valentine's day investigation into why continues and more pain at the pump. gas prices soaring more than $0.50 in the last month across the bay kron. 4 morning news starts now. and thanks for waking up with us and aria. and i'm james. and we're gonna start this hour with a check of the weather. as we're looking outside behind us here. the sun is up. it looks morning, john. yeah, good morning, guys. it is gorgeous outside. lots of sunshine to. >> help kicking back into gear after maybe the three-day weekend for you. >> behind me at the golden gate bridge, it looks really nice and clear out their same at sfo. if maybe you've got a flight in or out this morning, things have been looking really good for that. so always pretty quiet on the radar. as of right now, we are going to see some cloud cover rolling overhead as we move to late afternoon and evening tonight, a precursor to tomorrow's light sprinkles that will barely pass across the bay area. really our only

chance of any sort of showers in this forecast. lot of 50's at this point. fremont barely hanging on to the upper 40's. well, as that 53 oakland at 52 now this afternoon after a cool start to the day just gets increasingly mild with daytime highs for a lot of rising into the mid 60's. back to all. on the 10 o'clock new this moing, we're in county is going to conduct a pile burn operation. >> so you're going to probably see some smoke. they sent out an advisory warning u about this. it starting from china camp state park make nears fire road. there are some trails that will be closed for a few hours because of this traveler. also in that area near north pedro and point san pedro roads. >> all right. let's get to the breaking news this morning. heavy police presence in a concord neighborhood. we've been seeing the police tape. >> oh, yeah. this is where shots were fired and will tran has been following all morning long gathering new information with the chip. would you have for us now? well,

>> i have new information to pass along to you at this particular time. hold on just a minute. as my microphone. can you hear me? i have new information to pass along to you. i just confirmed with authorities that this was, in fact, a fatal scene. it appears to involve 2 family members. this is tomah road and you can see officers are here. they are focusing on that particular house with the garage open. this all went down at around one 30 in the overnight hours. police officers had to respond from the concord police department. it appears that officers might have shot their guns as they are looking for shell casings. it does not appear, however, that any officer was injured. as far as what happened, it appears that he was involving 2 family members and a knife. we don't know which one was killed. we are hearing that it involved a father and son, but we don't know which one survived and which one died

from the scene as far as this particular scene, they shut it down in the overnight hours and they still remain here. we hope to get more information. but sadly, it appears at all emanated from that house on tumor road, which is basically one block away from very busy willow. pass road. i did get a chance to talk to neighbors and they did not want to go on camera. but they did say the family that lives there. they are very nice and good people. and they say this is an unfortunate incident that happened in the overnight hours. >> back to will. what do you make of the fact that i have you not seen an ambulance, right? i don't think you like was there ambulance? just yeah. >> i did not see an ambulance but full disclosure. we didn't get here until about 5.15, when we got here. so it does not mean that the person was not transported to the hospital and died there. but as far as the coroner's office, i didn't see the coroner's office, which indicates to me from my

experience that that person was taken to the hospital and ultimately died because obviously have that person died at the house, then the body would have to be removed and that would involve the coroner's. okay. will thank you for the update. 10. 0, 3 is a time right now. and family and friends are continuing to more than death of a teenage boy who was stabbed to death and sand. >> santa san jose's santana row. he was there on valentine's day with his girlfriend out on a date identified now is david gutierrez. again, 15 years old. >> he was jumped apparently by a group and kron four's jack moment has more. family and friends of david gutierrez say that he was a student at sequoyah high school. >> and love to go to his local boxing gym in redwood city. the 15 year-old was killed in a stabbing here in santana row on valentine's day. it's a better introduce you to the young life taken too soon. we

take you to redwood city. >> it is like to work out. hang out with his friends here. >> this is david gutierrez, boxing gym. this group of kids standing right now with the same group the team would normally train with. this is his coach for dover, rita, henry list. it's not real. you >> it was random when film to win this state. he coached gutierrez for 2 years and says that this was unexpected. >> adding gutierrez was a good kid. yeah, he was good. he was down. he wasn't scared. he was brave. the 15 year-old with a student at sequoyah high school. his life was cut short friday on valentine's day. >> according to his family's gofundme, he was killed, stabbed in the heart while on a date with his girlfriend. said still chair of the state. we know feel right. san jose police say the suspects ran away before police arrived. gutierrez was taken to a hospital where he later

