>> 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 of the flower moon

last night looking at visibility. there is no issue out there. there's one catch today and winds will be picking up later on today. 2030, even a few 40 miles per hour. gusts out there. so fairly breezy thursday ahead of us. temperatures are beginning to cool down more and more. right now. we're in the 50's inland areas in the low 60's for the most part later today, we will be seeing daytime highs mostly down in the 70's. so just a little cooler than yesterday, our very coolest weather is ahead tomorrow and saturday. tell you all about that. your full forecast rain. all right, john, thank you for that. check your highways and bridges this morning. the 20 minute ride into the city. so traffic is already starting to build a bit. the senate to reject like that vehicle that was stalled out on the ridge finally removed. 25 in iran a 2 to 101. richmond, sandra fell bridge 17 minutes. a little busy there. and that golden gate bridge. 37 of the tolls. 35 minutes. time now is 801. and in the east bay, a

father jumps into action to save a little girl from a burning car. and this was just before it went up in flames. it on highway 4 out a nanny, a kron 4. sarah stinson has more. >> 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 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 was was a 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. maybe 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. i'm 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 for ways to have service you know, getting older. and i believe that he has a record. today was a last minute change of scheduling for me be there 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 tha newsroom. kron 4 news. >> well, in the east bay, a pedestrian was killed after being hit by car this morning. this is on westbound 5.80, in richmond, california. highway patrol says it happened on the highway off-ramp. they say the lanes are closed for a few hours. they're now back open. we don't have any information about the crash just yet. we now know that that 19 year-old man from newark was a driver killed in tuesday's fiery crash in fremont. you might remember michael thomas was on the story. the crash happened shortly after midnight near the intersection of fremont boulevard avenue. the incident all caught on surveillance video. police say the car hit a tree and caught fire. the saint patrol officer spotted the car, rescued a passenger also identified as 19 year-old man from newark. we don't have any updates on his condition. investigators say speeding appears to be a factor in that crash. it's 804, an antioch police are investigating an

armed robbery. >> 2 people who work with the contra costa county fair. we're at the bank deposit in cash 02:30am, in the morning on monday in antioch and thieves took their money and personal belongings at gunpoint. no arrests made so far and no description of the robbers. today, the 3 men accused of killing our kron. 4 security guard in oakland in 2021. are due in court for a plea hearing. they face murder and attempted robbery charges for the killing of kevin nishita. he was shot while protecting a kron for news crew. the hearing starts at 09:00am. a teenager is injured and another in custody after a fight at a high school and id with a stabbing. it happened around noon yesterday in the locker room at christopher high school in gilroy. first, it was a fight and then one of the students pulled out a knife, stabbed the other student. everybody went into lockdown while a resource officer intervene and then the police got there apparently

lives in the area says she's scared about this. >> 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 injured student is in the hospital and the one with a knife was taken to the santa clara county juvenile hall. >> all university of california workers rallied across the state yesterday, including in san francisco. many of them are custodial workers asking for accessible housing as well as better wages. >> 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. >> well, according to a spokesperson from the university of california, negotiations started in january and the first tentative agreement was reached this week. spokesperson from the union representing the workers says we can expect more of these rallies soon. time 806. and let's head to the east bay because the city of walnut creek approved a conditional proposal for a new chick-fil-a restaurant. it's caused some controversy, though. this comes after a resident filed an appeal about the plan to put the new restaurant in the citrus marketplace shopping center. this is around the corner world and citrus avenue cities is the resident cited various concerns, including what about potential traffic problems that that restaurant could potentially create? the city says they get complaints about another chick-fil-a. that is right along north main street in geary boulevard because the drive-thru line

