from the columbus zoo, i'm jack hanna, hoping you'll come along next time as we go "into the wild." >> now on the kron 4 morning news, the busiest travel holiday travel days of the year are here. what you need to know before you hit the roads or head to the airport. he wasn't able to speak any words at all. but they understood him. you know, they were able to. no what he wanted. and a family grieving

the loss of their young child who died tragically just before christmas. >> we are going to find a way to make sure that we get handle on the drug prices and just weeks away from inauguration day, i sat down with the newest mayor of san francisco on his plans for the city. it said. good morning. thanks so much for joining us here on the kron. 4 weekend morning news. i'm stephanie lin. >> it's saturday december, the 21st. let's get your day started with a look at the weather with dave well, stephanie, good morning. good morning, everybody. and it looks like another. what saturday going on here for you, but not quite the fireworks. an action that we saw from last week looks like some rain just to get started as we speak right now and more is upstream for a store in the morning hours. at least we'll break this up a little bit into the afternoon and might even see some peeks of sun trying to work in here to. here's a show. the golden gate

bridge kind of dark right now as we just start the day with some light rain working. here course that will intensify a little bit as the morning wears on. there you see the line just making its passage across the bay. so as to make it into east and the south bay, as we speak, the winds are kind of variable right now. they will have an uptick happening for today, though, though, that's going to favor pretty much along the coast of looks like you can see the winds again, kind of variable, 10 up to 10 miles per hour. little bit beyond. then as we get into tomorrow, looks like we're doing it earnest breaking here, at least in the afternoon, get some solid sunshine and you're working in here because we do have an unsettled week. that lies ahead. this is waiting for us, too. and you can see the success of storm systems out to sea. so the breakdown for you hour by hour. let's keep the rain showers in here. at least in the morning hours. then breaking up for your afternoon. and those will be showers. not that heavy rain going to forecast a bit. stephanie. >> thank you. breaking overnight in oakland, we saw heavy police activity near the fairmont avenue and kempton avenue area. that's near oak park studios association and

oak park. and you can see from this footage, police actively working the scene. we've reached out to opd and we'll update you as soon as we get more details on what the situation is here. let's turn now for a live look at sfo this morning. is that look nice you can see a number of planes out on the tarmac as folks start to make their way out for their holiday travel plans. aaa is expecting nearly 8 million people to travel by air this holiday season, as says they're expecting their busiest travel days to be today. and tomorrow with about 160,000 people flying this weekend. right now flood aware is reporting 67 delays and 4 cancellations at sfo. we're also tracking flights in the east and south bays. flight aware is reporting 15 delays and no cancellations at oakland international. 11 delays and 0 cancellations at san jose international. we'll keep you updated on those numbers throughout the day. gas prices have seen a slight dip as we head into one of the busiest travel weekends of the

year. according aaa. here are the average prices per gallon across the bay area. the most expensive in sonoma at $4 and $0.54 san francisco at 4.44. and sandra taylor for 43 other counties include napa at 4. 42 moran at 4.39. in alameda county can expect to pay for 32 a gallon for 30 in contra costa for 26 in santa clara for 25 in solano. and if you're heading out, triple a says to be sure to leave extra time as traffic is expected to pick up. so make sure you plan ahead and read, drive safer. it's been a week since a 6 year-old boy died after wandering onto a freeway in san jose. prof reject moment. reports from an event organized to help the family pay for the boy's funeral. people come from all over 4th christmas lights of willow clegg. >> a reminder of holidays spent with those we love. by but at the end of the row of vendors friday night.

>> is one tent that lost someone that was so very deeply loved is my first nephew was my little keane. >> yeah, was 6 year-old king holguin died on december 13th late at night when he somehow got out of his family's apartment and wandered onto highway 2.80, right next to the exit for san jose city college. his family says he was autistic nonverbal and had trouble reaching traffic. he died just. >> hitters in alameda county. they are dropping manslaughter charges against all 3 alameda police officers involved in the death of mario gonzalez. the county's interim da says friday's decision was the result of inconsistent statements by forensic pathology expert. a small plane made an emergency

landing friday at the former alameda naval air station. the fire department was called just before 10, 30. they say the plane was heading the palo alto airport. that's when it started having engine trouble. there were 2 people on the plane. neither were hurt. the faa is now investigating. and the party is over for party city store announced they're going out of business. the announcement left customers and staff in shock. kron four's lezla gooden went to daly city to get more details. >> officially over for party city after 40 years. the large chain is closing on thursday. employees at the party city located in daly city. we're told the news and there's store will close their doors at the end. a february 2025. >> yeah. if you are closing. >> the daly city location was opened on friday with shoppers bustling around preparing for parties and christmas day, pamela says she saw the news

on her phone. i'm going to miss it. definitely. sometimes you have to wait for a package pose to come for party city and just grabbing what you need and go ahead and decorate. but >> since their clothes and now we don't have to wait for packages. that's real sad for families. i don't know how to ghana, even provide food or bills, not knowing him for that to just drop a like that. that's totally unfair. >> the news is breaking just 5 days before homes. >> no >> we reached out to party city but have not heard back as of news time getting kron. 4 news. >> new this morning, the oakland, a city budget, oakland city, budget issues. they impact a number of animals over oakland, animal services that animal shelter posting late last night on social media in october, the contingent budget situation facing the city and that key

positions within the shelter had to be frozen. and that did impact front counter staffing animal intake staff. now one animal control officer in a registered vet tech position has been frozen. they have they have been frozen rather due to the city's ongoing financial crisis. as a result of the under staffing, the shelter will be closed to the public on tuesdays and wednesdays starting january 6 of the new year previously, those days were open from 11:00pm to 05:00pm. the new hours are on your screen right now. as part of tesla's as excuse me, a part of tesla road east of livermore is finally back open. alameda county officials sharing these pictures of before and after the construction. the road closed in february because of storm damage. it was supposed to reopen last month but was delayed because of the bad weather. and in the south bay, free rides will be available on new year's eve. the santa

clara vta is continuing its tradition of offering free bus. we're light rail service starting at 08:00pm december 31st. the free service rides are is available until 05:00am on new year's day. so if you're planning on having some drinks will ring in the new year, this can be a nice option for those looking to get home safely while saving some money. and this time next month, francisco will have a new mayor this past election season. the city's approach to public safety, homelessness and it's struggling. downtown area were heavily scrutinized and voters ultimately elected nonprofit executive and levi strauss heir daniel lurie into office voting for change. there. on friday, lurie laid out his plans for his administration saying it will be routed in 3 things. accountability, service and change. number one, focus on public safety. i walked 6 street with sfpd last weekend. i'm going to continue. >> to walk the streets and figure out how do we get control again of our streets. we cannot have the open air drug markets and drug dealing and drug use happening in our

streets. we have to get people off the street and then to mental health and drug treatment betts. we're gonna work that. and then we need to streamline the bureaucracy. we have to make sure the taxpayers dollars are being spent effectively and efficiently. >> lori adding he plans to declare a fentanyl emergency state of emergency rather on day one. >> we are going to find a way to make sure that we get a handle on the drug crisis on our streets. that's what the voters voted me in with the mandate that they did because they want to see change on our streets. they want to see public safety and i'm committed to it. >> where is still working on building out his cabinet? however, he has already named former san francisco giants executive vice president stacy slaughter as his chief of staff. >> still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news we're hearing from the east bay family after they were seriously hurt in an airboat crash. we spoke with a father's recovering from broken bones. plus, a security

guard is dead after he allegedly struck pedestrians. the details of the incident coming up. and a live look at san francisco international this morning. after the break, we're updating you on delays and cancellations at bay area. airports. >> by the way, the round about an hour 15 behind right now due to some of the weather we've been talking about. yes, there are some showers in our backyard, the greatest. we'll have more on what you can expect to kind of an unset

