back to you. >> sarah stinson? >> thank you for that. as we come back here to the bay area, our other top story tonight is the rain that has started and it figures to really rain hard for many days. yeah, lawrence has been warning about this atmospheric river. here we go. >> ok, apparently we've got team coverage out there. we've got gayle ong. she is out there in the elements. and lawrence standing by to give us an update. >> right here in the comfy cozy studio, the right sitting out there in the rain right now and that's been coming down. >> a bit. but really going to watch get going here in the next few hours going to ramp up and as it does, we're talking about substantial amounts of rain around the bay area with a possibility of some flooding up there. now the clouds continue to roll in and the rain to looking toward the richmond. sandra fell bridge kind of an artsy look, all that rain on the lens kind of distorting the view, but making a beautiful shot outside. but not a real beautiful drive out there. it's difficult out there on th

this week, swalwell has openly blamed and criticized the president on social media around 4 sarah stinson. >> spoke with a representative one-on-one this evening and she joins us live in union city now with the story. sarah. >> congressman eric swalwell was very real with his constituents tonight explaining the hurdles he faces in dc working under the trump administration. >> nearly one month into president donald trump's second term. congressman eric swalwell encouraging his constituents to stand strong at a town hall in union city tuesday night. our job in government is to protect people. and right now they don't feel safe. they see cuts to the faa and plane crash the latest plane crash happening monday when a delta flight from minneapolis crash landed at the toronto pearson airport flipping upside down on the runway. all 80 people survived. but 21 passengers were hospitalized. 48 hours prior to people died in a small plane crash in georgia. >> and last month, the deadliest u.s. air disaster in 15 years happened in dc when an army helicopter collided midair with an alaska airlines fligh

kron 4 sarah stinson takes us inside game heads in oakland. >> all with the gaming industry to get to a point where you're not a unicorn is not a big deal that you're in the game, right. like you just you're part of everybody else. damon packwood is turning the video game industry on its head. he co-founded game heads in oakland, its mission to guide low-income students of color, ages 15 to 25 years old to the gaming world. >> if you give students the best hardware in the best software and then you provide them with the best instructors in the best mentors. they'll get very good and that that was always my area and where we're proud see that actually coming to fruition. >> packwood is a san francisco a lot like a lot of these students and i grew up in low-income communities after earning his master's, he was teaching web design. but it wasn't long before you realized students were more interested in learning about gaming, then coding. they want to learn. >> and it's just that sometimes we're not teaching them things that they want want in the game heads program, students gain a compet

let's take a closer look at the issue with kron 4 sarah stinson. >> the aftermath from these donuts can be seen here on castle rock road. you can see the skid marks this happening at all hours of the day and night this weekend. it happened during the day for the first time. however, that did allow 2 brothers who grew up here to capture video of a license plate. >> in the middle of the day, a reckless driver seen doing donuts on castle rock road in walnut creek, mitchell and greg mays lure caught it on video. now that we have a license plate, we can actually. >> for sure say that this is the guy and we have video of him doing it. so what more proof you want? these brothers say this type of chaos has been disrupting their neighborhood for 2 years. it's a concern for all of us around here. >> every time like someone's doing donuts around here will all come out and waltz kuspuk what we saw videos and really try to report every weekend. >> it finally capture the license plates of 2 drivers who brazenly did this over president's day weekend. it was happening every day saturday, sunday and tod

so there's a lot of concern from those who live along that street kron. 4 sarah stinson actually foundbeen happening for years. >> t4e aftermath from these donuts can be seen here on castle rock road. you can see the skid marks this happening at all hours of the day and night this weekend. it happened during the day for the first time. however, that did allow 2 brothers who grew up here to capture video of a license plate. >> in the middle of the day, a reckless driver seen doing donuts on castle rock road in walnut creek, mitchell and greg mays lure caught it on video another. we have a license plate. we can actually. >> for sure say that this is the guy and we have video of him doing it. so what more proof you want? these brothers say this type of chaos has been disrupting their neighborhood for 2 years. it's a concern for all of us around here. >> every time someone's doing donuts around here will all come out and waltz kuspuk what we saw videos really try to report every weekend. >> it finally capture the license plates of 2 drivers who brazenly d d this over president's day weeken

walnut creek, sarah stinson, talked to neighbors. >> the aftermath from these donuts can be seen here on castle rock road. you can see the skid marks this happening at all hours of the day and night this weekend. it happened during the day for the first time. however, that did allow 2 brothers who grew up here to capture video of a license plate. >> in the middle of the day, a reckless driver seen doing donuts on castle rock road in walnut creek, mitchell and greg mays lure caught it on video. now that we have a license plate, we can actually. >> for sure say that this is the guy and we have video of him doing it. so what more proof you want? these brothers say this type of chaos has been disrupting their neighborhood for 2 years. it's a concern for all of us around here. >> every time someone's doing donuts around here will all come out and waltz kuspuk what we saw change videos and really try to report every weekend. >> it finally capture the license plates of 2 drivers who brazenly did this over president's day weekend. it was happening every day saturday, sunday and today we yeah,

