van van ness pick i've had the pleasure of working with outside lands for the last seven years on the planning process, and also housing a lot of the folks that set up outside lands and take it apart. it is a three-day festival, capita starts about two weeks prior to the first day of the music, and we are the beneficiary, directly of that business but comes into san francisco. i have 200 employees are rely on this business. the folks that come into attend the music festival, along with the workers utilize a lot of the restaurants and goods and services along the van ness corridor, as well as polk street. i can't say enough about how the planning process has gone with outside lands. they have been a pleasure to work with. on behalf of my hotel and my staff, we are in support of this permit extension. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> hello everyone. i am the associate director of the san francisco-based nonprofit women's audio mission. women's audio mission is a 15-year-old music and media nonprofit that serves over 2,000 underserved women and girls a year. we operate the only recording studios in the world his built and run entirely by women. we offer classes to adults, afterschool programs for middle school girls, residents needs, concerts, performances, and much more. they approached us last year, and we were very grateful to accept a grant from them a $40,000 over two years in support of our programs. they also offered us to get to the festival for all of our staff. we are continuing discussions with them about what other synerg

the ongoing van ness avenue construction avenue van ness the ongoing the ongoing van ness avenue construction is hiding businesses behind chain linked fences and massive machinery.. business owners tell us it's almost like their restaurants and shops have become really see a lot of walking people customers because of all of those fences it's not really to inviting right now the construction has been not only been an eyesore burestaura like village pizza..sara sot: it is pretty sad i like when there is something going on at my job.neighboring restaurant alborz is under the same stress..the uninviting chain linked fences outside of their dining room windows have kept people away..a general manager of the amc 14 van ness confirmed the closing. it's unclear if this ongoing construction played any factor..any other questions were directed to the company's corporate office. (ken) another big story tonight... more lane closures on the richmond- san rafael bridge are about to start tonight.are about to rafael bridge are about to rafael bridge richmond- san on the lane closures tonight... more story a

[gavel] >> if you frequently travel before i van ness i might be surprised van ness will goodwill go the first transit corridor to have brt as more frequently known the goal to get conveniently van ness and geary boulevard one of the most reliable transit systems in the country van ness avenue is a major connecter between potrero hill and mission on the south side of san francisco correcting connecting us to the marina and state highway in the financial with the western edition neighborhood it is mostly residential a lot of the geography of van ness the rain that is wide it was uses is a firebreak in the 1906 san francisco earthquake a lot of building occasion that helped of hoped to stop the fire from jumping van ness had a light rail or sprash separating and along geary 0 when we came to the question of how to address the needs on haven because of its cost effectiveness we have found in the brt system with the new vehicles. >> the new mr. secretary is a change we will actually have transit in the middle ♪ the far legal unit and a broadly prom >> one of the reasons it is in the cente

van ness has shown it's final movie. it's closing final movie. shown it's ness has theater on vans a-m-c movie theater on van ness has shown it's final movie. it's closing as major construction continues to along the street. the 300- plus- million dollar project is drastically affecting businesses on van ness. kron4's dan thorn spoke with owners of some of those businesses. the ongoing van ness avenue construction is hiding businesses behind chain linked fences and massive machinery.. business owners tell us it's almost like their restaurants and shops have become invisible. sot: you don't really see a lot of walking people customers because of all of those fences it's not really to inviting right now the construction has been not only been an eyesore but a financial hit for restaurants like village pizza..sara sot: it is pretty sad i like when there is something going on at my job.neighboring restaurant alborz is under the same stress..the uninviting chain linked fences outside of their dining room windows have kept people away..a general manager of the amc 14 van ness confirmed

tonight, the the amc van ness 14 on van ness at oak ferrell will be screening its final film. this video is from 1998 when the 14 screen theater made it highly publicized debut inside a building that had previously housed the cadillac dealership. a worker for the theater tells ktvu this is the theater's final night. attendant has been dwindling over the years, but there is no exact word on why the theater is closing. >>> the first round of the at&t pro-am got underway today in the monterey peninsula with the usual beauty shot and some familiar names at the top of the leaderboard. mark will have highlights. alright, i brought in ensure max protein... to give you the protein you need with less of the sugar you don't. (straining) i'll take that. (cheers) 30 grams of protein and 1 gram of sugar. ensure max protein. in two great flavors. i was on the fence about changing from a manual to an electric toothbrush. but my hygienist said going electric could lead to way cleaner teeth. she said, get the one inspired by dentists, with a round brush head. go pro with oral-b. oral-b's gentl

