now on the kron. 4 morning news. a north bay pe teacher facing felony charges in connection with child crimes. san jose city leaders approved the new limits on where the un house can park their rv's near schools and legendary stanford basketball coach. and of year announcing her retirement after a record-setting career. >> from the bay local news station, you're watching you on morning team. >> good morning. 10:00am and i'm james fletcher on this wednesday, april 10th and we've got live looks behind us here. the embarcadero. it is nothing but sunny out there and soon enough, it's going to be warm, especially inland. good morning, jon. this afternoon might be a little unfamiliar warm to a lot of us that haven't felt.

>> the 80's in a while, at least if you've been in the bay area all winter long because will be the first time in forecasting those numbers for you. quite a long time. this is your look outside at san francisco. a spot that won't quite get to the 80's but will be warm itself. downtown san francisco looking at some low 70's later on today. where is if you head out to the coastline, some marine layer out that direction is being seen in half moon bay going to keep temperatures along the immediate coast hanging out in the 60's, our inland areas. the toasty us did already warming up. brett, what you're sitting at 66 degrees right now. dublin livermore in the low 60's while oakland down throughout the media in the upper 50's getting a look ahead at what we've got later on today. there's those low 80's for those inland spots, bayshore cities in some cases getting right up next to 80 degree mark, i'll give you the full rundown on what to expect as we go. james. >> john, thank you. 10 o'clock the time and the end of an era. stanford women's basketball coach tara vanderveer announcing her retirement. she is the nc

double a's all-time winningest basketball coach by any metric kron four's will tran live at stanford with the story. well. >> this is the first time in 38 years. the students at stanford waking up going to class going to lunch and coach tara vanderveer is not 3rd coach. that's how long her run has been at this location. 45 altogether? late last night, she said, you know what? after 45 years started at 25 years old and it at 70 years old. i think i've had a good run. and boy, does she have a good run? here are the numbers you could debate. who's the goat? you know, the greatest of all time in many sports sections. but when it comes to her, there is no debate because heard number speak for themselves. get this 1216 wins. that's the most winds by any coach in ncaa history. men's or women. 14 final 4 appearances. 28 sweet.

16 appearances. 21 elite, 8 appearances. 26 conference championships. as far as the regular season, you know, gold medallist as well won the gold medal in 1996. being the coach for the women's basketball team. usa basketball team. >> her resume is stacked. but you know what? if you talk to some of the students here, her biggest resume could be our impact. >> really sad that she's going, but i'm really excited about the lasting impact that she's leaving kind of impact. does she leave here? definitely one of inspiration, especially being the winningest coach in ncaa history and everything she left a lot of people something to look up to and look forward to and especially in the new wave of as we see, you know, more people are watching apwomen's sports. we just saw that lsu iowa game has some of that. one of the top ship some history. it's been a really amazing to see and watch it fall. her career.

>> she's going to have a news conference 1 o'clock this afternoon, which we will live stream get this so this is the last year stanford will be in the pac 12 next year. they're moving to the acc, which is a lot more travel for the team and for her. not exactly sure if that played anything into it. we will know at 01:00pm news conference for thoughts. why she decided at 7 years old. you know what? it's been a great run. 45 years and i am done. she started at 25. that was her first win. and then she went on to coach first at idaho, ohio state. and for the past 38 years here at stanford, coaching players that easily could have been her grandchildren. but instead she related to them every step of the way. >> will thank you very much. see what her next adventure is 10. 0, 3, on the clock. now to the south bay where san jose is moving forward with tougher

restrictions on where rv's can be parked near schools. it was a unanimous vote by the city council kron four's. sara stinson walks us through it. >> san jose city leaders say the ban is one of policies designed to protect children. the city plans to first try the restrictions at 3 of its schools before expanding its city-wide. but homeless advocates say this pushes the unhoused out nowhere to go. san jose city council approved an rv van tuesday. it will first be piloted at 3 schools. independence high school shirakawa elementary school and challenger at mayor matt mahan says the city needed to pass tougher restrictions because he says students don't feel safe at school went henson, rv encampment czar nearby. >> sometimes being harassed on their way on and off campus. we're having break-ins on campus. even found needles on their picnic tables back in 2021, the city voted to restrict encampments within

