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

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

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

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

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

proposed school closures and mergers by another 2 weeks after a heated meeting tonight, kron four's sara stinson joins us live in san jose with the very latest. sara. >> dan, after a 3 hour meeting in looks like the franklin mckinley community remains in limbo, not knowing the fate of their schools, but they certainly made a passionate plea against all closures. dozens of san jose parents, teachers and students rallying against a proposal to close and or consolidate schools in the franklin mckinley school district. the community then packed into the school district meeting. >> tuesday has and will be handed to say that was going change opinion not feel we will never give up on this community. and we hope that you start to actually care. >> the board of education says closures could help close the gap in a projected budget deficit citing a 40% decline in enrollment in the last 15 years. you're gonna close down schools, parents and families will even that's just going exacerbate the problem your kiddos medrano is a kindergarten teacher at one of the schools being considered to close. jason and all

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

. >> i'm sara stinson reporting back to you. >> we'll talk about our forecast now looking outside here at mount diablo in walnut creek and some of the payoff from the rain looking green. tomorrow's rain doesn't seem like something to be too excited or worried about defense, right? some people like the rain. some people appreciate it does help to water your lawn and all that stuff that people are dealing with. a lot of mud and muck and things that they're still trying clean up. >> right now, we are looking at half moon bay where there are some blue skies out there, a little mix of sun and clouds. and today as we go further into the day, we're going to see those clouds increase tomorrow. we do have that very slight chance of a shower. it's not much though, if you don't like her reign, hang in give you the details in just a second here. and then we have a warming trend. really nice warming trend. so first, what's going to happen is our low pressure system is really just a little impulse. you can see low pressure just kind of dips in and rolls on by after that happens, we get into thursday

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

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

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

yeah, we have kron four's sara stinson with a look at the plan to do that. when the news first broke. >> that there were 6 slated closures of fire stations and open due to our budget crisis. the community rally we heard from thousands of oakland residents, petitions, rallies and now a new proposal from 3 oakland council members to keep fire stations afloat if approved, the new ordinance would reopen to shuttered fire stations. >> and prevent the closure of 4 others. fire stations. 25 28 are currently closed, at least through june as a part of the city's effort to close in more than 200 million dollar budget deficit in this budget situation where we really have to take a step back and ask ourselves, what can the city do? >> and i think we all understand that public safety is at the top of that pyramid feet looked for every penny. this has been truly, truly. when this task of finding every last penny possible that janie ramos shot and run. zac unger and rebecca kaplan are proposing the city reallocate millions of dollars from 3 city funds to pay for the statio

and that was our sara stinson reporting for us. oakland city council discusses this ordinance. >> on march 4th, residents are welcome to attend if approved. the 2 close fire stations would be able to reopen by the end of this fiscal year. well, 15 this afternoon. let's take a live look out at the roads up in the sierra. this is i-80 in soda springs where it is looking very cold out. there was no on both sides of the roadway. there. let's check in now with kron 4 meteorologist kathy high. it's very cold, very snowy. here's a look that diamond peak. you can see all the snow that fell. >> look at that on some of the picnic benches in the tables in some areas. but you know what? the snow pack is in continuing to improve. so that's good news, especially for the northern sierra nevada. but the central sierra nevada now is up to 75%. so we've got a ways to go. sears know there's a powerful storm. it's been heavy snow. it's been gusty winds starting to diminish. nevertheless, there's still a winter weather advisory in effect, snowfall. may

