workers across alameda county striking over claims of unfair labor practices. plus 3 schools in santa rosa set to close as district leaders are working to fix a multimillion dollar budget deficit. and president trump's latest executive order now throwing into question the future of an iconic san francisco landmark. the kron 4 morning news starts now. good morning. thank you for joining us here on the kron. 4 morning news. i'm james fletcher and a radar be inferred already full. so today yesterday was a wet one out now are much drier. good morning, we are different picture outside this morning than yesterday. >> calm winds there at the golden gate. nice sunshine in full force this morning. you're also seeing that over san francisco in this view right here. not a cloud in the sky. in this perspective. now, as we do roll through the day today, we are going to see nothing but the sunshine. so

do enjoy that. no interruptions from any showers like we had yesterday. we do have a little bit of fog sitting right there around the southern end of the east bay shoreline. you can actually see that right here. it is very patchy and very limited. and he's already in the process of lifting. just wanted to point it out case you're looking at the window and saying, where's my sunshine? it's on its way. temperatures in the 40's right now for most of us, only a couple of 30's this morning, fairfax and earlier santa rosa falling into the 30's. so it was a chilly one, but increasingly warm by 10:00am already in the mid 50's solid 60's into the afternoon rain and all right. john thing that has been look at your morning commute. bay bridge has been pretty light for the most part, 40 minutes there. but our said the 2 bridge that's been slower. >> 30 minutes on the san mateo bridge while you're rich with sarah falls at 14 and that golden gate bridge about 25 minutes. >> one is the time and the big story this morning. president trump has moved to abolish the federal trust that oversees san francisco historic presidio the president's

executive order is saying the trust is unnecessary and it should be eliminated. >> how was will tran live in san francisco with more on that? >> the presidio park is used by millions of people every year. we're not just talking locals but tourists. they enjoy this area and they have enjoyed for decades. we don't know what the executive order means, but more than likely it will end up in a court of law. president trump thinks it's unnecessary. the trust has been around since 1996 and according to the trust, they don't use a lot of federal money that they throughout the years also have turned this into a local enterprise where it generates its own money as well. now, 2 years ago, congresswoman nancy pelosi, she got a federal grant for the presidio park and to the tune of 200 million dollars for the upkeep. she is a champion of this location. so many people visited, especially, of course, san franciscans. in fact, here's

one right now. her name is yves without getting political. your thoughts on what the presidio means to you. and we talked about people visit this all the time across the thank you. this is a great outdoor space that's open to anyone and everyone. >> i love coming here in the morning when the sun's coming up, hearing the birds looking out seeing the bay enjoying open space and being outdoors. and i love that anyone in our city and our country can come here and enjoy this gem that we have and we're so privileged to have. thanks to lots of foresight and planning and community support. so i very much hopeful that we will figure this out and the presidio will continue to be a gym for all of us. very good. take a look at your screen. we want our audience to focus on what the presidio trust. >> has to say. this is what they sent out late last night. they said the presidio trust has not received 2 regular

annual appropriations from congress since 2013. instead relying on the funds earned by leasing the historic buildings that the trust has renovated. in fact, a lot of the buildings are right behind me. you might not realize. but back in the 18th century, this was a spanish port and then it was a military base and then it turned into obviously one of the crown jewels of san francisco used by so many people. no one truly knows. let's just say the trust goes away. what will happen? we do know from the park probably into the courtroom. all right. well, thank you for that report 803, is the time now to another news story for you this morning. a controversial vote will force 3 saint rose elementary schools to close and a late night meeting at the school board considering even more closures conference. >> to holden is live in santa rosa with the latest on that. joe. we've got about his reign here. school is now in session

at brook hill elementary school. this is one of those 2 schools. >> that will be shutting down this coming june. this school here been around since the 1960's serving generations of students. the other campus, it's closing will be albert be elementary and a 3rd campus. still lane elementary set to close in june of 2026. but the future of the other schools is now on hold after much debate and concerns from the public. the board and it up running out of time and had 2 in the meeting at 11, 30 last night. as a result, there is still no decision on whether or not the district will shut down both montgomery or elsie allen, high schools and educators, parents and students are protesting those possible cuts. >> you cannot close elsie allen elsie allen is full of students of color of students with disabilities of students who have dreams that deserves to be respected. and that is your job. it's beyond fresh rain that we're going to send all these families, homeless community home without an

