late in lafayette kron four's philippe djegal reports pg and e crews were trimming some of its limbs just hours before it fell. >> more than 100 year-old oak tree chopped up along springhill road in lafayette is really scary. yeah, it fell from a meetings as neighbors yard late monday night landing on 2 cars and busting through a fence. power lines came down to knocking electricity out in the neighborhood until around 6 o'clock tuesday morning was not a stormy night pg e was out trimming it. so really interesting that that you need it. hold itself. happening the homeowner tells kron 4 pg and e was performing maintenance on the tree earlier in the day. removing limbs in jeopardy of falling onto power lines. it's unclear what led to it snapping off at its base. it fell and sounded at first like there's an earthquake once or twice a season. there's a >> a big tree. that falls is wonderful trees, they get too big and they get wet and they get heavy. and when they come down, it's a. >> it's huge. and and dangerous. xfinity spent hours in the morning restoring services to its customers. th

we ask of them if you wish to continue to reside in lafayette as russian citizens. then please, at least for the minimum level, learn our language, and this is not an outline. just thing to ask. these are not, that has nothing to do with my know are these, these are foreign nationals who reside in laughter. and they are foreign nationals who gave up our status. our citizenship for russian citizenship last july. your own, the central statistical bureau showed the old groups or the polled said the attitude of lot 3 ends to the russian speaking population had changed for the worse . and the majority of russian speaking families now believe that fascism was increasing in the country. that was not the case of the start of the war. that's not quite the outcome you wanted. is it? i'm, i don't know what data you are relying on the data that i was just introduced by the, in the, in the government. we were looking us is that as the work progresses? the proportion of not looking at what language people speak at home within the percentage of people supporting russia has been de

we have a statue of the marquis de lafayette here in washington.re a bjamin■x franklin statue in paris? there is? a huge statue of benjamin franklin in paris. and there's avenue. benjamin franklin in paris. there's not an london. what, if any, did ben franklin play in creating the us gedepartment of state? what by? the time he comes back? thomas jefferson replaced him in paris and jefferson very clear on the fact that heer than repld ben franklin. because, as jefferson puts it, no one could possibly replace him. and it's really jefferson who gi policy for a new nation. so in way that is the launching part, i would say, for for the department of state. yo book, t great improvization, is being turned into a miniseries. tell us about it. it's an eight part apple series. it wl beginning around april ine role of ben franklin. is douglas looking more like franklin than benilmed in precie sally, those hallways down, which ben franklin himself walked complaining the cold marble■ floors for all of those years that he was weekly paying visits to versailles t

we have a statue of the marquis de lafayette here in washington. is there a benjamin franklin statue in paris? there is? a huge statue of benjamin franklin in paris. and there's avenue. benjamin franklin in paris. there's not an avenue franklin in london. what, if any, did ben franklin play in creating the us department of state? what by? the time he comes back? thomas jefferson replaced him in paris and jefferson very clear on the fact that he has succeeded rather than replaced ben franklin. because, as jefferson puts it, no one could possibly replace him. and it's really jefferson who begins to craft a foreign policy for a new nation. so in way that is the launching part, i would say, for for the department of state. your book, the great improvization, is being turned into a miniseries. tell us about it. it's an eight part apple series. it will air, i believe, beginning around april in the role of ben franklin. is douglas looking more like franklin than ben franklin? and it was filmed in precise sally, those hallways down, which ben franklin hims

tomorrow night reporting lafayette, i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> coming up, a presidential candidate robert kennedy junior expected to announce his running mate tomorrow in oakland. why that could be a hint as to who it might plus, we're learning the names of the brothers attacked by a mountain lion in the sierra nevada foothills over the weekend. one of them losing his life. could california soon impose $10,000 daily fines against low producing oil wells? >> well, that's exactly one bill here at the state capitol bill here at the state capitol aims to do capitol supporters and opponents. >> happening tonight, congressman mark to psalm ye will host a town hall meeting in martinez to discuss refinery safety to represents contra costa county. the meeting will go over ideas on how to protect the local environment and quality of life. it comes after several recent flaring incidents at the martinez refineries, contra costa, health and air quality officials will be there as well. that kicks off in just a few minutes at 6.30, at john muir elementary school. >> sutton finally going use >> th

