san francisco, vicki liviakis kron, 4 that does looks. >> really delicious. ments. ah, that was kron four's. vicki liviakis reporting for us this morning. >> let's take a live look now at mount and wow. it's looking pretty chilly out there. normally when we check out this camera, i mean, it's all good russian green. and you can see i mean, the lot of the trees are still there. but >> very different perspective this morning with all of that snow yeah. and more to come by the way to in the next couple of days. snow levels not as low as they were late last week, but there will be enough to maybe. >> for our local mountains, kind of add a little bit more of a dusting to that. we have several hits coming starting with today. real quick. their forecast. pretty simple. snow, snow and more snow in the bristol blizzard form the next couple of days. which is why >> they have a blizzard warning all the way to about wednesday looking at 20's. this is the big map here. the winter storm warning shift over to a blizzard warning starting tomorrow through wednesday morning at

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. >> celebrate tonight on dine and dish kron vicki liviakis takes us in a time machine to one market. >> at the foot of market street in san francisco. one mark is feeling some 90's. nostalgia. hard to believe. but what market here has been around for. the there's moving to the of standards. what market is a california seen 3 lot has happened in this city. oh, my gosh, for sure has. and we're just proud to be here. do serving up some of greatest hits from back. then take a lot do fashioning interviews. sent back to the table. i try to be huge issues every year which keeps me my creativity going. and it also restaurant >> to celebrate the 30th anniversary, you might want to order from back issues. the with trump and always hit. and how about this? trolley so sue flight? or this month pitts is smaller a when market with no shortage of interest and bottles served up lots of fantastic wines that that i've chosen. >> for the anniversary, here's to the next 30 years. san francisco, vicki liviakis kron. 4 >> and of course, we're always looking for good places to dine in good places to take o

san francisco, vicki liviakis kron. 4 >> that looks delicious. vicki, if you ever want to date, go with you. that was vicki liviakis reporting for us this morning. all right. before we head to break, we got to talk about the storm. we're keeping an eye on the weather. >> as you head out on your morning commute, we're going to hear more from john after the breao about how long the storms going to stick around. if you want to hit up the snow today where you can potentially go, we'll be right back afwelcome back for 55. we're getting close to 5 in is you are getting close to maybe getting to the roads. just take it. slow are out there. we've got a mix of rain, snow even some grapple sleet that has accumulated on roadways just making its like out there. >> 101 has been a rough go in marine sonoma up to mendocino counties this morning. once you get north of santa rosa, you're going to be running into more and more snowfall. cloverdale reports of cars sliding off of roadways up there. it's been a mix of rain and snow which is making conditions, especial

vicki liviakis kron. 4 news. >> we'll be right back after the break. yeah, he's been at >> about 4.55. getting close to 5 now and stepping outside to yet another cold start dublin. you're sitting at 31 degrees right now. redwood city at 30 san jose and san mateo at 39 while oakland and berkeley. 37 degrees. some low temperatures, sonoma and santa rosa and the north bay at 31 in fairfax, all the way down to 28 degrees. yet another morning with frost advisories. not freeze warning territory, but pretty close with some frost advisories for the north bay and east bay, santa clara valley, as well as mountains on the peninsula. >> so that okay, all of you mothers out listen, because here's one way for aingles to celebrate valentine's day and give back. so just for $10, the san antonio zoo will name a cockroach after you're not so special someone and feed it to one of their animals. john, when you think about this. i guess that would be special. i would try to accept >> i got a names. i can give them to feed those animals. it's part of the annual crimea cockr

we'd love to have you in oakland, vicki liviakis kron. 4 must do make is looks great. we'll be right back after the break. >> welcome back in close to 05:00am now still pretty early, but we are going to be looking at an increasingly clear day ahead. we're starting mostly cloudy. no fog. just cloud cover. setting up about the bay area. golden gate bridge looks good. still without that fog this morning, current temperatures in the 30's to 40's. now we're not as cold as we were yesterday, but we are comparably chilly. so just make sure that you're layered up this morning this afternoon. we're going to be in for a warmer and clear day than what we had yesterday. daytime highs rising well into the 60's today for san francisco will be 61. oakland at 62 saying all the way up to 64 getting even warmer into saturday and sunday. >> kron 4. kron four's also honoring black history through the end february. and this morning we get to meet victoria brinker at just 10 years old, already harder. this opera singer from pennsylvania showing us black history is still being made today. vi

