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the faa is on their way to the scene. good evening and thank you for joining us for kron. 4 news at 11. i'm dan thorn truckee. police say that plane went down earlier this evening just about a mile away from the truckee tahoe airport. kimberly cruz is in truckee with the very latest. >> we've been here the past few hours and this continues to be a very active scene here. we're able to move even closer to the crash site. and take a look behind me. you can pieces of debris from that plane, including a tire that you see off to the side. and as we move even further down the railroads, you'll see union pacific railroad workers and other law enforcement agencies investigating even more debris from this plane. they've also been going down this hill and into these trees using their flash. i taking pictures and investigating the area there. now, what we know so far is that tricky. police has confirmed that at least 2 people died from this crash. but the number of people on board the plane that remains unknown at this time. the crash happened near the area of blends year-old driving a limping boulevard in nevada county. a lieutenant with truck epd described the plane

as the smaller plane at this time. we don't have any details on what caused the crash. but again, we're about one mile north of the truckee tahoe airport. the investigation of the crash will be handled by the federal aviation administration and the national transportation safety board, truckee police ads as of saturday night. there are no road closures and no threat to nearby structures. but this is a developing story as more information becomes available right to the very news update. >> and that was kimberly cruz reporting for us tonight in truckee. this comes as the sierra nevada area got hit with even more snow this weekend. this causing some serious safety concern for drivers. traffic had been moving slow along i-80 earlier today and at one point, cars were backed up for a couple of miles. as you can see here, crews are working to help get some chains on their tires. and let's take a live look right now at highway 80 in truckee. you can see the traffic a little backed up there. if you're heading up that way, you've got to be prepared. troppers gayle ong taking a look at the yes,

indeed. a winter storm warning in place and a winter storm advisory. so keep those chains handy. and of course, you saw the traffic people want to enjoy. >> the spring skiing less. so snow of the season, perhaps. let's go back here to the bay area. the last 48 hours, we saw some significant rain mainly in the santa cruz mountains, 2 inches and ben lowman and almost inch in san jose. but santa rosa reach over an inch and half of a just under that about half an inch in san francisco and oakland over the last 2 days. and we were busy today this lots of convective activity that has now come down and those showers are starting to taper off. here's what it looks like on the radar at this 11:00pm hour. just some scattered light rain now, much different picture earlier and you could just see east of milpitas some rain there and spotty rain drops across the bay area and in the north bay, as you could see dry

conditions tonight, easter sunday looks much better, calmer, maybe just a chance of some light rain. i think we saw today a 60's inland 50's by the coast. and a look ahead at the start of the week. sunshine so does get better. we have that wild weather. the hail a severe thunderstorm warning in the north bay and south bay. now we have sunshine heading our way and even upper 70's come tuesday. i'll have details in the extended forecast. >> thanks a lot. for the second time in as many days, smoke rises from san francisco's mission district. firefighters have responded to 2 fires in the same block and city leaders say they're not ruling out the possibility that arson is involved. the most recent fire broke out just before 2 o'clock this morning on why street between 15th and 16th. firefighters say car first went up in flames which left and then spread to 2 nearby buildings. crews went into the burning building too help people who were inside several were led

to safety, but not all were unscathed. 2 people had to be treated for minor injuries and 10 were forced out of their homes. >> the flames had spread of the back of the buildings. these are what we consider a ordinary construction or wood-frame buildings. these are older buildings. they catch on fire and spread very quickly. this rapidly expanded from a first alarm to 3rd alarm bringing over 100 census. the firefighters to the scene. >> well, this fire came just 24 hours after a fire damaged a historic church just blocks away. saint john, the evangelist episcopal church caught fire just before 3 o'clock friday morning. the outside the building was damaged, but the inside was saved. firefighters were able to extinguish the flames within about 5 minutes. no one was hurt and the church is still able to move ahead with its planned easter events. but a member of the church staff says they don't think that this was an accident. >> very, very clear that someone with the church on fire. this was not.

