you can watch the news conference live on the "kron-on app . that's the bay area's only commercial- free 24-hour streaming news service. right now you can try it for free - just visit kron-on-dot-tv to sign up. (robin) a developing story this morning. 13 bay area parents are among the 50 people charged in a major college cheating scam. ( darya ) hollywood stars and elite coaches are also accused in carrying out the bribery scheme ... which illegally helped students get admission into some of the nation's top colleges and universities. as stanford is among the ... univiersites tied up in this case. actresses lori loughlin and felicity huffman were among dozens of wealthy parents charged in a massive college admission scam.nat of fbif-b-i agents made arrests nationwide including in this houston neighborhood.in all... á50á people charged tuesday .. accused of being apart of a fraud to get students into some of the country's most prestigious colleges like... u-c-l-a, stanford, yale, and georgetown.the mastermind behind all of this... william rick s

(pam) that wraps up kron 4 news at 8. lodes and catherine heenan are here with kron 4 news at 9. (grant) thank you pam and ken.... next at nine... new details in the death of san francisco public defender jeff adachi... what we're learning about the timeline of events leading up to his death. (catherine) also -- this little girl's body was found four days after she slipped and fell into a rushing river. we'll hear from a group of friends who braved the treacherous water conditions to return the little girl to her family.(grant) and we are tracking rain hitting the bay area. chief meteorologist lawrence karnow will have your weekend forcast. kron4 news at nine in primetime starts right after the break. even if no one in your home smokes, secondhand smoke can be closer than you think. secondhand smoke from a neighbor's apartment can enter your home through air vents, through light fixtures and even through cracks in the walls and the floors. secondhand smoke is toxic. especially to children. protect your family. visit tobac

kron 4's dan kerman explains. in its latest earnings report , pacific gas and electric says "the company believes it is probable that its equipment will be determined to be an ignition point of the 2018 camp fire."november's fire in butte county charred more than 153-thouasnd acres, destroyed nearly 14-thousand homes and killed 86 people.sot i'm surprised that pge admits what we already knewattorney mike danko who represents thousands of camp fire victims says what stands out for him is that in the report p,g and e says it has set aside $10.5 billion for claims from camp fire victimssot mike danko/attorney for fire victims :38if you are a camp fire survivor and you thought i guess i am out of lck becuase pge filed bankruyptcy well this is saying no you are not out of luck, good news, pge has money and it is reserving it just for you. what the report doesn't address is whether negligence played a role in the fire.. sot mark toney/the utility reform network :56if they had been spending the money that ratepayers have

kron four's now... with kron four's philippe djegal.(ken) he was next week.next week. (pam) turning our attention to the weather forecast now. we are joined by chief meteorologist lawrence karnow.(ken) lawrence, will the rain hold off this weekend for the clean up process to begin? lawrence karnow: it was mostly dry today with cloudy skies. but a storm is headed our way and will bring more rain tonight. you can see it on the doppler radar. so far it's only a few light shower but rain will become heavy overnight. tomorrow rain will turn to showers with highs in the 50s to low 60s. scattered showers are possible on sunday too. a larger storm is headed toward the bay area next tuesday and wednesday of next week. (ken) stay connected to the weather in your neighborhood with the kron-4 mobile app. you'll find full forecasts...and an interactive radar. you can also get push alerts on bay area storms. all with the kron-4 mobile app a controversial decision... five officers will áánotáá face charges in a deadly taser incident. we'll show you the new video just released ... and

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in san jose, rob fladboe, kron 4 news. ( james ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news...g one of its longest outages. but they're still trying to find out what actually caused the outage. king your bay area forecast. (ácommercialá) (ácommercialá) (áábreakáá) for comfort food at a comfortable price, try my sourdough patty melt combo with fries and a drink for just $4.99. it's the perfect remedy for the uncomfortable things in life... like flying, the dentist ...and guys named ronald. i have my reasons. try my $4.99 sourdough patty melt combo today. comes with 100% beef, grilled onions, and two types of melty cheese on toasted sourdough, yep, this guy knows what i'm talking about. try my $4.99 sourdough patty melt combo. lets get a check of weather and traffic... we are working our way back into another dry day with temperatures this time around even warmer than those felt yesterday. highs will peak in the mid to low 60's under partly cloudy skies at the coast and mostly sunny skies further inland. temperatures will continue to boost en no major hot spots. san mateo bridge