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

so these firehouse closures have real impacts. >> that was sara stinson reporting. the oakland city council will discuss the ordinance at their meeting on march 4th. >> on the clock and in the north bay, santa rosa, police are searching for a man who they say sexually assaulted a girl in a movie theater. we have here on the screen a sketch provided by police. this assault actually happened in roxy stadium, 14 theater on santa rosa avenue last summer wasn't reported this book until november, though, because of the trauma that the victim was going through. that teenage girl was watching a movie when she went to use the bathroom suspect followed her, pushing her to the ground and assaulted her. police tried to locate some evidence at the scene but were unable to identify the suspect. this sketch is what they have to go on. if you think you know who this person is, let police know. >> so >> an exclusive story. what you're seeing here is video recorded by are owned and foreign shows a man robbing a walgreens store in san francisco. dan says that he was shopping at the st

sara stinson reports one supervisors proposing a plan to make jefferson square park cleaner and safer during the day. jefferson square park in san francisco is a go-to spot for dog walkers. but that night things take a turn for the worse cell phone video shows the park overrun. >> by an open air drug market. well, they call it to some the park. >> now, yes, it's a some people needed new you and class size sebastien has lived nearby for nearly 30 years. he wants to remain anonymous for safety but feels compelled to speak out about how frightening the park has become in the last few months. >> it's very scary because, you know, they have to schools and on here we have out there early and people that live in the neighborhood. the effort to walk this park is located on goff street about a half-mile away from city hall. and next, a sacred heart cathedral. the school has put up no trespassing signs by their field pakistan mess. now, all the neighbors been complaining, supervisor, beloved, mood, has heard these complaints from people saying the drug dealing has moved to the park from his dis

i'm sara stinson reporting in marin county. back to you. >> alright, farther north of and bernville. neighbors spent the day cleaning up after tuesday's storm flooded their homes and neighborhoods. okay. this is inside the home of linda and sean brennan. the furniture was all powered up. blowers were all throughout the house. trying their best to dry things out as quickly as possible. >> we went to bed at night and look at that. 03:00am with a little bit of water at our feet. and after that, we got about 8 inches in the house. you know, this is what you get when you live on the river and we get to suffer in this beauty. let's just say. >> okay. a little bit of good news after the russian river, pete, late wednesday morning. it's water level has gone down significantly and is expected to keep going down. that's good. the storm forcing hundreds into. thursday. most of the impact of flight we're coming in and out of socal. the airport's biggest issue wasn't even the rain. it was the wind and the 4 runways. only 2 were operating. o

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

. >> i'm sara stinson reporting back to. >> 20 is the time and in the north bay, 2 teens are accused of stealing a car from a driver at gunpoint in vallejo. officers say these teens block 2 women in a parking lot and stole their car. that car was found later abandoned and then officers spotted the teens and pulled him over and police say they have these guns in that car. both were arrested. it's 8.20, and the new alameda county district attorney is going to be sworn in today. the ceremony is going to be. >> later this afternoon for or select jones dickson. she'll be sworn in at the davidson superior courthouse. she replaces pamela price who was recalled in november before this dixon was a superior court judge dan served as deputy district attorney before that alameda county for 15 years. she says that her plan at first is to focus on reorganizing the da's office and also addressing the backlog of cases. the swearing-in ceremony is at 4 o'clock this afternoon. >> we're going to take a break. a 21 the time. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news bay-area residents and citizens across t

i'm sara stinson reporting back to you. >> and wednesday, san francisco public health officials shared data on drug overdose deaths. they say numbers are on the rise for the 3rd month in a row. 59 people died in january. the number showing one group disproportionately impacted here. >> we continue to see a disproportionate number of black african americans dying due to overdose. despite representing just 6% of the san francisco population. 28% of preliminary overdose deaths in 2024. among black african americans. >> the department of public health is expanding access to medications, to treat those with addiction. the city of san francisco faces a more than 840 million dollar budget deficit. future cuts could be coming, including to the department of homelessness. was lezla gooden looked into the potential impact here. >> service cuts are looming in san francisco as the city deals with more than 840 million dollar budget deficit meeting. the city's projected spending is expected to exceed its revenue over the next 2 fiscal years. city will not have enough money to cover the cost. yeah,

