we've been able to reduce wildfire risk from our equipment by over 90%. that's something i want to believe. [skateboard sounds] >> now it to tragedy here to sign of 2 people are dead after 2 planes crashed into each other mid-flight. and plus closure more than 3 decades in the making with technology helping authorities solve a cold case. east bay

regional park from 1990. and a sanctuary for immigrants. people part of the interfaith movement marching to san francisco today standing against president trump's mass deportation plans. thank you for joining us here on kron. produce a to up to steve altman. nearly 35 years after east bay woman was found dead along the trail with a rope around her neck >> local and federal authorities say her cold case murder has been solved. kron 4 said to all reports that dna evidence help to track down this alleged killer. >> november 16th, 1990, maria. why offer was found deceased on trail near inspiration. point in tilden, regional park, east bay regional park district police detective christopher rudy says she was strangled to death, found with rope around her neck and bruises on her body.

>> showing signs of a struggle in 1997, biological evidence found on for from the suspect was sent to the contra costa crime lab for analysis. and during a news conference held in oakland wednesday, detective rudy, his chief and members of the contra costa county district attorneys office stating initially that dna evidence determined to be the suspect. seaman. >> did not hit a match until the fbi got involved in 2020 advanced dna techniques determine john le party as a prime suspect in 2024. detective rudy says these composite sketches of law party released in 2017 ended up being accurate. party was in his mid 30's living in martinez when white hoffer was murdered. then in november party took his own life at his home in gold beach, oregon. the dna from their match with what was found at the crime scene. many people believe that cold case just goes in.

>> lauren is forgotten. they do not forgive nor forget investigators do not believe la pari and white half or knew each other prior to the killing. every single person worked on

er30 plus years was dedicated to solving this crime. area-wide hofers brother hahn's shared a written statement through the park district police department saying that through the years his parents suffered knowing their daughter's killer. >> was likely still out there. and although solving this crime will not bring maria back, it does bring some closure and the family is grateful for law enforcement's thorough investigation. we shall remember, maria, as a gentle soul. >> pursuing her dreams as an artist and baker in the bay area community. she left. our

wish is that she will be remembered for the person she was. and not for what happened to her. investigators say it is unlikely la pari knew he was under investigation when he took his own life. >> in oakland, philippe djegal all kron. 4 news. >> tragedy striking outside of tucson, arizona after 2 small planes crashed into each other, killing at least 2 people. this happened debt regional airport around 8.30, local time. the faa says 2 people are bored. each plane. and that airport has 2 intersecting runways, but it operates without an air traffic control tower. a multimillion dollar project was underway to build the tower but delays due to the covid pandemic pushback. construction, tens of thousands of flights arrive and depart from the airport every year. the ntsb is investigating the crash. now last week arizona pilot died and a private jet owned by lead singer of motley crue when his plane went off a runway and hit a business jet.

and then the last 3 weeks, there have been at least 8 other plane crashes, 6 of them deadly january 29th. 67 people died when an army helicopter and an american airlines plane crash near reagan national airport. this was the deadliest crash in the u.s. since 2001 that 2 days later, 6 people were killed when a small medical plane crashed after takeoff in philadelphia on february 6.10, people were killed but a small passenger plane vanished before wreckage was found in alaska on february 10th. one person died would 2 private jets crashed at scottsdale airport arizona 2 days later, a military plane crashed into the san diego bay on sunday. 2 people died when a small plane crashed just east of atlanta. on monday, a delta flight flipped over while landing in toronto. and then there was a deadly crash today outside of tucson. stay with us here on air and online. as we learn more about today's crash in the others as well. you can always fine more

information on our website. kron 4 dot com. in the east bay at the san carlos airport. contract negotiations for air traffic controllers have san mateo county mueller. he says this could put the skyway is over the county at risk. the current contract has been extended until april 15th. the contract dispute comes amid ongoing national questions over aviation safety in the midst job cuts at the faa by the trump administration. we did reach out to the faa, the san carlos airport on the supervisor. we'll have more on the story later on this afternoon. governor gavin newsom sharing some details on the state's fight against fentanyl in january. nearly 4 million dollars worth of drug was taken off the streets. the governor's office adding since 20 23 state tax forces have seized 300 million dollars worth of fentanyl. and right now resources are deployed statewide from ports along the coast. also into cities. after president