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again. good morning, stephanie. good morning, everybody. practically see the southern tower, not the northern tower. going to be a little bit unsettled. it looks like for the next week, too. first things first today we're seeing some of this action in downtown heavy overcast, darker skies. so. >> heavy line of rain about to make to version across at least the west part of the bay here. as you can see, the heavy stuff for the southern marin extending down to the peninsula little bit as well. so you folks in the east get treated to this probably within the next hour or 2. this will break up for our afternoon, though. but this is going to be probably the hardest hit that we're going to get from that system at all for today. so here it is. kind of in motion. you can see it breaks up right behind us. but there will still sit be some patches to make note of into the afternoon live shot of sfo by boat away delaye due to this weather about running hour and 15 behind. so again, with busy holiday travels, something to be considered. so you can see that moves through. but then another line comes through all the way through the afternoon will be some peeks of sun poking out here a little bit. but today,

definitely the wetter of the weekend days. that's right. sunday morning. yeah, a couple little strays of showers here and there breaking up for a time taking a breather until another line gets here probably well after sunset for your sunday and again, that will set the tone for kind of an unsettled week ahead. but it looks like christmas stay proper will open up for us here. the winds, by the way, there's a pop of winds noting at the coast here, not so much inland, but along the coast will be double digits. single-digit, you can see well inland that we don't see too much happening for tomorrow. post today's rain because tomorrow be more on the sunny boat for much of the afternoon. putting it all together here for you. that rain early, mostly cloudy on balance for today, though, some pm breaks of sun. then tomorrow, a few showers, variable, cloudy. we're calling that on balance for the day. but it looks like the afternoon, pretty decent sunshine with some light rain developing next week. unsettled. there's a break for christmas. it looks like proper. and that's before and a little bit afterwards to some nice cushion. cool with 50's and 60's on balance 3 day forecast lined up like this. as you can see it. we've got

60's all the way into early next week. again, watching for the nice little break of action happening for you on tuesday afternoon night and wednesday and thursday. little bit, too. so be some rain jumping in and out of this forecast all week long. so keep in mind. very good to know how the umbrellas ready to go. all right, dave, thanks a lot. >> happening now, it's that time of year again, the holiday travel rush well underway and aaa says it's going to break records yet again. experts say that they're expecting nearly 8 million people to travel by air this holiday season on the roads. aaa says more than 100 million travelers will hit the roads across the country. that's more than what they saw. pre-covid. let's take a look at what triple-a says of the best times to hit the roads for today. they say before 02:00pm and on sunday, you want to get out there before noon. if you plan on heading out on monday, the best time you want to leave is before 11 that morning. and a look at those gas prices before you hit the roadways. aaa says it's seeing a slight

dip in gas prices. these are the most expensive in the bay area at the moment. chp has maximum enforcement period starts up on tuesday and runs through christmas night. officers will be out in full force, keeping an eye out for unsafe drivers last year, more than 900 people were arrested for dui during the christmas inforcement period. meantime, bay area airports are busy with travelers moving back and forth to their holiday destinations. here's a look at oakland airport on friday. they are expecting more than half a million people to pass through between now and early january. meantime, sfo says it expects about 100 60 people to pass through the airport every day for the next few days to come for us to recess to reports. >> here at sfo, it may not look like much right now, but it has been a hectic day here at the airport is everyone is heading out for the holidays. ready to roll. are you heading, tim? you just it is that time of year where travelers are jamming to sfo to get away for the holidays.

>> we came from new jersey to san francisco from holiday going back and then my brother and his kids live in long island a small holiday with it has been nonstop this friday, but your golf clubs, not your skis where you're going to palm springs have for very happy that i see by this. my family is happy. you going tell me what's the best thing heading out for the holidays? well, yeah, i'm taking time off. >> from my work and the at the to come together. so that's the best thing of the and has a boost. spokesperson says 159,000 people are expected in and out of sfo this friday. >> he could day travel is sunday with 160,000 people flying in and out. local weather is good. but the east coast, specifically new york and boston are seeing delays due to weather. are you guys going or florida where in florida, orlando to see my 89

year-old really special? very special. but what are you looking forward to when you get to your destination? yeah. looking forward to see my family go home to chicago. worried about the >> busy lines. and you know, these days, it's a crazy out there. did you get here everybody always says get to the airport early. yeah, i i did this time, fortunately. typically don't. typically it's, you know, kind of hectic. but this time i actually that seem to be a very popular conversation. whether you're one of those kinds of people who like to come in early have some time to unwind or if you're a person who likes to slide in at the last minute. but again, why would you want to have additional drama? >> this time of year, airport officials say that the highly recommend getting here early so that you can have a peaceful start to your holiday travel here at sfo, theresa stasi, a kron, 4 news. >> all right. and here a look at the latest numbers from the airports around the bay area.

according to flightaware at sfo, there have been 75 delays and 4 cancellations at oakland airport. 15 delays and 0 cancellations at san jose. 16 delays and 0 cancellations. some lawmakers are raising concerns over the tsa's facial recognition technology. a bipartisan group of senators say there's not enough oversight and they're asking the department of homeland security's inspector general to investigate and report to congress whether there are safeguards in place to protect passenger privacy. it's currently in more than 200 airports nationwide with tsa planning to expand tsa said in a statement the images are immediately delete it before the next passenger approaches. >> for your help this morning, very farmers in california are now isolating cattle infected with the bird flu. there's been cases reported at nearly 700 dairy farms in the state, mostly in the central valley. health officials share with the quarantine. looks like. >> restricts movement of high-risk cattle and also

requires enhanced biosecurity and by security or those actions that a farm would take to try prevent the movement virus on or off the farms. >> the department of public health says the risk to the public is low. but 36 californians have tested positive for bird flu, including a child in alameda county. the infection has mainly spread through contact with cattle. but the state says the one case in the bay area did not come from the animal. officials say you should have no concerns about bird flu when shopping for milk at the grocery store. because pasteurization is 100% effective in getting rid of the virus. still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news for getting reaction from local leaders as prop 36 promises tougher penalties for fentanyl dealers and bronx. >> plus, california fishermen finally catching a break with commercial dungeness crab season. now right around the corner. and a live look now at the bay bridge this morning. and we have a look at the best and we have a look at the best times to drive th

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was i ended, my wife a severely injured as well. my children sustained injuries. so i working through it slowly but try to navigate all of the obstacles come with this type of incident. >> the family along with 7 other victims are represented by 2 law firms. the attorneys say they've launched a private investigation into what led to the crash. and some good news for crab fisherman. commercial dungeness crab season is set to open for most of california january 5th, as in years past was set to start back on november 15th, but concerns for the safety migrating humpback whales delayed the season. this was the 7th consecutive year cut commercial dungeness crab season had to be pushed back. take a look at this. benicia firefighters rescued a bird that caught in fishing line that got caught in a fishing line yesterday. crews got out onto the water. they were able to rescue that bird and cut the line that it was that was wrapped around its entire body. they say that the had a

friend that was nearby the entire time, making sure that it was ok. and once freed both the animals for act together. and say hello to dzingel and bell the 2 puppies are ready for their forever homes after getting a rough start in life. noe valley police found the four-week approval pups in the backseat of a car along with a number of drugs, believe it or not, animal of come. officials confirmed the puppies had ingested some of those drugs as well. they since recovered anyone interested in adopting ginger or bell, please call inhumane. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news far is adjusting their schedule for the holidays. we'll tell you what you need to know. >> before your next rain.

