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>> from the bay area's local news station. we now with breaking news. >> all right. let's get to that breaking news in the traffic center here at 08:00am in case you're an east bay community are going want to know michael's been actively talking about this mess out there on the track front. good morning, michael. >> hey, good morning, everyone. that's right. we're dealing with really big mess over in the san lorenzo area. and you can see if you're in the east bay, you may want to find an alternative route. it's at the connector where to 38 northbound in 8.80, southbound meet that connector for the southbound lanes completely closed off the northbound lanes are open. however, it is causing major delays all around this area. and again, san lorenzo, we have a live look right now of what the roads are looking like earlier this morning. it happened at around 3 or 4 in the morning. a semi actually overturned. and right now the chp is trying to clean up all of the fluids in oils that coming out of that semi as to when it's going to be cleared up. well, only time will tell. they say they don't have an
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eta. originally was 4 to 5 hours. but right now they're telling me it could be an all day thing. and again, you can see those lanes closed and those cars all merging towards the left side to get on to 8.80. but again, those southbound lanes completely closed off. so we'll take a look at our traffic maps again. and i want to show you guys before you get to that actual incident. there's another traffic collision just before that. this is over in castro valley area. and it's right near the strowbridge avenue. those lanes are currently closed off. it's westbound lanes of 5.80. there's been an accident. chp is trying to get that cleared up. hopefully within the next 30 minutes to an hour or so. so overall is going to be a backup if you're heading from livermore dublin area and you can already see that on our maps. but taking a live look right now at the bay bridge currently from the maze to fremont street. a 24 minute commute. those metering lights do not appear to be on a live look at the san mateo bridge. 24 minute commute on to the peninsula and over by the
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richmond, sandra fell bridge. we're dealing with another traffic collision. westbound 5.80. it's east of castro street. so before you get onto that bridge, just keep that in mind. you are going to see some of those delays. but once you get to the bridge is a 13 minute commute over. i will send it over to john in the weather center. thanks so much, michael. i know a lot going out there on the roads this morning, but >> fortunately for us, mother nature is not compnicating things anymore. we are looking at a little bit of fog towards the coast and hey, that's about it. what we got out the golden gate bridge, there's that probably won't last for long at the golden gate, but you will see a persistently so near the coastline, sunshine elsewhere and temperatures yet again, bumping upwards into those 80's and upper 70's for a lot of inland spots. 40's to 50's right now temperatures are on the rise. it's going to take a minute to get to those warmer conditions, though. if you love just or day, i'm imploring you to enjoy today as much as you can because it's the last of that real summer feel before we way cool down into the weekend and it
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all kicks off tomorrow. i'll talk more about your forecast. back to you. >> thank you very much, john. all right, 803. let's get to the breaking news this morning. you see oj simpson on the screen. we're getting word from his family this morning that he has died at the age of 76. according to a post on x posted on his account by his family, they say, quote, on april 10th, our father or in fall, james simpson succumb to his battle with cancer. he was surrounded by his children and grandchildren during this time of transition. his family ask that you please respect their privacy and they ask for the grace is well now the former nfl player, as some of you may know, was actually born and raised here in san francisco. he grew up in a patrol hill neighborhood graduated from galileo, high school, obviously known for his exceptional nfl career. but then also later in life, as you see the pictures on the screen. being accused of that double murder of his ex-wife, nicole brown simpson and her friend ron goldman. he was ultimately acquitted in the
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criminal trial, although he was found liable in the following civil trial. and that has plagued the rest of his life. he played 11 seasons with the nfl primarily with the buffalo bills, although he did retire in 1979 as a san francisco forty-niners. you might remember the trial is just mention known as the trial of the century lasted nearly 9 months and was also one of the most watched events in television history. so on april, 11th, again, we are reporting that oj simpson has passed away from cancer at the age of 76. >> we're following this throughout the morning. >> also got some more breaking news to get to this morning after a test in the hospital now with life-threatening injuries after being hit by a car this morning out in san jose crash happened just after 5 20 run in the area story road and roberts avenue. police say traffic will be severely impacted because they blocked off eastbound story road from robert avenue to the avenue. officers are urging drivers you want to use
