with the rain that arrives tomorrow. it looks like and even as late as sunday, there seems to be some coastal winds at work here, too very early on sunday morning with that kind of rain package of showed you there. so we have rain developing. it's going to be late. its logo windy and sloppy for the evening commute. showers on saturday. scattered on sunday set that interesting little cluster of rain. we talked about breaks of sun, energy for the thunder showers. and then for next week, it's rain again on wednesday and another dose into friday. but it looks like next weekend is looking pretty decent at this point. hope that holds 64 san francisco, 66 oakland, 70 san jose ona, by the way to live with the winter tradition.

these numbers are won by by cars are going to be a little bit colder as we go into most of next week. so the evening commute is pretty sloppy. not too bad to get to work. what's going on right now, although overall, we have great commute. >> you're starting to see traffic slowing down a little bit in the east bay selling a piece about 33 minutes there. atr as you're traveling along 5.80, through oakland, both highways starting to get some speed and pick up. in a run on a ridge. is the bay briage looks really good right now. san mateo bridge still under 15 minutes. no major delays there. also riches and rachel bridge, golden gate bridge moving that limit. 36 minutes along 1, 1, 85 to menlo park. the last time we checked, then read about 45 minutes. drive times are gradually going down. a lot of people getting where they need to go. 80's a little busy about 30 minutes. you start to build just pass. and pablo all the way into oakland, crockett, down towards the maze. about 30 minutes, doubling down to fremont along 6, 80 look at that. all green your 15 minutes. that looks great. darya. james, back to you. >> thanks a lot. ryan. 8.18,

and today. >> beer lovers in for a treat. this something say cheers yes. for a limited time, the russian river brewing company as they do every year releasing ply need the younger today starting today was michael thomas is live in santa rosa. i wait. what happened in the lineup? did you try it drink haha. i tried it, everybody. i did drink it, but i couldn't bring it out here in tease them. they've been waiting since 11 o'clock last night and i did get a three-pack of kids in the car. but take a look. >> at this line, hundreds of people out here this morning. they've been here since last night waiting to taste this brew of apply. need the younger not to be confused with plenty. the older and you can see this is 4th street in downtown santa rosa. it's going all the way down in wrapping around over to the next street and the owners out here this morning handing out donuts coffee, those kind of things. let's bring the camera back over here. henry. what time of you guys been here since? what? what's your first name? i should rock, rob, where you from? what hear that

little we got in line about 04:00am this morning and how many times have you done that? this wil% be our 13th or 14th i see you've got your gear on already and you're here as well. and you come together you as years of uconn, 8 years, 8 years. so talk about the taste i just tasted and i'm normally not a beer drinker, but it was good. what is that pair? well, with it think mean, it's there's nothing that a good beer in my mind doesn't go well his stronger. it's, you know, almost 11% alcohol, which you could take second this morning. so good thing. i'm not driving back everybody. kidding. but, you know, last question, what do you feel when you get out here this morning? you know, people have their sons overnight and it just seems like one big party coming together. it really is. it's a big party. there's a camaraderie. you talk to people that he just don't normally talk to with vinny and that leave. they walk the line. they give a speech when you go in and they first opened. >> it's just it's just a lot of fun. it's just an event. it

makes the beer tastes better. i think. all right. well, thank you guys. >> and you can see he's not cheers to you, too. he's not the only 100's of people out here you have from today for the next 2 weeks to buy, it is limited. you can only get so much or so. but i did tasted tara and james. it was good. i'm not a beer drinker, but i could understand how would pair well with a pizza or something like that. in fact, they say that their pizzas great because the beer is also inside their pizza. fun with the fact. but that's a very latest here in santa rosa. michael thomas, i'll send it back to you. the door opens up at 10, 30, but if you're getting here now, i think i'm probably just a little bit too late, ok? but wait, you or they're legit very early. like with the line. yeah. so you're allowed to get. what can you? because we want to know how many three-pack >> so you're only allowed a 3 pack like i don't even open a lot to show that are going in trouble. ok? so one? that's it, ok? that's when you kind

of are straight. all you can get likely you the people. can get more of those question. going to ask national know how many can people buy like the max you can buy. each can buy 1, 3, bottles. but you have to go through the whole experience. yeah. you can't just walk into the gift shop. >> this is our way of metering the beer to ensure that we have bottles available for all 14 days. there you go. see, and i don't even know if i was allowed to give out that quick little look at the beer. so don't kick me. i want to take that pizza. but tara and send it how i guess really get the one we have to he can one for my career was one for you out of the 3 path. i don't have share. >> i don't think it's going to share. thanks a new trend in the workplace. may be alarming if you're in need of a vacation. employees are having a tougher time getting paid

