danville bulls last day of business. after more than 6 decades. >> it's why this post was made on social media to give customers plenty of notice to get their last rounds of bowling in 1000. best part about this place was seen people of the time to really shift macon. and the french. if you get from it. absolutely. even though the bowling alley will be closing on march 31st, the owners still want bowlers. >> the patron other bowling alleys saying there are plenty to choose from in the east bay in places like dublin and walnut creek reporting in danville, i'm rob nesbitt. kron. 4 news. >> oakland police say its cease-fire strategy is continuing to work not only taking criminals off the streets but also their weapons. 7 news conference today, police said a month long investigation by its cease-fire division has led to the arrest of 7 people and the seizure of nearly a dozen weapons. 3 of those arrested juvenile said the crimes included 2 murders as well as armed robberies and burglaries. >> this investigation stemmed on ca

danville bulls last day of business. after more than 6 decades. >> it's why this post was made on social media to give customers plenty of notice to get their last rounds of bowling in 1000. best part about this place was seen people the time to really shift macon. and the french it you get from it. absolutely. even though the bowling alley will be closing on march 31st, the owners still want bowlers. >> the patron other bowling alleys saying there are plenty to choose from in the east bay in places like dublin and walnut creek reporting in danville, i'm rob nesbitt. kron. 4 news. >> happening now, people all over the country. some of them are boycotting big businesses today. and instead, if they have to shop their shopping locally, small businesses, the people's union usa, it's a nonpartisan grassroots group that surging folks not to shop or eat at major corporations today like mcdonald's target amazon. you know, the ones they're urging people who are buying things to use cash today. experts say the boycott could be a l

danville bulls last day of business. after more than 6 decades. >> it's why this post was made on social media to give customers plenty of notice to get their last rounds of bowling 1000. best part about this place was seen people the time to really shift macon. and the french it you get from it. absolutely. even though the bowling alley will be closing on march 31st, the owners still want bowlers. >> the patron other bowling alleys saying there are plenty to choose from the east bay in places like dublin and walnut creek reporting in danville, i'm rob nesbitt. kron. 4 news. >> trials right now underway for a former san bruno elementary school teacher charged with sexually abusing his first and second grade students between 2016 and 2022. jeremy paw ken yea taught in l crystal elementary school in decimal allen elementary school in san bruno. he is charged with 22 counts of assault and is currently out of custody on one more than a million dollars in bonn. he is due back in court on wednesday for his 5th day of trial, a

ktvu zac sos has the story. >> at danville bowl.end of an era. >> i'm sad the place has opened in 61, so. >> now scheduled to close for good after a 60 year run. just an ortel holding on to the memories. >> i had my first 13 birthday parties here. my first job was here when i was 15. >> growing up on these lanes as the owner's son, few know the ins and outs of this fabled place better than him. >> i can't tell somebody how to do a job if i can't do it myself. >> saying goodbye. a difficult decision for the family. like letting go of a part of home. >> it was tough with covid, just kind of changing things. and then we were closed for 13 months, and it just kind of never fully came back. >> all across danville, long-time bowlers also gutted by the decision. >> we caught wind of it on the news that it was closing, and my first reaction was we got to go down and bowl one last time. >> and bowl. they did. skill level. never important here. for years. this is a bowling alley that has drawn everyone from the amateurs to the pros. a place f

i know it's a favorite there in danville. all right zach thank you. >> a new state bill aims to crack down on third party apps selling often hard to get restaurant reservations. san francisco assembly member catherine stefani has introduced the california. restaurant reservation anti-piracy act. it would stop third party websites from selling unauthorized reservations. lawmakers say in many cases, bots track when reservations are released and scoop all the bookings and then sell them for high prices on black market websites. restaurants say this often leads to no shows and in turn lost revenue. in a statement, assembly member stefani says ab 1245 will crack down on the predatory practice of reservation scalping, which not only deceives consumers but also exploits our local restaurants who are still struggling to recover from the pandemic. >> well, our warm weather stretch will soon be coming to an end. of course, we've been talking about the warm temperatures since wednesday, so wednesday, yesterday and today. in fact, for to

the danville native got a hero's welcome. 36,524 days in the making.ed. >> i need joe right by the bar. joe only. [music] >> and pictures taken. all for a man that reached the magic triple digit age of. >> 100 years old. >> well, i feel fine. i think, yeah, i just wake up and it's just another day. >> yes, another day on the lanes. at age 40, joe picked up bowling. 60 years later, he's still going strong. rolling in two leagues, three days a week. keeps him young and fit. >> i didn't do that. i'd be home or watching tv and that's kind of boring. yeah, because i do that. enough of that. anyway. >> joe still has game. he averages 140 and he can still strike him up with the best of them. >> yeah, joe. >> his teammates marvel at his injury, but not so much his age anymore. [music] he's just part of the crew. >> i've known him for a few years, so i'm kind of past the marveling part. but when i see everybody else's reaction, like when we go other places and they can't believe that this guy is bowling that well at his age. >> lately i've been doing 15 push up