trump's executive orders immigration, members of the interfaith community in san francisco gathered to show support for the city's sanctuary city policy. kron. 4 charles clifford live for in san francisco with details. >> well, good afternoon. right now, i'm standing in front of saint mark's lutheran church here farrell in san francisco. earlier today, interfaith leaders from across the city in the bay area gathered here to show support for places like this remaining places where people feel safe that are sanctuaries. >> and wednesday, dozens of faith organizations came out to show support for the traditional rule, churches and houses of worship have played as places of sanctuary there, particularly troubled by the trump administration stating that immigration officers may be allowed to make arrests in places like churches, synagogues and temples. more than 2 dozen religious organizations have filed a federal lawsuit challenging that. paul, seeing those at

wednesday's rally said that places of worship should remain safe. peoples. >> we do not turn our backs on each other. we do not round people up. we do not send them back into harm's way because sanctuary is not just a place. it's a calling. it's wholly resistance. this has always been true. and when the government makes it hard for us to love neighbors as people of faith, we do it anyway. >> boeing the rally. those in attendance marched through san francisco's japantown to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the incarceration of 125,000 japanese americans during world war. 2. >> all right, back live. now. that is the very latest here in san francisco. charles clifford kron. 4 news. >> charles, thank you. a congressman kevin mullin announced he is canceling his upcoming town hall due to complications from recent knee

surgery. mullin represent san mateo. he was recovering from a torn meniscus when he developed a blood clot in his leg and then was diagnosed with an infection in his knee that required additional surgery. he released a statement today saying he plans to return to capitol hill once medically cleared to fly. in the meantime on says he's working remotely with the staff to continue efforts to, quote, fight back against trump's overreach. says the town hall will be rescheduled and a date will be announced soon. in developing news, paul pelosi, the husband of san francisco, congresswoman nancy pelosi has been released from the hospital after receiving a kidney transplant. the surgery took place on valentine's day in paul pelosi shared this photo in a statement this morning saying that he is endlessly grateful for his daughter who was the donor. pelosi also expressed gratitude to the surgeons, physicians and the medical team who helped him at ucsf, both paul and his daughter are

now on the path to a full recovery. >> we're looking outside right now talk about our forecast, trying to dry out here across the >> bay bridge. the roads not so slick anymore in this shot here at the clouds, though. like they want trying to tell us something kyla. well, you definitely cloudy out there. you can see a few bright spots. we had a few other kind of breaking out well, now we've got cloudy 2 in san jose, but you can see the clouds are kind of won the day and a little bit of wind up at mount tam and indication that we're gonna get a little breezy as we get to the afternoon, particularly by north bay, folks. this is a live look at the golden gate bridge to the roads are dry. but the cloud cover is definitely still out there. no doubt about it. this is a look at stormtracker right now. you can some of these lighter showers rolled through a little bit earlier today. now, not a whole lot left. a few sprinkles out francisco, the peninsula, south bay, east bay just kind of wrapping things up. and as you can see, some of that moisture has rolled right into the sierra. we definitely got a little snow falling there. they've been kind of in that rain snow mix throughout the day today. but

as we zoom out and kind of get a bigger picture of the system and we're really just getting the tail end of it here. so there's not much more to go. it's pretty much done. in fact, really expect really picking up a whole lot more measurable rain at all. all of that heavier rain is going to go right on up to places like eugene, oregon, where they still have another 2 inches plus of rain to pick up before the system is done. but for us, you can see as we work our way through the afternoon and evening, we'll start to get a little more clearing going on, setting us up for a really nice thursday and some warming temperatures as well. live look out of the coast, though, here at half. moon bay certainly shows that we still have the clouds to deal with. 54 degrees at half moon bay. we've made it to the 60's and san jose but 50's across the rest of the bay area. our wind is starting to pick up that direction is changing to northerly flow. we're gonna be a little breezy. we'll talk about that and take a look at our 7 day forecast. when i come back in just a bit. so it's good. san francisco's for speed cameras now up at a busy intersection at geary boulevard and 7th avenue in the richmond district. the city installing about 3 dozen

