i wish him and his wonderful wife, gayle, all of the best in the years to come. and i just have to say, joe, i will miss you so much. thank you, mr. president. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. barrasso: mr. president, i join my colleagues in rising to congratulate senator manchin on his highly successful and impactful career representing his home state of west virginia in the united states senate. we know he's served for 14 years and, mr. president, over the last four years he and i served together -- and he served with great distinction as the chairman of the energy and natural resources committee. i had the honor to work side by side with him as the ranking member of that committee. and i would just like to say that senator manchin has has been a terrific partner -- has been a terrific partner to work with. on issue after issue, joe manchin has demonstrated a resolute commitment to bipartisanship. during his senate career, he has honored the most defining and sacred traditions of this very body. under his leadership

thank you, gayle. a man is dead after a shooting in san francisco's bayview neighborhood last night police responded to gold street just after 9.30. they got reports of shots fired and officers say when they arrived, they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. they tried to save him, but the victim died at the scene. his death is being investigated as a homicide. and even with information asked to call san francisco police. in san jose, police are looking for 3 people accused of robbing a nail salon at gunpoint. the incident happened friday night at 6.10, on willow. glen avenue. officers say the specstole a customer's purse before running away. police are asking anyone with information to give them a call because they're trying to solve this. the season is over for san jose state's volleyball team. following months of protests over gender identity in women's sports, colorado state took a win over the spartans in tonight. mountain west tournament. final san jose state season was marked by 6 forfeit

gayle ong joins us now with a look ahead. gayle, sunday to break. nice day on tap for the rest of your weekend. some cloudy skies, but >> it's pretty crisp out there this evening. i don't think it'll be as cold as it was this morning. it was pretty frigid, but we don't have a frost advisory in place at this time. a live look at sfo. a busy travel weekend, of course, starting tomorrow. you know, the and the thanksgiving weekend. let's take a look at the phone. no delays at this hour. but i did see some delays over at newark airport at this time. looks like all our major airports across the country are in good shape, but just make sure to check that connector flight out on the west. we have some quiet weather, but over on the east, a state of emergency due to a winter storm. some major lake effect snow and the forty-niners are in town. they are in buffalo. the heaviest snow looks like it should taper off right before the game starts tomorrow evening. and you know, those folks out in upstate new york, i still liveoin upstate new york. they are not new

gayle ong kron. 4 news. >> thank you, gayle. now to chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is we take an aerial view of ocean beach, much calmer, certainly with the benefit of about 6 hours. but lawrence, that 11 o'clock hour was tenuous. >> it was it was it was almost like when you watch it is after we see all that flooded cars, they are all racing away from the coastline. i was that one car. those headed toward the beach. but i knew there was a safe bluff that we could get to that sure looked down upon the ocean that if there were tsunami. but thank goodness there was not. >> we did have that strong earthquake. this is all part of the you see where the san andreas makes his way out in the middle. the pacific and then hard makes a hard left turn to become known as the mendocino fracture zone. and that's where we had that earthquake take place today. yeah, this is a large earthquake that happened and not something that you want happening on land. that's for sure. but anywhere. and the reason why we didn't get that a big tsunami. is

gayle. >> exactly. pretty messy. so not only are we expecting a stronger system monday night into tuesday. we also have some dangerous surf out there as well. we have a coastal flood warning and a surf warning. so you can see here all of our beaches stretching from sonoma county all the way down to half moon bay. and we are expecting some high surf. it started today we're talking about 30 to 35 feet breakers and even 40 feet waves over at places like mavericks showers continue monday. it looks like will remain unsettled monday during the day with some lighter rain. but the evening is when we'll start to see that next. strong system linger into tuesday. we get a break just in time for santa's arrival, but more active weather is right behind the christmas and hanukkah holiday. so here is our storm tracker and that's our next system. we're keeping an eye on it is pretty active out here and the eastern pacific. a little closer here. some lingering showers around the bay area from the north bay to the peninsula san franci

gayle king joins us now from new york and gayle, before you tell us what's coming up on our favoriteses on. i have to tell our viewers how kind and wonderful you are because you did something for me and my family that you didn't have to do and i'm wearing one right now. this is a clarence clause sweatshirt and it helped my kids to see themselves in the christmas story. yes. see i'm wearing it. and we want to show our viewers the joy inside our home that you brought to asher, kai, ryan, myself, gregory by your holiday magic, roll the tape. >> hi gayle king. okay so i wanted to introduce you to part of my family. greg is not there. but there they are. guys. gayle king today sent you these gifts that are under the tree and i'm going to give you permission to open them up early, okay? all right. so here's the cute wrapping. look at how gayle king wraps presents. beautiful, there's clarence clause right there. and here's a handwritten note. reed, happy holidays to you and your posse. clarence clause looks good on everybody. please send pictures and if sizing is wrong, happy to exchange. e

