memorial day weekend. >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at 7. we're right >> on anywhere for your thursday morning. i'm daria and i'm rated for james and tomorrow as well will be here to the holiday. no breaks yeah. i'm talking about what's all important for you, which is what traffic is disease. well at the airport and then the weather is important ensure is what you get to do for your memorial day weekend. a lot of that depends on the weather. and hey, it's going to be a lot cooler out there. so if you're not a fan of the heat and you kind of stay indoors when it gets hotter. well, hey, you are going to want to get outside because we've got some 70's and even 60's for your daytime highs. >> you're look outside at the golden gate bridge. a lot of us are going to be feeling like you expected the coastline, but we're going to be further inland. well, below average temperatures. skies are crystal clear this morning. a bit of a brisk one

at times. winds will be a factor today at the coast, especially up in the delta. you can see how winds do pick up later on today. so heads up on that 40's to 50's for current temperatures. oakland and redwood city of 52 brentwood. you're sitting at 60 degrees as you have throughout the morning. now later on today, temperatures in the 60's 70's to low 80's at the very warmest and only getting cooler from here of that forecast ahead, rain. all right, john, thank you for that. let's get you rolling here on a thursday morning. 70 min iran as you're making your way into the city. we've seen averages start too, get busier. 19 minutes on the san mateo bridge there, center ridge round 12 minutes and the golden gate bridge. 37 of the tolls. 21 minutes. time now is 7 o'clock and in the east bay. we want to show you how a man jumped into action and saved a little girl. >> from a burning car. yeah. and this was just a ford lit up in flames. all caught on camera on highway 4 antioch road for sarah stinson. has that story. >> and driving with his 10 year-old daughter in antioch

says she noticed that a ruled over car on fire had people trapped inside instead of calling 9-1-1 they pulled over and he ended up rescuing a little girl. video shows the heroic moment when a man jumps into a car on fire and pulls out a 3 year-old girl. i just told myself say. >> i wasn't going to leave that little girl in that car. >> troy white says he was driving on highway 4 in antioch with his daughter delilah tuesday afternoon when they noticed a car rolled over and on fire with people stuck inside. just scared because i knew the car catches on fire. a lot white says he ran up to the car and saw a woman climbing out. so he went to the other side of the car looked inside. and what i seen was. >> it was it nightmare. you know, it was a child. she was trapped in her car seat with flames continuing to grow. white, worked as quickly as he could to get the girl out. it's just such a brave little girl. she wasn't crying. she was scared. whatever member

saying was help me help me help me. when i got around 30 seconds later, i feel like everybody that was there was going get away from the vehicle. >> you know, i just i had to turn >> minutes later, the car blew up in flames. chp says the mom suffered minor injuries and went in the ambulance with her daughter who had cuts from broken glass are just glad that family a video of the rescue is now circulating online. many are calling white a hero to which he attributes to his faith. >> that great a lot lately and again for ways to have service and, you know, getting older. and i believe that he has a record. today was a last minute change of scheduling for me to even be that chp says drugs nor alcohol are involved in this told that the little girl and her mom are recovering and okay. >> i'm sara stinson reporting in the newsroom. kron 4 news follow the east bay. a pedestrian was killed after being hit by a car this morning. this is on westbound

5.80, in richmond. >> well, chp says it happened on the harbor way off ramp. they say the lanes are closed for a couple hours. they're open. we'll have any other information at this time. time now 703. and we now know a 19 year-old man from newark was a driver killed in tuesday's fiery crash of fremont. the crash happened shortly after midnight right near the intersection of fremont boulevard, thorne avenue all caught on surveillance video. police say the car hit a tree and caught fire and they see an on-duty patrol officer spotted the crash and rescued a passenger also identifies a 19 year-old man from newark. we don't have any update on his condition. investigators say speeding appears to be a factor in that crash. >> it's 703, an antioch police are investigating an armed robbery where 2 people who work with the contra costa county fair were depositing some cash was 02:30am, in the morning on monday that they went to the bank in antioch and thieves robbed them, took the money, took their personal