still ahead this hour, our sara stinson is going to give us a look at the big concert happening right now pier. 48 exciting. all right. if you want more on what's happened in this weekend for the nba all-star game, you can head to our website kron 4 dot com. we're going to be posting everything from events schedules the street closures. you got to keep in mind if you're heading into and out of the city and if we see any cool athletes are celebs hanging around in the city by the bay. lawrence. well, tell you what, the weather working out nice that think as we head in toward the weekend after very stormy week. >> around the bay area. yeah, early tomorrow morning, you're waking up. >> got a few clouds up above. it will be chilly. a little frost showing up at some of the valley starting out with 30's and 40's at 06:00am am clouds still lingering around the temperatures still in the cold side, especially inland, 10 o'clock. we'll start to warm things up a little bit. it is going to be cool outside. but the good news is it's going to stay dry tomorrow all day long. you'll see breaks in thos

a kron 4, sarah stinson takes us inside game heads in oakland. >> we all want the gaming industry to get to a point where you're not a unicorn is not a big deal that you're in the game, right. like you just you're part of everybody else. damon packwood is turning the video game industry on its head. >> he co-founded game heads in oakland, its mission to guide low-income students of color, ages 15 to 25 years old to the gaming world. >> if you give students the best hardware in the best software and then you provide them with the best instructors in the best mentors. they'll get very good and that that was always my theory. and where we're proud see that actually coming to fruition. >> packwood is a san francisco a lot like a lot of these students and i grew up in low-income communities after earning his master's, he was teaching web design. but it wasn't long before you realized students were more interested in learning about gaming, then coating. they want to learn. >> and it's just that sometimes we're not teaching them things that they want want in the game heads program, students

sara stinson reports one supervisor is proposing a plan to make jefferson park cleaner and safer. >> during the day, jefferson square park in san francisco is a go-to spot for dog walkers. but that night things take a turn for the worse cell phone video shows the park overrun by an open air drug market. well, they call it to some of the park. >> now, yes, it's a some people you didn't you. you and cross eyed sebastien has lived nearby for nearly 30 years. he wants to remain anonymous for safety but feels compelled to speak out about how frightening the park has become in the last few months. it's scary because, you know, there are 2 schools that on here. >> we have out there early and people that live in the neighborhood. the effort to walk this park is located on goff street about a half-mile away from city hall. and next, a sacred heart cathedral. the school has put up no trespassing signs by their field pockets. a mess. now, all the neighbors been complaining, supervisor, beloved, mood, has heard these complaints from people saying the drug dealing has moved to the park from his d

it is a best practice. >> i'm sara stinson reporting kron. 4 news. taking a live look now at downtown san francisco tonight. this friday night gearing up for the weekend, lawrence. >> that's going to be a nice yeah. little spring fever breaking out around the bay area could feel the last couple of days. folks getting outside enjoying that sunshine. and some of the warmer temperatures we've seen in quite some time. >> i think this weekend going to be nice, too hard to see out there. we've got mostly clear skies. there are a couple patches of fog forming along the coastline right now. likely to see some of that today. yeah, another beautiful day with these temperatures all running above the average for this time of year. 71 degrees today. that was the warm spot in santa rosa. how about half moon bay? 67 degrees. it was beautiful there. and then all of a sudden the seabreeze kicked in dropping right back down the 50's within an hour or so. that's kind of what we're going expect to see your to see that cool fog moving and coast side. you're seeing some o

i'm sara stinson reporting in the newsroom. back to you. thank you, sarah. there's a growing memorial tonight where a well-known sociology professor >> was hit and killed in a hit year-old michael burr, a boy was in a marked crosswalk at grand avenue and parkview terrace in the adams point neighborhood when he was hit by a car sometime after 7 o'clock monday night. the car responsible drove off. we've since learned burna boy taught sociology at u c berkeley for nearly 50 years. he retired in 2023. has held the title of professor emeritus until his death. the dean of uc berkeley, social science is sent us this statement about avoid quote. he was an extraordinary teacher who mentored and inspired thousands of students changing their lives with his fierce intellect and kindness. the dean says a memorial service for the professor is being arranged. oakland police are asking anyone who may have seen the hit and run crash or who might have video to give them a call. >> demonstrators gathered outside of san francisco city hall today as a part of the nationwide move

kron 4 sarah stinson spoke with the representative and has this report >> nearly one month into president donald trump's second term. congressman eric swalwell encouraging his constituents to stand strong at a town hall in union city tuesday night. our job in government is to protect people. and right now they don't feel safe. they see cuts to the faa and plane crash the latest plane crash happening monday when a delta flight from minneapolis crash landed at the toronto pearson airport flipping upside down on the runway. all 80 people survived. but 21 passengers were hospitalized. 48 hours prior to people died in a small plane crash in georgia. >> and last month, the deadliest u.s. air disaster in 15 years happened in dc when an army helicopter collided midair with an alaska airlines flight sending both into the potomac river killing 67 people. president trump has publicly faulted federal diversity and inclusion efforts specifically with air traffic controllers. however, swalwell places the blame on trump writing on x, quote, no president has had more plane crashes in their first month in