vámonos a danville, en donde la intersección de la sycamore valley road y camino ramón se cerró por variasnseja a los conductores que eviten la zona y que mejor esperen tiempos de viajes más largos. un hombre identificado como alfred walker fue detenido en sacramento después que las autoridades lo encontraran traficando a una jovencita de 17 años. la víctima denunció que la obligaba a mantener relaciones sexuales con él y también con otras personas cuando intentaba resistirse. dice, la amenazaba con matarla a ella o a cualquier persona que intentara salvarla. los detectives creen que puede haber más víctimas. si usted tiene alguna información, puede llamar al departamento de policía de sacramento. cientos de personas se reunieron hoy en una concurrida intersección de dublín para protestar por el proyecto de ice de reabrir una cárcel cerrada para alojar en el lugar a inmigrantes indocumentados. los manifestantes protestaron este sábado en la esquina del boulevard dublin arnold. quieren que la cercana cárcel de mujeres conocida como fc dublín sea retirada de la lista de lugares que ice está

danville bulls last day of business.ore than 6 decades. >> it's why this post was made on social media to give customers plenty of notice to get their last rounds of bowling 1000. best part about this place was seen. people love the time to really shift macon. and the french that you get from it. absolutely. even though the bowling alley will be closing on march 31st, the owners still want bowlers. >> the patron other bowling alley saying there are plenty to choose from the east bay in places like dublin and walnut creek reporting in danville, i'm rob nesbitt. kron. 4 news. >> in developing news, the santa fe sheriff says the 95 year-old actor jack gene hackman likely died 9 days before his body was discovered wednesday. the sheriff provided an update friday saying hackman's pace maker reported its last event on february. 17th likely the day that oscar that he died, a carbon monoxide poisoning is being rolled out as cause of death. both happen and his wife tested negative. authorities also say there were no obvious signs

we're also following new details on a two car crash in danville that killed a person and injured three others. authorities say the crash involved a truck that overturned when it collided with a minivan. it happened along sycamore valley road at camino ramon right around 115 yesterday. there was an adult driver and two other passengers in that truck, including an adult and a teen. the adult passenger did not survive. both drivers and the teen passenger suffered minor injuries. new. this morning, governor gavin newsom has proclaimed a state of emergency for california's forest fires. the announcement is newsom's latest push to fast track fire prevention efforts. his proclamation includes suspending certain environmental regulations, such as the coastal act and california's environmental quality act. newsom says these acts have slowed down critical forest management projects. this comes after the devastating fires burned through los angeles county in january. well, thousands of demonstrators rallied at hundreds of national park sites across the country to protest extensive job cuts by the

well, one person is tonight after a car crash in danville. police say a minivan crashed into a truck causing it to turn over at the intersection of sycamore valley road at camino ramon and a passenger in the truck died at the scene. 3 others inside the car and the minivan driver were hospitalized with minor injuries. the crash forced road closures that have since been opened. it's unclear what caused the crash, but police are investigating >> sorrow in the world of rhythm and blues. grammy nominated r and b singer angie stone was killed early this morning and a car crash near atlanta. the 63 year-old was a member of the all-girl hip-hop trio. the sequins and known for the hit song. wish i didn't miss you was back was in back of a minivan that rolled over and then was hit by a big everyone else in the van survived that crash. so and also hit the broadway stage as big mama morton in the hit musical chicago kron. 4 news. we'll be right back. 4 news. we'll be right back. stay with us. - bye, bye cough. - later chest congestion. hello 12 hours of

the danville native got a hero's welcome. 36,524 days in the making.se] oh, there was birthday cake served. >> i need joe right by the bar. joe only. >> thank you. and pictures taken. all for a man that reached the magic triple digit age of. >> 100 years old. >> well, i feel fine, i think. yeah. i just wake up and it's just another day. >> yes, another day on the lanes. at age 40, joe picked up bowling. 60 years later, he's still going strong. rolling in two leagues, three days a week. it keeps him young and fit. >> if i didn't do that, i'd be home watching tv, and that's kind of boring. yeah, because i do that. enough of that. anyway. >> joe still has game. he averages 140 and he can still strike him up with the best of them. [applause] >> joe. >> his teammates marvel at his injury, but not so much his age anymore. [music] he's just part of the crew. >> i've known him for a few years, so i'm kind of past the marveling part. but when i see everybody else's reaction, like when we go other places and they can't believe that this guy is bowling that well