ta rosa, napa, piedmont, orinda and lafayette. this is part of a larger problem with other insurers withdraw >> we need to make sure that we're stabilizing or insurance market. >> bay area state senator scott wiener says the state insurance commissioners looking at new rules as to how insurance companies can calculate risk when setting rates. he says that might help. and rates are going to go up. >> and but that's going to painful for many of us. but it's also better than not being able to access insurance at all. >> still, this is raised a red flag for state regulators. they say state from general's decision today raises serious questions about its financial situation questions. the company must answer to regulators. this point no date has been set for state farm to answer those question to regulators. but wiener says in addition to the state insurance commissioner legislature's and the legislators themselves are going to have to get involved and figure out a solution to this problem. vicki can thank you, dan. and you know, this

orinda and lafayette state farm says starting in july it will stop renewing. it will drop about 30,000 homeowners renters another property insurance is and in august, it will also stop offering and renewing commercial apartment policies. one industry expert says paying out money after all, these fires has become unsustainable for lots of insurance companies. >> state farm's the last remaining company that has not non renewed a single homeowners insurance policy. since the big fires 2017. so as the market leader, they really held on longer than anyone else. >> state farm says affected customers will be notified this summer. >> santa rosa police say they've arrested 2 gang members in connection to an assault on a 13 year-old officers say the teen was walking to school last thursday when several alleged gang members wearing blue clothing jumped out of a car and started punching and kicking the teen. the 2 people arrested have been identified as 19 year-old joshua biz on ortiz from santa rosa. and 25 year-old victor garcia, roman from windsor. the 13 year-old was

still to come, big old oak tree but to lafayette neighborhood in the dark after power lines, even damaged cars. the latest on the efforts to get the lights back on. >> plus, chp crime crackdown more than 160 people arrested in the east bay following several sting operations handmade art pieces, snacks from san francisco business thieves in. >> hasn't even been opened for happy new year. the action from disgruntled owner the artist. >> developing news now, contra costa. fire crews say a hazmat situation in martinez is now cleared after shutting down several streets. fire officials say 3 tankers were found abandoned on the side of the road friday at pacheco boulevard near how road and the martinez reservoir. 2 of them, we're told, but one was left there today that last tanker started leaking causing a brief hazmat scare. authorities tested samples from inside the leaking tanker and tell us the fluid was not hazardous. it's still unclear what exactly what's inside the tankers and why they were abandoned. another fbi raid on the dublin, a federal prison this week amid allegations of rampant a

you can see the oakland in lafayette. we've got some heavier bands that are now pushing on through. so some of the cells bringing down some heavier amounts of rainfall again on the 24 there. that would care for some ponding on the roadway in renn, doug headed toward lafayette right now, likely be picking up in that direction. overall, though, it looks things going to be pretty wet and windy through the evening hours that i think as we head toward midnight tonight, things begin to taper off. but still, you're looking some 20 and some 30 mile an hour gusts around the bay area. now down the urban area. so let's time the storm out for you overnight tonight as we head through the evening, the storm going to slide to the south as we head toward 8 o'clock. a lot of rain around the bay area affecting the south bay to and then as we get toward around 10 o'clock or so, things begin to taper off in the north bay continuing in the south bay after midnight, the most of the bay area probably gonna start to dry out just a little bit, but not known. we've got more scattered showers likely to pop up

we ask of them if you wish to continue to reside in lafayette as russian citizens. then please, at least for the minimum level, learn our language, and this is not an outline. just thing to ask. these are not, that has nothing to do with my know are these, these are foreign nationals who reside in laughter. and they are foreign nationals who gave up our status. our citizenship for russian citizenship last july. your own, the central statistical bureau showed the old groups or the polled said the attitude of lot 3 hands to the russian speaking population had changed for the worse. and the majority of russian speaking families now believe that fascism was increasing in the country. that was not the case at the start of the war. that's not quite the outcome you wanted. is it? and i'm, i don't know what data you're relying on the data that i was just introduced by the inspector. the in, in the government we were looking at is that as the work progresses, the proportion of not looking at what language people speak at home within the percentage of people supporting russia

we ask of them if you wish to continue to reside in lafayette as russian citizens. then please, at least with a minimum level, learn our language, and this is not an outline. just thing to ask. these are not that has nothing to do with minorities. these are foreign nationals who reside in laughter. and they are foreign nationals who gave up our status, our citizenship for russian citizenship last july, euro. and the central statistical bureau showed the old groups or the polled said the attitude of lot 3. and so the russian speaking population had changed for the worse. and the majority of russian speaking families now believe that fascism was increasing in the country. that was not the case of the start of the war. that's not quite the outcome you want. it, is it? the i'm, i don't know what data you are relying on the data that i was just introduced by the, in the, in, in the government we were looking at is that as the word progresses, the proportion of not looking at what language people speak at home within the percentage of people supporting russia has been dec