answer when we need to decide as leaders of how do we want to leave? >> the district facing 20 million dollars worth deficit here, forcing them to make some tough decisions that will impact the families they serve according to the board, layoffs are another option. the board is now considering to cut costs. now we have reached out to >> the district this morning, too. that confirmation good word you know what they think about all this and what are the next steps? we also just spoke with a teacher here who you'll hear from coming up here at 9 o'clock this morning from us, who is facing some uncertainty? will she have a job now that the school she works at here? it's going to be closing down in just a few months for now. back to you. >> it your people are impacted? meantime, a vallejo to schools are going to close their the vallejo city unified school district voted last night to close mayor island health and fitness academy and avista environmental science academy charter school will be

relocated to the mare island campus. the district make nearly 13 billion dollars in budget cuts off staff. the choice was part of the board's efforts to address a 36 million dollar budget deficit over the next 2 years. >> clear, transparency. we can't close that campus because nobody understands why they're 70 kids there. our kiddos. needs to know if they get to see their 4th grade teacher that she's looking forward to next you've lost a tremendous number of students. >> and you're there's no plan to bring kids back. all the district says they share details on that transition plan for the impacted schools. >> in the coming days. and the there's a new on it. and it found that previous santa clara county department of education administrators, this used over $130,000 and funds from the head start program that helps low income children and their families while they're in schools. the report says from january of april to last year, the previous administrators of that agency, they misused the money for the

program. they refused to comply with calls for public review and they didn't comply with grant rules as the seal even later confirmed the misallocation of the money back in june, investigation was launched in november by the new superintendent charles, him in agency says they're going to be implementing reforms to comply with federal regulations. >> well, as the city of san francisco deals with the more than 840 million dollar budget deficit, city leaders will soon have to make some tough decisions. and interim memo from mayor daniel lurie instructed all city departments, including the department of homelessness and housing to cut between 15 to 20% of their budgets. nonprofits, like the young women's freedom center which focuses on youth. homelessness says this has them worried. >> there are are ready, overcrowding inside of. and shelters. they're still waiting lists for people to get it's important that we're

able be able to deeply invested in this community to get them the access they need. >> we did reach out to the mayor's office about these cuts and were given the following statement. quote, it's time to deliver a responsibly balanced budget that focuses on core city services. if we don't take decisive action this year, the impact on our city, our ability to keep streets clean and safe. our public health infrastructure and our economy will be further jeopardized. the mayor went on to state that former mayor london breed directed departments to find 50% in savings and he is just maintaining that previous directive. across the bay. oakland's interim mayor kevin jenkins is defending the city council's proposal to cut millions of dollars from its budget. oakland is currently scrambling to address a deficit of about 129 million dollars. and while the cuts could affect core services like meals on wheels, jenkins says the city needs to cut back. >> oaklanders too often complained that the city does not do a good enough job doing

basic services. so what that means holzer been the police come when you call them. our city is clean and sober. putting that back to basics. budget together. >> well, interim mayor jenkins says his plan will prioritize public safety and fiscal solvency. happening today, county superior court workers are continuing their strike for what they are saying is unfair labor practices. >> after a full day of the strike lines on wednesday. workers say court management, they still aren't hear what they have to say. so court management says that the county's overstaffed nearly 100 people but a union analysis showing alameda county lags behind similar jurisdictions in san francisco or los angeles. the same to kron 4. the court said, quote, all of the union claims it is concerned about public safety is refuse. the courts repeated efforts to mediate these matters before neutral mediators and has instead is children to critically endangered the public's access to justice by choosing to strike, unquote. the strike

could hold trials and delay hearings throughout the justice system. alameda county. a large number of pg e customers in the south bay. it will no longer see those frequent safety related outages. during extreme weather event, the utility is burying the power lines underground. south san jose. they hope to reduce outages for about 10,000 customers. >> the 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 avp ss outages in the urbanized neighborhoods. this is just one of dozens of projects coming to the south bay this year. >> to reduce outages during heat waves and winter storms. >> all right. take a look at this video from santa clara county of the new flood protection project. more than 8500 feet of flood walls have been added now along 4 miles of coyote creek valley. water

