>> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at 7. >> and good morning and thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 morning news. i'm theresa it is saturday march 12 that we have a lot to get to this morning. but let's start with getting a look outside at the weather. and if you've noticed, it is incredibly incredibly foggy. but to get the latest facts, we've got dave spahr that is going to tell us all about high day. >> okay. good morning, teresa. good morning, everybody. and good news to report actually on that front, we started things off just 3 minutes ago with a dense fog advisory that's now been canceled. so

we go now go into just taking care of some of the bay area fog that we're kind of used to a little bit. this is what you can see the golden gate bridge all socked in here. get this a few hours. kind of mix out for all that. least the advisory zone has been lifted. meanwhile, there's the layer you can see right across the bay, very thin layer at that. so it's that typical inversion. we get some daytime heating. we get the atmosphere mixing out. and so what? but going upstream, though, it looks like some showers coming our way. i just want to show you real quickly up here, the north bay, you'll probably around point raise and a little bit of some of the valleys might have to deal with a couple of hours of fog temperature. check real quick. 32 santa rosa. elsewhere across the bay, we do have some 30's going on, but chile because the clear skies, 40's cover good chunk of the bay at this hour. temperature change for were trailing a few degrees in some spots or just on the nose. you can see off to the east bay. so it's a little chilly this morning in some locations stormtracker for what's going on upstream. that's our opportunity for a few widely scattered showers

for tonight. leftover clouds for your sunday. so enjoy the sunshine. i got all the sunshine's up here until about 2 o'clock. but already by 2 in san francisco, the peninsula, you'll start to see some and the way of the scattered clouds developing for the arrival of rain, we've got a better shot for rain early next week. we'll get into that. coming up. theresa. >> thank you for that. well, we start this morning with the body of an unidentified child that was found under said may actually be a missing girl. that is from the bay area police say that they have been looking for 8 year-old sophia mason since tuesday. sophia's mother, samantha johnson, was arrested thursday night on several charges in both of these incidences, the missing child in the body found him or sent home are now part of a bigger investigation. kate phillips has the latest for us. >> we're said police have cleared the scene now, but this the home behind me is where the say a body of a girl was found. now earlier this week, police in hayward

arrested a mother who has a missing daughter. and they say that that mother is connected to an address over here on this street. they alternately got a search warrant and searched the house for said police did confirm with us. the woman arrested smith johnson is the mother of missing 8 year-old sophia mason. she was taken into custody and is now in the santa rita jail and ada county on unrelated charges. police have not released the identity of the child found or the age just that that child was a girl. both of these incidents, the missing child in the body found in this moore said home are now being actively investigated. but police have not officially said if there's connection between the rest of the woman in hayward and the body of the unidentified child found in the home or said police say a word or s led them here. soviet was last seen him or said on february 10th. the view is grand mother told police that she and her mother frequent areas or said hayward in cities in southern california. we asked police how long the body was in this

house and they said they could not answer that at this time. reporting are sad. i'm kathryn philips. >> well, the fbi in the pleasant hill police department is asking for your help to try and find a teen has been missing since january 15 year-old brandon abbott went missing from his home in pleasant hill on sunday, january. 16th. he's not been seen or heard from since abbott is described as 5, 6, weighing about 207 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes and he wears braces. if you recognize him or have any information you are asked to contact your local police department or the san francisco division of the fbi. and turning now to the latest developments in ukraine, a senior russian diplomat is warning that moscow could start targeting western weapon shipments. the diplomat says that russia considers the u.s. s decision to orchestrate the shipments as a dangerous move. they say that the action itself makes a shipments, a

target. this coming as russian ground ground forces close in on kyiv. britain's defense ministry says that russia is about 15 miles away from the center of the capital city. they say that daily intelligence briefings suggests that the russian military is trying to encircle the capital. and back here at home organizations and san francisco are trying to raise thousands of dollars for refugees fleeing ukraine. they're hosting a free benefit concert today featuring dozens of performers in golden gate park and kron four's. camila barco is live in the newsroom with more on that for us. hi, camilla. good morning to recess together is going to be musical performance of point tree and even ukrainian dancers at this concert. >> and while there's going to be some entertainment organizers say that this is just another way to support the people in ukraine because they are going to be raising money. now you're taking a look at a protest that have happened here across the bay area in the last few weeks. the country has turned into a

war zone as russian forces have fired fired missiles across the country, killing thousands. united nation officials say that as of friday, more than 2.5 million people have been forced flee the country. the majority of them are women and children. and 2 million other people are also displaced out of their home. now today's concert is going to be raising money for world central kitchen. organizers say that this money is going to food relief for people who are in ukraine or in the borders of ukraine, flame. >> yourself as a mother carrying your children and your possessions suddenly displaced a hot and well prepared meal is what this money will buy. those people a moment of hope what's going to be a very long journey. >> now the benefit concert starts at noon and goes until 04:00pm. here is a list of the details of today's event will be held at golden gate park at the music concourse. just look for the ferris wheel at the

park. the concert is free, but organizers say that people can donate to the cause online. you can go to s f for ukraine dot org kits on your screen right there. and theresa organizers will also be passing out 500 sunflowers organizers say that this is the country's national flower. and lately it's been a symbolism of hope and resistance. back to you. camila. thank you for that. what coming up on kron 4 morning news, california bay area cities dropping. >> covid-19 mandates. why people say it is a signal for a return to normal. plus, someone used a tractor really to try and steal an atm. why police say that a robbery like this is extremely risky and how trained they are still recovering from that train crash in san bruno will tell you what investigators are learning. caltrain service is

still seeing impacts after a train crashed into work equipment on the tracks. and there are still. >> many unanswered questions about how this all happened. kron four's justin campbell has the latest from the scene. at a press conference friday afternoon. and ntsb spokesperson. >> says the southbound caltrain was going 60 miles per hour when it collided with 3 construction vehicles. fortunately they were able to get out of the way because if anybody hits stay there. >> they would not have

survived. bruce landsberg with the ntsb says the train engineer blew the horn, applied full braking pressure before slamming into the construction vehicles that were working on an electrical project. >> altogether, 13 people were injured with non-life-threatening injuries. i was horrible. i for he wasn't on the train, but his girlfriend was and got out safely. the ntsb says a safety mechanism designed to prevent these type of accidents called positive train control was on but didn't work. >> the answer is we don't know yet, but i can guarantee you we will find out. >> there's a lot we need to understand about what happened here and what went wrong. just so we can ensure that put policies in place that it does not happen again. >> ntsb spokesperson goes on to say it will take 12 to 18, wants to get a final report today. have a cause on exactly

why this crash happened. reporting here in san bruno. >> justin campbell kron, 4 news. >> enjoy the early sunshine because it's going to go a little bit hiding into the late afternoon as we have a little opportunity for some showers occurring tonight and early tomorrow. we have some

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>> well, as you can see behind me, it is looking to be a beautiful day on the saturday. but we've got meteorologists

dave spahr to give us some more facts and figures in regards to itthink it's supposed to warm up or is it supposed to get cold, which one? it will actually warm up a little bit. but we also have a couple opportunities for some showers and here, the better one is upstream here. but there is something we have to mention for the overnight. >> there is that shot. we still have some leftover fog, but the advisory has now been lifted. that did only cover the coast in san francisco, but you still have some pockets of fog to kind of keep in mind as you start your early day out and about. so what are we talking about its upstream? this line of cloud cover. yep. this is our future overnight and kind of lingering a little bit into tomorrow afternoon 2. so we'll be fighting the clouds much more so tomorrow afternoon, we will for today. temperature check, beat the gloves again this morning. 32 of the santa rosa. 33 for napa. 34 for novato off to the east bay got a hodgepodge of 30's and 40's at work here. 44 meanwhile, san jose, let's hand it over to future cast for lots of sunshine going on this morning and a good chunk of the afternoon. but into the late afternoon evening, here comes

the cloud cover shower opportunity. that's up north. let the over the tour a little bit into overnight. as you can see, this is where opportunity for a few stray showers working their magic tomorrow morning might have some wet roads a little bit here to deal with. and still some leftover clouds. it looks like that will linger into the afternoon and a bit on monday morning with better clearing in the afternoon to have the onshore winds. they seem to pop a little bit off to the east bay associated with all this traffic. we're talking about parking is straight off to the delta. you might have some of that. some of the valleys up in the north bay a bit. but pronounced it looks like on sunday, but the direction still remains on shore. that's a cooling effect anyway. so we'll be cool down a little bit by all of this. a little shower opportunities so forth. not a big deal. it's the second hit. we're really watching as we get later in the forecast. sunny, early variable clouds will throw in there for the late afternoon. scattered showers overnight tomorrow, a few early clouds. there's a few early showers will keep variable clouds still in there. cool, though, mid 60's for highs because we're going to do a little better than that today. but

upstream starts to interesting monday. some variable clouds tuesday, another rain opportunity that looks like pretty good coverage, too wednesday through friday. it's clearing out sun and clouds mixture and back to the business of the 70's again today. 61, san francisco. 64 for oakland. 71 san jose will call that kind of evening clouds. but again, most of the early part of the day will be sunshine with those clouds kind of rolling on in the late afternoon water geography shows a couple areas will pop into the lower 70's such as san jose and antioch coming up in a bit. of course, we'll have the 4 zone forecast for you and also check that extended to teresa. thank you very much, dave. well, it's been 2 years since the world health organization officially declared the covid-19 pandemic. >> at that time, the virus and spread to more than 100 countries. more than 4,000 people have died. now, 2 years later, johns hopkins university officials saying that there has been 450 million covid cases worldwide. 6 million people have died. happening today in

california. schools throughout the state are lifting their indoor mask mandate. the state will instead recommend wearing masks in schools instead of requiring them. but students and staff will still have to mask up while riding public transit. governor gavin newsom says that he's making the decision to drop the mandate because of declining covid-19 numbers and hospitalization rates. well, students in oakland, though, are going to have to keep wearing their masks in classrooms through april. 15th, the oakland unified school district saying that it is keeping the mandate in place because they are concerned about a potential surge after spring break, the mandate applies to all students, staff contractors, volunteers and visitors. the district will also be handing out rapid at-home covid test kits before spring break. well, you can leave your vaccination card at home. next time you go out in san francisco on friday, the city dropped its requirement for people to show proof of