150 feet of schools. >> but that's become more of an informal guidance. council members say the new initiative will give the city authority to put up no parking signs and tow our views within the school zone. homeless advocates have been opposing this measure since january and they continue to do so. you see a dog on the side of the road. >> do you not going over and big 0 dot for him? and we're treating our people list and dogs. you room mineralized the. >> the unhoused people because they don't have a home. >> maybe they shouldn't be near schools. okay. but you know, there's no place for them to go. mayor mahan agrees that while they work to protect schools, they also need to provide more support to those being pushed out of the school zones and to have safe manage places where that safe sleeping safe parking. >> interim shelter, permanent housing when it's a place for someone to go. when we. >> councilmember david cohen

expressed frustration saying the approved various rv, safe parking site in his district would help provide a place for people to go. but it continues to be delayed. >> i've been very vocal about need to expedite the cited to be able to get rv's off the streets and give them and often in places san jose city council will have a second reading on this next month. once it gets the final approval, the city says it will be months before people any of the enforcement as the department of transportation needs to do is safety assessment. i'm sara stinson reporting in the newsroom. kron 4 news. >> 10. 0, 6, is the time in over the last year, california spent nearly 24 billion dollars on various efforts to fix problems with homelessness. but a new state audit found that california hasn't been tracking whether those efforts have actually been working. furthermore, the audit took a closer look at the cities of san jose and san diego and found that neither had been doing a very good job of tracking are evaluating the effectiveness of their programs regarding

homelessness. san jose mayor matt mahan says he's not surprised by the finding. in fact, improving accountability was one of the things he stood for when he ran for mayor. >> we need more transparency, more accountability. better tracking. absolutely. but we should be tackling this city by city county by county. we should have a top-down statewide framework for how we're going to measure the efficacy of the dollars were using. >> the state legislature is likely to pass some specific rules now and regulations requiring better tracking at all levels. the contra costa county coroner has identified the 9 year-old who was killed in a rollover crash this weekend in concord as dana hernandez tapia from oregon. the california highway patrol says girl's mother, 13 year-old sister and 17 year-old cousins were also in the car that crashed along 6.80 sunday morning. all of them are still recovering at the hospital. investigators say the driver took off from the scene after the crash. and

advocacy group now offering a $10,000 reward for information on an east palo alto man's death. after police ruled it a homicide. so he's pallotta. police say they found 54 year-old leonard clark dead on newell road right near west bayshore road monday morning. and autopsy confirmed the clarks fatal injuries were criminal in nature. the group mothers against murder is offering a reward now for any information given in the next 90 days. that helps with this investigation. in the north bay, police have arrested a high school teacher accused of sexually abusing a student. brad rau is a pe teacher in american canyon. high school is currently being held on $100,000 bond now as he faces 3 felony counts. school district is also put him on administrative leave. and new this morning, san francisco mayor london breed has just announced that she's going on official trip to china michael thomas here in the studio with more on what the mayor wants to accomplish with this. good morning, michael. >> hey, good morning, everyone. that's right. now

mayor london breed. she's really set to meet with chinese leaders to help both strengthen the economic connections and cultural ties here with the city of san francisco. she set to leave this saturday and she'll be accompanied by a delegation of local api business and community leaders. now they'll be embarking on an entire a tour across multiple cities and this includes stops shenzhen beijing and shanghai. the mayor's looking to really build off of the success of the apec summit that was hosted here in san francisco so by meeting with airlines to expand travel to san francisco tech companies to help reinvent. looks cute. reinvigorate the downtown areas and educational institutions to learn how to bring new industries into the city. now the trip will be helping. mayor london breed's 30 by 30 plan which aims to add 30,000 more residents and students to san francisco's downtown by 2030. now mayor breed's trip also marks the 45th anniversary of the san

francisco shanghai sister city relationship, which is the first u.s. and china sister city relationship that was ever established. the mayor of shanghai is also expected to travel here in san francisco. this coming may. >> thank you, michael. 10, 10 is the time in the east bay, 2 dozen new docking stations and hundreds of e-bikes are coming to the east bay. it's all part of the b y wheels, regional bike share system. 565 e bikes. and docking stations are going to be in oakland and emeryville. the expansion marks the second phase of a 2 step plan to introduce more bikes and docking stations to san francisco in san jose. the cost of using the bikes was reduced as well. yesterday city leaders praised these latest developments. take a listen. >> we know e-bikes allow more people of all abilities to ride bikes and have access to alternative modes of transportation. it can be very expensive. so being able to have a more expensive

membership option, we just opening access to a lot more people. this is critical, too. >> not just getting people out of cars and advancing more sustainable trips. also, didn't first last mile options for people in berks land? these banks? >> well, bay wheels, regional bike share system is partnering with the metropolitan transportation commission as well as lift to make all of this happened since 2017. the program provided more that 6,000 pedal, powered and pedal assist electric bikes across san jose. san francisco, oakland, berkeley and emeryville. >> it's 10, 11, almost 10, 12 now. and still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news, the antioch police department now see more people join the police force after dealing police force after dealing with a staffing crisis

