>> right now on the kron, 4 morning news day to court nty striking over claims of unfair labor practices. plus 3 schools in santa rosa set to close as district leaders work to fix a multimillion dollar budget deficit. and president trump's latest executive order throwing into question now 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 at 10:00am i'm james fletcher. we're gonna get to the headlines here in a minute. but first, let's start with a check of weather. we've got john with a look at the blue skies john hay the james. yeah, it is nice and sunny and it's going to stay that way today. >> yesterday we eventually got to that sunshine but had to get through a few showers to first. that was the only one in the forecast doing so mount tam looking down into the bay. the bay bridge looks great. sitting under that sunshine beaming right there on the

bay. very, very slight offshore breeze this morning at all in all from the coast to our inland areas. you are seeing those temperatures warming under those bright skies already. san jose in livermore, you're at 58 degrees. berkeley. 55 petaluma at 53 right now as we roll further into the afternoon trading in a lot of those 50's for some 60's, especially peaking towards the middle afternoon when we will be at our warmest between 02:00pm to 04:00pm. james. >> all right. thank you, john, to the big story this morning. president trump has moved to abolish the federal trust that oversee san francisco is historic presidio park. >> that presidential executive order says the trust is, quote, unnecessary and should be eliminated. kron four's will tran live in the city now with more and with reaction will. >> well, james, the trust has been around for 29 years. there was established back in 1996. we don't know what it means if it goes away

altogether. right now, no one knows. but already people are reacting. you can see presidio trust presidio park used by so many people already busy. it's only 10 o'clock in the morning and look at all the cars. it was once a military base. and before that in the 18th century, it was the spanish port since 1996, the presidio trust. they've been running. it and they have been maintaining it to the delight of so many people across the world and especially for people in san francisco. here's suzanne bales reacting to the executive order. we don't know what it means. it could mean the same. it could mean that somebody run it or it could mean the presidio park as we know, it could change altogether. your reaction no one knows what it means because he doesn't know what it means. and i explained i'm here with 15 women to do the walt disney museum were going up the road presidio golf course to do lunch after.

>> it's gorgeous grounds. and i think it provides such an escape for the density of living in the city. unique and it needs to be protected. his claim is he wants to eliminate a lot of agencies and a lot of trusts that have been government for years claiming it will ltreamline the reaction to that. >> you need to do maintenance to maintain these buildings. there has to be money to maintain them in. this is so vital in. it's vital. it needs to be maintained. okay. i'll take that as a hard no to president trump to leave it alone. hard know. okay. thank you so much. take a look at your screen. the presidio trust. >> they have 2 weeks to respond, but they did issue a statement late last night and this is what they had to say. they say the presidio trust has not received a regular annual appropriations from congress since 2013. instead relying on the funds earned by leasing the historic buildings that the trust has renovated. now, you might notice that they say regular funds because

every now and then the federal government does step into the point where 2 years ago, congresswoman nancy pelosi, who has championed the presidio, she got federal funds 200 million to up keep this particular place. she's not happy about this whatsoever. and it might down upon, you know, surprise. but a lot of people have mentioned this morning that president trump is not a fan of california, san francisco or congresswoman congresswoman nancy pelosi. they don't know the motive, but everybody tends to agree on this. even though the for trust will respond in 2 weeks as they're required to do. a lot of people believe james, this will not end h re, but it will end in a court. in all likelihood. thank you. well, >> channel 4 is the time new this morning. a controversial vote will force 3 santa rosa elementary schools to close and a late night meeting at the school board considering. more closures than that kron four's joey horta in santa rosa with the latest.