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alternate routes while they investigate the crash at 805. let's go to the south bay now where traffic continued to plague the city of san jose. 13 people died in car crashes so far this year. we're only in the month of april and city leaders are blaming the wide roads. the speeding that seems to be chronic. we actually talked with the mayor about what the city is doing to try and prevent these deaths in kron. four's jack moment has the story. from a fatal crash on monterey road in january. >> to a man who spent months trying to recover but ultimately died in april after he was hit by a car off mckee wrote, we do everything right. >> we follow all the rules we wear bright clothing. and still, we have a lot of those polls. max siegel with the organization, families for safe streets says even when walking his daughters to school, it's just too close for comfort a close call can be. >> not paying attention to the intersection. san jose keeps track of its car crashes on a public database so far this year we have seen twice as many fatal car crashes
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compared to just this time last year. so many of the through ways that run through san jose rack up quite a few deaths from bad data set. but none may be more dangerous that monterey road, which between 2018, 2023 logged 6 teen road fatalities here. when we just almost saw someone get right now that we're acts off the corner of monterey and tully and has been shot. >> cars driving into the bike lane. they're supposed to be separated by these posts. new work towards. designing our streets holistically. a public data also shows san jose's years long campaign to improve its roads like installing those bike lane markers and transforming final through ways in the summer. i grew up on this section of brandon road right here. a couple decades ago. you had 3 lanes and 3 lanes of cars going within 40 miles an hour in the city of san jose. recognize the problem here ended up reducing it to 2 lanes to 2 lanes and added in protected bike lane. one death one too
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many when it comes to our roadways, people should feel safe. san jose mayor matt mahan says the projects are improving streets slowly but surely infrastructure projects are expensive and then the staff and actually carry them out there says he wants to hire more police officers, 4 enforcement and even the potential addition of security camera automatically issue first a warning. and then after the first 6 months a ticket, max says the city should not only focus on police staffing. >> but the design of the roads themselves. and so we need again to have a design, a design, our streets. >> that encourages people and forces people to behave better. now there's some funding set aside to improve. king wrote that's an east side, san jose and yet another statistically dangerous road in the city. >> now regarding the security cameras, the mayor says that if city council approves those cameras, they would start with around 30 of them and placed them around school zones in the newsroom. i'm jack moment. kron 4 news. >> happening today, oakland international airport could at san francisco to its name.
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obviously a controversial move that this afternoon the port of oakland is set to take a vote on that. san francisco officials, as you can imagine, not too happy about that fact. they're threatening to take the whole thing to court. kron four's will tran live at the oakland airport for now morning. >> least for now. but you know what this play might take off this afternoon. but the next destination will be a courtroom because san francisco has already threatened. if you change your name from metropolitan oakland international airport, which technically you might not know this, but metropolitan, it's the first word in oakland international that people call it open international. if you put san francisco bay in front of it, we'll see you in court. so right now it is still oakland international for the common people ride the common folk. we call it oakland international. but the part of a port of oakland, their executives who run this, they believe to clear up the confusion they want to add san francisco bay and they say reason being oakland
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technically sits on san francisco bay that 60% of the population that big big population in the bay area resides in the east bay. and that is oakland. they also say that people from oakland, the residents are quite comfortable putting the words san francisco in front of their hometown. oakland. they don't have a problem with it, they say. but san francisco does. san mateo county. they also have a problem as well because sfo sits and san mateo county. so nobody on the other side of the bay is happy about this. it's supposed to clear up confusion, but i talked to a traveler. she believes if you put san francisco bay. well, that adds another confusion for those wondering which san francisco. >> i can understand from people coming out of town that it would feel may be confusing. so i don't have a strong opinion better, but i can understand the concern that would be confusing to people. get in the bay area.