kron 4 sarah stinson joining us and studio now with details on their proposal. sarah. >> dan simon and city leaders are calling this lifesaving legislation. it would reallocate funds to ensure no more fire stations close when the news first broke. >> that there were 6 slated closures of fire stations in oakland due to our budget crisis. the community rally we heard from thousands of oakland residents, petitions, rallies and now a new proposal from 3 oakland council members to keep fire stations afloat if approved, the new ordinance would reopen to shuttered fire stations. >> and prevent the closure of 4 others. fire stations. 25 28 are currently closed, at least through june as a part of the city's effort to close in more than 200 million dollar budget deficit in this budget situation where we really have to take a step back and ask ourselves, what can the city do? >> and i think we all understand that public safety is at the top of that pyramid feet looked for every penny. this has been truly, truly. when this task of finding every last penny possible that coul

proposed school closures or mergers by another 2 weeks after a heated meeting tonight, kron 4 sarah stinson has more on that. >> the franklin mckinley community showed up tonight trying to make their voices heard to the school board. it looks like they're going to have to wait to find out the fate of their schools. but they certainly made a passionate plea dozens of san jose parents, teachers and students rolling against a proposal to close and or consolidate schools in the franklin mckinley school district. the community then packed into the school district meeting tuesday has and will be handed to say that was going change your opinion to not do we will never give up on this community and we hope that you start to actually care. the board of education says closures could help close the gap in a projected budget deficit citing a 40% decline in enrollment in the last 15 years. you're gonna close down schools, parents and families will even that's just going exacerbate the problem. edgar kiddos medrano is a kindergarten teacher at one of the schools being considered to close. jason and all e

and as kron four's, sara stinson found out this has been happening. >> for years. >> the aftermath from these donuts can be seen here on castle rock road. you can see the skid marks this happening at all hours of the day and night this weekend. it happened during the day for the first time. however, that did allow 2 brothers who grew up here to capture video of a license plate. >> in the middle of the day, a reckless driver seen doing donuts on castle rock road in walnut creek, mitchell and greg mays are caught it on video now that we have a license plate, we can actually. >> for sure say that this is the guy and we have video of him doing it. so what more proof you want? these brothers say this type of chaos has been disrupting their neighborhood for 2 years. it's a concern for all of us around here. >> every time like someone's doing donuts around here will all come out and waltz kuspuk what we saw video isn't really try to report every weekend. >> it finally capture the license plates of 2 drivers who brazenly did this over president's day weekend. it was happening every day saturday

kron 4 sarah stinson has the very latest. >> we're now learning the plane that crashed in northeast philadelphia was carrying a little girl. her mother and 4 crew members, the company that operates the aircraft said they were all from mexico and they were in philly. so the girl could be treated for a life-threatening condition on their way home to tijuana. they were going to make one stop in missouri, but they crashed soon after takeoff. >> out of nowhere, a plane falls from the sky friday night. excluding as it crashes into a neighborhood in philadelphia in the middle of rush hour. oh, my this is all very well. >> medical transport jet took off from northeast philadelphia airport around 06:00pm eastern time. it was heading to springfield, missouri, but just seconds after takeoff, the plane disappeared from radar. the mayor philadelphia speaking soon after. so right now, we're just asking for prayers. >> for any and everyone who may have been affected the impact of this crash could be seen across the city bright flash of orange to kind of up the entire sky. god, the plane likely had a full tank

kron 4 sarah stinson takes a look at the mess what happened here. >> the aftermath from this mudslide can be seen behind me. you can see the debris that crumbled down the hillside onto sansom street. thankfully no one was injured. there are quite a lot of close calls in san francisco from this severe storm with a lot of downed trees. strong winds and heavy rain slammed san francisco tuesday making travel dangerous and relaxing over the golden gate bridge ahead of healing coming over and it was down for can see anything. and then next thing, d you know, streets >> real rep says says she's grateful to be alive after nearly being hit by a massive tree in golden gate park around 04:00pm. very scary. it was really loud for tesla camera captured it all you can see in this exclusive video. the tree slammed the honda behind her. >> the impact so great airbags deployed but somehow no one was injured. a total of 3 cars were damaged. thank god. thank traffic snarled for 2 hours until crews could remove the tree. all lanes have since reopened a massive tree crashed down in this same area last jan

i'm sara stinson reporting in marin county. back to you. >> further north in guerneville, neighbors spent the day cleaning up after tuesday's storm flooded their homes and neighborhood's. take a look. this is inside the home of linda and sean brennan. the furniture was piled up and blowers throughout the house. there we go trying dry things out as quickly as possible. there. >> we went to bed at night and look at that. 03:00am with a little bit of water at our feet. and after that, we got about 8 inches in the house. you know, this is what you get when you live on the river and we get to suffer in this beauty. let's just say. >> well, there was some good news after the russian river peaked late yesterday morning. it's levels have gone down significantly and they are expected to keep going down. >> the storm forced hundreds of delays at sfo today. most of the affected flights were coming in and out of southern california. the airport's biggest issue wasn't the rain, but the wind out of the 4 runways there. only 2 were operating.

