>> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at 7. >> plus, good morning, everyone. and thank you for joining us here at kron. 4 morning news. i'm theresa it's march 13th. we have a lot of news for you today, but let's get us started looking at the weather and i was a little surprised to have so much rain this morning and kind of some slick roads. high day. >> hey, good morning, theresa. good morning, everybody. it's the 13th, but it's not friday. so that's good news there, sunday on that front, somewhat roads as exactly to deal with the list around the immediate bay. they're a bit now we're going to see those skies open up a little bit through today. a little bit better. opening up jobs you'll see in the east

bay and portions up in the north. a little bit more sluggish for san francisco and now to and sonoma counties. here's the golden gate bridge for you live and off to the distance. you can actually see some clouds start to break through there a the fog is coming up in spots here, east bay shoreline. it's a kind of socked in from this vantage point. so we will take that note and notice how in the east bay, it's not as a parent but peninsula, particularly along the coastal areas. more of that typical fog we get in the morning hours like this and that again will mix out by 10 o'clock. we'll get to what the sky conditions are in a bit. but 50's across the region for right now. that's kind of mild is that my imagination know it really is. doesn't degrees or better ahead of where we were yesterday because we were clear to start off. so the clouds act as insulation. little bit of a rain event to help is a climate controlled but upstream, we're looking for clearing out skies, at least to the east bay. little bit more, a little slower off to the peninsula. san francisco in towards points west. so taking that by noon,

we'll start to see the sun coming out in earnest. it looks like in the afternoon again favoring the east bay a little bit. but con iderable clouds compared to yesterday. high temperatures a little bit reduced lower 60's. now this is kind of a teaser cocktail hour, if you will. more rain is expected early next week. we'll get into more of that in a bit. and theresa, thank you very much. dave was an intense search this morning for a suspect wanted in the murder of an east bay girl. >> the family of sophia mason is speaking out after police discovered a child's body are sent home. the girl's mother now arrested on a murder charge and the woman's boyfriend is on the run. kron 4 s amanda, amanda hari spoke to the girl's grieving family. >> sophia was one of the most bright and bubbly children that you ever come eat. she was always >> 02:00pm mason's family worries. you never hear who again. melissa harris is sophia's mother's cousin. she

says the little girl lights up every room she enters. there's a lot of sadness mixed with anger and just not what happened and where the failures in the system occurred. she says she and other family members had made reports to children's protective services. >> about sophia's will be, but there was never enough for the agency to remove her from her mother's care, wearable. >> because at this system completely failed me. and i've been fighting for her for over a year. and will johnson is sophia's aunt and the sister of her mother, samantha johnson. >> she says she fought for custody of sofia the last time she saw her was late summer of 2021. she took these photos of bruises on sophia's arm. when sophia was asked what happened, she was shaking. she was never she said, please don't ask me, my mommy will get matt. i'm ok, i'm ok, she wanted to take sophia to the emergency room while her mother, samantha was gone. but

she was worried she could get arrested for kidnapping sophia. so she reported i cried for her. i i still i missed. >> and months of work trying to fight for emerald johnson reported sophia missing to police after talking to her sister on tuesday. >> since then, samantha johnson has been arrested on a charge of murder after he led police. 2 little girls, body him or said home or said police are now looking for this man. dante jackson, he samantha's boyfriend and lived in the home. police say he is on the run. her family is hoping someone will see him and called police. they also want to raise awareness about missing and abused children of color. i know a lot of kids like sophia fall through the cracks. even reports are made. >> you know, harry reporting for somerset county coroner's office is working on positively identified the body of the child that was found. the family believes that they will have an answer by tomorrow and placer county

deputies are continuing their search for missing. 26 year-old from sacramento. this is a picture of karina blue. they say that she was last seen on green valley trail. that sun all to on friday afternoon. alta is near auburn. deputies say that they had 80 searchers from different agencies, including search dogs looking for blue on the trail yesterday, lewis described as a white female 5 foot 4 180 pounds with dark brown, hair and dark brown eyes. they say that she was last seen wearing a black shirt and pants. deputies are asking the public to stay away from the area they are using search dogs and that could compromise their work, especially if the dogs, lou lose their scent. we're turning now to the latest on the war in ukraine. a missile strike in the with western part of the country killed at least 35 people. russia carried out the strike at a military base where its troops trained with nato forces. the

base is located in a city that is about 19 miles away from poland. ukraine says that russia fired more than 30 missiles. meanwhile, russian forces continue shelling in downtown mary opal. that is a ukrainian port city. the city's mayor says that more than 1500 people have died since russia invaded efforts to evacuate civilians to deliver food were canceled on saturday because of ongoing showing ukrainian officials says a russian soldiers blocked a humanitarian convoy headed to the city and stole from another doctors without borders say that some residents are dying from lack of medicine and they say that the city has been without water and medicine for over a week. now. as many as 12 missiles struck iraq's northern city of erbil yesterday near the u.s. consulate. now, that is according to iraqi and u.s.

officials us a defense official said the missiles were likely launched at the city from neighboring iran. now no injuries were reported. a second u.s. official says that there's no damage at any u.s. facility and that there is no indication that the target was a consulate building, even though an iraqi official initially said several missiles had struck the u.s. consulate. well, coming up on kron 4 morning news, the average price of gas keeps rising as we all know, bay area drivers tell us how they're dealing with such soaring prices. plus, the ban on russian oil is leaving a gap for the u.s. to fill why some lawmakers say it's forcing the country to do business with countries that commit crimes. >> against humanity.

>> and some breaking news right now for you overnight in the south bay, san jose police are investigating a double stabbing that left 2 adults with life-threatening injuries. police say that it happened on gold street just after midnight. police have closed off nearby streets will have some updates as soon as they come into the newsroom. well, in the east come, police are looking for the person who shot 2 men in the fruitvale district. the shooting happened yesterday just after 01:00am on fruitvale avenue. police say that they found one man with at least one gunshot wound at the scene. and they say that the other man was also shot. but he was able to take himself to the hospital.

both of the man's injuries are considered non-life-threatening. if you have some information about the crime, please call the oakland police department. well, spring break. it's just around the corner and tsa is asking travelers to be respectful during the busy time for airports. travel volume is expected to increase by 90%. the agency is asking travelers to please follow mask and liquid guidelines for a fast security experience. passengers are asked to leave lots of travel time to safely make their flights. all officials are extending that requirement for masks on planes and public transit through mid april. the mandate was set to end on friday, but tsa says that the extension allows the cdc more time to develop targeted policies considering covid cases and the risks of any kind of new variant. now the decision is getting mixed reviews ahead of spring bright travel. officials say that they will revisit the requirement to see

if another extension is needed. i don't like the covid. it's dangerous, but i'm tired of the mask. >> and everybody's inoculated. i really don't see the necessity anymore. >> again, that requirement stretches into april. >> alright, for today. we're a kind of battling little bit more cloud cover than we did from yesterday. might get a little isolated shower very early today, but clearing up to be in the east bay. it looks like this afternoon. we're looking another batch of rain coming our way early into the week. looks at the what season has started to roar little bit forecast is

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>> time for another check of the weather with meteorologist dave spahr. he's right how's it was little wet. yeah, a little bit when we talk about right, it's not your fault. yeah. well, it's not my fault. i you know, when it we need it anyway. >> so when we have more, that's the good news here. we that's the good news here. we have some work of an upstream here we have the overcast skies a little bit here and the fog that you can see kind of settled in place. there's the golden gate bridge. and again, that's what we're

looking at now. we're going to see some clearing occurring a little bit later on for today in the east bay, but that's what we had from overnight upstream. this is what's coming our way. that will be for tomorrow night and into tuesday. that's a bigger shoot, a kind of fall. most the readings into the 50's. 46 for santa rosa, 50 for san jose. 53 going on for livermore. futurecast for a few leftover sprinkles and such that clears out. and we'll see some sun a little bit in the east bay this afternoon. just taking a breather now by tomorrow, we'll be clear to the south at first dawn and then up to the north. we have all that cloud cover. but this is what happens tomorrow night and into tuesday. another batch of rain coming our way. this looks a little bit more substantive than what we experienced already lingering. it looks like into tuesday morning. so considerable clouds today, an isolated shower cooler and then an early into the week we've got rain showers early week warming to midweek, 70 ish into next weekend. rain returns. this also looks like a little bit better. what we

had for the overnight cool yet again. but that's okay because we get some more rain, all of us or what season still hanging on just a little bit for today. we got the considerable clouds going on that we're see some better clearing off to the east bay inland, mostly cloudy, isolated showers. 60 62 going on for oakland, partial late day clearing and then for san jose. 66 a mixed bag of sun and clouds mid 60's off to the east bay. lower 60's lining up the east bay shoreline. 64 santa rosa in san jose at 66. coming up, we'll have the 4 zone forecast for you and check in to the extent of theresa day. thank you for that. with drivers continue to see prices soar at the pump right? >> data from triple a shows that the average price of gas is $5. and $0.74 this morning. now kron four's did gail on tells us how bay area drivers are holding up. >> from >> pump to pump ask anyone they'll agree. prices are going up. >> a gallon of gas is almost

$6 at this chevron station in san francisco. drivers shelling out anywhere from $84 too. >> one on. >> 95. >> in the east bay, you can expect similar prices, gas stations in martinez and charging 5.99 a gallon, according to aaa. as of saturday, the national average gas price is $4.30 5.73, statewide. that's about $0.70 more than last week. the culprit behind it. the russian invasion of ukraine. experts say gas prices are expected to keep rising unless something changes geopolitically with what's happening in impacting crude oil prices. >> we don't really see this inning until at least probably q 3, maybe later this fall. >> back in san francisco, the sticker shock is making this driver changes. lifestyle habits, know necessary spending right now.