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so big and a large that to call it san francisco, just if you don't know anything might confuse you. okay. so obviously nobody owns the words. san francisco, it's public domain. but according to city attorneys for the city >> of san francisco, they say sfo owns the name san francisco and they say that if they change into san francisco bay, it's basically infringing on that particular copyright and they plan to take that before a judge. james reyna, the army is even if oakland changes their name to san francisco bay, their code will still a k and just add one more bit of irony on this san francisco, san francisco international is not in san francisco. it's in san mateo county. back to all right. thank you very much, miles and pieces here. all is the time. also the news today. we have some uncertain times for a
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once popular san francisco barbershop. >> the owner of blades co barbershop says that before the pandemic, they had a bustling business on columbus avenue right there in the financial district. but now they're seeing just a fraction of their old customer base. and they say that's largely because of people working more and more from home. now. they've started a gofundme page to try and keep their business alive. and this follows the recent painful decision to close or other shop out in walnut creek. >> it's probably one of the hardest things i've ever experienced in my life. they. set back from covid in. people may think it's over, but it's not over for us. you know, in a lot of other small businesses. >> well, the owner says the financial hardship has also kept them from expanding into the mission. rock development out near oracle park. they say they're hoping to get through these turbulent times by raising at least $100,000. we'll see what happens. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news. a live music venue in oakland is also at risk of
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>> we are back 8.14, is the time. want to get back to that hot spot. yeah, it has been causing quite the delay over the east bay. michael thomas is that covered. good morning, michael. >> hey, good morning, everyone. that's right. we are starting to see major delays. it's been like this since about 4 5 o'clock this morning. it's at the connector of to 38 northbound and 8.80, southbound lanes. you can see it's closed off completely. and you see lots of congestion and back up. in fact, i believe we have a photo of what the so we've got a live look right now of what the
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scene looks like. so a big rig actually tipped over early this morning at around 3 o'clock in the morning. crews have been trying to essentially not only get it off of the road, but also clean up the fuel that had been spilled from it. so you see crews there. chp says when it comes to an eta of when the connector will be back open or when you can get back on to 80 southbound. they have no eta as of right now. so we're going to be on this all morning covering napa, taking a look at our maps. you can see there's even more congestion because there's also a traffic collision before you get to that connector. this is in castro valley of tears strowbridge avenue ending on westbound lanes. 5.80. that collision happened about an hour ago. so we're seeing some of those residual delays. we take a look at what the entire delays we may see in the long run will right over towards dublin livermore. it's starting to back up just a tad bit. so if you're heading out towards 8.80, you may want to actually take 6.80, in response to beat any of those delays. taking a look at some drive times right now, crockett to the maze. 31
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minutes, walnut creek to 5, 80 15 minutes. castro valley to the maze. 3rd, 23 minutes. stanley under to the maze. 22 minutes and keep in mind, some of those may be affected because of that overturned big rig. once you get to the bay bridge. it's a 25 minute commute over. traffic does seem to be flowing right now. taking a look over in the south bay area, san jose to menlo park. a 55 minute commute. 101 does seem to be moving smoothly. no out of ordinary delays that we normally don't see those who are heading to cupertino from san jose. it's a 19 minute commute as of right now. and lastly, some drive times for those who are a little bit more inland. and again, keep in mind, these may be changing because of that big rig that's overturned livermore to dublin. 17 minutes, dublin to fremont. 28 minutes. san leandro to milpitas 34 minutes and milpitas to sunnyvale. 10 minutes johnell turned it over to you. thanks, michael. i know a lot going out there on the roads this morning and you can see highway 24 here under the sunshine. >> making its way between berkeley and walnut creek in
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doing just fine. we are going to be seeing another warm day in walnut creek today, antioch, for this tournament actually gets all the way up to 82 degrees today. if you love the heat of yesterday, hope you get a chance to enjoy today because see what's going on on saturday. rainfall arrives in temperatures completely plummeting. we're already start to see that cool down tomorrow between this 80, not 50. we've got some 60's on the way on friday tomorrow. so today is the last of our warmer and sunny days of this forecast, skies crystal clear across the bay unless you're talking right along the coastline with a little fog out there, low-pressure dives in from the north displacing this high-pressure ridge that has contributed to our warmth the past few days. and that low comes in strong, a big cool down and we can time it out for you now in future cast. so skies, nice and clear today. gorgeous afternoon. just like yesterday, tomorrow increase marine layer, both low clouds and high clouds in the advance of that system. rainfall holds off tomorrow