says these walls will be or are between oakland road and interstate 2.80. they say these flood walls will protect the community from flooding events like what they saw back in 2017. valley water will be announcing the completion of phase one this morning at 10, 30. all right. we're going to take a break. coming up on 11, 12 or 8.12. >> and ahead, a local cold case solved more than 3 decades later. we're going to tell you how investigators were able to find a suspect. >> if you don't feel like anything's actually being saw, no, nothing has been soft so far. >> a community park turned to open air drug market will tell you how one san francisco leaders working to make that area safer. >> even with repub ican control of congress, the house and senate are divided over how to move forward with the budget. i'm hannah brandt in washington. i'll have that story coming up. >> and yesterday, sored system on the outs making its way out into the nation's midsection. that leaves us behind with dry

that leaves us behind with dry skies for actually a pretty 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 risk from our equipment by over 90%. that's something i want to believe. [skateboard sounds]

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north of the bay area. next week, we will start to see a few showers drifting on in mostly north of sonoma county. that results in next week's seeing well over an inch of rain in eureka mendocino, a few light showers. but the bay, nothing coming our direction likely for the rest of the month. so ending february on a really, really calm note, 60's for your highs in the city today. a couple of 50's along the coastline. but basically everyone else is solid 60's and some of us approaching, if not getting to that 70 degree mark this afternoon, san jose. 67 for your high today. spots like conquered will be within striking distance of 70 same for you in walnut creek while actually getting there in fairfield this afternoon. sonoma, 69 for your high santa rosa nevado at 68 degrees. tomorrow's temps will on average be a little bit warmer by just a degree or 2 saturday and sunday. nicely timed time to have that warm up with highs in the 70's for more and more at the bay area. all right, john, now.

>> well, major issues or delays while 23 along tail bridge, the richmond summer feels at 11 and the golden gate bridge. 23 minutes. oakland police say the arrest of the driver suspected in a hit and run that killed burnout. sociology professor michael purefoy. 61 year-old kermit miller has been booked into the santa rita jail. that collision happened back on february 3rd, right at the intersection of granite park view and oakland's adam point neighborhood. police say the rubble. it was in a crosswalk around 7.15, in the morning. he was hit and he died at the scene. they're like todd and uc berkeley from if nearly 50 years before he retired back in 2023. and a south bay. one person is in the hospital after being struck by a car in san jose to say that crash happened wednesday afternoon in the area north. first, these mission, the stretch of the first blockers cut off for several hours before they open around 8. police did not provide any other details on the crash and they are still investigating. well, public

pressure has forced the sfmta to back off a controversial plan to fire school crossing guards. >> the transit agency considered eliminated crossing guards to help close a budget gap. but after a strong outcry from the community, including crossing guards and parents and students, the sfmta drop the proposal. the idea surfaced ahead of tuesday's board meeting which prompted the crossing guards union to rally the community for support. speakers urged officials to find other ways to balance the budget. 1000 national park workers have lost their jobs. the firings are part of president trump's plan to eliminate federal workers. in an effort to save money says kron four's. rob nesbitt spoke with workers who lost their jobs out at yosemite national park. the workers who were fired from national parks were all newly hired in the last year and in what's called a probationary period. >> but there are also workers who were fired who had been with the national park for 20 plus years before switching to a new role.

>> the sounds of nature bring millions of people to yosemite national park each year hikes, waterfalls and wildlife are abundant, but there will be fewer workers in 2025. president trump authorized the firing of about 1000 newly hired national park employees, looks more who was fired from his job yosemite as a custodial worker. this country has a lot of black marks against downs history. >> and things we've and we can argue and they care about these things. but, you know, our national parks are truly are treasures and never reporned to be another more threats. more is notice that his firing was due to poor performance, but he had always received in exceeded expectations. review from supervisors. >> the firings were not publicly announced but confirmed by democratic senators and house members. the plan is being led by billionaire elon musk and the new department of government efficiency. senator alex padilla says must decisions are reckless, irresponsible custard clearly not thought through. >> they are going to do anything to really address the

deficit situation, that that's the president and elon musk are trying to do here. the u.s. national resources committee has jurisdiction over national parks. i spoke with the ranking democratic member of the committee representative jared huffman, who expects the national park decisions by trump and musk to be taken up in court. some of these firings we think are illegal. others are just wrong, headed. and so, you know, there will be litigation by. >> federal employee unions and others after firing notices were sent out friday. the park service added to the confusion tuesday saying it will reinstate about 5,000 seasonal jobs that were initially rescinded. those with national park experience likes a busy summer season combined with under staffing. >> will result in a dangerous situation for visitors keep fighting because this highly illegal and me and the thousands of buttered probationers that in turn a legally we want after this. we feel very passionate about the park service protesters against the national park firings plan on gathering saturday from 10:00am to 04:00pm.