and soma neighborhoods, but a new neighborhood is now seeing an influx of activities from for sara stinson. one supervisor is proposing a plan to make jefferson square park. >> cleaner and much safer. >> during the day, jefferson square park in san francisco is a go-to spot for dog walkers. but that night things take a turn for the worse cell phone video shows the park overrun by an open air drug market. well, they call it to some the park. >> now, yes, it's a some people needed new you and class size sebastien has lived nearby for nearly 30 years. he wants to remain anonymous for safety but feels compelled to speak out about how frightening the park has become in the last few months. it's very scary because, you know, they have to schools and on here. >> we have out there early and people that live in the neighborhood. the effort to walk this park is located on goff street about a half-mile away from city hall. and next, a sacred heart cathedral. the school has put up no trespassing signs by their field pakistan mess. now, all the neighbors been complaining, supervisor, beloved, mood, has

i'm sara stinson reporting back to you. >> well, in east bay, the city of fremont now set to vote on a new ordinance that would make it illegal to camp on any street or park or public area. really. but in a first of its kind for the state, this ordinance would also make anyone who is, quote, causing aiding or abetting and encampment guilty of a misdemeanor. and those found guilty could be fined upwards of $1000 or maybe even spent 6 months in jail. they're set to vote on this come tuesday. homeless advocates are worried, as you can imagine, they say it not only negatively impacts people experiencing homelessness, but it would also now criminalize 8 workers that are providing critical services. >> in these fail county just passed an ordinance to protect renters from no-fault evictions. >> the ordinance is modeled after the state's just cause law. and under this ordinance, landlords will half to pay renters 2 months. rent if they're evicted for no fault of their own and also have to give renters 90's days. notice if somebody in that household is younger than 18, disabled, elderly or lo

i'm sara stinson reporting in marin county. back to you. >> 906, right now. and in other bay area news, safeway is gone. and 7 cisco's fillmore district today was the day. >> for their doors to close, permanent residents have been fighting to keep it open. but in the end, it was not to be the nearest grocery store. now, major one anyways about a mile away and kron four's will tran is live in the film or with what that's going to mean for folks who live there will. >> it's going to mean more money explain why you might say, well, you know what, a mile and a half 2 miles away. how is that going to cost you more money, especially if it's a safeway store? well, this is a community safeway store for decades here. and the sign says february 7th. well, that's obviously today will be the official closing date. but no, it's already closed for all intent and purposes because we will walk right to the front and zoom inside. you don't see any food, any more only pharmacist there inside right now. and they're just taking inventory of the remaining drugs that will have to

i'm sara stinson reporting back to you. >> 10, 20 on the clock and in the east bay and new alameda county district attorney is set to be sworn in today in oakland. ceremony is going to be held later today for personal jones dickson, who is replacing pamela price, who was recalled, as you may remember by voters back in november. previously dixon was a superior court judge and also served as a deputy district attorney in alameda county for 15 years. she says she plans to focus on reorganizing the da's office and start tackling the backlog of cases. the swearing-in ceremony is set for 4 o'clock this afternoon. >> on this day in history, we celebrate actor and singer john troubles that yes. plus, we honor the first black athlete to win an individual winter olympics. gold medal news nation's markie martin with a look. >> today is february and its national drink wine day. did you know the very first academy awards was announced on this date? back in 1929? pluto was discovered japanese artist and musician yoko ono who is famous for being the wife in artistic partner of musician john lennon was b

i'm sara stinson reporting back to. >> 6.20, right now, the new alameda county district attorney is going in today in oakland. the ceremony will be later today for her celeb jones, his son at the davidson superior courthouse dixon is replacing pamela price, who was recalled by voters in november dixon before this was a superior court judge who also served as deputy district attorney in alameda county for 15 years. she says her big focus will be on reorganizing the da's office and backlog of cases that has to be dealt with that to the swearing-in ceremonies. 3 o'clock. >> well, 6.21, is the time new this morning. the number of california high school seniors applying for federal financial aid is apparently dropping according to the california student aid commission applications for fafsa have dropped by 25%, which comes to about 48,000 students. as of last week. and this comes as college aid experts say that families with undocumented family members are questioning how safe their personal information is. some students say they're wary of a line in the fafsa application that asks parents if