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until after 10:00pm. so you're dry during the day on friday. but friday night things will start to get wet. heaviest of rainfall moves mostly after midnight with some really strong winds, too. so pretty stormy late friday night into early saturday, pre-dawn hours on saturday, seeing some snow on our bay area mountaintops. by the time you're waking up on saturday morning, we actually do get a bit of a breather from all that before rainfall researches midday saturday and even an opportunity of thunderstorms later in the day on saturday. so capitalize on that calm morning on saturday. the rest of the day gets kind of dicey. we'll see a half an inch to an inch of rainfall across the bay area. most of this on saturday. so not the day to plan a whole lot outside. today is the day to plan a lot outside 60's and sf as well as at the coastline. most of the rest of us really rising well into the 70's foster city at 71 mountain view at 77 south bay. temperatures in the low 80's this afternoon and looking at the same low 80's well as danville up to ley as
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concord, oakland and berkeley. you'll be at 72 for your highs of allay 77, antioch, as i mentioned, getting up to 83 degrees today. temperatures tomorrow, cool down into the upper 60's at the warmest and by saturday it's upper 50's that the warmest if we thought that winter was gone, not it's come back with a vengeance. but for just a day or 2 after that will slowly see temps climbing again. james. >> all right. thank you very much, john. 8.19, is the time in san francisco. police now have arrested a man who they say vandalized a mosque during the holy month of ramadan. so broken windows. you can see here were spotted at mosquito to heed mosque in lower hill. a member told kron 4 back on april 4th at a man parked his car in front of the mosque, walked over and smashed windows with a skateboard, then shouted hate speech, then ran inside the mosque, drank water and then went back out to his car, according to police that same and return to the mosque yesterday evening. and that's when officers arrested. 35 year-old robert
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gray. most board members say that over the past months there were more acts of vandalism. the words on wall repainted with hate speech. and so now they've got somebody in custody for that i-20 in new this morning, the weight program will soon include more money for healthier food options? yes. so the program for low-income mothers, infants and children are also expanding now, too. >> the spending a variety of choices. they have made a lot more inclusive of different cultures. it's the first time the program coming up, kate updated in a decade. the new rules make the bomb in monthly cash vouchers for fruit and veggies may be the first since the pandemic begin. nancy loo has more time. >> will the higher cost of higher education along with an an guaranteed return on investment are among the many reasons thousands of young americans are skipping college. well aware. they follow a generation deep in student loan debt. so in recent years, more and more
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young americans are becoming plumbers, electricians and construction workers, a blue collar roots with a healthy green payout. high demand for skilled trade workers and persistent labor shortages have push annual salaries well above 6 figures. and with new technology, many blue collar jobs are less hands-on as industry's leading into ai and robotics. those who veered off the college track. glad they did the switch from college to trade school is amazing. >> so that was the first time in my whole life that i went to school and i was like, i'm good at this. genuinely felt like that. it was. i'm good at this. you can become a and by the time you're 20. >> so you could be 20 and make you know, 70, $80,000 a year. >> how do you do that college? if you are to spend more than $80,000 on going to college today, you have a very slim chance of making that back over your lifetime. not just say that there's people that do. >> but you're probably not. according to the bureau of
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labor statistics, construction jobs are especially lucrative. >> the average pay is now nearly $1500 a week. a 43% increase over the past decade. a 3rd, all construction workers are now under the age of 34 now jen z filling the blue collar void is also timely as the bulk of veterans head into retirement that that at the heart. >> of what's fueling the labor shortages. back to you. >> all right. thank you, nancy. a 22 is the time. and coming up on the proper morning news, san francisco native oj simpson dead at the age of 76. we'll have the latest.
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>> bill introduced in the state legislature seeks to protect shelter, pets from euthanasia that require shelters to notify the public to 72 hours before dog or cat is put to sleep. it would also require shelters. the post daily lists of any cats or dogs that are scheduled to be euthanized on to their website or their facebook pages. >> well, nearly 200 arrests and more than 400 stolen cars were reporter recovered in oakland. the chp says they've also recovered. 31 guns linked to crimes. these arrests and seizures were made in an eight-week period. they say people arrested were linked to carjackings, drug dealing, duis and theft. the governor credits the increased presence of the chp that have been working with lot local law enforcement since february. it's all part of the governor's 10 point action plan to support oakland's
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efforts to improve street safety and beautification. meanwhile, more business owners are on valencia street speaking out now against the new bike lanes at 9 o'clock this morning, local business owners on that street, you're going hold a press conference to announce legal action against the city. they outlined their concerns for the bike lane project and businesses say they've reported substantial losses attribute directly to that bike lane and since it was implemented. over 10 businesses have already closed since those bike lanes were created. >> all right. coming up on the kron morning news. we are continue to follow. >> the breaking news out east bay as overturned semi watching traffic and that is impacting your commute. michael thomas is a look at that. san francisco native oj simpson is dead at age. 76, we have the latest details on that. we'll be right back.
