>> now on the kron, 4 morning news police investigate 2 deadly shootings in oakland. the crimes happening within a 48 hour span leaving neighbors shaken. and president-elect donald trump making his expectations clear for government employees still working from home. it said.

good morning. thank you so much for joining us here on the kron. 4 morning news. i'm stephanie lin. >> it's sunday december the 29th. let's check in first with kathy trafton for your weather. kathy. >> good morning, stephanie. we have quite a going on in bay area. it's moving across the bay area, especially strong and heavier in the north bay. it's also wind advisory in many parts of the bay area, not everywhere, not in the santa clara valley, but north. this is a view of the richmond bridge. it shows soggy, soggy lawn roadways there. and so it's kind of a tough drive. and it's good actually talk because of the winds will be kicking up. so today's highs, not remarkable numbers around 60, just a little bit warmer start to head south. it's the rain. that's the big concern and the winds. so the rain is mainly in the morning. this fund is a fast moving front. it's a moderate in the north bay and there's a flood watch in. the concern is in the north bay for the rapid rises

of the creeks and streams and small rivers also concerned about urban flooding is possible, especially the low-lying areas, especially areas with poor drainage. and the problem is, of course, we haven't had this rain falling on saturated soil. so it's not the amount of rain so much as the fact is already falling, where it's already terribly soggy light rain, the rest, the bay area for the most part. and then it starts to clear out. but not before the wind advisory is finally set to expire. so the gusts could be to 15 miles per hour. look at these colors lighting up across the north bay, especially getting a little decreasing a little bit as the day wears on. and also you'll notice is when rafik again on the run. it one more time because of the wind shift. you see little white barbs. those are like little airplanes. they're coming out of the southwest for now. and then they start to move as the day goes on to a northwest flow. so that means colder air is coming in behind this cold front. i've got a lot more to talk about right now. back to stephanie for news. kathy,

thank you so much. police this morning continuing their investigation into 2 back-to-back homicides in oakland. >> the shootings happening within a 48 hour span of each other. it was jack moment brings us a look at the investigation and the latest crime figures. >> in a neighborhood where just one day ago a person lost their life. fight life, still vibrant titled at the park llamosa case. watts grew up in east oakland. he's enjoying his day off with legit burkhalter part just hours after a man was shot and killed. >> this is homicide number 18 to this year. >> the shooting is unknown. hopefully our prayers up to anybody. i was involved. we members of the man shot say he was from stockton and just turned 27. they told kron 4 news off camera that they're confused why their loved one was in oakland and not even more confused why he had to that. >> a vigil was planned for him at this park. but family told

us they're worried friends will be too scared to come to oakland. >> flashing lights. that's it. the entire block was just flashing lights. very few cars, other than called neighbors still shaken by the shooting on a street. that's pretty quiet. neighbors. we spoke to say this area. oakland is relatively peaceful. they say the shooting, though, has them worried knowing there's an elementary school nearby here with many families with young children. >> it is the second homicide and less than a 48 hour span here in the city. >> oakland police say thursday evening another person was shot and killed left for dead at the scene. candles, flowers more than 80 families changed forever. >> kind of felt shaky as far on political issues with the felt shaky for. wow. watts tells kron 4 he doesn't have a lot of faith in law enforcement, right? they don't communicate with citizens to me. there. >> not very approachable. if you ask and i don't see them. >> really, too involved in the

community, the city is going through changes a new police chief and more communication with the city through town halls. homicides are down to 82 this year. the last time homicides were this low was before the pandemic throughout this year. residents telling us they still don't feel safe, but some things are improving. >> picking there. there's a lot of positive energy around downtown, especially chef nelson hermenet sober a lesson in downtown oakland. he says business has an of leave this year. >> a car break-ins and overall crime. they are doubt. he says many parts still feel unsafe and at the fight is not over. streets are definite getting safer. >> of course, but there's a rally that there's it's not fully safe yet in most places. but what we see here in downtown, it's got a lot better. >> hoping the new year we'll bring new vibrancy to the town. it's it's happened to slowly. but when you really come together change in oakland, jack moment, kron, 4 news. >> reached out to mayor bas and police chief roy mischel

mitchell rather. update you once we have a response. this morning. 3 bart police officers, any pedestrian are recovering in the hospital after a car crash in oakland. it happened around 2.30 saturday afternoon on 7th street and mandela parkway. 2 bar police cars collided with a medical supply vehicle and police are investigating the cause. developing this morning, officials lifted a lockdown advisory in an antioch neighborhood. this is near lone tree way encounter rather country hills drive. we know there was police activity in the area. we're gathering more information and will update you once we learn more. police arrested a sandra fell man accused of robbing a laundromat in marin county. officers responded friday to reports of a burglary at a business on redwood highway in gren by police say a man took off with the cash machine in launomat escaping through the attic. police say the burglar jumped from roof to roof trying to escape officers. police eventually arrested and booked that suspect into jail. jose police

recovered drugs in illegal guns after a traffic stop friday night. police say they pulled over an rv in the downtown area and after a search, they uncover all of this meth, marijuana pills. and more than $26,000 in cash, the driver was booked into jail. in san francisco. police are looking for the person responsible for shooting a man near the tenderloin district. it happened around 1 o'clock saturday morning. officers say they found the victim with gunshot wounds near eddy and hyde streets. this is video we're looking at now from the citizen app showing a bit of that scene there. the man was taken to the hospital. he is expected to survive. anyone with information is asked to contact san francisco police. and officials want you to know about a donation scam connected to the santa cruz wharf collapse. scammers are claiming to represent businesses impacted by monday's partial collapse and are asking people for money. it may recall massive waves destroyed about 150 feet of the wharf this past week. you think you've been targeted by these scams, please contact santa cruz. police. president

donald trump says rather president-elect donald trump says his administration will fire federal workers who insist on a remote work schedule before government employees back into office may not be as easy as it sounds. news nation's joe khalil has more on the challenges the president-elect faces. it's one of the promises that president elect trump made before taking office. he says that he's going to make it a policy that all. >> federal workers who are working either remotely full time or part-time remotely are going to come back into the office or the fire. that's obviously going to be a lot harder to do that actually to say. but he says he's going to pursue that. now, there are reallyo2 different conversations here. you take a look at federal efficiency when it comes to building space and how much taxpayer dollars are going to cover it. the government accountability office to a report that showed that out of 24 federal buildings in d c 17 of them

only had about a quarter of their space. actually being used. 25% or less. that's because, again, a lot of these workers have not yet returned since the pandemic in 2 working in person for that reason. james comer, the chairman of the house oversight committee's pointed out the government is spending anywhere from 2 billion dollars a year on keeping the lights on in these buildings to 5 billion dollars every year. just for potentially even leasing out that space. so there are questions about how the government can be more efficient with those dollars, whether it's maybe combining some agencies into one or 2 buildings rather than each having their own. in addition to that, we've heard the doge representatives talk about losing federal workers are getting rid of hundreds of thousands, if not millions, a federal workers. now, again, in order for them to do that, they're going to face serious legal challenges because many federal workers in their contracts have the right to

work remotely and comer. the chairman of the committee here, the oversight committee acknowledges that's going to be something they will run into legal challenges. so here's what he told me. and this will probably head to court. but in the court of public opinion, i think the people that work hard every day and have to go to work and pay taxes. >> i don't think they're very happy with the fact that such a high percentage of the federal workforce. is is working from home. in the end, they're not held accountable. lucky employees who work for the betterment who have to go to the office every day. now, the other side to the story is that unions representing these workers say just because they're working from home doesn't mean they're any less efficient in the way they work and the jobs. they do some point out that members of congress often work from home, not just in dc and they say that to address the problem of these buildings that are costing so much in federal dollars. solution is not to fill those buildings up. it is

may be to consolidate them and to allow workers to continue working from home. so we know this is something that's going to be debated. what we do know is what it actually looks like in practice. once the new administration takes office in january. that is something we're certainly going to be watching. still ahead on kron, 4 news at 4, a look back at some science breakthroughs that happened in 2024. >> if you're heading outside right now, you better grab your umbrella. it is raining. is this how it's going to be the rest of the year into the new got the weather coming up.

>> welcome back. 7.13, this morning and christmas tree recycling kicks off in san francisco workers with a make stops around the city to pick up trees, all decorations, tinsel and stands should be removed and any flocked trees and artificial trees will not be picked up. so keep that in mind. >> so make sure you put those trees out by tucker next to your garbage bin so we can pick them out is a free program during that time frame. ends on january. 17th. so please ensure that you put your christmas trees out. important to keep our streets clean and free of debris and we appreciate his service is healthy. let's give these trees. >> last year, francisco, recycle 274 tons of christmas trees. people have until january 17th to leave out their tree for recycling. and those trees can also be used as a healthy snack for goats.

the independents, 4 h club in sonoma county is asking for tree donations to feed the animals at local farms. the organization picks rather offers tree pickup best to pull santa rosa and rohnert park. they say the trees are a source of vitamins, a and c for the goats and trees that are too dry for go. tummies will be returned to the soil as compost note that any trees sprayed with fire retardant or other materials are not accepted. those chemicals are bad for toats. all right, live look outside at the city of san francisco golden gate bridge looks like a pretty a slick drive for folks who are on the roadway. at this hour, kathy? yeah, you know, slick drive indeed, stephanie. even as the raindrops fall, it's going to quite a day pass the bay area. >> because of the wind and the rain sunrise, 7.24. this morning and you can see the lacrosse s and you know what that is the one place with some major delays. 89 delays right now out of sfo.

according to flightaware with 6 cancellations. as we look at the other areas so far. san jose. okay. but there are 27 delays being reported. and 37 in oakland, but you still see the green saying is fairly low and then really across the nation, the only area with the rhetoric playing which indicates major delays as s so if you're heading that direction, check your flight before you leave. and here's the storm. here is a fetch of moisture coming right across the pacific heading right into northern california and the bay area. heaviest amounts of rain. yes, the north bay and the concern is, you know, as moderate to heavy rain, but it's saturated soils. so this rain is falling onto already saturated soils already swollen creeks and therefore, we could have a rapid rise and some of the creeks and streams possible flooding in urban areas and areas of low lying and that drainage and also a concern for maybe some landslides as possible. concerned also for downed

trees because the soil so saturated and the winds are kicking up, which could really make the trees fall, tree limbs or danger too. maybe even some power outages. so this is quite a storm, but he's moving rapidly. that's the good news. and compared to the north bay, it's fairly light for the rest of the bay area. the wind advisory mention the yes, that advisory excess set to expire at 03:00pm. it could have gust to 50 miles per hour. look at the gas right now in the north bay. some of these gusts are you see the areas of red and even the purple. that's where strongest gusts are. but again, this storm is moving quickly. and so then the winds start to die down and then the winds shift a little bit instead of coming out of the southwest. they start to come out of the northwest and that's the northerly direction that brings us the colder air future rain totals about a 3rd of an inch for eureka about the same in san francisco and a lot more in the santa cruz mountains. 70.7 6 for ben lomond. but you'll notice about a quarter of an inch for novato about the same in

hayward about the same in mountain view. so it's not a huge amount of rain, even though it's quite impressive at first because it moved so rapidly. so here comes the storm. it brings, of course, rain to us and more snow to the sierra nevada, which of course, if you're a skier, that is great news. here is your new year's eve. ridge is building in looks it will be dry. it also be dry for your new year's day. that's wednesday. so we are and really having a big change our weather with cooler conditions. and after this cold front and dry conditions for at least a good part of the week. temperatures today, not remarkable ranging from 57 in santa rosa on the cool side to 63 in san jose. so it's not a big range. a look ahead does show again the heaviest rain in the north bay. cool start. as we say goodbye to 2024, we start out 2025. with cool conditions. clear skies and some sunshine. stephanie, what do you think? i kept it sounds