kron four's rob fladeboe has the story. jeff rosell/santa cruz county county district attorneysanta cruz county d.a. jeff rosell on thursday announcing the arrest of this man, 32-year-old ivan ramirez tapia in mexico, in connection with the october 2009 murder of 16 year-old tyler tenorio, of santa cruz.jeff rosellon october 16, 2009, tyler tenorio, a junior at santa cruz high school, was fatally stabbed dring an altercation with several gang members near the 7-eleven at the corner of laurel and chestnut streets. an american citizen, tapia fled to durango, mexico, where he was tracked down with the help of the fbi.bertram farries/f.b.i.besides tapia, three other suspected gang members have been implicated in the case and a fourth suspect is also thought have fled to mexico. the d.a. says law enforcement wont rest until all of those involved in the killing have been brought to justice.jeff rosell/santa cruz county district attorney rob fladeboe/santa cruz "....ivan tapia is being held without bail here in the santa cruz coun

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(robin) coming up on the kron 4 morning news ... residents in a south bay neighborhood are not happy after a homeless encampment was forced to relocate. we'll hear from neighbors who want a chance to speak out against the move. (robin) plus... p-g&e is off the hook... when it comes to these wildfires... the reason they won't be facing charges for 20-17 wildfires in the north bay. (robin) and... risking his own life to save his dog... the split-second decision that got one man running into his burning home. and here' look outside...at the san mateo bridge. < ella: i'm ella sogomonian - we've been telling you a lot about kron-on.. the bay area's only commercial free streaming news service... but the kron on app gives you a lot more than just live local breaking news around the clock. it also gives you on-demand access to the kron 4 archives... that includes people behaving badly. plus - all the in-depth award winning bay area documentaries produced by kron

just visit kron-on- tv to sign up. (robin) close to half a year.... after a longtime manufacturing business in berkeley closed its doors... the city council is reaching out to the public...as it decides what should happen to the mostly abandoned industrial property. kron four's philippe djegal talked to the mayor - just beforehe joined a community meeting on the topic. (philippe) when pacific steel casting company closed it's doors for good late last year... hundreds of longtime employees at the former berkeley business not only lost their jobs... but also back wages and benefits. and, as the company manages it's way through bankruptcy proceedings... berkeley mayor jesse arreguin says the board of trustees that now ownssaying it wants to find a buyer quickly... and, needs the city's input on what to do with the property.jessie arreguin/mayor- "right now, its, it is a magnet for, um, you know, break-ins -- all sorts of crime." arreguin believes redeveloping the property would reduce crime in the area. and, revitalize this part of town.jessie arreguin/m

kron 4's dan kerman has the latest. the calls for punishment against larry baer are mounting following this very public physical altercation between the giants president and his wife.monday san francisco mayor london breed issued a statement saying "major league baseball needs to send a message that any and all acts of violence against women is unacceptable....while mr. baer has apologized and expressed remorse for his behavior, it does not excuse his actions and it does not erase what transpired. the mayor's statement follows a letter written to major league baseball on friday by a bay area coalition advocating an end to violence against women. sot andrea shorter/do what's right mlb coalition :34we want to make sure as we move forward this doesnt get swept under the rug or they want to move past it and pretend it didnt happenin the letter titled do what's right mlb, the coalition calls on the commissioner to issue a 1. public reprimand, a 2. significant suspension , a 3. substantial financial penalty , and 4. requireme