>> in oakland, vicki liviakis kron. 4 news.red every day at of allay fine art gallery and bookstore. >> kron four's philippe djegal met with the business owner who says she prides herself and showcasing unique work. >> all right. by sleaze. we have yolanda patton and again, these 3 artists jyp to these 3 artists are from the art of the black diaspora. richmond arts center for 26 years. on this point, corner of marine street edging a strip of family businesses in vallejo. >> this unassuming get historical score front as educated visitors about the black experience. john coltrane again, we've got michael jackson from the moment you walk you know, shuns fine art gallery and multi cultural bookstore. you are always one room away from being introduced to a new aspect of black history. 3.65 in the quarter. so guess where we celebrate us 3.65, and a quarterback. musicians immortalized in books and just feet away in the next stop on your tour, a satellite exhibit of african diaspora, part of the african diaspora it is i had an injury s

we'd love to have you in oakland, vicki liviakis kron. 4 news. >> all right.t to be demolished after last month's devastating storms. reaction devastating storms. reaction from the community. up next. my asthma felt anything but normal. a blood test helped show my asthma is driven by eosinophils, which nucala helps reduce. nucala is a once-monthly add-on injection for severe eosinophilic asthma. nucala is not for sudden breathing problems. allergic reactions can occur. get help right away for swelling of face, mouth, tongue, or trouble breathing. infections that can cause shingles have occurred. don't stop steroids unless told by your doctor. tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection. may cause headache, injection site reactions, back pain, and fatigue. ask your asthma specialist about a nunormal with nucala. good morning. welcome back to the kron. 4 morning news 9.29. this gorgeous sunday. >> start off this half hour with a look at our forecast. let's check in with dave. >> hey, good morning, stephanie. and good morning, we have those high clouds gre

i will be joining vicki liviakis who standing by to tell us what's coming up at 9. vicky, what we're working on will. thank you both. a going on for kron. 4 news at 9 rare sight here in the bay area. snow fell on our heels in our mountain tops this morning. >> turning some neighborhoods into winter snow scapes. a live report coming up from the top of mount diablo. plus, so much needed relief for people living on the streets. we're going to take you inside the center in the north bay that's providing shelter and food and some warmth to more than 100 people. every single cold night. and we continue our special coverage from half moon bay marking one month since a deadly mass shooting that shook up that coastal community. pretty is at night is next. >> when fun time from the bay area's local news station. you're watching kron. 4 news at known. >> well, now at 9, some rare back-to-back winter storms hitting the bay with powerful winds and dangerously cold conditions out there tonight. thanks so much for joining us kron. 4 news at 9 o'clock. i'm vicki liviakis and i'm ken

san francisco, vicki liviakis kron. 4 news >> looks like a pretty cool place to go back in time. well, we're always looking for great places to dine. and dish or get takeout in your neighborhood. you can scan this qr code right here to be taken to our dine. and dish web page and submit your favorites. >> and now kron 4 sports. >> well, the regular season for the women's pac, 12 has officially wrapped in. it came down to a battle between the utes and the cardinal today and with march around the corner, the madness got started a little early with an upset and program history actually being made now over 10,000 fans packed the salt lake city arena to watch stanford and utah. tara vanderveer. today. she did have her hands full. we pick it up right here at 3 20 left in the game. and stanford down 5. it was jones within sap. terrible. the dropped abuse are late in their banks about the big 4. they get within 3. and then at 2.29 cameron brate on to you. she lays it in the cardinals. get within one. 73, 72. but then with 2.12 left utah's g on it. >> gianna well, she buries the 3 point da

. >> and then later, you say hello to the newcomer tonight on dine and dish vicki liviakis takes us to acre in oakland. >> same location. different restaurant. no longer legendary. all of i had a history with the previous restaurant. so of course, i've got to check out the new place, acre kitchen and bar. welcome to the neighborhood. this is a curve in the market home building. the new kid on the block in oakland's rockridge neighborhood. >> and so far, so good for sarah this area and you get something new. i'm really happy for the refreshed. and it feels like this could my best friend's house. that's, you know, one of the charms of acre. >> pete sicknick, the epic water bar across the bay in san francisco behind the acre 5 with lighter and airy dining room and >> a new bar upstairs to grab a before dinner as well as the more casual downstairs bar and cafe for things like pizza fire up to month. >> haitians are mediterranean inspired in california, fresh says are around some rock and spiced burrata executive chef dirk >> makes the food saying cinnamon and lemon and honey, that's kind o

but according to our vicki liviakis, if you're in oakland, you might want to do just that tonight on dine and dish, she takes us inside town fare cafe. take a trip to the openings in yemen. >> you can really get your field. so once you're satisfied your curiosity here at the museum, going to want to your appetite. town fare cafe is a restaurant inside the museum. welcome to town there, jeff. michelle mcqueen brings her culinary skills to town. fair in what she calls cultural all i know is from scratch. and you feel that in the 2, i always tell people you couldn't love into the food to give some love back. >> with this is like southern grandma's cooking name prince grants. it's a real family friendly atmosphere something this satisfy just about everybody on u.s. southern fried chicken with mac and cornbread and red beans and strength in we have some double the right to double that. the tulsa, sesame seeds. >> i have a few extra things the bright and airy restaurant is open for inside as well as outdoor dining county fair serves up wines and spirits mostly from black owned businesses.