. >> the scope of the work is much smaller than van ness and duration of the project is only 12 months, especially for the first phase. van ness was a big three-year project. we're not expecting anything remotely similar to van necessarness tohappen. i don't know the tree requirements for van ness. i don't know what that is. as part of our project, to accommodate d.p.w. and fund their needs, we took that work on to assure that the trees will be replaced end of the construction. >> president fung: thank you. >> i have her information. >> i like to move this forward. which means i will -- >> i would need four votes to condition the permit. you can continue it to next week week. >> president fung: i want the 90-day guarantee in our motion. i don't think it being in mr. buck's either verbal statement or written statement that it is affirmed. i like to make sure for the public sake, the promise is adhered to and condition placed upon d.p.w. performs. >> president fung: or we could wait for commissioner tanner to arrive. >> since she wasn't able to hear it portion of the hearing. she won't be able to vote. i'm not sure what pre

amc's van ness 14 theater on van ness near o'farrell is closed.ording to our partners at hood line, a source close to them would not say why the theater closed. another theater owner may be in discussions to lease the space. >>> now your morning money report. >> san francisco-based wells fargo says atm and mobile services have been restored after a widespread outage. customers who tried to use an atm received an out of service message yesterday. the disruption affected online and mobile banking also. in a statement, wells fargo said it was experiencing system issues due to a power shutdown after smoke was detected at one of its facilities. >>> a florida man getting a christopher larson on suspicion of drunk driving. when they went to perform a field sobriety test, he started busting a move while walking a not so straight line. in the end, he was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated. deputies said his bloot alcohol content was three times the legal limit. so, yeah. >> i guess he was trying to be creative there and not being able to g

van ness and post. >> reporter: in march patients from two different san francisco hospitals will be moved into this campus here on the corner of vaness and post in a building designed with technology designed to withstand the big one. medical equipment wrapped in plastic, patient rooms empty, nurses stations barren. one of our family lounges. >> reporter: these are the final few days before the new california pacific medical center campus opens for business on van ness avenue. >> this is our adult resuscitation room. >> reporter: tucked inside will be both adult and pediatric emergency rooms. >> this is the bed. it clicks into place. >> reporter: an extra bed in every patient room for loved ones to sleep on. 1,200 nurses training on state of the art equipment. while the hospital itself is bright and colorful and welcoming, the most reassuring feature won't be the staff or the state of the art equipment, but these metal plates scattered throughout the 11- story structure designed to withstand the big one. >> this particular facility was built with technology that has been used in japan. we have viscous wall dampers that surround in

construction along van ness..after speaking with people working at businesses along this corridor--they say the closure is another hit to an already struggling area. construction along van ness avenue in san francisco is hard to miss. however, many of the businesses are struggling to be seen..sot: it's invisible sometimes for people to really notice the pizza place..dubbed an improvement project..the construction has been not only been an eyesore but a financial hit for restaurants like village pizza..shop worker sara elgwahry (el ga vah her ree) says lunch still gets a bit of a rush...later than that it looks like this...empty tables..sot: it is really really worse right now..as far as traffic go there is really no parking spaces here so it's really hard for the customers even if they want to come here. neighboring restaurant alborz is under the same stress..the uninviting chain linked fences outside of their dining room windows have kept people away..a general manager of the amc 14 van ness confirmed the closing. it's unclear if this ongoing construction played any factor..any other questions were directed to the company's corporate office. the construction project is