>> now on the kron 4 morning news. the busiest holiday travel days of the year are officially here. you've got what you need to know if you're planning to hit the roads or fly the friendly skies. plus, new details in a deadly shooting after san francisco. police shoot and kill an alleged security guard. >> if you've got the target of the fbi raid, who who your guess is as good as mine. i really don't know. and exclusive interview with oakland, mayor sheng thao as today marks or excuse me as tuesday marked last day in office. >> i asked her for her thoughts about former police chief leronne armstrong and

the a's leaving town. stay tuned for more on that. all right. welcome back to the kron. 4 morning news. thanks so much for joining us. those stories coming up in just a moment. but let's get a first check of the weather just a second. 3rd, 4003th with dave. >> well, plenty for you, stephanie white. good morning, stephanie. >> good morning, everybody. and looks like we're going to be visiting the day with again, unsettled weather. we have some showers for today and rain little bit for tomorrow, but you're gonna see a lot more sunshine going on for your sunday. first things first, here's the beauty shot we have for you of half moon bay, yeltsin even adjusted for the low lighting situation that we have. there's with all that blue is about. so it's kind of little of the looking this there, a touch with ok least of the ocean is not too unsettled. lot lot. look at that, mr. james fletcher was up early this morning and got us a sunrise shot all the way out from walnut creek. you know, the old saying red skies at night, sailors delight what's red skies in the morning? sailors take warning. why cause of that? that's

mount tam now. so give you a general idea. showers coming our way in the action is a lot that's upstairs as we're all this activity is occurring to deliver some showers at the ground. want see quite that activity. but you can get a general idea what's going on at least the law. so there's the rain line. give you a general idea all the way from solano county, right on through open san francisco through the peninsula's. you'll notice little closer inspection there. you can see some rain just easing into the east bay a little bit there. this is this first hit heavy hit and then we'll see probably a success of later. 1, 1, on for the late morning hours. enough to keep the mention of rain in our general forecast. how are those temperatures a bit on the chilly side 40's you can see for the east bay and up north. we have some 40's and some 50's mixture with you. folks up in the north bay will be rain this week to make note of hour by hour, we're going to keep a lot of cloud cover in here, although i think the heaviest rain will probably be pretty noon. and the afternoon some spotty showers. and that's where talk a bit more about your unsettled week. coming up ahead, good news is the middle of the week. looks like it will dry out. stephanie, i say thank you.

>> all right. let's take a live look now outside at sfo this morning. again, aaa is expecting nearly 8 million people to travel by air this holiday season. the airport says they're expecting their busiest travel days to be today and sunday. and with about 160,000 people flying this weekend through that airport, it's going to be quite busy right now. flight aware is reporting 84 delays, 4 cancellations at sfo. also tracking flights in the east and south bays. flightaware reporting 17 delays and 0 cancellations at oakland international. 16 delays and 0 cancellations at san jose. we'll keep you updated on the latest throughout the day. and gas prices. i've seen a slight dip as we start to head into one of those busy travel weekends this year. according to aaa. let's look at the average prices per gallon across the bay area. the most expensive in sonoma at 4.53. san mateo at 4.44. in san francisco at 4.42, other counties include napa at 4.41.

solano of 04:22am. arena for 39 in alameda county can expect to pay for 31 a gallon for 30 in contra costa. for 25 in santa clara and 4.22. in solano. if you're heading out to police as you want to make sure to leave extra time as traffic is expected to pick up. so make sure you plan ahead. developing this morning, a man is dead after being shot by san francisco police near union square. police say that person crashed into pedestrians and a person on a bike hours before the shooting. however, is gail ong has the story. >> authorities have not yet released the identity of the suspect, but police continue to investigate a string of incidents that may have led up to the shooting. >> bullet holes could be seen on the window of the dior store at grant and post streets in san francisco is union square. the window has since been boarded up, but it was a different scene earlier at about one 38 this morning. >> several officers approach the suspect who was standing outside in front of the store. after a tense after that

attempt to take the suspect into custody was unsuccessful. the officers were involved in an officer-involved shooting according to san francisco police. the suspect is believed to be a security guard at this dior store. >> and employee of the store says they are not commenting on the incident. investigators combed the scene friday morning, but as of p g's, assistant chief says the investigation began thursday evening. >> in the area of kearney and post streets when officers responded to a report of speeding vehicle that had gone on to a sidewalk and hit 2 pedestrians and a bicyclist near union square suspect still on the sidewalk, pursued the victim and hit the back of the bicycle. >> victim of that collision which are labeling aggravated assault. jumped off and took off running and we believe ran up to 2.33. setter at this point. we haven't found that victim and we definitely want victim to come forward. the suspect then tried to take the his vehicle. he was unsuccessful in doing so.

>> it did take some of the victim's property, put it in his vehicle and then fled the scene. the 2 pedestrians, a woman and girl, were taken to the hospit l and are expected to survive. >> hours later, police identify the suspect vehicle at the dior store after police shooting. he was taken to the hospital but died from his injuries. police recovered a firearm at the scene. >> and investigators did not release details on what prompted the shooting. but as fpd plans to hold a town hall within 10 days about this case, which is department policy following a shooting by an officer reporting here in san francisco, gayle ong kron. 4 news. >> happening now, police are searching for 2 men, they say broke into a daly city pizza shop and store 2 safes officers say more than $3,000 was taken. it happened at mountain mike's pizza on skyline plaza earlier this month. police say that the suspects smashed into the front door, took the safes and then drove off in a white toyota tacoma in sedan. anyone with information about this is

asked to call daly city police. and new this morning, a convicted murder has been found guilty of killing 2 women in fremont in 1986. take a look at your screen now. david misch. now, 63 was convicted of the murders of 18 year-old michelle, a savior and 20 year-old jennifer doing their bodies were discovered in a remote area and dna evidence linked to miss to the crime police. they say a partial license plate found on one of the victims also tied him to the murders. ty, the suspect to the murders, rather the case remained cold for decades until a detective reopened in 2016, finally bring justice to the victims and their families. issues already serving a life sentence for another murder. san jose mayor matt mahan weigh in on proposition. 36, the measure which increases penalties for fentanyl dealers and excuse me for fentanyl dealers and theft crimes. and that went into effect this week. a man says that prop 36

is a step in the right direction in his city is ready to make any changes, but they still need more support from the county and state. but we need more. >> secure treatment centers. inpatient treatment options. and only our counties and the state of california can do that because it's a health and human service that they have the jurisdiction for so that when someone is a repeat offender, they've been arrested for the 3rd 4th 5004th time using hard drugs in public spaces. they actually have a place to go where they can detox. get treatment and get their get on a better path. >> prof 36 may have only gone into effect a few days ago, but police say that it's already making an impact. police say yesterday that they found a shoplifter putting the stolen items, put stolen items from target into his suv. police say he had a history of theft. and thanks to prop 36, you will now be charged with a felony and booked into jail before prop 36 went into effect. the man would have only received a citation.

investigators say. and now to a story you're only going to see here on kron 4. now, this past tuesday marked mayor shane tells last days in office on election day, oakland voted her out of the job in the first successful recall of its kind in city history. i sat down with mayor thao for a wide-ranging interview covering. yeah, a number of issues part of that discussion is airing now here. >> i'd like to talk a bit about the recall election. what was your reaction when you heard about the final results? i know that you campaigned quite heavily against the recall. of course, it's disheartening because we just gotten started to do the work. and we're seeing the real results, the positive results. >> and i will always do what's right for the city of oakland versus, you know, doing what's politically popular to state offer to stay in office for the sake of staying office. right? if i play the political games that probably would still be in office by playing politics. well, you know, of

course, you know, i just for example, cole. i'm a staunch believer that we cannot have co come through. oakland. you know, there were conversations that were had and i continue to say that no, i will not allow for cold to come in. and so we see people who have invested in coal across the country. billionaires coming in to actually remove me from office. when you get into these leadership position, it is so critical that you represent your values because the general public or not is is not going receive and half in may never have all the full 100% information for whether it's legal purposes or what have you. but you have the information. it is up to us leader what you do with that information. do you go a long just to get along? where do you go and you lead through your values because you know what is right for the city. why didn't you issue a rebuttal statement in the voter guide when it came to the recall? you know, i mean, obviously, this is first time ever for a recall of the mayor. you know, and running.

the city is always my top priority. and so that's what i was hyper focus on making sure that are homicide levels were, you know, decreasing making sure that a crime levels was decreasing. we have economic workforce development, you know, that's coming in. we have the coliseum cell. we had all these different things that were happening in my priority is always to be the mayor. first that the end of the day for me. again, it's not about playing the politics. it's about ensuring that oakland continues its positive track again with so it's such a sensitive process that if you let your foot off the gas just a little bit, we can see oakland spiral. yeah, i hear that. but i mean, i that was an opportunity to also. >> speak your case against well-funded campaign against low. that was one opportunity. but there's multiple other opportunities in the sense of the results. >> right. the results that we were able to drive. and so we feel confident that we were able to show those results through our actions.

