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public safety for san francisco. >> each and every one of us know that there's a lot more work to be done and this work. cole reform is never truly over. but we have put in place systems we put in place infrastructure we put in place groped a woman at a gas station. they say it happened on march 18th about 4.30, in the afternoon at the station on ellport help drive. officers say the man just walked up to the woman while she was standing outside her car and touched her inappropriately. they say that
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he was last seen wearing a dark green jacket. if you happen recognize this man, you're being asked to call san pablo police more than 40 people arrested in san francisco during an orchestrated crackdown. police say they all happened on wednesday in or around the tenderloin neighborhood. >> officers say out of the 42 people arrested. 30 of them are wanted fugitives. police say they'll continue to patrol at night in un plaza and other areas where people are dealing and using illegal drugs. >> the here mountain expected to receive even more snow from this latest storm heading in back in january. you know, looked a bit bleak ski resorts receiving a mere fraction of snow, you compared to last year's epic's jarell kind of sweating it there for a while. but then february came through and roared back, giving skiers and boarders an amazing winter season. kron four's terisa stasio ventured up to the sierra to catch the final days of the ski season.
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>> i'm up here at north star. this is one of the last days of season. so just checking out the spring skiing, looks pretty spectacular, as you can see behind me. crowds. that's a winner. >> so as far as what it's like out on the slopes, we're going to check it this is what a base of nearly 114 inches of snow with 100% of the lifts still operating in mid-april. looks like storm after storm left ski resorts like north star with enormous windfall. >> at the beginning of this month, the california department of water resources revealed that for 2 years in a row. the april survey showed a snow pack with 110% of average. excellent beautiful for those who loved to ski and board. the late season was simply joyful light clothing, even shorts were popular. outfits due to the warm sunny i could >> nice. and he just now. what
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are about? heavy coats? what's the best thing about spring this is my first time, but it's really nice. the weather is beautiful. the trees are in line skiing this time of year can be challenging with some sticky spot is leading to some falls. fortunately this spring snow. >> softens the blows to the body fabulous tight. >> fracking die. sun's out. snow is much better than i expected. should they not beautiful? iraq's know people want use better from it. >> or star closes on sunday, april 14th. that is not the case and other resorts, for example, nearby palisades tahoe is projected to stay open until may 27. they we are the last around. i believe all of the season. last run of the sticky. >> on the snow, a lot better than having rocks. so capital snowfall has been good from that perspective. without a
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doubt. at north star theresa kron, 4 news. >> yeah, it looks like fun her day off. what a dedicated anderson, right? he's a looking good up there. i lopes have a great time that she was and that snow looked fantastic. you know you on your day off, all in all files this weekend yeah. let know they're going to get another foot of snow up there across some of the peaks the ski resorts. they may end extending a little bit more if they can as that snow still looking good up on the mountains out there right now, looking toward half tom boyd, beautiful sight out there right now. the sun getting ready to set the storm clouds get ready to move in up there right now. not a bad day to travel up there. if you're up there already not bad. you've got the roadways looking good about 80 50 even traveling tonight. not very difficult. i think that will change, though, as we head in toward tomorrow's those storm clouds really going to roll into the day and bring a lot of rain and snow in the high country. temperatures out the door right now. 39 degrees in
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little chilly in incline village. 46 tahoe city and 43 degrees in emerald bay. but yeah, everything's about to change now as the storm clouds going to begin to move in. the winds are also going to be kicking up with the storm system. wind advisory posted across the great lake tahoe area. watch out for some gusts over 55 miles per hour there in further south. yeah. expecting more snow a little further south with the storm system all the way down to the mammoth lakes area in 70 upwards of 6, maybe 12 inches of snow from a late season storm. that's pretty impressive for this time of year. all right. if you're headed on up there this what you can expect, it's going to be cold wet and windy to tomorrow. temperature about 49 degrees right at lake level in tahoe. and that means you can see that mountain snow in the snow. showers continue with some colder air moving in on sunday, return to dry and warmer weather by monday. but this year, what a great story this has been. it's been incredibly started out behind. well, this is where we finish just where we want to above normal 122% normal in the northern sierra nevada, 109%