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>> all right. we're back at 8.29. still following the latest with that big traffic hot spot in the east bay. it has been causing quite a mess throughout the morning. come michael thomas. >> on that now. good morning, michael. >> hey, good morning, everyone. that's right. we've been seeing a lot of delays in the east bay. so if you're heading out this morning and you're going towards 80, be aware of it, take a look. right now. it's at the connector. it's completely closed. 8.80, southbound lanes. if you're coming from to 38 northbound, it's been closed off completely as to when it's going to be back open. we're unsure. we actually have a live look of what the scene looks like right now. and the early hours of this morning, a big rig turned over onto its side and essentially now is trying to be cleaned up. and officials
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tell us that the driver actually fell asleep. so we're still waiting to hear more details as to when this will be cleaned up. but right now, we do know that the driver oa the big rig did fall asleep. currently they're trying to not only clean up all the fuel and oil and gas lines coming out of that, but they also need to get that big rig back up on its right hand side. this has been the scene since about probably 3 to 4 o'clock this morning. so there's no eta as to when lanes are going to be open back up. so if you're heading out this morning, expect those major delays. we're going bring it back to our traffic map so i can show you in addition to that before you get there, there's also another traffic collision. this is on westbound 5.80. it's near the strowbridge avenue in castro valley. so that will also cause you some delays and we're seeing residual delays essentially from both of those accidents. taking a look over at 5.80, near the dublin area. there is some small delays there. your best bet would be either to take 6.80, either north or south to try and get around that. if you are over here, trying to get over to 8.80, your best bet is going
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to be able to get off on mission and then take that back down to get on to johnell center to make so much michael for keeping us updated on that. we're sitting this morning into whether it's a lot calmer out there. that's for sure. today is the last day of 70's and 80's that we do have in this forecast before a big cool down in the days ahead of us tomorrow. already 60's at the warmest. >> and by saturday, only the 50's coastal areas. you've got a little bit of fog, as you can see at the golden gate, kind of compliments the bridge nicely, though, we will be looking at a day that brings ample sunshine to the rest of the bay and temperatures under. that's an are already starting to get up to 60 degrees. san mateo right at 60, just behind your back. a bill in pittsburgh getting up to 59 now. now later on today, another day with those warm daytime highs in the 70's to low 80's. i'll keep you updated on all these changes that the rest of the forecast has still to come. all right, john, thank you for that. >> 32 the time. let's get to the big breaking news this
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morning. if you haven't heard, we received word from the family of oj simpson that he passed away this morning a san francisco native passed away at the age of 76 from cancer. chambers taking a look back at his career and the controversial case that captivated the country. >> we the jury in the above entitled action find the defendant or jump on james simpson not guilty of the crime of murder. >> it was the trial of the century. oj simpson star football player and hollywood actor accused of savagely murdering his ex-wife, nicole brown and her friend ron goldman. estimated 150 million people watched the verdict come in life. the trial was broadcast in classrooms at workplaces and even on the oprah winfrey show where audience members both cheered and cried as he was acquitted. emotions usually falling along racial lines. before the trial. simpson was a popular actor starring in naked gun
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movies. he gained fame in college, though, winning the heisman trophy while playing football for usc. nicknamed the juice. he went on to the nfl and shattered both rushing and touchdown records. as a member of the buffalo bills. all that changed, though on june 12th of 1994 as brown and goldman's bodies were found outside her la condo. simpson was an immediate suspect. and 5 days later he was ordered to surrender to police. instead, he led them on a slow speed chase down the 5 freeway to the 405, in that now infamous white ford bronco, his friend and former nfl player ac collings behind the wheel that evening. he surrendered at his brentwood mansion. the trial began in 1995. with an all-star lineup of lawyers nicknamed the dream team one by one. they dismantled the state's evidence claiming systematic racism and sloppy police work. the defining
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moment came when simpson tried on gloves that were left at the murder scene. he struggled to put them on and his lawyers use that in closing arguments to show it couldn't possibly be him. >> remember these words? if it doesn't fit? must acquit. >> shortly after simpson was found not guilty, he went to trial again for the murders. but this time in civil court, he was found liable for brown and goldman deaths there and ordered to pay more than 30 million dollars in damages. almost a decade later, simpson wrote a book called if i did it and help half the size, how he would have committed the murders. the book and subsequent interview on fox went into great detail and many considered it to be. simpson's confession. >> i don't think any 2 people could be. murdered the way they were without everybody covered in book. >> well, simpson never served time for murder. he did go to
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prison in 2008 for armed robbery and kidnapping in las vegas. simpson claimed that he was simply taking back sports memorabilia. that was his however, he spent almost 10 years behind bars. 14 million people tuned in as he was granted parole in 2017 at the age of 70. >> around >> thank oj simpson. a larger than life figure whose life and alleged crimes captivated and entire nation. >> well, a live music venue in oakland's downtown is on the brink of closing and the owners say it's because of crime oscar ever. the owner of complex oakland says his business is burglarized twice back in february. you can see security footage of the burglars breaking in taking off of equipment. one of the incidents costing 40 grand in damages and losses. he says one of his patrons, they are just scared to come to oakland.
