now on the kron. 4 morning news. small business owners in oakland want something done about crime after several shops in the fruitvale district burglarizing. antioch city leaders are clamping down on illegal sideshows are installing a new gate at the marina. and we're also tracking the rain. we've got live looks here at stormtracker 4 with wet weather blanketing the entire day. >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at 7. good morning. thank you for joining us on james, let enter hobby in for darya folsom. we've been talking about the rain is coming down. >> comes to the little box for we put their, you know, the and live looks here like at sfo is completely wet across entire airport. john, it's only going to get more and more so throughout the day. i yeah. so really heart of the morning commute is when we're seeing the very heaviest of rainfall. and that is

unfortunately, when a lot of us are doing are getting out and about on the roads, this is what we got out there this morning at the golden gate bridge. some very wet conditions currently and looking outside at half moon bay at the coastline. a lot of rainfall pushing up there as well. let's get a look at the radar right now. those yellow areas are indicating where it's pretty soaked at this moment. and that includes san francisco. the richmond, sandra fell bridge bay bridge as well as up into the east bay hills. the lay how on up through napa. also very much snow coming down for you. a pretty wet from santa rosa down through center fell on 101, and also can't ignore the south bay. we are seeing a little bit of a lull in san jose, but you got plenty of energy sitting to the west of you. that is about to be pushing your direction. upslope onto diablo is east of san jose. resulted in a lot of snowfall already up on mount hamilton around the lick observatory. we'll continue to see that snow or rain and snow for that matter off and on throughout the day. but the heaviest of it is indeed during your morning commute

this morning. expect a little bit of sunshine into the afternoon, interspersed by times where we could even see a thunderstorm building in temperatures are a whole lot cooler than they had been were in the 40's to 50's right now. oakland and alameda sitting at 50 degrees currently calistoga kelsey bill all the way down in the 30's with temperatures that cold. it's easy to see why this is such a wintry system. mid 50's this afternoon. a lot cooler than earlier this week. i'm continuing to break down what we're seeing on towards the weekend in your full forecast over to you, michael. >> hey, good morning, everyone. that's right. lots of wet roads, which means we're going to see some delays. if you're just waking up, you may want to start moving to give yourself some extra time. taking a look right now at traffic tracker for you can see green, but also some small pockets of yellow and orange. we do have the sig alert. there was a traffic collision. it's currently being cleaned up. we're seeing some residual delays on 101, it's on the northbound lanes just before you get to holly. so you may want to just give yourself extra time. the right lanes are currently closed but set to open up soon. taking a look at some drive times right now

for those of you heading from crockett to the maze. 26 minute commute. walnut creek to 5, 80 13 minute commute. it's a 15 minute commute from castro valley to the maison stanley and or to the maze 13 minute commute. so not too bad. taking a live look. once you get to that may as well to 20 minute commute. it's kind of ntop and go traffic. you can see those wet roads and of course, as metering lights are on. we'll take a look over at the san mateo bridge. you can see it is an 18 minute commute. things are running smoothly. there. the roads don't look as wet. but lastly, we'll take a look at the richmond. sandra fell bridge 15 minute commute over that. you can really see just how what those roads on that scene us. >> all right, michael, thank you for that. let's continue our team coverage. yeah, all that wet weather out there that we're tracking jonathan talking about. that's only going to get worse. you just saw the driving conditions are with michael's or slick all over the place. numbers will trend lines and refill as the rain makes its way to the bay will skepta could on back coming down. they will morning.

>> yeah, all that high gear. but all you really need is a report of the stand in the rain to tell you that it is raining and i'm here to tell you it is steady. its been coming down pretty good for the last 8.30, to 40 minutes or so. and i don't think it's going to let up anytime soon. you can clearly see what it's doing to the freeway. all about water being kicked up by the cars. fortunately, it's still early. michael, i was just for him to add some extra time to your commute, just to be safe. because i'm pretty sure that the commute will be thicker as the morning moves on right now. plenty of space between the cars just in case you hydroplane. and yes, you will probably hydroplane from time to time because with this steady rainfall, we do see paddling happening right now. fortunately, little bit chilly, james. so enjoy your nice, warm coffee. but the good news is if you're a driver, i'm here to tell you it is not windy. so should be good to go. but 6 dark, it's

raining. your windshield wipers will be going. give yourself an extra. maybe 5 to 10 minutes for your commute at this time. even more so as the morning stacks but it is raining at this time and i think it's going to be an all-day event, which is why i'm good to go so many people. good news that i'm here to amuse. you look at this. i want to quickly show you. i can't wait for it to stop raining so i can start wearing my shoes again because right now i just have my flip-flops. >> and nobody wants reform. thank you. we'll take you. apps are ready for the rain. okay. so nurses across the bay area are now demanding better working conditions. they nurses rally to san francisco general hospital. >> for better staffing. they were there out at laguna honda hospital. you can see him on the picket line. this video was sent to us from the union and they say there's a shortage of nurses and that's putting patient care at risk. >> the nurses are accusing the hospital of not posting the accurate number of job vacancies that need to be

