one thing's for sure. you can always count on the unexpected. from the columbus zoo, i'm jack hanna. see you next time when we go into the wild. >> we usually left in things came from thought that was mistake. >> right now on the kron 4 morning news. a couple robbed. their dog is kicked after

thieves break into a san jose home with that couple is saying now about safety in the area. if there is a strike on monday. >> there will be no light rail service and there will be no bus service. it will impact me greatly. i rely on vta idaho park. plus a major service interruption for south bay commuters could be coming monday. what you need to know about a potential vta worker strike. in san francisco leaders revealing a new project to honor a bay area legend. it said. good morning. thanks for waking up with us here on this saturday on kron 4 morning news. i'm joey horta. stephanie lynn is off today. it's. >> saturday. march 8th. let's start your day off with a check on the forecast. and meteorologist kathy taft did kathy house a weekend shaping up for us? it is going to be a beautiful weekend. you're going to love it. got mostly

clear skies. you areas you just fog right now that will burn off quickly. and we're in for lots of sunshine today. >> the sun rose this morning at 6, 30. now that is pacific standard. time. guess what? tonight? we move our clocks ahead. and it is all the sun will be in daylight saving time. so tomorrow, of course, the sun rises now or later. so it'll be like 7.29. so in the meantime, look at this beautiful view from mount tam a pious. it beautifully. see lots of clear. then you see these puppy clouds. you see some low stratus and that's all going to go away very, very soon. downtown san francisco looks pretty clear and it's 47 degrees. the winds are calm. the winds are not a factor. not this weekend. it's going to be just beautiful with our temperatures. starting out on the chilly side but not cold enough to bring us into a frost advisory situation. so even though we see some numbers in the 30's, mostly above freezing and then into the 40's and they'll start to warm up very nicely as the sun is up now. so it's clear skies, seasonable temperatures not too hot, not

too cold. kind of like goldie locks. okay tomorrow, then we'll start to some changes after tomorrow. monday clouds, some drizzle, even a chance of some showers. and then tuesday, through thursday, impactful rainfall. that means more than you expect in a short period of time. there could be some possible rises in creeks will see. and then the it becomes a war break. after that, probably some more storms are coming up. joey. all right, kathy, thanks for that 703, almost here. take a look at this. thieves knocking on the front door of this south by home, scoping it out. >> and then breaking and you can also see that kicking that dog there. now, the family that lives there is telling kron four's jacmel but they no longer feel safe. un and jake patrol us are just thankful that their family is safe after a pair of burglars ransacked their home here for. >> and what, 5 years now and >> never heard of anything like that. surveillance video

shows that happened just before noon on february. 27th two-woman show up to the and make their way into the backyard, kicking their dog niko to the site. i wouldn't even know that was the first is make their way through the home and go into each room. they walk right past laptops and tv's, but they decide to break open. the family safe. also took our wedding rings that we had gotten together in paris when we first got married. also taken from the safe at $16,000 worth of jewelry, including a gift from un's mother in china. >> and that my mom. for me >> to worry, give me. >> or i in college. the family says they filed a police report that same day. it's been more than a week and they tell us they have yet to hear back. we also reached out to san jose police to ask for any updates on the investigation and have not heard back either. the family says they also learn from police nearby houses in the area of san jose near cupertino in de anza college were burglarized as well. jake says for them, it's a learning lesson noting that

while the front 10 other doors are closed, the gate was left unlocked they came in through the side gate because we usually left it unlocked, know, being safe neighborhood. >> i thought that was a mistake. yeah. and san jose moment kron. 4 news. >> also in the south bay thieves drive a car into the front of a camera shop, leaving behind all sorts damage. a break in and get away with thousands of dollars worth of gear. according to a gofundme campaign out that burglary. happened wednesday morning. it said it was a camera video. and here's what the owner tells us about the setback. >> disheartening we had family business has been in our family. 70 years. and in past few years have been have been real tough for us. we've been robbed multiple times. >> really wish you would stop. >> and if you want to help him out, we have a link to that gofundme at kron 4 dot com. in

the east bay tell 5 people including 3 kids will need a new place to live after a fire destroys their home. these are images of firefighters responding to that blaze friday afternoon at a home on bianca drive. investigators say the fire started in the kitchen. they're still looking into the cause. no one was hurt. and new this morning at immigration lawyer indicted for visa fraud. now on her way. back to the u.s. from asia to face charges in san jose denholm chant of atherton spain extradited from here's republic. and according to federal prosecutors, she her ex-husband and business partner genuine. he are accused of getting immigration benefits for more than 100 wealthy foreign investors through the eb 5 visa program. the program allows immigrants to get permanent residency by investing in certain amount in businesses and rule or high unemployment areas with at least 10 american employees. federal prosecutors say gave false documents to the u.s. securities and exchange commission. take a look at

these protesters in berkeley standing up against custer research funding under the trump administration. this is from a rally on friday at u c berkeley. we're told nearly 2000 scientists, professors and activists took part just one of many rallies across the country. researchers are concerned about possible budget cuts. critical institutions like u.s. aid at the department of energy. we're following a developing story now. south bay drivers may be to find a different way to get to their destination monday. vta workers planning to go on strike. the agency tells kron four's rob nesbitt, all trains and buses will be parked. >> the vta says that monday's strike will impact more than 100,000 commuters calling the union's demands for higher wages unreasonable. there is a strike on monday, there will be no light rail service and there will be no bus service. deputy general manager at vta greg richardson gave that grim update friday after the union

that represents more than 1500 vta workers. >> voted thursday night to strike. we regret the impact this will have on the tens of thousands of our passengers and customers who rely on our service every day to get to school, to get to work and the medical and medical appointments. passengers have watched the back and forth between the in the union playout for weeks wondering how they'll get to their destinations without an agreement. it will impact me greatly. i rely on vta idaho part so i get around and takes that simply during contract negotiations. the union atu local 2, 6, 5, >> as for 19.1% wage increase over a three-year period. eta is offering a 9.3% increase over 3 years. the union's president talked earlier this week about why significant wage increases needed among vta workers. wages are always part of the conversation and we do. we're looking for. >> fair compensation with that we deal with. and then obviously that they're, you know, the cost of living and inflation, according to

richardson, eta's offer, would make the company's workers the second highest paid in the region among transit agencies and 5th highest in the nation. he says anything higher would result in service cuts and layoffs by the company. one service that will remain running at vta regardless of a strike is paratransit. >> that provides transportation to and from medical appointments. according to the vta, no meetings are scheduled with the union through the weekend reporting in san jose. i'm rob nesbitt. kron. 4 news. topic down. the pittsburgh bart station is closed this morning. crews are installing new fare gates there. >> the yellow line service will run as usual, but it won't stop there for those who need to get to the station. there will be a free shuttle at the antioch in bay point stations. the work's all part of bart's effort to have the new gates in all 50 stations by the end of the year. the pittsburgh station will also be closed tomorrow. one of cupertino is most dangerous roads of the soon be safer for cyclists. cupertino city council approved the extension of a bike lane project on stevens creek boulevard last

month. city laser leaders rather expected to spend more than 2 million dollars to install cement barriers between cyclists and cars along a roughly 2 and a half mile stretch between north wolf road and mary avenue data from the nonprofit vision 0 shows 16 incidents in that area resulting in severe injuries between 2012 and 2021. that makes it the most dangerous street in his city in that time frame. the project is also slated to start this month and should be done in september. and happening today, former congresswoman barbara lee celebrating international women's day with a free community of it. lee's campaign for mayor of oakland is hosting the one oakland event. it's at the grand lake theater today. 10:00am to 11:30am, and will feature performances from multiple creatives, including a finalist for oakland's youth poet laureate ella gordon. elise, also expected to deliver his speech about her vision for the city if elected. san francisco has a

lee. the bruce lee statue will spotlight the local actor. it piers preserve. his legacy recently is from san francisco. almost like loose leaf. look the entire world upside down and >> cool to be giant. recently it left an indelible mark martial arts action films and the dismantling cultural barriers. >> he was a year in sharing philosophies, culture and art with the world in san francisco holds a significant place. it is like stuart. >> the creators also think the statue will bring tourists and boosting the local economy. happening tomorrow. the clocks will spring forward at 02:00am for daylight savings time. gallup poll taken back in january shows 54% of americans want to get rid of the time. change. 40% are in favor of it. another 6%. not sure. president donald trump spoke briefly about it when signing

executive orders this week and he says he won't change it, calling it a 50, 50 issue. still ahead here on the kron, 4 morning news in the south. bail south, though city leaders responding to an alleged case >> of anti-semitism at a high school. what we know so far. >> i strongly believe that this is not the fault of the current principal. plus, a high school principal on leave days after a student gets stabbed inside a classroom. why some say it's not his fault. >> california attorney general rob bonta announces a new lawsuit against president donald trump. this time it's over mass firings of federal over mass firings of federal workers.