>> brook hill elementary has been around since the 1960's serving generations of families and is now one of 2 elementary schools that are closing this june, the other school that's closing is albert bla elementary at a 3rd campus steele lane elementary set to close in june of next year. the future of other schools is still on hold after much debate and concerns from the public. the board in running out of time and had to in the meeting at 11, 30 last night. as a result, there is still no decision on whether or not the district will actually shut down both montgomery or elsie allen high schools. we spoke with a teacher today who doesn't know where she'll be working for months from now. >> lot of anxiety, a lot of frustration lot of mixed emotions, of course, that there's a lot of uncertainty. and so that got a crash is mail there's a lot of just uneasiness of what's next. you know, we don't know what's next for any of us. and so it's just more of a waiting game, especially after the

decisions last night. i can't think of anything more important, the planet and the children and they're inextricably tied. it breaks my heart, especially when i found out that it was because of funding. the district is facing a 20 billion dollar deficit forcing it to make some tough decisions that will impact the families they serve. >> and the board is also considering laying off employees in santa rosa. joey horta kron. 4 news. >> well, 10, 0, 5 is the in vallejo. the city's unified school district voted last night to close 2 schools, mare island, health and fitness academy and loma vista, environmental science academy are both going to be shutting down the lee of charter school will be relocated to the mare island campus. the district will also make nearly 13 million dollars in budget cuts and laying off staff by the decision was part of the board's efforts to address 36 million dollars in budget deficit over the next 2 years. several parents spoke ahead of

the vote and then one of transparency. >> 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. presentation district says they share details on a transition plan for the affected schools or will share in the coming days. so we'll follow up on the story. meanwhile, the west contra costa unified school district is hosting a series of town hall meetings as part of their search for a new superintendent. these meetings which are open to families and staff and community members are aimed at gathering input from the community about what kind of qualities and priorities you want in the district's new leader. survey is also available online in multiple languages and that will be available through march 10th. the first in-person meetings will be held monday at 5 district

locations and then they'll have additional hybrid meetings on tuesday and wednesday of next week. well, public pressure has forced the sfmta to back off a controversial plan to fire school crossing guards. the transit agency considered eliminating 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. they first came up with the idea ahead of tuesday's board meeting and that prompted the crossing guard union too rally community support. speakers urged officials to find other ways of balancing the budget. the city of san francisco, meanwhile, dealing with a more than 840 million dollar budget deficit and as a result, we could see future cuts to important departments throughout the city. this includes the department of homelessness kron four's lezla gooden talked to those that might be impacted by this. >> service cuts are looming in san francisco as the city deals with more than

840 million dollar budget deficit meeting. the city's projected spending is expected to exceed its revenue over the next 2 fiscal years. city will not have enough money to cover the cost. yeah, this is devastating and internal memo from mayor daniel lurie instructed all citywide departments, including the department of homelessness and housind to cut between 15 to 20% of their budget due to the current financial state. the city is it nonprofits like the young woman's freedom center that focuses on youth. homelessness says they are worried there are are ready. overcrowding inside of. >> and shelters. they're still waiting lists for people to get in. if you take away resources to something that's are ready behind it's important that we're able be able to deeply invested in this community to get them the access they need. we reached

out to the mayor's office about these cuts and were given the following statement has time to deliver of 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 in our economy will be further jeopardize. he also stated that mayor london breed directed departments to find 15% in savings and he's just maintaining the previous directive instead of budget cuts homelessness department. i think that we should be testing young people and families. we reached out to the department of homelessness and supportive housing several times for comment but have not heard back as of news time was a good in kron. 4 news. >> well, across the bay in oakland, they're facing similar problems. oakland's interim mayor kevin jenkins is defending the city council's proposal to cut millions from the budget. oakland's currently scrambling to address 129 million dollar

deficit. and while these cuts could affect core services like meals on wheels. jenkins says the city needs to focus more on the basics. so his plan will prioritize. he says public safety and fiscal solvency. also happening today in the east bay, alameda county superior court workers are continuing their strike for what they say are unfair labor practices after a full day on the picket lines on wednesday, the workers say court management still isn't hearing what they have to say. court management, though, says the county is overstaffed by nearly 100 people. but a union analysis shows that alameda county lags behind similar jurisdictions in san francisco and l a in a statement kron for news this morning. the court said, quote, although the union claims it's concerned about public safety, it has refused. the courts repeated efforts to mediate these matters before neutral mediators and has instead. has chosen to critically endangered the public's access

to justice by choosing to strike, end quote. now, this second day of strike could hold trials and delay hearings throughout the justice system in alameda county. we'll take a break at 10 11. still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news. a local coal ace all more than 30 years. >> later, we'll tell you how authorities were able to track down the suspect. >> if you don't feel like anything's actually being saw, no, nothing has been soft so far. >> well, us a community park turned into an open air drug markets. how one san francisco leaders is working to make it leaders is working to make it safer.