cameras. >> it will be at least 2 speed cameras in each district and 7 cameras in the south of market neighborhood. the cameras will snap photos of rear license plates. when drivers are speeding, the registered owners will receive a citation in the mail ranging from 50 to $500 depending on the speed. safed my mountain lake a condition. she do she's >> was impacted by some kind of car. that's why i tell people i represent my can i know she was not impair. she would want to use what has happened to her too. >> educate our community to not let this happen to someone else. >> members of walk sf say they're hopeful that this new technology will prevent traffic deaths as 2024 was labeled the deadliest year for traffic cash crashes in a decade. the cameras will begin operating next month that it took 6 years to pass

legislation to make the speed cameras legal. we still ahead here, too. >> and family in saint rose of mourning. the loss of a husband killed in a plane crash in alaska. alaska loved ones are saying about this last woloson east bay congressman speaking out against president trump's response to recent plane crashes across the nation. and for workers across out the county are on strike over what they are calling an unfair labor practices. we'll have this means for residents in the county after the break.

>> today in the east bay, alameda county superior court employees, arts strike. the union is standing against what they claim are unfair labor practices kron four's joey horta has the latest from hayward. >> few dozen union members out here picketing carrying signs blasting music, letting their voices be heard. they've been working without a contract. they since december 31st. port tells us they're still open for negotiations. a strike will disrupt hearings boston felons to be released from jail that case could not heard before state deadlines. according to the union says are strike because >> one in 5 positions are vacant. say the court using not trained to work as courtroom clerk. >> i don't want to be out here, but we are here because we're trying to fight for workers rights and we're trying to fight for our community. >> people need to keep up with the cost of living living in the bay area. live in the

world. these days is more expensive. they're also calling for better pay and worried time. but the court says they are overstaffed by about 100 employees. >> and we have to lay off staff members in order to increase pay. court says filling vacant roles depend on the governor's budget. union is expecting about 50 people to show up here as they continue to strike. and if you have jury duty or criminal case, you are still expected to show up to the courthouse in hayward. joey horta kron. 4 news. >> as oakland continues to grapple with its budget crisis, the city is facing millions of dollars in budget cuts and these cuts could affect core services like meals on wheels. oakland's interim mayor kevin jenkins joined us during kron. 4 news at noon today to discuss his upcoming budget proposal. >> working with finance department, the city administration to put together our biannual budget. we have some. very tough decisions to make as a city. we have to get back basics. oaklanders too

often complained that the city does not do a good enough job doing basic services. so what that means holzer the police come when you call them. our city is clean. and so we're putting that back to basics. budget together. >> intermarriage check then says his plan will prioritize public safety and being financially responsible. >> all right. let's talk about our weather now. looking outside some blue skies here over the city of san francisco. at least they're trying anyway. we're going to check in now. >> with our meteorologist kyla grogan. she's here with any more rain today kind of wrapping it up. so could be a sprinkle or 2 out there. but for the most part, we're done everybody live look outside right now. you can see that the wind is picking up here as we look at the flags flying on the embarcadero, the clouds obviously behind the bay bridge. also this afternoon. >> we're going to be little breezy and we're going to see that wind turned to a northerly direction. little bit of offshore flow, mostly going to be felt as we get into the north bay later this afternoon and this evening

where you can see some of these gusts could be upwards of 20 miles per hour. same story with kind of out of the coast who want to take you now into the evening gets a little bit better in the overnight, but still breezy as wake up tomorrow. so just be prepared for that. if you're crossing any of the bridges that can sometimes mean if you're in a high-profile vehicle, you really feel it. but you can see is the system is kind of working its way out. we still could see, as i mentioned, a few sprinkles a little unsettled. but for the most part, we've seen the bulk of what we're going to see out of this. and it's just wrapping up and moving along as it does that. natalie, we're going to dry out. we're going to start clearing out to 2 tonight as we get into our evening. so cooler temperatures because those clouds are not going to be insulating that heat of the day. when you get the clear skies, the heat of the day escapes really quickly. we're gonna get down into those 30's again and some of our inland valleys tonight. so just be prepared for that. a live look from the east bay. you can see that cloud cover. certainly very prevalent here. still no doubt about that. as we look at the next few days and we consider some of our inland temperatures, we could likely see some spots there. get very close to that 70 degree. mark,

