>> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at 7. >> good saturday morning. thanks for joining us here on the kron. 4 morning news. i'm noelle bellow. it is february 5th. we are looking at the sun. that's about to start coming up here this morning. dave spahr has got a check of your weather forecast for the rest of the day. hey, good morning. well, good morning, everybody. just a little deck of cloud cover has kind of spewed on in here just a little bit overnight. that's how we'll start the day. but we want to finish up that way. here's the golden gate bridge a little bit of the ways. some fog kind of interrupting just a touch back to half moon bay. we get some water colors to start our day. so.

>> at least the clouds are kind of painting. some interesting skies going on here for us to see calm. start to the day. little chilly up there in the north bay still got the mid 30's in place to the east bay. we have some lower 40's hanging on a little bit. 36 for livermore again, the tri valley, the cold air drainage factor. we've got the 40's along the east bay shoreline. 39 freeman. 41 checking in this hour for san jose. comparison were actually a little ahead of the ball game in most locations, trailing just a touch. you can see in oakland going make up for this afternoon. here it is. again, just inconveniently timed. this thing came in 6 hours earlier. we clear out by this time. but get this thing. another about 6 hours to clear out it will be clearing from north to south throughout the day today. so reflecting all of that kind of variable clouds with afternoon clearing high temperatures still managing the lower 60's and we'll continue to improve upon that into next week. more in the forecast a bit. noel. thanks, dave. >> the california highway patrol is investigating after

a man was shot and killed while driving on. i-880, friday evening. chp responded to a crash in the northbound lanes of the interstate just north of the oak street exit. they say they found the man in the car with a gunshot wound. officials say after the man was shot, his car veered to the right and hit a guardrail. he was pronounced dead at the scene. police say there was no one else in that vehicle. 80 was shut down for about 5 hours with those northbound lanes. finally reopening just after 10 o'clock last night. if you have any information about that freeway shooting, you are asked to contact chp. well, incidents like this highway shooting renewed the call from the alameda county sheriff's office for surveillance cameras on our freeways. they've been calling for these for quite some time now. lieutenant ray kelly told us in a statement, quote, we do support freeway cameras in alameda county. we hope our

elected officials and community leaders will invest in technology for public safety. the sheriff's office made a similar statement last month after the shooting that killed sheriff's cadet david win, saying then it was time to take action before someone else was killed in a car to car shooting we did speak with oakland city council member dan kalb about this. here's some of what he had to say. >> surveillance cameras freeways would be responsibility of the state. that's that's completely chp jurisdiction. and if they want to do in the cameras are of a nature where they could actually help solve violent crimes. all the investigations for violent crimes open to getting that shot. we have to try something. i don't think surveillance cameras on freeways are going to be answer to solving all shootings or the violent crimes that may happen on freeways. but if they could be one of the and it's worth a try, let's let's see. it tried out and see how it works. and if it helps great, if not, then what will stop it?

>> surveillance cameras have proven useful in solving crimes before although this particular shooting wasn't on a freeway. cameras did help track down the suspects in the shooting death of kevin nishita. he was our former security guard who was fatally shot while on assignment with one of our kron, 4 reporters. meanwhile, oakland police are investigating a suspicious death after a man's body was found laying in the middle of the street. they say the man's body was found just after 09:00am yesterday on 79th avenue. the man was pronounced dead at the scene. if you have any information on this, you're asked to contact oakland police. to the north bay. now where a 3 story fire has caused $30,000 worth of damage up in santa rosa county. these are some pictures from santa rosa fire department. they say this fire happened yesterday at pullman lofts on wilson and 9th street department says they saw heavy smoke coming out of multiple

windows and doors on the first and second floor of this building. firefighters found flames in a hallway on the first floors. wow. no one was hurt. the fire department says this apartment building was under construction at the time of this fire. well, happening today, parents and teachers as well as students are going to be rallying in oakland against possible school closures. this effort to save the school's comes ahead of a vote that set for tuesday. kron four's camila barco joining us now with a little bit more detail on this coming a a parents and students have expressed their frustrations for ever since it was announced a couple weeks ago. yeah. well, now they're expressing their frustrations again today and another rally. >> teachers and families are going to continue to fight for the future of the schools. and they say that they're not only fighting to keep the schools open, but they also argue how the school closures could impact the communities in which the schools are in. and

like you said, no. well, this is all ahead of the school's board meeting on tuesday. that's when they will decide what schools they should close or merge in the next 2 years. they're considering up to 16 schools, but some people are upset because the schools on the chopping block predominantly serve black and brown communities. the oakland unified school district claims that they need to consolidate in order to survive and over 12 million dollar deficit. and that's due to decline in enrollment. and attendance. now funding is normally given to schools based on how many kids show up to class every day. but the pandemic has impacted the school's attendance record. the oakland city council president, along with 3 other city leaders are asking the state for help. they are requesting the district's get be eliminated and also to change on how funding is based on attendance. you know, can education association says that they see no positive outcome. if the schools were to close.

>> us to balance the budget on the backs of. our most impacted students and our black and brown communities. we have not yet seen. >> one school closure lead to better outcomes for students. >> school board members are considering to close or merge up to 16 schools. prescott elementary is on that list and that's why today's rally is going to be held at the school. it's located at 9.20, campbell street in oakland, as you can see right there. and the rally starts at 10:00am district 3 council member carol thief is also battling for the schools to stay open. she will lead to walk around the prescott neighborhood now known. well, in the next hour, we're going to hear clean air libby schaff and what she has to say is the best course for the schools. for now, back to you. alright, camila, thank you for that report. we'll check in with you in the next

hour. coming up here on the kron 4 morning news. the man arrested for the attack on a forty-niners fan is out on bail. we'll tell you what's next. in this case. >> plus, the winter olympics officially under way. taking a look at the opening ceremonies coming up next.

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>> the beijing 2022 winter olympics kicked off with the opening ceremonies at the beijing national stadium. it's the first venue to ever host an olympics opening ceremony twice. that's because beijing is now the first city to host both the summer and winter olympics. the games will run until february. 20th matt barnes has highlights from the opening ceremony. >> 14 years after hosting one of the most epic opening ceremonies ever. beijing welcome the world once again inside the iconic bird's nest russian president vladimir putin among the foreign dignitaries on hand a number of countries including the united states, decided to boycott these games diplomatically by not sending a representative to china much like 2000, 8, plenty of fireworks and flair in the opening ceremony with technology taking center stage the and led floor. the parade of nations coming soon after with 91 countries entering the national stadium, including

the united states. 177 athlete, strong of the 200. 24 overall led by flagbearers john schuster and brittany bowe, the theme of the ceremony was one of togetherness and the environment. something olympic organizers have emphasized with their slogan together for a shared future. and then the moment the world has been waiting for the lighting of the olympic torch. this time done by 2 athletes, one of which a member of the week or community a somewhat controversial decision considering china has been accused of crimes against humanity against a weaker population. china has denied all allegations the flame ultimately being lifted to the air inside a snowflake marking the end to a dazzling display on a chilly chinese night. and with that, the beijing winter olympics are officially open and what a sight it was. reporting in beijing. i'm matt barnes. >> coming up in the next half hour, we'll give you a rundown of all the events. team usa has competed in so far today. so be sure to stick with us

for that date. a little warmer here than in but we're looking for that actually for the next week ahead, tuneup for today. temperatures getting into the 60's fighting a lot of cloud cover at least early in the cover at least early in the day. but oh, wow, barbara corcoran! good morning. sorry, we don't need any business help now. we're gigillionaires. what? we're gigillionaires now. i don't get it we have at&t business fiber with hyper-gig speeds. but i just... so thanks, but, we're doing great. i'm so happy for you! but i'm just here for my order. oh. entre-pin-eurs? yeah, my bowling team. i like it there's money in puns. do business like a gigillionaire at&t business fiber, now with speeds up to 5-gigs. limited availability

>> welcome back. 7.15, here on this saturday and in a few days will get a look at a stamp themed around lunar new year. the ap a heritage foundation is holding a

reception to unveil the year of the tiger commemorative stamp the event also marks 30 years since usps announced it would start making stamps to honor the contributions. chinese and asian americans have made in our country. the ceremony will be held on monday at city hall in san francisco. mayor london breed and the city's acting postmaster are going to be there to celebrate. i love and i don't necessarily collect stamps, but i always enjoy buying stamps. taper. us stamp fire stamp not as much or more of coin and even around the world to very colorful other parts of so it's kind of interesting is an interesting factor course are posted >> rich history as well. so hopefully the post office will have some of those pick up as well for a little while too. >> asked for when you're at the half moon bay, this is what it looks like. you know, sometimes they say, you know, speaking of read a little bit here, red skies, the morning sailors take warning all that business. don't worry because it looks good as we go into the afternoon, we're going to clear up as we get to around the noon hour or so. so again,

pretty calm stars. you can see it half moon bay. yeah, a little fog issues and whatever. give some time for the surface moisture kind of mix on out along with the clouds. that's the golden gate bridge shot. so here it is. the spoiler dropping in here. it could have done this overnight and gotten out of here by daybreak. but no, so it's going to be hanging around for the morning hours, clearing out from the north to the south throughout the day today. tomorrow looks great. great for tonight as well. so no major interference there. quite cooling overnight, though, into the mid 30's, you can see up to the north bay valais who about 39 inland on the east bay. we're still hanging on to some 40's. 36 for livermore and along the east bay shoreline, mid 40's. 41 for san jose palo alto about 37. so here it is. this goes pretty quickly here right around the lunchtime hour, 1 o'clock or so walk there. we have it pretty clear up in the north bay and just start to clear out in the east bay peninsula dropping in through as you can see, the south bay clear overnight tomorrow morning. little bit the way some central valley fog and a bit off towards the coast. we

take care of that after sunrise and it's off to the races with essential another mostly sunny day. temperatures still, you know, mild to warm but really warming up as we get into next week to you're going to forget with the calendar tells you for today. morning clouds mild. we got slow clearing in the south bay mid 60's going on to the inland tomorrow. it's warm and sunny, we've got the mid to upper 60's. we keep building on that for the next week. a flavor of spring minus those springtime showers and temperatures pushing too. yeah. in some inland spots, maybe the mid 70's right across into the 70's, probably by the middle of the week. for today we got 62 san francisco clearing out 64 for open. 66 meanwhile, for san jose, the wider geography after we just talked about next week. this is almost chilly. 69 going on for santa rosa mid 60's off to the east bay and again, it's afternoon clearing for a good chunk of the bay look at the longer range forecast, which is basically a warm-up for us coming up in a bit. well. >> thanks, dave. an update now

on the forty-niners fan who is in a coma after a fight at the nfc championship game at sofi stadium. a los angeles man is now out on bail, accused of pushing and punching daniel luna, friends and family of both the suspect and the victim are talking about the brief altercation that's now changed their lives forever. kron four's justine waldman has the story. >> he bonded out at 01:00am this morning on $30,000 bail. >> inglewood police have arrested this man. 33 year-old brian cifuentes in connection with sunday's assault on daniel luna outside of the nfc championship game at so fi stadium. and mayer says blurry 90 seconds. surveillance video helped police track down the suspect who turned himself in the mayor. maps out what happened in the parking lot during the tailgate, but is careful not to call the conflict an issue between forty-niners and rams fans. it looks like it began when luna

wearing a white jersey pushes to flint s wearing a yellow jersey, the individual, white jersey. pushes. >> the individual yellow jersey and he falls over backward, didn't fall to the ground. the individual, the yellow jersey. pushes. the individual, white jersey and then strikes him once. it appears in the face area. the individual, the white jersey falls backwards, hits his head on the pavement doesn't move after that. luna is the chef and owner of a restaurant in oakland. >> one of his longtime friend says luna is not the type to cause trouble or pick a fight. >> you will >> there's also shaken one of the suspects. cousin seem to be that it was the case.