>> at the exploration center and yosemite valley reporting in the newsroom. i'm rob nesbitt. kron. 4 news. well, some developing news this morning. there's a budget battle brewing on capitol hill, but it's not between democrats and republicans. it's. publican party itself. and that's because both the house and the senate, they're pushing forward. summer plans trying to fund president trump's priorities with dc correspondent hannah brandt with the very latest from washington. >> senators are gearing up for what's known as a vote. a rama tonight where they're expected to have a late night marathon debating their budget plan. >> it's focused on the border. it's focused on national security focused on energy. senate republicans are moving forward with a 340 billion dollar package, which senate leader john thune says will deliver on the trump agenda with money for mass deportations, the border wall in the military. but that proposal doesn't include the 4.5 trillion dollar tax cuts. the president wants have to extend the trump tax cuts. will senate republicans plan to pass the tax cuts later in a separate package, house

republicans have a bigger budget plan with the tax cuts and funding for the president's priorities. but republican congressman tim burchett points out his house colleagues aren't all united behind it. that i was gonna come within our own party. president trump weighed in on social media saying he prefers the house version, calling it one big beautiful bill that implements his full agenda. i think he's made it clear for a long time that he would prefer one big beautiful bill we're fine with that, too. if the house can produce one big, beautiful bill. but with uncertainty about whether the house can pass their budget plan, the senate is pushing ahead. we believe that the president also likes optionality minority leader chuck schumer says senate democrats are ready for a long, drawn-out fight. democrats are glad to have this debate with the republicans because he argues both republican plans are bad for americans. no matter how republican spin it. >> their number one goal, his tax cuts for their billionaire buddies. >> the house is out right now, but leaders say they plan to

vote on their budget when they return to capitol hill next week in washington. i'm hannah brandt. >> all right. still ahead, officials are expanding health care to east bay patients details on a brand new hospital and improvements to nearby health centers will be nearby health centers will be right back.

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>> a 25 is the time. some developing news this morning. tragic news out of the middle east. hamas has released the bodies of 4 israeli hostages, including a mother and her 2 young children. those hostages were taken into custody during the october 2023 terror

attacks at a music festival in israel. the youngest of these captives was just 9 months old. hamas says all 4 were killed along with their hamas guards during israeli air strikes. israeli military held a small funeral ceremony at the request of the families. well, google announcing its latest experiment aimed at helping users explore more career possibilities. the tech giant says that career dreamer is what they're calling it. and it utilizes artificial intelligence to help users find more potential career opportunities. the ai draft career identity statement based on your previous experience and skills and interests and users will have the option than to add that statement to their resumes. the 2 will not include links, though, to actual job postings. >> well, you have 5 major airlines and they are calling forward into a new rule that offers consumer protection for passengers that have wheelchairs, american delta, jetblue, southwest and united. they're all joined forces with american airlines airlines for

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>> we are back 8.30. is the time here on the kron. 4 morning news with a live look behind us of what looks to be blue skies and sunshine. and if there were any puddles are starting to dry out. now, i we'll go out there. but mean, as it hit, the beach, maybe on over to jack anderson later on today, go for it this morning. just make sure you got the light jacket on because it is a little chilly on these clear morning's behind me at the golden gate bridge. that is a virtually no wind out there whatsoever. if you want cross the bridge today on foot, it's actually the perfect day for it. here's your view at sfo. going to be an easy fly out of sfo to skies are crystal clear in storm tracker 4 and what a change from yesterday when we saw those midday showers. fog cast does show a little bit of fog present right in the southeastern corner of the bay itself. >> that's already lifting and becoming a little bit less of a thing. temperature wise. we're in the 40's even low 50's. now san jose in mountain view at 51. and 52 petaluma.