you can see while today is a little cool part of this trend that's going to happen is that we have a warm-up on the way. and if we take a look at our precipitation outlook here and we look into next week, so not just tomorrow and the weekend. we are expected to be drier than throughout the bay area. so what this means is we're catching a break from any rain. and the reason that's happening is quite simple. high pressure is building in. when you get a ridge of high pressure essentially works as a buffer to keep any weather from coming our way. and instead it will shoot right over the top of us and go straight to the pacific northwest. and that will be the case over the next basically 7 days. take a look at this. it's a really nice looking forecast with above average temperatures starting tomorrow. a north bay family is remembering a loving husband and friend to died in a plane crash in alaska. santa rosa native andrew gonzales was among 10 people killed. >> when the plane he was on went down earlier this month. kron four's lindsey ford spoke to his wife and friends who say they're devastated by this

loss. >> someone that's very hard to define so many things. whitney bowers, the widow of andrew gonzales, says he was selfless soul crushing everyone's at a loss. it is uoimaginable. what what is our current reality? gonzales, who is from santa rosa was one of 10 people killed in a plane crash in alaska earlier this month. the small commuter plane went down in the bering sea gonzalez who worked as a power generation technician had to travel a lot to small remote areas. so i was at home waiting to come from. landing from that flight. got a feeling check to flight tracker. there is no new information on it. and i knew something was wrong. bowers never got the call from her husband, andrew. his remains along the others was found by search crews days later. whitney and andrew both grew up in santa rosa and got engaged in moved to alaska

back in 2022. >> whitney's close with gonzales is older. sister francisco are gonna who is also grieving, though he's might be my baby brother. this. >> part of our family. all feeling it. all of us. all as his co-workers, michael burden, jared beaudoin also feel the pain. michael's favorite thing to do with andrew was having game night. he definitely had a sense of humor that could make anybody laugh and you never knew it was coming. >> he was a blast to work with jared help gonzales get his job in alaska. he lived a life full. he loved and he captured the hearts of everybody. i mean, i don't think i've ever met anybody. >> who didn't like him? and gonzales is mother-in-law. heather bowers sharing that he was whitney's world. >> that was her universe. that was her everything. and we loved him. he was part of our family, too, is part of so many people's families. he what he was just a great human

being. and he's going to be so severely missed. >> that was lindsey ford reporting for us. the family is focusing on moving forward and healing and they have created a gofundme to help with the funeral expenses and other financial needs for the family. you can find a link to that on our website. kron 4 dot com. after the break. hear what p g is. >> aiming to reduce power outages in the south bay.

>> in large number of pg e customers in the south bay will no longer see frequent safety related outages. during extreme weather events, the utility is undergrounding power lines in south san jose in hopes of reducing outages for 10,000 customers. >> electrical circuit that serves these communities. the hicks, 21 0, 1, line. passes through both urban and high fire risk areas. so in this case, we want to keep the safety settings in the high fire risk area, but reduce the impact. dps s outages in the urbanized neighborhoods. >> this is one of dozens of projects coming to the south bay this year to reduce outages during heat waves and winter storms. the new bill in the state legislature seeks to protect california drinking water from for ever chemicals. the bill will mandate new state drinking water standards. supporters say will

limit exposure to toxic and dangerous forever chemicals that make it into the water supply. the chemicals are found in everyday products like nonstick cookware, stain-resistant fabrics and firefighting foam democratic assembly member jesse gabriel says he authorized that he authored this bill amid scientific research indicating exposure to forever chemicals could be to cancer and other illnesses. >> fundamentally, this is about a common sense approach with common sense regulation that everybody should be able to get behind and our kids and our families and our community should not be exposed to known deadly and toxic chemicals in our water. that is a baseline that hopefully everybody and get behind. >> similar legislation on the federal side faced opposition and legal challenges from chemical manufacturer groups concerned about the cost to remove the chemicals from the water. it remains unclear what if any opposition to the state bill will face.