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>> businesses that you would a theme 5 years ago. they're no longer here. they're all yoarded up. so it made it look bad. when i have to talk to artists, don't act in a look. they come downtown and worry about getting a car, be it. they're worried about, you know, the safety of downtown. >> the owner says he's taking the steps to secure his facility, but they have not been working. he also says with the raiders warriors and now the a's leave in oakland. i mean, it's lot fewer jobs. people making less money and the less likely to spend the money that they do have businesses like his. >> well, elsewhere in the east bay and oakland family now is going public with their issues now with their decades-old donut shop being continuously targeted by thieves planned on it. it's and robbed 4 times in the last year. we spoke to the family about security measures they've been taking offer assistance with them. >> colonial donuts on lakeshore avenue in oakland has been a staple for 40 years. a family business that
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the owner's daughter wanted to protect for decades to come. i left job. came back. >> plan and want to continue my family's legacy, but it's just it's very hard very she's speaking out wednesday night, but wanting to keep their privacy after being robbed 4 times in less than a year. security video from march first shows 3 people entering the shop. >> just before 6 in the morning, one with a golf club in hand grabbed the register. i think i want to say that they don't like $300 in cash in the register and like over 1000. the shop was also robbed back in december. what is going on here in customers rallied in support of the shop and against rampant crime. the daughter says mayor sheng thao has stopped by to check in on the family and consider her to show up and, >> you know, i had told then and feel that now like. how am i going and make our colonial donuts has taken several
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precautions to avoid being targeted by thieves. now they don't offer indoor seating and while it remains open, 24 7, the staff only serves doughnuts through a window during the overnight hours. and we're looking at probably putting it up at actual storefront not to have a door and lock but actual she says each robbery not only threatens their livelihood but also shakes up the sense of security for the neighborhood. what is the best step that we we we can do because i don't want to live out in the wild west so much. so this woman plans to move out of oakland, you know, like that break you know, that business is getting even lies. not so. >> it's just hard to see >> and hasn't been that much change. so i'm sara stinson reporting kron. 4 news. well, police, they their hands full with the recent sideshows all across the bay. look from the peninsula, the east bay, even on the bay bridge. you can see all of that out of the hundreds of people that either participated or watched over the weekend only to
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>> have been arrested. kron four's rob nesbitt spoke with the chp, but what they're trying to do to stop this. >> chp as a proactive approach to try to see of sideshows are being planned online and a reactive approach to send officers to sideshows in progress. talk to anyone in the bay area's was witnessed. the weekend sideshow, though, and they'll tell you they don't understand why officers can do more to stop the cars. >> multiple bay area cities with the same side show scenes, cars racing circles at intersections from saturday night into sunday morning. menlo park, palo alto mountain view. oakland and lastly on the bay bridge were black marks are still visible leave skid marks that are like almost like permanency. you see it in the roads in one s has recorded multiple sideshows over the years for the balcony of a san francisco apartment. >> so much so that he made the recent decision to move to mexico and only comes back to the city when he has to for work. part of the reason my left as i just can't i can't deal with us anymore. it's
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just the stress of, you know, a feeling like i have no environment. during the weekend sideshows, chp says 2 people were arrested at the bay bridge and 2 minors were cited. officer andrew barclay with chp golden gate division says recent legislation allows officers to investigate and take later action. it doesn't have to be. we see it right there. stop them and take the vehicle. >> if we identify that vehicle, we can, you know, come in a couple weeks later without warrant and take that vehicles. officer barclay get several questions about why responding officers don't break up sideshows in progress. he says that's not always a safe option for law enforcement. very often. you're looking at. >> hundreds of people involved in these and sending in a single officer. i can be dangerous for that officer. says police officers responding to the sideshows he's recorded, stay too far away to document evidence. >> wishing law enforcement would put more resources into not just responding, but also stopping the chaos in progress. i don't feel
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protected by chp these ways. and i don't feel like there's. >> again, like i it worries me of something bigger chp control this. what can they do? even though there were multiple sideshows around the same time in the bay area this weekend, chp is still investigating to determine if they are linked in any way reporting in san francisco. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> thanks, rob. well, coming up after the break, i've got details about some major delays we're seeing in the east bay will have traffic times for you and