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>> welcome back. let's take a live look now at the snowy sierra there. caltrans warnieg drivers to be careful on their way up to the mountain air. and if you can see from this entrance on the sierra tahoe ski resort that plenty of snow there on the side. the robot looks like safe travel. and if you're headed, not because they got the road, all mice and cleaned up there for folks. kathy. >> well, all cleaned up just in time to mess it up again coming a little bit later this week. but for today, it's beautiful. generally clear skies. a few areas of stratus and a few areas. also with some clear skies, you can take a look at cameras here. look at mount tam, a pious spectacular. we've got some stratus and some fog and then off the clear, you see some clouds off in the distance. if you head across the golden gate bridge. >> high pressure will be in control. it will keep the storms away from us for today

for tomorrow. >> and then monday, we'll start to see increasing clouds looking into the future. watches cut off low this area of low pressure cuts off from the jet stream that heads right to southern california. we stay dry and then things change because we'll start to get wet tuesday, especially into wednesday. so is a chance increasing chances of showers on tuesday. here is our wednesday translating to precipitation across the bay area, snow in the sierra. so if you want more snow and mess up the roads for joey, do you go? okay. we'll get a brief break on friday and then more rain comes in again. so gets a little murky as we go further into the of future. but certainly for wednesday, that is the wettest day. it's an impactful amount of rain and the precipitation amounts. most impressive in the northwest corner of the state. and of course, also in the sierra future rainfall totals pretty decent also quite a bit in the sierra. so little bit closer to home. as you can see what we've got going on in the bay area. it's a lot of rain for this time of year as much

as 4 inches. plus in the up santa cruz mountains, but maybe 3 inches right along the water's edge. and in santa rosa and 2, 2, and a half inches in many areas. and that's all the way through tuesday. so 2 to 3 feet fresh powder up in the sierra nevada. we need that first inning. of course, we also need it for the water. so that's great news. if you're going to have only got a good snow pack and you've got great conditions, some powder coming in summit and 79 inches of snow. we a lot of trails open palisades 238 trails for your pleasure. and you can explore all. so if you head up to sugar bowl 103 trails open there and at the summit, 135 inches. joey. kathy, thank you. 7.17 now new this morning. at least 20 people are dead after russia launches an overnight strike on ukraine. >> deadly attack comes just days after the u.s. stop sharing satellite images with ukraine. changes come after a disastrous white house visit

between president trump and ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky. the latest attack hit at least 8 apartment buildings there. ukraine says russia also targeted a nearby fire truck. in the aftermath of that deadly strike. president trump now threatening to hit russia with new sanctions and tariffs. if he doesn't end the war with ukraine. despite the warnings, the trump administration still praising president putin and trump says that he expects him to be generous during peace talks. us and ukrainian leaders will meet in saudi arabia to resume talks on ending the war next week. well, california attorney general rob bonta and more than a dozen other attorneys general are suing the trump administration this time over the mass firings of new federal workers. capital correspondent tom wallace reports. >> this sweeping mass firing. it's simply put. >> california attorney general rob bonta making clear where he stands on president donald

trump's efforts to fire 10's of thousands of new federal government employees. the president has once again overstepped his authority by a mile. and again, we'll hold them accountable. bonta and attorneys general from 19 other states announcing a new lawsuit aimed at stopping mass firings. specifically a federal employees considered probationary, meaning they were either hired or promoted within the last year or 2 and have fewer job protections than other federal workers on to allege is the mass firings that have taken place so far did not follow the law because impacted workers were not given advance notice. he wants those workers reinstated these mass firings impact. people dedicated their careers to serving the public mission-driven workers, something we should be inspiring more people to do not less as of 2024, there were more than 147,000 federal civilian workers in california. fast forward to now. bonta says unemployment insurance claims in the state are up 149% year-over-year.

but the exact number of californians impacted by the firings is not clear because bonta says the trump administration has not provided that information. we think that this effects hundreds and found tension thousands of workers across the state of california and the harm to california is in. >> the millions and tens of millions of dollars. >> in a separate lawsuit that are already brought on this matter, a judge ruled last month the trump administration must stop at the firings across several agencies, but that ruling did not require the administration to reinstate workers who are already fired america is back for the president's part. his administration has since sent out updated guidance informing each agency. they have the final say on personnel decisions. trump has long argued his efforts are meant to save taxpayer dollars and address waste, fraud and abuse in federal government for the national debt has surpassed 36 trillion dollars. we are having great success in slimming down our government. trump appointed veterans affairs secretary doug collins

echoing a similar message this week. the federal government does not exist to employ people exist to serve people. the days of kicking the can down the road and measuring days progress. but how much money spans and how many people employees rather than how many veterans that helps our over onto those warning. the trump administration to change course as the attorney continue to use the full force of the law and the full authority of this office to address injustice. that means all see the trump administration. >> in court. and bonta hopes his lawsuit will result in a judge taking action very quickly, possibly as soon as the coming days reporting at the state capitol. eytan wallace kron, 4 news. >> former vice president kamala harris could soon run for governor of california. a report by politico says that harris is >> seriously considering running for the 2026 election. when newsom terms out the report says that harris is giving herself until the end of this summer to make a final decision. you may recall pull from emerson college in inside

california. politics found if she runs, she would easily clear the field with more than half of the support among registered democrats. well, reaction this morning now after governor newsom says transgender athletes competing in women and girls, sports is unfair. he talked about it on his first podcast featuring conservative activist and media personality. charlie kirk, san francisco supervisor matt dorsey saying on acts he disagrees with the governor's remarks. dorsey is calling on lgbtq+ leaders and allies to stand with the trans community. many believe this is just a stepping stone issue for newsom's bid for president. >> it was it was politics and its politics team 2020 and i think-anyone we should be too surprised about that. but except for maybe the fact that he did charlie kirk. >> newsom's term as governor ends next year. still ahead on

the kron 4 morning news. 2 women that are seen here in this viral video kicking a neighbor's dog. >> and now facing multiple charges just how much time they could end up spending behind bars. plus, alleged conflicts of interest on a cdc advisory committee details on advisory committee details on a new web page coming up. i don't ever see anyone coming out to maintenance anything, so it's very scary for me because i have everything i love in this home. so, we've now implemented drone technology. how is that safe for me? it enhances the inspection, so it allows us to see things faster.

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

>> it's 7.25. in the south bay. we're learning more about an alleged anti-semitic incident. south hills high school city leaders posting on next the city of los south of stands in solidarity with the high school, its students, faculty and staff and our

entire community in condemning this act of hate. we want to be clear anti-semitism, racism, discrimination in all forms of intolerance have no place in los south. those will keep you updated as we learn more about this. and developing this morning, there's a new page up on the cdc website showing the conflicts of interest reported by members of the key vaccine advisory committee health secretary robert kennedy is calling the page a step towards radical transparency. the web page just published friday lists all of the declared conflicts of interest for the outside expert members of the agency's advisory committee on immunization practices since the year 2000 across the nearly 40 current and former voting members of that committee. there are about 200 items now listed. san francisco's historic jackson square district now has a new business. ralph lauren just opened this week on jackson street. the high-end retailer offers both men's and women's polo, ralph

lauren and double rl products the store is open 7 days a week. >> lost a jewel that we lost this guy. my heart is broken. >> still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news remembering up bay area. great when wiggins guitarist and founding member of tony tony tony has died. and his family and friends are remembering him now. plus, you're delhi unveiling this beauty today and they stopped by the phone for studios to tell us all about.