time off. a new report from hr software company bamboo hr shows about half of workers. vacations requested are being denied every month. experts say the main factor is companies are expanding vacation time to attract new talent as the job market is getting tighter. and now the bosses don't have enough workers to cover the time off requests. see how you cover from a james when i'm off and vice versa. >> another factor employees rolling desire for better work, life balance since the pandemic. so more people want their time off. i okay. 22 is the time we're going to take just 2 minutes. time off right now as we take a break. but when we come back. >> more news to follow. we're all striving to have a clean your house right foot. can you have to clean? researchers say yeah, i might not be a good yeah, i might not be a good thing.

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>> 8.25 and for your health. i love this story because i'm not a clean freak. i mean, but i'm not a clean freak and they did this study and they said that actually, you can be to claim. and if you do that, then the fear is that, you know, kids aren't getting the good bacteria that they need to help train their immune system. that's why there's 5 second rule. you pick it up okay. this is that the recall hygiene up offices and they say that there's a lack of exposure, certain microbes in childhood and that can lead to an increase risk of autoimmune diseases and allergies. later in life because the immune system will overreact. see, i'm so used to germs, james. i just it's like, ok, whatever

case that. but nobody goes to show a little dirt, doesn't her kids? you know, right play on the ground a little bit. >> all right. a 26 is the time in more than 60 lawsuits now been filed against the makers of ozempic and other weight-loss drugs. patients accuse novo nordisk and eli lilly of failing to notify them about side effects which include a range up problems as well as nausea. some have been hospitalized as a result. novo nordisk and eli lilly both say that they will defend themselves vigorously in court. both companies say that patient safety is their top priority and they are working with federal regulators to continuously monitor the safety of their medications. we'll take a break coming up on 8.27 and ahead on the kron. morning news. there's a lot of money up for grabs this weekend. we'll tell you what you need to know about both the powerball and mega millions jackpots.

>> it is a 29 and we're checking out the weather also looking at sfo case you get away this weekend. that's right. we've got dave spahr in the weather center. could be some weather on the horizon that might trip up some flights. but let's find out. yeah, good evening or good morning, james and ari. good morning. will be this evening we could be some problems with that good they're already cooking. and about an hour delay just due to construction issues. that's been kind of a typical thing. but this weather is going to add to that an even through the weekend to soak in a travel. not just want to keep that in mind as well. >> what we're doing for others, sfo to get just a general idea here as far as what we can expect today, some sunshine to start things out. mixed bag of sun and clouds for a good chunk of the day. except for you folks up in the north bay because that's where the rain will start. 64 by

high noon to 3 o'clock at 67. so there are the storm system is it has to drop into the general bay area and a true to form of the winter like weather pattern. our winter hasn't been as typical with this as moisture is kind of bubbled up from the south moving towards the north. and yes, this low is going to be close to us, but we don't have heavy, widespread winds like we've had with other storm systems, at least in this initial hit later on. we'll continue watch what goes on single digits for the winds right now. calm. but we are worried about instability issues all weekend long. that means thunder showers, a possibility and that could come with some hail too. look at those numbers as we speak as stand right now, middle 50's and that's going to be close to highs going forward. it looks like, yeah, there's a comparison to 24 hours ago in numbers were a little cooler than they are. now we have more on the timing of not just this weekend, but next week with more rain coming our way right now, going into traffic right now. >> yet now a good time to get some things done, especially before it starts to rain out there. day nyman, right?

traveling into the city. no accidents, no hazards on the bridges this morning. i was little busy, 14 min iran along the san mateo bridge, 81 to riches summerfield ridge around 9 minutes there. golden gate bridge. 37 to the tolls. 25 minutes and let's check on those highways are seeing slight delays. 40 min right along 1, 0, 1, 85 to menlo park to 82. 37 17. you're making much better time charges. back to you. >> all right. thank you very much, 31 is the time and breaking news this morning. oakland mayor sheng thao has picked a new police chief. the mayor has appointed floyd mitchell to the job. he replaces lebron armstrong who was fired more than a year ago. mitchell was the former chief of police in lubbock, texas. and in a statement this morning, mayor thao called him a strong leader and smart crime fighter who delivers results. mitchell began his career as an officer kansas city, missouri spending. 25 years with that department. he's also a veteran of the u.s. air force. we do have a