vaccination or a negative test. kron four's amanda hari was at balboa cafe. that's in the marina district to get some reaction. >> everyone i spoke to said they're excited to see the drop of another mandate and that was reflected by all the people that turned out. you can see them all behind me here. the manager even told me they had their biggest friday lunch rush of the year. end of that, you're ready. >> at the elbow, a cafe in the marina district staff was removing proof of vaccination sites, proof of vaccination or a negative test is no longer required in restaurants, bars or gyms in san francisco. it is a burden off our shoulders is an extra step that came to. >> got added to our duties in, though we're happy to protect to the community. it's kind of nice to have some normalcy back here about, well, a elbow, a cafe manager, sam stein says this change may even convince more people to frequent the restaurant. there are definitely people who just

didn't want to deal with the hassle of remembering where that picture on your phone was getting the app, etcetera. customers were able to walk through the doors and to their tables without showing any documents. nicole garlic was having dinner at the restaurant. she says she's happy to see another mandate dropped. it's exciting and happy. but this is lift that, you know, just save me from the hassle. i'm i am vaccinated. but, you know, just not having to deal with the have good. according to the city website, 83% of san franciscans have completed the vaccine series. >> cameron johnson says this endemic stage is starting to make life feel more normal feels good because i just get on the car right now and i forgot my mask. so it does get to go to come. not a mask for sure, but he says he will continue to be careful. still definitely like prioritizing like. my hope is that like watching my hands and everything, but just a few should already be doing. you you still need to show proof of vaccination or a negative

test at large scale events that have more than 1000 people and any business can choose to enforce those rules as well. in san francisco, amanda hari kron, 4 the city of berkeley is following suit. no longer will require proof of vaccination or a negative covid test to enter restaurants, bars or gyms. >> that's due to the high vaccination rate in covid cases and hospitalization rates dropping. >> businesses in the city of berkeley can decide if they want to keep the mandate or not. berkeley's health department still recommends wearing a mask at these places. still ahead on kron 4 morning news at county has to pay millions of dollars because of the deadly shooting of tyrell wilson. why his father says settling a lawsuit for his son is a step in the right direction. >> african students playing from ukraine say that they face discrimination when trying to escape the country. one student telling kron 4 about what happened. tried to board a train leaving came.

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the family of tyrell wilson. one year ago, wilson was shot and killed by a former danville police officer andrew hall hall is now a convicted felon. last he was was sentenced to 6 years in state prison on a felony assault. and this was on connected to the deadly shooting of another man in danville. kron falls. felipe juggle has reaction from wilson's father. >> justice doesn't move swiftly. unfortunately. still 3 days after his son, tyrell wilson would have turned 34 years old. marvin wilson says reaching a settlement with contra costa county and the family's civil rights lawsuit is a positive step. i have to be his force. i have to be as advocate. to speak for the injustice that happened to marvin and family attorney john burris confirmed they reached a 4.5 million dollar settlement with the county thursday. this after alleging former danville police officer and contra costa county

sheriff's deputy andrew hall wrongfully shot. nice him to death march. 11th last year, the family's attorneys have argued that despite him holding a knife at the time of the shooting. >> wilson did not charge at hall and was in the middle of a mental health want to get this so quickly. they don't want to wait. >> 2 year after because you know what, now they're going to be held to a higher standard or on out. >> payout. but it's not about us. the payout is not about the money to spot white him last week, cole was sentenced to 6 years in state prison for the november 2018 shooting death. >> it's 33 year-old latimer arboleda. >> he was terminated from the sheriff's office immediately after a jury found hall guilty of assault with a firearm and inflicting great bodily injury. when arboleda like hall was in the midst of a mental breakdown. the arboleda family also settled with the

county for 4.9 million dollars in their civil lawsuit. coles. 2 deadly shootings have now cost the county 9.4 million dollars. yes, i want him to be held accountable for my but knowing that he will not ever destroyed. >> but 3rd, all 4 family knowing that he would never do that legally. i'm i'm i'm at peace. after hole's sentencing last week, district attorney diana becton saying her office is still investigating wilson's case. >> and has not decided on whether she will pursue criminal charges. her office reiterate that is still the case. phillipe djegal all kron. 4 news. >> and you're watching kron 4 will be right back.

>> and welcome back on this saturday. 7.30, and you are watching kron 4 morning news. let's start right now with a you can see the look over there with the golden gate bridge. but today forecast with dave spahr is joining us right now to tell us a little bit about what we can expect on the saturday. >> hey, good morning, theresa. good morning, everybody. as you can see, the fog is trying to lift a little bit from the golden gate, still kind of socked in a little bit of the east bay shoreline can't get a clear view from this vantage point to the but a couple of hours, this will mix out what we're looking for upstream. there was a bigger change are happening tonight. some scattered showers in the forecast in this line of cloud cover. you see this will linger a little bit into your sunday and will be a little temperature reduction. but

we're not looking for much out of this. first one. it's one upstream we're hoping on into tuesday. 61. it looks like by 11 by 2 with 67. by that time, though, you'll probably start to see some cloud cover development in the north bay, san francisco in a little bit into the peninsula. temperature check for you. still those chilly 30's up in the north bay. 42 san francisco. 48 off to antioch. a cool 36 for livermore too. and 44 coming in for san jose today. 61 san francisco. 64 for oakland. 71 san jose. now coming up a little bit here, we'll take a look at the longer range forecast models for you that 4 zone and also the extended to teresa de. thank you for that. among the people trying to flee the violence of war are african students in ukraine. >> now some of them saying that they are experiencing racism and discrimination at the border. >> and bay area, political leaders are speaking out about the situation. kron four's. has he doing has the story for us >> house on not crossing the

ukrainian border to poland was devastating because of the discrimination along the way, says 25 year-old alexander a college student from nigeria who documented his experience trying to evacuate to safety after russia began to defense discrimination hard to keep. >> keep station. >> he says with the african students arrived at the train station in kyiv, they were told only women and children could board ok? >> that's fine. votes. biden to take you that they don't wind up actually in a cold. some of case. >> as the evacuation from ukraine escalated. several reports emerged of nonwhite residents getting stuck at borders. yes, i've seen videos. i'm very familiar with the accounts that are coming out some east bay political leaders are raising their

voices to call attention to the treatment of black people tried to flee ukraine. they may be workers in the country have been i'm not allowed to get on the trains and the buses the kind of discrimination was evidence is terribly wrong. the oakland city council is also taking official steps in an upcoming resolution that reads in part, quote, it affirming the sovereignty and democratic tenants of ukraine. the city of oakland also affirms its commitment to basic human rights, including the rights of all people displaced by violence and war to find safe refuge. we are calling on the president of the ukraine. >> to denounce any discriminatory practices that are impacting black residents. according to an ap report, the ukrainian ministry of foreign affairs denied allegations of discrimination and said the country had been operating on a first come first serve

>> how is it that you cried for news? >> the state department is warning american citizens against traveling to join the fight in ukraine. this after the ukrainian embassy in washington reported about 6,000 inquiries mostly from americans. department officials say that it is very challenging to vet many of the applicants and about half are rejected immediately because of age, lack of experience or criminal record, adding that in addition to their personal risk, american citizens risk. you asked national security by entering ukraine and becoming targets. well, back here, home brentwood police are searching for person who tried to steal an atm. police say that the person used a stolen tractor to rip the wells fargo atm from a wall. businesses nearby say that they suffered a lot of damage. crews have been working throughout the day to try and make some repairs, as you can imagine, kron four's rob nest. but reports on how locals are reacting to the

crime and what police are asking from the public. >> the suspect got away with the atm that was here just before 05:00am before businesses were open here at this brentwood shopping plaza. no one was around. so police say no injuries occurred. the locals were surprised to hear about the crime. broken glass. a rip taunting stolen atm. also, i was shocked that the damage was obvious around this wells fargo atm location friday morning. >> brentwood police say it started when the suspect stole from a construction site west of highway 4. >> i had taken 3. tractor commonly referred to as a tele hand or someone that has the a forklift on the front. police say the suspect used a tractor to rip the atm from the wall in an attempt to get away with the money inside. we've actually recovered the approximately 200 >> grad nick says the atm was compromised but isn't sure if any money was stolen. police found the stolen tractor in an

open field near highway 4 o i was just really surprised that they were able to pull something like camilla has lived in brentwood for 15 years and came to the shopping plaza friday to see the damage for herself. she wonders of the sharp rise in the u.s. inflation rate is to blame for the crime. >> the gas prices are, you know, skyrocketing some thinking people are just really getting desperate for money, too. you know, survive. >> even if desperation is the motive, police say the thief was risking serious injury to themselves and others bring in a tractor in that size is not only unsafe. >> pretty brazen. >> police are reviewing security camera footage that caught the suspect in the act. but no arrests have been made. police are asking anyone that may have witnessed the tractor theft where the atm theft to contact the brentwood police department in brentwood. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. well, coming up on kron 4 morning news on the saturday. kindergartners in the north bay are trying to bring a smile to those who feel a little down. >> now how this hotline is trying to encourage others.

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was shot in an attempted robbery thursday night in san francisco. police say that the incident took place in the area 4th and clara streets around 7.30.

>> the was approached and approached the victim and demanded his phone. and when the victim refused, the suspect shot him and fled. the victim was taken to a hospital. he's expected to be okay. police continue to look for the person. >> you see hoover street here. officials say it's one of the most dangerous streets in all of los angeles. and now. >> crazy close call for a reporter at our network station in los angeles. as you can see here in this video, gene kang, i was doing a live report in los angeles when a hit run happens just a few feet away. he's okay. and his partner behind the cameras, ok, kang was covering the story about a father who pushed his family harm's way in a deadly hit and run accident. that happened late

last month on the same street in south los angeles. officials say that car crashes have doubled in that area since the pandemic started. now, let's turn our attention today. >> a tree. so we're looking for temperatures to days. still reach close to 70 in some spots may actually do a little better than that. clouds moving in late this afternoon, winking and hitting atcems widely scattered showers overnight. got a better shot into next week where to put it all together for you next. keep it here on the kron. 4 mowning news continues.

