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our community and this area. i would very disappointed to see this disappear. >> is it 3 concern and confusion after president trump issues an executive order targeting one of san francisco's most treasured landmarks. also anxiety and frustration coming out of the north bay after controversial decision close elementary schools there. plus, words of warning from police beware where you're walking. thank you for joining us here on kron. news at 3. i'm justine waldman, a new executive order from president donald trump. >> calls to get rid of the federal trust that oversees san francisco is historic presidio park. >> congresswoman nancy pelosi along with the presidio trust now bracing for a legal battle in response to this executive order in 1989 presidio

national park was used as a military post and the u.s. army planned on selling the land. but a couple of years later, the presidio joined the national park system for pelosi established a partnership and agency to manage and transform that area into a park in 2023, 200 million dollars went to improving the park's infrastructure and making it what it is today. kron 4 s charles clifford explains the potential impact in shares. reaction from elected officials and neighbors. >> san francisco's presidio covers about 1500 acres and it is a very popular park. and by all accounts, a very well-run park. but despite that, president trump wants to make some big cuts here in an executive order titled the reduction of the federal bureaucracy. president trump has called for the elimination of the presidio trust. and if that's not possible by law, a reduction of its responsibilities, the former presidio army base was turned over to the national park service in 1994. in the presidio trust was created in

1996 by an act of congress. >> to manage the site, the presidio trust was also instructed to make the presidio self-sufficient. since then, the trust has rented out former military housing brought in museums and small businesses and allowed nonprofits to rent space here. the presidio became self-sufficient in 2005 and has remained so ever since presidio trust. >> model of government efficiency. it's a self-sustaining agency. it may. it profit. >> the pushback from local elected officials was swift state senator scott wiener says what the trump administration is trying to do violate the law. trump does not have the legal authority to terminate the presidio trust. it was created by an act of congress. so this move is illegal. >> and i'm confident it will be challenged in court. representative nancy pelosi who has long championed the development to the presidio said in a statement that the presidio trust is statutory. it has been protected from assaults overtime bite statutory strength.

>> we will be carefully reviewing the language of the president's executive order and its purpose along crissy field in the presidio is northern edge. neighbor said on thursday that they were frustrated by the president's announcement. >> i can't believe that he would want to shut down the presidio trust when it's done such great work for our community and this area, i would very disappointed to see this disappear and turn into something else. >> the president's executive order requires that the presidio trust respond within 14 days in a statement, the trust that they do plan to issue a response and are confident that they are in compliance with existing law in san francisco, charles clifford kron, 4 news. >> mayor daniel lurie releasing the following statement. the presidio is a crown jewel of san francisco in a national model for how public land can serve the public. the presidio trust has self funded for more than a decade. and san franciscans can rest assured the presidio was not going anywhere. we stand ready to support speaker pelosi and our federal

partners. stay with us here on kron for us. we learn more about the impact of this executive order. you can find the latest information and reaction on our website. kron 4 dot com in the middle tax season. nearly 7 1000 irs employees have been fired. the cuts were to about 6700 employees designed his probationary, meaning that they were working for the agency on a trial basis prior to becoming full staff members. more than 5,000 of the fired staff members were auditors and collection staff dealing with tax compliance issues. the treasury department and irs have not responded to questions regarding the specifics of the firings. the chair of the white house council of economic advisors shared that the decision was motivated by government efficiency concerns. it's not yet clear how the layoffs will impact the current tax season. senator mitch mcconnell, the longest-serving senate party leader in u.s. history has officially announced his retirement. mcconnell says he

will not seek reelection in 2026. the kentucky republican making this announcement today on his 83rd birthday. >> 7 times fellow kentuckians are sent the senate representing our commonwealth has been. they a lot of time. not on our. 8 com. my current term in the senate. we'll be about >> so mcconnell will finish out his current term which ends january 2027. now watch where you walk. that's the message coming from san francisco. please says the department wants people to be aware that utility covers are being stolen. and that's leaving holes in the city sidewalks. the san francisco public utilities commission has reported more than 400 such steps just in the past 2

