buddhist temple in san jose. we're live at the scene with the aftermath and a warning from police as thieves. now target honda cars for their parts were live. what you need to know. >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at 7. >> good morning. and happy tuesday to you. i'm sorry. and i'm james. let's start the hour with a check of weather and traffic. we've got rain and john standing by. yeah, things are looking pretty good. it was a little windy. if i had to pick something i could have done without yesterday. maybe let's turn that down a little i do that with like ac, though. it's what cools us down. so if you're standing in front of the ac is of the most comfortable, i understand we're looking out there at san jose which has a product of the wind at that cool ocean breeze scooted in overnight and allowed us this kind of gray morning that we're in the midst of its a lot of low stratus clouds, a low grade kind of stay. we are seeing visibility issues and a few more north bay spot. so do

watch for that is you are getting on the roads aside from this, though, those winds do relax a little bit today. and that does mean or turning the ec down a bit. and temperatures will rise a little bit further into tomorrow and thursday. so expect a bit of a warm-up in the days ahead of us 40's to 50's for our current temperatures right now. conquered in alameda at 53 degrees. now the un hayward are more mild spots at 57 degrees. each later on today. still very similar to yesterday in the 70's to low 80's. i'll talk that modest warmup tomorrow. still ahead, great. all right, john, thank you for that. starting off with any major hot spots. but you do have traffic building. >> the bay bridge right now about 20 minutes. no accidents hazards. all our bridges. lot of traffic traveling, though, 18 minute ride on the san mateo bridge start to slow down along 8.80, game on the ridge. there. richmond center fell bridge still under 13 minute, although we have some fog along the golden gate bridge not slowing down. 22 minute ride checking on those highways in the south bay 101. 35 minutes. we've got about 5 minutes is a last check in 2,

80 82 still looking good darya. james, back to you. thanks. a lot of on our top story is for people are displaced after a fire broke out last night at a buddhist temple in san jose. for more on this story, let's go to will. tran is live in san jose. will what can you tell us? >> well, i can tell you early on investigators, james, they don't believe this is a hate crime. any time religious structure catches on fire. that has to be considered. but they don't think so. at least not at this point. you can see the damage. it just destroyed this wing of the temple. it's located on 97 fosse avenue just off of the alum rock avenue and 6.80. in fact, i can still smell a little bit of smoldering. they stayed here late last night to make sure the hot spots are out. but i'm sure they'll have to back out a little bit later this morning to deal with it. not to mention to try to find the cause of the fire. now, let me show you pictures. this

all started at around 8 o'clock last night for people, as you mentioned, were inside, presumably monks. they had to come outside and fortunately they were not injured, not treated. and i can tell you that other buddhist temples in san jose, they will be staying at those locations because even though it happened at a wing of the temple of the damage was enough for them not to be here. the fire department. well, they just simply don't know at this particular time, especially since it was dark. james and ari, a no reason to investigate at that time, which is why they put the gate right in front of it. and we do expect him to be back out a little bit later this morning. now that the sun is up to try try to find out the cause of the fire. back to you. all right. thanks a lot. we'll check back with you later. >> 703. on the clock and breaking news this morning. the national highway traffic safety administration now launching an investigation into waymo's self-driving cars. the agency posted

documents detailing the probe on its website this morning. they received apparently 22 reports of waymo cars at crashing or doing something that may have violated traffic laws. the document states that cars hit stationary objects and in some cases the crash happened shortly after the women driving system behaved unexpectedly after or near traffic control devices like stop signs and stoplights. the agency says the probe will look at the system's performance in detecting and responding to those traffic control devices. waymo is headquartered in mountain as we know and it released a statement saying they will work with the agency. during this pro at 703, and a big story that we're following. are breaking into honda, specifically more and more. >> for the part lee, a spike in san mateo. and that's where kron four's michael thomas is live with the story. michael. >> hey, good morning, everyone. san mateo police tell me essentially they think that these these are trying to resell airbags from these hondas and within a four-day span, there was more than a