oakland nonprofit is trying to change that as part of black history month celebrations kron 4 sarah stinson. >> takes us inside game heads in oakland. we all want the gaming industry to get to a point where you're not a unicorn is not a big deal that you're in the game, right. like you just do your part of everybody else. damon packwood is turning the video game industry on its head. >> he co-founded game heads in oakland, its mission to guide low-income students of color, ages 15 to 25 years old to the gaming world. >> if you give students the best hardware in the best software and then you provide them with the best instructors in the best mentors. they'll get very good and that that was always my theory. and where we're proud see that actually coming to fruition. >> packwood is a san francisco a lot like a lot of these students and i grew up in low-income communities after earning his master's, he was teaching web design. but it wasn't long before you realized students were more interested in learning about gaming, then coating. they want to learn. >> and it's just that sometimes we're n

sara stinson. >> a three-day all stars concert series has begun low right hundreds of people here at pier 40 attendees. tell me that it's exciting to have this large scale event in the city and nearby businesses say they're thrilled as well. it is causing big revenue. >> san francisco's mission bay has come alive with the pulse of nba all-star weekend. there's not only basketball legends playing at chase center, but also big name artists performing at pier. 48 for three-day concert series starting with flow right and excited. >> i'm super excited about the whole weekend. mean, this is obviously night with big fan, a tad. so glad to be here. we live close. >> while some paid hundreds of dollars to attend, trina brown is thanking her. look, i won all-star, take pay one of i'm here to have a real good time. celebrate all-star weekend attendees who live in the bay area say it's nice to have such a massive event take over this part of the city yet this is like the super bowl event member has bowl. 50 was down here. >> this is like nba all-star ben aaron, what 20 years. and so i just like

i'm sara stinson reporting in vallejo.ack to you. >> well, san francisco is going to be hosting the all-star game, but there are events taking place all over the bay area, including the city of oakland kron four's. dan kerman reports on how the police department there is getting ready. >> as very welcome. increased visitors to our city. we are here to keep residents in those visitors safe. at a news conference wednesday, oakland police said they're staffing up for an influx of visitors for nba all-star game events in oakland. it's going to be visibility. it's going to be targeted enforcement. >> if you come into our city, a victimized. are community members are businesses, the people that are coming here to enjoy the festivities. we will arrest san francisco is chase center is center stage for this weekend's nba activity. >> numerous events are taking place at the oakland arena as well. plus, numerous spots in the city of oakland. as a result, oakland police will be using a multi-agency approach, including the chp. they're

it is a best practice. >> i'm sara stinson reporting kron. 4 news. >> well, turn out to be a beautiful day around the bay area. lot of sunshine. the temperatures running above normal. not a bad way to enjoy a friday tonight i've got mostly clear skies out there. maybe couple patches of fog on a snaking along the coastline overnight tonight. but >> you wake up tomorrow morning. yeah. some of that patchy fog in place at least along the coastline and some partly cloudy up above temperatures running in the 40's as we head toward 10 o'clock. yeah. should be warming things up in a hurry. as we head toward the middle of the day, the sky's going to start to part just a bit little more sunshine peeking through and tomorrow going to few more 70's popping up around the bay area will have more on that in the rest weekend forecast coming up in a few minutes. thank you, lawrence. now new at 10 4 people arrested tonight after stealing alcohol leading police on a wild car chase through the peninsula. >> the group took multiple bottles of liquor from a san mateo target around 05:30am, tonight. just 2 h

but a new neighborhood is now seeing an influx of activity as kron. 4 sarah stinson reports that one supervisors proposing a plan to make jefferson park cleaner and safer. >> it's pretty it's us that losing it. >> it was clean during the day. jefferson square park in san francisco is a go-to spot for dog walkers. but at night things take a turn for the worse cell phone video shows the park overrun by an open air drug market. well, they call it to some of the park now. yes, a some people eat. a new un class signed sebastien has lived nearby for nearly 30 years. he wants to remain anonymous for safety but feels compelled to sppak out about how frightening the park has become in the last few months. it's very scary because, you know, they have to schools and on here. >> we have out there early and people that live in the neighborhood, the effort to walk, you know, with all to dealers and the use of all over the place. this park is located on goff street about a half-mile away from city hall. >> and next, a sacred heart cathedral. the school has put up no trespassing signs by their field

i'm sara stinson reporting back to you. >> all right, thank you. big story we're following tonight. the warriors have completed a blockbuster trade to bring in miami heat star jimmy butler. according to espn and the athletic, the warriors are going to be sending away. andrew wiggins, dennis schroder kyle anderson and a first-round pick to miami for butler. butler led the heat to the nba finals and 2020 2023. he's made 6 nba all-star teams. we'll have much more on this coming up later on sports night. live. president donald trump continues to sign more controversial executive orders. the latest rolls back protections for transgender people. it bars transgender women who are biologically male from playing on women's sports teams. >> with an order president trump declaring the war on women's sports is over. >> also, workers at the united states leading ad agency pulled off the job and out of the field. a new order from president trump begins the consolidation of u.s. aid which helps countries recovering from disasters. it puts hundreds of millions of dollars of food and medication deli

i'm sara stinson reporting in vallejo back to. >> all right. let's get you a check of your forecast now. we're taking a live look at the golden gate bridge. you can see the rain there on the lens and the wet streets out there as people are crossing in and out of the city. let's get a check now with lawrence lawrence is a pretty powerful storm that really is. so we're just getting into were in the what's called the warm frontal stuff. so it's more light showers outside. it's going to get intense, though. tonight we're gonna watch as winds wrapping up to. so i think not only these winds going to be powerful, think we're looking. it's dangerous, damaging winds overnight tonight. >> especially into early tomorrow morning. golden gate bridge, very wet out there right now. like all bay area bridges so far with that storm system rolling on in tonight. yeah, we've got that heavy rainfall moving in. some of these winds gusting over night tonight, maybe 70, maybe 80 mile an hour gusts across some mile an hour gusts across some of the crescent down and so

