(robin) good morning and thanks for joining us for the kron 4 morning news.im robin winston.lets start this morning with a check on weather and traffic. rebecca:look for mostly dry conditions today before a storm system brings widespread rainfall and breezy to locally gusty winds during the day wednesday to the north bay and through the remainder of the region wednesday night. after another period of dry conditions, a third system is possible late in the upcoming weekend. no major hot spots. bay no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is

less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101.

( robin ) happening now... police in fairfield are looking for this man. zachery rose was last seen on saturday. he was spending the weekend in fairfield with a friend. police say he walked away from his friends home on shorey way but left his personal belongings behind and has not been seen since. rose is 6 foot 1... about 240 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. ( robin ) the d-m-v near the oakland coliseum will stay closed until at least monday because of flooding. d-m-v workers came in to the east oakland location wednesday morning to find the

building flooded. thieves stole copper wire from the heating and a-c units on the roof...which caused the massive flooding. we spoke to a man who lives in sight of that d-m-v, and asked if he heard anything overnight. ( robin ) c-h-p says that theives stole less than 50- dollars worth of copper pipes... causing thousands of dollars worth of damage. ( robin ) in the north bay - this man has been arrested - accused of burglarizing five businesses in fairfield. his name is john scharff in each crime - police say, he used a pellet gun to shoot out a window of the business. detectives identified scharrf... using surveillance video from each of the businesses. police are now trying to determine if scharrf is connected to similar burglaries in west scaramento. ( robin ) in the south bay... the number of flu

cases is on the rise. health officials say the south bay is putting northern california high on the list for flu severity. the bay area ranked number 11 nation wide with the most severe cases of one strain of the flu. ( robin ) a warning about a hepatitis outbreak in monterey. city officials announced the outbreak affecting their homeless population. this comes as santa cruz county announced the end of its hepatitis-a outbreak that began in april of last year. there were 76 cases there... and at least one death. in monterey county... nine people with a history of homelessness have been diagnosed with hepatitis- a since october. ( robin ) more bay area law enforcement agencies are adding text messaging 9-1-1 services. kron4's haaziq madyun shows us an east bay police department that launched the new service.

to transfer you for some medical advice but we are on our way okay">emergency dispatchers here at hayward police department's communications center are now adding 9-1-1 text messaging service for those in need of helpsota cellphone user in hayward simply has to text 911 and a dispatch will start the conversation. as you can see a map will appear showing the proximety of the caller but not the address... sothayward p.d.'s launch of text messaging 9-1-1 this week comes of the heels of similiar news from the alameda county sheriff's office sot

of bay area police departments merging text messaging technology into their emergency service communication s systemssot

were water contamination -and debris cleanup. more than four months after the devastating fires... many north bay residents have yet to start rebuilding. people that showed up said that they were told fema would remove the foundation... but are now being refused. ( robin ) 13 homes in the fountain grove neighborhood also have water contamination... people have been told not to drink the water even after boiling because of a toxic substance found in the water system. ( robin ) now to a story you will see only on kron 4... a young san jose mother was gunned down.. and police are searching for her killer. kron 4 sat down with the father of elizabeth garcia's children. san jose police say the garcia was being chased by a unknown driver while she was driving in west san jose. she then crashed into a tree. that is when the gunman walked up to the

crash site and opened fire. garcia was taken to the hospital where she died.

abuse began in 2010 when he became her clerk. and when he tried to end the agreement... pulido accused him of disciplinary violations that put him in solitary confinement for nine months. ( robin ) a big story we're tracking.. a former san mateo county baseball coach... pleads no contest to molestation and sexual assault charges. 37-year-old julio edgardo ortiz... is facing 50 years in prison when he returns to court for sentencing in march. ortiz was arrested in september 20- 16... after a c-h-p officer spotted him on interstate 280. prosecutors say when that officer checked inside the car... he found ortiz sexually assaulting a teenage boy. ortiz...met the teen when he was coaching baseball at a redwood city elementary school. ( robin ) happening today... canada's prime minister justin trudeau will be visiting san francisco. it is part of his four-day tour of america. trudeau is expected to meet with local

business leaders and entrepreneurs. he is touring the u-s to discuss how public service can contribute to stronger economic and political ties between the two countries. the visit comes amid talks to rewrite the north america free trade agreement. ( robin ) coming up on the kron 4 morning news... we could be just hours away from another possible government shutdown. what could be holding up a deal this time in the house of representatives. (robin) plus... a woman's car windshield is broken while driving on a bay area freeway... but what actually broke the window may surprise you. (robin) we're seeing nice weather across the bay area... but the state is in need of some rain. what experts say about the bay area heading back into drought territory (robin) and here's a live look outside...at the san mateo bridge. ( robin ) it's going to be

a warm thursday in the bay area... but we need rain. rainfall across the region is barely áhalf of what it should be. and we may not catch up. there is little runoff into santa clara valley reservoirs... which are just 26 percent full. one local expert says the odds of this being a normal rainfall year are slim to none. ( robin ) ábut as a result of last year's record rainfall... the lack of seasonal rain alone is ánot enough to send us back into a drought. (robin) welcome back.

checking in on your morning forecast. rebecca:look for mostly dry conditions today before a storm system brings widespread rainfall and breezy to locally gusty winds during the day wednesday to the north bay and through the remainder of the region wednesday night. after another period of dry conditions, a third system is

possible late in the upcoming weekend. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 no major hot spots. bay bridge

wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. ( robin )

( robin ) happening today... we could be on the brink of another government shutdown. the senate has agreed on a budget deal that they will vote on later today. but it is expected to face a tougher fight in the house of representatives. if the bill does not pass the house... the government could shutdown at midnight. senate leaders from both parties agreed on a two-year budget deal on wednesday.sen. mitch mcconnell/r-majority leader"i hope we can build on this bipartisan momentum and make 2018 a year of significant achievement for congress, for our constituents and for the country we all love."the agreement boosts military and non-defense spending as well as add 80- billion dollars for disaster relief.sen. chuck schumer/d- minority leader"doesn't have everything that democrats want, it doesn't have everything that republicans want, but it has a great deal of what the american people want."president trump applauded the budget deal, saying it is "so important for our great military."however

there's a hurdle in the house. democrats want a concrete promise for a daca vote, that would protect the undocumented immigrants brought to the u-s as children.rep. nancy pelosi/d-california"without that commitment, from speaker ryan comparable to the commitment from leader mcconnell, this package does not have my support."while some g-o-p house members think the senate deal will spell doom for the deficit.rep. jim jordan/r-house freedom caucus "we didn't campaign on growing government. so this isn't consistent with what we told the voters. and i would argue not even close to what they said in the 2016 election."and if the house doesn't approve it by thursday night, the government will suffer a second shutdown in as many months.i'm john lorinc reporting. ( robin ) house democratic leader nancy pelosi has broken a record. she gave the longest speech ever recorded on the house floor... totaling more than eight hours. she's asking house republicans to ápromiseá to talk about immigration next week... since that issue is not addressed in áthisá week's budget deal.