>> and you can watch the full extended interview with outgoing mayor sheng thao on our website right now. kron 4 dot com. any county fire crews are hosting a holiday drive to give back to families in the east bay crews are asking the community for toy and diaper donations and those will go towards the nonprofit youth uprising based out of east oakland and their mission is to develop leadership skills in young adults. >> it's good to be able to help out where i and i worked and lived in hayward for almost 27 years. so this is a little thing i can do to get back my community's help me for years and my >> crews are hosting said at the firehouse today a station. 25 there will be free treats and crafts for the kids as well. you can also drop off donations at the event. still ahead on the kron 4 morning

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it's a little heavier rain. however, that will taper off into the afternoon a bit headed up to tahoe. by the way, they're actually not looking at too much the way of snow. it's rain and wind going on. temperatures pretty much in the 40's, the red, the snow levels up there around 8,000 plus feet that you do have a wind advisory. but beyond that, it's not so much the winter storm advisory yet. it's all been on the mild side. meanwhile, downtown san francisco, again, reflecting all of that kind of a overcast skies in place and the showers as well. here they are marching right through. you can see them starting to bubble up a little bit off towards the east bay hills over that upslope things we like to call it. so we got rain this morning. spotty afternoon. showers on dec for tomorrow. spotty showers. that will be in the morning hours and some somewhat of a sun and clouds mixture afternoon, actually morrison and probably clouds for your afternoon for a little window there. then we go back to showers on monday, predawn and heavy rain on tuesday sets the stage for a breather. intermission, if you will, tuesday through thursday. before we go back, some more rain looks like the

rain will be light for the weekend, but it's going to be popping in and out of this forecast. here's the afternoon for you again. some light rain showers that still remain. into tomorrow morning. there we get a little deck of some clearing us for a few hours, at least and then another line of some showers drops in here. as you can see as we start the new week, the larger perspective, everything, there's kind of a break on sunday. this is sunday night. then into monday, heavier hit happening for you for tuesday morning. so christmas eve it comes on in. it should start to clear on out by by tuesday afternoon, taking a breather on wednesday. coming back again for thursday, although that's going to favor more the north bay. and that's going to be the trend going into the next weekend. we should see a break, though, into the weekend. however, a bit least and most of the bay 58 for san francisco today. lot of temperatures in the 50's picky off towards the coast. 58 for burning game. 58 foster city, palo alto at 16. this were a lot of the 60's are hiding out in the south bay. 62 san jose,

santa clara also at 62, 60 ish east bay shoreline inland for tri valley. going to be a struggle to get up there after a chilly start. 57 walnut creek also for berkeley. typical for the winter months. we don't have much separation. 54, but michelle looks like the also, 54 with napa matching as well. and santa rosa looks like 63 next couple of days as we take a look at the 7 day. yes, unsettled. we're highlighting this right here. look, it's pretty good for wednesday and certainly wednesday night at sunset, hanukkah begins. i get a breather know, thia stick. western asian religions, i guess, ok, we'll take little break the rain. but, you know, we also do need the rain. yeah, we do that. and i think we have to keep that because we have a drought problem. if you we don't have enough of these. so, all right. thanks a lot, dave. >> all right. let's take a live look at sfo this morning. aaa says they're expecting nearly 8 million people to travel by air this holiday season. >> now, airport officials say that they're expecting their busiest travel day to be today and sunday with about 160,000 people flying this weekend.

right now flight aware is reporting 89 delays, 5 cancellations at sfo. we're also tracking flies in the east and south bays. flightaware reporting. 25 delays, no cancellations at oakland and 29 delays. 0 cancellations in san jose. keep you updated on the numbers throughout the day. if you're driving to your holiday destination over the next few days, aaa says 107 million drop travelers will hit the roads across the country. fortunately, the company is predicting a smoother ride than previous years because christmas and hanukkah fall on a weekday this year here at home. chp is reminding drivers to slow down, stay sober agencies in maximum enforcement period starts on tuesday and runs all the way through christmas night. our is operating an extended schedule for the upcoming holidays. the transit service announcing trains will run on christmas eve from 05:00am to midnight and from 08:00am to midnight on christmas day, bart will provide service on

new year's eve from 05:00am to 01:00am in on new year's day from 08:00am until midnight. we'll keep you updated on part schedule at kron 4 dot com. amazon workers remain on strike across the bay area and around the country. they walked. they first walked off the job on thursday. the teamsters union is demanding higher wages and safer working conditions. but amazon says the people picketing are contracted workers. not actually amazon employees. the strike comes as holiday shopping season is in full swing. amazon says that will still not delay deliveries. also on strike starbucks workers in la chicago and seattle workers united says the employees aren't a five-day strike. union represents priest is at 525 stores nationwide. the workers are demanding increased wages, stronger staffing and better schedules. >> i mean, the biggest thing is that often we are working

very starbucks loves to cut hours, even at the busiest times of the year. and that not only impacts how much we get paid in with her for able to afford a rent, but it also just makes it incredibly challenging and stressful job. >> the union says the walkouts are expected to spread each day and reach hundreds of stores coast to coast by christmas eve. unless a new contract can be reached. both sides accuse each other of not bargaining in good faith. triple discount furniture and home decor retailer. big lots will start going out of business will start doing going out of business sales at its remaining locations. this comes after a deal to find a purchase or fell through in september. a big lots filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy after continuous losses. nearly 700,000 tesla cars received a software update to fix a problem with its tire pressure. warning light. >> the recall includes certain model 3 model y and cybertrucks made between 2017 2025. transportation officials

say the warning lights are low. tire pressure may not stay on potentially increasing the risk of a crash. tesla says cars in production received a software update last month to fix the issue. owners whose cars have the latest software do not need to take action. >> look now at the bay bridge this morning. and here are some of the best times to drive this weekend. you can see that those right there on your screen. one morning news. your screen. one morning news. we'll be back with this. s bakeg to add a pizza oven,

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>> now on the kron 4 morning news. the busiest holiday travel days of the year are here. what you need to know before you hit the road or fly the friendly skies. he wasn't able to speak any words at all. but they understood him. you know, they were able to. >> no what he wanted. and a family grieving the loss of their young child who died tragically just before christmas. >> we are going to find a to make sure that we get handle on that drug prices. >> and just weeks away from inauguration day, i sit down with the newest mayor of san francisco on his plans for the city. >> thank thank you so much for joining us here on the kron. 4 morning news. i'm stephanie lin. >> it's saturday december the 21st. let's start by this hour by getting a look at the

weather with dave sphar. >> stephanie, good morning. and good morning, everybody. off to a wet start. we are. yeah, we do the right thing again. but this one had the intensity that we had from last weekend. there might be a couple of claps of thunder poten ially in this, but pretty much it's the ugly skies that we have to start the day off in the wet roads to a little caution to in the area roadways, theirs. >> the golden gate bridge for you and not a whole lot of traffic, but again, wet roads to make note of so this line looks like a kind of falls apart little bit. but there's more upstream to be had. and we should also mention because of what you see here on radar, the air is kind of dry. it has to go through. so it has a layer, some dry air and sometimes that can actually be facilitated in terms of getting some sleep. but the here's a little too warm for that. so looking a lot of 50's and some 40's, meanwhile, inland in some spots here, as you can see and also up north of 40's and 50's mixture. but your comparison to 24 hours ago, hey, we're much warmer in some cases approaching a dozen degrees ahead for oakland, 10 degrees ahead, san francisco. so again, we're a mild start to the day to kind of a chilly