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ghirardelli is launching at exclusive dubai hot fudge sundae. your delhi's vice president stopped by the studio friday to give us a preview of what to expect. >> we started with a layer of our hot fudge, which is what we're known for. and then there's a layer of vanilla ice cream that pistachio and cut hi fi mixture and the middle, course, more ice cream or hot fudge. more pistachio layer and then up top, we have more roasted. pistachios are vanilla whipped cream drizzle of our caramel sauce. yeah. and we top the whole thing off with a ghirardelli milken care. most square that has been dressed up with 24 carat gold leaf. so it's a lot 4 karat gold leaf. que, the bruno mars. so >> ghirardelli square in san francisco will start serving that sunday tomorrow starting at noon and while supplies last your daily square in san francisco. again, that's where you want to be. if you want to take advantage of that all rights. half past the hour now. so let's get a check on the weather before you head outside. if you're making plans for this weekend. kathy,

how's it looking out there? you're gonna love this weekend. nothing but clear skies, ok? a few clouds here and there. >> and brees is not very impressive. and lots of sunshine. so what more could you want for a few days? >> enjoy this weekend because things are going to change will have a pattern change as we head toward the middle up next week. so in the meantime, look at mount tam a pious is mostly clear skies and then there's some areas where there's some stratus and some fog in law clue out because high pressure, it is our dominant weather feature. it will control is for a few more days bringing us these beautiful conditions today and tomorrow, seasonable temperatures and very little in the way of wind pretty much below 10 miles per hour or so throughout the entire weekend. so that's great news and as we move forward into looking at our temperatures right now, 30's and 40's, not cold enough to go to freezing. we'll start to warm things up. santa rosa still in the 30's. we'll warm things up into normal temperatures around the 60's and even perhaps a few low

70's. so there's the ridge and it goes away. an area of low pressure cuts off in the jet stream heads to southern california and then look what's in our future. coming in wednesday, there's rain for the bay area's snow in the sierra nevada and a series of storms possibly after that. more details coming up right now. back to joey. i kathy, thank you. in the north bay parents rally in support of a santa rosa principal who is on leave after a student gets stabbed. >> kron four's terisa stasio reports. >> i strongly believe that this is not the fault of the current principal conception to make this count is upset. she along with several other parents held a rally at the santa rosa city school district headquarters friday morning to protest the district's decision. >> to place principal gabe alba vera on administrative leave. dominguez galvan spoke to me through an interpreter. he is a really good principle

he's been here for a very long time. and i'm honestly sad about this decision. >> district officials placed out of air on leave after a student was stabbed on campus. the victim's father, jesse trujillo, criticized the school and principal alba vera telling kron for news of the school never informed him of what happened. instead he learned of the stabbing from his daughter on friday. trujillo says his son has had multiple surgeries and is going to be under observation again at a hospital kron. 4 news received the statement from the district quote during our investigation. we have learned that the staff took swift action to ensure the safety of everyone on campus and we applaud them for that. however, we have also learned some things may not have been done properly, although this incident contributed to decision, other factors played a role in our decision to place. mister berra on administrative leave, end quote.

>> worked extremely hard. he's connected through the students through the family. he's grass rooted here. he's actually from sonoma county. so i think having somebody that's grassroot it and who has dedicated his eye many years to the school district to the school in general. it's just really this hard mean about what is going on with this current administration of santa rosa city schools. >> ds is a former student at elsie allen avera was the assistant principal when she attended the district passed out this pamphlet informing concern students, staff and the community about a meeting next tuesday. this group says that they will certainly be there. and santa rosa, theresa kron. 4 news. >> 2 women are now charged with animal cruelty after one of them is seen kicking a neighbor's dog. take a look at this video from february. scott viral. it shows the weapon pittsburgh arguing with a homeowner with those 2 small dogs. 1.1 of the women walks up to the small dog and kicks it. setting the pouch flying.

police say the ugly dispute started after a family member of the women ran over a potted plant. the women were arrested last month, a bail there are now set to be formally charged. and if convicted and facing up to 3 years in jail at $20,000 fine. a new report now says people living oakland are considering a trip or if they're considering a trip there. i should say they don't feel safe. misses led to dwindling tax revenues that have been falling since before the pandemic. the annual economic indicators report will be presented at next week's economic development summit. regional leaders will discuss and help shape open oakland's fiscal future economists. adam fowler says when it comes to bolstering the economy and oakland, the city's immediate focus should be on public safety and perception along with increasing retail foot traffic and keeping both big and small business in town. >> knowing business closures and relocations outside of

oakland have eroded that business tax revenue. transit occupancy to ot tax. that is a been taking a hit and that shows up in terms of what we see around average daily room rates and occupancy. >> fowler says taxable sales have been seeing double-digit declines. 6, 2019. a rally and protest will take place today at lake merritt in oakland to mark international women's day. the event organized by activist groups refuse fascism. it begins at 01:00pm and it will include a speak out and creative actions. demonstrators are standing up against fascism, calling for the end to the war on women. lgbt people, lgbtq people, i should say, while demanding the removal of the trump administration. and grandfathers san jose now is a million dollars richer. just annual says that he recently bought 2 tickets to play that 100 million dollar mega cash. this at home with his granddaughter. he only won 20 bucks on first take it. but

second time around, he hit the jackpot. so congrats to him. and happening today, san francisco's mission district will soon welcome a new early education campus honoring helen chavez. she was the wife of civil rights leader cesar chavez, the 15 million dollar facility converted from an old police station will serve children from the ages 3 months to 5 years. grand opening hosted by mission neighborhood centerg includes a ribbon cutting ceremony and fun for the whole family. local leaders and members of the chavez family will be there today to celebrate the launch of this. new resource for families in need. it will only one of the bay area's musical legends here has died leaving hole in the entertainment world twain wiggins from the group tony. tony. tony died friday after battling cancer kron four's lets the good spoke with a friend lezla gooden rather spoke with a friend who says the world is denver without him in it.

>> lost a jewel that we lost this guy, you know, and my heart is broken. the music world is mourning the last one of its beloved artists, dwayne wiggins founding member of the grammy-nominated group tony tony. tony, the oakland native past friday morning. 64 years old. the award-winning singer, songwriter, musician, but he was so >> down to earth less. lynn, i think, you know, people don't know much about his philanthropy and his humanitarianism. i mean, this guy opened up his own studio and allowed up-and-coming singers and groups to come for free and 2 come and learn their craft. he would help them, you know, with their different project in a social media post wiggins family shared this picture saying it is with broken hearts. we share that our beloved passed away. >> surrounded by family and loved ones over the past year. he has been privately and courageously battling bladder cancer, adding that his music

in service impacted millions around the world, including his hometown of oakland is i called him. >> for a nonprofit organization that wanted him to perform an apology. he said sure, be there. no, no doubt he'd robot would oriana and i went into mobile home ice it way. what's how can they pay? on a he said tell them never mind telling put it right back into the organization so they can continue. >> steve parker radio host says he saw his friend about 3 weeks ago but knew something wasn't quite right. i called him and wanted him to do a somebody asked me to reach out to him that i called him. he said a brother, you know. >> i got to take care of me right now. he said i just got out of the hospital. he didn't give me much of the details. but i knew if he wasn't a ready to go on stage, something had to be terribly see tells me that his friend wouldn't want people to cry for him. >> but instead always was when is it don't cry party, you know, for me, you know. and so

i hope that oakland in the bay area throw a big party for him, you know, and that everybody comes out so's each other love and his in his memory. i'm sure that's what he would work for us to come together in love and in unity to celebrate this guy. you know, he was so humble, but we want i want us to go big in the bay area and he has this final message for the leader of the legendary band that gave the world hits like their 1990, new jack swing infuse feels good record that launched tony tony. tony, to mainstream success. obviously, he's listening. what final message you have for him. >> demand you touch the and you know job well done. you know you you touch people, 3 of music, you know, i believe in. thank you realize that people who whose lives you touched you may have save somebodys life because they heard one of your songs, you getting kron. 4 news. >> still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news. a local designer