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normal. the central, the southern sierra, 105% normal. great news for a long summer months ahead. guys, back to you. all right, lawrence restrooms at the rest area along the golden gate bridge in sausalito are expected to be closed for at least 2 and a half months starting this monday. a caltrans is scheduled to start a maintenance project on those restrooms. there will be temporary portable toilets, though. in the meantime, the rest area. we'll stay open right on through construction. work along eastbound highway. 37 in sonoma. that's been rescheduled. now due to the weather. >> caltrans will now repave roads for the next few weekends. that's the weekends of april 19th and the 26th work will start next friday night at 9. >> other news tonight, planned parenthood clinics in california bracing for an up tick in patients after arizona passed a near total ban on abortion earlier this week. that is set to take effect in 2 weeks. it forbids all abortion procedures unless they're needed to save a
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pregnant woman's life. some planned parenthood clinics in california are preparing for patients who a cross state lines to access the procedure. health care providers say that includes opening up more appointment slots in training. some providers. the republican speaker of the house and donald trump teamed up in florida. our washington correspondent raquel martin explains the 2 made a joint announcement about election security. >> the speech came at a critical time for both made a j announcement about election security. >> the speech came at a critical time for both thread. not an easy situation for any speaker. alter conservatives lead my georgia republican congresswoman marjorie taylor. greene. >> are threatening to alice johnson after he worked across the aisle with democrats to
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pass a budget and is currently trying to get funding for ukraine. he's the democrat speaker of the house. not the republicans like speaker green has yet to pull the trigger. >> the move would likely plunge the house into another drawn-out vote for a new speaker because of my respect for my conference, i won't drawing red lines. greenan says trump is not influencing her decision getting on very well with the speaker and i get along very well with marjorie speaker johnson spent friday afternoon meeting with trump before the announced a plan to keep noncitizens from voting in u.s. elections. the house republicans are introducing a bill. >> that will require proof of citizenship to vote. it seems like common sense ahead of johnson and trump announcement. the biden campaign with already on the attack. in a statement, a spokesperson calls the 2 leaders losers who, quote, are teaming up to spread lies and misinformation. it's still unclear what the future of ukraine funding might be. the
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former president says he and johnson are still reviewing the issue and both support putting it in the form of a loan. >> for now in washington, raquel martin, back to you. >> the white house announced that it's canceling student loan debt for another more than 200,000 borrowers. this is 7 more states file a lawsuit to stop the forgiveness plans. the lawsuit alleges president biden is overstepping his authority by setting up another legal showdown over student debt forgiveness, the new strategy lets borrowers pay nothing back until they reach a certain income level. it also eliminates interest growth lowers payments more than a pass plans and it cancels unpaid debt in as little as 10 years. the supreme court struck down the administration's first attempt that student loan forgiveness, mortgage rates are on the rise again, making housing experts nervous about when the market could return to normal. >> a survey of housing lenders shows standard 30 year mortgage rates rising up more than 6.8%. well, experts say
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the average rate is up to 7%. the reported data show a rise in inflation this week could mean the federal reserve will not cut interest rates any time soon. 7% mortgage rates have been seen since last december and could force potential buyers to accept high interest rates. >> warriors and pelicans doing battle in a game both teams need a win to their playoff standings. next up in sports, aaron wilson is live at chase center. still have all the center. still have all the details on the game. norman, bad news...