dozen honda's that were broken into those drivers. side windows completely shattered. this is video some of the vehicles that were talking about now the senate to police as last week between thursday and saturday. they got a total of 17 calls regarding car break-ins and specifically honda's. they say the thieves are stealing steering will parts that contain driver airbags. and also using a screwdriver to get in and take a look. these are some of the details on your screen. these parts are worth up to $1000 or so. police say and hundreds are being targeted. the most specifically civics accords and see rv's and all that are 2015 or newer. as of right now, will drivers are advised of these tips that are on your screen? they say the park in well-lit areas double check the car alarms and make sure that they're working. also if you can get some security cameras outside your home or at least go out and buy an old school security club that lies across the steering wheel as it would make it harder for thieves as the steering most

specifically is where they're trying to get into back out here live. i did just speak with the information officer from the police department. he says specifically southside of san mateo is being targeted the most and it's mostly residential areas. so he says he does believe that they possibly may be selling these parts online at some point, but they do have some leads. they're still investigating. so as they get more, you know, we'll continue to keep you updated. but you'll hear more from him within the next hour. that's a very latest here in san mateo, michael thomas, tara and james, we'll send it back to you. okay, michael, thank you very much. >> 705, and oakland's new police chief is on the job now. here is yesterday in his first day of work, floyd mitchell started monday with a meeting of members of the department, including new recruits. he last worked as chief in lubbock, texas. now chief michel says one of his top goals in this department is building public trust. >> i'm looking forward to working with you and with members of the community to

can say someone spend the rest of this week attending different meetings to get brought up to speed on several different things going on within the local police department and within this community. >> the chief also met with the command staff and went over the latest crime figures. and here's one for a figure. burglaries are down by 51% since last year. but residential burglaries went up by 110%. so he's got his work cut out for him in the east bay. a man was convicted of killing a woman who he used to live with. her remains were found in alameda out last summer. the alameda county da announced yesterday afternoon conviction of joseph roberts. he was found guilty of second-degree murder for the death of rachael buckner. she was from pleasant him and her body was found dismembered along the shoreline of bay farm island last summer. buckner and roberts live together at the time of her death. we don't know when he'll be sentenced. >> in the north bay solano county police are looking now for an inmate who apparently

walked away from a conservation camp. they say that james jones was serving a seven-year sentence for robbery and other charges. he was last seen on the campgrounds wearing a gray sweatshirt and pants. police are asking anybody out there who knows where he is to contact them immediately. 5 people, including 4 children, tried to run off with the cash register in valais over the weekend. police say the register that they stalled had a tracker inside and that's what allowed police to track them down. police say the theft happened saturday. it was a business on tennessee and amador streets. officers say one of the suspects hit a cashier with a handgun before taking off with that register, police found and arrested all 5 suspects. police also found a gun and the stolen money. >> 708, right now. and as it starts to get warmer around the bay and heading into summer, it is important to be vigilant when you're around the water over the weekend, there were multiple drownings in one case, a 5 year-old boy

drowned behind behind a home in bethel island in contra costa county. and in another case over the weekend, a mother died in stanislaus county when she tried to save her 11 year-old daughter fell into the water in the san joaquin river. the daughter is okay. but the mom didn't make it. several organizations say this highlights the need for water safety as rivers are moving dangerously fat fast and with the snow melt there, freezing cold temperatures. >> have a flotation on your body when you're in or near that cold water staying out of the current really aware of where you are in relation to fast-moving current. >> let's say you see somebody is going under and you're afraid that they are drowning immediately. call 9-1-1. and then they say try to reach the person with a rope or a pole or throw them if you have flotation device, do not try to go into the water after them yourself because then you

could become another drowning victim in a lot of cases. there are failed. rescue attempts. right now in dozens of parents and students in the east bay are scrambling now to find a new school because there's abruptly close the elementary and middle school, new horizons had its last day of school on friday. the principal says low enrollment limited staff and financial troubles led the school to file for bankruptcy. the school could not afford to keep even the utilities on. they still owe at least 16 staff members, their salaries and at least 8 families. they were unaware of the closure and they ended up up paying off their tuition early as $14,000. so now they're going to wait 90 days in the make a request for reimbursement. >> we're going to take a break here at 7.10, but still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news, a security guard stopped a thief at a coffee shop in san francisco. going to tell you what happened. plus, after the

