. >>> also, we investigate a potentially expensive issue with the new bart train. why they are slowing way down . >>> and the push to bring a historically black college to san francisco and the plan that was discussed today. >>> the news at 5:30 starts right now. i am janelle wang. >> and i am raj mathai. >>> attacks on iraq and syria after a drone attack killed three u.s. service members, word of the attacks coming as the three service members' bodies returned to the u.s. today. >> reporter: the u.s. has launched attacks against more than 85 iran-backed targets in iraq and syria, the first retaliatory strike for the killing of three service members according to u.s. central command. an iranian-backed militia group killed the three service members, and the u.s. responded with long range bombers and other aircraft to hit command and control operations centers, intelligence centers, rocket, missile, and drone storage facilities. president biden writing, quote, our response began today and will continue at times and places of our choosing. the united states does not s

um, what is bart doing?hat is their response is, so, you know, bart hasn't really provided any comments on the fat itself or how they are planning to address it. >> we also asked the sfmta for comment. they run the local san francisco busses and trains. uh, they said that they are urging social media platforms to take down these videos and that they are testing new technology to prevent people from doing things like accessing muni metro tunnels. um, but they said they can't comment on their methods and strategies without undermining them. so we also couldn't get information from them on what they're doing to address this. >> you know, if somebody was caught doing that, are they issued a citation or so we aware that that the mta certainly will try to investigate, uh, incidents like this. >> and there are, you know, cameras in vehicles, busses, trains that will show passengers was, you know, getting on and passengers suspect of trying to climb on the roof. but we still don't know too much about the actual enfo

numbers on bart.00 more than the previous saturday. the numbers for saturday broke a post-pandemic record for saturday. ridership that was set back in october during fleet week. well, time is running out in bart's poetry contest for teenagers. >> his arms crossed with motor running. words will hold up gauge. asked when kyle reached him. >> that's pretty good. bart is now accepting submissions for its first ever writing contest for teenagers between the ages of 13 and 19. they want to give young people a loud voice to express their ideas and their opinions. now it's for bart. short story kiosk program. the winning poems will be loaded onto special vending machines that will print out those messages. >> rouz and the winners will be able to have their poetry read by the writers, i mean potentially reaching thousands of writers. >> i'm not a good writer, so i wouldn't do it, but i know a lot of people who would for like who are interested. so first time for everything. it's a good point. yeah, maybe i wou

she is the first woman to hold that title at bart. she grew up in oakland and still lives there with her family. >> what a story right out of college hometown hero yan sticking with it. i love it. all right. that wraps up kron. 4 news at 5 lot more coming up on kron. 4 news at 6. ken and vicki are here with. it's going hey, guys, here's what we're working on for kron. 4 news at 6 crews across the bay area. the russian the. >> clean up the damage from yesterday's storms ahead of yet another wet for the weekend as some people are still without their power tonight. thanks to damage from all that rain. plus, we're digging deeper into a new report investigating a hazardous materials release at the martinez refinery skews me which cites human error as one of the likely causes of what happened. i'm ken wayne and i'm vicki liviakis. the news at 6 is next. >> from the bay area's local news station. you're watching kron. 4 news at 6. >> like this pretty familiar across the bay area today. crews spending the day cleaning and patching up those ar

i'll read it on bart.eah, i will the deadline for teen poetry submissions is friday, march 8th, but only the first 300 qualified submissions will be accepted. >> bart will stop the contest once it reaches that 300 limit. bart's teen poetry contest is part of the transit agency's writer engagement strategy. the goal is to encourage people to take bart by offering unique cultural experiences. previous writer engagement projects before the kiosks included an anime project, book club, live streams, and tiktok challenges. andre back to you. >> all right. thank you. ali. over the weekend, bart reported a spike in ridership thanks to two bay area events san francisco's chinese new year parade and fans fest in oakland boosted the numbers nearly 124,000 trips were recorded on saturday. that's a 54,000 more, 1000 more trips than the previous saturday, the agency says saturday broke a post pandemic record from saturday ridership that was set back in october during fleet week, a south bay woman is in the santa clara c

bart station is a new survey shows riders are becoming more pleased with bart service and we're just one day away from one of the biggest celebrations of the year in san francisco for live with a look at how the city is preparing chinese new year's parade. >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at 6. >> good morning. thank you for joining us on this friday. february 23rd. i'm james fletcher and i'm reyna harvey in for darya folsom today. hope teams got a lot going on this. we multiple parade apps, a lots of all corners of the bay and looks like the weather, john, for everybody looking pretty it's so nice. we have just in time. a picture. perfect weekend ahead of us. so no worries getting out there today tomorrow or early on on sunday sunday night. things will start to change a little bit. we're looking outside at the golden gate bridge with some really clear skies out there for now. now talking near as much fog as i did the past few days. we do have some cloud cover rolling in from the south, though you can actually see that right here. for no