van ness avenue.(ken) the san francisco fire every to shelter in latest. g and e is on the scene of an explosion in the city... in tonight's case it's actially two transformers that blew.was at van ness and green... near russian hill. the other was some 50 to 100 feet east of the intersection. right now... there's a shelter in place and first responders are going door to door in that area... letting people know what's going on. this is new video of just in. no injuries reported. at least one building is without power as a result. p-g- and e crews are trying to determine trying to crews are trying to determine what potential danger zone. everyone being told to stay away from this area. we'll keep you posted as we learn more. (pam) more lane closures on the richmond- san rafael bridge are about to start tonight. even though no new concrete chunks fell down today ... there is a lot of work to be done to fix the problem ... that caused traffic jams yesterday. (ken) kron 4's justine waldman joins us live now from the toll plaza... with details on the repairs that need to happen... and justine, you spoke with the driver who had the concrete fall on his car... what does he think of all this?! (justine)all lanes are open now.but more lane closures will start tonight at 9 and last until 7am.cal trans will shutdown one lane of traffic in each direction... tonight and saturday night.crews are going put a larger metal plate over the temporary fix.work to make long-term repairs could start as soon as monday.and for the driver - who had the concrete fall on his car - he tells me what happened was terrifying. on the phone: graham edwards / concrete hit car tony tavares / caltrans district 4 director :55 dur a two foot crack on the front bumper of graham edwards mercedes... is the damage he says a football sized chunk of concrete did to his car after it crashed down rich sr bridge he recalled the terrifying moment when he saw the bridge crumbling before his eyes.sot graham edwards / car hit "not much thinking. i was freaked out. what do you do? i wasnt able to judge was it going to come through the windshield it was a flinch moment at 60 miles per hour with what is clearly an object that can do some real damage."the concrete fell from the upper deck on to the lower deck as graham drove from sonoma to the oakland airport. he didnt stop because he didnt want to miss his flight.but when his wife call 911 for him, that promoted caltrans to shutdown the bridge .. to inspect the issue. we know now an expansion joint failed, causing the concrete to come crashing down.sot "expansion joints allow the bridge to move when temperature changes they have to be replaced from time to time i compare them to wear parts on a car like tires or brakes that you have to repair from time to time."caltrans will now inspect all the expansion joints on the bridge. while permanent fix gets finalized.(sot) tony tavares / caltrans district 4 director " we will likely replace the 3 lanes on the upper deck replace the entire expansion joint from left side to the right side on the upper deck we are going to minimize the impact to drivers and do work during the night time hours and all they might see is a steel plate over one of the lanes."repairs could take weeks and will cost about 300- thousand dollars.even though work starts next week ..after this happened to his car, graham will not be driving on the bridge anytime soon.sot will do my best to avoid it at all if possible. (justine live)the problem expansion joint passed an inspection in august.so why that expansion joint failed a few months later, caltrans director said is being looked at.but it could be natural wear and tear... the bridge is almost 60 years old.the driver joked...live in richmond justine waldman kron 4 news. (pam) kron 4 has (pam) (pam) kron 4 has been keeping you up to date on the bridge closure and surrounding investigation .. through push alerts... you can download the kron 4 mobile app... to get the latest breaking news alerts .. sent straight to you phone. "special property" (ken) a local high school in need of a new home! silver oak is a public charter montessori school in hayward. they currently operate out of a property owned by the ymca. but the "y" is now selling that property ... and rejected the high school's offer to buy it!school's offer to buy it!(pam) so now silver oak students have no idea where they will go to school in the fall ... and as kron4's michelle kingston reports... the staff is asking for help in finding their new location. (mk)tom bauer, board chair/ before christmas they told us offer."this is k high school -- they've been operating out of a ymca in hayward for years ...but were just told a few months ago that the building is up for sale ... and the offer they made to buy it, was denied. elaine blasi, superintendent /principal"it was a really good place for us to grow our population, to become fully enrolled with a waitlist, to be able to offer all of our programs."this is a public charter montessori high school -- with a 100-percent graduation rate and college acceptance rate ... with almost one-quarter of its students on special learning programs and more than half receiving free or reduced priced lunches. it's a school that one father says changed his son's life.tom bauer, board chair/parent"this is a kid who would've told you he would've been dead or in jail when he was a foster child by the time he was in his 20s and he's going to college."now the students and staff are being asked to leave and forced to find a new home for their school.hayward unified school district is willing to house them until they find a permanent location ... while some parents and staff are left to wonder why their offer was not accepted.tom bauer, board chair/parent"did they want more money? i don't know why the offer wasn't accepted, so as all those things, as aparent, as a community member, as someone who has used ymcas, i am a little disappointed that that was the way this all ended."elaine blasi, superintendent/principal "we are looking for our home. we thought this was going to be our home. we were hopeful that this was going to be our home."michelle kingston, mkingstonnewswe reached out to the ymca ... they told us they are committed to providing the best early childhood experience to low