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>> 7.13 right now and we're checking out the weather and i know a lot of people with allergies are suffering because the wind is up now. but as jean is quick to remind us, it is giving us, though slightly cooler temperatures see kind of get one with the

other john through. you know, there's always a plus a minus for sure. with the bay area. you get the cool, but you get the cloudy and you get the winds. but you get the pollen for sure. >> they kind of go hand in hand. we're looking outside of the east bay hills right here. not much of a look at all this morning because of that low gray that we have. it's going to hug the coast pretty tightly today. but a little bit of good news for our g suffers. those of you that maybe haven't enjoyed that breeze too much is your coastal breeze does relax a little bit the next couple of days. this is going to result in temperatures climbing a little bit further and a little less fog towards tomorrow morning. still a very foggy afternoon along the coastline today. and even a little bit of coastal drizzle out there. high pressure ridge stays in place, although this low exits the region, which will allow this high to keep things a little bit more relaxed as far as winds go. temperatures today are going to be in the 50's to 60's in the city as well as elsewhere along the coastline. daytime highs along the bay shore will be in the 60's to 70's making for a comfortable enough

afternoon specially for redwood city. and i-76 campbell in san jose warm at 81 degrees east bay. daytime highs. also mostly 70's with a few low 80's sprinkled in livermore as well as oakland, berkeley and richmond only in the 60's. the cool sea breeze definitely keeping you on the cooler side. vacaville in antioch, our warmest spots today, each at eighty-four degrees. looking ahead tomorrow and thursday, ever so slightly the warmer days of our forecast. definitely not a lot of changes in this forecast, but we do cool little this weekend back into the 70's at the very warmest, right. all right, john, thank you for that. will traffic is building here our 7 o'clock hour. highway 4 is pretty busy. >> nearly an hour to travel from antioch to concord. you might want to take the service street to navigate around not seen any accidents or has lost highway 4. he's got a lot of people traveling right now. 22 minute ride into the city and our san mateo bridge over route. 21 so they're pretty equal in terms of how busy they are along 80 cracking up towards the maze. you start to back up past hercules 30

minute rides pablo always good alternate. well, things are busy there. 24 walnut creek down to 5, 80 still at 12. it's a great commute right now. doubling down to fremont. looking at a 22 minute ride this morning. dyches back to you. thanks a lot. rain is for your money. this morning. united delta among airlines suing the biden administration over the new fee disclosure rule and what does it take to be middle class in california? jane king is live at the nasdaq with those stories and more. i j. haidar and good morning, sir. go. banking rates found that it took nearly 42% increase in income. >> to remain in the middle class. this is from 2012 to 2022. now in california, the middle class income range of 2022. with 61,283 $1000 in the increase in pay in the state to remain in the middle class was 50% home prices have surged. 47% since the start of 2020 home price growth. so far

this decade is on the verge of surpassing all of the growth seen in the 2 thousands available home supply is down. 34% since pre-pandemic. this all according to a report from realtor dot com, the coalition of major airlines suing the biden administration over its new rule that requires airline companies disclose extra fees on purchases. airlines for america said that this new rule will greatly confuse consumers and that will complicate the buying process. the department's new rule requires airlines just close the extra fees before customers make their final purchase. and those fees can include things like checked bags, carry bags of changing or canceling reservations as well. and google maps has updates to make summer traveler little easier. maybe a little more fun to the trending list. it's updated weekly with places that have seen a spike in popularity. so that will help you discover the latest hot spots and the top list is home to places that the maps community has consistently loved the lift us for places that might be in

neighborhoods best kept secret by from the nasdaq market site. i'm jane king just one thing because i fly and i buy tickets all the time. how am i going to be confused seeing the price and they say your bags included. here is the price. i know. i know. i agree. i would like some more transparency when buying airplane for this that they're trying you know, >> protect themselves like us. okay. all right. thank you, >> indeed, it is laying off about 1000 employees. the ceo says this round of layoffs is so the company can simplify the organization in order to make it easier for them to make decisions and help a more effectively grow revenue. osh in a letter that was shared with the workforce. it said that the layoffs affect many different groups and regions, but they are not across the board. the ceo says the impact jobs are mostly concentrated here in the u.s. and this time last year, indeed laid off about 15% of its staff due to decrease in job openings

following the post covid boom indeed does have an office in san francisco. it's on mission street. >> well, red lobster is shutting down at least 48 of its locations nationwide. and one of them is here in the bay area. the company has announced the location in rohnert park. he's going to be closed in addition to those closures, the supply liquidators now apparently auctioning off kitchen equipment from those closed locations this week, red lobster has been facing some recent financial challenges, including filing for bankruptcy last month and posting an operating loss of more than 11 million dollars. red lobster has more than 700 locations globally. artificial intelligence is now being used in factories and warehouses to help protect people who workaround for cliffs of conveyor belts and other heavy machinery software made by san francisco based corporation cop sciences. process is video recorded on the company's existing security cameras and that highlights potential dangers for staff. the software can also see workers