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>> we're back at 10, 14 with a look at this video from santa clara county showing the new flood protection project more than 8500 feet to flood walls have been added now along 4 miles of coyote creek right there between old open road and interstate 2.80, they say these flood walls will protect the community from flooding events like the one we saw back in 2017 valley water will announce the completion of this phase phase one this morning in about 15 minutes at 10, 30. >> and after yesterday's rainfall, things are drying out for a while. so at least in the immediate future flooding concerns are about the for this thing for mind. you can see outside here at half moon bay, just how crystal clear it is. and that's the way we stay today. little bit of a light offshore winds. nothing much really a nice one to plan that lunch break outdoors here in a few minutes or cat outside. once you get off work today, now that the days are getting longer high pressure ridge is in place. this is contributing

to that mild and dry trend of weather that we have not just today, but to carry us through really the rest of february and into the start of march for many areas. this trend of weather is looking consistent all across the bay. but if you head to the north, they are still holding on to some rainfall into next week. factory could could see still over and inch of it. by the time we reached the start of next week for us in the bay area. it's something to settle in for all the sunshine and mild field. 60's for your daytime highs in the city. upper 50's to low 60's at the coast about the only spots that will be hanging on to 50's this afternoon as the rest of us rising well into the mid and even upper 60's. san jose. 66 for your high today, east bay temperatures right on par with that fact. fremont hayward on up through stanley andrew at 67 or above the castro valley. at 68 today, fairfield, right? up next to that 70 degree mark. same in napa. sonoma as well as santa rosa. tomorrow's temperatures will be around the same as today's come saturday and sunday, though,

we see daytime highs climbing a little further nicely time to warm up into the 70's for the weekend. >> thank you, john. 10, 16 is the time. a teenager now recovering this morning after a shooting in san francisco. we have citizen app video here of the scene wednesday afternoon just off 37th avenue and santiago street. that's in the outer sunset. police say they found a minor with a gunshot wound. that person was taken to the hospital. luckily. they should be okay. they're recovering. police say they're searching now for any suspects that were involved. oakland police have arrested the driver suspected in a hit and run that killed renowned sociology professor michael bureau of out now. 61 year-old kermit miller has been booked into the santa rita jail. the collision happened back in february, february 3rd at the intersection of grand avenue at park view terrace, which is in oakland's adams point neighborhood. police say barr boy was in the crosswalk at about 07:15am, in the morning when he was hit and killed at

the scene he taught at u c berkeley for more than 50 years before retiring in 2023. in the south bay. one person is in the hospital this morning after being struck by a car in san jose. police say the crash happened wednesday afternoon in the area of north first and east. mission street. >> a stretch of first street, as you can see here was blocked for some time, several hours. in fact, while they conducted that investigation finally reopened around 8 police didn't provide any other details about this crash. so we're still looking for more information as that investigation unfolds. around 1000 national park. workers have lost their jobs. the firings, all part of president trump's plan to eliminate. >> federal workers in a bid to save money. kron four's rob nesbitt spoke with those workers who lost their jobs 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 at yosemite as a custodial worker. this country has a lot 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 treasured and never before had been other 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 custer's, totally 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 a highly illegal and me and the thousands of buttered probationers evan terminate illegally. 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. >> 10, 20 the time. let's go to the south bay. we have a large number of pg e customers in the south bay that will no longer have to see frequent safety related outages. during extreme weather events, the utility is burying power lines underground in south san jose in the hopes of reducing outages for about 10,000 customers. this is one of dozens of projects coming to the south bay this year to reduce outages during heat waves and winter storms and wind events. all of it. well, senate republicans are gearing up now to vote on a budget package. focused on president trump's policy priorities. and that includes more spending on defense and border security. we have dc correspondent trevor shirley in washington with the latest. the goal of house republicans is to give the president an early policy when while coaxing house republicans to join their