filled. they also have submitted 1400 complaints about missed a meal breaks and unsafe working conditions. >> meantime, in santa clara county got nearly 4,000 nurses to the picket lines for day 2 of their 3 day strike. asking for higher pay. so this is video and the nurses are striking at saint louise regional hospital yesterday. the county currently offering a 10 and a half percent pay increase over the next 3 years. the nurses are asking for 15%. county officials say nurses from across the country they've been brought in to cover for those that are on strike, which has been pretty expensive. >> over 20 million dollars to bring in staef from agency to support patient care. and we have successfully oriented over 1000 individuals to help provide that care. >> tomorrow will be day 3 for nurses on strike in santa clara county. and they're going to be out there hoping it pushes negotiations for county. officials say the union has not responded to

requests schedule more bargaining sessions. >> 706, is the time and take a close look at the man you see here in this video. campbell, police say he broke into a woman's apartment on apricot avenue last friday evening. the victim says she woke up to find him in her home. that's when he quickly ran off. anybody who recognizes this man is asked to call campbell police. now to an update of a story we first brought you on the kron. 4 morning news. police have arrested a teenager now who they say was responsible for a deadly crash in san jose. it happened yesterday morning near the intersection of neiman boulevard and elkins way. police say the teen was driving the black car that you see there in the video and crashed into another car, killing that driver. spoke to neighbors who say this isn't the first time there's been an accident there on that street. >> loud, loud vehicle me up. and i do want to come out what i did. i hope this one. they will push some traffic light because all we accident. >> well, the teen is now in custody. no word if he was

under the influence at the time of the crash. that part of the investigation is still ongoing. >> well, the city of antioch, they're taking new measures to stop the dangerous driving stunts from happening. the mayor says a new electric is going to be going up right at the marina. the city council voted on tuesday to implement the new gate. it's going to close at night stopping cars. they're trying partake in sideshows in their tracks. so this was back in august when a car involved a sideshow flipped into the water off of any oxbow docks. just this past weekend, more than 200 people showed up at a sideshow at a lone tree way in golf course. drive. the mayor says recent police department scandals have hurt the city's efforts to stop sideshows. but those days are now in the rearview mirror. >> when the police that levels were impacted by the fbi investigation. we lost out there isn't. so that certainly had that it felt like that. we just open the games to sideshows here, but were quickly stepping up. we've got 6 officers in the academy 12 that will be entering the academy made our proactive efforts are are much more

important having police officers dedicated finding. >> and shutting down social and to organized that have been most affected. >> well, during the most recent sideshows police drones did capture license plates of cars involved. mayor hernandez, stuart says the city is going to following up seeking until those cars and find the drivers. >> well, frustration mounting for small business owners in oakland's fruitvale district. now this comes after several shops in the public market. >> burglarized this week kron four's dan thorn spoke to those business owners and finds out what they want done. >> at least for small businesses in oakland's fruitvale public market hit by burglars this week. oakland police say 2 unknown intruders ransacked offices and stole cash and computers from a bakery jewelry store, ice cream shop and electronics repair service. it's super frustrating to see these these folks. you know. >> working every day. the frustration they have. and to

have something like this happen. it's really disheartening. >> business owner dominic prado says his restaurant tacos, el al ballet was spared. but the public market is a tight-knit community and crimes like these are a shared pain. they deserve better. we deserve better. >> many of these business owners have been there for over. 25 years. the nonprofit unity council owns the public market. >> they say despite investing more than a million dollars in security, it has not been enough. we're asking for local regional and federal support so that we can be whole again. prado argues the unity council could also be doing more to help the public markets. merchants. he says the organization has failed to make good on improving safety. we've asked what cameras us for a number of things. last yeaa we were faced with job. >> there was a lot of shootings in the area. both sides have clashed over the response to crime at the market. but they also agree that outside help is needed to

protect these businesses, the support they get also help preserve the neighborhoods. culture i can. the prime will always be here. i think we're we're never going to be out out. red from crying. but i think with that the city to sizable commitment to investing in his neighborhood. well, those growers, dan thorn reporting. >> oakland police say they have not made arrest in tuesday morning's burglaries. asking anybody with any information to give them a call. take a look at this. the car almost crashed into a taco shop in the mission now yesterday afternoon. and police say this might be the result of road rage car damaged a pillar i outside of the business on 18th and valencia. this is the driver left the scene and they later found the car involved, bennett 14th and that homeless streets. >> well, 2 eastbound lanes of the richmond center fell bridge now reopened. as you may know, this week, starting in the evenings at 07:00pm until 05:00am 2 lanes are going to be closed for repairs. the project will likely continue until saturday morning. caltrans says the exact duration of that work.