she read countless stories of dreamers' contributions to their communities. ( robin ) a bipartisan group of lawmakers is calling on house speaker paul ryan to agree to call for a bill that resolves the daca program. ( robin ) san francisco is receiving 10 million dollars in state funding for two new navigation centers... to help the homeless. the two new facilities will be located at bayshore blvd and division circle ... and will serve

people living in encampments... who have been unable to access certain services. city officials say centers have a proven track record of getting people into stable housing. there are currently five navigation centers throughout san francisco ( robin ) a woman caught sneaking onto planes without a ticket several times... is still behind bars. a chicago judge ruled yesterday that 66-year-old 'serial stowaway' marilyn hartman will remain in jail for now -- because of her history of repeat offenses. she was arrested at o'hare airport last month. and four years ago hartman successfully snuck onto a plane at san jose mineta airport ... and flew to los angeles. she has also tried to get on several flights at san francisco international airport... where she arrested. hartman has been indicted on felony charges ... and is set to appear in court again later this month. (robin) coming up on the kron 4 morning news ... there is a 70% chance of a major earthquake hitting the bay area in the next 30 years.

we take a look at whether the bay area is prepared. (robin) and after the break... we get a first look at one of the most anticipated movies of the year. we will show you the new trailer for the deadpool sequel. (robin) and here's a live look outside... at the golden gate bridge. welcome back to the kron

four morning news. i'm tracking your entertainment headlines today... if you're looking for "nothing but a good time" at a concert this summer, poison and cheap trick hope to give you just that. rick damigella has that story and more in the hollywood minute. "what's the most pain you've ever felt? maybe the kind that leaves you more machine than

man?""wait, no stop!" intentionally unfinished effects in a movie preview? must be for "deadpool!" the sequel to the r-rated hit has a new and unconventional trailer, featuring ryan reynolds' merc with a mouth breaking the fourth wall... "okay, hit it!"...before revealing new scenes from the movie, featuring josh brolin as the mutant, cable. the currently untitled "deadpool" sequel hits screens may 18th. (nat music)80's rockers poison are hoping fans will have "nothing but a good time" on their summer concert trek. the band has announced they are hitting the road for several weeks with cheap trick. the good time kicks off may 18th in irvine, california."it's so incredible."casting news: milla in for olivia. variety says milla jovovich is replacing olivia munn as the star in the action-thriller, "hummingbird." the trade paper reports jovovich will play an assassin who questions her training when given a questionable assignment. no word on a start or release date. in hollywood, i'm rick damigella. (robin) and here's a live

look outside... at the bay bridge toll plaza. we'll be back with more of your kron 4 morning news after the break.

(ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) (robin) welcome back. checking in on your morning forecast. rebecca:look for mostly dry conditions today before a storm system brings widespread

rainfall and breezy to locally gusty winds during the day wednesday to the north bay and through the remainder of the region wednesday night. after another period of dry conditions, a third system is possible late in the upcoming weekend.

no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is

less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. ( robin ) a woman's windshield was

shattered by an object that her hit car.. while she was driving on bay area freeway. kron 4's justine waldman shows us pictures the woman shared with us after... a pipe hit her car. a smashed windshield goes along with the scary story katie nichols has to sharesot it shattered my windshield almost like the size of a baseballa drive she's done dozens of times left her car

damaged and glass on the seats. at first, while on i-80 in fairfield katie thought a rock smacked her.but it wasn't until she got home and checked her dashcam video she says she got to see the whole picture.sot it looked like a person on the side of the road and you could see the body twist and the arm come upstill images from the video show, what appears to katie, to be a person in a white coat standing behind the rail throwing something right at her!that something looks like a metal pipe, with a cord hanging off it.sot you know that kills somebody to throw a heavy thing like that into trafficshe just got the dash cam for christmas.a present that has now captured a very scary moment, that could have ended at lot worse.sot i'm grateful that the outcome is what it is just vehicle damage that can be fixed my kids can't get another momma i'm glad that it did not end up being a bigger deal than it really was(justine) i did speak with the california highway patrol. officers

told me, this is very concerning. and they want to look closely at the video to make sure it is a person throwing the object. and want anyone with information to come forward. justine waldman kron 4 news. ( robin ) san jose police say, they have arrested a minor... for homicide. this is in connection to a deadly shooting that happened early tuesday morning on keyes street. investigators say they tracked down a car seen fleeing the scene. then arrested a 17 -year old boy for the shooting. he was booked into juvenile hall for murder. it is the city's 5-th homicide this year. ( robin ) scientists say there is a 72-percent chance of a 6-point-7 or greater earthquake hitting the bay area in the next 30 years... and the u-s geological survey is urging people to prepare. the agency gave a preview of its hayward scenario a 7-point-0

magnitude earthquake centered in oakland on the hayward fault. the study found neighborhoods could see half their homes destroyed... totalling 80 billion dollars in building damage. the u-s-g-s says that cities and counties need to realize that old buildings pose a major risk. ( robin ) a full run through of the u-s-g-s hayward scenario will be presented in ( robin ) pleasanton has approved the development of a residental community for people with special needs. sunflower hill... will house people with mild to moderate developmental disabilities. the sunflower hill will share property with another development project-- homestead at irby ranch. the developer donated more than one-and-a-half acres of

land to sunflower hill... and one million dollars. in total... the city of pleasanton is contributing more than two million dollars to this project. ( robin ) happening now... the marine mammal center is monitoring a sick sea lion. the animal was found in the water near san francisco's aquatic park yesterday afternoon. this is video of the sea lion at the hyde street harbor. the mammal center says the sea lion is also suffering from some injuries-- possibly from a shark bite. the sea lion swam back out into the water-- and a veterinarian is now monitoring the animal to see if it will need to be rescued.

