here from san francisco to oakland the bay area rolls out. the red carpet kron. 4 morning news starts now. >> news at 6. >> did somebody say red carpet? >> allen times day and daria i'm wearing great. well about it. but it's a magic every day. james, i'm just happy that on this valentine's day, the weather is clearing out just in time. thank god. hi, john. nothing more romantic than some sunshine. hence the golden. this. it's a stretch the think about side some forecast highs that will be comfortable enough. but mostly some forecast skies. >> that will be much clearer than we were yesterday and we can be thankful for that. we're looking outside from suture tower right here. skies are definitely clear enough. now saw some showers within the past hour for san

francisco. still lingering for the southern part of the bay area. and still some snow fall up in the sierra nevada itself. >> let's zoom in on a couple of areas that are actively seeing rainfall and that includes 101 from mountain view down through morgan hill. pretty solid stretch of light showers through there this morning. heavier rainfall on up in the mountains above san jose's. you're crossing around pacheco, pass some very slick conditions down there. then just a few sprinkles elsewhere in the bay. all zoom out just a little bit further. so you can see the sierra still snowing up there around 2 to 6 more inches of snowfall today. so at the tail end of snowfall, potential in the mountains 50's for most of our current temperatures, although a few 40's and spots like livermore and dublin as well as peddling ben santa rosa as we move into the afternoon, do expect plenty of sunshine and highs mostly in the 50's. >> all rig t, john, thank you for with our mateo bridge where we do have a stalled out truck there you can see just to the left. and so that's not really slowing things down too much. we're still at 14

minutes traveling across our san mateo bridge, still very slick out there. so i would be driving with some caution about 13 along the bay bridge. well, your richmond, sandra fell is at 7 the building a bridge at 19 minutes. and if you are in the east bay, you're driving along to 38 at 8.80, northbound. got an accident there. and so of close that ramp so that connector ramp to to 38, 8.80. we'll have more on that coming up during james. back to you. all right, even though you can see the golden gate bridge is dry in the north bay. there is currently a flood watch in effect right now in several counties, including sonoma. yeah, kron 4, stephanie rothman up in santa rosa with the very latest there. >> rain turning roads slick throughout sonoma county on thursday, including in downtown santa rosa. >> i came through occidental earlier and there was water pouring down all the hills, tons of water, the side of the road. and drove great it was flooded. to go through. foot

of water. >> multiple problems spots can be seen near streams and creeks, including at laguna de santa rosa creek. >> in sebastopol shoppers took advantage of a break in the rain pick up groceries and other essentials waiting a lot. >> but i hope everybody gets a u.s. now. about. say. >> its been some flooding, but it hasn't. just to be is on. so very thick. >> the flood watch is going to continue their saturday night. so now is the time to make sure that you're signed up for local emergency alerts. and of course, as always avoid high waters reporting in santa rosa. stephanie rothman kron. 4 news. >> the rain caused part of the hill to give way in marin county as well. look at that. chp posting this picture of the rock slide that happened 101, southbound south of rodeo, one of the lanes is blocked because the rocks and dirt spilled out. caltrans

crews are there. they're clearing it. the lanes, though, are not going to reopen until 8 o'clock this morning. wet roads resulted in many crashes. as you can see here all around the bay. this was the story in the south bay person had to go to hospital because their car flipped over on pacheco pass in santa clara county. crews actually had to pry open that car to get the victim out. we don't know their condition this morning. >> we have new details this morning about those 3 college students that died in a tesla cyber truck crash in piedmont. the alameda county sheriff's office has released a toxicology report are feeling the driver and both passengers who died were under the influence of alcohol and cocaine. the report also found traces of meth in the driver, 19 year-old store in dickson. krista took ahora and jack nelson died the night before thanksgiving. the cybertruck they were in, jumped a curb and crashed into a tree. and

then burst into flames. only one passenger survived. they were all home from college for the holidays. and we're all graduates of piedmont high school. as for that lone survivor at last check, that person was still in the hospital in stable condition. family friends say he suffered burns before a good samaritan pulled him out of that cybertruck. >> 604. we're now learning the person who was shot in san jose wednesday has died. and so police are investigating looking for the shooter. this happened in the area farm in doubt dries near the silicon valley career tech education center. the man who was shot died at the hospital. we don't have his name. no shooter arrested. 604 is the time and 3 council members are stepping in to keep fire stations open in oakland. yeah. this as the city tries to navigate a major budget shortfall. >> kron 4 sarah stinson takes a closer look at the proposal. when the news first broke. >> that there were 6 slated closures of fire stations in oakland due to our budget