accidental. church did not sistine massive structural didn't go up. it's there is exterior damage and we will be needing to repair that we secure that. the interior was largely untouched. >> supervisor hillary ronen who represents the mission district posted about the fires on facebook. she says in part, quote, i have been in contact with the staff at google. o and saint john's, the police department and the fire department. both incidents are being investigated as potential arson and are being taken extremely seriously. supervisor ronen also encourages anyone who has any information about these fires to contact san francisco police. the man is dead tonight after being ejected from a car in san francisco's know valley. the crash happened this morning on quiet residential street. this is video from the citizen app showing that car flipped over onto its roof. san francisco fire crews say the driver was ejected after hitting 3 parked

cars in the area of diamond and clippers streets. the man who was taken to the hospital died from his injuries. investigators had the streets shut down for him a few hours. in the east bay, a shelter in place has been lifted in san leandro after a police standoff. san leandro police say this started just before 3 o'clock this afternoon. they say a man stole a truck and then led police on a chase kron. 4 top are 2 men who say they saw what happened. >> well, there is red truck that crashed into the tree right there, knocked over the street sign. the tow truck came and took that away. the guys down. they said it was a stolen car. that's >> well, after that the man police say was also carrying a knife. the locked himself inside of a different car and officer at the scene told kron 4 that the man appeared to be having some sort of mental episode. negotiators eventually talked him out and

he was taken to the hospital. in the north bay. fire crews rescued 3 people after a car drove off the road. and in new a creek near napa. cal fire lnu sharing these pictures of the accident. this happened off of highway 12 in the sonoma county border. according to firefighters, the 3 passengers had to be taken to the hospital. their conditions are unknown at this time. santa rosa police say they caught 2 men trying to steal a catalytic converter earlier today. the officers say they saw these 2 people near a parked truck during a patrol in the nad us our park area. one of them was underneath the truck using a power tool when police approached them. they notice the men were using a saw zaw tool to cut off the truck's catalytic converter the man who was under the truck was found out that he actually stole that truck. he was arrested. the other person involved is later released. in baltimore. crews continue to clean up in families are beginning to mourn. concerns are also growing about impacts on the supply chain. and the

bottom line for many americans news nation's elina shirazi reports. >> what started as a race against time for survivors is now a massive recovery projects unified command. are conducting planning and engineering assessments. 24 hours a day. we have assets on the water enforcing safety zones. 24 hours a day. we have assessments on the dali being conducted. 24 hours a day. maryland's governor wes moore today saying they're all hands on deck, working to cut and remove the first section of twisted steel from the bridge. the complicated extraction involves 10 tugboats, 9 barges, 8 salvage vessels and 7 floating cranes, including one capable of 1000 times. the army corps and their partners will begin to move forward. >> with a crane operations today. the north sections of the key bridge are going to be

cut off. this will eventually allow us to open up a temporary restricted channel that will help us to get more vessels in the water around the site of the collapse. this is not just about maryland. >> this is about our nation's economy. all that must be completed before they shift their focus to the rebuild. >> something that could take years and cost between 400 million to 1 billion dollars depending on the new bridge design the port of baltimore. the nation's 11 th-largest court is number one in the united states for auto truck and agricultural imports and exports. in addition to handling clothing and household goods, construction materials and produce. we looked into the numbers. the court of baltimore is a major economic driver for both the city and the state of maryland. not only does it directly support 15,000 jobs report was responsible for handling more than 52 million tons of cargo last year.

valuing it almost 81 billion dollars in a statement shipping company ports, america said it's diverting the flow of cargo to other areas until the channel into the port of baltimore can be safely navigated the governors of new york and new jersey opening up their ports for additional cargo. in the meantime, hoping to the stress on the supply chain will clear the wreckage. we will move the dolly. >> and we will rebuild the francis scott key bridge. we're going to do that. because we are maryland. tough. we're baltimore, strong. >> and you can bet on that. >> that was only around the reporting for us tonight. this is something you don't see every day. 3 mounted police officers chasing after a shoplifter in albuquerque, new mexico. that's right there on horseback. there trying to stop this kind. he apparently stole $200 worth of merchandise from the store. i'm sure he was regretting it

once he saw 3 police officers riding horses doing things the cowboy way to corral this man to justice. all right. still ahead here at 11 o'clock professional women's soccer making a grand debut in the bay area. we've got the latest on bay fc's. >> rowdy embrace and the rain returned to the bay area. but will the wet weather put a damper on tomorrow's egg hunt? got the forecast coming up.