risks hurting themselves from lifting heavy loads the wrong way. to set of tools that help companies understand the risks their employees are exposed to. >> and really engineer that risk out of the facility. well, the technology scans thousands of hours of visual data in just a few minutes and then offers recommendations on ways to improve safety. >> the goal is to help companies reduce accidents and lower workers. compensation claims. >> the first museum dedicated to fabric arts in the country is in danger now closing for good after nearly 50 years, the san jose museum, a quilting textiles to showcased art from all over the region and around the world, too. >> but as kron 4 is jack molmud explains. the museum is now racing against the clock to stay open. we're the first museum in the country. >> to focus on tax, hurts and that's a very, very unique bureau of other museums along the south side of san jose's downtown. >> it may be easy to but i

think we're really incredible resource for the community. but for san jose museum of quote and textiles, director chris johnson, his museum hits above its weight class. come here to this reason you'll see kind of the extent what can be done with fibers. we like the future, our local artists here because we have. >> an incredible history of fiber arts here in the bay area. different are from different artist from san jose. and the far all handmade in fiber. but after nearly 50 years and san jose sofa district, the vibrant and historic exhibit inside the museum may go away for good. unfortunately, due to the pandemic. >> and kind of the changing face of philanthropy. we just haven't been able raise the resources that we need to continue operating the way we would like to. he said the museum needs $300,000 by the summer. >> the funding that we're asking for u.s. help support the staff. we need to operate the museum. it's to help pay our mortgage. yeah. and this my first time here in julian swanson came down from san

francisco. have to be able to be here. little donation to them helping keep supporting local art. he says keeping arts alive in the bay has been a struggle. feel like it's difficult. you know what the downtowns, less traffic i can imagine, has been a big hit for them. the hope is that the museum can collect enough funds from the community. it can create an endowment and stay open for years to come. in san jose moment kron 4 news. >> it's 7.21. and coming up on the kron 4 morning news, a major setback in the group that's trying stop using tax money to fund the a's stadium in las vegas. we'll tell you what happened.

>> the new warning from the fbi and the department of homeland security about potential threats ahead of pride month. they say that foreign terrorist groups like isis might exploit increased gatherings that are happening because of lgbtq+. community celebrations and everything else. the fbi is urging law enforcement and the public to report any violent threats that are made online or in person and they say watch out for suspicious activity like, for example, someone taking photographs of entrances and exits of a venue or anybody asking about security or crowd sizes without an explanation. >> 7.25 is the time. also in the news today, convicted

killer scott peterson's defense team is trying to get him a new trial by gathering new evidence. the stanislaus county district attorney's office, though, is opposing that motion. so the loss angeles innocence project are the ones representing peterson now and they want to test dna on rope and a stolen van that was murdered or that was burned near the peterson home at the time that his wife, laci went missing. da's office is asking the judge to deny that motion considering all the evidence was previously used to convict peterson peterson news you may remember was convicted back in 2004 of the murder of his wife and their unborn child. peterson has maintained his innocence. he's now serving life sentence in prison. in the east bay. a man has been sentenced to house arrest for shutting down the computer network of the discovery bay water treatment facility back in 2021. prosecutors from the department of justice say that rambler gallo, purposefully and installed some software from that computer network, which is the system that runs the automated monitoring for

that or for the entire water treatment system. they say he admitted to remotely remotely accessing that system from his personal computer after he resigned from a company that was working with discovery bay. he's now cents to 6 months of house arrest. he had to forfeit his computer and he has to pay more than $44,000. now in restitution. >> time now 7.26. and coming up next on the kron, 4 morning news, a tribute 2 vietnamese heritage in san jose. re imagine garden that they just imagine garden that they just broke ground on. ( ♪♪ )