feeling more safe on bart. and we're just one day away from the biggest celebrations of the year in san francisco will have a live look at how the city is preparing the chinese new year parade. >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at 7. >> good morning. thank you for joining us here at 07:00am on the kron. 4 morning news. i'm james fletcher and a radar be in for darya folsom today on this friday, february 22nd. so many events happening this and the weather couldn't have timed out more perfectly for all those celebrations. john, good morning. it looking so good out there. we're looking at forecast today that is going to be mid 60's, a few clouds, but we'll take him. we've got the dry skies importantly today, tomorrow and for really daytime hours on sunday, looking out there from mount tam this morning, gorgeous sunrise. as i% mentioned, we do have some passing clouds today. so not a crystal clear one. there's your clouds building in from the south. so do expect partly t

feeling more safe on bart. and we're also just one day away from the biggest one of the biggest celebrations of the year in san francisco. we're going to be live with a look at the city's preparations for the chinese new year parade. >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news >> good morning. thanks for joining us here at 08:00am on a friday. i'm james fletcher and i'm reyna harvey in for darya folsom today. i see the airport shot right behind us. >> the weather is good enough to just stay in the bay. i know. no need to leave. john, good morning. yeah, this is a good weekend to stick around and attend all those events that are going on. whether it's the black joy parade on sunday or lunar new year festivities on saturday, which is could be particularly warm, looking outside right now. we do have some mostly cloudy skies. you can see outside from air camera top of mount tam just how cloudy it is out there. cloud cover increasing from the south and it's going to stay put throu

the funding in 2023 includes 2.6 -- several hundred million dollars for the bart capacity program and all of the funds for mta for vision zero, our own agency received a vision vision grant from the federal government. we received $30 million for electric vessels. all of these are leveraging funds to supplement the local programs that we fund and a agent of the staff staff to leverage the funds and we administered thyself program and directed funds to the muni fleet, midlife overhauls and the bart elevators and hillcrest road and pad and some important vision zero projects. going forward we continue to focus on funding the portal helping the transbay joint authority to move towards the grant funding with the fta solidifying the local match and muni and upgrades and facilities that we heard about recently in the fall as well. it was a pleasure for our staff to support any number of hearings that you requested as well as the cac requested. they remain active as well and we're pleased to participate in senator wean's' select committee on transportation in the fall. demonstrating what it

bart police on trains or at stations. the gains come as overall ridership has increased by almost 10% in the past year, but still lags behind pre-pandemic levels. 736 now to some of the first images of the moon from a new historic space mission. a camera aboard the lunar lander odysseus took this picture of one of the moon's craters while touching down on the surface. >> this congratulations iam team. we'll see how much more we can get from that. >> this marks the first successful american moon landing in more than 50 years. private texas aerospace company intuitive machines built the lander with funding from nasa. engineers are now downlinking data from its systems. >> it'll be a really important next step in establishing more of a longer time presence on the moon and testing new technologies for landing on the moon. >> this lunar lander is carrying six nasa experiments. researchers say they hope odysseus can find ice crystals that could be turned into water, oxygen and even fuel. >> all right, guys, your time. 737 the o

bart says overall ridership increased by more than 9% over the last year.ncy advanced it's safe and clean plan which focuses on boosting police visibility on trains and at stations and increasing staffing to clean them. now to our 4 zone forecast as we get a live look right now, twilight over the city of san francisco magic hour. sense with that hope covers love this time of night. it doesn't even look real. starting lineup like that right now, a lot of smiles around the bay area today. people enjoying a look at the sunshine and the dry weather looks like that is going to stick around for least a little couple of days here before start worrying about rain again. but overall, remember, we're still in the midst of winter. we've got a long way to go, especially during an el nino season to get out of the but >> here's a live look out of half moon bay, the ways of calm down quite a bit to some people walking out the water's edge right now. why not a beautiful evening outside and remaining dry long range forecast models start to show this the 6 to ten-day model.

that includes at dinners, on trips, on bart and on flights.es and invites everyone to bring their own headsets. the mixed reality headset lets you see what's happening in the real world, all while having digital images superimposed on that real life scene. the headsets cost $3,500 a piece or oh my gosh, oh my god, are. >> and this is a moment a north carolina woman tried out the apple vision pro vr headset for the very first time. her son, caitlin luca, captured it as she encountered a dinosaur in the game. as you can tell, she was both startled and amazed by the goggles. lucas said it was a bonding, magical experience for him and his mom, but 3500 bucks? i think i'll wait a little bit. >> yeah, it may take a little while for that to become more mainstream in the meantime. it was pretty cute seeing her reaction there. >> it was. hey, i want to thank you for joining us here on ktvu, the very popular sport of pickleball. coming up next here on another half hour of mornings on two, just