>> my patient was station way with that should come to that. and just like just like anybody you get tax can get that pick all if and or so, especially when you with your life. while there is disagreement from people who know the suspect and the victim on how this issue started. >> they do agree that a 5 second fight had devastating results. una remains hospitalized in a medically induced coma. the mayor says his condition has not gotten better or worse. next up, englewood police will present their case to the district attorney and the da will then decide whether or not to charge the suspect. i'm justine waldman, kron. 4 news. a 34 year-old man is facing homicide charges after police dug up a missing woman's body in his backyard. police say they performed a welfare check. >> for a 54 apds woman on monday when they didn't find her, they started a missing persons investigation. the next day, officers say they

found evidence near the victim's home leading them to believe that there was a violent crime. neighbors told officers they actually heard screaming in the area early saturday morning, but they didn't report it right away. police then detained 34 year-old micah dove let one of the victims neighbors after an initial search of dove, let's home investigators returned on wednesday and found the woman's body buried in his backyard. police say they will not be releasing the name of the victim to ensure the privacy of her family. stick with us. the kron 4 morning news continues after the break.

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>> and now kron 4 sports. >> it's a family affair down in santa clara. the forty-niners are adding a new face to their staff was quite familiar with head coach kyle shanahan. several outlets are reporting that former chargers coach anthony lynn is joining the niners as an assistant lin played running back for the denver broncos under mike shanahan. kyle shanahan's father from 1997 to 99. kyle shanahan was a ball boy for the team. back then lin recently was dismissed from his role as the lions offensive coordinator. he's expected to be named as assistant head coach for the forty-niners working with the offense when reportedly has not yet signed a contract, though. with less than 2 weeks to go until spring training is supposed to get underway. major league baseball, the players association of hit another major road block in

negotiations. the players union just rejected the mlb's proposal to bring in a federal mediator to help the lockout began on december. second, when the 2 sides fail to reach a new collective bargaining agreement, a cba out once conditions of employment and salaries and much more players. association leaders say they're turning down the request for a mediator because the mlb has not attempted good faith negotiations. union leaders say what they offered is fair to both sides. this latest all means spring training will more than likely be too late. on to round 2 of the atnt pro am from beautiful pebble beach. check out the waves just picturesque. as for the slabs off on barrow, also known as carlton from the fresh prince sinks. the birdie putt here 12 and around for him tie 9th amongst the amateurs. as for the pros, it was all about seamus power. he golfed an 8 under 64 to take a commanding five-stroke lead going into the weekend. he is at 16 under for the

tournament. >> and finally, this is a fun one. you've got to see this. >> raiders quarterback derek carr in the house making an appearance at the nhl skills competition. the league's all-star week is being held right now in las vegas car, getting the crowd revved up for sure. now he tossed a football to chicago blackhawks alex to prank it who, by the way, was in costume doing his best. zach elfin knock us from the hangover. he puts the football the back of the net. you just saw this was the breakaway challenge to break. it didn't win the competition. he should deserve some style or create creativity. point something carr was obviously having a good time taking part regardless the only shark competing timo meier was eliminated early in the hardest shot competition

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>> exactly. 7.30, year on this saturday morning. welcome back to the kron. 4 morning news going to start off this half hour with a check of your forecast. dave sphar standing by. got a little bit of clouds today. debut say it's going to clear out the afternoon. yeah. looks pretty in the afternoon. and even the late morning hours up in portions of the north bay to its high thin clouds to look at the half moon bay, not too bad here. >> getting some sun curing in through some of this high cloudiness. but a look at the way some pace, the skies in spots going on. so here it is in totality. and there you can see the line up towards the north. this again dropping from north to south throughout the late morning hours into the afternoon. this a bit more

pessimistic. the computer puts up there. a lot more cloud cover as late as 2 o'clock. this supposed to be in contra costa county. but we'll still manage to see those lower well inland that looks like today decently a decent day today and tomorrow we will have the obstruction of cloud cover. still, we managed to get thode chilly temperatures overnight up in the north bay mid 30's at hand here. 48 san francisco in london, the east bay. we've got some lower 40's there. but in tri valley, 36, 39 for fremont. 41 meanwhile for san jose, not a lot of the way of winds. we did get that radiational cooling going on with the dry air. so for today, improving the sky conditions early clouds, san francisco, mild actually getting almost warm. 64 for oakland, 65 san jose reserve warm because that's what it's going to do in the seven-day forecast. your extended coming up in just a bit. noel. thanks, dave. >> to our coronavirus coverage now and big news out of the east bay. you no longer have to prove you're vaccinated against covid to enter

restaurants and gyms in contra costa county health officials made that announcement citing an 80% vaccination rate in the county. 48% of eligible people in contra costa have received their covid booster shots. they also say the omicron surge is likely peaked in the county and hospitalizations are beginning to decline. >> it's still a best practice, but we no longer think that the requirement it is necessary. we do think that many businesses will look at this and choose to continue to verify vaccine status because many of their customers or workers will feel safer. >> the change does not apply to places like health care facilities, nursing homes or any mega events that have 500 or more people in attendance. meanwhile, down in the south bay, san jose's covid booster mandate that all city owned venues has gone into effect. anyone attending or working an event hosted at venues like the sa peace center where the convention center must show proof of a booster shot. if

you're fully vaccinated, but not yet eligible for the booster, you can show a negative covid test. but it must have taken a day within the event. if it's an antigen test or 2 days, if it's a pcr tests, there is free covid testing available at the sep center. san jose is the first city in california to implement a booster mandate. meanwhile, sonoma county's ban on large gatherings is set to expire next week. but the tourism industry still struggling from lost revenue kron four's gayle ong has details. >> in january of a $65,000 and banquets that $65,000. gerard shaikh co-owner of sally tomatoes and events and boehner park lost after sonoma county issued a health order banning large gatherings indoors, all the bank, which canceled even those that were below 50 people. not because they illegal. >> but the health order people were scared. they were frightened.

>> judy che, one of dozens of business owners trying to make up for lost time. the health mandate is set to expire on february. 11th county health officers credit strict health orders in helping reduce county's covid case rate. claudia vecchio ceo of sonoma county tourism sent a survey to about 3,000 local businesses asking about the impact of the county's health order of those 60 respondents. we did find that the the immediate impact was somewhat north of 6 million dollars. and that really represents. >> business lost as it relates to groups that already booked and had to cancel. i and other people who have canceled in the future. but because of that order to noma county, health officials loosened the health order last month due to declining covid cases. >> but nothing changed for the larger tourism community. says the county's public health officer have been guiding local businesses to operate safely. but it's not just the loss in business that's challenging due to shea says trying to help employees

survive. these are people who are. >> are working 2 jobs and there's no relief. there is no, you know, there is no extra bonus, you know, for, you know, for unemployment and you know, we have a little one position. the hope is that this latest round of health orders that slow down progress will kind of get cleaned up over this spring and summer. robert isler, professor of economics at sonoma state university says it's going to be all about the dollars spent. so one of the things the trouble she's very concerned about. >> if there's a threat of this happening again, will people book as many weddings with a book as many events will be because many conferences and those are relatively large ticket items in terms of filling hotel rooms, filling restaurants, ordering catering and having sort of this, you know, ripple effect. >> among a bunch of different industries when one event takes place in the meantime, businesses are looking forward to next week's expiration date. we have valentine's day thankfully coming after this health mandate.

>> lipson. i think that's going to be good weekend in sonoma county. what better place to spend valentine's day then a lovely winery. >> gayle ong kron. 4 news. >> we now have to fully approved a covid vaccines. the cdc director, doctor rochelle walensky has signed off on a recommendation to approve the moderna vaccine for all adults. the shot received full approval from the fda earlier this week. more than 200 million doses of the moderna vaccine have already been administered in the united states. the pfizer vaccine you may remember, was approved fully for people 16 and older back in august. the cdc has also unveiled a new wastewater tracking system that gives communities across the united states. an early warning of rising covid infections in their area. water samples typically turn positive for covid 4 to 6 days before cases in any region start to climb data on the public dashboard show the number of sites that have detective covid in the

wastewater over the past 15 days about 80% of households are connected to sewer systems. and experts say between 40 and 80% of people shed genetic material from the virus. whether or not the experience symptoms, the data is now available on the cdc's website. all right. coming up here on the kron, 4 morning news. a new electric boat could change the transportation industry across our waterways. got a look. >> in today's tech smart. and honoring black history by taking a look at how black churches are in place of comfort for the african american community specially american community specially through this pandemic wi oh, wow, barbara corcoran! good morning. sorry, we don't need any business help now. we're gigillionaires. what? we're gigillionaires now. i don't get it we have at&t business fiber with hyper-gig speeds. but i just... so thanks, but, we're doing great. i'm so happy for you! but i'm just here for my order. oh. entre-pin-eurs? yeah, my bowling team. i like it