one bay area city is taking steps to make traffic a little better. but it means everybody will have to pitch in. stanley roberts explains in this edition of people behaving badly. now this is a first for me, no not the ride hail being double parkednats: ambiance because that's a given, it happens all around san francisco, it's what happens next... the same ride hail picking up new passengers like a taxi nats: ambiancethe city of san francisco is looking into creating dedicated pickup and drop off uber and lyft spots in an attempt to cutdown or eliminate drivers double parking see this man crossing the street well here is is car double parked on chestnut when he returns, let's have a chat with him so you're food delivery? (yes) who ubereats? (yes) so you know it's probably not a good idea to double park in the middle of the street (oh

sorry) but let's face it, it not just ride hails drivers in the bay area do whatever they want whenever they want. like this mercedes on chestnut the driver parks in the red zone which is actually a turn lane then she runs into restaurant phone and purse in hand just out of curiosity let's find out if she's aware of what she did you realize that's a red zone not a parking spot ( i do realize that) you did realize) yea i was running inside for a second to grab a salad that i had already ordered (ok fair enough) let's get back to double parking in general, you see most of the double parkers don't do it out of necessity... they do it because it's convenient again another non ride hail double parked... there is a kid in the car and the driver is inside the dry cleaners .. then she runs out to move the car so the city wants to accommodate the ride hail so they can get some driving data to combat congestion the problem is bigger than that but will it work probably not not most of the time usually

they just double park anywhere that they want even if it blocking the flow of traffic i tried asking a ride hail the same question you work for lyft (no) you don't work for lyft (no) but you have lyft your car yea using it your not using it driving around with your app head yes) in san francisco stanley roberts kron 4 news (robin) still ahead on the kron four morning news... one bay area educator is teaching the next generation... all while worryng about deporation. what she says will happen if washington doesn't reach an agreement on daca. (robin) live look outside... at the san francisco international airport. (ácommercialá) (robin) welcome back.

checking in on your morning forecast.

rebecca:the area of coastal low clouds is starting to get pushed away from the coastline as offshore flow persists. look for another warm day today as high pressure aloft remains over the eastern pacific. the high pressure ridge will weaken during the weekend resulting in cooler temperatures and possible gusty offshore winds late saturday into sunday. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. no major hot spots. bay bridge

wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101.

( robin ) a budget deal was reached in the senate yesterday with no daca deal. without a deal on daca thousands of educators are at risk of deportation. many of them.. right here in the bay area. kron 4's haaziq madyun takes a look at how one dreamer wants to focus on giving back to oakland.. the community she where she grew up. nat/sot haaziq what am i looking at there?sotjoanna santillian was 5-years-old when this photo was taken. she was the same age when her parents brought her to oakland from mexico back in 1998 which makes her a deffered action for childhood arrival or daca recipient and a dreamer. this is the only country she knows after graduating from coliseum

prep academy high school in oakland, santillian continued her education at uc berkeley as a double major and graduated with degrees in spanish and society & environmentnats/classroomshe returned to her high school alma mater and works as a member of the support staff for teachers and students however depending on what happens in washington d.c. her dreams of becoming a teacher in america could come to an end by her and her family deportedáááthat anxiety would be removed for thousands of daca recipients working in the teaching field if president donald trump reaches an immigration deal with democrats sotááápresident

donald trump: "under our plan those who meet education and work requirements and show good moral character, will be able to become full citizens over a 12-year period"> nats/looking at muralpainted by students santillian says the mural gives her a daily emotional pick=me=up in oakland haaziq madyun kron4news, reporting from oakland haaziq madyun ( robin ) wearable technology is changing how diseases are detected. mobile health app 'cardiogram' teamed up with u-c-s-f and found that the apple watch can detect diabetes with 85-percent accuracy. scientists used about 14-thousand people to

track results. heart rate sensors in the watch can pick up on any irregularities that point to specific conditions. "cardiogram" has also found it can detect hypertension and sleep apnea. (robin) and here's a live look outside...from the sutro cam. valentine's day is just

around the corner and if you're thinking of getting married on that day... alameda county has you covered... they are now taking reservations. they hold weddings at their facilities in oakland and dublin. ceremonies can be scheduled between 9-am and

4-pm. couples must get a marriage license at the oakland office no later than the day before. wedding ceremonies cost 75-dollars and the license fee is 98-dollars. in oakland.. the ceremony is held in a special wedding room. and in dublin... the ceremony is held in an outdoor courtyard. ( robin ) and if you are planning a trip to sacramento... don't be surprised if you run itno a skunk. scientists say skunk mating season has started early because of the unusually warm weather. wildlife officials say that during mating season their smell can last longer. in order to avoid attracting skunks... scientists say you should avoid leaving pet food where they can get it. ( robin ) coming up in the next hour of the kron 4 morning news... a fire at a home overnight in the south bay as a man rushes to save

his neighbors. kron 4's will tran is live at the scene with the details. (robin) plus... we're seeing nice weather across the bay area... but the state is in need of some rain. what experts say about the bay area heading back into drought territory (ácommercialá) (áábreakáá) moms have their own way to test things what about baby's soap? this paper represents proteins in your baby's skin. only baby dove with our 1/4 moisturizing cream, ... ...leaves baby skin more nourished... ...with every bath. wecage-free eggs.ng

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morning with a check of weather and traffic... rebecca:the area of coastal low clouds is starting to get pushed away from the coastline as offshore flow persists. look for another warm day today as high pressure aloft remains over the eastern pacific. the high pressure ridge will weaken during the weekend resulting in cooler

temperatures and possible gusty offshore winds late saturday into sunday. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. (ááá2 shotááá) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf.

(ááá2 shotááá)( james ) new this morning ... a south bay man jumped into action to save his neighbors from flames that broke out at a duplex overnight.( darya ) kron 4's will tran is live in los gatos. will?

heard some yelling, thought it was something going on in the house. then i walked outside and there was a flame going on at my neighbors house. i just helped pull the mom out and went and got the neighbor honestly" > ( james ) ( james ) thanks will. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( darya ) the d-m-v near the oakland

coliseum will stay closed until at least monday because of flooding. d-m-v workers came in to the east oakland location wednesday morning to find the building flooded. thieves stole copper wire from the heating and a-c units on the roof...which caused the massive flooding. we spoke to a man who lives in sight of that d-m-v, and asked if he heard anything overnight. ( darya ) c-h-p says that theives stole less than 50-dollars worth of copper pipes... causing thousands of dollars

worth of damage. ( darya ) police in fairfield have arrested this man... he's accused of buglarizing five businesses in the city. his name is john scharff in each crime - police say he used a pellet gun to shoot out a window of the business. detectives identified scharrf... using surveillance video from each of the businesses. police are now trying to determine if scharrf is connected to similar burglaries in west scaramento. ( james ) in the north bay... hundreds of people gathered in santa rosa to vent over firestorm recovery progress... or lack there of. two main points of wednesday night's meeting were water contamination and debris cleanup. more than four months after the devastating fires... many north bay residents have yet to start rebuilding. people that showed up said that they were told fema would remove the foundation... but are now being refused. ( james ) 13 homes in the fountain grove