often backs up into the street from the parking lot. the city says the new location won't have drive-thru service only dine-in and take-out. the city council says they denied that appeal. that they noted concerns from residents and a doctor requirements to monitor and improve traffic and congestion issues. should they happen? walmarts are well, our that layoffs are coming to walmart. 560 workers. >> are going to be laid off from their offices in san bruno and sunnyvale. and they're also asking other employees relocate around the bay area, arkansas or new jersey. a walmart spokesperson. says this reduce the campus roles and that's why they're doing it. >> take a look at this. the self checkout lines are closed at this target in emeryville, signs directing shoppers over the cashiers. instead, we don't know exactly what prompted this closure, but we do know that it's an inconvenience for some. >> 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. >> we've some other stores throughout the bay area doing the same, mainly safeway. they got rid of their self checkout lines and they say is because they wanted to retail theft. >> all right. time ways away. well, actually, just a few minutes away, labor day weekend, memorial day weekend travel is underway. a mix on the holidays. a lot of people to get a jump on their travel plans with roads or the airport this morning and >> kron four's will tran is live at the airport in san jose high will the morning will. >> you know what you might want to create? this is a hot spot when it comes to traffic because here it is. once again lot of people showing up to and by the time this is all

over and it's an 8 day. when do they expect 375,000 people to pass through this airport? and look at all those people with their luggage. >> curbside, let me show you how it looks inside. he got off very fast and furious was so many people taking the early morning flights. lot of people taking advantage of the built-in three-day window, obviously monday being memorial day. but if they're taking off today, that means they have today off and then tomorrow as well. so congratulations, 5 days for you. you're not the only one because travel experts say just 4 to morrow. forget about money at a san jose. i'm talking all airports in the united states. they expect 3 million just for tomorrow. a lot of people traveling here there everywhere. yes, i just pulled the doctor seuss on you just got a chance to talk to some travelers price. there's

checked. >> fort collins, colorado, are my granddaughter's high school graduation. >> great grand. yes, congratulations. how are the tickets? a little bit pricier than you thought pretty good. it didn't matter at this point. we have to go. they are going to their graduation. how about great grandma. >> in the audience to watch her great granddaughter graduate. congratulations to them. and i just after we got done interviewing them, guys more good news for them because the lady, the great grandmother, told me that she used her points. so those are free flights. and that's my favorite free 99 for them. but they would have paid no matter what. and if you did pay congratulations. according to travel experts, airfare down 6% compared to last year. rental cars down 10%. yes, gas prices are up. when you have a

4 to five-day window like those women dead, you travel and you don't ask questions. smart ladies there. i think all right. >> we've got a lot to get to this morning. still ahead, a san francisco restaurant owner. it's now going to suing the city for millions of dollars. plus, fox news put out a large fire redwood city. it's huge plumes of smoke into the air. you can seeing across the bay and a first of its kind study looking into the fentanyl culture in san fentanyl culture in san francisco. network is no network for business. that's why more choose comcast business. and now, we're introducing ultimate speed for business —our fastest plans yet. we're up to 12 times faster than verizon, at&t, and t-mobile. and existing customers could even get up to triple the speeds... at no additional cost.

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of from his window as he's loud. wanted to make sure he was included. you got to sleep in this morning in wake county, which being in for us is he always talks it's a gorgeous sunrise that is taking a picture on it this morning that got it this morning. yeah, it was gorgeous out there. yeah. also the full moon this morning you to fall out there and a great memorial day weekend ahead of u.s. start. so a nice way kick things off. if you maybe are taking the early weekend. but yes, this is indeed from the east bay right there from james gorgeous. way to start the morning for him. >> hopefully you had just as nice you as you are getting things going this morning. radar is showing you those crystal clear skies from the coast to our inland areas. we are seeing a low pressure diving just to the east of us now as this area of low pressure is adjacent to us. it's not going to really result in any sort of rainfall for the bay area, but the sierra could see a couple

