>>thanks for joining us on kron. 4 news at 11, 30 live on air and streaming with kron on. i'm stephanie rothman. the

rain is back tonight in the bay area and crews in the north bay have been busy preparing for it. >>debris cleanup was top of mind to try minimize some flooding, especially in areas that were affected during the november storms. crews also sharing tips on how to keep your house safe when there is heavy rain. >>your yard, clear out gutters. clear on trains that you may have around your yard. and if you're in an area that's prone to flooding, if you folks flood in the past, just have your sandbags ready to go and ksat rain does pick up. >>some good things to keep in mind there. well, kron 4 meteorologist lawrence karnow has been tracking it all and has more on what you can expect. lawrence. >>scattered showers rolling on through there right now. moving further south as we head through the evening. that will be picking up now as we head toward midnight tonight, that front kind of sliding on shore. so get slick out there now. more on the way. will be picking up as we've got really a series of storms likely impact the bay area in the coming days and a much larger storm after this one likely

affect us for the weekend. right now you see that rain moving in. you see the yellows and the orange popping up around the bay area now. so, yeah, we're get moderate amounts of rain out there and some of that moving in along the peninsula, stronger cells just off the coastline. and that is going to be moving on shore as we head through the next hour or so. and that's will see the really the brunt of the rain from this system is really over the next all 3 to 6 hours before things begin to tail off this yr right here as we head toward just after midnight tonight. that's when that whole front really kind of lives across the entire bay area. then as we head toward early tomorrow morning, making its way into the south bay, bringing some mom out of some heavy rainfall. there. turning to scattered showers by the time the commute comes around. but it's going to be on and off throughout the day tomorrow. maybe isolated thunderstorm. >>all right. we'll see. thanks, lauren as well. new tonight, a group of thieves pull up in 3 vehicles and he's oakland and break into a cell phone shop. the owner is now picking up the pieces after the costly burglary on your screen. savitt surveillance video shows the big group thieves breaking into mister

phone repair on international boulevard this morning. the owner says the group ransacked the store stealing hundreds of phones. the burglars also took accessories and replacement parts electronics. the store has only been open since august, but has already dealt was several break-in attempts this time. unfortunately, the criminals got in. >>right now, i don't have a single fun side. they took all the air pods they had inside that took on a samsung to head inside. it took off on the prepaid phones like little prepaid devices and just heartbreaking. you can't do anything about it. this stores getting 5 families, you know, and to shut it down for one day that some $3,000 lost every single day. >>we're told the stories looking more than $100,000 in losses, they'll be forced to close for the next few days as repairs and restocking is happening come. police is investigating. on the peninsula. paul also unified may be facing a lawsuit. this

after attorneys say a boy was locked inside a closet for 15 minutes, according to a claim filed today. this happened at escondido elementary in january. and now advocates are calling on law enforcement for additional investigations. kron 4 sarah stinson reports. >>the naacp says the alleged closet incident is one of several reports of students experiencing frightening mistreatment from staff members at the after school program here called right at school are relation work with several families. >>that complaint about. some instances of racial bias. physical soltz, at least one of those families are working on a potential lawsuit against the palo alto unified school district after their 10 year-old boy suffered what they call racism and physical abuse. a claim filed wednesday says it happened in january escondido elementary at the after school program called right at school.

>>the san jose and silicon valley naacp president elect sean allen says a staff member locked up the child who was 9 years old at the time in a closet for 15 minutes. the child was so distraught and traumatized. the family's attorneys say in a state of panic, the boy was able to call his dad for help on his smart watch. ellen says after the family complained to the district, the same staff member retaliated by inciting c courage. >>other children to to to physically abuse a child. he literally held him down front of faculty member and stepped on this growing the regional manager of right at school says they conducted an investigation and fired the employee that same month. allen says the school district failed to protect the boy and now he's suffering. emotionally family has asked. and we have asked the school >>to assist them and many levels. and it's just one pill. jurek another right at school claims they supported the student through his

enrollment last school year as well as this school year after the parents re-enrolled him. but the naacp claims differently and is now calling for the district to end its contract with the program. the district responded with a statement saying in part we are aware of a concern involving the services provided by right at school. >>pa usd and right at school are united in our commitment to diversity and inclusion. do not tolerate discrimination or retaliation. every child to be free of harassment. bullying. >>and discrimination. we won't stand idle to may be less than that. will fight that tooth and nail. the naacp is also demanding law enforcement open an investigation into other faculty members who may have witnessed these incidents. the family has filed 2 claims against the district in a lawsuit. may be next. i'm sarah stinson reporting in palo alto back to. >>developing tonight in san francisco, a verdict has yet to be reached in the murder trial of nima, many. he's

charged with killing cash founder bob lee. the jury one home after deliberating for a 5th day. now amenities attorney files a motion accusing one of the government's witnesses of lying on stands. the judge denied a motion jury deliberations are expected to continue tomorrow. the hotel workers strike continues in san francisco today marked day 81 of the ongoing demonstrations by thousands of marriott hilton and hyatt employees. the workers union says health care is a key sticking points in the negotiations and workers are asking to keep their current health care plan while the hotel chains are trying to get rid of it. the union has recently called on jp morgan to cancel its health care conference in san francisco. that's scheduled for january. san francisco supervisors have

over us a new policy from the mayor which would have made it easier to ban overnight rv parking. that policy would have allowed sfmta to remove their rv's. and now this reversal is a win for homeless advocates. >>think the real concern is recognizing that 90% of unsheltered families live in vehicles and most of live in oversized vehicles. city estimates 85% so it is, you know, that's a grave concern. and we don't want to see families on the street. >>homeless advocates say the need now is for the city to create safe parking sites for the vehicles. >>well, coming up, a new local known for using psychedelics is set to close white a church's pastor. fully. city leaders are targeting them. we'll be

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>>welcome back. tonight, no decision on how proposed school mergers in usd claims this is needed to help deal with a 95 million dollar budget deficit. but as kron four's lindsey ford reports some members of the community disagree. >>motion. so there's no this will not happen. this will not move we've got. >>a temporary relief for parents, students and teachers. the oakland unified school board has postponed its decision on proposed mergers. i don't want my son to happen a little hard. a squad of want to have send him to a private school because i grew up in unified school district and i turned out great and that's what i want him to do. what alicia henderson son is a first grader at think college. now she and other parents feel the board isn't being

transparent because board members didn't even share their opinions. one of options. they said they had options, but they're never brought those options table. the school board is considering to merge tenant that they say the change would increase community teacher presents and even better prepare students for higher education. students at united for success. academy say they already have support of teachers and a strong community that teachers are really nice. they help us small school. the teachers can help you more on they believe in you. some people even held signs reading, keep small schools safe way like a community is just so fun is like a big family combine all together we all know each other and get along really >>board members report the merging of schools would help solve the district's budget ust is currently facing a 95 million dollar deficit for the next anderson disagrees, focus unified school district