>> some good news for those who loved to embrace winter sports in the sierra have le ski resort and kirkwood will be expanding their season. it macy mom because there's not been a lot of snow lately, but thanks to that. when fall in december and some other smaller storms. the resorts are able to keep the lifts going. and that is incredible news for those who love cash in on some spring skiing in the sierra. >> it's not uncommon for for sierra snowpack to last that long and we were excited that this season so far been, you know, we that record snow storms december. is that what set us up for this? so we just can't people guess this late in the spring spring schemes and i was so great. you know, it's really kind an iconic part of our season, something that our community looks for.

2. so it's just such a great opportunity to continue to enjoy enjoy the outdoors for our our sport enthusiasts, skiers and riders. her 8 right? >> the new or expanded season for kirkwood is may 1st and for heavily. it's april 24th. dave spahr is here with your forecast. it's going to be a little chilly friday. >> touch. that's right. after their little system comes through for tonight. tomorrow, by the way, sending it back up to the mountains donner summit of the roads. look okay. with all of this should mention there's a little chance of maybe a my little mild little dusting overnight, but nothing. much major. we're hoping into next week from the rain we get here. that goal get a little bit more up there in the mountains. but having said all that, here's how it looks like in the forecast looking at some mixed bag of sun and clouds both tomorrow and into monday tuesday. there we go. got some snow working as we're going to have rain here on the home front temperature. check for your 30's up to the north bay. 42 san francisco, a mixture of 40's 30's off to the east bay.

44 meanwhile, for san jose on the big map, this is what we're talking about. basically time overnight for us to good timing on that. it's mild today. notice will be a little cooler on the other side of all of that, noting the winds on shore, they are little pop happens here. so solano county and off to the east bay. you'll feel that little pop here late this afternoon into the overnight and then by tomorrow, we're left with a little bit of an on shore breeze at that will be a nice recovery into our next system. gets here tuesday, which will protect the field the overnights wednesday morning. a bit on the chilly side. okay. so let's do this. that's overnight. this is what we're watching upstream on tuesday morning. so be monday night tuesday affair pretty nicely time there over your tuesday morning commute by bill. but by on the wet side, there we take a breather. just about all week. interesting on thursday, we're going to keep this dry for now. we have to have some amendments later on and then a pretty good substantial hit happens here next weekend. so there's some traffic upstream to look forward to. hopefully we'll get something out of that action. 4 zone forecast for

your saturday. 61, san francisco to the coast will do around 60 62 checking in for burning game, getting to the southeast number. start moving a little bit here. finally, 67 palo alto, also redwood city in the south bay. we brushed to the lower 70's. we won't do this tomorrow. but today, 71 san jose, 69 cupertino, east bay shoreline to the south omo 70 in almost 70 as you can see off the pleasanton livermore even climbing up to walnut creek at 68. 61 for berkeley. don't forget, these will all be reduced on sunday. 62 of allay 67 fairfield napa. 65 santa rosa checks in at 66 7 day game plan. 64 tomorrow. so there's the drop from our system, bringing us some showers overnight, very widely scattered. we should mention and we do it again monday night into tuesday. back to the lower 70's finishing off the week. that's before the next system gets here on the weekend and watch these lows here. we've got to tuesday. 39 and don't forget tonight, you've got a spring forward officially 02:00am sunday.

theresa. yeah. >> well, thank you very much day. well, these can be very difficult times, right, dealing with inflation, high gas prices. but now there is a new way for anyone who'sh feeling discouraged to get some words of affirmation from kindergartners students from west side elementary have started a new project. the project is called pep talk and we're joined from the teacher who came up with the idea. just good market. hi, jessica. >> i hate to see you. nice to see you, too. thank you for joining us. and so. >> where did this idea come from? >> this is a project i with my fellow artist and teacher airways. and we have both worked with kids over the last few years and to the pandemic the 2 best decided to collaborate on a project to really celebrate these children who you through wildfires in a pandemic. an

not to mention the trials of even growing up have an incredible to a box of coping mechanisms and advice and that they need to share with the world. they're absolutely incredible. and we said and these really need to share their joy. and there was done with the world right now, especially with that being as dark as it is right now. and it is certainly very dark with so many issues. and i. >> you know, didn't even mention ukraine and what we're saying that catastrophe over there. so how does the program work? let's say, for example, i get off the morning news here and i need a little pep talk because, you know, i got up so early. so how does it work? >> well, and there's 2 elements to it. there's some some flyers that we have all over town. and the our home town of healdsburg and they the kids made motivational flowers, flyers with little

tear off steps some. maybe it says hope for you. and there's a little tear off steps say hope on the bottom. you can tear one of those off and put it in your and then the other element is the hotline. and you can call that hotline and listen to the kids. voices giving you pep talks and words of wisdom and it's absolutely adorable and also incredibly profoundly moving as well to to hear these kids. we've been hearing from people all over the just saying how it has really made their day. and we were getting over and 11,000 calls an hour last i just got word that are hotline. the current number crashed. and we have a backup number. would you like share it with you? you know, will put that up on kron 4 dot com so that people can, you know, take the time to go and write down the

number. >> but it in the meantime, i mean, tell me some of the words that the kids say. i mean, you know, empathy is something that we try and strives parents to tell our kids in that kind of stuff. but actually watching them in action is really quite even veteran. it kind of is a full circle right? you know, when we presented this project to the kids, the only product that we gave them really. that was imagine think of a where something it was just a hard time for you. and someone gave you some advice or something. but you figure it out on your own. what what would you like to share with the world and everything that they say on the hot lines completely unprompted. these are things that come from their own life experience. that some say things, you know, the kindergarten, for example, they decided to say something altogether. and the work together to decide. and they

keep trying, don't get that. other kids, you know, it ranges from you can do it, too, bro. you look great 2. i trust you to make things right. so and pretty incredible advice from these kids. >> and how long do you think that you're going to keep going with this? >> we hope to just keep it up indefinitely. we i sounds like we secured some full sponsorship and that should at least get us through. and this time of really high call volume. and and then we're also getting some donations from very generous callers. and that should help us be able to pay for the hotline fees for and as long as as long as we can. i mean, i i hope we can just keep this up forever. >> when jessica martin, thank you very much. we'll put all

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>> from the area's local news station, you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at >> and good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 morning news on this saturday. i'm theresa it is, of course, march 12th. we have a lot to get to this morning, but let's start with your weather. and when it's going to be like for the rest the weekend, a spar with us. >> yes, good morning. 3 say good morning, everybody. and for the shot that we have there, you can see the fog is in retreat. here's what we've got at the golden gate bridge lifting off as well as we go, at least to a sunny morning. and then by the afternoon we'll get some clouds trying to sneak back in here again, to fill things up. look, donner summit. i still have that up there, too. so not a whole lot of snow on the ground, but maybe we'll be able to add to that a little bit for the week ahead. temperature check for you. those chilly 30 still hanging on up in the north bay. 43 for napa for antioch, a 42 for livermore and we're already bouncing to 50 36 chilly degrees by contrast. still for

half moon bay, give you a quick comparison sake. we're still trailing off towards the peninsula. san francisco a little bit contrast with some of the inland spots which are catching up now upstream, this line of what looks like rain at this point coming to us in the form of some scattered showers. nicely timed overnight. so you can get what you got to get done today. and tomorrow. well, some scattered clouds involved in this, by the way, tomorrow. 65 by 12 by 3. we're talking also 65, although some areas will be able to manage at about 70 already by 3 o'clock to up in the north bay in the peninsula. some scattered clouds will be developing coming up a little bit. we'll take a closer look at all of that and what you can expect. plus, some of the rain chance in the next week to recent. thank you very much. dave was a body of an unidentified child, was found and were sent. >> and it may actually be a missing bay area girl. hey, where police say that they have been looking for 8 year-old sophia mason since tuesday. sophia's mother, samantha johnson, was arrested thursday night on several charges in both of these

incidents. the missing child in the body found in them are sent home are now part of a bigger investigation. kate phillips has the latest for us. >> said police have cleared the scene now, but this home behind me is where the say a body of a girl was found. now earlier this week, police in hayward are arrested. a mother who has a missing daughter and they say that that mother is connected to an address over here on this street. they ultimately got a search warrant and searched the house for said police did confirm with us. the woman arrested smith johnson is the mother of missing 8 year-old sophia mason. she was taken into custody and is now in the santa rita jail and ada county on unrelated charges. police have not released the identity of the child found or the age just that that child was a girl. both of these incidents, the missing child in the body found in this moore said home are now being actively investigated. but police have not officially said if there's connection between the rest of the woman in hayward and the

body of the unidentified child found in the home or said police say a word or s led them here. soviet was last seen him or said on february 10th. the view is grand mother told police that she and her mother frequent areas or said hayward in cities in southern california. we asked police how long the body was in this house. they said they could not answer that at this time. reporting are sad. i'm kathryn philips. >> well, the fbi in the pleasant hill police department is asking for your help to try and find a teen who's been missing since january 15 year-old brandon abbott went missing from his home in pleasant hill on sunday. january 16 p has not been seen or heard from since abbott is described as 5, 6, weighs about 107 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes and wears braces. if you recognize him or if you have any information you're asked to contact your local police department or the san francisco division of the f b, i. and new this morning, all

westbound lanes of highway 80 in oakland are back open this after a fatal crash. shut them down. chp says that the crash happened round the of 5.80, and the highway 80 split just before about 2.30, this morning. this is video from citizen app showing the backup that they crashed cars. now chp doesn't know exactly how the crash happened, but we will be providing more information we can get into the newsroom. and turning now to the latest developments in ukraine. a senior russian diplomat is warning that moscow could start targeting western weapon shipments. now, the diplomat says that russia considers the u.s. decision orchestrate the shipments, a dangerous move and they say that the action itself makes the shipments a target. yes, coming as russian ground forces close in on kyiv. britain's defense ministry says that russia is about 15 miles away from the center of the capital city. they say that a daily intelligence briefing suggest that the russian military is trying to