belongings and used a gun in the prague in the process of this. they're looking for who did it. 704 is the time right now into day 3 men accused of killing a kron. 4 security guard in oakland in 2021. are due in court this morning for a plea hearing. they face murder and attempted robbery charges for the killing of kevin nishita. kevin nishita was shot while he was protecting a kron for news crew that was just set up in the street to do regular story. i think it was around noon on a week day that this happened in oakland and that hearing is set for 09:00am 704, right now. and in the south bay, a teenager is injured and another boy is in custody with a fight that ended with a stabbing and during school it was around noon christopher high school in gilroy that these teenagers got into a fight in the locker room and one of them pulled out a knife and stabbed the other. all of the students were put in lockdown while a resource officer intervened. and then the police got there,

a parent and woman who lives in the area says this is scary thing to know. this went on. >> doubt be a lot of hugging before bed, i think you know, conversations we'll help them feel more comfortable about feeling safe about going to school. >> the teens who was stabbed that stu was taken to the hospital and the other one was booked into the santa clara county juvenile hall. >> well, university of california workers rallying across the state yesterday, including right here in san francisco. many of them are custodial workers. they're asking for accessible housing and better pay. >> pay is too we food it up and shown up since the pandemic. we have been nonstop to do in and it would not been about it at cannot afford to living in in the communities where they and many of these

members are commuting 3, 4, hours every day just to get to their jobs, leaving in their priced out of the housing market. >> according to a spokesperson from the university of california, negotiations started in january and the first tentative agreement was reached this week. spokesperson for the union representing the workers says we can expect more of these rallies pretty soon. well said to the east bay right now because the city of walnut creek approved a conditional proposal for a new chick-fil-a restaurant. and it's causing a little controversy. this comes after a rest restaurant, a resident there filed an appeal about the plan to put that new restaurant in the citrus marketplace shopping center. this is lie on the corner of oak grove and citrus avenue. the city says the residents cited various concerns about one potential traffic problems. that restaurant will create. city says they get complaints about another chick-fil-a. that's right. along north main street geary boulevard, the draft or line off the backs up into the street from the parking lot. so he says that new location

have drive-thru service only dine-in or takeout. city council says they actually denied that appeal but no to concerns residents and adopted requirements to monitor and improve traffic congestion issues until they should occur. >> it's 707, and walmart is laying off more than 560 workers from offices in san bruno and sunnyvale. and they're asking other employees to relocate either in the bay area, arkansas or new jersey. a spokesperson for walmart says that this is because of changes that they want to make to reduce several 100 campus roles. and the self checkout lines is reduced. but closed altogether. this jargon, every bill, you can see the signs there directing shoppers to go to the cashier's instead, we haven't heard from wall-e target. what prompted this closure? but it's an

inconvenience for those who are in a hurry. >> it's harder for me with 2 toddlers under 5. >> i mean, it's it's just like anyone who has kids knows a lie. >> i still have to get in the car. you know, things like that. so like self-checkout one less, you know, part obstacle to go through easier for me as a mom. >> and target isn't the only place we've seen other retailers in the bay area, mainly safeway completely getting rid of their self checkout line. safeway says it's to reduce and deter retail theft and that still allows fight happening now, the long memorial day weekend travel. it's already underway, folks to leave it. yeah, it there by car or by plane. and we're live at the airport this morning. taking a look. >> and all those people going to far off destinations they will except for will. tran was always at the airport with nowhere to go. i will. >> no, because you can't have transportation without trans.

so this is my beat. the transportation beat and i will show you what's going on at men at a san jose. today is the start of their busiest travel week. as far as memorial day is concerned. they expect about 375,000 people to pass through their airport from now until next friday. tomorrow. don't worry, sfo. it will be your busiest day as far as that travel period as far as men at a san jose. you can see what's going on right now. looks like it's picked up just a little bit. let me show you video inside. it was off to a fast and furious start as so many people are taking advantage of that extra day and if they're traveling today, that means they're off today and tomorrow and obviously monday. so it's going to be a long window for them to travel as far as traveling by plane this year. guess what? you're in for some lack because it's a lot cheaper. we're little bit cheaper depending what you choose to do with your money.

hotels are 10% cheaper than last year. airfare 6% from the same time last year. and the hotels, you know what, you can afford it this year compared to last year as well. and rental cars. that's also a lot cheaper. yeah, all those things. and that's why according to travel experts, rain and area, they expect 6 million people to travel through the airports across america just for tomorrow. got a chance to talk to some travelers. yes, they know it's going to be busy, but they don't care. >> maybe a little more in normal. >> and so the holiday also, so we were expecting that. >> so you knew it was going to be busy. >> yeah, it's it's memorial day. it's one like the busy travel ban will deal with the bills and we get back pretty much. not a lot