i'm vicki liviakis and i'm ken wayne. those bitter temperatures expected to give way to scattered rain showers, thunderstorms and hail overnight. kron four's chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joining us to explain was driving the system and we're going to see more snow perhaps or snow that we're seeing more snow falling right now around the bay area over the higher peaks of the front. >> begins to move in. the popping up around the bay area. again. and the gusty winds have been blowing. and that's a concern likely to see some power outages again around the bay area tonight with some of those winds whipping outside along the coastline into the east bay. we could gusts of 40 maybe 45 miles per hour in those locations through friday afternoon. for those with begin to subside temperatures also running chilly and you can imagine this is down. the urban areas got a lot of 40's, evenulow 40's. but how about calistoga? 38 degrees. same leaning. you're looking at 38 degrees there, calistoga. 32 and freezing. you get to kelsey bi

vicki liviakis got you covered. today's dine and dish? take a look. >> so your body and your team didn't make it to the super bowl. the one thing you don't want to be disappointed in super bowl snacks. go with chicken wings to win regal wings. no wings for this niner fan. but burden is on the menu low. that's what i'm super bowl party. we're here at horn bbq in oakland where pit master matt horn is prepping for the big some of house. >> sharing tips and tricks for tasty gameday. snow >> ribs, and of course, wings are always crowd you can definitely go really great party it's not going the park. it's too much to take the wings grill him. take them off. amazing criss me if saw she the signal is always great. you do a little bit more than just the chips and the you know, in another way to up your game without busting the bank. grilled one of those store fire favorites office. take off. just throw it on the grill. it's a nice chart and real marks on it. you know, to be we'll bring you right for the tailgating. learn that. and you know, that's

dish vicki liviakis takes us to one market. a place where you can reminisce about the city by the bay. back in the day. >> at the foot of market street in san francisco. one mark is feeling some 90's. nostalgia, hard to believe, but one market here has been around for. or the there's moving to the tunes of relief healthy and playing the standards. what market is a california seen 3 lot has happened in this city. oh, my gosh, for sure has. and we're just proud to be here. do serving up some of greatest hits from back. then take a lot do fashioning interviews. sent back to the table. i try to be huge issues every year which keeps me my creativity going. and it also restaurant >> to celebrate the 30th anniversary, you might want to order from back issues. the with trump and always hit. and how about this? trolley so sue flight? or this month pitts is smaller a year when market with no shortage of interest and bottles served up lots of fantastic wines that that i've chosen. >> for the anniversary, here's to the next 30 years. san f

kron four's vicki liviakis spoke with some bay area. residents who went to ukraine to help. >> but i think everybody be >> video of the ukrainian soldier in a fire fight hit by an ak 52 from a russian fighter. remarkably, he survives because of his body armor given him poland at the go poland with to lviv ukraine this far and what he saw, the russian invasion broke his heart. he took his grief and started sending supplies straight to the fox holes. >> armour saved his life. how does that make it's tough. it's hard not to tear up. it's it's a. they're incredible people. >> proud of them. and and their bravery and how strong country. it's a packed house for an event called the real stories of ukraine stories you won't necessarily hear on the news the time and it hurts. is a tech guy founder of just answer when ploys, more than 300 ukrainians in ukraine are dying in the meantime, and nobody wanted to upgrade their old soviet era missile system and step in and say we'll do it because we're good at technology and were able to make a big impa

kron four's vicki liviakis takes us inside town fare cafe in tonight's dine and dish. >> take a trip to the openings in yemen. you can really get your field. so once you're satisfied your curiosity here at the museum, going to want to your appetite. town fare cafe is a restaurant inside the museum. welcome to town there, jeff. michelle mcqueen brings her culinary skills to town. fair in what she calls cultural all i know is from scratch. and you feel that in the 2, i always tell people you couldn't love into the food to give some love back. >> with this is like southern grandma's cooking name prince grants. it's a real family friendly atmosphere something this satisfy just about everybody on u.s. southern fried chicken with mac and cornbread and red beans and strength in we have some double the right to double that. the tulsa, sesame seeds. >> i have a few extra things the bright and airy restaurant is open for inside as well as outdoor dining county fair serves up wines and spirits mostly from black owned businesses. >> there's a big brunch on weekends and you can head straight to t

9. >> i'm vicki liviakis. i'm grant lotus. we are following breaking news right now in san mateo county where a mountain lion attacked a child. the sheriff's office says the attack happened on to need this creek road in an unincorporated part of san mateo county. that's in the remote hills, south and east of half moon bay, about 8 miles south of half moon bay, the california department of fish and wildlife is investigating the word on the child's condition at this time or with the kid was doing when the attack occurred. also unclear for 30's are trying to capture the cat in question. we'll keep you posted there in san mateo meantime, the mateo county sheriff releasing a statement tonight. >> saying that, quote, our coastal community has endured so much these past few weeks. our entire agency is saddened by the news and sends many warm wishes for the child speedy and full recovery. our thoughts are with the family at this time. and that's christina corpus. the 10 to 10 county sheriff there. meantime, concord police have announc