has always made broke. so let's not make it about money, right? is about clothes and merging whatever they're trying to do. they're hiding something. anderson said she and other parents alike are exhausted with meetings like the one wednesday night that don't go anywhere as we go a lot. this is just tip of iceberg with him trying to close the school. so i'm i'm >>i'm really a honest. >>oakland, lindsey ford kron, 4 carol. >>the fbi releasing a new image of a little girl still missing from san francisco after almost 8 years now, arianna fitts was 2 and a half years old when she disappeared back in 2016 around that same time ariana's mother nicole fitts was found dead and buried and mcclaren park. it's believe arianna was not with her mother at the time that she was killed. the fbi has been working with sfpd to solve the killing and fine. arianna. while this new image really shows what arianna would like at 11 years old, a

special agent with the fbi tells us this is very much an active investigation. >>main goal here is to to re-engage with the public and to encourage anyone who may remember anything from from the time period back in february of 2016 or from that time period nicole fitts was was found to come forward and share information that they have. >>there's a $250,000 reward for information about the death of nicole fitts and the disappearance of ariana. fbi is hoping this new image will help them solve that case. tonight, crews are gaining some containment on the wind-driven franklin fire burning in southern california since the fire sparked on monday night in malibu. the flames have scorched more than 4,000 acres. at last check. the fire is just at 7% contained. crews say a break and strong winds today,

though, gave them a shot at better containing the fire from spreading. >>difficult terrain. some of the areas are very steep. there's no road network that we're able to access. so we're actually going to have to hike our firefighters and our wild land. firefighting hand crews in to put that containment line and like i said this morning and supported helicopter drops. do not put the fire out. we always have to follow up with personnel on the ground to actually cut a physical line around the fire. and we said 2800 acres, 7 square miles. that's a lot of work to do. >>evacuation warnings and orders remain in effect today. while many roads are still closed. a piece of northern california history destroyed after flames engulfed the bidwell mansion in chico. the mansion was a museum and the former home of congresswoman congressman john bidwell and an ebit. well, who were the prominent people in prohibition and women's suffrage, edge movements. it's

unclear what sparked the fire at this morning. a new lawsuit against google claims the tech giant discriminate against employees who take paternal leave. the lawsuit was filed by a former employee who says after spending 15 years working for the company she was laid off while on maternity leave. the suit alleges google then told her she could apply for other roles in the company. but after several months, google ultimately said there were no roles for her. reached out to the company for comment and have yet to hear back. a church in san francisco known for using psychedelics and its practices will be shutting down at the end of the year. this move comes after the pastor of side door claims they've experienced harassment front of city planning department who has been requesting structural updates that are out a budget. he claims that the department is targeting the charge since the updates were now require when they open the city's planning department, however, says they've been working closely with the church to legalize

their occupancy. pastor says starting in january, members of the church will have to attend services at the founding site over in oakland. >>california selections chief secretary of state doctor shirley weber is set to certify the statewide election results in just a matter of days. well, why did it take this long to get here? capitol correspondent wallace all have webber's answer and i'll let you know about new legislation aimed at speeding up the vote aimed at speeding up the vote counting process. to me, harlem is home. but home is also your body. i asked myself, why doesn't pilates exist in harlem? so i started my own studio. getting a brick and mortar in new york is not easy. chase ink has supported us from studio one to studio three.

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>>and battle safeway in san francisco will close. that's nearly a year after city leaders push to keep it open. safeway says its location near

gary boulevards and webster street will close due to issues with safety and theft. kron four's will tran has more details >>the safeway fillmore aerial soon be no more come february 7th. we know that's the final day for this store. after 40 years in business. that's the finish line. they would turn off the lights and close the doors forever. they actually wanted to close this 11 months ago. but the city and the community pushed hard for safely to continue. and that's when they sighing and extra least to go on as long as they are. but next year in less than 2 months, it will be over. let me show you some images inside that we got earlier this morning. safeway has mentioned the safety of its employees and chest theft that is out of control. look at these images inside at this one particular area. you see 3 security guards inside ice are actually 2 more outside just

to keep a close eye on the shoppers. and then if you go through a line, forget about self checkout. they removed that several months ago because it just wasn't stopping anybody. the honor system was not working. so now if a cashier is not there, the gate is closed. it's open. of course, when you go through and pay, then the gate is open. so lots of problems for safeway for you in the end said is simply was not worth it for them to continue but left in the wake of all this is the community, of course. mean, it's going to create a food desert in this community. and it really is a community institution. >>that i'm just very disappointed that there is not. better efforts underway to save this community institution because it's going leave a lot of low income people, seniors and families without a place to go for. what we need be big inconvenience for a lot of people. a lot of people have been here also at the community. because you have

elder elder, you have disabled people. and as far as me. >>i got to go away to market and shop are somewhere. well, we don't have a safe way to feel more. so without this safeway, the near safeway is about a mile to a mile and a half from this location in the castro district. and a lot of people simply cannot go there for whatever reason, simply too far for them. >>but if you have your pharmacy here safely will transfer all of the records to another location. fortunately, safeway has 15 other locations in san francisco, but come february 8th. this will not be available any longer. back to you. >>kron four's your local election headquarters, california secretary of state shirley weber is preparing to officially certified statewide election results by the end of the week. it comes more than a month election day. and as critics say, california's vote

counting process takes too long. our capitol correspondent tom wachs explains why weber is defending the process and shares a new look at legislation seeking to expedite election results in the future. takes time. >>no one says democracy was straight, including folks say it's kind of messy and slow. california selections. chief secretary of state dr shirley weber responding to critics who argue california's vote counting process takes too long. people often ask why it takes longer to count votes in california. the answer is simple. we take the time to get invite. webber says that's noting every voter signatures carefully matched with the signature the state has on file. she also says the state's decision to send ballots in the mail to every registered voter means there are lots of votes for election workers to count specifically this here. more than 16 million californians cast a ballot marking a 71.4% statewide turnout. that is higher than the national average of 63%.