thank you, gayle.ple were found dead inside an oakland apartment friday night. police say it happened after. >> some kind of altercation with several other people. police say they got calls last night about 11, 15 about a shooting at an apartment on the 300 block of fairmont avenue inside. they found 2 people who had been shot to death. they are investigating this as a double homicide. san jose police say a suspected drunk driver hit 2 of their parked patrol cars last night. they're sharing of photos of the scene. the officers involved suffered only minor injuries. striking a high of workers in san francisco have unanimously approved a new agreement with the hotel chain tonight, the hyatt workers voted on the deal today. the announced the results just before 7 tonight. it's the same deal reached with marriott hotels thursday. it includes wage increases and tackled what workers argued was under staffing. the contract covers roughly 600 hyatt hotel workers in various jobs in san francisco, about 600 memb

gayle ong is here. gayle, we're talking with some really cold weather coming. >> yeah, 3 are. so we're going to be off to frosty start for the new year with tuesday, expected to be the cold this morning as the week. there's actually a frost and there will be a freeze warning in place. our inland communities. a live look from the east bay hills. mostly clear skies tonight. let's take a look at the rain totals from the last 24 hours. we did think about an inch in the north bay, which was expected. so we're at canfield. you could see about an inch of rain there over by the temperatures. now take a look at calistoga. 41 degrees. >> and 47 already in santa rosa. so that's where the areas where you'll feel that cold air. so usually when that front leaves us, it leaves behind those chilly temperatures. so pretty quiet on stormtracker here. you may into some lingering showers at the day. but other than that, we're just seeing some patchy fog over by the valleys, the mostly clear skies overnight into the morning. just watch out for that valley fog towards the east bay. and mostly clear

catherine, thank you, gayle. a man is in jail tonight after being accused of prowling around a home in been a show. you're looking at some of the stuff they. >> police say they found with him. police said happened thursday, midnight on west l street. the suspect has been identified as brian wreck, too. officers found him hiding behind a car in the driveway. they say they had to. he had these things, a burglary tools, those math knife, other things he's been booked into the solano county jail. the woman accusing jay z and sean diddy combs of sexually assaulting her is now acknowledging some inconsistencies in her story. she said it happened in september of 2000 at an mtv party in new york city. the accuser said her father picture up after the alleged assault drove her back to rochester, new york. her father now says he doesn't remember making the five-hour drive back home. the woman also claimed she talked a musician, benji madden, that the party, but he was on tour at the time reps for jay z argue these are mista

back to stephanie. >> thanks, gayle. police arrested a samara fell man accused of robbing a laundromat in marin county officers responded to reports of a burglary at a business on redwood highway in green bray last night. police say a man drilled out the cash machine in a laundromat and escaped through the attic and onto the roof. according to police, he jumped from roof to roof trying to escape officers. he eventually came down and was booked into jail. san jose police recovered drugs and illegal guns after a traffic stop last night. police say they pulled over an rv. the downtown area and after surge, they uncovered meth. marijuana pills. and more than $26,000 in cash, the driver was booked into jail. and san francisco police are looking for the person responsible for shooting a man near the tenderloin district. it happened around one this morning. officers say they found a man with gunshot wounds near eddy and hyde streets. the victim was taken to a hospital but is expected to survive anyone with information is asked

thank you, gayle. well, it is the 5. thanks, gayle. the final sunday of 2024 cities all over the world are preparing for their new year's eve celebrations. lot of parties. >> reporter sean lewis shares what goes into throwing a world-class party. >> big plans and the air for sydney, which will be the first major city to ring in 2025. >> to something that we've been working full on foot lifeboat 12 months on site and planning. georgia fodi is with the company putting on the fireworks display. 9 tons of fireworks set off from the sydney harbor bridge and various other locations around the water. it's a before and a half 1000 now is from programming to actually staging the fireworks with a crew of 8 7 c hop off on the some of which have worked singing a favored 20. so we really have the best. >> best staff in the business on the display on the night. >> london is planning a big celebration along the river. tense with the london eye ferris wheel at the center of it all celebrating its 25th anniversary at least 12,000, far we before 100 lig