>> ok, so here's what you need to know if you're traveling out of the net as seth or or it's a call. it's not on oakland anymore. it's called what san francisco bay oakland or something like that. whatever. all 3 on still trying to get used to it all. 3 bay area reports. if you are driving yourself, they are encouraging you to book your parking spot because so many people are traveling that if you go there, it might be very difficult for you to find a parking space when you come back here, obviously that means you have to drive round and round and round and maybe park further away. so go ahead and book your flight and book your parking. and for now, daria, it's still called >> i here's what i like to say. the airport, san airport let their ports. so you have the best of those take a few that's i'm flying out of one of thank you. will wait. what was it? i'm trying to get used

to the new name. i it's. >> i'm with you. will i say forget the changes the bay. they still ahead of the crop of morning news, a restaurant san francisco over that restaurant is now suing the city millions of talk about that. and fire crews found a large was city. it's in a huge plumes of smoke in the air. and first of its kind of study looking into the fentanyl culture in san francisco will be right back.

>> 17 right now, which means james might just be waking up, you know, because he took the day off so we did have to get up 3 in the morning may to maybe cause some beautiful

sunrise it's always funny. listening to james sitting at the see the sunrise outside was she was you've got to do it this morning. taking that. i think it's his son's birthday. oh, yeah. so he's getting his son right all love. but i wanted to share all of us, james, this is gorgeous from walnut creek right here. you can see that view of the east bay hills, mount diablo there in the distance. >> and yeah, hopefully you've got a chance to get out there and enjoy the sunrise for yourself, too, because i know james has been up enjoying it. looking at radar. we've got those clear skies out there all across the bay area. now we are seeing a series of low-pressure is diving right past us. just close enough in proximity to leave their mark with us. and that includes a much more mild forecast into the weekend today. expect crystal clear skies, a little breezy from times tomorrow is going to be mostly sunny and a little bit cooler saturday is going to be a partly cloudy one. big cool down. and if you

are up in the sierra this weekend, watch for a few isolated showers for the middle of the weekend. up in the sierra nevada. nothing to cancel plans over. i just don't you be surprised by them if they do right now, today's daytime highs will only be in the 60's for us at 50's and 60's at the coast. most of us are going to be in the 70's today and that includes some areas. i've been in the 80's the past few days like san jose down to 77 today. fremont at 73 degrees holding out a low 70's from san leandro. oakland on of to richmond with just a few low 80's in spots like concord, antioch, and vacaville, looking at the memorial day weekend forecast saturday is about to be the very coolest one. look at that mid-sixties on average in this includes our inland areas on saturday sunday, temperatures climb a little bit into the low 70's again and by memorial day on monday, we will be looking at highs back up to 80 degrees for some spots, mostly in the 70's. still next week does bring the return of those low 80's in general for inland

spots. well, 60's 70's closer to the bay rain. all right, john, thank you for that. let's get your role here. traveling into the city this morning. 18 minutes. no accidents on any of our bridges. >> but a little congestion there. 22 right. let's have a stalled vehicle, but that's not slowing folks down. hopefully i can get him off of the bridge there. was ever feel. ridge, 16 minutes and the golden gate bridge. 25 minute ride. time now. for your money this morning. apple thinks they figured out the top 10 albums of all time and u.s. home sales post a second straight monthly drop. jane king is live at the nasdaq with those stories and more. hi, jane. >> yeah, good morning. so existing home sales unexpectedly fell in april higher mortgage rates and higher house prices way down to man of the national association of realtors showed inventory increasing last month to 2 and a half year high. but entry level homes remain scarce. so still very difficult for first-time home buyers. well, apple says the miseducation of lauryn hill is