>> feel really sorry for his family. and yeah, it to the someone that young. especially the community less somebody that san jose mayor matt may have sent a statement to kron. 4 news that says, quote, as we await more details about this tragic death. my thoughts are with the victim's family who are undoubtedly reeling from this horrific loss. i have full confidence that our police officers will pursue every lead to bring the perpetrator of this senseless violence to justice. the family gofundme says all money donated will go towards funeral expenses with the family telling the world, quote. >> we lost our baby san jose. police also told as of monday there are no updates to share with the case as the investigation is ongoing. reporting here in san jose. jack moment kron 4 news. >> well, new this morning we're hearing from san francisco transportation authorities about how they plan to come, how they plan to solve a budget deficit problem. the sfmta tells us that one option is to cut school crossing guards, which is not something they believe they have to pursue. but

officials are presenting multiple options at a board of directors meeting today, which includes finding alternate funding for that school crossing guard program. instead of just cutting it all together. in a statement, the sfmta said, quote, if it ever became necessary to cut the crossing guard program because of our financial crisis, we would search high and low for alternative funding to keep that program going. then it goes on to say keeping children and their families safe is an urgent priority for our agency and for the city, end quote, school crossing guards are planning to rally today. 2, again, pressed to keep the program operating. the rally is set to be held at city hall before their meeting at 1 o'clock this afternoon. >> developing news this morning out of union city where police were investigating because of a crash that happened. a person was hit by a car around 8.30, last night at eastbound alvarado. niles road at alva did boulevard. you can see them investigating. we don't know. we just know that

>> the as far as the car goes ever, that car stayed on the scene. >> and is cooperating. the driver cooperate with the investigation. but we don't know the condition of the person who was struck. >> well, today, first day back to work for folks who enjoyed a nice three-day holiday weekend. and if you went out think the gas as low as should fill up before going or actually and it will put a real it yourself build lately your does live in the newsroom with the gas prices. i do was state where you is what? if you're filling up to i sing a little gas prices up nearly 60 sits in san francisco compared to a month ago. so we did the math for you. and today in vallejo. >> and oakland as well. you're paying $0.28 more than last week. san jose and san francisco quarter of gore napa. 36 higher at in both. sandra fell santa rosa. gas is another quarter more than it was last week. drivers in contra costa county can expect to pay just over 5 bucks. mateo county, 5.18, a gallon in the east bay. a large fire

broke out at the martinez fire refinery rather earlier this month, phillips 66 plans to shut down their refinery in southern california later this year. california now requires refineries to store extra gas to make up for shortages. >> it's more for why prices have gone up so much is because california policy has essentially derailed many refineries from doing business in recent years. the 1990's, we had 32 refineries in the state of california. we have less than 20 now. so supply demand is a factor here at according to the energy information administration. >> the domestic supply drop by 3 million barrels last week. the demand is up by about 200,000 barrels per day. refineries are beginning to switch over from winter to summer blend fuel, according to triple. and so that usually leads to higher prices. so if you've got a bike, this might be a good time to start pedaling guys. back kidding.

thank 10. 0, 9, right now and parts of a popular mall on the peninsula. >> could have a major redevelopment happened. owners of the hillsdale mall in san mateo have submitted a plan. they want to turn part of the shopping center into housing kron four's lindsay for takes a closer look. >> this western section of the mall could potentially turn into housing. i spoke to all employees who have big motions about the plans. it's a mixed feeling for sure. kathy canelo works at the h in him inside of the hillsdale mall. the store is located on the western side of the mall, which according to a plan publicized by the city of san mateo, could potentially turn into three-story townhomes. it's part of a major redevelopment plan submitted by the mall's owners called hillsdale re imagined the project would take down the existing indoor mall structure and turn the space into homes office and retail buildings and open space. canelo says the only positive things you

can think of is the housing would provide opportunities for people who want to move into the area. but she doesn't want to think about looking for a new job. i've only been here for like 5 minutes, but it's been helpful having a job that's nearby. another hillsdale mall employee aliyah austin, thanks. the potential redevelopment is an all around bad idea because he'll still is a hot spot for families. least when i work on the weekends or even like on a busy times and they're like mall event, it gets really crowded like they know they have a like kind of concert in like the center square. austin also says the serramonte center in daly city is the closest shopping mall from hillsdale. >> which would be a 20 to 30 minute trip for families in and around san mateo. this is like the close to small within, kind of a distance. so it would kind of take away from people shopping space like where to go. >> the city of san mateo has not yet released an estimated cost of the hillsdale mall redevelopment plan or construction date. reached out