encircle the capital. and back here at home organizations in san francisco are trying to raise thousands of dollars for refugees fleeing ukraine. they're hosting a free benefit concert today featuring dozens of performers in golden gate park and kron four's. camila barco is live in the newsroom with more on it. hi, camilla. good morning, terry. so well, we're here at golden gate park where it's all going to go down today. >> there's going to be dozens of performers and even ukrainian dancers that are going to take center stage here at the music concourse. and while there's going to be a lot of entertainment, organizers say this is their way of showing support to the people of ukraine because today they are trying to raise money for the people in that country now throughout the bay area in the last few weeks, tnere have been plenty of rallies where people are standing in solidarity, solidarity with ukrainians. the country has turned into a war zone. russian forces have

fired missiles across the country killing thousands and a nation. officials say that as of friday, more than 2.5 million people have been forced to flee the country. the majority of them are women and children and 2 million other people have been displaced out of their home. today's concert is going to be raising money for world central kitchen and that money is going to food relief for the people who are in ukraine or on the borders of the country that are also fleeing. >> really despondent and not knowing what to do. so this is a great way to not only just going to bay area show its support financial, what's already done. a great job of doing. but really this is a chance to to bring your body out to show your love for the ukraine people by by coming up and coming together in this space. >> now the benefit concert starts at noon and goes until 04:00pm. here are details of today's concert will be held at golden gate park at the

music concourse. all you have to do is just look for the ferris wheel at the park. now the concert is free. anyone can attend, but organizers say people can donate to the cause online and you can donate to the cause using that link on your screen right there. now, organizers say that they will be passing out about 500 sunflowers. they say that is the country's national flour. and lately it's been a symbol ofh and resistance. back to you. camila. thank you for that report. >> coming up on the kron 4 morning news, a new bill could help uc berkeley get around a court order how the bill would let the university increase enrollment numbers. plus, u.s. senate bill hopes to suspend the country's gas tax and why some lawmakers say that there are better ways to drive down the cost of gas. and very good news. major league baseball teams will get to play the season. why the news is exciting. and for more than just the players.

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>> baseball is back after the second longest work stoppage in baseball history. 99 days, the players and owners reaching an agreement, meaning the major league baseball season is set to start april it's music to the ears of businesses surrounding stadiums all over the country. one word they're telling us relief. it's a lot of not only for >> the in the rest of the owners. it's really for my staff making sure they're europe, for people who will be hiring after a pandemic and the economic pain of lockdowns and other restrictions. restaurants like the big stick in washington, dc say they can finally focus on something good. >> meanwhile, james powell heard about the deal reached on the players were contract and immediately headed to the stadium to see if he could get his job back. jetted out his arm get in is out and see what's going on inside and see what spot us. but i have i don't care what it all money.

that's all i'm at is america's pastime up and running now. giving hope to those who make the fan experience a home run. >> that was evan lambert reporting for us. the giants will play the marlins on april 8 right here in san francisco. >> lots of sunshine going on for your saturday as temperatures reach the middle to upper 60's. even some areas popping about 70. now we do have some scattered clouds late in the day, hinting at some overnight showers. look at your forecast a bit. 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?

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>> it's saturday, 8.14, and we have another time for a check with meteorologist dave spahr giving us a closer look at those blue skies. so we're looking over there right there on the san mateo bridge right? yeah, that is beautiful. they're going on. and we have some last minute. fog still kind of churning around the bay area. good morning, theresa. good morning, everybody. this the east bay shoreline still covered up a little bit. it's the mixing process. and sometimes, you know, what does that? >> it spreads out a little bit, but it's in the process of going away. so we'll see a lot of sunshine to kick in the early morning hours. then by the afternoon, some cloud cover starts to build this guy out here in the west. and an opportunity for some overnight showers scattered about is how we have to freeze it, though. temperature check were everywhere from 37 santa rosa to 55 or antioch. 49 santa rosa. nice variety of temperatures that will come a little closer together as the day wears on. 42 san francisco, a chilly 38 that would have bay. we do have an onshore wind as part of the

program handing it over to future cast for here is the afternoon clouds will begin. p% we go into nightfall overnight. here is a couple scattered shower opportunities here in early into tomorrow morning. still, then we'll spend part of the day at least trying to clear out and still lingering into monday. looks like monday morning. as you can see. so some cloud cover there. meanwhile, the winds on shore, they are they pop a little bit up to solano county off to the east bay a little bit here. not real intense, though. there's no wind advisory that's been posted in the direction is a good one being on shore. that also acts as a climate control and it will be a little cooler on the baciside of all of this when it plays out. so sunny, early variable clouds for the afternoon. here's the morning fog over the east bay shoreline here. scattered showers overnight. that's nicely timed then for tomorrow, a few early showers, variable clouds linger here in cooler temperatures with all of that, too. now what's going on next week? let's carry some of those clouds into monday. then monday night into tuesday. that's a little rain opportunity. this is going to be better hit more coverage

area, little heavier. that's good news. wednesday through friday, sun and clouds mixture and we climb back up to the 70's beyond, you know, make it pmaybe get up to the middle 70's, too. 61, san francisco, 64 for oakland, 71 san jose again across the wider bay. that gives you an idea about the variety, but places such as 59 for half moon bay. little cool there. but again, upper 60's to lower 70's to be found off to the east bay and in the south bay and the bit. we'll have the 4 zone forecast for you and check out of that extended get more details on this shower opportunity for tuesday. theresa, hey, thank you for that. while there may be a way that uc berkeley it. >> those additional 2600 undergrads. after all, a court ordered enrollment cap. and that meant that those students would not be able to attend this fall. but now legislators in the state capitol introduced a bill to retroactively prevent any court ordered cap kron four's. dan kerman reports for us. >> legislation just introduced in the state capitol, but

retroactively prevented court from capping campus enrollment. thus wiping out an existing court order which would have prevented uc berkeley from admitting several 1000 additional undergrads this fall. we did not feel that we should penalize those poor 5,000. >> a 5,000 students working to get admissions letters just because of this court case. the bill's author, san francisco assemblyman phil ting calls that court order draconian the legislature and the governor have been really pushing uc csu in the community colleges to increase enrollment because we have a 2 million. 2 greece shortfall for the long term. and the only way we're going to close that gap, is it universities like berkeley can increase enrollment in, especially pushing them increased enrollment for california's teens says the bill would also require universities to add staff and faculty alongside students when projecting future enrollment in a long-range development plan. >> it would also allow an institution 18 months to

correct a plan if a judge rules, that plan is incomplete. so that's very critical. burke was never offered that remedy by the court. in a statement uc berkeley says we appreciate the efforts of state leaders to seek a legislative solution. but for some this bill fall short, the legislature in their hurry to try to accommodate. >> you see, i'm maybe i'm making things worse. instead of better fullback avoid with the group's a berkeley neighborhoods brought forward. the initial lawsuit that led to the court ordered enrollment cap. he says the university has been a bad neighbor and has consistently increased enrollment without having enough housing. he says the spill makes a bad situation worse. we've with 3,000 more students than we had in 2020. and all of the students are going to be trying to find housing in berkeley and it's going to displace even more. >> well into ranch. then we've displaced and the pass the senate and assembly budget committee will review the bill

on monday. >> then it goes to both houses for a vote. if passed, it goes to the governor's desk. if he signs it, that would mean that uc berkeley enrollment cap. >> could be lifted before the end of next week. dan kerman kron, 4 news >> well, san francisco will welcome 3 new school board members. this after that big recall last month. mayor london breed officially sworn in and shoe manny mota needy. and lisa wiseman ward at a ceremony friday. all 3 women are public school parents with diverse backgrounds. mayor breed says that after interviewing several candidates, she felt this trio would be the best suited to address the several challenges the district is facing, including closing a significant budget deficit hiring a new superintendent and helping guide the district out of the pandemic. >> we're not saying school renaming is an important in looking at the history of some of these names and having a educational moment to have a

discussion about what that means. we're not saying that's not important. but getting our kids back in school is important. making sure they and our teachers are safe is important. making sure that they thrive. >> each new member will serve the remainder of the vacated term on the board and then all 3 seats are up for election. this coming november. well, it's been 2 years since the world health organization officially declared the covid-19 pandemic. and at that time the virus had spread to more than 100 countries. and more than 4,000 people have died. now, 2 years later, johns hopkins university officials saying that there has been over 450 million covid cases worldwide. and more than 6 million people have died. well, happening today in california, schools throughout the state are going to be lifting their indoor mask mandate. the state will instead recommend wearing masks in schools instead of requiring them. but students

and staff will still have to mask up while riding any kind of public transit. governor gavin newsom says that he made the decision to drop ihe mandate because of declining covid-19 case numbers and hospitalization rates. but students in oakland they are going to have to keep wearing their masks in classrooms through april. 15th, the oakland unified school district is saying that it is keeping the mandate in place because they are concerned about a potential surge after spring break, the mandate applies to all students, staff contractors, volunteers and visitors. the district will also be handing out rapid at-home covid test kits before spring break. well, still ahead on kron 4 morning news, los angeles is getting ready for the critics choice awards. and we'll have you some information about what to expect right after the break.