statement that he sent out, which reads in part, quote, as oakland's police chief, i look forward to working together with our residents, business owners, city leadership and members of the police commission to build a stronger and safer oakland. i'm excited about the opportunity to meet the members of the police department interact with all the people who call this beautiful city home and become an integral part of this special place. big story, it's been about a year have police chief in oakland. >> 8.32 right now and amended civil rights lawsuit has been filed against the san ramon school district and a former teacher. yeah, a second victim has come forward alleging abuse and claiming the school district failed to act forcefully to call has more. >> 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 showers, 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 screaming 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 principle. at a reputable private k through 12. school. then 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. >> well, governor gavin newsom is now calling for an immediate cease-fire in gaza. elected leaders have been facing pressure as the death toll in the war between israel and hamas continues to climb in a letter to the state's muslim palestinian american and arab american communities. the governor says he's supporting president biden's call for an immediate cease-fire as a part of a deal to get relief for gas and citizens and the release of hostages. the bay area's council on american islamic relations or care for short says they would have preferred. the governor called for a cease-fire earlier, but it's better late than never. >> for many months now, the majority of americans have said that the genocide in gaza it's sad that it's taken our elected officials so long. to join the moral called for a cease-fire. but we welcome that they're now here. >> well, the governor's letter also acknowledging a rise in anti-muslim discrimination and

hate. karen national says in the months following the october 7th attack on israel, anti-arab bias by their count jump more than 170%. >> and the san francisco bay area office of care is calling on san bruno officials to issue a public apology. now over what they say happened during last week's city council meeting care says city officials refused to let muslims attending the meeting, break their fast and pray inside city hall. the groups sent this letter to the mayor of san bruno in it care says that muslim residents had previously requested accommodations for fasting because the meeting was on the second night of ramadan. but city staff reportedly denied the request mere hours before the meeting stating city policy prohibits food in the lobby. despite the presence of a vending machine, chaos for snacks and pastries in an area to congregate. fasting constituents were instead instructed to break their fast and make their prayer outside surrounded by police presence.

the letter asked the mayor to clarify the city policies used to justify their actions and to engage in comprehensive islamophobia training. >> ray of sunshine to somebody was carrying gave so much others. she loved her kids, her husband, she loved the community. >> and there you hear a father remembering his daughter and son in law, jt and amanda. true. they died march 12th when their car hit a tree when they were driving on river road. and santa rosa returning from celebrating jay tease 42nd birthday. they leave behind 2 sons. 11 year-old travis and 2 year-old mason and now amanda's father is taking care of them. >> he's like, you know, the rooms of the rooms, exactly what they have put. everything is going to be the same. so trying to everything as normal as can. but when i collect

them to >> and he's just talking about what he can do for the boys. meantime, the chp is still investigating the cause of the crash. >> in the south bay community advocates and san jose now are calling on city officials to help tenants stay in their neighborhoods. advocates are supporting an ordinance that would require 20% of affordable housing units to go to people already living in the neighborhood. they say many working class families in san jose are facing eviction from their own community because they can't afford the rent. >> it is unacceptable that families intended had endure the harm of the harmful effects of this placement cars. but the lack of affordable and stable housing. we witnessed a families. >> living in the streets and caused that. we also witnessed so many struggle in trying to find foot of the house and buildings. >> the city council is set to vote on the proposed policy next tuesday. if approved, the ordinance would go into effect

immediately. it's a 39 and governor newsom and democratic leaders in the legislature have reached an agreement. >> to reduce the state, multi-billion dollar budget deficit, even though they don't agree on how much the deficit is. they agree on how much they're going to do said so. the legislative analyst's office said that it was about projected to be 73 billion. the newsom administration estimated that 38 billion big difference there. but the aim they can is to reduce the deficit by 12 to 18 billion dollars. specifically the plan clock calls on the legislature reducing the size of the current fiscal year budget. the quicker we move. >> the better off our budget in fiscal situation will be for the entire golden state. are sacrifices getting nd earyo 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

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>> you know, it's into the spring season more getting this winter pattern not just today, but on into the weekend and early next week. coming up, the gulf of alaska. you the timing of what you can expect right before you leave laps, you need to know what your friday morning commute is going to be like. things are looking good on a bridge is. >> some of highways will slow and go.