but we weren't able to neither speak with the property owners or city officials because of presidents holiday in san mateo, lindsey ford kron. 4 news. >> 10, 11 and still ahead kron 4 morning news, nba star jalen wells is speaking out against sonoma state's plan to cut the entire athletics department. we'll tell you why. and bay area residents and citizens all across the country took to the streets on presidents day the streets on presidents day to protest the president. onboard rocky mountaineer,

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>> we're back at 10 14, the california department of fish and wildlife says they have fitted 12 with gray wolves with tracking collars. these

will come from 3 packs that are spread across this que lassen and sierra counties. the department says the tracking them will help mitigate some conflict with livestock over the last decade. the endangered gray wolves began recalling rising in california and that's led to some new wolf packs that they need to keep an eye on the kind looks like a coyote. and that's why don't know bigger, ok? so i'm just in out in spots something, james. yeah, they're going to be bigger. yes. and these and these are up in the hills. yeah. down into populated areas. but >> they'll be able to tell if they do because they've all been fitted with these colors, which, by the way, are set to automatically drop off the wolves before the batteries die. so that. >> because doesn't have to change the battery will. so just have this thing stuck on its neck, right? and wildlife. people can't track them anymore to see where they are to take it off. so it'll it'll fall off on okay. but but really that if we need the will is change the batteries because everybody knows that's annoying. and from owning

dogs, they can slip out of things pretty easily says doubt your guide. sure everything it is definitely a nice day to be outside with the pups enjoying some time outdoors because we got the sun. we got the mild temperatures. here's your look outside from the east bay hills right here. skies are pretty bright. that's for sure. for this tuesday. back to work tuesday for a lot of us. calm conditions on satellite and radar. you don't see a lot moving overhead and you certainly don't see a lot of winds either. so enjoyable day, maybe a lunch break outdoors here in a few minutes. low-pressure moving to our north is going to have an impact on us tomorrow. but just hardly get scooting to the north of us. so mendocino county north, we're getting some pretty good shower activity for your wednesday. well, in the area, nothing more than a few light sprinkles right at the southern end of any sort of potential rainfall from this. and this year itself, not really getting a lot of snowfall either. the forecast after that clearl out really nicely. so how much will for

us? well, for spots like santa rosa could see around a 10th of an inch of rain. eureka, closer to an inch of it. well, up in the sierra, only 3 inches of snowfall stack that up with the feet of snowfall. you saw last week and we're definitely seeing a much lighter impact from this system, not holding anyone out from getting outside 50's to 60's in the city as well as at the coastline today. most of the bay area is going to be well into the 60's making today. noticeably warmer than yesterday was and definitely a comfortable pairing of mid 60's. sunshine and calm winds in the south bay as well as across a lot of the east bay dublin at 66, same in walnut creek and danville. well, oakland at 62 for your high today, fully how you land at 63 and santa rosa at 65 for your high later on tomorrow, temperatures dip just a little bit along with that isolated chance of showers. most likely for the north bay less likely further south thursday. we rebound really quickly climbing right back into the upper 60's under sunshine and by the weekend, it's a lot of

70's for some areas that haven't seen that number in months. daria. >> thanks a lot, john. 10, 17 right now in the north. a look at this. 2 teenagers accused of stealing a car at gunpoint from the driver in vallejo. and then look at what police found. the teen's block. 2 women in a parking lot stole the car. the car was later found abandoned. and then after that, officers spotted they thought were the teenagers pulled him over and they're the guns that they found inside the teenagers car. they were arrested. >> it's a concern for all of us around yeah. that east bay man says he's concerned and frustrated over a driver doing donuts in his neighborhood from sunup until sundown. yeah. and you can see that this is a quiet neighborhood with houses right along the side. somebody could get hurt and they don't want him to. let's take a closer look at the issue with kron 4 sarah stinson. >> the aftermath from these donuts can be seen here on castle rock road. you can see

