i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. good advice. thank you, rob. live in san francisco tonight. >> the north bay was hit hardest by yesterday's storm. take a look here. this is downtown guerneville apartments on the north side of town. still flooded at this hour, making it hard for people to get out and about the water up to some people's doorway. the sonoma county sheriff's office says it received many calls from people who were trapped inside because of this flooding. >> and here's a look from above quad copter 4 here are drone above the mudslide in guerneville that caused a home to slide down the hill. steep hill almost a cliff. the home went into the river, the russian river, just a horrible situation. thankfully, nobody was in that house when it went down. deputies say because the ground is so saturated, there's a possibility more trees and power lines could come down. certainly not out of the woods yet. >> meantime, russian river still running high. many low-lying spots still flooded with more rain on the way tomorrow. there is a risk of the

our rob nesbitt is tracking the storm in saratoga. kron four's lezla gooden is along the coast in pacifica. >> but we begin with meteorologist kyla grogan. >> i it's been quite a day. it had been drive in the media they're my friends who are reporters to hey, it's not an easy one. these showers have just been rolling across the bay area. >> and what's been a big component of this is wind. so not only is that rain coming down, but that wind is just whipping out there. want to talk about totals. ben lowman, santa cruz mountains over 5 inches of rain. you can see over 3 and a half and can feel the north bay east bay bringing those totals to 2.7 to in dublin, oakland, one of the gauges there just under 2 and a half inches. you can see ffo about 2 inches in san jose. a little over an inch and a quarter. so it really has been a fully-involved storm for everyone notice that we've got the sierra snow that is rolling right now, too. there's been hail. there's been snow. there's been wind. it's been a wild day as we zoom in here. the good news

i'm rob nesbitt. kron. 4 news. yeah. you want to watch out for carbon monoxide, right? if it's the wrong kind of generator and keep act. >> make sure you have good ventilation. thanks for prop. meantime, along the san mateo coast, the surf is expected to get even stronger tonight. officials calling for dangerous waves of around 30 feet along the coast there, making it to really not safe to be out on the water. kron four's. leslie good joins us live from. >> pacifica lezla. it was super windy. last time we checked in with you, how are things now? >> it's worse. it's worse. almost fall over. i don't know what just happened in the last like 30 to 40 minutes. this one is so intense and it's actually becoming a harder to hear you guys, because i can hear the waves just crashing against this law here. and, you know, we haven't seen as many people out as much. we did see a couple people around the area. now, you know, this storm is really starting to make itself heard and seen in the bay area and the waves here on the pier in pacific up are expected to get even higher during t

i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. still ahead, one bay area congressman is taking a stand against what he calls excessive executive disorders from the trump administration. >> plus says communities in southern california continue to recover a new bill. >> make sure victims can get the mental health support they need. >> and after the break, a push to overhaul the state's current sanctuary state law. details on the new legislation next. >> there's a new effort in the state legislature to overhaul california. sanctuary state laws. state senate minority leader brian jones is introduced the bill and that he calls the safety before criminal sanctuary bill that bill would prevent local jurisdictions from passing sanctuary city measure stronger than the current law. >> bill ensures violent criminals are not shielded from federal immigration. authorities. using every tool in the tool box to keep our communities safe. >> the bill would still need to be approved by the state senate and the assembly. and if that happens, it woul

i'm rob nesbitt. kron. 4 just stay off the roads. if you don't really need to be anywhere tonight. rob, thank you. >> thanks, rob. are also tracking power outages throughout the bay area. more than 20,000 pge customers without power as we speak. kron four's dan thorn joins in studio tonight with more on that. yeah. grant and noel and pg e reporting a little bit of work has been improving here with the power outages. we were at. >> around 21,000 people without power within the last hour, down to about just over 20,000, highest concentrations can be found in the north bay, san francisco and down the peninsula and the pencil actually has nearly half of all of the power outages across the bay area. we're going to take a closer look at exactly what we're seeing right here. the green there indicating that anywhere from one to up to 50 customers without power. the up orange squares are up to possibly 5,000 customers without power. again, you can see lot of that focus down along the peninsula there. the diamonds that are in the yellow color there, anywhere from 50 to 500 people rather custo

rob nesbitt has that story. >> schools k through 12 colleges and universities have been given 2 weeks get rid of their diversity initiatives programs put in place to help diversify a student body are viewed as discrimination by the white house ending diversity, equity and inclusion is a precondition of receiving federal funds. the white house is threatening to withhold federal funds to schools that promote dei. this letter sent out by the department of education gives k through 12 schools 2 weeks to end race-based admissions, hiring scholarships or graduation ceremonies. vallejo superintendent ruben are yellow, says his district is one of the most diverse in the country. and federal funds are mostly used for students most in need. when we get funding like title one dollars this time, one dollars or really earmarked for students who need additional support. >> regardless of race, it's typically tied your socio economic status. you're you're language proficiency status or if you're foster youth who are homeless colleges and universities are also scrambling to evaluate their risk when it