>> uncertainty. i think it's the, you know, the word of the day or the word of the year this year. so, you know, got to you've got to have that thank you. note. >> that was well as you can and drivers can use the app gasbuddy to search for the lowest prices in the area in the newsroom. gayle ong kron, 4 news. gayle, thank you for that. state lawmaker is demanding more transparency from the big oil companies about. >> how much it actually costs to produce gas here in california state senator ben allen from redondo beach introduced a bill that would force the state's 5 largest refineries to disclose how much they spend on crude oil and how much it cost to actually turn it into gas. allen says that it's true that the state's environmental laws and gas taxes are part of why the cost of fuel in california's higher than in other parts of the country. however, he says that doesn't explain a long term price jump that started back in 2015 after an explosion at a refinery in torrance. well,

the sanctions on russian gas are causing the u.s. to do more business with some countries around the world with questionable policies. but as joe khaleel reports to us as always done business with unsavory countries and characters when it comes to oil. >> in the largest mass execution in recent history. the saudi arabian government announced executed 81 people all charged with various terrorism related crimes killed in core donantes with sharia law. the mass execution, a stark reminder of the challenges the u.s. faces today having to rely on countries with abysmal human rights records to supplement american energy is go going a girl. >> in dennis will arrive. or anywhere else. i mean, it's unbelievable. >> since president biden banned all russian oil and gas, republican lawmakers have criticized the administration for recent discussions about

filling the gap with oil from iran, venezuela and saudi arabia. that to me is one of the greatest lessons that we should be learning right now from what we're seeing in europe is that we can not be beholden to adversaries. congresswoman nicole malliotakis among other republicans tells news nation the administration needs to consider producing more american oil and gas. but there are others who say more drilling in the u.s. is not the answer. >> it is time we tell russia and saudi arabia that we do not need their oil any more than we need that caviar on the u.s.. and senator ed markey echo a number of -pdemocrats today that russia's aggression is exactly why the u.s. should stop relying on fossil fuels altogether and should get serious about investment in renewable green energy. he adds extend the oil and gas ban beyond just russia. >> i extended to all of the countries whose regimes engage in human rights abuses.

>> joe khalil reporting for us. still ahead on kron 4 morning news, the mlb's deal. it's good news for more than just baseball players. why ballpark workers say that the deal save them from losing out on a lot of money. well, bay

area baseball fans, a ballpark workers are breathing a sigh

of relief now that the major league baseball lockout has ended the league and the players association reached a collective bargaining agreement last week. >> the deal guarantees a full regular season and kron four's felipe gaal spoke with employees who can now focus on the season rather than looking for another job. >> major league baseball players were set to lose a lot of money if the owners lockout was prolonged. but really it was the ballpark workers who would have felt the pinch economically and emotionally when they didn't have in covid. it definitely hurt. fortunately, vendors like how gordon won't lose the work. think of it like they did during the pandemic. shortened 2020 season. instead, gordon, a phd candidate at uc berkeley. we'll return to the oakland coliseum when the regular season starts next month. that's where he has been affectionately known as how the hot dog guy since 2017. when you're a phd >> economics student. you

don't get a chance to get in front of a big group of people and make them smile. so, you know, that's something that i really in. it would have it would have been a real shame for that to to, you know, have gone away. carmen sandoval has been a maintenance worker at the coliseum for 22 years. we spoke with your last week when the league canceled the first 2 series of the season. >> and she feared she would struggle paying her bills. >> but now that burden is off planee was they very worried about that. >> there's money. >> every team has to. the prices to but now so happy. oakland athletics start their season with a 10 game road trip. >> and will host their home opener against the baltimore orioles. april 18 is exciting because the kick they can. >> and joy, there the whole

season to a how the hot dog die for the oakland a's is a really >> a privilege to job and i will do you know, as long as as i can. the san francisco giants open their season at home versus the miami marlins on april. felecia goal kron. 4 news. >> and it is almost 7.30. you're watching kron 4 morning news. we'll be right back.

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>> and welcome back to kron. 4 morning news on this beautiful sunday. let's start the half hour with a look at your forecast with dave spahr. he's in the weather center with the very latest. hide a hey. good morning, teresa. good morning, everybody. and starting off a little in the way that fog going on, too, because we just had a recent rain event. there you see the east bay shorelines covered up a little bit. this cloud cover will probably depart for us, particularly in the east bay this afternoon. but it's going to problematic for san francisco and along the peninsula. now upstream to the far left-hand side of your screen. that's monday night and into tuesday morning events. one of that rain event happening. it's bora brilliantly timed for the overnight hours. so that will be good news there. but as you can see, we're taking a break for this afternoon tonight. >> and a good chunk of tomorrow as well. the lowdown for today, this is inland. now seeing the skies open up for the east bay. it looks like in the south a little bit more problematic in the north bay marine sonoma counties, particularly san francisco in

the peninsula. temperature check inland will be in the lower to middle 60's on balance. currently, we're in the middle 50's. 47 up to santa rosa and 50 for san jose. not going to warm up as much as yesterday. so even though we're off to a warmer start, we're going to start sliding compared to the numbers we have from yesterday, even with the sun coming up. coming up a little bit here will be taking a look at the near forecast in the longer-range which has another bout of rain for you. don't you know, next weekend we'll get into that with your extended forecast 2 recent day. thank you for that. will russian forces continue their violent push into ukraine? >> the biden administration and congress are now taking steps to help where they can. the white house says the president has authorized another 200 million dollars in military assistance for ukraine. our washington correspondent basil john reports. >> the president is spending the weekend at camp david. but the vice president just came back from her trip in poland and says the u.s. will do whatever it can to defend ukraine. >> the white house says the president has authorized

another 200 million dollars in military assistance for ukraine. the united states stands firmly with the ukrainian people in defense of the nato alliance. just back from a trip to ukraine's neighbor and nato ally, poland. vice president kamala harris says what happens in ukraine should matter to all americans went to mock receives, threatened anywhere. it threatens. that's all and the ocean that separates us. will not leave us untouched. >> by this aggression. >> a bipartisan delegation of senators is in poland this weekend. they say to reaffirm the united states commitment to poland, ukraine and other u.s. allies. speaking to the democratic national committee meeting in washington, massachusetts senator ed markey says so far the u.s. response to the russian invasion is on target. >> we are so proud the president biden as aga nice our allies and isolating proven it is oil gox. some

republicans continue to argue the u.s. is not doing enough to help ukraine. >> and as russian forces continue to drive toward the capital city of kiev, board on local bond is a cool blue ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky says his troops have inflicted considerable losses on the russian invaders. so once vows ukraine will continue to fight more than 2 million ukrainian refugees have fled for their lives. the majority to poland. president biden has promised to welcome those refugees who wish to come to the united states, the u.s. and its allies continue to ratchet up sanctions against russia. vladimir putin and his cronies. >> they promised to continue to support ukraine as it tries to repel the russian invasion reporting in washington. i'm basil, john. >> well, the russian invasion of ukraine has created many questions surrounding the lack of nato intervention. the north atlantic treaty organization encompasses 30 countries with more hoping to get in. the military alliance was created back in 1949. for the west to face a threat from the soviet union. the alliance

pledges an attack against a members considered an attack against all nato countries. and ukraine's attempts to join nato. one of the factors experts say prompted putins attack on your crime. >> one thing that fusion really feels that his nation not a sense that nate who represents the strength of the west. >> lawmakers have fair ukraine's induction in nato would lead to a full-fledged war in europe. nato is boosting defenses and member nations to protect themselves from a potential russian attack. back here, a big ruling at a texas where judges halted investigations into texas families to provide gender affirming care to transgender children. the judge saying that governor greg abbott's order to do so is unconstitutional and beyond the scope of his authority. monica madden has the details for us. >> at the heart of this is one question. what is more harmful

to children? parents allowing their child to have gender reassignment when they are not fully developed yet. we're potentially taking away a parent's custody for doing so on friday, 3 different groups made it clear that they think the latter will be far more damaging. some told us this policy is directly impacting their mental health. >> some are telling us they have considered suicide out of family protective services hearing. some said transgender children and their families are being emotionally traumatized, hoping to appeal to the agency charged with directing these investigations. children will die because of governor abbott's order. meanwhile, the governor and attorney general have said gender reassignment surgery could be considered as child abuse under texas law. >> calling such procedures a horror resulting from misguided ideology. the governor did not take media questions at an event where he touted the state has an attractive place for businesses and workers. we view ourselves as partners.

>> with these businesses, but it came as more than 60 major u.s. companies joined parents defending trans children running a full-page newspaper ad that read discrimination is bad for business calling on the governor to end what they describe anti lgbtq efforts, the persecution of transgender kids and the people who love them is fundamentally wrong. >> that was monica madden reporting for us. one new cdc decision allows president biden and trump air border policy blocking unaccompanied migrant children at the southern border. real changes by the biden administration have already exempted unaccompanied minors while others seeking asylum returned away under a pandemic emergency rule. but a recent ruling against exemption by u.s. district court in texas would have forced administration to restart those expulsions. in a statement issued yesterday morning, the cdc terminated the emergency order as it relates to unaccompanied

migrant children. the move comes and that president biden from fellow democrats for continuing to send back families seeking asylum. well, coming up on kron 4 morning news, people are seeing the cost groceries rise due to that high inflation rate. and we're going to tell you some foods to try that could actually save you money. >> it's all coming up in a live report. you don't want to miss it. and the happiest place on earth is cracking down on no shows. the park's newest policy from disneyland. magic key holders.

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day period. then you're not allowed to make a reservation for 30 days. still, sometimes things come up as kris show hartson hurley and justin bethune discovered thursday we had planned on coming yesterday and we decided to cancel and we weren't able to. >> i guess, cancel enough time to free up for maybe somebody else to use we you know, a last-minute thing come up. >> and i think the deadline to cancel 11. 59 the day before and we missed it. so fortunately, we were able to do it. if happened a week ago, it wouldn't have counted against them since disneyland and quietly adopted a grace period before enforcing the new policy. but this week that grace period ended and disneyland says from here on out. >> people with 3 no shows within 90 days will have to deal with the consequences. so miss it now. yeah, like, oh, we don't want to we have too many times. >> disneyland has a blacklist.

the where highs today we've got 60's going on lower to middle 60's of that. we'll see some sun going on in the east bay. little bit more shy. however, the sun will be in san francisco peninsula. checking out your week on forecast the 4 zone. keep it here.