the skid marks this happening at all hours of the day and night this weekend. it happened during the day for the first time. however, that did allow 2 brothers who grew up here to capture video of a license plate. >> in the middle of the day, a reckless driver seen doing donuts on castle rock road in walnut creek, mitchell and greg mays lure caught it on video. now that we have a license plate, we can actually. >> for sure say that this is the guy and we have video of him doing it. so what more proof you want? these brothers say this type of chaos has been disrupting their neighborhood for 2 years. it's a concern for all of us around here. >> every time like someone's doing donuts around here will all come out and waltz kuspuk what we saw videos and really try to report every weekend. >> it finally capture the license plates of 2 drivers who brazenly did this over president's day weekend. it was happening every day

saturday, sunday and today we yeah, it has normally been during the night. >> but i think they're just getting more. we have more courage. no one stopping them know caring. maser says they've reported it to police but nothing has been done called. we've emailed may's lures hopeful. their latest proof will help investigators. >> he worries of this continues. there could be deadly consequence is that he can easily lose control and hit someone standing on the side of the street. he could smash into someone's house is very dangerous. the maze or brother say speeding is also a major issue on this street. despite the city installing a roundabout and speed radar signs. >> they plan to go to the walnut creek city council meeting on tuesday with other neighbors to speak about these issues. we did reach out to the police department, but we did not hear back in time for this report. i'm sara stinson reporting back to you. >> 10, 20 on the clock and in

the east bay and new alameda county district attorney is set to be sworn in today in oakland. ceremony is going to be held later today for personal jones dickson, who is replacing pamela price, who was recalled, as you may remember by voters back in november. previously dixon was a superior court judge and also served as a deputy district attorney in alameda county for 15 years. she says she plans to focus on reorganizing the da's office and start tackling the backlog of cases. the swearing-in ceremony is set for 4 o'clock this afternoon. >> on this day in history, we celebrate actor and singer john troubles that yes. plus, we honor the first black athlete to win an individual winter olympics. gold medal news nation's markie martin with a look. >> today is february and its national drink wine day. did you know the very first academy awards was announced on this date? back in 1929? pluto was discovered japanese

artist and musician yoko ono who is famous for being the wife in artistic partner of musician john lennon was born and he pulled at our heartstrings from a very young age in movies like greece in saturday night fever, actor and singer john travolta was born to a very happy 71st birthday. we also honor american speed skater shani davis during this black history month who became the first black athlete to win an individual winter olympics gold medal when he placed first in the men's 1000 meter long track. final at the games in italy. >> well, 10 22 is the time. and still ahead, following the devastating fires in southern california, some residents in nearby murrah go walk that nearby murrah go walk that city to study wildfire

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this morning. the number of california high school seniors applying for federal financial aid is apparently dropped. >> according to the california student aid commission applications for fafsa have dropped by 25%, which comes out to about 48,000 students. as of last week. and this comes as college aid experts say that families with undocumented family members are beginning to question the safety of their personal information. some students say that they're wary of a line in the fafsa application that asks parents if they have a social security number and then ask them to complete and it identity verification form on the other hand, california has its own state application for student aid called the california dream act application, which the commission says does not share information with federal agencies. it has a fact

expanded to allow students with a parent who isn't a citizen to apply for state 8 at this point, the trump administration hasn't announced any plans to use application information to target people for deportation. >> 10 25 in for your help. this morning. babies are resilient, even if you drop them now, even but yes, but even it comes to heart damage, which is something very serious, right? researchers at northwestern university are taking a closer look at what helps a baby's heart grows stronger. >> not weaker. after a cardiac injury, unlike adult heart tissue. so our heart, you know, something happens and it gets cars and areas of the heart can even die, cause a heart attack and that kind of thing. >> but with the baby. the baby's heart heels. the key to the healing process in in fence. >> are large cells that recognize dying cells and the engulfed them and they clear them away. and not only do the

cleanup, but the cells can also lead to regrowth of healthy heart cells. >> adults, we you have macrophages, but what we show is that they're different. so they're still there. but we did there for whatever reason what they are less able to actually remove these dead cells, which kind of leads to more of this death and decay. but actually, if you take newborn macrophages and put them in an adult, you help improve the healing. >> researchers say they have seen in fun cells help regenerate heart tissue in mice and they're hoping to translate that research in this therapeutic medicine. >> join our fight. >> to protect your access to affordable rides. still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news changes could be coming to the cost of your next uber ride. we'll see how the company is pushing back against new state pushing back against new state law. onboard rocky mountaineer,