i'm sara stinson reporting back to you. >> it's 34 is the time.now custody for a hate crime after police as he attacked a female gas station worker. so fairfield police ended up arresting conrad alvarez. they say he entered sinclair gas station tuesday morning. they received a call about is walking behind the counter and attacking the worker when they got there, they arrested you book now into the solano county jail on charges of attempted murder and a hate crime, which they say they've added on because of comments he apparently made during the attack. in the east bay brentwood. police now searching for 3 people linked to a recent assault and robbery. officers say a person was robbed at gunpoint last thursday after withdrawing a large sum of money from the atm in antioch. according to the victim, they went home and that's when they were approached by 3 people who assaulted them and took their money and ran. thankfully they weren't seriously hurt physically. but police say if you are withdrawing especially large sums of money from atm's, make sure

sara stinson joining us live from the scene with the latest details. sarah. >> yet 3 cars have been damaged in this tree down incident. i mean, thankfully, no injuries, very close call speaking with some of the drivers involved. i mean, one woman came inches of getting hit by the tree. she made it out for tesla covid of the entire thing. we'll show you that later for now. take a look at the scene. this is one of the cars involved. you can see such a big impact. >> all of the airbags deployed the driver. i just spoke with her. she's shaken up, but she's very, very grateful to be alive. >> and then take a look. we'll show you the other car involved is right there. the windshield smashed in and they have some tree crews here now working to make sure they can remove the tree. >> now where we are right now, this is crossover drive at lincoln way. >> this is a major throughway for the city. you can see right there. that is the northbound lanes that are now open. they were closed for some time now reopened. but the southbound lanes remain closed. >> as they w

. >> i'm sara stinson reporting kron. 4 news and kron 4 will continue to honor black history all this month. be sure to tune in for our special honoring black history on fetruary 27th at 06:30pm, hosted by bellow and reyna harvey will be right back. ther more news still to get to tonight for kron. 4 news at 10 11. so let's check in with dan to see what's coming up tonight. hi, dan. hey, vicki and grant coming up tonight on kron for news and east bay congressman meets face-to-face with his constituents. >> as he's railing against the trump administration of a plane crashes were speaking with that congressman tonight. plus, a bay area woman mourning the loss of her husband after he was killed in a plane crash in alaska. now he's being remembered by his friends and his family. we'll have those stories and more coming up tonight on kron. 4 news at 10 11 grant. back to put forward to that. thank you, dan. and take a look here. snake. was found in a box of bananas at a grocery store in new hampshire. worker found the 2 foot long reptile hiding. >> in the fruit at the grocery aisle. the box

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

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

. >> i'm sara stinson reporting in san jose. back to. >> san francisco, mayor daniel lurie's fentanyl, state of emergency ordinance has cleared its final hurdle today. the board of supervisors approved the ordinance meant to keep rather help. san francisco address the fentanyl crisis. it is designed to allow faster funding hiring and contracting to expand treatment in shelter capacity. it also allows the mayor to get funding from private donors. this comes as the mayor appointed a new director of public health today. who will helped lead the effort tonfight fentanyl in san francisco. >> front and center right now is tackling together the opioid and homelessness crime crisis and making real tangible progress around that compassionately effectively helping the folks on the streets in this community. >> dance. i recently led the medicaid program for the biden administration. he succeeds. doctor grant colfax who held the position for nearly 6 years. happening right now, san jose firefighters on the scene of a liquid nitrogen spill.