light sprinkles this weekend will start to see some increasing cloud cover late tomorrow and especially into saturday, partly cloudy. and just generally cooler than average day for us. as i mentioned, the bay-area kind of sitting out rainfall, potential. but if you are heading to the sierra this weekend, you're going to have great weather. but do watch for that chance of a few light showers towards the middle of the weekend. as for today, daytime highs in the 60's for sf 50's and 60's at the coastline and then some 60's to 70's elsewhere. burlingame, at 68 redwood city and san carlos at 71 south bay. temperatures in the mid to upper 70's today. well, the east bay holding on to those low 70's from fremont hayward clear through oakland to richmond, a few low 80's and conquered as well as pittsburgh up to vacaville. not a lot of us barely hanging on to the 80's at this point tomorrow through sunday. nobody's in the 80's, in fact, will be struggling to make the low 70's inland tomorrow. and by saturday, it's 60's even for inland areas. so quite the

cool memorial day weekend. all right, john, thank you for that. check on your morning commute. they've bridge right now at 28 minutes of traffic is getting busy there. and along san mateo bridge. >> 26, 80 to 101, which is a vital 15 minutes and the golden gate bridge. 37 to the tolls. 36 minute right? >> it's 8.16, and a woman is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries after a bicyclist hit her right outside of san francisco city lights bookstore. it was about 3 in the afternoon yesterday and a witness tells kron 4 that he saw what happened and it was an elderly woman in a bicyclist ended up leaving. >> she fell down and he's yelling at her, started 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, what i had, yelled to somebody to call 9-1-1. got

on his bike and left. >> the cyclists ended up being or stop a few blocks away. we're not if they're deciding at fault or not. but the elderly woman we know is in the hospital. a family is displaced because of a fire that broke out and their home in fremont. and we have video from the fremont fire department of all the smoke. >> coming from this house on driscoll road enjoys avenue. and there we get a little closer. you can see what they were dealing with. they got knocked down and under control within about 20 minutes. but the damage was done a lot of the interior is destroyed, but at least everybody is okay. the family is 2 adults and 4 children. all right. time now 8.17, on the peninsula. massive fire. >> the set of metal scrapyard. it's huge plumes of smoke into several bay area. cities was to take a closer look now with kron 4 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. found couple. >> 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 news. >> happening now, the emeryville police department, they're looking for this woman on your screen who allegedly stabbed somebody. it happened at a chick-fil-a monday afternoon. police say the woman walked up behind the victim and slashed at his neck. the woman broke the

man's skin but was considered minor. police believe she might be using some sort of razor blade or similar weapon. and you see the person your screen, please contact in. louisville police. of 2 restaurants that have closed in san francisco's fisherman's wharf are suing the city for millions of dollars, owner of grotto and current. he knows claims they invested more than 2 million dollars to renovate and maintain both restaurants. they were unable to recoup their investments because so these covid restrictions and the homelessness crisis, according to the lawsuit filed san francisco superior court, the owner of the restaurant says the city of san francisco should actually pay back the 2 million dollars in addition to damages for lost revenue at harm to their reputations. it's 8.20, and today a bill that aims to address ai-generated child abuse images. >> is set for a vote on the assembly. full floor. this bill would make it illegal to create distribute and have life like illicit content

involving children, assembly member mark berman in ventura county district attorney eric nassar. teamed up to introduce this bill. they say that as ai evolves. so must our laws to protect people from malicious use of ai if it passes. this man has to the state senate. and there's a new state bill aimed at sites requiring age verification for california users. it would obligate sites to add that to their software or request a kit credit card or a government. i d it as say that this. the supporters of the bill say data collection would keep the user's anonymous and they wouldn't store the data. the bill passed. the state now goes to the state sen. coming up on the kron. morning news. the department of justice just filed a major lawsuit against ticketmaster moments ago. details on the accusations. ticketmaster faces when we get back. it's a 24 and a nice

pay. the federal bureau of prisons is being brought to trial over claims that the bureau allowed an environment where guards were able to sexually abuse inmates at the women's prison in dublin. as you know, that prison has been shut down and all the inmates have been transferred out. but some of them are suing the bureau because they say the agency failed to protect them and root out the abuse that was going on. this case goes to trial by june of next year has so far 5 prison officials have pleaded guilty to sexually abusing inmates and 2 others have been convicted.