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>> 10 29 right now and it's shaping up to be a gorgeous day. we've got a little raindrop or to john account of personnel price pay for these 2 martyrs. expect weekend, right? yeah, you probably count. tomorrow's rain drops big lazier than the past couple of weeks for sure. but yeah, we warm right up into the weekend. so little blip tomorrow to get through a couple of light. sprinkles. and then we're back to the sunshine and warmth. muchas will be saying today looking at half moon bay skies are nice and clear out there. things are real nice and calm as well. radar view looking very nice. we are going to see an increase in cloud cover right around sunset tonight. so do watch for that. it's a precursor to tomorrow's light. sprinkles that, as i brush right past us. current

temperatures are mostly in the 50's at this point. the oakland at 52 53. so no one of our warmer spots along with pittsburgh, both at 57 degrees. now this afternoon after a cool start to the morning. we do see daytime highs climbing well into the mid 60's for a lot of us. hopefully get a chance to enjoy it between that time spent in the office. back to you. >> all right. the devastating fires in los angeles have a lot of people thinking about fire safety and some in one particular neighborhood. would like to take a better look at how they would get out. yeah, we're talking arago. if you know the area, you know, that's a lot of tulane, windy roads with very limited access in and out of that town. and should a wildfire breakout. >> how does everybody get out safely? kron four's dan kerman takes a look. the southern california wildfires were a reminder to many in the bay area. >> how unpredictable wildfires can be and how difficult it can be to evacuate. that's especially true for those who live in the town of moraga, which has 2, 2, lane roads to

get people in and out of town to evacuate. moraga. you are leaving from one central point moraga. the organization has just filed a lawsuit against the town of bir aga alleging it violated the california environmental quality act by approving a 66 unit development project without for studying how it will impact the more than 16,000 residents. the currently live there should a wildfire forced an evacuation? >> we are not anti development group. we recognize the important of development, but we also recognize the safety of all marauder residents future and current. and it's not appropriate in a community like morocco, which very isolated due to its geography and griffey to not consider these things when approving development, sadness thinks

they may need to create more routes out of town. >> but she says the answers can only be found if the town council conducts a safety study on wildfire. evacuation plans. wildfire is a unique thing. it is unpredictable, but there are ways to study it and understand how it might behave. so we can ensure that people have ways out of the town officials with the town of moraga say they've not yet been served with the lawsuit and as such they can't comment at this time. >> gusts as this lawsuit could go away. but only if the city agrees to conduct a study and then comes up with a wildfire evacuation plan. in moraga. dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> 10. 33 right now and this is how protesters spent presidents day around the nation and even here in the bay area, protesters were protesting president trump on presidents day also they were protesting against elon musk. we have scenes from all around the bay. this seemed protests called no kings on presidents

day and again, they also are pointing out that they don't like elon musk's involvement in the president's policies. >> very upset about musk and his minions accessing our data and messing with the computer systems with their unelected and then not being adequately supervise. >> and the shows of defiance were in san francisco outside of his city hall. and look here outside of the tesla building on van ness avenue as well. some of the signs telling it the must must must go organizers in the bay area pointed out that these were peaceful demonstrations. as in san jose same thing. they just wanted to get attention and they want to draw attention to to continued protests like state assembly member ash keller talked about. >> we have to keep showing up. if look ships, part of protected our around the

world, where are all on a cause? people in the dark and down. job. so everyone of what i see here are patriotic american. >> their next act of standing up. it is going to be a day of action next friday and they're calling for an economic blackout, encouraging americans not to spend any money at major retailers. that's next friday. >> well, elsewhere in the east bay, one camera store is looking for help after they say somebody broke into their shop over the weekend. this is looking glass photo. they've got a gofundme set up right now. a car rammed into the store's entrance multiple times. the thieves went in. still a bunch of merchandise. so far the company has raised about 43,000 dollars of the $50,000 goal. they have to repair all the damage and replace all the items taken. >> san francisco based uber is launching a digital ad