you're at 43 nevado at 50 degrees as we move into the afternoon. more and more of us will not just the 50's but some 60's and solidly. so towards the middle of the day right now. all right. john thing that has cut you rolling out their bay bridge looking better. 13 minutes traveling into the city. >> 21 on the san mateo bridge at richmond center fell at 9 and the golden gate bridge. 21 minutes. >> 30 is the time san francisco leaders are working to curb drug use across the city and learn which groups are most at risk on wednesday, public health officials shared some new data on accidental overdose. deaths accidental. overdoses are on the rise for the 3rd month in a row. >> total. 59 people died in january in the public health officials. our concern about one community in particular. >> we continue to see a disproportionate number of black african americans dying due to overdose. despite representing just 6% of the san francisco population. 28%

of preliminary overdose deaths in 2024. among black african americans. >> so that means african-americans are dying at a rate 5 times higher than any other community in the city. >> recent months, san francisco care teams have been responding to drug use hot spots in the tenderloin and soma neighborhoods. but there's a new neighborhood now that's been seeing an influx of this activity has called for sara stinson reports. one supervisor is proposing a plan to make jefferson square park much cleaner and safer. >> during the day, jefferson square park in san francisco is a go-to spot for dog walkers. but that night things take a turn for the worse cell phone video shows the park overrun by an open air drug market. well, they call it to some of the park. >> now, yes, a some people eat. a new un class signed sebastien has lived nearby for nearly 30 years. he wants to remain anonymous for safety but feels compelled to speak out about how frightening the

park has become in the last few months. it's scary because, you know, there are 2 schools that on here. >> we have out there early and people that live in the neighborhood. the effort to walk this park is located on goff street about a half-mile away from city hall. and next, a sacred heart cathedral. the school has put up no trespassing signs by their field enough to pakistan mess. now, all the neighbors been complaining, supervisor, beloved, mood, has heard these complaints from people saying the drug dealing has moved to the park from his district in the tenderloin. and that he are looking really good compared to even a couple months ago. but some things are getting worse. in other neighborhoods. decided to see it for himself walking the park with staff from the drug market agency coordination center or d mac. a task force with several different agencies. we didn't see any arrests that day because sometimes a lot of these things can be without an arrest. >> and that's something that the d mac organization knows and i saw firsthand that they

are treating all types of solutions to help people suffering on streets as but sebastian says when the park does get cleared out, all the people just move down to van ness and eddy streets. so as you can see mask, the use suspended just wall. >> slowly here and that they would law go back back and forth back and talk to you. don't feel like anything's actually being solved. no, nothing has been soft so far. anything else learned that kind of prevents can from getting kicked down the i mean, 2 things, one, that's why we need a holistic approach. and we saw that with makin. they kind of made it very clear if they're able to operate more hours during the day every day. >> that ensures that can be in more places at once and ensure that were permanently shutting on the market. and we're not just kicking it down the can down the road or spreading it and displacement into other neighborhoods as well to provisor mahmoud will be proposing new legislation to the rest of the board. >> to increase staffing for dmx task force that way they can have people out there 7 days a week. this has neighbors like sebastien

feeling hopeful that the nearby park and streets will be safer and cleaner. i'm sara stinson reporting back to you. >> it's 34 is the time. let's go to the north bay man is now custody for a hate crime after police as he attacked a female gas station worker. so fairfield police ended up arresting conrad alvarez. they say he entered sinclair gas station tuesday morning. they received a call about is walking behind the counter and attacking the worker when they got there, they arrested you book now into the solano county jail on charges of attempted murder and a hate crime, which they say they've added on because of comments he apparently made during the attack. in the east bay brentwood. police now searching for 3 people linked to a recent assault and robbery. officers say a person was robbed at gunpoint last thursday after withdrawing a large sum of money from the atm in antioch. according to the victim, they went home and that's when they were approached by 3 people who assaulted them and took their money and ran. thankfully they