i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news 2 schools are closing in vallejo by the end of the school year and another will be relocated. >> the school district voted last night to close mare island, health and fitness academy and loma vista, environmental science academy, the charter school that will be relocated to the mare island campus and the district will make nearly 13 million dollars in budget cuts and layoffs. staff. the decision was part of the board's effort to address 36 million dollar budget deficit over the next couple of years. it is traumatic. no one wants their child to have to go to this. we know we have to put a lot of things in place to continue to serve, hold our families and support them. >> through that through this transition in the end, it's their baby right? it's their child who gets dropped off at a school and they want to make sure that their child feel safe at school is going to be well taken care of and educated. and that's alternate goal. >> the superintendent says the district staff is reaching out to families affected to help them with the transition to a new school co

i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. thanks, rob. after the break, house speaker mike johnson says the spending bills on the play but >> can congress actually pass a budget before a government shutdown? (vo) struggling with moderate to severe crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis? talk to your doctor about #1 prescribed entyvio, offering two maintenance options, including the entyvio pen. infusion and serious allergic reactions can happen during or after treatment. entyvio may increase risk of infection, which can be serious. pml, a rare, potentially fatal brain infection cannot be ruled out. tell your doctor if you have an infection, flu-like symptoms, sores, or are prone to infections. liver problems can occur. entyvio. relief. remission. for real. ♪entyvio, entyvio, entyvio♪ tonight, the >> outline for a federal budget still isn't public tonight after speaker of the house by johnson said proposal would be out yesterday. well, today the speaker said that house republicans are prepared to move forward later this week with a plan to

it happened to be on the whole foods in the area of adams street and jefferson after kron four's rob nesbitt talked to people shopping there about what happened. >> a little bit shocked a little bit scary. >> that's the reaction from most of the shoppers i spoke with at this whole foods in redwood city after finding out that police found a person behind the store suffering from a gunshot wound around one 40 am thursday. paramedics tried to save them, but the victim was pronounced dead at the scene cast. lone has lived in redwood city for 37 years and says it's always been a safe place to call home. but i go running. >> we my front open. i've never had it again. i'm going jinx myself but never had a package stolen my porch. it's just not that kind of place. the shooting is being investigated by the redwood city police department as a homicide. >> the victim's name gender and age have not been released at the whole foods. every shopper i spoke with mentioned the need for stricter gun laws. it's a terrible thing. guns rampant on the street. simon hague is also a longtime redwood city resident c

kron four's rob nesbitt has the latest. >> a little bit shocked. a little bit scary. it just doesn't seem right that it would have been here in this neighborhood. that's the reaction from most of the shoppers i spoke with at this whole foods in redwood city. >> after finding out that police found a person behind the store suffering from a gunshot wound around one 40 am thursday. paramedics tried to save them, but the victim was pronounced dead at the scene cast. lone has lived in redwood city for 37 years and says it's always been a safe place to call home that i go running. >> my front door open. i've never had again. i'm going jinx myself but never had a package stolen my porch. it's just not that kind of place. the shooting is being investigated by the redwood city police department as a homicide. >> the victim's name gender and age not been released at the whole foods. every shopper i spoke with mentioned the need for stricter gun laws. it's a terrible thing. counties rampant on the street. simon hague is also a longtime redwood city resident calling the area home

kron four's rob nesbitt reports on how much money is set to be cup. cities make tough decisions when it comes to budget cuts. and protesters gathered today in oakland to protest 2.6 million dollars in cuts scheduled for this year. no no more than a dozen organizations took part in this protest tuesday morning at the fruitvale transit village calling on oakland city leaders to stop millions of dollars in cuts. one organization that stand to be affected is meals on wheels. basically the city has is still continuing to bomb the but not the meals. kim olson is the director of advocacy for meals on wheels. oakland, she says cuts in funding will prevent meals from being delivered to 1400 oakland seniors. we want the city to make our clients a priority in violent funding for these for essential services. >> we can't be short-sighted making. the smoke has now. then we need to proceedings and benefits for the rest of things those gathered tuesday say the cuts hurt the unhoused seniors, immigrants, young people and violence prevention carlos soto was a violence

i'm rob nesbitt kron 4 news. thank you, rob. meantime, judge carl nichols, a trump appointee is keeping in place an order stopping the trump administration from putting foreign aid provider u.s. a i d. >> workers on administrative leave. president donald trump and his ally elon musk pushed for usa id and other agencies to close senate democrat leader chuck schumer says he wants them to be more careful. >> course, there's some wasteful spending, but you don't use a meat ax and cut everything. >> and we're getting some new clarity now on who actually runs doge. the white house says that the president has the final say not elon musk. new at 5 jurors have decided maddy middleton's convicted killer is still too dangerous to be released from custody. >> adrian gonzales was 15 when he is lord maddy middleton into his mother's apartment where he strangled the girl on his bed sexually assaulted her, stabbed her to death. he's served nearly a decade in juvenile custody, but his 25th birthday trigger. the hearing under state law. any crimi