campaign aimed at lowering rideshare insurance costs. yeah. uber claiming that state mandates require such high coverage that ultimately it impacts the price that you and i pay for. when we asked for a ride. capitol correspondent eytan wallace has more. >> well, just take a look at this receipt from a recent override. i took it cost just about $28 for just under 4 miles. and that was before the tip. uber says more than 30% of that ride and the ride you take in california go to pay directly for insurance. the rideshare giant says that simply too expensive and hurts every day passengers and even drivers. and now they hope to bring awareness to the issue to you. >> and to state leaders. >> join our fight to protect your access to affordable rights. you're looking at uber is brand new million dollar ad campaign set to appear on social media and digital platforms in 4 states everything is getting more expensive and the golden state specifically the campaign aims to spread awareness and

expressed concerns over what uber describes as high insurance costs. it has to pay in california cost. wilbur feels it has no choice but to pass down to passengers. it sold price break down and i was shocked. >> in shootings been taking insurance. costs have gone up significantly. and that is obviously to the detriment of the right of the for for an alternate adam blinn. it has senior director for policy and communications in the united states and canada. he says he recognizes insurance is necessary under the law to cover accidents. but he adds mandates in california have resulted in rideshare cover its costs. coming up to approximately 30 times higher for rideshare companies like uber, the personal vehicles. >> and 10 times higher for uber taxis to accommodate for that. uber says in cities like los angeles up to 45% of a writer's fair could go to insurance costs well on other metro areas like washington, d.c., where fewer regulations are in place, just 5% of the average ride goes to insurance. uber says that

means in dc over on cheaper rides. the company also notes leaders and other states like arizona have already taken action to lower such costs. they want to see california do the same. you can have very robust coverage, which is we think a requirement. >> right, right, for without burdening the system unnecessarily in creating cost that all consumers that have to pay alleges many personal injury attorneys know about their high insurance requirements and have taken advantage of the situation by aggressively targeting rideshare companies with frivolous claims. >> inflated medical bills in excess of settlements as more pale to required of insurance carriers, the rideshare companies, they ensure incur higher costs, which results in higher rideshare fares for consumers. it really does anger me la based uber driver stephen hanks says the situation is not only hurting the bottom line of passengers but also drivers like him losing out on business is befinitely a slowdown. it costs more for overyone. you would like to see the state leaders do something i would

absolutely loves. the state just something about it. people use uber. >> for the necessities. you know that that price is going up. >> we reached out to the capital city trial lawyers association and other similar groups about any possible opposition burr's campaign. but we have not heard back as of news time reporting at the state capitol eytan wallace kron. 4 news. >> well, nba player jalen wells is speaking out publicly now about these proposed cuts of the entire athletic department at sonoma state university is not a fan now. he says if that were to happen, he want to be he is today called for shows. clifford has more. >> well, sonoma state university says it plans to make some significant cuts to its programs and its athletics. that has angered students and some alumni, including an nba player. love morning nba star jalen wells, a sonoma state university alumni and current memphis grizzlies player came to speak out about recent propose cuts to the school's athletic programs. he recalled how sonoma state was one of the few schools to offer him a

chance to play college basketball. and i thought i kind grew a person on and off the floor mat. a lot of nice people here. >> definitely definitely felt like a second home being here earlier this year, the university announced that in order to close a 24 million dollar budget deficit, it was ending 20 degree programs laying off faculty, merging departments in eliminating all 11 of the university's athletic teams. >> well says he's concerned that if these cuts go through other young athletes may not get the opportunities that he was given. he also worries that the cuts could impact the wider community. i mean, i bet you kids and run a park come to these games and you know that they enjoy it. >> it makes them want to play these sports and things like that. so i think a lot of it is bigger than sports. i think we're not realizing how much of the impact that sonoma state sports actually has on the community. >> well, says he understands the school is under pressure to make cuts, but he hopes they can find a way to make it work. make it back to what it and to elevated. they want

want to to unless the university changes course the cuts to the athletic programs are set to take effect at the end of the current semester. and finally, a group called save seawolves athletics has filed a complaint with the u.s. department of education hoping to stop the cuts. but for now in the north bay, charles clifford kron, 4 news. >> we're going take a break or 10, 40. that's still ahead on the kron. 4 morning news. we're celebrating black history month on kron 4 and this morning we're learning about a local black owned program that's working to get more students of color into the gaming industry. plus, what a week it was here in the and for local businesses and fans to. we're going recap some of the best moments from the nba all-star weekend. >> and it was a gorgeous weekend continues to be a really nice week to temperatures are trending upwards after bit of a cool down tomorrow along with a chance of a light sprinkle for your wednesday. welcome back. i