>> still ahead here, too. after more than a decade in the making a film featuring the alameda county fire department is now out. and we would hear from one of the first responders in the film. plus, lawmakers in washington are looking for ways to strengthen the safety of children online as the internet is just growing and growing. we'll hear from one bay area. congressman faulty. trump administration for growing amount plane crashes growing amount plane crashes across i guess what i'm looking for from you is, i mean, i know how the fire affected me, and there's always a constant fear that who's to say something like that won't happen again? that's fair. we committed to underground, 10,000 miles of electric line. you look back at where we were 10 years ago and we are in a completely different place today, and it's because of how we need to care for our communities and our customers. i hope that's true. [joe] that's my commitment. [ambient noise]

>> congressman eric swalwell, who represents a large part of alameda county is back in the east bay meeting with his constituents for the first

time since president trump took office. swalwell has openly blamed and criticized the president for recent for his response to recent major plane crashes. kron 4 sarah stinson spoke with the representative. >> nearly >> one month into president donald trump's second term. congressman eric swalwell encouraging his constituents to stand strong at a town hall in union city tuesday night. our job in government is to protect people. and right now they don't feel safe. they see cuts to the faa and plane crash the latest plane crash happening monday when a delta flight from minneapolis crash landed at the toronto pearson airport flipping upside down on the runway. all 80 people survived. but 21 passengers were hospitalized. 48 hours prior to people died in a small plane crash in georgia. >> and last month, the deadliest u.s. air disaster in 15 years happened in dc when

an army helicopter collided midair with an alaska airlines flight sending both into the potomac river killing 67 people. president trump has publicly faulted federal diversity and inclusion efforts specifically with air traffic controllers. however, swalwell places the blame on trump writing on x, quote, no president has had more plane crashes in their first month in office. then donald trump, president trump. >> needs to tell us that he's going to take responsibility. is the chief executive of this country to make us safer and the skies because he seems to want to blame everything on dei. he blamed the crash over the potomac on dei. but to me, if donald trump says something was caused by dei, it means didn't even investigate because he just uses it. now as an alibi, it's not just the faa seeing >> elon musk's department of government efficiency or doge

has laid off thousands of employees from several agencies. 14 democratic states challenge musk's authority on this as well as his access. >> to government data, but a federal judge refused to block musk on tuesday, but they're not in favor any transparency. and so right now, people want to know >> what the is. elon musk, you know, doing with our data? you do we still have privacy role? tells me one of the main issues is office works on is immigration. he says many people in his district are living in fear over ice raids and deportation. >> he says he works on 1000 immigration cases per year and town halls like this one in union city. keep his fight alive in dc i'm sara stinson reporting back to you. >> some dramatic video to show you here. watches a car, flies off this overpass in sacramento. this is on highway 5 from yesterday. the car lands on the freeway. you see that there. police say the

driver of the car that fell was rushed to a nearby hospital with serious injuries. but no one else was hurt trees there, but no explanation yet as to why the car went over. >> whether the site this is on top mount tam kind of breezy up there right now and listen, you're 70 with a look at what's going on. >> yeah, but that breezy conditions going to see that kick up the rest of the afternoon. particularly those of you in the north bay. but i did want to take you to yosemite here have just beautiful right now. look at the gorgeous know that's out there in the sierra snowpack doing pretty well. and they've had a little bit of a mix of rain and snow here at lake tahoe. you're taking a live look from diamond peak right now where the clouds have certainly been out. temperatures are dropping a little bit from where we were a couple hours ago are only 34 degrees right now and that means that that rain is turning over to a little bit of snow that most of it will fall up at the peaks. having said that, you know, probably add like an inch or 2 and that's about it. but right now is the time of day when we're kind of getting fully involved in that moisture that has rolled through the bay area now making its way up there.

so would be a tricky time to be on the roads. that's for sure. and wait until that passes through. and it will be quickly tonight and then you'll be all set. but you can see where the system is kind of working its way out here as we zoom into the bay area, just a few sprinkles still left to go. it means that we're a little unsettled, but we're not quite in it anymore. pretty much done with this. and as we get into the evening, those partly cloudy skies should start to clear out for us. notice we get into tomorrow. we've got a nice sunny day on tap temperatures getting up into those mid to upper 60's. same story as we get into friday. we should have partly cloudy skies, but a really nice forecast is on the way for the next 7 days. when i come we'll take it. technology can predict everything from the weather to your next big purchase. but what about predicting? >> when your time i'd come, there's a new app called death clock that uses artificial intelligence to estimate your date of death and your life expectancy to explain how this work, we are joined by the death clock founder brent france. thanks for being here.