the top album of all time, but that's causing lots of controversy on social media. michael jackson's thriller was number 2 post say it should have been at the top people still be listening to a 200 years from now. abbey road by the beatles was 3rd. another one many thought should have been at the top. well, mcdonald's franchisees say they can't afford the new $5 value meal. they're asking the corporate parent for help. the franchisee say there's simply not enough profit to discount 30% for the model to be sustainable. and some teen girls are clocking more than 5 hours a day on their smartphones. most are likely addicted to social media fixation that's been tied to poor health and well-being. it's going to new research from finland, average daily smartphone use was 5.8 hours average time spent using social media was nearly 4 hours. no significant difference was found between weekdays or weekends live from the nasdaq market site. i'm jane king, back to thank you, jane. >> time now 7.19, and a woman is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries after she was hit by a man was

riding a bicycle and ran into her shoes outside of the with city lights, bookstore, about 3 in the afternoon yesterday when the bicycle went by and a witness says that he saw the cyclist, the bike hit, the elderly woman. she fell down and then he ended up taking off. >> she fell down and he's yelling at her. so yelling at her white to move. you know, just in a panic state and out, walked up to the lady just to comfort her because she started she was. you know, and work and i had yelled to somebody to call 9-1-1. got on his bike and left. >> the cyclist was arrested a few blocks we don't know about any charges. and from the man describing it, it sounded like one of those situations where you don't know which way somebody is going and, you

know, want to hit someone. but if you're on the sidewalk, especially can be dangerous. the time is now 7.20, on the peninsula. a massive fire at a metal scrap sent huge plumes of smoke. you could really see it across the bay. you know, we're going to take a look with kron four's dan thorn. >> a massive fire at a scrap yard in redwood city sending thick, dark smoke into the air. fire crews rushing to sims metal near bear island wednesday afternoon as large grapple closs pick through the burning rubble. workers at nearby businesses describe what they heard before. a large plume of smoke blanketed the area. it sounded like a >> like right now like metal. >> manuel michelle works at a neighboring water, recycling company and says he's seen small fires that sims metal before, but not like this. the smoke was about 100 100 feet up. >> just 7200 feet up in the air flames as high as 30 feet. the smoke drifted down wind into santa clara county,

setting off an advisory from officials for sensitive groups to stay indoors the bay area. air quality management district says they're also investigating the fire. >> this is not the first time sims metal has had a run-in with the district. the redwood city facility was issued violations in 2012 2013 and in 2018, a large fire at the richmond facility forced to shelter in place. samples collected at the time by the air quality management district found high levels of particulates and the cancer causing chemical benzene. michelle says he's gotten used to hearing the booms from the scrap yard, but he's not used to seeing big flames. your booms, like i said all the time sometimes, but that the nothing major probably been the biggest fire scene. >> a spokesperson for sims metal tells kron 4. they apologized for any disruptions. this fire may have caused. there were no reports of any injuries and the cause of the fire is still under investigation in redwood city. dan thorn kron 4.

>> well, there's a new the state bill. it's actually aimed at sites to require age verification from california users. the bill would obligate sites at age verification software or request a credit card or government-issued id. the bill does say any data collection will keep the user anonymous and that store their data. the bill passed the state assembly and now moves to the state senate. time now 7.22. and coming up on the kron 4 morning news. >> a community remembers a trans woman who was killed in trans woman who was killed in a stabbing.

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>> 75 right now and in the east bay, the federal bureau of prisons is going to be on trial next year over claims that the bureau had environment where guards were able to sexually abuse inmates at the women's prison in dublin. and as you know, that prison, they transferred all the inmates out and some of those inmates are now suing the prisons bureau because they say the agency failed to protect them, failed to root out abuse. the case will be a trial by june of next year. and so far, 5 prison officials plan to get guilty to sexually abusing inmates and 2 others were convicted. happening now, the emeryville police department is looking for this woman. she is wanted for stabbing someone at a chick-fil-a on monday afternoon. she walked up behind this other woman and slashed his neck with what police say may have been a razor blade. it did break his skin, but it's just a minor injury. and now they're asking

you if you've seen her to contact the police. well, the owner of 2 restaurants that closed in san francisco's fisherman's wharf is now suing the city for millions owner wattle and tartan t knows claim they invest in more than 2 million dollars to renovate and maintain both restaurants. they weren't able to recoup their investments because city's covid restrictions and homelessness crisis. also, according to the lawsuit filed in tears as the superior court over the restaurant says the city of san francisco should pay back to 2 million dollars. in addition, the damages for lost revenue in harm to their reputation. time now 7.26. coming up on the kron. morning news. what's next for oakland coliseum after the city agreed to sell half of that. we'll be to sell half of that. we'll be right b