>>webber says it's important to note by california law her office has until this friday, more than one month since election day to officially certify the statewide results. people say, well, you've got technology as we do that, then we also have a tremendous manual process that occurs with verify every ballot. >>and if we decided not to verify ballots and not to look and we have all of those who claim we're letting any and everybody raise about voting. it is a it is. it is a challenge that we face and we will continue to face. but assembly member mark berman hopes the issue will not be a challenge moving forward. i think an area that we improve a little bit is how how fast we count the ballot. the menlo park democrat says he's in the process of authoring legislation. that does just that. what i'm going to do over the next couple of months is have conversations with the county elections officials to find out. how can we help you know, what is it that stopping you? >>from counting ballots past or is it a lack of a high-speed ballot counters? is it a lack temporary staff that

you hire on? and after election day? >>to count the ballots? you know, what are some of these bottlenecks? what are what are some of the roadblocks and then work in the state due to help you to get past once berman concludes that process, he says he'll have a better idea about what to include in his bill. and while he does want a faster system, berman says he has full faith in the accuracy and security of the election. there's been efforts to use the fact that we count a little bit slower to try to insinuate that there's voter fraud in our in our system. and there is not. but i think we should also look at how can we create some transparency? how can we create some metrics so that voters have the ultimate faith in the process. >>meantime, the u.s. congress will convene to certify the nationwide electoral college presidents results on january 6th reporting at the state tom wallace kron 4 news. >>you're watching kron for news. we'll have more now to so

to our weather pattern. we're expecting multiple rounds of rain through next week with the most significant rainfall and the north bay kron four's gayle ong reports. >>here we've got we've got the tires. >>this is the rain room, able a key manager at goodman building supply. mill valley says that this store's rain room is fully stocked for the winter we go all rain boots and we're getting ready for the star. the storm door is opening again for the bay area. the first round of rain is expected late wednesday night through thursday. the

second system is expected to bring more widespread rainfall on friday and saturday with the highest rain totals in the north bay. we always worry about that. localized flooding and nuisance flooding santa rosa. fire department fire inspector will powers says storm preparations are underway. road crews and >>just crews in general been around clearing debris. that may be in those waterways and stuff since that last run. we had record rain last month caused major flooding and water rescues in santa rosa. while this week's rain is not expected to be as impactful

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supply right now at grocery stores, you may have noticed some empty shelves when you're shopping. well, kron four's rob nesbitt has been talking with farmers as well as industry experts to explain what's happening right now. >>bird flu is wreaking havoc on poultry farms nationwide in northern california is no exception. if the eggs are still on the shelves at the grocery stores, shoppers will also notice higher prices. empty shelves are a common sight in the egg section of grocery stores. this sign saying chickens on strike had to be put up tuesday at a trader joe's in san jose shells were restocked at this safeway in san francisco wednesday, but still a notice to shoppers limiting them to 2 egg products. each due to a limited eggs supply last winter sunrise farms in petaluma had to euthanize more than 80,000 chickens because of bird flu. and the owners confirmed to kron 4 that the flu is back and causing the egg shortage this year increasingly hard. >>to find that all brittany morse at the nonprofit wildlife hospital, wild care

recently sent a group of dead birds to the california department of fish and wildlife for testing 100% of them came positive. >>and flow and we defended another group cadavers and yesterday and that was 3 times anybody. so unfortunately, we're seeing and that and that we respect the bird moore says the bird flu is usually spread from wild birds during their migration. the bird flu outbreak began in february 2022. and has led to the slaughter of more than 111 million birds. >>mostly egg-laying chickens. if one k slips into a farm owners are left making a difficult decision for even the healthiest birds. they get one positive. they have to euthanize everybody because they have no >>how much it spread it's so aggressive and that they have to assume that every single bird they have potentially have the food industry association put out a national report today. >>saying that the bird flu has

caused egg prices to increase 8.2% reporting in the newsroom. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >>this holiday season, firefighters are sending out warnings about christmas trees. jonathan may reports from the salt lake city fire training center with how a small candle can ruin your holidays. >>simple candle that fell over started that tree quickly on fire for some of the tree was dry has been watered in a while. so it shows the importance of making sure that your christmas tree is watered daily and then also making sure that you place that away from any combustibles, a tree engulfed in flames. >>firefighters are teaming up with the american red cross to stop this from happening. the red cross. we've been responding to first for a long time. in fact, you know, 60% of the disasters we respond to nationwide are home fire. so the showing shows how fast the fire can spread to furniture. it's not as bad as the real deal in an actual home know where you have totally enclosed that heats trapped in that room, which this

increases the fire growth rapidly. and then the smoke builds up. so even if you're in the other room, that smoke will go throughout the house and make it very difficult for you to exit that house numbers from the national fire protection association say nearly one-third of all christmas tree related fires occur in january and each year us fire departments responded to average of 155 christmas tree fires and over 100 fires sparked by holiday lights are getting a look before you put them on that. you don't have any frayed wires that could cause any sparks are ignitions. make sure that the lights are all intact and working well prior to use firefighters putting out the flames to end the demonstration just don't want you to overlook the details during a season that can be filled with distractions. if we can prevent a fire, then we've done our job. obviously, we're working 24 7, 365 days. a week will be to the emergency. if you need us. >>but if we can prevent that emergency. >>that's better for us. luigi m

case has renewed interest tonight in the debate over ghost guns. >>he's a man accused of shooting and killing the ceo of united healthcare and videos online show how easy they are to make using a 3 d printer. but how do you track them without serial numbers? while the supreme court is expected to weigh in on this in the coming months, news nation's ryan bass takes a closer look. >>you can make these ghost gun from the comfort of your home in a matter of hours. and it cost just a few 100 bucks to make it. all you really need is one of these 3 d printers, one assembly kitten luigi mangione is murder charges put ghost guns back in the national spotlight with groups like everytown for gun safety

calling them the fastest growing gun safety problem in america. and we took a look online. you can actually search for and find a lot of these instructional videos and manuals that are in a ton of places teaching you how to make these weapons. and the atf says people can make pistols, revolvers rifles, shotguns, even silencers at home, using tools like 3 d printers. and it's legal to make them without a license. according to the atf. but ghost guns are becoming much more prevalent in crimes. the agency received approximately 45,000 reports of suspected ghost guns recovered by police and criminal investigations between january of 2016 in december 2021. we spoke to a retired atf special agent who said it is super simple for someone to try to make one of these weapons at home. so it doesn't even require the expertise to use. >>3 d printer. most of the time you just use these kits and really the kits are or what is problematic for law enforcement because there's no easy to use. they are so cheap and they are absolutely untraceable and they're being

used to kill people. virtually every day in this country. >>the atf says back in 2022, they looked at data over a five-year span and said they were only able to successfully trace less than one percent of suspected ghost guns. back to those that originally made them. so it's nearly impossible to know how many are out there now. remember, making a homemade gun is an illegal under federal law, but the biden administration did at a rule back in 2022. the required these kits to have a serial number on them and buyers to be subject to a background check as well. but it is being challenged a ruling by the supreme court is expected in the coming months. >>now to a shake-up in washington, fbi director christopher wray announced his resignation today. reporter samantha cortese has more on why he quit before the man who hired him returns. the power just next month. >>ray told the fbi in an all-staff meeting he had been thinking for weeks about his decision to resign. this is not easy for me. i love this

place. i love our mission. i love our people. then president trump appointed wray in 2017, but today the president-elect is celebrating his resignation posting on truth. social. the resignation of christopher wray is a great day for america as it will and the weaponization of what has become known as the united states department of injustice. re faced criticism from gop members over his handling of investigations including classified documents. case is january 6 treatment of catholic citizens and 2 presidential assassination attempts. president elect trump intends to appoint kash patel as the new fbi director. he met with senators on capitol hill on monday who will have to confirm him to the post. >>he's he's as the feedback so far. >>are you confident you'll be confirmed? >>ray will serve until the end of the current administration in january. in the newsroom,