nearly 2 dozen cars burglarized at an east bay bart station has a new survey shows. riders are just starting to feel more safe. and we're just one day away from one of the biggest celebrations of the year in san francisco. we're live with a look at how the city is preparing for the chinese new year parade. >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at no. good morning. thank you for joining us here on the kron. 4 morning news. i'm james fletcher generate harvey in for joyful. so this morning this weekend is supposed to be a nice for the books. yeah. pernect timing with a lot of events outside this weekend. john. do. yeah. lots of things to do outside and a great forecast for it. >> love to talk about that. we're going to hold off on any chances of rain into late sunday night into monday morning. >> as for right now, a little bit of cloud cover out there, but don't let that stop you from enjoying your friday. still going to be a gorgeous day and going to be a dry day. importantly, as you can see, clouds moving in from the south. no

and agencies lately safer bart's customer satisfaction is 81 percent congratulations the bart board byhe chair and past warehouse chair to tackle this with support and transportation authority has priority bart with all objectives from our state transit assistant fund for the elevator attendance and helped to modernize the stations and fix the elevators. um, we look forward to a continued effectiveness of our plans and our improvements to support the economic recovery and that's what i got so thank you, folks. there are any questions or comments from colleagues happy to take if not open up for public comment anyone in the chambers like to comment on item 2 please come forward and ask for remote public comment on item 2. >> checking for remote public comment on item 2. >> there is no public comment public comment is closed. and madam clerk, call item three. >> 3. executive director's report — information* >> good morning, chair and commissioners today let me echo kudos to bart great results and support of bart that chair mentioned and note in late december bart kept the new product type

i'm katie porter and i approve this message. >>> changes bart made may be paying off. readership spiked by more than 9% in the last year and bart's passenger experience survey shows a rider satisfaction reached 81%, up 7% from last quarter. it is the third quarter in a row rider satisfaction has gone up and more people reported seeing bart police officers on their trips. this comes after bart wants to save and plan plan, boosting security and cleaning staff on it strains, and apparently it seems to be working. >>> don't forget, you can watch our newscast on streaming platforms and roku. >>> at 5:30, we have a busy friday -- thursday evening. president biden leaves the bay area with more campaign funds and the republican primary in south carolina draws closer. the issue that is now dominating that race. >> also, we continue our extensive investigation into the millennium tower. engineers say they fixed the tilting, but one expert says the high-rise is now sinking in a new spot, right in the middle. >>> and an oakland author is tackling a serious subject in her first abo

, want bart to take action like the bart station. >> probably need to work better with their security system because it shouldn't have been. no way these kids should have been able to get on top of the train. period. >> we contacted bart and they declined an interview. marina said her son, daniel was in college and wanted to go to law school. one day in the newsroom, luz pena, abc seven news. >> liz, thank you. devastating but great for parents to know that's happening. thank you. yeah a historic moment today for the first time in nearly 150 years, a cabinet secretary has been impeached. >> hours ago, the house voted to impeach homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. the vote was 214 to 213. very close. this was the second attempt to impeach mayorkas. the first one failed. his department fired back with a statement, quote, without a shred of evidence or legitimate concern grounds. and despite bipartisan opposition, house republicans have falsely smeared a dedicated public servant who has spent more than 20 years enforcing our laws and serving our country. end quote. we're lear

that was the man shot and killed by a bart police officer 15 years ago. they were returned to grant's mother. both polls are in grants possession the night that he was killed. alameda county district attorney pamela price delivered the phones during a news conference yesterday in oakland. >> commissioned my inspectors to find the phones. there was no challenge finding the phones. we know which phones that actually belonged to oscar grant, which phones were cataloged appropriately. it was apparently a an active will not to return. the phone stir. >> well, before being elected to office, price represented grant's family in civil court. the man accused of following a woman into a bathroom of a grocery store and then recording was arrested in pleasanton last month. police put out surveillance video where they were looking for the man. they say after the post them and voluntarily turned himself in. police say the 99 ranch market store is one of several locations. police believe he followed women into bathrooms. they believe there may be more victims across the

okay, bart, trying to get more young people interested in reading. the transit agency is expanding its short stories kiosk program and is holding a poetry contest for bay area teens. ktvu zac sos is here now in studio with more on on this contest. zach. >> yeah, the contest. yet another way to build on that mission of using these short story dispensers to help get kids reading. and what better way to do that than give teens the chance to author some of those works in those machines, and perhaps into the hands of thousands of writers? >> amid the daily rush to the train, you might have missed them a chance to grab a short story for the ride ahead, arms crossed with motor running. >> words will hold up gauge. asked when kyle reached him here and his father jerome, becoming big fans of the bart story dispensers installed at downtown berkeley and three other stations in 2021, it's also a long time using it. >> yeah, a third time. that's right, hugo opting for the three minute read. >> it's long, that's for sure. near palou's house in the rich, deep earth