weren't seriously hurt physically. but police say if you are withdrawing especially large sums of money from atm's, make sure you people watch around. you feel like you're being followed home head to a nearby police station. instead, nearly 35 years after east bay woman was found dead along a trail with a rope around her neck. >> dna evidence helped track down the killer who ultimately took his own life. maria, why tougher was reported missing november 15th, 1990, the next day. she was found dead in tilden regional park in the east bay hills. back in 97, the east bay regional police district. they sent dna they found at the crime scene to the contra costa crime lab. no match was found. then fbi got involved in 2020 and yesterday was announced at the advanced dna techniques of actually linked a killer. >> through this investigation. john, the party was determined to be a potential suspect. and later became our primary suspect in 2024. >> investigators do not believe par when the for knew each other prior to her being killed. well, in the north

bay, the sonoma police conducted a search warrant in connection with online threats of school violence. they reported that the search took place tuesday around 3.30, on west vance street. well, this is from the sonoma county sheriff's office. authorities say that the investigation about a child under 18 years of age further details regarding the threat or the suspect were not immediately available. police say they feel confident that the community and schools no longer at risk from this threat. >> well, in oakland, chp arrested a man after a car chase. officers say they received report of a stolen car and attempted to stop the driver near international boulevard. the driver instead took off some point ditched the car and then started running. the suspect tried to get on a bus but was ultimately arrested and is now in jail. the city of oakland and richmond will be holding interfaith immigration vigils this week in support of immigrant communities. tonight, the first vigil is set to begin at 5. it'll be at the fruitvale village plaza and then they'll be a march to

saint anthony's church in oakland. elected officials will be joining community leaders and clergy members to come together in a sign of solidarity and address concerns about potential ice raids and deportations. officials say the vigils, aim to uplift the voices of immigrants and called for support during what are uncertain times. >> in health news, you have some healthy are investing 1 billion dollars to expand patient care across the bay. they've announced plans to improve medical centers, including building a new flagship campus emeryville to be on horton and 53rd. that was new facility will offer up to 200 beds and several patients services. new building is slated open between 20 to 32 2033. work is also planned at other campuses like the one in oakland, castro valley albany. county's immigrant community, they're set to rally and speak out at an event with the sonoma county sheriff ed ian groom regarding his refusal to support a non collaboration with ice or done it. the

claims refusal to support ordinance is creating some mistrust in the immigrant community and its posing a threat to public safety because of people be less likely to report crimes. the group is set to rally outside of the hispanic chamber of commerce at findlay community center. santa rosa today at 05:30pm. >> a >> people of all different regions and religions in san francisco are saying the place of worship should stay as sanctuaries. they held a gathering on wednesday at saint mark's lutheran church. religious leaders say they are troubled by the trump administration saying immigrants and officers are going to be immigration. officers will be allowed to make arrest in places like churches, synagogues and temples. >> 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 more than 2 dozen religious organizations of actually filed a federal lawsuit challenging president trump's immigration policy, allowing ice raids in place of worship, schools and hospitals. all of those places been protected under the previous administration. >> well, there's a new space for lgbtq+, kids and young adults in the south bay. the new location is on anchor road in santa say it's called the lgbtq youth space and it offers services to people 13 to 25 years old who live in santa clara county, the non-profit common, our runs the program and its leader says the current political and cultural climate makes the space critically important. >> if you're lgbtq kid, this has the feel like a difficult and challenging time. and i want all the kids in our community to know that. cameron, our is here to support you to provide a safe space to have support of adults from wrc who you are

and help you meet any fall and joyful life. i'm okay, man. and i just think what it would have been like for me to have this when i was growing up to have a place i could come to that would have reduced by isolation would have helped me create community but had support of adults around me. it would have been very helpful in meaningful. touches me >> well, the nonprofit again, kevin, our get grants and state funding and raises money to help people struggling with mental health, homelessness, substance abuse and other issues. more than 400 kids use this program every year. it offers counseling and video games and arts and crafts and just a safe place to hang out. in the south bay. soccer fans have some new food options at paypal park. and these include the restaurant, big chicken, which if you're not familiar, was founded by shaquille o'neal. there's lots of other eateries as well. everything from mexican cuisine to pizza milkshakes and a whole lot more on the menu. you can check out the new options this

saturday when the san jose quakes take on the real salt lake. you can also find a full list of options to on their website at bay fc dot com. all right. time now is 8.41 of the warriors back together for the homestretch. >> coming up next, in sports, writer prospects for a strong finish just a little bit better. >> and protecting our drinking water from forever chemicals. the rules that a new bill would put in place. it's gorgeous morning outside as you're looking outside from the east bay hills. nice and clear. we've got a warming trend ahead, especially towards the weekend.