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area this and this is actually some really cool video out of san mateo from earlier today. you can see the hail pelting a porch in san mateo. it was actually sent into us by former weekend anchor noelle bellow, who is now on the monday through friday shows. >> and we appreciate the coolpix. thanks to well. all right. let's get you a check. your 4 zone forecast taking a live look at the golden gate bridge tonight. still looks like it's a little damp out there. gayle ong joining us with a look at what to expect to get >> hello and yes, thank you know, well, i've been watching the radar all afternoon and i just saw a lightning strike and severe so it's verify the forecast. and we also got reports of more hail in san mateo and severe weather over in the santa clara valley. there's a severe thunderstorm warning. so it is spring. it feels like it's spring in the midwest or the south, perhaps but here in california, san mateo bridge looks dry. that's where that wild weather was to a special marine warning. so we saw a lot of unsettled weather. convective weather

now that activity as this low pressure system will be moving southward. we're going to start to see some clearing now and more unsettled weather to our friends in southern california. so those showers starting to taper off at this hour and this evening. let's go to the sierra because snowflakes are falling there and there is a winter storm warning in place that winter storm advisory until late morning tomorrow. 11:00am a lot of people want to drive out there for that spring skiing. but just keep a eye on those road conditions and keep those chains handy. if you're heading out there as snow is in the forecast tomorrow. dry conditions monday, tuesday. and here is the future cast model for us here at home. this is 05:00am easter morning. you can see maybe some light rain. you will run into possibly some light rain in the morning or afternoon, but not a washout. as you can see, we're going to see some sunny skies for tomorrow on the holiday just in time after this week's wild weather. this is lunchtime. also partly cloudy skies, maybe a stray

shower. the late afternoon around the north bay east bay and then towards the evening as starts to clear out and this isn't till monday and tuesday and way too easy. the seven-day in just a moment waking up to the 40's, upper 40's and warming up ana tomorrow for eastern the 50's and 60's. it's going to feel like spring as this low pressure moves out. high pressure will be taking over and take a look at our 7 day forecast. sunshine monday, tuesday and then wednesday, we'll start to see another change and possibly more rain late next week. back to you. >> gayle, thanks. a lot. asia as seth is set to close tomorrow on transgender day visibility. it's a night club in san francisco where transgender cabaret performances have been held for nearly 3 decades. the nightclub opened in 1998. and quickly became a cultural landmark. the owners say they were unable to continue doing business because of the revenue they lost during the covid-19 pandemic. they say,

although the physical space is going to be closing up, the legacy is going to live on through pop ups. >> we want to look at this is not the end, but really the beginning of a new opportunity where we can take what we do. be on the doors of 9th. and howard, to, you know, all across the city in the bay area and beyond. >> the owners and workers say that over the years the nightclub has been an important sanctuary for transgender people. honoring a label or labor and civil rights icon. today people marching to the state capital in downtown sacramento and remembrance of cesar chavez. spent more than 3 decades since chavez passed away. but his spirit lives on in many californians arena shadix has more on the message behind today's movement. >> the march to the state capitol. in solidarity and in

the spirit of cesar chavez, whose birthday is tomorrow? it's a celebration the ideals that day that he fought as some of social justice rights honoring the the annual gathering now in its 22nd year pays homage to the late labor leader and civil rights activists connecting his work to today's activism, getting inspiration from gandhi and martin luther king. and they all have you know, non violent actions is the way that we believe in confronting the issues that are part of our among those contingency of marchers rallying for a cease-fire in gaza. >> the gathering began at southside park across the street from our lady of guadalupe church, where chavez finished his historic march in