, once bart to take action at the bart station, probably need to work better with their security system because it shouldn't have been. >> no way these kids should have been able to get on top of the train. period. we contacted bart and they declined an interview. >> marina said her son, daniel was in college and wanted to go to law school. in the newsroom, luz pena, abc seven news. all right, luz, thank you. >> so devastating. awful a social justice group presented a new report today that's critical of how often police in california are solving crimes. and the report by the center on juvenile and criminal justice found that police cleared just 13% of reported crimes in 2022. that's down 20% from 1985. the group says. during that same period, police funding grew 250. clearance rates for property crimes were even lower. >> the statewide clearance rate for property crime hit an all time low of just 7.2. that means nearly 93% of all reported property crimes in california that year went unsolved. >> the group supports criminal justice reform as a way to reduce crime. it calls for continued

and you might not think bart and poetry go hand in hand. zach, why are they doing this? >> yeah, i was really wondering the same thing at first. it all started with these bart short story dispensers. these machines located at four stations. they spit out short stories. one of the big reasons they installed them was to really encourage kids to read on the train. the contest, a way to build on that and who knows, perhaps discover a shakespeare or two out there. amid the daily rush to the train, you might have missed them. >> a chance to grab a short story for the ride ahead, these arms crossed with motor running words, will hold up. >> gauge asked when kyle reached him here and his father, jerome, becoming big fans of the bart story dispensers installed at downtown berkeley and three other stations in 2021, it's also going to i'm using it. >> yeah, our third time. that's right, hugo opting for the three minute read. >> it's long, that's for sure. near palouse house in the rich deep earth dark eggs lay. >> and now kids just like him are being given a shot at getting their w

bart police on trains or at stations. that's a record high, and the gain comes as overall ridership has increased by almost 10% in the last year. >> still to come tonight, a new poll suggests san francisco mayor london breed is facing increasing difficult at seeking another terme plus, and it's important that we're sending members of congress to fight and speaking truth to power. >> our interview series with the frontrunners in the silicon valley congressional race continues how evan low says he would bring a fresh perspective to congress. >> and how about this? the day it's going to top off in the 70s? i'll show you where and when and how long that warmth will last. your bay area forecast is ready to roll, but first, a major nationwide cell phone outage lowers the bar with cybersecurity experts know so far about what happened. >> let's get a check of the evening commute. this is a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, where you can see a lot of folks are trying to get into san francisco, though, and it is slow going. w

weekend because of that, bart will be offering a shuttle to and from sfo to the millbrae station.prepared for up to 20 minutes in delays. the next big breakthrough in artificial intelligence is here, and you'll probably find it very cool or a little scary, maybe even both. details on that. when we come right back and we're getting a feel for what kind of power couple? taylor swift and travis kelce are through an auction. how much someone paid for an autographed jersey. that's tonight on abc seven news at 11. the tech company openai is giving the world a peek at the next phase in an ai generated content. now, the company behind chatgpt has unveiled sora, a tool that can quickly create videos on command all of the videos you're seeing here were made just by typing prompts into the openai app. isn't that crazy? yeah. oh my gosh, the open ai and for example, a 30 year old spaceman wearing a red wool knitted motorcycle helmet, plus a few more details generated a very specific video image. the breakthrough has raised questions once again about the potential dangers of artificial intelli

her son was holding before he was shot and killed by a bart police officer. 15 years ago. and the small business in the south bay out thousands of dollars after tesla canceled an order it made for thousa another one in the books. but we're just getting started. everything going well? oh yeah. let's take a look at this knee. because it's the work behind the scenes, that truly matters. [ physical therapy staff discusses results ] for your mind. for your body. and for the community. -team! for all that is me, for all that is you. kaiser permanente. >> a small business owner and san jose says her pie shop is now out thousands of dollars after tesla unexpectedly counseled a large order. kron four's amanda hari spoke to the owner about what happened what's next. >> the giving pies in san jose's willow, glen neighborhood is a staple. each pie is carefully assembled by hand in small batches. despite that, the shop is managed. could together orders for large corporations like apple, google and into it. the owner longview rosset herrin era says on valentine's day the shop got a last

just visit bart dot gov forward slash bart lines. coming >> a look at what's on the menu of a san francisco restaurant. dedicating dishes to honor black history month and the warriors are hoping to stay hot at chase tonight against the hornets. erin wilson is at the games. have a live report coming up after the break. >> here's hoping to stay hot chase center tonight against hornets kron four's erin wilson they are on a four-game win streak and they are playing pretty well as of late. of course, they have a guy like brandon miller than curry. they have so many other characters on that could do some damage tonight and will we talk about i want point out the fact that this is also a family affair. this is the fun side of this game because what you know, we have steph curry, they have said carrying guess was calling the game their father curry. this has never happened in all of nba history for 3 of them to be together on a game night. so that part of this game is fun. but steve kerr say they reminded his team even though they have diffe