those are going to be all dependent on the weather. if we get a lot of rain are longer than we expect, it may cause them to push out that road work at that. have to wait and see. john, all know better than anybody. good morning. and we are going to be seeing some heavy rain over the next couple of hours here. >> mother nature may be not timing. this one out the best for us as we are seeing that heaviest and most widespread of it during the morning commute. ms all that blue on the map to low elevation snowfall right here in bay area hillsides. i'm we are

back 7.13, now. 7.14, is the time. and we're still following the very latest with the stormy weather. that's

now. >> completely blanketing the bay. this is a live look at the san mateo highway. 101, hillsdale boulevard to the peninsula, obviously getting its fair share of the rain this morning. and we're also seeing a 2 as we bring it back here in the studio out at sfo, which is behind us right now. and i'll tell you, there is. 115 flights at the airport. i just checked with the faa. there's 2 hour, 15 minute ground delay for all inbound flights, airport because of the winds that they're experiencing right you've got a flight that's coming in. or if you've got a flight that's leaving in the plane is still somewhere else. everything's getting messed up at the airport. you're going want to definitely check so the winds rains. i know it's get a little murky out there on the road on. how long is it supposed to stick around? yeah, the morning hours as where we're seeing the heaviest and most widespread of it, we are going to be seeing it pretty heavy over the next hour or 2. >> after that, though, we'll start to see some intermittent clearing. it's still going to be stormy at times this afternoon, but at least we'll have those windows that hopefully we can catch up on some of those flights that i

know are getting setback right now in this mess that we're seeing. this is all the rainfall that's pushing into the east bay hills right now. and you can indeed see a lot of coverage up and down the peninsula into the north bay across our bridges and now into the east bay shoreline. as you know, those areas of yellow and orange. those are your heavier pockets of rain fall right over bridges. in some cases they're in the santa cruz mountains in the blue indicating snowfall at fairly low elevations. we really soundings later on today to get levels in the atmosphere of what it's exactly looking like right above us. we could very well see some record cold conditions right above the bay area as this low is plunging in some really cold air from the gulf of alaska. you're also seeing some very snowy conditions picking up now in the sierra. there's that low in. it's going to make its way directly overhead as we move our way into the evening hours tonight. so right now it's the cold front. low pushes its way over head tonight. keeps us unsettled. that cold front

comes along with that rush of rain that we're seeing across the bay area, those stronger winds as well. and this will continue over the next couple of hours. unfortunately, right in the middle of the busiest time of day for drivers, you are also seeing some snow just south of the altamont pass to east of san jose. so as above santa rosa, we will see a chance of thunderstorms into the late morning and early afternoon, interspersed by times of sunshine. so keep a close eye on the radar will keep you updated all day long here on kron about what exactly that development occurs into the evening tonight. we'll continue to see those isolated areas of rain and snow up in the mountains above the bay area. starting to dry out by tomorrow morning. tomorrow should actually be a pretty alright morning commute. middle of the day. tomorrow, some thunderstorm building could result in some more isolated heavy showers early to mid-afternoon. before we clear and dry out friday night and then stay dry into saturday in daytime hours of sunday. rainfall amounts over the next couple of days, anywhere between a quarter to three-quarters of an inch of

rain and for the sierra winter weather advisory is in effect all the way through 11:00pm tomorrow night. we have multiple feet of snowfall at the crest of the sierra. few inches of snowfall in our bay area if you are heading up to tahoe, they're taking i-80 or highway 50. do you anticipate chain controls gusty winds and travel delays and very likely as you get up there to try to enjoy some of that spring snow temperatures in the mid 50's for daytime highs today. looking ahead at the next 7 days. huge changes in the works. we've obviously cool down a lot since earlier this week and word bench ali going to warm back up after 3 days in the 50's. we will see temps climbing already near 70 degrees for the eclipse on monday in near 80 by wednesday of this next week. michael. thanks, john. and good morning, everyone. as you heard will tran say earlier, you do want to give yourself extra time because those roads are definitely slick and very wet, which means we're going to see delays. >> taking a look right now at traffic tracker for lots of green, which means everything