neighborhood also have water contamination... people have been told not to drink the water even after boiling because of a toxic substance found in the water system. ( james ) it's going to be a warm thursday in the bay area... but we need rain. rainfall across the region is barely áhalf of what it should be. and we may not catch up. there is little runoff into santa clara valley reservoirs... which are just 26 percent full. one local expert says the odds of this being a normal rainfall year are slim to none. ( james ) ábut as a result of last year's record

rainfall... the lack of seasonal rain alone is ánot enough to send us back into a drought. ( darya ) the senate has agreed on a budget deal... now... it's back to the house. the deadline to avoid another government shutdown is tonight. senate leaders from both parties agreed on a two-year budget deal yesterday. it boosts military spending.... and adds 80-billion dollars for disaster relief. president trump applauded the budget deal. but there is a hurdle in the house. democrats want a vote on "daca"... that would protect the undocumented immigrants brought to the u-s as children. ( darya ) house democratic leader nancy pelosi has broken a record. she gave the longest speech ever recorded on the house floor... totaling more than eight hours. she's asking house republicans to ápromiseá to talk about immigration next week... since that issue is not addressed in áthisá week's budget deal. she read countless stories of dreamers' contributions to their communities.

( darya ) a bipartisan group of lawmakers is calling on house speaker paul ryan to agree to call for a bill that resolves the daca program. ( james ) happening

today... canada's prime minister justin trudeau will be visiting san francisco. it is part of his four-day tour of america. trudeau is expected to meet with local business leaders and entrepreneurs. he is touring the u-s to discuss how public service can contribute to stronger economic and political ties between the two countries. the visit comes amid talks to rewrite the north america free trade agreement. ( james ) in the south bay... the number of flu cases is on the rise. health officials say the south bay is putting northern california high on the list for flu severity. the bay area ranked number 11 nation wide with the most severe cases of one strain of the flu. ( james ) a warning about a hepatitis outbreak in monterey. city officials announced the outbreak affecting their homeless population. this comes as santa cruz county announced the end of its hepatitis-a outbreak that began in april of last year. there were 76 cases there.. and at least one death. in monterey county... nine people with a history of homelessness have been diagnosed with hepatitis- a since october. ( james ) happening now...

police in fairfield are looking for this man. zachery rose was last seen on saturday. he was spending the weekend in fairfield with a friend. police say he walked away from his friends home on shorey way... but left his personal belongings behind and has not been seen since. rose is 6 foot one... about 240 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. ( james ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news... two young boys in san jose are now without their mother. in a story you'll only see on kron 4.... we hear from their heartbroken father. ( james ) plus... some bay cities are now allowing you to text 9-1-1. the benefit police see in this service. ( james ) and after the break... an amazing sight in big sur. what's behind this view. ( rebecca ) and i am tracking your bay area forecast. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is

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the forecast. rebecca:the area of coastal low clouds is starting to get pushed away from the coastline as offshore flow persists. look for another warm day today as high pressure aloft remains over the eastern pacific. the high pressure

ridge will weaken during the weekend resulting in cooler temperatures and possible gusty offshore winds late saturday into sunday. no major hot no major hot spots. bay bridge

wb 80 is less then 30 min from

the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. ( darya ) only on kron 4... a young san jose mother is murdered... now the father of her two children is speaking out... as police search for her killer.( james ) as kron 4's maureen kelly tells us... he's hoping anyone with information will come forward. i feel empty i feel like i'm in a hole i don't know what to dorudy valentino garcia senior holds his youngest 4 year old john carlo....while his

oldest, 12 year old rodolfo junior looks on, as he talks about how hard it was seeing his ex girlfriend of 18 years after she was removed from life support.i want to see her yesterday and she wasn't there we had some issues at the end of our relationship but we were still the best friends it was relationship like no other. i trusted her with everything and she trusted me with everything. she gave me two beautiful kidssan jose police say the young mother was being chased by a unknown motorist while she was driving in a car with a male passenger in west san jose just before midnight saturday. after she crashed into a tree on the 3100 block of cadallic drive, the suspect then walked up to the wreckage and fired multiple shots into the car. the other passenger, who rudy says was elizabeth's current boyfriend, ran away as more shots were fired at him. rudy says the shooting was just 200 feet from where elizabeth

lived with her two kids. cadillac drive it's a tough neighborhood. there was gunshots the night before. there's a lot of gang related violence in front of her apartmentnow the boys are with their father...a go fund me page has created to help the family pay for funeral expenses. rudy says he is also hoping that anyone with information on the killing, can come forward and tell police what they know.they know us in the hood they know who we are and they know her. they know my kids. please help us with any information it's all we need. we just need closure. somebody did it. it wasn't her time to goa link to the go fund me page can be found on our website....kron4 -dot com. maureen kelly kron4 news ( darya ) sending an emergency text message is now an option for people in need of help in an east bay city. hayward police went live yesterday morning with their new 9-1-1 text messaging service. police say the new service could be valuable... depending on the nature of the emergency.

department: "there may be a situation where someone has broken into their house and they don't want to let the suspect know where their at, if they are hiding somewhere they can take their phone out and text 911 and it immediately opens a screen where our dispatchers can communicate with them.">( darya ) the hayward police department joins the alameda county sheriff's office as the only two law enforcement agencies in alameda county with the 9-1-1 text messaging service. officials say a statewide roll out is expected by the end of this year. ( james ) san francisco is getting 10 million dollars in state funding for two new navigation centers... to help the homeless. the two new facilities will be located at bayshore boulevard and division circle ... and will serve people living in encampments... who have been unable to access certain services. city officials say centers have a proven track record of getting people

into stable housing. right now... there are five navigation centers throughout san francisco ( james ) coming up on the kron 4 morning news... how close we are to having a major earthquake hit the bay area. ( james ) and after the break... next time you fly... ádon't pack away the sunscreen. why you should apply... and re-apply... on the plane. (ácommercialá)

eed the most in your noise-canceling trusteheadphones? maybe not. maybe you could trust your flight attendant won't be the chatty type. hello everyone, welcome aboard, i'm jason with a y. maybe you could trust your seatmate will be an introvert. i've been to south america, i've been to mexico, i've been to... maybe you could trust everyone will settle in for 10 hours of peace and quiet. (baby crying) (ice rattling) (singing & drum banging) i got to tell you i'm excited for these long flights. i love them because it gets me out of the house. or, you could just trust duracell. (silence) (♪) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze

to sf. ( darya ) "drive alert and stay unhurt." that's what triple-a... is warning drivers to do... before getting behind the wheel and driving tried.( james ) a new study reveals that drowsy drivers are almost 8 times more likely to get into a severe accident... than what federal estimates suggest.( darya ) triple-a says driving on 5- hours of sleep is like driving drunk... and that drinking coffee... singing... or rolling down the window...áwill not keep a

driver alert. ( darya ) we all know to put your sunsceen on before heading outdoors... but what about... before stepping into a plane?( james ) well that's what doctors and dermatologists are now suggesting passengers do because sitting on a plane can leave you more exposed to the sun's harmful rays than you may realize.( darya ) the reason why? u-v rays don't have to travel as far at higher altitudes compared to you being on land.( james ) researchers found that almost an hour equivalent to lying in a tanning bed... minutes. (rebecca) your bay area forecast is after the break.