years. so if you see anyone removing or in possession of a utility cover like what we're looking at, you should call police. and if you find any utility covers that have been removed or find locations where they should be, you can call 3, 1, 1, another crime in san francisco to talk about here. at least a dozen cars with their windows smashed in near a tourist spot. the cars were parked leavenworth and greenwich close to the popular lombard cricket street. here's video from this morning. could see all the smash windows. residents say the area is not usually targeted for these crimes. >> person, a car in san francisco for that 12 years. this is the first time it's ever happened to me. so that certainly had friends. entire 20 years. lived here. bush had the cars broken into. >> we are not that much was taken. we did reach out to san francisco. police were waiting for a response. and santa fe

police announcing the arrest of 3 men for 2 different crimes. one of the men is accused of robbing a business several times in the span of nearly a year. police say friday spore for us rob the store located on river park, drive east of 8.80 in november of 2023. he's accused of stealing thousands of dollars worth of items he was booked into jail for grand theft and another case, 2 other suspects are being extradited to santa clara county for charges, including attempted kidnapping and impersonating a federal agent. police say dental jones center, sean outlawed impersonated federal agents when they approached a san jose woman and told her she was being arrested. this was in november. the woman who was a bank employee was suspicious and then the suspects took off an investigation, revealed that they plan to kidnap her to commit a bank robbery. detectives identified the suspects and found out that they were all it being held in clark county for unrelated bank robberies. a

controversial vote will force 3 saint rose elementary schools to close. and now the school board is considering even more ceosures. kron four's joey horta is 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 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. >> we'll talk about our forecast live with 5 here at city of san francisco in beautiful day, caliber gun in the weather center with details. yeah, that's right. and i am just presiding over these gorgeous blue skies today. you can see as you take a live look here from san jose. it is bay area wide that we're seeing this lovely, lovely weather, little breezy in spots and you can see that out at the coast for about 40 miles per hour.

>> still that northerly direction, which is indication that we have that wind kind of coming in after that front passed us by. but that should start to calm down. you can see just a little bit of a tiny line of clouds trying to make its way in as we work our way towards the evening. that could be terribly successful, though. our high pressure starting to build in here and that you keep that sunshine going as we head into the evening. temperatures. let's talk about this because we have just been jumping up, especially here in the north bay, santa rosa. now up to 72 degrees. we're 60 in san francisco. that's actually off of the hire a little warmer than that earlier, 70 right now in valais hose nap at 69. you can see down in fremont 67 degrees. i mean, it's just lovely. really the only spot that's in the 50's. so if you want to take the dog for a walk today tomorrow, the next day, we just got a really nice stretch of weather here. this is while the expecting you to see so those upper 60's today as well throughout the afternoon and a pretty pleasant evening on tap, too, next couple of days are looking good here. your thursday, your friday and your saturday above average temperatures, a few clouds

creeping in as we get towards the weekend. but we should stay dry. i'll have more details in your seven-day forecast. coming up. and still ahead here at 3, beautiful by day. but still at tonight's residents. >> noticing that a city park has recently turned to open air drug markets. plus. >> a new bill aims to limit the amount utility companies can raise your rates capital tell wallace, i'll tell you more about the legislation and i speak one on one with that. often. >> and after the break, only to county superior court workers back on the picket line. why management says the union is to blame for the union is to blame for the strike. ry excited about saving big

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>> happening today, alameda county superior court workers are striking for a second day in a row for what they're calling unfair labor practices after a full strike yesterday. the workers say court management still it's not hearing them court management says the county is overstaffed, but according to union analysis, alameda county lags behind similar jurisdictions in san francisco and los angeles in a statement to kron 4 news, the court says the union refuses to mediate the strike could potentially hold trials until hearings throughout the justice system in alameda county. research from a substance use treatment program is indicating that gen z is cutting back on alcohol but abusing drugs. more the survey from addiction resource

dot net shares 20% of adults under 28 consume alcohol regularly. but research shows fentanyl use increased 47% in teens over the past year, along with rising rates of marijuana, psychedelics and stimulants in san francisco, public health officials share details about overdoses while expressing concerns for one community yesterday, health officials shared accidental overdoses on the rise for the 3rd month in a row. there were 59 such deaths in january. they added the african-american community is dying at a rate 5 times higher than any other community in the city to help. the department is expanding access to medications to treat those addicted to opioids. and recent months teams in san francisco responding to drug use hot spots in the tenderloin soma neighborhoods. but there's a new neighborhood now seeing an influx of activity as kron four's. sara stinson reports one supervisors 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 needed new you and 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 and 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 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 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 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. we're taking a live look outside across the golden gate bridge on this gorgeous day, really trying pre she ate this. >> lovely weather that we have kyla because the current temperatures across the country very different. yeah. if you have friends who are on the east coast in the south, but in the middle of the country, take a look at these