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every epic footlong deserves the perfect sidekick. happened today. there's a brand-new skate park being unveiled up in american canyon. >> it's at the veterans memorial park situated right behind the american canyon middle school and phillip west aquatic center. the enhanced skate park is going to have some new features on it. they've got a concrete. >> many bowl, a large concrete, big bowl. >> and other things as well. the ribbon cutting ceremony starts at 3.30 this afternoon. and today would be a great day for a little skateboarding up in american canyon. kind of the perfect good morning, yeah, this is like perfect for skateboarding for share for getting outside. staying a little hydrated because i haven't fell 80's in a while and maybe you have to be there. so for spots like san jose, 83 degrees might be a little warmer than you've gotten accustomed to the past few months. doesn't sound

super high, but we just haven't been there lately where we're sitting at the coastline. we're still seeing a lot of familiar it 60's at the coast for your highs further inland. you get the warmer. it becomes yet a gentle sea breeze and getting get too far inland. today we will be looking at this low pressure area, though, returning later on into the weekend. so the high pressure ridge that's contributing to our warm-up today and tomorrow is actually going to be on the outs this weekend. and we cool down quickly starting friday, but really taking hold on saturday. daytime highs only in the 50's amid showers sunday, some morning showers. but the low moves out rather quick. and by monday, high pressure ridge building in again. now friday night is when we can expect to see that potential of some showers increasing already after what would have been a cool friday saturday are very coolest and most widespread rain and mountain snow fall. several inches of snow in the sierra sunday. a day of starting to clear out before we get back to that warmer weather next week. as for your rainfall over the weekend, anywhere

between a half to 3 quarters of an inch for most urban areas, we could see localized amounts greater than this, though. so this is some pretty decent april rainfall for sure. april showers bringing next week's flowers, i 60's for your daytime highs at the coastline while 70's to 80's for most of the rest of us, south bay temperatures will be solidly in the 80's with san jose. as i mentioned, among our warmer spots at 83 dublin livermore. fremont right at 80 degrees each while oakland through richmond. at 75 north bay. temperatures anywhere from the low 80's for the stimulant to the 60's right along the coastline tomorrow, just as warm as today for a lot of spots. whole big step back down into the mid 60's and mid 50's by saturday. rainfall most likely through saturday into early sunday. james. john, thank you. it's 10 16 and up in the north bay. a drunk driver caused a power outage over the weekend that affected more than 3,000 pge customers. >> so according to the fairfield police, they say a drunk driver hit a pg poll.

indications street east of clay street just a little after 12, a little before 12, 30 in the morning. they say the crash serve are severed. the poll which then puts stress on the electrical lines right near caused a small fire on a fence line along travis boulevard. ongoing flaring out of the chevron refinery in richmond has prompted a level one warning for residents. this is video of the most recent flaring back in february. but health officials say a level one notification means that there is no threat to public health, at least not at this point. and the impacts from this flaring are expected to stay on that property. the cause of the flaring now that still under investigation. issue of retail theft was back in the spotlight up at the state capitol, a package of bills that assembly speaker robert reverse vows will target thieves and protect businesses came up for a key hearing. we have our capitol correspondent eytan wallace with the details. >> will reeve us is confident these bills will send a strong message on retail theft, but

some of the gop argue more action is needed. >> measure passes that vote in the assembly. public safety committee was the exact outcome. speaker robert rivas had hoped for as members of the committee overwhelmingly approved his package of 7 bills on retail theft. >> the gold deliver solutions that work that truly work for all californians impacted by retail crime and theft. that was really speaking just before the bills passed the committee included in his legislative package, the reduction act. it will create a penalty of prison time up to 3 years for those convicted of stealing property with the intent to sell. and it will allow for what's known as aggregate meaning several thefts committed by one person can all add up to meet the larger penalty for grand theft. also included an expansion of diversion and rehab programs and a proposal to provide law enforcement with the tools to keep repeat offenders in custody. this bill says to organized crime rings, we mean business and