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>> welcome back. 44. >> it starts the morning. we've got all the sunshine out there in full force today. look at this. hardly any winds to today is going to be kind of one of those picture. perfect ones. i mean, yesterday we had the midday showers. it stayed light for most of us, but it was enough to get the roadways wet yesterday. now it's a dry trend courtesy this high-pressure ridge, which is pretty built into place in an increasingly mild trend of weather, too. forecast for today bringing us a few passing clouds towards the middle of the afternoon, not blocking out the sunlight, though. so definitely get out there and enjoy some of this into next week. the north coast does see a return of rain, but it really fizzles out anywhere close to the bay area. so our trend of weather remains dry, but at least northern california will still be stacking up. some new precip 60's for your highs in the city and a few 50's at the coastline. most of us today

easily rising into the 60's and that paired with the calm winds and the abundant sunshine, it's going to feel just right for a lot of us. san jose at 67 today. same number in dublin hayward, union city fremont as well as san leandro concord, you're close to 70 today with fairfield actually getting up to that 70 degree mark for your afternoon high. a look ahead to show a few more of those 70's come the weekend. something to look forward to. if you've been missing that warmer feel and all that sunshine, we got it in this forecast right now. all right, john thing. >> a 14 minute ride on the pay for it. well, 72% at 17, which was several fields at 8 in the golden gate bridge. 21 minutes. >> in the east bay, oakland, residents now beginning to organize in response to recent federal actions affecting racial equality. for instance, today, doctor brandy 2 summers is going to be leading surveys and focus groups out at oakland city hall trying to gather more input from the

community. the goal is to develop a path forward in the wake of some changes that have been made to dei initiatives and civil rights laws. council member carroll fife highlighted some key areas for improvement, including in the health housing, education and community safety areas. officials say the event is set to start at 5 o'clock this evening and it's open to the public. also happening today, some long-term care workers are going to be rallying across california in response to potential cuts to medicaid by the trump administration. so unions representing the workers say that medicaid is essential to people with disabilities and the elderly. if the cuts go through, it could affect health coverage to around 80 million americans currently enrolled in the program and potentially affect health care facilities. ralliers going to be meeting at the offices of the council members representing their districts. bay area ralliers will be meeting at congressmember eric swalwell's office at redwood road in castro valley at 10 o'clock this morning, bay area council on american islamic relations speaking out against stanford

university. >> the say the school has been suppressing palestinian advocacy through arrests, pensions and restricting protests. advocates argued his actions have created a climate of fear for those who are speaking out for palestinian human rights. >> while stanford claims to be committed to upholding free speech rights and freedom of expression has also repeated be subject to students who protested the job site to harsh disciplinary measures, including suspension and the threat of expulsion. >> last fall, the university said it will be prohibiting disruptions on his campus and violators will be subject to disciplinary actions. now we reached out to stanford university about the designation and we haven't heard back. tennessee state university. they held a ceremony to remember the lives of the japanese americans 83 years ago, putin internment camps. event was somber but informative. the goal is to make sure the history books remember and prevent the discrimination from happening again on february. 19th 1942. president franklin d roosevelt

signed that executive order. the forced more than 120,000 japanese americans, the 10 concentration camps on the west coast. two-thirds of those incarcerated were u.s. citizens. wednesday's day of remembrance looks back san jose state university's part. so san jose state universities, cheetah hall, formerly the men's gym, played a role as a processing center for japanese americans to register before being sent to those internment camps 24 as straight as he's president issued a presidential directive to commemorate the day of remembrance speakers at the event. they say it's shameful, but the ceremony is necessary to pay tribute in san francisco, japan town, dozens of organizations from various face and at their trump administration protest early in the day marching to the neighborhood in solidarity. >> it's 49 is the time now to a new bill in the legislature looking to protect california, drinking water from pfa which are chemicals known as forever

