catherine heenan reporting.hamas has announced it will expedite the release of more israeli hostages. israeli forces were seen withdrawing from border villages in southern lebanon today under a deadline outlined in the cease-fire agreement that ended the latest. israel has been a war separate ceasefire in gaza is nearing the end of its first phase saying it will release the bodies of 4 deceased israeli hostages on thursday. in addition to 6 living hostages on saturday, hamas has also committed to releasing the remains for more deceased hostages by next week. >> the vatican gave an update on pope francis's condition today. church officials say he has developed pneumonia in both they say the respiratory infection further complicated by asthmatic bronchitis. the 88 year-old was at in their condition on friday. but worsened in the following days. timeline for his release has not yet been announced. the vatican over says he will not be attending events through this weekend. officials say the pope remains in good spir

i'm catherine heenan. >> thousands of people were outside chase center. taking part in fan activities. everything the all-star weekend has to offer. fans were excited to see players from teams all over the nba. most fans, of course, excited to see there. warriors representing kron four's check moment has the story. >> the fans we spoke with said that they're just really happy to see that the nba all-star weekend is back in the bay area for the first time in about a quarter century. many of those fans we spoke to also told us that they think this is san francisco's way telling the world that they're back on center stage. streaming from inside the shop. has got crazy ca tomorrow tonight, >> and screaming from eager fans pouring into thrive city. outside the chase center saturday for day 2 of nba all-star weekend. it's been from the youngg

catherine heenan is in our newsroom now with details on what city leaders are hoping to do. catherine? yeah, this sounds a fairly simple. the hope is that you will get more people in and around downtown san francisco by increasing the number of places they can get together and drink. >> the timing for the pitches. good san francisco. coming off a lunar new year celebrations that brought happy locals and visitors pouring into the city and an nba all-star weekend that had people only too happy to head for san francisco, enjoying the >> we do. we see that when you give people a reason to be downtown, they go downtown state senator scott wiener is introducing a bill that could bring new bars and restaurants to the areas around union square in mice county center. >> by offering 20 new liquor licenses. the licenses are billed as a low cost with details to be announced later. we know that downtown financial district to union square. >> south of market europe when it is absolutely essential. we know that when people are trying to open up new bars or restaurants, it is extremely expen

catherine heenan joins us now live in the newsroom with details on what city leaders hope it will do, catherine. yeah, well, it sounds kind of simple. it boils down to the fact city leaders hope that you would be more likely to spend time downtown. >> if there are more places to get together and drake. the timing for the pitches. good san francisco. coming off a lunar new year celebrations that brought. >> happy locals and visitors pouring into the city and an nba all-star weekend that had people only too happy to head for san francisco, enjoying the fun. >> we do. we see that when you give people a reason to be downtown, they go downtown state senator scott wiener is introducing a bill that could bring new bars and restaurants to the areas around union square in mice county center. >> by offering 20 new liquor licenses. the licenses are billed as a low cost with details to be announced later. we know that downtown financial district to union square. >> south of market europe when it is absolutely essential. we know that when people are trying to open up new bars or restaurants, it is

thank you for joining joining us at 11, i'm catherine heenan, nba all-star weekend in the bay area has wrapped up of the best players. rising stars showed up to show off sporting events. some skills contest saw led to the biggest night on the court. the all-star game kron, 4 sports director scott reese joins us. he is live at chase center. scott. catherine, the 70 for the nba all-star game was unlike the rest of partially because we had san francisco flare not only the decor in the locale, but also the musical entertainment. >> but also because the format this year was a little bit 14, many tournaments. so that played out in a unique way. what was not difference was the fact that we have the best basketball players on the planet all under one roof and most of them played in the game safer. lebron james who backed out about 4 hours before tipoff because of foot and heel injuries. but that didn't dampen the spirit. we had plenty to root for, including our own stef curry. so let's show you how it all went down. it was a terrific night from the john. you had again to semi final game. so th