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and david is right there. yes, i am. >> that telling us all about going on here. you know, it wasn't that foggy when i drove and i know it's in spots that does that come in. so that from a uc berkeley, you know. not can council, but the east bay shoreline, usually. and there's all that up yesterday. but today, what's the deal? so we had some rain lot going on. you know, all that kind of stuff that's going make south. and we're left with some cloud cover still. but another batch of rain coming. so stay tuned. we've got more rain air early in the next week. and by next weekend mix this fog out the east bay particularly will see the sun come out a little bit. not as a good performance. my clicker is not working. so just stay there. don't go anywhere. and we are having some issues going on here with this. let me try this guy over here. all right. you to be went out there. yeah, this morning. that will my clicker is not working right moment to do it manually here. now i want to point out something here up in tahoe. you see

tuesday with some am rain going on there. the snow levels are going to be up to 7,000 feet in this thing here. so we're going to get rain at lower levels. plus winds the fast mover. it's not particularly a very cold storm system that we're going to get some of this, too, but is going to be rain, obviously in our area. good news on that. that's that first batch of rain i talked about. then there's another one coming on saturday. back to the fog was talking about with teresa. yes, it will mix out for us, but that will happen by say midday. we're looking for the skies to open up in the east bay. better then at the peninsula. temperature check for you at this hour. we're in the middle 50's. we're ahead of where we were this time from yesterday. cobb the up with this is we will not be as warm this afternoon as we were from yesterday because of the cloud cover the different air mass in front. so we have a chance. a little isolated jill shower going on for today. but the bigger deal is going to be clearing better in the east bay kind of sluggish in the peninsula. san francisco, let's get to tomorrow morning. and first light to the south bay. better clearing up in the north bay socked in by cloud cover. here comes that batch on monday night into tuesday

favoring the north bay. i know it's like the song is the same, but it's that rain in the north bay. we do see it scattering about elsewhere throughout the overnight into early tuesday. but that's the first hit. there's another one upstream. let's get a longer range forecast. okay. so here's monday night into tuesday, boom. we warm up a little bit scattered clouds on thursday yet which was more. but this is pretty juicy, though, upstream on saturday. there's the rainfall coverage. good coverage with all of that probably more quantitatively with that as well. that gets us into next weekend. your 4 zone forecast for this sunday, 60 per san francisco upper 50's going it at the coast as you will notice. 61 for burlingame millbrae around 60 62 foster city. 64 palo alto in the south bay member. we pop the couple little lower 70's forget today, but they will return soon. 66 san jose. 65 for cupertino in the east bay shoreline, which is all filled up a fog right now, but lower 60's also lower 60's off the tri valley. we don't see a lot of decoupling with temperatures in the east bay.

despite the fact you'll see a little bit more sun, then we will see elsewhere throughout the bay. 62 danville were san ramon, 63 walnut creek. 59 for berkeley. and billy, what 59 65 fairfield. 62 for sonoma and 64 santa rosa still got those chilly 50's at the coast. don't forget, we'll have a lot more in the way of cloud cover there. so highs popping about 70 for tomorrow. we do see that rain opportunity monday night through tuesday. then we get to thursday. more cloud cover and the rain possibility gets in here on saturday. notice the temperature reduction through all of this. so this is very much of the spring time forecast. but we still have our wet winter season in place. they thank you for that for your health this morning. inflation is now everywhere. >> and it's also reaching a 40 year high americans now rate inflation among their top concerns as it hits staples like milk ground beef and brent. but our health expert karen owoc has some tips to help beat this alarming growth of meat and milk flake. jen, good morning, karen, good

morning to reset our you. i'm very good. so i was at the grocery store yesterday and i was thinking, okay, i'm going by that. but not that because everything was so expensive. so what is your first tip when we talk about trying to deal with the soaring prices of meat. so number one, try to be more lagoons and less meat. >> and the there are super healthy because they're full of antioxidants. they're very colorful and they're all different colors in the the antioxidants are in the colors. so they're full of fiber, lots of nutrients. so it's a it's a boost to your diet. by eating more, the lake games. and they found that by the way, the league games include the beans, the lentils peas, peanuts and soybeans. so a great group of of of. a

fiber that you conclude in a lot of different things from salads. i like to always have like it >> a glass jar, container full of being. so that's easy to toss into a salad or as a side dish. and it's very handy to have around versus trying to open a can always have a nearby they're great in a cast rules and also in sioux since to use and >> snacks. last night i made a snack with chick peas and they're just roasted super easy. there there cajun style. so and this is this you can make for pennies really literally pennies versus maybe eating said the that's not so healthy like a potato chips which cost over like a $1.25. for a small back. right? wouldn't you put in your check pasted you put like to what did you put on top to roast at

all? >> had made it cajun spice mix and then just sprinkled it on top so that it's it's spicy. that is good to know. break it down for us. when we talk about how we can actually save money. and one question i had was can beans or like fresh paint. a check to soak the night before which i don't mind doing. but i just have to have a little bit more, you know, leave way. so what i found in it, you know that the other tip i have is comparison shop and i found that shopping. i did a comparison with safeway as well as target and actually tart can look at the prices safe way to 59 for can versus target, which is $0.99. >> and you break it down. cost per serving. if you go with the target, it actually breaks out to be the same beach

between the canned and dried cooking it yourself. so. if you want to save some time, you know, might as well go with the canned at that price. so really pays off to comparison shop. >> and not only that, but at the same time, we can stretch it out to even saving more money. when we talk about like swapping out things like chicken tenders and then go for maybe beans and rice are chilly and then add a little bit of tofu to increase protein right? >> right. and this is where i saw a really huge difference in price compared to safeway and target safeway that the chicken tenders. i don't know if you still have that screen you can pull up. between safeway 11. 24 for a pound for says target, which is 6.49. up. by the way, those costs per servings are based on the target price. so we're looking at that. and then at the rib eye steak 18 99 pound first is

target 14. 99. 3.75. so you still think at 3.75? for serving compared to the beans, which for just pennies liked what $0.29. so i'm really good way to reduce the cost of food. i mean it it is. i hear this all the time, especially for my veterans who who are on a fixed income. they're older, too, that they're looking for ways to go. you cut costs for their food we'll get really good nutrition. now, without a let's talk about milk because that a painful right now. i'm like searching everywhere from elk. >> so what other alternatives can we use continues oak milk. can we use soy milk? what is the best thing to do? so the best alternative is soin up >> the oat milk, the almond milks. they've really don't compare very well as far as protein. maybe only a gram of

protein whereas soy milk comes very close to the cow's milk. the other thing with cow's milk and other dairy cow products of unite cheese. those of those to that particular foods. cancer promoting heart growth. homer hormone called insulin like growth factor. one. so ideally to be able to start weaning yourself off cow's milk and start going more towards the soy excellent. and what about as far as syria right now? i mean, i >> chose not to have. cheerios yesterday, just because it's they were so expensive. yes, so this is also where i saw a real huge price difference. >> you know, try not to go with the sugar coat. it gets the cocoa. i use cocoa puffs and racing fan is an example there. you're paying for a lot of sugar and processing and

those 2, you know, fort $4.19, for 14 versus just regular good old fashioned oats is 3.99. and you get 30 servings at it that so too can have it hot or cold. so it some people don't like the cooked oatmeal, but you could also do it cold. i like overnight out. yeah, it has a little over right? exactly. well, thank you very much. we always appreciate all tips. >> especially right now because it is pretty brutal out there. >> it it is. so hopefully you can find some ways to not only boost your your health, but also reduce your expenses. i'm all for that with my family. but i think chilly. you know, chilly might be a good sunday evening. >> yeah, perfect. okay. 3 being chilly with the great alicia's which ones do like red beans, black beans and cooking. actually, i put all of them and and i also add

tofu. so i do press and crumble it and put it in an eye to eye. i taught a tofu one. 0, one class. i actually had some can't come to my class and sen, you know, i'm just coming because i love your classes, but i hate tofu. and at the end of the class, she says i love tofu. so if you're not a tofu stand, then give it a try he did because i don't like to there. there's it's just like me to make that there's just so many things. you can do though. good to learn. have a growth thank you very much, karen, for always putting us on the straight and narrow and well. with less. yeah, right. much you're watching kron on. we'll have more news after the break.

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>> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at >> and good morning and thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 morning news. i'm theresa it is sunday march 13th. we've got a lot of news to cover for you today, but let's get a start on your look for the weather with dave spahr. hide a hey. good morning to reset. good morning, everybody. we are dealing with all way some wet roads kind of lingering around. here's a live shot coming in from the golden gate bridge. >> at half moon bay, some water droplets on the lens as you will notice, kind of overcast skies, at least for now. this fog will clear out and the later morning yielding some partial clearing at least off to the east bay. >> in some portions of the north bay temperature. check for you. we're in the middle 50's to lower 50's. it's actually a little warmer this

morning than it was yesterday by more than a dozen degrees in many locations. this is because of the clouds and the rain that tend to moderate the climate a little bit. what we see again, upstream is some partial clearing, but the clouds will be very stubborn at the coast peninsula, san francisco and a good chunk of the north bay off to the east bay, though, here we go. clear not a little bit by mid afternoon. we're into the lower 60's. however, upstream we're looking actually 2 batches of rain for the next about 7 days or so. what season is not donald. get into that coming up in a bit theresa day. thank you for that. an intense search this morning for a suspect wanted in the murder of an east bay girl. >> the sophia mason, is speaking out after police discovered a child's body or said home. the girl's mother now arrested on a murder charge and the woman's boyfriend on the run. kron four's. amanda hari spoke to the girl's grieving family. >> sophia was one of the most bright and bubbly children that you ever come eat. she was always

>> 02:00pm mason's family worries. you never hear her voice again. melissa harris is sophia's mother's cousin. she says the little girl lights up every room she enters. there's a lot of sadness mixed with anger. >> and just not what happened where the failures in the system occurred. she says she and other family members had made reports to children's protective services about sophia's well-being. but there was never enough for the agency to remove her from her. mother's care, wearable. >> because at this system completely failed me. and i've been fighting for her for over a year. and will johnson is sophia's aunt and the sister of her mother, samantha johnson. >> she says she fought for custody of sofia the last time she saw her was late summer of 2021. she took these photos of bruises on sophia's arm. when sophia was asked what happened, she was shaking. she was never she said, please

don't ask me, my mommy will get matt. i'm ok, i'm ok, she wanted to take sophia to the emergency room while her mother, samantha was gone. but she was worried she could get arrested for kidnapping sophia. so she reported i cried for her. i i still that i missed. >> and months of work trying to fight for emerald johnson reported sophia missing to police after talking to her sister on tuesday. >> since then, samantha johnson has been arrested on a charge of murder after he led police. 2 little girls, body him or said home or said police are now looking for this man. dante jackson, he samantha's boyfriend and lived in the home. police say he is on the run. her family is hoping someone will see him and called police. they also want to raise awareness about missing and abused children of color. >> i know a lot of kids like sophia fall through the cracks. even reports are made. >> that was amanda hari reporting for somerset county coroner's office is working to

identify the body of the child that was found. the family believes that they will have an answer sometime tomorrow. now to the latest on the war in ukraine, a missile strike in the western part of the country killed at least 35 people. russia carried out the strike at a military base where its troops trained with nato forces. the base is located in a city that's about 19 miles away from poland. ukraine says russia fired more than 30 missiles. and meanwhile, russian forces continue shelling in downtown very hopeful. that is a ukrainian port city. city's mayor says that more than 1500 people have died since russia invaded efforts to evacuate civilians and deliver food were canceled on saturday because of on going showing. ukrainian officials says russian soldiers blocked a humanitarian convoy headed to the city and stole from another doctors without borders say that some residents are dying from a lack of medicine and they say

that the city has been without water and medicine for over a week. coming up on kron 4 morning news. the average price of gas in the state continues to rise. bay area drivers tell us how they are dealing with such soaring prices.