kron 4's dan kerman has the story... the fbi has announced 50 people including 33 parents have been charged in a nationwide bribary scheme, whereby parents payed off college coaches and administrators to get their kids into elite universities sot joseph bonavolonta/fbi :12 this is a case where they flaunted their wealth baring no expense to cheat the system so they could set their children up with the best education money could buy. some spent between 200-thousand to 6 and half million dollars to guarantee administion. their actions were insidious selfish and shameful. these are the 13 bay area parents who are among 33 charged. prosecutors say they paid this man , rick singer, to have someone take college entrance exams or correct their child's answers afterward. singer also used the money to pay off coaches and create fake athletic profiles so students could be recruited as star athletes.sot andrew lelling/u.s. attorney, district of massachusetts :59 one of those parents on the list, todd blake, tweeted in march of 2019

kron 4's dan kerman has the story. attorneys for victims of the butte county camp fire have discovered this internal pg&e email from 2014 indicating the company knew the towers on the transmission line believed to have started the camp fire were likely to fail, but the company took no action. the email says the "caribou palermo: reliability score is not that high because although the likelihood of failed structures happening is high, the affected customers are likely in the order of >1k."sot you can call it a smoking gun attorney mike danko who represents numerous camp fire victims says pg&e was willing risk its customers safety sot mike danko/attorney for fire victims :39it disgusts me the entire company and corporation they are convicted felons and they have no regard for human life or safetyattorneys also point to a 2016 document indicating on the same transmission line "j hook hardware ... broke...( because it) "had been compromised through corrosion." and the lessons learned was to take "special care to inspect th

stinson kron danville, sara stinson kron four news."stinson kron four news."four news."stinson kron danville, sara veda drive. in danville, sara stinson kron four news." four news."stinson kron four news." (grant) in the north bay.. sonoma county has issued a house-hold hazardous waste warning... following last week's flooding. the warning declared several household items hazardous, all of which county officials said cannot be disposed of in normal garbage. among them: household cleaners and cosmetics. the county is asking residents to place the hazardous materials on the side of the road near their property, and trained staff will pick them up. the flooding affected more than 25- hundred homes near the russian river and other low-lying areas. (grant) police in vallejo are looking for a gunman after a woman was shot several times. it happened hear the intersection of walnut avenue and "g" street on mare island. the woman was shot in the leg-- but is expected to be okay. police have not said what police have not said what led up to the shooting... there is also no suspect

kron 4's felony warrant. he's been arrested more that fifty tis in alameda county alone and didn't want to go back to jail">the suspect shot to death while trying to allegedly escape the scene of a shoplifting in unincorporate d san leandro has been identified sotalameda county deputy sgt. jd nelson says ballard is a convicted felon with an extensive criminal historysotinvestigators say it is that active felony warrant that may have motivated ballard's behavior wednesday in the parking lot of thrift county sheriff's office: "he puts the car in reth the car door open it drags one of the deputies about 30-feet. at that point shots

who spent many of her journalism years here at kron. fast that i think they cant even keep up with how much progress they're making because it's all over the world." - belva davis was the first woman of color to work as a television news reporter on the west coast of the united states."when i started in the business i was often asked to leave news conferences" in her five decades in the bay area news market working at three major television stations .. black radio and black newspaper ... she took on a lot of the early "knocks" for her gender and for her race.."i worked with people sometimes who didn't want to walk down the streets with me-photographers.. and there were other low moments ... notably, in 1964, the g-o-p convention at the cow palace.."former president eisenhower said something that set off the dixiecrats"and they came after my news director and i.. and they literally drove us from that building.. throwing things at us."track and there are many journalism milestones ... including her reporting from tanzania after the u.s. e

(ken)(ken) that wraps up kron 4 news at 8.s and vicki liviakis are here with kron 4 news at 9. (grant) thanks pam and ken... next at nine... this pittsburg principal is in coma -- just days after he was shot in what police call a domestic violence incident. the new charge that his wife now faces in connection to his condition.(vick) plus...a statewide rally today -- calling for better pay and benefits. where one rally became a campaign event for a presidential candidate. (grant) also, people in san francisco are coming together tonight in honor of the 50 people killed in new zealand. kron four's j-r stone will join us with a live report from the vigil. and -- we'll tell you about the drastic gun law change that new zealand's prime minister just announced(vicki) dont go away kron4 news at nine is (grant) this pittsburg principal is paralyzed... in a coma... and his wife is now charged with attempted murder. (grant) as tonight as we learn more about his daunting prognosis... prosecutors are revealing more about what his wife is