crisis. the community rally we heard from thousands of oakland residents, petitions, rallies and now a new proposal from 3 oakland council members to keep fire stations afloat if approved, the new ordinance would reopen to shuttered fire stations. >> and prevent the closure of 4 others. fire stations. 25 28 are currently closed, at least through june as a part of the city's effort to close in more than 200 million dollar budget deficit in this budget situation where we really have to take a step back and ask ourselves, what can the city do? >> and i think we all understand that public safety is at the top of that pyramid feet looked for every penny. this has been truly, truly. when this task of finding every last penny possible that could go towards building our fire stations councilmembers. janie ramos shot and run. zac unger and rebecca kaplan are proposing the city reallocate millions of dollars from 3 city funds to pay for the

station's the biggest sources of funding for this. >> 2.6 million dollars that comes from the jpa. the coliseum >> has experienced an uptick of sales and revenue more than expected. so that positive profit is being able to flow back to the city oakland, fire captain and union president sepp olor described how crucial it is for the rest of the city council to approve this ordinance. me within the first 8 hours of the closures on january 6, there was a cpr call within stone's throw of engine. 25. >> and i personally went to a house fire on engines. 21, which is between the 2 closed firehouses. it nearly 20 minutes to get there. so these firehouse closures have real world impacts. >> that was sara stinson reporting. the oakland city council is kind of discuss the ordinance at their meeting on march 4th council members are encouraging residents to be there too. if approved the to fire stations that we're close. we're able to reopen by the end of this fiscal year.

meantime, oakland is expanding its safety camera network. it's going to be on had a burger corridor and this is just in time for all-star weekend. so it's up and running now $150,000 would put it was put into it, extend those cameras along that corridor. business owners. there are happy they say city officials, you know, they're they're thankful there and hope it helps with crime. in order, oakland city councilmember trevor reed says that this will 8 combating gun violence, retail theft and other socioeconomic challenges in that area. >> all right, 607, is the time. let's turn our attention to the nba all-star weekend, which of course, are really kicks off this morning in san francisco bay center. moscow nissan are buzzing with activities and kron four's will tran. >> is in the middle of it all high will. >> there are so many exhibits within the muskogee center because obviously you cannot make the court on sunday. but

you know what? you can feel like you did because they want to fan experience the muskogee center as dozens of exhibits. this one in particular. we want to show you this is coinbase arena. and when was the last time the shot against a robot? and that's exactly what's going to happen in will demonstrate that for you. and just a few moments. but let's talk to gary sutton with coinbase. you and your team are behind this skin. you talk about the idea behind all this. so we're coinbase. we are the most trusted us crypto exchange. >> and we've been active nba crossover for the last 2 years. and here we have a 17,000 pound robot who basketball game and so fans to come here, take a shot, calibrate their basketball skill and then play a game of basketball score as many points as who gets hired high and high over 24 seconds. don't move on quickly. walk around a little bit to show you the fan experience and we'll come back in now. try to make a couple of baskets. but you can quickly see here. look

at this. they have exhibits. they have fanned gear. they have all kinds of things. the you and your child to feel great about nba, which for now stands for nothing. but awesome. $50 for adults. $25 for kids today. it opens up at noon closes at 8 and then tomorrow, 10 until 6. and there will be thousands of people in attendance. so consider that as far as parking as and traffic, ok, let's see if we could do this. i've never shot against a robot. i'm ready to go. can you hold this? okay. so i will shoot right? what a way go. >> it's always coming up. coming coming up. come out. well, it's coming to what do we go? oh, i steph curry. i

steph giving other >> the clock is a lot of kut. keep go well. and the work it out. never seen to play against backside of and i got to tell you, nba, for now stands nothing. >> but asian americans on the court how just one of the many things fans going that on tv getting nervous of steel. that was broke a anything for kron. 6.10, right now. still ahead on the morning news. >> speaking of basketball, jimmy butler already feeling the pain of higher gas prices up into the bay area. can be for for him. he's superstar. it. >> and new worries, though, about a so-called quad demic. what does that mean? we'll explain in just a minute. and