efforts. >> instead of pursuing a different budget effort that might fail. both the house and senate have their own budget bills in the works. but thursday, senators plan to push ahead on their version is focused on the border. >> it's focused on national security focused on energy earlier this week, president donald trump under cut senate republicans case by signaling his preference for the house budget plan posting on truth, social quote, the house resolution implements my full america first agenda. everything not just parts of it. i think he's made it clear for a long time that he would prefer a one-day beautiful bill. we're fine with that, too. if the house can produce one big, beautiful bill. but some senate republicans remain skeptical that can happen, fearing a lack of unity among house republicans could tank the house bill that was gonna come within our own party thursday morning, president trump hosting, quote, tremendous progress has been made. republicans are united like never before. democrats are glad to have this debate

with the republicans. democrats say whatever republicans settle on, it won't be good for the average american. no matter how republican spin it. >> their number one goal, his tax cuts for their billionaire buddies. >> later today, the senate will go into what's known as a voter rama likely lasting into the early morning hours of friday before senators ultimately called for a final vote on that budget resolution reporting in washington. i'm trevor shirley. >> 10, 22 is the time we're going to take a break here. but still ahead, how san francisco leaders are working to curb drug use across the city. we're back at 10. 25 in

the south bay into college program aims to get students jobs in the manufacturing industry. >> the anza college foothill loney and evergreen valley along with mission colleges are all participating in this program. it aims to prepare people of color and female workers for jobs ranging from automation to semiconductors. san jose recently ranked number one in the u.s. for having the highest concentration of manufacturing jobs. city data shows that san jose has roughly 77,000 manufacturing jobs, which is about 8 18% of the overall workforce. on this date in history. we recognize the first american to orbit earth newsnation's markie. martin looks back. >> today february 20th. we have give those furry on this national love your pet day in 18. 72, the metropolitan museum of art in nyc open to the public. john age, glenn junior was the oldest of 7

astronauts selected by nasa for project mercury space flight and became the first american to orbit 3 times. it is shining bright like a diamond today. a very happy 37th birthday. >> we also recognize quincy jones during this black history month, a giant of american music, tara lipinski became the youngest olympic figure skating gold medalist and in 2024. be on 6 was the first black female artist to top billboard's hot country songs chart with country. single texas hold'em. >> 10. 26 is the time. we're going to take a break. still ahead, a safe space for lgbtq+ kids to play in the south bay and connect and just the and connect and just the stress. up next, we're going

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>> all right. we are back here at 10, 30. let's head over to the weather center at the half hour here and get a check of that forecast which i think is going to get better and better by the day. he definitely looks like a james. i mean, we've got 70's on the way this weekend here, final week of february, looking old. we are definitely already there this morning. i mean, look at san francisco at the embarcadero skies are beautiful and clear. we don't have a lot of movement on those palm trees that you're saying. >> in this live view right now, we're we're sitting as far as the big picture set up goes high pressure ridge is building in. so that's going to be a blocking high. keeping us dry for the foreseeable future anyways and increasingly warm for that matter. san jose. you're already right on the cusp of 60 degrees in the low 60's already for brentwood. pittsburgh fairfield, i can do a lot of the north bay. as for

the rest of the day today, mid 60's, even some upper 60's right on the cusp of 70 for a few areas. back to job. thank you. ten-thirty. the time in recent months. >> san francisco is care. teams have been responding drug use hot spots in the tenderloin and soma neighborhoods. but there's a new neighborhood now that's seen an influx of this type of activity as kron. 4 sarah stinson reports, one of the supervisors is proposing a plan to make jefferson square park 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 the park. >> now, yes, it's a some people can eat. a new un class size 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 very scary because, you know, they have to schools et 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 pockets. a 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 solved without an arrest. >> and that's something that the 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 is mask the use of suspended just wall. >> slowly here and that they would law 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 you've learned that kind of prevents can from getting kicked down the road. 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 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 in streets will be safer and cleaner. i'm sara stinson reporting back to you. >> san francisco leaders are working right now to curb drug use across the city and learn which groups are most at risk. so yesterday public health officials shared some new data on accidental overdose deaths. they say these accidental overdoses are on the rise for 3rd month in a row. a total of 59 people died in january and public health officials are particularly concerned about one community. >> 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. >> well, that means african-americans are dying at a rate 5 times higher than any other community in the city.