we ask of them if you wish to continue to reside in lafayette as russian citizens. then please, at least for the minimum level, learn our language, and this is not an outline. just thing to ask. these are not that has nothing to do with minorities. these are foreign nationals who reside in laughter. and they are foreign nationals who gave up our status. our citizenship for russian citizenship last july. your own, the central statistical bureau showed the old groups or the polled said the attitude of lot 3. and so the russian speaking population had changed for the worse . and the majority of russian speaking families now believe that fascism was increasing in the country. that was not the case at the start of the war. that's not quite the outcome you wanted. is it? i'm, i don't know what data you are relying on the data that i was just introduced by the, in the, in, in the government we were looking at is that as the word progresses, the proportion of not looking at what language people speak at home within the percentage of people supporting russia has been decreas

we ask of them if you wish to continue to reside in lafayette as russian citizens. then please, at least for the minimum level, learn our language, and this is not an outline. just thing to ask. these are not that has nothing to do with minorities. these are foreign nationals who reside in laughter. and they are foreign nationals who gave up our status. our citizenship for russian citizenship last july. your own, the central statistical bureau showed the old groups or the polled said the attitude of lot 3 hands to the russian speaking population had changed for the worse. and the majority of russian speaking families now believe that fascism was increasing in the country. that was not the case at the start of the war. that's not quite the outcome you wanted. is it a i'm, i don't know what data you're relying on the data that i was just introduced by the inspector. the in, in the government we were looking at is that as the work progresses, the proportion of not looking at what language people speak at home within the percentage of people supporting russia has been d

we ask them if you wish to continue to reside in lafayette as russian citizens. then please, at least for the minimum level, learn our language, and this is not an outline. just thing to ask. these are not, that has nothing to do with my know are these, these are foreign nationals who reside in laughter. and they are foreign nationals who gave up our status. our citizenship for russian citizenship. last july, your own, the central statistical bureau show the old groups or the polled said they asked you to black koreans to the russian speaking population had changed for the worse. and the majority of russian speaking families now believe that fascism was increasing in the country. that was not the case at the start of the war. that's not quite the outcome you want. it is, it i'm, i don't know what data you're relying on the data that i was just introduced by the inspector. the in, in the government we were looking at is that as the work progresses, the proportion of not looking at what language people speak at home within the percentage of people supporting russia

we ask of them if you wish to continue to reside in lafayette as russian citizens. then please, at least for the minimum level, learn our language, and this is not an outline. just thing to ask. these are not that has nothing to do with minorities. these are foreign nationals who reside in laughter. and they are foreign nationals who gave up our status. our citizenship for russian citizenship last july. your own, the central statistical bureau showed the old groups or the polled said the attitude of lot 3 ends to the russian speaking population had changed for the worse . and the majority of russian speaking families now believe that fascism was increasing in the country. that was not the case at the start of the war. that's not quite the outcome you wanted. is it? i'm, i don't know what data you're relying on the data that i was just introduced by the inspector. the in, in the government we were looking at is that as the work progresses, the proportion of not looking at what language people speak at home within the percentage of people supporting russia has been de

it was 57 year-old david weiner of lafayette.w on tuesday and a truck involved in a police chase crashed head-on into him. it started with a burglary in elstree to that led to the chase. the california highway patrol is looking for whoever fired the shots on the freeway tuesday. the shooting was a before 08:00pm along interstate 80 at mcbride avenue and richmond. one person was hit by a bullet but survived state farm plans to not renew more than 70,000 policies. >> of properties in high fire, danger areas. state farm says that starting in july it will stop or knowing about 30,000 homeowners renters and other properties that use them for insurance august. they're also going to stop offering and stop renewing commercial department policies. the city of oakland is going to install 50 digital interactive kiosks. like what you see here, they'll be on. >> city sidewalks to help guide people who are looking for, you know, where to eat, shop and events around town. >> all right. let's check here at 6.45. the weather outside is we're seei

napa, piedmont or ended lafayette. state farm says started in july. it's going to stop renewing approximately 30,000 homeowners renters other property insurance is and in august, also stopped offering and stop renewing commercial department policies altogether. one industry expert says paying out money after all the fires has really become unsustainable for many insurance companies. state pfarm's the last remaining company that has not non renewed. >> a single homeowners insurance policy since the big fires 2017. so as the market leader, they really held on longer than anyone else. >> state farm says affected customers will not will be notified this summer. >> ray of sunshine to somebody was carrying gave so much others. she loved her kids, her husband, she loved the community. >> a grieving father is remembering his daughter and son in law. jt and amanda. true died on march 12 when their car hit a tree on river road in santa rosa. the couple was returning from celebrating jay tease 42nd birthday leave behind 2 little boys so sad. levin year-old travi