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to your hat and then take an enjoyable walk or or do whatever you want to do. outside winds going to be kicking up again. want to put the pony. it holds the hat, by the way, just gives you just long enough. it doesn't. yes, never mind, john, tonight with that sounds nice. if i hear again. >> but there's a little bit. hey, we're looking at a little bit of fog out there to and that is a sign of that ocean cool there. that's keeping us nice. a moderated your view outside from the east bay hill. still not much of a view yet, but we are seeing this cloud cover right above most of us. >> so visibility is okay for most of our bridges as well as surface streets. once you head up into those mountain passes up into the north bay. that's where having some issues, winds are a little bit lighter than yesterday. just enough of a coastal breeze, though, to keep temperatures down in the low 80's for the most part of the warmest and in the 70's for most of us in the bay area. right now, it's 40's to 50's for your morning

temperatures before we do get to those mild numbers under the sunshine little bit later on today. >> right. all right, john, thank you for that. a lot congestion out there, especially over in the east bay looking at our bay area highways, 80 start to get busy as you're traveling reveal how the forest picking up even 8.80, through hayward and one of one of the north bay. you're starting to see more congestion for me. a bridge right now about 23 minutes heading into the city. no accidents on bridges. 7, bridge. 24 minute ride. you can see slow it is getting on that ridge 14 minutes long. richmond center fell bridge in golden gate bridge. 32 minutes because you saw starting to slow down up north is back to you. thanks. a lot. ran 7.30, and over the weekend customers. san francisco cafe. >> stopped a man who had just tried to take off with a woman slapped kron. 4. sarah stinson actually spoke with one of the people who prevented the theft. >> police say a man ran into this cafe, grabbed a laptop and ran right outside was a man named henry flynn who

tackled the alleged thief to the ground and held him there until police arrived. security cameras thankfully cut the whole thing on video. unfortunately, we did not get permission to use it. it literally felt like everyone inside the cafe was screaming. henry flynn was enjoying a cup of coffee outside sanaa cafe saturday evening when he says he saa man running out with a laptop. flynn works as a security guard. so he says it fell natural to take matters into his own hands. i saw someone running out with a hood. >> with a lot of talk in the right hand, almost like a football player would run with the football. i think the momentum of him running in the opposite direction of my arm, pushing him in another direction, made him stumble over towards one of the cars. that was part. and then i had the ability jump on top of this video from frisco live 4, 1, 5, shows san francisco police arresting a 19 year-old man and flynn talking with officers afterwards about what learned from police that the man had snatched a laptop from a woman

sitting inside who thinks to flynn and others got it back. >> did you speak to the woman who is left of? it was afterwards. i did. they're really cool. husband or boyfriend. yeah, actually, i my phone that what i was running after the guys. so they like the minimum. can we venmo you a little bit of money? just so you can get your phone fixed and i would because not really too worried about that. this video has circulated on social media. people are now calling flynn a hero, but he humbly disagrees. most people want to do the right thing. it just takes one person to really. >> i get ahead of it and everyone else will follow. flynn is a fourth-generation san franciscan who is fundraising to run for mayor this november. see myself as representing the silent majority, the city, which is the working class in bread and butter the city. i think what we need right now is the same way what happened at that cafe where everyone came together. >> we need that citywide. we need everyone coming together who's invested in the heart and soul of the root system of

and they found it had been reported stolen out of concord officers found the driver of the motor home has 3 warrants as well. so he was arrested and booked into the san mateo county jail and the motor home was towed away and returned to its rightful owner. take a look at what happened in fairfield. a car flipped on its side and police ended up arresting the driver for dui and hit and run and they found these 2 guns in the car. they say the driver actually had first tried to run away after crashing, but officers caught up with them. >> in pacifica man now under arrest after driving away from a crash and then hitting a parked car. so police say a 2 year-old child was in the car with him at the time. this was saturday. officers say that

deval do aguilar ran a red light and to stop signs before crashing into the parked car. this was on and the way police say they recognize his car from a previous hit and run crash on highway one. no major injuries reported. thankfully the child is fine. aguilar now facing multiple charges, including felony child protesters rally outside of y, - google in mountain view this morning to call on the company to divest itself from israel. the rally is set to happen during the company's i o conference where that they'll be announcing some new products and innovations. the protesters say they want google to end its work for the israeli government and military. that rally set to start at 9 o'clock this morning. it will be out at the shoreline amphitheater. >> it's 7.34. and today in the north bay, home care workers in sonoma county are going to rally at the board of supervisors meeting. they want better pay among other things. the union representing workers says the workers are paid less. then the living wage in that county and that the low