thanks so much for joining us on a back to work tuesday for a lot of let's get your look outside. gorgeous view right here from mount tam looking down into the city. we've got. >> suture tower there in the distance in all of it, sitting under some pretty bright, inviting looking skies. that's the way we are going to be for most of this forecast. we do have a brief interruption tomorrow to this otherwise calm picture that we have both on radar as well as with your wind. so today, absolutely an invitation to get out there and enjoy tomorrow. it's not going to be a bad day. i hardly call it a stormy day, brushed right past by this low pressure that is going to result in some heavy rain and some very heavy snowfall in

the cascades for us in the day as well. as for the sierra around lake tahoe, right on the southern edge of any sort of precipitation potential here and what that means is the north bay will be seeing some light showers, maybe just a sprinkle or 2 further southward. and for the sierra, nothing more than a very light to snowfall. this is how much we're going to be looking at tomorrow. really areas like santa rosa could see a 10th of an inch. well, san jose may be literally just a drop of water donner summit. that's the highest elevation on 80 right there. possibly around 3 inches of snowfall compared to the feet of snow last week. that is hardly anything that will even slow you down. just make sure that you are ready for a few slick spots up there. temperatures in the 60's for the most part today. and this is actually one of our cooler days of our forecast after tomorrow's little bit of rain. we are on a warming trend and that means the 60's soon to be replaced by 70's this upcoming weekend for a few spots, but do enjoy them. it's going to be a nice pairing of mid 60's. sunshine and light winds adds up to a

pretty comfortable winter's day. the at 62 degrees. santa rosa at 65 today. tomorrow, our cooler day. that chance of a sprinkle other than that, mhis is a dry and actually pretty warm forecast with highs climbing into the low 70's come the weekend. james. thank you very 10 45 is the time. and as we've reported, it was a jam-packed weekend across the bay area. we had a lot of events. >> the nba all-star weekend, the day of love, the lunar new year. lots to celebrate hundreds of thousands of people were in san francisco for various things like moscone center fan experience. we also had the fanfare spread over to oakland to where they had several big events as well. they have the all-star celebrity games. the nba's hbcu classic and both cities say, but the good times keep rolling. >> the city felt alive and that's what we want to have happened 365 days a year. it

was it was a weekend to you know, the warriors, the raiders, the a's are gone. >> so this brought back some some pride is brought back to, guess, encouragement that oakley can still do. major read it. >> according to mayor daniel lurie, a san francisco that city generated about 350 million dollars worth of economic boost. and about 300,000 people visited the city on saturday and sunday. >> speaking of big it on the south bay, santa clara city officials have just finalized a contract for the 2026 fifa world cup city council approved agreements with the bay area host committee and with the san francisco forty-niners for levi stadium, which is where will be the burial host committee tape picking up the costs for the 6 world cup matches at levi's, including a 25 million dollar price tag to bring the field up to par because it has to meet fifa regulations and the city won't be paying a dime for those upgrades to levi's.

that's because voters passed measure j which prevents the city from spending levi's, the host committee will reimburse the city for any equipment, but specifically for the world cup. an in the event that the host committee can't pay the reimbursement built. the forty-niners have to pick up the tab field. construction is already underway. >> all right. now let's turn our focus to baseball. the athletics have announced a contract extension with their manager mark kotsay, keeping him with the team through the 2028 season. our sports director scott reese has the details. >> talking baseball today. the giants with their first full-squad workout of 2025 spring training. but these kind of stole their thunder with the big news signing manager mark kotsay to a contract extension through the 2028 season. every a's player and coach was at the press conference degree kotsay with a standing ovation. the skipper has been through some tough times with this group, but he believes in the current core of young talent. >> in 2023, this group was

young guide and bushy tailed. i thought they knew what it took to be a big leaguer. and i haven't mentioned my staff, but my staff and i. we took out a mindset that we knew was going to be challenging. it was challenging more ways than just wins and losses in challenging to get them to buy into a culture that we believed in that eventually would lead to success. all of to a man have a have grown up. and as as we talk about, you're going from a 50 win season, though, 69 win season to an expectation of being better than that. and and possibly, you know, competing to win division that itself gives you know, excitement for our future. >> that's a quick look at sports. have a great day. >> we continue honor black history here on kron 4. and when you look at video games,