we're going to give law enforcement the tools they need to shut you down other bills in the package include want to expand retail theft to include stolen cargo and another to extend the california highway patrol's regional retail crime task force indefinitely. this is change. this is action. these our solutions but not included in the bill. a proposal to repeal prop. 47 passed by california voters in 2014. the law change certain nonviolent crimes from felonies to misdemeanors, including theft when the items stolen are valued at less than $950. >> while supporters have long argued the law will help reduce california's prison population and lead to criminal justice reform opponents, including something member tom lackey say it emboldened criminals to take part in certain crimes like retail theft, but little to no punishment. it's the impetus to the problem. >> no, it's the main reason for the problem. and it was ill-advised. it's time to fix it. let the people speak and let us respond. >> and to overturn prop 47, it

ultimately will be up to voters to have the final say. as for the reverse back to bill's remember, they still need to go through various committees and both chambers of the legislature to make it to the governor's desk reporting at the state capitol. eytan wallace kron. 4 news. >> thank you. wait on 10, 20 is the time at the state capitol and assembly public safety committee addressed the number of bills including several on artificial intelligence and one of the proposals would make it a felony to possess child specifically made with ai 16 year-old former disney channel actress kalen hammond testified before the committee and spoke about how she's been impacted by the misuse of ai-generated images. >> they basically in my case they took a photo of me and then what used it create ai-generated images of whatever that was. so it is very dangerous. and i just kind of want to, i guess, warned people and and just really bring it to light to life that dangerous. >> anyone found guilty could

face up to one year in county jail and 3 years in state prison. >> kron 4 your local election headquarters and there are now 2 requests for a recount in the race to replace an actual in congress. >> the request or filed in san mateo and santa clara counties. and under california election rules, it's the top 2 primary candidates regardless of party that move on to the general election. well, sam liccardo won first place with 21% of the vote. so he's on that ballot. this recount is for second place because at the moment, evan low and joe, some indian are tied. they each have 16.6% of the vote. so as it stands, they will both join the cargo on the ballot in november. 3 candidates. we'll let you know if this recount request moves forward. new this morning, the faa is now investigating claims by a boeing whistleblower about alleged flaws in the 7.87 dreamliner aircraft. sam sell up or engineer at boeing says that the company took shortcuts

during manufacturing of that aircraft. he claims the fuselage is of the 7.87 are improperly fastened together, which could weaken over time. that's a lump or his lawyer claims his concerns were ignored and he faced retaliation after raising those red flags back in january. as for boeing, they claim that the problem that he's referring to was corrected back in 2020 and says that his claims are inaccurate. singapore is scheduled to testify next week at a hearing before u.s. senate subcommittee. we'll take a break. it's 10. 22 coming up on the kron. 4 morning news state attorney general rob bonta plans to crack down on corporations that are convicted of criminal offenses. >> tell you what he wants

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happening tomorrow. ikea is going to be opening up a food hall at their san francisco location. >> that food hall will take up 2 floors can seat up to about 450 people. the space will also have entertainment, including live music. they could also host community gatherings. people can dine and we're told, be able to enjoy 11 different culinary cuisines. the food hall is also set to serve nordic style beer by local brewery. 4 point. so if you're up for that sample that grand opening is set for 11, 30 this morning. well, an update now to the team tryouts at can ballers held over the weekend. 3 players have officially been signed, including a female player. andrew martinez, connor, probably and kelsey put bar have all signed their contracts and will attend spring training next month. kelsey with more, by the way, made history back in 2022, she

was the first woman to sign a professional contract with an mlb partner league team with the staten island ferry hawks and martinez and copper ali. our bay area natives are from san francisco and flail. the ball is now have 31 players under contract going into the club's spring training. speaking of baseball, should nevada taxpayers have the chance to decide for themselves if they want to pay for the a's new stadium there in las vegas, a legal battle on that very question is playing out now at the nevada supreme court, the nevada state education association filed a petition saying that it's the voters who should decide this. but a clark county judge struck it down. so the group appealed to the state's highest court. if the petition is reinstated, the group still needs to collect more than 100,000 signatures. if they want to get it on the ballot, the amount in question in terms of money is about 200 million dollars out of the 350 million. that's being paid for by nevada taxpayers. we'll take a break here at 10. 27 up next on the kron. 4 morning