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dreams begin here. welcome to the goodnight club. >> it's 6, 13 4 things to know. a man has died in this home fire in brentwood that broke out late wednesday night. crews found the victim. 69 year-old james fields in the garage. they were. they say there were no working smoke detectors in the garage. san jose state senator dave cortese is calling for an audit of the mta and the bay area toll authority. recent

toll hikes including a $2.50 increase on bay area. bridges have been raising concerns about the use of the money which was originally designated for bridge maintenance cortez. he says an audit is necessary to ensure transparency. oakland native damian lillard stopped by his home town for a visit to the i ridging kinze recreation center and with the help of his long-time sponsor, adidas, the 2024 all-star game mvp donated money for a rehabilitation center at the gyms facility. and that's where he used to practice when he was young. >> lovebirds are getting ready to get married today on valentine's day. >> 250 couples. we'll get hitched this morning in san francisco at city hall, the marriage celebrations start at 9 o'clock this morning. line him up that's always a lot of fun. >> yeah, definitely. nice valentine's day out there,

too. you can actually step outside in those beautiful wedding gowns and not worry about getting so wet today like you would have the past 48 hours when it was just really coming down at the guadalupe river, which side those rising water levels over 6 and a quarter inches of rainfall over the past. 48 hours mount tam saw over 4 inches of it. oakland around 2 and a half while san francisco and san jose also release all that rainfall coming down. here's a little bit of the good news for such a busy weekend ahead of us is things are starting to quiet up in the sierras. still looking at some snowfall, a few inches of snow still yet to come down. but really strong winds up there. as for the bay area, starting to quiet more and more, a few lingering showers from san jose south down towards morgan hill. as you can see in future cast is not a lot going on. in fact, we are going to be seeing increasing sunshine as we work our way towards late morning and especially into the afternoon today, the sierra we'll slowly that snowfall, but still some very windy conditions. so still a little

bit tricky getting up there today with a winter storm warning in effect through 10:00pm multiple spots in the sierra saw feet upon feet of that new snow and all that, lou snow is still blowing around and drifting in those higher elevations. we still do have that residual rain, a rather water coming down from the rain that is really feeling or small streams. we still do have a flood warning west of santa rosa. those low lying areas training into the russian river. now, as far as winds go, this is something that doesn't diminish much today. it is going to be consistently breezy one 20 to 30 mile per hour gusts. if you are taking that valentine's day hike, maybe just make sure that that picnic blanket is tied down as much as possible. 50's for your daytime highs today tomorrow and sunday. we do see some 60's on the map and even more sunshine sunday. i'm not ruling outea chance of a morning sprinkle, but all in all this forecast is pretty dry leading into next week, too.

>> northbound from the 38 connector ramp to northbound 8.80, in san leandro. close that if you are traveling along there trying to hop on 80 right now, you can go around mission boulevard, surface streets. if you're trying to navigate around those delays, also making your way out there. remember, things are slick because of that rain. and so i wouldn't be speeding out there. 15 minutes across our bay bridge still have that stalled out truck on the san mateo bridge. looks everybody's navigating around. it's 16 minutes there taking on those highways like the south bay, 30 minutes, one, 85 to menlo park 2.38. to 37 in. 85. you make a decent time. well, we're still in the green along 8.80, are down to 2.37. darya. james, back to you. >> uranus 6.18, right now in the south bay pg and santa clara county leaders are announcing new plans to address growing surge concerns in san jose pg e is working to serve about 5 and a half gigawatts of new data center.