afternoon there. look at your current winds, double digits a little bit around the bay. but when you get inland, those numbers start to drop off. so upstream, we're looking for a little bit of a break. this will happen into tomorrow. before more starts to redevelop into next week. so that will be will be driving things. the instability that will have into next week. all right. meanwhile, this is your but hour by hour forecast, we see a lot of 50's on the board for much of the day. looks like and again tampering often those showers as we start to go in the early afternoon. a more on your forecast coming up in a bit. stephanie. >> we're breaking overnight. oakland, we saw heavy police activity near the fairmont avenue in kempton avenue areas. that's near oak park studios association and oak park. you can see police actively working that area right now. we've reached out to the oakland police department and will update you as soon as we have more information on that scene. to know this morning. taking a live look now at sfo looking pretty overcast out there. aaa is expecting nearly 8 million people to travel by air this

holiday season as a foe says they're expecting their busiest travel days to be today. and tomorrow with about 160,000 people flying this weekend. right now, flight aware is reporting 89 delays, 5 cancellations at sfo. we're also tracking flights in the east and south bays. flightaware reporting. 25 delays, no cancellations at oakland international and 29 delays and 0 cancellations at san jose international. we'll keep you updated on those numbers throughout the day. gas prices have seen a slight dip as we head into one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. according to aaa. let's take a look now at the average prices per gallon across the bay area. the most expensive in sonoma at 4.54. san francisco, a for 44 in san mateo at 4.43. other counties include napa for 42 per in at 4.39. in alameda county, you can expect to pay for 32 a gallon for 30 in contra costa for 26 in santa clara for 25 into law. do if you're heading out, triple a says to be sure to leave extra time as traffic

is expected to pick up. so plan ahead and drive safely. it's been a while since a rather a week since a 6 year-old boy died after wandering onto a freeway in san jose. prof was jack molmud reports from an event organized to help the family pay for the boy's funeral. people come from all over 4th christmas lights of willow clegg. >> a reminder of holidays spent with those we love. by but at the end of the row of vendors friday night. >> is one tent that lost someone that was so very deeply loved is my first nephew was my little keane. >> yeah, was 6 year-old king holguin died on december 13th late at night when he somehow got out of his family's apartment and wandered onto highway 2.80, right next to the exit for san jose city college. his family says he was autistic nonverbal and had trouble reaching traffic. he died just a few weeks shy from

his 7th birthday. you want to just show them the most support that we can. and that's why we're out here doing these fundraisers so that they can worry about mourning their son. friday night's fund-raiser offered all of king's favorite cocoa cookies and coco melon music. >> you know, he was just so young. he just 6. his family has been receiving an outpouring of support their go fund me page already raising more than $30,000. king was also part of a core group of 8 kids at a daycare led by solis to scare us. he wasn't able to speak any words at all, but they understood him. you know, they were able to. no what he wanted. cisneros is students painted this finger painting to remember kate and the boy still talk about him every day. when i got the news, i was devastated. i very close to king. you know, i felt like i lost one of my own kids kings and say to hold off on judgment over king's death saying his family was protective of him. and we're watching over him as much as they could. you know, we do know that there are some.

>> people who who are not saying nice in the comments in to the gofundme and we're just really trying to grieve and mourn. right now negativity is something that is completely uncalled for. and the fund raises for king holdings. funeral expenses will be continuing through the weekend with saturday's fundraiser taking place right here again. that will street park. it will start at noon. there will be for sale reporting here in san jose. jackie moment kron 4 news. >> prosecutors in alameda county are dropping manslaughter charges against all 3 alameda police officers and connected to the death of mario gonzalez. the county's interim da says friday's decision was the result of inconsistent statements by a forensic pathology expert gonzalez died in april of 2021. after being detained and pinned to the ground by police. initially none of the officers involved face charges until da pamela price became the county's da in 2022. and

filed involuntary manslaughter charges against the 3 officers and october. this year a judge dropped the charges against 2 of the officers last year. family reached an 11 million dollar settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit. it's small plane made an emergency landing friday at the former alameda naval air station. the fire department was called just before 10 30. they say the plane was headed towards palo alto airport when it started having engine trouble. there were 2 people on board that plane. neither were hurt. the faa is investigating. and the party is over for party city store announcing that they are going out of business offers. lezla gooden went to daly city to get more details. >> the party is officially over for party city after 40 years, that large chain is closing on thursday. employees at the party city located in daly city. we're told the news and there's store will close their doors at the end, february 2025. >> if you are closing.

>> the daly city location was opened on friday with shoppers bustling around preparing for parties and christmas day, pamela says she saw the news on her phone. i'm going to miss it. definitely. sometimes you have to wait for a package pose to coming up party city and just grabbing what you need and go ahead and decorate. but >> since their clothes and now we don't have to wait for packages that real sad for families. >> i don't know how to ghana, even provide food or pay bills, not knowing him for that to just drop and they left like that. that's totally unfair. >> the news is breaking just 5 days before 2 homes. >> yes. >> we reached out to party city but have not heard back as of news time getting kron. 4 news. and new this morning, the city of oakland's budget issues are now impacting

oakland animal services. >> the shelter posting late last night on facebook that back in october of key positions within the shelter had to be frozen due to the city's ongoing financial crisis impacting front counter and animal intake staff as a result of the under staffing, the shelter will be closed to the public on tuesdays and wednesdays starting january 6 of the new year. you can find a new hours on your screen right now or on the shelter's website. this time. next month, san francisco will have a new mayor this past election season. the city's approach to public safety, homelessness and it's struggling. downtown area were heavily scrutinized and voters ultimately elected nonprofit executive and levi strauss heir daniel lurie into office. on friday, lurie joint. the onset to lay out his plans for his administration saying it will be rooted in 3 things. accountability, service and change is part of that conversation. >> number one, focus on public safety. i walked 6 street with sfpd last weekend. i'm going to continue to walk the

streets and figure out how do we get control again of our streets. we cannot have the open air drug markets and drug dealing and drug use happening in our streets. we have to get people off the street and then to mental health and drug treatment betts. we're gonna work that. and then we need to streamline the bureaucracy. we have to make sure the taxpayers dollars are being spent effectively and efficiently. >> lori adding he plans to declare a fentanyl state of emergency on day one. >> we are going to find a way to make sure that we get a handle on the drug crisis on our streets. that's what the voters voted me in with the mandate that they did because they want to see change on our streets. they want to see public safety and i'm committed to it. >> allure is working on building out his cabinet, but he has already named former san francisco giants executive vice president stacy slaughter as his chief of staff. still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news we're hearing from the east bay family after they were seriously hurt in an airboat crash. >> we speak with the father