wages are contributing to a shortage of caregivers. that rally is supposed to start within the hour at 8.30, this morning at the board of supervisors meeting in santa rosa. and in san francisco nurses with the department of public health are going to be voting today whether or not to authorize a strike. the union representing the nurses says they want the department to implement safe state staffing practices, agreed to competitive wages and contract enforcement. they say that the department has rejected all of these proposals and that they're refusing to negotiate a fair contract. and in response, the members will take that strike authorization vote today. we did reach out to the department of health, but we haven't heard a comment. >> in the south bay, a group of silicon valley nonprofits plan to rally outside of san jose city hall and asked the city for more money for affordable housing. the group is called the real coalition and it's asking city officials to do more to preserve money that would fund permanent housing solutions in response to a proposal. they say matt

mahan mayor matt mahan is pushing the proposal would divert money away from measure e which originally set aside money for affordable housing city officials are considering using that money instead to clear homeless encampments along waterways and place. residents in temporary shelters. their rally is set for 12, 30 this afternoon. >> it's 7.36. we've come to a major setback now in the effort in vegas to stop vegas, taxpayer money from being used to build in as a stadium. yes. so this proposed ballot measure was written by the nevada teachers union. >> it will not be appearing now on their next election ballot for dan kerman explains why. when nevada lawmakers approved spending 380 million dollars in public money to help fund a stadium in las vegas last june. >> the nevada teachers union took steps to reverse that decision by putting the issue to a public vote. this november. now that won't happen. the nevada supreme court upheld a lower court ruling that the proposed ballot measure was not written

correctly and petition signatures cannot be gathered until it's read and to comply with state law fighting billionaires is never easy. this is just minor setback. alexander marks with the teachers union schools over stadium says the ruling means the measure won't appear on this november's ballot because now there are only 44 days left to rewrite the petition and then collect the 102,000 signatures with no state elections in 2025. that means the next chance for a public vote is november of 2026. but schools over stadiums remains undeterred. this still remains incredibly unpopular locally. it's still under water. 20%. >> you know, preventing the teachers from going out there ensure every student has a high-quality public education is probably not going help with their polling either. but, you know, we we remain committed to try and help fix the misguided priorities of the state. so not much h really changed. in a statemt, the attorney who represents the coalition opposing the ballot measure, which includes the a's, was

pleased with the ruling saying all nevadans have a right to participate in direct democracy, but they need to observe the laws that require properly informing the voters of a proposal. this measure failed to do that. all they did was delay if they were hoping for a quick decision and calling it a day and daying that they want that's not what they got today as part of a 2 pronged attack, schools over stadiums has sued the state of nevada saying the passage of that funding measure violates nevada state constitution. that case is yet to come to trial. dan kerman kron, 4 news. well, 7.38 is the time. and for the first time in more than a decade, the vietnamese heritage garden in san jose's about to get a major facelift. >> that garden was originally constructed in 2011 to honor the thousands of refugees who fled vietnam after the fall of saigon in 1975. but as you can see, it's largely sat empty. but this improvement plan includes a new garden with trees that have some put some benches in. we'll also be a

space to host community events to san jose mayor matt mahan was there for the a groundbreaking ceremony and he's pretty excited. he says for the next steps. >> our shared vision is a garden that remembers the past but looks ahead to the future that pays homage to the journey that thousands of families took to find a better life here in america. and it helps create a better life providing a space for people to come together. celebrate and share the rich. did these culture with the next generation? >> well, the first phase of the project will include adding a statue featuring an american soldier and a vietnamese soldier standing side by side. as you see there, work on the garden could start later this year. and don't forget to tune in every thursday here on kron 4 this month for stories highlighting the bay area's api community. all of it leading up, of course, to our special which airs thursday may 23rd at 06:30pm, right here on kron 4.