great. thank you so much for that update there. yeah, of course, are a good looking very pretty in the blue thank you. i wasn't. martin, your thank you i would that bring in the that the night she could call me shades for folks this morning. we're trying. yeah. all right. thanks so much. >> as we head into the new year, we're taking a look back at scientific innovations from space-x rocket launches to a new study about how humans age reporter max of paris breaks down those stories. >> from groundbreaking technological and medical discoveries to the amazing celestial sights that kept us looking up. science stories have made this year quite memorable. here's a look back at the top 5 headlines with the biggest impacts from 2024 number 5 fossilized footprints found by archaeologists show that to ancient human species actually crossed paths debunking previous theories that the group states separate and were rivals. the discovery made in kenya shows the fossils dating back 1.5 million years with researchers confident that the tracks were imprinted within just a few

hours or a few days of each other. since there were any cracks in the fossilized they determine one pair of footprints belong to the species home or oct. this while the less evolved, parents drop as boy say, made the other with a team of researchers finding evidence that both the species lived in the same area together for up to 100,000 years number for a rude awakening for those that thought it was possible to age gradually with research suggesting that the body actually ages in bursts happening around your mid 40's and again in your early 60's, the stanford university study investigated samples from over 100 participants investigating 135,000 different types of molecules with data showing these particles changed drastically at these ages in your mid 40's, significant changes occurring molecules related to cardiovascular disease. your skin and muscles, along with your metabolism by early 60's, additional changes occur each

year immune regulation and kidney function with researchers. encouraging us to make time for exercise, drink plenty of water and watch how many carbs you eat? >> spacex making history catching a rocket as it was returning for the first time ever. this unprecedented feat of engineering coming in as the third-biggest science story of the year as the starship rocket approach. the texas launch pad a pair of giant robotic arms capture the unmanned booster. >> on the first attempt at landing this technological advancement will allow quick reuse of these rockets in the future rather than crashing them into the ocean or letting them burn up in our atmosphere as it was previously done. number 2, the dazzling display of the northern lights. this may was one of the strongest on record over the past 500 years, according to nasa with a geomagnetic storm. so extreme and long-lasting people could see the lights as far south as florida and in the caribbean. scientists say an active sunspot with up to 9

solar flares cause coronal mass ejections to rush towards earth. with the aurora borealis, forming as these particles interacted with our magnetic field and stay in space for the number one science story of the year. great american eclipse with millions racing into the path of totality from texas to maine to experience total darkness during the middle of the as the moon aligns with the sun, a shadow is cast on earth causing a once in a lifetime opportunity for many to put on their solar glasses and check out the total eclipse, though. these happened at least twice a year. they're only visible over certain slivers of the planet with the next total eclipse over the u.s. not occurring until 2044. in the northern plains with another one cutting across the entire country the following year from california to florida and stay tuned as there's a lot to look forward to in 2025, including a total lunar eclipse in march and planned missions to the moon with rovers continuing to investigate the composition of

the lunar surface >> paving the way for eventual human colonization. >> still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news, the latest controversy over a new federal department. this with inauguru.s. treasury secretary

janet yellen says the nation is slated to reach its debt limit next month. >> in a letter sent to congressional leaders friday yellin says january second is the critical day. yellen warned at that time the treasury must take so-called extraordinary measures to pay the federal government's bills on time. the nation's current debt ceiling stands at about 36.1 trillion dollars. and

apple is pulling all devices with a lightning charging port from their european stores. this means apple will no longer sell the iphone se and iphone 14 series phones overseas. the move comes in response to an eu directive going into effect today. the laws designed to curb electronic waste remaining phones and devices sold in eu governed countries must have usb-c charging ports. the mandate was approved in 2022. and companies must comply by the end of this year. a north bay brewery is being recognized as one of the best in the country publication vine para named russian river brewing company as the top business for contemporary beer lovers. the brewery is best known for its limited edition ipa called pliny the younger. it's recognized as one of the highest rated beers in the state. and one mega-millions player is ringing in the new year in >> county with the 5th largest mega millions jackpot in history. this does put an end to the lottery's three-month

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>> now on the kron 4 weekend morning news. rough weather across the u.s. making this a turbulent holiday travel weekend for those trying to hit the roads. are the air? still ahead, a look at the nationwide impact. plus, the berkeley fire department launches a new program aimed at keeping home safe from wildfire. that story coming up. good morning. welcome back to the kron. 4 morning news. i'm stephanie land. let's check in with kathy trafton for the latest weather headlines. hi, kathy. hi, stephanie. well, the sun has risen. >> re. >> a rainy, soggy windy morning. i tried to find a beautiful image for you of the sunrise. no chance with all that cloud cover. so sun has risen and we certainly do have going to start to see some extremely impressive rainfall. but briefly, very impressive, especially north bay. that's where we see the biggest amounts of rain coming it. so much rain. it's caused a flood

watch to go into effect for the north bay areas. that's because the rain is falling on soggy, saturated soil and they rivers in cream, creeks and streams. they're already really quite swollen. and now with all that extra rain, there's a possibility. a threat of some flooding there. also, urban flooding is a concern, especially in low-lying areas, areas with poor drainage, the rain by comparison is light across the rest of the bay area. not exactly like but still we're seeing some pretty good amounts and there's the wind wind advisory in effect for the entire bay area where most of it, not the santa clara valley, but through 3 o'clock. and this is for gusts up to 50 miles per hour. look at the reds and the magenta is in this map that indicates the strongest amounts of wind up to 34 mile per hour gusts in santa rosa. but look how quickly the winds start to die down in the north and then following down to the south, we see the winds start to diminish by 3 o'clock. the

wind advisory is gone. so we do have concerns again with all that wind that could be some downed trees, downed power lines, possible power outages. we shall see. but stay aware because that's what's happening outside. and if you're driving high profile vehicles, pretty tough with slick roads and very windy conditions. also give anything in your yard that might blow around. this is a really good time to secure it. stephanie, back to you for news. all right, kathy, thank you. in petaluma police arrested a sandra fell man accused of selling meth. officers responded to reports of a drug deal near hopper street in caulfield lane thursday night police approached the suspect after a quick search. they found meth packaged for sale. police say the man was on active parole. they arrested and booked that suspect into jail. officers arrested 6 people accused of stealing more than $3,000 worth of merchandise. this happened at a marshals in san jose on north capitol avenue. police sharing these images of some of the items recovered. a broken fire department launched a program aimed at protecting homes against wildfires. it offers

qualifying homes, free metal mesh and gutter guards. officials say both items prevent embers from entering homes to see if you qualify. you can visit brooklyn fire, safe dot org. well, you may be winding down, but for the incoming trump administration, the transition to the white house is in high gear. that includes tech billionaire elon musk's doge initiative to dismantle parts of the federal government. washington correspondent raquel martin has the latest. elon musk is eager to get to work to slash the country's massive deficit. >> just yesterday, he compared the inner workings of the federal government to the dmv. but democrats are calling mosque the richest man alive. vastly out of touch and warn his cuts could harm millions of americans. >> so we're looking to say maybe 2 trillion dollars with the full backing of president elect donald trump. elon so-called department of government efficiency is loading ahead of the new year,

though, do eliminate hundreds of billions of dollars of waste and fraud. musk with the help of businessman ramaswamy say their deep diving ways to slash the national deficit which has ballooned to 36 trillion dollars. they met with lawmakers earlier this month on capitol hill to float ideas such as scrapping the irs canceling diversity grants to the department of education, modernizing government technology. and privatizing the u.s. postal service. this is once-in-a-generation opportunity. we intend to be successful. says republican congressman pete sessions in senator john cornyn are ready to work with musk but are promising not to touch social security or medicare and medicaid, which makes up a bulk of the national budget. i think for practical purposes, those are off the table. democrats are not holding their breath. elon musk is largely himself to be an efficient. >> liar and self-serving plutocrat. and so i don't have high hopes for him having anything other than pretty

awful ideas. but progressives are always willing to vote for in champion. good ideas. >> the doe's project is a top priority for president-elect donald trump. he says the goal is to finish its work by july 4th of 2026 for now washington, raquel martin, back to you. >> patches of rough weather nationwide are adding to the stress of this record breaking holiday travel weekend. the east coast from florida to new york is expecting heavy rain and storms are expected to continue slamming the northwest reporter chris wolfe has more on what travelers can expect >> whether your hopping a plane or jumping behind the wheel, be prepared for the busy year-end holiday period, which the auto club defines as saturday december 28th through new year's day. experts predict this year will topped the previous record of 119.3

million travelers nationally set back 2019, though, only by about 64,000 people. the vast majority, 90% will be driving to their destinations. the auto club of southern california gives us the local projections. a lot of people are still traveling. they're going to there. >> new year's destinations and a lot of people are also heading back home. this period for the year-end holidays we sought. we're seeing 9.9 million people traveling out of those 9.9 8.7 million of them are traveling on the road. so it's definitely going to be very busy. you might find some bumps with air travel depending on where you're going with severe weather pounding parts of the united states as we close out 2024. >> these friends were headed to houston, texas saturday evening, but delays and problems due to severe storms or the threat of such in that area have derailed their

travel plans. we're going to do until monday. >> paying out my friends. we're probably gonna go to my friend's rachel's house after and slight inconvenience. and doesn't even know about that not a year on the same plate. yeah, we're going to get together. >> all right. holiday shopping was up this year with plenty of shoppers making their purchases at the last minute. according to mastercard u.s. retail sales rose 3.8% between november 1st and december. 24th last 5 days of the seaoon accounted for 10% of all holiday spending. in-store sales increased more than last year's 3.1% increase online sales rose at an even greater rate of 6.7% compared with a 6.3 rise last year. major retailers at walmart target and amazon ramped up promotions at this time, too. and it's part of the holiday experience getting a gift that isn't quite right and has to be returned this year. you may have to pay extra to process those returns. reporter ship

yost has the latest. >> through the mall, many people had things to return. some very small. got me something a little charm. and so i already had it. so we're going to get something new. you know me about some of the returns you had to do this morning. oh, yeah. return some shoes for different signs. attorney, jackie for different side. you know that we game coming the holiday thanksgiving and all and those small things can add up. the national retail federation estimates that in 2024 890 billion dollars worth of merchandise will be returned that equals about 16.9% of all sales before you become part of that group. >> check the policy of the store you're going to as some have different policies during the holidays for the apple store. the return deadline for many of its products is january 8th for best buy its january 14th. lululemon is january 23rd, amazon january

31st. and wal-mart says most items bought between october first and december 31st can be returned until january 31st or 90 days from the purchase date. keep in mind, there could be exceptions to these various deadline. another thing to keep in mind is that some retailers are charging feesafor purchases made online that need to be mailed back in cerritos. i'm chip yost. >> ice skating fans lined up at a sacramento skating rink to enjoy family time and just have some fun. all thanks. in part to the a's we're going to shut x has that story. >> we're going skating paradise k they lined up at the downtown skating rink to enjoy some fun family time post christmas the bike. greg, can equity, traveled all the way from brisbane, australia to spend the holidays with

family and enjoy today at the rink. yeah. brought the whole family together. yeah. it is a grandad. i feel it. happy days. outgoing president dave coval says the community's welcome has been next level and they're excited to offer the free day of skating. they also look forward to supporting many more events that bring people together across the greater sacramento area. expect this thing can be here any this family came from woodland making it a day excursion of activities. there's plenty of other things to do here as well. so we just got some pizza down in old town. so, yeah, this is my daughter destiny. this mom from elk grove, along with her 3 daughters were first in line. enjoy river cats g mes and are looking forward to seeing the a's play in west sack we can't wait for the next game. the first game will be there. i'm in oakland a's fan for former davis president and aggie grad derrick doctor. his family's ties to oakland

baseball goes back to the 18 80's when they only oakland oaks, which preceded the a's. he says his great great grandfather built the ballpark where they first played good on the a's for for doing this and get on the a's for. >> hopefully hopefully getting a little bit more competitive, rescind their payroll little bit. >> you to see him leave oakland to see him leave the state. but i'm a lifelong is just have happy new yeah. >> a francisco forty-niners are preparing to take on the detroit lions on monday night. the red and gold already eliminated from this year's playoffs. the game will be a rematch of last year's nfc championship, which the niners won. and while their season is over after january 5th, they're looking at the future and that includes rockland native bryant. brandon aiyuk end how he's recovering after surgery on his acl. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news as we countdown to the new year, we take a look back. >> a 2024 in politics. the

race for the white house new policy changes. and after the break or could spot it off the coast of monterey bay for the first time. >> since 2021 a look at some rare footage of killer whales

>> after storming through the early primaries, the 2024 race narrowed to 2 major candidates already known to voters. the stage was set for repeat matchup between president biden and former president trump independent rfk junior was also in the hunt for the oval office for a while. all

status quo for nearly the 1st half of the election year. but in may, it seem trump's legal troubles would bog down or even derail his campaign when he was found guilty on 34 counts in may making him the first u.s. president to be convicted of a felony. this was great decision. his campaign went on and eventually sentencing was delayed indefinitely. and then in late june, the race took a turn. few saw coming. the first and last debate between biden and trump turned disastrous for the sitting president and future. they were able to make every single solitary commission before when i've been able do it. >> week it's a covid should be with dealing with everything we have to do we finally be medicare. >> president biden's poor performance was met with calls for biden to suspend his campaign just seems to me that everyone wants a choice that's different than what we have

come july as biden tried to hold off his critics. former president trump survived an assassination attempt while speaking at open air rally in butler, pennsylvania. >> all right. right. what is down from one is though one bystander was killed. 2 others were injured. >> and the secret service was scrutinized for what was later determined as poor practices. ultimately security was increased for the rest of the former president's campaign. trump addressing his supporters at the republican national convention in milwaukee just days after the attempt on his life. >> when i heard a loud whizzing sound and felt something hit me really, really hard on my right ear. >> i said to myself, wow, what was that? >> i immediately knew it was very serious that we were under attack later at the convention. he picked ohio senator jd vance as his running mate, mr. president.