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you can see very overcast out there. david, do you think it making that a partir? hey, you're of the weather's your point is well taken. yeah, you could even be high up and you can't see much of anything our kind of embedded in this right now. >> but a low level moisture. good morning, stephanie. good morning. all. here's a shot from downtown and you see some of the same kind of you here. not going to be a lot of sunshine today, but the rain won't be real real heavy. so that's why you don't hear any statements going on or anything like that. and actually, it's fighting through a layer of dry air from where it's happening. so that's why shows up on radar. but we're not getting a lot of collection with this. but the heaviest line is right now on the far east bay over the east bay hills will be more success of wants to make note of yours a closer inspection here. you can see any act out of livermore little bit through tri valley and putting it into motion. getting a general idea will be more upstream here but will be the light to a times pockets of some moderate rain showers, maybe even a couple of rays of sun with some folks got this morning, mr. james fletcher, look at that. the

red skies in the morning got to have sailor take warnings or salty dog will do so. i'm sure our forecast what we're looking at right now, sfo, we did talk about some of these delays earlier. it's about hour and 15 minutes going on because of the weather. do all of this. so might be having some domino effects for upstream for flights coming and going to something to keep in mind. okay. so as you can see from the forecast, we don't completely shake the rain off. it's kind of with us in terms of a drizzle and patches of some light to moderate rain showers. then by tomorrow morning it starts show up and open up a little bit. looks okay for a few hours for your sunday and then another batch of some rain as we start to get in here to sunday night. those winds, by the way, are going to be whipping around the coast. more noticeably little to the east bay shoreline. and that will be today. not so much as we go forward into sunday, which we're also going to get some rain. sun, too. so sunday looks like a much better day on balance. you're putting this all together for you. rain early. pretty much mostly cloudy and tomorrow, a few showers, variable clouds, rain

develops late in the next week. we're watching a patch here from late on tuesday through early into being somewhat dry. 3 day forecast. check them out here. temps will stay in the lower 60's here for the next several days. going mentioned rain just about each day. however, stephanie. all right, dave, thank you. >> the most magical time of the year can also be a difficult one, whether it's dealing with the stress of preparing that perfect family get-together, all the shopping or simply facing the holiday alone. joining us live with some guidance is mental health morning to you. >> good morning to you. thank you. happy holidays. thank you so much for joining us. so doctor jarvis can be a tough time for lots of people. can you walk us through the common scenarios that people can face that create that holiday anxiety and stress? >> number one, the so lot of people spend a lot of money at this time of year and then january and february is not so and the credit card bill

comes. so it's really important for people to be realistic about their expectations. also having family together can be very anxiety provoking. it have been seen each other for a long time. a lot of different people are getting together. you're meeting the new boyfriends to new husbands. wives, all of that can be very stressful. and so it it is a time of year where even though there's a lot of fun and a lot love and a lot of excitement. >> there's also. the negative side for some people that is, you know, it can be stripped there's a time right now where a lot of for example, a lot nonprofits will reach out for help because it's also a time where a lot of people realize that you don't have enough money to provide christmas for their kids. they don't have enough celebrate with the food and all of that. >> yeah, absolutely. thank you for bringing up those important examples. there's so many people who are out there

truly experiencing this right now. what are some ways that people can navigate those difficult you mentioned that when it comes to the finances may be setting some expectations with family members with what you can or cannot purchase for them. this holiday season. but in terms of also %ay be meeting all those new family members as well and planning that perfect family get together. any guidance there. stay away from the perfect. that's you get caught in the unrealistic expectations. so, you know, when you're are feeling a little bit anxious, i say slowdown. and take some time to just be still because sometimes the stress will get us all. you know, some people have kind of contacts. other people feel the shaking. they won't sleep. all of that. so realistic expectations. but also listen to your body and take time for breaks. >> can i say focus on the love and not the stuff. so think about how can you share love, for example, one of one gift

and for the kids focus on the kids buying gifts for adults. i mean, you know, do we really need more staff? does anybody in their life for adults need more staff? and if you have all that stuff again, consider donating to people whether it's food, whether it is the extra step, you have around your house like doubt, donate that were by kids for kids who can't get gifts from their parents because giving also is really good for our mental health. makes us feel good. it shares the love of the season. so that's one way 2 decrease. the anxiety spread love while also limiting how much stuff we give each other. also stay light on the drinking. but as the anxiety, a lot of sometimes ugliness that happens in the conversations between family members happens because somebody drank a little too much of the state its humble. yeah, but that is

definitely something to think about it. also impacts are seen negatively and no wants to feel over during the holidays. so slow down, have realistic expectations. mind your budget, light on the drinking focus on the love and not the stuff. yeah. focus on the love and not the stuff. now, doctor, if someone is grappling with the loneliness. >> at this time of year, this is also pretty common. what's your advice? when it comes women as i can, i would go back to volunteering, donating, find yourself in a place where you feel needed where you feel you're contributing. >> to someone because that is one way to get rid of moment so reach out. so many people don't reach out because they think other people will think they're being a bother. and so we have all these lonely people who don't want to connect because they feel that reaching out. we'll show that they're most of us have

someone in our lives who care about and now is the time to say hi, how are you doing? you don't have to say hi, i'm lonely. you can say hi. how are you doing? you consent at christmas cards. but personalize ones. so we know that writing. care notes like writing, love, you know, sharing lot when you say, hey, i haven't heard from in a long time. i really miss you. having died as a way to reach out and connect is a way to get rid of your own doughnuts, but it can be. people feel that they're the only one experiencing it. but a lot of people feel that especially now and sometimes it's important to focus on the families that we create and not necessary to families that are blind or a biology. you know, probably is not just the people that people are born related to, whether it's people at work were, you know that the person at your local coffee shop use a highs every day they're playing that we

can go to be around people so that we can feel less lonely. >> and doctor, what are the signs, though? we can all be looking for when it comes to our neighbors, friends, coworkers, who might be struggling quietly at this time. and how can we help with that? >> again, reach out to people say high spread the love of the season. those people that you realize might be a little isolated or haven't been connected to in a while. those are the people that you want to beat out to connect with, even if it's a small gift, it doesn't have to be something big. you can say. here's a $10 gift card to get coffee and that i've seen you some people baked cookies and share with their neighbors. other people find other ways to connect people even though it's doors. if you live in an apartment building where you can just say, hi, i'm your neighbor. want to you know, happy holidays. say hi to people. i one of those people. i talk to strangers you know, and i say hi to a lot of different

people. sometimes it's just like i love your cold. your hair is that it's great boots. >> it can make someone's day to just say for words to that. and so really think about ourselves in community with others at this time of year. and what we know from the research is that when we connect with others, even though small, once it turns out those small connections are really powerful for reducing loneliness and depression. so connect with other people. spread the love. >> all that's a beautiful way to end it right there. and on that note, can i just say doctor ruth, that was fabulous and you're looking wonderful if you for the yeah, we're kind of matching. it works out the red and the green. okay. thank you very much. happy holidays to everybody out there and stay safe. don't drink too much and spread the alright, spread the love indeed. thanks so much, doctor ruth white. thank all right. well, if you or someone you love is struggling with their mental health this time of year, you can always have them reach out.

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>> and a great deal of working through a lot of the nuances that come with an accident like this. obviously not only was i ended, my wife a severely injured as well. my children sustained injuries. so i working through it slowly but try to navigate all of the obstacles come with this type of incident. >> the family, along with 7 other victims are being represented by 2 law firms. their attorneys say they've launched a private investigation and to what led to the crash. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news, we're hearing reaction from local leaders as prop 36 promises tougher penalties for fentanyl dealers and theft crimes. >> plus, bar is adjusting their schedule for the holidays. we'll tell you what holidays. we'll tell you what you need to know before yourbakg to add a pizza oven,