in the parking lot of the north berkeley bart station. as of right now, they say no arrests have been made and the case remains open and under investigation by both berkeley and bart police. we did reach out for an update, but we haven't heard back yet. however, despite these break-ins, the agency says overall stats from its quarterly survey shows that ridership is up 9% and satisfaction from writers is actually at 7% uptick making it a total of 81% back in 2022, that number was 67%. so officials say it is good. and right now the notice of heavier police presence is that 20% by riders which exceeds the agency's official goal of 12%. lastly, they say that numbers show that harassment on bart has declined since early last year. at that point, it was 10%. now it's down to 7%. so good news. and lastly, the agency says it is actually 80 plus percent since 2012. so that's a very latest in the newsroom. i will send it back to you, james. okay, michael, thank you very much. to the time. >> the man accused of following a woman into a bathroom of a

she is the first woman to serve as bart's. chief transportation officer stokes hankins, joint bart back in the summer of 1995, you can see here in this photo fresh out of college back then she worked part-time as a station agent at sareeta station. 28 years later, though, look at her. she's overseeing all bart stations, day-to-day operations as one of the highest ranking positions within the transit systems. stokes hankins grew up in oakland and still lives there with her family. and kron 4, by the way, is going to be honoring black history through the end of february. that story just one small sample of the many we have lined up and be sure to tune in, by the way, at the end of the month of february, 29th, we're going to have our special entitled honoring black history in the bay area. that special is set to air at 06:30pm, again on on february. 29, so tune in. >> and we've got some real special coming up. the super bowl. yeah, it will be amazing to see the forty-niners play chief. yeah, as well. a well known sports parts jus

grant was killed by a bart police officer in oakland. his mother, reverend wanda johnson. >> has been trying to get her son's belongings for more than a decade. now. kron four's philippe djegal has the latest signing a property receipt for the 2 cell phones held in her late son oscar grant's possession the night he was shot and killed by a police officer at the fruitvale station in the early hours of new year's day 2009, reverend wanda johnson will not go so far as to say this moment brings closure to her family. >> but certainly relief. it's another piece of my >> that is been fulfilled that i having my sense property and that's all families want. johnson joined alameda county district attorney pamela price. during a news conference in oakland thursday, price previously represented johnson and her family in a civil case related to her son's killing. now, as da price lifted a hold placed on grants by the previous administration. >> prices moving forward when cases are closed her office will work with victims, families to have their loved

so bart is going to be on a saturday service schedule. caltrain will be on a modified service schedule, and then ace will be on a holiday service schedule. so just check their websites. if you're taking mass transit on this president's day. and drew, i think it's your turn now. all right, here we go. this is what i wanted to show you. >> it is beautiful out there. we do have cloudy skies from our tam. can as that sun gets up here, it's a cloudy day today, but we are totally dry. there's no wet weather in the forecast. it's also mild out there. we'll get those temperatures in the 60s. now. tonight after midnight rain is back in the forecast. we'll keep those temperatures elevated. so saturday is a level two for rain. heavy at times. some gusty winds and some rough surf. so future weather showing you light rain in the morning turns heavier in the afternoon. and that's also the time when the winds will be gusty as well. so saturday right around 1 p.m. you can see those winds strongest along the coast. still finding winds gusting about 20 to

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incident at bart. police >> we created a body from the community to now have some say in policing procedures. >> it's one of the strongest oversight models in the country. as grant's family continued to tell their story, laws began to change and we started seeing tears fall from legislators. in 2018, the right to know act was passed, requiring agencies to disclose records of police misconduct and use of force. >> johannes mosley had eight complaints filed against him before he murdered oscar and not a single reprimand took place. so had he had been reprimanded in a in addressed about these large number of complaints coming in on him in his use of force tactics, oscar could be living today. >> in 2019, assembly bill 748 took effect, which requires police agencies to release the audio and video of critical incidents in 2020. use of force bill ab 392 became the strictest use of force legislation in history, changing the standard for when it's legal to use police force and in 2021, the chokehold bill was p

officer was accused of shooting and killing officer grant at an oakland bart station. despite the case been long completed, his mother has been fighting to get response property back ever since, antennae, she finally got it back. alameda county district attorney price gave reverend wanda johnson both her son's cell phones. the phones have been locked away in the evidence room since he was shot and killed by a bart officer back in 2009. that officer was eventually convicted of involuntary manslaughter. but despite multiple requests over 15 years, grants family says they were told by the past administration that the phones were lost, among other unrelated phones and evidence. >> it's another piece of my life that has been fulfilled, having my sons property. and that is all families want to be able to have their loved ones' property, because it gives you a sense of that level of them still being there with you. >> district attorney price blames a previous teeth deputy d.a. for not returning those phones. she claims that he had the ability to approve the request. we did re