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what a critics choice awards is this sunday. and the rsvp list is overflowing with big names of nominees and presenters. and sam rubin has more from hollywood. >> we begin with what could well be an incredible transformation. this port, a cache here at the fairmont century plaza hotel will be turned into one of hollywood's busiest and most star-studded red carpets. take a look at some historical footage from the hotel opened originally the 20th century backlog in the mid 1960's. it was a

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welcome back to kron. 4 morning news that start this half hour with a look at the forecast today. spar in the weather center with the very latest. it's going to get chilly right? >> it took little chilly to. yeah. we're waiting for a couple of bouts of some rain showers. good morning, theresa. good morning, everybody. and early on, we're still dealing with some of this fog in the east bay shore long as you can see, although it's clearing up a nicely well inland and elsewhere is the fog starts to the park here now, upstream. we'll see some scattered clouds develop. that's from this line. you see here and some cooler temperatures on the backside of that. some your sunday won't be as warm as today and will probably see more in the way those variable clouds working their magic to. here's the breakdown for you today. 65 at high noon by 3. we're at 66 in some inland spots will still manage to get near at about 70 or so current checking the temperatures were 37 up to santa rosa 40's over most of the real estate. but a couple pockets of 50's here in their 50 for hayward. and 55 for antioch, half moon bay just wanted to jump up to 41

against the being in the 30's. so warming up nicely so coming up in a bit. we'll have your 4 zone forecast for you, the extended and we'll talk about more about this rain shower opportunity to recent sounds like a deal. thanks, jeff. >> well, with gas prices at record highs across the country, an increasing number of governors and state lawmakers are calling for the suspension of gas taxes. there is also a call for the gas tax holiday at the federal level. our washington correspondent reshad hudson has more for us. >> as gas prices continue to rise their bills in both the house and senate that would suspend the federal gas tax until the end of the year. ohio congresswoman joyce beatty says working class people need some type of relief. i felt my car the other day. and when i saw the sticker shock of of what it i think that personally support anything that helps and most republicans on capitol hill are against the idea of suspending the federal gas tax and call it a short term fix.

>> i don't think removing the gas tax is going to achieve what the desired end is is to bring bring the price down. west virginia senator shelley moore capito says the government needs the $0.18 per gallon collected from the gas tax to gasoline tax dollars or what maintain make our highways safe. brandon arnold with the national taxpayers union agrees a gas tax holiday is not the right solution. he says the best way to drive down prices is more domestic production. we need to bring additional supply our mind. we need more production of gasoline. >> if we're going to lower costs, but the white house says the administration isn't stopping companies from producing more oriole. a 9,009 use permits. they have the. >> the capacity they need. even so white house press secretary jen psaki says president biden remains open to the idea of suspending the gas tax reporting in washington. reshad hudson and speaking of gas prices, uber is going to start charging more because of rising gas

prices. >> you have to pay about 45 to $0.55 surcharge for rides in about 35 to $0.45 surcharge for uber eats deliveries. now the starts wednesday. march. 16th, the fee depends on where you live. uber says that all of the money will directly go into workers. pockets. the surcharges will be in effect for at least 60 days in the company says that will decide on whether to extend them. >> and kron 4 is your local election headquarters of filing deadline for candidates who want to run against gavin newsom and the california governor's race was yesterday. >> and many notable republicans, well, they actually decided not to run. the election is going to look a lot different from the recall. our capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala has the latest. >> good evening, everybody. as governor gavin newsome, eyes reelection, this year's primary ballot will look nothing like his recall last september hours before the candidate filing deadline.

former san diego mayor kevin faulconer officially announcing he will not run for governor. he joins the long list of serious republican candidates who last year ran to replace the governor now unwilling to run against him. this is an enormous commitment to run for governor. and if you're not all the way there. >> it's better that we have candidates that are ready to take the big democrat machine here. the latest development leaving the republican party with one candidate in the upcoming race with some name recognition. current state senator brian dolly, i'm not some smooth talking wine salesman. the republican party will endorse their candidate for governor at its convention later this year. senator galley has been an amazing advocate in sacramento, not just for his constituents, californians all over this state. >> we see other candidates that come from, you know, business background have served our and maybe so. we have a lot of opportunities here. and another last-minute decision, bay area, author, environmental activist and

former democrat michael shellenberger filed to run as a no party preference candidate. >> so i'm running because i'm absolutely heartbroken by the humanitarian homeless disaster occurring on our streets. but it will be an uphill battle for candidates like shellenberger and dolly going up against the political goliath. that is gavin newsome. the latest campaign finance data shows newsome has 24.8 million dollars in the bank. the latest statewide data shows 46% of registered voters aligned with newsom's democratic party. well, 24% are republicans and 22.9%, no party preference. so what do you say to those who say gavin newsome has a walk in the park ahead of him? we don't know that we're at a turning point until after >> after and i truly believe that california might be at that point. and we think that with great candidates, the right message and solutions to people's problems, that there's going to be a lot of crossover voting. i don't think that anyone should view this as a walk in the park. >> that was ashley zavala reporting for us. we reached out to governor newsom's campaign for comment, but i have not heard back the

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stressed and they need help. and now the oakland zoo is stepping in to help out the oakland zoo has donated $10,000 so far to an emergency fund to support animals and the people dedicated to keeping them safe. now, one of the biggest zoos in ukraine is in kiev where terrified animals are suffering. now, this is the oakland zoo executive on how they are trying to do what they can. >> you know, at this point, it's about food. it's about medical care. it's about the potential ability to move animals out of these desperate situations, whether it neighboring poland or other places. but what we do know like many other disasters, it doesn't resolve itself in the near term. it will take months and even years after institutions to rebuild and certainly for the chair of the animals. we all know what it's like to have our own suffer. and at this scale, it really is tragic. so anything people can do.

>> if you want to help, we put up a link on kron 4 dot com to get more information on how you can help out the animals in ukraine. >> and here's a look at how our high temperatures should be for today. we've got middle to upper 60's with some lower 70's is a possibility too. big issue is waiting for a few passing showers overnight. better shot, though early into next week. comi

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>> dave spahr is here with our forecasts. it's a went 8.44. >> and 40's 8 seconds morning, teresa. good morning or a beautiful picture behind you there, too. as you can see, a nice view of the bay. we're taking care of some of this fog in the east bay shoreline. how about that? so we go into a mostly sunny morning by the afternoon, though, some scattered clouds are working to the forecast as well when it's in the upper tahoe. real quick because this we're looking for the next few days by tomorrow. already some variable clouds kind of left over will do the same thing on this is kind of more of a bonanza, although i'm lookiog at the timing of this, it looks to be pushed a little bit to monday night, but that's ok as long as we get it, the timing may push off and peel off of tuesday a little bit as we go forward temperature check for we have 37 stop the santa rosa. most of the geography is in the 40's. we've got 50 for hayward. 55, meanwhile, for antioch. so the big high pressure kind of protecting us a little today, kind of mild, but upstream, the system will drop south and has a few showers. but the bigger issue

will be some cooler temperatures on the backside of all of that until we get that next hit that gets monday night. tuesday winds will be on shore. we expect that that's part of the program. they pop a little bit up to sonoma county, a solano county excuse me. off to the east bay. these numbers are little pronounce more than maybe what we see. there's no wind advisories and again being on shore wind, it won't be as dry as its predecessor was last week. we actually lose the winds as we get into monday afternoon to before this next thing gets here. so let's talk about all of these the traffic coming our way. first, things first tonight that plays out. okay, whatever. there we go. monday night into tuesday morning. so maybe in your morning commute might have a little bit the way of some wet roads potentially we another one coming up our way thursday right now will keep variable clouds. all right. but that later here comes yet another hit to look out for next weekend. so the wet season is not done just yet. we'll take all these opportunities. 4 zone forecast your saturday. but on the cool side, though, 61 san francisco at the coast

lower 60's, some 50 sneaking in here. and there 61 millbrae burlingame, 62 foster city. 65 palo alto. 67, some lower 70's down here in the south bay, hiding out. 71 for morgan hill, san jose. 69 cupertino back to the upper 60's east bay shoreline. not quite the decoupling between temperatures more the winter pattern. so we don't see a big difference going on from the bay to those inland locations. 69 looks like out rob the tri valley. 68 walnut creek. 69 conquered and 62 allay 67 fairfield 65 for napa and santa rosa at 66. so tonight, the little rain, opportunity and so forth. all right. and they were looking a win here on monday night into tuesday. temperatures get up to about 70 or so get smacked down again. it's for the lows are going to feel another opportunity will be into next weekend. by the way, to the slow start to bounce around a little bit here worth noting. so it could be some chilly morning low. still to deal with and 40's cover us at the coast. and don't forget, as we spring ahead, technically

there's not going to be any to am's going on tonight. so you want jump ahead to 03:00am we get to 2? >> well, these can be very difficult times, right, dealing with inflation, high gas prices. but now there is a new way for anyone who's feeling discouraged to get some words of affirmation from kindergartners students from west side elementary have started a new project. the project is called pep talk and we're joined from the teacher who came up with the idea jessica martin. hi, jessica. >> i hate to see you. nice to see you, too. thank you for joining us. and so. >> where did this idea come from? >> this is a project i with my fellow artist and teacher airways. and we have both worked with over the last few years and through the pandemic. the 2 best decided to collaborate on a project to really celebrate these

children who you through wildfires in a pandemic. an not to mention the trials of even growing up have an incredible to a box of coping mechanisms and advice and that they need to share with the world. they're absolutely incredible. and we said and these really need to share their joy. and there was with the world right now, especially with that being as dark as it is right now. and it is certainly very dark with so many issues. and i. >> you know, didn't even mention ukraine and what we're saying that catastrophe over there. so how does the program work? let's say, for example, i get off the morning news here and i need a little pep talk because, you know, i got up so early. so how does it work? >> well, there's 2 elements to it. there's some some flyers that we have all over town. and the our home town of healdsburg and they the kids

made motivational flowers, flyers with little tear off step. maybe it says hope for you. and there's a little tear off steps say hope on the bottom. you can tear one of those off and put it in your and then the other element is the hotline. and you can call hotline and listen to the kids. voices giving you pep talks and words of wisdom and it's absolutely adorable. and also incredibly profoundly moving as well to to hear these kids. we've been hearing from people all over the just saying how it has really made their day. and we were getting over and 11,000 calls an hour last i just got word that are hot the current number crashed. and we have a backup number. you like share it with you? you know, will put that up on kron 4 dot com so that

people can, you know, take the time to go and write down the number. >> but it in the meantime, i mean, tell me some of the words that the kids say. i mean, you know, empathy is something that we try and start his parents to tell our kids in that kind of stuff. but actually watching them in action is really quite even veteran. it kind of is a full circle right? you know, when we presented this project to the kids, the only product that we gave them really, that was imagine we're think of a where something it was just a hard time for you. and someone gave you some advice or something. but you figure it out on your own. what what would you like to share with the world and everything that they say on the hot lines completely unprompted. these are things that come from their own life experience. that some say things, you know, the kindergarten, for example, they decided to say something altogether. and the

work together to decide. and he keep trying, don't get that. other kids, you know, it ranges from you can do it, too, bro. you look great, too. and 2, i trust you to make things right. so and pretty incredible advice from these kids. >> and how long do you think that you're going to keep going with this? >> we hope to just keep it up indefinitely. we i sounds like we secured some full sponsorship and that should at least get us through. and this time of really high call volume. and and then we're also getting some donations from very generous callers. and that should help us be able to pay for the hotline fees for and as long as as long as we can. i mean, i i hope we can just keep this up

forever. >> when jessica martin, thank you very much. we'll put all of the information on kron 4 dot com so you need a little pep talk. you can get one easily. okay. thank you so much. thank you, jessica. have a good weekend. you as well. you're watching kron 4 on this saturday will be right back. okay jack, these recipes aren't gonna create themselves. it's crunch time! but first, it's heinz dip & crunch time! i'm dipping into the latest innovation by combining heinz secret sauce and potato chip crunchers