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sports. i'm ben ross. lot of wheeling and dealing yesterday and multiple sports. we begin with football news them. >> a shake-up in the nfc west according to multiple reports, the seattle seahawks have traded two-time pro bowl quarterback geno smith to the las vegas raiders for a third-round draft pick. smith has one year remaining on his current contract is due earned 31 million dollars. the 34 year-old completed 70% of his passes last season for more than 4,000 yards. 21 touchdowns, 15 interceptions. he spent the last 5 seasons in seattle and now reunited with his old head coach. pete carroll in las vegas. meantime, the sharks made a pair of treys before yesterday's nhl trade deadline. this one a surprising one. 25 year-old forward fabian settle in delta. the ottawa senators along with tristen robbins and a fourth-round draft pick in exchange for forwards. stop check noah gregor and a second round pick that'll and ranked

3rd on the team. 17 goals this season in 64 games. he also had 19 assists. stop check was a second round draft pick for ottawa back in 2021 still just 21 years old. he's got a goal and 3 assists in 43 games this year. and greg are you may remember. >> previously played for the sharks from 2019 to ps 4 goals in a couple of assists in 40 this the other trade, the sharks made sent forward luc on >> to the columbus blue jackets for a fourth-round pick. cotton, 11 goals and 7 assists this season in 63 games. his 3rd year with san jose. the 27 year-old is in his 8th nhl season overall, the sharks get this. they now hold 9 picks in this year's nhl draft. and that's a look at sports. have a great day. >> well, it's a beautiful shot of mount tam up ice. you can see clear skies above in some stratus and some clouds across

the bay area. and that will clear off in no time at all. it's going to be just a beautiful day. what a weekend. dry conditions. not too many breezes temperatures about where you would expect for this time of year. so things will change later. but right now high pressure is in charge. high pressure is the dominant weather feature keeping all storms away from us until it doesn't. current temperatures. right now we're in the 30's and 40's. we're warming up very nicely peaking mainly in the 60's this afternoon. here is a high pressure keeping us high and dry watch as the area of low pressure's cuts off from the jet stream and heads to southern california and then watch as the precipitation in the form of rain for us and snow in the sierra nevada heads in our direction. so as a trough, it's going to be with us. and then a series of pacific storms coming right toward the bay area. and so we're going to see off again on again. rain, not huge totals, but wednesday is the biggest storm. it's going to bring one to 2 to 3 inches,

even 4 inches in the santa cruz mountains. by the time. all is said and done by sunday hats by next sunday. not today. not tomorrow, but next sunday and even 2 to 4 inches of feet of snow that is in the sierra nevada temperatures then 50's right along the coastline and san francisco as well. and also bay shoreline. as you start to see, we have numbers mainly in the 60's. you start to head south, warms up just a little bit mountain view. 67 degrees. palau to 66. and then there's the south bay pushing right close to 70. i would not be surprised if some communities such as lost data son pleasanton and snow get to 70 degrees. just start to head northward. again, we're mainly in the upper 60's. you want bill 68 degrees. 66 in petaluma and stinson beach near 60 degrees. a look ahead of the next 7 days shows all that sunshine for today. and tomorrow, monday, increasing clouds tuesday. that's a

pretty good chance of rain, especially in the evening. and then wednesday is the wet day. it's unusually wet. so that means we could have some rises in the creeks and streams. we could see some wet, wet roadways and then it's a little more if the into the future. but i'm putting a chance of rain, at least every day. it will be was certainly have some breaks in this, but prepare for some wet weather. joey, it looks pretty good this weekend. thanks, kathy. >> new job numbers are out. dow showing slower than expected growth but a stable labor market and washington correspondent reshad hudson has details. >> fewer jobs were added during the month of february, making the most recent jobs report weaker than expected. president donald trump blamed the biden administration. >> he didn't keep adding new government jobs, which are not the jobs you want. the u.s. added 151,000 jobs in february, which is below expectations as president trump pushe1 to reduce the federal workforce. >> we're trying to shrink

government and grow the private sector. >> the slight uptick in unemployment to 4.1% reflects more people looking for work. >> healthcare, warehousing and transportation made gains of those are sort of very fundamental jobs to the economy. and there's going to always to be ongoing demand for healthcare and social assistance. mark hamrick with bank rate says overall the job market appeared to be relatively stable, despite struggles with inflation and economic uncertainty on the surface unemployment rate of 4.1%, 151,000 jobs added, that's a pretty normal looking jobs report. economists say they don't expect the federal government layoffs to have much of an impact until the march jobs report, which will be released next month reporting in washington reshad hudson. for the first time president trump is pushing back against some of the efforts being made by elon musk and the department of government efficiency or doge.

>> the president told his cabinet they are in charge of their agencies and not musk. administration has been forced to re-hire some fired federal workers that is now firing facing rather pushback. ford's haphazard approach. some senators say the administration needs to get congressional approval for cut. san francisco state, cutting 3 of its 13th athletic teams by this summer. the council effect. 44 student athletes in baseball, men's soccer and women's indoor track and field. the university says the cuts will help save up to a million dollars a year. the move comes as the csu system deals with declining enrollment. sonoma state is cutting its entire athletics program next fall changes at sf state will start in july. usda says it's busy executing a plan to crack down on bird flu. but not all lawmakers are convinced. new york democratic sen kirsten

gillibrand is among the leaders now urging the trump administration to approve a vaccine to stop the virus. it's hurting farmers and consumers across the country. we need resources commitments from trump and the federal government to actually do this or farmers. >> don't have to kill hundreds of thousands of birds and don't have to lose their livelihood. >> the usda is plan includes hundreds of millions of dollars to help poultry producers said sure a bio security measures. in the meantime, analysts prices could jump over 40% this year. we're learning new information now about the death of actor gene hackman and his wife. authorities say happened die from heart disease. and betsy arakawa died from a virus linked to rodents. even though their bodies were discovered at the same time on february. 26 in their shared apartment examiners say happened past a week after his wife died authorities say hackman had advanced alzheimer's disease and it's possible he was

unaware his wife had died. a new report says americans are being scammed by criminals posing as tax services offering to help complete their tax return. computer security company, mcafee says one in 4 americans have been duped and more than half of those surveyed say they lost more than $1000 to fraudsters criminals are using e-mail, fake phone calls and fake tax prep web sites to pull it off. mcafee says don't respond to anything asking for immediate payments and don't give away your personal info by text social media or over the phone. 2 postal workers in san leandro are being celebrated for being with the agency for 40 years. so you just mario sandoval are now being praised for their contributions and positive attitude. they were both usps pen with a ruby on

it. look at that. the postal workers say some of the best memories they have is getting to know the people on their routes. i come back because of the pressures to you know, they have really >> to be honest. >> the postal workers were also celebrated. celia is retirement is here. after working at the postal service for 4 decades. we'll be right back here this morning. stay back here this morning. stay with us.

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>> we usually left a things they put thought that was mistake. >> right now on the kron, 4 morning news, a couple robbed their dog is kicked after thieves break into a san jose home with couple is saying now about safety in their area. if there is a strike on monday. >> there will be no light rail service and there will be no bus service. it will impact me greatly. i rely on vta idaho park. a major service interruption for south bay. commuters could be coming monday. what you need to know about a potential vta workers strike. >> and san francisco leaders e% reveal a new project to water a bay area legit. good morning. thanks for waking up with us here on the kron. 4 morning news. i'm joey horta. stephanie is off today. >> saturday march 8th. so let's get a check on the forecast before you head outside this morning. cathy,

are things shaping up for us? you're gonna love today. it's a beautiful day. it's very last day of pacific standard. time before we turn our clocks ahead tomorrow and all of a sudden when daylight saving time this morning, sunrise 6.30, tomorrow sunrise, 7.29, because of daylight savings time. >> ok, in some areas is quite cloudy. as you can see, the view from mount tam up ice. on the other hand, if you're in san jose, not a cloud in sight and 47 degrees. so we're starting out with beautiful conditions. some areas in the 30's and 40's, we're going to warm things up into the 60's or so maybe a chance of some highs in the 70's, as you can see, we have some cool conditions still in parts of the north bay in parts of the east bay. and that soon will change clear skies in today and seasonable temperatures. and that continues today into tomorrow. monday is the first chance for some precipitation. i don't think we're going to see much if we see any at all. it's going to be drizzle, maybe 100th of an inch or so. but tuesday through thursday as more impactful rainfall and