income families in the east bay. they said their in the east bay. income families experience to low childhood best early providing the are committed to they told us they to the ymca ... we reached out mkingstonnewskingston, michelle our home."michelle kingston, mkingstonnews mkingstonnewskingston, michelle kingston, mkingstonnewskingston, michelle our home."michelle kingston, mkingstonnewswe reached out to the ymca ... they told us they are committed to they told us they to the ymca ... we reached out mkingstonnewskingston, michelle our home."was going to be our home."michelle kingston, mkingstonnewswe reached out they told us they providing the best early childhood experience to low income families in the east bay. they said their enable them to expand their program for need their and that they are so that they can resources to give head start in as for tom graduating this attending in hayward kron4 news kron4 news (pam) a tense standoff armed suspect police after more hours. a k-9 helped to eventually bring down the suspect around 4-30- this afternoon... but police also used several flash bangs to coax the suspect out. this happened at the denny's on boscom avenue. police, most of the day, trying to get of the day, trying to get the man inside ... to surrender. several blocks of boscom were closed down through the day. witnesses who saw the man this morning say, he seemed agitatted. (pam) this all started this morning with an apparent argument inside a denny's along boscom avenue. police say, the suspect was armed with a gun... and that when he barricaded himself in the denny's... it was empty.. no one was injured and no word yet on what, if any, charges the suspect could face. let's take a live look lawr has the forecast... (pam) taking a look at our stormtracker four radar... you can see parts of the bay area are getting scattared showers right now ...(ken) chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is with us now for a rainy weather is going to la. lawrence karnow: another storm brought rain across the bay area and even some snow on the hight mountains. doppler radar is shower the rain turning more to showers. heavy snow and winter storm warnings are up for the sierra and an avalanche was has also been issued through monday. on the satellite you can see the storm moving in. it will begin to weaken overnight and the showers will decrease. more showers are forecast for tomorrow and pick up in the afternoon. highs will be in the 40s and the 50s. a colder storm will bring more rain and snow to the bay area saturday night and into sunday morning. snow levels will fall to about 1,000 feet or lower by sunday morning. more storms will bring rain well into next week.s week.sinto next week.s rain is a good thing for the bay area. but too much can be destructive. we take a look at one capacity an areas that are facing the possiblity of evacuation. right now police are searching for a man who allegedly assualted a student. we speak to students who were there... as the weapon was drawn. (pam) officials investigaiting wednesday's gas explosion and fire in san francisco... are looking into what p-g-and- e did ... both before and after a third party company cut into the gas line. (ken) kron-4's was there when investigators gave an update at the scene. 8 members of the national transportation safety board began their investigation friday into the gas pipeline rupture that led to an explosion and fire wednesday afternoon at the intersection of geary and parker in san francisco... sot jennifer homendy/ntsb board member :12 the site is largely preserved, we have photographs we are doinga survey of the site we can see what has been done and we can see the 7 valves today and able to see other locations where they conduct activitythe f.b.i. is also on scene to help gather evidence including 3-4 feet of the pipe that ruptured. that section may be sent back to the ntsb lab for further testing. friday investigators also viewed the 7 valvues that pacific gas and electric used to shutoff the flow of gas. 40 foot flames shot into the air for more than 2 hours until the shutoff... the ntsb plans to look into that.sot now we are going to develop a timeline of events, one area we are interested in is the length of time it took to shut off the gas.standup dan kerman/sf 1:17the ntsb has a history with pge dating back before the san bruno explosion, the ntsb will be looking at what recommendations they have made to pge in the past and whether or nnot those recommendations were acted news.134/std (pam) the search is on for a man who walked onto an east bay high school campus... took out a weapon and assaulted a student. (ken) the school was placed on lockdown while police searched for the suspect. kron 4's haaziq madyun shows us where it happened. a student goes into the campus restroom where he is suddenly st itstarted friday at island continuation high school. alameda unified school district spokesperson susan davis says administartors initiated school safety protocals sot as a precaution several schools in the surrounding area were told to shelter in place while alameda police searched for suspect. one island high school student says the incident unnerved some of his classmatessotalameda high school student: "some kids went to the therapist. they were real shook up. some kids left">island high school has about 85 students. it is an open campus. the school has no on-site security. after a little over an hour the lockdown was lifted. police were unable to locate the man with the knife. investigators have a limited description of the