chemicals ab 7.94 will mandate new state drinking water standards that supporters say will limit exposure to these toxic and dangerous chemicals that make it into our water supply. chemicals are a category of chemicals found in everyday products like nonstick cookware stain-resistant fabrics and firefighting foam. they don't biodegrade and they accumulate in the body. weve got democrats simply member jesse gabriel saying he authored this bill and he did that based on scientific research indicating exposure to says could lead 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 can get behind. >> similar legislation on the federal side faced opposition and legal challenges from

chemical manufacturers themselves who are concerned about the cost of having to remove chemicals from water. it remains unclear what if any opposition gabriel's state bill will face. >> all right. now let's shift our focus the area basketball. the boys are reunite as a gear for the remainder of the season. with one player returning to practice for the first time since they were injured. it was nice to see you back around. 4 sports director jason scott reese has more. >> hey, everybody. the all-star break is over. the dubs have reconvened and they're about to get a nice piece back for the stretch run. yep. jonathan kuminga practicing last night for the first time since spraining his right ankle on january. 4th. now he hasn't been cleared yet for live contacts. so don't expect him to play friday in sacramento, but maybe soon thereafter is coming. has missed the last. 21 games with the injury, we'll have to adjust to a team that looks a lot different than it did expect when we last saw this afternoon, it's mainly just getting comfortable playing next to jimmy. that's >> and i'm confident that that

jk will figure that out. jimmy will figure that and that'll that'll happen organically. but biggest thing for jk is just getting his rhythm. his timing is conditioning all that stuff. you know, over the week or 2 until he's ready to come back. >> that's it for sports. enjoy your day. >> it's got all right. a 51 is the time football lovers listen up. it's not exactly a for sale sign out in front of levi stadium, but there is a piece of the team that just might be available soon. according to a report from the sports business journal, the niners are, quote, unquote, exploring the sale of a 10% stake in the team. now 10%. that doesn't sound like a lot. but the price tag is 900 million dollars for that 10%. and that's based on the estimated franchise value of the team of about 9 billion dollars. >> so if someone were to make that purchase, it would be record-setting and they would own 10%. the forty-niners. a

52 is the time amazon is ending its tiktok style inspired free feet. i should say after 3 years. so the tech giant launched inspired back in 2022. the feed resemble the style of tiktok which listed products showing photos and videos and users can scroll through it all like tiktok. the reason for the shutdown wasn't given by the tech company, users can still find inspiration while shopping by using the company's latest ai feature and shopping assistant call rufus, which launched last year. all right. and then coming up in the next hour, the kron morning news. >> celebrating black history month. we're going to take you to the oldest black owned bookstore in the united states. and guess what? it's right here in the bay area keep

>> all right. well, check this out. pretty exciting sight in the north bay cameras capturing black bear cubs out at hood mountain regional park in sonoma county. there they are following mama. this. the park says this active first time in nearly a decade that cubs have been spotted there at what mountain. it's estimated that there may be about a year old. so will probably likely be leaving mama soon. the park says it's a good reminder if you're going to be up in sonoma county is bear country. so, you know, keep your distance. they're typically not aggressive. just don't feed them. get to close bears. they got to leave little the mona lisa so master right up next to kron. morning news. >> backlash over budget cuts opens. interim mayor defended the decision to slash city services. >> plus, there are 2 north bay school districts to vote early

last night to close the schools because of deficit. we're live this morning with how the students and the teachers army impacted. and there's a new report. uses education officials in the south bay misusing money to help low-income students. details on what else that details on what else that cover. we'll be right back.

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>> right now on the kron 4 morning news day 2 of court workers across alameda county striking over claims of unfair labor practices. plus 3 schools in santa rosa closing as district leaders work to fix multi million dollar budget deficit. and president trump's latest executive order is throwing into question now the future of an iconic san francisco landmark. the kron. 4 morning news starts now. good morning. it is 09:00am here on the kron. 4 morning news. thanks for joining us. i'm james fletcher entering harvey in for darya folsom to date. >> definitely lot drier, but we're still little cool out it is. yeah, although i think we've got some warm temperatures right around the corner. hey, john. yeah, we'll be warming things up these next few days today. already going to be a little warmer than yesterday was certainly a lot sunnier and drier than yesterday was too. take a look at this view from walnut creek right now. things looking beautiful in crystal clear out there. things are moving along. just fine. it seems