well, new this morning, the doj, they have filed an antitrust lawsuit against ticketmaster and parent company live nation this morning. the doj accuses the companies are wanting any legal monopoly over live events driving up the prices for fans. it was found in new york earlier this morning. now the suit seeks to break up the monopoly, they say is squeezing out smaller promoters, hurting artists. live nation has denied that cages in practices that violate antitrust laws. the industry first came under scrutiny. you might remember back in 2022. after ticketmaster's glitches blocked millions of people from purchasing tickets to taylor swift's era's tour. t-mobile, raising prices on some of their older mobile plans. customers are already starting to see the higher cost on next month's bill. so customers and all the plans are going to see an increase $2 or $5 per plant. customers are accident notification about the changes just

yesterday. those are the price lot guarantee will be affected. t-mobile says this is their first price hike in nearly a decade. they claim even with the changes the customer still have about 20% over verizon. in a tnt customers can switch to a new plan if they choose. it's 8.26. and coming up next on the kron, 4 morning news. another tax on chevron's richmond refinery is moving closer the november ballot.

>> a 29 right now and we're checking out the weather for

you. whether you have to work another day or 2 or you're settling off. a will be here with you today tomorrow monday. yeah, the level we do want will be here to get you through that holiday weekend. if you want to spend a few moments with us and today is a gorgeous way to get started. if you are taking the extra day off tomorrow, great travel day. lots of clear skies up above can expect any weather-related delays today as visibility is crystal clear from san jose oakland to san francisco. airports looking good. >> now winds will pick up later on right now, relatively calm. but take a look at how winds do escalate towards the afternoon. so fairly breezy noticeably cooler forecast ahead of us temperatures. as of right now we're in the 50's to 60's with all that sunshine. temps are actually warming pretty quickly this morning, we will reach the low 80's for a few inland spots later on today. tomorrow and saturday, 60's to 70's at our warmest. i'll give your forecast for the rest of the weekend to head. back to you.

all right, that unfortunately we've got an accident on the bay bridge. looks like it's new at fremont street access. so, you know, there's an accident there. >> we're seeing backup. 35 minutes at 8.30, a not the best things specially at the peak of the commute. mean, if you are going to be leaving the house right now, sure how long this accident will be there. maybe take bart. you also have the other options for you like the other bridges, but they're busy too. san mateo bridge about 25 minutes. our richmond center fell bridge 15 minutes tear and the golden gate bridge around. 35 minutes again, a little busy on the bay bridge because of that keep a close eye. but, you know, things change 15 minutes, 8.30, right now and more arrests were stolen. cars are covered and more illegal weapons seized governor's office releasing new numbers from its sting operation. this is in the east bank on forrest. theresa has details. 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 been price target 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 into port 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 a 33 clinton is looking at changing its policy it's been around for 10 years now. this chase policy in there re doing it. the police commission has until september to recommend to the council what they should do in the council already voted to for recommendations and request to the commission. the current police policy is that they can chase those who are suspected of violent crimes or in cases that involve a gun. in the south bay. 3 family members will 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 child at a church in september of 2021. and she ended up dying. they told investigators they were trying to cast a demon from the child. the

coroner has ruled that the cause of death was a shun. 34 and we're talking about big business and big spending, big bucks lobby in state and local lawmakers to get what they want. companies and special interest groups spent more than 114 million dollars and the 1st quarter of the year to influence policy and a few of the things they threw their weight behind in contra costa county dealt with public meetings online and in-home support of health services among the groups that spent the most on lobbying, the california chamber of commerce pg and e and chevron. how is that? 34 in the east bay. another proposed tax on chevron's richmond refinery. he's moving a lot closer to the november ballot. you have city council members unanimously voting in favor of the tax. the city attorney will now work to repair measure for the november ballot, leaving the issue for the voters to decide councilmember cloudy and mena cited the harm caused by or finding. >> he has repaid because to

pay that fetch i sitting here and had to choose eye. you can money to pay the keys. to be and resources all to pay for a teeming that what it and it's the >> according to state data, asthma rates for richmond, residents are higher than 90% of other californians. dozen people spoke in favor of the measure during public comments cited a number of recent flaring incidents. >> my vision 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 largest employer and taxpayer netting over 21 billion dollars in profit last year.