energy demand across northern and central california. the next decade, nearly 20% of that is in the heart of silicon valley. many projects are already in the engineering contracts. construction phases right now pg e estimates that customers may save between one and 2% on their monthly bill in the long term with this new electric demand from data centers. they're serving. as spring approaches. authorities are warning about gas prices on the rise. the national average is now 3.16. i right in where not where california anywhere. obviously our average there's 3.60, nationwide. we are for 79 statewide. 27, 7th, $0.27 more than last week. >> so that's on us. $0.30 in one week, which is really big hike. seasonal maintenance. they say a refinery outage in northern california. also, meantime, the national average cost of electricity at public ev charging stations. that's

still steady at $0.34 per kilowatt hour. keeping that down. well, speaking of high gas prices, nba superstar jimmy butler, who was recently traded from miami to the war years here in san francisco. >> he's crying foul, too. when it comes to these high prices at the pump. >> it says rate, robbery. >> want to get some of this gas back. going tell him that up with the wall gathered here get a refund. >> california see the how much $135. okay. well, you know, i want to see james, the car. does whatever it is leading in the you know, they the good stuff. yeah. 145 a lot of social media users actually quick to comment offering actually little sympathy for butler as he's filling up his. here we go. 3.6 million dollar

bugatti. okay oppaga he also signed contract extension that's going to about 55 million dollars for the next 2 seasons so he can afford it. yes, but i like the fact is also recognizing our pain. he's feeling rpc leaves not in pain, but i appreciate he's feeling our pain and he's like this ridiculous. huge. it is. we all agree on all right. 6.20, is the time. there's also growing concern now about new tariffs that president trump just announced yesterday that tariffs on countries that he says have taken advantage of the u.s.. our dc correspondent reshad hudson joins us to explain. hire a shot. >> hey, good morning to president trump believes these new tariffs will level the playing field when it comes to global trading. but some lawmakers on capitol hill are worried it's going to increase prices for american families. >> i think it's the most important thing. i've signed a sense of very important things in a move that could dramatically reshape global

trade. president donald trump signed an executive order enforcing reciprocal tariffs, meaning the u.s. will charge countries the same tariff they impose on american goods. the big question is how will this impact your wallet? prices won't go it could be some short-term disturbance, but long term. >> it's going it's going to make our country a fortune. but north carolina democratic congressman don davis is unconvinced and says it could drive up already high prices, particularly in key industries like agriculture. >> we cannot overlook the well-known effects that tariffs have agriculture communities. >> india's prime minister paid a visit to the white house thursday for a meeting with the president where the 2 leaders talked about trade to. we are being reciprocal with. india, whatever india charges, we judge them so frankly, it no longer matters to us that much. what they charge. >> and the earliest we could

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provided by the police. the assault happened in the roxy stadium, 14 theater in santa or on santa rosa avenue over the summer last year, but wasn't reported until november because of the trauma associated with what happened. the teenage girl was watching a movie when she went to use the bathroom. and that's when the suspect, she says, followed her into the lobby, pulled her to the ground and assaulted her. police tried to locate evidence, but they were unable to identify the suspect. >> you. >> exclusive stories you can see here recorded by one of kron four's dan thorn actually a man robbing a walgreens store in san francisco. thorne says he was shopping at that store when he heard employees yelling about the suspect. it happened in the area of market street in the castro. the bocce triangle area. he reported that the suspect was ripping items off the shelves. he saw the suspect stuff. 3

teddy bears and a beer bottle into a bag. you see it all there. we've contacted us apd. we've received no response. >> oakland community members are going to rally this morning advocating for pedestrian safety in one area of the city. the organizers say that harrison street, the corridor there from 27th street to the 5.80, freeway has been studied for safety improvements for. >> 15 years. and yet they haven't seen a change in safety improvements. >> they say there have been multiple traffic accidents in just the last 4 months and they're demanding city leaders expedite safety improvements for both pedestrians and cyclists. and of course, that would help drivers as well. the rally is at 8 o'clock this morning on harrison street and hamilton place. its 6.27. still ahead, a new poll sheds light on a potential early light on a potential early favorites for the

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>> 6.29 right now and we are checking out the weather and after what we went yesterday. this it's nice to see the rain sort of exiting the bajan. yeah, i think we're ready for a get to make it tax it in just in time for valentine's day today. >> for lunar new year weekend and nba all stars weekend, all of it improved weather for your enjoyment. hopefully we're looking outside at sfo right here. things seem to be running a lot smoother this morning than they did. yesterday was a rough one for travelers. whether you're on the ground or in the skies yesterday and it's still kind of a rough one. getting up to the sierra nevada this morning when a focus for second,