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when kyle reached him. >> pierre and his father jerome becoming big fans of the bart story dispensersnstalled at downtown berkeley and three other stations in 2021. >> it's also going to i'm using it. yeah our third time. that's right. >> hugo opting for the three minute read. >> it's long, that's for sure. near paul's house in the rich, deep earth, dark eggs lay. >> and now kids just like him are being given a shot at getting their works on the trains to. >> and it's a really exciting thing this is a poetry contest for teens, and the winners will be able to have their poetry read by the writers, i mean potentially reaching thousands of writers teens, 13 to 19 years old, living within the five counties, bart services are eligible. >> the deadline to submit is march 8th. >> i think that's a good idea. i mean, it's like, yeah, it's like a little competition. i think it'd be cool, actually. >> a little bit of poetry in our life, i don't know, it's like fun to have that on board. so yeah, why not? it's lovely to have kids be more involved in reading among the writers, just learning about

incident at bart police. >> we created a body from the community to now have some say in policing >>s one of the strongest oversight models in the country, as grant's family continued to tell their story, law began to change and we started seeing tears fall from legislators. in 2018, the right to know act was passed, requiring agencies to disclose records of police misconduct and use of force. >> johannes berkeley had eight complaints filed against him before he murdered oscar, and not a single reprimand took place. so had he had been reprimanded in a in addressed about these large number of complaints coming in on him in his use of force tactics, oscar could be living today in 2019, assembly bill 748 took effect, which requires police agencies to release the audio and video of critical incidents in 2020. >> use of force bill ab 392 became the strictest use of force legislation in history, changing the standard for when it's legal to use police force and in 2021, the chokehold bill was passed, which paved the way for a change in restraint practices, as he could have been choked to de

as bart expands that program. >> all righty. we're getting ready for another week. we got weather this week. we got a five day forecast that shows some rain around here. big snow in the mountains, but not right away. i'll "overflowing with ideas and energy." that's the san francisco chronicle endorsing democrat katie porter for senate over all other options. porter is "easily the most impressive candidate." "known for her grilling of corporate executives." with "deep policy knowledge." katie porter's housing plan has "bipartisan-friendly ideas to bring homebuilding costs down." and the chronicle praises "her ideas to end soft corruption in politics." let's shake up the senate. with democrat katie porter. i'm katie porter and i approve this message. and what life on earth would be like if we didn't have them. it's still the shortest month, but this year, february is an extra day longer. >> all thanks to 2020 for being a leap year and while it may not seem like a big deal, there's a whole lot of science and math behind why we alte

the tea's bart silicon valley extension program is bringing bart service into santa clara county. that service will be able to help more than 1.0. 7 million residents kron four's. stephanie lin spoke with san jose's mayor matt mahan during kron. 4 news at noon today to get the latest information on this project. and she joins us now with what she learned. thanks for joining justine. well, there are 2 phases to this project and phase one is complete. >> that was extended service from alameda county into santa clara county with stops in milpitas and berryessa north san jose which started in 2020 phase 2 is in the design and engineering phase. it will extend service from the various a transit center to stations at 28 street. little portugal, downtown san jose and aired on station with the end of service in santa clara mayor matt mahan says he expects the funding for the project to be available. >> so we're working vta and the to the project team are working with the federal government on a competitive funding, process that before the end of the year. should enable us to secure the re

bart broke records this weekend. agency posting on social media more than 123 1000 people took part to get around on saturday. the previous record was 116,000. bart gave a shout out to the san francisco chinese new year parade and the oakland fans staff for helping to boost the amount of writers. >> up next at 5 here it is a new effort to try to tackle 2 of california's biggest issues. the legislation lewmakers say we'll help retail theft and the opioid crisis. plus, a number of services says the east bay were knocked out after a recent ransomware attack. we'll let you know where things stand tonight. plus, a highly contagious stomach bug. is making its way across the country. what colder temperatures could be affecting the way at cretors, we handcraft every batch of our delicious popcorn. like our cretors cheese and caramel mix. great on their own, even better together. try cretors, handcrafted small-batch popcorn.

bart says it also received positive feedback on police presence.icipants said that they saw bart police on trains or at the stations. that's also a record high. the gains come as overall ridership has increased by about 10% in the last year. the san francisco ballet is bringing back swan lake starting today. tchaikovsky score, which dates back to 1877, holds special meaning for the company. critics say the sf ballet performance back in 1988 is what launched san francisco's dance company into the world class discussion. swan lake runs at war memorial opera house through march 3rd, and you hear ukrainian national anthem and that will make them smile and feel good. >> that makes me happy. >> this weekend, two years ago, russia invaded ukraine. the musical gesture made by one ukrainian student here in the bay area that has inspired a group of schools to follow his lead and make it a show of peace and support and facing a judge in the south bay after being accused of killing a three year old boy. what happened in that courtroom and what we now know from