kron 4's j-r stone has more. concerned if there was a violent offense once there is a violent offense he should have been deported.san jose police officers association president paul kelly sounding off referring to murder suspect carlos carranza. the undocumented immigrant accused of killing 59 year old bambi larson by stabbing her multiple times.sot we're not talking about sanctuary laws in california....county that have certain laws where ice detainers are ignored.and kelly says that is what happened in the case of carranza. he says that if san jose police officers act on ice detainer requests they can lose their job because of county laws. those who knew bambi larson say she will be remembered for the wonderful person she was.sot we just connected with her right away...good way about her.in fact one neighbor said that carranza's clothes were recovered in a garbage bin a matter of feet from his home. sot one neighbor said clothes recovered...kelly says that those living in this area, other parts of the bay area

and you can find it all at kron 4 dot com and on our kron4 news app.ty ) coming up ...tens of thousands of students around the world walked out of classes friday to protest climate change. we'll show you how bay area students also took part. ( marty ) but first... a bay area man is facing charges after an abused puppy was left to die in a garbage dumpster. a san francisco man is accused of tossing a puppy down a trash chute..causing severe injuries. animal control says the chihuahua mix had to have one of its legs amputated. kron4's dan thorn has more on the puppy's remarkable recovery despite her rocky experience.. rocky the dog is running around and enjoying life...but just weeks ago the 4 month old chihuahua mix was beaten and left for dead...sot: she was in really bad shape..on february 25th on february 25th rocky was found buried under feet of garbage in dumpster at an apartment complex. the dog was dehydrated and suffering from a severely broken back leg..sot: she was terrified a little shut down.. unfortunately, veterinarians determined the leg

kron 4's dan kerman reports. a tragic scene in the parking lot at the coddingtown mall in santa rosa... police say about 830 in the morning a man walked up to his wife white suv and shot her multiple times, killing her.sot lt. john cregan/santa rosa police :11trheyve been estranged for several months the husband was trying to revive themarriage in the last few weeks the wife said she wanted a divorce and it appears this was purely a domestic violence incidentone of the bullets hit the side mirror of this mazda barely missing a woman who was getting into it. sotit was a scary scene for sure there was a nearby occupaont getting into her vehicle and a stray round struck her vehicle but no one else was hurt in the parking lotpolice say the husband then got in his car and drove 2 blocks away to the coddingtontown mall apartments where he had been staying and killed himselfsotofficers responded to that scene and located a decesaesd male sitting in the drivers seat ofa vehicle with a handgun on his lap the couple had be

but as kron 4's mark meredith reports...kers say, the companies must do a lot more to win back trust.. nat: "we deeply regret this incident..."the ceos of "marriott hotels" and credit monitoring giant "equifax" apologized to lawmakers for recent data breaches.in which hackers stole the personal data of literally hundreds of millions of customers... equifax ceo mark begor.mark begor / ceo, equifax"these attacks on us businesses are attacks on us consumers, and are attacks on america..." equifax says hackers accessed 143 million of its customers names, birthday's, and social security numbers.a senate report, released wednesday, accused equifax of neglecting cyber security issues for years.equifax's new c-e-o told lawmakers he's ready to make changes and spend at least a billion more on improving security."we deeply apologize" marriott says it's hack was even bigger--with 383 million accounts of its starwood brand potentially compromised worldwide... arne sorenson / ceo, marriott international "we're committed to determining it

kron on kron on continues next at 11... terisa estacio has the latest bay area news.n app is available on apple and android devices. head to kron on dot tv to sign up. i'm natalie morales. and i'm craig melvin. and this is dateline on mynetworktv. to work after hours. we were going to go wherever the case took us. narrator: one of the most extraordinary cases in lapd history. toto, we're not in kansas anymore. narrator: a newlywed murdered, just months after her wedding. as she walked away, she gave me a big smile and i relived that smile for years. narrator: and all that time the killer was hiding in plain sight. josh mankiewicz: no indication that she was ever spoken to? no. narrator: then, a new detective took a look at an old lead. and he just said, it's a match. narrator: and a person no one would have ever suspected of murder-- we were going to end this. narrator: --was suddenly suspect number one. the perfect murder.