temperatures. it's incredible. really right. 20's in boston, new york and dc that's frigid. >> 30 in atlanta. 21 in nashville. i can't get over this every looking at this all day long in my job has been on the floor. i mean, look, i might expected in fargo, north dakota. >> where, yes, it's 6 degrees. and i'm sure the wind chills much colder. but i don't expect dallas to be. 29, right. take a look at these temps. it's wild. now he get to phoenix at 78 degrees and here on the west coast, we're looking pretty good. but you can see all this area and the blue, particularly the dark blues. those are 15 to 20 degrees below average. incredible, deep freeze. it's been throughout this week. now the good news is by the time we get to the weekend, these are the temperatures that are going to be above normal. and you can see some of the same spots, including those down in texas. a good portion of texas. we're going to be in the very high above average category. so we are already in above average category here in california. beautiful temperatures. as you can see your santa barbara at 70 degrees. just lovely out there. and here in the bay area, we've hit some 70's as well. we're close to it in spots like fremont. 67, 68 in

brentwood, 60 in san francisco behalf to the north bay. we've got 70's popping all over the place here. 72 in nevado petaluma. is it 70 santa rosa's at 72 saint helene, a 73 degrees. so obviously that is, you know, about 10 degrees, 11 degrees above where we should be this time of year. it has everything to do with this. the high pressure, the jet stream kind of rising here, where is its drug? you know, it's kind of dipped in the center of the country, let the cold air and we're getting the warm air that's rising in from the ridge. and you can see that now we do have a few clouds that are overtly overshadowing that ridge kind of trying to make its way over. but not going to be terribly successful. we're going to have a whole lot of this tonight. blue skies and just beautiful temperatures out there. and it's not just today, but look at this the next 5 days. you see this run this year, the inland temps, what we're expecting those upper 60's and low 70's to continue. so here we are 7 day forecast looking pretty good. there is a little shot that we see some clouds roll in on sunday monday. we even have a chance of a north bay sprinkle, but that's really all it will be pretty nice forecast as we head across the next week. and now to news out

of the middle east as hamas has released the bodies of 4 israeli hostages, including a mother and her 2 young children. >> 4 people were taken hostage during the october. 23, a terror attack at a music festival in israel. the youngest of them was just 9 months old. the israeli military held a small funeral ceremony at the request of the families and in response to the bodies being turned over the jewish community relations council released a statement that reads in part the world failed these children, international organizations that advocate for women and children should have rallied and demanded their immediate release. the united nations and the international red claw cross should demanded that the small innocent children and their mother be set free inset. instead, skews me. instead, the silence was deafening. we will continue to fight for the return of the remaining hostages. having heard the horrific stories

released hostages, there's no time to loss. they must all be freed now. so as many come home alive as possible. >> still ahead here, president donald trump has been in office exactly one month. a look at what accomplished so far and what might next. also, new details about the delta flight that flipped over on a toronto tarmac with airline is promising with the dozens of promising with the dozens of survivors.

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was on that regional jet that crashed in toronto. all 80 people on board, including the crew, survived this crash on monday. 21 people were hurt. delta says the money has no strings and then does not affect passenger rights. that means the passengers can still pursue legal action against the airline, even if they accept the money. the plane also has been removed from the runway. and federal aviation administration employees have been axed as part of the mass federal layoffs. the president says no one with a critical safety position was fired as part of these cuts reporter. the pretty senates has the story. >> frustrated a almost a sense of betrayal, disabled army veteran and former faa employee jason king says he was one of the employees fired in the mass layoffs. the kind of shocked that you can serve your country and want to dedicate, you know, the next step in your career to public service. >> and i mean, the way you can

just so easily be tossed to the side. u.s. department of transportation secretary sean duffy says 400 out of 45,000 faa employees were let go. >> all of them probationary us dot released a statement saying in part the agency has retained employees who perform safety critical functions. i believe that's i my actual role in the faa was the executive assistant and i provided direct support to the director of safety himself. jason is concerned. these layoffs will threaten safety at agency that was already understaffed. well, i was there. the coworkers that i had were already stressed about budget cuts, you know, resources that need to be implemented. but the faa says it continues to hire an onboard air traffic controllers and safety professionals, including mechanics and others who support them. you know, weakening the faa today does lead to a preventable tragedy that could potentially happen tomorrow.