we are currently investigating the cause of the tree failure in lafayette, philippe djegal all kron. 4 news. >> we'll talk about our forecast now looking outside here quite tower in san francisco. a little bit of blue skies, a little bit of clouds, cows tracking what's going on. we start with a lot of rain overnight house the afternoon. look yellow. we're drying out and we're going to keep the clouds as we get into the evening as you can kind of see all the energy is starting to move away from us. but it is kind of doing the slow walk out door and leaving some of the clouds behind. but as far as rain is concerned with that, you know, the exception of a few sprinkles out there, we're we're pretty much done. but we did get some impressive rain here. bill valley got 9 tenths of an inch very over performing canfield just under a half. but even half moon bay got over 4.10. so there are some spots. it really picked up quite a bit. san francisco also overperformed a little bit. we expect about a quarter of an inch. so almost 4 tenths. you can see less than that in oakland and far less than

this was late night here in lafayette.eft behind there and now kron 4 sweep to call reports that pg e crews were trimming some of that trees. limbs just hours before it fell. >> more than 100 year-old oak tree chopped up along springhill road in lafayette is really scary. yeah, it fell from a meetings as neighbors yard late monday night landing on 2 cars and busting through a fence. power lines came down to knocking electricity out in the neighborhood until around 6 o'clock tuesday morning was not a stormy night pg e was out trimming it. so really interesting that. >> that you need it. >> hold itself. happening the homeowner tells kron 4 pg and e was performing maintenance on the tree earlier in the day. removing limbs in jeopardy of falling onto power lines. it's unclear what led to its snapping off at its base. it fell and sounded at first like there's an earthquake once or twice a season. there's a a big tree. that falls is wonderful trees, >> they get too big and they get wet and they get heavy. and when they come down

if you were coming in from the east bay lafayette. are the red tail lights on their way to orinda and the caldecott tunnel. and that has been busy, busy all morning long. no incidents, but you throw in a little bit of rain as you can imagine, it is a slow go there and we'll show a little love to the super commuters coming in, from tracy down to 580. as you can see, through the altamont pass, that is still a slow go. and once you get into the livermore valley, that isúslow as well. time now is nearly 709. let's send it back to gasia. >> thank you. frank a new poll says a majority of bay area voters would support transportation improvements funded by high earners. 57% of respondents said they'd support holding a future bay area wide ballot measure that on high earnersn the money would pay for a coordinated network of bus, rail and ferry lines, as well as improved roads and pedestrian and cycling infrastructure improvements. respondents said they'd also support boosting payroll taxes on employers with more than $4 million in annual reven

authorities close down dw bureau in moscow, our bureau chief, the uri rossetto, has been reporting from rico lafayette and he joins us now for more. so, putting has extended his rule for another 6 years. you're a, tell us more about reactions. so the russian leaders re election well, terry, apart from the congratulations on putting victory ends at austin state control media, many people in russia every exits as they have been reacting for almost 25 years now. natalie told how she would once react of something uh or to something that uh, what's to be expected from the beginning. putting himself how the press conference you mentioned it and as expect the piece of. busy about the consolidation of the russian people. she said that all goals would be achieved. she didn't talk about the war, but it was clear to everybody that of what is the most important goal was putting street. i'm successful competitors also congratulate of him. as for the direction in the western countries, neither of us a nor the use bulk or of a fear and free election is there argument was event that there is no real a position in rus

authorities closed down dw is bureau in moscow, our bureau chief, your river shadow, has been based in rico lafayette and he joins us now for more good to see you, yuri. so we just saw there in our report how the widow of the late opposition leader, i'll explain of all new use calling on his supporters to disrupt this final day of elections in russia. but are people actually going to come out and protest, or are we calling to see how many people will come and there? yeah, and russia is a huge country. and is it bizarre senior, both of these protest action is actually, that is nothing extra old in the end, it's actually exactly what the candle ones, namely, for russians to come to the polling stations. and off to all high turn out is, is the gremlins goal. and depending on who is commenting on the cues in front of the paulding stations of the state, the media is saying, great people are finally coming to the polls to possibly vote for to, to add to the position media is saying people are protest. however, you know, sort just have issued the warnings. anyone who prevents the election procedure procedur