i'm sara stinson reporting live in marin county. back to you. >> i'm going to take some time to do so. sarah, thank you. farther north in guerneville neighbor spent today cleaning up after tuesday's storm flooded their homes and neighborhoods. this is inside the home of linda and sean brennan, their furniture all piled up and blowers to inside their home, trying to dry things out as quickly as possible. >> we went to bed at night and look at that. 03:00am with a little bit of water at our feet. and after that, we got about 8 inches in the house. you know, this is what you get when tou live on the river and we get to suffer in this beauty. let's just say. >> and some good news here, though, after the russian river peaked late yesterday, it's water level has gone down significantly. it's expected to keep going down for the latest information on the storm. you can head to our web site, of course, kron 4 dot com. >> new at 10, a san francisco police officer injured while trying to arrest a man who investigators say was holding a large k

kron 4 sarah stinson has spent the day with public works. officials in san francisco, she's learning about how they're preparing for possible flooding. are jack moment down in the south bay tonight where homeless residents are nealing with the rain and cold. but first, let's check in with our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow for a look at where that rain is right now for us start to come down parts of bay area right now that rain moving into the afternoon to the north bay now sweeping across the rest. the bay area, only rain but some very gusty winds out there right now. live outside right now, the san mateo bridge. you're looking at some wet conditions out there. it's got really windy on some of these bridges. got to be very careful driving along some of these bridges as we head through the next 24 hours. some very gusty winds expected out there, maybe 50 miles per hour. checking out the rain. well, it was just coming in sheets as we head toward the afternoon. you see those bands moving on shore right now. me heavier bands beginning to m

kron 4 sarah stinson joins us live in studio now with details on their proposal.arah. >> some oakland city leaders are calling this lifesaving legislation. it would reallocate funds to ensure no more fire stations close. >> when the news first broke that there were 6 slated closures of fire stations in oakland due to our budget crisis. the community rally we heard from thousands of oakland residents, petitions, rallies and now a new proposal from 3 oakland council members to keep fire stations afloat if approved, the new ordinance would reopen to shuttered fire stations. >> and prevent the closure of 4 others. fire stations. 25 28 are currently closed, at least through june as a part of the city's effort to close in more than 200 million dollar budget deficit in this budget situation where we really have to take a step back and ask ourselves, what can the city do? >> and i think we all understand that public safety is at the top of that pyramid feet looked for every penny. this has been truly, truly. and when this task of finding every last penny possible that cou

i'm sara stinson reporting in san jose. back to you. >> all right, sarah, thank you. still to come here at 10 o'clock, a wild chase caught on camera. a good samaritan stepping in to help police catch mccarthy. plus, there's another storm is making its way in one family still dealing with damage from the last round of rain and celebrating the year of the snake. we've got a sneak peek at preparations for the big at preparations for the big weekend parade. coming up. did you know using the grocery outlet app gives you the opportunity to win groceries for life? imagine never paying for groceries again. well, what if i can't decide? avocados or tomatoes? why choose? at grocery outlet, you can afford both. and not just the basics. with grocery outlet, you'll find all your favorite brands included. including gluten free pasta and my favorite cookies? um, huh, everything's included. so burgers and steaks for life?! you gotta win first. still worth it. now that's bargain bliss. ♪ grocery outlet bargain market francisco's china is new year parade just days away. and tonight we'

i'm sara stinson reporting live in san francisco. back to definitely a mess out there. sarah, thank you. spin outs and car accidents kept officers busy today. the slick roads caused unsafe conditions across bay area. highways in walnut creek. right on the side of northbound 6.82, cars collided after a driver says he lost control and hit another vehicle. >> the driver of the second car was taken to the hospital with some minor injuries. officials are urging people to be careful tonight because even if it's not actively raining those roads can still be slick. >> everybody does slow even one a it stops raining like. >> i believe during this closure. and actually it's operating with roads. still wet. >> officials are also reminding drivers to not follow trucks or buses to closely look out for pedestrians, avoid flooded roads and turn on your headlights to improve your visibility. >> well, as noel mentioned, it was a wet commute for many people across the bay area today. showers and slick roads in downtown oakland as the storm. it moved through the east bay and flooding up i

bay for >> rising stars game in a concert series kickoff at pier. 48, that's where we find kron 4 stinson. >> all stars concert series has begun lower right hundreds of people here at pier 40 attendees. tell me that it's exciting to have this large scale event in the city and nearby businesses say they're thrilled as well. it is causing big revenue. >> san francisco's mission bay has come alive with the pulse of nba all-star weekend. there's not only basketball legends playing at chase center, but also big name artists performing at pier. 48 for three-day concert series starting with flow right and excited. >> i'm super excited about the whole weekend. mean, this is obviously night with big fan, a tad. so glad to be here. we live close. >> while some paid hundreds of dollars to attend, trina brown is thanking her. look, i won all-star, take pay one of >> i'm here to have a real good time. celebrate all-star weekend attendees who live in the bay area say it's nice to have such a massive event take over this part of the city yet this is like the super bowl event member has bowl. 50 was down