i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. thanks, rob. still ahead, dozens of oakland city workers who are laid off. >> rally today saying their misfortune will soon affect people who live and work in oakland. plus, a nice big gift shop vandalized. the owners now fear they were targeted because of their. because of their. >> mexican background. excited about saving big with the comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. five years? -five years. and he's not alone. -high five. it's five years of reliable gig speed internet. five years of advanced securit. five years of a great rate that won't change. it's back. but only for a limited time. high five. five years? -nope. comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. powering five years of savings. powering possibilities. comcast business. >> potential new law enforcement partnership between the city of oakland and northeastern university is causing concern for some people in east oakland kron four's lezla gooden joins us now live in newsroom to break down the latest to explain this. >> ye

reporting in saratoga, i'm rob nesbitt. kron. 4 news. >> along the san mateo coast, the surf is expected to get even stronger tonight. officials calling for dangerous waves of around 30 feet along the coast, making it to unsafe to be out there on the water. crawford's lezla gooden reports now from pacifica. >> yeah. when is continuing to really pick up here, it's getting really intense and even difficult for us to even open our car doors are told are what make downg and as the night continues we're told we can expect to see more of >> this storm on thursday is making itself heard and seen in the bay area driving to pacifica. you could feel the wind pushing the cars and city leaders are urging people to take extreme caution, avoiding walking your trees right during high winds. these winds are very, very strong. >> there will be impacts across the city will keep us secure outdoor items and prepare for those power outages that i mentioned, they tell us they are prepare for the storm and have crews on standby. we spoke with the

i'm rob nesbitt. kron. 4 news, iraq. yeah, we're. >> will he nobody got hurt. that was one big tree. >> thank you, the east bay also set to receive a lot of rain tonight. and with that, of course, comes concern of flooding. kron 4 stephanie rothman has a closer look at how folks in walnut creek are getting ready. >> the wind has been picking up fast and strong all afternoon. that's why customers have made sure to pick up items like sandbags so that they can stay safe. and right during this stormy weather. customers picking up a last minute. rain prep items getting ready while welcoming some much needed moisture clear leaves and things from off >> our drainage areas that come steps to make sure that they drained. >> but in california waters so valuable. i'm always glad to see the rain i'm and i love what it does. their skills and everything is so green. >> weather has people flocking to ace hardware with well over their usual 1000 people a day looking for tool, stay safe and dry by flights out of batteries because of paris. kind of flickering on and off, especia

but as kron four's rob nesbitt reports now. >> her friends still have questions. >> it's been nearly 2 years and those close to a cleanup still don't know a cause of death, wondering if there would be more effort put into the investigation if the victim was not a drag queen. when i first spoke to joshua grinnell in may of 2023, he was planning a giant celebration of life for his friend heklina grinnell, whose stage name is peaches. christ was in london with a clean up getting ready to premiere their show. mommy quieres at the soho theater when he discovered his friend and costar dead and their london apartment. it's been nearly 2 years in. grinnell says the lack of transparency from police has reached its breaking point, landed back in san francisco and would reach out to them for updates. >> we would be ignored quite frankly, just that emails would just go unanswered or if we did get a response, it would be almost nothing weeks after the death knell was told by the metropolitan police in london that there was no foul play suspected but has yet to receive an official cause of death.

rob nesbitt joins us live from sonoma county with what's happening there. good evening, rob. >> grand know well, this is river road beside me and it runs right alongside the russian river. when you try to get off of this road and take a side street, chances are you're going to be met with a road closure sign because there's a lot of flooding. >> this is what the driveway at larson family winery in sonoma looked like tuesday. the winery is right next to the russian river. and water started rising over the weekend. the levee kind of breaks right here just a rushing river. come across. >> you can tell that there's absolutely no way in or out. right now, tasting room manager hayden per year has been stuck on the winery side of the water. >> while its entrance on fremont drive looks like this. last year. the winery had to close for 2 months because of flooding for your is hoping that won't be the case with this storm. we are a little bit on saturday. >> so what i'd start arriving so it shut down early and then ever since then, it's just been coming across the roa

i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> all right. let's get a check on how the weather will be for all these parades this weekend. you know, i never get tired of that shot. all right. let's talk about a brain out. warts. yeah, i was just thinking, you know, you just walk around the bay area that just likes. there are some days where everything just looks so stunning. it's amazing. this was one of those days. i think we're going to see that again this weekend as we're going to have high pressure overhead. we're gonna see some passing clouds from time to time. i think that linick the sky look that much prettier outside right now, not a bad evening on tap. a little sea breeze blowing into the bay. right now we're going to see couple patches of fog along the coastline. we saw some that sweep in as we head toward the middle of the day today. but overnight tonight, partly cloudy skies. couple patches of fog of them that you're looking good tomorrow. lots of sunshine mixed with some of those clouds, probably some lingering patchy fog right