>> major honor was given to the kron for security guard who was murdered last year protecting a kron. 4 journalists kevin nishita received the radio television.

>> digital news foundation's citation of courage. award. he was one of 10 people being honored at the group's 30st annual first amendment award ceremony that took place in washington, dc the award is for the work he did to protect the first amendment. his widow talked about how kevin went above and beyond each day and his passion to protect and serve. >> he developed true friendships, but the teams of the newscasters of each network. for example. we went on vacation multiple umbrellas. and i asked him one to 2 pounds. so many. and his response was so that when they feel the outside and it was raining but he could protect the news crews from the elements. and if they walked away with the umbrella. it's okay because he had more in the car.

>> as his widow walked off stage, she opened up an umbrella to, as you heard a very loud applause, chicago award, an honor and thank the organization for re remembering her husband. well, some breaking news overnight in the south bay to tell you about. santa say police are investigating a double stabbing that left 2 adults with life-threatening injuries. police say that it happened on gold street just after midnight. police have closed off nearby streets. we'll have some more updates as they come into the newsroom. and then the south bay, the santa clara county sheriff's office wants to find the woman you see right there. video showing her walking behind the bar and taking a bottle of not just any bottle, but a very pricey bottle. deputy say that she stole a bottle of alcohol worth $4,000 from the mount hamilton grandview restaurant. that's in the cost of the bottle makes a crime. a grand theft felony. anyone with information is staff told to call police.

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bay overcast. basically, this rising there much of the day. i think i see lawn one. >> to chairs the tape. now, do you want? the red chair, the i like read your mind? okay. you know what? think you're right. we've got that settled a cat social, take the blue and i'll take the red. good morning, everybody. half moon bay, overcast skies. we've got this going on just about a good portion of the day today. so if you didn't get into the beach yesterday, today is not one of the better days going on this drizzle business. you may get a passing patch of some very light rain temporarily. but basically the story is going to be the opening up skies for good chunk of the bay. again, sluggish at the coast golden gate bridge. it's kind of the overcast it looks real spooky, an ominous here. not going to a child of its barking up. a storm here is hot. still not given us much in the of rain in the won't upstream. we take a breather on that today. tonight and a good chunk of the day. then by the evening hours might even start to clip a little bit that monday evening commute. the sky here for this is monday overnight

into your early tuesday temperature check here. mild mid 50's working here. not bad. 57 for antioch, up to the north bay santa rosa at 45. 51, san jose. so we're actually ahead of where we were this time from yesterday. futurecast for let's march through this, see some clearing off to the east bay by tonight. everything's kind of turned off. looks like it is opening up along the coast again, temporarily tomorrow morning to greet us sunshine to the south and the east bay north bay. more cloud cover. then let's go forward throughout monday. kind of variable clouds on balance. they're here comes the rain favoring the north bay, but spreading out later on overnight to take us to tuesday morning's your tuesday morning commute will be left with those wet roads like this morning. and in 2 the later morning. so we got considerable clouds today. this is uc berkeley again got the overcast and the all the fog in place here can see the landscape. isolated shower is possible. it's going to be the coast around the water's edge cooler for this week. rain and

showers early in the week. that's monday night tuesday warming into the middle portion of the week. 70 ish. we have another disturbance coming by to throw some cloud cover for thursday. friday. but by the weekend, let's do it again. rain returns and that looks pretty juicy, too. cooling off as temperatures drop a bit. so we'll see some opening up in the skies again, mostly cloudy, san francisco, 60 62 partially clearing oakland and san jose will sun and clouds mixture kind of puts it. smiley face on a little bit there at 66 for larger region, half moon bay. 57, most readings will make it into the 60's. but forget about the lower 70's, at least not for today. coming up in a bit, we'll have that extended forecast will kind of outline some of these hits of rain coming our way into next week. theresa dave, thank you for that. with drivers continue to see prices soar at the palm print. >> data from triple a shows that the average price of gas, it's $5. and $0.74. kron four's gayle on tells us how bay area drivers are holding up.

>> spend too. >> from pump to pump, ask anyone they'll agree. prices are going up a gallon of gas is almost $6 at this chevron station in san francisco. drivers shelling out anywhere from $84 too. >> one on. >> 95. >> in the east bay, you can expect similar prices, gas stations in martinez and charging 5.99 a gallon, according to aaa. as of saturday, the national average gas price is $4.30 5.73, statewide. that's about $0.70 more than last week. the culprit behind it. the russian invasion of ukraine. experts say gas prices are expected to keep rising unless something changes geopolitically with what's happening in impacting crude oil prices. >> we don't really see this inning until at least probably

q 3, maybe later this fall. >> back in san francisco, the sticker shock is making this driver changes. lifestyle habits, know necessary spending right now. >> uncertainty. i think it's the, you know, the word of the day or the word of the year this year. so, you know, got to you got it had that matter of thank you. notes. >> as well as you can and drivers can use the app gasbuddy to search for the lowest prices in the area in the newsroom. gayle ong kron. 4 news. >> gayle, thank you for that. one state lawmaker is demanding more transparency from the big oil companies about how much actually costs to produce gas here in california now, state senator ben allen is from redondo beach, introduced a bill that would force the state's 5 largest refineries to disclose how much they spend on crude oil and how much it cost actually turn it into gas. allen says that it's true that the state's environmental laws and gas taxes are a part of why the cost of fuel in california is higher than

other parts of the country. but he adds that doesn't explain. a long-term price jump. that started in 2015 after an explosion at a refinery in torrance. well, the sanctions on russian gas are causing the u.s. to do more businesses with some countries around the world with some questionable policies. but as joe khaleel reports, the u.s. has always done business with unsavory countries in characters when it comes to oil. >> in the largest mass execution in recent history. the saudi arabian government announced executed 81 people all charged with various terrorism related crimes killed in core donantes with sharia law. the mass execution, a stark reminder of the challenges the u.s. faces today having to rely on countries with abysmal human rights records to supplement american energy is go going a girl. >> in dennis will arrive. or anywhere else. i mean, it's

unbelievable. >> since president biden banned all russian oil and gas, republican lawmakers have criticized the administration for recent discussions about filling the gap with oil from iran, venezuela and saudi arabia. that to me is one of the greatest lessons that we should be learning right now from what we're seeing in europe is that we can not be beholden to adversaries. congresswoman nicole malliotakis among other republicans tells news nation the administration needs to consider producing more american oil and gas. but there are others who say more drilling in the u.s. is not the answer. >> it is time we tell russia and saudi arabia that we do not need oil any more than we need that caviar on the u.s.. and senator ed markey echo a number of democrats today that russia's aggression is exactly why the u.s. should stop relying on fossil fuels altogether and should get serious about investment in renewable green energy. he adds extend the oil and gas

ban beyond just russia. >> i extended to all of the countries whose regimes engage in human rights abuses. >> joe khalil reporting for us was still ahead on the kron. 4 morning news. apple has a whole new lineup of products will break down the new features and services that they are about to roll out.

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hour with a look at your weather. you can see behind me that those big black things, those are actually raindrops are joining us to tell us a little bit more. right past i love the bird is nice like roast the splotches you spoke about the way i got some 2 right here. >> half moon so we're dealing with some of that particularly along the coast is what we have. and that's going to kind of slow to clear for today. you know, it's the fog early on, but the cloud cover now, as you can see, taking over. so somewhat, mostly cloudy going on there. the bigger picture shows that the first system that's passing by we get a breather. and still cloud cover will be part of this forecast tomorrow. but it's tomorrow night into tuesday. there's the second batch on the left-hand side of your screen. that's going to be little bit more potent than what we had. and yet there's another batch to make note of as we get into next weekend. so we kind of started something nice here. 58 by high noon to 3 o'clock 62. now we'll see some clearing inland going on here. so get a bit of a break. there. however, a lot

more cloud cover happening at the peninsula in particular along the coast now because of the rain in the cloud cover temperatures have been mild lower to middle 50's in these readings are actually some 10 degrees, a dozen or better warmer than they were this time from yesterday. coming up a little bit, of course, we'll take a look at the mere forecast with the civil rain opportunity monday night. also the other batch into saturday. take a look at your 4 zone and that extended 30. so they thank you for that breaking news out of ukraine this morning. an american photographer and videographer was shot and killed. >> while on assignment in the city of irpin. that is according to kees regional police chief. he posted on facebook saying that 51 year-old brent renaud was shot and our pen. the chiefs post included pictures of the journalist, new york times press id and passport. the deputy editor of the times posted on twitter saying that they are sen by the news of renault's daft. they said that he was a talented photographer and filmmaker. the times also noted that reno was not

currently on assignment for them in ukraine. they say that the press i d he was issued was the issue to him many years ago keeps a police chief says that 2 other correspondents were injured and taken to the hospital. and no word right now on their injuries or their names at this time. and also some breaking news out of antioch this morning where a building is on fire. you can see the video right there. contra costa fire units are on same. the fire is on buchanan road. there's no word right now if anyone has been injured and we will have more updates on this developing story as they become available. back to that russian news in regards to force is continuing their violent push into ukraine. the biden administration and congress are taking steps to help where they can. the white house says that the president has authorized another 200 million dollars in military assistance for ukraine. our washington correspondent basil john reports. the president is o%

spending the weekend at camp david. but the vice president just came back from her trip in poland and says the u.s. will do whatever it can to defend ukraine. the white house says the president has authorized another 200 million dollars in military assistance for ukraine. the united states stands firmly with the ukrainian people. >> in defense of the nato alliance just back from a trip to ukraine's neighbor and nato ally, poland. vice president kamala harris says what happens in ukraine should matter to all americans went to mock receives, threatened anywhere. it threatens. that's all and the ocean that separates us. will not leave us untouched. >> by this aggression. >> a bipartisan delegation of senators is in poland this weekend. they say to reaffirm the united states commitment to poland, ukraine and other u.s. allies speaking to the democratic national committee meeting in washington, massachusetts senator ed

markey says so far the u.s. response to the russian invasion is on target. >> we are so proud the president biden as aga nice our allies and isolating proven it is oil gox. some republicans continue to argue the u.s. is not doing enough to help ukraine. >> and as russian forces continue to drive toward the capital city of kiev, board on local bond is a cool blue along ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky says his troops have inflicted considerable losses on the russian invaders. so let's aus ukraine will continue to fight more than 2 million ukrainian refugees have fled for their lives. the majority to poland. president biden has promised to welcome those refugees who wish to come to the united states, the u.s. and its allies continue to ratchet up sanctions against russia. vladimir putin and his cronies. >> they promise to continue to support ukraine as it tries to repel the russian invasion reporting in washington. i'm basil, john. >> the russian invasion of ukraine has created many questions surrounding the lack

of nato intervention. the north atlantic treaty organization encompasses 30 countries with more hoping to get in. the military alliance was created back in 1949. for the west to face a threat from the soviet union. the alliance pledges an attack against a member is considered an attack against all nato countries. and ukraine's attempts to join nato. well, one of the factors experts say prompted putins attack on ukraine. >> if there's one thing that fusion relief, get his nation not a sense that nate who represents the strength of the west. >> now lawmakers fear that ukraine's induction in nato would lead to a full-fledged war in europe. was boosting defenses and member nations to protect themselves from a potential russian attack. well, coming up on kron 4 morning news, people are saying the cost of groceries rise due to high inflation rate. we'll tell you some foods to try that could actually save you some money.

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>> a restaurant in oakland is serving soul food in the sandwich in this morning's dine and dish will take you to the new hot spot with the catchy name of cow bird kron four's. vicki liviakis has more. >> follow your nose and you can't miss it. long lines of hungry diners are queuing up in west oakland to get their fix of cow bird new to the neighborhood. cow bird calls itself a family owned chicken joint and the roots are soul food created by barbecue pit master chef matt horn whose eat chicken is chicken is love it. we have a responsibility to our guests, to our community, to build, to serve not just food that's made with love. >> but also be able to go out and be a part of community and just be a really good, great neighbor. and it's just really important to us. >> since opening his first restaurant, corn barbecue up the street in 2020 chef horn has catapulted to the forefront of the barbecue movement with his west coast style barbecue here at cal

bird. you can order up any number of fried chicken sandwich is like southern bird. hot bird or honey bird. there are half birds wings with sides like fries, mac and cheese, fried cabbage decrease law. and for the sweet tooth, there's pie sweet potato pound cake or even candy apples that can make you feel like a kid again. >> cal bird, the chicken joint that feeds the culture, comfort mouth watering meal in west oakland, vicki liviakis kron. 4 >> you know, my stomach rumbles. this is that's responsible. a little spot there. okay. we've got temperatures going on for today. lower to middle 60's here. expected for your high. we're looking at 2 little opportunities for rain tuesday into saturday, a long-range forecast and that for his own. keep it here.

>> davis with us and i was just asking, where are you? san jose state is what we've got to meet a logical department providing us this picture its people. look at all this here. this looks like something you said a texas or the midwest. and you know, those stormy warming and all that stuff opening up here. so we have, you know, that's kind of tells the stormy bore me or whatever, just to see whatever. but the point being is we're going to see the skies open up a little bit in the east bay along the coast, though it's going remain more overcast. so, you know, the tale, 2 different bays or 4 different base going on here with the different microclimates checking in now this week, we have a couple

opportunities for more rain coming our way here. that's not really threatening. it just is covered up some of the sun there back to tahoe. this is what we have want to point something out tuesday. yeah. 7,000 feet elevation is where the snow line is going to be. that's really high. so this next batch of rain coming our way monday night tuesday is going to be somewhat warm to mild. so that's going to from our standpoint, just rain. that's good news. we'll take it. but up in tahoe will get the snow at very high elevation, maybe different story by the weekend storm. 47 50 by wednesday. back to the fog. by the way, the should clear out in the next couple of hours here again, opening up the skies better in the east bay peninsula will be dogged by more cloud cover relatively speaking temperature check. these are mild numbers. middle to lower 50's on the board here. 57 for any off. 45 santa rosa? this is warmer than it was yesterday. cloud cover and rain act as a nice climate control kept temperatures nice overnight, futurecast for we do see the breakup of cloud cover, particularly off to the east bay, but not entirely

everywhere at one time tomorrow morning. at first light will see we're just out of the south bay. there will probably see mostly sunny skies of the beginning. but cloudy up to the north bay as we wait for the next bout of rain coming in from the northwest. that will probably start developing late in the evening commute up in the north bay spread out over the general bay throughout the overnight into your tuesday morning. all right. so this is what it looks like in the long range forecast models. that's the hit for tuesday. monday night. tuesday, we take a breather. looks like we were going to get something by thursday. but for now, we'll just keep cloud cover there. there is a temperature a little jump that happens middle of the week. cooling back off again as our next system gets here. and this looks juice here. now you can see some moisture coming in from the mid latitudes. so this looks to be a little bit more of a milder system that tends to push those snow levels up. but it's painting some snow up in the mountains so might be able to get some more up to tahoe by next weekend. 4 zone forecast for this sunday, 60 san francisco at the coast with the cloud cover it all. upper 50's that

that bayside around 60 heading south. we don't see the numbers move too much middle 60's and even in the south bay, forget the lower 70's still hiding around the middle 60's and we'll see more sun though. 65 for cupertino, east bay shoreline, lower 60's as we see pleasanton livermore much the same. not the big decoupling from the east bay shoreline inland, even though you're going to see more sunshine inland. 63 for walnut creek, 59 for berkeley vallejo. 59 63 napa. 65 fairfield. sonoma, 62 64 checking in for santa rosa. all right. for week day ahead, weekdays monday night tuesday. here comes another little batch. we cool off a touch with all of that. nothing major. we warm up a little bit by the middle of the week and then by saturday, another drop again as more showers come our way. yes, lows. meanwhile, inland, we will re venture those 30 still again as winter hangs on. >> that for your health this morning, inflation is now everywhere. and it's also

reaching a 40 year high americans now rate inflation among their top concerns as it hits staples like milk ground beef and brent. but our health expert karen owoc has some tips to help beat this alarming growth of meat and milk flake. jen, good morning, karen, good morning to reset our you. i'm very good. so i was at the grocery store yesterday and i was thinking, okay, i'm going by that. but not that because everything was so expensive. so what is your first tip when we talk about trying to deal with the soaring prices of meat. so number one, try to be more lagoons and less meat. >> and the there are super healthy because they're full of antioxidants. they're very colorful they're all different colors in the the antioxidants are in the colors. so they're full of fiber, lots of nutrients. so it's a it's a boost to your diet. by eating more, the late games. and they

found that by the way, the league games include the beans, the lentils and peas, peanuts and soybeans. so a great group of of of a fiber that you conclude in a lot of different things from salads. i like to always have like it >> a glass jar, container full of being. so that's easy to toss into a salad or as a side dish. and it's very handy to have around versus trying to open a can always have a nearby they're great in a cast rules and also in sioux since to use and >> snacks. last night i made a snack with chick peas and they're just roasted super easy. there there cajun style. so and this is this you can make for pennies really literally pennies versus maybe

eating said the that's not so healthy like a potato chips which cost over like a $1.25. for a small back. right? wouldn't you put in your check pasted you put like to what did you put on top to roast at all? >> had made it cajun spice mix and then just sprinkled it on top so that it's it's spicy. that is good to know. break it down for us. when we talk about how we can actually save money. and one question i had was can beans or like fresh paint. a check to soak the night before which i don't mind doing. but i just have to have a little bit more, you know, leave way. so what i found in it, you know that the other tip i have is comparison shop and i found that shopping. i did a comparison with safeway as well as target. >> and actually tart can look at the prices safe way to 59

for a is target, which is $0.99 and you break it down. cost per serving. if you go with the target, it actually breaks out to be the same beach between the canned and dried cooking it yourself. so. if you want to save some time, you know, might as well go with the canned at that price. so really pays off to comparison shop. >> and not only that, but at the same time, we can stretch it out to even saving more money. when we talk about like swapping out things like chicken tenders and i go for maybe beans and rice are chilly and then add a little bit of tofu to increase protein right? >> right. and this is where i saw a really huge difference in price compared to safeway and target safeway that the chicken tenders. i don't know if you still have that screen you can pull up. between

safeway 11. 24 for a pound for says target, which is 6.49. up. by the way, those costs per servings are based on the target price. so we're looking at that. and then at the rib eye steak 18. 99 for a pound first is target 14. 99. 3.75. so you still think at 3.75? for serving compared to the beans? which for just pennies liked what $0.29. so i'm really good way to reduce the cost of food. i mean it it is. i hear this all the time, especially for my veterans who who are on a fixed income. they're older, too, that they're looking for ways to go. you cut costs for their food we'll get really good nutrition. now, without a let's talk about milk because that a painful right now. i'm like searching everywhere for milk. >> other alternatives can we

use continues oak milk. can we use soy milk? what is the best thing to do? so the best alternative is soin up >> the oat milk, the almond milks. they've really don't compare very well as far as protein. maybe only a gram of protein whereas soy milk comes very close to the cow's milk. the other thing with cow's milk and other dairy cow products of unite cheese. those of those to that particular food. cancer promoting heart growth. homer hormone called insulin like growth factor. one. so ideally to be able to start weaning yourself off cow's milk and start going more towards the soy. now. excellent. what about as far as syria right now? i mean, i >> chose not to have. cheerios yesterday, just because it's they were so expensive. yes, so this is also where i saw a

real huge price difference. >> you know, try not to go with the sugar coat. it gets the cocoa. i use cocoa puffs and racing fan is an example there. you're paying for a lot of sugar and processing and those 2, you know, fort $4.19, for 14 versus just regular good old fashioned oats is 3.99. and you get 30 servings out of that. so too can have it hot or cold. so it some people don't like the cooked oatmeal, but you could also do it cold. thank you very much, karen, for always putting us on the straight and narrow. >> and well. with less. yeah, right. much you're watching kron on. we'll have more new

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well, still ahead in the next hour on the kron 4 morning news police are searching for a suspect in our relation in a murder of an 8 year-old girl. how the family is now in mourning. >> plus, russia fires more than 30 missiles in the western part of ukraine killing over 30 people. what doctors are now saying about the current state of residents there.

>> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at no. >> and thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 morning news at 9 o'clock. it's sunday march 13th. we've got a lot of news. but right now, let's get a look at your weather forecast with dave spahr. you may have noticed that the roads were pretty wet this morning. >> yeah, good morning, theresa. good morning, everybody. and that's the case. pretty much a good chunk of the bay. we have the same of the golden gate, milo, the winds compared to what's happening market there. there's a look at the flags on unfolded there, but overcast and fog is what we're dealing with. first things first this morning and well that was supposed to san jose state. something's going on there anyway. lower to middle 50's in place for right now. this is a little warmer han what we saw this time from

yesterday. however, we will not be able to catch up with those numbers as lofty in some spots as we had yesterday, where we topped off at about 70 because of the cloud cover and the different air mass that's in place here. temperature contrast again. we're more than up 10 degrees ahead in some cases, but certainly the high single digits of the on half a dozen degrees ahead. so a mild start again, opening up the skies off to the east bay peninsula. san francisco, different story kind of overcast. more, much of the day. so here's how it lines up here. turning somewhat mostly sunny by for telling us the least in the east bay. you might to get some star watching early on tonight. 62 at 4 o'clock. don't forget to mister ryan does tend to get up pretty early. 60 looks like by 1 o'clock. and coming up in a bit, we'll be talking about the breakdown of your forecast. we have another opportunity for rain monday night and another chunk coming our way saturday. theresa. >> they thank you for that. will breaking news out of ukraine this american photographer and videographer was shot and killed while on assignment in the city of

irpin. that is according to kyiv's regional police chief. he posted on facebook saying that the 51 year-old brent renaud was shot and her pen. the chiefs post included pictures of the journalists, new york times press id and passport. the deputy editor of the times posted on twitter saying that they are saddened by the news of are no staff. they said that he was a talented photographer and filmmaker. the times also noted that renault was not on assignment for them in ukraine. they say that the press id he had been issued, it was issued to him many years ago. he was a police chief says that 2 other correspondents were injured and taken to the hospital. no word right now on their injuries or the names at this time. and meantime, a missile strike in the western part of the country killed at least 35 people. russia carried out the strike at a military base where its troops trained with nato forces. the base is located in a city that is about 19 miles away from

poland. ukraine says the russia fired more than 30 s% missiles. meanwhile, russian forces continue shelling and downtown mary opal. and that is a ukrainian port city. the city's mayor saying that more than 15 100 people have died since russia invaded efforts to evacuate civilians and deliver food were canceled on saturday because of on going shelling. ukrainian officials says that russian soldiers blocked a humanitarian convoy headed to the city and stole from another doctors without borders saying that some residents are dying from lack of medicine. they say the city has been without water and medicine for over a week. also, some breaking news right now out of antioch this morning. back here at building is on fire contra costa fire units are on the scene. the fires on buchanan road. no word right now. if there was anyone injured, we'll have more updates on this developing story as soon as it comes into the kron. 4

newsroom. in other news, an intense search this morning for a suspect wanted in the murder of an east bay girl. the family of sophia mason is speaking out after police discovered a child's body are sent home. the girl's mother now under arrest for murder and the woman's boyfriend on the run. kron four's. amanda hari spoke to the girl's grieving family. >> sophia was one of the most bright and bubbly children that you ever come eat. she was always >> old mason's family worries. you never hear who again. melissa harris is sophia's mother's cousin. she says the little girl lights up every room she enters. there's a lot of sadness mixed with anger. >> and just not what happened where the failures in the system occurred. she says she and other family members had made reports to children's

protective services about sophia's well-being. but there was never enough for the agency to remove her from her mother's care, wearable. >> because at this system completely failed me. and i've been fighting for her for over a year. and will johnson is sophia's aunt and the sister of her mother, samantha johnson. >> she says she fought for custody of sofia the last time she saw her was late summer of 2021. she took these photos of bruises on sophia's arm. when sophia was asked what happened, she was shaking. she was never she said, please don't ask me, my mommy will get matt. i'm ok, i'm ok, she wanted to take sophia to the emergency room while her mother, samantha was gone. but she was worried she could get arrested for kidnapping sophia. so she reported i cried for her. i i still i missed. >> and months of work trying to fight for emerald johnson reported sophia missing to police after talking to her sister on tuesday. >> since then, samantha

johnson has been arrested on a charge of murder after he led police. 2 little girls, body him or said home or said police are now looking for this man. dante jackson, he samantha's boyfriend and lived in the home. police say he is on the run. her family is hoping someone will see him and call police. they also want to raise awareness about missing and abused children of color. >> i know a lot of kids like sophia fall through the cracks. even reports are made. >> amanda hari reporting for us, the mercer somerset county coroner's office is working on identifying the body of the child that was found. the family believes that they will have an answer sometime tomorrow. and placer county deputies are continuing their search for missing. 26 year-old from sacramento. this is a picture of karina blue. they say that she was last seen on green valley trail and alta on friday afternoon altas near auburn deputies say that have about 80 searchers from different agencies, including

search dogs looking for blue on the trail. now, lewis described as a white female 5 foot 4 about 180 pounds. she's got dark brown hair and dark brown eyes. they say that she was last seen wearing a black shirt and pants. deputies are asking the public to stay away from the area because they are searching and also that could compromise or work, especially as the dogs can lose track of cent. well, coming up on the kron 4 morning news, the average price of gas keeps rising bay area drivers. tell us how they are dealing with such soaring prices. >> plus, the ban on russian oil is leaving a gap for the u.s. to fill why some lawmakers say it's forcing the country to do business with countries that commit crimes against humanity. and after the break, we'll have keep wearing those masks. if you plan to flying a plane. why tsa says that the mask tsa says that the mask requirement is being extended.

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and some breaking news overnight. the south bay center say police are investigating a double stabbing that left 2 adults with life-threatening injuries. >> police say that it happened on gold street just after midnight. police have closed by. they've closed some streets nearby. we'll have some more updates as they become available. in the east come. police are looking for the person who shot 2 men in the fruitvale district. the shooting happened yesterday

just after 01:00am on fruitvale avenue. police say that they found one man with at least one gunshot wound at the scene. they say that the other man was also shot but he was able to take himself to the hospital. both of the man's injuries are considered non life-threatening. if you have any information about these crimes, please call the oakland police department. well, federal officials are extending their requirements for mask on planes and public transit through mid april. the mandate was set to end on friday, but tsa says that extension allows the cdc to have more time to develop targeted policies considering covid cases and the risk of any new variant. the decision is cetting some mixed reviews ahead of spring break. travel know officials say that they will revisit the requirement in order to determine if another extension will be needed. i don't like the covid. it's dangerous, but i'm tired of the mask.

>> and everybody's inoculated. i really don't see the necessity anymore. >> now officials say that they will revisit the requirements in order to determine if another extension is needed. >> of the cloud cover along the coast. we have this that will be slow to clear. however, better clearing happening in london. but sluggish temperatures lower 60's, replace those lower 70's. now, coming up in the longer-range, looks like a couple more opportunities for rain. a look at your sunday forecast. we come back

>> well, apple is announcing its most powerful computers yet and introduces a new budget iphone to its 2020 to line up. rich demuro has all the details in this morning's tech smart. >> apple unveiled several new products at the company's first virtual event of the year. and they even had a few surprises. did i mention they're getting into baseball? apple ceo tim cook got right down to business. >> we've been working hard to deliver new products and services that help you stay connected, productive and entertained. the company kicked off its peak performance event with news that apple will begin live streaming to baseball games every friday night on its apple tv. plus subscription

service. the games will be free for a limited time and they won't have the typical broadcast market restrictions. in fact, the games will be viewable in 8 countries. the company also announced that the iphone 13 will come into new shades of green, the regular iphone 13 will simply be called green while the iphone 13 pro will get the fans here. alpine green name. otherwise the phones are identical to the models launched late last year. meanwhile, the iphone has is getting an upgrade to 5 g. this is the most affordable iphone in apple's lineup and the only one to still have a home button. the 3rd generation iphone se also has better battery life, a new camera system and the same speedy processor as the top of the line iphone 13. now all these new features come with a slightly higher price tag. the entry level phone now costs $30 more. it starts at $429. finally, a brand new processor called the m one ultra. this is apple's fastest computer

chip yet it will power. a new desktop computer called the mac studio. it's small and compact yet so powerful. it can playback. 18 video streams at the same time. it's also filled with the connection ports for external devices that pros need with the breakthrough capabilities of mac studio. >> users can completely re imagined their workflows and push their creativity further than ever. it starts at $4,000. >> nearly all of apple's new products will be available to customers on march. 18th. onstage. apple did not mention anything about the crisis in ukraine, but the company has previously said it is no longer supplying resellers in russia with any of its products. i'm rich demuro and you are tech smart. >> yeah. that was a commuter at soleimani. time now with a check of your weather. meteorologist dave spahr right over my shoulder. >> nice. pretty colors. they had all that to. that's what you like that that was your

selling point is though, that did it for like the ports in the back. that was kind of awesome. awesome. yes, that's awesome. yeah. we have some clearing going on in the south bay. not unusual. we'll see that these be too, by the way today. so we're going to have a lot of lot of better clearing going on there, too. little bit sluggish around. >> san francisco and the coast. but hey, enjoy this. this brought to you by the middle apartment in san jose state as the skies start to open up a so work out of the golden gate. this is usually a one of the last stops and the journey looks like a good portion of the bay will open up as we get to around sunset into the early evening hours. but to return a little bit by tomorrow morning. this is just a clear patch before the next one arrives. and this is going provide some rain for monday night into tuesday. temperature check for you were in the mid 50's right now. 47 santa rosa. 52 san jose, san carlos. 55, these numbers our l tle warmer than they we this time from yesterday. however, we won't be as lofty this afternoon as we were from yesterday, either. so we have less movement on the mercury going on today compared to

yesterday. futurecast this is what happens for today. a nice shower mentioning at the coast. that's really about it tonight. you can see start to open up a little bit overnight. again, lot of cloud cover part of the to the north tomorrow morning and the south bay might get some sunshine to get things started until the next system arrives. delivering rain to the north bay right after the evening commute or the very end taking us to the overnight in 2 your tuesday morning. so the tuesday morning commute might have to deal with some rain. plus those wet roads to putting it all together for you. considerable clouds today, although some areas will fare little better, an isolated shower technically at the coast cooler this week, rain and showers early week. that's the monday tuesday deal. we just talked about warming midweek, 70 ish returning about that next weekend. a more potent system coming our way with rain returning. it looks like cooling us off just a little bit for today. we'll call it 60 san francisco. mostly cloudy might do a little better in the afternoon. 62 for oakland and 66 san jose

were just out there with some sun and clouds mixture on balance for today. highs today. the 70's are kind of been on vacation a little bit for a couple of days. at least lower 60's will covers along the coast. better effort inland. we're get some better solar heating, but we have a different air mass in place. so it's kind of hard to fight. 66 san jose and santa rosa at 64. now we'll have more of this in the 4 zone forecast but also take a look at the longer range forecast. give you an idea of these rain. it's coming our way. still march here we have some opportunities for rain to recent. >> thank you very much. well, major honor was given to the kron 4 security guard who was murdered last year while protecting a kron. 4 journalists. kevin, the shade. i received the radio television digital news foundations, citation of courage, war. he was one of 10 people being honored at the group's 30st annual first amendment award ceremony in d c now the word is for the work he did to protect the first amendment. his widow talked about how kevin went above and beyond each day and his passion to protect and serve.

>> he developed true friendships with the teams of the newscasters of each network. for example. we went on vacation multiple umbrellas. and i asked him to so many. and his response was so that when they feel the outside and it was raining that he could protect the news crews from the elements. and if they walked away with the umbrella. it's okay because he had more in the car. that he did it >> as his widow walked off stage, she opened up an umbrella to a loud applause. as you heard, she called the award an honor and thank the organization for remembering her husband. in the east bay, a fight at richmond's. the anza high school led to shots being fired. this all taking place on friday. richmond police say that a student was

injured during the fighting went to the hospital, but is expected to be okay. police did not release any more information on who fired the gun. the case is still under investigation. anyone with information is asked to call the police. and still ahead on kron 4 morning news, the mlb's deal is good news for more than just baseball fans. why ballpark workers say that the deal save them from losing out on a lot of money.

>> well, baseball fans and ballpark workers are breathing a sigh of relief now that they major league baseball lockout is all come to an end. the league and the players association reached a collective bargaining agreement last week and the deal guarantees a full regular season. kron four's felipe gaal spoke with employees who say that they can now focus on the season rather than look for another job. >> major league baseball players were set to lose a lot of money if the owners lockout was prolonged. but really it was the ballpark workers who would have felt the pinch economically and emotionally when they didn't have in covid. it definitely hurt. fortunately, vendors like how gordon won't lose the work. think of it like they did during the pandemic. shortened 2020 season. instead, gordon, a phd candidate at uc berkeley. we'll return to the oakland coliseum when the regular season starts next month. that's where he has been affectionately known as

how the hot dog guy since 2017. when you're a phd >> economics student. you don't get a chance to get in front of a big group of people make them smile. so, you know, that's something that i really in. it would have it would have been a real shame for that to to, you know, have gone away. ordinance on the ball has been a maintenance worker at the coliseum for 22 years, we spoke with your last week when the league canceled the first 2 series of the season. >> and she feared she would struggle paying her bills. >> but now that burden is off plane, was they very worried about that. >> there's money every team has to. the prices to but now so happy. oakland athletics start their season with a 10 game road trip. >> and will host their home

opener against the baltimore orioles. april 18 is exciting because that kick they can. >> and joy, there the whole season to being a how the hot dog die for the oakland a's is a really >> a privilege to job and i will do you know, as long as as i can. the san francisco giants open their season at home versus the miami marlins on april. felecia goal kron. 4 news. >> 9.30. we will be right back after this break. oh, wow, barbara corcoran! good morning. sorry, we don't need any business help now. we're gigillionaires.

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>> good morning. welcome back to kron. 4 morning news. it is, of course, let's start the half hour with a look at the forecast. you can sfo behind me. there was a plane taking off a second ago. corgis right now, but that may come in >> and it's true. she's united and continental. she talking about. i love s gas stations to i just want to reward there. look at how beautiful easter airlines, where would you fly right now if you could? where that where would you go? click gets maybe which you go. maybe vegas, baby. wow. i did not think that coming. okay. >> east bay, good morning. east bay is seeing you see some overcast in some fog start things off. it's all this moisture. it's the lower

levels of the atmosphere that will mix out, though, as the day progresses a bit. you see better clearing, though, happening in the east bay. now upstream. we've got something going on for monday night through tuesday. that will bring us some rain. it looks like again, another opportunity this snow shower activity for the mountains. however, unfortunately, because this is going to be relatively warm system will be higher in elevation about 7,000 feet. so they're not going to able to store a lot of moisture from that 60 at 1 o'clock by 4. we're talking 62 coming up a little bit here. we'll have that 4 zone forecast for you and the extended also investigate. this couple hits of rain coming our way. theresa. >> thank you for that. russian forces continue their violent push into ukraine at this hour. the biden administration, congress are taking steps to help where they can. the white house saying that the president has authorized another 200 million dollars in military assistance for ukraine. our washington correspondent basil john has the latest. >> the president is spending the weekend at camp david. but the vice president just came back from her trip in poland

and says the u.s. will do whatever it can to defend ukraine. the white house says the president has authorized another 200 million dollars in military assistance for ukraine. the united states stands firmly with the ukrainian people. >> in defense of the nato alliance just back from a trip to ukraine's neighbor and nato ally, poland. vice president kamala harris says what happens in ukraine should matter to all americans went to mock receives, threatened anywhere. it threatens. us all and the ocean that separates us. will not leave us untouched. >> by this aggression. >> a bipartisan delegation of senators is in poland this weekend. they say to reaffirm the united states commitment to poland, ukraine and other u.s. allies. speaking to the democratic national committee meeting in washington, massachusetts senator ed markey says so far the u.s. response to the russian invasion is on target. >> we are so proud the

president biden as aga nice our allies and isolating proven it is oil gox. some republicans continue to argue the u.s. is not doing enough to help ukraine. >> and as russian forces continue to drive toward the capital city of kiev, board on local bond is a cool blue ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky says his troops have inflicted considerable losses on the russian invaders. so once vows ukraine will continue to fight more than 2 million ukrainian refugees have fled for their lives. the majority to poland. president biden has promised to welcome come to the united states, the u.s. and its allies continue to ratchet up sanctions against russia. vladimir putin and his cronies. >> they promised to continue to support ukraine as it tries to repel the russian invasion reporting in washington. i'm basil, john. >> the russian invasion of ukraine has created many questions surrounding the lack of nato intervention. the north atlantic treaty organization encompasses 30 countries with more hoping to

get in the military alliance was created in 1949. for the west to face the threat from the soviet union. the alliance pledges an attack against a member is considered an attack against all nato countries. and ukraine's attempts to join nato where one of the factors experts say that prompted putin's attack on ukraine. >> if there's one thing the pew son really feels good, just nation. he's not a sense that nate who represents the strength of the west. >> lawmakers fear ukraine's induction into nato would lead to a full-fledged war in europe. nato is boosting defenses and member nations to protect themselves from a potential russian attack. back here at home, a big ruling out of texas where a judge has halted investigations into texas families to provide gender affirming care to transgender children. the judge saying that governor greg abbott's order to do so is unconstitutional and beyond the scope of his authority.

monica madden has the details. >> at the heart of this is one question. what is more harmful to children? parents allowing their child to have gender reassignment when they are not fully developed yet. we're potentially taking away a parent's custody for doing so on friday, 3 different groups made it clear that they think the latter will be far more damaging. some told us this policy is directly impacting their mental health. >> some are telling us they have considered suicide call out of family protective services hearing. some said transgender children and their families are being emotionally traumatized, hoping to appeal to the agency charged with directing these investigations. children will die because of governor abbott's order. meanwhile, the governor and attorney general have said gender reassignment surgery could be considered as child abuse under texas law calling such procedures a horror resulting from misguided ideology. the governor did not take media questions at an event where he

touted the state has an attractive place for businesses and workers. we view ourselves as partners with these businesses that it came as more than 60 major u.s. companies joined parents defending trans children running a full-page newspaper ad that read discrimination is bad for business. >> calling on the governor to end what they describe anti lgbtq efforts, the persecution of transgender kids and the people who love them is fundamentally wrong. >> i was monica madden reporting for us where there is a new cdc decision. that is a line. president biden to end the trump air border policy barring on a company migrant children at the southern border. now the rule changes by the minute biden administration has already exempted unaccompanied minors. well, other seeking asylum while turned away from a pandemic emergency rule. but a recent ruling against exemption by a u.s. district court in texas would have

forced administration to restart expulsions. in a statement issued yesterday morning, the cdc terminated the emergency order as it relates to unaccompanied migrant children. the move comes amid president buying from fellow democrats for continuing to send back families seeking a silent. well, drivers continue to see prices soar at the pump day that from triple-a showing that the average price of gas is $5. and $0.74. kron four's gayle ong tells us how bay area drivers are holding up. >> from >> pump to pump ask anyone they'll agree. prices are going up. a gallon of gas is almost $6 at this chevron station in san francisco. drivers shelling out anywhere from $84 too. >> one on. >> 95.

>> in the east bay, you can expect similar prices, gas stations in martinez and charging 5.99 a gallon, according to aaa. as of saturday, the national average gas price is $4.30 5.73, statewide. that's about $0.70 more than last week. the culprit behind it. the russian invasion of ukraine. experts say gas prices are expected to keep rising unless something changes geopolitically with what's happening in impacting crude oil prices. >> we don't really see this inning until at least probably q 3, maybe later this fall. >> back in san francisco, the sticker shock is making this driver changes. lifestyle habits, know necessary spending right now. >> uncertainty. i think it's the, you know, the word of the day or the word of the year this year. so, you know, got to you got it had that thank you. note. >> that was well as you can and drivers can use the app

gasbuddy to search for the lowest prices in the area in the newsroom. gayle ong kron. 4 news. >> well, a state lawmaker is demanding more transparency from the big oil companies about how much it actually costs to produce gas here in california state senator ben allen from redondo beach introduced a bill that would force the state's 5 largest refineries to disclose how much they spend on crude oil and how much it cost actually turn it into gas. allen says it's true that the state's environmental laws and gas tax or a part of why the cost fuel in california is higher than in other parts of the country. but he says that doesn't explain a long-term price jump that started back in 2015 after an explosion at a refinery and torrance. the sanctions on russian gas are causing us to do more businesses with some countries around the world with some questionable policies. but as joe khaleel reports for us, the u.s. has always done business with unsavory

countries and characters when it comes to oil. >> in the largest mass execution in recent history. the saudi arabian government announced executed 81 people. all charged with various terrorism related crimes killed in core donantes with sharia law. the mass execution, a stark reminder of the challenges the u.s. faces today having to rely on countries with abysmal human rights records to supplement american energy is go going a girl. >> in dennis will arrive. or anywhere else. i mean, it's unbelievable. >> since president biden banned all russian oil and gas, republican lawmakers have criticized the administration for recent discussions about filling the gap with oil from iran, venezuela and saudi arabia. that to me is one of the greatest lessons that we should be learning right now from what we're seeing in europe is that we can not be beholden to adversaries. congresswoman nicole malliotakis among other

republicans tells news nation the administration needs to consider producing more american oil and gas. but there are others who say more drilling in the u.s. is not the answer. >> it is time we tell russia and saudi arabia that we do not need oil any more than we need that caviar on the u.s.. and senator ed markey echo a number of democrats today that russia's aggression is exactly why the u.s. should stop relying on fossil fuels altogether and should get serious about investment in renewable green energy. he adds extend the oil and gas ban beyond just russia. >> i extended to all of the countries whose regimes engage in human rights abuses. >> well, coming up on the kron, 4 morning news, all of hollywood is getting ready for the critics choice awards. we'll tell you what to expect in a live report coming from los angeles. okay. awards

season is in full gear. and tonight some of hollywood's biggest names will be heading the red carpet at the 20th critics. choice words are l a based reporter sam rubin joining us from the fairmont centeo plaza where the show will be held this evening. a high sam.

>> hey theresa, good morning to you. good morning. the bay area of very interesting things going on here were inside the los angeles ballroom at the fairmont century plaza hotel there literally rehearsing the critics. choice awards. obviously award shows are spontaneous, but there's a lot of nuts and bolts. they want to nail down. speaking of the century plaza hotel, i used to come here with my grandmother, stayed here in the 70's. but the hotel, which was a historic place here in los angeles grammys or grammy awards held in this room, emmy awards held in this room. sonny and cher recorded the beatles performed well, the hotel closed 5 years ago went through an extraordinary remodel and renovation and is now open again, not only for gas, but for big, big events like the critics choice awards or excited to present those awards, bringing everybody together. you know, 2 years, these things did not happen there happening once again now. and if you want to get an idea of what's going to happen inside the small room tonight, we put together a little bit of a sneak preview for you. take a look at this. it is the

major precursor to the academy awards and with the inclusion of some of the top names in television. >> this year's critics choice awards is shaping up to be an absolutely huge and star-studded event. when billy crystal walks into the fairmont century plaza, he knows he's a winner. jimmy kimmel will present in a lifetime achievement award. also, halle berry will receive art scene. her award recognizing are amazing efforts as both an actress and director issa rae will make that presentation. the rsvp list is overflowing with big names as nominees and presenters presiding over the entire evening. take digs in the cold by are which means both sharp quips and some smooth dance moves coul be expected. the critics choice association features hundreds of on air and online entertainment reporters and critics and more than any other award show. our winners go on to win emmys and oscars. the 27th annual critics choice

awards is this sunday live on both the cw and tvs. so all the all the excitement is tonight. and then one other special note, the british equivalent of academy awards, the baftas. >> are taking place in just a couple of hours. so we have another set up in london as some of our british base nominees cast of ted lasso, for example, we'll be able to watch and participate in our ceremony and perhaps make some acceptance speeches from london tonight. but i tell you what, award season now in full swing oscars are 2 weeks away. and this is the biggest precursor to those academy awards. so we're looking forward to it. go back up to you in san francisco. thank you very much. we look forward to that as well. we want to see for and you know who doesn't love ted lasso right? the 27th annual critics choice awards are going to air tonight. >> at 7 on the cw is sam was

mentioning dave spahr here for your full forecast. just in case we're going to be like sitting outside watching this front. >> yeah. and by the way of from live report that we saw there gives you an idea that light has limits in terms of speed, even though it seems fast, you get a love space involved it takes a while to get to where it's got to go. and speaking of which let's talk about what's going on here. start to see landscape here of the east bay shoreline. finally start to open up a little bit sunday up to tahoe. another rain event or precipitation event that will be rain into tuesday. it looks like that's because snow levels are going to be high. this is going to be relatively mild system. so the rain from it won't be really cold in terms of snow out there. so here it is on tuesday, we take a breather late in the week. there's the cloud cover. all right. let's go. let's right there. that's what we like next weekend. another hit coming our way. and that's pretty potent and relatively juicy. so hopefully that will come together highs today in your 4 zone forecast, 60 san francisco 50's to 60's daly city looks like also 60's on

the bay side to the south. the 70's are hiding out. no 64 palo alto, even in the south bay. it's still going to stay in the 60 67 morgan hill cupertino, 65 east bay shoreline, lower 60's mirrored for the inland locations, even though you can see more sun there, temperatures will be sluggish. 64 for concord, berkeley. 59 59. also the nap at 63 and santa rosa at 64 7 day deal. all right. we're talking monday night tuesday. there's a hit thursday friday cloud cover mild temperatures. but saturday is the day waiting for an showers. meanwhile, we'll see some business of the 30's. it looks like a little bit here and there theresa day. thanks for that. we do want to stewart joseph known in her community as ms d. >> has been a community activists her entire adult life. she grew up in richmond and she's all too familiar with the costly ripple effect associate with gun violence and about a decade ago, she lost a nephew to a deadly shooting and that is when she decided to take action to help others. we're feet featuring

miss day. she is a finalist in our remarkable woman series conference fully shares her story. >> over the years, the juan de stewart, joseph has accumulated a vast collection of obituaries for people gunned down in the city of richmond. and she says each one not only symbolizes loss, but also the unbearable pain connected loved ones left behind or and most of the things that i try to incorporate are things i learned growing up with my grandmother. >> whenever there's a death in our community, she went to that house. she said with those families, the 2010 shooting death of her nephew, ivan thompson in el sobrante. >> inspired you wanted to join the interfaith and community groups cease-fire. richmond first, helping those committing gun crimes rehabilitate, then shifting to also assisting families who have lost people to gun violence. she provides access to resources through the group she founded a decade ago.

yeah, a healing circle and support services. a space to help people struggling through trauma, stay on their feet and eventually give back to their community. children grew up in this traumatic state. they hear these stories and some have grown up to just we do what is already taken place in their life that broke their family system when their dad died of a mom. >> so in order to try to stop this cycle of violence, we work with the whole family getting ready to start candlelight vigil as an ordained minister. and you for the richmond police department. >> the wonder has used her experiences to help hundreds of people and impact. she has created a lasting impact. i don't want the story to end here. >> want to be wanted to die. and all this goes away. >> someone has to continue the story. you believe your work will live on beyond you. >> yes, i've seen some of the younger people that are doing so the same in our so, yeah, i

believe that carry on and it must because as she says, quote, we have to be the change that we want to see

>> and take a look at this. the northern lights put on a spectacular show this past friday night in finland. this is over the northern most region of finland called lap one. lachlan is known to be one of the best places on the earth to spot the dazzling

northern lights that visible there about 200 night out of the whole year really spectacular right? why saint patrick's day breakfast favorite is coming back this year. guinness open gate brewery is bringing back their ganis breakfast tea. amber, i'm not kidding. the brewery debut the beverage back in 2019, the average sale is made from real irish breakfast tea. it's added into the beer during the dry hopping phase. but it's another are limited runs. so if you want to get better act quickly, if you do want that. happening today, the annual saint patrick's green fest block party is back. the ira center in san francisco. take a look at your screen for all of the details. it is a family friendly event with live music, including irish dancers throughout the day drinks and food. well, also be available for purchase. the fun begins this morning at 11 until 09:00pm tonight. can can claim a dog

ate the homework. but wait until you hear what some dog owners claim of british insurance company says its process. more than 800 claims this year for all sorts of weird things that they say that their dogs allegedly did. for example, one homeowner claimed that his dog flooded the house by turning on the kitchen faucet. sounds like something out of paddington right? another claim says that her dog got a charging cable wrapped around its like then dragged the laptop into a bucket of water. another dog spill painted on stairs and bleach on the carpet and not a hot iron on drug. and a lot of those claims scott paid. crazy right? let's take a last look at your weather. you can see right there. 7 day forecast. it's supposed to be 64 today with a high and then it kind of stretches a little bit warmer on monday and then it goes down. sounds like a roller coaster up and down right? that's it for the kron. 4 news on this sunday. i'm theresa

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