i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis. more than a week since the deadly mass shooting in half moon bay employees who work at the farms for the gunman opened fire. they're talking publicly now about the incident and their working conditions. the challenges field workers faces got national attention since that shooting and a local advocate has been invited to president biden's state of the union address. >> that is next weekend crowd for cell sogomonian is here with an update on these people. these conditions, it's terrible, really? >> yeah. this is really backbreaking work. when you take a look at what these people have to do and of course, many of them are away from home away from their families abroad. so as that shooting investigation continues, as we mentioned, concerns have been raised over the living conditions of farm workers along the coast here, the founder of a local nonprofit that supports them hopes to be their voice for their cause next tuesday. >> after 7 san mateo county farm workers were killed in a mass sh

tonight on dine and dish vicki liviakis takes you 2 acre in oakland. >> same location, dif history withvious restaurant. so of course, i've got to check out the new place, acre kitchen and bar. welcome to the neighborhood. this is a curve in the market home building. the new kid on the block in oakland's rockridge neighborhood. >> and so far, so good for sarah this area and you get something new. i'm really happy for the refreshed. and it feels like this could be my best friend's house. that's, you know, one of the charms of acre. >> pete sicknick, the epic water bar across the bay in san francisco behind the acre 5 with lighter and airy dining room and >> a new bar upstairs to grab a before dinner as well as the more casual downstairs bar and cafe for thin like pizza fire up to month. >> haitians are mediterranean inspired in california, fresh says are around some rock and spiced burrata executive chef, dirt >> makes the food saying cinnamon and lemon and honey, that's kind of what dresses it. check out the sauteed prawns on brioche or the roast chicken from the wood-fired stove result

i'm vicki liviakis and i'm catherine heenan. grant lotus is on a special assignment. >> for days we have been telling you about problems related to workers along capp street in the city's mission district. complaints from neighbors prompted city officials to put up those barriers. well, now the city's police department has a new enforcement strategy to keep the work from. >> happening on cap street, our current for sarah stinson spoke with the assistant police chief and joins us now live in the studio to tell us more about that. sarah. >> that's right. i did speak with sfpd assistant chief lives are he says they're finding success in their new way of cracking down. and that is putting officers on the streets as decoys that way when potential clients or john's come down the street, they'll think it is a worker. but in fact, it's an officer. >> have a lot of workers that are on capped between 18 and 18th and 22nd street. and you have a lot of vehicle traffic and people are out a lot of noise associated with that sfpd assistant chi

vicki liviakis kron. 4 news. >> it's like the whole wall lakesha co-host. >> just it was scary. >> coming up next, a california woman in shock after a man falls from the sky and lands in her backyard. and in sports, it was locker room cleanout day for the forty-niners sports director jason dumas has reaction from the team is a look ahead to next season. well, plus, we'll have an update on the injury of brock purdy. ♪ it's the most wonderful time of the year. ♪ get fast relief of your worst allergy symptoms, including nasal congestion, with powerful claritin d, so you can breathe better. feel the clarity—and make today the most wonderful time of the year. claritin d. 7 day old tuna casserole! how'd you know that?! even my nose is strong! you need hefty ultra strong! it has arm & hammer continuous odor control! hefty! hefty! hefty! oh, and uhhh... toby needs a bath! stay one step ahead of stinky. >> take a look at this. a car catches fire on the side of the road. this happened or said and inside the car, a chihuahua, an amazon driver who stopped to help says a man was trying to put out the

we'd love to have you in oakland, vicki liviakis kron. 4 news. coming up. no, we have a nationwide health care shortage. has hospital staff shortage. has hospital staff stretched pretty thin how ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ you can beat it! ♪ visit youcanbeatit.org or call 833-422-4255 to ask for medication to treat covid-19. >> the health care worker industry faces the challenge of workforce shortages across the country. and lawmakers say they want to try to help fix that washington correspondent basil john reports on why this continues to be an issue in a number of states. we've got a major crises and health care workforce. vermont senator bernie sanders says the health care workforce shortage is forcing hospitals in his state. >> it's been hundreds of millions of dollars on travel nurses is that, in fact, just the vermont problem or is main problem? is that a national problem is it's very much a national problem. the traveling situation that you described, you're exactly right. the association of american medical colleges estimates the u.s. will face a shortage of up to 12

i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis. a man accused of trying to murder for san jose police officers made his first court appearance today. >> the suspect as 37 year-old luis alberto can too, of san jose, though san jose district attorney says he goes by several aliases. >> the san jose chief called him no, we orlando mendoza yesterday kron four's rob nesbitt was in the courtroom. today is more of the details on this investigation. these allegations are quite serious route. >> they are grant lewis can't whose attorney had requested that the arraignment be pushed back to next week before his client was brought into the courtroom. the judge denied that request and cantor was brought in and read the 4 counts of attempted murder that are against it. in a red jumpsuit and shackles. lewis can't who made his first court appearance wednesday. >> charged with 4 counts of attempted murder against for san jose police officers friday night, according to santa clara county district attorney jeff rosen. he tried to kill the police offi