bart's short story dispensers are expanding bart started installing kiosks at a handful of stations ars ago that dispense short stories in a receipt form for passengers to read on their ride. the transit agency says it will install its next kiosk at the san leandro station. bart is also now calling on bay area teens to submit their poetry to be added to the kiosk selections. the theme is bay is home. march eighth is the deadline to submit the winners will receive a gift card and their work published in those kiosks. see csu campuses, especially the ones here in the bay area, are enrolling far fewer students these days. ktvu tom vacar took a look at the numbers at both universities, and students are facing in the rapidly evolving world of higher education. >> for many generations, americans believe that a college degree was the promise of a better life on many levels. >> that's what i was told. you know that you go to the to a school to get a degree, and then after that degree you start earning money. but that's not always exactly the case. as we know, former golden gate university bus

we have to be very keen to observe what our children are doing. >> reaction from bart riders was shock. >> someone else said it was like a teenager. i don't know what was going on, but that's like really dangerous. >> victoria says she rides bart frequently. she shared videos of risky stunts. are easily found on social media. >> i have not seen that, but i'm also more on facebook. i think some people are more active on tiktok or instagram, so. so i think it really depends on like the what you see surfacing. >> bobby herrera lives in the mission and shared. he knows teens are always doing reckless things, even himself. once way back. no, not like that, you know. >> but, um, yeah, i mean, this, you know, there's always crazy stuff going on. dirt bikes in the street, people bombing down the hills at the dolores park on their skateboard and stuff. >> gateway charter school says they're providing support and resources to the family, as well as the extended community, saying any time a student is involved in a tragedy, it's a traumatic event for everyone in the community in san francisco. al

this is terrorist stokes hankins and that she is the first woman to serve as bart's. chief transportation officer soaks hankins join barred in the summer of 1995. fresh out of college. back then she worked part-time as a station agent at the else. are we to plaza station 28 years later, she oversees all bart stations, day-to-day operations as we're the highest ranking positions within the transit system. she grew up in oakland and still lives there with her family. more and more companies in oakland ramping up security for their employees due to crime concerns. coming up, we're going to have. >> reaction now from the mayor. >> plus, a new report shows human error was among several factors that led to the toxic dust released at the martinez refinery in 2022, how county leaders are responding and these recent rains now leading to a rise in rodents. >> scurrying into homes in the east bay. what experts are urging you to do that, keep urging you to do that, keep them out. my dry eye's made me a burning, stinging, 5-times-a-day,... ...makeup smearing drops user. i want ano

and what a long way she has come. 28 years and still leading bart. kron 4. don't forget his honor of black history through the end of february and you want to make sure you tune into our special at the end. >> entitled honoring black history in the bay area. it's set to air thursday, february 29th right here on kron 4 at 06:30pm. >> we are also honoring and celebrating the forty-niners all. one big battle left against the chiefs and well-known sports bar in san francisco is going to be hosting a watch party. >> on super bowl sunday. but in one instance, it's just chiefs fans. nobody out, ok? well, let's take a closer look. saracens went there. >> no sorry. if you're wearing niners cure, you will not be allowed in ba's works on super bowl sunday. chiefs fans only the owner will direct you across the street, get this. he owns and he's allowing niners there. football sundays. this san francisco sports bar can be seen packed with fans wearing red and gold. but these are niners fans there. kansas city chiefs fans. it started in 2016 and it's just grown was works.

grant was shot and killed by bart police officer. the fruitvale station in 2009 kron. 4 s noelle bellow joins us in the studio with more on what was returned to the mother. well, ken and vicki, it's been 15 years since oscar grant was killed on that new year's day. his death. >> sent shockwaves across the bay area and beyond and all this time sense. investigators in alameda county kept to cell phones that were in grants, possession the night he was killed today. those phones were given back to his mother, reverend wanda johnson joined alameda county district attorney pamela price to speak about what it means to receive them back price previously represented johnson and her family in a civil case related to oscars, killing now as da price. now price has lifted a hold placed on grants phones by the previous administration. price says once the criminal and civil cases were closed, there was no justifiable reason to keep them from his mother. >> there's no justifiable reason that we are aware of why these phones were not returned to her

remember bart's on those trains down again today. so add extra minutes on to your commute. 20 minute ride. 37 of the tolls are it is back to you. thanks a lot. let's continue our team coverage of the weather continuing now with a tornado sighting. a lot of people are talking about bad. it was spotted yesterday morning up in sonoma county and that's where kron four's michael thomas is standing by live for us in. >> petaluma michael. so they can't necessarily call it an actual tornado. it's being called a funnel cloud. take a look at on your screen. now. you can see it happened all at around 11 o'clock yesterday. just west of petaluma in a small town. it's called to rock community of about maybe 900 or so. and the national weather service says it is working with sonoma county department emergency management to trying to decide if it is in fact, a tornado. that is right now. the department has not found any damage whatsoever. so it's being called a funnel cloud. obviously, a tornado is rare in the north bay or just the band general. rig