great to be here. okay. so what information does the death clock app used to predict how long i'm going to live. >> you answer 29 questions at sleep diet. exercise, family history. and then we predict the date of your death. >> okay. so what happens, though? if you get raw, are you held liable? >> if you predicted too soon or too late? >> now, you know, so it's just a prediction. we've trained an ai on 1200 longev ty studies. we've used a bunch of actuarial science and we've used the life expectancy tables that the cdc and other governments put out to try to help people understand based on the way they're living their lives today. how long they might live. we also predict how much longer we thank you can live. if you change your habits of the goal is just to give people a sense of where they're headed and then help and be healthier. >> so you saying i have a healthy diet, a lots of fruit fruit and vegetables like that? i walk in every day. i

might have a chance of living longer. if i don't do those things, it would then maybe suggest some changes i could make. so i could live longer. >> exactly. so the ai is going to suggest after we predict your death date, it's going to suggest a set of changes that we call longevity plan so behavioral changes. supplements, cancer screening people, bunch of different things to help you live longer and live to the outer day. not just the date that you're that you're currently headed towards. >> and what would someone do with this information? so now i know this. maybe what do i do now? maybe i don't even want to note. >> well, if you don't want to know, that's fine. a lot of people say that almost nobody regrets going through the process of answering the 29 questions. i think there's 2 things are important. one is we're all going to die. that's the unfortunate reality. i wish i could say that that wasn't the case. and so keeping that and keeping that in mind in knowing that means one, you're going to savor the time that you do have a little

bit more and then we want you to be motivated to make the changes that need to make today to live longer. life is beautiful. it's precious. we all want to be here as long as we can. >> and with this app be possible without ai or is this new technology that you're able to use to build this app? >> now wouldn't be at all. and so really what we're trying to build is ai private doctor were not a doctor. we call it health concierge. but the wealthier you are the longer you live. and that's because people who have money just have better health care. and so what we want to do is we want to use ai to make private doctor quality health care, preventative and personalized available to everybody at a fraction of the cost to help everybody live longer. so no, not possible. pre ai. >> and how confident can someone be in the results? you can confident that they are directionally, correct. we've done a bunch of testing on people who have died in terms of what we know about their habits and testing and training the auger them.

>> so i think the date itself is going to be wrong will literally tell you like tuesday, august 25th of 2065. that, of course, is wrong. but i think directionally it's going to be pretty accurate and in terms of how long you're likely to lead if there are no major accidents. >> and gives you some information there to use to try to make your life a little bit healthier live a little bit longer. brett? i'm so glad you could join us to talk about this. >> yeah, thank you. death on the app store and right. have a good day. all right. today. >> we are learning that more than 60 people were arrested in oakland during a weekend of ramped up security during nba all-star events. police officers worked with the chp all weekend. they say many of the arrests were connected to crimes like homicide, robberies and vandalism. the police department also arrested 18 dui drivers and gave out nearly 180 traffic citations due to the city's budget deficit. the nba help

cover the cost of some of the extra patrols and security. chevron. now the latest company that's considering leaving california, the oil giant announced that it does want to stay but certain laws passed in the state. >> making it hard to do so. last summer, the company announced it was moving its headquarters from san ramon to houston, texas. and this is coming after governor newsom called a special session last year and signed a new law requiring oil companies to keep minimum oil inventories. inventories on hand. and before that newsom backed a plan to ban the sale of new gas-powered cars in the state by 2035. newsom has argued these regulations would benefit the environment and protect consumers. chevron disagrees. making it hard competitors that used to be here next on show british petroleum. >> they're all gone. it's an indication that it is not going to good place for companies like chevron to make a good return on investment.

>> this legislative session's chevron notes. it will be carefully watching what laws will be passed. things are heating up between president donald trump and the president of ukraine. today the 2 leaders exchanged sharp criticisms of each other and this is coming as the trump administration is leading peace talks with russia to try and end the war. our dc's raquel martin has the story. >> as ukraine relations are taking a turn wednesday, president donald trump went after ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky, calling him a dictator without elections. doubling down on its tuesday comments when he blamed ukraine for the war with russia could have ended it 3 is you should have never started it. you could have made a deal on towards the fires back. he says president trump is living in a russian-made dis-information space. it is shameful. democrats accuse president trump of parroting russian propaganda. illinois senator durbin called on republicans to condemn the remarks to do

make america great by selling out our nation and our allies. but republicans are brushing the comments on president speaks for himself. senate republican leader john thune. >> who supported last congress says the bottom line, in everybody's best interest to. >> ukraine, russia, europe, the united states. if they can bring about a peaceful conclusion to the the war is entering its 3rd year and has cost us taxpayers. >> upwards of 180 billion dollar. right now the trump administration is leading peace talks and has already met with russia. the president's special envoy to ukraine landed in kyiv to meet with zelenskyy for the first time wednesday. meanwhile, european allies nervous about an emboldened putin says huddling in washington, raquel martin >> still ahead here to the south bay to pull cautions against flooding, how these new flood walls will help. and

local firefighters featured in a famous film festival. it took a decade to make this movie and they will talk us about the process after the break.