the pay nearly 46 million dollars in taxes. so we reached out to chevron for comment on the proposed tax and we haven't heard back just yet. time now is 8.36. in kron. 4 is your local election headquarters. former oakland police chief leronne armstrong is running for city council even while he is suing the city for wrongful termination. and heres a look at him filing the paperwork to run for the seat that rebecca kaplan is in right now. and you can see him yesterday morning filing the paperwork. he says that he believes his experience as police chief qualifies him 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 handling of a pair of misconduct cases. arshad was

later cleared of any wrongdoing and he has filed a lawsuit against the city for wrongful termination. well, as memorial day gets closer, memorial day, not labor day. the chp says its maximum enforcement period. it goes into effect tomorrow. k so so you can expect more officers on the roads starting at 6 tomorrow night through midnight next tuesday. says more than 46 people died during last year's holiday weekend and they arrested more than 1100 people. duis. agency says it averages out to one arrest every 4 minutes. meantime, if you're hitting the road, you need to know what you got to pay. sohe most expensive gas in the north bay, expect to pay. i'm just under 5.54. a gallon of regular. let's head to the peninsula just under 5.40, and then to the east bay expect to pay around the cheapest cash to finance and solano and santa clara counties. 5.23 state average is 5.15. cosby. 77 yesterday. 8.38, is that i'm renee a we want to tell

you about some high school art work. it's getting recognized that they're getting him national attention. these get he's going to showcase in the u.s. capitol building. was as we got a chance to talk with that senior about her powerful political message. when you first look at lauren chang's artwork, you question what it means. she explained to me how it's a message about the number of mass shootings in the u.s. and her plea to lawmakers to do more to prevent every year congress holds a high school art competition. >> u.s. representative from each district picks a winner this year. representative kevin mullen pic burlingame senior lauren chang. she explain to me how a graphic issue of gun violence in our - country and uses. >> 646 dots to symbolize the 646 mass shootings the year 2022. each year that the 17 year-old went to school in burlingame, she watched school shootings and other us towns make the news living with the anxiety that her own school could be targeted. there's

been school shootings, shootings in the public shootings directed towards racial and in my middle school, we had a walkout. and then the next day we had a potential school shooting threat as a winner. chang's art will be hung in the u.s. capitol building for one year. she's been told it will be seen in a hallway between congressional offices and the house floor. it's only win this week. early game high school principal doctor geng fong. >> says chang has also been selected as a u.s. presidential scholar for the arts. it was great that she was selected by the white house and, >> you know, equally great that she have her work. hang in the capital. >> at with with the legislators walking by everyone else visiting the winning art displays a qr code so passersby can scan with their phones and read more about mass shootings current statistics. >> bigger than the qr code. other words, please. no more dots. and the artist hopes the message is clear to lawmakers in washington. think that. >> having it having a serve as a reminder, we can't become

numb gun violence is really important. chain will be graduating from high school next thursday should be headed to uc san diego in the fall to study design and cognitive science. >> reporting in the newsroom. i'm rob nesbitt. kron. 4 news. >> time now is 8.40 and still ahead on the kron 4 morning news. we're going to tell you how you can get some cash to help you buy an electric bike. and after the break, the forty-niners are working on the practice field. how the new members, the team are adjusting. and we are continue to track your rose this morning. and unfortunately at the peak of the commute, we have an accident on the bay bridge. this is at the fremont street exit drive times are showing the a 46 minute commute to get from the maze at fremont street exit. you know, 2 lanes are blocked. be tracking this because this is a big problem. we'll be right back. >> and expect a lot of people on the roads the next several days. as of course, that is memorial day weekend. it is going to be a cool weekend at that mid 60's for your highs.

and this is about the coast. this is our inland areas on saturday. so much cooler than average weekend temps will begin to climb after that by sunday, some low 70's in by memorial day itself. upper memorial day itself. upper 70's to low 80's talking.