i'm ken wayne and i'm vicki liviakis.nt's speech before a politically divided congress comes as the country is struggling to make sense out of some compounding cross currents at home and abroad, economic a wearying war in ukraine that just grinds on growing tensions with china, including a spy balloon. you know, among them, biden is also expected to use his speech to make the case for his re-election. today is the first time since 2019 that the president and congressional leaders are permitted to bring guests to the event which is attended by every member of the house and the senate, all 9 supreme court justices, most of the president's cabinet members and the diplomatic corps there. we want to show you. >> live look inside the house chamber where you can see the first lady jill biden is there and there is some ross room where the president will make

i'm vicki liviakis and i'm catherine heenan and for grand tonight we've got to look i think the current traffic conditions. but as vicky indicates keep changing. >> blue and would now there's not much blue left indicating where the lanes were closed. all right. so let's head on out get a bird's-eye view this. our justin campbell is at the scene right now. he brings us the very latest a just and i guess this is good news for the commuters out there. finally. >> and that's right, catherine and vicki, it took me over an hour just to get here from san jose. it is bumper to bumper in the menlo park neighborhood. really all of the lights are out in some parts, but some of them are also turning back on along with trees that are downed in that that you see pac crews pg and e crews that are out working there. now, look at the video we can show i'll tell you a little bit about exactly what pg and e is telling us happened. they tell us that in the belle haven neighborhood of menlo park, a downed tree along highway 101, cause damage to pg e power lines. now prior to this pg and e making repairs to

. >> in oakland, vicki liviakis kron. 4 news. it's so good.ip. >> if you're a vegetarian, that wraps up kron. 4 news at 5. we have a lot more ahead tonight here during kron. 4 at 6, catherine heenan ken wayne here now with what's ahead. we could smell that through the tv. getting meat sweats. looking at it. all right. here. thank you. big guys. thank you, justine. and coming up at 6 o'clock, a hazmat situation, the shutdown of several bart stations for hours that says crews continue investigate the deadly house explosion of san francisco. in the question tonight. >> are the 2 incidents connected and the open community is mourning after local bakery owner dies after a violent robbery and it's an attack. we have reaction to that. >> coming up, i'm ken wayne. >> from the bay area's news station. you're watching kron. 4 news at 6. because we're dealing with the final gas. so one little spark can set that off and then make for now the scene. so and cautious order to protect the public and emergency responders at sea. >> now at 6, a hazardous materi

i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis, a major rally at oakland city hall. >> participants as you heard there demanding that the new mayor shank, how give armstrong his job back. and tonight, kron four's haaziq mod-yoon takes a closer look at where things go from here. >> community members, clergy and city leaders came together for a rally outside oakland city hall calling on mayor sheng to reverse her decision to fire oakland police chief leronne armstrong without cause a decision that followed federal monitor. robert warshaw was investigation into the former chief's handling of a pair of police misconduct investigations. the naacp organized the rally, the opening chapter of the naacp along with community leaders. >> are here today to express our shock. our disappointment and for many are outrage over the firing. lebron armstrong. we're here for justice. that's right. >> bring back the power and the voice of the police commission. and bring back armstrong. thank you. >> on growing will likely take legal action this week against mayor shane tells retaliatory actions terminated. >> the r

i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis. senator feinstein making that announcement this morning. she tweeted, quote, i'm announcing today i will not run. >> for reelection in 2024 but intend to accomplish as much for california as i can through the end of the next year with my term ends, even with a divided congress, we can still pass bills that will improve lives. and with that, we turn to the chair of the sonoma state university political science department professor david mcewan. >> good evening, david. thanks for being here. >> well, good evening. happy valentine's day you as did senator feinstein? >> even have a choice in the matter? you know, there are a lot of indicators here grant about what was the writing on the wall. i mean, look, one of those is that she didn't have a lot of money in the bank. so it seemed very clear that she wasn't running for reelection. >> if you talk to anyone on capitol hill, adam schiff has been angling for this for some time. in terms of a buildup. she you know, was talking about different elements of what was going on with the legislative pack

and i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis. oakland's new mayor shank. how placed armstrong? >> on paid administrative leave january 19th over his handling of officer misconduct investigations will now today, nearly 3 weeks later, chief armstrong sent a letter to the city's mayor and police commission demanding he be reinstated, wants his job back in. while armstrong maintains he has done nothing wrong with the mayor. once the city's independent oversight bodies to review the matter before she makes any final decision on the chiefs future. while the letter sent to the mayor is confidential. in a statement, chief armstrong says the letter is a detailed comprehensive analysis of the flaws in the report's conclusions about me by a law firm. >> working for the federal monitor, the facts demonstrate that i acted properly following all policies and procedures. i did nothing wrong and quote, he goes on to say i deserve to be reinstated to protect the public and to protect my well earned reputation. >> mayor's decision to bench chief armstrong has been met with anger from a wide cros