samantha cortese ktla, 5 news. in recent weeks to earthquakes have been felt in parts of northern california. the most recent earthquake this week hitting nevada but felt as far as sacramento. >>kimberly cruz spoke with emergency responders there and cal oes. we have some tips on how to stay safe and prepared. california is earthquake. country, earthquakes are unpredictable. so get prepared. now, that's the message. local and state agencies are putting out whether it's fires or earthquakes or whatever it is to have a plan that ally and chief parker will born with metro fire says it's important to have an action plan. >>before disaster strikes, you live in one of these areas near a fault line. >>to go bag that has 72 hours worth of food, a gallon of water per person per day. first aid kit batteries with flashlights, things that you would potentially need to survive on your own for upwards of 72 hours. second on the list of tips is making

sure to have an evacuation plan. how to plan know where you're going to go and communicate that with other family members. so they know how to get a hold of you. we know that earthquakes can happen at any time, but officials with cal oes tell us that the state is tracking seismic activity. 24 7, 1, racer is e recommend downloading is the my shake app which can give you earthquake. early warnings straight to your phone. derek lam bit dizzy, cal oes earthquake. early warning program manager and says the most recent earthquake on monday triggered my shake alert. >>as far down south as fresno, which can give you anywhere from 10's of seconds of a heads up to take protective actions. when get receive an alert. >>and whether you're inside or outside during an earthquake. remember to drop cover and hold on, drop down to your knees, cover your head. >>and hold on to something sturdy. get underneath a piece of furniture. there's a a misconception out there that you want to stand in doorways with today's modern construction. that might not

necessarily be the best position for you. >>in rancho cordova covering local news that matters. kimberly, cruz, fox 40 news. >>coming a man

is facing a federal charge tonight after congresswoman nancy mace as he assaulted her because of her views on transgender people. witnesses say that's not exactly what they saw. washington, d.c., correspondent hannah brandt explains the controversy. >>today congresswoman nancy may showed up for work with her arm in a sling. she says that's because last night she was, quote, physically accosted at the capitol by a the reports. at least.

>>of the alleged assault. attack on nancy mace. a very troubling the congresswoman's team calls this an altercation over trans rights may says drawn controversy in recent weeks over legislation she introduced to ban transgender women from using women's bathrooms on capitol hill. no member of congress. >>should be accosted or assaulted or attacked based on their political. >>police may says office thanked u.s. capitol police for responding quickly. officers say they arrested. 33 year-old james macintyre of illinois. he now faces a charge of assaulting a government official. but witnesses tell news outlet the imprint they saw the incident unfold and it wasn't an assault and all policy advocate. elliott hinkle told the publication mcintyre introduced himself to mace sugar hand and talk to her about trans youth. he said from what i saw, it was a normally unshaken interaction. i asked congresswoman mace's office about the dispute over her story and they told me in a statement, quote, with an

ongoing investigation, we're limited in what we can share. however, this incident underscores the alarming lengths to which the left will go to silence women who dare to stand up against the trans take over congress. mays also says president elect trump called tony to check in after the incidents in washington. i'm hannah brandt. >>secretary of state antony blinken face some tough questions wednesday from a republican led house of representatives committee. that's about the august 2021. u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan washington correspondent reshad hudson has the latest. >>secretary of state antony blinken told lawmakers he stands by the administration's decision to withdraw from afghanistan during that hearing. lawmakers debated who is to blame. >>after a year of trying a house committee got a chance to question secretary of state antony blinken about the chaotic afghanistan

withdrawal, u.s. weapons vines, the taliban classified documents to telvin as the u.s. left afghanistan 3 years ago, a bombing at the airport killed 13 service members. democrats criticize republicans for even holding the hearing on this committee. the republicans have blown a lot of smoke about the process. blinken defended the administration's decision. he blamed the chaos on a deal that then president donald trump reached with the taliban in twenty-twenty it not follow through on his predecessors commitment. >>attacks on our forces and allies. whatever resume. ohio republican congressman warren davidson pushed back on blaming trump to try to blame this on donald trump. when we all know there is no way did anyone forced you guys to do the dumbest thing possible? new york democratic congressman gregory meeks believes president biden made the right choice. >>and not as another generation of americans to make an ultimate sacrifice for a war that no longer had a

purpose. >>and the incoming trump team is considering a commission to investigate the afghanistan withdrawal reporting in washington reshad hudson, back to you. >>more news weather as christma

approaches the sacred heart community service in san jose is now speaking out to the public asking for their help. they've been around for 60 years and this holiday season, they have a goal of delivering 3500 holiday food boxes and more than 18,000 gifts to families in need. kron four's justine waltman spoke with the mound. carter from sacred heart to tell us more about

it. >>these food boxes and these gifts that you need. who are they going to? what people in our community need help right now. >>people across our community need help right now. every day at sacred heart, we see 600 or more families that come to our food pantry. but we know during the holiday season, working families are under additional strain to put a hollow holiday meal on the table and to get gifts for their children. so our christmas and thanksgiving food programs just releasing to alleviate some of that stress, every food box that we give to families has about $150 worth of groceries and do our christmas program. we try to get 3 gifts to to 6,000 individual households and so on. this is just a small way that we try to alleviate some of the symptoms of poverty that exist in our community. and we really rely on donations to make these programs go so right now we're looking for chickens, turkeys and hams as well as toys for children, ages 0 to 16.

>>okay. do you only need food donations right now? or would some money go a long way? >>money always goes a long way folks are interested in making a monetary donation that you can make it down. you go to sacred heart, cs dot org, slash donate and they'll be all the information that you need there or if you are able to bring down a protein chicken ham or turkey tour 13 81 south, first street location. our donation station is open from 9 to 4 and also we have our amazon point wish list if you can't make them to donate a toy, you can. you can click on our web site purchase that way for a local child. and we're putting up right now on the screen. the wish list. >>that you guys put up on amazon's. we could see some the ideas of what you're looking for here. looks like socks, maybe some gift cards and for the teens. it's it's tough to gifts for teens. you know, most people like to buy like a little toy, a stuffed animal that we have mean that kids ages 12 and also.