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back to the kron four morning news... lets start the half hour with a check of weather and traffic... rebecca:the area of coastal low clouds is starting to get pushed away from the coastline

as offshore flow persists. look for another warm day today as high pressure aloft remains over the eastern pacific. the high pressure ridge will weaken during the weekend resulting in cooler temperatures and possible gusty offshore winds late saturday into sunday.

no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( james ) there's a 72 percent chance of a 6-point-7 or greater earthquake in the bay area over the next 30 years.( darya ) as kron 4's dan kerman explains... there are some dire warnings about the impact of a major earthquake on housing in the bay area. for many the 6.9 magnitude loma prieta earthquake was the

catastrophe of a lifetime. but a new study finds the impacts of the next big one to hit, especially if centered in one of the 9 bay area counties could be much worsesot dana brechwald/association of bay area governments 13-23if we're looking at an earthquake that is a larger magnitude and has an epicenter centered in the bay area we could see upwards of 10 to 20 times the housing loss we see during loma prieta the study by the association of bay area governments looked at 16 different scenarios, to find the impact on residential housing. the worst of the scenarios, a 7.8 earthquake on the san andreas fault. .. the impacts: 30 billion dollars in quake related residential building damage, nearly 70-thousand uninhabitable buildings, nearly 200-thousand households displaced, over 50- thousand people needing shelter, the study also recommended ways cities can reduce housing loss sot understand what vulnerable housing you have in your jurisdiction, retrofit housing, that's the biggest piece and for new housing consider increasing building

codes so housing goes beyond life safety and people are able to stay in their homes after a disaster. and the other piece we always recommend is earthquake insurance.120/earthquake insurancestandup dan kerman /sf 120-130at this meeting usgs gave a preview of its haywired scenario a 7.0 quake centered in oakland on the hayward fault. they estimate 80 billion dollars in building damage on that one. in sf dan kerman kron 4 news. ( darya ) a big story we're tracking.. a former san mateo county baseball coach... pleads no contest to molestation and sexual assault charges. julio edgardo ortiz is facing 50 years in prison when he returns to court for sentencing in march. ortiz was arrested in september 20-16... after a c-h- p officer spotted him on interstate 280. prosecutors say when that officer checked inside the car... he found ortiz sexually

assaulting a teenage boy. ortiz met the teen when he was coaching baseball at a redwood city elementary school. ( darya ) a convicted murderer at san quentin state prison was turned into a sex slave and is now being rewarded because of it. a jury is giving william cordoba 65-thousand dollars after he sued vocational instructor silvia pulido. cordoba says pulido pressured him into trading sex acts after promising him a lawyer to help him get out of prison. cordoba says the abuse began in 2010 when he became her clerk. and when he tried to end the agreement... pulido accused him of disciplinary violations that put him in solitary confinement for nine months. ( james ) in the south bay... san jose police say they've arrested a teenager for murder. this is tied to a deadly shooting that happened early tuesday morning on keyes street. investigators say they tracked down a car seen leaving the scene. then arrested a 17 -

year old boy for the shooting. he was booked into juvenile hall for murder. this is the city's fifth homicide this year. ( james ) on the peninsula... two people are arrested on suspicion of identity theft. police found the two suspects sitting in a parked car on bayhill drive near interstate 380 in san bruno. officers searched the two... who are from florida... and found fake credit cards and documents in other people's names. police are now trying to contact the victims. ( darya ) pleasanton has approved the development of a residental community for people with special needs. sunflower hill will house people with mild to moderate developmental disabilities. the sunflower hill will share property with another development project-- homestead at irby ranch. the developer donated more than one-and-a-half acres of land to sunflower hill... and one million dollars. in total... the city of pleasanton is contributing more than two million dollars to this project. ( darya ) happening now... the marine mammal center is monitoring a sick sea lion.

the animal was found in the water near san francisco's aquatic park yesterday afternoon. this is video of the sea lion at the hyde street harbor. the mammal center says the sea lion is also suffering from some injuries-- possibly from a shark bite. the sea lion swam back out into the water-- and a veterinarian is now monitoring the animal to see if it will need to be rescued. ( james ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news... a woman's windshield is smashed while she's driving on a bay area freeway. now... she's sharing pictures of the damaged done... by a pipe. ( james ) plus... the woman known for sneaking into airports and even onto planes... faces a judge áagain. what the court is doing with the "serial ( james ) and... your apple watch might keep you healthy. how accurate it is... in detecting diabetes. ( rebecca ) and i am tracking your bay area forecast.

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"cardio-gram" teamed up with u-c-s-f and found that the apple watch can detect diabetes with 85-percent accuracy. scientists used about 14-thousand people to track results.( darya ) heart rate sensors in the watch can pick up on any irregularities that point to specific conditions. "cardiogram" says it can also detect hypertension and sleep apnea. ( james ) it's not what you would consider a "healthy" drink... but beer could have some hidden health benefits.( darya ) that's according to a new study from oregon state university. researchers say drinking beer could lower your blood pressure... help you lose weight... and prevent diabetes. ( james ) scientists say a key

ingredient in the hops could reverse the damage if you have a high-fat diet. they say it reduced the likelihood of type 2 diabetes... as well as kick-started a hormone that tells the brain when to stop eating. (rebecca) (rebecca) your bay area forecast is after the break.

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checking bay area roads before you head out the door.. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from

the maze to sf. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101

rebecca:the area of coastal low clouds is starting to get pushed away from the coastline as offshore flow persists. look for another warm day today as high pressure aloft remains over the eastern pacific. the high pressure ridge will weaken during the

weekend resulting in cooler temperatures and possible gusty offshore winds late saturday into sunday.