>> after 12 years in the making. alameda county firefighters celebrated the highly anticipated release of in the red, a short film which provides a powerful look into the lives of young men and women from challenging backgrounds who find hope through a firefighter training program to hear more about the film and the program. we're joined now by wellington jackson, the executive director of the barry hughes

emt program. you are featured in this film. thank you for being with us this afternoon. why do you think this film was so important? >> first of all, thank you for having me. the film is important because it shows that there's a different path or individuals who may not have career path coming out of high school or even college some respects. programs basically focuses our and not just creating emt's and firefighters, creating civic-minded individuals, people who are going to go out make a change in their communities, make their communities better. >> and so it took 12 years to make this because they follow the people who are featured in the film from the beginning through the program and then they see how they do afterwards. when you are approached 12 years ago about making this, did you ever think you would? we can make it to this moment. >> no, even close.

>> it's it's pretty amazing to see where they started from and where they are i mean, to the point where there actually purchasing homes getting married and having families. we never anticipated the of that happening. >> the film one of the reviews i read because it was just debuted at the santa barbara film festival. it was described as being raw, intimate and funny. is that how you would describe it? >> it's i mean, it's it's truly it's it's also a love story as well. i mean, it's. the the characters, the guys in the film. i mean, they're they're they're they're very funny. they're very passionate about their jobs and about providing for their families. >> so i would say that's an accurate description of the film. >> what did it mean to you to be part of it? >> but i think it means more for the program. for me, myself.

>> getting program recognize that that this got this level is pretty amazing. and having their stories told. and i mean, the goal is to kind basically so people that, you know, there's another option that there's a there's a way to provide for your family. and, you know, all of the training provided free of charge. so we're we're invested in that just just like i before, that this is teasing first responders. but as individuals as as people. >> so you're the director of the bay area youth emt program. tell us a little bit about what you do. and if people want to get involved in that, if they think maybe they are part of a challenging background and and that this might help them. was the first question. tell us about your program the day and the berry you cmt program. >> so our program is 5, 0, 5, one c nonprofit. we provide

all of our training through generous donations and grants. all the education and then to called the equipment and quick and supplies provided free of charge for the students. we also provide the mentors here, career and just basically once you graduate, you become a family. and we what as you can see throughout the film. we're in contact with them, not just about professional things, but about personal things as well. we have a web site baby im t dot org very we're into emt classes every year from january to may. and from july to november. and we're in the fire academy. every year from january to basically june. >> and, you know, everyone can watch the film in the red, you know, when it will be available for mass audiences to see you be a movie star.

>> we going to have local screenings. were in talks with the open grand lake theater to site so we can check it out. >> it's a red. is this film that features alameda county firefighters 12 years to make and this is wellington one of the exact he's the executive director of a group that was featured in the film. thanks for being with us this afternoon. thank you for reading. and now to the south bay where we have new video today from santa clara county of new flood protections in place. more than 8500 feet flood walls have been added along 4 miles of coyote creek. >> valley water says the walls between old oakland road and 2.80. they say that these flood walls will protect the community from flooding events like the one back in 2017. and we're talking about our forecast now as we. bring in

kyle so we can talk about what's going on. still little rain out there today or, you know, pretty much wrapping it up, although we've got the clouds out there and some of as you can see behind me here. >> with pretty ominous still at stills or take a live look at the embarcadero too. and what you notice here is the flags are flying. we've got a little wind going on out there. san francisco now about 14 miles per hour. north bay is going to pick it up and get a little gusty, too. and that will be with us throughout the evening and into tomorrow as the system continues to make its way out. just a little behind the front action before it says goodbye to us. but you can see right now even though there are a few of those little sprinkles that are out there for the most part. we pretty much gotten what we're going to get from this system and this is about it that's left here. so not much at all. and ne've had just a few 107 inch in most spots today. san jose, 61 degrees. we've got mostly 50's out there, but a few 60's as you head inland. we're at 57 in san francisco and the north bay warming up a little bit now that they're starting to clear up petaluma.