>>the christmas gifts. so that's a lot of the stuff you see. their funding says trees make a video game accessories, things of this nature that that is exactly what the kids want. >>stanley, there you go. those are the real gifts right there. if someone were purchase one and could donated, do you want it wrapped or do you just want any way? you can get it? >>no, we do not need to we actually prefer it not to be because what we at sacred heart is you have all of our families pre-register for the 20 program and then they can come in shopper showing some b roll of our of our shopping experience. they're not just being given whatever toy they can come in and shop for the ones that are right their kids. and so that's a big part of this, upholding the dignity of our member. yeah, that's a unique experience there. can people still? >>sign-up to receiving meet the food and the gifts or is that >>so for food, anybody can comments that zip code restricted. if you're not a member of sacred heart, we can sign you up on site. and so monday and tuesday of next week will be doing christmas

food boxes for the entire community. so feel free to come down. our toy program is actually close that that's only for families who are pre-registered. but there's there's another toy giveaway going on at the fairgrounds that is open for the entire community on 15, 16. and just really quickly here, where can people go to get some more information? sacred heart cs dot org, slash holidays. >>we hope the a lot of people here, your calls to get a little extra help out there to help some people in our community have a really happy holiday season. damone, thank you so much for being here. >>happy holidays. >>you're watching kron for news. we'll have more

>>watching kron 4 news at 12, 30 live on air and streaming with kron on. i'm stephanie rothman. >>the rain is back in the bay area starting in the north bay and is now just made its way recently tonight into san francisco. >>debris cleanup was a top priority in the north bay when it came down all an effort to minimize flooding, especially in areas that were affected during last month's storms. a live look now at the golden gate bridge. you can see from some pretty slick roads there as just a couple of cars make its way. reminder, please be careful out there. our meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us with a timeline throughout the rest of the week. lawrence. >>got a series of storms.

they're going to be moving in here over the next few days and well into next week. go to bring up a really a lot of rain around the bay area. so here we go out at the bridge right now. you got things pretty slick out there as we speak more than on the way as we head through the night. these storms generated some big-time swells along the coastline, some 20 some 22 foot swells moving in along the coast. watch out along west and northwest facing beaches. also going to see a very high tide astronomical high tide. the king tide rolling town going to be above 7 feet as we head into thursday right through monday. so be careful in and around the bay likely to see some flooding in some of those low lying areas. and of course, that's gonna help to back up some of the creeks and rivers to are watching those closely this weekend. storm clouds moving in and there's the rain moving in the bay area now stretching into san francisco, just beginning to move into san mateo and over to concord as well. we're gonna see more of that coming as we head throughout the night tonight. really spreading to the south into early tomorrow morning. they're going to get on the backside of it were thanks. we get really interesting. so here's the long-range forecast. here's that front. we're just looking at that dropping through overnight

tonight. and then the center of low comes right near the bay area, probably in the north bay. that may be just enough to set off some more showers. maybe some isolated thunderstorms as that comes by a brief break, but not for long. by friday. we get into the next storm. that's going to be much more potent storm rolling in free with a not only rain but heavy rainfall and some very gusty winds, maybe some 40 50 mile an hour gust specially into saturday morning. i think that will be the brunt of the storm coming through. lots of snow up in the sierra nevada. winter weather advisories up there as well. 5,000 feet could see several feet of snow and then it just keeps going. get a little bit of a break on sunday. more rain expected on monday, possibly into tuesday. and then after that, we gets more rain as we head in toward the following weekend. so you start out of some totals the next 24 hours, maybe as much a half an inch to about an inch of rain in parts of the bay area. so i'm talking about winds. a lot of that coming our way to tomorrow. those winds pick up once again going to be blustery afternoon. that helped clear out sky but pgetti in toward, especially on the morning on saturday morning. maybe some of those gusts 40 50 miles an hour next couple days. there you go. unsettled

weather continuing on and off. so winter is back. >>thanks, lauren well. a group of thieves pull up and 3 vehicles in east oakland and break into a cell phone shop. the owner is now picking up the pieces after the costly burglary. surveillance video shows the group breaking into mister phone repair on international boulevard wednesday morning. the owner says the group ransacked the whole store stealing hundreds of phones in the process. the burglars also accessories, replacement parts, electronics and more. the store has only been open since august, but has already dealt with several breaking attempts. and this time the criminals got in. >>right now, i don't have a single fun side. they took all the air pods they had inside that took on a samsung to head inside. it took off on the prepaid phones like little prepaid devices and just heartbreaking. you can't do anything about it. this store's hitting 5 families. you know, and to shut it down for one day that some $3,000 lost every single day.

>>muhammad says the store is now looking at more than $100,000 in losses and will be forced to close for the next few days as they do repairs and restocking welcome. police are investigating. on the peninsula. paulo also unified may be facing a lawsuit after attorneys say a boy was locked inside a closet for 15 minutes. according to a claim filed on wednesday. this happened in escondido elementary in january. and advocates are now calling on law enforcement for more investigation. kron 4 sarah stinson has the details. >>the naacp says the alleged closet incident is one of several reports of students experiencing frightening mistreatment from staff members at the after school program here called right at school are relation work with several families. >>that complaint about. some instances of racial bias. physical soltz, at least one of those families are working

on a potential lawsuit against the palo alto unified school district after their 10 year-old boy suffered what they call racism and physical abuse. a claim filed wednesday says it happened in january escondido elementary at the after school program called right at school. >>the san jose and silicon valley naacp president elect sean allen says a staff member locked up the child who was 9 years old at the time in a closet for 15 minutes. the child was so distraught and traumatized. the family's attorneys say in a state of panic, the boy was able to call his dad for help on his smart watch. ellen says after the family complained to the district, the same staff member retaliated by inciting violence in the classroom, courage. >>other children, 2 physically abuses chansley literally held him down front of faculty member and stepped on this growing the regional manager of right at school says they conducted an investigation and

fired the employee that same month. allen says the school district failed to protect the boy and now he's suffering. emotionally family has asked. and we have asked the school >>to assist them and many levels. and it's just one pill. jurek another right at school claims they supported the student through his enrollment last school year as well as this school year after the parents re-enrolled him. but the naacp claims differently and is now calling for the district to end its contract with the program. the district responded with a statement saying in part we are aware of a concern involving the services provided by right at school. >>pa usd and right at school are united in our commitment to diversity and inclusion. do not tolerate discrimination or retaliation. every child should be free of harassment. >>moline and discrimination. we won't stand idle to any maybe less than that. will fight that tooth and nail. the naacp is also demanding law enforcement open an investigation into other

faculty members who may have witnessed these incidents. the family has filed 2 claims against the district in a lawsuit may be next. >>i'm sara stinson reporting in palo alto back to. >>the hotel workers strike continues in san francisco. wednesday marked day. 81 of the ongoing demonstrations by thousands of marriott hilton and hyatt employees. the workers union says health care is a key sticking point in their negotiations. workers are asking to keep their current health care plan while the hotel chains are trying to get rid of it. the union has recently calls on jp morgan to cancel its health care conference in san francisco using one of those hotels scheduled for january. no decision in the proposed school mergers in usd claims this is needed to help deal with a 95 million dollar budget deficit. but as kron four's lindsay for reports, some members of the community

disagree with that. >>no so there's no this will not happen. this will not that. >>a temporary relief for parents, students and teachers. the oakland unified school board has postponed its decision on proposed mergers. i don't want my son to happen. a little harder squad of want to have send him to a private school because i grew up in unified school district and i turned out great and that's what i want him to do. what alicia henderson son is a first grader at think college. now she and other parents feel the board isn't being transparent because board members didn't even share their opinions. what are the options? they say they have options, but they're never brought those options table. the school board is considering to merge 10 of its schools. they say the change would increase community teacher presents and even better prepare students for higher education. students at united for success. academy say they already have support of teachers and a strong

community that teachers are really nice. they help us small school. the teachers can help you more on they believe in you. some people even held signs reading, keep small schools safe way like a community is just so fun. it's like a big family collate all together. we all know each other and get along really >>board members report the merging of schools would help solve the district's budget ust is currently facing a 95 million dollar deficit for the next anderson disagrees, focus unified school district has always made broke. so let's not make it about money, right? is about clothes and merging whatever they're trying to do. they're hiding something. anderson said she and other parents alike are exhausted with meetings like the one wednesday night that don't go anywhere as we go lot. this is just tip of iceberg with him trying to close the school. so i'm i'm >>i'm really a honest. >>in oakland, lindsey ford

kron. 4 >>coming up, the new picture. police in san francisco are releasing to help find the young girl there who's been missing after her mother was killed almost a decade ago. we'll be right back.