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>> all right. we're back 8.45. is the time. let's get hack to the traffic center. that big problem on the on the roads in the east bay. yeah, michael thomas has been there for a few now michael. yeah, good morning, everyone. this is actually been a problem since 5 o'clock this morning when we first got in its right at the connector of 8.80, on the southbound lanes where it needs to 38 northbound. so those southbound lanes trying to get on 8.80, southbound completely closed off. the northbound lanes are still open, but we've seen major backups all morning and we have a live look right now of what the scene looks like. so just to give you some background early this morning, a big rig actually tipped over. and chp says the driver fell asleep which caused t to tip over. so now they're trying to not only get that big rig back on its wheels, but also clean up all of the oil and fluids that are there on the floor. so hazmat is on the scene and again, that lane completely closed, no eta. originally, they told us 5 hours as of right now, it could be like this all day will go back to our traffic
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map so i can go ahead and show you in addition to that, once you get towards that area, you're going to deal with another traffic incident. it has been cleared up. chp tells me, but we're still seeing residual delays. it was right in castro valley at the strowbridge avenue. and again, it just got cleared up. but we're still seeing a lot of those residual delays. taking a look at the points leading up to those delays in close road will livermore to dublin. 19 minute commute. you see 5.80, is very, very much backed up in multiple areas that we normally don't see some drive times. for those of you who are heading to the maze crockett to the maze 30 minute commute, walnut creek to 5, 80, 60 minute commute. castro valley to the mains. 26 minute commute. stanley under to the maze. 33 minute commute again. these are all being impacted by that big red. once we get to the actual maze at bay bridge right now to get into the city, only a 13 minute commute. so not too bad. taking a look over in the south bay. 54 minutes from san jose to menlo park. 101 does look good. this morning. some small pockets of congestion.
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but nothing too out of the ordinary. lastly taking a look at san jose to cupertino. it's an 18 minute commute. so we'll continue to keep an eye on that big rig that's tipped over. but as of now, it looks like it may be the case all day, jonathan, that you rough situation there on the east bay shoreline. well, we are looking at good weather, at least as some of us may be waiting in traffic for a little bit longer this morning. >> this is san jose right here. looking great with that sunshine overhead. still nice and cool and crisp out there this morning. but she got another daytime high in the 80's just around the corner much as the rest of us do as well, especially further inland, cool coastal conditions got that marine layer at the coast, keeping those areas cool dry for the rest of the state to high-pressure ridge been contributing to this nice warm-up. we've been in the midst of but that low to our north, the dives deep starting tomorrow really begins to cool us off and we can time it out hour by hour. so today, nothing but the sun. beautiful day ahead of us tomorrow. deep in marine layer, cool air pushing in across the region. most of our rainfall tomorrow
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was going to move well after the sun goes down tomorrow night. so you got a dry friday. it's evening hours. we'll start to see those showers. so if you're going to be out late tomorrow night, this is what you'll be out late in right around one 30 in the morning. some of our heaviest of rain moving on to the peninsula and then through the rest of the bay during the rest of our predawn hours on early saturday morning here you see some mountain snow fall back in the bay area to as that cold air plunges in. we'll get a brief break from the rain as you're waking up on saturday morning. good chance to take the dog out. walk around the neighborhood a bit before resurgence into the middle of the day and even a chance of thunderstorms for the latter half of your saturday. so you get the picture here. saturday is the coolest one, the most active one the day. you want to plan some indoor activities and maybe a little less outside rainfall on saturday will be around a half an inch to even an inch in many spots. now today, on the other hand, no rain, no cool. just yet musher right along the coast in which case bring those jackets on terror and pacific at
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elsewhere, though, it's 70's to 80's for daytime highs. super pleasant feeling forecast yet again for especially the bayshore and downright warm for areas further from the bay. san jose. 82 livermore. 81 today, hayward and san leandro. you'll be mid 70's. well, danville, the concord, antioch, to pittsburgh vacaville, the fairfield all in the low 80's. looking ahead to tomorrow's temperatures will slip into the upper 60's at the warmest in by saturday. it's just 50's with showers. only for one day, though, will slowly climb out of that into next week. rain and james. right, john, thank you for that. well, for your local election headquarters and to request full recount of the made in the race to replace congresswoman anna eshoo. yeah. as we know right now, we've got a tie between evan low and joe submit ian. so there. >> battling it out for second place to make it on the november ballot. we know that at this point and car is in first place. he's already there. what's going to happen in this second place? race and grover scattered rain and takes a look.