( darya ) a woman's windshield is shattered by a pipe that her hit car.. while she was driving on a bay area freeway.( james ) kron 4's justine waldman shows us the pictures the woman shared with us after it happened. a smashed windshield goes along with the scary story katie nichols has to sharesot it shattered my windshield almost like the size of a baseballa drive she's done dozens of times left her car damaged and glass on the seats. at first, while on i-80 in fairfield katie thought a rock smacked her.but it wasn't

until she got home and checked her dashcam video she says she got to see the whole picture.sot it looked like a person on the side of the road and you could see the body twist and the arm come upstill images from the video show, what appears to katie, to be a person in a white coat standing behind the rail throwing something right at her!that something looks like a metal pipe, with a cord hanging off it.sot you know that kills somebody to throw a heavy thing like that into trafficshe just got the dash cam for christmas.a present that has now captured a very scary moment, that could have ended at lot worse.sot i'm grateful that the outcome is what it is just vehicle damage that can be fixed my kids can't get another momma i'm glad that it did not end up being a bigger deal than it really was(justine) i did speak with the california highway patrol. officers told me, this is very

concerning. and they want to look closely at the video to make sure it is a person throwing the object. and want anyone with information to come forward. justine waldman kron 4 news. ( james ) significant damage appeared at the oroville spillway and caused widespread evacuations in 20-17... and now, butte county is taking action. wednesday morning the county's district attorney's office filed a civil claim for environmental damages against the d-w-r. one-point-seven million cubic yards of concrete, soil, and debris flooded the river below... damaging a fish hatchery. ( james ) last year president trump approved federal funding through fema, and declared a state of emergency due to the spillway damages. ( darya ) a woman caught

sneaking onto planes without a ticket a number of times... will stay behind bars. a chicago judge ruled yesterday that 66-year-old 'serial stowaway' marilyn hartman will remain in jail for now -- because of her history of repeat offenses. she was arrested at o'hare airport last month. and hartman is very familiar in the bay area. four years ago hartman successfully snuck onto a plane at san jose mineta airport ... and flew to los angeles. she has also tried to get on several flights at s-f-o... but was arrested. hartman has been indicted on felony charges. she's set to appear in court again on february 21st. ( james ) coming up after the break... new emojis are coming soon... and they include a lobster. why one u-s senator actually asked for this. it's time for the 'ultimate sleep number event'

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( robin ) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( james ) valentine's day is just around the corner and if you're thinking of getting married on that day... alameda county has you covered... they are now taking reservations. they hold weddings at their facilities in oakland and dublin. ceremonies can be scheduled between 9-am and

4-pm. couples must get a marriage license at the oakland office no later than the day before. wedding ceremonies cost 75-dollars and the license fee is 98-dollars. in oakland.. the ceremony is held in a special wedding room. and in dublin... the ceremony is held in an outdoor courtyard. ( james ) there will soon be a lobster emoji... and you can thank a u-s senator for that.( darya ) back in september... maine's angus king sent a letter to the "unicode consortium"... which creates emojis. king asked for a lobster because of its cultural and economic value to the state. well... the consortium announced wednesday that a lobster emoji will be one of more than

150 new emojis added to its library. also being added to the emoji library -- a pirate flag, a softball, a female superhero and a mosquito. the new to be released ( darya ) coming up in just 3 minutes....breaking news out of berkeley where a big homeless sweep is happing right now near city hall. some streets are shut down as a result. we'll have a live report. ( darya ) plus... a fire at a home overnight in the south bay as a man rushes to save his neighbors. kron 4's will tran is live at the scene with the details. ( darya ) plus... we're seeing nice weather across the bay area... but the state is in need of some rain. what experts say about the bay area heading back into drought territory (darya) good morning i'm darya folsom..

(james) and i'm james fletcher. lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic... rebecca:the area of coastal low clouds is starting to get pushed away from the coastline

as offshore flow persists. look for another warm day today as high pressure aloft remains over the eastern pacific. the high pressure ridge will weaken during the weekend resulting in cooler temperatures and possible gusty offshore winds late saturday into sunday.

no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( james )(ááá2 shot oncamááá) happening right now ... berkeley police are conducting a homeless sweep next to city hall and some streets are closed because of it. ( darya ) lydia pantazas is live at the scene with more.lydia?

( james ) thanks lydia. we will check back with you through out the morning.

( darya ) the d-m-v near the oakland coliseum will stay closed until at least monday because of flooding. d-m-v workers came in to the east oakland location wednesday morning to find the building flooded. thieves stole copper pipes from the heating and a-c units on the roof...which caused the massive flooding. we spoke to a man who lives in sight of that d-m-v, and asked if he

heard anything overnight. ( darya ) c-h-p says that theives stole less than 50-dollars worth of copper pipes... causing thousands of dollars worth of damage. ( darya ) police in fairfield have arrested this man... he's accused of buglarizing five businesses in the city. his name is john scharff in each crime - police say he used a pellet gun to shoot out a window of the business. detectives identified scharrf... using surveillance video from each of the businesses. police are now trying to determine if scharrf is connected to similar burglaries in west scaramento. ( james ) in the north bay... hundreds of people gathered in santa rosa to vent over firestorm recovery progress... or lack there of. two main points of wednesday night's meeting were water contamination and debris

cleanup. more than four months after the devastating fires... many north bay residents have yet to start rebuilding. people that showed up said that they were told fema would remove the foundation... but are now being refused. ( james ) 13 homes in the fountain grove neighborhood also have water contamination... people have been told not to drink the water even after boiling because of a toxic substance found in the water system. ( james ) it's going to be a warm thursday in the bay area... but we need rain. rainfall across the region is barely áhalf of what it should be. and we may not catch up. there is little runoff into santa clara valley reservoirs... which are just 26 percent full. one local expert says the odds of this

being a normal rainfall year are slim to none. ( james ) ábut as a result of last year's record rainfall... the lack of seasonal rain alone is ánot enough to send us back into a drought. ( darya ) the senate has agreed on a budget deal... now... it's back to the house. the deadline to avoid another government shutdown is tonight. senate leaders from both parties agreed on a two-year budget deal yesterday. it boosts military spending.... and adds 80-billion dollars for disaster relief. president trump applauded the budget deal. but there is a hurdle in the house. democrats want a vote on

"daca"... that would protect the undocumented immigrants brought to the u-s as children. ( darya ) house democratic leader nancy pelosi has broken a record. she gave the longest speech ever recorded on the house floor... totaling more than eight hours. she's asking house republicans to ápromiseá to talk about immigration next week... since that issue is not addressed in áthisá week's budget deal. she read countless stories of dreamers' contributions to their communities. ( darya ) a bipartisan group of

lawmakers is calling on house speaker paul ryan to agree to call for a bill that resolves the daca program. ( james ) happening today... canada's prime minister justin trudeau will be visiting san francisco. it is part of his four-day tour of america. trudeau is expected to meet with local business leaders and entrepreneurs. he is touring the u-s to discuss how public service can contribute to stronger economic and political ties between the two countries. the visit comes amid talks to rewrite the north america free trade agreement. ( james ) in the south bay... the number of flu cases is on the rise. health officials say the south bay is putting northern california high on the list for flu severity. the bay area ranked number 11 nation wide with the most severe cases of one strain of the flu.