is good. but those yellow and those oranges means we're seeing some delays. taking a look over at the south bay right now. you can see it's a 38 minute commute from san jose to menlo park the step of the way you see this yellow and red right here. that's because there was a single earlier this morning. and we've got details right now on your screen. so they are cleaning it up. but the right lanes have been closed off for the last hour or so. chp says it should be cleared up within the 2025. minutes or so. but we're still working on that. and it's right before you get to holly street around the san carlos area, taking some drive time looks over in the south bay as well. 13 minute commute from san jose over to cupertino, which is great. timing drive times right now. castro valley, oakland to oakland, 60 minutes. stanley under to oakland 60 minutes. it's well, san jose to cupertino. a 13 minute commute right now taking a look over the antioch area, antioch to concord. it is only a 20 minute commute and right here if i move out the way, right, so you can see it's normally orange and yellow. they're taking a look at westbound 80 crockett to the maze, a 27

minute commute. but i do want to keep you all informed right around here. there was just a traffic collision that i got aware of before i came on air. we're keeping an eye on it. hopefully it can actually be cleared up soon. but it's right on 80 as you're heading over towards the bridge. but taking a look at the bay bridge right now, a 20 minute commute from the maze over to fremont street which looks good. but you can see a live look at those wet roads and those metering lights are on. so lots of stop and go traffic. so pack your patience this morning. lastly, for some of our inland viewers, livermore to dublin, 14 minute commute, dublin to fremont 17 minute commute. san leandro to milpitas a 28 minute commute in milpitas to sunnyvale. it's only a seven-minute commute. we would like to see those numbers in green the right now they're in yellow. so we'll keep an eye on the roads this morning. brennan, james, we'll send it back to you. all right. okay. 7.19, is the time it for your money. this morning, rare wines and whiskeys are becoming legitimate investments. >> and where does california rank when it comes to financial literacy? let's find

out. jane king standing by live in new york. the nasdaq with the stories. hi, jane. i james, good morning, sir. california ranks 43rd for financial literacy. welcome. put together this list says. >> 40 was great financial planning and habits, but not so good at financial knowledge and education. the state was also down the list on something they called wallet. literacy just basically money management. well, spotify will raise prices as it looks to expand. bloomberg reports the music streamer will increase prices by about one to $2 in the u.s.. the price hikes will happen later this year. well, spotify isn't profitable, but it hopes with the price increase that it can be on its way to making money. instagram and threats are testing new cash bonuses pay creators to post photos, engaging photos and videos. it's just a seasonal program for the spring. now the program is invite only at this point and rare whisky investments yielded over 280% return in the past decade. outperforming the s and p 500 stock lydic says the emergence of whiskey

investment funds and dedicated trading platforms has a lot of investors of all backgrounds to participate. in addition, the whisky market, they expect is poised for significant growth in the coming years from the nasdaq market site. i'm jane king. back to unfortunately, you can't drink your investment. >> you got but you can't say game. >> is now 7. 21 9 people have been confirmed dead following a deadly 7.4 earthquake in taiwan. it's actually the strongest quake there in 25 years. so more than 1000 others were hurt and dozens are still missing in the city of who lane workers are using an excavator to put construction materials around the base of damaged buildings, trying their best to stabilize him and prevent them from collapsing. powerful quake hit 8 was a morning in taiwan. the time when a lot of people are just waking up and start their mornings. one of them flew in death yesterday evening for a business meeting and he shared his experience with us.

>> it comes just a there is begin. and i was at work and working at home. yeah, it's come so great. and there's me and my wife and my in the house that so just with other less 10 everything stopped. >> well, way says the shaking wasn't a strong where he lives. the epicenter was about 200 miles away from his home. but you can see video here. it was a massive earthquake. >> well, meantime, in the bay area, the taiwanese american federation of northern california is raising money now to try and help with relief efforts there in taiwan. >> i think it will be used to help the survivors and to repair buildings and make sure people are taken care of originally quickly as possible. >> the coalition is sending money back to taiwan by either check or online money transfer. if you'd like to donate, we do have a link to their efforts on our website

at kron 4 dot com. >> 4 is your local election headquarters and san francisco board of supervisors president aaron peskin says he is running for mayor. he says he's planning to file paperwork friday morning officially announced his run an event on saturday. food service workers in the bay area. are protests and medicine offices at noon. the vote is going to take place at 2.30, to 04:00pm. and then a san francisco's office on howard street employees trying to bring attention to the lack of level wages because of the rising inflation and food costs. most food service employees contracted by men is that they are living paycheck to paycheck and they hope this protest. he's going to be the first step in future union negotiations moving forward. all right. we're going to >> take a break here at 7.23. but coming up on the kron, 4 morning news, we're tracking the rain which is hitting the bay area. this is a live look outside where, it's going to be raining all morning long and into the afternoon, too. jon triple. we'll have all the