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30 here on the kron. 4 morning news at the half hour. let's get a check of the weather you haven't heard today and tomorrow are going to be those days this week enjoy a job. the these are the days that we are going to be looking at some low 80's inland and solid mid 70's right along the bay shore. >> this will be bringing some of the warmest weather so far this year. now we are seeing outside of golden gate park right now. some nice sunshine overhead. the closer you get to the coastline as expected,

those cooler temperatures will be seen. we do have some fog patches that the immediate coast, so don't go there to see your heat. >> your other feel that for this inland brentwood sitting at 70 degrees right now are for spot to hit 70 and a lot of the rest of us will be joining you very, very quickly. a lot of 70's and a lot of low 80's today and tomorrow is going to be a repeat of this before we really cool down into the weekend. i'll get to all those changes in the forecast as we go back over to you, james. all right. thank you very much, john. it's 10, 30 and the search is underway right now for this great whale. who can you see there? >> tangled up in some fishing lines and now is dragging some buoys along with it. we have kron four's theresa stasi reporting now that this whale was spotted off the coast of the bay area. and if it's not freed, its chance of surviving, not good. >> ultimately, if we don't get it off and killing that's the reality with most intact, you know, actually, one of this significance. >> justin viz bank is with

noaa, the national oceanic atmospheric administration. i spoke with him on the phone from los angeles where he is working with local teams. he says that the whale was initially spotted back on march 22nd in the southern california city of laguna beach, a group trained specialists attempted to help the whale and removed a gill net amash of netting to catch fish that is wrapped around its tail. what the whale was spooked. the whale very reactive. >> to us trying to close approach basically had to stand down. the intent was to leave the satellite tag in the billions on as we typically do to come back find the whale again over the next couple of days so that we can wind give themselves some time to calm down and slow down and kind of where all about. and too, it was a chance regroup. get off. hopefully figure out a way to cut all large, massive bill that that's wrapped around its tail. this pick says that they lost track of the whale on

march 24th and now they know why. >> when the whale was spotted tuesday, the group discovered that the tracker had fallen off. >> and they didn't have a replacement. he says once they find the whale again, then they can spring into action. but it will be a complicated mission that well is found. do we have resources in that area? >> where we can respond in a timely fashion. if we're lucky enough to get all of those things to come together, we actually can get back out on the whale with time day like you're probably whether all of those things and we have the challenge of trying to cut off gillnets that's the challenge feel that it's not like, you know what that that that was part line here. just line. typically you can tap water to people places in the line of the law. come with feel that there's so much wrapped on the details. i mean, it's literally going to take hundreds of cuts to get all of this thorton beach. i'm theresa kron. 4 news.

>> at 10, 33 is the time and police have arrested a hayward man for a deadly hit and run accident. that happened last september. you just saw the victim a moment ago, christopher pena, he was riding his bike in hayward when a car hit him near mission boulevard and orchard avenue. that car in the end was reported stolen. and police later found it abandoned. not too far away was set on fire. no word on what led investigators to the man that they have just now recently charged with vehicular manslaughter. cal fire officials are asking for your help now in finding this person, they believe this person said a fire at san jose state university back on march 31st. if you know who this is call san jose state police or cal fire. san francisco police are searching for a man who they say vandalized a mosque with a skateboard last week and might be trying to do it again. so the mosque is located on center street right between van ness and polk. police say the man was first captedn video thursday, damaging the been the his skateboard. and t

was back again in the area yesterday morning, but drove off without causing any damage to the mosque. state lawmakers now looking to increase penalties against corporations convicted of criminal offenses. state attorney general rob bonta says that while corporations can't be sent to prison for their crimes, they can certainly face penalties. and under current law, the maximum is $10,000 in fines per felony. but but if he had his way, wants to allow judges to impose fines of up to 25 million dollars per case or a penalty worth twice the amount of the money victim lost as a result of the corporation's crime. >> if you commit covid punch, you will pay a just find a fair fight in holding these corporations accountable is that we're going to enhance deterrence and that's going to discourage this kind of corporate misconduct that's going to discourage people from defrauding their fellow californians are exploiting people harming are invited and that is going to protect communities across our state.