>> still ahead here at 3, executive order targeting targeting the federal trust that oversees the presidio park doesn't appear like will have which of an impact. but coming up, political analyst michael yaki us here in studio with us to talk about this executive order of the park and also

>> today marks one month since president trump and vice president vance took the oath of of ice. administrators officials have worked at a fevered pitch to implement the president's agenda. but democrats argue they've brought us just chaos and confusion. our washington correspondent jessi tenure gives us a recap of the past month and looks ahead.

>> that split screen continued to play out today with the white house celebrating the 70 plus executive orders president trump has signed and democrats holding protests over a lot of them. >> president donald trump's first month in office has rocked the country and world from mass firings of federal workers to new tariffs on goods and vice president jd vance says it's just the beginning. the president keeps us on a pretty breakneck pace. the white house particularly touted its moves to trim the federal government designate cartels as foreign terrorist organizations and carry out mass deportations. you do not come here illegally. you will not get in. you will go to jail. you will go home. you will not succeed. and on the same day, the white house hosted a black history month celebration. deputy chief of staff stephen miller celebrated the end of the country's diversity equity and inclusion policy. it is made every aspect of life more difficult, more painful and less safe. democrats, though,

argue much of what president trump has done so far is not only dangerous but also illegal since january. 20th. >> donald trump has been on a lawless rampage. vermont senator peter welch highlighted the freezing of federal funds. congress already approved >> while that and other issues are making their way through the courts, california senator alex padilla says this is also a tactic to distract from other actions like president trump's cabinet nominees to put us in a state of constant chaos for the purpose of confusing the american people. >> and the latest gallup poll does show a slight dip in the president's approval rating due to concerns about the economy falling from 47 to 45% in washington. i'm jessi tenure. >> and for more. >> analysis on the president's first month in office. plus, more on the executive orders on the presidio trust. we're going to welcome in our political expert michael yaki.

6 feet away because you're like we got a call is going on there. yeah, we're not going to use a shaking hands or hugs at the end. okay. let's talk about the first month of the president's returned to the white house. had to think he's doing. how do i think he's doing well, i mean, in terms of what he's trying to do, he's doing what is intended to do, which is. flood the zone witp as many different things going on that you can't possibly from a public perspective, keep track of everything that he's trying to do. so you have to have instead, 3rd parties, legal defense funds of every stripe running to court, hither and yon the train files suit and everything that's going i don't even think they're keeping up with everything that rain and doing the big question, really, which i think getting at the heart of we're trying to do is elon musk's role and do in terms of essentially gutting key parts of the federal government and what those services and what those functions provide to the american people. we can talk a

little bit more about you on in the president. they seem to have a very cozy relationship. they do. they do indeed, although, you know, what's interesting is that they realize that. he could be a cabinet administrator because that requires consent. so now they've demoted him. as into a special governmental employee, which essentially like a contractor. even though that's not what he does, so again, they'll be lawsuits about that because if he's fulfilling the role of essentially an administrator in terms of doing these kinds of things rather than being just this consultant. he should he be immune from congressional or senate or overview? what about what happened with the presidio trust in the president wanting to to make some changes to any were part of it when it was first sort of starting. yes, he's a a something very passionate. also for congresswoman nancy pelosi. i mean, this this is one of the signature achievements of this of the

former speaker in terms of taking. a few lines in the goalie and natural creation act of making 74 or too, i think and putting into place this magnificent jewel that we have called the presidio and turning into self-sufficient national park in court in cooperation with the jeep national recreation area. i mean, it is self-sufficient. it's actually making money. then they're at 96% occupancy. they made these beautiful vistas crissy field, the tree. that tunnel tops all those things that people in the bay area and joy and loving can have the for recreation. when you think about when i was working on this initially, we were talking about the fact that they were kids baby would never seen the golden gate bridge. and we're bringing them out to the presidio, bringing them into a summer camp a week helped to create letting them see the bay becoming part of understanding how this all work. he doesn't care. i think trump is doing this because number one, he does not like nancy pelosi and