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happening today, senator padilla oakland congresswoman barbara lee. now both be in oakland. lawmakers are here to tour the port of oakland's hydrogen projects this morning. this comes after padilla and lee's cured over a billion dollars for more renewable clean hydrogen across the state last october, lawmakers alert about how the port of oakland is working to improve air quality and also support the state's workforce with green jobs. >> 7.27. is the time. and here's a quick look at the radar as we take a brief break. but we're going to right back with details on the stormy weather that's overhead right now. john's been talking about it will get full details on the timing all right. we are

7.30, is that i'm tracking the rain tracking wind all at happening right now. it's been a perfect mixture morning. certainly want to take a time out there. >> john, i'm wondering, is this going to be into the late evening hours as well for us. so mostly a morning event will still see stormy weather at times during the rest of the day. but this is the cold front that's pushing through right now. it's really pushing up those winds and this heavy line of showers that is making its way through, unfortunately placed right in the middle of the morning commute where we're sitting down in the south bay right now, we've seen some increasing shower activity. currently san jose and this view is look at a little darker than it did earlier this morning. you can see those areas of yellow and orange on the map that you're heavy rainfall that's now making its way across the east bay hills right here. and it is causing quite a wallop of rainfall right along 80 stretching from toledo, richmond, down through berkeley and emeryville. well,

if you head down 6.80, horror 5.80, in the east bay, you're also looking at some definitely heavy rain in the spots right here. so definitely a morning that is going to be bringing a slow commute, which michael keep you updated on further south in the bay. both the san mateo and dumbarton bridges are looking at rainfall actively san jose, a little quieter by comparison. but when you head to the hills above san jose, that's where you're seeing some snowfall this morning. it's not just a rainy system. this is a cold one, too, and resulting in some snow at surprisingly low elevations for april. futurecast shows the continued line of this heavy rainfall through the morning commute. again, unfortunate timing that the very heaviest and most widespread of rain has to be. while we're all getting out there, we'll still see pockets of rain into the afternoon. interspersed by times of sunshine and drying watch for isolated thunderstorm development has all this happens. temperatures in the 40's right now for most areas. we've got that cold front pushing through and temperatures have actually fallen for quite a few spots.

calistoga sitting at 39 degrees right now. easy to see why you have snow at such a low elevations. there's your view from the east bay hills as that rain is falling. temperatures in the 50's for very warmest at any point today, even with some peeks of sunshine later on. i know michael is keeping us updated on the latest. a lot going on out there right now. right? >> a lot of wet roads. there we go. there's my voice. take a look right now. this is this is near whipple's avenue over in the redwood city to step out. the ways you can see earlier this morning there was sig alert put out. so they're currently cleaning it up. but there was a traffic collision. the right lanes are currently closed. so if you're heading up the peninsula, just keep that in mind. and again, this is a live look. we want to get back over to the traffic tracker for maps. you can see lots of green, but also still lots of yellow and lots of red taking a look over towards the bay bridge in the east bay right now, westbound lanes on 80 before you get to the actual tolls. there's been an accident there. they're working to clear that up. so

hopefully that gets cleared up within the next hour. but just keep that in mind. so that's on top of the rain delays that were already seen. taking a live look right now at the bay bridge. 22 minute commute from the maze over to fremont street. you can see lots of stop and go traffic. i also just got aware that there's a situation on the bridge near treasure island that is blocking off one of the lanes there. so i'm looking to that. we'll have more details. lastly, this is the details regarding that redwood city, san carlos area car accident again, the right northbound lanes are going to be closed off, but we'll have more details in the next 15 minutes. we'll send it back to the desk. all right, michael, thank you for that update. their lock outside. yeah, 7.33. the time. let's go to the north bay right now. we're san anselmo man now suing the marine police department. >> after he says an officer tased and arrested him while he was suffering a seizure kron four's gayle ong talked with the man's attorney and shows us the body camera video of the arrest. >> got to warn you. this might be hard for some to watch. >> police body camera capturing the call to brew

sprinkles. sanon summer home on the early morning of august. 29th frankel's fiancee at the time now wife called 9-1-1. but when officers arrived, the situation escalated. what this neighborhood go later learned he was suffering from a grand mal seizure on wednesday, frankel filed a lawsuit against the central marin police authority. his lawyer, david feel he's still struggling with the physical issues and still struggling. >> the emotional issues from yet to shoulder surgeries. so he's recovering from those which occurred over last 2 years. so the lawsuit alleges excessive force, false arrest and officers conspiring to fabricate charges. one of the responding officers can be heard giving a statement on police body camera video feel right. >> it's all kind happened you