possibly there could be more storms coming up as well this morning. that is the areas of gray. it's 30's 40's, sunny and mild this afternoon and cold overnight again tonight into tomorrow night. so for the next 3 days at sunshine, sunshine and then increasing clouds on monday with that chance of precipitation. the 60 day is 6 to 10 day precipitation forecast by the climate prediction center shows wetter than normal as we had all the way through saint patrick's day. it's green and kind of on the wet side of this scale. so we'll keep an eye on this. we've got a lot more details coming up right now. thanks. seeing a few. we'll take a look at this. thieves knocking on the front door, the south bay home. then they kick this dog. you're about to see happen here. >> and shocking to watch for a lot of people also see this family here. it telling jack fours from jack moment. i should say, say they no longer feel safe. un and jake patrol

us are just thankful that their family is safe after a pair of burglars ransacked their home here for. >> and what, 5 years now >> never heard of anything like that. surveillance video shows it happened just before noon on february. 27th two-woman show up to the and make their way into the backyard, kicking their dog niko to the site. i wouldn't even know that was the first use, make their way through the home and go into each they walk right past laptops and tv's, but they decide to break open. the family say they also took our wedding rings that we had gotten together in paris when we first got married. also taken from the safest $16,000 worth of jewelry, including a gift from un's mother in china. >> and that my mom. for me day. >> to worry, give me. >> or i in college. the family says they filed a police report that same day. it's been more than a week and they tell us they have yet to hear back. we also reached out to san jose police to ask for any updates on the investigation

and have not heard back either. the family says they also learn from police nearby houses in the area of san jose near cupertino in de anza college were burglarized as well. jake says for them, it's a learning lesson noting that while the front 10 other doors are closed, the gate was left unlocked or they came in through the side gate because we usually left it unlocked, know, being a safe neighborhood. >> i thought that was a mistake. san jose moment kron. 4 news. >> also in the south bay thieves drive a car into the front of a camera shop, leaving behind all sorts of damage. the break in get away with thousands of dollars worth of gear. according to a gofundme campaign burglary happened wednesday at san jose camera and video. here's what the owner tells us about the setback. >> disheartening we had family business has been in our family. 70 years. and in past few years have been have been real tough for us. we've been robbed multiple times.

>> really wish you would stop. >> if you'd like to help him out, we have a link to that gofundme at kron 4 dot com. in the east bay. now 5 people including 3 kids will need a new place to live after a fire destroys their home. these are images of firefighters responding to the blaze friday afternoon at a home on bianca drive. investigators say the fire started in the kitchen, but they're still looking into the cause no one was hurt. new this morning, immigration lawyer indicted for visa fraud now on her way. back to the u.s. from asia to face charges in san jose den haag chant of atherton is facing rather being extradited from kyrgyz republic. according to federal prosecutors, chen and her ex-husband and business partner genuine year, accused of getting immigration benefits for more than 100 wealthy foreign investors through the eb 5 visa program. the program allows immigrants to get permanent residency by

investing a certain amount of businesses rural or high unemployment areas with at least 10 american employees. federal prosecutors say chen gave false documents to us securities and exchange commission personnel. take a look at all these protesters in berkeley standing up against cuts to research funding under the trump administration. this is from a rally on friday at berkeley and we're told nearly 2000 scientists, professors and activists took part. it's one of many rallies across the country. researchers are concerned about possible budget cuts to critical institutions like u.s. aid and the department of energy. we're following a developing story now. south bay drivers may need to find a different way to get to their destination come monday. vta workers are planning to go on strike. the agency tells kron four's rob nesbitt, all trains and buses will be parked. >> the vta says that monday's strike will impact more than

100,000 commuters calling the union's demands for higher wages unreasonable. if there is a strike on monday, there will be no light rail service and there will be no bus service. deputy general manager at vta greg richardson gave that grim update friday after the union that represents more than 1500 vta workers. >> voted thursday night to strike. we regret the impact this will have on the tens of thousands of our passengers and customers who rely on our service every day to get to school, to get to work and the medical and medical appointments. passengers have watched the back and forth between the in the union playout for weeks wondering how they'll get to their destinations without an agreement. it will impact greatly. i rely on vta idaho part so i get around and takes simply during contract negotiations. the union atu local 2, 6, 5, >> as for 19.1% wage increase over a three-year period. eta is offering a 9.3% increase over 3 years. the union's president talked earlier this week about why significant

wage increases needed among vta workers. wages are always part of the conversation and we do. we're looking for. >> fair compensation with that we deal with. and then you know, the cost of living and inflation, according to richardson, eta's offer, would make the company's workers the second highest paid in the region among transit agencies and 5th highest in the nation. he says anything higher would result in service cuts and layoffs by the company. one service that will remain running at vta regardless of a strike is paratransit. >> that provides transportation to and from medical appointments. according to the vta, no meetings are scheduled with the union through the weekend reporting in san jose. i'm rob nesbitt. kron. 4 news. >> happening now, the pittsburgh bart station is closed and crews are they're installing new fare gates, the yellow line service will run as usual, but it's not stopping there right now for those who need to get to the station, there will be a free shuttle at the antioch in bay point stations works all part of bart's effort to have the

new gates in all 50 stations by the end of the year. pittsburgh station will also be closed tomorrow. what he knows? most dangerous roads will soon become safer for cyclists. cupertino city council, the extension of a bike lane project on stevens creek boulevard last month. city leaders are expected to spend more than 2 million dollars to install cement barriers between cyclists and cars on the roughly 2 and a half mile stretch between north wolf road and mary avenue data from the nonprofit vision 0 shows 16 incidents in the area resulting in sepere injuries from 2012 to 2021. that makes it the most dangerous street in the city and that time frame the project slated to start this month should be done by september. happening today, former congresswoman barbara lee celebrating international women's day with a free community event. lee's campaign for mayor of oakland hosting the one oakland event to the grand lake theater today from 10 to 11:30am, it

features performances from multiple created, including a finalist for oakland's youth poet laureate ella gordon police also expected to deliver a speech there about her vision for the city if elected as mayor. san francisco has a new project to honor bruce lee. bruce lee's statue will spotlight the local preserve his legacy. presley was born in san francisco. >> it's almost like leaf. look the entire world upside down and cool to be giant. recently it left an indelible mark martial arts actually feels dismantling cultural barriers. >> he was a pioneer in sharing philosophies, culture and art with the world in san francisco holds a significant place. it is like stuart. >> the creators also think the statue will bring in tourists boosting the local economy happening tomorrow. clocks are going spring forward at 02:00am for daylight saving

sign. a gallup poll taken back in january. just 54% of americans want to get rid of the time change. 40% are still in favor of it. another 6%. not sure. president trump spoke briefly about this when signing executive orders this week and he says he will not change it, calling it a 50, 50 issue. still ahead here on the kron, 4 morning news in the south bay looks out of city leaders responding to an alleged case of anti-semitism at a high school. >> what we know so far. i strongly believe that this is not the fault of the current principal. >> plus, a high school principal on leave days after a student gets stabbed in a classroom. why some say it's not his fault. fed favorite back in the studio. heather, we'll show you what the chef is cooking up for so food stroll. stay with us. kron welc

saturday with foggy out there as we start off the day, looking at live pictures here over the >> skyline in san francisco this morning. if you're heading outdoors, let's get an update on what's happening out there from kathy. how's it looking for us? it's looking a little foggy. a little clearer really depends on where you are. some areas are looking just a okay. they're all fine. but, you know, you can see some areas of clouds and fog and then there's some blue skies and we'll all have some mainly blue skies. >> by the time we get through so it's going to be high pressure in control of our weather. and that translates to mild conditions. seasonable temperatures, not much wind and the storms are deflecting north of us for today. and for

tomorrow. and then into monday and then the clouds start to increase. and that's our first chance of rain as a series of pacific storms take aim on california. now, here's the first one. you can see this is an area of low pressure. it's cut off from the jet stream. it went straight to southern california will be focusing, especially on the san diego area. and it'll be the coolest and the most powerful storm they've seen in that area this year. the season. and then we are next. so the next storm really takes aim on us and we'll see a chance of maybe some drizzle or light rain on monday. more likely the rain will arrive tuesday evening into wednesday and wednesday is the powerful storm brings main to us and snow in the sierra nevada. maybe 2 to 2 to 4 feet in the sierra and for us. and really depends on where you are. maybe anywhere from 2 inches to 3 inches and 4 in some of the coastal ranges. by the time we get all the way through wednesday, thursday, friday into the weekend. so it's not all at