( james ) a warning about a hepatitis outbreak in monterey. city officials announced the outbreak affecting their homeless population. this comes as santa cruz county announced the end of its hepatitis-a outbreak that began in april of last year. there were 76 cases there.. and at least one death. in monterey county... nine people with a history of homelessness have been diagnosed with hepatitis- a since october. ( darya ) happening now... police in fairfield are looking for this man. zachery rose was last seen on saturday. he was spending the weekend in fairfield with a friend. police say he walked away from his friends home on shorey way... but left his personal belongings behind and has not been seen since. rose is 6 foot one... about 240 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. ( james ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news... two young boys in san jose are now without their mother. in a story you'll only see on kron 4.... we hear from their heartbroken father. ( james ) plus... some bay area cities are now allowing

you to text 9-1-1. the benefit police see in this service. ( james ) and after the break... an amazing sight in big sur. what's behind this view. ( rebecca ) and i am tracking your bay area forecast.

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breathtaking video of the waves off big sur in montery county. the water is lit up. here's the scientific answer.... it's a bloom of marine life.. various species of plankton that are luminous. right now there's a high concentration in the area... creating this beautiful spectacle. best viewing is right after sunset.

(darya)(james)( rebecca) welcome back. lets get a check of weather and traffic this morning. rebecca:the area of coastal low clouds is starting to get pushed away from the coastline as offshore flow persists. look for another warm day today as high pressure aloft remains over the eastern pacific. the high pressure

ridge will weaken during the weekend resulting in cooler temperatures and possible gusty offshore winds late saturday into sunday. no major hot no major hot spots. bay bridge

wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101.

( darya ) now to a story you will see only on kron 4... a young san jose mother was gunned down.. and police are searching for her killer. kron 4 sat down with the father of elizabeth garcia's children. san jose police say the garcia was being chased by a unknown driver while she was driving in west san jose. she then crashed into a tree. that is when the gunman walked up to the crash site and opened fire. garcia was taken to the hospital where she died.

been created to help the family pay for funeral expenses. we have a link to that page on our website at kron 4 dot com. ( james ) san francisco is getting 10 million dollars in state funding for two new navigation centers... to help the homeless. the two new facilities will be located at bayshore boulevard and division circle ... and will serve people living in encampments... who have been unable to access certain services. city officials say centers have a proven track record of getting people into stable housing. right now... there are five navigation centers throughout san francisco ( james ) more bay area law enforcement agencies are adding text messaging 9-1-1 services. kron4's haaziq madyun shows us an east bay police department that launched the new service. emergency

dispatchers here at hayward police department's communications center are now adding 9-1-1 text messaging service for those in need of helpsota cellphone user in hayward simply has to text 911 and a dispatch will start the conversation. as you can see a map will appear showing the proximety of the caller but not the address... sothayward p.d.'s launch of text messaging 9-1-1 this week comes of the heels of similiar news from the alameda county sheriff's office sot

well, you add in hayward and the sheriff's office today so that brings us up">two of the bay area's high profile police departments, oakland and bart, are not on board with the new 9-1-1 text messaging service...yet, however...sot

( darya ) and changes to a tradition .... stirring controversy at a new york school.. why they will no longer have the father daughter dance. and here's a live look outside at philly ... thousands getting ready for the big super bowl parade. [ upbeat, energetic music ] let's go. bye, mom. thanks for breakfast, mom. with quality ingredients like roasted hazelnuts and cocoa,

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(robin) ( darya )(ááá2 shot oncamááá) the plan to change a traditional father- daughter dance ... is creating controversy at one new york elementary school.( james ) the school principal is postponing the dance due to the city's gender neutral policy. it requires school events to include all types of students and families. ( darya )some parents are supporting the move.others say it is going too far ... and that being politically correct is getting in the way of a special bond. ( james ) despite differences of opinion ... the

event will move forward as a dance for all. the principal just says now they're looking for a bigger venue to fit everyone. ( darya )(ááá2 shot oncamááá) one of the germiest things you own... is probably in your hand right now. your cell phone.( james ) researchers at u-s-f found that harmful bacteria and viruses can live on your device. no need to worry though ... there are ways to properly get rid of those nasty germs.the researchers at u-s-f used a bio safety cabinet with u-v light to kill the germs on their screens.( darya )

but most ( darya ) but most people dont have access to those.so they recommend using rubbing alcohol or even a hand sanitizer. bleach is best to clean, but worst for the hardware. ( james ) this is a this is a picture of the bacteria that was found on a phone that was tested.properly wiping your phone is simple life hack that will keep you healthy throughout the day.

(rebecca) and i'm tracking your morning forecast. what to expect as you head out the door right after the break.

(james)(darya) lets start the half hour with a check of weather and traffic...

rebecca:the area of coastal low clouds is starting to get pushed away from the coastline as offshore flow persists. look for another warm day today as high pressure aloft remains over the eastern pacific. the high pressure ridge will weaken during the weekend resulting in cooler temperatures and possible gusty offshore winds late saturday into sunday. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30

min from the maze to sf. acciden eb 4 at railroad (ááá2 shotááá)( james ) new this morning ... a south bay man jumped into action to save his neighbors from flames that broke out at a duplex overnight.( darya ) kron 4's will tran is live in los gatos. will?

around to the neighbor's house, and yeah i made sure she was out because it hadn't gone that far so yet.">