. >>> check out the new house in lafayette. posey family bought this $8.3 million house last year. it looks very nice. open concept. after retiring as a player he and his family moved to the home state of georgia but they realized bay area is the place to deals like home. >> we are back in a ment >>> ready we do not have to wait until next week's tournament for drama. we got a dose of march madness tonight. stanford and cal in las vegas for the tournament. former stanford star it's still hard to believe he is the cal head coach. the golden bears led entire way until the final 30 seconds. sanford in the dark jerseys and up stealing the ball here and michael jones it's the game- tying shot. cal had trouble just getting it in and stanford ends up with it and made it 69-69 so we go to overtime and then stanford got hot. brandon angle with the three- pointer here and stanford overcomes an 18 point deficit, they beat cal and the cardinal now advances to the quarterfinals tomorrow against washington state. finally 87-67. >>> st. mary'

those are the people who i think lived in lafayette square with picket signs.obody picketing at the white house you start seeing these tactics that they invented when they sit in front of the white house with emblems in -- embroidered on banners, those were tweets. that with a 1970 way of making things go viral. make sure someone gets a picture to put in the paper. so it is incredibly interesting to me to see what they were able to do 100 years ago and i think no matter the cause, if you want to be an activist, and i hope all young people do, look to the suffrage movement lessons, no question. post: some move us into the e.r.a., and how did it move to that and where does that stand today? guest: there's a direct line. in the suffrage movement, by the end of it, by the ratification, it was sort major organizations. the larger, mainstream group, they became the league of women voters. they decided one for 19th amendment was ratified that their role was to educate this generation and future generations of women voters to make sure that they were participating. the

we saw what he did with lafayette park. just because he wanted to make the point that he was in charge. and he wanted -- he ordered police to push peaceful protesters out of the way. to bully them. and to run over there. and so when he's back in that office, you need to understand what a man says he wants to be a dictator, what that means for your freedoms. so yeah, you can disagree with joe biden on gaza. you can be pissed because you didn't get the, you know, this or that policy through. but you'll be able to gather in lafayette square, at radio city music hall in 2025, '26, '27, and protest that. that is not a guarantee from the man who says he wants to be a dictator. you need to really process that and get over, you know, whatever is ailing you right now because i'm telling you, i would rather be at a protest under joe biden than to be worried about someone knocking on my door and pulling me out of my house or arresting me because i am protesting a policy under donald trump. >> or being shot, which is what donald trump

lafayette police, danville police, and then contra costa county sheriff's. this behind me is the complex that it seems like they are focused onc. we ae on canal road here. so if you're familiar with the right behind e mcdonald's here. and this isúthe westwood village complex. so we are hearing police say some things on the loudspeaker. it's kind of hard to make out what they're saying, but they're not allowing anyone into this complex. you could see there's the crime scene tape. they're trying to block it off. we are seeing some people walk around, but police are trying to keep them out of the complex. now, contra costa sheriff's office put out an alert telling people nearby this area. chadwick lane, lancaster circle and lancaster lane to lock down. go inside, lock all windows and doors and stay off the phone. now. this is north of highway four, just across the highway from the pittsburg bay point bart station. video from the scene shows officers in swat gear int& this neighborhood. they're also flying drones and setting upúa perimeter near this apartment co

. >>> check out the new house in lafayette.ught this $8.3 million house last year. it looks very nice. open concept. after retiring as a player he and his family moved to the home state of georgia but they realized bay area is the place to deals like home. to deals like home. >> we are ba( ♪♪ )a mentmo you made a cow! actually it's a piggy bank. my inspiration to start saving. how about a more solid way to save? i'm listening. well, bmo helps get your savings habit into shape with a cash reward, every month you save. both: cash reward? and there's a cash bonus when you open a new checking account to get you started. wow. anything you can't do? ( ♪♪ ) mugs. ♪ bmo ♪ >>> ready we do not have to wait until next week's tournament for drama. we got a dose of march madness tonight. stanford and cal in las vegas for the tournament. former stanford star it's still hard to believe he is the cal head coach. the golden bears led entire way until the final 30 seconds. sanford in the dark jerseys and up stealing the ball here and michael jon

i am playing lafayette baker, detective lafayette baker. >> stephen: real guy?was very, very, very aware of the reward money for catching him. so it's like, how do i maybe get some of this money for myself? might have messed with the investigation a little bit. again, this show is about the panic with "oh, my god. the president has been killed. what we do now question" sometimes you have to rely on some sketchy people and that included me in a heavy beard and a union uniform in savannah, georgia, in august. mwah! >> stephen: get a whiff of that. this is a tragic period in american history. you do your research. was there anything about doing this that informs you a about that time or our country now? >> patton: it's going to sound kind of grandma that it's going to get hopeful so stay with me. >> stephen: hold on. >> patton: there you go. it's so clear that we are never ready for history. history always blindside us. you see this, you know, when this assassination happens and you realize although this is weirdly hopeful, we are always trying to catch up with his