once. but the wednesday is the most powerful of the storms. as you see them come through and then we'll start to see a break. forecast rain totals. most impressive, a northwest, california, eureka, 2.4 and you put it motion office and is 4 inches. and again and this year you see the snow and lot in the northern part of california. and even for us, we have some pretty impressive rainfall totals, especially in the coastal ranges, such as the santa cruz mountains and close to 3 inches in santa rosa. 3 inches or so in the decade than half moon bay. so it's going to be wet once again. and it's going to be snowy in the sierra. so if you'd like the snow, this is great news because we get to improve our conditions in terms of the water resources and also it's great if you want to go skiing, if you want to walk on the beach today is your day. tomorrow is your day. it's just a great day to go hiking the walk. the dogs. and you know what? it's going to be mostly sunny through the day with highs, mainly in the 60's 6 to 10 day precipitation forecast all the way through saint patrick's day. looks

very green and green on this map translates to wetter than normal. joey? >> kathy, thanks for the update there. seeing a few wall. >> time for another soul food stroll. so schaeffer nate johnson is back to show us what she's got cooking this morning. jeff, good morning to you, rooney. how we not a good. how are you doing today? i'm good. i want to thank you guys again for having me and getting kind of used to it good self. and that's what we was smells good already. so i'm excited. and you just got an award. let's talk about that real quick. it. so i got the award for entertainer of the year from powerful women of the i am so honored. i cannot believe this award. i want to thank the oakland african american chamber. >> and kathy adams and the ball was really nice jones. you guys support me and love me. but i got the award this year. that's awesome. >> we love that. and so we know you are like one of the best chefs around and it smells so good in here already. what are we making

today? >> today, what we're making is one of the dishes that we're going to showcase at the sofa stroh. we're making a fresh 7 second tash with all fresh ingredients. >> i love that. what's the secret to a good one? fresh. so it's all fresh tomatoes, lake some people use, use canned tomatoes and canned corn. what we're going to do and i want to start talking cooking at the same time, i'm going put some olive oil here because this one is i see the steam coming right? and what impact what i'm going to do a news unveiled >> turned it down a little. fun. we're cooking now. yes, how much you for can made over the and how many people? >> and what i'm doing, something like that and look at it to madoff. i'm gonna be 5. he is at 5. gotta same thing. sequin. when i'm making potato. the french fries or mashed potatoes. one of my secret that if i'm going to

see how many people in a this is the big but they do have a cut it in half. but that's my little secret is that used how many fish when you're cooking fresh, but that's good. remember too easy to remember yesterday. so what does do add a little bit of season in here. this is smoke saw some pepper. and look granulated granulated garlic could well be tough. i love it. ok? so food stroll. when is it? what's unique about it? this time? >> okay with you saying is that the soulful stroll is the new heartbeat of oakland because what it does, it community together and family together is fun. it is every nationality is yes, exciting. >> and we always sell out. so if he was going to take you to get tickets, cause i set it down at a certain time. but it's just a great experience. brings love and community together. i love that. and for the sake of good food, right? so food. when is it? what do you need to know to get down

there? >> so it is on march. the 16th. that's from 11 to 2 downtown oakland at 4, 0, 8, 12, 3 tickets are available on our website blackberry. so that net and on event, brite. i think the secret it is also is that you get early not like an all you can eat buffet style the other thing is that we're doing a battle this year. so i have a dj in in. see ahead, local ave opens this dale anthony, who is wonderful in sienna gospel singer, but he self. and so he's going to be am and we're going to battle marvin gaye in. and maxwell. the jackson 5, a new addition. the doobie brothers and the temptations. we're going to battle everybody and we will hope that every that whatever generation seems to have the loudest. oh, i like that. yeah, it's going to be a lot of fun. >> and i marty, i'm starving now. oh, yes, you're messing with my stomach when i needed and then we see this. this recipe is fresh take about 3

to 4 minutes to cook. you don't want to overcook it because you want to take a texture each thing. this is fresh corning, here. what? what inspires you when you're cooking. we know what i think that with inspires me is the experience that i give to people. >> i think that food brings us together in so many different way. they think about how we've said around. a kitchen table and how would my children that was best part of the 10 day is when he said around to get the weather with the peanut butter, jelly sandwich. that's when i got to experience what their day was like when my grandmother being in that kitchen with her and smelling the food and haven't heard me over my mouth give me a by this think, so i think that food is what brings us together. no matter what nationality is, no matter what your culture. so i i just think that that and i think the food shelves left is for them to say that's how i love. how much let me put in it that that count. taste it? you you will know the last of the secret to this is i'm going to add just a little bit of sugar.

>> and i'm going to either side her coming yet just a little because, you know, takes a little. it takes it to a whole nother the funky level. yeah, that it wasn't. and so what's unique about south of what sets it apart from others other times, you know what? i cannot say that. and that would be honest. question. i get asked a yes all the time. i can't say flu says in a part anybody from anything. i think this soulful comes from your heart and your everybody had a wonderful grandmother. yeah. if you didn't miss out. >> and so that coach or what we've read together, it's always elevates us. it's a connection that with our families. so you know whether you're hispanic, you agree or whatever it may be, you have a grandmother. they gave you that. so so i think that, you know, at 5 and said that grandmothers both in the world, but everybody feels that way about the grandmother. that's why don't let anybody come pier. he's competent my grandma speech that got it. now your grandma have any kids know it's 10

grandchildren that i'm madly in love but they love your cooking to. yeah. what's what's your message of inspiration? because it's. >> international women's day. if someone the girl out there is watching this morning wants to be a chef when she grows up like your 20 to her. >> i would tell her to stay in the kitchen and make sure she had real tasters, which are my grandchildren. but c would tell her to be brave. i would tell her to experiment. i would tell her not to be afraid to texas. i would tell her to make sure that she knows vision and our purpose and they do everything left. all right. where do our viewers find on social media? they find me on a set ideas. chef an a's way. facebook. stephen johnson. i knew to stephanie johnson, you're all over the place, cut ash. almost done here. yeah. let me just give you a bite of it. and i know we do have lot of time, please. we got like seconds, but i can't wait. >> it's hot. there you go. breads ready to go to cw. a

little bit shift for nate johnson. thanks so much for comeback. has seen us. it takes in that from the >> a beloved acacia love. thank a minute. yeah. saw i'm gonna the chef who can lovett chef's kiss will be right back. stay with us. so think.

>> in the south bay, we're now learning about an alleged anti-semitic incident at los

altos. high school city leaders posting got next. the city of los santos stands in solidarity southwest high school students, faculty and staff and our entire community and could demick this act of hate. we want to be clear, they say anti-semitism, racism, discrimination in all forms of intolerance have no place in los altos. we'll keep you updated as we learn more about this. and developing now, there is a new page up on the cdc website shows a conflicts of interest reported by members of a key vaccine advisory committee. health secretary robert kennedy calling this pages step towards radical transparency. the web page just published friday lists all the declared conflicts of interest for the outside expert members of the agency's advisory committee on immunization practices since the year 2000 and across nearly 40 current and former voting members of this committee. there are about 200 items listed. still ahead here

on the kron 4 morning news. the 2 women that you see in this viral video kicking neighbor's dog now facing charges just how much time they could spend behind bars >> lost a jewel where we lost this guy. my heart is broken. >> and still ahead here, remembering a bay area. great when wiggins guitarist and founding member and tony tony, tony has died. how his family and friends are now remembering him. half past the

hour now and happening today. ghirardelli is launching exclusive dubai hot fudge sundae.