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>> well, check this out. there is an all electric speed boat that is an existence. and it's right here in the bay area. rich demuro is telling us all about it in today's tech smart. existing electric boats are mostly leisure craft. they're slow and they don't go too far in charge. >> now, a startup named candela wants to change that with an all electric speed boat that uses the power of physics to its advantage. >> chances are you haven't seen a boat do this before. >> it feels so great. every time i just. >> don't get over. this is the candela. see 7. as you can see, it's plugged in in all the tricks. speedboat that could have big potential for the future of water. transportation. because we

have very low and that consumption. >> and with a small battery, we can go quite far off the 26 from both hold 6 passengers and goes about 50 nautical miles on a charge. the reason it's so efficient, 3, 2, they the vote uses hydrofoil score small wings underneath that. push it up to glide above the water. now lifting up above. while less friction means less power consumption all of no water. it also makes for a smooth and mostly silent. right. seasickness could be a thing of the past. this is and it's quiet. the entire process is so quiet. just feel like they're up above the water. loading. the secret is in the software and on-board computer y making n calculations to keep the bow steady to the tune of 100 adjustments, every second or the controls all the flights is what makes it. so it's done by the computer. the only

thing you have to do is the other boats and look where you're going behind the boat. there's almost no wake when doing when it's time to go back to shore, the boat lands. down into the water. right now. a big factor holding this technology fact is cost. the pope is about $300,000. but as a tech advances that should come down, i think it will it's just a matter of time and how have and how votes are going to become electric. >> that vote was so fun and so unique. and although it might be a while before it's ready for the mass market, candela is working on a ferry using the same technology that would be able to transport people across the water in an eco-friendly way. all right. if learn more about the vote, you can go to my website. it is rich on tech dot tv. i'm rich demuro and you are tech smart. and the forecast coming

up for this week will be dandy for that. as we look for warm temperatures, lots of sunshine today. we're still going to fight those clouds off in the early morning hours. lot of 60's on the board. look at your 4 zone forecast and that extended the kron. 4 morning news continues.

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including biathalon ski jumping and speed skating. matt barnes has the very latest from the 2022 olympics in beijing. >> hello from what is the first full day of competition after the opening ceremony? 6 medals being awarded today and 6 different sports, including speed skating by out on its ski jumping the best chance for a medal for team usa is jessie diggins in the cross country skiing ski app on and non metal event. action. 2 time gold medalist jamie anderson has advanced to the snowboard slopestyle final. her teammates, julia marino and hailey lakeland are also among the final 12, who will go for gold. still to come, the u.s. women's hockey team will take on russia in its second game of these olympics. there are troubles canada already 2 and oh, after destroying finland, 11 to one and figures getting action will resume later tonight in the team event, the women's short program will come first followed by the men's free skate after the first day, the u.s. have the lead and are in good shape to win a medal. those are the headlines for your saturday reporting in

beijing. i'm matt barnes. >> he's got his beanie on. it's very clearly pretty cold out there for the winter olympics. dave, it's pretty we've got ourselves a california winter going >> well, yeah, and won't even feel much like winter for the week ahead. we're almost marching into springtime like weather, of course, minus a chance of those showers going on. kind of some shredded stratus off to the distance, a bit from half moon bay to really get into those coal bar, kolbe r blue skies. it's going to be until this afternoon to really see the blue skies come marching on in. looks great for tomorrow, too. by the way. and here it is. it's package of some high clouds start to thicken up in spots going on, basically dropping from points north 2 south. we've been able to cool off overnight, though we have the mid to upper 30's up there in the north bay. 36 livermore, most readings in the east bay are already in the 40's. 41, by the way, for san jose up to tahoe, they're feeling the warm up to and that means more melting at 50 looks like by monday, slight drop-off by tuesday remaining clear or dry to the period. by

the way, clear also works to even trying here on the extended forecast a couple little bits of packages of clouds, a little bit of moisture trying to come up from that southern latitudes, but not really doing much of anything in terms of bringing us any rain looks dry right on through mid february in your 4 zone forecast to check in the saturday. 62 san francisco keeping of the lower 60's along the coast. also lower 60's along the bay side peninsula. mid 60's heading down south as we see in the south bay clearing. here will be a bit later in the day. it will probably be a couple of hours before sunset before you really get those blue skies going. 65 cupertino, san jose at 66 mid 60's on the east bay shoreline, tri valley, mid 60's as well. 64 conquered and also for walnut creek berkeley. 63, a lot of uniformity with temperatures. all the warming up a touch into solano county here. 69 fairfield 65 for napa and 69, also santa rosa. just a taste of things to come. watch out.

here we go in the seven-day forecast up. we go through the 70's. hello, start by wednesday on into the end of the week ahead. looks like we'll see a lot of lower 70's going on our lows. yeah, will be in the 30's little bit for the next couple of days. but even inland will be looking for the 40's 40's remain at the coast. noel. thanks, dave. >> as we honor of black history month, the black community has been hit hard by the pandemic, but many have found comfort and getting through it by attending church. elliott davis has a closer look at how black churches met the needs in african american communities nationwide. >> african american churches all across america. people come for help during this pandemic dealing with mental stress, struggling with the body's physical needs and to spiritually, strengthen them to withstand the terrible losses brought on by covid god. we pray for our families

that are grieving. we pray for those that are in hospital rooms. reverend charles nurses, pastor of saint james in church. he's also president of the st. louis metropolitan coalition. what made the black church able to field his rule? >> firms presence. >> the fact they care, we've been there. we've already had relationship and you really can't speak to people on a soul level without having a significant relationship. >> another church with that same relationship is faith miracle temple. they too had to make quick changes in the pandemic to keep up with the needs of a hurting community. >> smaller praise and worship groups have taken the place. a big choirs because of covid protocols. there are stringent covid checks just to get in the church. >> smaller crowds attend because of covid social

distancing less the often that a today more online and live streaming at churches like this that were shut down to in person services. bishop larry baylor admits a few unwanted drawbacks. now people are so used to stand at almost that the with a cappuccino in there. and with that with tom izzo watching the service and get back and i've done so many funerals over the last roughly 2 years. it has been incredible. first of all, the church deals with the spiritual aspect of people now because you a pastor, you deal with the mental aspect of people and then is our responsibility as well to make sure that everybody has food. >> make sure everybody has a roof over their how important is a church been for you in this has very instrumental in my part-time governor. just give me in dorrance. even political leaders like. >> this mayor from vinita park, missouri, agrees. i

think the black there's been a pillow, this community. we need it. the testing. >> it was behind us. we needed the vaccine. they were behind us. so they're not serves as the most trusted institution in the african american community. and with all the unknowns of covid trust is in high demand >> community hit hard by covid a community where people need some place to come where they knew they'd be searched. my. >> and >> st. louis elliott to report. >> be sure to join us here at kron 4 as we commemorate black history month. our pam moore is going to be hosting a 30 minute special called honoring black history. mind body soul. it airs thursday, february 24th at 06:30pm. we'll be 24th at 06:30pm. we'll be right back after the break.

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>> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at >> good morning to you. thanks for joining us here on the kron. 4 morning news. i'm noelle bellow. it is saturday, february 5th. we've got a lot to get to this morning. want to start off by getting a check of your forecast. there are some folks that are going to be rallying in the east bay this morning. dave, is it still going to be as cloudy as it's been this morning or is it going to clear out? yeah, well, pricey that high cloudiness kind of stick around until we get to the afternoon hours a bit. we have some haze to see for the golden gate, but >> it will be some of that high cloudiness that you can see from half moon bay here. kind of those dirty skies a

little bit before we really clear out an earnest behind this afternoon, temperatures have been able to fall very nicely up on the north bay mid to upper 30's at that. 48 san francisco. 36 livermore got those 40's littering. a lot of the east bay. 42, meanwhile for san jose temperature change for you a little bit cooler only in oakland that we were from yesterday. everywhere else. we're technically ahead. get used to it. that's a trend coming all next week. is that that the cloud cover in our backyard? again, this will be dropping south throughout the week ahead. breaking your day down for you. temperatures return back to the business of the 60's in the afternoon. notice how clearing out even off towards the east bay by 3 o'clock. everybody should be cleared out. it looks like as we approach around 6 or so. coming up a little bit here, we'll take a look at your entire weekend forecast to peak in the next week. well, thanks, dave. >> happening today, parents, teachers and students are going to be rallying in oakland against possible school closures. the effort to save the school's comes ahead of a vote set for next

tuesday. kron 4 camila barco joining us live now with more details on this camila. >> yes, the teachers keep feeding families continue to rally to. as for the future of these schools, they see that they're not only fighting to keep the schools open, but they also argue that this could impact the communities in which the schools are and how this is all ahead. as the south, i said no. i'll of the school board meeting on tuesday where the board will decide which schools they should close or merge over the next 2 years. and they're considering up to 6 teams, schools. however, many people are upset because the schools are on the chopping block that predominately serve a black and brown communities. now the open unified school district claims a decline in enrollment and has led to a more than 12 million dollar deficit. and this is normally funding is given to schools based on how many kids show up to class every day. they say the

pandemic has played a role in impacting school. attending specter the oakland city council president, along with 3, other city leaders are asking the state for help and they are requesting the district get the eliminate it and also to change on how funding is based on attendance. now, the oakland education association sees no positive outcome. if the schools were closed. however, oakland mayor libby shaft has something else to say. i want to see more investment in students and not structures. >> the idea that money is being spent on building maintenance and potentially duplicative administrative structures is something that i think we all need to look into. >> now across country is one of the schools being considered to close. and that's why today's rally is going to be held at that school. it's located at 9.20, campbell street. it starts at

10:00am district, 3 council member carol feast. it's also rallying for the schools to stay open and she will lead the rock walk around the prescott neighborhood. now, also, these parents teachers are still fighting to keep the schools open. like we said, the school board meeting is taking scheduled to take place on tuesday. and by then we will know the fate of those 16 schools. for now, back to you, camila. thank you for that live report. we'll check in with you again in the next hour. other top stories this morning, the california highway patrol is investigating after a man was shot and killed while driving on i-880, friday evening. chp responded to a crash in the northbound lanes of the interstate. >> just north of the oak street exit. they say they found the man in the car with a gunshot wound. officials say after the man was shot, his car veered to the right and hit a guardrail. he was pronounced dead at the scene. police say there was no one else in the vehicle. 80 was

shut down the northbound lanes for about 5 hours. those lanes finally reopening just after 10 o'clock last night. if you have any information, you saw the shooting happened. you are asked to contact chp. incidents like that. one are renewing the call from the alameda county sheriff's office for surveillance cameras on our freeways, lieutenant ray kelly told us in a statement, quote, we do support freeway cameras in alameda county. we hope our elected officials and community leaders will invest in technology for public safety and quote, the sheriff's office made a similar statement last month after the shooting that killed sheriff's that david, when saying then it was time to take action before someone else was killed in a car to car shooting. we spoke with oakland city council member dan kalb about this. here's some of what he had to say. >> surveillance cameras freeways would be responsibility of the state. that's that's completely chp jurisdiction. and if they want to do in the cameras are of a nature where they could actually help solve violent

crimes. all the investigations for violent crimes open to giving that shot. we have to try something. i don't think surveillance cameras on freeways are going to be answer to solving all shootings or the violent crimes that may happen on freeways. but if they could be one of the and it's worth a try, let's let's see dried out and see how it works. if it helps great, if not, then what will stop it? >> surveillance cameras have proven to be useful in solving crimes before while this one wasn't on a freeway. cameras did help track down the suspects in the shooting death of kevin nishita, a former security guard who was fatally shot while on assignment with one of our kron. 4 reporters. meanwhile, oakland police are investigating a suspicious death after a man's body was found laying in the middle of the street. they say his body was found just after 09:00am yesterday on 79th avenue. the man was pronounced dead at the scene. if you have any information you're asked to contact oakland police. coming

up here on the kron. 4 morning news caught on camera. a man robbed right in front of his house. we've got the video to show you. >> plus, the city of angels gearing up for the super bowl. we're taking a look at the nfl experience after the break. on

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times. you can also logarithm on to the nfl's website or download the nfl. one pass app. >> we're still negotiate with some of that cloud cover clearing out for the afternoon as we see the 60's return again. look at your forecast. we come back to kron. 4 morning news continues.