it makes no sense but then again, it doesn't make sense that they're cutting but cutting personnel and the irs to collect money for the federal government. it doesn't make sense there. cuttings national park staff who help people enjoy themselves in national parks. makes sense that they're cutting county staff at the faa. so the idea that they were trying just unilaterally lay off people at the presidio trust, which actually is kind of like causing nonprofits. i don't know yet if he has any actual a 30 to do it, but it's consistent with what he's doing, which is simply too wipeout. the federal government and have and create in it to the point where people like elon musk can operate without any government oversight or approvals for the things that they're trying to do, just no more regulations and the to go. yeah, i mean, and that's and when you think about no more regulations, the big crises, our economic crises our government has had like the savings and loan debacle in the late 80's. the

the bank crash in 2007 was all about the lack of regulatory enforcement. the fact that we cut back and just didn't watch what was going on out there that caused these kinds of things to occur. raley regulations, not a bad thing. it keeps our food safe and keep our water and these are all things that they're attacking because they simply watching and presidio trust is not immune to it. so people who say well itself sufficient, it's fine. don't understand. they don't care. they don't care if it's self-sufficient. they'll carrots making money. they'll care what it does. it's all about. carnage in employment in the federal government. to the point where it doesn't exist. >> finally here with our last few minutes, we have mitch mcconnell announcing that he is planning to retire at the end of term. big deal. not a big deal shakes think and you could see it as. that's not been. has not been that great. he has no relationship with

the with the with the current president who attacked his own because battle with polio and and mocked him act is polio as well. so, >> i mean, these with this was. public service is not some was something for the faint of heart and it's not something that at his age and what he's done, he needs to keep doing and and suffered this kind of for his part putting nn his words, a pro and his mind, you know, this kind of abuse from from a president that he doesn't respect and doesn't trust. >> what do you think of the new fbi director tweeted today? you mean the one who said? >> i'm going to i'm going to create a vendetta against everyone who went after the former president and then said he was going to do data. but everyone thinks he is going to have and when we speak. that's exactly what i think is going to happen. i think that that anyone who was involved with the prosecutions of january 6th in the fbi is going to be in deep trouble. i think they will. when they talk about

weaponizing, they want to weaponize the federal government. that's exactly what this guy's going to do. >> all right. michael yaki, thank you for being with us here in person. thank you, justin. get healthy. thanks. all right. still ahead here at 3, a winter storm proving. >> deadly and dangerous following this major pileup in north carolina. plus, president trump hosting a black history month celebration today. well, civil rights groups say his anti dei policy is cool. proved to be harmful to black students.

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>> over the last several years, millions of californians have seen their utility rates increase. and now a new state bill aims to limit rate hikes from california's investor owned utility companies. our capitol correspondent eytan wallace reports. >> it's ridiculous, right? and so we need to do something. bay area state senator, i show a hob with that message about utility rates in the state. it comes after the california public utilities commission or cpsc approved 6 rate increases for pacific gas and electric or pg. and e in the last year alone. in fact, as pertains to the 3 major investor owned utilities in california, including pg e socal edison and san diego, gas and electric. this non-partisan state report released last month shows depending on the utility on average, a majority of californians saw a 48 to 67% increase in their utility rates between 2019 2023. outpacing the rate of

inflation. the report concluding overall california has the second highest utility rates in america. i you know, i have seen residents share their bills where >> it's $800 a month where somewhere to $1000 a month, right? depending on if it's a single family home or they're renters right. and how can somebody do that when they're on a fixed income? that's why we'll hop says she's authoring senate bill. 332, also known as the investor owned utility accountability act. >> if signed, it will prohibit investor owned utility companies in the state from proposing more than one rate increase per year. it would also cap proposed rate increases for residential customers to know more than the consumer price index. a tool used over time to measure prices paid by consumers for a range of basket goods and services. i'm >> deeply disappointed in the fact that rate pairs are being treated like a and lists bucket of money. just this week at this hearing on utility rates will hop grill to the cpsc president about