vicki) kron 4 news noelle bellow day. in antioch noelle bellow on 4 news (vicki) police in petaluma are investigating the beating of a man as a possible hate crime police say two saturdays ago a white couple got out of áthisá restaurant about 9 in the evening, and as they walked to their car a block away, four to five black men attacked the man. the 60 year old victim suffered broken bones to the face. he was hospitalized for two days right now -- petaluma police say there are some inconsistancies between the victim's statement and his companions. they are trying to clear that up. "we have checked with some restaurants and bars checking for some surveillance video, we havent been able to independantly confirm that it did occur but the victim did receive injuries.we know that for sure." (vicki)the search for the suspects is ongoing... neither the victim or his companion could provide a good description of the suspects other than they were driving an emerald green honda civic. (grant) an update now on the explosion that inj

(grant)at 5.up kron 4 news that wraps (vicki) (vicki) that wraps up kron 4 news at 5.io are here with kron 4 news at six. thank you grant and vicki. tonight at 6.... bay area parents are facing serious criminal charges... related to a nationwide college-admissions bribery case. and now a stanford coach is out of a job. more details on the dozens of charges... and the big california universities ensared in the indictments. plus, police say they have the man responsible for killing a san jose woman. and they say he is an undocumented immigrant. what changes the mayor may be making in light of this horrific crime. and an emotional plea from an oakland city council member... speaking publicly for the first time since her son was murdered. the news -- at six -- is next. (ken)tonight at 6.... startling revelations about an arrest in connection with a south bay murder investigation. immigration issues are now, again.... overshadowing a horrific crime... this time in san jose.plus....

djegal, kron mateo, philippe in san mateo, philippe djegal, kron four news.pam) coming up next at 6:30 president trump tours the disaster area in alabama.and pays his respects to people who lost their lives in last weekend's tornados. coming up in sports, a big the warriors at oracle... as they face a denver team that's itching to supplant them for first place out west. mark carpenter has a preview ....and more after the break. that's just ahead. (pam) president trump and first lady melania trump... on the ground in alabama today -- visiting the crosses that serve as memorials to the 23- people killed in the deadliest tornado outbreak in nearly 6- years. (catherine) the president saw the damage from the air....flying over lee county, alabama in a helicopter. reporter kristen holmes has more on his visit -- as the community mourns the nearly two dozen people who were killed. presidt tornado outbreak.pres. donald trump: "we saw things that you wouldn't believe. here it is." the first family touring parts of lee county.meeting with people impactede e-f 4 tornado

(robin) still ahead on the kron four morning news...awmakers propose a statewide ban on flavored tobacco. but could they be taking away an important alternative to traditional cigarettes? details ahead. (robin) and here's a live look outside... at the golden gate bridge. the hollywood minute is coming up after the break. < ella: i'm ella sogomonian - we've been telling you a lot about kron-on.. the bay area's only commercial free streaming news service... but the kronn app gives you a lot more than just live local breaking news around the clock. it also gives you on-demand access to the kron 4 archives... that includes people behaving badly. plus - all the in-depth award winning bay area documentaries produced by kron 4.. and if you've ever wondered what's it is like to work in a newsroom.. we've posted every episode of the backstory.

we now send it over to kron-4's sara stinson with a kron-4's sara send it over to kron-4's sara stinson with a live look in hayward outside at the (robin) ipads were pulled from students in sonoma county after a mother discovered sexually explicit adult videos on her child's device. kron-4's michelle kingston has the story. (mk)bruce abbott, sonoma valley school district assoc superintendent "quite surprising. quite shocking" sonoma valley school district student ipads were pulled from classrooms last week ... after a parent of a second grade student at prestwood elementary discovered sexually explicit adult videos on her child's device.michelle kingston, mkingstonnews"i spoke directly to the mother ... she was in a parent teacher conference when it was discovered. she said she was numb and the teacher nearly fainted."i sat down with the associate superintendent of the sonoma valley school district ... who explained how he believes this happened. bruce abbott, sonoma valley school district assoc superintendent "they put in some, not grbut not too kissing, in which took them to some site