>> welcome back. 8.13, here on this saturday. and chinese new

year underway kicking off just days before the winter olympics in beijing. katy tang is giving us a little history on the celebration. >> perhaps the most to recognize china's tradition is the dragon dance. it originated during the han dynasty 2, 0, 6, pc is seen him many times here in the states perform during the chinese new year and the lead to scare away evil spirits and bad luck. >> chinese new year's paul's during the winter months, but it's common name in china is the spring festival. every year is symbolized by one of the 12 animals of the chinese zodiac 2022. is the year of the tiger being song is vice chairman of new york's pacific asia travel association is comes to the king of the and all the animals. >> also given the power struck expelled the votes. the lantern festival traditionally marks the end of the chinese 2 years. it falls on the first full moon and the chinese calendar marking the return of spring. when i was small, my

parents told me. >> why we make lanterns on that day because he's a believed. when you are releasing the >> you hope to see the the festival can be traced back at least 2000 years. the story some monks let lanterns in the temples to show respect to put out on the 15th day of the first lunar month. so the emperor ordered that all the temples households royal palaces, light lanterns on that evening. >> that's why we see those lanterns lighting up around china town here in san francisco, oakland, all over the place. we do want. we know that lots of people are going to be out and continuing to visit the different businesses and for lunar new year. chinese new year. dave, i know this weekend, you say we've got some cloud to clouds today, but it's going to clear out this afternoon. yeah, in the spring festival, hey, it's going to start feeling like that for this week ahead as we plow into the lower 70's come

the middle of the week off to kind of little bit of a haze going on for a half moon bay, as you can see little bit that high cloud. and is the haze to get up close and personal. >> of the golden gate bridge. so wait for this deck of cloud cover to kind of drift on to the south. that will happen this afternoon. crossing cross midday. it looks like shortly after noon. 36 going on a santa rosa. 39 for bottle. 47 san francisco and mostly 40's off to the east bay. although chilly 36 still hanging on to livermore. that may pop up later on this hour. 42 meanwhile, 4 san jose. so here it is on futurecast for stopping about 3.30, or you can see it's departed most of the bay by that point. so we go into clear skies for the night tomorrow morning. little in the way. some central valley fog that will mix out pretty quickly. it's back to sunny for your sunday and it looks like through much of the balance of the week ahead. so let's put it together for you today. morning clouds, mild shot a slow clearing for the south bay mid 60's. as far as those temperatures inland are

concerned for tomorrow, warm and sunny mid to upper 60's. yeah, we're moving there and then a flavor of spring minus the showers business, middle 70's, springtime showers. well, that's not part of the forecast, but everything else was spring is coming our way. 62 san francisco, 64 for oakland. 66 meanwhile for san jose, very much we see across the big board there. mid 60's were reaching for. but in some cases to the upper 60's like santa rosa, even a bottle. what about 66, again, more of a warming trend into next week could have your 4 zone forecast as well. coming up in a bit. well. >> thanks, dave. troubling new video this morning of a man being robbed in front of his san leandro home. the victim was apparently targeted after leaving oakland's chinatown kron four's. dan thorn has the story. >> cell phone video from wednesday shows 3 men attacking the victim outside of their san leandro the man is heard pleading that he will give up what they want, but the thieves continue their ambush as clay.

>> this to unfortunately, you know, this this is not the only incident. karl chan, the president of oakland's chinatown, chamber of commerce, says the victim was followed from chinatown to his home in san leandro. >> this type of targeting is something chan says he's seeing more and more is they do because, you know, is too many times >> and and it's impacting our many, many residents for a the women and also the >> in the video, the struggle is seen going out of you, but the victim can still be heard. the trio was stealing the man's expensive wristwatch. and after taking it, they escaped in a silver car. the man left on the ground calling for help. san leandro police have put out robbery prevention tips, including being aware of your surroundings and reporting suspicious behavior. chan is

hoping when these types of crimes involved criminals from one community following people to another community that the police department's continue to work together, people should be held accountable. >> you know, must be consequences. you know, many crotch. >> reporting in san leandro, dan thorn kron. 4 news. >> 3 teenagers in modesto were killed in a horrific high-speed crash involving a big rig. some viewers may find this video hard to watch home security video actually captured the devastating moment of impact tuesday afternoon. police say the driver of that silver sedan. liu through 2 red lights at high speeds and that the second red light, the driver of the semi either didn't see them or didn't have time to stop and barreled into their car. the victims were 15, 16 17 year-old boys. one 16 year-old boy sitting in the back seat as expected to be okay. however, the driver of the silver sedan, 20 year-old man has been arrested and is

facing several charges. a second federal civil rights lawsuit was filed against the city of alameda and the officers involved in the death. 26 year-old mario gonzalez this time on behalf of gonzalez, his mother edith, our analysis claims the officers illegally and unjustifiably restrained her son at a park in alameda last april. she adds the officers failed to de-escalate a situation i which gonzales was not a threat in december. the alameda county coroner's office ruled mario's death a homicide stating drugs and the officers restraints contributed to his passing. a separate lawsuit has already been filed on behalf of mario's 5 year-old son mario junior. >> there is no disconnect between the family. in fact, you the family, unfortunately, is united in grief in outrage that their loved one has been taken from them. this is just purely a legal vehicle to present the claims of the mother.

>> the lawsuit is seeking money to cover financial and emotional damage caused by mario's death. in a statement the city of alameda has confirmed it received the federal complaint, adding, quote, the loss of mario gonzalez life was indeed tragic and the city will vigorously defend itself. its former police chief and the named officers against all allegations and quote. still ahead here on the kron 4 morning news, a covid-19 health order about to expire up in sonoma county. how the policy has been making it hard. >> for some of the tourism industry to survive. and the forty-niners could be getting a new coach. we're going to tell you. what he'd be doing with the team if it becomes official.

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offense when reportedly has not yet signed a contract, though. with less than 2 weeks to go until spring training is supposed to get underway. major league baseball, the players association of hit another major road block in negotiations. the players union just rejected the mlb's proposal to bring in a federal mediator to help the lockout began on december. second, when the 2 sides fail to reach a new collective bargaining agreement, a cba out once conditions of employment salaries and much more players. association leaders say they're turning down the request for a mediator because the mlb has not attempted good faith negotiations. union leaders say what they offered is fair to both sides. this latest all means spring training will more than likely be too late. on to round 2 of the atnt pro am from beautiful pebble beach. check out the waves just picturesque. as for the slabs off on barrow, also known as carlton from the fresh prince sinks, the birdie putt here 12 and around for

him tied 9th amongst the amateurs. as for the pros, it was all about seamus power engulfed an 8 under 64 to take a commanding five-stroke lead going into the weekend. he is at 16 under for the tournament. >> and finally, this is a fun one. you've got to see this. >> raiders quarterback derek carr in the house making an appearance at the nhl skills competition. the league's all-star week is being held right now in las vegas car, getting the crowd revved up for sure. now he tossed a football to chicago blackhawks, alex to prank it who, by the way, was in costume doing his best. zach elfin knock us from the hangover. he puts the football the back of the net. you just saw this was the breakaway challenge to break. it didn't win the competition. he should deserve some style or create creativity. point something carr was obviously having a good time taking part regardless the only shark competing timo meier was eliminated early in the hardest shot competition >> that was kylen mills

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well, people in several states are still coping with the aftermath of that winter storm that hit a large portion of the earlier this week, hundreds of thousands remain

without power. >> and are digging themselves out of the snow. the storm is causing a mess across the northeast. there's also been mass flight cancellations. people trying to get there that could dent yesterday. more than 3,000 flights leaving entering are traveling across the united states had been canceled due to all of thanks for joining us here on kron morning news. we definitely are not dealing with anything like that. dave says that they were going to get spring-like temperatures at some point in the next couple of days. how the 60's aren't enough. let's try some 70's on for size. little shot down to the south bay here, some hazy sunshine to start the day. a little bit. >> will be some cloud cover early on and then clearing out late in the afternoon. >> this is what storing little package of some cloud cover. you can see here wait weak little short wave. so it's generating for us. basically the breakdown goes like clouds for the middle of the day and then getting out in clearing out for the mid-afternoon still is not going stop. those temperatures climbing to the

lower team in some cases. middle 60's. here's thus the progress so far. 36 santa rosa and napa livermore still down around 36. but most east bay readings are at least in the 40's. now. 42 going on for san jose. 47 meanwhile for san francisco, quick check of the winds not doing much. com was the conditions also overnight that allowed some cooling to happen. and for today we expect the clearing out picture. 62 san francisco, 64 for oakland, san jose at 66 in a bit. we'll check of the 4 zone forecast for you and check the stat that well, thanks, dave. >> speaking of that snow earlier, an incredible rescue up in the sierra nevada mountain range after being trapped inside their cabin for nearly 2 months due to heavy snow. a couple is now safe. the snowstorm that swept through the region the first week of december, not to downed trees, blocking their path out. this couple had been stuck inside their remote cabin since december 6th. a chp helicopter was finally able to reach the couple and their dog on wednesday. they

were all rescued and flown to a safe location. the couple says this rescue came just in time as they were running out of food and supplies. to our coronavirus coverage this morning and big news out of the east bay. you no longer have to prove you're vaccinated against covid to enter restaurants and gyms in contra costa county health officials making that announcement citing an 80% vaccination rate across the county. they also say 48% of eligible people in contra costa have received their covid booster shots. they say the omicron surge has likely peaked in the county and hospitalizations are starting to decline. the change does not apply to places like health care facilities, nursing homes or make events with 500 or more people in attendance. down in the south bay, though, san jose's covid booster mandate at all city on venues has now gone into effect anyone attending or working an event hosted at venues like the sep center or

the convention center need to show proof of a booster shot. if you're fully vaccinated and you're not yet eligible for your booster, you can show a negative covid test. but it has to have been taken either within a day of the event. if it's an antigen test or 2 days, if it's a pcr test. there is free covid testing available at the sep center to make this a little easier. san jose is the first city in california to implement a booster mandate. up to the north bay. now where sonoma county's ban on large gatherings is set to expire next week. but the tourism industry is still struggling from lost revenue kron four's gayle ong has details. >> in january of a $65,000 in bank, which that $65,000. gerard, shaikh co-owner of sally tomatoes and events and boehner park lost after sonoma county issued a health order banning large gatherings indoors, all the bank, which canceled even those that were below 50 people. not because they illegal.