suspectsotthe student suffered a minor injury was taken to a lotreate and released. invennection between the victim and the pershaaziq madyun kron4news now to our four zone forecast. taking a live look outside at s-f-o.kron-4's chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is here now with the forecast lawrence karnow: another storm brought rain across the bay area and even doppler radar is shower the rain turning more to showers. heavy snow and winter storm warnings are up for the sierra and an avalanche was has also been issued through monday. on the satellite you can see the storm moving in. it will begin to weaken overnight and the showers will decrease. more showers are forecast for tomorrow and pick up in the afternoon. highs will be in the 40s and the 50s. a colder storm will bring more rain and snow to the bay area saturday night and into sunday morning. snow levels will fall to about 1,000 feet or lower by sunday morning. more storms will bring rain well into next week.s jeff bezos and president trump are going head to head in an all out media war. and it started with the amazon founder's accusations of blackmail. tomorrow is the big day! fanfest is just hours away.. but tonight we have a sneak peak of the giants big celebration at oracle park. oracle park.celebration at giants big peak of the have a sneak tonight we away.. but just hours fanfest is is the big day! tomorrow blackmail.accusations of founder's the amazon started with and it out media war. head in an all going head to trump are and president jeff bezos week.sweek.s jeff bezos and president trump are going head to head in an all out media war. and it started with the amazon founder's accusations of blackmail. tomorrow is the big day! fanfest is just hours away.. but tonight we have a sneak peak of the giants big celebration at oracle park. (pam) it has been a rough couple of seasons for the san francisco giants... but today, a day before the team's annual fanfest... the organization hosted members of the media.(ken) kron four's philippe djegal caught up some of the big names on the team and executive staff at oracle park... who envision a winning year. (philippe) not long from now... the tarp and, the crews preparing for the san francisco giants' fanfest saturday... will be replaced with former all- stars and world series champions... who are eager to atone for two consecutive down seasons... and, bring winning back to this storied franchise.bruce bochy/manager- "i'm amped to go. i'm ready to go."brandon crawford/shor tstop- "we all go into spring with a positive mindset thinking we can win a lot of games, and get back to the postseason, um, and eventually win a world series." guys recovering from injuries that sidelined them for part of last year... say the off- season went well... catcher buster posey, recovering from hip-surgery, says he intends to be ready to go opening day.buster posey/catcher- "i'm optimistic that i'll be able to play and have the, you know, the same workload that i have had." new team president of baseball operations, farhan zaidi (zye-dee), says after a few off-season moves, addressing the pitching staff... he's still piecing the roster together... and, acknowledges that the team recently met with unsigned free-agent outfielder bryce harper... in the slugger's hometown of las vegas.farhan zaidi/president of baseball ops- "he's obviously got a lot of suitors and a lot of interest and he's gonna have some decisions to make, but, um, but again, i fair to say that that was an exprhesi trip out thvision. but collectively, the team looks forward to a bounce back yearje that feeling of fall baseballs unlike anything else, so i think everybody, for that reason alone, wants to get back and back into that situation of, uh, of just just enjoying that fall baseball and playing in the playoffs." get here early if you plan to attend fanfest... the gates open at 10 o'clock saturday morning... and, the event runs through three event runs and, the morning...saturday o'clock open at 10 the gates fanfest...plan to attend fanfest... the gates open at 10 o'clock saturday morning... and, the event runs through three o'clock in the afternoon... and, it is, of at oracle park in san philippe djegal, kron four news. coming up at eight.. president trump does not plan on releasing any information about the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi. the information congress wanted... by today's a major accusation against the national enquirer's parent company. why amazon founder jeff bezos says it tried to blackmail and extort him. ((lawrence tease))i'm kron 4 chief meteorologist lawrence karnow.coming up, i will take a look at your 7 day forecast. details are right after the break. " i have great respect for jeff bezos ... but he bought the washington post to have political influence ..."(pam) three years ago, while on the campaign trail, candidate donald trump went after the founder of amazon ... and now, their feud has dramatically escalated.