or dish at kron 4 to dine and dish at kron 4 dot com ....the submission form on our website. you can also check out our 'dine and dish' facebook page. next at 8 an outage affecting all of facebook's platforms worldwide.. now facebook is striking down one theory about the problem (ken) this afternoon... instagram and facebook appeared to go down around the world.(terisa) at this point... it's unclear what caused the issue but users were having trouble accessing and logging into the social media networks. the partial outage is believed to be the biggest interruption ever suffered by the network. despite early rumors it was caused by a hacker attack...facebook says that's not true. users then headed to another popular social media network, twitter, using the hashtag #facebookdow the hashtag #facebookdown. the apparent outage quickly became one of the top trending topics. users of facebook's other platforms including messenger and what's app were also affected. a facebook spokesperson tells usa today that the company is aware and is working to r

(catherine) that wraps up kron 4 news at 5.up kron 4 news that wraps up kron 4 news at 5.wayne and pam moore are here with kron 4 news at six. thank you grant and vicki. tonight at 6.... we are following breaking news out of washington d--c. special counsel robert mueller turns in his final report on the investigation into russian interference in the 20-16 presidential election what we are learning about its contents... and what happens next. and a newly released coroner's report reveals what contributed to the death of san francisco public defender jeff adachi. plus....an active search for a suspect in a stabbing on a bart train..we have a live report the news -- at six -- is next. (pam) breaking news tonight at 6... we have just learned the cause of death of former san francisco public defender jeff adachi. and according to the report-- cocaine and alcohol contributed to his death. (pam) and a stabbing at an oakland bart station ... shuts down trains while police search for a suspect. we have the latest on the victim's condition.plus...

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(robin) coming up next on the kron 4 morning news ... a tech savvy transit rider turns her clipper card into jewelry. find out what bart has to say about it. (robin) and here's a live look outside... at the embarcadero. (robin) welcome back. checking in on your morning forecast. showers returning this afternoon after a primarily dry evening and start to the morning. expect isolated areas of precipitation and the potential for an isolated thunderstorm to pop up. skies will remain partly cloudy with sunshine seen at times between passing clouds and showers. after today's showers and temps in the upper 50's and low 60's skies will continue to clear and dry out tomorrow with temperatures on the rise for the weekend ahead. expect temperatures to boost out of the 60's in some cases and back into the 70's on saturday and sunday for some areas. skies will remain dry through the weekend before a chance of rain returns to the bay early next week. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less th

in san francisco, philippe djegal, kron four news. (robin) prosecutors will recommend a reduced prison sentence for two witnesses in the national largest college cheating scandal... rudolph "rudy" meredith and mark riddell have both signed plea agreements. meredith was the women's soccer coach at yale university.... he allgedly accepted bribes in exchange for designating prospective students as recruits on the soccer team. and riddell was the director of the college entrance exam preparation academy in bradenton, florida... he took tests for students. in exchange for their guilty pleas... prosecutors are recommending 36 months of supervised release and fines equaling the amount they earned during their crimes. meredith will also testify if necessary. (robin) governor gavin newsom has announced a plan to tackle the housing crisis in california. the governor is hoping to infuse 1-point-7 billion dollars into housing in the form of building incentives, tax credits for home buyers and rent subsidies. the governor says the state is struggl

visit kron-on- dot-tv to subscribe."out a week -- disney and 21st century fox will be one company. the companies announced today that the merger of the two entertainment titans will take effect on march 20th. the 71 billion dollar deal was made official last summer. under the deal, disney will pick up the 21st century fox movie studio, a controlling stake in streaming giant hulu, and several cable channels including fox news channel and fox sports. the rest of what was 21st century fox will become a new company simply called "fox". (terisa)there has been talk of impeachment since even before donald trump took office.... but nancy pelosi shut that talk down in a big way this week.more on what could be a growing schism in the democratic party. (terisa) the european union is banning all boeing 737 max 8 and 9 model aircraft from its airspace following two deadly crashes. an ethiopian airlines flight crashed on sunday -- five months after an indonesian lion air jet into the ocean. the european aviation safety agency issued a