i'm catherine heenan and i'm grant lotus.are tracking a major storm that is headed to the bay area this evening. we had a little bit of rain. some drizzle overnight, but nothing like

catherine heenan is live in the newsroom now with some of the latest katherine, tai. listen. as you to know, federal judges have put some of the >> doe's team actions on cars. but president trump says the work will continue. >> some of the cost-cutting moves seem fairly random. but with notable savings, take the fact the president has ordered the treasury to stop minting the penny. the one cent coins cost more to produce than their value. some estimates say stopping penny production could save the u.s. 300 million dollars a year. >> so you must once the shutdown, the cfpb. but we're here to say we're going to shut down. elon musk operation. >> other moves are triggering far more backlash than rhetoric. this rally a protest of the fact the consumer financial protection bureau as the next federal agency on life support. congress created the bureau in the wake of the 2008 market crash to protect consumers from predatory business practices. donald trump and elon musk. >> have told the financial cops at the cfpb to stand out. some democrats say elon musk could be trying to shut do

catherine heenan live for us in the newsroom with some of the latest developments. a lot going on, a lot going federal judges have put some of the those teams actions on pause. but president trump says the work we'll continue. >> some of the cost-cutting moves seem fairly random. but with notable savings, take the fact the president has ordered the treasury to stop minting the penny. the one cent coins cost more to produce than their value. some estimates say stopping penny production could save the u.s. 300 million dollars a year. >> so you want must once the shutdown, the cfpb. but we're here to say we're going to shut down elon musk a >> other moves are triggering far more backlash than rhetoric. this rally a protest of the fact the consumer financial protection bureau as the next federal agency on life support. congress created the bureau in the wake of the 2008 market crash to protect consumers from predatory business practices. donald trump and elon musk. >> have told the financial cops at the cfpb to stand out. some democrats say elon musk could be trying to

. >> i'm catherine heenan and i'm grant lotus. we are tracking this major storm making its way into the bay area. tonight. we had little bit of a taste of rain last night, but the main event is going to be with us this evening. crowd for chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is joining us now. lourdes. this is one of those days walking around outside just kinda. feel it in the air. yeah. you can see it kind of thickening up throughout the day and now we're starting get scattered showers. of course. >> with that weak system come through last night, that kind of prime the ground, right? the ground is entirely saturated. >> and now you're going to see a storm system with a lot more moisture in it. and it is really going to dump across the entire bay area out there right now. a lot of clouds, some scattered light showers beginning to show up around the bay area. the national weather service has now extended of flood watches across the entire bay area, not just the north bay and part of the peninsula all the way across the bay area, incl

i'm catherine heenan and i'm grant lotus. we are tracking a major storm that is headed to the bay area this evening. we had a little bit of rain. some drizzle overnight, but nothing like what we are about to see this evening. kron four's chief meteorologist lawrence karnow has been tracking the storm. he has the latest, lawrence guys. that's going to get fierce overnight tonight. very heavy rainfall, extremely gusty winds. >> with a storm that is now headed on shore, just beginning to see those clouds rolling in and thicken up and even a couple raindrops beginning to pop up around the bay area. but the main event is still yet to come. as we head toward the middle of the night and early tomorrow morning. that will be the brunt of this storm system out the door right now. you've got those clouds up above some showers down below most. that is fairly light. but one thing's going to be picking up. in fact, the national weather service has now extended the flood watch across the entire bay area member, the creeks, the stream, the f

catherine heenan has more. >> the timing for the pitches. good san francisco.nar new year celebrations that brought happy locals and visitors pouring into the city and an nba all-star weekend that had people only too happy to head for san francisco, enjoying the >> we do. we see that when you give people a reason to be downtown, they go downtown state senator scott wiener is introducing a bill that could bring new bars and restaurants to the areas around union square in mice county center. >> by offering 20 new liquor licenses, the licenses are billed as a low cost with details to be announced later. we know that downtown financial district to union square. >> south of market europe when it is absolutely essential. we know that when people are trying to open up new bars or restaurants, it is extremely expensive. and one of the most significant costs is obtaining a liquor license. they can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. we should be making it easier. >> not harder for businesses to set up here. right now. state law limits are number of liquor licenses an