reporting in saratoga, i'm rob nesbitt. kron. 4 news. >> well, you can follow our storm coverage kron 4 dot com. there you'll find interactive radar warnings and advisories issued for your neighborhood. and if there's any flooding to be aware of, you can find it there. kron 4 dot com. >> fire trucks and everything and iowa. all. the poor guy 1000 on fire. >> well, a man is dead tonight after his home catches fire in brentwood. this happened just after 11 o'clock last night. crews say the fire started in the garage and that's where they found. the victim has been identified as 69 year-old james fields. >> disabled man was a nice man. well, look, kind >> kind know you. >> it was a good name of the victim was found in a unique location for the time of day. >> the crews would have made it into the into the structure for search the common places that someone will be found. >> neighbors say he was living alone after his wife had recently passed away. but his granddaughters would visit him often. crews say the constant downpours l

i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> all right. thank you out. >> let's get you a check of the forecast as it stands now. taking a beautiful live look at the golden gate bridge and towards the north bay, which really got hit hard with that rain yesterday. but looking absolutely gorgeous. today. >> trying to drive itself out before the next round. yes, sometimes that cable will flirt with the camera lens that is happening. but lawrence, that doesn't matter. how is the weather? yeah. kind of around their lives yesterday. course, whether looking great outside right now pitching a much needed break. >> in the storm's not gonna last long, we've got another storm system headed our way. we've already got rivers that are continuing to flood. so watching that very closely outside right now, clear skies out over the bay as we speak. get ready for cold night ahead. and i think think as we head toward the next few days in the weekend, cold temperatures are going to be the big story. after all, this rain begins to clear out a bit. but out the d

i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> weather time here as we get a live look at the golden gate bridge.ime to say cheers to the weekend. it. >> nice shot there. my husband walking across golden gate bridge today and that he's been waiting because it's been raining all week. he was like i need a day where it's not raining. glad hold says cold. but with the blown 50 miles, bridge with what we do on a one off the side of ride. nice day to get a 3rd of joy. but you are going to need some cold weather gear this weekend. we've got some very chilly temperatures going to be settling in across the bay area. in fact, a lot of frost, some freeze watches are going up as well as we're going to see those temperatures dropping off low 30's, maybe some upper 20's in some spots. so yeah, the golden gate bridge. what a difference today? well, it was just a rough ride across bridge around the bay area last week or so as the storms are rolling into some very strong winds. temperatures out the door right now, not bad, although are hovering in the low to about the mid 50's across the bay area. but tonight. >

i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 2 schools are closing in valais hope by the end of this school year and another will be relocated. >> the school district voted last night to close mare island, health and fitness academy and loma vista, environmental science academy. the chapters school that's going to be relocated to the mare island campus and the district will make nearly 13 million dollars in budget cuts and layoffs. staff. the decision was part of the board's effort to address 36 million dollar budget deficit over the next 2 years. >> it is traumatic. no one wants their child to have to go to this. we know we have to put a lot of things in place to continue to serve, hold our families and support them through that through this transition. in the end, it's their baby right? it's their child who gets dropped off at a school and they want to make sure that their child feel safe at school is going to be well taken care of and educated. and that's ultimate goal. >> the >> superintendent says the district staff is reaching out to families affected to help them with the transition to a new school.

i'm rob nesbitt. kron. 4 news. thank you, rob. and kid share is going to be busy. san francisco also. >> hosting the annual lunar new year's parade and fair street closures are going begin on friday night at 11 and then last until sunday night at 11 muni is offering free fares this getting to the parade a little easier. so if you plan on driving to the parade, you might want to prepare for a lot of traffic out. >> new at 5 palo alto police are trying to figure out if the people you see here are connected to recent burglaries. the 3 men police say were subcontractors of it overnight cleaning services company for 3 restaurants that they are accused of stealing from in all the cases. police say they took the restaurant's safes collecting a total of about 16,000 bucks. detectives are continuing to investigate. they say whether additional suspects may be involved. >> man has been detained in connection to a fire that broke out in the san francisco apartment. residents were forced to evacuate around 5.30 this morning. the building manager says that he grabbed an extingui

i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. well, the dry couple of days ahead. people in santa rosa have the chance clean up after all the rain and flooding. >> crews were tasked with trying to clear big tree from the road then fell earlier this morning in a block south, right? roland experts say when you've got the wet soil and strong wind, you caused this to happen. >> it's going away. thank that says it comes up. it goes down. >> residents in guernville meanwhile breathing a sigh of relief tonight as the russian river continues to recede. it's now several feet below flood stage on wednesday. the river had risen to more than 4 feet over its flood stage of 32 feet stuff it will take everything. everything you have. i've seen propane tanks go down, houses, trees, boats, you name it. the evacuation order that was in effect for low-lying areas near the river for most of this week has been downgraded. now to a warning. so some positive news there. we do want to get you check of the forecast now. dry night. >> treinen chilly night out there. this is a view from moun