>> but the health order people were scared. they were frightened. >> judy che, one of dozens of business owners trying to make up for lost time. the health mandate is set to expire on february. 11th county health officers credit strict health orders in helping reduce county's covid case rate. claudia vecchio ceo of sonoma county tourism sent a survey to about 3,000 local businesses asking about the impact of the county's health order of those 60 respondents. we did find that the the immediate impact was somewhat north of 6 million dollars. and that really represents. >> business lost as it relates to groups that already booked and had to cancel. i and other people who have canceled in the future. but because of that order to noma county, health officials loosened the health order last month due to declining covid cases. >> but nothing changed for the larger tourism community. they says the county's public health officer have been guiding local businesses to operate safely. but it's not

just the loss in business that's challenging due to shea says trying to help employees survive. these are people who are. >> are working 2 jobs and there's no relief. there is no, you know, there is no extra bonus, you know, for, you know, for unemployment and you know, we have a little one position. the hope is that this latest round of health orders that slow down progress will kind of get cleaned up over this spring and summer. robert isler, professor of economics at sonoma state university says it's going to be all about the dollars spent. so one of the things the trouble she's very concerned about. >> if there's a threat of this happening again, will people book as many weddings with a book as many events will be because many conferences and those are relatively large ticket items in terms of filling hotel rooms, filling restaurants, ordering catering and having sort of this, you know, ripple effect. >> among a bunch of different industries when one event takes place in the meantime, businesses are looking forward to next week's expiration

date. we have valentine's day thankfully coming after those health mandate. >> lipson, i think that's going to be a good weekend in county. what better place to spend valentine's day a lovely winery. >> gayle ong kron. 4 news. >> some san jose food pantries may soon be getting a little help from the city. last month. we told you about the lighthouse ministries, food pantry, which was in danger of closing the pantry had been told it needed a $15,000 permit in order to continue operating now there's a new proposal going before the city council later this year. that would waive fees for pandemic-related food pantries. city officials say the deadline for light house to apply for that special permit has now been pushed back until the program can be put into place to waive those fees, meaning the pantry will be allowed to continue operating. coming up here on the kron 4 morning news, a nonprofit school trying to raise money. >> for valentine's day, we're going to show you what they're

doing to try and do that.

>> welcome back. 8.39. on this saturday morning. and scammers are using social media to defraud consumers. and last year they made a big haul doing at the federal trade commission says in 2021 700, 70 million dollars was lost to online scams. most of these

started ads or direct messages for investment opportunities or romantic scams. the other common ones include advertisements for online shopping deals. the ftc says they saw double the number of complaints about social media scams and 2021. then they had in 2020. now for your money, a warning for those who are trying to peddle counterfeit nfl merchandise and capitalize on the super bowl. federal agents have deployed special teams looking for fake t shirts. and other goods ahead of and during the game, homeland security, border patrol and other federal, state and local law enforcement officers are involved in this. among the items already confiscated, include all sorts of t shirts, jerseys and hats. there were also fake championship rings and even a phony lombarky trophy. well, the irs has 3 things that wants people to keep in mind while they're doing their taxes this year. first, if you're still waiting

on an economic stimulus payment, let the irs know families with newborns may get another $1400. also, if you claim a bigger child tax credit, you may get a smaller refund. if you've got credit payments in advance. finally, people need to remember unemployment benefits are taxed as ordinary income. the irs is telling people be patient this year. it's still facing an 8 million return backlog from last year. so it's going to take some time for us to get those returns back. gasoline prices are reaching near record levels here in the bay area. the average cost of a gallon of gas has gone up $0.5 according to aaa. it's driven by an increase in crude oil prices nationwide. the average cost per gallon for gas is $3 and $0.42. the average cost for a galleon gallon here in california, though, $4 and $0.66 taking a look now prices here across the bay area this morning in san francisco, the

average cost for a gallon of gas, $4. and $0.86. san mateo county right behind san francisco with $4.80 east bay. a bit cheaper for gas, $4.70 a gallon in contra costa and alameda counties. dave, you still get quarterback to give a fiver for a gallon on that. yes, i'm trying to look for any way middle 60's going on in some upper 60's up here in the north bay, santa rose at 69. >> mid 60's for a good chunk of the real estate off to the east bay. we have to fight through some of this high cloudiness here, thinning out as we get into the afternoon, a look at your weekend forecast. we come back.

>> and non profit has been teaching children and teens, poetry and local schools and online for years now, the group made sure to continue to provide this creative outlet, especially through the pandemic as kron four's ella sogomonian reports the group is raising money and a festive way for valentine's day to keep their work going strong. >> slam poetry. 3 minutes and 10 seconds to express yourself in a fashion that fuses poetry, storytelling and theater bay area, creative is a nonprofit that has been teaching this creative outlet to people of all ages for nearly 15 years. the executive director believes that our youth are more ready to take on tough conversations than you might think.

>> and there's so many battles that you have to face outside of those of yourself. what this program really does is gives you some of the tools so that at least you're you can be more sure of who you are. >> poetry, teachers use games as a way of learning and the use art form to encourage kids and teens to find their voice and deliver their feelings face to face one. such student from richmond high named jamie williams is now professional poet and teacher artist himself. whether invited into classrooms and after-school programs are interacting online during the pandemic there. poets have worked with students from the east bay to san mateo counties and are looking to expand out of the mouth. it just kills me so only to be able to be in this classroom space that so often isn't a community. so often these students working individually being told what to do being told they're not behaving correctly being told me to calm down, you know, and

we 2 workshops. there is still an element of focus and it can't be chaos and pandemonium in the classroom, though we do focus on a play based curriculum that is as high energy as we can bring. >> so this valentine's day, people who make a contribution to the nonprofit. >> on bay area, creative dot org can request to get a poem from a student in return that they consent to their valentine. the goal is to one day combined grants and donations to hire poets full-time. to keep this program going on one side love serving the community and everything that comes out of that. >> on the other side, we love paying artiste. if i can give an artist day job that they can to their art every single day. >> that's that's success right there. that's model. we made it right there. >> in san francisco, i'm ella sogomonian kron. 4 news for me to behave a certain way. >> time now to check in on your weather forecast for this saturday. dave spahr standing by. we're trying to peek out

through cloud cover and haze that we've got this morning. some say the world when by fire, others say ice. what i states is desire. thanks, robert frost. anyway, plagiarism there. >> this is how we started the day off a little bit. some high cloudiness there and our temperatures are going to warm up nicely. the spring-like weather is we look ahead into the next week. we're talking 70's in the game here. but for now, let's keep the 60's in place in these interrupt this clouds, if you will, they'll thin out in the afternoon this what it looks like an stormtracker 4 right here. the perfect timing here could happen overnight in cleared out. but no, it's happening, right. as we get to dawn in the early morning hours. so get that a couple of hours, kind of clear on out into the mostly sunny moat. got 40's instill those stubborn 36 off to livermore, as you can see up in the north bay as well. 36 santa rosa, napa. 41 for the bottle. 47 meanwhile, san francisco up to tahoe. we're getting more falling a little bit here. 51 for monday. looks like a slight drop on tuesday, but we do see a warm-up happening both here and there for the week ahead. and unfortunately not adding much

to that. this is a long-range forecast here to get work. we're here is about where we we're waiting end. nothing really happens. a little moisture coming up from the south. but it doesn't look like it's holding anything. probably more cloud cover. unfortunately, maybe get lucky. some coastal drizzle, 4 zone forecast for your saturday comes in like this 60 to san francisco. lower 60's hovering along the coast. bayside lower 60's as well down to the south foster city. 64 along with palo alto mountain view at 63 in the south bay where the clearing will be in the later afternoon. 66 san jose and santa clara 65 for cupertino. mid 60's east bay shoreline, tri valley. that's a nice graduation from the 30's this morning in the mid 60. 64 walnut creek and also for oakland, berkeley. 63 along with the leo warming up a touch upstream for us. a county at 69 fairfield and vacaville. 65. meanwhile for napa and santa rosa's at 69. but we do see some 70's on the

board here by the middle of the weekend. even the middle 70's as we finish the week were more intrusion of some cloud cover. there. los 2 there in the 30's at first. but they do get into the 40's for those inland valleys. the supposed to be wintertime, 50's even along the coast. noel, thanks, dave. >> to a big story now in what is perhaps the strongest projection yet of the false election claims that have clouded political discourse following the january 6th riot, former vice president mike pence flatly rejected donald trump's repeated claims that pence could have overturned the 2020 election. >> i heard this week. the president trump said i have the right to overturn the election. president trump is wrong. i had no right to overturn the election and frankly, there's no idea more on america. and the notion that any one person could choose the american president. >> pence has been largely quiet about the events of

january 6, but former president trump has increasingly blamed patents for failing to stop joe biden from taking office. you may recall at one point the rioters could be heard chanting, hang mike pence. pence has long maintained the vice president, the united states has no authority to reject or return electoral votes. in the meantime, the republican national committee voted to condemn to republicans for serving on the house committee investigating the january 6th riot, the party says representative liz cheney and adam ken's under have been, quote, destructive to the institution of the u.s. house of representatives. the republican party and our republic. the gop also says the 2 were participating in the persecution of citizens who, quote, engaged in legitimate political discourse. on january 6th, nearly 800 people have been charged with crimes related to the riot on capitol hill. attorney michael avenatti has been convicted of defrauding

adult film actress stormy daniels. prosecutors say the disgraced a celebrity lawyer swindled $300,000. daniels was owed for a book deal. she had landed. avenatti was found guilty of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. the lawyer represented daniels after she claims to have had a onetime encounter with former president trump many years ago. avenatti says he will appeal his conviction. stick with us. kron. 4 morning news continues right after the break.