(ken) the world's richest man and the world's most powerful leader are on opposite sides of a media war. (pam) as kron four's vicki liviakis reports ... federal prosecutors are now said to be investigating bezos's claim ... that the national enqurer's publisher tried to blackmail him. jeff bezos and his wife revealed their split last month, just hours before the inquirer hit the stands with news of his afffair with t=v host lauren sanchez. "he feels, apparently, that there was political motivation for what the enquirer was doing." bezos responded by directing his personal security director, gavin de becker to find out who leaked photos and intimate texts .on msnbc, washington post reporter manuel roig-franzia revealed... "gavin de becker does not believe that jeff bezos' phone was hacked. he thinks it's possible that a government entity might have gotten hold of his text messages."the inquirer's publisher sent him a note threatening to publish the material unless bezos called off his own investigation.now bezos is turning the tables, saying ... of course i don't want personal photos published, but i also won't participate in their well-known practice of blackmail, political favors, political attacks, and corruption. i prefer to stand up, roll this log over, and see what crawls out." "this was pretty gutsy, i mean to put it out there."according to bloomberg news the u=s attorney in new york is now looking into whether the tabloid violated an earlier immunity agreement.american media, the national enquirer's parent company, was granted immunity last year in connection with its assistance in an investigation into michael cohen, president donald trump's former personal lawyer.that agreement required the company to agree to (quote) "commit no crimes whatsoever." (ken) the white house is not going to meet the deadline imposed by congress to provide information on the murder of jamal khashoggi. the trump administration was supposed to respond by today-- but instead issued a statement -- saying the president can decline requests from congress when appropriate. congress wants president trump to weigh in on if saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman is responsible for a violation of human rights for the saudi arabia leaders admit some of its officials are involved in the killing but deny senior leadership knew anything about it until it happened. (pam) british prime minister theresa may is set to meet her irish counterpart soon in dublin. premier leo varadkar is coming from belfast -- where he has been consulting with northern irish leaders. he and prime minister may will talk about one of the biggest hold-ups in the brexit talks - a "backstop" agreement on the irish border."the irish government and the european union are all one when it comes to brexit. and i'm sure people if they haven't realized that for the past two years they're coming to realize the decision that we've made as a european union is that the withdrawal agreement and the backstop are not up for negotiation." (pam)(pam)prevent a hard border with ireland .... and allow people and goods to travel between hern ireland and the republic of ireland ... with fewer restrictions. this is happening, as the brexit talks are ongoing .. and the british government is receiving a lot of pushback from the e-u...(ken) the people of ireland have a lot of concerns and questions about what happens next. cnn's nic robertson has more from dublin. nic robertson, dublin: "'don't be afraid.' the last words of legendary irish poet seamus heaney. they have a prophetic feel in dublin today. brexit is looming and there's a lot at stake for ireland."at the nearby pub the weekly restock of guiness.nic robertson, dublin: "'tell me, what do you think about brexit?""disaster." nic robert" "because it's going to change the whole economics, the whole islands. both britain and republic of ireland. and ireland, don't mind the republic."a hard brexit, possible border controls and its impact on peace.nic robertson, dublin: "'what about the question of the border, the backstop of the border. could you compromise on that?""i don't think so. i think the border should be kept down. you know. it's, it's helped with the peace process."nic robertson, dublin: "'are you afraid of what some of the implications of the outcome might be?" from i live just by the border at home. and i think the fact that's going to happen those kind of really rural communities and agriculture in particular over there is going to be huge, yeah."but not just fears for themselves but for the uk as well."i feel sorry for the english."nic robertson, dublin: "'why's that?""because they don't seem to know what they're doing. oh. they're really a mess. they're going to suffer economically, and probably socially."some pity, but a lot of loathing for london's politicians too."britain chooses to pull out without any plans in place, and we're getting all the bad press."nic robertson, dublin: "'could this government compromise on the border issue?""this government? why would this government need to compromise?" nic robertson, dublin: "'could they do it do you think on the backstop issue on the border issue?""well, why would you want to compromise with people who have no plan, who keep changing their minds?" "'frustratioat he no deal brexit threat is not of ireland's or the eu's making. it's down to theresa may to fix, a message she'll no doubt hear during her visit. nic robertson, cnn, dublin ireland." dublin ireland." (ken) take a look at this time lapse from the ridge resort camera at (pam) kron-4's chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us with a look at the sierra forecast lawrence karnow: another storm brought rain across the bay area and even some snow on the hight mountains. doppler radar is shower the rain turning more to showers. heavy snow and winter storm warnings are up for the sierra and an avalanche was has also been issued through monday. on the satellite you can see the storm moving in. it will begin to weaken overnight and the showers will decrease. more showers are forecast for tomorrow and pick up in the afternoon. highs will be in the 40s and the 50s. a colder storm will bring more rain and snow to the bay area saturday night and into sunday morning. snow levels will fall to about 1,000 feet or lower by sunday morning. more storms will bring rain well into next week.s still ahead at 8 it's another challenge we need to warn you about. how making snow is sending kids to the hospital. a special black history month menu at a top san francisco restaurant .. our vicki liviakis takes us there for a delicious collaboration.. ♪ ♪ with the chase mobile app, jason wu could pay practically anyone, at any bank, all while putting on a runway show for new york fashion week. ♪ ♪ he could. or, he could make it even easier - and set up recurring payments to his neighbor. for cat sitting. 