i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. rob, thank you. >> and weather coverage. >> at the city of san francisco, we're going to check in now with cuyler to see what's going i want to talk about the snow that's going to be happening as we get into our storm system here. and in fact, as we take a look at lake tahoe right now, down at the surface, take you right back here. you can see where some of these waves are really getting going there under a lake wind advisory today and they are about to be under winter storm warnings as well. as you can see, we're expecting the system to come in late tonight into tomorrow. and that means rain, snow and wind are on the way and then things cool down and clear out a little bit for the day on wednesday before it got a second hit. just like the rain here. so there is a winter weather advisory you can see in some of the shasta county mountains and then a winter storm warning. as i mentioned in this one goes through 07:00am on wednesday. so that's where a lot of the action is going to be. and

kron four's rob nesbitt. was there.tubblefield spoke publicly for the first time. >> dana stubblefield spoke about how he feels to be reunited with his family after nearly 5 years in prison. his lawyers say he was released because of racial discrimination and that key evidence was left out of the case. former forty-niners player dana stubblefield spoke with reporters wednesday and the san jose hotel conference room expressing his gratitude for being a free man after he was released from prison throughout this or 2 to 4. do i always believe the truth will come out? >> there was a long night when a semi innocent man, one these, whatever be. be right. but i know who. >> stubblefield was found guilty of a woman at gunpoint in twenty-twenty serving nearly 5 years. 15 year sentence. the california court of appeals granted his release because prosecutors made racially discriminatory statements during the trial. his attorneys can it throws and felton allen sawyer keep evidence was barred from the courtroom during trial, includi

i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> a controversial homeless camping ban is moving forward in fremont.inance will make it a look illegal for homeless people to camp on public property. it allows the city to find people for helping the homeless and to helping them to set up camps after a lot of debate. the council approved the measure in a 6 to one vote. a decision that was met with public approval and criticism. >> less second continue to work together. axes. let's continue to work together. so we can help our unhoused individuals. >> the ordinance will allow officers to fine people up to $1000 if they are caught allowing the homeless to set up encampments and there is a misdemeanor charge and of potential jail term up to 6 months. >> back to our big story tonight. the impending storm as we take a live look over san francisco. >> yeah, and it is a big story large. so any idea roughly one will yeah. it's starting to deteriorate out there right now. the showers begin to move in. the winds have not picked up that much yet, but that will likely soon change as we head toward midnight tonigh

i'm rob nesbitt. kron. 4 news. yeah. lot of schools. you know, they have. >> jim or physical education in the multi-purpose rooms during weather like this. thank goodness. no kids were yeah. thanks, ryan. expensive. >> all right. now to the east bay where a public health advisory remains in place days after that big fire at the martinez refinery company fire started saturday burned for more than 7 today. people with respiratory sensitivities. >> they've been warned to stay inside kron four's terisa stasio is in martinez after speaking with an upset mother. >> residents tell me that they are very upset and they want answers and action sooner rather than later. and then directly in front of me. i just see massive black smoke. and i say, oh, my goodness, what the heck, martinez resident anna and carnoustie own took this video from her backyard saturday. she has seen smoke and flaring from the refinery throughout the 11 years. she has lived in martinez. but on this past saturday, she was taken aback by what she saw that you could hear the s

kron four's rob nesbitt spoke with workers who were fired at yosemite national park. the workers who were fired from national parks were all newly hired in the last year and in what's called a probationary period. >> but there are also workers who were fired who had been with the national park for 20 plus years before switching to a new role. >> the sounds of nature bring millions of people to yosemite national park each year hikes, waterfalls and wildlife are abundant, but there will be fewer workers in 2025. president trump authorized the firing of about 1000 newly hired national park employees, looks more who was fired from his job at yosemite as a custodial worker. this country has a lot of black marks against downs history. >> and things we've and we can argue and they care about these things. but, you know, our national parks are truly are treasures and never before had been other more threats. more is notice that his firing was due to poor performance, but he had always received in exceeded expectations. review from supervisors. >> the firings were not publicly

i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> tonight, the bay area's jewish community is reacting to the bodies of hostages released by hamas today. 4 bodies were handed over from gaza to israel as a part of the cease-fire deal in that region. but there is outrage tonight because the israel defense forces says one of the bodies is not a match for sherry be bus the epicenter, 2 children, ages 4, 9 months old, were kidnapped by palestinian militants on october 7th 2023 during the war, the family became a centerpiece of the cry for israeli hostages to be released. it was confirmed the young boys were 2 of the 4 bodies returned today, but their mother series whereabouts are unknown. >> we think this is another mine game that hamas is playing to try to provoke the trauma of israelis. and so all the more reason for this hostage deal to continue so that we don't see more of people coming back in coffins. >> the bay area's jewish community relations council is demanding the return of beavis body. 6 other hostages are expected to be released on saturday and 4 more bodies will be returned to israel next wee