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osteo bi-flex. this saturday and there are a handful of local events scheduled to celebrate black history month all across the bay area. some of these events are going to be virtual. others are going to be in person starting with napa valley's 5th annual black history month event. happening on zoom this afternoon, the theme is black health and wellness. and this evening, $25. soul food, meals to go will be handed out at crosswalk community church there in napa. those meals include wine donated by a black owned winery over in the east bay. on valentine's day, there's going to be an open mike night planned at the new parish in downtown oakland that then bleeds into the black joy parade that scheduled for february 27th across oakland and then in san francisco, a blues performance planned by martin luther mccoy for february. 26th. we've got

a full list of all these events on our website and many more kron 4 dot com. just look course, join us all month long as we commemorate black history month. we've got some local stories that we're working on. pam moore is going to be hosting our 30 minute special honoring black history. mind body soul that airs thursday, february 24th at 06:30pm. we hope you will join us for that. well, take a look at this. the nba has revamped its all-star mvp trophy and honor of the late kobe bryant. the new hardware paying to kobe's career achievements. the bass has 8 sites which was one of history's the numbers, of course. and from here on out the best player of the all-star game will receive the kobe bryant all-star mvp trophy. by the way, this year's nba showcase does take place in cleveland on sunday, february. 20th, big month for

all right. still ahead here in the next hour, the kron 4 morning news teachers, students and parents in oakland rallying this morning to keep schools open. we've got details on their fight. >> coming up in a live report. plus, a man shot and killed while driving on. i-880, last night. we're going to break down how it all happened.

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>> from the area's local news station, you're watching the kron 4 morning news. at know. >> good saturday morning to you. thanks for joining us here on the kron. 4 morning news. >> i'm noelle bellow. it's saturday, february 5th got a lot to get to this morning. there's a rally that's going to be happening in oakland will get you the details on that just a bit. but first going to check in with dave spahr about our weather forecast. i feel like it's those days where if you stand in the sun, you're nice and warm day. but as soon as you get into the shade, you shivering. >> well, looks like everybody will get into the sun by this give a little time for some of this haze to drop on this kind of up close and personal. the golden gate bridge a little bit. also that haze of the ground level, we have to mix out here half moon bay. this is what we're talking about. kind of that shredded stratus, although with somewhat thin clearing out as the day wears on into the early afternoon temperature progress. we've done a little better now. livermore funding graduated up to 40 50. meanwhile for hayward, 47 for oakland. we've got the 40's now. also up in

the north bay, retiring the 30's. 47, meanwhile, for san jose in the clearing will be later in the day down to points to the south temperature change for comparison sake. most readings are ahead of where they were this time from yesterday, although trailing in a couple of spots, napa, oakland in san francisco by couple degrees. this is what we're talking about here. again, this will drop south better clearing in the late afternoon and then clear again for tonight. it looks like and for tomorrow, 61 will do it by 1 o'clock by 4. we're at 62. get ready. because there's more of this to come. we're just going to be adding to this. if that's not good enough, we've got some 70's for you by the end of next week. well, thanks, dave. >> california highway patrol is investigating after a man was shot and killed while driving on i-880, friday evening. chp responded to a crash in the northbound lanes of the interstate just north of the oak street exit. they say they found the man in the vehicle with a gunshot wound. officials say after the man was shot his car veered to the right and then hit a

guardrail. he was pronounced dead at the scene. police say there was no one else in his vehicle. 80 was shut down for about 5 hours with northbound lanes, reopening just after 10 o'clock last night. if you saw anything, you have any information about this shooting. you are asked to contact chp. now force incidents like this are renewing the call from the alameda county sheriff's office for surveillance cameras on our freeways, lieutenant ray kelly told us in a statement, quote, we do support freeway cameras and alameda county. we hope our elected officials and community leaders will invest in technology for public safety, end quote. the sheriff's office made a similar statement last month after the shooting that killed sheriff's cadet david win, saying that it was time to take action for someone else was killed in a car to car shooting. we spoke with oakland city council member dan kalb about this. here's some of what he had to say. >> surveillance cameras like freeways would be responsibility of the state. that's that's completely chp

jurisdiction. and if they want to do in the cameras are of a nature where they could actually help solve violent crimes. all the investigations for violent crimes. open to getting that shot. we have to try something. i don't think surveillance cameras on freeways are going to be answer to solving all shootings or the violent crimes that may happen on freeways. but if they could be one of the and it's worth a try, let's let's see dried out and see how it works. if it helps great, if not, then what will stop it? >> surveillance cameras have proven useful in solving crimes before although this wasn't a freeway shooting, cameras did help track down the suspects in the shooting death of kevin nishita. he was a former security guard who was fatally shot while on assignment with one of our kron, 4 reporters. meanwhile, oakland police are investigating a suspicious death after they say a man's body was found laying in the middle of the street. they say the body was found just after 09:00am yesterday on 79th

avenue. the man was pronounced dead at the scene. if you have any information on this, you're asked to contact oakland police. and up in the north bay. a 3 story fire causing $30,000 worth of damage in santa rosa. these are pictures from the santa rosa fire department. they say the fire happened yesterday at the pullman locks on wilson at 9th street department says they saw heavy smoke coming out of multiple windows and doors on the first and second floor. firefighters even coming into contact flames in a hallway on the first floor. no one was hurt in this fire fight. the fire department says the apartment building was under construction. coming up. he's behind some of the most famous animated characters ever. what's next for the man who helped create the whole davy jones and yoda? >> plus, the u.s. is already taking home some medals in beijing. we're going to tell you which events team usa has already come out on top. and a

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>> eco friendly. and just plain cool. tech reporter rich demuro is introducing us this morning to an all electric speed boat that glide above the water. existing electric

boats are mostly leisure craft. they're slow and they don't go too far in charge. >> now, a startup named candela wants to change that with an all electric speed boat that uses the power of physics to its advantage. >> chances are you haven't seen a boat do this before. >> it feels so great. every time i just. >> don't get over. this is the candela. see 7. as you can see, it's plugged in in all the tricks. speedboat that could have big potential for the future of water. transportation. because we have very low and that consumption. >> and with a small battery, we can go quite far off the 26 from both hold 6 passengers and goes about 50 nautical miles on a charge. the reason it's so efficient, 3, 2, they the vote uses hydrofoil score small wings underneath that. push it up to glide above the water. now lifting up above.

while less friction means less power consumption all of no water. it also makes for a smooth and mostly silent. right. seasickness could be a thing of the past. this is and it's quiet. the entire process is so quiet. >> just feel like they're up above the loading the secret is in the software. >> and on-board computer is constantly making calculations to keep the bow steady to the tune of 100 adjustments, every second or the controls all the flights is what makes it. so it's done by to compare. the only thing you have to do is the other boats and look where you're going behind the boat. there's almost no wake when doing when it's time to go back to shore, the boat lands. down into the water. right now. a big factor holding this technology fact is cost. the pope is about $300,000. but as a tech advances that should

come down, i think it will it's just a matter of time and how have and how votes are going to become electric. >> that vote was so fun and so unique. and although it might be a while before it's ready for the mass market, candela is working on a ferry using the same technology that would be able to transport people across the water in an eco-friendly way. all right. if learn more about the vote, you can go to my website. it is rich on tech dot tv. i'm rich demuro and you are tech smart. >> top stories today. parents, teachers and students are going to be rallying in oakland against possible school closures. the effort to save the school's comes ahead of a vote that set for next tuesday. kron 4 s camila barco joining us now live with a little bit more detail on this camila. >> yes, and all about an hour. another rally is going to be held. teachers, parents, students, they're going to be

at one of the schools. >> keep fight to keep them open. they argue that closing news buildings could impact the communities. >> in which the schools are acting like you said, no. while this is all head of the school board meeting on tuesday, the board, then we'll decide which schools they should close or merge over the next 2 years. and they're considering up to 16 schools. however, many people are upset because the schools on the chopping block predominantly serve black and brown communities. oakland school district leaders claim that a decline in enrollment and attendance has led to a more than 12 million dollar deficit. now funding is normally given to schools based on how many kids show up to class every day. but district leaders say the pandemic has played role in impacting a school attendance records. now the oakland city council president, along with 3 other city leaders are asking the state for help. they are requesting that the district's debt be eliminated

and also change on how funding is based on attendance. we spoke to council member carol fife. she's she says it's not the fault of the parents or teachers, but the administration. >> the financing and the mismanagement that occurs is by upper level staff that. i have no checks and balances on those positions. and so with the recurring changes in the state legislation, it our superintendent of schools more authority over our finances and we can't keep ending up in this position. i think there's something that we need to on it. that looks at what's actually happening with the schools because it is not the fault of the principals or the teachers for anyone else that the sites. >> council members also going to be at today's rally. she is fighting to keep the schools open she will be at prescott

elementary. it's one of the schools that is being considered too close. it's located at 9.20 campus tree and it starts at 10 a m she will lead the walk around the neighborhood now many people are questioning the timing of this announcement just less than 2 weeks ago, one school board member alerted parents and students about this on social media. and now tuesday, the fate of the school's lies on the board members. we've been reporting on this sense. it first started about 2 weeks ago and we've covering it since then. and of course, we'll keep you updated on the board's decision when it comes on tuesday. for now, back to you. yeah, definitely has happened pretty quickly from point of, you know, understanding and notice that this might be happening to a vote. so like you said, we've been following it every step of the way and will continue to do so. camila, thank you for that report. like she said, those parents and students and teachers are going to be out there around 10:00am in oakland. what's the

weather going to be like for them while they struggling through some high cloudiness but will clear out in the afternoon is what it looks like. temperatures racing to the lower to even middle 60's going on today. >> a little flavor spring. yeah, it's going to carry the ball into next weekend. keep it here after it forecast next.