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>> a 44 and take a look at this. hay was chp reminding you that your imaginary friend, you know, the headdress with had on it does not count as a passenger.

yeah, they caught this person in the carpool lane busted, but will keep trying this happened. i mean, and this is lame compared to some people do fall on manic and whatever. >> i know one lady tried argue this was years ago. her dog. yeah. you know, dogs are people too. is it worth it? $200. the potential fine, yeah. i feel like i do see people kind of going up like they try to like jump maybe 6.10, cars and then they go back sneaky. all 44 is the time. let's get over to the weather center good morning to debut what you need to do is put a chimpanzee in their their dot, the closest animal around has to be safe. the safest are okay. all right. >> good morning, guys. good morning, everybody. we're up to tahoe or an upstart yosemite. but i was the same kind of deal actually taking a break, getting some sunshine not going to last as we're watching the storm rolling in one of several to add more snow there. speaking of all this activity, there is a winter storm warning getting up there for through the foothills and then a winter

weather advisory when you get actually up to tahoe. now the snow is going to start off fairly high 7,000 feet or so. and then you get down to about 5,000 feet and below. that's the storm system gets a little closer with the colder air aloft and look at the temperatures at the surface reflecting this tomorrow's high. 35 38 for sunday. this is more of a wintertime pattern. clearly 40 for monday as we take kind of a breather. more upstream to come. so that's the first of several to watch out for. but we are getting some nice clear patches before the rain starts to gets serious and committed up in the north bay. there you have it at this hour and mostly it's going kind of southwest to northeast. so it takes a while to drop south the morning. commute home will be quite sloppy cause with this coupled winds pretty active from say 4, 5 o'clock onward through 8 o'clock until we get a break say around midnight for a few hours, then more spotty showers, although heavy at times and another nice line moves in. as you can see on saturday. this is now

sunday. overnight. we get another break until yet. another batch here right around dawn covers a good chunk of the bay. that's kind of good because it does help stabilize the atmosphere and again to drive home the point we have this cold air aloft and they're looking up for the potential of severe thunderstorms are excuse thunder showers and which to occur both today tomorrow and also into your sunday quantitatively where we're not will be in use for used to with a lot of these storm systems because they were tapping the subtropical jet. these things are on the roads are not much moisture by saturday morning we're talking about a quarter of an inch of rain for most of the bay or last little bit more. you can see about a half of an inch up to santa rosa. let's add to that. what's going to happen on saturday? we're still not up to an inch of rain yet. so these are 2 hits were getting and we're still kind of trailing a little bit on that. wind's want to mention this. the pop this is makes a little bit unpleasant for the ride home. now we get your rain, not even a lot of rain necessarily, but it's blowing a little sideways in a 20 mile per hour winds and we'll get the same type a deal it looks

like on saturday no longer range. what's going on with all of this? well, as i said, the first of many, this is today. then into saturday, a break on sunday. but again, those isolated thunder showers with hails a possibility. maybe a light little sprinkle on monday, kind of wishy-washy here, clouds and sun. then another dose on wednesday, mountain snows coming with the right here. and then one more on friday. however, latest model runs in this all looking pretty good. so will improve. here's your seven-day forecast, as you can see, quite unsettled temperatures stay in a cool zone after a lofty near 70 degrees, big hits are again toduy saturday, a little bit and on wednesday and friday, they traffic right without. all right. david traffic is benign overall, but we do have a few issues here. and there. >> tracking in accident northbound 1, 1, it's and pedro de san rafale sold. slight delays are traveling. so as you get past that things are moving along nicely nyman ride to the city they bridge looking good for most of the

morning. no accidents on the san mateo bridge, richmond gate bridge, making great en time. 25 in iraq down from 40 minutes along highway 4, antioch to concord, 85 the park about 40 minutes to 82. 37, you're looking good. selanne showdown up. he does, though. things have been building throughout the morning. 34 minutes 8, 85 80 both low back of a busy to oakland. art was our bridge just under 8 minutes story. james, back to you. thank you, rae. 48, a new proposal by san francisco leaders could bring a full service grocery store to the city's tenderloin. >> supervisor dean preston, they have a resolution that he's proposed calling on city departments to explore potential sites for a grocery store and come up with plans for one in the neighborhood and many people who live in the tenderloin who have to travel outside of the neighbor to get groceries say they think would be great. >> well, the corner shop really expensive. story