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>> some new open borrowers will be out on the field this summer, including a player made history back in 2022. as the first woman to sign a professional contract with an mlb partner league team. the staten island ferry hawks. and today we got a chance to talk to kelsey whitmore, the newest player for the oakland ballers. she says she's looking forward to not just the season, but also hopefully the postseason. >> i mean, my goals this season is to really just compete as much as i with whatever opportunities i'm given for personal goals. i want to grow myself as a person grow with my teammates and and this encouraged. and i also want to, you know, as a for personal those that want do the best i can with getting the best numbers i can to as many innings as i can and as a team was sprinkles regarding that. i want to help this team win a championship. you know, again, as far as we can with in this league. >> the bowlers now have 31 players under contract going
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into the club's spring training. >> and now kron 4 sports. >> well, we are here at chase tonight as the warriors are to tip 07:00pm against the new orleans pelicans. now, this is the big one is not technically a must-win for the warriors, but it kind is a must win for the warriors because right now when it comes to records, the lakers and the warriors break even but the warriors, they hope to tie breaker because they hold the series this season with the lakers. now being said the lakers are up against the grizzlies tonight. so they're probably for sure going to get that win. understanding what's at stake with the playoffs and the play-in. the warriors, though they have a tougher battle in the pelicans with zion. williams active and they need a win tonight to continue to stay in that 9 holding on to the breaker over the lakers to hold onto home-court advantage. so they have to do that tonight with out jonathan kuminga foods. we something during. i believe it was his
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hit 50% during the portland trail blazers game last night that they are on a second of a back-to-back tonight against the pelicans and they will not have gary payton the second out there. i of course, we want to get as many back north lives as we love to get with gp 2, but no worries there. they understand that this is a when that they need to have in order to stay in great position heading into the play-in understanding that that 8 seed is actually in reach. take a listen to what steve kerr had to say when i asked about you know, if if we win tonight and sunday, then we have legit shot at 8 >> that's a big deal. you know, get to. 2 chances to win one game. you also have a chance you know, move up to the 7 seed. if you win that 7, 8, playoff play-in game. so obviously we're we want to just win every game and put ourselves in the best spot possible. meanwhile, we get some baseball going on right now or today at least.
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>> the giant. they begin a six-game road trip in florida. now they met up with the rays tonight. logan way of and blake snell figuring out where they will be eating. >> after the game, he you know, the game was tied in the bottom of the 3rd 2 outs from a who lined the shot into the gap in right center field. and you're near has scorched up 3rd. and the rays lead 2 to one which stood the giant actually could up only hit and one run and the event one run actually moved to the race 2 to one. but there's also some master's office taking over espn and on the airwaves today, history was actually made it the second round of the masters today because it was tiger woods. of course, it was the fans. plus one after 36 holes which allowed him to take. >> 24th consecutive cut manchester. that's a new record. breaking a tie him with gary player and straight couples. now there are 3 carper's on top of the
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leaderboard. it's max homa, bryson dechambeau and that the world's number one player, scottie scheffler. and this is a birdie actually from scheffler at the tent pole. they all stayed at -6 heading into round 3 tomorrow at augusta national. now, obviously it's a lot of sports going right now here at chase center, the most important part on on its basketball that the warriors try and chase down 8 to be a little bit more comfortable with less games to play in that play-in tournament is they try to make their way into the playoffs and of course, have some longevity added to this season. obviously, that's what we're all hoping for here at chase. but i have a break down with you tonight after the game. so you have this one went down tonight at cnn sports night live for now, though, i'll toss it back to you guys in the studio. wilson live >> all right, erin, hopefully that big w with the does not or 4 zone forecast. a nice and quiet bay bridge toll plaza. yeah. we like it that way. it's friday. kron four's chief meteorologist here with us in the studio to fill us in on
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what this weekend is going to look like. yeah, going to be wet. going to be a lot colder guys. unfortunately, we've seen a lot of weekends workout like this so far this year, that rain kind of rolling in at the wrong time outside right now looking toward the golden gate bridge, kind of a neat shot to get the clouds little break right there in the middle of the storm. clouds going to gather overnight tonight. that rain going to be pouring down as we head through the night. so, yeah, it looks like this going to head in right about the middle of the night. the north bay then just kind of spread the south throughout the night tonight with some gusty winds to go along with that tomorrow. i'm not going to be a rain. now you'll see that heavy rain in the morning and then turns more towards scattered showers. so you'll see a couple of sunny breaks in between the clouds, a chance. cold showers continuing on and off throughout the day. even chance of isolated thunderstorms outside, maybe a chance of showers lingering into sunday morning, too. the wind just beginning to pick up out the south. you see with the yeah. the winds start to as high as 2025 miles per hour along the coastline. now those will start to ramp up even further is that low gets a little bit closer is not that far away. now going to be pushing on shore so far, just