i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news new at 10.an francisco sheriff's office has opened 2 new dorms. >> to handle potential rises in jail population. the dorms are at the annex at county jail. number 3, the sheriff's office says there's been a nearly 8% increase in the number of inmates over just the last month. and just days after announcing more than 1000 job cuts, sales force is set to lay off even more, according to a new state filing 150 people. and it's san francisco mission street tower. now gonna be losing their jobs. earlier this week the company said it was going to hire new sales people to sell its ai products. sales force is one of several companies cutting jobs in a pivot towards artificial intelligence, pleasant hill based workday, pleasant based workday is also cutting 2000 jobs in an effort to implement more ai. >> let's get a check of the forecast >> clear night out there. no rain in sight for the next couple of days. but the chill is going to be set yeah. warrants. what up with that? yeah. buy it the air out there

i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> students at sonoma state university organizing to save the women's andder studies department students are circulating a petition online budget cuts of the school shut down multiple degree programs and even cut the entire athletics department. the university says they have to address a nearly 24 million dollar deficit. more than 20 degree programs are being eliminated, including the bachelor arts in women's and gender studies the online petition to save the department has gathered more than 1000 signatures so far. in oakland, a restaurant launched by well-known chef matt horn has closed albert in west oakland is served its last hot chicken sandwich. chef warren made the announcement today saying climate for small businesses in oakland has become increasingly difficult. albert open back in 2022. and last november, the restaurant was sued for alleged violations under the americans with disabilities act. >> we're taking a look back in our archives nearly 60 years ago. the warriors welcoming some special guests to the court. that's a group of playboy bunnies

i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> we're staying on top of this storm on air and online at kron 4 dot com. if you go to our website, you'll find interactive radar. we've got warnings and advisories issued for your neighborhood. and we also have updates on if there's any flooding to be aware of. plus, not just a bay area, seeing wild weather conditions. take a look at this. a major pileup of more than 100 cars and semi-trucks on a highway in oregon. a massive crash causing multiple injuries and sparking a car fire in this happened near multnomah falls, which is about 30 miles outside the city of portland area, seeing 60 mile per hour winds and whiteout conditions there tonight. also some treacherous travel in the sierra as heavy snow has been dumping down. chp truckee says there have been several spin outs and significant delays along the major highways up there. at one point, traffic was being held on. i-80 because of the snow. officials say a lot of traffic has been trying to move through these conditions and crews are trying to keep up. >> we just ask the people, you know, they have pat

i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. rob, thank you. yet another plane crash in this country. this one in arizona. investigators say 2 people died after their small planes collided this morning. >> and more on a regional airport. that's about 15 miles plane. the airport has 2 intersecting runways but operates without an air traffic control tower. the multi-million dollar project was underway to build a tower but delays due to the pandemic pushed back construction. tens of thousands of flights arrive and depart from the airport each year. the ntsb is investigating. in the past 3 weeks, there have been at least 8 plane crashes, 6 of them deadly. >> on january, 29th, 67 people died when army helicopter and american airlines plane crash near reagan national airport. this was the deadliest crash in the u.s. since 2001 2 days later, 6 people were killed when a small medical plane crashed after takeoff in philadelphia. then on february 6th, 10 people were killed when a small passenger plane vanished before wreckage was found in alaska on february 10th. one person died when 2 private

was rob nesbitt. talk to workers, lost their jobs at yosemite national park. >> the workers who were fired from national parks were all newly hired in the last year and in what's called a probationary period. but there are also workers who were fired who had been with the national park for 20 plus years before switching to a new role. >> the sounds of nature bring millions of people to yosemite national park each year hikes, waterfalls and wildlife are abundant, but there will be fewer workers in 2025. president trump authorized the firing of about 1000 newly hired national park employees, looks more who was fired from his job at yosemite as a custodial worker. this country has a lot black marks against downs history. >> and things we've and we can argue and they care about these things. but, you know, our national arks are truly are treasured and never before had been other more threats. more is notice that his firing was due to poor performance, but he had always received in exceeded expectations. r

crump was rob nesbitt reports from saratoga. take a look. >> this is saratoga way that leads to the santa cruz mountains behind me. when you drive into the mountains, you'll see a lot of flooding in several trees down. >> thursday storm caused the eu. creek in gilroy to spill out over rent avenue. it was a common scene in the south bay with heavy rains and strong winds. that combination brought down this tree in the santa cruz mountains just outside of cupertino. keeping line crews busy according to pg e spokesperson, the south bay stephanie mag alone. we did see multiple areas damage locations. we had trees that were falling that fell over our lines at reprieve conductors. we also saw reports of underground vaults that were flooded. >> and that really played a big role in some of the outages that we saw this morning. >> at one point in the morning pg e was reporting 8,000 customers without power in the south bay. that number dropped to less than 2000 by noon because of isolating technology. what that does is it isolates locatio

course, rob nesbitt has that story. schools k through 12 colleges and universities have been given 2 weeks to get rid of their diversity initiatives. >> programs put in place to help diversify a student body are viewed as discrimination by the white house, ending diversity, equity and inclusion is a precondition of receiving federal funds. the white house is threatening to withhold federal funds to schools that promote dei. this letter sent out by the department of education gives k through 12 schools 2 weeks to end race-based admissions, hiring scholarships or graduation ceremonies. vallejo superintendent ruben are yellow, says his district is one of the most diverse in the country. and federal funds are mostly used for students most in need. when we get funding like title one dollars this time, one dollars or really earmarked for students who need additional support. >> regardless of race, it's typically tied your socioeconomic status. you're you're language proficiency status or if you're foster youth who are homeles