justin, all that blue that you're still seeing up around lake tahoe as well as along highway 50 in i-80 still rough. go up there this morning. a few more inches of snowfall to be had in those higher elevations. back here at home. we are right on the tail and of any sort of rainfall, potential as you can see, we do have a few lingering showers from san jose down to morgan hill. most of us are calming down at this point. pretty uniformly all across the bay area. temperature wise. we're in the 40's to 50's. it's a cool morning, not our coldest. that's for sure. we will be in the 50's this afternoon under mostly sunny skies. definitely a change from yesterday, right? all right, john, thank for that. well, yesterday because all that rain. >> we actually had a rock slide. this is a law. southbound want to one that avenue. these are the scenes taken from last night. fortunately, it's still impacting want to one this morning. so if you are going to be driving through south toledo in that area, know that they've got at least 2 lanes blocked off. and so if you are trying to make your way, you are going to encounter that,

they say that's going to be at least until 8 o'clock this morning to hoping they're able to get that off the highway. you can already see it slightly starting to slow down as you're traveling to sausalito again. southbound one-on-one with dale avenue yesterday, rockslide causing a mess on the highway. remember, things are still slick out there this morning. so when be speeding, if you're out there, 14 minutes on a friday on the bay bridge. we have a stalled out car. this is on the san mateo bridge. that's been about 17 minutes of people slowing down, trying to navigate around that truck. there. a richmond center fell about 9. well, the golden gate bridge is at 21 minutes. and if you are over in the east bay northbound to 38, that connector ramp to 8.80, that shut down and this is in san leandro. so mission boulevard might be a better option. darya. james, back to you. thanks. a lot rating 6.32. and let's continue our team coverage because parts of the south bay are seeing some major flooding from the storm here. san jose firefighters responding yesterday on an island in the guadalupe river

to people, 2 dogs and 4 puppies >> really? >> well, obviously they were trapped, but save in. that's we don't know how they got trapped. we just know how they got saved. and that's a good thing. now. >> alright, 6.32, is the time elsewhere in the south bay flooding turned many roads into for zion has been takes a look at >> this is saratoga way that leads to the santa cruz mountains behind me. when you drive into the mountains, you'll see a lot of flooding in several trees down. >> thursday storm caused the eu. creek in gilroy to spill out over rent avenue. it was a common scene in the south bay with heavy rains and strong winds. that combination brought down this tree in the santa cruz mountains just outside of cupertino. keeping line crews busy according to pg e spokesperson, the south bay stephanie mag alone. we did see multiple areas with damage locations. we had trees that were falling that fell over our lines at reprieve

conductors. we also saw reports of underground vaults that were flooded. >> and that really played a big role in some of the outages that we saw this morning. >> at one point in the morning pg e was reporting 8,000 customers without power in the south bay. that number dropped to less than 2000 by noon because of isolating technology. what that does is isolates locations that have. >> damage so that the rest of the community around they are able to go back online and then just a limited number of people will without power. while we make a repair and restore in storms like this, there's often a chance of down trees, taking power lines down with them emergency situation that requires 9-1-1. if you come across a downed power line, make sure they stay away can be extremely dangerous. if you are without power use flashlights instead of candles. >> mag alone says if you are one of those customers still without power, make sure you have extra batteries for your flashlights. and if you're using a generator, do your research and make sure you're using it correctly. reporting

in saratoga, i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> a mudslide of blocking san jose road in santa cruz county right here and giant rocks and a lot of mud. as you can see, chp says hazards like that. if you see one reported immediately so they cannot get out there and clean it up. >> well, a powerful storm slamming much of the bay area as we know. and you can see it. use of it there with the heavy rain coming down. we had road closures. we had flooding in some parts of the bay area. giannis meanwhile, was driving a 5 o'clock and it was like sheets of rain and the gusty winds up to and that made it difficult to see place. trees came down caltrans was out there clearing out as much debris as they could. they were out of highway 17 and then in the east bay, one person, unfortunately died in a house fire out in brentwood. yeah. that fire started during a downpour and so fire officials were struggling because it was wet. it was windy and they have trouble finding the victim to kron four's. philippe djegal has