>> i will never take for granted the trust you have put in momentum seemed with the gop. but that wouldn't last as democrats took the wind out of the republican sales with president biden announcing he wouldn't seek re-election, throwing his support behind vice president kamala harris. her nomination was met with undeniable enthusiasm. minnesota governor tim walz tapped as harris, his running mate headed into the democratic national convention in chicago with palpable energy in late august, independent candidate rfk junior ended his bid for the white house and threw his support behind trump. then in september, she's worse than biden. in my opinion. i think he's the worst president in the history country. trump in harris squared off in their first and only debate. >> both sides declaring victory. >> donald trump has proven himself to be increasingly unstable and unfit and he's trying to take us backward. but as was typical in this election cycle, a new headline

quickly grabbed attention. >> a second assassination attempt this time while trump was golfing, secret service spotted a man in the bush isn't a whole ahead of the former president. the gunman fled but was later taken into custody. both campaigns spent october crisscrossing the country, hitting the 7 battleground states. the hardest. >> north carolina has a lot lately. has been a lot. >> isn't it is so good to be back in late october, jd vance making his case in a town hall here on news nation with chris cuomo. >> and i think it would almost on, of course, is my life experience. then it all came down to election day record breaking turnout in many states. >> news nation with the help of decision desk hq, the first network to call north carolina decision desk hq now projecting that donald trump has won north carolina that has 16 electoral votes. that

is the first of the major swing states. then georgia, both forrformer president trump. the race turned to all important, pennsylvania take and at one, 21 in the early morning hours of november, 6th news nation and decision desk hq we're the first to make the call just after one. 22 in the morning eastern time. and this is the biggest call of the night. >> decision desk hq can now project that former president donald trump will be our next president 47th president the united states. >> the republican party went on to win the senate and the house giving the gop the trifecta of 2024. politics. >> all right, 7.49 this morning live look outside at walnut creek looking pretty wet out. there seems like there's quite a bit of rain coming down over that perspective. kathy. >> there is quite a bit of rain, especially across the north bay. a lot of areas are seeing a lot of rain. so grab your umbrella on the way out

this morning. the roads are slick and you'll probably encounter some raindrops, but that will change quickly. so here's what's happening. storm is coming through that by tonight. we are dry by sunset tonight. dry conditions. and that's what we're going to see. the rest of the year after get to today's storm. so the storm is to the north bay still storm in many other areas. and then the ridge builds in. there's your monday evening. and then there's your tuesday evening. the ridge is still there tuesday evening, a k a >> new year's eve. so dry new year's eve, a dry new year's day and a dry start to 2025, we've got to stick with today because that's when the rain is falling. 3107 rick, about the same in san francisco become closer to our rainfall totals across the bay area as much as half an inch for napa. but look at this is interesting. boulder creek, 7107 inch and only a quarter of an inch in san jose. that is due to the rain. the rain shadow effect. so the moisture

hits the santa cruz mountains and it lifts the clouds and the rain and squeezes out the moisture and then it falls back towards san jose. is lot drier, hence less rainfall. so the concern today is, of course, the rain, not so much temperatures mid 50's to mid 60's. there's also a wind advisory for much of the bay area. in fact, it's going to be in effect until 3 o'clock. so if you're driving these roads, they could be slick. and it's very, very windy. tough to drive, especially high profile vehicles. so if you're in a big truck, that's a concern. give anything outside that might blow around. good time to put it away with the possibility of 50 mile per hour gusts. so we're in for quite a morning, quiet. and then things start to die down fairly quickly because this is a very fast moving storm. 7 day forecast shows the rain. yes, we go partly cloudy and then things really dry out. so it's going to be a wonderful end to 2024 on tuesday. wonderful start to 25. 25 on wednesday and we'll keep things calm. but very

chilly overnight. in fact, tomorrow morning, there's going to be a frost advisory in effect. we'll stick to the day with all the rain. stephanie, back to you. all right. well, bundle up for sure. thanks so much. check this out. more than 60 orca spotted off the coast of monterey bay this week. what a cool sight. this pot made an appearance on thursday after not being seen in the area since 2021. this footage captured by monterey bay whale watch group. you can see those killer whale swimming side by side as they migrate north to alaska. >> marine scientists say these north pacific offshore or cause live in deep waters far away from the coastline. the scientists say the offshore is are not seen often but do appear sometimes during the winter months really need site. there. be right back.

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>> so once you to the emerald city. >> from the big screen to your living room, the smash hit musical movie, wicked will be available to rent or purchase, starting on new year's eve, the digital release includes deleted scenes commentary and a sing-along version. wicked debuts on 4 k ultra high-def, blu-ray and dvd on february. 4th. and you may recall we could set the record for the biggest opening ever for a movie based on a broadway show

grossing nearly 400 million dollars domestically. you might say it was a bit popular. let's take a look. of these are tiny snail scientists that were extinct for more than a century. conservation is discovered a small population of 2 species of the snail on a rocky island in the atlantic ocean in a bid to say then disease in the uk and france created special conditions for them to thrive. and boy, did they ever for the first time ever in human care of us knows population grew significantly more than 1300 of them were released on a remote island. so the population can grow for years to come. some positive news there. kron four's the place to be this new year's eve countdown to 2025 in every time zone. a coast to coast countdown starts at 09:00pm. and then you can hang out with great low to sing. just involvement. kron four's new year's live at 11:30pm, should be a fun show. coming up on the next hour, the kron 4 morning news, 2 back-to-back homicides in oakland. just 48

hours apart, leaving neighbors shaken. >> investigators now looking into the city's 82nd homicide this year. >> plus, the manhunt is on for the shooter who wounded a man near san francisco's tenderloin district saturday morning. the latest on the investigation. still ahead. and president-elect donald trump threatens to rather fire federal workers who refuse to return to office. the roadblocks that could stand in his way. and the problem morning news continues.

>> now on the kron 4 morning news. police investigate 2

deadly shootings in oakland. the crimes happening within a 48 hour span leaving neighbors shaken. and president-elect donald trump making his expectations clear for government employees still working from home. good morning. thanks so much for joining us here on the kron. 4 morning news. i'm stephanie lin. it's sunday december. the 29th. >> let's check in first with kathy trafton for a look at your weather. good morning, cathy. good morning, stephanie. it's a >> wet, soggy morning. >> especially across the entire bay area. we've got really moderate rain in north bay and a flood watch in effect because of the possibility of rising creeks and streams and urban and small stream flood warning. so here is a view of the san francisco international airport. >> it's gray. it's raining and there are major delays. the latest from flightaware 116 delays sfo and 6 cancellations

so far everywhere else. i look, i see green plains, which means no big delays. that's not just here. but across the entire country. i'm not seeing anything but green. so that's good news. but the really the problem this right here in san francisco. here's the storm. here's a cold front. we do have some pretty good rain falling, but it's a quick moving storm. and so by sunset tonight, we will be dry and we will dry the rest of the year. so good riddance to all this rain. we do have wind. and if that wind advisory in effect, though, across much of the bay area, with the exception of the santa clara valley. we have gusts up to 50 miles per hour possible. more coming up in weather right now. back to stephanie for kathy, thank continuing their investigation into 2 back-to-back homicides in oakland. >> the shootings happening within a 48 hour span of each other. trump was jack moment. brings us a look at the investigation a d the latest

crime figures. >> in a neighborhood where just one day ago a person lost their life. fight life. still vibrant titled at the park llamosa case. watts grew up in east oakland. he's enjoying his day off with legit burkhalter part just hours after a man was shot and killed. >> this is homicide number 18 to this year. >> the shooting is unknown. hopefully our prayers up to anybody. i was involved. we members of the man shot say he was from stockton and just turned 27. they told kron 4 news off camera that they're confused why loved one was in oakland and not even more confused why he had to that. >> a vigil was planned for him at this park. but family told us they're worried friends will be too scared to come to oakland. >> flashing lights. that's it. the entire block was just flashing lights. very few cars, other than called neighbors still shaken by the shooting on a street. that's pretty quiet. neighbors. we

spoke to say this area. oakland is relatively peaceful. they say the shooting, though, has them worried knowing there's an elementary school nearby here with many families with young children. >> it is the second homicide and less than a 48 hour span here in the city. >> oakland police say thursday evening another person was shot and killed left for dead at the scene. candles, flowers more than 80 families changed forever. >> i've kind of felt shaky as far on political issues with the felt shaky for. wow. watts tells kron 4 he doesn't have a lot of faith in law enforcement, right? they don't communicate with citizens to me. there. >> not very approachable. if you ask me and i don't see them. >> really, too involved in the community, the city is going through changes a new police chief and more communication with the city through town halls. homicides are down to 82 this year. the last time homicides were this low was before the pandemic throughout

this year. residents telling us they still don't feel safe, but some things are improving. >> picking there. there's a lot of positive energy around downtown, especially chef nelson hermenet sober a lesson in downtown oakland. he says business has massively this year. >> a car break-ins and overall crime. they are doubt. he says many parts still feel unsafe and that the fight is not over. streets are definitely in a safer. >> of course. but there's a rally that there's it's not fully safe yet in most places. bofa. what we see here in downtown, it's got a lot better. >> hoping the new year we'll bring new vibrancy to the town. it's it's happened to slowly. but when you really come together chase out in oakland, jack moment, kron 4 news. >> and we reached out to interim mayor bas and police chief floyd mitchell. and we'll update you as soon as we get a response. this morning. 3 bar police officers and a pedestrian are recovering in the hospital after a car crash in oakland. it happened around 2.30 saturday afternoon on 7th street and then delap parkway.