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>> 29 right now and a lot of people are going to have this is their last work day of summer taking off today for the long weekend. already. don't worry. we'll be here with you today and tomorrow we will and on memorial day as well, john, look at the weather turned, yeah, james is the only one but we're looking outside at a gorgeous sunrise this morning out there. beautiful sunshine all the way out to the coastline. >> this is your view from the east bay hills. earlier this view, you may have noticed the full moon out there, the flower moon, your full month for the month of may. it made for a gorgeous morning even before the sun even came out. so skies are clear today. something i do want to know is it is going to be a breezy one. so a beautiful day, but don't be surprised when those winds come russian up this afternoon. now, daytime highs today are eventually going to be in the 70's right now. a

lot of 40's to 50's. so a cool start, but a nice start with that sunshine and relatively calm winds for the moment later today, winds will pick up temperatures out there in the 70's to low 80's at the very warmest right now. >> thank you for that. let's get you moving here on the bay bridge traveling into the city this morning about 18 hey, no accidents hazards your bridges. but you do have a drive times. they've been going up. 25 minutes there. richmond center fell bridge around 14 and the golden gate bridge. 37 to the toast. 33 minutes now is 7.30. and this is a story we first brought you on the kron. 4 morning news yesterday when it was breaking news. the city of oakland has entered into a deal to sell its half of the coliseum where the city is requiring a couple of things from people. they want to sell it to got kron four's. dan kerman with that story. >> i have faith that in partnership with the african american sports entertainment group. but the potential that we always talk about here in oakland that potential specifically here in deep east oakland that it will finally

be realized redeveloping the 112 acre site that now houses the oakland coliseum. >> has been discussed for decades now. a significant move forward as the city of oakland has agreed to sell its half of the site. >> to the african american sports and entertainment group. >> there's a new beginning. a new chapter of new everything. new sports teams, new housing, new development, new green space knew everything. so that's what this is all about. originally focus just on sports. >> cg is now focused on what's best for the community. and the mayor says that's what will make all the difference. >> it takes a partner that understand that there is a return on investment that doesn't necessarily show up on that balance sheet. that is just not all about the money, but it's about the community and making sure that they're thriving. when this is built, that it's built for the community so that they can realize their family wednesday's news conference

was held that castleman high school. >> where students have been working on designs for the coliseum site. well, nothing has been finalized. the mayor says several things will be required. >> the future of the coliseum complex as envisioned would include the development of thousands of much needed new affordable units and market rate housing increased curating outdoor green space commercial and retail spaces. of course, all of this done in community. this is just the very beginning, folks. we have a lot more to be done. >> the oakland arena will also remain for entertainment. but the project will move forward with or without a professional sports team. but any significant movement forward, we'll rely on the oakland a's selling the other half of the coliseum to a a s e g i can say >> that we are and hopefully negotiations and they've continued and they are moving in a positive direction in our objective clearly is too be able to acquire that side as

well. >> the sale price is 105 million dollars which comes at a good time as the city of oakland faces a significant budget shortfall. an ordinance authorizing the sale of oakland share of the coliseum will be introduced at the city council next week with final approval expected 3 weeks. >> if cg is able to buy the other half of the coliseum, it's possible we could see shovels in the ground as early as 2 to 3 years from now. castleman high in oakland, dan kerman kron. 4 news. something else going oakland. they could change the city's 10 year-old policy on police changes chases. sorry the oakland police commission >> has until september to recommend changes for the city council to approve the council already voted to forward a request for this change to the commission. the current policy allows police to chase a person who there has done a violent crime or if there's a

case where a gun is involved. more arrests, more stolen. cars are covered and more illegal weapons sees. this is from the governor's new numbers from sting operations in the east bay kron four's terisa estacio takes a closer look. >> this is one of more than several dozen guns tied to criminal activity taken off the streets in the last 3 months. it is all part of a continuous crime prevention operation launched in oakland and other parts of the east bay. back in february, the partnership was initiated by governor newsom. in a statement, quote, the governor said i commend the work of the chp to support local law enforcement efforts statewide, including in the east bay to ensure the safety of our communities. the state will continue to hold perpetrators accountable for criminal activity. here's a closer look at the numbers being released since february. the governor's office says that the targeted enforcement has recovered 726 stolen vehicles may 355