keep his fight alive in dc i'm sara stinson reporting back to you. >> new at 11 superior court of alameda county workers are set to go on strike county wide beginning tomorrow morning. according to the seiu 10, 21 workers union after months of bargaining in the expiration of their contract at the end of last year, court workers will hit the picket lines at 06:00am courtroom clerks across criminal civil in juvenile justice divisions will be striking. union says there is an under staffing problem and workers are pressed to perform tasks. they are not trained to do. the strike could halt trials and delay hearings throughout the alameda county justice system. we will, of course, follow any fallout from this on air and online. >> taking a live look from our mount tam cam. as you can see, a little bit of moisture in the air tonight as we await some real rain. yeah. are we going to say we're going to see some light showers? not going to be a goalie washer. >> we might see a couple of scattered light showers overnight tonight and tomorrow morning. and then it looks like things are going to taper

i'm sara stinson reporting dan. >> well, despite today's rainy weather, students oakland high school walking out of class to protest against president donald trump's immigration policies. students carried signs and flags as they march to the lake merritt pillars. organizers say the walk out says ice raids in immigrant communities is unacceptable. still ahead here at kron, 4 news at 11 o'clock dangerous whiteout conditions in the sierra tonight. what chp is saying if you have to travel up north and coming up after the break and ba all-star weekend off and running in the bay area with 7 says because mayor saying about the big mayor saying about the big weekend ahead. excited about sg with the comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. five years? -five years. and he's not alone. -high five. it's five years of reliable gig speed internet. five years of advanced securit. five years of a great rate that won't change. it's back. but only for a limited time. high five. five years? -nope. comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. powering five years of savings. powering possibilities.

i'm sara stinson reporting back to. >> we do have a statement from the company that owns the jet involved in the crash. jet rescue air ambulance wrote, quote, our immediate concern is for the patient's family, our personnel, their families and other victims that may have been hurt on the ground. and the president also weighing his social media site. truth social, he said so sad to see the plane go down in philadelphia, pennsylvania. >> morrison souls lost. our people are totally engaged. first responders are already being given credit for doing a great job more to follow. god bless you all. >> we do want to get you to our top story here at which is the rain we've been seeing all day long. it is showing no signs of going away any time soon. that's a live look at the golden gate bridge tonight. yeah, we're keeping a close eye on this atmospheric river. of flooding could be a concern this weekend. let's check in with our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. definitely cool. you know, we weren't really dry weather most of january. then all of a sudden here at the end, we are back into some wi

. >> definitely a scary situation, but they're continuing to make sure in mitigate i'm sara stinson reporting in san francisco back to. >> a live look tonight at sfo. today's storm caused serious frustration for travelers. according to flightaware 214 flights were delayed. 7 canceled altogether at sfo. traveler told us she's been trying to get back home from las angeles since last night, even after she landed here at sfo. she had some are waiting to do. >> and what happened is when i went to the airport and i'm hoping to god, it's there. she was. they were very stressed and she tag my bag wrong. and that's my work bag. so it's going to be on a flight that may not make it in now because i just overheard you speaking with that lady. it's on the 9 o'clock flight and that's my work stuff. sfo was running under a delay program due to the storm. only 2 of the 4 runways were open and operating today. >> the reign, of course, also reached down to the south bay. the region did not see as much as other parts of the bay area, though, but flooding and downed trees are still big concern there. kron four's

sara stinson is there at the scene with the details. sarah, this is scary. >> a very scary situation. but just such a close call for people. this tree came down and damaged 3 cars and they're actually about to tow the last car here that was damage. it's totaled air bags have been completely deployed. and so they're trying to make sure that they get all of this open because this is heavily impacted traffic for 2 hours now. so take a look at video. you can see this happened just after 4, right when the rain was pouring down and it came down on 3 cars and we know that no injuries occurred. thank goodness. but this is that crossover drive in golden gate park right at lincoln way in crazy crazily enough enough. i was here last year last january, covered a tree down that actually cause injuries and damage to 4 cars. so it's a very scary situation to have reached out to the parks department. in the meantime, i do need to send it back to you because they need to reopen this. we'll send it back now. >> all right, sarah, of be sure go ahead get y