2 park police cars collided with a medical supply vehicle. police are investigating the cause. developing this morning, officials lifted a lockdown advisory in antioch neighborhood. this is near lone tree way in country hills drive. we know there was police activity in the area and we're gathering more information and will update you once we learn more. police arrested a sandra fell man accused of robbing a laundromat in mar county officers responded friday to reports of a burglary at a business on redwood highway in greebrea police say a man took off wihecash machine escaping through the attic. police say the burglar jumped from roof to roof trying to escape officers. police eventually arrested and booked that suspect into jail. san jose police recovered drugs and illegal guns after a traffic stop friday night. police say they pulled over an rv in the downtown area after a search they uncovered meth, marijuana pills. and more than $26,000 in cash, the but the driver was booked into jail.

francisco police are looking for the person responsible for shooting a man near the tenderloin district. it happened around 1 o'clock saturday morning. officers say they found the victim with gunshot wounds near eddy and hyde streets. this is video from the citizen app right here showing a bit of that scene. the man was taken to a hospital. he is expected to survive. anyone with information is asked to please get in touch with san francisco pd. and officials want you to know about a donation scam connected to the santa cruz wharf collapse. scammers are claiming to represent businesses impacted by monday's partial collapse and are asking people for money. massive waves destroyed about 150 feet of the work this past week. if you think you've been targeted by those scams, please contact santa cruz. police. president elect donald trump says his administration will fire federal workers who insist on a remote work schedule before seeing government employees back into office may not be as easy as it sounds. news nation's joe khalil has more on the challenges trump may face. it's one of the promises

that president elect trump made before taking office. he says that he is going to make it a policy that all. >> federal workers who are working either remotely full time or part-time remotely are going to come back into the office or the fire. that's obviously going to be a lot harder to do that actually to say. but he says he's going to pursue that. now, there are really 2 different conversations here. you take a look at federal efficiency when it comes to building space and how much taxpayer dollars are going to cover it. the government accountability office to a report that showed that out of 24 federal buildings in d c 17 of them only had about a quarter of their space. actually being used. 25% or less. that's because, again, a lot of these workers have not yet returned since the pandemic in 2 working in person for that reason. james comer, the chairman of the house oversight committee has pointed out the government is spending anywhere from

2 billion dollars a year on keeping the lights on in these buildings to 5 billion dollars every year. just for potentially even a leasing out that space. so there are questions about how the government can be more efficient with those dollars, whether it's maybe combining some agencies into one or 2 buildings rather than each having their own. in addition to that, we've heard the doge representatives talk about losing federal workers are getting rid of hundreds of thousands, if not millions, a federal workers. now, again, in order for them to do that, they're going to face serious legal challenges because many federal workers in their contracts have the right to work remotely and comer. the chairman of the committee here, the oversight committee acknowledges that's going to be something they will run into legal challenges. so here's what he told me. and this will probably head to court. but in the court of public opinion, i think the people that work hard every day and have to go to work and pay taxes. >> i don't think they're very happy with the fact that such

a high percentage of the federal workforce is is working from home. in the end, they're not held accountable. lucky employees who work for the betterment who have to go to the office every day. now, the other side to the story is that unions representing these workers say just because they're working from home doesn't mean they're any less efficient in the way they work and the jobs. they do some point out that members of congress often work from home, not just in dc and they say that to address the problem of these buildings that are costing so much in federal dollars. solution is not to fill those buildings up. it is may be to consolidate them and to allow workers to continue working from home. so we know this is something that's going to be debated. what we do know is what it actually looks like in practice. once the new administration takes office in january. that is something we're certainly going to be watching. >> president elect trump is now targeting canada claiming

that canada could become the 51st state news nation. reporter libby dean explains. >> the president elect trump isn't wasting any time laying out his administration's agenda reading massive tariffs spring, canada and mexico. to that negotiating table. some calling this strategy like something out of the art of the deal. >> he's a genius for regional concussions even before he takes office. trump's incoming border czar tom homan praising incoming president's 25% tariff threat against canada, forcing them to take action on the northern border within 2 days. the true trudeau meeting, the foreign minister got a hold of me. talk about what they can do to, you know, make the northern border more secure. so i think president trump's actions are doing >> he intended do bring our neighbors to the table, to talk about securing our border and save and save both on their border and our borders. >> it comes after top naming cabinet members met trump officials at mar-a-lago on friday. and newsnation

confirming that incoming border czar tom homan was a part of those talks. the group discussing tariffs, illegal immigration and fentanyl, drug trafficking into the united states. the meeting coming after a contentious week between the neighboring countries. president elect trump repeatedly calling canadian prime minister trudeau governor and calling for calm become the 51st state. the president-elect later doubling down encouraging hockey wayne gretzky to run for prime minister saying, quote, soon to be known as governor of canada. board is our tom homan telling newsnation that he's going to fill trump's border agenda. his policy by. >> shutting it down, shutting the border down and restarting remain in mexico. that policy we saw now. no word on if there's going to be a remain in canada. that'll be something to watch for. >> still ahead on kron, news at 4 or excuse this morning. a look back at some scientific breakthroughs that happened in breakthroughs that happened in 2020.

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>> christmas tree recycling kicks off in san francisco. workers must be make stops around the city to pick up those trees. all decorations, tinsel and stands should be removed. flocks trees and artificial trees will not be picked up. >> so make sure you put those trees out might occur next to your garbage bin so we can pick them out is a free program during that time frame. it ends on january. 17th. so please ensure that you put your christmas trees out important to keep our streets clean and free of debris. and we appreciate his service is healthy. let's give it the streets.

>> last year, san francisco, recycle 274 tons of christmas trees. people have until january 17th to leave their tree out for recycling. and those trees can also be used as a healthy snack for goats. the independence, 4 h club in sonoma county is asking for tree donations to help feed animals at local farms. the organization offers tree pickup bestival santa rosa and rohnert park. they say that resource source of vitamins, a and c keep in mind that trees that are too dry for the goat, tummies will be returned to soil as compost note that any trees sprayed with fire retardants were other materials are not accepted because those chemicals can be bad for goats. all right, live look outside at the golden gate bridge. not too many people out there at this hour. and that makes sense. it's a a good morning to stay and just bundled. up next, your dog, if you got one, sounds good to me is not the truth. >> is gray, it's wet. it's windy. here's the golden gate bridge to prove it. how great would you can hardly you

actually can't see the top of the south tower of the golden gate bridge. but you can see slick roadways as these cars are driving through a lot of rain. and you can see the wind because it's making old glory flap in the breeze is right there. so we've got the wind, the rain, the great conditions, and that's how it's going to be this morning. things will turn around, weather headlines. the moderate rain falls in the north bay and that's the most amount of rain we'll see throughout the bay area except in the santa cruz mountains. so much rain falling. well, it's not that much rain, but it's falling on saturated soil. and also it's falling on to creeks and streams and rivers are already swollen hence a flood watch, which is in effect for the possibility of flooding not only in the urban areas, especially in the areas that are low-lying, especially in the areas that have poor drainage, but also creeks streams, rivers could overflow their boundaries. so we have that flood watch in effect through the morning. the rest of the bay area obviously is ready to you may be seeing some rain drops to grab your umbrella, but it's also the wind. that's a big

concern. wind advisory in effect through o'clock this afternoon with gusts possible to 50 miles per hour. look at how the yellow tier yellows turn into oranges and reds and magenta is it's really windy out there right now. the gusts are 30 mile per hour gusts in novato and in san francisco. and you'll see as the day starts to go on that the caller start to turn more yellow. so the winds diminish they also shift as the front passes. so we start out with south westerly winds and then by the end of the day starts to go northwesterly wind advisory expires. 3 o'clock and by sunset, we're in really much diminished in terms of the winds. here is the forecast model. and by tonight after sunset, it is dry across the bay area. and guess what? for the rest of 2024, it is dry. we're done with the rain as rich built in for tuesday. that should new year's eve right there. it's dry. and then wednesday, that's 2025.

that's the beginning of a brand new year. and it stays dry for your new year's day. so that is great news. if you're ready to dry out, not quite yet, but it will be there soon. so right now, rainfall amounts about a 3rd of an inch santa rosa and san francisco as well. about a half an inch in napa and then here's boulder creek, 7 tenths of an inch down in the santa cruz mountains. only a quarter of an inch in that's the rain shadow effect where the rains hit the santa cruz mountains. the clouds rise. the rain squeezes out of the clouds and then the air is much drier as it falls on the other side of the mountains on the leeward side where it's much drier temperatures today. not so impressive as cool this afternoon as 57 in santa rosa. 63 for san jose and look at this today. rain, heaviest and certainly in the morning in the bay area and then in the north bay, goodbye to 2024. with dry conditions. but chilly start of frost advisory goes into effect tomorrow

morning for very cold temperatures because after all, it's a cold front and here's a 6 to 10 day precipitation outlook for the brand new year. it looks dryer than normal. so we get a chance to dry out. stephanie, back to you for news. all right, kathy, thank you. as we head into the new year, we're taking a look back at scientific innovations from space-x rocket launches to a new study. >> about how humans age reporter max apparent breaks down those stories. >> from groundbreaking technological and medical discoveries to the amazing celestial sights that kept us looking up. science stories have made this year quite memorable. here's a look back at the top 5 headlines with the biggest impacts from 2024 number 5 fossilized footprints found by archaeologists show that to ancient human species actually crossed paths debunking previous theories that the group states separate and were rivals. the discovery made in kenya shows the fossils dating back 1.5 million years with researchers confident that the tracks were

imprinted within just a few hours or a few days of each other. since there were any cracks in the fossilized they determine one pair of footprints belong to the species home or act. this while the less evolved, parents drop boy say, made the other with a team of researchers finding evidence that both the species lived in the same area together for up to 100,000 years number for a rude awakening for those that thought it was possible to age gradually with research suggesting that the body actually ages in bursts happening around your mid 40's and again in your early 60's, the stanford university study investigated samples from over 100 participants investigating 135,000 different types of molecules with data showing these particles changed drastically at these ages in your mid 40's, significant changes occurring molecules related to cardiovascular disease. your skin and muscles, along with your metabolism by early 60's, additional changes occur to

your immune regulation and kidney function with researchers. encouraging us to make time for exercise, drink plenty of water and watch how many carbs you eat? >> spacex making history catching a rocket as it was returning for the first time ever. this unprecedented feat of engineering coming in as the third-biggest science story of the year as the starship rocket approach. the texas launch pad a pair of giant robotic arms to capture the unmanned booster. >> on the first attempt at landing this technological advancement will allow quick reuse of these rockets in the future rather than crashing them into the ocean or letting them burn up in our atmosphere as it was previously done. number 2, the dazzling display of the northern lights. this may was one of the strongest on record over the past 500 years, according to nasa with a geomagnetic storm. so extreme and long-lasting people could see the lights as far south as florida and in the caribbean. scientists say an active sunspot with up to 9

solar flares cause coronal mass ejections to rush towards earth. with the aurora borealis, forming as these particles interacted with our magnetic field and stay in space for the number one science story of the year. great american eclipse with millions racing into the path of totality from texas to maine to experience total darkness during the middle of the day as the moon aligns with the sun, a shadow is cast on earth causing a once in a lifetime opportunity for many to put on their solar glasses and check out the total eclipse, though. these happened at least twice a year. they're only visible over certain slivers of the planet with the next total eclipse over the u.s. not occurring until 2044. in the northern plains with another one cutting across the entire country the following year from california to florida and stay tuned as there's a lot to look forward to in 2025, including a total lunar eclipse in march and planned missions to the moon with rovers continuing to investigate the composition of

the lunar surface >> paving the way for eventual human colonization. >> still ahead on the kron 4 morning news, the latest controversy, a new federal department is causing this with inauguration day. just with inauguration day. just week

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>> u.s. treasury secretary janet yellen says the nation is slated to reach its debt limit next month in a letter sent to congressional leaders friday yellin says january second is the critical date. yellen warned at that time the treasury must take so-called extraordinary measures to pay the federal government's bills on time the nation's current debt ceiling stands at about 36.1 trillion dollars. apple

is pulling all devices with a lightning charging port from their european stores. that means apple no longer sell their iphone, se and iphone 14 series phones overseas. the move comes in response to an eu directive going into effect today. but laws designed to curb electronic waste remaining phones and devices so that you govern countries must have usb-c charging ports. the mandate was approved in 2022. companies must comply by the end of this year. and with a brewery is being recognized as one of the best in the country publication vipir named russian river brewing company as the top business for contemporary beer lovers. the brewery is best known for its limited edition ipa called pliny the younger. it's recognized as one of the highest rated beers in the state. >> and one mega-millions player is bringing in the new year just a county with the 5th largest mega millions jackpot in history. >> does put an end to the lottery's three-month dry spell the winning ticket for the 1.2, 2 billion dollar

jackpot was sold at a circle k in cottonwood the winner can claim the prize an annual payouts or take home a one-time cash payout of nearly 550 million dollars. the next drawing set for december 31st is set for out of 20 million dollars. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news, a look at how retail sales fared this past holiday season.