i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis. >> armstrong was fired for his handling of officer misconduct allegations. and today he criticized the mayor and the federal monitor. robert warshaw kron four's. dan kerman reports friday. former oakland police chief leronne armstrong met with reporters for the first time. >> since being fired by oakland mayor sheng tao for his handling of officer misconduct allegations wrongly terminated for standing up for the city of oakland as a police chief. i did my job and i believe i did it. well, armstrong then came out on the attack targeting both mayor tower and robert warshaw. the federal monitor overseeing the department. my termination was never really about the facts about performance. my ability to effectively lead the oakland police department. >> my termination was about federal monitor. robert warshaw and the mayor's failure to fight for the oakland community. >> armstrong called warshaw a bully and said he continues to find problems within the opd so we can stand the job as federal monitor and collect a paycheck. every era made by the police

i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis. are theresa has been following the case closely from the very beginning. theresa, what more have you learned today? >> while vick and we've learned a lot, i'm going to get out of the way and you can see for yourself all the remains of this house. and as we are learning, sources confirming, of course, that this was and they believe an active illegal narcotics manufacturing lab right here in the basement of this home in the outer sunset. we've got some video that we can show you a little bit closer up of what is left of this home. this was a neighborhood and we are hearing from neighbors that they had no idea that this was going on. now we know that 53 year-old darren prices been booked and arrested. he's facing several counts, including involuntary manslaughter, manufacturing of narcotics and 2 counts of child endangerment. sources tell me that in regards to the counts of child endangerment, mister price had 2 children. they were at school at the time and there was a woman that out to

. >> in oakland, vicki liviakis kron. 4 news. >> scar, i want everything on thplate. >> okay. now millions of americans will be watching the super bowl of bars and parties across the country. and chp is reminding fans don't drink and drive this weekend. chp says during the past 5 super bowls, there've been more than 1000 crashes that resulted in 43 deaths and hundreds of serious injuries across the state. the agency also wants to remind fans first time dui conviction, the cost driver more than $20,000. that's a lot of money. while there are plenty of eagles or kansas city fans, arizona, for the big game. there are some who have attended super bowls for decades, regardless of who's playing reporter and alyssa gill sat down with an 86 year-old man who has never missed a super bowl. >> of elf and back in the day when >> your first super bowl is one that with 2 different don crisman is a walking history book when it comes to the super bowl. the super bowls. have you been to in total so far that the he's part of a group known as the never miss a super bowl club. and at 86 years old

i'm vicki liviakis and i'm catherine heenan in for grant tonight. police say they're now trying to get child back to her home in san jose and they are looking for the child's mother, who is the accused kidnapper, crystal mendez. you're looking at a photo of mendez is the biological mother. police say she does not have legal custody of the little girl. they describe mendoza's a heavy drug user with a criminal history. they believe she is homeless. the last known photos of mendez were taken about the time of the kidnap shoe kidnapping. she was wearing a white jacket, black, skinny jeans, dark colored shoes. she's about 5 foot tall. if you recognize her, police are asking that you call 9-1-1. what we want to see is his job back. community members in oakland were rallying in support of lebron armstrong just a day after he was fired from his position as chief of >> the city's police department. many people still questioning whether it was the right move or not. a reaction to the firing of floor on armstrong continues today. that included a rally outside

i'm vicki liviakis. i'm catherine heenan and for grant lotus tonight, kron 4 chief meteorologist lawrence karnow has been talking about carefully. >> tracking this really dramatic a system, lawrence, what's happening? yeah, hard not to get involved in the story, but this is happening all around us may be one of the exciting weather events we've seen for quite some time. maybe back. >> into the 70's about to develop. now we've seen some scattered pop up showers around the bay area. really most of areas seeing some sunshine, but it fell those cold temperatures outside numbers right now hovering in the mid 40's even along the coastline in pacifica. 48 degrees in cocker. 46 and sonoma. look at calistoga already in the afternoon. 37 degrees. so you've got that cold air in place tonight. freezing frost and freeze warnings going up across the bay area overnight lows going to be in the 20's and the 30's and we'll start to see a few more showers and some pop-up snow showers as we head through the night tonight. l

i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis. chief armstrong has been on paid administrative leave. >> since january 19 for his handling of to misconduct investigations involving a police sergeant. the mayor made the announcement about an hour ago. kron four's dan thorn was there in the room. he joins us live with the latest details. good evening, >> good evening, grant. vicki. it appears another leader for oakland's police department. the mayor deciding to let the chief go earlier today. she says it was in decision that was not easy, but it was one that was necessary for progress here in the city of oakland. this all started when ron armstrong was put on administrative leave for an investigation that was opening over armstrong's handling of officer misconduct. one incident involving a police sergeant reportedly firing a gun inside the police station. the other involving that same sergeant being accused of not stopping at the scene after he struck a car using an opd vehicle. the sergeant is also accused of failing to report both