in the north bay, a man now in custody for a hate crime after police claimed he attacked a female gas station worker. so fairfield police say conrad alvarez entered a sinclair gas station tuesday morning. according to police, they received a call about out for as walking behind the counter and attacking the worker when they got there, they arrested him. the police say he was booked into the solano county jail on charges of attempted murder. and again, a hate crime because police say he made comments during the attack that elevated the charges. in the east bay. brentwood. police are 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 an atm machine in antioch. according to the victim, upon arriving at their home, 3 people that approach them assaulted them, took the money and ran off. thankfully the victim wasn't seriously hurt physically. police say again, keep an eye on your surroundings, withdrawing large but amounts

of money from an atm. if you feel like you're being followed home, don't go home. go to a nearby police station. in oakland. chp officers have arrested a man after a car chase. police say they received a report of a stolen car and when they attempted to stop the driver near international boulevard, the driver instead took off. and then at one point ditched the car and headed off on foot. they ended up catching up with the suspect as he tried to get onto a bus. he's been arrested and is now in jail. nearly 35 years after an east bay woman was found dead along a trail. local and federal authorities say her cold case murder has been solved. kron four's philippe djegal reports on that. dna evidence that helped track down the killer. >> maria white hoffer was reported missing november 15th, 1990, and the next day she was found dead in tilden regional park in the east bay hills. re was founded throat around her neck. and a physical signs of a struggle in 1997, the east bay regional

park district police department sent the potential suspects dna from the crime scene to the contra costa crime lab. but no match was found. then the fbi got involved in the investigation in 2020 and on wednesday during a news conference in oakland, east bay regional park district police detective christopher rudy says advanced dna techniques linked to killer through this investigation. john, the party was determined to be a potential suspect. >> and later became a primary suspect in 2024. detective rudy says these composite sketches of law party released in 2017 ended up being accurate. pari 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 matched with what was found at the crime scene. let this be a message to the people that come in come cream elective using apart. >> we will pursue you. we are

now standing down. investigators do not believe look, pari and white, half or knew each other prior to the killing. the pursuit of justice is a marathon. >> not a sprint. >> we are all standing here today because of our shared commitment to justice maria white 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. in oakland, philippe djegal all kron. 4 news. >> 10 38 on the clock and the bay area council on american islamic relations is speaking out now against stanford university. they say the school has been suppressing palestinian advocacy through arrests, suspensions and restricting protests.

advocates argue these actions have created a climate of fear for those speaking out for palestinian human rights. >> while scampered claims to be committed to upholding free speech rights and freedom of expression also repeated be subject to students who protested the genocide to harsh disciplinary measures, including suspension and the threat of expulsion. >> last fall, the university said it would be prohibiting disruptions on its campus and violators would be subject to disciplinary action. kron 4 has reached out to stanford university about the designation. but haven't heard back. happening today. long-term care workers will be rally across california in response to potential cuts to medicaid by the trump administration. unions representing the workers say that medicaid is a central to people with disabilities and the elderly. if the cuts go through, it could affect health coverage for about 80 million americans enrolled in the program and potentially affect health care facilities to. rally-goers will be