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purchase. and the only other requirement is that you be a contra costa county resident over the age of 18, no matter your income, the cash rebate is on a 50 bucks and it could be up to 300 depending on your income. this is a way that, you know, they promote in you know, it's better for the environment. but here's the thing is it's also pretty expensive to get the bike. yeah. so it's a cool program. a lot of we care for, by the way, see how bad the kids were in on roads being safe. we've been talking a lot about traveling in commute. we actually have a hot spot right now. >> on the bay bridge for all of you guys traveling this morning. look at this. we're tracking accident on the bay bridge. this is right at the fremont street exit. so not an opportune location, especially at the peak of the morning commute is already pretty busy and congested out there. 80 westbound east of fremont street that exit. we know the right and center lanes are blocked. traffic at a very slow crawl right now. drive times showing the from the maze to that fremont street exit. 51 minute commute. however, that could

potentially change as people continue to drive vacancy that drive time. 51 in the 8 o'clock hour we have this accident on the bay bridge. if you're getting ready leave your house right now, you might want to take part, maybe want to take one of our other bridges this morning to potentially get around that. 26 minutes on or san matteo bridge are rich in. sandra fell bridge around 13 minutes and the golden gate bridge. 33 minutes. but again, that major accident on the bay bridge, the silver lining of the weather. it's not rainy. yeah, know. it is just beautiful out there. look at the golden gate bridge, sean. we're seeing clear skies everywhere, which is perfect for a long holiday weekend. yeah, absolutely. gorgeous skies this morning. so at least we are holding on to that shouldn't have any travel delays out of any of our airports here in the bay area. >> at least as a result of our weather locally. nice sunshine up above at the transamerica building right here. skies clear from the coast to those inland spots. now high pressure ridge is still to the west of us. but these lows are clipping ever closer. and this next low pressure area has

quite the impact on us. really cooling us down into the weekend and on saturday, even resulting in the potential for a couple of light showers up in the sierra. you'll see a modest increase in cloud cover tomorrow. then saturday itself comes along with partly cloudy skies. daytime highs for all of us only in the 60's. so it is going to be a cool middle of your memorial day weekend. now, if you do have plans on heading up to the sierra, do it, it's going to be gorgeous. but just don't be surprised with saturday feeling cooler and maybe even a sprinkle or 2 up there. as for temperatures, 60's for your highs in sf as well as 50's and 60's at the coast. a lot less 80's on the map today. most of us will be in the 60's to low 70's. that includes the south bay where temperatures drop into the mid to upper 70's after yesterday's low 80's fremont hayward on up through oakland to richmond. it's all low 70's for you while conquered antioch, pittsburgh, up to vacaville some of our spots that are barely still hanging on to the low 80's today.

tomorrow, it's low 70's at the warmest in saturday. those 60's i mentioned with partly cloudy skies sunday into monday. temperatures will begin to climb again by next week. we do see some low 80's returning inland. >> thanks a lot, don. t 47 and a state measure hopes to solve a crippling staffing shortage that's going on in police department. they're authorized to have 132 officers. but right now they only have 31 democratic state senator bill dodd of napa introduced a measure to allow qualified retired solano county sheriff's deputies to work full time and be on patrol for the next 3 years. this is what the bill would do. it will allow those retired officers to skip the current state law where they can't exceed 960 hours of the annual cap. if they're retired and come back to work. but now this would allow them to do that. and that would buy them 3 years because it takes about 2 years. they said to retain and train and get everything for new officers to come on board. time is now a 48 and from for putting the focus on fentanyl,

the university of san francisco launching a first of its kind study into the fentanyl crisis right here in the city. >> the key takeaways it found people are not injecting fencing off of smoking. it. and despite a yearlong crackdown on street drug dealers and users, the death toll has not significantly drop january to april of this year. 258 people died from an accidental overdose in the city compared to 275 people from the same time period last year. the researchers say more people are smoking fentanyl because of difficulty injecting it and the fear of overdosing. and it's also become a social scene. they observe people sharing equipment, drugs and information they found fentanyl was extremely cheap as low as 10 bucks a graham sunday is the first to explore fentanyl as a key contributing factor to the overdose deaths. we can see. let's talk football. the forty-niners are continuing tas at levi's and they hope to learn more.