i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis, tyre nichols funeral was held today. the 29 year-old died 3 days after being brutally beaten by 5. now, former. >> memphis police officers earlier this month, vice president harris made brief but emotional remarks about tyre nichols in the severe beating that caused his death. we also heard from >> his mother who tearfully pay tribute to his life. kron 4 correspondent kareen wynter reports for us tonight. >> tyree was a beautiful if for this to happen to hear is just had a match in the book. >> standing strong alongside thousands of people, family members, friends, elected officials and community members. the mother of tyre, nichols addressed mourners at his memorial. >> probably she the only speed this keep him. you go. it. and i do both. that would him in the side it. >> that video of nichols is fatal beating by 5 black memphis police officers following a traffic stop that was captured on police body cam and other surveillance footage to anger and protests across the country. but this is how his loved ones say he shoul

i'm grant lodes and i'm vicki liviakis. we're also tracking widespread power outages due to all this wind. here's a. >> a live look now at the pga knees-up outage map. there are thousands of omer currently witut their power. there's a decent number of customers without power in the north. and the south bay's. we have team coverage for you tonight. >> kron four's amanda hari standing by live in san francisco where the wind is already caused damage and >> some areas of san francisco. but first, let's go and get the latest now from chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. yeah, what a dramatic change in the weather pattern just yesterday. >> we have some numbers up in the 60's and the 70's all the sudden, well, high pressure got all the way. a cold front comes swinging in and those winds just within around the bay area. now you can see very gusty winds all around here is look toward sfo. you get to the mountain gaps there. some of those gusts today over 30 miles an hour and we could see some gusts as high as 50. maybe 55 miles per

i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis. we are getting reports that 4 structures have been damaged. not clear. >> if those are homes as well, oakland fire department reporting that the fire is on the 6800 block of 8 can drive up in the hills there. again, we we're just getting in details right now. we do know that it is a 3 alarm, house fire there and a lot of concern tonight because this isn't the same basic vicinity as the big east bay fire storm of 1991 where thousands of homes were burned. so a lot of a lot, a lot of fun, nervous people up there folks always on edge when there's a fire in the hills and rightfully so as we take a >> look at the smoke here. you see from this pg and e camera. you can see it's thick and it is dark and this cameras that even that close to oakland, we have several crews headed to the scene. we'll bring you the latest updates as soon as we get them. they're in the oakland hills and of weather is a big concern crossed. first chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. >> we want to be able to talk to him about. we know that time. there've been rain so well wee

i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis. will the fire fortunately is under control right now. but it took firefighters quite some time. >> to put it out to. here's exactly where it happened on 22nd avenue between noriega and moraga streets there. officials first responding 2 reports of an explosion just after 9.30, this morning. firefighters say when they got there, one home was on fire. you see the flames there. and the explosion cause windows to shatter. >> along is several homes along 22nd avenue there. this is a huge explosion. 3 homes total. the house that exploded. and then the houses on either side of it were worst hurt. we know at least one person has serious injuries, a firefighter as well as being treated for minor injuries. we have a crew on scene gathering information as we speak and we'll be checking in live with them in just a few minutes from now. chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us now. a guy. yeah, good to see. it was tough to a moment to fairly >> guys, we've got some rain coming. looks like doesn't look like a big storm. but here we go. get ready fo

i'm vicki liviakis and i'm justine waldman in for grant lotus tonight, the van at the center >> of the scene near the daly city bart station is the same that early in the day left the scene of yesterday's explosion and fire in san francisco's sunset district kron four's rob nesbitt live for us now in daly city has the latest on what >> the fire department said today about what was in that van right? >> just seen. and vicki, we don't know exactly what the gas was. only that it was highly flammable and it was inside of that box fan behind me. that road is now open and traffic is moving. but since 09:00am this morning in for several hours, this area was completely shut down. this is video of the box van being loaded outside the home that exploded yesterday in san francisco. san francisco fire department and police just come from an hour ago. but it's the same truck that was pulled over here. and daly city, jonathan baxter with the san francisco fire department says the driver is with the san francisco crime lab that was transporting cylinders from the sunset district home to the crime lab

i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis. opd held a news conference today to address that surge in violence. >> including 3 homicides in just one night. here's a map showing the location of all 4 killings over the weekend. 3 of them taking place on friday night. the first and second shooting happening 2 blocks away from each other. the 3rd one happened at a home on 60th ave. >> the 4th was early sunday morning on webster street. police say 2 other people were also shot over the weekend but are expected to survive. >> and after this violent weekend in oakland that brings the total of people killed so far this year to 17, there were 16 at this time last year killed kron four's. dan kerman has the story. >> oakland police are investigating the killing of 4 people and the wounding of 2 others. >> this all happened over a 48 hour period between friday night and early sunday morning. >> at this time, we do not believe the shootings or homicides are connected. >> not only are the crimes unrelated, but police also believe there is n