. >> kron 4 meteorologist gayle ong is here. gayle, you have admit it is crazy. were talking about a tornado. >> last night and we started to see that heavy band of rain moved through the bay area this time yesterday. here is the satellite loop. pause us around early this morning. so started last night. this time intensified in the early hours this morning 05:00am. >> and 06:00am. that's what triggered that tornado warning. the first ever tornado warning in san francisco. no confirmed tornado there. but some damage associated with some strong gusts. and let's not pass for 2 this afternoon right before 2. that is what triggered that confirmed. a tornado or jack was in the santa cruz mountains and scotts valley. so yeah, we had some wild weather here and now thus we could see that that activity has moved out of the bay area. so the rain shower or thunderstorms now gone. we get a break from all that. so let's go back to that ef one tornado and scotts valley happened around one 39 this afternoon and told that one. 44 peak estimated wind gusts 90 miles per hour in the

gayle ong kron. 4 news. gayle, thank you. let's talk weather as we take a live look here at the richmond. sandra fell bridge. so is the >> believe so. i thought that was the golden gate bridge. i think that's the golden gate been overruled the gold. i'll step aside about yeah. usually see the other direction, right? correct. yeah. camera kind of kind of turned us around. yeah, a little it all that earned around all day that are the days after bryan and again. yeah, holidays and everything else. but >> gotta be careful out along the coastline. that's where you really gotta watch it. those big waves continuing to pound the media co so advisories continue for large swells out toward the beaches, maybe some 20, maybe some 30 foot breakers receipts from huge waves just off the coastline right now, not as large. we've got some pockets of some larger ways just to our north. we're seeing some of these wells running as much as 20 plus feet. you've got 26 footers there off the coastline there. not as big right around the bay area, but

gayle ong kron 40's. >> gayle, thank you. new at 5 ride-hailing company lyft is suing the city of san francisco claiming it was over charged 100 million dollars in taxes over the last 5 years. the suit filed last week says the fees paid by riders to drivers are not part of the company's revenue and should not be taxed. lyft says it makes most of its money from the fees. it charges the drivers. the company wants for overpaid taxes as well as interest and penalties. san francisco says it will review the complaint and respond accordingly. >> major new developments now with the athletics. the face of the franchise for many years is gone. team president dave kaval has announced he's resigning at the end of this year and will no longer be a part of the franchise. it ends a at times rough 8 year reign for kabel. one that's often leave the public effort to get the a's. a new ballpark first in oakland and then ultimately sadly in las vegas team owner john fisher said in a statement about kabel he guided our organization through a peri

but we've got gayle ong in with more on the rain that's going to be impacting us into the weekend, gayle. yes, it but that point tonight we're eyeing. so we're looking at some scattered light showers. >> for your morning drive. and let's time that out for you in our future cast model says about an hour from now, widespread rain, definitely north bay and it stretches all the way to the soutp bay. we get a break from that. most of us do for the afternoon hour and then north of the golden gate looks like that activity continues. this is dinner time. you could see some spotty showers rolling in and then 10:00pm until the overnight hours into saturday morning could see the heaviest downpours here. and we also have a number of advisories and warnings. we have a high wind warning and we have flood watches as well. we're keeping an eye on those rivers, creeks and streams and then that tapers off by saturday afternoon into sunday. so sunday looks like the better day this weekend. but sunday evening, we're expecting another round of light rain into monday, but here's your weekend forecast. daytime

back to you. >> thank you, gayle. president of tyler perry studios has died in a plane crash. 62 year-old steve match. he was the pilot of the single-seat plane had crashed about 60 miles north of tampa, florida last night. not clear yet what went wrong mentioned by the president of tyler perry studios since 2016 and was considered one of the most influential people in the film and tv industry in georgia. mencia survived by his wife and 3 children. police arrested a man, san francisco man accused of robbing a target store in the battle happened last night at a target on vintage way. officers say jared benson had stolen more than $2000 worth of items yesterday he was booked into jail for on burglary charges. police asking for help in finding a missing 9 year-old girl. and a 44 year-old woman in mountain view and it's believed they might be together on the left. a london described as 4 feet tall, 60 pounds, dark hair last seen friday night near a school avenue on the right. claudia last name. not given. police say she c

this is a live look at the embarcadero kron. 4 meteorologist, newly minted meteorologist gayle ong here with the details. scale. >> thank you. get there. and it is mall. >> we are starting off bat. >> guys and some poor air quality out there this evening. you really see that here from this view from the east bay hills. let's take a look at some sensors. take a look. those colors, red. >> meaning very poor in orange, poor air quality. usually we see these colors during. >> fire season. we could see that particulate matter is really picking up on our smoke forecast as well. but you could see it does improve tomorrow. we get a little bit of when that will help us out. but what's causing? it's that lack of surface flow that nice high pressure. we've been, you know, experiencing is bringing us nice daytime highs, but also unhealthy air. so if you're not a sensitive group, definitely keep that in mind. here's the rest of your weekend and the start of next week. we have some 60's, some nice 60's tomorrow morning. clouds afternoon sun for your sunday and we'll see those a breezy conditions mond