they died while surfing bart trains.ell you what's behind the dangerous and deadly trend. >> and we just received an update from investigators about those four bodies that were found inside a san mateo home. two of the victims twin boys. more on what police believe happened. that's coming up in just a few minutes is it possible to count on my internet like my customers count on me? it is with comcast business. keeping you up and running with 99.9% network reliability. and security that helps outsmart threats to your data. moaire dida twoo? your data, too. there's even round-the- clock customer support. so you can be there for your customers. hey billy, how you doin? with comcast business, reliability isn't just possible. thanks. it's happening. get started for $49.99 a month. plus, ask how to get up to a $1000 prepaid card with a qualifying internet package. don't wait, call and switch today! two leading candidates for senate. two very different visions for california. steve garvey, the leading republican, is too conserv

they were held in evidence, while johannes mehserle, the bart officer who shot grant, was put on trial. >> i'm anxious to go home and turn it on and charge the battery, uh, and hopefully see, you know, some of my son's pictures and what else he had in his phone. miss johnson says the last picture grant took with his phone was of mehserle moments before her son was killed. >> mehserle claimed he meant to use his taser instead of his gun. he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and served half of a two year prison sentence before being released a while. >> three county chase came to an end in hayward with the help of chp officers. in the air and on the ground. our crime reporter henry lee is live here in studio with the details. henry >> yeah, greg, i heard this hot pursuit, in fact, passed through my neighborhood. many other people did as well as sirens wail and the chp helicopter whiz by. this chase went all the way from vallejo to hayward. we are requesting speech with a spike looking up to the 680 interchange. >> i want you know what? we're going to go here in a second. >> this

bart has been using what it calls its safe and clean plan. that includes more police, visibility of trains and stations and better staffing for cleaning. and restrooms at the oakland airport will be getting upgrade soon. a big upgrade because there's been a 10 million dollar federal grant sketches show what new restrooms could look like. this is part of the so-called terminal restroom renovation program. the idea in part is to focus on family friendly and gender-neutral restrooms. phase one could be wrapped up by the middle of next year. in san francisco. you've seen at the famous corpse flower. they've given it a name. it's named mirage, expected to bloom again soon at the academy of sciences and expected to do that between february 25th and the 29th. the plants can reach up to 10 feet tall. and you've heard about the smell described as either rotten fish, garlic, decaying. neat corpse. flowers need a lot of energy to bloom. experts say this could be the one of the last chances to see mirage in her full glory. all right. time for a look at t

nosotros nos comunicamos con bart y ellos dicen que los policías de bart son los que están a cargo de lugar. la policía de berkeley nos dice que aunque ellos no están a cargo de esta investigación, nos pueden confirmar que solamente en la última semana, el número de crímenes de robo de autos ha incrementa a grandes niveles. no solamente en esta locación, sino a lo largo de toda la ciudad. y ustedes pueden ver estas estas pilas de vidrio, literalmente para. esta es una zona muy transitada. así que llegan los carros a estacionar aquí para ir a tomar el bar y cuando ven las pilas prefieren estacionarse en otras áreas. la policía nos dio algunas de las recomendaciones que tienen para los conductores y le tendremos la información en los noticieros de la tarde en vivo desde berkeley libertad pedraza noticiero telemundo, california. muchas gracias libertad por ese reporte. una llamada alertó a las autoridades sobre la venta ilegal de fuegos artificiales en una empresa en el sur de sacramento. al hacer una inspección encontraron fuegos artificiales con sellos falsificados usados con las palab

well, it's been decades in the making and now a connection between bart and the vta in the south bay is just a vote away from becoming reality. it would run trains on the east capitol expressway all the way to alum rock and connect to the milpitas bart station. the vta board will vote on a construction contract next month. if approved construction could begin in april. >> all right, taking a live look outside right beautiful shot from our mount tam cam overlooking san francisco on this. so lovely day, which promises to and today u.s. is to end and people employed like i'm doing it right now. i you finish my wife's story, which i hope to want to give it credit for something yeah, let >> don't put me down. tone was a little offensive to little authoritarian. still want to get you know, we don't have all day a claim. comedian richard lewis, who was 76 years old when he died was a regular performer in clubs. and on late night tv for decades. >> luis played marty gold opposite jamie lee curtis in the abc series. anything but love and the reliably prince john in mel brooks, robin hood, men

bart is running trains at slower speeds because of the wet weather, so expect some delays on bart this morning. so far, caltrain and ace are running on time, and we want to get a live look outside from our 8-80 camera in emeryville, and traffic is pretty much stop and go from albany to the city right now, so it might take you a little longer to get to wherever you need to go today, because because of the rain, guys. >> thank you gloria. now it's time to check in with ginger zee, who's live with what's coming up on gma. good morning. >> ginger. >> hey reggie. kumasi. nice to be with everybody this morning. so coming up here on gma we're talking about not just your area but all the way into southern california. and the multiple storms that we're tracking alex is out there for now. i will likely be coming out next week because it looks pretty big. so we will get into all that and where it moves and then we're covering the explosive hearing on capitol hill. ceos of top tech companies, including mark zuckerberg, were grilled over the dangers to children online. we're going to tell you what