meeting at the offices of the congress members that represent their district. so here in the bay area, those rally-goers will be at congress member eric swalwell's office at redwood road in castro valley. that actually began about 40 minutes ago at 10 this morning. the city of oakland and richmond will be holding interfaith immigration vigils this week in support of the immigrant communities that serve. tonight, the first vigil is going to begin at 5 feet will be at the fruitvale village plaza. then they'll have a march to saint anthony's church in oakland elected officials will be joining with community leaders and clergy members to show solidarity and address concerns about potential ice raids and deportations. those officials say the vigils are in attempt to uplift the voices of immigrants and called for support during what is currently uncertain time. it's 10 40 and there's a new space for lgbtq+. children and youth, should say. and young adults in the south bay, the

new location is on sank a road in san jose and 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 that the current political and cultural climate is making this space crucially 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, ours here to support you to provide a safe space to have support of adults from who you are, see who you are and help you meet any fall and joyful life. i'm a 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, alright, 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. it

touches me >> well, the nonprofit kevin, are again getting grants and state funding and raises money to help people struggling with mental health and homelessness and substance abuse. along with other issues. more than 400 kids use this program every year. and it offers counseling in video games and just a safe place to hang out if that's what they need. we'll take a break. still ahead. >> kron 4 celebrating black history month. coming up, we're going to take you to the oldest black owned bookstore in the country. and it's right in the country. and it's right here in the bay area.

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pretty cool sight here in the north bay cameras capturing a black bear and cubs. this was on hood mountain regional park up in sonoma county. in fact, the park says it's the first time in nearly a decade. their cameras have recorded cubs. they're on hood mountain. it's estimated they're probably about a year old. so not too much longer before they leave mama side, the park says it's just a good reminder that sonoma county is bear country. so if you're going to be up enjoying of the wilderness there just know that black bears are with you. they're not typically aggressive. just don't feed them and don't come between mom and the cops should be fine. >> with low says will be getting to as we venture outside these next few days and maybe enjoy some time up in the north bay mountains because it is going to be a gorgeous all across the bay area. i mean, look, at this san francisco right now, one, look at it. you don't have the fog. you don't have the clouds and we certainly don't have the rain that we had yesterday. skies have cleared

out considerably from 24 hours ago. and today we do stay dry. we will see a few high passing clouds towards the afternoon today. but this high pressure ridge is going to block anything from heading our direction. so really the rest of the month for the bay is trending dry. there's those high passing clouds towards the middle of the day. still nice and bright, though. and temperatures will already be well into the 60's tomorrow. much the same. very similar forecast to today and then getting even warmer into the weekend. the north coast will still be seeing some rainfall into next week. you can see eureka well over an inch of rain in the forecast as we roll through the next week. but for the bay area were just sitting it out a little bit too far south and that high pressure ridge keeping things pushed to the north. that's temperatures will also be on the warmer side of things. most of us in the 60's, aside from the immediate coastline and today with those calm winds and with that sunshine is just going to be feeling so much warmer than yesterday. ever did. san jose at 66

degrees. fremont hayward among spots sitting at 67 today. castro valley there as well. well conquered at 68 for your daytime high, close, real close to those 70's and the north bay wouldn't be surprised if we got there. tomorrow's temperatures almost identical to 2 days saturday and sunday. a nicely timed warm up into the weekend with highs not just well into the 60's, but those low 70's both saturday and sunday. >> thank you, john. 10. 46 on the clock now. let's shift our focus to some bay area basketball. the warriors reuniting as they gear up for the last home stretch of the season. one player finally returning to practice for the first time since being injured kron. 4 sports director scott reese has the latest. >> 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 sacrament , 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. >> 10. 47 the time in the south bay soccer fans have a new food off to a lot of new food options. actually out at paypal park, including the newest restaurant, big chicken, which if you don't know, was founded by shaquille o'neal. there are a lot of ulta multiple eateries, too. you can find everything from mexican cuisine. the pizza to milkshakes and a whole lot

more. if you want to check out the new options head there this saturday when the san jose earthquakes take on real salt lake, you can also find a full list of the eating options at their website at bay fc dot com. we're less than 3 months away from the bay area's inaugural. wnba season, the golden state val curry's have released their preseason schedule. they'll be opening up against the la sparks at chase center on may 6th. then the head to phoenix on may. 11th wnba champ turned valkyrie kyla thorton is excited to bring a championship mentality to the expansion team. >> you are covering that sun is people that >> yeah. the balconies first official home game will be on may 16th at chase center.