the commission's decision to approve 6 p g rate increases in the last year. a year pg e reported nearly 2 and a half a billion dollars in profits. those on a fixed income, our senior population. those on sir security, those with a even union job, a good paying union jobs do not get 6. >> increases to their pay. and yet. >> pg e get 6 increases to be able to pass on to repairs. can you explain? >> that service and we're approving work for the utility, the work that the utility is requesting to do. it is paid for by repairs. repairs are not a bank. i'm just going to be very clear about that. for its part pg e wrote this, quote, we know that many customers are impacted by higher costs, including energy. >> we are taking action to limit future rate increases and stabilize customer bills, including reducing our materials and labor costs. more officially planning and executing work and lower our

financing costs. our investments are delivering results to customers. and we're committed to building the safe, reliable and climate, resilient energy systems they expect and deserve at the lowest possible cost. >> well, hop, though, sending a clear message to utilities, republicans and even members of her own party. we are a democratic super majority and we can't deliver something as simple as affordability to the average californian. what are we doing now? also part of this bill, it calls for an audit into the use of utility equipment in fire-prone areas and it seeks to reduce the amount rate pairs pay into the state's wildfire fund. >> the legislation is expected to come up for its first committee hearing in the coming months reporting at the state capital late on wallace kron. 4 news. >> in just one day, there were more than 1000 car crashes after a snowstorm swept through north carolina. officials say a 78 year-old was killed in a crash involving 53 vehicles yesterday. north carolina state highway patrol is saying

that the deadly crash was a result of a tractor trailer hitting another car from behind the driver of a big rig was arrested and charged with a misdemeanor death by vehicle and exceeding safe speeds for the conditions. >> all right. let's talk about our forecast now. we're looking outside here from our mount tam cam over beautiful shot here. it's a gorgeous day outside college. going to tell us how long this nice. last lucky are we the you'll good today. oh, my gosh. when you see that horrible weather a lot of people are dealing with. we have this beautiful sunshine and not only the sunshine but really glorious warm up that's been happening. in fact, this is the difference in temperatures from 24 hours ago to now we're running even in half moon bay. but boy, the north bay, we're 11 degrees above where we were this time yesterday. >> so right on cue, right? we expected this is high pressure starts to build in and you see this now some 70's in the north bay were in 70 in vallejo. we're close to another spots getting up into those upper 60's. just a really banner day out there

for temperatures. so if you want to head out to the patio, i think you still got some time. this is concord over the next few hours. you're looking after those upper 60's and a whole lot of sunshine headed your way. we've settle light breeze out there, too. not too bad today. so it's been kind of nice, but it's all about the blue skies. so as we zoom out here, you can kind of see where that high pressure starting to take shape that is going to allow whether to going to allow whether to shoot right over the top of us bigger cloud cover that moves away. so what that means as we get a mostly clear sky again tonight, temperatures will be likely in the upper 30's for those of you in later my inland valleys and then 40's for everyone as we had a little closer to the coast. but it should be a really nice night. i've been i've been looking up at the stars a lot lately. hygienist and let's take a look at the bigger picture here as we head roll this through me to show you how some of those clouds will overshoot this a little bit. and we will start to get some of them in there. you can see it on saturday. i think we do stay dry on saturday. look what happens we get into monday, though. there we go. just a little brush. i think the north bay could get a sprinkle or 2 will probably get some clouds out of that. one on monday. but we stay dry. and we really don't look

to have any issues until perhaps we get to the end of next week. so it's a really nice pattern for us over the next 7 days. looking good for you to make your plans. i do think saturday will be the sunnier day of the 2. having said that, you know, temperatures are still going to be up, still going to be, you know, dry and it should be no problem for any plant that you have over the weekend and frankly, into next week. back to you. well, during black history month, the california legislative caucus black caucus today announced a package of more than a dozen priority bills that members say >> would dress what they describe as injustices impacting black californians. one of the bills would authorized california, higher education institutions to prioritize admissions for descendants of american slavery. another looks at pathways to help black californians retrieve family properties taken by the government decades ago through racially-motivated eminent domain. >> and then there's the bill also proposing that the cow state university system

research the best methods that will help determine which californians are descendants of slavery. >> california is stepping up. as the california legislative black caucus. we will continue to fight for justice and ensure the descendants of those who built this country get the opportunities we so deserve together. we will make history. >> but more importantly, we will make change. not included in the legislation direct cash payments for descendants of enslaved black americans. critics who demonstrated at the capitol last month argued the bill will not make the impact they intend without a commitment for direct cash payments. kron 4 will continue to celebrate black history all month lo. so make sure you join us for our honoring black history special. that's coming up in february. 27th at 06:30pm, hosted by our noelle bellow and rain her feet. today, president donald trump held a black history month celebration at the white house