they're about 62 degrees and the clearing out. that's going to be the thing for our evening here. so we take you through futurecast and show you will still have a few clouds out there, but things will get a little bit better as the night goes on. that does lead to a slightly cooler evening with some of my inland spots getting into the 30's. but don't worry, the warmer weather is on the way. this shows you the departure from normal. so that pink there meeting about 5 degrees above normal. there's your friday. look what happens as we head towards the weekend. you see it becomes a little bit more widespread here. so the point is that as we head towards the weekend, we are going to see these temperatures will lift up. and that is because high pressure to the rescue, right. kind of roles in develops this ridge. you see those warmer temperatures moving in as those oranges and yellows make their way north. and it also just protects us and keeps any weather away from us. we get a high pressure ridge that bill did. and that's what we'll see over the next. really, you know, 5, 6, 7 days here. and that's why those temperatures will stay above average. and we'll get a little more sunshine in our lives. i like the look at this one. i'm going to stick with this. this is a good forecast. now the

national news, a lawmakers looking. >> looking for ways to strengthen the safety of children online as the internet grows rapidly. this is some senators continue to push the kids online safety act. our washington correspondent basil john reports. >> in july of 2022, small. this time. giving up his suicide. south carolina state representative brandon got share details of how an online predator. >> cornered his son made him a victim of extortion. >> one of the messages i received red didn't tell you that your son begged for his life. >> got the urge congress to do more to protect kids online. missouri republican senator josh hawley says the issue is getting out of hand. would you say that there's? >> getting to be more of that are getting to be less of 100% more like hundreds and thousands of more. i mean, i can't even percentage it. the national center for missing and exploited children says in 2023 more than 104 million images and videos of suspected child abuse material uploaded to the internet compared to

450,000 files in 2004, it's just an enormous explosion. it's absolutely everywhere. the senate tried to address the issue last congress with the kids online safety act. it passed in the senate, but it never made it to the house floor. >> it is only in the virtual space that it remains the wild west. tennessee senator marsha blackburn and connecticut senator richard blumenthal authored the act. >> they say the federal government has a duty to regulate safety in digital space like it does for cars and other electronics if they explode. >> there is liability for its not free speech to design a defective and harmful product, its conduct. >> blumenthal and blackburn promised to reintroduce the bill reporting in washington. i'm basil, john. >> still ahead here to a scrambled left sunny side all over a highway with officials say led to this. very

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>> a semi truck hauling a very expensive amount of cargo here. egg cartons scrambled all over the oklahoma highway here. the oklahoma highway patrol says there were only minor injuries from yesterday's accident. slick road conditions caused the semi to slip inland. sunny side up an outbreak of bird flu in poultry has wiped out about 160 million chickens.

turkeys and other birds in the united states. so that has sent prices soaring and also causing a shortage is the u.s. bureau of labor statistics says a dozen eggs average about $5 last month. >> it's a waste right there. all right. a dramatic rescue in colorado to show you now. on monday, a man was trapped by avalanche. well, snowmobiling at vail pass summit county sheriff's deputies say it took about one hour to get the man body camera video shows the rescue teams digging him out from under 2 to 3 feet of snow. he did have on an avalanche airbag that deployed when he went under the snow at this allowed rescuers to find him much faster. the deputies say the man has been released from the hospital. and is now doing well. >> her but still the full hour of news together here on kron 4 this afternoon when the stories we're watching is a home of support for the immigrant community. members of the interfaith community gathering today in response to

president trump's executive orders on immigration and authorities cracking cold case from east bay regional park. that is more than 3 decades that is more than 3 decades old.

i don't ever see anyone coming out to maintenance anything, so it's very scary for me because i have everything i love in this home. so, we've now implemented drone technology. how is that safe for me? it enhances the inspection, so it allows us to see things faster. your safety is the most important,

and if you're feeling unsafe, that's not okay. it doesn't feel like that in our hearts. i mean, it's worrisome. [dog barks] [dog barks]