well, we are honoring black history month here on kron 4. and today we want to highlight a bay area bookstore. this is marcus books. you'll see it here in a second. it's the oldest black-owned bookstore in the country. there you have it. it was named after activists, marcus garvey. it's not just a place to buy books either effect for over 60 years. it's been a cultural cornerstone, really amplifying black voices and fostering a sense of community, a hub for activism at times crawford's reyna harvey actually got a chance to go inside and it is a landmark that continues to stand as a beacon of black excellence. >> between the pages of a book life, universe. 1000 words, countless stories home for black voices topic history. for more than 16 years. marcus books have been more than a bookstore. it's been a sanctuary, a movement, a legacy.

>> and my parents started marcus bookstore. doctors rate julian richardson. they met when they were teenagers attending on scholarship booker t washington's tuskegee institute. >> what began as a printing press became a bookstore founded in 1960, in san francisco, fillmore neighborhood later found its oakland. so 1960, was when they started. >> but books the print shop and selling wolf of them. still not a great love of reading and they would scour the country the world looking for books about black people. >> one his books quickly evolved into much more birthplace for black studies at san francisco state a hub for the black panthers, a pillar of the civil rights

movement. black people could meet and discuss and plan and organize. it's where trailblazers like nikki giovanni. >> former vice president kamala harris and muhammad ali visited and left their words beyond. >> before anything, i black, was great. >> a place where generations find themselves on the shelves. what representation isn't just important. >> it's expected. i feel like as a child, the bookstore gave me hope. and i. when you are what i can be, i can be owner. i could be a >> artists like the scientists can see whatever i wanted because i sighed every day. >> and today, as the world changes, marcus books stands for. i do get of hope. a sanctuary now. a reminder black history isn't just the past the present and the

future. >> like to see it's a beautiful monday for anybody. whether you would like me or not you feel a warm from from long ago, you know, tomorrow. we know harvey kron, 4 news. >> and a reminder that kron 4 will continue to honor black history all this month and be sure to tune in for our special entitled honoring black history that's set to air at 06:30pm, on friday. the 27th right here on kron 4. it's hosted by our own noelle bellow and reyna harvey. >> just saw in that report. make sure to tune we'll be right back.

>> 10. 55 that i've been as we're ready to check out here on the kron 4 morning news. let's check in with our upstairs. see what's coming up later on live in the bay, rachel. hey, james, good morning to you. coming up today on live in the bay, we're celebrating black joy, the event that honors activists and leaders making a real difference in oakland. plus, ultimate show is coming to town. disney on ice is here. we're chatting with the crew and learning how you can get tickets to see it. >> plus the how music can be healing. bay area music therapy joins us. we'll tell you how they're helping people reach their fullest potential through music. and as always, we would love to hear you have to say about our question of the day. today is a good one. scan the qr code on your screen right now. today is national. love your pet day. so were wondering, what do you love most about your pets? i can't wait to hear these answers. let us know your answer. could be read live

today on the show at 01:00pm here on kron 4, james. all right. thank you very much, rachel. thank you. >> alright, lastly tjis morning. you can now get married at a taco bell cantina on the las vegas strip restaurant offering a $777.7, 7, 7, the good luck numbers there in vegas. it's that's how much the wedding packages and includes the chapel inside the talk about cantina, the ordained efficient, the fish into will obviously certify the whole thing. and then, of course, there's a reception the taco party pack. they can serve up to 25 guests. you get the idea. like to get married at the one at pacifica. i would do it. yeah. that's also at new year. now that would have some great wedding pictures looking at the ocean all right, speaking of which maybe you go to the ocean this weekend because it's gonna nice. yeah. well, we maybe we've got a seven-day. probably not ways high pressure there there is is the dominant force of this forecast. we've got some 70's this weekend. i can't believe

that it's going to be fantastic. all that's it for us on this thursday. we'll see you back here tomorrow.

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