1966 will always on and you know is behind this morning and in sacramento, why he did the just mission was a glove we should not discount some of the successes that we have >> there's still a long way to go. and so that's why we continue to to march. we have to hope have a baby we hope has to new in where we niche attic. >> all the excitement over professional women's soccer here in the bay area. bay fc says they sold out 18,000 seats for their home game. this is their first one. the moment for a bay area. women's soccer here in the bay area. the previous record with 16,000 fans when the cyber a's were playing in san jose. and today we caught up with some

fans just as they were getting ready to watch the new bay fc. >> means everything to something like this is sold out game. that means that there's a bye and here in the bay area, you know, sports. and that's huge that's what we've been wanting. in the world in the u.s. like in area, especially so it just to see something this like. this big happened here and especially like in email accompany a female lead like ceos like it's it's everything you want. they are your children for the next generation. for the most think >> find out there while fireworks and all of the team ceo says they cannot thank the bay-area enough for the warm embrace. coming up next in sports, the giants and padres put on a power show in san diego will tell you who came out on top and let you know if the a's. >> got their first win of the season against the guardians season against the guardians and open. on 18.

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>> and now kron 4 sports. >> well, we've got all kinds of sports going on this holiday weekend, but we're going to start with the major league baseball and see how the local teams made out. let's go to san diego with the weather actually held up for the giants and padres mid afternoon matchup. bob melvin looking to make it 2 in a row over his former ball club, former reliever and new giants starter jordan hicks made his

first debut today for the giants. early 2 run lead here, but he got a little bit of trouble in the second inning, putting 2 on with 2 outs. jackson merrill up to the plate here and the pitch. 3, 2 pitch runners go get some swing in their picks. only allowing 3 hits in 5 scoreless innings in his debut. giants got offensive in the 8th inning here just to show that he's got a little bit of pop in his bat, launching his first major league home run pulling into right field. yeah, he feels good about it. and so is his dad who was actually huge star in korea. high-five with the fans there. and just for good measure, loading up the base is michael conforto tie and far and deep to right field. that one's gone. the giants every run is the padres scored 5 late. the giants win their second in a row, though, over the padres. 96. let's go out to oakland. the a's hosting the guardians, their fans tailgating in the parking lot, cooking a little meat there. they're looking for their team's first win of

the season. a's were cooking early on 2 to one in the second. to hear lace is a single to left field times of the game. but bad base running. come on. nick allen gets hung up between second and 3rd. ends the threats there and da's did have a little bit of a short-lived 3 to 2 lead off the guardians, though, but they got 9 runs. steven kwan here, 3 for 5 couple rbi this bomb here in the 7. >> 424 feet to be exact. but a strike for a little his first home run of the season. guardians go on to roles 12 to 3. the a's still winless in 2024. those shots to finishing off their road trip in st. louis today against the blues, hoping to snap their nine-game losing streak and come home on a high note and maybe goalie mackenzie blackwood can help come through with a good day and the let's go to the action. >> after a scoreless first period, the sharks you some good defense to get on the board. filip zadina steals the brings it out of the circle. >> nice move. their puts it

into the net, upper shelf there. one, nothing. sharks. started the night here, of course, was the goalie mackenzie. he made. 37 saves in the national recording. his second shutout of the season help snapper that nine-game skid. yeah, we're dancing in st. louis. sharks win for nothing. all right. let's take a look at some new video that just came into our newsroom. a driver capturing a lightning strike out of san jose look at that. that's an airplane going to the sky there. well, i mean, talk about remarkable timing. looks like he was in his car. windshield wiper going by there an airplane just goes a long boom and it doesn't stop. and i was saying to my producer, how does that happen? and he says all this happens all the time. this happens all the time. and like i figured that the plane, but in a blue zing electricity or there will be something that would happen to me that we be dealing with a major crisis, considering all the things that we've had a in the scare, just a little spooky. but amazing video and congrats out to william who sent this in to

the kron. 4 newsroom. well, that's going wrap things up for us here at 11 o'clo%k. thank you so much for joining us. we'll be back at 08:00pm on kron on tomorrow and also at 10 o'clock and 11 o'clock right here. (upbeat music) right here. >> on kron 4 will see it.