will they appeal to everybody? but video game developers. >> very small proportion of them are african-american. yeah. and there's a nonprofit in oakland is trying to change that. and as part of our black history month celebration, we're going to take a closer look with kron 4 sarah stinson at game heads in oakland. >> we all want the gaming industry to get to a point where you're not a unicorn is not a big deal that you're in the game, right. like you just you're part of everybody else. damon packwood is turning the video game industry on its head. he co-founded game heads in oakland, its mission to guide low-income students of color, ages 15 to 25 years old to the gaming world. >> if you give students the best hardware in the best software and then you provide them with the best instructors in the best mentors. they'll get very good and that that was always my theory. and where we're proud see that actually coming to fruition. >> packwood is a san francisco a lot like a lot of these students and i grew up in low-income communities after

earning his master's, he was teaching web design. but it wasn't long before you realized students were more interested in learning about gaming, then coating. they want to learn. >> and it's just that sometimes we're not teaching them things that they want want in the game heads program, students gain a competitive edge with free classes. mentorship. >> and a state-of-the-art gaming center and lab students can stay enrolled until they get a job in the industry or age out. they do 6 months of in-class learning. >> all of our classes are taught by video game industry professionals during the summer. they all get video game industry professional mentors and they have to build a game over 15 weeks and then they have to showcase that game at the end of the summer and then they have to release that game online by the end of the year game heads black owned and operated in an industry that packwood says lacks representation. the numbers are out of work. >> that's why it's so significant that we have an

african-american board. >> of people that are in the gaming industry because they they only represented 2%. and we just so happened get some of those legendary 2% to kind of help build out the organization game heads partners with major players like sony and x box and just celebrated 10 years as a nonprofit. >> packwood says one of their biggest accomplishment helping a couple students land a job on the hit game. marvel's spider-man 2. >> i was like that was a big like a matching work on a swag. you have to be able to say i worked on marvel's spider-man 2 and i even graduate from and with each student success, packwood hopes to shift to the culture of the more than 400 billion dollar gaming industry. like when you create nonprofits, the the hope is that you're always trying to put yourself out of business. >> right. like hopefully one day we will need a game. that's because the industry will be diverse enough for this is not necessary.

>> i'm sara stinson reporting kron. 4 news. >> kron 4 don't forget is continuing to honor black history all month long and tune in for our special entitled honoring black history on february 27. it's set to air at 6.30, in the evening hosted by our own reyna harvey and kron four's noelle bellow. time now is 10. 52. we'll be right back.

>> just about done on the kron. 4 morning news. before we go, let's check in with rachel hour and see what's coming up on live in the bay today. hi, rachel. hey, good morning to you. darya coming

up today on live in the bay taste. try valley is coming up. we have some of the area's best chefs in studio today. cooking us some delicious dishes. >> plus, we chat with the stars of the new cw show. good cop, bad cop, leighton meester and lou cook catch us up on what to expect in their sibling rivalry playing to detectives. and we have the sounds of ariel moore in the bay area. singer-songwriter who's giving us a live performance of an original song of hers. and as always, we want to hear what you have to say about our question of the day. scan the qr code on your screen right now. and today we are asking in honor of national drink wine day. do you have a favorite for idol and what do you like to pair it with? let us know answer could be read live today on the show. 01:00pm right here on kron 4, daria. when you said varietals, i did look at the national whatever day and i thought. >> flowers, i don't know, flo. i do so i don't know flowers or why. no wind. well, either way, i like the red ones of for both think

>> final historic for you this morning coming to us from the north bay where to first responders have been awarded the 2025 napa county public safety heroes award each year. representative mike thompson honors first responders who go above and beyond. and so first off, we've got station lead. roger, let's he apparently saved lives and property near lake berryessa. somebody was attacked and he helped save people until for some other first responders could arrive and then we have another first responder 19 year veteran >> his name is lose. olson. >> eric olson. yeah. and he was also honored as well. >> that's to them in just a quick peek at the yeah, it was a good forecast so you don't need to spend too long. we can at it tomorrow. our only chance of showers this weekend. it's warm guys. very but for it. >> he laid by

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