>> this saturday, the peninsula, humane society invites you to come and learn about kittens. they call it a kitten shower. you can come. you can go to the kitten nursery. you can watch cats get said by little and learn about the various services that the organization provides. and also you're encouraged to bring a shower gift for the kittens because it is a kitten shower. so kitten formula and what food would be appreciated. the event is free and they'll have crashed and movies and everything for the kids. and it runs from noon to 3 and the organization's rollins road facility. the san francisco bay ferry has broken a ridership record. they say that after the pandemic now their morning commute ridership has gone up more than 2300 riders a day last week with a huge jump on the oakland oakland specifically. 7.41. is the time from ferries to bikes. >> and you want to bike to every day in san francisco.

that's what today is in honor of may being national bike month and that they really mean it. this by school coalition is going to be having citywide rides. and a rally at city hall encouraging people to write to wherever wherever you need to go. the day's going to start 7.30, in the morning with rides in golden gate park. also along the embarcadero and other spots as well. all the rides are going to end with a rally at the steps of city hall around. 9 o'clock on morning up and running county. they got those electric bikes. >> and they're like motorcycles and they go like 20 miles they go pretty fast. that's for speaking of which if you have the need for speed. >> there is a bill that's now targeting extreme speeding california. cared about want crack the whip. we'll be right back. i don't forget to the department of justice is also vowing to protect election workers as they. >> voice concerns about the safety of their physical. a person ahead of the november election. we've seen stories about this in the past. them about this in the past. them getting attacked or assaulted.

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>> some 44, a lake tahoe is full comeback next year high. it's going now. they think it's going to be full for the first time in 5 years because we've had such a wet winter. the department of agriculture says that all of that led to a much bigger winter snowpack and you got the mountain snowpack and running down. it's still more. the average amount in mid-may right now, by the way. >> and when the snowpack melts, it should be enough to fill the lake the last time lake tahoe was a full capacity was in 2019.

>> what happens if it overflows? no, not that you like a tsunami. not possible. it's not possible with was it empties out into the >> okay. >> away our time will have raging rivers all the way down to the which would be pretty exciting. okay. so so no danger of i thought was good morning, john. >> that would be interesting. yeah, the truckee river tends to like control a pretty good. i feel like so. but yeah, we're looking at lake tahoe right here and you can see how bright it is up there. that's no at lake level is long gone. but we still do have a lot of snow pack and those higher elevations that will continue of melt off in filler reservoir is as well as lake tahoe itself. still at 119% of average up in the northern sierra. as for skies, they are clear further inland. but a little bit of fog up and down the coastline. that onshore breeze has been the bay area's air-conditioning, helping to moderate our temperatures. we will see winds relaxing a

little bit in the days to come in. part of that is because of a change in our set up low will be on its way out. high pressure. ridge really strengthening in across the region. that does mean tomorrow and thursday are going to be slightly warmer days in the past couple of days have been today virtually unchanged compared to yesterday 50's and 60's at the coast. 60's 70's for the bayshore and then 70's to low 80's for inland areas. we'll see temperatures just a little bit warmer tomorrow, especially along the bay shore will hit the mid 70's for wednesday and thursday. cooling a little bit after that into the weekend right now. all right, john, thank you for that. let's check in 8.80. >> this is out of san lorenzo paseo grande. as you can see, do have the accidents traffic is gradually been building as the morning goes on. so you're traveling i-80, give yourself some extra time this morning. okay. let's get a look at the bay bridge where we do unfortunately have a traffic hazard, a stalled vehicle right now. the toll plaza. so drive times what up to 30 minutes and then fluctuating other at 26. so so as we get that off the bridge drive

times are going to be around 27 to 28 minutes there. but no accidents on the bridge. 25 minute ride to tail bridge. no accidents would like to just socked solo along 8.80, one also slow almost 70 minutes or an hour to make it from 85 to menlo park. 2, 80 85 might better options for you. even 80 to utilize that. checking on 80 over the east bay cracking down towards the maze. 41 minutes. some possible avenue. always a good alternate for maneuvering around that and highway 4 to conquers to 42. a 15 minute ride almost hour. the surface streets. i was a good way to break darya. james, back to you. >> thank you very much for a 7.47. is the time. and today caltrans is set to close highway 9 between lower glen arbor road and upper glen arbor down in san mateo county or santa cruz county the day the closure set to start at 9 o'clock. it will end at 03:00pm. and again, it's every day through thursday. crews are going to be performing some tree work. caltrans says

residents who live in the area they'll be allowed through the closure if needed. but the rest of the traffic's going to be turned around. a new state bill seeks to increase now the penalty for drivers caught speeding to in sacramento. lawmakers and advocates held this protest. you see him there here on the grass, stage, what they called diane. they want to raise awareness about the thousands of people who die due to speeding the new bill that they want to pass would at 2 points to the driving records of those who caught going more than 26 miles over the speed limit. right now, the punishment is just one point and you can usually get that raced by going to driving school. driving is not a game. >> and it's not a chance to go a 10. your vin diesel. that you're in fast and furious it's a deadly weapon. speed kills. we should be doing so much more. but least we can do. it's send out a warning to people if they're going to be driving recklessly fast. >> yeah. the teamsters trade union opposes the bill. they