>> now on the kron 4 weekend morning news. rough weather across the country making this a turbulent holiday travel weekend. still ahead, a look at the nationwide impact. plus, the berkeley fire department launches a new program aimed at keeping home safe from wildfire. got that story coming up. all right. good morning. welcome back to the kron. 4 morning news. i'm stephanie lin. thanks so much for joining us at this hour. let's check in with kathy trafton for the latest weather headlines. hi, kathy. >> good morning. stephanie is whether it's great when loud out there. >> and it's affecting the travel indeed, especially if you're picking up somebody, firms sfo from a flight or heading to sfo to take a flight yourself, you better call ahead because there are all kinds of problems in the form of delays out of s f 143 delays at this hour and 6 cancellations. if you look at the rest of the bay area, not so bad. 29 account. excuse delays out san jose. and 25 out of oakland looking at the

rest of the country. green plains, me, no problems, no major delays, but they're the major delays are right here in the bay area so that's a big problem. and for us, we do have flood watch watches in effect for the north bay was a flood watch in effect because of the moderate rain heading there hitting already saturated soils and also hitting creeks and rivers and streams that are already swollen as a possibility of flooding that also there's a high wind watch in effect across the entire bay area except the santa clara valley for the possibility of gusts up to 50. stephanie, back to you for thank you. >> in petaluma police arrested a sandra phil man accused of selling meth. officers responded to reports of a drug deal. your hopper street in caulfield lane thursday night, police approached the suspect after a quick search. they found meth packaged for sale. police say the man was on active parole. they arrested and booked that suspect into jail. officers arrested 6 people accused of stealing more than $3,000 worth of merchandise. this happened at

a marshals in san jose on north capitol avenue. police sharing these images of some of those items recovered. the birth of our department launched a program aimed at protecting homes against wildfires. it offers qualifying homes, free metal mesh and gutter guards. officials say both items prevent embers from entering homes and to see if you qualify. you can visit berkeley fire safe dot org. if your may be winding down. but for the incoming trump administration, the transition to the white house is in high gear. that includes tech billionaire elon musk's doge initiative to dismantle parts of the federal government. our washington correspondent raquel martin has the latest. >> elon musk is eager to get to work to slash the country's massive deficit. just yesterday he compared the inner workings of the federal government to the dmv. but democrats are calling mosque the richest man alive. vastly out of touch and warn his cuts could harm millions of americans.

>> so we're looking to say maybe 2 trillion dollars with the full backing of president elect donald trump. elon so-called department of government efficiency is loading ahead of the new year, though, do eliminate hundreds of billions of dollars of waste and fraud. musk with the help of businessman event from a swami say their deep diving ways to slash the national deficit, which has ballooned to 36 trillion dollars. they met with lawmakers earlier this month on capitol hill to float ideas such as scrapping the irs canceling diversity grants to the department of education, modernizing government technology. and privatizing the u.s. postal service. this is once-in-a-generation opportunity. we intend to be successful. says republican congressman pete sessions and senator john cornyn are ready to work with musk but are promising not to touch social security or medicare and medicaid, which makes up a bulk of the national budget. i

think for practical purposes, those are off the table. democrats are not holding their breath. elon musk is largely himself to be an efficient. >> liar and self-serving plutocrat. and so i don't have high hopes for him having anythvng other than pretty awful ideas. but progressives are always willing to vote for in champion. good ideas. >> the doe's project is a top priority for president-elect donald trump. he says the goal is to finish its work by july 4th of 2026 for now washington, raquel martin, back to you. >> the fact is a rough weather nationwide are adding to the stress of this record. breaking holiday travel weekend. the east coast from florida to new york is expecting heavy rain and storms are expected to continue slamming the northwest reporter chris wolfe has more on what travelers can expect. >> whether your hopping a plane or jumping behind the wheel, be prepared for the busy year-end holiday period,

which the auto club defines as saturday december 28th through new year's day. experts predict this year will topped the previous record of 119.3 million travelers nationally set back 2019, though, only by about 64,000 people. the vast majority, 90% will be driving to their destinations. the auto club of southern california gives us the local projections. a lot of people are still traveling. they're going to there. >> new year's destinations and a lot of people are also heading back home. this period for the year-end holidays we sought. we're seeing 9.9 million people traveling out of those 9.9 8.7 million of them are traveling on the road. so it's definitely going to be very busy. you might find some bumps with air travel depending on where you're going with severe weather pounding parts of the united states as we close out 2024.

>> these friends were headed to houston, texas saturday evening, but delays and problems due to severe storms or the threat of such in that area have derailed their travel plans we're going to do until monday. >> paying out my friends. we're probably gonna go to my friend's rachel's house after and there's slight inconvenience. and doesn't even know about that not are you are on the same plate. yeah. we're going to >> holiday shopping was up this year with plenty of shoppers making their purchases at the last minute. according to mastercard u.s. retail sales rose 3.8% between november. first in december, 24th the last 5 days of the season accounted for 10% of all holiday spending. in-store sales increased more than last year's 3.1% increase online sales rose at an even greater rate of 6.7% compared with a 6.3 rise last year. major retailers like walmart target

and amazon ramped up promotions at this time, too. it's part of the holiday experience getting a gift that isn't qu and has to be returned. well, this year, you may have to pay extra to process those returns. reporter chip yost has the latest. >> through the mall, many people had things to return. some very small. got me something a little charm. and so i already had it. so we're going to get something you know me about some of the returns you had to do this morning. oh, yeah. return some shoes for different sides. return jacket for different side. you know that we game coming the holiday thanksgiving and all and those small things can add up. the national retail federation estimates that in 2024 890 billion dollars worth of merchandise will be returned that equals about 16.9% of all sales before you become part of that group. >> check the policy of the store you're going to as some have different policies during the holidays for the apple

store. the return deadline for many of its products is january 8th for best buy its january 14th. lululemon is january 23rd, amazon january 31st. and wal-mart says most items bought between october first and december 31st can be returned until january 31st or 90 days from the purchase date. keep in mind, there could be exceptions to these various deadline. another thing to keep in mind is that some retailers are charging fees for purchases made online that need to be mailed back in cerritos. i'm chip yost. >> ice skating fans lined up a sacramento skating rink to enjoy family time and just have some fun. all thanks. in part to the a's. but when a shed, it says that story. >> we're going skating paradise k they lined up at the downtown skating rink to

enjoy some fun family time post christmas the bike. grandin equity traveled all the way from brisbane, australia to spend the holidays with family and enjoy today at the rink. brought the whole family together. yeah. it is a grandad. i feel it. happy days. outgoing president dave coval says the community's welcome has been next level and they're excited to offer the free day of skating. >> they also look forward to supporting many more events that bring people together across the greater sacramento area, getting breaks like this. that can be here any >> this family came from woodland making it a day excursion of activities. there's plenty of other things to do here as well. so we just got some pizza down in old town. so, yeah, this is my daughter destiny. this mom from elk grove, along with her 3 daughters were first in line. enjoy river cats games and are looking forward to

seeing the a's play in west sack we can't wait for the next game. the first game will be there. i'm in oakland a's fan for former davis president and aggie grad derrick doctor his family's ties to oakland baseball goes back to the 18 80's when they only oakland oaks, which preceded the a's. >> he says his great great grandfather built the ballpark where they first played good on the a's for for doing this and get on the a's for. >> hopefully hopefully getting a little bit more competitive race in their payroll little bit. you to see him leave oakland to see him leave the state. but i'm a lifelong is just have happy new >> in san francisco forty-niners are preparing to take on the detroit lions monday night. the reading gold already eliminated from this year's playoffs. the game will be a rematch of last year's nfc championship, which the niners won while their season is over after january 5th looking at the future. and that includes rockland native.

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there. kathy. >> no kidding splash. look at that. we look at the richmond bridge. >> it is raining there and it's certainly rain many spots across the bay area. here's a view from of transamerica. pyramid splash again is huge. raindrops on the camera lens. so you just can't avoid it. whether you're in the north bay south bay east bay, you're getting rain this morning. of course, that will change over time. here are my headlines. the rain is especially. moderate to draw hard in the north bay triggering a flood watch. it's not that the rain that plentiful. it's just that is falling on already saturated soils. it's falling on already swollen creeks and streams concerns as you drive on urban areas, especially low lying areas where there's poor drainage concern with those creeks and streams rise and the wall of water ways are really going to be spilling over. concerned. also for possible landslides. and of course, we have rain across the rest of the bay area and the wind advisory across just about all the bay area except for the santa clara valley.

gusts of winds are possible to 15 miles per hour. that advisory expires at 03:00pm, but still the high-profile vehicle driving through this wind could be a real problem you want certainly tie down anything that need that could possibly fly around. also concerns for trees. power lines could be some power outages that are no. but by sunday this evening, just past sunset, we dry out. so it's beautiful conditions. as a ridge starts to build in. that's high pressure that brings us dry weather is see this little bump up here. there's year. you're rich really building in for monday that your monday evening. here's your tuesday evening, aka new year's eve. >> it's dry. high pressure in control. >> keep in the rain and the winds and the snow far away from us new year's day. it's just beautiful, dry condition. but for today, we about 3 quarters of an inch actually in ben lomond in only a 3rd of an inch in san francisco. and the rainfall totals really are going to be pretty good.

>> about half an inch in napa about a quarter of an inch for san jose. so it's going to be very interesting today as we go through the rain and the wind and temperatures. not so interesting. really spanning from the upper 50's to low 60's she had toward the bay shoreline. we have the winds kicking up again. we have winds kicking up in peninsula shoreline and temperatures only 60 degrees in burlingame. she had south. we're not much change from burlingame to palo alto to mountain view, 60 degrees there. and 63 for so i'm thinking many of the warmest in the south bay with mid 60's barely mid 60's santa clara and numbers mainly in the 50's the east bay close to 60 in a few spots 60 for walnut creek. 61 in concord sonam only 58 was not much change in temperature today. really? it's all about the rain and the wind and the possibility of flooding. here's a look ahead at the end of 2024 to the beginning of 2025. and it's of course, many this morning and then we go

for partly cloudy, dry conditions as we have the last full day of 2020 for the big island in new year's eve. beautiful conditions. it will be chilly though. it's gonna be a frost advisory tomorrow morning. chilly conditions and on wednesday again, a dry start to your new year's. it's going to be a beautiful new year's and a little bit drier than normal for the first 5 days of the new year. so where you see these 10's and yellows, that means a little bit drier. stephanie, back to you for news. all right, kathy, thank you. award-winning musician boney james kicks off 3 nights of incredible performances in oakland. he's a critically acclaimed rmb saxophonist and his new single is topping the billboard charts. we're so thrilled to have him join us live this morning. good morning to thanks for having. of course. thank oou so much for joining us. bright and early. yes, yes, yes, is typically and evenings sort of affair, but hopefully not too bad of an early morning. not that. i'm glad to be here. thanks for having of tell us a bit about you and how you got

inspired to, you know, participate in the world of music. well, you know, i started playing clarinet as a as apparently you did when i in 3rd grade back in the old days when i was a kid, everyone would sign up to learn how to play an instrument in public school. >> and then the teacher leaned on me to switch to the saxophone. 2 years later hit too many i resisted because it was a much heavier case. i was going to have to carry to school. but as soon as i picked up, the hoerner became my favorite thing to do. and all these years later, x number of years later, still my favorite thing to do and you found so much success year. four-time grammy-nominated well as a slew of many other awards. so congratulation, thank you so much. what is it about the saxophone that really >> pulls you in and lead you to gravitate towards what i always loved about. it is when you're listening to it and can you know, it sounds very much like a human face. it's very expressive. and and if you're playing it right, hopefully to make the people feel something. and and i get a lot of pleasure out of trying to make my horn do that. absolutely. and tell us a bit about your performance is that you have lined up over the