kron 4 sarah stinson reports. >> these cameras are being installed. a san francisco comes off its deadliest year of traffic crashes in the last decade. i spoke with street safety advocates at walk sf who say speed is the number one cause of deadly crashes and they're hopeful these cameras will prevent more deaths. >> speeding drivers will soon be caught on camera in san francisco. sfmta is installing speed cameras at 33 locations across the city last year. there were 42 people killed in traffic crashes in san francisco. that was the worst in a decade. and so the speed cameras can't really get on the ground soon enough. this map shows where the cameras will be with at least 2 in each district and 7 in the south of market neighborhood lindsay with walk sf says they recently visited one of the locations on ala many boulevard where they measure drivers going. 48 miles per hour in a 30 zone. all of the locations make a ton of sense. if you look at how the city chose these its base on very high crash rates, high-speed you know, they went out and tested all

sarah stinson has that story. >> so yes, on stand up for accountability. stepped up first, a stand up for the workers who stand up for us. every single day. >> mateo county leaders gather wednesday pleading with voters to pass the measure would give the county board of supervisors the authority to remove the sheriff for abuse of power through december 31st. 2028 supervisors voted in december to put the measure on the ballot after an independent investigator released explosive 400 page report on sheriff christina corpus. in the words of that report. >> lice secrecy, intimidation, retaliation, conflicts of interest in the abuses of authority are the hallmarks of the corpus administration despite the board in several cities taking no confidence votes for the sheriff. corpus refuses to step down and continues to deny allegations and instead stubbornly clings to power. >> the findings from the report have turned early supporters of corpus against are like redwood city mayor, elmer martinez so because i believed in share of corpus. >> and her vision for san mate

so these firehouse closures have real world impacts. >> well, that was sara stinson reporting and of the oakland city council will discuss that ordinance at their meeting on march 4th council members are encouraging residents to attend. if you want to support it, it's approved. the 2 stations will be able to reopen by the end of this fiscal year. let's talk and south bay, along with santa clara county leaders jeanne, they are announcing new plans to address those growing search concerns that are in san jose. bg news. we're going to serve about 5.5 gigawatts, a new data center. energy demand across northern and central california over the next decade, nearly 20% in that heart of silicon valley now was a lot of projects already in the engineering and construction phases pg estimates that customers might say between one to 2% on their monthly bill in the long term with his new electric demand from data centers that its servers. as spring approaches. authorities are warning gas prices on the rise. the national average now sits at 3.16 per gallon. california prices are significantly highe

keep his fight alive in dc i'm sara stinson reporting back to you. >> some dramatic video to show you here. watches a car, flies off this overpass in sacramento. this is on highway 5 from yesterday. the car lands on the freeway. you see that there. police say the driver of the car that fell was rushed to a nearby hospital with serious injuries. but no one else was hurt trees there, but no explanation yet as to why the car went over. >> whether the site this is on top mount tam kind of breezy up there right now and listen, you're 70 with a look at what's going on. >> yeah, but that breezy conditions going to see that kick up the rest of the afternoon. particularly those of you in the north bay. but i did want to take you to yosemite here have just beautiful right now. look at the gorgeous know that's out there in the sierra snowpack doing pretty well. and they've had a little bit of a mix of rain and snow here at lake tahoe. you're taking a live look from diamond peak right now where the clouds have certainly been out. temperatures are dropping a little bit from where we were a couple

i'm sara stinson reporting back to you. >> the west contra costa unified school district is hosting aies of town hall meetings as part of its search for a new superintendent. the meetings open to families, staff and community members and to gather input on the qualities and priorities for the district's new leader. a survey is also available online in multiple languages through march 10th, the first in-person meetings will be held on monday at 5 district locations with additional hybrid meetings on tuesday and wednesday of next week. the countdown is on for the a's to play their first game in sacramento. and no one is more excited than a couple of guys in the organization who called the sacramento area home sports reporter andrew martin caught up with them in arizona. >> spring training the ramp up to the regular season, which for the a's will begin on the road before they play their first game at sutter health park next month. that's a ballpark. daniel susac knows well shoot. i had probably every one of my birthdays. one out 6 to 10 there and then knocks never played there with the g

that was sara stinson reporting. the oakland city council will discuss this ordinance at their meeting on march 4th. >> council members encourage residents to attend if they want to support it. if it is approved, the 2 closed fire stations would be able to reopen by the end of this fiscal year. republicans at the state legislature introducing a handful of bills on gender in schools. one of the bills will require school athletics and campus bathrooms and changing rooms to be based on assigned at birth and not on a student's gender identity. another bill would allow parents to opt their children out of instruction are subjects related to gender identity or changing genders. how 42 ignoring the rights. >> of our parents saying no. to being in forms. about their children what they're going through. >> we have yet to hear from opposition on the specifics of this bill. but in the past, democrats and lgbtq+, advocates have opposed similar legislation amid concerns they are not inclusive and harmful to students. today is the