catherine heenan has that story. >> the timing for the pitches. good san francisco. coming off a lunar new year celebrations that brought happy locals and visitors pouring into the city and an nba all-star weekend that had people only too happy to head for san francisco, enjoying the fun. >> we do. we see that when you give people a reason to be downtown, they go downtown state senator scott wiener is introducing a bill that could bring new bars and restaurants to the areas around union square in mice county center. >> by offering 20 new liquor licenses. the licenses are billed as a low cost with details to be announced later. we know that downtown financial district to union square. >> south of market europe when it is absolutely essential. we know that when people are trying to open up new bars or restaurants, it is extremely expensive. and one of the most significant costs is obtaining a liquor license. they can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. we should be making it easier. >> not harder for businesses to set up here. right now. state law limits are number

catherine heenan reports on what city leaders are hoping to do. >> the timing for the pitches.d san francisco. coming off a lunar new year celebrations that brought happy locals and visitors pouring into the city and an nba all-star weekend that had people only too happy to head for san francisco, enjoying the fun. >> we do. we see that when you give people a reason to be downtown, they go downtown state senator sc to the areas around union square in mice county center. >> by offering 20 new liquor licenses, the licenses are billed as a low cost with details to be announced later. we know that downtown financial district to union square. >> south of market europe when it is absolutely essential. we know that when people are trying to open up new bars or restaurants, it is extremely expensive. and one of the most significant costs is obtaining a liquor license. they can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. we should be making it easier. >> not harder for businesses to set up here. right now. state law limits are number of liquor licenses and they are expensive and hard to get.

i'm grant lotus and i'm catherine heenan. welcome. the entire bay area set to

i'm grant lotus and i'm catherine heenan. welcome. the entire bay area set to get drenched over the next 24 hours. >> there are, of course, going concerns about flooding. high winds. we've got live team coverage. kron 4 meteorologist kyla grogan standing by on the kron. 4 weather center. but let's begin with kron four's lezla gooden. she's live in pacifica with more on how people along the coast are preparing less. >> yes, so we've been out here all afternoon. it was pretty calm. we saw a lot of people just casually walking, but just in the last 30 minutes or so, if you can hear the waves, they got him pretty intense and we can expect them to get even more intense as the storm moves in and take a look at this video that we captured earlier. now we're able to talk to a couple people who are just out on the pier to see how they were getting ready now on wednesday, pacific up, we caught their public works department prepping the roads to place and on them. they tell us that the water does sometimes go over this railing. and some resident

. >> was catherine heenan reports on what city leaders are trying to do. >> the timing for the pitchesing off a lunar new year celebrations that brought happy locals and visitors pouring into the city and an nba all-star weekend that had people only too happy to head for san francisco, enjoying the fun. >> we do. we see that when you give people a reason to be downtown, they go downtown state senator scott wiener is introducing a bill that could bring new bars and restaurants to the areas around union square in mice county center. >> by offering 20 new liquor licenses. the licenses are billed as a low cost with details to be announced later. we know that downtown financial district to union square. >> south of market europe when it is absolutely essential. we know that when people are trying to open up new bars or restaurants, it is extremely expensive. and one of the most significant costs is obtaining a liquor license. they can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. we should be making it easier. >> not harder for businesses to set up here. right now. state law limits are number of l

thank you for joining joining us at 11, i'm catherine heenan, nba all-star weekend in the bay area hasp to show off sporting events. some skills contest saw led to the biggest night on the court. the all-star game kron, 4 sports director scott reese joins us. he is live at chase center. scott. catherine, the 70 for the nba all-star game was unlike the rest of partially because we had san francisco flare not only the decor in the locale, but also the musical entertainment. >> but also because the format this year was a little bit 14, many tourn.