right? checked so i try to control like its arm. with tweet. wanted the trying to light. want some started that first. have says it address >> a statement from the central marin police authority reads in part, quote, as much as we would like to the authority by law is precluded from commenting upon medical and personnel matters that are deemed confidential and private. however, the authority will vigorously defend itself against this meritless and factually inaccurate litigation. a separate statement to kron 4 from the lawyer representing the officers reads in part, the officers who arrived on scene to help in response to the medical call did an extraordinary job under very difficult circumstances. mister frankel presented symptoms that mimic someone under the influence. he was irrational, unstable and violent. while we now know this was the consequence of a seizure at the time the officers had no such

information and acted in accordance with training law and policy. the lawsuit seeks economic damages for medical expenses and punishment sufficient to ensure that the situation does not happen again. this department has seen the similar set of facts before an epileptic >> suffering a seizure years before this occurred of the officers mistook it for something else and beaten, then arrested a person who is suffering an epileptic seizure. gayle ong kron. 4 news. >> there you hear the screams that's coming from. a woman of the leahy says she was the victim of a robbery. in fact, she shared this dash cam video doesn't show the robbery, but you can hear recorded the whole thing. >> this was at a red light on sonoma boulevard in tennessee street. she says she was listening to music when somebody pulled up next to her and smashed her window. >> reached in to try to take

all of her belongings. she resisted. and that's when the attacker took off. now we did reach out to the valley of police about this video. >> we haven't heard back yet. we'll let you know when we do. >> all charges of prophet to san francisco, sheriff department oversight board member was arrested for assault. william palmer was arrested and charged assault. and i've been in jail since november. sizzle district attorney brooke jenkins says the charges were dropped after new evidence came to light among the alleged victims. credibility. prosecutors dismissed the charges on the eve of the trial. palmer has always maintained his innocence >> okay, 7.37. the time now talk about the a's. we know the team executives were up in sacramento talking with officials there trying to finalize a deal to play in sacramento until their las vegas stadiums built. so the team's lease of the oakland coliseum expires at the end of the year congress. dan kerman talk to some fans and got their reaction. >> speculation continues to spread that the oakland a's

not only are abandoning attempts to extend their lease at the coliseum passed this year, but they're in final negotiations to play those interim years at this minor league facility in sacramento. only sad because >> sacramento is really far and it's i don't know. a lot of the fans are going to go over there, sacramento, to see the environment. probably not going to be the same. so that's going to really sad. fans attending wednesday's a's game at the coliseum against the red sox were not surprised to hear the news. >> but some remain skeptical. i just can't imagine these guys playing in mind of a stadium sacramento, but 105 degree right? >> what wait to see what the players association has to say about that. the stadium is wome to the sacramento river cats whose owner run a diva. a also owns the sacramento kings. the team that was one step out the door to seattle. >> before his ownership group bought the team in 2013. having gone through what you went through with sacramento.

>> it should be discussing to to be part of supporting a relocation of the team, ripping it from the community. ryan johansen with the a's fan group. oakland's last dive bar says if the move to sacramento happens, it will make the ultimate moved to las vegas all the more easy. but he doesn't blame oakland city leaders whose least extension offer was rejected this week. there's nothing the city can offer that will make stay. jon fisher does not want to be in oakland. a's want nothing to do with oakland. dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> well, at the state capitol lawmakers are back to work after a spring recess. developing solutions to address the state's multi-billion-dollar budget deficit. so the non-partisan legislative analyst's office says the gap is at 73 billion dollars. but the newsom administration says it's closer to about 38 billion dollars. democrat senate lawmakers have proposed early budget action trying to shrink the budget for this fiscal year and therefore reduce the deficit.

>> early action means that we can bring this deficit to a more manageable level. governor newsom says he hopes to work with both the senate and the state assembly to refine the plan. >> democratic leaders in the assembly say their concern, surly action plan could include cuts programs to address homelessness and they're working on their own troubles. are so the office of the assembly, speaker robbery this issue, the statement saying, quote, this reflects members feedback and the assembly's careful, deliberative process. as we look forward to refining his plan. further conversation with the senate and newsom's administration. meanwhile, republicans say they've been left out of budget discussions by democratic leaders and the governor. and we've been actively tracking the storm and talking about. >> starting to come down there. but how long is it going to be doing that? jon travel has an update local travel has an update local right back after the break. ( ♪♪ )