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

now are calm for sara stinson joins us now from the newsroom with the very latest.ow, sarah. >> grant vicki, the devastating scene happening specifically in the northeast part of philadelphia. we have just confirmed the plane was that crash was a medical transport jet with 6 people aboard. that includes 4 crew members and 2 passengers on the plane. one being a child patient and the other being an adult who was accompanying the child. so far we have not been able to confirm if there are any survivors. take a look at this video showing the plane plunging. you can see a huge red and yellow flash and the flames erupting once that plane hits down the ground. the faa has confirmed this crash happened around 6.30, eastern time. that's around 3.30, our time. it's a learjet. 55 that's involved the 2 engine private plane. the aviation agency has confirmed the plane crashed just minutes after taking off from northeast philadelphia airport, airport that primarily services, business jets and charter flights. the faa says this plane was in route to springfield, branson national a

. >> i'm sara stinson reporting kron. 4 news. >> kron 4 wilcontinue to honor black history all of this month. be sure to tune in for our special honoring black history on february 27th at 06:30pm. it is hosted by. >> well, bellow reyna harvey >> well, bellow reyna harvey will be right back. very excited about saving big with the comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. five years? -five years. and he's not alone. -high five. it's five years of reliable gig speed internet. five years of advanced securit. five years of a great rate that won't change. it's back. but only for a limited time. high five. five years? -nope. comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. powering five years of savings. powering possibilities. comcast business. >> 2 women have been hired for quite a job. one of the most unusual in the bay area. i'd say their live and work at east brother light station. it's a historic site that's perched on a tiny island in the middle of san francisco bay near richmond. these are. >> daniel levine and rachael ray colvin starting april first, they are going to take over 5 ro

sara stinson is highlighting their work and our black history month special which will air later this month. all right. let's get you a check of your forecast now as we're taking a live look at the embarcadero here in the city doesn't look like it's very windy at the moment. we know there's a chill. yeah, it's cold out there for him for not sure of chill is even accurate. sits. >> it's called get around that overnight tonight and some parts of the bay area. some of these temperatures can actually drop below freezing in some of the interior valleys out there tonight. another cold night ahead. this may be able see some changes after this. still mostly clear skies outside right now temperatures are falling off all around the bay area. you're in the low 40's in fremont right now. 38 live more. 39 in dublin. you're currently at 36 degrees in napa. 37 in fairfield and 37 degrees insanely not even a cool. 42 in sausalito. so yeah, going to be cold out there. we've got frost advisories going up in blue all across the north bay and toward napa valley in the east bay as well and down toward the

. >> all right, sara stinson reporting live for us. thank you for that, boy. all right. we move on to weather as we take a live look here in the distance golden gate bridge. we have dry spring-like conditions for so long. and now finally, the rain is coming and i feel good. yeah, i mean, feels right, right. i mean, we'd like to get that rain when supposed to get it right. but for weeks now, it has been very dry around the bay area that think the time this is all done, folks will be looking for to get back to some sunshine. got a lot of rain coming our way. slick roads out there right now. looking out toward the golden gate bridge. >> the showers continuing on and off. kind of picking up since this morning. here's some rain total so far mount tam you've had over an inch and a half already, but they could pay an inch even over half an inch in timber on temperatures go just over a quarter of an inch about a quarter of an inch into oakland and our friends in san jose. just drop in the bucket to hundreds. but you can see the stream of moisture moving onshore, making its way t

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

. >> i'm sara stinson reporting in san francisco back to. >> this morning, san jose officials plan to make one neighborhood a quote, no return zone for homeless people. this comes after residents raised safety concerns. the group said jose action met with mayor matt mahan last week over homeless encampments along the great oaks parkway. well, they had he said encampments near end. a couple of are will be cleared in 3 weeks. adding wants temporary housing site offering 150 beds, but her opens no return zone will be established. it's is expected to open by the end of the year. and fans gathered at oakland arena saturday to celebrate the life of oakland a's legend ricky henderson. henderson was named an all-star 10 times and won 2 world series championships. his death came as a shock for many. >> it was very unexpected. very surprising. it just encourages me. look at memories him as a player. just remember those times grind of the watching him on his hand gestures always knowing when he was gonna still with mayes and the success, one that it was sad unexpected news it cost me that reflec