the story. >> firefighters called for additional resources once they found this home on nicholas court in brentwood on fire. >> and fully involved. i saw fire trucks and everything and iowa all. the poor guy 1000 on fire. initially the contra costa county fire protection district says the call came in just after 11 o'clock wednesday night. doesn't exterior fire from a caller on a neighboring street. >> only for crews to eventually find flames shooting out of the house. and that's >> so that justin lives across the street from the victim who has been identified by the contra costa county coroner's division. as 69 year-old james fields. justin says he was living alone after his wife recently passed away but was visiting frequently by his granddaughters. it's a set old man >> they say men nice man. kind

kind know you. it was a good neighbor on fire. says the fire started in the garage and that's where the victim was found. the victim was found in unique location for the time of day. >> the crews would have made it into that it to the structure for search and the common places that someone will be found in the building. not the cause of the fire is still under investigation. assistant fire chief with mcdonald's says the constant downpour at the time complicated matters. >> he also says there were no working smoke detectors in the garage. we're inside the house. we train very hard to save lives. >> it's a little bit of hard hit when the stars on line. >> no matter what effort you put into was a helpful man. you know, sometimes check to help me out. something else. it was a good student, person, an insurance adjuster who

visited the scene believes the home is a total loss and will likely require a rebuild. >> in britain with philippe djegal all kron. news. >> we'll let you know community foundation held a town hall to bring together immigrant rights advocates and talk about the need of the community. they say there's a lot of fear of deportation and that california leaders are working on the front lines for equity, justice and constitutional rights. >> to continue work in unity and people together to protect the well-being of our state in our country's most vulnerable immigrant farmworker communities because if our immigrant workforce and their families are not well safe and thriving, our economy is going to suffer. >> the latino community foundation says it remains committed to protecting and uplifting the community, amplifying the voices of those affected. >> will for your health this morning? not only is it the worst flu season doctors have

seen in 15 years, but now there are worries about a quad-demic. so part of this quad-demic includes the flu rsv covid and now norovirus. they're all circulating in communities hitting everybody pretty hard all at once. so if that's you and you're on the road to recovery, doctors at kaiser permanente are sharing some advice. >> your body is going to tell you what needs of rest you need to rest need to reduce what you're doing, hydration and really big nutrition is really big to particularly even if you're not feeling so well. you've got norovirus, which is the stomach flu. maybe don't feel like eating. it's really important to get some nutrition and there to help your body. the energy needs to fight those thing. >> vaccine rates are also low. has flu rates are climbing? doctors say it's still a good time to get your flu shot. get prepared. they're also reminding people to wash their hands, cover their mouths when you cough and consider making up are masking up. i should say when you're in crowded areas.

>> ends a big weekend for san francisco. the nba all-star weekend kicks off. >> they got to pop up shots everywhere along powell street and a custom basketball court in union square, which must be like instead of this kate rang, you the powell street cable cars are showcasing the nba all-star branding. and mayor lori says that he's encouraging everybody to come out and celebrate as san francisco holt says first ever, nba all-star weekend. >> they are about to see a city on the rise. a city with great food, great arts, great entertainment. the best people in the world, the most diverse city in the world. we have so much to offer and we are so excited to show off this weekend because san francisco is coming back.

>> that and they'll find expensive gas which may surprise them. but out the tourists are probably not driving anyway, take a look. this is the design for the all-star weekend at the chase ended the quarter and those are the jerseys, which is going to be a lot of fun all weekend long. >> well, let's head to the east bay now where bay area native damian lillard stopped by his hometown of oakland yesterday to visit the ira jinkins recreation center before this year's all-star weekend. with the help of his long-time sponsor adidas, the 2024 all-star game mvp donated funds for rehabilitation center at the gyms facility where he grew up practicing in his younger years. lillard graduated from oakland high school in 2008 and he continues to be a staple in the oakland community. this sunday is going to mark his night's all-star appearance in his 13th season with the nba. all right. we're going to take a break at 6.41. still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news. we're going basketball theme going. the warriors.

>> winning a test of stamina in texas. we're going to take a look at that with sports director scott race. and we are still seeing just a couple lingering showers across the bay area this morning. for the most part, pretty done with it. and just in time for the busy weekend. >> i've got your forecast right rights issues out there on the highway on this friday morning. >> issues left over from nice to meet ya. my name is david. i've been a pharmacist for 44 years and i'm from flowery branch, georgia.