a lot of people are traveling for christmas and i'm meteorologist gayle ong is here. and you know, at last check. >> it delays at sfo. but today is the first day of winter. the winter solstice and sure does feel like it here in the bay area. we saw first of 3 systems at least before christmas. by today. and then we're expecting the second one tomorrow. the 3rd expected to be the more power and when on tuesday. so we'll see a parade of storms. but we do see a break just in time for the holidays. and here's our storm trackers. some lingering showers here. and here's that next system. there. and then the one right behind it. it's very energetic over in the eastern pacific where the activity is now a south of san francisco. some light rain heading towards san jose and the santa cruz area and stockton. so let's time out what your sunday looks like. it will get to tuesday storm. this is tomorrow. 06:00am. we'll be starting off. cloudy. some snow in the mountains around lunchtime. so sunday does look good. it looks like the better day out of the weekend to get outdoors and t

thank you, gayle. as we've said, busy time for christmas travelers at sfo just today. more than 160,000 people coming or going. >> kron four's. lindsey ford talked to some travelers about their plans. >> it's a busy but smooth today at sfo, minimal delays and nothing. but on time. flights for mom, dad, the kids and their pets. right party. >> and even parents made their flight. >> hardworking bay area teacher carrie hogan is ready to turn her school lesson plans into holiday family. fun plans. and so looking forward to a she and her dog archie are visiting back home where she's from oklahoma. >> and bringing a little bit of california with her. i got small gifts from my neighborhood. we live in rugby championship out. gordon brothers opening gifts watching tv and enjoying a meal is what hogan is most excited for. my cousins usually do it like a taco night on christmas eve because we always go for big turkey potatoes the next and 12 year-old san jose resident jeremy nakashima is excited to see his family in atlanta, georgia. >> but even more excited to see santa. oh, ye

still back to stephanie. >> thanks, gayle and francisco. police are looking for the person responsible for shooting a man near the tenderloin district. it happened around one this morning. officers say they found a man with a gunshot wound near eddy and high streets. the victim was taken to the hospital for multiple gunshot wounds, but is expected to survive anyone with information is asked to contact oakland police. saturday. police recovered these drugs and illegal guns after a trough, a traffic stop last night. police say they pulled over an rv in the downtown area and after a search they uncovered meth, marijuana pills. and more than $26,000 in cash, the driver was booked into jail. president elect trump says his administration will go as far as firing federal workers who will return to the office and insists on a remote work schedule, but forcing government employees back into the office might not be as easy as it seems. reporter joe khalil has more on the challenges the president-elect is facing and how republican lawmakers are reacti

ong kron. 4 news. >> thank you, gayle. another big story we are following tonight. this was the 6th day of jury deliberations in that high-profile murder trial of many he's charged with killing cashapp co-founder bob lee. questions now on why it's taking the jury so long to >> come to a conclusion in this case. kron four's lezla gooden reports. >> the jury has gone home again leaving every one of the halls waiting for this burdick, including the defense attorneys. in this case in complete shock, the attorneys tell us they have never seen a murder trial jury take this long to delivery. >> not sure that they're on 6 right? and the evidence in this case. i mean, it's a little bit it's but it's not like on the president's. there's some videos that right? and it's only at the lake low through i mean, there's get me wrong. i know that these people do killing, but i think that there is. it's just that maybe, you know, a split. i'm not that's i'm disgusted. it's >> the jury is set to return on monday at one 30 pm. until then, we'l

ong kron, 4 news. >> thank you, gayle. at jury deliberations started today in the murder trial for many. he's the man accused of killing cash app founder bob lee in april of last year. kron 4 s rob nesbitt reports on the possible outcomes in the trial. >> similar to the rest of this trial. jury deliberations are not expected to be a quick process. 12 men and women on the jury deciding the fate of many jury deliberations started wednesday with the judge giving her final instructions to start the morning. the prosecution has argued that the mobile, many stab of lead to death under the bay bridge, arguing his motive was lee having a part in the drugging and assault of the many sister. as for the defense, they have maintained that many acted in self-defense. legal analyst steven clark has been following the trial for the last 6 weeks. both the prosecution and defense witnesses seem to be in this party world of high tech. >> and the question is how much credibility are these witnesses going to have with this jury? so there was