>> bonta says more than 75% of the money from the fines would go toward a newly established fund to support victims. no word if there's any formal opposition. but we'll keep following the story. new this morning. governor gavin newsom says law enforcement has recovered more than 400 stolen cars in the east bay got michael thomas in the studio with more on the story. michael. >> hey, good morning, everyone will governor gavin newsom is releasing those results as part of a targeted law enforcement operation to improve public safety really across the east bay. over the past 8 weeks, the chp has recovered more than 414 stolen vehicles. 31 crime linked firearms and made 181 arrests that they say are all linked to organized crime last month, governor gavin newsom did announce that the state would be installing a camera network in the city of oakland and other parts of the east bay, essentially to help identify vehicles that are linked to different crimes. since 2019, the state has invested billion dollars to fight crime. help

hire more police and improve public safety. james, we'll send it back to you. alright. so that's been the effect oakland. meanwhile, governor newsom says the crime is down in san francisco. >> it's been almost a year since he and sent the chp and the national guard there and kron four's rob nesbitt actually had a chance to chat with the chp about what work they've been doing. >> the public took notice when chp increase patrols in san francisco, according to the governor's office in the past 11 months, chp has seized more than 42 pounds of fentanyl in the tenderloin officer. andrew barclay from chp golden gate division, francisco police are now able to focus on the open air drug market while his officers focus on the transportation of illegal drugs. we know that in order for individuals to sell fentanyl in the areas, it has to get there. >> and we know that majority the time those drugs are transported to these areas in vehicles, more than 6,000 citations have been issued leading to nearly 500 arrests. the governor released a statement tuesday saying,

quote, these results are a testament to the effective collaboration among state, local and federal law enforcement in san francisco. >> we will continue to work together to get drugs off our streets, address crime and make our community safer. the california national guard was also brought in last year to stop drug cartels. critics of increased law enforcement compare the governor's plan to the failed war on drugs. but officer barclay says police are doing more on the streets of the tenderloin that just making arrests while working with individuals who may be. >> you know, being arrested for possession of large amounts of fentanyl. also letting them know that there is there is help. there there are services available to reporting in san francisco. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> 10 37 is the time and cruz is set to put its cars back on the roads for the first time since october. >> the self-driving car company says it's going to add a small fleet of human-driven cars in phoenix where they can create maps and gather road information. the company's goal is to eventually resume

driverless operations. you may remember crews pulled its cars off the roads in october after one of its self-driving cars struck a pedestrian in san francisco. in the east bay, the contra costa board of supervisors has passed a recommendation to expand health care to undocumented residents. this expands eligibility to immigrants by eliminating the documentation status requirement for the counties, basic health care program. supervisor joe goya celebrated the vote saying the historic action to expand health care to more of our hardworking immigrants are immigrant families makes us a healthier and more equitable county end quote. the antioch police department is seeing some improvements when it comes to its staffing crisis, especially with the police department. officials say that's thanks to a hiring incentive program that's focusing on recruiting new officers to the academy kron four's philippe djegal takes a look. >> the antioch police department currently employs far below the number of sworn staff positions authorized by

the city council mayor lamar hernandez. stark says the outlook is promising, especially now that many of the officers once placed on leave have been cleared to return to work to do the math. if everything goes right to expose to go pretty soon, we'll have 95 officers and then we'll have more coming online that are that are that are waiting to go the academy. so that will be over 90 something officers pretty soon. the city has authorized 115 sworn positions for the police department. interim chief brian addington confirms there are 80 on active duty. 39 work patrols just one less than the mayor's goal. 6 cadets are currently in the economy. 7 more are slated to join the academy this month. and mayor hernandez thorpe says he's $30,000 signing bonus program extended by the city council last year has resulted in more than 20 new hires given where we've been in the last 2 years. we have attracted a lot of new time

officers. so we get a lot in the county, the academy, 6 months. >> when they get off leading candidate coming to field training field training can be anywhere between 4 to 6 it would be impossible to get to one 15 unless we hired laterals. and that's not who we've been attracting. we have been attracting brand new officers who i think they're committed to change and see an opportunity build a police department that that they can >> out of the community can be proud of and our leaders can be proud at times during the past 2 years. it's believed that up to half of the sworn staff members were placed on leave. >> while county and federal investigators corroborated bribery, misconduct and races, text messaging cases culminating in charges filed against several officers in january 2023, the mayor reported 98 sworn officers were on the force and inflated number, though, because dozens were on leave. philippe djegal all kron. 4 news. >> thank you. fully 10. 41 the time. here's something you

don't see every day. a house floating on the bay. there it two-storey house. it's actually on a barge that's currently anchored right now just off shore up in sausalito. looks like it's a houseboat. we know there's a a few house bill communities up there. the coast guard says the owner of the house is having it towed. we don't know where it's come from, but the house was seen floating there on the bay south of san francisco sunday afternoon making its way up the sausalito. how long will be anchored out there? not sure. we'll keep watching it. we'll see where it ends up. ok? still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news, san francisco library workers rallied in library workers rallied in demand fo