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>> it seemed both have been low and show some of the in were willing to accept the recent surprising news of a two-way tie. their teams not talking about an expensive recount. former san jose mayor sam liccardo is already safely in first place. now santa clara county officials tell me they are being asked to do a manual recount, something that could begin as soon as monday. the approximate cost $32,000 a day lasting, maybe 10 days. so. >> who's asking for there's allegation that one of the people requesting the recount to socially with liccardo who actually would benefit from having a 2 person race rather than 3 person race. it's much easier. it weighs money. it's much easier draw contrasts. >> the name on the recount petition is a former staffer for sam liccardo name jonathan padilla. but look, camp is not confirming that only saying the final count needs to be accurate. meantime, a very
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angry reaction from evan los campaign. the statement from his spokesperson, this is a page right out of trump's political playbook using dirty tricks to attack democracy and subvert the will of voters. sam liccardo, who does not live in this district, did not file a recount himself. instead, he had his former staffer do it for him. what's he afraid of? think sandra democratic at all. >> to ask ask for a recount in and in a lot of races and there are mandatory recounts like a presidential. and then when there's no one squat about anti democratic. >> also weighing in south bay, congressman roe conn who said in a post on x, a candidate wanting to overturn the will of the voters is undemocratic. sam liccardo supporters should not push for a recount asking to overturn election results in district 16 when all other candidates have accepted them.
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it's a crash political ploy and it's why i'm with evan low. >> it's a tie. vote. >> yockey says if somebody is willing to pay for recount. well, clearly that's allowed by law. and he says there's a huge if in all this will somebody come up with the money they there been instances already. >> in california history where people requested a recount. but i'm to come up with the meantime, in this flurry of excited reactions. yaki thanks a supervisor. some idiot is probably playing the smart by not really saying much of anything right now. >> jackie says that makes him appear to be more statesman like. >> thank you, catherine. will san francisco mayor london breed is getting ready for a trip to china last year china's president invited mayor breed to visit his country. and on saturday, the mayor along with a delegation from san francisco's asian and pacific islander community. we'll kick off a multi-city tour in china. they plan to
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meet with multiple leaders and officials in an effort to try improve relations and hopefully attract some business. >> our goal is to, you know, enter into major agreement to make san francisco significant to china and to let them know that we're open the business relationship that could be developed as a result. >> mayor says she is also hoping to encourage tourism, according to the mayor's office in 2023, visitors from china spent more than 660 million dollars in the san francisco bay area. mayor breed will be in china for a week. >> rescue crews are now suspended the search for the whale whose tail call was fishing. that? yeah, they say the fog and the swells out there today make it difficult for them to keep looking. >> we have kathy george now with the marine, a marine mammal center marine mammal center with more on their efforts. and we'll have more on that coming up throughout the morning to as they continue their search. their goal is to try located as soon as possible so they can remove
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the fishing that they didn't say when they'll resume their search. but they are hoping to get a new tracker on that. well, before the weekend storms. all right. coming up the next hour, the kron morning news. we're going continue to follow breaking news out of the east bay. >> has an overturned semis impacting traffic for your morning commute will be right morning commute will be right back. don't go anywhere.
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and now it's expected that the % national marine fishery service will take action now to cancel the season. affective mid-may, local bay area fisheries and restaurant owners, though, say the families that fish salmon for a living can survive another canceled season. don't forget to cancel last season. 2. they plan to speak out at a rally today at 10 o'clock. >> coming up in the next hour of kron. 4 morning news, florida open set to vote on whether or not to change the name of the oakland airport. why they say that proposed name change will be beneficial to the town. others don't agree. and we'll continue to follow breaking news out of the east bay as overturned semi is blocking traffic impacting your commute. and san francisco native oj simpson is dead at the age of 76. we have the latest details 76. we have the latest details on that. we'll right back. ♪ from the mountains to the coast... ♪ ♪ heatin' up the kitchen ♪ ♪ we got somethin different ♪ ♪ spreadin' good vibes all day ♪ ♪ todos a la mesa ♪ ♪ que buena la mezcla ♪
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>> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at no. good morning. thank you for joining us here at 09:00am on the kron. 4 morning news. i'm james fletcher and i'm reyna harvey. the breaking news story. >> we've been talking about a traffic collision impacting the large portion of the east bay big rig on its side. let's get right to it with michael in the traffic center. michael. >> hey, good morning. everyone will essentially the driver of this big rig fell asleep causing these major delays since about 4 o'clock this morning. and you can see it's right at the connector of 8.80, southbound lanes when you're driving onto it from 2.38 northbound. so it's completely closed off and we actually
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