we just had gayle. yes, and this is more beneficial rain we're expecting, but it will definitely impact your morning commute etarting in the north bay. and i'll be more widespread by the late morning. so we'll play that for you in the future cast model that for now, we're quiet. it's the calm before the storm. let's take a live look over at sfo. mostly quiet there as well. it was really nice today. a little chilly in the morning, but we're we have nice clouds and some sun and some comfortable temperatures. so here the next one. and this is on the way. >> and here's the future cast model. so cloudy skies and this is midnight. so you can see the showers starting approach the north coast towards ukiah there. and this is 05:00am so santa rosa, 2 words, you know, north of the golden gate here. that's going to be a wet early morning commute. this is 08:00am more widespread towards san francisco. notice the colors, the orange and yellows. you know, we could see some moderate to heavy downpours at times, but th

gayle ong kron. 4 news. thank you, gayle prosecutors. meantime, in alameda county are dropping manslaughter charges. >> against the final alameda police officers connected to the death of mario gonzalez. gonzalez died in april of 2021. after being detained and then pinned to the ground by police. police believe he was drunk in public and failed to show identification in 2022. former da nancy o malley said none of the 3 officers involved would be facing charges. the case was reopened when pamela price took office in 2023, she then filed involuntary manslaughter charges against the 3 officers in october. a judge dismissed all charges against 2 of the officers. the interim da royal roberts says that today's decision was the result of inconsistent statements by a forensic pathology expert last year. gonzalez's family reached an 11 million dollar settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit. a man has been arrested after police say he assaulted a student in hayward. this happened at martin luther king junior middle school last wednesday. police say

. >> thanks, gayle. as we take a peek outside the view here from sutro tower on a city that's about to get wet. >> yeah, it's a pretty cool color out there tonight. almost looks like it's already starting to rain yeah, it really is getting ready. not far away. just maybe a couple hours waiting for rain make its way back to bay area. starting out the north bands and spreading south throughout the night tonight. but when we could really use it, it's been a very dry, very warm beginning to december. now, looks like we're headed back to a wet weather pattern here. not only with the storm system but several storms over as we head toward the next week week and a half or so maybe even longer. >> up there right now, the clouds gathering already moving on him. but the rain? yeah, not all that far away. you can see doppler radar picking up some of the showers in far northern california already. so, yeah, it is not that far before. can see the rain drop making rain return to the bay area for the first time all mont

that's why gayle ong is here this morning. gayle, what's the latest out there?see the rain clear out. it was a soggy morning. so it was a perfect morning to sleep

gayle ong kron. 4 news. gayle, thank you. for months nowlwe've been telling you about the city of oakland's budget crisis. turns out that's not the only city in the bay with a massive deficit. >> mayor london breed has told city departments san francisco faces a budget deficit of nearly a billion dollars over the next 2 years. and that massive cuts will be needed. kron four's dan kerman reports. the city of san francisco's finances are in crisis in our annual budget instructions to city departments. >> outgoing san francisco mayor london breed has said the city faces a shortfall over the next 2 years of 876 million dollars. we knew this was coming district. one supervisor county chan who chairs the city's budget and finance committee says the city has been spending more money than it earns as expenses increase in revenues, drop or stay flat. top pass a board that we now see a significantly decreased. >> business tax writing for san francisco in her budget instructions. the mayor is told departments for ongoing permanent spend

gayle, what have you learned? >> well, vicki and the suspect's identity has not yet been released, but police continue to investigate a string of incidents that may have led to the shooting. >> bullet holes could be seen on the window of the dior store at grant and post streets in san francisco's union square. the window has since been boarded up, but it was a different scene earlier at about one 38 this morning. >> several officers approach the suspect who was standing outside in front of the store. after attempts after that attempt to take the suspect into custody was unsuccessful. the officers were involved in an officer-involved shooting according to san francisco police. the suspect is believed to be a security guard at this dior store. >> and employee of the store says they are not commenting on the incident. investigators combed the scene friday morning, but sfp d's assistant chief says the investigation began thursday evening. >> in the area of kearney and post streets when officers responded to a report o