number three one person was killed, three others injured in a crash in danville.ned on sycamore valley road at camino ramon yesterday afternoon. an investigation is underway. number four, governor gavin newsom has proclaimed a state of emergency for california's forest fires. the announcement is newsom's latest push to fast track fire prevention efforts. and number five. thousands of demonstrators rallied this weekend at national park sites across the country, protesting job cuts by the trump administration. cutbacks of federal agencies led to thousands of layoffs of national parks and forest service employees just about two weeks ago. and number six, a private company from the us, has landed on the moon delivering experiments for nasa. blue ghost started to send back pictures you're seeing now from the surface. pretty neat. number seven. we're just hours away from hollywood's biggest night. the oscars air right here on abc seven, with coverage starting at 1230 with on the red carpet. the oscars red carpet show starts at 330. and then, of course, the oscars begin

police in danville are investigating a deadly crash tonight. it happened this afternoon at the intersection of sycamore valley road and camino ramon. a minivan and a truck were involved, and we have learned one victim from the truck needed to be extricated but did not survive. the truck driver and two other passengers survived. the crash caused roads in the area to be closed for hours. police have not released information about other injuries or what may have caused the crash. down in san jose, several people and their pets are now displaced after an early morning fire. crews were called to a fire near los gatos, almaden road and ishimatsu place around 540 this morning. once on scene, they put out a fire burning a single story townhome. the red cross is now assisting three people and two dogs. no injuries were reported. the cause of the fire has not been announced. a south bay professional indoor football team looking for players to add to their roster. we'll take you to san jose with the skills the team is looking for, and a cargo plane is for

now at 6 after than 60 years in business, a bowling alley in danville is shutting down. >> first, thoughrom san mateo county's embattled sheriff christina corpus one-on-one with our sara stinson. she talks just days before the election that will determine if she keeps her job. >> is at 6. good evening. thanks for being with us tonight for kron. 4 news at 6. i'm grant lodes and vicki liviakis. our top story tonight is a kron. 4 exclusive just days before a special election. >> we are hearing from san mateo county sheriff christina corpus tuesday. people they're going to vote on a measure a which would give the county board of supervisors the power to remove a sheriff with cars. >> this comes after a scathing report was released about the sheriff back in november. and kron 4 sarah stinson. spoke with the sheriff about the efforts to remove her. >> first of all, just want to thank you for sitting down

danville 79, walnut creek 79. novato at 78. right now in the stormranger scan. we're dry. winds are five to about 17mph. not overly gusty. we're tracking the system off towards the south tonight. few showers near the bay area, but i don't expect any of that for us this evening. the better chance of rainfall is not from this system, but from another one this weekend. we'll get some drizzle for the morning, and then we'll start to see the return of rain by 5 to 6:00 tomorrow night. we'll take you through the full rain timeline for the weekend. i've got details on that in about 15 minutes. see you in a bit. thank you. jeff. our machines replacing humans? yes. according to the ceo of a bay area tech giant. well, sort of. the ceo of salesforce says we won't need as many humans in the future. and that statement is raising some eyebrows. here's our business and tech reporter, scott budman. reporter salesforce became one of the bay area's largest and most valuable companies thanks to human labor. but right now, it sells, among other things, ai agents, machines to take over human t

look at danville 78, oakland 74. and even in san francisco, we're at 70 degrees right now. so even though we've en a couple of areas with some cloud cover, we've definitely still got the influence of that warmer air mass. but here's what we're monitoring right now with satellite. we are looking at the pacific in the central pacific because this low pressure system i mentioned, the swell is going to be the first to show up tonight. so i want to start with this first. we've got this high surf advisory tonight for the entire coastline. we're talking about breakers 12 to 19ft. now this is going to remain in effect as far as that high surf advisory through the weekend into monday as well. so please be mindful of that. dangerous sneaker waves and strong rip currents keep a safe distance from the coast. let's talk timing now for this rain. so friday we saw mostly sunny skies. however, into tonight and tomorrow you're going to notice some areas of fog for saturday. and then by saturday evening we could start seeing some of that rain rolling through, carrying over into sunday's fore