but civil rights groups say it was at odds with his crusade to end diversity and inclusion programs. are washington dc's recall martin explains. ending diversity, equity and inclusion is a precondition of receiving federal funds. the white house is threatening to withhold funds from schools supporting dei. in a recent memo, the department of education gave k through 12 schools. >> too weak to scrap a race-based admissions hiring scholarships or graduation ceremonies. the administration is actually just really going broke. civil rights groups say anti dei policies or an attempt to erase black history. >> black history month. >> thursday, the president pushed back against the narrative hosted a black history month celebration at the white house that we pay tribute to the generations of black legends. champions warriors, dimitri mccain is an attorney with the legal defense fund, the same firm that fought and won brown versus board of education,

which desegregated schools. do you think they can have it both ways? can the elevate? >> the black community in this country while also enacting some of these policies. >> listen, all you have to do is listen to the hearing of linda mcmahon last week. education secretary nominee linda mcmahon could not distinguish which black history lessons could be determined as minutes. you can celebrate our recognize a teacher about martin luther king. but you can't actually teach about the rest of black history. republicans, advanced mcmanus nomination thursday, missouri senator josh hawley says he supports the administration's goal as the eye stuff. all needs to stop. the legal defense fund calls the effort a lawful and will soon roll out instructions to help schools fight back in washington, raquel martin. >> all right. in sports, we're less than 3 months away from the bay area's first ever. wnba season and wnba champ turn valkyrie cale thorton is excited to bring a

championship mentality to this expansion team. >> that it is arrest people that >> about greece first official home game will be may 16th at chase center. a popular duo. this doesn't feel right, but you guys think. all right. there's some new food options at paypal park for soccer fans who will be cheering on the san jose earthquakes. this includes the restaurant, big chicken that's founded by shaquille o'neal and multiple other eateries offering some mexican cuisine pizza milkshakes and more. and you can check out all the new options this saturday when the san jose earthquakes take on

real salt lake, you can also find a full list of all the new places to eat on afc dot com. >> very popular duo taking their talents to the bay area more than 5 decades ago. look back at sonny and cher. this back at sonny and cher. this in the bay.

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]

>> sing along if you know the song on this day in the bay. 54 years ago, legendary pop duo, sonny bono and cher perform together at san francisco state university. this video was taken on february. 20th 1970, and at the time, but no shared how their music progress from concert supper club format. >> continue in entertainment. you must go to you must go to seven-year low, medium eventually, you know, from first time we were here was a out of and then we did concert and then you go to type of entertainment, which very different from a concert. there these screaming concert kind of saying that it's a gross. it's a maturity. >> they look so cute. one of the most iconic and recognizable couples in music history, sonny and cher, word

american husband and wife duo with hits, including i got you babe. and the beat goes on. and after his music career, sunny, there went on to serve as the mayor of palm springs and a congressman until his death in 19, 98 and share still doing her thing. >> very much, though. yeah. in fact, i thought kind of passing to watch him kind of speaking for them because she's such an outspoken person in her life now, right? so it's interesting to see here, too. so, yeah, shares one of a kind. all right. we also have a one of a kind of blue, beautiful sky out there. maybe not one of a kind because we're going to see quite a few of these. but temperatures are just lovely out there. we hit the 70's up in the north bay. now starting to pull back a little bit. but it has been just a banner day with above average temperatures out there and those wonderful blue skies. just a little bit of a cloud that's trying to roll in. but it's not going to hamper your evening. so you will enjoy that. these are the overnight lows tonight. little chilly in the inland valleys getting into those upper 30's. but other than that looking pretty good. your highs tomorrow will be very similar

to today looking after those upper 60's. i'm sure we'll have a few spots all over even make it to that 70 degree mark again tomorrow. so very good looking forecast here as we head towards the weekend, clouds rolling in, especially as you get into sunday monday. but other than that, we're looking good, nice and warm and some really lovely weather. >> thank you. and thank you so much for joining us for all those making it big out there...

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