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rally this morning to advocate for pedestrian safety. they're demanding city leaders expedite safety improvements, 2 pedestrians and cyclists and drivers. the rally's going to be set at 8 o'clock this morning. it'll be on harrison street and hamilton place pg and e and santa clara county leaders are announcing new plans to address growing surge concerns in san jose. so utility companies working to serve about 5.5 gigawatts of new energy demand across northern and central california over the next decade pg e estimates their customers may say between one to 2% on their monthly bill in the long term. santa rosa police meanwhile, are searching for this man who they say sexually assaulted a girl at a movie theater. bathroom. now the assault happened in the roxy stadium. 14 theater on santa rosa avenue over the summer last year. if you recognize who this person is called police. former san jose city council member omar torres is expected in court this morning. torres is facing child abuse charges, which led to his resignation.

he's expected to enter a plea at 09:00am at the santa clara county courthouse. >> treacherous travel and sierra has been the experience there. but wow, look at that snow, which is will they get a plow, james? but they'll get out there. but you know, because of this, there been a lot of spinouts and obviously some major accidents that will definitely slow you down a lot of times the snow. there's a cause, a current a lot of times, you know, when you're driving in the snow, if you do get an accident, it happened to like slow motion. sudan get hurt, but it definitely files of traffic there. we waited long enough to see it. come look at our i can't drive that fast in a >> we just ask the people, you know, they have patients bring a blanket, bring snacks, do expect delays. there are going to be delays and and then you're driving in the wintertime. heavy snow. it's always a good idea to increase your following distance, you know, reduce your speed. >> that's what it's all about. going slower. and then here's another live shot.

>> amazing on this today is friday. problem to drive up their chain controls artifact. obviously. so you just have to be ready to don't forget an hour or so's to do this regularly. know, keep a blanket and and the bars or canola bars in the back. so you never know you're gonna get stuck behind an accident and things like you don't usually get her. it's just yeah. so and take a look at an example of what not to do. >> all >> real and air land burkinis known for handling snowy roads. well, this is crazy. >> this is like a $250,000 car can't can't can't do anything on highway 89. useless there thought that looks so cool that the tahoe home. i who was thinking, take the truck. truck. what for the them out? i hope never ever there.

>> it's disconcerting to see that. look at this. this is snowfall piled up a dime in peak great here. the feet up on the feet of it for real. and with that strong wind too, you know, it piled up even more than that. it was just getting blown off those picnic tables. it is absolutely a little bit treacherous this morning getting up to the sierra, but we should see improving conditions today. so if you are leaving late morning into early afternoon, go ahead. due in chain controls, as mentioned in the fact we do still have some snow falling around 2 to 6 inches on average of additional snow in the sierra today. so we are at the tail and of accumulation. as for the bay area, we are absolutely on the tail end of anything you can see just a couple of sprinkles barely hanging on. for the most part we're done with it. and futurecast does show those clearing skies that we have throughout the course of your valentine's day today. as for the sierra middle of the day today, we really start to see a diminishing rest of the weekend. not looking bad at all, but we do still have that winter storm warning technically, in effect until

10:00pm tonight up in those higher elevations. as for the bay area itself, we still have a lot of one running water or small streams. the u.s. we do have that flood warning in effect just west of santa rosa. those low lying areas there. same spots that saw the flood warnings last week. now futurecast of winds still 30 mile per hour gust today. we may be calming down and clearing up, but still a little breezy, especially if you're a valentine's day. plans involve heading out to the coastline. it's going to be blustery out there for that upper 50's for your daytime highs today and a look ahead. does show or 60's returning for saturday and sunday. really a pretty nice weekend ahead of us. a very slim chance of a morning sprinkle sunday. otherwise we are smooth sailing from this point forward raid. >> a rock slide. this is along southbound 101, in sausalito rival dale avenue in this is from chp marin. they're showing you that rockslide

chill this morning. it is still actually impacting the highway. if you are going to be traveling there right now, you're hitting the roads this morning. this is little stretch of highway there. you can see it's already starting to slow down. so again, they've got elaine or to blocked there, trying to get those rocks off of the highway. they say they're going to be working on that. given an estimated time around 08:00am hoping that's the case. the air, they might still have more time to get that done. but again, southbound one dale avenue, rocks like they're still impacting 2 lanes about 14 minutes on the bay bridge this morning. and remember slick wet commute this morning. so no speeding if you're out there traveling, we do have a stalled out. truck is right there on our san mateo bridge. so that's been slowed us down a little bit. 21 minutes as people are traveling and trying to get around that crews are already on scene. they've been working to try to that's why things are going so