danville 17 one hundreds and the city picked up 15 100. of the northwest along with cool air. but we won't even get close to record lows today. the record lows. there's two years, 1966 and 1894. for march 3rd, napa dropped to 27. 1966 santa cruz 28, 1966. gilroy 28 1966 sfo 31 1966. but san rafael and san jose 28 and 30 way back in 1894. 30s and 40s on the temps. concord's in there. walnut creek, petaluma. too much wind and cloud cover for some to the south. that's why there's more 40s or low 50s. monteiro beach and pillar point in their 40s. los altos hills cooler than los altos. don't see that all the time, but we do today. but 4849 pretty much covering the spread there except for woodacre, woodside, a little cooler there at 46. a lot of cloud cover is on the way, but not really till tomorrow that system will fall apart. however, a low will form and that will give some pretty good rain around santa cruz, san jose south as we head into wednesday. really, we kind of have to wait for a bigger system to come in, but that won't be until proba

up as high as 80 in stanford, danville at 79, current storm ranger scan and the other radar showing a little bit of green. we're seeing some drizzle develop, but the better chance of rainfall is still out here in the pacific with this storm system right here. now, the bark really is worse than the bite on this storm, because you can see as we head through tomorrow morning, it's mainly clouds, spotty drizzle. and then we start to get in on some scattered rain by 7:00 tomorrow night. now, in addition to some on again, off again rain chances this weekend, we'll see some wind tomorrow afternoon, 15 to abou 30mph. likely the gustiest as we hit sunday afternoon 20 to 40. we'll take you through the full rain timeline. i've got that forecast in about 15 minutes. thanks, jeff. police are warning elderly residents across the bay area to be aware tonight of an ongoing jewelry theft scam. now, we've seen this before. perpetrators approach victims, usually elderly targets, wearing expensive jewelry. they promise to sell or give them even better jewelry. overwhelm them and then steal the real gold

danville, 79. novato also there at 78. but everything changes for us tomorrow from this system moving near the coastline. it's going to bring back some rain chances. let me get you more details on that microclimate forecast. and as we move it into tomorrow, we'll start it off with a mix of 40s and 50s. we'll also have some low clouds, fog and a chance of some spotty drizzle. then by the afternoon. nowhere near those 70s and 80s. we're back down to 65 in napa, 58 in san francisco and 64 in san jose. so with that, colder weather will come the chance of through sunday morning also into sunday afternoon and sunday evening. but as you'll see here, it's very hit and miss. and that's why totals don't look extremely high. just a 10th to maybe about a little over a quarter of an inch in the forecast. so on the seven day prepare for that chance of rain this weekend. i don't think it's going to be a total nonstop rain as we just showed you spotty shower chance on monday, dry tuesday and a few more showers wednesday. more sun coming b

also we do brentwood, danville panel. because of climate driven droughts and longer more dangerous wildfire seasons. the pope francis aprears to have improved after suffering from respiratory issues on friday. this is the scene outside the hospital where the pope is being treated. you could see lots of people. they're offering their prayers the vatican says pope francis who was 88 years old, ate breakfast rate coffee and read newspapers yesterday morning. he suffered no further crisis overnight. the vatican also sharing the pope has no fever but remains under close watch. as vacancy rates in san francisco continue to skyrocket. the city may soon see some of its buildings get a second life. the board of supervisors on tuesday passed legislation meant to make it easier for developers to turn vacant office space into housing for stephanie rothman. reports. >> as the housing crisis, san francisco city leaders are one step closer to turning vacant office and commercial space. it's a tens of thousands of homes, many of which ar

danville bowl is packing up their pins after more than six decades.company posted the news on its website and social media, the announcement said, in part, we hope that you continue to let bowling provide joy into the lives into your lives long after we're gone. longtime bowlers across the city say it's like letting go of a part of home. >> i got wind of it on the news that it was closing, and my first reaction was, we got to go down and bowl one last time. >> i had my first 13 birthday parties here. my first job was here when i was 15. it was tough with covid, just kind of changing things. and then we were closed for 13 months and it just kind of never fully came back. >> the owner said the property was sold to developers who want to start a new project right away. the bowling alleys last day will be march 31st. >> it's too bad. yeah. well, coming up, a change in how the south bay fights, fires, the concern over response times in santa clara county as leaders terminate its contract with cal fire. >> and a clubhouse complete the historic landmark in s

work is underway on a new trail project in danville that's aimed at making down road safer for walkers be removing trees as part of the diablo road trail project. that work is going to clear space between fairway drive and alameda diablo construction will be from 9 in the morning till 2 in the afternoon. each day. they're hoping to have it wrapped up by this friday. but that's all dependent on the weather. and we have some showers. so we'll have to wait and see. meanwhile, you have a chance to be part of san francisco park history by participating in the great park naming contest since the passing of prop k which permanently close the upper great highway 2 cars. it's now a big open public park and city leaders want your help in finding a name for it. the contest runs through march 15th and then they'll pick the official name on the on that. so we got a couple weeks and the best i could come with was great park. >> but you outdid me then i like ocean park because rolls right off the so we'll beach and makes a lot of sense. get your suggest changes when arrived just for clair >> opposed