ong kron. 4 news. >> thanks, gayle. all right. what's good and what's bad in alameda county when it comes to homelessness? a new report is out in kron four's. rob nesbitt joins us live in the studio to break it down out grant the point in time. count alameda county this year showed that overall homelessness is down 3% and the number of unsheltered people >> has gone down 11%. it takes several months for county officials to find out why those numbers exist, though. the decrease in homelessness in alameda county this year was the first decrease there in a decade. >> jonathan russell is the director of housing and homelessness services for the county. he says nearly a year later officials are able to put out a full report that shows how pandemic investments have helped lower the number of unhoused people. there's also a better understanding of what a person without shelter is going through. we still see a large proportion of folks that are in until can settings that are in vehicles. >> so fully 54% of all the people record

gayle ong kron. 4 news. >> thanks, gayle. as we take a peek outside just a gorgeous night and hid can see downtown san francisco in another shot that hopefully will share soon. the golden gate bridge just looks lovely. yeah. the loveliness pouring right into the weekend. high, lawrence. yeah. how about that? we've got quite a stretch of weather here in december. >> think he's gonna switch gears a little bit as we headed for the weekend and next week. i think we start talking about some rain again. so. >> let's enjoy these nice days. while we have a what a day it has been today. sunshine all the way. the golden gate bridge and along the coastline, sunny skies actually tied a record today at sfo of 67 degrees. tying that record set back in 2014. that was a pretty warm year and we had a high temperatures around the bay area fairly similar to what we're getting in this little heat wave. but overall, yeah, nice day. how about 73 in san jose? 70 in livermore. 67 degrees in concord. 71 in santa rosa. cool. 59 right at the average as

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that's why gayle ong is here this morning. gayle, what's the latest out there? >> well, we're starting to see the rain clear out. it was a soggy morning. so it was a perfect morning to sleep in as most of you have the day off. but if you didn't, it was pretty. yeah. it was coming down pretty hard this morning. so here's a satellite loop was pretty busy this morning. but now i am seeing breaks in san francisco, pleasanton san jose and even santa rosa with a north asia lee gets the first part of that storm. now there is a flood advisory in effect. first parts of sonoma by windsor and rohnert park. that's until one 30. so could see some ponding on the roadways. you know, the poor drainage areas usual spots that are prone to flooding. we did get some heavy downpours at times. so today we have some clearing in the afternoon but dangerous surf conditions. high surf warning still in place. we get a break from all this rain tomorrow just in time for christmas and hanukkah and then another round of storms through the weekend. i have details in the extended forecast, john

gayle ong joins at with a look at what to expect. >> a quiet evening. as you can see, we are looks like we're going to stay quiet weather pattern. nice and dry to start the first week of december. today is actually the first day of meteorological winter december. first. that's really just based on the annual temperature trend. but we are quiet here at the golden gate bridge. i don't see any fog rolling in just yet. so high pressure will be in control for pretty much the weekend. you know, low pressure to spinning to the south there. it's going bring us some mild daytime highs. and i see some patchy fog. you know, we had some dense fog this morning. i don't really see that on our future cast model. so your morning drive looks mostly clear. your afternoon looks mostly sunny in the evening. also looks mostly clear. we do have a spare the air alert tomorrow. so just says we had today there is some moderate to poor air quality in the atmosphere and it just be mindful. wood burning is also not allowed. so here are the forecast. lows will still be chilly in so

thanks a lot, gayle 10. 0, 2, is the time right now. and the oakland airport is still fighting over putting the name san francisco. >> and the airport's name a court just ruled that the airport has to stop using san francisco and its name because sfo sued last month covers will tran is live at the airport in oakland. that's all i can think to call it anymore. do they figure this out? the airport in oakland? >> airport in oakland and you can call in oakland international area and you would be factually and legally, right? because that's what the court is telling the port of oakland that you have to be called open international and you cannot say san francisco bay for now as it works its way through the courts yesterday, the port of oakland, they filed a notice of appeal saying that what san francisco presented a couple of months ago in court was not actually right or legal evidence. so obviously, this is far from over san francisco bay, oakland international was what oakland was calling itself for a little while. and so san francisco, sa

michael. >> thanks, gayle. good morning, everyone. taking a look right now at our roads so far, so good. we're going to check in on this bridge is you can see right now that bay bridge stop and go traffic. metering lights are on 20 minutes to get into san francisco right now. if we take a look over the richmond, sandra fell bridge. it looks like that water is still there on the camera. 8 minutes to get across that are not too bad. and then lastly, we've got the golden gate bridge coming in at a 31 minute commute from nevado over to the tolls, of course, have been saying it all morning and all week. our san mateo camera for that bridge is down right now. it's about 15 to 20 minute commute over during james. thanks. a lot of 31 and our continuing coverage now of the murder trial of nima. many. the jury deliberating now for day 6. >> the question is, why is it taking so long for a verdict? yeah, it's been there awhile. days now. kron four's lezla gooden was been following it from the courthouse. has the update. >> the jury has gone home