( james ) thanks will. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( darya ) a big story we're tracking.. a former san mateo county baseball coach... pleads no contest to molestation and sexual assault charges. julio edgardo ortiz is facing 50 years in

prison when he returns to court for sentencing in march. ortiz was arrested in september 20-16... after a c-h- p officer spotted him on interstate 280. prosecutors say when that officer checked inside the car... he found ortiz sexually assaulting a teenage boy. ortiz met the teen when he was coaching baseball at a redwood city elementary school. ( darya ) a convicted murderer at san quentin state prison was turned into a sex slave and is now being rewarded because of it. a jury is giving william cordoba 65-thousand dollars after he sued vocational instructor silvia pulido. cordoba says pulido pressured him into trading sex acts after promising him a lawyer to help him get out of prison. cordoba says the abuse began in 2010 when he became her clerk. and when he tried to end the agreement... pulido accused him of disciplinary violations that put him in solitary confinement for nine months. ( darya ) in the south bay... san jose police say they've arrested a

teenager for murder. this is tied to a deadly shooting that happened early tuesday morning on keyes street. investigators say they tracked down a car seen leaving the scene. then arrested a 17 - year old boy for the shooting. he was booked into juvenile hall for murder. this is the city's fifth homicide this year. ( james ) on the peninsula... two people are arrested on suspicion of identity theft. police found the two suspects sitting in a parked car on bayhill drive near interstate 380 in san bruno. officers searched the two... who are from florida... and found fake credit cards and documents in other people's names. police are now trying to contact the victims. ( james ) scientists say there is a 72-percent chance of a 6-point-7 or greater earthquake hitting the bay area in the next 30 years... and people need to prepare. for many, the loma prieta earthquake was the catastrophe of a lifetime. but a new study found the impacts of the next big one, could be much worse. the association of

bay area governments looked at 16 different earthquake scenarios to find the impact on housing. the worst of the those studied... a 7 point 8 earthquake on the san andreas fault.

to this project. ( darya ) happening now... the marine mammal center is monitoring a sick sea lion. the animal was found in the water near san francisco's aquatic park yesterday afternoon. this is video of the sea lion at the hyde street harbor. the mammal center says the sea lion is also suffering from some injuries-- possibly from a shark bite. the sea lion swam back out into the water-- and a veterinarian is now monitoring the animal to see if it will need to be rescued. ( james ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news... a woman's windshield is smashed while she's driving on a bay area freeway. now... she's sharing pictures of the damaged done... by a pipe. ( james ) and this adorable baby is the new face of gerber.why his selection is a first for the company. ( rebecca ) and i am tracking your bay area forecast.

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no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( darya )(ááá2 shotááá)an adorable baby made history. he's 18-month-old lucas warren ... and the first child with special needs to be named gerber's "spokesbaby of the year".( james )lucas is from georgia and has down syndrome. gerber picked lucas from more than 140-thousand entries to its photo search contest. gerber hopes lucas will help social acceptance of those with disabilities.( darya )the

title means lucas' parents will get a 50-thousand-dollar prize. lucas will appear on gerber's social media channels...and he will be featured in gerber ads the year. (rebecca) and i'm tracking your morning forecast. what to expect as you head out the door right after the break. copd makes it hard to breathe. so to breathe better, i go with anoro. ♪go your own way copd tries to say, "go this way." i say, "i'll go my own way" with anoro.

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rebecca:the area of coastal low clouds is starting to get pushed away from the coastline as offshore flow persists. look for another warm day today as high pressure aloft remains over the eastern pacific. the high pressure ridge will weaken during the weekend resulting in cooler temperatures and possible gusty offshore winds late saturday into sunday.

no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from

the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( darya ) a woman's windshield is shattered by a

pipe that her hit car.. while she was driving on a bay area freeway.( james ) kron 4's justine waldman shows us the pictures the woman shared with us after it happened. a smashed windshield goes along with the scary story katie nichols has to sharesot it shattered my windshield almost like the size of a baseballa drive she's done dozens of times left her car damaged and glass on the seats. at first, while on i-80 in fairfield katie thought a rock smacked her.but it wasn't until she got home and checked her dashcam video she says she got to see the whole picture.sot it looked like a person on the side of the road and you could see the body twist and the arm come upstill images from the video show, what appears to katie, to be a person in a white coat standing behind the rail throwing something right at her!that something looks like a metal pipe, with a cord hanging off it.sot you know that kills somebody to throw a heavy thing like that into trafficshe just got the dash cam for christmas.a present that has now captured a very scary moment, that could have ended at lot worse.sot i'm grateful that the outcome is what it is just vehicle damage

that can be fixed my kids can't get another momma i'm glad that it did not end up being a bigger deal than it really was(justine) i did speak with the california highway patrol. officers told me, this is very concerning. and they want to look closely at the video to make sure it is a person throwing the object. and want anyone with information to come forward. justine waldman kron 4 news. ( james ) significant damage appeared at the oroville spillway and caused widespread evacuations in 20-17... and now, butte county is taking action. wednesday morning the county's district attorney's office filed a

civil claim for environmental damages against the d-w-r. one-point-seven million cubic yards of concrete, soil, and debris flooded the river below... damaging a fish hatchery. ( james ) last year president trump approved federal funding through fema, and declared a state of emergency due to the spillway damages. ( darya ) a woman caught sneaking onto planes without a ticket a number of times... will stay behind bars. a chicago judge ruled yesterday that 66-year-old 'serial stowaway' marilyn hartman will remain in jail for now -- because of her history of repeat offenses. she was arrested at o'hare airport last month. and hartman is very familiar in the bay area. four years ago hartman successfully snuck onto a plane at san jose mineta airport ... and flew to los angeles. she has also tried to get on several

flights at s-f-o... but was arrested. hartman has been indicted on felony charges. she's set to appear in court again on february 21st. ( darya ) wearable technology is changing how diseases are detected. mobile health app 'cardiogram' teamed up with u-c-s-f and found that the apple watch can detect diabetes with 85-percent accuracy. scientists used about 14- thousand people to track results. heart rate sensors in the watch can pick up on any irregularities that point to specific conditions. "cardiogram" has also found it can detect hypertension and sleep apnea. (james) james adlib big board. ( james ) coming up ...a homecoming

for a northern california skater ... as she gets ready to perform for disney on ice ... in the bay area. we'll be back as the kron 4 morning news continues... and here's a live look outside... embarcadero. [ upbeat, energetic music ]

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if you're a fan of disney on ice... you'll soon see someone from northern california taking the center stage.( darya ) justine lopez first started taking ice skating lessons when she was a

kid in roseville. after travelling all across the country .. now she will be sharing her talents when disney on ice comes to oakland and san jose later this month. ( james ) she says this years show reflects strength and female empowerment. you can find her playing a part of the disney on the bay area starting ... in san jose. ( darya ) coming up in the next hour of the kron 4 morning news... a homeless sweep in the city of berkeley ... and its happening right next to the old city hall. ( darya ) plus a fire at a home overnight in the south bay as a man rushes to save his neighbors. kron 4's will tran is live at the scene with the details. ( darya ) and we're seeing nice weather across the bay

area... but the state is in need of some rain. what experts say about the bay area heading back into drought territory (darya) good morning i'm

darya folsom.. (james) and i'm james fletcher. lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic...