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rothman. we start with the wild weather. cars trapped in flooded roads, trees crashing down and hundreds of flights delayed. >>it's just the beginning of an atmospheric river that set to bring even more rain and strong winds of the bay area tonight and through the weekend and more schools in the north bay will be closed tomorrow because of this weather. you can see the full list on sonoma county office of education's website. some of the schools have been closed since yesterday when the river first moved in for chief. meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us. what we can expect over the weekend. lawrence. >>we've been coming down and the focubeenenenen in the north. they with the storm system, very heavy rainfall. in fact, record rain in santa rosa exceedinr all-time record for a day there. and now they've had over 6 inch today and now there are over 10 inches of you can believe that. but more rain continuing to fall outside right now. here's a look at some of the totals, though. the mountains in the north bay. how about that? but not all over 17 inches of rain over 15 inches of rain. austin creek, santa

rosa over 10 inches of rain in this storm. petaluma almost 5 inches of rain over 7 inches ofofofofof rain in san anselmo. then you see kind of that cutoff line. you head south of the golden gate bridge and 3 quarters inch, just kind of normal rain in the san francisco. but anything but normal in the north bay. and so we continue to see that red area expand. that is the flood warning right now we are seeing many small creeks and streams already reached their flood stage and go over the top. so we're watching some flooding all the way along the coastline near guerneville. you're going to see that exceed its a flood stage along the russian river and all the way the so we're watching that very going to see more rain coming in. heavy rain overnight. in fact, some of the forecast and are forecast a storm system. we've seen 17 inches of rain in the mountain tops above the russian river. now expecting the russian river to flood early on saturday morning reaching minor flood stage at about 33 almost 34 feet early saturday morning.

>>thanks, lauren swell. santa rosa is under a flood warning tonight. several roads across sonoma county are already flooded with the letting up anytime soon, it's only expected to get worse. one parking lot flooded so bad. inside a hotel and nearby pped medical offices. kron 4 sarah stinson has the details. >>and overflowing creek on thursday flooded. this is santa rosa parking lot on airway drive trapping hundreds of people inside the hampton inn and suites and a sutter health medical facility. never anything like this. >>oh, my god. >>the flooding prevented this woman from going to a doctor's appointment that i canou can't get there from here. the fire department responded to help rescue people, including an 83 year-old woman in a wheelchair. at least 6 cars got stuck in deep waters. one of the cars that flooded in this parking lot was right here was up to the steering wheel and now it's being towed

as they're cranking the car up. you can see just how much water is cg out of it since this rain started a couple days ago. it's just been nonstop and >>robbie cream told several of the cars away. he owns unstoppable, towing and recovery and says this call got dangerous able to go to get the van. it was about up to ions. we try to get this one out of the water was moving too fast. less than a mile away. more cars submerged in water in a shopping center parking lot of cleveland avenue. city crews spent much he day responding to calls like this are public works in street crews as well as our parks. tree crews have been arououound the city, dealing wi a lot of trouble spots. >>working to unclog a lot of storm drain systems. many homes in the area can be seen. the sandbags blocking roadways vineyards off of river road are inundated with water. but the storm didn't seem to stop people from driving cream says he hopes people take extra caution. people pulling in

flood waters and it's just it's not worth. it may look like it's something easy to get through, but you don't know but how deep it is. you don't know what les are in the way and and avoidable incident like that prompts the response from fire, ems law enforcement. >>those resources are needed for cral calls. a flood warning is in effect for those in santa rosa. and till 4 o'clock friday a. that means the threat of flooding is high for people who live and work here. of course you can stay home. that we great. but if you have to get out there and drive, make sure you're careful slowdown. and if you see some flooding. >>turn around. i'm sara stinson reporting in santa . back to you. >>in rohnert park city officials are closing down roads because of the flooding. drivers are being told to avoid rohnert park expressway at rancho their day. enterprise drive at commerce boulevard and redwood drive at martin avenue near costco. there's no word yet on when those roads will reopen. and crews are asking drivers to not go around the signs. the

storm is expected to hit the south bay tomorrow morning. and those first couple of hours can be dangerous for those on the roads that haven't had rain in months for shock moment has more. >>yeah, folks are probably wonder squatting here. this is actually i'm surrounded by and dry grass which surrounds a lot of the roads and freeways here throughout the south bay area during the drier months, if u kicked up around onto those roads and freeways normally really hard to see it until the rain is set to arrive tomorrow friday, when we will see all about dust be washed away before it does that it's going to create some pretty harsh conditions with the mud, creating some pretty dangerous conditions for morning commuters. >>upset on thursday with big or and storm clouds. got what's in store for the south bay on friday and drivers. they're getting ready by the at flex function, auto and off-roading campbell. the crew of mechanics here are gearing up for a busy rainy season with brake pad checks and tire

inspection. i've been in. >>vehicle bad accidents here, especially in the rain. thomas tran grew up in the bay area, says the first here in the south bay always brings a lot of car accidents most of time. just drivitoo fast not feeling comfortable in their vehicle. he says his business is up but says people need to takes rain seriously and the danger it brings having someone check. >>you're you're charging system because the charter system, it's it takes a lot on the electrical and then they can drain battery. and you don't want to be stuck in the rain with no raincoat or something and trying sort help each your vehicle on top of tires and and lights. he says the south bay's first rain in months is likely to create slippery itions. sometimes badges hihihihit the brakes and you can slip say sometimes there is just going to lie. >>kind of do his thing and you kind of counter it. >>innovate. but if you're trained this to understand what that direction.

>>will cast the basin. remember that all crashes are preventable. the not accidents, right. meantime, chp says calls since wednesday night across the bay area have gone up 17%. that's up about 1000 calls. daniel gilmore with chp contra. costa county says when you do see a car crash with emergency crews, you should slow down. >>yeah, you'd be surprised. a lot of people just don't see our r r r r lights. and so the reminder is a vcr lies. if you can be aware, keep your head up, look around you as you're driving pay attention. >>it says no matter how bad the weather is, you can always drive slower and pay attention to the road. >>so things look dry on thursday night, but come friday morning. that should all change. you should see whole lot traffic there on highway 2.80. now i did speak with the san jose fire department. they say once the rain rolls through this weekend at the san jose, we shouldn't expect to see as much flooding as we're seeing up in the north bay. they tell us the real danger here. it's but those commuters and

drivers on the freeway when the roads do get slick reporting here in san jose jack moment. kron 4 news. >>well, in san mateo county, the memorial county park is closed. will be unti because the flood concerns and the rest of the parkrkrkrkrk wi open, though. but officials do say if you plan on visiting, you should avoid hiking or biking on the dirt trails and be very careful. large during this high-wind season. coming up, the weather will take a live look now at sfo. looks pretty slick there on the tracks there for the plains. if you are going out there, the storm is wreaking havoc on travelers with nearly 40% of flights delayed anywhere from just half an hour to over 3 hours. >>i think my flight's been 3 times. i'm on my way to albuquerque. i'm waiting yes for my daughter and son-in-law. they were delayed, leaving because san francisco and let him come in. >>at last check, more than 550 flights coming in and out sfo

have been delayed so far. and i was 90 have been canceled. well, stay with com for on air and online as we stay up today on the atmospheric river. watch. you can find current conditions and weather headlines on our website. that's kron 4 dot com. but before we go to break now, let's take one last. look at the radar. you can. >>they're moving on through. everyone is probably gonna get soaked this weekend. we'll be right back with the latest on the forecast.

>>welcome back. i'm stephanie

rothman. new details tonight in the ongoing controversy surrounding the san mateo county sheriff christina corpus. the founding from an independent for investigation were released today. it confirmed text messages using a homophobic slur that were sent out from the sheriff cell phone earlier this week. san mateo county supervisors voted unanimously to pass an ordinance that calls for special election remove her and replace her. a scathing report released last week detailed the sheriffs a legit homophobic behavior and retaliation against staff as well as inappropriate relationships to name a few when her co-worker. well, we've reached out to the sheriff not yet heard back. happening tomorrow. former san jose city council member omar torres is expected to be back ourt. torres was arrested earlier this month on child molestation charges. his vacant seat on the city council will now be filled duri him set to take place sometime next year. and over in san

francisco, it's set to receive a million dollars to address a sea level rise along the great highway. this comes right after a voter's just passed prop k to turn the road into a permanent park. supporters say this will give the city more open space for everyone to enjoy and planners hope to also use this money to add new paths and beach access points. the great highway is expected to reopen car free in early 2025. city of berkeley officially has a new mayor. ascena is she narrowly won the race against city council veteran south behind say they organizer will become the first asian american mayor in berkeley's history is she will be sworn in next month and she succeeds. jesse arkin who was just elected the state senate. well, former cop, florida congressman matt gaetz is withdrawing his name from consideration as president elect trump's attorney general. it comes just one day after gates met with senators

on capitol hill and attempt to gain some support ahead of that hearing. our washington correspondent basil john, has more. >>gates's announcement sent aftershocks throughout capitol his nomination created a political earthquake. and the senators we talked to today had something to say about former florida congressman matt gaetz says his nomination for attorney general became a distraction for the incoming trump administration for months. senator peter welch was not surprised there. ali. >>gates pulled out following scrutiny over a federal sex-trafficking investigatio and as the house ethics committee discussed whether to release its report on gaetz, south carolina, senator lindsey graham respects his decision. president nominated somebody they chose to not go for now. he'll nominate somebody se. indeedededed statement he said his meetings with senators wednesday went well, but quote, trump's doj

must be in place and ready on y republican senator kevin cramer time to move on. i look forward to. >>we now need to. >>on truth. social president-elect donald trump said, quote, matt has a wonderful future and i look forward to watching all of the great things he will do. delaware democsenator chris coons one is looking toward the next but i think his confirmation process will move more quickly be more successful if he nominates ing president elect trump has announced he will select former florida attorney general pam bondi has his pick for a g reporting in washington. i'm basil, john. >>coming up after the break, strong winds and heavy rain. it's sweeping across the bay area. when we come back from the break, we continue our team coverage from the east bay. stay with us.

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>>in the east bay, our storm team coverage continues with kron. 4 sleep to call. he reports from clayton where a large tree broke through a fence causing debris and damage. >>house calls for destin warner ramp up when strong winds kick around trees vulnerable to falling in saturated soils received like that. the only pro what warner is a certified arborist and has owned and operated warner tree experts in the east for 22 years. south wind first just read holton rodgers, cold war there fovaluation thursday morning after the limbs separated from the eucalyptus tree. overnight, my wife was mentioned last night and worried about that tree.

>>the kid's room is right there with do more. know, the ones been the other way and sure enough she was right. some happen. but >>lisa bloom, where from the use see here, this is new so it's it's growing. it's actually pushing itself away from the main staff warner says decay and wind caused the snap. he adds eucalyptus trees, struggling storms, even those that are properly maintained there like a big >>so the wind can't really blow through them. and even if you prune them to reduce the wind sail, they just brought back so fast, almost annually. so they're very hard to combat. holton rodgers, just grateful. no one was hurt. the onamage was to the fence which can be replaced. lookout for hazard if use, you know, have a big tree. looks like it's ue. definite stay away. while super windy >>caught the professionals. take a look because identifying trouble it's too late. can save you in more ways than in clayton, philippe djegal all kron. 4 >>the storm is wreaking havoc on travelers heading in and out of sfo. nearly 40% of

flights have been delayed anywhere from half an hour to 3 hours. kron four's dan kerman know before you go. >>look at the arrival and departure board at sfo and you get the picture quickly, rain and winds and clouds have led massive delays. so is coming from newark in new york, new jersey actually. >>we were scheduled takeoff at 9.25. that delayed until 10, 40, i believe flights bound for sfo are forced to delay their departures due to bay area weather. i'm waiting yes for my daughter and son-in-law. they were delayed leaving because san francisco and let him come in. so they 3 plus hours before they boarded late arrivals led the late departures. and by late afternoon, nearly 500 flights have beayed. >>accounting for 40% of all flights. plus another 79 flights have been canceled. i think my flight's been delayed 3 times. i'm on my way to albuquerque. so here at san

francisco and i would albuquerque and it that it is going to leave for 23. when was it supposed to leave? >>12 most travelers knew about the bad weather forecast for the bay area. >>and knowing in advance seemed to make them less stressed. >>you know, i could be canceled. so work plan for just a delay will take people are mean that are all converging together. so we have more coming san francisco on saturday. so hopefully they'll make it through the storms. >>with bad weather thursday and worse weather expected friday. the best thing you can do if you're picking somebody up at sfo are you're flying out yourself is to check with your carrier before you leave the house and a dan kerman vovovovovows to take on preside elect donald trump. >>but now newsom says he wants to visit california counties that voted for trump capital correspondent, a tall wallace. all have the governor's message. and i'll tell you how republicans are responding.

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>>some 2 weeks after election day, governor newsom is now vowing to visit california counties that voted for donald trump. thursday newsom marked the beginning of that effort with a stop in fresno county. all right on was joins us from e statatatate capitol with his reaction now. republican lawmakers are now responding. >>well, even as governor newsom vows to take t elect tru says he hears trump voters here in california loud and clear and now he has this message for them. message received. i don't care who you vovovovoted for. >>i don't care about people and care about trump supporters and care about our

kg supporters and care about tucker carlson supporters and care about charlie supporters care about should or supporters. i care about. >>all people, governor newsom with that message during his visit thursday to fresno county. all of that just the beginning of newsom' plan to visit these 3 counties in the near future included calusa county north of sacramento and kern county in southern san joaquin valley. why newsom says he's visiting those counties making sure that no region of the state is left behind. but all 3 of the counties have this in common. majority of those who cast a ballot in those areas voted for president-elect donald trump. newsom telling the new york times he hears those voters and wants them to know he works for them too. >>no governor in california work more closely. well, go in the country or get democratic governor with y. donald trump and i did during covid. but newsom has also vowed to fight the trump minist announced plans to convene a special session starting december second, all to

introduce bills that will help the state fund a lawsuit against the trump administration its policies. what we experienced with donald trump. >>he was assaulting an attacking this state, taking money from the people of the state of california. rolling back. hynes of laws in this try trying roll waivers trying to exercise his control and prevention asserted lawsuit after lawsuit assault after assault. of course, will guard lists whether or not we had a big hug it mar-a-lago or not. we need to prepare for that reality. but in the meantime, newsom says he's prioritizing economic development, specifically preparing to unveil plans to provide grant funding for egions across the state. he in central valley leaders who spoke in fresno said the plan for the central valley region in particular will create 138,000 jobs, electricians. >>and carpenters and iron workers, engineers, community health workers. we're talking

about forest and conservation workers office and administrative support, teachers, my god, we need teachers, a new blueprint for a larger vision. so california dominate. >>still, republicans argue it's too little too late. what's he going to do in 2 years that he has and and 6 already and i mean, is he just showing up now to some lip service for another campaign that he plans on running in the future? and newss expected to visit loosa and kern counties in the coming weeks reporting at the state weeks reporting at the state tom wallace kron 4 news. we are grocery outlet and we are your bargain bliss market

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>>there've been a lot of accidents due to the rain in

napa. chp warning drivers take it slow and gift cars in front of them. some extra space kron four's. justine waldman spoke with daniel gilmore with chp in contra costa county tell us more about driving safely in the rain. what are you seeing out there on the roads today? >>also, like many places right we're just seeing a lot of vehicles that are losing control due to a making the proper choices on driving in inclement weather. >>and so what what is what is the right choice? that's what i try to talk to my kids about trying to make good choices. what can we do to be better drivers out there? >>that's great question. so again, the basin remember that all crashes are preventable. the not accidents right? so the big thing for us right now so be slwn o o o o over driving in rain. like this, checking your vehicle before you drive, making sure that your tires and proper tread proper inflation, your headlights work and your wipers work as well. and then speaking of while driving that

headlights on have your wipers on. increase your following distance of vehicles in front of you. and you're involved in a crash and there's no injuries involved, the big thing is we want you guys to clear the roadway get off the roadways safely as possible. >>i've seen some of those signs out on the freeways, no pull over, make sure that emergency crews have enough space to to respond to accident. is that something that people still don't do now? >>yeah, you'd be surprised. a lot ofple just don't see our lights. and so the big reminder is a vcr lights. if you can be aware, keep your head up, look around you as you're driving pay attention, cs all over. it gives us a chance to work and help others that are in distress. >>and we've seen some issues with cars trying to get through flooded roadways. despite there being a big sign there in front saying the roads flooded. it's a pretty clear warning to people they should know not to go through it. but we were just showing some video of more high profile vehicles going

through. but just because you mean that you would be safe in a situation like that. >>yeah, that's correct. never adulululululting be. that's wha thing i can say. >>because you just can't see what's underneath you. and that's what happens in the water just comes in and causes a big problem. we've also seen since it's sort of the first major storm system of this winter season that this is kind of what kicks up all the way on the dirt that stuck on the road. now that we're kind of like almost more than 24 hours into this storm system has that kind of all wiped away or is that still going to be an issue? >>i mean, i can't really comment on quality of the roadways in terms of like oils and jurors, but more i can say is any time that there's water on the ys it's going to increase your chances of losing traction. rive accordingly by following those best practices that we just talked about.

>>you respond to an accident d driver who looks like they're responsible for it. what are they usually saying happened? they were distracted. they were prepared. they what what's the main cause of the accident? >>drivers will get a lot of as to as to why they were driving away their driving. our weather crashes occurred. and again, it can be anywhere from moms, the king of myself and i wasn't looking out for traffic. sunny stops in front of me. >>but at the end of the day, the big thing, to mention is that the weather doesn't caused these crashes. it's how we drive and its its how people driving preventing them is by driving safely that you slow down. you keep that distance, you pay attention to your roadway and be a defensive driver. i'm not we're not in a perfect world and you're not going spawn perfectly. if you're distracted. >>officer daniel go more from the chp in contra costa county. appreciate your time. hope you guys stay safe out there. thank you very much. i mean you, i stay with us here

on air and online as we watch this atmospheric river, you can find the current conditions and weather headlines on our website. kron >>big changes coming for broadway, sacramento. the expansion is the theater company has plans after this break. the sacramento police

department and the sacramento fire department are testing out a new way to get eyes on scene. cristina battista has more on the recenth of the drone first responder trial program. >>the sacramento police department in the sacramento fire department are tes

out drones to respond to calls this program will be running for the next 2 weeks. will they will be taking notes on how well these jones wd to respond to calls, as well as how these departments could benefit from them. next time you call 9-1-1. the first responder on scene might just be a drone. is we prepositioned a drone in the city of sacramento to respond to calls for service. >>so it allows us to get on scene faster. the can be up in the air and respond to a call in as little as 90 seconds. kind of open the floodgates on allowing it to respond to whatever we can that seem sufficient since 2019 sacramento police departments u.s. team has used many drones to assist while officers are on patrol this year. so far, those many drones supported over 170 emergency calls and flew more than 573 flights that this trial first responder will operate differently. this is a preposition one ready to launch any time. the department is currently using one drone during the two-week

trial period that will be equipped with a 3 lance camera and spotlight with a flight time of up to 40 minutes. the department currently uses a helicopter to assist with some calls. >>so we want to try and get drones to supplement helicopter response to really any time. we think we can effectively help our officers on the ground. >>respond to calls, provide intelligence and safely help them de-escalate situations. we're going to try to see if the is useful. >>the jails are currently only responding to calls and the dell possehl heights area of t chose the area due guidelines as well as the high volume of calls they receive from the area operate tell operate rivian here, providing a view of what they see here, sending that information out to our operations, folks >>providing that intelligence a real time. >>john is on scene and operator will send a link to their comp, allowing them to get that bird's eye view from the ground. so what commute understand that this is a tool

to keep. >>both the communityour officers safe and help us be more effective in our duties. >>this program was kicked off yesterday. in fact, tells me that the drones were able to respond to 6 calls, which they say is pretty good due to the weather conditions in sacramento covering local news that matters see about the stuff. fox 40 news. >>sacramento is preparing to take center stage up until now. it's been sharing a space with sacramento theater company. but recent news out of the company's closure has now pave the way for dwayayayay sacramento to offer programming all year long reporter claudia stefani and has more on what some people are calling a bittersweet announcement. >>winter sleep indeed. up to understand this is only happening because sacrcrcrament theater company has stepped out of the picture and broadway. sacramento can now operate their shows all year long. however, you can ignore the fact that theater companies are struggling. one of the few opportunities we together brought by o come sacramento. president scott clear is getting ready for big

changes. the company released this statement about the company's expaand how coach increasing financial pressures. >>required as tc to wind down operations. the closure means broadway, sacramento can now offer programming all year long. >>and and now being year-round. it gives us an opportunity to do couple of additional shows in 2025, but it's also going to allow us to expand the production process. so the amount of time that we're devoting to each and every title will increase. >>their production about is just weeks away. and actors from new york are set to y and tomorrow and jump right into rehearsal. but claire says it's hard to ignore the elephan the room. the other companies are struggling to keeeeeeeeeep the lights on a a worry has with his own company. >>we could sell every seat and still fall short of expenses. i mean, of on revenue because our expenses are so great. >>but clear is optimistic. the show will go on. he says the

expansion will allow for 8 shows in 2025. and allow their seasonal workers to now work year-round. i feel that the arts playing a central role. >>and and and it requires people to to not only buy tickets. >>but also to support it with their philanthropic donations. >>the company's president tells me they've this arrangement for more than 70 years. this unusually during those summer months. they produce about 6 shows will now given this new situation, they're going to be able to produce at over a longer span of time. so allow them more breathing room to really work on those productions reporting from sacramento covering local news that matters. clotted stefani and fox. 40 news. >>in this economy, many americans have gone from using their side hustle for spare cash. so now using the gig as a make or break necessity news nation's anna coy man has more. >>like many americans, matthew

kalish is running on fumes after finishing his overnight graveyard shift at a new jersey hotel. he then heads back to work as the united states postal worker delivering mail for up to 8 more hours. matthew, as part of a growing group of americans, this side hustlers working at least 2 jobs, man. i'm tired just thinking matthew, what's the hardest part come into this job after you've been up all night, doing your other job? stephanie struggle staying up all night and which is a struggle in itself. and then knowing that you're coming into another shift, another job more than a 3rd of side hustlers need the extra income just to pay for living expenses like rent and groceries. >>hard. and with the the cost of gas and groceries. and, you know, i mean, we're sometimes at the end of the week where, you know, the big bills are paid, but we're waiting till friday to go, grocery shopping things like that because only so much money to go around even with both johnson just expensive is just just keep going

>>one in 3 side hustlers thinks they will need the tra w ends meet for matthes 2 jobs. 16 hours of work and hardly aleep is your doctor. know you're working this much and not sleeping. >>my doctor actually does not know that i'm working this much and not sleeping and i've been avoiding it because i know he's going to tell me it's not good for my health. >>problem is matthew crashes, even what he'd like to be awake, hanging out with his wife and cheering on their 2 kids. so he's been sleeping at like dance competitions at bands. competition like rocket rice left in the car like in between his dances at dance competitions. he's like snuck out an matthew's wife works a full-time job to she says their relationship is strained. sometimes you feel like you're a single parent when you're not this stress can be crippling nearly half of americans have money-related anxiety. some americans do need a second income just to survive. and we

see stats like 78% of americans are living paycheck to paycheck. >>that means they are on brink of needing more incomes and whether that's more income coming from their full-time job, which would be ideal. but supplementing with a side hustle is actually a great way to help this cycle of getting out of paycheck to paycheck living. so would you give for this to be your one and only job and give up just about anything? it would mean a lot more time with my kids, which is the most important thing in the world. so how long will that you go on like this? we didn't really want to have the kids suffer for anything. so. >>i don't want them to miss out on the activities the things that they love to do and >>that will help ture. so how do what i need to do? and, you as long as i can. ic n

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microsoft is making a tiny pc t cloud. it's all in an effort to fend off cyber attacks and make the lives of it. folks easier. the computer is called windows 3.65 link and it doesn't even have a hard drive inside. it makes a secure connection to a cloud version of windows over the internet. it supports to 4 k monitors and has usb ports. you can connect things like an rnalalal keyboard and monitor the computer wakes up instantly. it's made with recycled materials and has no fan. the device costs $349 and will be available in april. keep in mind, omputer is aimed at business users. amazon music now includes audio books. you can listen to to take adage. you have to be a paid subscriber to amazon music. unlimited that starts at $10 a month or $99 for the year. amazon is using its audibel catalog to power the future which lets you listen to one audio book per month r f

even if you finish one audiobook within that month, you can start another one for free. you would have to wait until the next month. some spotify plans also include audio books, but their approach is a bit different. can n n n n listen to 15 hours as many titles as you want in any given month. i'm rich demuro. that's richaun tack. >>we are now just days away from the kickoff of the biggest and busiest shopping season of the year. ane better business bureau is out with a new study tracking online purchase scams to help reporter mike colombo has more on what consumers need to know. >>yeah, i'm a sneaker here. almost a sterling for spay love shoes whehe saw his shoe deal he couldn't refuse on facebook. >>he acted fast axes actually about usually costs $160. and these are on sale, polite 30, $40. he ordered the shoes and

got a tracking number. but when weeks turned to months, send the shoes hadn't arrived. >>he knew he'd been scammed to be scammed that way was because i never expected auditions >>off of the internet all the time. this is the first time ever happened to sterling is not alone. according to a new study from tter business bureau online shopping fraud rose nearly 125% in 2023. >>4 out of 10 scams reported to the bbb scam tracker where online shopping reland 8 out of 10 people were susceptible to losing money were really urging a ton of caution and better business bureau investigator bryan edwards says scammers skills are improving, making it harder for consumers to spot fr enough anymore to say whether a website is legitimate or not. and with the holidays upon us, edwards says consumers must be extra vigilant. what's the advice that you would give consumers to protect themselves from

these type of scams simply to use a credit card credit card companies or banks through their credit cards are much more likely to refund. >>or issue a charge back on a credit card versus something like a debit card. you go to buy something online and theyey out and they say, oh, can you pay me venmo or zelle or paypal? >>it's time to be wary of that because that is something that we're seeing a lot of scammers as sterling learned the hard way. >>the old adage rings true. if it's too good to be true. believe too good to be true. keep your money. mike colombo, fo2 newswswsws. >>san francisco is an iconic city and so are its citizens. wednesday night. the examiner honor those who inspire and who refused come to the so-called doom loop kron four's vicki liviakis explains. >>leaders of the examiner voted on people. they say the find what it means to be san francisco philanthropist

socialite guardians of public health and a cast of characters. like many, you could tell of man. mayor willie brown forest. >>separate. >>a gracious host like joe betz of house of prime rib he saying house of shot. feel guy. like sergeant joel harrell. >>saved 49 a rookie ricky pearsall shot in the lobby here. >>a dozen people who refuse to give up just a sampling of each and every person working to make their city a better place since in san francisco. vicki liviakis 4

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vivek ramaswamy getting the clearest picture yet of their plans to slash trillions of dollars from government spending. and the political minute newsnation's comic shana walks through plans for a brand new department of efficiency under the new trump administration. >>elon musk and vivek ramaswamy. they're out with their efficiency playbook. i'm connell mcshane with news nation in the wall street say musk and ramaswamy sketching out plans for department of efficiency in donald trump's musk said he wants to slash

2 trillion dollars in government spending a key step to get mass headcount reduction in the federal workforce by identifying the minimum number of employees required at an agency in order to function. also on the agenda, requiring federal employees to work in person 5 days a week, which could, in eir words result in a wave of voluntary terminations that we welcome federal employees don't want to show up. american taxpayers shouldn't pay them for the covid era privilege of staying home. another additional potential chopping block number for them as 500 million dollars for public broadcasting and 300 million for called progressive groups like planned parenthood port congress authorizes the budget for those programs. i'm connell mcshane. this is the newsnation political minute. >>tensions between russia and ukraine are soaring. russia is warning of more strikes after launching an experimental missile overnight. our dc's el martin has the story. >>after launching a powerful

intermediate range ballistic missile toward ukraine overnight brought in the russia. president vladimir putin is threatening more aggressive strikes against ukraine and its allies. we will not be deterred. boone accuses the u.s. of escalating the war by allowing ukraine to launch american made long-range missile into russia for the first time in response who lowered the threshold for is more of the same apon. this irresponsible rhetoric that we continue to hear from russia meaning brush are the ones that are escalating this war. the pentagon says russian notify the u.s. ahead of the experimental missile launch but would not confirm if a russian missile could reach the u.s.. i'm just not going to get into that on capitol hill, republican missouri senator eric smith said e president is playing a dangerous game in his fina weeks in office by attempting to bait putin think it's emblematic of this failed foreign policy. on the other

hand. >>senate republican leader mitch mcconnell as president biden waited too long to step up. ukraine's defense options rule cord. >>hesitation, indecision cowardice. president-elect donald trump is promising to usher in peace talks once he takes office. >>speaking at a panel, republican house foreign affairs chairman michael mccaul cautioned not to trust putin. don't ever underestimate him. he wants all the ukraine in washington. raquel martin. >>this thanksgiving could see the busiest travel numbers on record. the transportation department says it's coordinating withal agencies and airlines to try to ensure the holiday season go smoothly. despite the uptick in travelers, our washington, d.c., correspondent hannah brandt has more. >>holiday travel projections ahead of thanksgiving are sky-high. these will likely be some of the busiest travel days ininininin u.s. history. t

expects to see record setting numbers. the agency projects uesday of thanksgiving week. they'll scream 2.8 million passengers than 2.9 million passengers on wednesday and the sunday after thanksgiving. they expect to see morethan 3 million passengers. but tsa administrator david because says the agency is used to the travel uptick and is ready this year. passenger volumes of the highest we've ever seen. >>and fortunately, our staffing in tsa is also at the highest levels we've that they have ever the federal aviation administration is dealing with shortages among its workforce, an t t t t to minimize the impact during the thanksgiving travel period. we will use traffic flow management initiatives to deal with any staffing shortages. administrator michael whitaker says they have made strides in staffing and they're working to hire another 2000 air traffic controllers over the next year. we know everyone wants to get to their final destination as quickas possible. there safely. and to get you transportation secretary pete buttigieg says because of

recent reforms travelers have more protections now than ever before pointing to his department's new rules demanding automatic refunds for changed or canceled flights and new standards of compensation for delays we can take and have taken a number of steps to make travel better. and he says he hopes travelers feel the difference this holiday season in washon. i'm m m m hannah brandt >>on kron 4 news, the north bay receiving the bulk of atmospheric river over the past rest of the bay area's going to feel it tomorin napapapapapa

for slick roads, high water

and some rockslide problems in the far northern end of the county. >>kron 4 shots. clifford has more details. >>well, here in napa county on thursday and across the north bay. it is just a soaker. there are slick roadways and rising water levels pretty much everywhere. you look. >>thursday, heavy rain return to the napa valley creating slick roads in public. and napa river which passes through the heart of the valley is running deep and dark and muddy. but as of midday thursday, it was still i further to the north along snow valley, road rocks and mud and debris had broken free from hillsides, which are now saturated with water but not everyone was dealing with rain problems. if you're callisto get these kids were making the most of the wet weatherwhich is expected to continue for at least several more days across napa flood advisory remains in effect. the national weather service says minor flooding in low lying areas and over roadways is possible. the

advisory runs until y saturday morning in napa county charles clifford kron. 4 news. >>the majority of the rain has been affecting the north bay. but on friday, the rest of the bay area can expect to see some heavy rainfall kron four's. also good. it was in contra costa county where people are getting ready with more on the way. >>bay area residents are continuing to prepare for the atmospheric river storm that has made its way to parts of the area. on wednesday. some places were pounded with rain. and others like contra costa county are holding their breath and preparing for their turn to face the storm concerned. we're just continuing to do our normal maintenance, which is clearing storm drainstch basins, roadside ditches monitoring and maintaining our flood control channels and keeping are sandbags stations stopped for our customers and residents. county has several sandbag locations that are available. 24 7 fofofofor resid full list of locations can be

found here like control channels. we clear our storm drains are catch basins. but what we're really doing is going out and just making sure that those are staying free of debris and are clogged up in case the rains. and when the rains do come, we also encourage our customers to be proactive asking for the community's help. the department says there are plenty of ways they can stay ahead of this storm wake. it's windy like this. sometimes things get blocked up and we want to make sure we keep those clear walk around your neighborhood. walk around your your property, take a look and see if there's any colbert's or streams or ditches or things of that nature. your drains your gutters. make sure you keep those cleaned. and if you see something, say something lezla gooden kron, 4 news. we now continue our team

coverage in farmersville. also in sonoma unty, where a woman is recovering after a tree fell on her home yesterday afternoon. kron four's gayle ong reports. >>pg e crews spent the day working on power lines the day after a large tree knocked down wires that home and damaged a car on cozy court in forestville sonoma county. firefighters say a woman was inside the home at the time and managed to get out and was taken to the hospital. the incident happened around 4.30 wednesday afternoon during periods of heavy rain from the anticipated atmospheric river. longtime residents say they are grateful their neighbors safe but are not surprised to hear about the incident as this community is surrounded by trees and prone to a number of natural hazards that include flooding and

landslides. one neighbor down the street spent the day clearing out this storm drain. he says it's not the street gets flooded during heavy rains. and you can see why people who live down the hill have been monitoring the runoff. back on cozy court. firefighters say the tree caused significant damage to the home feeling and kitchen crews estimate the home suffered anywhere between 50,100 $1000 in damages. meantime, neighbors have been preparing their homes and cleaning up from this first round of rain. >>and they are bracing for more rain in the forecast on friday and through the weekend gayle ong kron. 4 news. >>the stockton city council recently approved the resolution they planned to install several dozen license plate readers within the city. tony salazar reports from stockton city hall with how leaders e are optimistic that it's a step in the right direction.

>>stocktktkton city council approved this resolution just last week for a grant of $963,000 thanks to the. department of justice. now, resolution calls for purchase of night vision goggles that city leaders say will help improve response to calls. but it's not just at resolution. also calls for the purchase of 110 license plate readers to be installed throughout the city to help solve criminal cases and reduce crimes using an automated license plate recognition system called blocked. this is nothing new for this city as it already has 15 of these readers scattered around town. here's how it works. once police put out an alert in the flock system for a specific type of car or license plate, the system uses a reader's set up around town to capture photos of cars and license plate data from there. the system alerts police when they wanted a car or one associated with the crime has been spotted essentially given police an extra pair of eyes on the roads to help track down that

car, of course, with the help of operators modern during the cameras. now that the city council has approved this resolution is now up to stockton pd to figure out where to strategically placed these new license plate readers, not, you know, like they're not hidden or anything like that, that is going to be placed throughout the city. kind of comes as large of an area is possible in areas of concern or has a question. councilmember michelle who represents district one in stockton, says this is a much needed resource for stockton pd. this is a game changer because not only does it allow our officers. >>to process a large amount of information in real time in order for them to do their job quickly and effectively. so if you're a law-abiding citizen, you have nothing to worry about. as far as what's next in the process. once the city follows through their procurement process, stockton pd will then asked city council for approval to buy these license plate readers councilmember by telling early

thursday morning that she expects these lie plate readers to be rolled out sometime early in the next year. as soon as in the first 3 months of 2025 or even sooner than that. that's the very latest reporting outside stockton, city hvering local news that matters. i'm tony salazar, fox 40 news. >>still ahead, pre elect trump announcing his new pick for attorney general just hours after former congressman matt gaetz withdrew his nomination. in sacramento. 11

locations are being renamed remove historically offensive slur. >>against indius w w w w women, the law goes into effect on january first and local

governments will have 180 days to select a new name. juliet smith has more information on what the removal of these offensive street names mean for the community. >>in 2022, governor gavin newsom signed a bill into law reing g g g g the removal of th term sq from all public spaces. >>the asu >>that's what's g chananananang >>in emotional, michelle radcliffe, garcia, the culture representative for the wind to try of northern california shares the generational trauma behind the slur and 500 feet. take a left on little squall court men and women get it. >>she regularly passes and nearby road named sq and calls the signage in attempt to the win to identity on their native land. this a

recurring and get a the things that are happening. >>in our area, she was part of the renaming process. it has been a long time. >>in >>and i can get should have been a long time ago. >>it is being done. all right. >>but says she faced pushback. some of the residents it and want it to our suggestions. so that page what what they are 2 years earlier, squaw valley change its name to palisades tahoe and the u.s. board of geographic names voted to change 650 locations nationwide. >>a radcliff garcia says they're still races street names in the area. one of the trees that we humans. >>great crime. >>it >>has been to as buying >>which is a product, hard ornate it in this it's a

start. she says to write a hererererere, is very important and all the generations to come. >>in a statement, the tribal affairs secretary to governor gavin newsom says in part. >>that these changes allow california to move forward from the past that denigrated native american women. we reached out to the gover office for comment from newsom and the california natur resources agency. but they were unavailable for comment. >>in sacramenveririririring local news that matters. juliet smith, fox, 40 news. >>the fbi is investigating whether recent slew of burglaries at the homes of high-profile professional athletes is connected to a transnational crime. wake news nation's laura ingle has those details. our team started reporting on this group of sophisticated criminals back in the spring who appear to organized through south american gangs, targeting high-end homes and victims. >>and now the more names are racking up. the race is on to

track this band of thieves down before they strike again. it appears this transnatng has more brazen targeting pro football players. patrick mahomes and travis kelce breakingo their kansas city area. homes. now mahomes was hit on october 6 the night before the kansas city chiefs had a football game at their home stadium. he would not say publicly if his family was there at the time. travis kelce about 15 milaway was broken into during that whole game. but the burglary was not reported until thefollowing morning. police say $20,000 in cash was stolen. kelsey and his girlfriend, taylor swift, who was in town for the game later stayed at a hotel. most of the homes have alarm systems that are connected to wifi and the suspects appear to be jamming the systems before breaking in. >>referred to those guys kind of brings up a vision of these street gangs. these are not in that sense. these are more

organize ratings or cells of these that are very highly trained. the more sophisticated some of these groups get the actually become not easier to find. buthese tied together because they leave a signature, some type of thing that enables them to either defeat a sophisticated security system or to get into location or house in a certain way. >>this video showing thieves and hazmat style shoes shows a break-in near mahomes and kelce home that authorities say is related to the other break-ins. the burglary here is worth over $500,000. these are not your typical smash-and-grab style burglaries. authorities say there are roughly 100 of these 3 to 6 person teams from chile moving around the u.s. stealing cash, jewelry, safes, and high-end handbags. it's all happening across the country with reported hits in michigan, connecticut, colorado, north carolina and

california. according to res the nfl has now issued a security threat to all of its teams. the fbi is also reportedly investigating. back to you. in a new op-ed in the wall street journal, the deal heads of the newly formed department government efficiency. >>better known as doge. they say they will roll back on what they see as federal overreach by cutting down the workforce and trimming at least half trillion dollars from the budget news nation's tom dempsey has that story from capitol hill. >>elon musk has said in the past that he believes he can cut up to 2 trillion dollars in wasteful government spending and how he plans to do that along with this new department of government efficiency might be becoming a little bit clearer. that could come in the form of thousands of federal regulations being slashed as well as massive cuts to the federal workforce and big audits of federal spending must get entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy plan to lead this new department of

government efficiency. and in a new wall street journal opinion piece that who cited supreme court cases and pass legislation that could lead to them being able to target wasteful government spen among some of the changes proposed musk and ramaswamy say they plan to work with agencies to, quote, identify the minimum number of employees required at an agency for to perform its functions. they argue fewer regulations mean fewer employees required to enforce them. the 2 also propose requiring federal employees to come to the office 5 days a week which they believe they bring a wave of voluntary terminations. they say if employees don't want to show up, american taxpayers shouldn't pay them. they say things like incentives for early retirement and voluntary severance payments could also lead to reductions in the workforce among other ways to cut down on overspending. buscan ramaswamy bring up 500 billion dollars. plus in annual federal expenditures they say are either on authorized by congress or used in ways congress never

intended like 535 million dollars a year for the corporation for public broadcasting to 1.5 billion llars inininin grants for international organizations and around 300 million dollars to progressive groups like planned parenthood. but just this week, the national federation of federal employees, which represents over 100,000 federal employees, raised concerns about this new department writing, quote, if elon musk and vivek ramaswamy get their way, nearly half a million veterans will go jobless in saying that the reductions proposed would be catastrophic for the entire country. musk and ramaswamy argue, though, that with the president elect donald trump set to take office in january, republicans in control of congress starting next year and a conservative majority in the supreme court that present what they call a historic opportunity to combat wasteful government spending. and here's the thing. they say they can get this all done by july 4th of u.s. tom dempsey, news nation.

>>former florida congressman matt gaetz is withdrawing his name from consideration as the president elect's attorney general. not it comes one day after gates met with senators capitol hill and attempt to gain supports our washington correspondent basil john has details. >>gates's announcement sent aftershocks throughout capitol hill just over a week after his nomination created a political earthquake. and the senators we talked to today had something to say about former florida congressman matt gaetz says his nomination for attorney general became a distraction for the incoming trump administration for months. senator peter welch was not surprised there. ali. >>gaines pulled out following scrutiny over a federal sex-trafficking investigation. and as the house ethics committee discussed whether to release its report on gaetz, south carolina, senator lindsey graham respects his decision. president nominated somebody they chose to not go

for now. he'll nominate somebody else. indeed statement he said his meetings with senators wednesday went well, bue, trump's doj must be in place and ready on day one. north dakota republican senator kevin cramer time to mov look k k k forward to. >>we now need to. >>on truth. social president-elect donald trump said, quote, matt has a wonderful future and i look forward to watching all of the great things he will do. lawawaware democrat senator chris coons one is looking toward the next but i think his confirmation process will move more quickly be more successful if he nominates working for mobile candidates. president elect trump has announced he will select former florida attorney general pam bondi has his pick for a g. >>reporting in washington. i'm basil, john. basil, john. >>after a short brea

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department of justice has asked a court to force google to sell chrome. judge ruled the company is now a monopoly washing correspondent in a simon explains what happens next. >>the department of justice wants to take google out of chrome, a new filing asked a judge to break up the massive tech company after that judge ruled google has a monopoly. this is completely absurd to be quite honest. the judge wrote google owns 89% of the market for search. that number grows to 94% on phones. amy boss from netchoice represents members of the online business community. even critics of google acknowledged that chrome dominates because it's so good. senator eric schmitt,

a republican, took google to court when he worked as missouri's attorney general who goes just gotten too big and should busted up the department of justice also wants the judge to change the way google handles android youtube and how it makes deals with apple for the iphone week, aiming our top tech companies and has a huge advantage rivals in china and europe. >>who don't have the same privacy standards. the department of justice criticize the multi-billion dollar deals google made with companies like apple to make google the default search on the iphone. there's a reckoning coming in the new administration with a new president and a new administration on the horizon. the missouri senator says he hopes prosecutors. >>we'll keep trying to break up big tech companies, boss disagrees. trump is a businessman. he knows how these things work. the judge is expected to rule on the punishment for google by the end of next summer in washington. i'm today some lot. >>some senate republicans are

fuming tonight. that's after the absences of some of their gop colleagues that are letting democrats confirm judicial nominees. washing correspondent trevor shirley is in dc with more. >>these federal judges are nominated by the president and then confirmed by the senate with lifetime appointments to the bench this week, several senate republicans skipped out on key judicial confirmation votes. >>letting judges nominated by president joe biden say long to the federal judiciary with these. we got to show up for work. >>what happened on monday night only occur because republicans were not here. those absent at different points this week included vice president elect senator jd vance and senator marco rubio of florida. >>indiana senator mike braun also missed votes. we've got to show up, folks american people expect us to show up for a job. senate democrats are racing to confirm as many federal judicicicicicinominees as they before president biden leaves

office. the senate is going to keep prioritizing judicial and administrative confirmations this week this month and for the rest of the year, even with all republican senators present each nominee would likely get confirmed anyways since democrats hold the majority. but republicans would have enough votes to at least slow down the process. there's no excuse to let chuck schumer foresees judicial nominations down our throat. senate democrats could potentially can for more than 2 dozen federal judges by the end of the year reporting in washington. i'm trevor shirley. >>i'm david lazarus file this one under nice work. if you can get its spirit. airlines gave its ceo a nearly 4 mill

>>there have been a lot of accidents due to the rain in napa. chp warning drivers take it slow and gift cars in front of them. some extra space kron four's. justine waldman spoke with daniel gilmore with chp in contra costa county tell us more about driving safely in the rain. what are you seeing out there on the roads today? >>also, like many places right we're just seeing t of vehicles that are losing control due to a making the proper choices on driving in inclement weather. >>and so what what is what is the right choice? that's what i try to talk to my kids about try to make good choices. what can we do to be better drivers out there? >>that's great question. so again, the basin remember that all crashes are preventable. the not accidents right? so the big thing for us right now so be slowing down over driving in rain. but they're like this. checking your vehicle before you drive, making sthat your tires and proper tread proper

inflation, your headlights work and your wipers work as well. and then speaking of while driving that headlights on have your wipers on. increase your following distance of the vehicles in front of you. and you're involved in a crash and there's no injuries involved, the big thing is we want you guys to clear the roadway get off the roadways safely as possible. >>i've seen some of those gns out on the freeways, no pull over, make sure that emergency crews have enough space to to respond to accident. is tsomething that people still don't do now? >>yeah, you'd be surprised. a lot of people just don't see our lights. and so the big reminder is a vcr lights. if you can be aware, keep your head up, look around you as you're driving pay attention, cs all over. it gives us a chance to work and help others that are in distress. >>and we'ven somomomomome issue with cars trying to get through flooded roadways. despite there being a big sign there in front saying the

roads flooded. it's a pretty clear warning to people they shouldnot to go through it. but we were just showing some video of more high profile vehicles going through. but just because you are in like an suv doesn't mean that you would be safe in a situation like that. >>yeah, that's direct. never underestimate how how deep a puddle tv. that's what best thing i can say. >>because you just can't see what's underneath you. and that's what happens in the water just comes in and cacacac a big problem. we've also seen since it's sort of the first major storm system of this winter season that this is kind of what kicks up all the way on the dirt that stuck on the road. now that we're kind of like almost more than 24 hours into this storm system has that kind of all wiped away or is thaill going to be an issue? >>i mean, i can't really comment on quality of the roadways in terms of like oils, unders, but more i can say is any time that there's water on the roadways it's going to increase your chances of losing traction. so drive

accordingly by following those best practices that we just talked about. >>and when you respond to an accident in, you're talking to the driver who looks like they're responsible for it. what are they usually saying happened? they were distracted. they were prepared. they what what's the main cause of the accident? >>drivers will get a lot of as to as to why they were driving weather crashes occurred. again, it can be anywhere from moms, the king of myself and i wasn't looking up for traffic. sunny stops in front of me. >>but at the end of the day, the big thing, to mention is that the weather doesn't caused these crashes. it's how we drive and and that's how people driving preventing them is by driving safely that you slow down. you keep that distance, you pay attention to your roadway and be a defensive driver. i'm not we're not in a perfect world and you're not gonna respond perfectly. if you're distracted.

officer daniel go more fr the chp in contra costa county. appreciate your time. hope you guys stay safe out there. thank you very much. i mean you, i stay with us here on air and online as we watch this atmospheric river, you can find the current conditions and weather headlines on our website. kron 4 dot com. 4 dot com. >>

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napa county. heavy rain made for slick roads, high water and some rockslide problems in r nononononorthern end of the county kron. 4 shots. clifford has more details. >>well, here in napa county on thursday and across the north bay. it is just a soaker.

there are slick roadways and rising water levels pretty much everywhere. you look. >>thursday, heavy rain return to the napa valley creating slick roads in public. in napa river which passes through the heart of the valley is running deep and dark and muddy. but as of midday thursday, it was still staying within its banks further to the north, along still valley road rocks and mud and debris had broken free from hillsides, which are now saturated with water, but not everyone was dealing with rain problems. if you're callisto get these kids were making the most of the wet weather which is expected to continue for at least several more days across napa flood advisory remains in effect. the national weather service says minor flooding in low lying areas and over roadways is possible. the advisory runs until early saturday morning in napa county charles clifford kron. 4 news. >>stocks rise as investors digest nvidia's earnings results and the ceo of spirit airlines got a big bonus shortly before his company

filed for bankruptcy. here's david lazarus with money. smart to explain. >>their the dow today. the index surged 460 points as investors decided maybe all that ai hype is getting out of hand. instead, e sensible stocks. concerns over overvalued tech stocks grew after ai chip maker nvidia yesterday indicated that its blockbuster growth could be slowing and that to flow today. instead to banks, construction firms, home improvement companies, basically things that are tech google parent alphabet, meanwhile, fell almost 5% after the justice department called for google to sell off its chrome owser to promote competition in the internet sea gensler, head of the securities and exchange commission announced he'll be stepping down on january 20th. so presidet-elect trump can appoint a new overseer of financial markets. gensler has been wary of cryptocurrency the president-elect meanwhile, wants united states to be the world's crypto superpower. now,

for failure. spirit airlines has handed its ceo ted christie a bonus of 3.8 million dollars just days before the company went bankrupt. according to a regulatory filing, spirit also handed piles of cash to the carrier's coo cfo chief commercial officer and chief information officer. these payouts were intended to incentivize the execs not to jump ship as the bow dips below the water line. but they also constitute hefty rewards for the very corporate leaders who rahm spirit into a fi iceberg in the first place. now, it's not unusual for companies to give reion bonuses to the very executives who got them into trouble. but at the same time, what are you kidding? in any case, the execs have to give the money back if they leave spirit in der r r r r a year. back to you >>coming up, big holiday blockbuster movies are here, including gladiator 2, andy