arrests and seized 46 crime late firearms. >> ever every we've been out in the 10th and the city of oakland, we've been working with the law enforcement, including a hope and a police department. and we've price target that vehicle that as well as organized retail crime and other violent crimes. >> this is chp spokesperson art montel. we are trying to make an impact so that the people face safer so that the >> so more marty's when they're in the city of oakland. >> in april, the chp teamed up with san ramon police to arrest 2 women and conduct search warrant on to oakland homes as they busted a fencing operation. we're more than $326,000 worth of stolen goods were recovered. other arrests involve drug smuggling dui and the rest an outstanding warrants. another part of the governor's 10 point plan in support of oakland involves

caltrans lending a hand and tackling homeless encampments and light abandonment initiatives. furthermore, the governor announced 480 high-tech cameras will be installed around oakland and the east bay to identify vehicles linked to crimes and give real-time information and alerts to law enforcement will have the information on the a lot faster than if were to do a regular investigation where we have no cameras. the bill. >> as for how long the chp will be deployed to aid in crime reduction efforts that has not been addressed. theresa kron, 4 news. >> it's 7, 36 and in the south bay, 3 family members are going to stand trial for the death of a 3 year-old girl in san jose. prosecutors say that the mother, uncle and grandfather performed an exorcism on the girl at a church in september of 2021, the 3 had told police they were trying to cast out a demon from the girl. she ended up dying in the church. shun.

the time is now 7.37. and we're talking about police in san francisco. they're investigating the death of a trans woman who was killed in the tenderloin commerce justice. talk with a translator who knew the victim? i think her life was just beginning. and so for her to be murdered at the age of 25. >> is just so heartbreaking and so many ways. >> wednesday, the trans community mourning a good friend with a kind heart who was killed. san francisco police say there was a physical altercation between 2 people around 2 in the afternoon on may. 15th at a residence near jones street just north of geary officers finding a woman with stab wounds. she did not survive. family friends and colleagues identified that person as 25 year-old michelle henry, big loss for the community says honey mahogany director of the office of transgender initiatives, san francisco. so this personal for the community. you know, i'm this is one of her own and

>> again, you know, there was such a huge children b pack, some other bar with people. and, you know, it was out the door and so many people were touched by her personally and shared their stories of who she was as a person, someone who loved fashion, someone you know, it's kind of shy, quiet, but really knew how to lift spirits. somebody who had an infectious laugh specifically because she was so connected. and so all of you know, i i'm i'm really saddened by the fact that, you know, we don't get to see kind of 2002 and the impacts that you could potentially have had our community. and on the city of san francisco. >> henry was a trans woman who was growing into her true self. a vigil was held for her tuesday night at mother a spot she used to frequent according to the medical examiner's office. michelle's cause of death is a fix yet due to neck compression is with significant. want to pull sharp force injuries. so we're

seeing an increase violence, racine, increase in depression and suicidality. and, you know, us to be touched by violence in the trans community here in francisco is no really shocking. the san francisco police department arresting 33 year-old ramani. you ha she for the unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought. now, police say although an arrest has been made, this remains an open and active investigation. >> anyone with information is asked to call sfpd is tip line reporting in the newsroom. tipping justice kron. 4 7.39. local election headquarters. former oakland police chief leronne armstrong, you may know is now running for city coancil even while at the same time suing the oakland city leaders for wrongful termination because the mayor fired him. he is trying to get rebecca kaplan seat. and here he is filing the paperwork for that for so you can run for office. faces 8 other candidates. they're all running for kaplan seat. but he says that his experience as

police chief qualifies him best for the job. >> the fact that i live in oakland have chose to raise my family. oakland children to volunteer activity into activities in the city of oakland shows that i am completely connected to this city. and i want to be a part of this city change moving forward. >> mayor sheng thao fired armstrong last year over his ms or alleged mishandling of a pair of misconduct cases. but he was later cleared of any wrongdoing any since filed a lawsuit against the city of oakland for wrongful termination. it's 7.40 and still ahead on the kron 4 morning news. >> how you can make some extra cash for going green in contra costa county. >> and we are looking at a nice memorial day weekend forecast. take a look at this saturday. only going to be in the 60's and this is not for the coast. as for inland areas will start to see temperatures climbing after that the sunday and eventually memorial day on and eventually memorial day on monday back into the