>> with their new assistant head coach conference forced reporter kate rooney takes a look. >> kyle shanahan may not have a traditional offensive coordinator on his staff, but in recent years he has embraced the assistant head coach. still, comes to san francisco after 3 seasons as the la chargers head coach and his reputation as a bit of a defensive savant. of course, the forty-niners already have a well established defense. that was part of the problem last season with steve wilks who only lasted one year as the forty-niners defensive coordinator. but staley said he has reason to believe he can add to what's made the forty-niners defense successful in the kyle shanahan era. i think you've seen, you know, a really nice evolution. >> and that's what's important is that, you know, you don't take you don't stray too far away from what makes special? not i think you know, like i told you guys, the style of play of this team i think is what made it special and what we want to make sure that we do is, you know, really focus on that. the details of how we play and then what we play, you know, that will take shape as we get to know our players

here, you know, the next couple months because every groups a little bit different, you know, the staples of what we played at a high level here. we need to continue to make sure that those staples said stay strong as they have. i'm looking for aspects of the job. you know, i think aspects of this teaming up with kyle most part because of staffing getting our personnel department. i think i'm just energized by what this organization has to offer. like i said, i'm just going to try to the best i can. and with asked me to. >> staley will, of course, work closely with newly-promoted forty-niners defensive coordinator nick sorensen. the rest of the forty-niners primary defensive position. coaches all remain the same as last season at levi stadium. kate rooney kron 4 sports. all right. we're talking about will your star steph curry is named to the all-nba 13. it's actually the 10 times been selected which is a franchise record. kerr says honors just a test missteps, work ethic, skills, talent, his desire to be better every single year.

>> and let's talk a little baseball. the giants on the road in pittsburgh taking on the pirates. yeah. they're looking to bounce back from the last game. 2 of that series, worst director jason dumas has that story. >> the giants swept the rockies and we all got super excited. that is how starved this for an base is for something to cheer for. in reality, the rockies just aren't very good. well, on tuesday night, the giants reminded us that they still have a ways to go when they blew a four-run 9th inning lead. they tried to make up for it on wednesday afternoon in pittsburgh and blake snell return from that left a doctor's strain he hadn't pitched since april 19th but it was not the return to fans were hoping 4th bases loaded snow ends up hitting andrew mccutchen in that back looking at that replay. i'm really not so sure you hit him anyway. he pitched 87 pitches, walk 4 batters in 3 plus innings.

very next batter. bryan reynolds, take sean jelly. deep to right field. no doubt about it. the pirates go up. 5, 1, of the grand slam top of the 9th giants down to their last out. lamonte wade junior when he comes alive in the night time earned that nickname folks. >> luis matos comes on in and scores. we are all knotted up at 5. a piece that was sent into extras. top of the 10th. >> oh, yeah. and as a base patrick bailey grounded in the right time. stratus scored the go ahead, run in the giants, take their first lead of the night when and how about some insurance? we all need it. chimes up by 3 runners at the corners. luis mattos, the reigning nl player of the week. he bats and jorge soler air four-run 4th inning. giants win 9 to 5. the rubber is going on today. all right.

that is your look at sports. a 53 coming up in the next hour. what is next for the oakland coliseum now that the city has coliseum now that the city has agreed to sell its half?

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on the kron. 4 morning news. a stabbing at a gilroy high school in the middle of the day. >> i just told myself say i wasn't going to leave that little girl in car. >> and is in the right place at the right time and saves a little girl from this burning car. and a lot of people around the bay are already off on their memorial day weekend. we'll have a live report from the airport.