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all right. well, here goes my weekend plans because of the east bay. tomorrow was supposed to be the return of opens first fridays. >> but it's been postponed because of the rain in the forecast. so the monthly event brings together. small businesses are as performers. this is on telegraph avenue. you might remember it was canceled over the past 3 months. we've who couldn't and gather like we normally do because of financial issues. organizers say they're trying their best host. the event next week, though, if that doesn't happen, the event will return in may. so i was trying has done, if you could just talk to the weather, people may just rain was the rain until that before us

fortunately doesn't have that power. good morning, jon. yeah, heaviest is going to be today. wish i could tell it after this morning commute is over. but >> hey, that is absolutely not the case. the very heaviest of it is falling out there right now. and we're seeing a lot of it above san francisco right now, for example, got this view of the city pretty fogged in at this moment pretty clouded up. we're seeing a little bit of snow right there atop mount tam. we've got a top mount hamilton mount diablo and mount saint helene. it too. our bay area mountaintops getting some april snow fall. this is that cold system for this time of year and it's really packing a punch. as far as rain goes to some of our heaviest of rain along highway. 24 sitting between berkeley in walnut creek this morning. it is coming down for you. also seeing heavy stuff right around the late show. up to fairfield san jose. as you make your way westward. you're also looking at some heavy spots highway 17 between san jose and santa cruz currently seeing some very strong winds

and the heavy rain to this is a cold system. so it does come along with a lot of snowfall in the sierra well down into the sierra foothills is low in elevation is plaster ville at 1800 feet could see 2 inches of snowfall. that's low elevation stuff. and it's april, as i mentioned, low pressure area makes its way directly overhead. tonight. what we're dealing with right now is the thrust of that cold front pushing it along with those strong winds and heavy rains. just in the midst of your morning commute right here and we'll continue to see that widespread rain right up until around 10:00am after that point, we start to see more spotty showers. chances of heavy isolated downpours interspersed by times of sunshine 12:45pm. right here. rainfall over san francisco next hour. you're free and clear of it. we'll continue to see some overnight showers tonight. spotty showers and a few rolls of thunder possible storms could produce an isolated area. some cloud to ground lightning and even some small hail too. tomorrow morning should actually be a fairly calm morning commute convection builds again tomorrow afternoon with a

chance of thunderstorms leading into the mid afternoon tomorrow. that's what all those event organizers for first fridays are looking at right there. we'll continue to see spotty showers into the early evening. but after that, really calm down and are smooth sailing from friday night through the rest of the weekend into saturday in daytime hours on sunday, rainfall adds up between a quarter to three-quarters of an inch of rain. as for the sierra winter weather advisory is in effect remains in effect through 11:00pm tomorrow night heading to the sierra anticipate wet slick roadways. we've got multiple inches of snowfall in our bay area mountaintops and the chance of multiple feet of snowfall at the crest of the sierra above 5,000 feet. chain controls likely to be in effect. so make sure to bring all the supplies with you. temperatures today are going to be in the mid 50's a full 20 degrees cooler that we were just 2 days ago and we stay cool into the weekend, too. chilly rain today. mountain snowfall continues into tomorrow with spotty showers for the bay area. saturday is

going to be a dry but cool one sunday dry during the day. a chance of an evening sprinkle by monday for the eclipse. temperatures already climbing close to 70 by wednesday of next week for her right back up near 80 degrees. so changing really quickly, michael. >> thanks, john. and good morning, everyone. that is correct. we're seeing a lot of wet roadways and taking a look right now. you can see that green, meaning things are good. but then you see a lot of red, a lot of yellow. and that means that there are delays to start off by giving us information in the east bay. if you're heading into the city, you can see there's a traffic collision right there on westbound 80. before we get to the tolls now some lanes are blocked off so you can and expect some delays. there's red in that area. but taking a live look right now at the actual bay bridge. take a look from the maze to fremont street over that bridge. a 21 minute commute. and you can see just how wet those roads are, stop and go traffic. and of course, does metering lights are on another instant that we're dealing with is over on the actual peninsula. for those of you in

the south bay heading up towards the city, there was a traffic collision earlier this morning. things are starting to clear up, but there's still a lot of residual delays and you can see the right lanes on northbound. 101 have been closed off. this is in the redwood city area just south of holly around with full. so keep that in mind as you're heading out this morning and sticking with the south bay. take a look. you can see 101 all the way up, lots of green, but then a lot of large pockets of that red and yellow. and that's for both ways. san jose to menlo park. a 55 minute commute. keep in mind at 5 o'clock this morning that was around a 22 minute commute or so. sticking in the south bay, san jose to cupertino. 24 minutes. and of course, you see that red and you see that yellow there. but giving those in the east bay some drive times right now, antioch to concord. 21 minutes things look good in that area. when ce take a look at drive times from crockett to the maze. 31 minutes. walnut creek to 5, 80. 21 minutes. castro valley to the means. 21 minutes. san leandro to the maze. also, 29 minutes now