course, sarah stinson talk to the representative. >> nearly one month into president donald trump's second term. congressman eric swalwell encouraging his constituents to stand strong at a town hall in union city tuesday night. our job in government is to protect people. and right now they don't feel safe. they see cuts to the faa and plane crash the latest plane crash happening monday when a delta flight from minneapolis crash landed at the toronto pearson airport flipping upside down on the runway. all 80 people survived. but 21 passengers were hospitalized. 48 hours prior to people died in a small plane crash in georgia. >> and last month, the deadliest u.s. air disaster in 15 years happened in dc when an army helicopter collided midair with an alaska airlines flight sending both into the potomac river killing 67 people. president trump has publicly faulted federal diversity and inclusion efforts specifically with air traffic controllers. however, swalwell places the blame on trump writing on x, quote, no president has had more plane crashes in their first month in office. then donald t

i'm sara stinson reporting back to you. >> well, as the city of san francisco deals and more than 840 million dollar budget deficit. yes, city leaders try to make some tough decisions. so internal memo from mayor daniel lurie and started all city departments, including the department of homelessness and housing to cut between 15 to 20% of their budget. nonprofits like the young women's freedom center focuses on youth, homelessness. they say they're worried. >> there are are overcrowding inside of. and shelters. they're still waiting lists for people to get it's important that we're able be able to deeply invested this community to get them the access they need. >> well, we reached out to the mayor's office about the cuts and we were given the following statement, quote, it's time to deliver a responsibly balance budget. focuses on core city services. if we don't take decisive action this year, the impact on our city, our ability to keep streets clean and safe. public health infrastructure and our economy will be further jeopardize. we also stated that former mayor london breed directe

i'm sarah stinson with the super bowl just hours away. san jose mayor matt mahan. >> is in new orleans. he's taking notes on how the south bay can make the most of next year when it hosts both the super bowl and the world cup at levi stadium. kron four's jack moment caught up with the mayor as this time next year. all eyes will be on santa clara county. >> well, the city of new orleans prepares for the big game. and a mayor. matt mahan is also in the city already thinking about next year when the super bowl is hosted at levi stadium. we're looking at security fanned activations wayfinding. how people experience the event is in new orleans on behalf of the bay area host committee. >> taking on the reins from new orleans once the big game is over, levi's will be the site of super bowl. 60 and multiple fifa world cup games in 2026. game itself is 3 hours. but the event is more like 3 or 4 days. that means getting the city of san jose and greater bay area ready for the festivities and highlighting the things that make the bay area. you need s

sarah stinson has more. >> so yes, on stand up for accountability. stand up for stand up for the workers who stand up for us every single day. >> san mateo county leaders gather wednesday pleading with voters to pass measure. the measure would give the county board of supervisors the authority to remove the sheriff for abuse of power through december 31st. 2028 supervisors voted in december to put the measure on the ballot after an independent investigator released explosive 400 page report on sheriff christina corpus. in the words of that report. >> lice secrecy, intimidation, retaliation, conflicts of interest in abuses of authority are the hallmarks of the corpus administration despite the board in several cities taking no confidence votes for the sheriff. corpus refuses to step down and continues to deny allegations and instead stubbornly clings to power. >> the findings from the report had turned early supporters of corpus against are like redwood city mayor, elmer martinez so because i believed in share of corpus. >> and her vision for san mate

i'm sara stinson reporting back to you. >> 7.33. the time for your help. this morning. san francisco leaders are working to curb drug use across the city and learn which groups are most at risk. so the sort of continuing the theme here on wednesday, public health officials shared some new data on accidental overdose deaths. yeah, they say accidental overdoses are on the rise of in a row. a total 59 people died in january and they have public health officials are particularly concerned about one community. >> we continue to see a disproportionate number of black african americans dying due to overdose. despite representing just 6% of the san francisco population. 28% of preliminary overdose deaths in 2024. among black african americans. >> so that means african-americans are dying at a rate 5 times higher than any other community in the city. in other health news center, health care investing 1 billion dollars to expand patient care access across the east bay announced plans to improve medical centers including building a new flagship campus. and reveals going to be hort

this was after, of course, a heated meeting last night and kron 4 sarah stinson was there. >> the franklin mckinley community showed up tonight trying to make their voices heard to the school board. it looks like they're going to have to wait to find out the fate of their schools. but they certainly made a passionate plea dozens of san jose parents, teachers and students rolling against a proposal to close and or consolidate schools in the franklin mckinley school district. the community then packed into the school district meeting tuesday has and will be handed to say that was going change opinion only we will never give up on this community and we hope that you start to actually care. >> the board of education says closures could help close the gap in a projected budget deficit citing a 40% decline in enrollment in the last 15 years. you can close down schools, parents and families will even that's just going exacerbate the problem your kiddos medrano is a kindergarten teacher at one of the schools being considered to close. jason and all elementary asking banking county people not to cl

i'm sara stinson reporting in marin county. back to you. >> 806 and in other bay area news today is the last day for safeway in the fillmore district there. finally they have been close, but there's a big battle to try to keep them open not tried yet, but it's too late. now, the neighborhood now without a major grocery store, the nearest one about a mile away. >> kron four's will tran live at the fillmore with a look. we'll >> i want to show you the sign that's hanging on the side of the building is says february 7th. so today's officially the last day, safeway in the fillmore district. but if you see inside right now, it is effectively over. it's pretty much telling your landlord your plan to move at the end of the month and then you move middle of the month. so you are gone. there are some employees inside right now. and that's the pharmacy department they're going through there doing som inventory. but as you can clearly see, the shelves are bare and there's no food there. safeway. they wanted to actually close at 11 months