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>> hope our and liftoff. in goldsboro. >> and once again, spacex continues to make history with its latest launch. this is video of a falcon 9 rocket taking off from cape canaveral, florida. it blasted off pretty early this morning as about one, 40 am carrying another. 23, starlink satellites into space. the booster that landed safely on a drone ship. it's almost routine now isn't there are for now for one of the more than 5,000 starlink satellites currently in spaces that satellite internet network just gets bigger and baker. all right, 10 44. closer here to earth, the surface of the earth where we've got john keeping an eye on the forecast today. that is going to be fantastic. if you like 80 degree weather. yeah. i think a lot of people do are saying folks down in the south bay. >> going 83 today. so it's going to be a warm one for

you. we're looking at 80's, not just for san jose, but a lot of our inland areas closer to the coast, expect some 60's. so if you don't love the 80's, well, you know where to get to. it's going to be a lot cooler for the immediate coastline. high pressure in place contributing to the summerfield. but only briefly today and tomorrow are warm ones. low-pressure dives right in after that friday cooling down already and saturday. we'll be looking at really cool temperatures in the 50's amid some showers almost seems like it's to be expected at this point during their weekends. that seems to be what a lot of our cool downs are. we will be looking at showers increasing towards friday night and saturday, though, itself is the wet day and the cold one to stay inside as maybe much as you want to. we will be seeing some snow in the sierra as well. some nice spring skiing conditions up there as we move into sunday, the low clears out and things will start to warm back up into early next week. rainfall totals out of this next system anywhere between a half an inch to three-quarters of an inch are a lot of other one preliminary model estimates could see

isolated amounts greater than this on get you those updated numbers as we get closer to the weekend. as for now, though, the numbers that we're focused on is just how warm it is going to be today with 60's of the coastline, not unfamiliar, but for the rest of us. these upper 70's to low 80's, not quite used to those just yet. make sure to stay hydrated. it's not the 80's are particularly hot. it's just we haven't felt them in a while. so the body is not quite acclimated yet. so if you are going for the job getting outside this afternoon, be ready for that warmer feel, billy. 78? well, antioch are right at 80 degrees. as for tomorrow, just as warm, if not even a little hotter than today. friday. quickly cooling down in by saturday. long gone. are those 80's 70's and even 60's? we'll be looking at highs in the 50's amid some showers. james, ok, thank you, john. 10. 46 is the time in the library. workers in san francisco rallied yesterday over. >> increasing safety on the job. they don't feel safe at the moment. crop was tiffany justice asked them why.

>> hundreds of library workers are out here rallying right in front of the main library in downtown, demanding that there be more security measures put into place. >> we want to tell the city how important it is to have security guard every single location because not only do library workers deserve to be francisco, who come to our locations every single day deserve to have place. >> tuesday, san francisco public library workers were downtown to rally for safety, demanding that city workers provide security guards at all of their branches and to hire more full-time employees. nicole, jermaine chapter president for the sf librarians guild saying that security guards are desperately needed after recounting her own scary experience. >> at some very severe incidents, my own incident that happened me not that long ago. >> could mean between a man.