that orange means that it is a little bit longer than usual. the green is what we are looking lastly, drive times for those little bit more inland livermore to dublin. 11 minutes, dublin to fremont 17 minutes. and we've got that really big a commute of 39 minutes. san leandro to milpitas orange again. once it gets to that color. that's right. before read milpitas to sunnyvale. 9 minutes. i will send it back to you guys at the desk. alright, michael deaver, that. so there's been a change in leadership at the food bank. >> contra costa and solano counties, a landslide has been named the new president, ceo of the food bank. she previously spent 11 years of the food bank before running mills on will's dabo. she says a lot has changed due to the pandemic donations are down and the organization could always use more volunteers people who are in need food in our community. are your neighbors. >> they're not. >> some other group of people that you don't see every day. they're just like you and me. >> and for a variety of they

need food and we truly believe that nobody should have to go hungry in our community. >> all the food bank now serves more than 400,000 people each and every month. >> all right. now to bay area baseball. the giants taking on the dodgers in the last game of their series as they try and get a win. one would be nice. yes. sports director jason dumas. >> has all the highlights. >> this series against the dodgers was a great barometer for the giants. they are completely healthy. but you still want to see where they stack up against the best roster in the majors. and i have to say seems like they were a bit outclassed. the giants. >> and being their road chavez ravine, they've yet to beat the dodgers there. bob melvin and his team complained ok, ball. the winds have not resulted out of that. wanted to change it in la top of the 3rd giants down one, nothing. no one offer. patrick bailey drive to right.

>> see that's out in a hurry. his first home run of the season and we're all tied at one. top of the 6 is 4, 1, dodgers. michael conforto, he gets a couple back. that's going knock pits that liner to right. 2 runs. come on in to score. >> it is 4 to 3, but in the 7th. show, time he says. this is why the highest-paid player in baseball, dodgers go back up. runs. ending the giants trying to keep up. jorge solera. talk about a moon shot. first of all, i love his 11th. but that one went 452 feet. fortunately, giants could muster up any offense after that, they lose 5 to 4. they get swept in l a they have the day all and they will have their home opener on friday against the he had

leverage and other news. the a's also got swept by the red sox and the warriors are in houston taking on the rockets tonight that you look at sports. >> all right. thank you, jason. it is 7.52. we're going take a break. but here we have a live look at the radar. we're again. we've got a lot of rain around the bay will get complete details on today's forecast and beyond in just a minute. business. it's not a nine-to-five proposition. it's all day and into the night. it's all the things that keep this world turning. it's the go-tos that keep us going. the places we cheer. trust. hang out.

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>> welcome back. it is 7.55 on this very wet start to the day. let's continue to get a look at what is going on out

there now, as you're waking up to get the morning commute started, we are seeing our most widespread of rainfall right in the middle of this drive to work this morning placement, mother nature, not the best for us. we are seeing some of the heaviest of rainfall right from concord, through walnut creek, right along 6.80, right now and along highway 24 between walnut creek in berkeley. it's also coming down really heavy there. watch for some wet spots where there could be standing water on roadways as you make your way down. 5.80, in the east bay also coming up, pretty good around the oakland hills. notice those areas of blue and purple right atop of mount tam mount diablo, mount hamilton, mount saint helene in the north bay. that's low elevation snow fall. this is exceptionally low snow considering what time of year we're talking. this could be record breaking cold for this time of april for upper elevations. as far as that cold goes. so overall very much, though, wet morning, something to watch out. there's you're getting outside is going to be slick roads up highway 17 and then

also look at south bay right now, heavy rain encroaching on san jose building to the east. so san jose, you're just now starting to see rain picking up. you're likely to see even more of it moving in over the next few minutes here. so definitely an active morning and we stay active throughout the course of the morning. as for future cast, you see this line of showers that isp pushing through the bay area as we speak. this is the cold front that is making its way through right now. it's also coming along with the push of gusty winds and all this, of course, as you are making your morning drive by the time that we reach 10:00am, you start to see the shower activity pushing further inland pockets of rain and thunderstorm activity here around 11:00am for portions of marin and sonoma counties. after that towards noon, still some pockets of heavy rain, but also some clearing going on intermittently again towards 01:00pm there over san francisco in livermore chance of thunderstorm development. so you get the idea of where we go into the afternoon. it is going to be a lot more spotty. the most widespread of

it during the morning. i'm going to keep you updated as we continue to work our way through this busy and wet morning commute for this thursday. still to come, stay with us. during the 8 o'clock hour.

>> from the bay area's local news station. we now with breaking news. >> well, the breaking news this morning is going to be a gut punch to a's fans who wanted the a's to stay in oakland. turns out they are, in fact, moving