one of a number of close calls that they had kron. 4 sarah stinson takes a closer look at the mess. >lide can be seen behind me. you can see the debris that crumbled down the hillside onto sansom street. thankfully no one was injured. there are quite a lot of close calls in san francisco from this severe storm with a lot of downed trees. strong winds and heavy rain slammed san francisco tuesday making travel dangerous and relaxing over the golden gate bridge ahead of healing coming over and it was down for can see anything. and then next thing, you know, streets >> real rep says says she's grateful to be alive after nearly being hit by a massive tree in golden gate park around 04:00pm. very scary. it was really loud for tesla camera captured it all you can see in this exclusive video. the tree slammed the honda behind her. >> the impact so great airbags deployed but somehow no one was injured. a total of 3 cars were damaged. thank god. thank traffic snarled for 2 hours until crews could remove the oree. all lanes have since reopened a massive tree crashed down in this same area last j

i'm sara stinson reporting in san francisco. back to you. >> going to continue our weather coverage throughout the morning. you stay up to date with us on our latest coverage over at kron 4 dot com. in the and male inmate is dead after he was assaulted inside of a jail. so according to the santa clara county sheriff's office, that assault happened last month at the elmwood correctional facility in milpitas. the victim had been on life support. deputies say he was assaulted by 2 other inmates in a large share of living space. it was found unconscious with life-threatening injuries. 2 alleged attackers are suspected of murder and torture, a criminal and administrative investigation into that death is ongoing. let's head to the east bay because a former mount diablo unified school district employee set to appear federal court today for alleged multi-million dollar fraud scheme. prosecutors say eric ragle 100 ipads, gopro's other electronics with district funds and then resold them for his own profit. regular work is the district's

sarah stinson gives us a closer look. >> the aftermath from this mudslide can be seen behind me.ee the debris that crumbled down the hillside onto sansom street. thankfully no one was injured. there are quite a lot of close calls in san francisco from this severe storm with a lot of downed trees. strong winds and heavy rain slammed san francisco tuesday making travel dangerous and relaxing over the golden gate bridge ahead of healing coming over and it was down for can see anything. and then next thing, you know, streetcar. >> real rep says says she's grateful to be alive after nearly being hit by a massive tree in golden gate park around 04:00pm. very scary. it was really loud for tesla camera captured it all you can see in this exclusive video. the tree slammed the honda behind her. >> the impact so great airbags deployed but somehow no one was injured. a total of 3 cars were damaged. thank god. thank traffic snarled for 2 hours until crews could remove the tree all lanes have since reopened. a massive tree crashed down in this same area last january, injuring 2 people and dama

i'm sara stinson reporting in vallejo. back to you. >> and while san francisco is hosting the nba all-star game, events are taking place all over the bay area, including in oakland kron four's. dan kerman reports on how oakland police are preparing. >> as we're preparing to welcome an increase of visitors to our city, we are here to keep our residents in those visitors safe. at a news conference wednesday, oakland police said they're staffing up for an influx of visitors for nba all-star game events in oakland. it's it's going to be more visibility. there is going to be targeted enforcement if you come into our city, a victimized. her community members or businesses were people that are coming here to enjoy the festivities. we will arrest francisco is chase center is center stage for this weekend's nba activity. numerous events are taking place at the oakland arena as well. plus, numerous spots in the city of oakland. as a result, oakland police will be using a multi-agency approach, including the chp. they're going to inc

kron 4 sarah stinson takes a look. >> the franklin mckinley community showed up tonight trying to make their voices heard to the school board. it looks like they're going to have to wait to find out the fate of their schools. but they certainly made a passionate plea dozens of san jose parents, teachers and students rolling against a proposal to close and or consolidate schools in the franklin mckinley school district. the community then packed into the school district meeting tuesday has and will be handed to say that was going change your opinion to not do we will never give up on this community and we hope that you start to actually care. >> the board of education says closures could help close the gap in a projected budget deficit citing a 40% decline in enrollment in the last 15 years. you're gonna close down schools, parents and families will even that's just going exacerbate the problem. edgar kiddos medrano is a kindergarten teacher at one of the schools being considered to close. jason and all elementary asking banking county people not to close a school down. there has been e

. >> by a couple of weeks after heated meeting last night with kron 4 sarah stinson with more on what happened. >> the franklin mckinley community showed up tonight trying to make their voices heard to the school board. it looks like they're going to have to wait to find out the fate of their schools. but they certainly made a passionate plea dozens of san jose parents, teachers and students rolling against a proposal to close and or consolidate schools in the franklin mckinley school district. the community then packed into the school district meeting tuesday has will be handed to say that was going continue looking into we will never give up on this community and we hope that you start to actually care. >> the board of education says closures could help close the gap in a projected budget deficit citing a 40% decline in enrollment in the last 15 years. you can close down schools, parents and families will even that's just going exacerbate the problem your kiddos medrano is a kindergarten teacher at one of the schools being considered to close. jason and all elementary asking banking