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station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at no. >> on kron on on beautiful saturday. 9 o'clock in the morning, we've got daylight savings that we have to deal with. but that's tomorrow. right now we have a lot to get to this morning, but let's go over today's farm. find out what the weather's going to like for the weekend. well, good morning, theresa. good morning, everybody. see the fog peeling away from the shot. there are also the golden gate bridge to we're going to be left with essentially sunny skies for the morning hours. >> as we go into the afternoon, we'll get interrupted by some scattered clouds reminding us of that little opportunity for some overnight showers. how about this to the east bay shoreline also lighting up nicely too, as again, the fog starts to peel away temperature. check for you. got some movement now. 55 for antioch. 43 for a half moon bay. 56. meanwhile, san jose got 40's up in the north bay. we're tired. the 30's compared to 24 hours ago. still some cool spots. they're trailing around oakland, san francisco, a little up to the

north bay inland, doing a little better in the south bay, too. this line that you see to the left hand side of your screen. that's what's going to happen later on today with some variable clouds, an opportunity for some showers. developing tonight. this is going to favor the north bay, san francisco, oakland points to the north. not so much in the south bay, although it's not impossible. 67 at 1 o'clock by 4 63, again, some areas reaching in around 70 going on today. tomorrow, a little cooler and we'll have some variable clouds leftover bore kind of really waiting for another opportunity for some rain. much better occurring on monday night tuesday. we'll get more of that coming up in a bit. teresa de, thank you for that. with the body of an unidentified child was found in merced, said. >> and it may actually be a missing bay area girl. hayward police say that they have been looking for 8 year-old sophia matt mason. >> since tuesday, sophia's mother, samantha johnson, was arrested tuesday night on several charges. both of these incidents, the missing child and the body found in merced said are now part of a bigger

investigation. and kate phillips has the latest for us. >> we're said police have cleared the scene now, but this the home behind me is where the say a body of a girl was found. now earlier this week, police in hayward are arrested. a mother who has a missing daughter. and they say that that mother is connected to an address over here on this street. they ultimately got a search warrant and searched the house for said police did confirm with us. the woman arrested smith johnson is the mother of missing 8 year-old sophia mason. she was taken into custody and he's now in the santa rita jail and ada county on unrelated charges. police have not released the identity of the child found or the age just that that child was a girl. both of these incidents, the missing child in the body found in this summer said home are now being actively investigated. but police have not officially said if there's connection between the rest of the woman in hayward and the body of the unidentified child found in the home or said police say a word or s led

them here. soviet was last seen him or said on february 10th. the view is grand mother told police that she and her mother frequent areas around said hayward in cities in southern california. we asked police how long the body was in this house and they said they could not answer that at this time. reporting or sad. i'm kathryn well, the fbi and the pleasant hill police department are asking for your help to try and find a teen has been missing since january. >> 15 year-old brandon abbott went missing from his home in pleasant hill on sunday, january 16th. he has not been seen or heard from since abbott is described as 5 foot 6 wing about 107, 7 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes and gray says if you recognize him or you have any information, you're asked to contact your local police department or the san francisco division of the fbi. and now turning to the latest developments in ukraine. a senior russian diplomat is warning that moscow could

start targeting western weapon shipments. the diplomat says that russia considers a u.s. s decision to can't orchestrate. the shipments is a dangerous move. they say that the action itself makes a shipment to target this coming as russian ground forces close in on kyiv. britain's defense ministry saying that russian is about 15 miles away from the center of the capital city. they say that daily intelligence briefings suggest that the russian military is trying to encircle the capital. and back here at home organizations and san francisco are trying to raise thousands of dollars for refugees fleeing ukraine. they are hosting a free benefit concert today featuring dozens of performers in golden gate park and kron four's. camila barco is live at the park with more like an l a. good morning to you. so those performers are going to take center stage here at the music concourse at golden gate park. >> the cars starts in a few

hours and there's going to be a lot of entertainment today. but organizers say that this is their way to show support for the people in ukraine because this concert, it's really about raising money for the people in that country. now, over the past few weeks, we've seen several rallies take place all over the bay area where people show their showing their solidarity. and standing start standing in solidarity, solidarity with ukrainians. now the country has turned into a war zone. russian forces have fired missiles across the country, killing thousands united nations officials say that as a friday more than 2.5 million people have been forced to flee the country. the majority of them are women and children and 2 million other people have also been displaced out of their homes. today's concert is going to be raising money for world central kitchen and that money is going to go to food relief for the people who are in ukraine or are trying to flee the country. >> yourself as a mother

carrying your children and your possessions suddenly displaced a hot and well prepared meal is what this money will buy. those people a moment of hope what's going to be a very long journey. >> now the benefit concert starts at noon and goes until 04:00pm take a look at your screen here. the details of today's event. it will be held at golden gate park at the music concourse. just look for the ferris wheel here at the park. now the concert is free, but organizers say that people can donate to the cause online. you can go to the link on your screen. s f for the number for ukraine dot org. now, theresa, if you do come out here to the concert, organizers have 500 sunflowers on hand. they say that is the country's national flour. and they say that that flower has been a symbol of hope and resistance. theresa, back to you. camila, thank you for that. coming up on kron 4 morning news. a new bill could help uc berkeley get around a

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>> uk, about 9.10, on this saturday. new this morning, all westbound lanes of highway 80 in oakland are back open after fatal crash up and down. a chp telling us that the crash happened near highway 5.80, and the 80 split that happening about 2.30 this morning. this is video from the citizen app showing the backup the crash caused. chp doesn't know exactly how the crash happened. we'll bring you more information as soon as it comes into the newsroom. cal trains services still seeing impacts after a train crashed into work equipment on the tracks. and there are the tracks. and there are still many questions about how justin campbell has the latest from the same. at a press conference friday afternoon. and ntsb spokesperson. >> says the southbound caltrain was going 60 miles per hour when it collided with 3 construction vehicles. fortunately they were able to get out of the way because if anybody hits stay there. >> they would not have

survived. bruce landsberg with the ntsb says the train engineer blew the horn, applied full braking pressure before slamming into the construction vehicles that were working on electrical project. >> altogether, 13 people were injured with non-life-threatening injuries. i was horrible. i for double. he wasn't on the train, but his girlfriend was and got out safely. the ntsb says a safety mechanism designed to prevent these type of accidents called positive train control was on but didn't work. >> the answer is we don't know but i can guarantee you we will find out. >> there's a lot we need to understand about what happened here and what went wrong. just so we can ensure that put policies in place that it does not happen again. >> ntsb spokesperson goes on to say it will take 12 to 18, wants to get a final report today. have a cause on exactly why this crash happened.

reporting here in san bruno. >> justin campbell kron, 4 news >> starting to peel away that fog leaving behind mostly sunny skies, climbing up to the upper 60's going on inland, even some lower 70's that that little opportunity for shower overnight. but a little bit more into early next week. your forecast is next. kron 4 morning news next. kron 4 morning news continues. 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

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>> well, it's 9.14, on this beautiful saturday, as you can see behind me with the san mateo bridge. it looks pretty nice this morning, really foggy, but days here to tell us a little bit more about it. >> hey, good morning to receive. good morning, everybody. also peeling away that fog in the east bay shoreline. look at that off towards the distance. now it is. so we go to a mostly sunny mode for look at the today. going on here late in the day. yes, some clouds redevelop got a front. our backyards going cool. temperatures down. little chance. maybe see a little sprinkle or shower going on overnight and that's about it enough to dirty up the car. so maybe you want to wash the car today. so temperature check. we've got the 40's going on the map here. 43 for half moon bay. 55 san carlos, though. 56 for san jose. 60 already for antioch. but most ratings are pretty much in the 40's and just approaching up 50. here's a look at futurecast for there. the scattered clouds late in the day. then by tonight with some showers already working in here again, they will be spotty and scattered about, as you can see through the

overnight a little bit into tomorrow morning as well. we clear that out. we have some variable clouds on balance for your sunday lingering a little bit into monday. but monday night's what gets interesting for another hip. now we do have some winds of pop a little bit here. this particular model tends to push or over exaggerate. a look at the little bit. we have wind advisory, but we like the direction it's on shore. not always a cooling effect. it tends to be more moist since we don't get dried out as much as an offshore wind hint like we had last week about this is what we have all the way up to about monday. so the winds do settle down until the next system gets here. putting this all together for you today. it's basically sunny early variable clouds for your afternoon. scattered showers going on overnight. there's a favoritism basically from a line. san francisco open and points north. then tomorrow, a few early showers going on back to a variable, cloudy gain. a little cooler as temperatures are going to be that well in the middle 60's the next week, monday, variable clouds got away for the tuesday rain thing that plays out monday through wednesday through friday where sun and clouds mixture and of

particular note on thursday here might add a couple raindrops on that. i think it's juice here. but for right now, it's variable clouds on your thursday. temperatures do popping about 70. it looks like by the time we get to the end of the week, then the weekend, the storm or traffic. 61, san francisco, 64 for oakland, 71 san jose. so it's a reminder will be some spots that reach around 71 or so. again, we're noting this rain shower opportunity will be basically central bay in north, not as much in the south bay. coming up a little bit here. we'll have the 4 zone forecast for you and check out of that extended to theresa. thank you very much day. well, it's been 2 years since the world health organization officially declared the covid-19 pandemic. >> and at that time, the virus had spread to more than 100 countries and more than 4,000 people have died. now, 2 years later, john hopkins university officials saying that there has been more than 450 million covid cases worldwide. and more than 6 million people have died. happening today in california. schools throughout