next 3 nights. well, we're promoting my new cd, which is called slow burn, which just came out in october. and as you mentioned, i had a top 10 rb crossover single, which amazing for a jazz musician days and the number one just single. so the records doing really great. and we're featuring a lot of songs up the new record on this whole you ok and what is the story that you're hoping to take your audience through over the next 3 nights where you hope they walk away with, you know, when when people and listen sometimes to my records or jessen generally think it's going to be very chill and laid back in. honestly, you know, i like my first was playing with more. stay right after purple rain. and so i come from and are in the background. so we try and bring some of those elements to our show. and it's it's more of a party than a gray and to tell us to about the creative process with the new album, too. well, you know, i always just try and sit down and write some good songs. i never have a concept in mind, but it seems what i listen to the record back. what i'm sort of getting towards the end. i can always discern some sort of thread that's tying the record together in this new cd is called slow burn. a slow

burn is a feeling that grows with a slow but deliberate intensity. said yes, yes, that that would be correct. and are there tickets still available for my understanding is the first 2 nights are sold out. but for tuesday, which is also there's an early show and then a new year's eve. we're going to ring in the new year. i think there's some tickets left for tuesday. so people go to she's dot com, i assume are my web site and find out what's happening. but i believe tonight and tomorrow. so wonderful. and we do have the web site available on the screen right now for folks who want to look up some more information about the performances that are coming in, maybe get some tickets to now in terms of breaking into the entertainment and music industry. you have any advice for folks who are out there watching right now to, you know, everyone's got to find their own path and there's no set way. but i think the most important thing that that ties all successful people to get his just don't give up. you got to keep going. you never know what's going to happen persistence is really use and see how about folks who want

to try out the saxophone and it was i think, you know, you could still do might be you wanted to back. yeah, you know, it's never too late to pick up an instrument. you know, i think playing an instrument is a lovely thing especially the stanich people on youtube, you can learn how to do anything through. and you're also on youtube as well. have a youtube channel are not giving lessons check out your music. yes. and you have a message for viewers as we kick off the new year. >> happy new year. everyone get to each so important. and so what you be performing for us today? well, you know, it's raining outside. so it's going to play just a little snippet of one of my versions bill withers. ain't no beautiful. all right. well, bode well. let's take it away from here. ok, ok? alright, james, everybody.

>> wants you to the emerald city. >> from the big screen to your living room, the smash hit musical movie. wicked will be available to rent or purchase. starting on new year's eve, the digital release includes deleted scenes commentary in a sing-along version with debuts on 4 k ultra high-def, blu-ray and dvd on february. 4th and wicked set the record for the best rather the biggest opening ever for a movie based on a broadway show grossing nearly 400 million dollars domestically. you could say it was quite popular. >> and take a look. these are tiny snail scientists that were staying for more than a century. >> conservationist discovered a small population of 2 species of the snail on a rocky island in the atlantic ocean in a bid to save them. zoos in the uk and france

created special conditions for them to thrive. and boy, did they ever for the first time ever in human care of us knows population grew significantly more than 1300 were released on a remote islands of the population can grow for years to come. it took this out. more than 60 orca spotted off the coast of monterey bay this week. the pod made an appearance thursday after not being seen in the area since 2021. this footage captured by monterey bay. we'll watch group. you can see the killer whale swim the side by side as they migrate north to alaska. scientists say these north pacific offshore or cause live in deep waters far away from coastlines. scientists say the offshore is are not seeing often but do appear sometimes during the winter months. just 8 incredible sight out there. and a reminder kron four's the place to be this new year's eve countdown to 2025 and every time zone. a coast to coast. countdown starts at 09:00pm. and then you can party with grant lotus and justine waltman kron four's new year's live at 11, 30.

coming up on the next hour. the kron 4 morning news. 2 back-to-back homicides in oakland just 48 hours apart. >> we've neighbors shaken. investigators now looking into the city's 82nd homicide this year. plus, the manhunt is on for the shooter who wounded a man near san francisco's tenderloin district saturday morning. the latest on the investigation. still ahead. and president-elect donald trump threatened to fire federal workers who refuse to return to the office blacks, the roadblocks that could stand in his way with the possible morning news continues. is it 9? breaking

news out of the east bay san leandro. police issuing a public emergency notice due to what's bing scribed as a significant gas leak. this is in the area of washington avenue and luling boulevard. >>hat notice coming down around 08:00am public safety and utility crews are on scene right now working to resolve this issue. in the meantime, police are urging people to in the area to evacuate right right now right away for those needing shelter. the marina community cent is w open as a temporary meeting spot. we reached out to the city of san leandro, the police and fire departmts d will update you with the latest as soon as we've got it. but again, an evacuation order in place issued by san leandro. police around 08:00am for a significant gas leak in the area of washington avenue in luling boulevard. this is in san leandro. all right. thank

you so much for joining us here on the kron. 4 morning news. i'm stephanie lin. it is sunday december, the 29th and we continue our coverage with the weather with kathy trafton. hey kathy. well, it's a busy travel day across the bay area the entire nation because after all, >> it was christmas this week and we're heading into the new year's. the weather may be to blame for part of these delays, but there are major delays 157 delays. >> at sfo today and about 38 or so oakland and san jose as well. you can see how slick the runways are. it is rainy. it is windy. and here are the major delays reflected in san francisco sfo and winds out of the northwest northwest right now at 6 miles per hour. no major delays in santa's. they are open, but are some delays. also las angeles across the nation. it's sfl. that's the great, big problem. there was some earlier delays in miami now looking like they're clearing up. but if you're heading on out, grab your umbrella because there's a storm in our area. it'll start

to clear out. but when their wins in our area to some wind advisory level winds and flood watch is also in the north bay. when is all clear out, i've got a lot more coming up in weather. but right now it's back to stephanie for news. all right, kathy, thank you. >> police this morning continuing their investigation into 2 back-to-back homicides in oakland. the shootings happening within a 48 hour span of each other. pope was jack moment. brings us a look at the investigation and the latest crime figures. >> in a neighborhood where just one day ago a person lost their life. fight life. still vibrant titled at the park llamosa case. watts grew up in east oakland. he's enjoying his day off with legit burkhalter part just hours after a man was shot and killed. >> this is homicide number 18 to this year. >> the shooting is unknown. hopefully our prayers up to anybody. i was involved. we members of the man shot say he was from stockton and just

turned 27. they told kron 4 news off camera that they're confused why their loved one was in oakland and not even more confused. why he had to >> a vigil was planned for him at this park. but family told us they're worried friends will be too scared to come to oakland. >> flashing lights. that's it. the entire block was just flashing lights from very few cars, other than called neighbors still shaken by the shooting on a street. that's pretty quiet. neighbors. we spoke to say this area. oakland is relatively peaceful. they say the shooting, though, has them worried knowing there's an elementary school nearby here with many families with young children. >> it is the second homicide and less than a 48 hour span here in the city. >> oakland police say thursday evening another person was shot and killed left for dead at the scene. candles, flowers more than 80 families changed forever. >> o'connor felt shaky as far on political issues with the felt shaky for. wow. watts tells kron 4 he doesn't have a

lot of faith in law enforcement, right? they don't communicate with citizens to me. there. >> not very approachable. if you ask me and i don't see them. >> really, too involved in the community, the city is going through changes a new police chief and more communication with the city through town halls. homicides are down to 82 this year. the last time homicides were this low was before the pandemic throughout this year. residents telling us they still don't feel safe, but some things are improving. >> speaking there, there's a lot of positive energy around downtown, especially chef nelson hermenet sober a lesson in downtown oakland. he says business has massively this year. >> a car break-ins and overall crime. they are doubt. he says many parts still feel unsafe and that the fight is not over. streets are definitely in a safer. >> of course. but there's a rally that there's it's not fully safe yet in most places. what we see here in downtown, it's got a lot better. >> hoping the new year we'll

bring new vibrancy to the town. it's it's happened to slowly. but when you really come together chase out in oakland, jack moment, kron 4 news. >> we reached out to mayor bas and police chief floyd mitchell for the latest on this. and we'll update you as soon as we get spots. well, this morning, 3 bart police officers in a pedestrian are recovering in the hospital after a car crash in oakland. it happened around 2.30 saturday afternoon on 7th street and then delap parkway. 2 bar police cars collided with a medical supply vehicle and police are investigating the cause. developing news this morning, officials lifted a lockdown advisory in an antioch neighborhood. this is near lone tree way and country hills drive. we know there was police activity in that area and we're gathering more information and will update you once we learn more. police arrested a sandra fell man accused of robbing a laundromat in marin county. officers responded friday to reports of a burglary at a business on redwood highway in green bray. police say a man took off with the cash machine escaping through the attic.

police say the burglar jumped from roof to roof trying to escape officers. police eventually arrested and booked that suspect into jail. and as the police recovered drugs and illegal guns after a traffic stop friday night, police say they pulled over an rv in the downtown area after a search they uncovered meth, marijuana pills. and more than 26 $1000 in cash, the driver was booked into jail. in san francisco. police are looking for the person responsible for shooting a man near the tenderloin district. it happened around 1 o'clock saturday morning. officers say they found the victim with gunshot wounds near eddy and hyde streets. this is video from the citizen app right here showing a bit of the scene. the man was taken to a hospital. he is expected to survive. anyone with information is asked to contact san francisco police. and officials want you to know about a donation scam connected to the santa cruz wharf collapse. scammers are claiming to represent businesses impacted by monday's partial collapse are

asking people for money. massive waves destroyed about 150 feet of the work this past week. and if you think you've been targeted by these scams, please contact santa cruz. police. president elect donald trump says administration will fire federal workers who insist on a remote work schedule but forcing government employees back into the office may not be as easy as it sounds. news nation's joe khalil has more on the challenges trump faces. it's one of the promises that president elect trump made before taking office. he says that he's going to make it a policy that all. >> federal workers who are working either remotely full time or part-time remotely are going to come back into the office or the fire. that's obviously going to be a lot harder to do that actually to say. but he says he's going to pursue that. now, there are really 2 different conversations here. you take a look at federal efficiency when it comes to building space and how much taxpayer dollars are going to cover it. the government accountability

office to a report that showed that out of 24 federal buildings in d c 17 of them only had about a quarter of their space. actually being used. 25% or less. that's because, again, a lot of these workers have not yet returned since the pandemic in 2 working in person for that reason. james comer, the chairman of the house oversight committee has pointed out the government is spending anywhere from 2 billion dollars a year on keeping the lights on in these buildings to 5 billion dollars every year. just for potentially even leasing out that space. so there are questions about how the government can be more efficient with those dollars, whether it's maybe combining some agencies into one or 2 buildings rather than each having their own. in addition to that, we've heard the doge representatives talk about losing federal workers are getting rid of hundreds of thousands, if not millions, a

federal workers. now, again, in order for them to do that, they're going to face serious legal challenges because many federal workers in their contracts have the right to work remotely and comer. the chairman of the committee here, the oversight committee acknowledges that's going to be something they will run into legal challenges. so here's what he told me. and this will probably head to court. but in the court of public opinion, i think the people that work hard every day and have to go to work and pay taxes. >> i don't think they're very happy with the fact that such a high percentage of the federal workforce. is is working from home. in the end, they're not held accountable. lucky employees who work for the betterment who have to go to the office every day. now, the other side to the story is that unions representing these workers say just because they're working from home doesn't mean they're any less efficient in the way they work and the jobs. they do some point out that members of congress often work from home, not just in dc and they say that to address the problem of

these buildings that are costing so much in federal dollars. solution is not to fill those buildings up. it is may be to consolidate them and to allow workers to continue working from home. so we know this is something that's going to be debated. what we do know is what it actually looks like in practice. once the new administration takes office in january. that is something we're certainly going to be watching. coming up next on the kron, 4 morning news, a south bay nonprofit is tackling hunger this holiday season. >> this kitchen prepares over 2 million meals every year for those in need. we speak with the executive director line. and if you head outside right now, you're likely to encounter raindrops, slick roadways and wind is wind advisory in effect for the entire bay area. >> except seneca valley. we have rain drops and a flood watch in the northern part of bay area. all that coming up bay area. all that coming up in weather. stay tuned.