. >>> new video shows damage done after a large tree fell overnight in lafayette. nearly 300 pg&e customers remain without power at this hour. it happened about 10:00 last night along spring hill road near pleasant hill road. a jeep was destroyed. crews are on the scene working to restore power as the tree took out a nearby utility pole. pg&e estimates power to be restored to that area by 6:00 this morning. no word on what caused the tree to fall. >>> in contra costa, one woman is behind bars after she allegedly stole a car with a 2-year-old child inside. >> bob redell is joining us live this morning. bob, it was cell phone technology that led to her arrest? >> reporter: correct. a stolen cell phone. good morning to you, marcus and laura. surveillance video also captured the crime. this happened yesterday afternoon around 1:30 along california avenue in san pablo. as you can see in the surveillance video i mentioned, the suspect is getting into the driver's seat of the car that she allegedly stole. it's not clear if she knew the 2-year-old child was also inside the

heavier pockets are that is consistent with the model here but here down through parts of richmond and lafayette we start to see heavier pockets that just move through parts of san francisco and you can see right here picking up more of a moderate downpour that will move through and then i mentioned how it is coming down in the south bay if you catch some rain is likely what you see moving through and the impact of this will continue into the evening commute later for tonight so be mindful of that if you will get out of work later. will likely catch rain also we have some sierra snow already coming down for this stretch, winter storm warnings in effect and that will remain a factor all the way through the weekend. sometime in out into the overnight hours. notice you different -- decent market through the south bay. gathered activity throughout parts of oakland, san francisco, palo alto and that we catch a break overnight into early saturday morning so there is a brief break between the cold front then we have a trough behind that and will will see those pockets pick up yet again into early satur

david wiener of lafayette police say was driving his car tuesday when a truck involved in a police chase crashed into him head on. it all started with a burglary at nelson rita, which then led to this chase. police, though, say they stopped the chase when the pickup truck that they were after headed the wrong way on westbound 5.80, right there at interstate 80 in the merged by the bay bridge. they say the suspect suffered major injuries in that crash and they are now facing criminal charges. >> time now is 10, 0, 8, and the chp is looking for whoever fired shots tuesday on a freeway in the bay area. the shooting was around 08:00pm along interstate 80 at mcbride avenue in richmond. one person was hit by a bullet but survived. >> more than 70,000 property owners and renters who have state farm insurance are going to see their policies not renewed next year. really concerned. where they're going to get insurance with all of these different companies pulling out. >> but state pharmacy is the only way they can stay in business, especially in areas where there are high wildfire danger in a kro

. >> in the east bay, crews are working to remove this massive tree that fell on top of cars in lafayette overnight. this is in the spring hill area on spring hill road. the toppled tree also brought down some power lines, according to the p-g-and-e's outage map, up to 500 customers in that area don't have power right now. the estimated time for it to be restored is six this morning, and it's not clear if anyone was hurt by this tree coming down. drew >> wow 509 this morning we are dealing with light rain looking at the morning commute. we will find the showers are with us. you can see some light rain right now in parts of the east bay press. and a little bit tighter. you can see around walnut creek, antioch highway for certainly seeing a quick moving downpour. similar story around brentwood and discovery bay right now, but we're only within this rain through the next four hours. it's this morning. we have the wet weather this afternoon. the sunshine does break out. snow is falling on 80 and 50 right now. we have some pretty high snow levels above 5000ft, but we currently do have a winter

orinda,dancing- lafayette, pinole. if you're lafayette reservoir, bundle up 37. clayton's 38.e. but a glorious day for the mountains. so today is the day to go. saturday won't be bad, but there will be more clouds coming in. we have a northerly breeze here, taking care of almost everything except a few patches of low clouds, but that system will be here starting on saturday with increasingúclouds, and then a series of systems will rotate around it into the weekend. so cloudy. more rain. light rain saturday to the north. more the biggest system by far looks to be on tuesday. then it does look like a break for about a week or so. believe it or not, cold morning, few patches of low clouds,úbut sunny for all. a little northerly breeze,ú60s on the temps. i would think a few may push upper 60s if you get that north breeze to hold long enough, increasing clouds saturday morning, cloudy and then again on sunday, monday into tuesday. that looks like the best system. >> okay, steve. thank you. time is 641. you want to are are i mean the cover up that great music for some bay area high s

and as we take a look here, you can see from richmond to lafayette to oakland. we're seeing these fall in concord as well. just in time for rush hour right now. it's not great timing, but certainly if you're on 8.80, or 5.80, you're going to have some slick roads to contend with as you make your way home today, bring it over the peninsula into badly in san francisco. we've had a little bit of rainfall there, but now san mateo starting to see this. you can see it's working its way towards the south bay. so palo alto, seeing a few showers as well at this hour. so we're all going to get in on this eventually as this continues to stream in. not just today, but throughout tomorrow and even into the first part of sunday. quick look at your current temperatures as we take a live look at the clouds that are all stacked up there. taking a look from the east bay. you can see we're still relatively warm. so still above average temperatures, particularly inland where we're in those mid to even some upper 60's. so temperatures are going to change big time. we get into tomorr