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>> now on the kron 4 morning news, the busiest holiday travel days of the year are officially here. weve got what you need to know before you hit the roads and fly the friendly skies. plus, new details in a deadly shooting after san francisco. police shoot and kill a security guard. >> if you've got the target of the fbi raid, who who is your guess is as good as mine. i really don't know. in an exclusive interview with oakland, mayor sheng thao tuesday marking her last day in office. >> i asked for her thoughts on former police chief leronne armstrong and the a's leaving town. we've got much more on that interview coming up. good morning. welcome back to the kron. 4 morning news that start this half hour with a look at your forecast with mister dave sphar. hide a good morning, stephanie. good

morning, everybody. it off to a little bit of a wet start yet again, but not a whole lot of rain. we're going to get from all of this. so we don't have flooding issues going forward and we should have. >> and tense winds, although they will be most noticeable at the coast. and if you're caught up in one of those rain showers, too, they feel a little bit the way some breezy to windy like conditions. first, things first. look at this half moon bay, not to balletic some sunlight trying to glisten in there a little bit there, but sharing it with some rain, which this is our mount tam or a picture to remember. there's not a whole lot going in around this neighborhood, but that's elevated. so this gives you an idea what happens upstairs and even some of that rain might not even be reaching some of the lower levels. so as you can see by comparison on the radar, hardly anything is going on in southern marin right now, although some light rain showers and then off to the east bay, the lion's share of the last wave, you can see holding together. they're just east of tri valley. looks like alright, putting it all. the motion. more is coming in from upstream. so we have to keep it generally, mostly cloudy today with patches of some moderate rain showers thrown in there but drizzle to light rain. you can see kind of

bouncing in and out temperature check for you. most readings in the 50's sore off to a mild start. but it will be kind of a chilly day today. won't see the temperatures move too much for afternoon highs ultimately hour by hour, keeping a lot of cloud cover and showers in the morning. part of your forecast. hello. we'll probably get some breaks in the afternoon and all on balance. not a whole lot of actual rain quantitatively. so there's no flash flood watches are thinking of in morning weekend forecast looks like unsettled into next week to stephanie. thanks a lot. we're on top of breaking news. a fatal crash on highway 101. >> chp says this happened on the southbound lanes just north of silver avenue around one. 45 this morning, officers say a vehicle crashed into the back of a caltrans truck. know caltrans workers were injured, first responders, however, pronounced driver dead at the scene. right now, all lanes are blocked. traffic is diverted to highway 2.80, and chp is advising people to expect significant delays in this area. again, one person dead after a car crash on

highway and we're taking a live look at sfo this morning as well. aaa expecting nearly 8 million people to travel by air this holiday season as a foe says they're expecting their busiest travel days to be today. and tomorrow without 160,000 people flying this weekend. right now flood aware is reporting 108 delays and 5 cancellations at sfo. we're tracking flights in the east and south bays. flightaware reporting. 38 delays in 0 cancellations at oakland international. 41 delays and 0 cancellations at san jose international. we'll keep you updated on those numbers throughout the day. gas prices have seen a slight dip as we head into one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. according to aaa. let's take a look now at the average prices per gallon across the bay area. the most expensive at sonoma at 5, 4, 54 san francisco at 4.44. and san mateo at 4.43. other counties, including napa for 42 marina

for 39. now county can expect to pay for 32 a gallon 4.30, in contra costa for 26 in santa clara for 25 in solano. if you're heading out, triple a says to make sure to leave extra time as traffic is expected to pick up. so plan ahead and drive safely. developing this morning, a man is dead after being shot by san francisco police near union square. police say they crashed into that person, rather crashed into pedestrians and a person on a bike offers. gayle ong has that story. >> authorities have not yet released the identity of the suspect, but police continue to investigate a string of incidents that may have led up to the shooting. bullet holes could be seen on the window of the dior store at grant and post streets in san francisco's union square. >> the window has since been boarded up, but it was a different scene earlier at about one 38 this morning. >> several officers approach the suspect who was standing outside in front of the store. after attempts after that

attempt to take the suspect into custody was unsuccessful. the officers were involved in an officer-involved shooting according to san francisco police. the suspect is believed to be a security guard at this dr store. >> and employee of the store says they are not commenting on the incident. investigators combed the scene friday morning, but as of p g's, assistant chief says the investigation began thursday evening. >> in the area of kearney and post streets when officers responded to a report of a speeding vehicle that had gone on to a sidewalk and hit 2 pedestrians and a bicyclist near union square suspect still on the sidewalk, pursued the victim and hit the back of the bicycle. >> the victim of that collision which we are labeling aggravated assault. jumped off and took off running and we believe ran up to 2.33. cider at this point, we haven't found that victim and we definitely want victim to come forward. the suspect then tried to take the electric bike and put it in his vehicle. he was unsuccessful in doing so.

>> it did take some of the victim's property, put it in his vehicle and then fled the scene. the 2 pedestrians, a woman and girl, were taken to the hospital and are expected to survive. >> hours later, police identify the suspect vehicle at the dior store after police shooting. he was taken to the hospital but died from his injuries. police recovered a firearm at the scene. >> and investigators did not release details on what prompted the shooting. but as plans to hold a town hall within 10 days about this case, which is department policy following a shooting by an officer reporting here in san francisco, gayle ong kron. 4 news. >> in san jose mayor matt mahan is weighing in on proposition. 36, the measure which increases penalties for fentanyl dealers and theft crimes and went into effect this week. when i spoke with him on friday, he called it a step in the right direction and his city is ready to make those changes, but says that the city still needs more support from the county and state. >> but we need more secure

treatment centers. inpatient treatment options. and only our counties and the state of california can do that because it's a health and human service that they have the jurisdiction for so that when someone is a repeat offender, they've been arrested for the 3rd 4th 5004th time using hard drugs in public spaces. they actually have a place to go where they can detox. get treatment and get their get on a better path. >> and prop 36 may have only gone into effect a few days ago. but police say it's already making an impact. police say yesterday they found a shoplifter putting stolen items from target into his suv. police say he had a history of theft and they add that thanks to prop 36. the suspect will now be charged with a felony and booked into jail before the law went into effect. the man we have only received a citation now to a story only going to see here on kron 4 this past tuesday marked mayor shane towns last days in office. >> on election day, oakland voted her out of the job in the first successful recall of

its kind in city history sat down with mayor thao for a wide-ranging interview. here's part of that discussion. >> i'd like to talk a bit about the recall election. what was your reaction when you heard about the final results? i know that you campaigned quite heavily against the recall. of course, it's disheartening because we just gotten started to do the work. and we're seeing the real results, the positive results. >> and i will always do what's right for the city of oakland versus, you know, doing what's politically popular to state offer to stay in office for the sake of staying office. right? if i play the political games that probably would still be in office by playing politics. well, you know, of course, you know, i just for example, cole. i'm a staunch believer that we cannot have co come through. oakland. you know, there were conversations that were had and i continue to say that no, i will not allow for cold to come in. and so we see people who have invested in coal across the country. billionaires coming

in to actually remove me from office. when you get into these leadership position, it is so critical that you represent your values because the general public or not is is not going receive and half in may never have all the full 100% information for whether it's legal purposes or what have you. but you have the information. it is up to us leader what you do with that information. do you go a long just to get along? where do you go and you lead through your values because you know what is right for the city. why didn't you issue a rebuttal statement in the voter guide when it came to the recall? you know, i mean, obviously, this is first time ever for a recall of the mayor. you know, and running. the city is always my top priority. and so that's what i was hyper focus on making sure that are homicide levels were, you know, decreasing making sure that a crime levels was decreasing. we have economic workforce development, you know, that's coming in. we have the coliseum cell. we had all these different things

that were happening in my priority is always to be the mayor. first that the end of the day for me. again, it's not about playing the politics. it's about ensuring that oakland continues its positive track again with so it's such a sensitive process that if you let your foot off the gas just a little bit, we can see oakland spiral. yeah, i hear that. but i mean, i it that was an opportunity to also. >> speak your case against this. well-funded campaign against low. that was one opportunity. but there's multiple other opportunities in a sense of the results. >> right. the results that we were able to drive. and so we feel confident that we were able to show those results through our actions. >> and you can watch my full extended interview with former oakland mayor sheng thao on our website right now. kron 4 dot com. alameda county fire crews are hosting a holiday drive to give back to families in the east bay crews are asking the community for toy and diaper donations. those

will go towards the nonprofit youth uprising based out of east oakland. >> it's good to be able to to help out where i and i've worked and lived in hayward for almost 27 years. so this is a little thing i can do to give back my community's help me for years and run my business owner crews are hosting santa at the firehouse today a station. 25. >> it will be free treats and crossed for kids. you can also drop off donations at today's event as well. >> and still ahead on the kron 4 morning news, we're celebrating a big milestone for one bay area that. plus, you can definitely teach an old dog new tricks coming up next, a local advocate for senior dogs joins us in studio