>> your delhi's vice president stopped by the studio friday to give us a preview. what to expect. >> we started with a layer of our hot fudge, which is what we're known for. and then there's a layer of vanilla ice cream that pistachio and get high fee mixture and the middle, course, more ice cream or hot fudge, more pistachio layer and then up top, we have more roasted. pistachios are vanilla whipped cream drizzle of our caramel sauce. yeah. and we top the whole thing off with a ghirardelli milken karamo square that has been dressed up with 24 carat gold leaf. so it's a lot 4 karat gold que, the bruno mars. so >> sounds rich. ghirardelli square in san francisco will start serving their sunday today at noon, but they say only while supplies last. so kathy, we got to get over there early. i know you're a club, totally that i don't see anything wrong with that looks. absolutely. i think yummy 5. to right. you know what else is? yeah. the

weather this weekend. wow. it's a break between the storms. >> if you want to get outside and enjoy yourself today tomorrow, those are good days to do it. great day to go for a hike or walk on the beach. some areas of clouds, of course, this morning, but not everywhere. we've got some clear skies and some clearing skies. so we will be mostly sunny for this afternoon. it should be absolutely beautiful. >> with seasonable temperatures and you know what? high pressure is in control. so this is the kind of weather you would expect keeping the storms at bay until it doesn't it moves away. and then look at this chance of precipitation. turns into yeah, rain, especially on wednesday that tuesday, wednesday, time period. pretty wet, a class, northern california and the bay area and the sierra nevada gets some snowflakes. snow forecast. yeah, quite a bit of snow. maybe 2 to 3, even 4 feet head down toward bear valley. so if you're heading up to tahoe, think about that. here's the beach. you can walk on. looks a-okay right there at half. moon bay. we have a lot of sunshine coming in later on today. and highs in

the 60's from san francisco to oakland to san jose 6 to 10 day precipitation outlook through march 17 through saint patrick's day. it's green on this map. that means wetter than normal. quite a bit letter. in fact. and we also not only have wetter weather. we also have cooler weather, especially when the temperatures drop as the storm approaches and stays with blue on this map means colder than normal. and one set for storm comes in on tuesday into wednesday. we're going to stay below normal for the time being. joey. >> all right, kathy, thank you will see in a few 32 now in the north bay parents rally in support of a santa rosa principal who is on leave after a student is stabbed. kron four's terisa stasio reports. >> i strongly believe that this is not the fault of the current principal conception to make this count is upset. >> she along with several other parents held a rally at the santa rosa city school district headquarters friday

morning to protest the district's decision to place principal gabe alba vera on administrative leave. dominguez galvan spoke to me through an interpreter. he is a really good principle and he's been here for a very long time. and i'm honestly sad about this decision. >> district officials placed out of air on leave after a student was stabbed on campus. the victim's father, jesse trujillo, criticized the school and principal alba vera telling kron for news of the school never informed him of what happened. instead he learned of the stabbing from his daughter on friday. trujillo says his son has had multiple surgeries and is going to be under observation again at a hospital kron. 4 news received the statement from the district quote during our investigation. we have learned that the staff took swift action to ensure the safety of everyone on campus and we applaud them for that.

however, we have also learned some things may not have been done properly, although this incident contributed to decision, other factors played a role in our decision to place. mister berra on administrative leave, end quote. >> worked extremely hard. he's connected through the students through the family. he's grass rooted here. he's actually from sonoma county. so i think having somebody that's grassroot it and who has dedicated his eye many years to the school district in to the school in general. it's just really this hard mean about what is going on with this current administration of santa rosa city schools. >> ds is a former student at elsie allen avera was the assistant principal when she attended the district passed out this pamphlet informing concern students, staff and the community about a meeting next tuesday. this group says that they will certainly be there. and santa rosa, theresa kron, 4 news.

>> 2 women are now charged with animal cruelty after one of them is seen kicking a neighbor's dog. take a look at this viral video shows the women in pittsburgh arguing with the homeowner and then there's 2 dogs dogs, their 2 walks up kicks one, sending - the push flying. police say the ugly dispute started after a family member of them ran over a potted plant. the women were arrested last month, a bail and they're now set to be formally charged if convicted or facing up to 3 years in jail at a $20,000 fine. a new report says people living in oakland or considering going there on a trip don't feel safe. this has led to dwindling tax revenues that have been falling since before the pandemic. the annual economic indicators report will be presented at next week's economic development summit. regional leaders will discuss and help shape oakland's physical future economists at and fowler says when it comes to bolstering the economy in oakland, the

city's immediate focus should be on public safety and perception along with increasing retail foot traffic and keeping both big and small business in town. >> the ongoing business closures and relocations outside of oakland have eroded that business tax revenue. transit occupancy to ot tax. that is a been taking a hit and that shows up in terms of what we see around average daily room rates and occupancy. >> fowler says taxable sales have seen double-digit declines since 2019. a rally and protest will take place today at lake merritt in oakland to mark international women's day events organized by activist group refuse fascism. it starts at 01:00pm and includes a speak out and creative actions. demonstrators are standing up against fascism, calling for an end to the war on women and lgbtq people while demanding the removal of the trump administration. a grandfather in san jose now million dollars richer. just annual

says that he recently bought 2 tickets to play the 100 million dollar mega cash. he scratched them at home with his granddaughter, only one 20 bucks on the first take it. but second time around, he hit the jackpot. well, happening today, san francisco's mission district will soon welcome a new early education campus honoring helen chavez. she was the wife of civil rights leader ceasar thomas. the 15 million dollar facility converted from an old police substation and will serve children from the ages of 3 months to 5 years. the grand opening hosted by mission neighborhood centers includes a ribbon cutting ceremony and family fun activities, local leaders and members of the chavez family will be there today to celebrate the launch of this new resource for families in need. one of the bay area's music legends has died leaving a hole in the entertainment world. dwyane wade guns from the group tony. tony, tony died friday after battling cancer kron four's

lezla gooden spoke with a friend who says the world is denver without him in it. >> lost a jewel that we lost this guy, you know, and my heart is broken. the music world is mourning the last one of its beloved artists, dwayne wiggins founding member of the grammy-nominated group tony tony. tony, the oakland native past friday morning. 64 years old. the award-winning singer, songwriter, musician, but he was so >> down to earth less. lynn, i think, you know, people don't know much about his philanthropy and his humanitarianism. i mean, this guy opened up his own studio and allowed up-and-coming singers and groups to come for free and to come in, learn their craft. he would help them, you know, with their different project in a social media post wiggins family shared this picture saying it is with broken hearts. we share that our beloved passed away. >> surrounded by family and loved ones over the past year. he has been privately and

courageously battling bladder cancer, adding that his music in service impacted millions around the world, including his hometown of oakland is i called him. >> for a nonprofit organization that wanted him to perform an apology. he said sure, be there. no, no doubt he'd robot would oriana and i went into mobile home ice it way. what's how can they pay on a rare? he said tell them never mind telling put it right back into the organization so they can continue. >> steve parker radio host says he saw his friend about 3 weeks ago but knew something wasn't quite right. i called him and wanted him to do a somebody asked me to reach out to him that i called him. he said a brother, you know. >> i got to take care of me right now. he said i just got out of the hospital. he didn't give me much of the details. but i knew if he wasn't a ready to go on stage, something had to be terribly see tells me that his friend wouldn't want people to cry for him.

>> but instead always was one is they don't cry party, you know, for me, you know. and so. >> i hope that oakland in the bay area throw a big party for him, you know, and that everybody comes out so's each other love and his in his memory. i'm sure that's what he would want for us to come together in love and in unity to celebrate this guy. you know, he was so humble, but we want i want us to go big in the bay area and he has this final message for the leader of the legendary band that gave the world hits like their 1990, new jack swing infuse feels good. >> record that launched tony tony, tony, to mainstream success. obviously, he's listening. what final message you have for him. >> man. >> we demand you touch the and you know job well done. you know you you touch people, 3 of music, you know, i believe thank you realize the people who whose lives you touch the new may have save somebodys life because they heard one of your songs, you know, was a

good in kron. 4 news. >> still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news. a local designer making prom dreams come true for less. find out how you can save big and up your style game. and then it's a lesson in empathy. best-selling author can joins us live to talk about his new book. how talk about his new book. how to love better.