argue that this proposal would disproportionately impact commercial truck drivers. >> it's 7.49. and with number election now, less than 6 months away, the department of justice says it's going to be tracking down anybody who threatens election workers as kron four's. catherine heenan reports officials are promising the prosecution will be relentless. >> if you threaten to harm or kill an election worker, volunteer or official, the justice department will find you. >> part of the reason this is making news again, the new survey showing that more than half the election workers in the country are worried about their safety. and with the november election just months away, there is concern that angry sometimes dangerous political partisanship. well only escalate 3 years ago. the justice department created what it calls the election threats. task force among the

17 prosecutions and 13 convictions. since then, election threats. task force has secured the guilty plea of a man who threatened an election worker in michigan. the defendant made vile threats saying that the election worker deserved a quote. >> wrote to the knife, we secured a 3 and a half year prison sentence for a man in texas with threaten the lives of arizona election officials and their children and advocated for a mass shooting. poll workers and election workers increasing see, believe had, quote, suspect results. >> the problem, not new. this is what michigan secretary of state told a senate judiciary committee in 2022. >> my son standing in a driveway. picked up a stick, turned to me and don't worry, mom, if the bad guys come again, a cat them with this. he's 6 years old. >> election officials say it's not only the threats, they're worried about things like funding and the use of artificial intelligence to spread false information. fbi

director says his office has been trying to help for years. >> each of our 56 field offices of had election crimes coordinators, special agents and intelligence analysts. stand ready to field threats if they arise and coordinate a response. catherine heenan kron, 4 news. >> it's 7.51, in the east bay. a concord man is sentenced to jail time for driving dangerously and at extreme speeds on freeways in contra costa county and posting himself doing this on youtube. 33 year-old scott kick field was convicted last month of multiple charges. so started in 2022, there were complaints of the bmw seen driving recklessly on 6.80, between contra costa and solano counties. investigators then found video evidence of kit field speeding at over 100 miles per hour. racing other cars weaving through traffic at high speeds. kit feel a

sense to 60 days in jail and probation. >> we'll take a break here at 7.52. coming up on the kron 4 morning news. meet as we know a cheap these days. so why we're seeing port price is now going up across the state. going up across the state. will take a look at that.

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something known something worriers. it's the women warriors, which is what the valve curries are so that our smith algae way. that's what dell curry's means for the women in the in the hole for paula jean. okay. the valkyrie were these women warriors that guarded and protected. so now that state warrior guys and got those of alcatel, corey women, how cool is that like? out of the monitor patient and i love their love going because if you think about it, that's like the tower of one of the bridges with all the cable in coming down. reading that she'll you think it's they don't deserve to be for victory. so kind of all works together. wow. it's really working. and are those all the numbers of the players you think? did you see the >> wow is coming together representing the team being the 13th active wnba franchise. apparently this is coming together, unlike in thrive city set to host the valkyrie is block party saturday from 2 until 6. that block party is going to feature. >> apparently the parents and performances from iconic bay

area artist who so can be pretty good party. cool. all looking at like a word of coming up next on the kron 4 morning news. a buddhist temple in san jose catches fire without a live report on what's next. >> plus, an east bay man is found guilty of killing the woman used to live with. we'll have more on that case. >> and thieves are now targeting honda's specifically. we'll tell you why.

>> right now on the kron 4 morning news and east bay man is found guilty of killing a woman whose remains were found last summer. a massive fire breaks out at a buddhist temple in san jose. we're live at the scene with the aftermath and a warning from police is thieves are targeting honda cars for their parts. we're live with what you need to know. >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news >> good morning and thanks for joining us on a tuesday. i'm sorry, and i'm james. we've got lots to talk about today. first, though, let's talk about the weather because the wind has been kicking up. everybody's been feeling their allergies flare this you're rain has got that little might kill switch because she's and i we yeah. >> so john, is the wind die down a little yet? you know what? it is going to calm down a little bit, which is good news because yeah, the wind picks it right up. and even though it pushes the fog in the cool and it also pushes that pollen around too, you can