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a lot of clouds out there. but no rain be reported just yet. the storm system going to work its way on shore, bringing all that cold air from the gulf of alaska. you're going to slam right in the bay area with that area of low pressure. so close is a good chance. we could be talking about some thunderstorms to their goals tomorrow morning. very wet. early on. then turning more towards scattered showers throughout the day. another round of rain as we head toward tomorrow evening that another chance of showers as we head towards sunday. but look at these temperatures that were just talking about 70's 80's last couple days. we're topping out in the 50's maybe low 50's in parts of the bay area. that's what it's going to play out. even cool on sunday. warmer weather, though, returns next week. thank lawrence. happening now night markets are back in san francisco. look at that beautiful shot there of the lanterns hanging out over the crowd tonight, chinatown hosting one right there on grant avenue. >> it will feature traditional chinese food and activities. some dim sum may be the night market will be back every second friday of the month until november. the sunset neighborhood night market is also expected to return later this year. the market in
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chinatown started up at 05:30am tonight. it's going to keep on going until 9 o'clock. >> coachella one is upon u.s.. festival goersustarted arriving yesterday with the campground, opened up hundreds of thousands of people are expected to make the trek to the desert for the three-day music fest. alana delray tyler, the creator, no doubt and doja cat are headlining the show, shall i compare thee to a hot summer train? well, bay area teens take influence from the bar writing holmes for bart. >> we'll explain all of coming up.
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>> so excited and emotional parents and students at the amazon innovation lab in sunnyvale today. the company surprise 7 bay area high school seniors. let's get this up to $40,000 in scholarship money to pursue an education in stem at any college or university of their choice. students are also offered paid internship at amazon following their freshman year of college. >> we have a right have my
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mama a lot me and my myself and not be a burden on when i go off to life >> we wish them all the best of success. the high school seniors are among just 63 recipients in california and 400 nationwide to have been selected for this program. >> beneath the city's glow bart's lines. hopefully we've the story of us begins in the twilight of the that's the opening line to the under the stars of valencia. a bart love story and the winner of the bart lines. teen poetry contest, the bay area rapid transit agency announced step. 31 winning poems today. winners range in age from 14 to 19. they all reside all over the bay area and the palms. they're now available in bart's free short edition story dispensers and online. we have a link to all the winning entries on our website. kron 4 dot com. national park week kicks off next saturday with free admission to all parks that charge entrance fees that includes popular state parks
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here in california. like yosemite and sequoia, national parks, many of the 400 national parks across america. don't charge entry fees, but the park service does hope that the fee free holiday encourages folks to visit entrance fees are only waived on the first day of national park week, which is saturday, april 20th at the aquarium of the pacific in long beach. checking out an orphaned sea otter pup arrived for rehabilitation. >> the baby otter was rescued off the coast of santa cruz county. it's being paired up with an adult, an adult female otter to learn survival skills which include foraging for food and grooming their thick fur. the pup will be the first surrogate raised honor at the aquarium, which will be able to accommodate up to 4 rescued sea otters each year. the last several years. the population has stabilized at about 3,000. >> and we're hoping that with our efforts trying to put more pops back into the wild, we're going to be able to continue
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to recover. the species is part of our coastline. >> so cue to the surrogacy area will be kept out of the public's view to avoid human interaction, which will increase the honors chances of surviving once he returns to the wild. archaeologists are revealing an incredible new discovery in palm pay workers who are trying to protect parts of the dig site. the accidentally uncovered a >> banquet hall hidden underneath centuries of ash and dirt. the newly discovered buildings feature your purse. stanley preserved frescoes showing mythical figures there. experts say the banquet hall was likely lit by lanterns in the evening with flickering flames intended to make the images seem like they were moving. pompei, of course, was buried under almost 20 lava and ash following the eruption of mount vesuvius nearly 2000 years ago. >> it has been 35 years since the original launch of the biggest most famous piece portable gaming, the remember
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the nintendo game screen brought games like super mario land and to trust a life without having to stay near and outlets being attached to the tv. the nintendo game boy has been through a number of evolution since the 1990's. although nintendo stop producing the game boy in 2003, those missed out games are still around available online with a membership. everybody wanted that for christmas, your thumbs would be couple hours. and that wraps up kron for news at 60 tonight at 10. goodnight.
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