>>welcome back. investigators say they now have forensic evidence linking 26 year-old luigi mangione to the brutal ambush attack of united healthcare's ceo brian thompson. police say they have fingerprint evidence found at the scene of the murder that matches maggi only as well as the shell casings that are linked to his gun. police say

when emoji only was taken into custody, he was in possession of a notebook that contain chilling plane plans for the killing. john leoni has the latest on the investigation. >>tonight, murder suspect luigi mangione is being held without bail in a pennsylvania state prison. fighting extradition to new york on murder and other charges in the assassination of united healthcare ceo brian thompson. nypd investigators now say they have forensic evidence time ngo knee to the killing in manhattan last wednesday, including the ghost gun found on the 26 year-old when he was arrested at a pennsylvania mcdonald's. monday, we were able to match that gun to the 3 shell casings that we found in midtown shell casings police say were inscribed with the words delay, deny depose a possible reference to the words used by health insurance companies. when denying

claims. investigators also say they match manteo knees, fingerprints with fingerprints that we >>found on both the water bottle and the kind of bar near the scene of the homicide. police believe this surveillance video obtained by sister station pix 11 shows the gunman walking down west 55th street minutes before the shooting with the same water bottle in his hand. >>thompson was on his way to an investors conference at the time of his killing at the time ngo. his arrest. officers say they found a notebook on him allegedly with written plans on how to carry out the shooting, including these chilling words. what do you do? you act the ceo at the annual be encounter convention. it's targeted, precise and doesn't risk innocence. similarly, handwritten pages found on monday only allegedly contained this statement. frankly, these parasites had it coming. this as authorities are increasingly concerned

over the outpouring of support from angie, only online and the growing outrage with the health insurance industry in new york city. fake wanted posters targeting insurance company, ceos and executives have been appearing in public spaces, including brian thompson's with a red x marking his face. it's unknown who is responsible for the posters in the new center. i'm jonathan >>the fbi releasing a new image of a little girl still missing for in san francisco after almost 8 years. arianna fitts was 2 and a half years old when she disappeared back in 2016 around that same time ariana's mother nicole fitts was found dead and buried and mclaren park. it's rihanna was not with her mother at the time she was killed. fbi has been working with sfpd for years to solve the killing as well as fines. arianna. this new image really shows what she would look like at 11

years old. a special agent with the fbi tells us it's very much an active investigation. >>and goal here is to to re-engage with the public and to encourage anyone who may remember anything from from that time period back in february of 2016 or from that time period nicole fitts was was found to come forward and share information that they have. >>there's a $250,000 reward for information about the death of nicole fitts and the disappearance rihanna. the fbi is helping this new image will help solve that case. a maui woman who has been the subject of a massive search has been found safe tonight, a month after her family reported her missing hannah kobayashi disappeared after missing a connecting flight to new york during a layover at lax. police believe she missed her flight on purpose after she was spotted on surveillance video casually walking into

mexico. her family says they have made contact with hannah and that she's okay. they thanked everyone for their concern and their help. during a search, hannah's father who came to la to look for her tragically died by suicide in a parking garage near that airport. a church in san francisco known for using psychedelics will be shutting down at the end of the year. this move comes out to the pastor of zion door claims they've experienced harassment from the city who is requesting structural updates that are out of the budget. he claims that department is targeting the church since the updates were not required when they first opened the city's planning department, however, says they have been working closely with the church to legalize their occupancy. the pastor adds that starting in january, members of the church. well, now that the 10 services out there founding site in oakland. the nevada county sheriff's office is investigating a robbery that occurred at a licensed cannabis farm in grass valley. reporter kristina battista

gives us a closer look at the investigation. the nevada county sheriff's department is currently investigating a robbery in grass valley where 5 cannabis farm workers were held at gunpoint. they were armed with firearms when they made entry into the. >>into the structure where the employees are sleeping, made some demands of the employees and then loaded up that cannabis and fled the scene. the suspects fled with approximately 150 pounds of processed cannabis worth an estimated $150,000. owner does have surveillance cameras. >>one scene the suspects tried to disable or damage surveillance. our detectives were able to. >>recover. some of the surveillance which is currently being analyzed by them for any leads on the suspects. the department is uncertain how many suspects were present estimate between 3 and 7. >>3 of the suspects are described as adult males. one african-american, one hispanic and one car cajun. we purchase that from that. actually one

of them that was rob 10 dion who manages golden state patient care, told us that he recently spoke with the owner of the robert farm aid. the scene just, you know, freaked out a little bit. >>in certain. well, dion, he's not too concerned with his shop, getting robbed. he tells us he has installed cameras and make sure to have security personnel present on site at all times. we. >>he's a veteran that's military train for our security that have added county sheriff's office recommends that if you face a similar robbery situation, you should comply with the robber's demands that this was to happen. comply with the demands of the suspects. they're most likely they're just forward. >>the cannabis and your life is not worth the loss of that. cannabis in nevada county covering local news that matters christine about the staff fox 40 news. >>coming up, a major victory for homeless advocates tonight. san francisco controversial ban on overnight rv parking overturned. we'll be right back with those details.