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

i'm sara stinson reporting back to you. >> 2 high school communities in the north bay anxiously awaiting an answer on whether or not their schools will close. tonight, the santa rosa school board is weighing the decision at the district is facing a multimillion dollar deficit kron four's. lindsey ford reports. >> inside and outside santa rosa city hall students, parents and teachers from elsie allen in montgomery high school protesting, but signs expressing their love for their schools and for them not to close. this comes as santa rosa school board is facing a 20 million dollar deficit and their plan to fix it is through school closures 16 year-old jonathan creo. another student said elsie allen believe the board wants to close their school because of racism. 100%. yes, they we are a full school of many ethnic groups. says he is part of a uc program at the high school were juniors and seniors can take classes at sonoma state university, which is big deal for us because no other high schools have opportunity. parents of students at montgomery high school feel the same way. they say their

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

speaking out tonight about reckless drivers doing donuts from sunup to sundown as kron four's sara stinson found out this has been apparently happening for years. she joins us live now in walnut creek with more from neighbors. sarah. >> you can see where these donuts are happening right behind me here on castle rock road. take a look. you can see that those skid marks. this is happening at all hours of the day and it's only gotten worse. however, 2 brothers say since it did happen in the daylight, they were able to capture a license plate. in the middle of the day. a reckless driver seen doing donuts on castle rock road in walnut creek, mitchell and greg mays are caught it on video now that we have a license plate, we can actually. >> for sure say that this is the guy and we have video of him doing it. so what more proof you want? these brothers say this type of chaos has been disrupting their neighborhood for 2 years. it's a concern for all of us around here. >> every time like someone's doing donuts around here will all come out. and walt skus like what we saw change videos and really tr

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

. >> i'm sara stinson reporting kron. 4 news. >> kron four's going to continue to honor black history all this month with. >> stories just like that one. be sure to tune in for our special honoring black history on february 27th. that's next thursday at 06:30pm, i'll be hosting along reyna harvey. >> all right. looking forward to that. but still to come here at 10 o'clock, a san francisco revival. that's what one bill is aiming to accomplish. we're hearing from city leaders on plans to bring wife back to the city's economy and the nightlife. plus, teachers are pushing back after a proposal cut staffing east bay school district which student services are on the line to be slashed. so officials can close that multi-million dollar budget deficit and a seal pup touring around city streets. story of one seals miles long journey from the ocean to an oyster bar. coming ocean to an oyster bar. coming ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [google notification] ♪♪ get exclusive offers on select new volvo models. contact your volvo retailer to learn more. >> more than 60 people were arrested in oakland during the week

sara stinson is going to be highlighting their work in our black history.pecial. >> on top of all-star weekend, this weekend to make a getting to the parade a little bit easier. you should take advantage of that because there's gonna be a lot of traffic otherwise. so maybe don't drive. yeah, it's gonna be all clogged up. yeah. lot easier to just take public transportation for sure. that was a kron for news at 10. stick around for a kron. 4 news at 11. but first we've got sports night live gets got here with that. sky indeed, guys. yeah. the dubs had to earn it tonight in milwaukee. we'll show you how they took advantage of depleted bucks. team. spoiler alert. steph curry was great. >> and luka the laker making his la debut and his new buddy lebron. they impressed under hollywood spotlight. everybody. welcome to sports night live. i'm scott murray's. coming up, we're going to disney world to the victor go the spoils. plus, a dodger addition raising eyebrows. >> around the bay area. but of course, the dubs top the docket continuing what appeared to be kind of