the state are going to be lifting their indoor mask mandate. the state will instead recommend wearing masks in schools instead of requiring them. but students and staff will still have to mask. couple riding public transit. governor gavin newsom saying that he madk the decision to drop the mandate because of declining covid-19 cases and hospitalization rates. students in oakland will, though, have to keep wearing their masks in classrooms through april. 15th, the oakland unified school district says that it is keeping the mandate in place because they are concerned about a potential surge after the spring break, the mandate applies to all students, staff contractors, volunteers and visitors. the district will also be handing out rapid at-home covid test kits before spring break. you can leave your vaccination card at home. next time you go out in san francisco on friday, the city dropped its requirement for people to show proof of vaccination or a

negative test. kron four's amanda hari was at balboa cafe in the marina district getting some reaction for us. everyone i spoke to said they're excited to see the drop of another mandate and that was reflected by all the people that turned out. you can see them all behind me here. the manager even told me they had their biggest friday lunch rush of the year, that you're ready. >> at the elbow, a cafe in the marina district staff was removing proof of vaccination sites, proof of vaccination or a negative test is no longer required in restaurants, bars or gyms in san francisco. it is a burden off our shoulders is an extra step that came to. >> got added to our duties in, though we're happy to protect to the community. it's kind of nice to have some normalcy back here about, well, a elbow, a cafe manager, sam stein says this change may even convince more people to frequent the restaurant. there are definitely people who just didn't want to deal with the

hassle of remembering where that picture on your phone was getting the app, customers were able to walk through the doors and to their tables without showing any documents. nicole garlic was having dinner at the restaurant. she says she's happy to see another mandate dropped. it's exciting and happy. but this is lift that, you know, just save me from the hassle. i'm i am vaccinated. but, you know, just not haviag to deal with the half of according to the city website, 83% of san franciscans have completed the vaccine series. >> cameron johnson says this endemic stage is starting to make life feel more normal feels good because i just get on the car right now and i forgot my mask. so it does get to go to come. not a mask or shirt, but he says he will continue to be careful. still definitely like prioritizing like. my hope is that like watching my hands and everything, but just a few should already be doing. you you still need to show proof of vaccination or a negative test at large scale events

that have more than 1000 people and any business can choose to enforce those rules as well. in san francisco, amanda hari kron, 4 news on the city of berkeley is following they no longer require proof of vaccination or a negative covid-19. test to enter restaurants, bars or gyms. >> that is also due to the high vaccination rates in covid cases and hospitalization rates dropping. >> businesses in the city can decide if they want to keep the mandate or not. berkeley's health departments still recommends wearing a mask at those places. well, still ahead here on kron 4 morning news, african students fleeing from ukraine say the bay. >> faced discrimination when trying to escape the country and one student tells us what happened when he tried to board a train leaving.

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>> there may be a way that uc berkeley can admit those additional 2600 underground. after all, a court ordered an enrollment cap. and that meant that those students would not be attending this fall. but now legislators in the state capital introduced a bill to retroactively prevent any court order, cap kron four's. dan kerman reports for us. >> legislation just introduced in the state capitol, but retroactively prevent a court from capping campus enrollment. thus wiping out an existing court order which would have prevented uc

berkeley from admitting several 1000 additional undergrads this fall. we did not feel that we should penalize those poor 5,000. >> a 5,000 students working to get admissions letters just because of this work is the bill's author, san francisco assemblyman phil ting calls that court order draconian the legislature and the governor have been really pushing. >> uc csu in the community colleges to increase enrollment because we have a 2 million. >> 2 greece shortfall for the long term. and the only way we're going to close that gap, is it universities like berkeley can increase enrollment in, especially pushing them increased enrollment for california's teens says the bill would also require universities to add staff and faculty alongside students when projecting future enrollment in a long-range development plan. >> it would also allow an institution 18 months to correct a plan if a judge rules, that plan is incomplete. so that's very critical. >> burke was never offered that remedy by the court.

>> in a statement uc berkeley says we appreciate the efforts of state leaders to seek a legislative solution. but for some this bill fall short, the legislature in their hurry to try to accommodate. >> you see, i'm maybe i'm making things worse. instead of better fullback avoid with the group's a berkeley neighborhoods brought forward. the initial lawsuit that led to the court ordered enrollment cap. >> he says the university has been a bad neighbor and has consistently increased enrollment without having enough housing. he says this bill makes a bad situation worse. we've with 3,000 more students than we had a 2020 and all of the students are going to be trying to find housing in berkeley and it's going to displace even more. >> well into engines. we've displaced and the pass the senate and assembly budget committee will review the bill on monday. >> then it goes to both houses for a vote. if passed, it goes to the governor's desk. if he signs it, that would mean that uc berkeley enrollment cap.

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>> it is almost 9.30, welcome back to the kron. 4 morning news that start the half hour with a look at your forecast with dave spahr. the golden gate bridge looks nice but some fluffy clouds out there

right at the fog clouds or you go. i got a fluffy. i got that. okay. good morning and reason. good morning, everybody. >> live shot coming in the east bay shoreline to there. you see it all lit up nicely as we do. take care of some of this morning. fog going to mostly sunny mode at first and then the clouds kind of roll on in late this afternoon into this evening. there they are off to the west. so get a little time to develop. this gives us a little rain opportunity overnight. a couple scattered showers at work here and will be lingering around a little bit tomorrow that will drive some winds and some cooler temperatures on the backside of all of that. so some of you folks may pop up about 70 for a high well inland today, but most of the real estate will be in the upper 60's for highs. again, noting some of those variable clouds by your late afternoon temperature checks, 60 already for antioch, a mixture of 40's and 50's across most of the big board here. 43 coming in for half moon bay forecast today. 61, san francisco, oakland, 64, but again, inland getting to about 71 san jose. coming up a little bit here. we'll take a look at that 4 zone forecast and the extended as

well to recent day. thank you for that. well, among the people trying to flee the violence in the war. >> in ukraine or afghan after african students. they say that some of them are experiencing racism and discrimination at the border and bay area. political leaders are speaking out about the situation. kron four's and dune has the story for us >> house >> on not crossing the ukrainian border to poland was devastating because of the discrimination along the way, says 25 year-old alexander a college student from nigeria who documented his experience trying to evacuate to safety after russia began to defense discrimination was hard to keep. >> keep station. >> he says with the african students arrived at the train station in kyiv, they were told only women and children could board should okay. >> that's fine. votes. biden

to take that we don't wind up actually in a cold. some of case. >> as the evacuation from ukraine escalated. several reports emerged of nonwhite residents getting stuck at borders. yes, i've seen videos. i'm very familiar with the accounts that are coming out of great some east bay. political leaders are raising their voices to call attention to the treatment of black people tried to flee ukraine. they may be workers in the country have been i'm not allowed to get on the trains and the buses, the kind of discrimination was evidence is terribly wrong. the oakland city council is also taking official steps in an upcoming resolution that reads in part, quote, it affirming the sovereignty and democratic tenants of ukraine. the city of oakland also affirms its commitment to basic human

rights, including the rights of all people displaced by violence and war to find safe refuge. we are calling on the president of the ukraine. >> to denounce any discriminatory practices that are impacting black residents. according to an ap report, the ukrainian ministry of foreign affairs denied allegations of discrimination and said the country had been operating on a first come first serve >> how is it that you cried for news? >> well, the state department is warning american citizens against traveling to join the fight and ukraine. this after the ukrainian embassy in washington reported about 6,000 inquiries mostly from americans. department officials say that it's very challenging to that many of the applicants and about half are rejected immediately because of age lack of experience or criminal record. now adding that to their additional personal risk, american citizens risking u.s. national security by entering

ukraine becoming targets a cent. back here at home, brentwood police are searching for a person who tried to steal an atm. police say that the person used a stolen tractor to rip the wells fargo atm from the wall. businesses nearby say that they suffer damage crews have been working throughout the day trying to make repairs and kron four's. rob nesbit reports on how locals are reacting to the crime. what police are asking from the public. >> the suspect got away with the atm that was here just before 05:00am before businesses were open here at this brentwood shopping plaza. no one was around. so police say no injuries occurred. the locals were surprised to hear about the crime. broken glass, a rip taunting stolen atm. also, i was shocked that the damage was obvious around this wells fargo atm location friday morning. >> brentwood police say it started when the suspect stole from a construction site west of highway 4. >> i had taken 3. tractor

commonly referred to as a tele hand or someone that has the a forklift on the front. police say the suspect used a tractor to rip the atm from the wall in an attempt to get away with the money inside. we've actually recovered the approximately 200 >> grad nick says the atm was compromised but isn't sure if any money was stolen. police found the stolen tractor in an open field near highway 4 o i was just really surprised that they were able to pull something like camilla has lived in brentwood for 15 years and came to the shopping plaza friday to see the damage for herself. she wonders of the sharp rise of the u.s. inflation rate is to blame for the crime. >> the gas prices are, you know, skyrocketing some thinking people are just really getting desperate for money, too. you know, survive. >> even if desperation is the motive, police say the thief was risking serious injury to themselves and others bring in a tractor in that size is not only unsafe. >> pretty brazen. >> police are reviewing security camera footage that caught the suspect in the act.

but no arrests have been made. police are asking anyone that may have witnessed the tractor theft where the atm theft to contact the brentwood police department in brentwood. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. well, man was shot in an attempted robbery thursday night in san francisco. police say that the incident took place in the area forth and clara streets around 7.20, the suspect approached the victim and demanded his phone when the victim refused. the suspect shot him and fled. the victim was taken to a hospital. he is expected to be ok and police continue to look for the suspect. >> you see hoover street here. officials say it's one of the most dangerous streets in all of los angeles. and now. >> a close call for a reporter at our network station in los angeles. as you can see here

in the video, jean king was doing a live report in los angeles when they hit and run happens just a few feet away. he's okay. his partner behind the camera is okay as well. kang was covering a story about a father who pushed his family out of harm's way in a deadly hit and run accident. that happened late last month on the same street in south los angeles. officials say that car crashes have doubled in that area since the pandemic started. well, with gas prices at record highs across the country and an increasing number of governors and state lawmakers. well, they're calling for the suspension of gas taxes. there are also calls for a gas attack tax holiday at the federal level. our washington correspondent reshad hudson has more. >> as gas prices continue to rise their bills in both the house and senate that would suspend the federal gas tax until the end of the year. ohio congresswoman joyce beatty says working class people need some type of

relief. i felt my car the other day. and when i saw the sticker shock of of what it i think that personally support anything that helps and most republicans on capitol hill are against the idea of suspending the federal gas tax and call it a short term fix. >> i don't think removing the gas tax is going to achieve what the desired end is to bring bring the price down. west virginia senator shelley moore capito says the government needs the $0.18 per gallon collected from the gas tax to gasoline tax dollars or what maintain make our highways safe. brandon arnold with the national taxpayers union agrees a gas tax holiday is not the right solution. he says the best way to drive down prices is more domestic production. we need to bring additional supply our mind. we need more production of gasoline. >> if we're going to lower costs, but the white house says the administration isn't stopping companies from producing more oriole. a 9,000 unused permits. they have the.