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movie weekend, including the opening of the highly anticipated gladiator. 2 andy reismeyer talks with the cast about the sequel in the entertainment report. >>exciting time for both moviegoers and movie theaters. to wicked and gladiator to expected to bring in a historic 300 million dollars over thanksgiving weekend. our the cast of gladiator 2 and th chat about what fans can expect from the much anticipated sequel. took me a

nt. >>for you what it's like, continuing this legacy. another forgotten. it could take revenge against the >>it's hamas of honor. it's put it simply. it's it's it's it's a huge honor. it's something incredibly proud to be a part of and to have my my name the top-two. you have something. >>paul pulls it off and it could pull that off. it could i mean, that's pressure. you know, i was just up in the stands, you know, hold goblet. you will be my instrument. >>i think the phone. i'm biased. but i think anybody has seen it yet. the response has been. pretty overwhelming because of the 2. >>really has been. thinking about how to do this movie right now to continue this legacy for over 20 years. now, you know, as soon as we're

filming the first gladiator, he was thinking about battles and sequences that he wanted to put in that, which he's now put into this one. and you can you can sense his expertise and his history and his love. i mean, this is a movie that. came from his old like he he needed to make. this film. >>is there a certain gratification you take as an actor knowing that, you know, you're part of a production that sweat recognized by the critics. it all ready. know he made a great move, whether he's recognized border, not that i've been around this game a long time. my brother with these awards and stuff. so i've seen it every which way. >>he's made great move. i can't believe that he's never won an oscar. if i may bays be so bold and not because i'm in it, but i feel it's his time. >>i'm just for the game. >>gladiator 2 hits theaters friday with yourtainment report in hollywood. i'm andy reismeyer.

>>next in sports, ben ross have the latest on frost rties

been the story of the season for the forty-niners injuries. just when you thought that maybe they were ready ake a run to a playoff spot. somebody new hits the injury report and >>not just anyone starting quarterback brock purdy dealing with a sore throwing shoulder after he was limited in practice yesterday he left early today after just a little bit of light throwing pretty was scheduled to address the media today. but the team pushed that back to tomorrow. that's probably when we'll find out some more

details, including an official injury designation. if he's on out, if he's unable to play on sunday, a green bay backup. brandon allen would figure to be the next man up. joshua dobbs listed as 3rd string on the depth chart. let's turn to hockey now. the san jose sharks looking and they're quick road trip on a winning note in st. louis against the blues in the new goalie in net, the highly touted prospect. the our slot ask are off, making his sharks debut. it didn't start great. bode barely. had no time to leave the ice before the blues got on the board. that off with the giveaway. nathan walker gets the easy goal. just 11 seconds into the game. but after that, ashcroft was terrific. as was alex wennberg who ties the game here for the sharks with his 4th goal of the season. >>it's one to one after now to the one blues, late 3rd period. starts pulled the goalie for the extra skater from and with 8 seconds left its wennberg again ties the

game and sends it to overtime. no one scored an ot. so we go to a shootout and only one goal was scored their the blues j neighbors. >>it's not a very nice neighbor. if you're san jose sharks do get a point. but they fall 3 to 2 in the shootout. >>meanwhile, back home in san jose in the city honored sharks legend joe th today ahead of his number 19 retirement ceremony on saturday. that will be declared joe thorton day 15 seasons with the sharks. jumbo joe had 251 goals and a franchise record. 804 assists y. he got to talk about some of his favorite memories. memories. >>there's been so many game 7 against vegas. you got to put up that, you know, that has to be out there. that i yeah, i think my first game

coming here to san jose state the shark that was. unreal. we're really i the people here have been still really, really good to me. yeah, it's it's it's been great. >>hey, joe might be retired. but his beard is still in game shape. let's turn to baseball now. 3 weeks after leaving his dodgers to a world series championship shohei ohtani was named the national league most valuable player today in a unanimous vote. the 30 year-old from japan signed a 700 million dollar contract wit offseason. he put together a historic year batting 3.10, with 54 home runs 130 rbi 59 stolen bases. the first player in major league baseball history to post a 50 50 season with homers and steals. meanwhile, not to be outdone, the linden native aaron judge was also unanimous choice for the american league. most

valuable it's his second mvp award in the last 3 seasons. the one that he didn't win. by the that was also shohei ohtani a judge this year batted 3.22 and led the major leagues with 58 home runs 240 the. it also led the majors and yes and walks. yeah, he's pretty good defensive center fielder as well. >>2, you to unanimous choices and as the 2 pretty easy choices for the voters this year. a lot of snow expected in the coming days of snow level has changed member yesterday. >>we're still levels about 3500 feet. well, that has changed all that subtropical moisture moving in. of course, that's warmer air and it lifted that snow level to 7,000 feet. but yeah, expecting more heavy snow throughout the sierra about if you're headed up there. yeah. back all that warm weather gear and be prepared. you t get stuck for a while. bring some food and some extra water if you're going to be up there, that snow may be another one to 2 feet over the next couple of days across the high coy. but a lot more after that. expect some travel

delays as you're headed up in the high country. meantime, ough, we have that winter storm warning that goes into effect, starting at 10 o'clock in the morning on friday with that next atmospheric river event about to move in. that is going to be some heavy snow up there through saturday. more on the way for sunday and continuing well into next week. right now, the catching a bit of a break, the rain and the snow line is lifted a bit to the north. of the bay area. but there's still a long way to go this nephericicicicic river event just setting itself up. this is what's called a water vapor image. giving you a better idea all that moisture that's coming down from the wine change. roland, right back up in the bay area. so here it is. taking aim now and putting itself together again. we've got yet another area of low pressure developing on the backside of this. and they're starting to combine again just like that last one. and so they're gonna put theirselves together latch onto this moisture. the difference with this one, though, it's going to sweep across the entire bay area. not expecting to get hung up and stall in the north bay. so the rain has a littltlt north bay, but its about to pick up again and it's going to get heavy at times some

more flooding, a concern in the north. they also expecting some strong gusty winds. again, maybe some 40, maybe some 50 mile an hour gusts along the cococococoastal secti the east bay hills, parts of the north bay, too. and you get upwards in the mountains ab some 60 mile an hour gusts. but let's time the storm out for as we head toward commute time in the morning on friday, 30 heavy rainfall in the north bay scattered show elsewhere that it starts to head south of that r picking up by 1 o'clock. you're looking at a band of heavy rain beginning to make its way into san francisco and really picking up in the afternoon. so the south bay has not seen a drop of rain and this first event they're gonna see a lot of rain by tomorrow afternoon. very dangerous out there on the roads as we headed for the next couple days. and showers continuing and early on ay m m m m morning. so here we go. the next couple of days, we're going to see that rain another main event ononon frida scattered showers on saturday. more rain expected on sunday. think un a mononononday and tuesday with a chance of some thunderstorms rolling on so the good news is least i see a light he e e e e end of t tunnel.

>> kevin: tonight, ellen degeneres in exile? why she's ditching the u.s. and moving to the u.k. >> i'm out. >> kevin: then, john stamos addressehi