>>report of shots fired in concord near monument boulevard led to the discovery of a body in the middle of the streets. kron 4 sleep to call has details. >>for and griffin, a quiet tuesday night took a turn for the worse when she heard 5 gunshots fired in succession outside her home on oak grove road near pier drive-in conquer. i thought it was a revolver. she says it happened quickly about by the time she walked out of her front door, a bicyclist was down on the ground just feet away. concord police showed up soon after

placing evidence markers next to shell casings in the street. police say the victim was a 53 year-old man. it was a little when the cops came in and then looks for boyd holes in the law. fortunately her home was not pierced. neighbors are concerned. parties care. it scared. >>i have a family here. it's not good. police have been quiet about the incident. i guess they're trying to figure it out. >>a lot of here at this time police have not released a motive or suspects involved in concord. philippe djegal all kron. 4 news.

a policy that could have made it easier to ban and tell. rv's from san francisco streets has now been overturned as kron four's. dan kerman tells us homeless advocates say it's a step in the right direction. >>the city estimates there are at least 360 rv's in san francisco and many our home to unhoused families. that's why homeless advocates have been so vocal against mayor breed's new u.s. policy making it easier to ban overnight rv parking under the plan. the head of the san francisco mta could make that decision on his own with no public hearing your public comment before the sfmta board. i think the real concern is recognizing that 90% of unsheltered families live in vehicles and most of them live in oversized vehicles. city estimates 85% so. >>it is, you know, that's a grave concern. and we don't want to see families on the

street. homeless advocates fear that policy would make it easier for the city. >>to tollway those family homes on wheels and those who live in echoed that concern at tuesday's board of supervisors meeting in depth i would like to know where it is that i can actually live. i came here to find a solution to this situation. and i ask you >>to please listen to my concerns in the league calls. i would like to live in an apartment, but it's not easy. he to to find one right now. i find myself living a nervy and and i'm trying to find a solution. so please think about those and reverses decision ultimately by 7, 3, vote supervisors reverse the mayor's new policy. >>this doesn't prevent bans on overnight parking or citations are towing, but it does reinstate the public process going forward. homeless advocates say the need now is for the city to create safe parking sites for these vehicles. this is been a

demand of our guy, communities of homeless advocates to invest in a diverse array of infrastructure to support the populations that we dan kerman kron, 4 news. >>coming now to

an update on the health care ceo murder investigation. nypd announced new dna evidence wednesday they say connects luigi mangione the shooting and killing a brian thompson reporter. jordan mansberger has the latest. the government charges a person with a crime. they have to prove a cane at there's some evidence. all right. so, >>you know, we got it. said, i you can look on this table and

he right here. here's all the evidence i have right you, man. >>dickie wouldn't share much yesterday evening during a press conference but insisted that his client is innocent until proven guilty. dickie is only representing manji only on the gun charge and fake id charges that he faces in pa, though, detective kenny told cbs news today that the community has responded in new york by allowing them access to several private video systems. and we have a compilation that puts him at all the scenes. >>that that were involved in this crime along with the video evidence they do now have dna evidence. the county says it's still being processed while no fingerprints were recovered from the bullet casings. there was one from a cell phone. they say manji only use that they've been able to link elsewhere is dna from the water bottle is the same dna to match up to that fall back in blair county, altoona, police are continuing to investigate several threats that have been made against their office and the

mcdonald's where manji oni was arrested. this is clearly a very polarized you know, we have received some threats against our officers and building here. we've started investigating some threats against some citizens in our community. we're taking all those threats seriously and online. a fundraising page has raised over $30,000 to help in nice defense, even and gianni does come from a very wealthy family. it's coming together. forensically is coming together physically with the video canvas. it's coming together. what witnesses. >>so this is your, you know, old school police case with the detectives are out there, pounding the beat every day, knocking on doors. >>and yuba county demolition is underway on the historic hotel. marysville, the building, which has been a staple in the community for over 100 years was deemed a total loss after a fire broke out and destroyed it back in june. juliet smith has the latest from city officials.

>>residents taking in the demolition of hotel marysville, which was once a designated historic landmark. i'm sure you've heard the stories of >>neighbor who stand there and lou gehrig the such and whenever you lose a piece of history, i think you lose a part of city, sold others. it just like a it's been vacant last in decades. >>let's put something new in that city. officials tell fox 40 they're demolishing the hotel with extra caution due to the toxic material was like nibbling on on on a ritz. >>in end, a little bit like brick by brick. >>it's being done in 2 phases in costs, millions of dollars. first phase is do what it takes to open up traffic open up the highways, the second base it to deal with the contaminants. >>the city has closed off a part of highway 70 out of an abundance of caution for drivers, people literally could not get to their businesses and open their business. >>and so obviously the public could get to the business is. well, there have been few businesses actually and close down.

>>one of the businesses that have struggled since the fire is queen of hearts tattoo parlor located right across from what was once hotel marysville. the street is completely blocked off, but nonetheless, they remain open, really excited for just access to eye. this is a main street. so it's like duke come and she hasn't had any recent walk-ins 3 minutes away and it takes like 45 minutes sometimes just to get down here. in just put something awful. get tattooed when this is all done. how long is this going to be up in arms? you know, city officials say the state offered local business owners a low interest loan of up to 2 million dollars through the sba economic injury, disaster loan process. pond has not applied for this loan, noting the complicated nature of it. the chief of police says their investigation into the fire is still ongoing, adding that they're trying to locate

several people to verify information. i did speak to some of the that the firefighters that that went room to room. >>searching for people in this building that fateful night in june. and there there were signs of of of vagrants in the building. >>juliet smith, fox, 40 news. >>juliet smith, fox, 40 news. >>more news weather can neuriva support your brain health? mary. janet. hey! eddie. no! fraser. frank. frank. fred. how are you?

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work. >>doctor de roar back describing the danger her team discovered lurking beneath the surface. we studied 89 dolphins in 3 locations across the gulf of mexico. 83 were alive and 6 are dead and weaken the fentanyl and all 6 that defense. >>texas am corpus christi research revealing it all 30 bottle, nose dolphin tested positive for various drugs of those 30 24 dolphins at traces of fentanyl. we don't know with certainty where the fentanyl is coming from. we are very close to the mexican border. so that could be potentially drugs transported to the water. authorities say drug smugglers have been using the open waters for years transporting their product. just this summer, the mexican navy pulled roughly 1.6 tons of suspected cocaine out of the water all at once. big picture. do you think this is isolated? >>absolutely not. there was a study that just came out of the summer about sharks with

cocaine and newsnation getting rare access inside the lab, seeing samples in the bottle, nose dolphin that had traces of fentanyl. researchers like micaela glenn who spent years on this project say this is all part of a troubling trend. it's all very alarming to think about what's ending up in these animals and and our marine environment in the science center chemistry tells the stories we then send it to the massive trauma or here. that's where researcher justin elliott did a lot of the heavy lifting verifying the team's findings. i have seen a lot of similar types of situations where finding a lot of chemicals are not expecting in weird places but nothing like fentanyl found in dolphins. and for that reason, dr hussain of doulas says this study is just scratching the surface. what they call it. it's raising flag basically say, ok, that on a concern here. >>we need to look, we need to investigate it farther. and how big is that? the program it is only a local of mexico it is actually or white.

>>so you heard there from the researchers at texas am corpus christi day, believe it's widespread and it's not just fentanyl, either its other drugs other pharmaceuticals. how widespread. that's what they're trying to figure out from galveston, xavier walton, news nation. >>lawmakers on capitol hill are concerned about a large number of drones flying over new jersey. federal officials say they don't know who's behind them. democrats and republicans say it is an acceptable response. washing correspondent basil john reports on what members of congress want to do next. >>infused by processor types and memory options. i'll show you what to look for when buying a new laptop to get the most for your money.