>> 9.16 on this saturday morning. welcome back to the kron. 4 morning news. going to get you another check of your weather forecast from dave

spahr. dave, like i said earlier, you know, if you're in the sun, it's nice and warm. but in that shade, it's pretty chilly out there these days. yeah. kind of in the middle. here is what we got a half moon bay. good morning, everybody into time. high cloudiness here that will thin out as we get to the afternoon hours to help out in that effort. >> but temperatures old impressively climb, though. it looks like particularly into next week. you like that. here's a look at the golden gate bridge. again, some haze at the ground level that we're looking at that this is we're talking about this deck of cloud cover from a short wait. just marched across the area here for overnight. nice of the time. we were a little different at the kane 8 hours earlier. but unfortunately, for a portion of the day that will be kind of a little interrupt an interruption. we have 50 going on for cut 40 for livermore to nice recovery from the 30's last hour. 45 for concord, 50 for hayward. 47 oakland in 40 going up to santa rosa. 49 meanwhile for san francisco, so handing it over to cast for this is what we see. the improving sky conditions by 4.30. we push this all the way down in monterey bay. so we go into

tonight with clear skies overnight, a little in the way some fog will develop. it looks like in central valley only to mix up pretty quickly for your sunday and sunday. yeah. looks like sunny skies from beginning to for the whole week. ahead of the weekend. we're talking about morning clouds, mild, slow clearing for the south bay now, but still managing the middle 60's tomorrow, warm and sunny mid to upper 60's. we keep this trend into next week. a flavor of spring minus the showers department there as well. look at some middle 70's by friday. it looks like 62 san francisco. 64 for oakland. meanwhile, san jose at 66 so somewhat muted for those highs today. you know, get the mid 60's over those inland spots. santa rosa about 69. we'll take a closer inspection of all that your 4 zone forecast bit. noel. thanks, dave. >> the family of a man arrested in the assault of a forty-niners fan at so fi stadium is now speaking out, revealing new details about what happened that night. the suspect's cousin says he was

there when the altercation happened says everyone was outside enjoying the game, but then things changed in an instant. rick chambers has the story. >> it looked like a tailgate party to me. >> inglewood mayor describing what surveillance video shows so 5 parking lot when daniel luna was injured last sunday during a scuffle with the rams forty-niners game. 33 year-old brian cifuentes has been charged with assaulting luna. >> i was there and the tailgating with my >> this meant the suspect's cousin says they were, in fact, tailgating that day. they couldn't afford to get into the game. so they got a parking pass and brought a tv and some lounge chairs and it wasn't long before luna, a 40 year-old restaurant tour and forty-niners fan from oakland approach them for pushing me. >> and intoxicating. he was like. forcing himself on people that he couldn't stand by himself at checking making you know, like that grab

inning, we walking together way. mister dunn and it didn't want to go. chris claims the cifuentes group, a mixture of forty-niners and rams fans. >> asked other people nearby if they knew luna and could take him away, they didn't. and when the niners scored early, chris says luna became aggressive toward his cousin. he struck him from the back in. know what's happening in the case. it came from behind win. so he got up and >> he defended himself. you get a text and good at kicking off. it can do so especially when you get your life. you have to. that and let you all that defense came in the shape of a push back in a punch to lose face. >> which caused him to fall back and hit his head on the pavement. >> there were other fans in that group and at least one person in the short clip that i saw, which is only a minute and a half that down tried to

turn him on this site. >> chris claims he is that man in the video yet injury on the set of the put him sideways. and then i want to keep at where everything that had inning. >> where planes are hand and night and we hope that you fully recovers. no one ever want anything at this team to have its around have a good 10. and we're >> sad story. that was rick chambers reporting for us this morning. coming up, spared from the flames. how one community's efforts to be prepared and protected from wildfires really paid off.

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with lowe's price promise. >> 9.24. on this saturday morning at a bay area and the mater is back in the spotlight for a project he did years ago. you know, a lot of his characters and ken wayne is introducing us to the artist behind them. >> illustrator in atlanta self taught animator been very fortunate to work with some great people. great people like george lucas who had jamie willis bring to life a memorable star wars character. for me when i was working to it was really kind of the turning point my career because >> i was breathing life into this little guy and it just

was exhilarating that couldn't get enough. and so that i want withhold can work with family the park's caribbean. it was on that film that he created one of the most amazing special effects characters of all time. davy jones then a cold beer. but we do as animators is you. you drill down into that psychology. what's really going on there. so you can project that through the digital creature. a few years ago, he was approached with another idea. was funny is we actually got to design from, you know, ground and that was quite a test. in 2009, he rented the petaluma municipal swimming pool and started improvising under water with a model to try to get the animated characters, expressions and movements down. if we didn't know if i mean we basically had about 3 months to pull this together. so development and design was not complete, but it was good enough to show that we were well on our way.

the end result was this mythical creature, which can now finally be seen in the king's daughters starring pierce brosnan released more than a decade after he made them are made. it's amazing films get made where independent films are made it even harder ever since george lucas put petaluma on the movie-making map with american graffiti almost 50 years ago. the sonoma county city has become a magnet for artists of all stripes. we left. i allow them to start live stream back 15 years ago. i just felt aluma had that. real culture and that charm and character in its own town. jamie's next project is a short animation feature about a puppy audiences can identify with a yoda or a whole. a cute puppy is a slam dunk. you know, it's a very simple the hero's journey, especially we all live that life. you know, we're we're we overcome adversity, son. >> and have to bust through our fears. and that's what the story is.

>> we'll be right back after the break. stick with us.

>> well, 6 medals are going to be given out today involving 6 different sports, including biathalon ski jumping and speedskating at the barnes has the very latest from the 2022 olympics in beijing. >> hello from what is the first full day of competition

after the opening ceremony? 6 medals being awarded today and 6 different sports, including speed skating by app on its ski jumping the best chance for a medal for team usa is jessie diggins in the cross country skiing ski app on and non metal event. action. 2 time gold medalist jamie anderson has advanced to the snowboard slopestyle final. her teammates, julia marino and hailey lakeland ere also among the final 12, who will go for gold. still to come, the u.s. women's hockey team will take on russia in its second game of these olympics. their arch rivals, canada, already 2 and oh, after destroying finland, 11 to one and figures getting action will resume later tonight in the team event, the women's short program will come first followed by the men's free skate after the first day, the u.s. have the lead and are in good shape to win a medal. those are the headlines for your saturday reporting in beijing. i'm matt barnes. >> well, back here at home, we've got a look at your weather forecast at this 0, 9.30, here on this saturday morning. dave spahr standing by. it's got a little bit more

detail the weather this weekend. and then, of course, debut say that we're going to warm up almost spring-like at some points, not going to feel at all like february. good good morning, everybody. >> and a little bit in the way some high cloudiness is here for right now. that will be into the early morning hours of the late early afternoon hours for us really starts to clear out to those nice blue skies here. it is little packages. some cloud cover rigot here in our backyard. just tying for this time period. the canes 6 hours earlier with the all cleared out. the breakdown for you today, we're into the lower 60's going on a nice afternoon. it looks like here not much the way of a breeze. however, we're looking for a better warm up later in the week. current temperatures 40 santa rosa. 45 from the bottle. lot of 40's off to the east bay, antioch checks in at about 50 this. what a check and the winds are not much of one. we look to the next 48 hours looks pretty quiet on that front as well for today. we do get into the middle 60's, but that's about it for today. but step by step warming up into next weekend.

yes, we'll see some 70's. well, that extended forecast for you. also the 4 zone as well. noel. >> thanks, dave. to our coronavirus coverage this morning and big news out of the east bay where you no longer have to prove you're vaccinated against covid to enter restaurants and gyms. but this is just in contra costa county health officials made this announcement citing an 80% vaccination rate in the county that they also say 48% of eligible people there have received their covid booster shots. they also say the omicron surge has likely peaked in the county. already that hospitalizations are beginning to decline. >> it's still a best practice, but we no longer think that the requirement it is we do think that many businesses will look at this and choose to continue to verify vaccine status because many of their customers or workers will feel safer. >> the change doesn't apply to places like health care facilities, nursing homes or any mega events where 500 or more people are in attendance.

up north in sonoma county, their ban on large gatherings is set to expire next week. but the tourism industry says they're still struggling from lost revenue. kron four's gayle ong has those details. >> in january of a $65,000 and banquets that $65,000. gerard shaikh co-owner of sally tomatoes and events and boehner park lost after sonoma county issued a health order banning large gatherings indoors, all the bank, which canceled even those that were below 50 people. not because they illegal. >> but the health order people were scared. they were frightened. >> judah, che, one of dozens of business owners trying to make up for lost time. the health mandate is set to expire on february. 11th county health officers credit strict health orders in helping reduce county's covid case rate. claudia vecchio ceo of sonoma county tourism sent a survey to about 3,000 local businesses asking about the

impact of the county's health order of those 60 respondents. we did find that the the immediate impact was somewhat north of 6 million dollars. and that really represents. >> business lost as it relates to groups that already booked and had to cancel. i and other people who have canceled in the future. but because of that order to noma county, health officials loosened the health order last month due to declining covid cases. >> but nothing changed for the larger tourism community. they says the county's public health officer have been guiding local businesses to operate safely. but it's not just the loss in business that's challenging due to shea says trying to help employees survive. these are people who are. >> are working 2 jobs and there's no relief. and and there is no, you know, there is no extra bonus, you know, for, you know, for unemployment and you know, we have a little one position. the hope is that this latest round of health orders that

slow down progress will kind of get cleaned up over this spring and summer. robert isler, professor of economics at sonoma state university says it's going to be all about the dollars spent. so one of the things the trouble she's very concerned about. >> if there's a threat of this happening again, will people book as many weddings with a book as many events will be because many conferences and those are relatively large ticket items in terms of filling hotel rooms, filling restaurants, ordering catering and having sort of this, you know, ripple effect. >> among a bunch of different industries when one event takes place in the meantime, businesses are looking forward to next week's expiration date. we have valentine's day thankfully coming after health mandate. >> lipson. i think that's going to be good weekend in sonoma county. what better place to spend valentine's day then a lovely winery. >> gayle ong kron. 4 news. >> progressives of the california democratic party are moving ahead with an effort to block support for some democratic lawmakers seeking reelection. it's in

response to the universal health care bill that died in the legislature earlier this week. the democratic party's progressive caucus. also the party's largest caucus in california is leading the effort. they're targeting those who were prepared to reject a bill that would eliminate private health insurance and set up single payer state-run health care system across california. that's known as cal care. >> expect our elected officials to do what they have committed. and when they we're going to hold them accountable. even if the part of law. >> to begin blocking indoors. men's progressives need signatures on a petition from 20% of those who will vote in the endorsement election. some democrats say the party endorsement process is complex with more steps ahead. we're so early until the election season. for your health this morning, the dole company recalling some of its pre packaged salads over a deadly