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(ken) tonight on dine and dish - vicki liviakis takes us to a well known san francsisco eatery that's giving diners a chance to enjoy black history month with a new twist on some classic dishes. the kitchen here at one market in san francisco is heating up. in addition to the usual delicious menu items, you can order dishes made just for black history month. chef mark dommen - teaming up with chef david lawrence of 1800 fame. it's a collaboration between both chefs featuring a mouthwatering four course menu. and to pair with the special dishes, wine director tonya pitts has hand picked incredible wines made by african american winemake like fromdarjean jones. it's a delicious way to experience dining traditions new and old. you can toast your way thru black history month - right on thru february 28th here at one market. and to sweeten up the experience, 10% of your prix fix menu will be donated to the museum of the african diaspora. in san francisco, vicki liviakis kron 4 news. (pam) kron 4 news.vicki liviakis kron 4 news. (pam) if you have a restaurant, cafe or bar that you would like to see featured on 'dine and dish... send an email to dine and dish at kron 4 dot com .... or fill out the submission form on our website. you can also check out our 'dine and dish' facebook page. next at 8 stopping the epidemic. as more and more children are becoming addicted to nicotine we take a look at the new way parents can prevent their children from vaping. coming up in sports....the warriors get a fight from a suns team that's won 11 games all year, but need just a few minutes to highlights ahead from phoenix. (ken) officials say more teens than ever are vaping -- but it can be hard for parents to know if their kids are doing it.(pam) so now... some parents are turning to tests which promise to detect it. linda stouffer has the story. nicotine to your brain e reprogramming you to crave more and moreaddictive nicotine shoots up to a kid's brain in seconds... says children's healthcare of atlanta.federal health officials are showing the costs of what they call a teenage vaping epidemic. doctors say nicotine can spike heart rates, blood pressure and affect memory.and vapes push chemicals into their lungs.diann cattani/mother "it's hidden from me but i'm a mini-detective as a mother." mom diann cattani came to this lab on peachtree street to learn about vaping tests for her kids.lacretia waller/lab manager"so if someone is using nicotine we can test their urine, hair, blood."local company 'any lab test now' offers tests from 70 up to 120 dollars looking for exposure to nicotine.the lab manager told us testing hair could cover several months.lacretia waller/lab manager"hair, we can go back to 90 days. and that's because we're taking the folliclediann cattani/mother "you have a responsibility, there's always that fine line with being a controlling parent but we have a responsibility to educate our kids and to know."or search nicotine test on amazon. you'll find dozens of home tests for parents who often don't know if their kids even have vapes since they look like electronics or flash drives.some promising as much nicotine as a pack of cigarettes.at the testing lab, they're seeing concerned parents of kids as young as 12. lacretia waller/lab manager "usually a lot of high school students. even now some middle on that, but they partner with the same kinds of labs your doctor might use for blood tests. and by going directly, you can even use a nickname to protect your child's identity. linda stouffer, channel two action news." (ken) that was linda stouffer reporting a couple of caveats about these tests: kids that have chewed nicotine gum or breathed in second hand smoke can return positive results. also, not all vapes contain nicotine -- and those won't show up on a test. (pam) every winter ... we enjoy the videos of people throwing water into supercold air, where it instantly freezes.(ken) our grant lodes is here to tell us why experts are saying... don't try this at home. (grant) the boiling water the boiling water challenge -- as it is sometimes known -- has gone viral in the past few gone viral in known -- has it is sometimes challenge -- as water the boiling (grant) the boiling water challenge -- as it is sometimes known -- has gone viral in the past few weeks, as a weather pattern called a polar vortex gripped a large part of the u-s. hospitals say it's also sending people to the emergency room. eight people who took part in the challenge have been treated in the burn center at chicago's loyola university medical center in the past week. people had injuries to their feet, arms, hands and face. another person had to go to the university of iowa burn treatment center. and a minneapolis hospital said a "couple" of people were treated there in recent weeks. people watching the challenge are getting hurt, as well.