ong here with the forecast, gayle.hat? we are seeing some widespread light rain for your morning commute. but this evening into saturday morning, that's when we could see some problems. we do have a flood watch in place for the north bay. so let's take a live look outside. >> we have overcast skies from the east bay hills and you can see that band of rain making its way onshore here. this have this has been the case all morning. so here's the future cast model. looks like that system moves east a bit and we start to see cloud, mostly cloudy skies for most of the bay area except for the north bay around lunchtime, a stray shower may be around dinner time but looks like that activity still remains to the north and then 11:00pm to 11:00pm eastern see those heavy downpours make its way lingers into saturday morning. so it's going to be a mess out there. hopefully you can stay indoors most hopefully most of us will be home during those times because we have a wind warning flood watch and some coastal flooding because of the

now, pope was gayle ong is on the coastline in san francisco at ocean beach. let's get started with kyla grogan in the weather hi there, right. and we want to just reiterate that we definitely are not under a tsunami warning any longer that has been lifted. so just so that everyone's clear. >> that was the danger that was earlier this morning. but at the moment, everything has subsided and we are looking good. so let's talk about this. this was 50 miles southwest of eureka where this earthquake a 7 point. oh, so, you know, a very big, very strong earthquake hit and you'll notice that there are 3 plates here, the pacific plate. we've got the court up late and the north american plate. so these are tectonic plates that come together. and this makes this a very active area for earthquakes. you get subduction here and that can cause big earthquakes. and that can also cause when you heard what happened today, i'm sure you might even think of yourself. well, what is going on with tsunami? why does this happen when we have a big quake? what happens is these these pla

guidance, gayle. yes, a good morning. so we have some light showers for your morning drive, but that. >> heaviest downpours we're expecting later tonight into saturday morning. so let's time it out for you. >> you can see our satellite and radar loop. we are seeing some showers already moving through the area. and here's the future. cast models is about an hour from now. 07:00am you can see mainly north of the golden gate. you see that widespread rain by the afternoon. we get a break from that with that activity staying to the north and then dinner time more scattered showers. and then this is 11:00pm. that's when you start to see red and yellow colors, the moderate to heavy downpours and gets even more heavy rain into saturday morning. so a soggy saturday. that's why there's a flood watch in place for much of the north bay. we have a wind advisory, too, so we could see some widespread power outages and trees looks like that rain tapers off late saturday afternoon and we get a break sunday before anot

good morning, gayle. good morning. as starting this evening late this evening, that is but let's talk about the >> future cast model because i'm starting to see the rain from this morning. taper off and it looks like it's going to remain in north bay severe in the north bay, north of the golden gate could see some unsettled weather throughout the day and night. so moving east now, the showers mostly cloudy for us in the bay area around lunchtime. you can see that more rain arrives. santa rosa area, sonoma county and parts of napa county, cloudy skies for the rest of the bay area. possible stray shower around dinner time. but here is 11:00am until saturday morning in the overnight hours, heavy rain expected until saturday morning. so hopefully stay indoors. don't be out there. if you have, if you don't have to definitely stay indoors this tonight and saturday morning. so here's that. daytime highs, low 60's upper 50's. and when i come back, we will be talking about you. no flood concerns. high wind warning and some snow

gayle ong kron. 4 news. >> all right. thank you, gayle. and during the tsunami warning yesterday, the sirens in pacifica did not go off to alert people. yeah, some confusing social media posts about whether the tsunami warning ended. crawford's theresa has details now after speaking with county officials and residents. >> a lot better. >> yeah, definitely didn't have to expand as much. maybe a certain area. they could have kept it to the civic. a resident's reflecting a day after the tsunami warnings were oldest city forcing evacuations at some schools some businesses closed by climb. i got a noontime class. we had a close and this resident says that the situation could have been handled. >> far better. you know, anybody tried to come was all stuck in traffic so can went. >> but it was near the coast like this. take when they see a warning like that, they expect something to happen. maybe some big waves and we've got big the waves this year. breaking over the seawall happen. nothing happened yesterday. so others feel emergency officials di