. >> happening right now, work is underway on a new trail project in danville aimed at making down road safer for walkers and cyclists crews are removing trees as part of the diablo road trail project. that work will clear space between fairway drive and alameda diablo construction is scheduled to begin from 9 in the morning till 2 in the afternoon. each day. they hope to have it wrapped up by friday, weather permitting and other a few showers expected in the forecast. we'll see if they can stay on track. we'll take a break 9.10. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news. a child is recovering this morning after being thrown off, of course, on the peninsula. there's a woman has been arrested. we'll tell you what she did. and search underway for missing teen from alameda county. the latest on that as well. plus, governor gavin newsome declaring a state of emergency. >> to try and fast-tracked wildfire prevention. and today is going to be a cool, breezy one at times, but lots of sunshine. >> your forecast is ahead. and if you're heading the door right now, you notice we're still seeing conge

well, work starts today on a new trail project in danville aimed at making down road safer for walkers and cyclists. >> crews will begin removing trees today as part of the diablo road trail project. the work will clear space between fairway drive in alameda blow. construction is scheduled from 9 in the morning till 2 in the afternoon. each day should wrap up by friday. weather permitting. i know we've got a few rain drops on the horizon so we'll see if they can stick to that. >> most likely on wednesday, other than that, it's just a cooler week ahead of us. nothing like that. wednesday through friday was last week. nice and bright. this morning, though. here's your view outside from the east bay hills, looking down into the bay. plenty of sunshine all across the bay area. for the sierra, we did see a good dose of weekend snow, especially for the central and southern sierra and saw some showers for socal neighbors. this is all good news because it does look like our next area of low pressure will actually be resulting in much the same, much needed rain and snow for the areas that reall

well, if you're stepping out the door right now, it's 36 degrees in danville, so i think that's chillyow that we've gone back to winter and we're seeing some mid to upper 40s for much more of the bay area. and as we take a look outside in walnut creek, 43 degrees it is all clear. we do continue with sunshine throughout the morning, but it won't be as warm as those 70 that we had last week. today we're struggling to make it up to 60 degrees, and that's what we'll see across the bay area. we'll talk about the return of rain in a few minutes. but mike, you have a look now at the eastshore freeway. yeah, we had the crash west 80 at carlson. it was solid red. they had to do a traffic break to remove the vehicles. they have been cleared and now we see the speeds recovering a bit. the backup starts in el cerrito and coming down into richmond, so watch for that this morning. right now build off the richmond bridge, the bay bridge also slowing off the berkeley curve. things are recovering for highway four now that the crash cleared at harbor. more traffic coming in to walnut creek without any m

well, the town danville is set to begin work on the diablo road trail project with tree removal scheduledt today. >> this work is just the start of the trail project to enhance safety and accessibility for pedestrians and bicyclists right there along down the road, crews will be clearing away between fairway drive and alameda diablo. the work is scheduled to take place between 9 in the morning into the afternoon and they think they should have wrapped up by about march 7th, depending on the weather. so we should find out about that. >> i bet that videos taken on thursday or friday is really nice out there. it is definitely been a cooler weekend and it's going to be a cooler week ahead of us with a bit of a disruption, especially come wednesday with some lighter showers arriving towards the bay area. we do have a high surf advisory at the coastline. still some very high surf around half moon bay, oliver western facing beaches, still seeing 15 feet. plus waves crashing up against the shore. so be mindful of that today. it's also super windy at the coast as it was last night. we've had 50 mi

belmont, castro valley, danville, 17/100. the city picked up 15, and morgan hill picked up a 10th of an inch of rain. but as sal mentioned, it was about that wind. it was roaring yesterday. the wind of change was screaming 48mph. mount tamalpais, oakland airport 48 sfo, hayward, napa airport, san jose all between 33 and 45mph. now, if you're north, it's clear. look what's happening here. south, especially about burlingame. over to fremont south. these clouds are starting to stack up. so two forecast today. one north is pretty sunny. the one south is a mix of clouds and also sun. but it's going to be on the cool side. everything coming down out of the north northwest. temperatures 40 and 50 right now. there is that northerly breeze coming down about 1520. that next system will be here tomorrow, but it will weaken. it will fall apart and drag across us. and then what we say wash out so we'll get a lot of clouds, maybe teeny bit of rain. the key, though, is the low is going to drop in wednesday night thursday and tap into moistu

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