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>> all right, 9.12 this morning live look outside at the golden gate bridge. a bit more traffic out there at this hour compared to the earlier hours. but still not too many people on the roadways. kathy? >> well, maybe the rain is just waiting. the maybe the wind is slick roadways. that's for sure. and we're in for quite the morning because we're seeing a storm coming through. a cold front is bringing gusty winds, tricking a wind advisory. we've got the gray skies and an awful lot of precipitation, especially in the north bay falling on saturated ground. it's falling

on swollen rivers and creeks and streams. and that is triggered a flood watch for parts of the north bay, urban and small streams are really a problem. so if you're heading through the roads may be in the city's at santa rosa spastic pool. many areas could see some flooding, especially in low-lying areas, especially areas with those poor drainage and these rain drops are also falling on already swollen rivers and creeks and streams as a concern. could overflow. so that's the problem. in addition, the rest, the bay area's maybe 2, but not quite as rainy. >> and the wind advisory is in effect until 3 o'clock. that is for gusts as much as 50 miles per hour. wind gusts. then when you see the areas of red and yellow and magenta, those are pretty strong wind gusts right now. san francisco. 30 mile per hour gusts and 29 in nevada. but as a front starts to move through, you'll notice the winds diminish over time and you'll also notice more than just that as you start to see at 3 o'clock swimming advisory stops more than that we're

going to also see a wind shift as a front comes through. so play this again now potential these little paper airplane kind of deals. these wind barbs showing the direction of the wind right here. southwesterly coming off the ocean and notice through time as we go through the day, the winds start to shift and become more northerly and northwesterly. and that is the cold front that's happened after the front passes it would shift the winds it brings in colder air. after all, it's a cold front. that's what they do. and in the meantime, after all that is said and done, things change really after sunset, we're going to start to see dry weather across the bay area. and that's the same for tomorrow. that's an awfully cold start to tomorrow. but a ridge builds in so high pressure builds in, keeps us dry, although it's cold. the storms come in but not to us because they have to go over the ridge and we are dry. actually on new year's eve on new year's day and into the beginning. >> of the brand new year. >> rainfall totals today. not terribly impressive because

this is a very quick moving front. but we're seeing about a 3rd of an inch in eureka. ditto for san francisco as much as half an inch in napa and only a quarter of an inch when you head down towards san jose santa cruz mountains, of course, a lot more, 7107 inch in boulder creek. >> temperatures today. it's okay. 57 one of the cool spots that santa rosa. >> as warm as 63 degrees right there in san jose, not much of a swing in temperatures this time of year and a look ahead shows us. well, we've got rain, of course, the winds today fast-moving front tomorrow. cool. start to the day and then we have 2025. so we're in great shape because you know what? we start the new year with drier than normal conditions. we get a chance to dry out. my goodness gracious, we need it. stephanie, back to you. all right, cathy, thanks so much. a south bay nonprofit is working to fight hunger this holiday season, martha's kitchen cooks up more than 2 million meals for those in need every year. joining us live to share more is

executive director bill lee. good morning to you. good morning, stephanie. great to have you back on the program. by the way, it's nice to be here again. so first of all, to recap, tell our viewers a bit about martha's kitchen of the mission and the goal here. so marcus kitchens, a 45 year-old organization that was started. >> its initial mission was to provide meals to homeless population of downtown san jose. it's expanded to the point that it's serving in 9 different counties still focused on santa clara county, but serving throughout the bay area and the counties that joined the bay area, santa cruz, monterey, san benito and so forth. and today, as you mentioned, we we prepare more than 2 million meals each year for those that are in just really speaks to and that's i imagine has grown over the past few years since you guys have been in operation here. >> tell us a bit about how the holiday season look like for your organization. >> times are getting more challenging. we've definitely had an increase in demand. inflation definitely played a role on that. and as we've

gotten into the holidays, really the only way we've been able to keep keep up with enough food in order to be able to prepare. the meals has been a lot of food rescue that we've done for many of our partners and walk us through what that term food rescue means and how that works with your organization. so when growers grow food, they always have a contract and they grow about 25% more than what they actually need to fulfill the contract. so food rescue's rescuing food that would otherwise go to waste for example, several years ago, levi stadium hosted the super bowl which they'll be talking in another year they've got to have enough food on hand that they don't run out of food at that event. but when that events over that food's not going to get sold to another event the next day. so that's where we step in. and we rescue from organizations like that. sounds a food rescue has really played a key part in. >> and allow you to continue to help serve the population that you do. >> it's become about half of our food source now. so very

much. we're very dependent on it. and how can people contribute or help out with that? >> well, there's a lot of different ways of people have time and they want to volunteer. they get involved. they can actually be drivers to pick up and rescue food and bring it bring it to our central kitchen. they can get involved with food prep, volunteering, serving in a lot lot of different ways. if they don't have the time to volunteer, they can donate it does take money to pay the pg e bill run the operations. so there are a lot of different things that people can do to get involved. and where can people go to get that information? they can go to our website. www dot martha stash kitchen dot org or they can simply give us a call. okay. very good. now you are touching on the fact that demand has really increased for your service is how much would you say that demand has grown? >> well, pre-pandemic we were doing about a half a million meals a year and post pandemic. we're doing about 2 and a half million. we'll see how that's a lot of growth in 5 years. driven a lot of that. do you think? well, initially

the pandemic and drove some of that because people working. but as people have gone back to work, what's really driving it now is the cost of everything is up people are people are struggling here throughout the bay area to make ends meet. you've got lots of families were dad's working, 2 full-time jobs. moms working full time job and they're still struggling to pay the rent and keep the lights turned on. >> wow. okay. so it sounds like a organization for anyone watching out there. if they like to donate or volunteer services, that would sounds like that would be a needed support right there. it's very much news. unfortunately, we have to turn people away. we have to turn. >> organizations away because the demand simply outstrips our resources. wow, ok, what kind of donations would you say are most in demand right now? from? well, obviously monetary is probably the single most needed because

it's the most universal thing we can buy the foods that we can't rescue and fill in the gaps. but we can folks that have orchards in their yard sometimes will donate their harvest there's a lot of different ways that people can can get involved. it really could use the old saying a time treasure and talent and whatever you have put it to work. give back to something to make your community better. hunger is a horrible thing. and sadly about one in 5 people here in the bay area are struggling to get enough to eat and to stay nourished. and there's a good chunk of them who are living on the streets that don't have kitchens. don't have a way to cook i have to tell you, if i were one of those people shoes, i would certainly hope that someone would have pity on me and help me out. and how can people help in the new yvar? do you have any upcoming events? people should be aware of. we'll have a small event at the end of january at the joseph george winery in san jose. and then in september, we'll have a much larger kayla

that folks are more than welcome to they want to get involved. all right. wonderful martha's kitchen executive director. billy, thank you so much for your time and your hard work on helping to resolve the hunger issue in the bay area. >> thank you, stephanie. all right. we'll be right back.

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>> now on the kron 4 weekend morning news. rough weather across the u.s. making this a turbulent holiday travel weekend. still ahead, a look at the nationwide impact. plus, the berkeley fire department launches a new program aimed at keeping home safe from wildfire. we've got that story coming up. and we continue to follow breaking news out of the east bay, the san leandro police department issuing an evacuatn order over what's being dcribed as a significant gas leak in the ar of washington avenue in luling boulevard. that notice coming down around :00am we know that public safety and utility crews are on scene working to resolve this issue. and police are urging people in this area to evacuate righ now for those needing shelter. the marina community center is now open as a temporary meeting spot. we have reached out tothe city of san leandro, the police and fire departmen andill update you with the late asoon as we've got it. but again, a

mandatory evacuation. is that way? order is place? area of washington avenue in luling boupevard in san leandro over a gas leak. and developing right now, we've got an update on what led to that shelter in place. order in antioch. know we now know that officers they responded to a shooting on the set. 4700 block of know, park circle. police say 30 year-old marlen wheeler allegedly shot his girlfriend after she got out of the house. investigators say wheeler then barricaded himself inside swat crisis negotiators. they were on scene, but it was later discovered that wheeler had left the property. police are asking anyone with information on the suspect and what he might be to call antioch pd. all right. we continue our news coverage now with a look at the weather with kathy trafton. kathy, quite a busy morning. we had lot of rain coming through especially in the bay. >> also, some delays in terms

of the airport. so i checked the airports, sfo, major delays now 173 delays and 6 cancellations for much better conditions in san jose and oakland and through much of the rest of the nation. santa's a 41 delays and 37 for oakland. so there you have it. you look at all these green plains across the bay and across the nation. that means everything's a-ok, not too many delays, but for san francisco. look at us. we have the only red icon there. i think the weather is probably part to do with that. we had quite a bit of rain and when is a wind advisory in is also a flood watch in the north bay. so here are the headlines. they change because of the most folk of the moisture now has moved away. light rain showers continue across the bay area. there's still a flood watch is always a lag. you know, the rain falls and then, of course, it hits the saturated ground causing the possibility of flooding and hits already swollen rivers and creeks and streams possibility of flooding there. and also the

possibility of of mudslides. but even though the rain is certainly backing off that accumulation of that moisture is still happening, especially into the creeks and rivers and streams. so it's been minor nuisance flooding so far and by the end of the ad that in the end of the morning, we should have that flood watch expiring. but in the meantime, the wind advisory still with us all the way through 3 o'clock gusts are possible to 50 miles per hour. right now. you see some areas of orange and red san francisco, 27 mile per hour gusts as the day goes on, the winds diminish and the wind shift. all the sun coming out of the northwest instead of the southwest. and that indicates the frontal passage. stephanie, back to all right, kathy, thank you. in petaluma police arrested a saint refill man accused of selling meth. >> officers responded to reports of a drug deal near hopper street and caulfield lane thursday night police approached the suspect after a quicsearch. they found meth packaged for sale. police say the man was on active parole. they arrested and booked him into jail. officers arrested 6

people accused of stealing more than $3,000 worth of merchandise. this happened at a marshals in san jose on north capitol avenue. police sharing these photos of some of those items recovered. the fire department launched a program aimed at protecting homes against wildfires. it offers qualifying homes, free metal mesh and gutter guards. officials say both items prevent embers from entering homes to see if you qualify. you can visit berkeley fire safe or the year may be winding down. but for the incoming trump administration, the transition to the white house is in high gear. that includes tech billionaire elon musk's doge initiative to dismantle parts of the federal government. our washington correspondent raquel martin has the latest. >> elon musk is eager to get to work to slash the country's massive deficit. just yesterday he compared the inner workings of the federal government to the dmv. but democrats are calling mosque the richest man alive. vastly out of touch and warn his cuts

could harm millions of americans. >> so we're looking to say maybe 2 trillion dollars with the full backing of president elect donald trump. elon so-called department of government efficiency is loading ahead of the new year, though, do eliminate hundreds of billions of dollars of waste and fraud. musk with the help of businessman vikram, a swami say their deep diving ways to slash the national deficit, which has ballooned to 36 trillion dollars. they met with lawmakers earlier this month on capitol hill to float ideas such as scrapping the irs canceling diversity grants to the department of education, modernizing government technology. and privatizing the u.s. postal service. this is once-in-a-generation opportunity. we intend to be successful. says republican congressman pete sessions and senator john cornyn are ready to work with musk but are promising not to touch social security or medicare and

medicaid, which makes up a bulk of the national budget. i think for practical purposes, those are off the table. democrats are not holding their breath. elon musk is largely himself to be an efficient. >> liar and self-serving plutocrat. and so i don't have high hopes for him having anything other than pretty awful ideas. but progressives are always willing to vote for in champion. good ideas. >> the doe's project is a top priority for president-elect donald trump. he says the goal is to finish its work by july 4th of 2026 for now in washington, raquel martin, back to you. >> patches of rough weather nationwide are adding to the stress of this record breaking holiday travel weekend. the east coast from florida to new york is expecting heavy rain and storms are expected to continue slamming the northwest reporter chris wolfe has more on what travelers can expect. >> whether your hopping a plane or jumping behind the