. >> and some neighbors in lafayette going to spend the morning cleaning up after this large tree falls in the area. the mess it left behind. >> good morning to you. it is tuesday, march 12th. yes, and it's a rainy start to the morning. >> going to check in with you for our forecast. yeah. >> and this rain doesn't linger all that long. just the next couple of hours. and this is probably the last storm we have for about a week. we enter a dry pattern after today. live doppler seven showing you where we have those showers. they are light in nature, but i do want to point out the back edge. the end of this front already moving through the north bay. it's about to move into the city and the east bay. so we're not in this rain too much longer through about 9 a.m. this morning. it's a level one for those light showers, those wet roadways, a little bit of a breeze and those showers do taper after 9 a.m. looking at your day planner today, you can see it's wet out there from our bay bridge toll plaza. right now. we end those showers after 9 a.m. clouds linger a bit, but the afternoon will actual

. >>> we now know a lafayette man was the person killed in a wrong way crash on interstate 580 in oakland earlier this week. police say 57-year-old lee david weiner was the driver hit and killed when the suspect from a smash and grab at an el cerrito tobacco store led police on a freeway chase. the two suspects and another driver had major injuries. >>> the justice department is suing apple. the landmark antitrust lancet accuses the company of running an illegal monopoly over smart phones in the u.s., hurting innovation in the process. >>> we allege that apple has relied on anticompetitive conduct that hurts both consumers and developers. for consumers, that has meant fewer choices, higher prices and fees, lower quality smart phone apps and accessories and less innovation from apple and its competitors. >> apple said the suit is, quote, wrong on the facts and the law. >>> it took more than two weeks to make it final but california voters have passed proposition one. the measure allows the state to borrow more than $6 billion to build thousands of housing units and add mental health treatm

now as 57 year-old lee david wiener of lafayette. police say he was driving bmw tuesday when a truck, a pickup truck involved in a police chase hit him head-on. it all started with a burglary up in else to which then led to this chase. but police stopped the chase. once that pickup truck started heading the wrong way on westbound 5.80, right at the 8 emerge near the bay bridge. they say the suspects suffered major injuries in that crash and they're all now facing criminal charges. 809, is the time and more than 70,000 property owners and renters who have state farm insurance. >> are going to see their policies not renewed in the next year more on the ongoing crisis for homeowner. state farm says it's the only way to keep its business viable, especially in the wake of all the wildfires that we've seen here in past years. >> kron four's dan kerman. that takes a closer look. those who live in high fire danger areas may soon be without homeowners or renters insurance. state farm, the state's leading insurer has announced that over the ne

we are seeing it in the east bay right now from piedmont, emeryville, orinda into lafayette. wet right around dillon beach, tomales seeing some moderate showers. and from san francisco heading down the peninsula into the south bay. some spotty showers. this level one system will continue to bring us the wet weather. so as we time it out for you tonight, definitely keep your umbrellas handy. 9:00 we're still looking at some rain moving through scattered showers for your saturday. some thunder will be popping up. tomorrow is looking like a better likelihood with some sun breaks along with some thunder will come. hail temperatures in the 50s and 60s. it's a cooler day today. we had some 70s in places like concord and san jose. not expecting that. a rerun next week in case you're keeping tabs. wednesday through friday we have that unsettled pattern returning again. so even though this is the first full weekend of spring , it's going to feel more like winter level one saturday sunday break, monday, tuesday, and then another couple of systems wednesday through friday. ama and dan.