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you look back at where we were 10 years ago and we are in a completely different place today, and it's because of how we need to care for our communities and our customers. i hope that's true. [joe] that's my commitment. [ambient noise] here. beautiful picture of mount tam this morning as the fog creeps over the hills there. look at that. >> as we wake up on this saturday morning, beautiful

shot coming in and kathy's here everything you need to know about the forecast moving forward. >> hey, joe, you know, matt town was just the gift that keeps getting invariably such beautiful shots. and so is the golden gate bridge. look at that blue skies and some clouds, low clouds. it will all start to burn away as day gets going in. the sun starts to warm things up already where our way with high pressure keeping storms at bay. so today, tomorrow into monday, we're going to stay dry, especially today and tomorrow. if you want to go outside, go for a hike, walk the dogs and dine alfresco today would be a great day to do it. we're warming up now. most areas are in the 40's and we've gotten rid of all the 30's. we're going to be heading toward the 60's this afternoon. here's the area of high pressure with a clockwise flow around that and that is bringing us beautiful conditions for a couple of days and then an area of low pressure heads to southern california. this area of low pressure is going to really focus, especially on san diego. this may be the strongest storm of the season, at least so far for them for

us. we'll start to see increasing clouds on monday and even a chance, a little bit of drizzle, maybe a drop or 2 on monday that really not until tuesday that we really start to see increasing clouds more and the chance of rain. pretty good overnight tuesday night into wednesday. that brings precipitation day after day. it's a series of storms and again into friday, rain for the bay area and snow in the sierra nevada. so overall, it's a pretty good accumulation, especially northern california, specially even into the bay area. some areas in the coastal hills will be over 4 inches along the coast. maybe 3 inches and much of the bay area and maybe 2 inches. plus, so it won't be all at once at some accumulation all the way through the weekend, but still pretty impressive. temperatures today brought a 50's in san francisco and right along the coastline, they shoreline alien the low 60's as you start to head southward. we're looking at little bit warmer. 66 degrees in palo alto. and then there's

the southern part of our area, santa clara valley, 69 degrees for santa clara milpitas and has a 70 see a few low 70's down in the santa clara valley. 69 in dublin 65 for. and as you can see, it's a pretty narrow range of 60's mid 60's for the most part to upper 60's and even a 70 or 2 here. and there petaluma. 65 sandra fell. 66 stinson beach, 59 degrees. a look ahead the next 7 days, sunny, sunny and then clouds increase on monday. slight chance of little drizzle or a few drops of rain. it's really tuesday night. we start to see the rain and then wednesday is the most impactful rain that could rent make the creeks rise a little bit. certainly the roads will be wet. and again, the possibility pretty good chance of some more rain off and on through next weekend, joey. all right. keep those umbrellas handy. cathy, thanks. new jobs numbers are out now showing slower than expected growth but a stable labor market. >> washington correspondent

reshad hudson has details. >> fewer jobs were added during the month of february, making the most recent jobs report weaker than expected. president donald trump blamed the biden administration. >> he didn't keep adding new government jobs, which are not the jobs you want. the u.s. added 151,000 jobs in february, which is below expectations as president trump pushes to reduce the federal workforce. >> we're trying to shrink government and grow the private sector. >> the slight uptick in unemployment to 4.1% reflects more people looking for work. >> healthcare, warehousing and transportation made gains of those are sort of very fundamental jobs to the economy. and there's going to always to be ongoing demand for healthcare and social assistance. mark hamrick with bank rate says overall the job market appeared to be relatively stable, despite struggles with inflation and economic uncertainty on the

surface unemployment rate of 4.1%, 151,000 jobs added, that's a pretty normal looking jobs report. economists say they don't expect the federal government layoffs to have much of an impact until the march jobs report, which will be released next month reporting in washington reshad hudson. >> for the first time now president trump is pushing back against some of the efforts being made by elon musk and the department of government efficiency or doge. the president told his cabinet they are in charge of their agencies, not musk in this strange and has been forced to re-hire some fired federal workers and is facing pushback now. ford's haphazard approach. some senators say the administration needs to get congressional approval for cut. san francisco state, cutting 3 of its 13 athletic teams by this summer. the cuts will affect 44 student athletes in baseball, men's

soccer and women's indoor track and field. the university says that the cuts will help save up to a million dollars a year. the move comes as the csu system deals with declining enrollment. sonoma state cutting its entire athletics program next fall. the changes at sf state starting july. the usda says it's busy executing a plan to crack down on bird flu, but not all lawmakers are convinced. new york democratic sen kirsten gillibrand is among the leaders now urging the trump administration to approve a vaccine to stop the virus. it's hurting farmers and consumers across the country. we need resources commitments from trump and the federal government to actually do this or farmers. >> don't have to kill hundreds of thousands of birds and don't have to lose their livelihood. >> the usda is plan includes hundreds of millions of dollars to help poultry producers and shore up bio-security measures. in the meantime, anhlysts prices could jump over. 46 this year.

learning new information this morning about the death of actor gene hackman and his wife. authorities say that hackman died from heart disease. betsy arakawa died from a virus linked to rodents even though their bodies were discovered at about the same time february. 26 in their shared apartment examiners say happened past week after his wife died. authorities say that he had advanced alzheimer's disease and it's possible that he was not aware his wife had passed. a new report says americans are being scammed by criminals posing as tax preparers offering to help complete your tax return. peter security company mcafee says one in 4 americans have been duped more than half of those surveyed say they lost more than $1000 to fraudsters criminals are using e-mail, fake phone calls and fake tax prep websites to pull it off. kathy says don't respond to anything asking for

immediate payment and don't give up your personal info by text social media or over the phone. 2 postal workers in san leandro are being celebrated for being with the agency for 40 years. so huge s o and mario sandoval being praised for their contributions and positive attitude. they were both given a usps pan with the ruby on it. the postal workers say some of their best memories they have now getting to know people they serve on their routes. i come back to the question to you know, they have really >> to be honest. >> the postal workers were also celebrating, still use retirement after working at the postal service for 4 decades. friday was a busy one in the world of sports as trades took place across multiple sports kron four's. ben ross has the breakdown.

>> welcome into sports. i'm ben ross. lot of wheeling and dealing yesterday and multiple sports. we begin with football news them. a shake-up in the nfc west. according to multiple reports, the seattle seahawks have traded two-time pro bowl quarterback geno smith to the las vegas raiders for a third-round draft pick. smith has one year remaining on his current contract is due to earned 31 million dollars. the 34 year-old completed 70% of his passes last season for more than 4,000 yards. 21 touchdowns, 15 interceptions. he spent the last 5 seasons in seattle and now reunited with his old head coach. pete carroll in las vegas. meantime, the sharks made a pair of treys before yesterday's nhl trade deadline. this one a surprising one. 25 year-old forward fabian settle in delta. the ottawa senators along with tristen robbins and a fourth-round draft pick in exchange for forwards. stop check noah gregor and a second

round pick that'll and ranked 3rd on the team. 17 goals this season in 64 games. he also had 19 assists. stop check was the second round draft pick for ottawa back in 2021 still just 21 years old. he's got a goal and 3 assists. >> in 43 games this year. and greg are you may remember previously played for the sharks from 2019 to 23. he has 4 goals and a couple of assists in 40 this season stop the other trade. the sharks made sent forward luc on >> to the columbus blue jackets for a fourth-round pick. cotton, 11 goals and 7 assists this season in 63 games. his 3rd year with san jose. the 27 year-old is in his 8th nhl season overall, the sharks get this. they now hold 9 picks in this year's nhl draft. and that's a look at sports. have a great day. >> 8.55 now on your saturday morning. glad to have you with us today and stick

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back. happening today, san francisco fashion designer helping teens enjoyed prom in style while saving parents money. stormy weather banks hosting a prom pop-up shop and she's usually selling prom dresses for about 1500 bucks. now with the discounts, the dresses are starting at 1000. that's happening at art studio off center street 11 at 3 today. free alterations available for all dresses in the first 5 to get in get 10% off. maisel discount. they're there. you've got fun. that was while ago prom. yeah, it's

been a minute. i think you know what's beautiful this weekend? my gosh. >> beautiful conditions. and then the rain comes especially wednesday is the rainiest of the day. all right. we've got to get those boots out. get the rain gear ready. well, you know how to do this, that's it

this is cw sports. >> we start the day on court side saturday coral gables, florida, up the road from miami beach. nc state on thed