>> left to give homemakers need and >> way more of a selection. obviously a big grocery store. the proposal calls on city departments to report to the board of supervisors within 60 days. so they're trying to move as fast as they can. >> 8.50, is the time. and in the east bay, a 14 year-old now in custody, accused of trying to steal cars. livermore police say the first attempt was made last tuesday wain a downtown parking garage near the intersection of livermore and railroad avenues. officers say the teen pretended to have a gun in his pocket and that threatened to harm the victim if they didn't given his keys. police then received for more reports of similar things happening for days later, the teen is now facing multiple counts of attempted carjacking, attempted robbery and criminal threats. it's 8.50, and this weekend marks 9 years now since a couple. >> was wrongfully accused of staging a kidnapping in the

lake and river reporting on the story. the couple visited monterey county to talk to law enforcement. they're hoping that by sharing their story, though, keep this from happening to somebody else. southwest charles clifford has more. speaking to a pac ed room of law enforcement from across california, denise huskins and aaron quinn reed told their story in great detail starting with the moment they were awoken in their home by voices and what they thought was an armed robbery. >> instantly, i know. we're surrounded. they have guns were defenseless. the couple was restrained and drug. denise was then kidnapped and raped by this man. matthew mueller. >> when aaron awoke the next morning, he reported the kidnapping toledo police, but was almost immediately made the main suspect, anthony says disappearance he endured hours worth of aggressive interrogation. >> it's clear in their eyes and no longer. victim. i am a suspect. >> 2 days after she was taken, mueller released in east near her family home in southern california. the vallejo police department then accused the couple of making the whole thing up. mister quinn. >> and this huskins. has

plundered valuable resources away from our community, although they were safe, the couple could not yet returned to their normal lives. >> our work will last back because they believe the hoax theory. to me says receiving hundreds of hateful messages on social media. and we don't feel safe anywhere. because the world believes we are liars. >> several months later, mueller was arrested in dublin, california for attempting a similar home invasion. investigators in that case were able to connect him to denise is kidnapping, confirming the couple story and bring them a certain amount of relief. and almost time we were no longer seen as hoaxers. >> victims. always work. matthew mueller was sentenced to 31 years in state prison for kidnapping huskins. he's also serving out a 40 year sentence for federal crimes. >> huskins and quinn have since married and now have 2 daughters. they chose to speak at this conference in hopes that law enforcement can learn from their experience. >> you don't have to believe every person who comes to speak to you. but as soon as

you say, i don't believe this person. and that cuts off the opportunity for you to find out more. possibly find out the truth. >> now, denise huskins and aaron quinn were awarded a 2.5 million dollar settlement from the city of vallejo. but they say that to this day, no one from the vallejo police department has apologized directly to that in monterey county, charles clifford kron. 4 news. >> well, some san bruno residents may have noticed some new parking pay stations around town starting april. first, drivers are going to be required to pay for parking in the downtown near city parking lots and some of these will be sprinkled along camino real as well. you can visit the san bruno police department website for more information on how this is all going to work its 8.52. in coming up in the next hour. the kron 4 morning news. >> the first round of march madness means some brackets have been busted. we'll take a have been busted. we'll take a closer look at the action.

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per 10,000 residents >> all right. well, it is 8.56. and coming up in the next hour of the kron, 4 morning news. we have breaking news out of the east bay, the city of oakland now has a new police chief. we're going to tell you who may or shake for the role. plus, the sfmta wants to expand the city's no turn on red policy as the city works to add more protections pedestrians. the baby who died days after crashing a bus stop in san francisco has now been identified. investigators still trying to figure out what caused the driver barrel what caused the driver barrel into that bus. stop.

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>> from the bay area's local news station. we now with breaking news. and that breaking news story this morning. oakland mayor sheng thao has picked a new police chief. the mayor has appointed floyd mitchell to the job. >> he replaces the ron armstrong who was fired more than a year ago. mitchell was the former police chief in lubbock, texas. and in a statement this morning, mayor thao called mitchell a strong leader and a smart crime fighter who delivers results. mitchell began his career as an officer in kansas city, missouri spent 25 years there with that department. he's also a veteran of the u.s. air force and he did release a statement this morning in which he said in part, quote, as oakland's police chief, i look forward to working together with our residents. business owners, city leaders and members of the police commission to build a stronger and safer oakland. he goes on to say i am excited about the oppo