>> the capacity they need even so white house press secretary jen psaki says president biden remains open to the idea of suspending the gas tax reporting in washington. reshad hudson. >> and speaking of gas bird will start charging more because of rising gas prices. you have to pay 45 to $0.55 a surcharge for right or for rides. and 35 to $0.45 of a surcharge for uber eats deliveries now this starts wednesday. march 16th, the fee depends on where you live. uber says all of the money will go directly into workers pockets. the surcharges. we'll be in effect for about 60 days. and then the company will decide whether or not to extend them. all. major league baseball is back and that is especially welcome news for businesses which rely on fans filling ballparks across the country. evan lambert visited national park in d c and reports that the players

aren't the only ones excited to get back to work. >> line the left coming up all. >> baseball is back after the second longest work stoppage in baseball history. 99 days, the players and owners reaching an agreement, meaning the major league baseball season is set to start april it's music to the ears of businesses surrounding stadiums all over the country. one word they're telling us relief. it's a lot of not only for >> the in the rest of the owners. it's really for my staff making sure they're europe. for people who will be hiring after a pandemic and the economic pain of lockdowns and other restrictions. restaurants like the big stick in washington, dc say they can finally focus on something good. >> meanwhile, james powell heard about the deal reached on the players were contract and immediately headed to the stadium to see if he could get his job back. that jetted out

his arm get in is out and see what's going on inside and see what spot on the head. but us i don't care what it laws of money. that's all i'm at is america's pastime up and running. now. giving hope to those who make the fan experience a home run. >> the nationals park well, that was evan lambert reporting for giants. while they are going to play the marlins on april 8th here in san francisco. well, coming up on kron 4 morning news at 9. 41 kindergartners in the north bay are trying to bring a smile those who feel them. >> how i hotline is helping encourage others.

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good news for those who loved to embrace winter sports in the sierra heavenly ski resort and kirkwood will be expanding their season. it may seem odd because there hasn't been much snow. >> but thanks to that wind fall in december and some other small storms resorts are able to keep the lives going. that is incredible news for those who love to cash in on spring in the sierra. >> it's not uncommon for for sierra snowpack to last that long and we were excited that this season so far been, you know, we that record snow storms december. is that what set us up for this? so we just can't wait to people guess this late in the spring spring schemes and i was so great. you know, it's really kind an

iconic part of our season, something that our community looks for. 2. so it's just such a great opportunity to continue to enjoy enjoy the outdoors for our our sport enthusiasts, skiers and riders. >> now the new expanded season for kirkwood is may 1st after heavily. it is april 24th. dave sphar is here. it's going to be cold up there. i guess that's the samara fell richmond bridge right now. yeah. does it look cold there? kind of cool the lots of sunshine there. look at that. the traffic just picked up theresa. i mean, like a minute ago, there's like nobody on there. then all of a sudden tv time when theresa, good morning, everybody. and speaking of the mountains, by the way, here's donner summit. >> and we don't have much in the way of snow, as you just heard earlier, windfall cashing in on snow. yes, we have some upstream going onto. we talk about rain here in the home front. they're gonna get some snows up there. not so much happening tonight, but upstream as we get to monday night into tuesday. here's how it looks like 40's 50's and back down to 47 kind of sense that front moving through with

all temperature correction. so while we have some rain opportunity here for monday night into tuesday, they're getting some snow up there, too. so that's kind of nice there. 40's and 50's over the board for right now, 60 and antioch at this hour. 56 san jose. 43 meanwhile to santa rosa, what's going on for right now? taking a breather until this first kind of weak moisture system comes our way. it's going to be cool on the other side. but drive some winds but not a lot of precipitation with that. we'll take it mild before it gets here and they want to drop south will get those winds cooking on shore. they are. there's the coverage area. this is by saturday night tonight about 9 get past the witching hour. there's going to be too much going on overnight, but just a rain opportunity into tomorrow morning. we'll be left with some variable clouds for your sunday afternoon and even into monday. let's look at the whole thing in total. i did talk about a couple of opportunities here. first of all, what happens tonight? all right. that plays out. oh, look at that. that's as we get to monday tuesday. so we have little opportunity there. wait, there's more thursday's

like, you know, whatever, ok, we'll get back to you on that one. but boom, here we go next weekend. that's a juicy one. so hopefully that holds because another opportunity for rain to the wet season. not done yet, even though we're in march. here's a look at your 4 zone forecast. checking things out. 61 san francisco, 60 ish along the coast to upper 50's. so still kind of the winter's chill, burlingame. 62 popping some upper 70's upper 60's rather is we get down south. meanwhile, the south bay, a couple token, lower 70's 71 for san jose. also 69 cupertino, santa clara, 70 upper 60's on the east bay shoreline, tri valley at 69. so just sub 70. but you might pop a few 70's out there. 68 to walnut creek. 61 for berkeley, the late host 62 67 fairfield map it 65 66. santa rosa. temperatures move around a little bit with all of this. we've been talking about to get this first system. cooler for your sunday. here's this better chance of a shower we may pop in about 70 and then slide just a little bit kind

of quiet for the rest of the week until we get to the weekend. that's we're looking for another system and 30's. we'll still revisit those and 40's for inland lows. and don't forget tonight, we spring ahead. i know it was an hour's sleep officially at 02:00am. so there won't be any to am's going on tonight. >> well, these can be very difficult times, right, dealing with inflation, high gas prices. but now there is a new way for anyone who's feeling discouraged to get some words of affirmation from kindergartners students from west side elementary have started a new project. the project is called pep talk and we're joined from the teacher who came up with the idea jessica martin. hi, jessica. >> i hate to see you. nice to see you, too. thank you for joining us. and so. >> where did this idea come from? >> this is a project i with my fellow artist and teacher airways. and we have both worked with over the last few years and through the

pandemic. the 2 best decided to collaborate on a project to really celebrate these children who you through wildfires in a pandemic. an not to mention the trials of even growing up have an incredible to a box of coping mechanisms and advice and that they need to share with the world. they're absolutely incredible. and we said and these really need to share their joy. and there was with the world right now, especially with that being as dark as it is right now. and it is certainly very dark with so many issues. and i. >> you know, didn't even mention ukraine and what we're saying that catastrophe over there. so how does the program work? let's say, for example, i get off the morning news here and i need a little pep talk because, you know, i got up so early. so how does it work?

>> well, there's 2 elements to it. there's some some flyers that we have all over town. and the our home town of healdsburg and they the kids made motivational flowers, flyers with little tear off steps some. maybe it says hope for you. and there's a little tear off steps say hope on the bottom. you can tear one of those off and put it in your and then the other element is the hotline. and you can call hotline and listen to the kids. voices giving you pep talks and words of wisdom and it's absolutely adorable. and also incredibly profoundly moving as well to to hear these kids. we've been hearing from people all over the just saying how it has really made their day. and we were getting over and 11,000 calls an hour last i just got word that are

hot the current number crashed. and we have a backup number. you like share it with you? you know, will put that up on kron 4 dot com so that people can, you know, take the time to go and write down the number. >> but it in the meantime, i mean, tell me some of the words that the kids say. i mean, you know, empathy is something that we try and started his parents to tell our kids in that kind of stuff. but actually watching them in action is really quite even veteran. it kind of is a full circle right? you know, when we presented this project to the kids, the only product that we gave them really, that was imagine. >> we're think of a where something it was just a hard time for you. and someone gave you some advice or something. but you figure it out on your own. what what would you like to share with the world and everything that they say on the hot lines completely unprompted. these are things

that come from their own life experience. that some say things, you know, the kindergarten, for example, they decided to say something altogether. and the work together to decide. and he keep trying, don't get that. other kids, you know, it ranges from you can do it, too, bro. you look great 2. i trust you to make things right. so and pretty incredible advice from these kids. >> and how long do you think that you're going to keep going with this? >> we hope to just keep it up indefinitely. we i sounds like we secured some full sponsorship and that should at least get us through. and this time of really high call volume. and and then we're also getting some donations from very generous callers.

and that should help us be able to pay for the hotline fees for and as long as as long as we can. i mean, i i hope we can just keep this up forever. >> when jessica martin, thank you very much. we'll put all of the information on kron 4 dot com so you need a little pep talk. you can get one easily. okay. thank you so much. thank you, jessica. have a good weekend. you as well. you're watching kron 4 on this saturday will be right back. first psoriasis, then psoriatic arthritis.

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helped save was the son of patricia in the shelter worker who fought to keep her from being euthanized. complete full circle right now. netflix is adopting ruby's heartfelt tale into a movie called rescued by ruby. so sweet, right? a nice positive way to end the morning here on kron 4 morning news. but let's go to the seven-day right day. >> yes, there you go. we change clocks tonight. don't forget, don't forget that. such a chance of rain coming on tuesday as well. so enjoy.

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