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kron four's gayle ong joins us now with a look ahead. >> i have because i know people are still heading back to their destinations, baby home. >> so if you're leaving the bay area, looks like let's head back to sfo. looks like no delays at this hour. we know a california the west coast have been ok, and as for the major looks like everyone's in the green across the board. there was some snowstorms over in the east coast where much of new york was under a state of emergency. so looks like right now under the clear and we are pretty quiet. weather wise said you could see on our satellite and radar do have a whole lot going on. maybe some patchy fog depending where you are. but we do look mostly clear for the morning drive. here's the start of the week for you where mostly sunny, a mix of sun and clouds for your monday. but we see lots of sunshine this week with temperatures in very comfortable in the upper 60's and some mid 60's across the bay coast and our inland communities. so when i come back, i'll be talk about spare the air alert. so there is some moderate to poor air quality other

but first, we start this half hour with a look at the forecast with meteorologist gayle ong by gayle.o, stephanie. good morning, much quieter weather today. that lee this morning. what a difference it was yesterday. >> so let's take a live look from the east bay hills. we see some cloudy skies, but other than that pretty quiet weather. we're chilly, though. that is the weather headline for the morning. we're seeing some 30's. we're under a frost advisory for inland communities. so want to bring that jacket heading out the door. you can see some temperature readings were about 12 and even 16 degrees down than this time yesterday across the region. so over the next few hours, just grab that jacket heading out and until the afternoon will be warming up to the 50's. so we're staying cool and dry, but not for long. take a look. we are tracking this. the next system expected to arrive monday. and today. nice, cool weather dry, partly cloudy tomorrow. some morning showers. we drowned in the evening. now this week we want remain dry. get a nice break from the rainy weather and then another ch

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. >> thank you, gayle. the san francisco unified school district has approved a plan to balance its budget without controversial mergers or school closures. the new plan is from superintendent maria sue. it includes incentives for employees over 55 to retire by june. the district is still under oversight from the state education department. it had to submit a final plan by today to avoid a possible takeover. there were earlier plans to close 13 schools that was dropped after a lot of pushback from the n% community. the district is targeting 113 million dollars in cuts. not clear yet whether the state is accepting the proposed plan. in daly city. police are looking for a man who brandished a metal pipe. well, robbing a dollar tree store last month. it happened november 24th at a dollar tree onmission street. police say the man had been putting frozen food a a laundry bag when the manager told him to leav they say he pulled out a metal pipe also stole some drinks.the suspect wearing a gray hoodie and blue jea

but kron four's gayle ong gives us closer look at how folks are preparing here. we've got we've got the tarps. >> this is the rain room, able a key manager at goodman building supply. mill valley says this store's rain room is fully stocked for the winter we go all rain boots and we're getting ready for the storm. the storm door is opening again for the bay area. the first round of rain is expected late wednesday night through thursday. the second system is expected to bring more widespread rainfall on friday and saturday with the highest rain totals in the we always worry about that. localized flooding. a nuisance flooding santa rosa. fire department fire inspector will powers says storm preparations are underway. a road crews and >> just crews in general been around clearing debris that may be in those waterways and stuff since that last rain. we had record rain last month caused major flooding and water rescues in santa rosa. while this week's rain is not expected to be as impactful. >> the national weather service is anticipating one to 3 inches of rain acros

all the way from up humboldt county down here to san francisco and even further south kron four's gayle ong now reports from ocean beach where crews sprang into action to get people away from the water. >> is business as usual here at ocean beach. but it was a different story earlier when we're under that tsunami warning. much of the great highway at san francisco's ocean beach was blocked off thursday after a 7 magnitude earthquake in humboldt county triggered a tsunami warning. >> for the california coast, it's pretty simple. you know, higher ground. this ocean beach resident watch the waves from sutro heights park. it's beach goers were evacuated just as we driving down there really closing down the road. so you can drive up on the highway or >> even right here. you can get down on the richmond side of the. just seem like they're taking more seriously. lifeguards telling surface, get out of the water. >> this tsunami warning was canceled. within an hour, ocean beach remained a ghost town. >> well, the earthquake was closer. i think it was located out to sea from the news. i got. so,

gayle ong kron. 4 news. >> wild situation there in santa cruz. a live look at the embarcadero tonight. pretty slow night out there. i think everyone's trying to catch up on some rest after the holidays, lawrence. hopefully folks are paying attention if they're going to the coast, though, because those swells are still pretty large. yeah. huge waves moving in along the coastline over the next few days. here is we're going to see. >> one looks like a large swells still building off the coastline, going to be moving on shore. but gale made a very important point to its not just those waves, but some of that debris in the water wonder sometimes you see some of those big logs as you walk down the beach. you wonder how they got there. will this all they get there? but once they're churning around him, that open water can be very, very dangerous. if you're out there, swimming outside tonight, we are looking at some clouds rolling in. the showers will begin to pick up just a bit, too. temperatures running generally in the 40's and 50's outside. but yeah,