slow the year and the struggle want to in the south at about 34 minutes. 85 up to menlo park darya. james, back to you. thanks. a lot rain. a 6.50, right now. kron 4 is your local election headquarters. could kamala harris? >> be california's next governor? she has not said if she intends to run, but a new exclusive poll by emerson college and our parent company nexstar media shows that if harris does run, she would emerge as the frontrunner. the survey finds harris would have 57% support among registered democrats, a distant second former u.s. senate candidate and former orange county congress member katie porter with 9 percent. so that is a way big gap there. porter, too, has yet to public a say whether she's running rounding out the top 5 candidates or prospects at this point in the survey, 5% support. former la mayor antonio villaraigosa, california lieutenant governor eleni kounalakis and former state assembly and senate later tony atkins. so 17% are

undecided, though, in this poll, this point. >> i don't think this is a huge surprise. kamala harris obviously has huge name recognition in california. california is still a blue state. >> if harris doesn't, iran poll found that porter would be in the lead with double double digits. but that scenario should that play out? 45% say they're undecided. if it were sure on the ballot on the issues, more than 6 out of every 10 respondents said the state should be spending more money on firefighter staffing and equipment. and the poll found nearly 37% of registered california voters approve of the job. president trump is doing while 53% disapprove. >> all right. let's turn our focus now to some bay area basketball because the warriors got a pretty impressive win over the houston rockets last night. here's kron 4 sports director scott reese with the highlights. >> hey, everybody, the

warriors not exactly coasting into the all-star break with 3 games in 4 days. all on the road last night in houston. the guys just trying to muster enough energy to hang final game before a break. 1st quarter turning defense into offense. moses moody, the block buddy hield run the floor lane open in dubs up by 3. >> more of same brandon pajemski the steel yet for those to go with 18 points for years, by 9 after one 2nd quarter, steph. 3 plus one equals 4. we'll take that. warriors up 14 at the break. 3rd quarter, jimmy butler first triple as a warrior. he had 19. the lead would balloon to 21. and then the air comes out of the bullet declined former saint mary's gaels part of 17 1 rockets run to get back within 2. but it's curry to the rescue sidestep and the 3 ball. he had a game-high 27

and the dagger courtesy of dream. whistle. green for 3, he had 13 warriors, one of 5.98. nice when heading into the break. that's it for sports. have a great day. >> finding the best travel deals and booking first-class flights at a fraction of the price point. sky shares his best travel hacks. i'm rich demuro. that's coming up demuro. that's coming up i'm not happy with the way that pg&e handled the wildfires. yeah. yeah. i totally, totally understand. we're adding a ton of sensors. as soon as something comes in contact with the power line, it'll turn off so that there's not a risk that it's gonna fall to the ground and start a fire. okay. and i want you to be able to feel the improvements. we've been able to reduce wildfire

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experience museum in martinez, which i know well. >> asked year. yeah. can you imagine like you getting getting where they're surrounded by all those classic cars yeah. so if are all those people would say he loves me more than the car. it's a car enthusiast. dream to be married. going congratulate everybody celebrating their wedding on this special day and happy valentine's day to you. coming up. >> they continued fight to save oakland. fire stations will tell you whether or not they're going to able to reopen. >> and the big storm we had leaving downed trees and flooded roadways. plus, the toxicology report is out on the deadly thanksgiving crash that happened with the

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>> right now on the kron, 4 morning news, recent storms have left downed trees and flooded roads in their wake. now the cleanup effort begins. plus, the fight continues to say opened fire stations. 3 council members say they found the money to keep them open. and nba all-star weekend is finally here from san francisco to oakland bay area rolls out the red carpet. >> it said. take a deep breath. glad that's over at sfo was a nightmare. i hope things are back to normal this morning. we shall see. yeah, i'm darya and i'm james. the fact that the rain is moving out is big sign things are improving for us. and john has more on the rest of the forecast. how thiar