>> louis, half dressed wielding a weapon who clearly mentally unstable. and consider the mother of the library. everybody loves me the mother of the library. but i was not strange to be a security guard. i was not trained to de-escalate. learned that in library school. however, when this man came into my branch, i had a very strong duty to protect the children. demonstrators say library workers are forced to intervene in dangerous situations that at times can turned physical. there are 27 library branches in the public library says some 9 have dedicated security staff, jermaine, who was also the branch manager at the port hull of brandt, says this is their 3rd attempt with the city. >> to get safety help. >> can we got nothing? second round. we got 3 guards. and now i'm lucky enough to be one of those branches that just got a and now this year, we're trying for more and they're telling us know that no guards are needed in any more locations. we believe that his

maine, says that after the portola library received a guard, her staff felt safer. and so did the patrons district. one board of supervisors, connie chan at the rally showing her support behind their cause and says she plans on discussing this issue with the board even further. >> this is not something cisco we cannot let this scotus far in. clearly the are like variance should not be task to come between they are like bearings. they are not security guards here. not the i think that both we need a better poteau calls for public safety in all public spaces, including the library's reporting, tiffany justice kron, 4 news. >> 10 49 the time in east bay. there's now a full-time armed guard and the patrol car station in the antioch public library parking lot. and that's in addition to a full-time unarmed security guard inside. this comes after recent security problems, including people threatening staffers, damaging property and setting fires. new this

morning, the nfl is raising the standard for player safety with some of the safest helmets. they say they've ever tested. they'll be on the field this fall. the league approved a dozen new helmets after a year that saw 219 concussions during the preseason and the regular season, making it the second straight year where we had more than 200 injuries. head injuries. that is 12 new helmet models are eligible now for players to choose from and where some of them are going to be more positions, specific comments. but the league says 5 of these helmets tested better than any they've ever tested before. >> bs amount of impact testing and simulation that are run up see in the nfl, the size of the players, the speed of the players, the environments they play. and so our helmets are significantly lighter based on the materials that were using in some cases up to 45% lighter. >> well, the nfl says they handpicked the companies to make these helmets based on

their precision. they say the position specific helmets will provide best possible protection for those various positions. so these helmets will feel a little different. also going to look a little different. you're going to see that on the field this fall. residency. doctors at northern california. kaiser hospitals are looking to unionize. residents doctors are those who work those 80 hour weeks as part of their training early in their career. northern california kaiser staff filed a petition with the national labor relations board to form the union for the residents who doctors, they still have to hold a formal vote. if it succeeds, though residents would join most other kaiser workers, including pharmacists, nurses, and housekeepers in gaining union representation, the largest health provider in private employer in california. meantime, kaiser permanente says the organization is committed to providing a good learning and working environment. we have some sad news concerning a member of the kron. 4 family.

our morning photographer henry jerkins passed away over the weekend and we wanted to take a moment to recognize him. he was a beloved member of our team. he started on the morning show, but 2 years ago and he's going to be missed by many reporters and producers and staff who work with him here. henry was a veteran in our field. he worked in the bay area for more than a decade at different media outlets in it la before that. honestly, when he decided to come to kron 4 and bring his talents and skills to our morning show. and we always had a smile. and he was a joy to be around. and we've been spending the morning sharing stories of him. everybody has one. henry was 59 years old. he leaves behind his wife. and 2 children. may his memory be a blessing to all who knew him? we will miss you. henry.

>> 10, 55 the time. and as we're wrapping it up here on the kron 4 morning news. let's head upstairs. check in with olivia horton. see what's coming up today. live in the bay which got cooking olivia. >> hey, good morning, james. coming up today on live in the bay, she's the million dollar matchmaker. who is returning to the big screen to give another shot at love. we chat

with patti stanger about her new series, the matchmaker and what to expect in season one. then she's the woman who's helping you heal from things that you can express with words. author sharon land joins us to talk about her holistic approach to health and healing. plus, it's the california ban with king size classic. sounds that bring high energy tunes. we visit with the out. the rhythm kings on their upcoming performances and where to catch them next. and as always, we want to hear what you our viewers have to say in today's question of the day. so go ahead scan qr code today. we want to know what's one memory with your siblings? you'll never forget. let us know. it could be read live today on the show at 01:00pm right here on kron 4. james, back to you. well, interesting. all right. thank you very much. see later, libya. >> all right. let's wrap it up with one final look at the 7 day forecast, john. yeah. today tomorrow bringing those 80's inland 70's consistently along the bay shore. >> after that, though, we are really cooling things off. temperatures by saturday only

in the 50's and that's for all of us amid some showers. so some pretty big changes say the all right. so we're not out of winter just yet. >> all right. that's it for the kron. 4 morning news. we'll see you guys back you know this we can do it again. always. that's week, there's nothing better than a subway series footlong. except when you add an all new footlong sidekick. like the philly with a new $2 footlong churro. sometimes the sidekick is the main event. you would say that. every epic footlong deserves the perfect sidekick.

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