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i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> in the north, a protest in sonoma county over the sheriffs refusal to support a measure designed to protect undocumented migrants. more than a dozen people rallied outside of the finley community center in santa rosa, where inside the sheriff at the end, graham was addressing public safety with members of the hispanic chamber of commerce. demonstrators say that the sheriff has been refusing to support a non collaboration with ice ordinance and that has them concerned about the safety of undocumented immigrants in sonoma county. we should not be cooperating with ice not be helping in any way that people should be forcibly removed from their homes. >> we reached out to the sheriff's office to confirm the sheriff stance on the ordinance. the office did not answer the question. only saying that the office complies with state laws and based on the criteria they responded to 64 out of nearly 500 ice requests last year. in the east bay, the oakland firefighters union is raising concerns over the recent closure of several fire stations. an apartment fire starte

copper's rob nesbitt has the story. schools k through 12 colleges and universities have been given 2 weeks get rid of their diversity initiatives. >> programs put in place to help diversify a student body are viewed as discrimination by the white house, ending diversity, equity and inclusion is a precondition of receiving federal funds. the white house is threatening to withhold federal funds to schools that promote dei. this letter sent out by the department of education gives k through 12 schools 2 weeks to end race-based admissions, hiring scholarships or graduation ceremonies. vallejo superintendent ruben are yellow, says his district is one of the most diverse in the country. and federal funds are mostly used for students most in need. when we get funding like title one dollars this time, one dollars or really earmarked for students who need additional support. >> regardless of race, it's typically tied your socioeconomic status. you're you're language proficiency status or if you're foster youth who are homeless c

i'm rob nesbitt. kron. 4 news. >> 10, 20 the time. let's go to the south bay.we have a large number of pg e customers in the south bay that will no longer have to see frequent safety related outages. during extreme weather events, the utility is burying power lines underground in south san jose in the hopes of reducing outages for about 10,000 customers. this is one of dozens of projects coming to the south bay this year to reduce outages during heat waves and winter storms and wind events. all of it. well, senate republicans are gearing up now to vote on a budget package. focused on president trump's policy priorities. and that includes more spending on defense and border security. we have dc correspondent trevor shirley in washington with the latest. the goal of house republicans is to give the president an early policy when while coaxing house republicans to join their efforts. >> instead of pursuing a different budget effort that might fail. both the house and senate have their own budget bills in the works. but thursday, senators plan to push ahead on thei

rob nesbitt reports. >> schools k through 12 colleges and universities have been given 2 weeks to get rid of their diversity initiatives programs put in place to help diversify a student body are viewed as discrimination by the white house, ending diversity, equity and inclusion is a precondition of receiving federal funds. the white house is threatening to withhold federal funds to schools that promote dei. this letter sent out by the department of education gives k through 12 schools 2 weeks to end race-based admissions, hiring scholarships or graduation ceremonies. vallejo superintendent ruben are yellow, says his district is one of the most diverse in the country. and federal funds are mostly used for students most in need. when we get funding like title one dollars, this type one dollars or really earmarked for students who need additional support. >> regardless of race, it's typically tied your socio economic status. you're you're language proficiency status or if you're foster youth who are homeless colleges and universities are also scrambling to evaluate their risk when it co

i'm rob nesbitt. kron. 4 news. the time some retired basketball legends are already in town giving back to the community ahead of all-star weekend. >> we have members of the national basketball retired players association stopping by uc berkeley's esport community center monday. they were part of a video game in camp former nba player antonio davis was there. he's from oakland. he played for the raptors and the bulls and the knicks. and there was also tom hoover who played 3 years in the nba back in the 60's. >> that's the nba's in and all-stars here and they will never get a chance to get to a game. so we decided to come to them and bring them program that we've been doing. we've insist this program. esports is everybody plays the game, but they don't know how to put the game together. goes on to hood and that's what we have to intend on doing. it really gets them to work as a team which you play basketball. you don't play so it's a team and it kind of thinking outside the box a little bit, which i love that allow

rob nesbitt has the story. schools k through 12 colleges and universities have been given 2 weeks to get rid of their diversity initiatives. >> programs put in place to help diversify a student body are viewed as discrimination by the white house, ending diversity, equity and inclusion is a precondition of receiving federal funds. the white house is threatening to withhold federal funds to schools that promote dei. this letter sent out by the department of education gives k through 12 schools 2 weeks to end race-based admissions, hiring scholarships or graduation ceremonies. vallejo superintendent ruben are yellow, says his district is one of the most diverse in the country. and federal funds are mostly used for students most in need. when we get funding like title one dollars this time, one dollars or really earmarked for students who need additional support. >> regardless of race, it's typically tied your socioeconomic status. you're you're language proficiency status or if you're foster youth who are homeles