>> where is operating an extended schedules for the upcoming holidays. the transit service announcing trains will run on christmas eve from 05:00am to midnight and from 08:00am to midnight on christmas day but will provide service on new year's eve from 05:00am to 01:00am. and on new year's day from 08:00am until midnight. we'll keep you updated on the latest at kron. 4 dot com. >> well, good morning, stephanie. good morning. all would take a quick look at the sierra forecast for you and their unsettled as well. showers. maybe some thunder showers thrown in there. but because temperatures in the service of very mild warm. the snow levels are really up there to 8,000 plus feet. and keep that in mind as we go forward through the period here. we'll have more of that

san francisco downtown, obviously overcast as we wait for the showers to march and they've already done. so the heaviest line has already moved through. as you can see, upstream is a couple little patches to be had. so we're going to keep a mention some on and off rain will be mostly light. looks like in windy will remain along the coast. putting this all together for you. rain is kind of spotty into the afternoon for tomorrow. we'll show should see it open up a little bit for the afternoon. so well caught variable clouds, sun and clouds, mixture. again, we return to the rain and some of those going to be heavy getting into tuesday morning. but by the afternoon. through the holiday, it should clear out for a little while until returning a bit on thursday. looks like some light weekend showers is still part of that general forecast running through today and this afternoon we have the light rain into the afternoon hours by sunday. you can see it opening up pretty nicely for you. and the new do new dose gets hears by the time we get to sunday night, it looks like some more heavier rain showers there on that front. the longer range forecast give you a general idea. here's early into next week. there, boom,

tuesday. that will be early tuesday, clearing out taking a break for mid of the week here. it looks like and then favor in the north bay by thursday. looks like and into the weekend will do the same thing. however, not as intense, though. so this will be the rain just leading up towards the north a little bit. and so most of the bay will be spared some of that. let's check out your 4 zone forecast for what's going on. 58 for highs today. san francisco, a mostly upper 50's to near 60 at the coast. we don't really see a lot more. 60 populated until we get down south. 61 going on for palo alto in the south bay. lot of to be had here as well. 64 for san jose east bay shoreline, 60 ish along with tri valley. looks like 58 walnut creek. 56 for berkeley 54. 55 going on here for napa. it looks like a 63 for santa rosa. checking out that longer range forecast for you watching the sun jump in and out. the good news is at least on wednesday. looks pretty good and rain returning a bit on thursday. stephanie. all right, dave, thank you. >> if you're looking for the

perfect furry friend to add to the family this holiday season, why not consider adopting a senior dog? joining us live now to share more is sherri franklin, founder of san francisco is much bill senior dog rescue. good morning to you. so happy to be here. so thrilled to have you here. and you brought a friend as well. i certainly did. his name is dunkin donut and he is a little terrier whose guardian passed away appeal took him and i brought him in because i thought he'd be photogenic, you know, is that if do screen and i have to mention that duncan during the commercial break, he was coming up to all of us telling us that que thoughtful energy. and he is just such a sweet little guy. tell us a bit about his personality. well, first of all, he likes to sleep in bed. with me spent the and he was easy of a car today on the right here. he gets along great with all the

dogs. he's very gentle. he'd be great with the family or senior. >> he's how how strange. he's great icon. just like goodness. yeah. look at that. yeah. get that. yeah. and he's just waiting for somebody out there who's watching right now. it's right home. and we do have about 80 dogs in our program right now. so we've got a lot to choose from. wow. absolutely. and where's that? what's the best way for people to learn more information about duncan and other animals that are currently and well, the first way the easiest ways from your desktop or from your laptop, your but at my or which will have, you know, photos of the adoptable dogs and little bios of all of them. >> but we are open to the public and we love having visitors come by and we're actually going to even be open on christmas day. so if you're feeling lonely or you, you need a little extra cuddles.

we will be there for our human friends as well. what a great service and hopefully people will come by and just fall in love with one of the many senior dogs who are in need of a home right now. absolutely. tell us to about what people should know when they're preparing the home. >> in anticipation of maybe adopting a senior dog. sure. senior dogs are a lot easier. you don't have to hide away. you know, some of your computer wiring your yeah probably not going to chew them up. i think each dog is so different. we have some dogs that are super active that, you know, we're going to go in and out the doggie door, but we have others that might not be able to do so, you know, think about the kind of dog >> that's going to fit into your lifestyle and into your home yeah. and what would you say are some of the benefits of adopting a senior do the best? yeah. yeah. i i can't bring home a puppy shorter walks. we snow far. you say

far e that's the key. and a lot of them have been loved in the past are so grateful there. so i just highly recommend them. and i want to give a shout out because we have incredible foster program which allows us to have 80 plus dogs in our care and that matt is matisse fund has helped us to local organization. that is really help support us through so many years of getting our foster program up and running in come and volunteer coming. foster dogs. but during this holiday season come and experience our new which is we're having said will be their avenue facility. it's going to be there today from one to 3. >> if you come in, i promise you will have a big smile on your face, right? when you walk through the door, the dogs are all cage free. it's all open. i yeah. i is the way

yeah. yeah. so come in and hang out with the dogs. so don't we we won't make you take a dog home, but i am not surprised when people do. yeah. i mean, just look at the volunteer given the that bulldog so much. yeah, so wonderful to see the senior dogs and getting such well-deserved care. but of course, they are looking for that it is. it's called home for the holidays. we bring in 100 extra dogs this time of year while extra extra on top of what we always bring him because it is a very hard time of year on the animal shelters. so we really try to leave some of that by bringing, you know, bring their senior dogs up bill. and why would you say it's a harder time for a lot of animal shelters during the holidays? >> people believe it or not, drop off their dogs animal shelters during the holidays. >> they can't find some way to take care of them. they have friends, family coming to town and and they dry, no judgment.

but it was. yeah, that happens. so the animal shelters get very and it's been a hard year anyway. they're all the shelters are pretty full. and the fact that we moved into our great new home, we're able to bring in you know, more dogs. yeah, but we. >> the all of your come a dog now as we tie things off here, how if people are seeing duncan right now and they're interested, maybe they want to stop by and check that any of the any of the many other adopt. how do they reach can they thought application online absolutely fill out an application online stop by and visit word today. today will be a really good day. we'll here we go. it's on the so there you go. today's a really visitors to come in. >> you get to meet a lot of dogs every day of the week now

we will welcome you with open arms, even if you don't end up adopting ok and again, you're open on christmas day. we're open christmas day. yeah. so come by. people can come by and get some free love from all these dogs in the hours on christmas day, i believe it's 11 to 4, 0, kim got so. come by and visit us. all right. well, thank you so much to sherri franklin, founder of san francisco and those senior dog rescue and little dunk it don't you join us live on tv today is looking around. yes, yeah. he's going to find a home rule found. all right. all right. so what's so reach out if you're just because he's going to be very popular. thank you so much. all right. we'll be right back.

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>> big milestone birthday for a local ward. what world war, 2 veteran papa jake turned 102 years old. just yesterday we introduce you to him during our veterans voices special last month, the martinez resident is an online sensation. he shares a lot of his stories on tiktok and you can watch this. >> it's crazy. those like what i i like what i do.

>> very charming. well, this year he received hundreds of birthday cards from people in every u.s. state and all around the world. happy birthday to pop in jake to yeah. lot stories. he was already illegal to look don't forget. yeah. here's on 4. we're celebrating our new year's eve celebration here. tradition down to 2025 in every time zone with musical acts from foreigner. but jackson's in the bay area's sheila e a coast to coast. countdown starts at 09:00pm. and then the party with grant notice in justine waltman that does kick off in the evening at 11 30. so definitely stick around for that. >> all righty. we do have some unsettled weather, though, to get through this holiday week to make note of boom, there we go. as we start the holiday week, we do get a little breather. looks like for christmas proper and into the start of hanukkah. looks like it will be dry as we start the festivities there. but rain is coming in and out of this channel forecast. there's a seven-day lined up here for you again. the middle of the

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