wheel, be prepared for the busy year-end holiday period, which the auto club defines as saturday december 28th through new year's day. experts predict this year will topped the previous record of 119.3 million travelers nationally set back 2019, though, only by about 64,000 people. the vast majority, 90% will be driving to their destinations. the auto club of southern california gives us the local projections. a lot of people are still traveling. they're going to there. >> new year's destinations and a lot of people are also heading back home. this period for the year-end holidays we sought. we're seeing 9.9 million people traveling out of those 9.9 8.7 million of them are traveling on the road. so it's definitely going to be very busy. you might find some bumps with air travel depending on where

you're going with severe weather pounding parts of the united states as we close out 2024. >> these friends were headed to houston, texas saturday evening, but delays and problems due to severe storms or the threat of such in that area have derailed their travel plans. we're going to do until monday. >> paying out my friends. we're probably gonna go to my friend's rachel's house after and there's slight inconvenience. and doesn't even know about that not are you are on the same plate. yeah. we're going to get together. >> developing out of the east bay know we've got an update on that. gas leak reported out of a san leandro neighborhood. police there announcing they've lifted the evacuation order for the area of washington avenue in luling boulevard. that notice coming into our newsroom in just the last few minutes, we're told pg e crews are monitoring the situation. but again, san leandro police say that they have lifted the evacuation order for this gas leak. the

holiday shopping was up this year with plenty of shoppers making their purchases at the last minute. according to mastercard u.s. retail sales rose 3.8% between november first and december. 24th the last 5 days of the season accounted for 10% of all holiday spending. in-store sales increased more than 3 and last year's 3.1% increase online sales rose at an even greater rate of 6.7% compared with a 6.3 was last year. major retailers like walmart target and amazon ramped up promotions at this time, too. it's part of the holiday experience getting a gift that isn't quite right and just has to be returned this year. you may have to pay extra to process those returns. reporter chip yost has the latest through them. all. >> many people had things to return. some very small. got me something a little charm. and so i already had it. so we're going to get something you know me about some of the returns you had to do this morning. oh, yeah. return some shoes for different sides.

return jacket for different side. you know that we game coming the holiday thanksgiving and all and those small things can add up. the national retail federation estimates that in 2024 890 billion dollars worth of merchandise will be returned that equals about 16.9% of all sales before you become part of that group. >> check the policy of the store you're going to as some have different policies during the holidays for the apple store. the return deadline for many of its products is january 8th for best buy its january 14th. lululemon is january 23rd, amazon january 31st. and wal-mart says most items bought between october first and december 31st can be returned until january 31st or 90 days from the purchase date. keep in mind, there could be exceptions to these various deadline. another thing to keep in mind is that some retailers are charging

fees for purchases made online that need to be mailed back in cerritos. i'm chip yost. >> weiss giving fans lined up at sacramento skating rink to enjoy family time and just have some fun. all thanks. in part to the a's. really shout ix has that story. >> we're going skating paradise. k they lined up at the downtown skating rink to enjoy some fun family time post christmas the bike. greg, can equity, traveled all the way from brisbane, australia to spend the holidays with family and enjoy today at the rink. brought the whole family together. yeah. it is a grandad. i feel it. happy days. outgoing president dave coval says the community's welcome has been next level and they're excited to offer the free day of skating. >> they also look forward to supporting many more events

that bring people together across the greater sacramento area. expect this thing can be here any this family came from woodland making it a day excursion of activities. there's plenty of other things to do here as well. so we just got some pizza down in old town. so, yeah, this is my daughter destiny. this mom from elk grove, along with her 3 daughters were first in line. enjoy river cats games and are looking forward to seeing the a's play in west sack we can't wait for the next game. the first game will be there. i'm in oakland a's fan for former davis president and aggie grad derrick doctor. his family's ties to oakland baseball goes back to the 18 80's when they only oakland oaks, which preceded the a's. >> he says his great great grandfather built the ballpark where they first played good on the a's for for doing this and get on the a's for. >> hopefully hopefully getting a little bit more competitive race in their payroll little

bit. you to see him leave oakland to see him leave the state. but i'm a lifelong is just have happy new yeah. >> the san francisco forty-niners are preparing to take on the detroit lions monday night. the reading gold already eliminated from this year's playoffs. the game will be a rematch of last year's nfc championship, which the ninmrs won while their season is over. after january 5th, they're looking at the future that includes rockland native brandon. i you can how he's recovering after surgery on his acl. coming up on the kron, 4 morning news were graced with a special musical performance. an interview. >> with the talented only james. stay tuned. you don't want to miss. most of this morning's rain has moved away, but still light showers reported and those some minor flooding in some wind advisory continues. i've got the full forecast, including the all important new year's eve

>> all right. welcome back. 9.44. this morning live look outside at the golden gate bridge where it seems like things have cleared up just a little bit for folks out there driving cathy, a lot calmer conditions early this morning. we really had some pounding rain in many areas. it was beyond ponding on the golden gate bridge, lots of wind. and now we still see some raindrops on the camera lens as we gaze at the transamerica pyramid. here are the updated weather headlines. most of the moisture has moved through the bay area. light rain showers continue to be reported. so some areas you'll still need to grab your rain umbrella and your rain gear on the way out. but this morning, a flood

watch continues is always a lag. after the rain falls and the rise of creeks and streams. oh, yes, the concern is for the small rivers, creeks and streams of the north bay with the rain. it wasn't a whole lot of rain. it was enough, though, to to create problems in already swollen creek beds. and also the soil is so saturated that more rain could cause things such as landslides. now so far has been very minor. consequences of the rain, nuisance, flooding, that kind of thing. so see how it turns out wind advisory. that's in effect until 3 o'clock this afternoon. gusts are possible to 50 miles per hour. and here is our sunday by tonight. it is dry after sunset looks dry as a rich starts to build in. this is overnight tuesday night. so that's the transition from 2024. to 24. 25, it'll be a dry and happy new year's eve. happy new years. day dry conditions. we had a chance to dry out after all of the rain is a really nice start to the brand new year. so tara, cheers to that.

in the meantime, today's rainfall not terribly impressive about a 3rd of an inch eureka, about of 3rd of an inch in san francisco. become a little bit closer to the bay area. half an inch of rain has fallen. and napa. and we're looking at about 3 quarter, 2 thirds of an inch in some areas as you start to head southward, wind my it was really, really windy earlier now the winds have diminished and are shifting earlier this morning. they were southwesterly winds and the gusts later on today. we'll start to be out of the north northwest. and that means the fund has gone by. it's ushering in cold air. after all, it's a cold front. so our temperatures today not terribly remarkable. most areas in the mid 50's to low 60's and 6 58 degrees in half moon bay just start to head toward the bay shoreline. 58 from millbrae san bruno, 59. so the the temperatures are not the big deal. the continuing winds are a concern and also concern for the north bay as potential flooding may the occurring, campbell. 61,

that's and santa's 8.63. that's one of the warmest spots. only 58 in dublin, walnut creek, 60 degrees. and 59 for jan bill. you see temperatures inland at the coast. all really similar stinson beach, 58 degrees and a look ahead. the seven-day forecast shows yesterday was rainy, but then we clear things up pretty quickly as a fast-moving storm and we go for a lot more sunshine, dry conditions. very cool in the overnight hours, especially tomorrow morning as the cold air comes in, a frost advisories in effect for tomorrow morning. and look at our brand new year. looks great. sort peaceful, calm, tranquil, nothing wild in the weather department as far as i can tell so far. stephanie, back to you. all right. thanks a lot. award-winning musician boney james kicks off 3 nights of performances in oakland. he's a critically acclaimed are in the saxophonist and his new single is already topping the billboard charts. we had him in studio by earlier today. take a look at this.

good morning to thanks for having. of course. thank you so much for joining us. bright and early. yes, yes, yes, yes, is typically and evenings sort of affair, but hopefully not too bad of an early morning. not that. i'm glad to be here. thanks for having of tell us a bit about you and how you got inspired to, you know, participate in the world of music. well, you know, i started playing clarinet as a as apparently you did when heard great back in the old days when i was a kid, everyone would sign up to learn how to plan a student in public school. and then the teacher leaned on me to switch to the saxophone. 2 years later hit too many i resisted because it was a much heavier case. i was going to have to carry to school. but soon as i picked up, the hoerner became my favorite thing to do. and all these years later, x number of years later, still my favorite thing to do and you found so much success. your four-time grammy-nominated well as a slew of many other awards. so congratulations you so much. what is it about the saxophone that really? >> pulls you in and lead you to gravitate towards what i

always loved about. it when you're listening to it and can you know, it sounds very much like a human voice. it's very expressive. and and if you're playing it right, hopefully make the people feel something. and and i get a lot of pleasure out of trying to make my horn do that. absolutely. and tell us a bit about your performance is that you have lined up over the next 3 nights. well, we're promoting my new cd, which is called slow burn, which just came out in october. and as you mentioned, i had a top 10 rb crossover single, which amazing for a jazz musician days and the number one just single. so the records doing really great. and we're featuring a lot of songs up the new record on this whole you ok and what is the story that you're hoping to take your audience through over the next 3 nights where you hope they walk away with, you know, when when people and listen sometimes to my records or jessen generally think it's going to be very chill and laid back in. honestly, you know, i like my first was playing with more. stay right after purple rain. and so i come from and are in the background. so we try and bring some of those elements to our show. and it's it's more of a party than a gray and to tell us to about the creative process with the new

album, too. well, you know, i always just try and sit down and write some good songs. i never have a concept in mind, but it seems what i listen to the record back. what i'm sort of getting towards the end. i can always discern some sort of thread that's tying the record together in this new cd is called slow burn. a slow burn is a feeling that grows with a slow but deliberate intensity. said yes, yes, that that would be correct. and are there tickets still available for understanding is the first 2 nights are sold out. but for tuesday, which is also there's an early show and then a new year's eve. we're going to ring in the new year. i think there's some tickets left for tuesday. so people go to she's dot com, i assume are my web site and find out what's happening. but i believe tonight and tomorrow. so wonderful. and we do have the web site available on the screen right now for folks who want to look up some more information about the performances that are coming in, maybe get some tickets to now in terms of breaking into the entertainment and music industry. do you have any

advice for folks who are out there watching right now to, you know, everyone's got to find their own path and there's no set way. but i think the most important thing that that ties all successful people to get his just don't give up. you gotta keep going. you never know what's going to happen yet. persistence is really use and see how about folks who want to try out the saxophone? i think, you know, you could still do might be you wanted to back. yeah, you know, it's never too late to pick up an instrument. you know, i think playing an instrument is a lovely thing especially the stanich people on youtube, you can learn how to do anything through. and you're also a youtube as well. have a youtube channel, but i'm not giving lessons can check out your music. yes, and you have a message for viewers as we kick off the new year. >> happy new year. everyone get to each so important. and so what you be performing for us today? well, you know, it's raining outside. so it's going to play just a little snippet of one of my versions bill withers. ain't no beautiful. all right. well, bode well. let's take it away from here. ok, ok? alright, james, everybody.

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the swollen creeks and streams that arises in the creeks and streams. but nothing major so far. just nuisance flooding, ok? and the still light rain persists across parts of the bay area. and what's all important, as you say, is new year's eve. well, guess what, after today, it's going to be clear sailing. no rain our forecast the rest of the entire year of 2024, how about that? yeah. grandiose forecast. hopefully a good sign of things to come. i thing so so we'll have clear skies all you know, tomorrow morning will be really cold as a frost advisory for parts of the north bay and down the eastern santa clara valley hills. so that's a concern. but other than that really weren't great conduct great shape because we've got dry conditions for new year's eve, right? dry conditions for new year's day. it's going to be fun. all right. thanks so much, kathy. and thanks to all of you for joining us here. >> every weekend for the kron. 4 weekend morning news. i'm stephanie lin in from all of us on the behalf of the whole team here. thank you so much for watching. we see you back here in the new year next saturday, starting at 7

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