(grant) so, if you want to be wowed by the science and spectacle of the boiling water the boiling water challenge, just watch a video -- don't try it yourself. as you would expect steve kerr offered the perfect response to what we saw the other day from that kevin durant press conference... basically, saying that with the way the league has grown, the nba makes players and coaches feel like actors in a soap opera....and he gives k-d a pass for what happened. so in the meantime, let's see what the next episode has in store. --warriors suns out in phoenix. champs red hot... suns one of the worst teams in the ayton. throws it up and suns take an early 17-point lead. --but you knew the champs would make a run... they come all the way back... klay thompson....happy 29th birthday...3 is good. warriors take back the lead, but the suns led by at the break. --2nd half-- phoenix kept hanging around... kelly oubre...gets his own rebound and finishes at the rack. oubre 25-points off the bench.. suns up by 3 going into the 4th. --but down the stretch, warriors pulled away... demarcus cousins... two hand jam... all warriors starters scored in double figures for the 1st time this season. --then steph curry... only 10-points entering the 3rd, dropped 10 in 3 minutes. 3-ball to put the champs up 7 and they never looked back. --warriors win 117-107... they've taken 14 of their last 15. coming back home sunday to face the heat. in our other top story-- baseball season coming up fast. a's pitchers and catchers report this weekend... while the giants get going on wednesday. in the meantime, ep oracle park expected to be jampacked tomorrow morning for the annual tradition.you fans w even more excited if news about bryce harper came down soon. giants president of baseball operations farhan zaidi confirmed today that he did meet with the mvp slugger...the most coveted prospect on the market. however, he would not discuss the specifics of their session, in terms of any offers. but he did weigh in on possible theories as to why it's taken so long for big time free agents to be singed this offseason. <>"i think you are getting a little bit of the accumulation of the fact that over the last couple of years you've had shorter term deals so the turnaround time for a lot of these players, back out on the market every year, every couple of years so i think it's kind of a multiplying effect.""you know it was great for us to be able to sit down with him, we know what a great player he is, so now we'll see what happens." happens."see what is, so now we'll see what happens." at at&t, we believe in access. the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. connecting with the things that matter most. and because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet, we've created access from at&t. california households with at least one resident who receives snap or ssi benefits may qualify for home internet at a discounted rate of $10 a month. no commitment, deposit, or installation fee. visit att.com/accessnow to learn more. sleep number 360 smart bed. it senses your movement and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. save 50% on the sleep number 360 limited edition smart bed. plus, 24-month financing on all smart beds. only for a limited time. that leave therea lasting impression. like the feeling of movement as a new journey begins, or the sight of soft fur, warmed by the morning sun. you might remember new flavours, the sound of an old friend's laugh, or a view that defies all expectations. these are the memories that stay with you, long after the moments have passed. (ken) everybody's familiar with orange soda... and vanilla flavoring...well coke -- is mixing the two. the company is introducing a new flavor for the first time in more than 10 years. "orange vanilla" coca-cola will hit shelves later this month to help keep the brand current and retain customers that want some variety. a "zero sugar" version will also be made available. (pam) that wraps up kron 4 news at 8. but our primetime coverage is just getting started this friday night. grant lodes and vicki news at 9.re here with kron ((grant))thank you pam and ken...next at nine...get readyfor a wet weekend here in the bay area.a series of cold storms will hit us over the next seven days... with a warmer pineapple express in the middle of them... add it all up... we could see flooding, and mudslides... and yes, snow in the bay area.our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is tracking your forecast.plus new tonight at nine...business along san francisco's vanenue say they are feeling the pinch from a massive construction project that drastically impacting their bottom line. hear from frustrated business owners next in a live report. ((grant))and, lane closures on the richmond-san rafael bridge tonight as crews begin repairs. what you need to know..coming up.((vicki))keep it here.. when girl scout ingenuity meets dunkin' coffee, you get a cup of can-do. girl scout cookie inspired flavors are back at dunkin'. try thin mints, coconut caramel or trefoils shortbread flavors. and get your $2 medium latte (grant) the first of series of the first of (grant) (grant) the first of series of storms hits the bay area-- we saw scattered showers for much of the day... and the rain-- is not going away anytime soon....(grant) thanks for joining us, i'm grant lodes. (vicki) and i'm vicki liviakis.... the rain is expected to last much of the weekend... chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us now with a look at how it could affect your plans. lawrence? l