visit kron-on- dot-tv to subscribe." even if no one in your home smokes, secondhand smoke can be closer than you think. secondhand smoke from a neighbor's apartment can enter your home through air vents, through light fixtures and even through cracks in the walls and the floors. secondhand smoke is toxic. especially to children. protect your family. visit tobaccofreeca.com. (terisa)facebook.. and all of their products... including instagram...suffering their most severe outage in history.. users have reported having trouble accessing and logging into the social media networks. people then headed to another popular social media network, twitter, using the hashtag - #facebookdown.the apparent outage quickly became one of the top trending topics.a facebook spokesperson said that the company is aware and is working to resolve the issue. the cause has not yet been made public. (ken)up next... it's a new way to pay... and it's supposed to not only be faster... but also more secure. (ken) a british bank will be the latest to te

still ahead on the kron 4 morning news...ding affordable housing is not getting any easier in the bay area. we'll update you on the state of the housing market. plus ... details on the happiest country in the world ... and where the u-s places in comparison. (james)( darya ) welcome back. let's get a check of the weather this morning... after some rainfall to kick off the first day of spring today looks to be dry from start to finish with nice conditions as your stepping outside the door this morning. skies have cleared out significantly overnight just as they did through the afternoon yesterday and expect conditions to remain primarily clear throughout the day today. now future cast shows that things wont necessarily stay dry for long as another system pushes through into tomorrow afternoon bringing with it more rain that will take us through friday night into early saturday morning. saturday into sunday after that point look dry though making for an overall favorable weekend to look forward to.after that your 7 day forecast

(james) welcome back to the kron four morning news...t the half hour with a check of weather and traffic... dry weather this past weekend but today we work our way back into a day of rainy weather. expect showers to be heavy at times later in the morning with rainfall continuing well into the afternoon for some areas. rain will taper later in the day and by the evening tonight drying conditions can be expected before a chance of rain tomorrow and an even better chance of rain on wednesday.temperatures today will peak in the upper 50's to low 60's just as they will be seen through much of the rest of the forecast ahead, some moderate warming to be expected for the weekend. major hot spot in campbell nb 17 at hamilton ace. accident blocking the two right blocking the ace. accident major hot spot ace. accident blocking the two right lanes. traffic crawling. crawling. ( will ) happening now...police in the east bay are looking for the gunman who shot a man overnight in downtown walnut creek. ( james ) kron 4's sara stinson is joining us now

4 news. kron 4 news.warriors make a big announcement as they wrap up a week of events surrounding the new chase center. we've heard about big musical acts like metallica and the dave matthews baba... who will be entertaining fans in the fall. but today we learned about who the warriors will face as the n-b-a returns to san francisco. kron4's dan thorn is live in san francisco with details on the announcement and dan, you got to go on a tour of the arena with one of the warriors' stars? that's right i got to join draymond green on the tour..he actually made the annoucement today that the golden state warriors will be taking on the los angeles lakers in the nba's return to san francisco. that game is schedule for october 5th and it will be the first time since the 70s that professional basketball will be played in the city. warriors star draymond green was pretty excited about making the announcement today at a press conference.shortly after, we joined the warriors' star on a tour of the progress of the cha

kron 4's will tran is joining us now live from sfo with more. u-s authorities want the changes made to the flight control system on both models by april. ( james ) thanks will. ( darya ) today...police in san jose could reveal more details on a suspect in the murder of a medical testing company manager. the body of 59-year-old bambi larson was found inside her home on the 900 block of knollfield way. she was stabbed in the neck and torso last month. police say more information about the investigaton will likely be released this morning. ( darya ) family and friends are mourning the loss of an oakland city council woman's son.. after the 21- year-old was shot and killed over the weekend. no arrests have been made in the case. kron4's j-r stone has the story. 21 year old victor mcelhaney was remem