chase on 5.80, in oakland earlier this week has now been identified as 57 year-old lee david weiner of lafayette. police say he was driving a bmw tuesday when a truck involved in a police chase crash into him head on. it all started with a burglary in else to which then led to this chase. police, though, say they stopped the chase when the pickup truck started heading the wrong way on westbound 5.80, right there at the 8 emerge the bay bridge. they say the suspect suffered major injuries in this crash and they're all now facing criminal charges. >> the chp is looking for the person fired shots on the freeway on tuesday on around 08:00pm on interstate 80 and mcbride avenue in richmond. one person was hit by a bullet but did survive. they're still looking for the more than 70,000 property owners and renters who have state farm insurance will see their policies no longer renew nez perce that my ears because high of state farm, a lot of people do. >> but state farm is saying that the only way to keep a viable business is to pull out of areas that have. >> high fire danger kron four's. dan kerman has

you can see right there, just two spots near lafayette. also wind advisory still in effect for some parts of the bay area. >>> let's check in with chief meteorologist paul heggen who still has his hair. >> yes. was not blown out, still attached. >> i'm like what am i saying? >> always good to check. let's look where the winds stand now. we're in a relative lull, but it's breezy, 15 to 20-mile-an-hour sustained winds. numerous locations are reporting gusts over 20 miles an hour, some over 30 miles an hour. we had a lot of gusts over 40 miles an hour earlier today. it doesn't mean the lull will continue. another burst of energy is likely late tonight and early tomorrow in the 20 to 30-mile-an-hour range for valley locations, closer to sea level. it's the higher elevations that are still under a wind advisory until 11:00 a.m. tomorrow. that's where the winds could still gust over 50 miles an hour. gradually heading farther into tomorrow afternoon, the winds will relax and the weekend is looking fantastic. the weekend forecast is coming up in

vehicle description, 2 other law enforcement agencies that led to a brief chase down highway 24 from lafayette towards oakland. but the suspects got away. >> san mateo police arrested a man who they say trespassed onto a school campus this morning carrying a large kitchen knife. police say they got a call just before 10:00am from san mateo high school officers are told when campus security asked that man to leave the suspect, got physical with them. suspect also ignored commands, lied about his name and resisted arrest. the man is in san mateo county jail on multiple charges. >> police in redwood city of arrested a 17 year-old high school student after police say he brought a gun to campus. investigators say this gun was found on the teenager's waistband area after he tried to run away from police at the school yesterday. police tell us they also found ammunition at his home in east palo alto. the teen has been booked on multiple felony charges. >> and over at willow, glen high school in san jose, students at a shelter in place this afternoon following reports of the student bringing a weapon

souvenir boarding giants legend and team part owner buster posey has purchased an $8.s million home in lafayettencisco giants. now, their new ranch style home, a little more than 6300ft!s, consists of six bedrooms, six and a half bathrooms. and after posey announced his retirement back in 2021, he and his family packed up and left the bay area. they moved to georgia, where he grew up, but then they later said that the bay area is where they fromúredfin, by the way. welcome home. i'd like to say to the three time world series champion, national league mvp, i could go on and on with all the accolades. always. it's nice to haveúbuster and his family back in the bay area. >> always a giants fan favorite, andúit's nice to have a place where you feel comfortable to call home. for sure. very pretty home all right. that is our report for tonight. thanks so much for watching the 11:00 news. our next newscast is coming up at 4 a.m. a little bit of an early start there, as it always is, toústream the latest news and weather on your hi, everyone. i'm frank malaka. welcome to another edition of like it or no

let's check out his new digs in lafayette. they used to live in this town when he played for the giants. posey who is now part owner of the giants bought this $8.3 million house last year. is a six bedroom, 6 1/2 bath ranch style home with pitch ceilings and fossil stone floors. after retiring as a player he and his family moved back to georgia. it did not take long for them to realize the bay area is the place that truly feels like home. it is also where both sets of their twins were born. last week he and his wife loaded up a moving truck and therefore kids and headed here. >>> we are so glad to have buster back. >>> don't forget you can watch our newscasts 24/7 on roku and upper forms.>>> it would be cool if the posies moved in next door. >>> it would be great. >>> right now the future of tick-tock and jeopardy. lawmakers on capitol hill pushing forward a possible ban. what does it mean for the chinese owned social media platform and how are tiktok users fighting back was maximum new information for those trying to make it

. >>> hundreds of people in lafayette have their power back on tonight after going out for about 700r a tree fell on to power lines on spring hill road near pleasant hill road. pg&e tells us it restored power by 6:00 this morning with a headache is not over. crews have cleared most of the tree but spring hill is still blocked. no eta for when it will be open. the tree also damaged a few cars. fortunately no one was hurt. >> we are talking about some changing weather that's going to happen including a lot of wind. >> we could see trees coming down with these wind gusts that we are tracking across the bay area. not only the wind but warmer weather will also be rolling into the next couple of days. we are going to start off with tomorrow morning were temperatures will be dipping into the 40s. i want you to watch out for the chance here of maybe some patchy fog for the morning and 46 through the peninsula overthrew the east bay at 45. san francisco 47 and some of the chili is whether through the north bay with an average of low 40s. temperatures with increased sunshine going to warm up 3