listeria outbreak. the outbreak has been linked to 2 deaths and 17 reports of illness. 13 of which resulted in hospitalizations. it's been reported in at least 13 states across the u.s. none yet here in california, though, the cdc is urging you to throw away any dole, packaged caesar garden or mixed salads with a best if used by date from november. 30th 2021. 2 january 9th for any more information. just head to our web site. we've got the full details kron 4 dot com. a fan as a food pantry may soon be getting a little help from the city. last month we told you about the light house ministries food pantry, which was in danger of closing it had been told it needed a $15,000 permit in order to continue operating. and now there's a new proposal going before the city council later this year. that would waive those fees for pandemic-related food pantries. city officials say the deadline for light house to apply for the special

permit has now been pushed back program can be put into place to waive those fees. meaning the pantry is going to the pandemic. however, many have found comfort by attending church elliott davis has a closer look at how black churches met the needs of their communities nationwide. >> african american churches all across america, people come for help during this pandemic dealing with mental stress, struggling with the body's physical needs and to spiritually, strengthen them to withstand the terrible losses brought on by covid god. we pray for our families that are grieving. we pray for those that are in hospital rooms. reverend charles nurses, pastor of saint james in church. he's also president

of the st. louis metropolitan cause. you coalition. what made the black church able to field his rule? >> first presence. >> the fact they care we've always been there. we've already had that relationship and you really can't speak to people on a soul level without having a significant relationship. >> another church with that same relationship is faith miracle temple. they too had to make quick changes in the pandemic to keep up with the needs of a hurting community, smaller praise and worship groups have taken the place. a big choirs because of covid protocols. there are stringent covid checks just to get in the church. >> smaller crowds attend because of covid social distancing. bless the offering that again today, more online and live streaming at churches like this that was shut down

to in person services. bishop larry baylor admits a few unwanted drawbacks. now people are so used to stand at almost that the with a cappuccino in there. and with that with tom izzo watch of the service and get back and i've done so many funerals over the last roughly 2 years. it has been incredible. first of all, the church deals with the spiritual aspect of people now because you a pastor, you deal with the mental aspect of people and then is our responsibility as well to make sure that everybody has food. >> make sure everybody has a roof over their how important is a church been for you in this has made very instrumental in my part-time governor. just give me in dorrance. even political leaders like. >> this mayor from vinita park, missouri, agrees. i think the black there's been a pillow, this community. we need it. the testing. >> it was behind us. we needed the vaccine. they were behind

us. so they're not serves as the most trusted institution in the african american community. and with all the unknowns of covid trust is in high demand >> community hit hard by covid a community where people need some place to come where they knew they'd be searched. my. >> and >> st. louis elliott to report. >> be sure to join us all month long as we commemorate black history month. we've got stories that we're working on here locally. our pam moore is going to be hosting a 30 minute special called honoring black history. mind body soul that airs thursday, february 24th at 06:30pm. we hope you'll join us. stick with us. we'll be right back on the kron. 4 morning news after the break.

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has never been easier. this saturday morning in dave sphar is standing by. he's waiting to give you the weather forecast for today. hey, dave. hey, good well, good morning, everybody. and here it is. the high cloudiness down around half moon bay and across much of the bay to start things off. hey, don't worry. >> that will thin out into the afternoon hours. will package of cloud cover from this weak little short wave. it's goalie was behind with clear skies tonight. tomorrow and throughout much of the week ahead. here's the progress.

and those temperatures has been slow going in spots number, we have 30's. we first talked to at 7 o'clock up in the north and the east bay. they graduated up to the 40's. now 50 per antioch. 47 oakland, 40's 9 for san francisco. 47 meanwhile for san jose checking the next couple of days out up to tahoe. same thing. there are lots of sunshine. temperatures going to about 50 or so monday tuesday, slight pullback, but will 4 turn again to have some mild warming towards the end of the week's a little bit of melting is expected for this. we can anything upstream helping us out waiting and waiting a little plume moisture comes in from the south, but that's about it will give us some cloud cover into the following weekend. we're going to warm up real nicely, though, before we get there. 4 zone forecast covering you this saturday. we're coming in at 62. san francisco also mirroring that along the coast and along the peninsula, bayside down to the south. 64 foster city and also palo alto nearing that for the south bay 65 milpitas. 66 san jose, also santa clara and cupertino. it 65 mid 60's on

the east bay shoreline. expecting afternoon clearing here tri valley at about 64 along with dublin and walnut creek, danville, to 63 for berkeley 63 69 fairfield, a little better warming. there is a sign of things to come. 65 for napa in 69. meanwhile, 4 santa rosa. so keep those 60's coming for tomorrow into next week, popping to about 70 or so by wednesday. and look at that into the middle 70's as we finish the week to get a package of some cloud cover on friday. but look at the lows. we're going to revisit the 30's. it looks like the next couple of nights clear skies overnight and then into the 40's as we finish off the week. that's pretty mild for february and 40's and around 50 or so covering us to the coast well. thanks, dave. >> it's been almost 6 months if you can believe it since the count or fire destroyed hundreds of homes in grizzly flats off of highway 50 at one point, this fire was heading straight for pollack, pines, a town of just 7,000 people. but

the community was prepared and that preparation paid off dennis shanahan share some important lessons learned as we look ahead to the summer. >> breaking news out of el dorado county tonight where the caldor fire is still burning out of control. >> from an overlook off highway 50 residents of pollack, pines watched helplessly last august as the caldor fire came within a couple miles of their evacuated town. everybody just all at the same time tried to get trying to get out. >> firefighters say at this point they have no containment. sherry son, brother and your neighbors had reason to be afraid at that time. the fire had just destroyed hundreds of homes nearby in grizzly flats. >> but the flames never reached pollack, pines evidence that a project years in the making did exactly what it was designed to do. the fire really had stopped its progression here we met up with mark egbert in a forest

just south of pollack, pines near slight part and the district manager for the eldorado in the georgetown divide resource conservation districts. the resource conservation district advise, landowners and public agencies bringing all parties to the table. leadership from cal fire in the forest service and other entities like pacific industries, eldorado irrigation district, the county of eldorado. >> i'm really came together, sat down at a table and said how are we going to align our priorities, how we're going to share resources and how we're going to get some tangible work done on the ground because we can't afford to keep losing these >> with the help of state and federal grants, they put together a plan called fire, adapted 50 working to make the communities along highway 50 more resistant to wildfires over the last few years. they did out 10,000 acres of forest trees grow every day. and if you don't you're going to have too much fuel. my son's

forrester. jim davies is a contractor on this project enforced really go. it's called the fuels treatment. so what we did we came in, we took out the smaller trees to claim a lazy trees and left the larger trees. so that helps increase the force resiliency to >> drought. climate change effects of wildfire and other things that affect the overall health and condition of the forced. >> this is where the fire adapted 50 project was put to the test during the caldor fire fire fighting crews from calfire news for service knew the fired up to 50 project. darien footprint was here. so that enabled firefighting crews to access the area and put a firefighting tools such as back burning on the ground here. >> and that back burning operation is what actually intercepted with the outdoor fire itself. this is an area of untreated forest, densely wooded, combustible material, these low hanging branches. these are the latter. feels fire can race up to the top of

the trees in an area like this. >> this is an area that's been thinned much less combustible material here. and you can see the fire scorched these trees, but it did not get up into the canopy. >> the same stadium had been left like that piece across the property line there. it would have torched all these trees and burn them to death that this be black skeletons left here. if you want a mormon emigrant trail, you'll see miles and miles and miles of what's going to. >> there's no way you could put firefighting crews in there. all right, to stop the fire. so these strategically placed feels treatments are positioned in a way where they're adjacent communities adjacent to values like the water infrastructure systems that we have here. and it gives us a chance then to come up to it and and headed off. >> diana swartz is a cal fire public information officer actually quite proud of this. this project of the fired up to 50. it's the balance, right? we don't want to take

out too much. we don't take out too little. and of course, for cal fire having this feel break is is just such an advantage for us. as we saw. >> with the caldor fire. >> i think this did make a difference. yeah, those firefighting crews are actually to be able to make a stand stand that left. pollack, pines. standing strong. in el dorado county, dennis shanahan. >> with so many fire damaged areas still in the potential path of future wildfires. some do believe rebuilding is a bad idea and potentially a waste of money. it's a tough topic for many to even consider. we're going to be right back after the break. stick with us.

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snowballed. people started calling me mister potato head. and i just i went with it. and plus, sort of look like potato head now. >> spudman decorate some of his potato heads and post them on social media. it's pretty cute. he says he has no plans to sell his collection or to stop adding to it. he says every time he thinks he has all the potato heads, a new one pops up, keep collecting, spend money. i like that. well, here's a good return on drawing purchased at an estate sale a few years back for just $30 has now actually been valued at 10 million dollars. the drawings called the virgin and the child by famed german renaissance artist albrecht durer. it's believed to have been completed back in 15. 0, 3, this drawing ended up being sold in 2017 by a massachusetts man who said his art dealer father passed down to him. scholars have examined the peace. they say it is the

real deal. the current owner, though, wishing to remain anonymous. i probably would too. well in just a few days, we're going look at a new stamp themed around lunar new year. the ap, a heritage foundation is holding a reception to unveil the year of the tiger commemorative stamp the event also marks 30 years since usps announced it would start making stamps to honor the contributions chinese and asian americans have made in our country. the ceremony is going to be held monday at city hall in san francisco. mayor london breed and the city's acting postmaster are going to be there to celebrate. and i'm just days or so after that, you can probably head to the post office and pick up your own copy of the stamps. before we go, we do want to let you know, there's a handful of local events scheduled to celebrate black history month all across the bay area. some of these events held virtually others in person. napa valley's 5th annual black history month event. happening

on zoom this afternoon, the theme there is black health and wellness this evening and napa. $25. soul food meals to go. we're going to be handed out at crosswalk community church that actually includes wine donated by a black owned winery over the east bay valentine's day. there's an open mike night planned at the new parish in downtown oakland. the 27th annual or excuse me and then on the 27th the 5th annual black joy parades going to take place there. this also a concert coming up in san francisco on the 26. we've got all the information on kron 4 dot com. thanks for joining us here on the kron. 4 morning news this saturday. we'll see you tomorrow.

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