i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> a space for lgbtq+. kids and young adults in the south bay.ds inc road in san jose. it's called the lgbtq you space. it offers services to people 13 to 25 years old to live in santa clara county. the non-profit kevin, our runs this program. >> if you're lgbtq kid, this has the feel like a difficult and challenging time. and i want all the kids in our community to know that cameron, ours here to support you to provide a safe space to have support of adults from who you are, see who you are and help you meet any fall and joyful life. i'm a man. and i just think what it would have been like for me to have this when i was growing up to have a place, alright, could come to that would have reduced by isolation would have helped me create community but had support of adults around me. it would have been very helpful in meaningful. touches me >> cameron also raises money to help people struggling with mental health. homelessness, substance abuse and other issues. organization says their program served 400 kids every year offering counseling, video gam

reporting in saratoga, i'm rob nesbitt.slide that they're dealing with us. well, this is on san jose road in santa cruz county, big rocks and mud that spilled onto the roadway. and the chp says that if you do see a hazard like this, report it right away because can you imagine coming across that inh the dark >> it definitely looks like day after a big storm for sure for a lot of areas. i mean, santa cruz county getting upwards of 8 to even 9 inches of rain for some areas along the guadalupe river where they rescued those dogs. >> around 6 inches of rainfall mount tam around 4 inches of it. while oakland around 2 and a half. so we definitely saw a good amount the system. but now we're at the tail end of that with some clearing and definitely brightening skies across the bay at this point. still a little bit of lingering snow fall up in the sierra. just a couple more ppinches to be had up there. most of that's already been seen the bay area. a few light sprinkles here and there, but all in all, pretty quiet. now, futurecast s

i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> 907, is the time. and in the north bay, a protest in sonoma county over the sheriffs refusal to support a measure designed to protect undocumented immigrants. more than a dozen people rallied outside the finley community center in santa rosa, where inside sheriff eddie ingram was addressing public safety with members of the hispanic chamber of commerce. demonstrators say the sheriff has been refusing to support a non collaboration with ice ordinance and that has them concerned about the safety of undocumented immigrants in sonoma county. >> we should not be cooperating with ice not be helping in any way that people should be forcibly removed from their homes. >> we did reach out to the sheriff's office to confirm the sheriff stand on the ordinance. although the office didn't answer the question directly, they did say that the office does comply with state law. and based on that criteria, they did respond to 64 out of nearly 500 ice requests last year. >> well, new this morning, tesla, they're going to

i'm rob nesbitt.ends are already in town to and they're taking the opportunity to get back to the community. members of the national basketball, retired players association stopped by uc berkeley's e-sports community center. they did that on monday for a video game in camp former nba player antonio davis was there. he's from oakland. he played for a handful of a top teams. the raptors of bowls, the new york knicks and tom uber was there as well. and he played 3 years in the nba back in the 1960's. >> that's the nba and all-stars see, and they will never get a chance to get to a game. so we decided to come to them and bring them program that we've been doing. we've insist this program. esports is everybody plays the game, but they don't know how to put the game together. goes on to hood and that's what we have to intend on doing. that really gets them to work as a team which you play basketball, you don't play so it's a team and it kind of thinking outside the box a little bit, which i love that allows

i'm rob nesbitt. kron. 4 news. >> we're tired.ady in town and giving back to the community members of the national basketball, retired players association stop by uc berkeley's e-sports community center monday for a video gaming camp. former nba player antonio davis was there his from oakland played for the toronto raptors, the chicago bulls and the new york knicks as well as tom hoover who played 3 years in the nba back in the sixties students from dan's a high school in richmond got to pitch computer games to the players. >> the nba and all-stars see, and they will never get a chance to get to a game. so we decided to come to them and bring them program that we've been doing. we've insist this program. esports is everybody plays the game, but they don't know how to put the game together. goes on to hood and that's what we have to intend on doing. it really gets them to work as a team which you play basketball. you don't play so it's a team game. >> and it kind of thinking outside the box a little bit, which i love that allows th

kron four's rob nesbitt takes a look at what happened.ubblefield spoke about how he feels to be reunited with his family after nearly 5 years in prison. >> his lawyers say he was released because of racial discrimination and that key evidence was left out of the case. former forty-niners player dana stubblefield spoke with reporters wednesday and the san jose hotel conference room expressing his gratitude for being a free man after he was released from prison throughout this or 2 to 4. do. >> i always believe the truth will come out. there was a long night when a semi so innocent one of things will never be the right. but i don't know who. >> stubblefield was found guilty of a woman at gunpoint in twenty-twenty serving nearly 5 years of his 15 year sentence. the california court of appeals granted his release because prosecutors made racially discriminatory statements during the trial. his attorneys can it throws and felton allen sawyer say key evidence was barred from the courtroom during trial, including statements from the victim. she