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>>legendary entertainer dick van dyke, who is just 3 days shy of his 99th birthday, has been caught up in the malibu wildfires. this comes shortly after him celebrating his life in cold place. music video. >>i mean, she really aware that i'm, you know, can go in day now. i don't fly. it doesn't concern i'm not afraid of it. i have that. totally against anything, you know, actual eye with that. >>dick van dyke and his wife, arlene silver, were forced to flee for safety in the face of the devastating wildfire engulfing malibu. he revealed on facebook yesterday that the to escape their home ahead of the flames. the post reads arlene and i have safely evacuated with our animals except for bobo. he escaped. as we're leaving. we're praying he'll be ok and that our community in sarah retreat will survive these terrible

fires. he followed this post by sharing a video of their cat bobo. we're all hoping bobo is found safe and sound the mary poppins star wasn't the only one in harm's way share has reportedly fled with her pets to safety at a hotel as well. this comedian says he's come out of retirement because he needed the money. >>you can't do that. still can not stand and get to double that. no race and not triple stanton or races make you get a little bit of a off. >>62 year-old jim carrey, the starved of endeavor and so many other iconic comedies has basically been in retirement until now because he was waiting for one thing. the >>that that might have been hyperbole. yeah, you know, i i

came back to this universe because at first get to play a genius, which is a bit of a stretch. you know, it's just it's just a i bought a lot of stuff and i need the money. thanks. kerry reprising his role as doctor eggman robotnik for sonic the hedgehog 3. the first 2 installments were among the highest grossing films of kerry's career. >>sonic the hedgehog. 3 hits theaters december. 20th. i'm dana devon here in hollywood. back to you guys. >>next in sports, the forty-niners are less than 24 hours away from their matchup with the rams reporter aaron wilson will have more details on who will and won't be on the fielback in action tonight

in houston for the quarter finals of the nba cup. and steve kerr will. he was probably the most upset. i've seen him in the bay since i've been in the bay. >>but let's start at the beginning and break it all down. going into tonight's the warriors and a 15 game win streak against the rockets dating all the way back to 2019. they were looking to continue that trend tonight and advance to the nba cup semifinals as they tried to hit vegas. but it wasn't all sunshine and rainbows early-on for that, was shot clock violation. it's still teen turnovers in the half get to it up in the 3rd tied at 63 buddy hield things in the go-ahead. 3.15, points for yield on the night in the war years. they take the lead on that one. and those are the 4th quarter now in the warriors were up by one step. watch him here.

>>top senate, right, bob of the and they go up by 4. but the rockets always agree. point warriors lead and shooting drills hoping him on loan. la's city is 1.11 rebound his first season. and now with the one point 14 and looking put this one 3, though, is though they are right there by on the floor trying to get the rebound, jalen green and kuminga fighting for the ball. and guess what's coming? somehow it calls for the foul on that went to steve kerr. >>obviously he can't believe the college's bases iraq they shoot free. throws in greenwood, make both of them to take the in the final seconds of the game as well. we'll find ourselves in the inbound pass give the the that encourages the badge and the dance his 3. well, and they lose in heartbreaking fashion. 91 90 its net story. a 16 game win streak over the rockets the last few years. it to happy about that. meanwhile,

the forty-niners and the rams, they'll meet up in primetime in less than 24 hours in a game that could change the course of one of the team's postseason plans. >>and a loser could very well no chance of making the playoffs. but when it comes to the niners, as they've done so many times this season, they will have to go out there and try and fight for a win without a few of their key guys. ben bartch interim williams have been ruled out against the rams as well as safety. malik mustapha. but nick bosa though, train great greenlaw and isaac guerendo. well, they've all being, you know, right now, their questionable for the matchup, which good news. given there condition as far the game goes, it'll be a rick 3 in that one. the rams actually rallied to win at home to beat the forty-niners 27 to 24. >>both rosters have changed dramatically, though, since that game where many of the stars were out with injuries and that one record understand, though, that he needs to step up and this game for the niners? but he also knows that the rams are no pushovers and will be its

talons com. >>thursday, but i think these guys do a good job of switching things up. you know, it's gonna be on tap your stuff. their front is really good explosive. they've gotten better throughout the year. >>for secondary linebackers, everybody, they'll tie and they've 3rd, they're playing the best football of that. they have a right now. so huge challenge for us. >>we've been looking forward to get that rain. the rollback in the bay area certainly could use it. now actually running a little bit below the average in parts of the bay area. the exception, of course, in the north bay where they have tremendous rain, some record rains early on in the season, but now looks like december gonna start to get wet again as we've got the storm system moving in now, still dry along the golden gate bridge at this hour. but not for long back to mercey. the storm now off the coastline generates big-time swells, maybe 20. maybe 22 footer is moving in along the coastline as we head through the night tonight and tomorrow to all the way into friday. so watch out special on west and northwest facing beaches going to see some big-time swells. 2 along with that. we've got an

astronomical high tide that's going to coincide with all the rain and you're likely going to see some flooding. we're going to talk about some flooding in and around the bay with some 7 foot hides with the king tide rolling back in. so be careful where you park your car this weekend likely to see some flooding there. so there it is. doppler radar picking up on that rain now making its way in trying to stretch across the bridge now into san francisco. more of that on the way as we head through the night tonight. and really, this could open the door for a significant storm develop right behind it. in fact, that next storm system really going to pack a punch as it comes through. first one coming through overnight tonight and tomorrow. showers on and off throughout the day tomorrow. maybe an isolated thunderstorm. and this next going start to see that rain coming in as early as on friday may tap a little subtropical moisture here becoming atmospheric river event and then the heavy rainfall moves early on saturday morning. very gusty winds, maybe some 40, maybe some 50 mile an hour gusts here in the bay area. and then yet another storm on the following monday. maybe start talking about rain as we head in toward next weekend, too. so we've got a lot going on out there. and so we're gonna

start to add up some impressive totals over the next 24 hours. some maybe near an inch of rain in some parts of the bay area are going to get a nice little soaker overnight tonight and tomorrow winds yet they're going to be gusty around the bay area really getting kick tomorrow. just a nice breeze. but as we get into saturday, well, that storm system bring much stronger winds to the bay area. next few days, everything changes. the rain is back. looks like that will continue on and off. not only through this weekend, but well into next week in the first day of winter. >>and that doesn't here for us at kron 4 news. we'll be back with the morning news at 5 o'clock. i'm stephanie rothman. thanks for r r r r r r

♪ ♪ >> kevin: tonight... malibu on fire. >> et's on the scene as the blaze rages on, forcing evacuations. flames spread as more celebs feel the impact. >> kevin: then, jamie foxx after the brain bleed that nearly killed him, finds a new reason to celebrate. >> it's beautiful because i didn't know if i was gonna be able to celebrate it. >> kevin: inside his star-studded bash. plus, elton