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>> 7.43 and the east bay. you know how you bikes are so great, but they're pretty expensive to will now in contra costa county, you can get a little help buying any bike. the county will give you $150 and up to $300 in these cash in rebates for any e-bay bike e-bike that you buy or have bought in the last 6 months. all you have to do is have proof of purchase and you have to be a contra costa county resident over the age of 18. it's pretty this program anybody. and also you

get the most money. if you're at 400% of the poverty guidelines. so the more that you need that money that the county is size, the more money you get. but well, i was talking to doctor. everybody love miami by kicks. let me tell ya once you do the e-bike. don't want to go back. yeah. and it's not because i'm lazy change. it's just you know, you have the ability. you can work out a little bit if you want, if you if you don't want your going up a hill, like, yeah, give a healthy friends that are big bicyclists. they think those hills are field. ok. and so i'm going to have the e-bike the a go at them and just tell that it's a normal bike, right? right. covid well, we are looking outside at the bay bridge, not a lot of wind this morning, but we will see winds picking up later on today. it is actually going to be a fairly breezy one. that's the catch to what is otherwise a really perfect forecast. >> for your thursday today, now increasingly mild conditions as we do see a

series of low-pressure areas working their way just adjacent to the region. now, that is enough to really cool us down into the weekend today, mostly sunny. tomorrow, a few more clouds, but partly cloudy comes saturday, which is actually going to be the coolest day of the forecast. perhaps you're heading up to the sierra for your memorial day weekend. in that case. do watch for an occasional shower up in the sierra nevada. very light. nothing to cancel plans over, but just want you to get that heads up of that potential towards the middle of the weekend. mostly just up in the mountains today is going to be suddenly cooler than yesterday. not a huge difference, but i'm enough to notice 60's to 70's for most of our daytime highs today in only a couple of spots barely hanging on to the low 80's today, san jose at 77. well, fremont hayward on up through oakland and eventually to richmond all in the low 70's along the east bay shoreline, antioch in vacaville are 2 warmest spots. 82 83. tomorrow's temperatures will

be in the low 70's and that's what the warmest it is going to be a cool friday and then even cooler saturday highs only in the 60's across the board sunday. we'll start to see temps climbing again by memorial day on monday will be back to the upper 70's to low 80's at the warmest right now. all right, john, thank you for that. check in on your commute. if you are going to be traveling headed into the city right now, it's going to be about 21 minutes there. we've been tracking the mateo bridge. looks like will travel, hasn't there? sloane folks, tanya, looks like he's getting back into the lane. we had a little stalled vehicle. >> 26 right on the san mateo bridge. be mindful of your bridges are busy at this hour. a 14 minute ride across the richmond. sandra fell bridge for everybody. he's traveling tolls to 101. there. and if you are going to happen on the golden gate bridge, 37 to the tolls around. 36 minutes on this thursday morning. 7.47. right now and in the east bay, another proposed tax on chevron's richmond refinery is moving closer now to being on the ballot in november. city

council members unanimously voted in favor of this. the city attorney's now going to work to prepare this for the ballot, leaving issue for the voters to decide councilmember cloudy at humana has cited the harm that has caused by all refining. >> he has repaid race because to pay that fetch i sitting here and had to choose eye. up enough money to pay the keys. to be and resources to pay for a teeming that what it and it's still wet. >> according to state data, asthma rates for richmond, residents are higher than 90% compared to other californians. dozens of people spoke out in favor of this measure, citing a number. our recent flaring incidents. >> for richmond is to have these polluters pay the city.

that's so we can continue to build up our communities to give everyone a better quality of air in life. i want to be able to go to work to go to the richmond farmers market to walk the richmond marina without having to fear toxic air. >> chevron is richmond's biggest employer and biggest taxpayer. they met over 21 billion dollars in profit last year and they paid about 46 million in taxes. we reached out to chevron for a comment on this, but we haven't heard back. time's at 7.48. and as kron 4 continues to celebrate api heritage month. >> we're highlighting a college program in the east bay and it's fueling students interests api culture and experiences covers gayle ong has that story from chabot college. >> on behalf of movement and be and you both of you our

annual. >> music. food. and and plenty to celebrate. the night market is one of the biggest annual events for movement. the asian american and pacific islander learning community chabot college and leo can last is one of its lead. organizers. i see it as a family, a support group and >> just knowing that i have people that look like me and higher education. it means a lot movement also give students more opportunities to learn api history and literature. arnold is director of student life at chabot college. just so important to that this is students see themselves in the curriculum. they understand their history and their culture and just have these opportunities to engage in that. >> with luck with their own culture, the name movement comes from other ethnic studies. movements dating back to the 1960's. but it also describe something that happens a lot at community colleges can last is hoping to transfer and study political science at uc berkeley. you

know, community college students are mostly forgotten because it's not a way for people to go to college movement provides counseling and support for students like and last. >> who wants to transfer to four-year universities? says students are driving force behind the program and this was their idea. >> to do this. and so we're just kind of supporting our student leaders in our community really want to come together and do something a little bit different in this community to celebrate asian american native hawaiian pacific islander heritage and organizers say when this night market started 3 years ago, they started with about 5 vendors and over the years that participation has grown to dozens of vendors who want to take part in this event and they hope to host this every year. it takes a village to organize year. that's about it said family. it's a great support group and i wouldn't i am right now. if it weren't for movement. reporting in hayward, gayle ong kron, 4

tune into kron 4 every thursday this month for stories. >> highlighting the bay area's api community. don't forget to catch your special fearless fighters airing tonight, 6.30. >> well, just in the department of justice just filed a major lawsuit against ticketmaster moments ago. we have details on the accusations. ticketmaster -aces coming up in the next -aces coming up in the next hour. slow network is no network for business.

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13. he's actually the 10th time he's been selected, which is a franchise record. coach kerr says the honor is just a testament. the staff's work ethic, skilled talent, seth, desire to be better every single year. ne' this morning, dolly parton is going on tour and you don't even have to leave home this year. the 78 year-old singer launching a virtual tour. yeah, it starts. today is called dolly parton's threads. my songs in symphony, her niece, jada star confirms these details. the album is titled dolly parton, smoky mountain dna and then documents her life. it features 30 tracks with more than 20 of her family members. her goddaughter miley cyrus is not on the album. a star also has that the album will run alongside the docu series. that race dolly parton's welsh and stressed ancestry which she just announced earlier this month. this new album drops later this year. i guess

maybe that or is not dolly can do no wrong. cool. dolly camel say, ok, now you're probably busy planning for memorial day. maybe for a barbecue, a cookout. and if you're doing that, health experts do have some tips because you don't want to get sick. you know, it's calling by the way, those fun cookout has your full exam how because raw meat, that's the biggest culprit. so keep away from other foods. avoid transferring harmful bacteria that way. here's what you do. keep the c.tting boards separate. that's key. don't stick stuff on counters because if you do that, then you know, you can get the chicken juice or whatever on your hands and on other stuff, wash your hands frequently because of that and make sure that everything is cooked to the temperature. it's supposed to 7.56. is a timing. up next, a lot. coming up, a walmart plans to lay off hundreds of workers in the bay area. we'll talk about that which cities are impacted. >> and you see workers rallying across the state will hear what they're going to be asking for, what they plan to

next. and memorial day travel is underway right now. we'll have a live report what you can expect. we'll be right back. don't go anywhere. now

on the kron. 4 morning news. a fight lee's as stabbing of a gilroy high school student. it happened in the middle of the day. >> i just told myself say i wasn't going to leave that

little girl in car. >> an antioch man jumps into action and saves a girl's life from this burning car. and a lot of people are headed for the roads or the airports right now. getting a jump on memorial day. >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at >> good morning and thanks for waking up with us and aria integrated in for james this morning. and we've been talking about holiday gee, it sure is. a lot of people are starting at right now and i don't know the weather is going like i think traffic already a little lighter yesterday. maybe that was just me. but i was like things are moving in. this is nice. but, you know, it's going to be a different kind of travel the next few days. everyone's kit. no way to those. >> little cabins, maybe and enjoying that memorial day forecast, which is going to be a good one. this is your look outside this morning. it's obviously gorgeous out there already had a great sunrise, a great view