. >> i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis. yeah. we had a couple weeks of dry weather anyway, but there's more rain in the forecast for tomorrow and want to take a live look outside right now. the transamerica pyramid in san francisco shrouded with clouds, just a wet kind of dreary day. yeah, clouds that apparently are full of water. yeah, it start. what about 2 o'clock this morning? yeah. it was coming down rain more than expected. we had some places over half an inch 3 quarters of inch of rain. almost so. >> yeah, nice little soaker outside and now we've got all that moisture left behind. kind of seeing a lot of fog sitting around the bay area, some drizzle even along the coastline up toward the golden gate bridge, trying to dry out there a little bit. but it's not gonna last long. we've got another storm system ahead in for the weekend. but look at some of the totals around the bay area today. almost 3 quarters an inch in santa rosa to lebron over half an inch of rain. napa for 10 san francisco. you had a half an inch of rain. ho

community here in the history and and and dallas year adding to the rich history that >> in oakland, vicki liviakis kron, 4 news. >> after the break and >> welcome back. getting close to 05:00am now on the morning. that is a whole different than any other morning. this week has been. it's back to the rain we go and you can see we actually have some pretty heavy showers out there in pockets for some areas. some of the heaviest of it right now around woodside. but on up the peninsula into san francisco over the bay bridge into the east bay. we do have some heavier pockets of rain fall currently falling. san francisco really picking up for you as it also is an oakland alameda up to berkeley, san mateo to palo alto, very wet conditions there. 101 to 80 on the peninsula specially with this morning as rain has been telling us, it's just a good idea to take it. slow are out there, especially after a week where we had no weather issues. got a little spoiled earlier this week. reyna. >> does all this is like? bringing that flat tax on it? i have those raccoons living in health. this feisty raccoon on the ru

i'm ken wayne and i'm vicki liviakis. the president's speech before a politically divided congress comes as the country is struggling to make sense out of some compounding cross currents at home and abroad, economic a wearying war in ukraine that just grinds on growing tensions with china, including a spy balloon. you know, among them, biden is also expected to use his speech to make the case for his re-election. today is the first time since 2019 that the president and congressional leaders are permitted to bring guests to the event which is attended by every member of the house and the senate, all 9 supreme court justices, most of the president's cabinet members and the diplomatic corps there. we want to show you. >> live look inside the house chamber where you can see the first lady jill biden is there and there is some ross room where the president will make his remarks. republican house speaker kevin mccarthy of bakersfield will be sitting behind biden's left shoulder. vice president kamala harris from the bay area w

i'm vicki liviakis and i'm catherine heenan. grant lotus is on a special assignment. >> for days we have been telling you about problems related to workers along capp street in the city's mission district. complaints from neighbors prompted city officials to put up those barriers. well, now the city's police department has a new enforcement strategy to keep the work from. >> happening on cap street, our current for sarah stinson spoke with the assistant police chief and joins us now live in the studio to tell us more about that. sarah. >> that's right. i did speak with sfpd assistant chief lives are he says they're finding success in their new way of cracking down. and that is putting officers on the streets as decoys that way when potential clients or john's come down the street, they'll think it is a worker. but in fact, it's an officer. >> have a lot of workers that

i'm vicki liviakis and i'm catherine heenan making oakland say for that was the message today by oakland mayor sheng tao along with supporters and the city's acting police chief. she announced initiatives aimed at improving public safety. and this comes after the robbery and murder of a popular baker last week. also, the city is still dealing with a scandal surrounding the police chief who remains on paid leave. our first stasi with more details now on the plan and what the mayor is saying about moving forward without an official chief to spearhead her plans, increased foot patrols, vehicle enforcement unit, new traffic division. >> all elements of the mayor's new safety initiatives to help strengthen public safety throughout oakland. you can't rise to meet. >> this challenge is starting next week. you'll see return of her walking officers to our business and neighborhood shopping districts. this is a unit that hasn't been in existence for the past 2 years. so this is exciting time with oakland acting police chief darren allison and community supporters. >> mayor sheng tao discuss some o

at 9, everybody on vicki liviakis. i'm grant lotus.re following breaking news in michigan tonight where 3 people have have been injured after 2 shootings on michigan state's campus. a news conference is expected to start in about 20 minutes from now. all right. so here's what we know so far. a campus wide alert went out just after 8.30, central time reporting that shots were fired on or near east lansing campus. about an hour and a half drive from detroit. >> the suspect is still at large. he is being described as a short african-american man with a mask. the campus is currently on lockdown. >> from the previous press conference at 8 o'clock, we learned 5 people were injured, some of th

i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis. out several law enforcement agencies to get more details. >> on exactly what happened here, but is a major event in orinda area. so we'll get back to you as soon as we he

i'm vicki liviakis.otus crews working in just about every corner of the bay area today and tonight to try to get all this debris off the roads, especially the busy thoroughfares, got to clear them up ap. he's a live look at traffic on the bay bridge there on your left moving much more smoothly than it was earlier today after on your right there, that big old eucalyptus tree fell right on the westbound 80. at the treasure island exit right by the tunnel there. this happened this afternoon. traffic moving slowly for several hours thereafter.