>> from the area's local news station, you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at 4. >> well, good friday morning and thank you for waking with us bright and early for the kron. 4 morning news. i'm reyna harvey. well today finally in friday we're talking about the forecast, john. it's been cold all week, but i wore little bit of yellow. just a hope for sunnier days. you know think manifesting it calling a yeah. we're in friday mode and it feels good. it's definitely going to be an increasingly >> we are off to a mostly s. cloudy start this morning. but visibilities. all right. can see there's no fog looking out from the east bay hills into

the bay this morning. love to see a crystal clear morning. now temperatures are chilly again, but not as cold as the past few days have been. we do have freeze advisories and frost warnings this morning. so we're doing pretty well. santa rosa at 35 right now. sounds familiar, dublin livermore as well as saint helene, a sonoma nevado, all other areas that are in the 30's. but at this point, you had a good practice. just put those warm puffy jackets on and you'll be good as you're getting outside. winds still breezy on through the delta fairfield and vacaville 20 miles per hour winds. most of us are on the calmer side of things. we do have offshore showers. this is not going to impact the bay area, but a few of us up in mendocino and northern sonoma county seeing a few light rain droplets. the rest of the bay area is just starting off. mostly cloudy. those showers. they're going make their way southward out of the region. so it's not really something we're going to be dealing with rather. we're just going to see increasingly clear skies, mostly cloudy to start, but a nice and mostly sunny afternoon. just around the

corner and daytime highs in the low 60's later on today, talking even warmer weekend. and then rainfall chances into next week, all still to come right now. all right, john, thank you for that. let's check on those bridges. hey, it's 04:00am. so it's still pretty light. >> 7 minutes mace to that free missouri exit traveling into the city. our san mateo bridge 80 to 101 about 13 minutes traveling across towards the peninsula. you're richmond, sandra fell bridge 8 minutes there and the golden gate bridge. 37 to the totals taking 19 minutes. well, at least one person is dead, another in custody after a fatal stabbing of freeman thursday. that incident happened around 04:00pm with a person reporting an altercation between 2 men. officers arrived and found a man on the ground with severe injuries. he was later pronounced dead at that scene. a suspect has been arrested and there's no threat to the community at this time. well, police are looking for the mother kidnapped her 2 year-old daughter. the child was found safe at a relative's

home in oakland. police say crystal mendez of ducked it. the child from her ex husbands home in san jose. investigators say mendez and known drug user and has no legal custody of her daughter. mendez was last seen wearing a white hooded jacket, black, skinny jeans with rips, knees and dark colored sneakers. she also has a tattoo of dante on her neck. and we're going to have more on this story as the day goes on. well, san francisco police double down on keeping its streets free of workers. police revealed a new enforcement strategy to keep work from happening on cap street. kron 4 sarah stinson talk with the assistant police chief and has those details for us. >> sfpd assistant chief david luiz are says they've been finding success with the new d coy operation. that's where a female officer goes out on to cap street pretending to be a worker and then issues a citation to a potential client or john have a lot of workers

that are on capped that we 18 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 chief david luiz are describing what he saw last friday night when he walked cap street. >> the san francisco police department is cracking down on john's coming to cap street. the most recent d coy operation took place on february 15th. here's video from that night. police issued 7 citations to from. >> half moon bay, one from palo alto and 4 from san francisco who came to our city and came to cap street for the purposes of soliciting workers going to be hard for a john to explain to their family why they received a citation cap street once a john is cited, they are referred to the first defender prostitution program where they allow individuals who solicit. >> workers to go to a class and pay a fine. so that is definitely an option. but

sometimes we find individuals have arrest warrants and that case will actually physically take them under arrest. police say so far no citations have been given to workers. these are human trafficking victims for the most part and what we're going to focus on is getting resources to these individuals to see if we can get them out of this lifestyle to stop the behavior barriers have been put on cap street as another strategy to prevent john's from cruising the area for workers supervisor hillary ronen's for did that after receiving several complaints from people who live there, many of the barriers put in place have been run over by drivers. so the city plants but stronger barriers out within the next week. meanwhile, the police department has motorcycle patrols issuing traffic citations issued approximately 30 citations since. >> last friday night, we have our traffic officers on motorcycles that are out there now will also focus in on who are engaged in human trafficking. as far as putting women out of workers the with

their their their loitering. there's laws on the books around that, they can be aggressive. they could be violent. they could be armed. we're going to address that as well. and for weeks the city will re-evaluate its efforts to deter work on capp street to see if what they're doing is workiig. i'm sarah stinson reporting in the newsroom. back to you. >> and in any of reports say that he was a bad person and nothing in those reports and he didn't have our backs. nothing in report said he didn't care about this city. he didn't care about his job. yes, he did >> members in oakland rally around the rock on strong who was fired as the city's police chief oakland mayor jean talon ounce armstrong's termination wednesday, tao said she based her decision let him go on the findings of an outside investigation that detail misconduct by multiple officers, including the former chief. many people are still questioning whether it was the right move or whether it was done to the right process. >> you can just go to the side

that pushes your envelope and talk to them about the issues of this city. we and we all matter and we all should be heard on the same level. >> we have elected. we have voted for a police commission. yes, that police commission was not given the this is a problem. we have no trust in our democracy. we have no trust at all like pass the group says it plans to participate in a larger rally in support for lebron armstrong on monday. so we'll be following that story. >> but mayor sheng tell fired on strong 30 days after she put him on paid administrative leave. and the mayor talk to us and defended her decision. take a listen. >> in the department, there is a rule that says discipline must given within 30 days. and that was also part of the recommendation from the federal monitors as well, too, as part of the many different problems of the city must follow. and so following that,

i have, you know, i had wished to be able to get a recommendation and that's what it was. was just a recommendation from the police commission on how we move forward. but unfortunately, they were unable to schedule a meeting in time. >> one of the attorneys involved in the federal court oversight of the police department is supporting the mayor's crawford's theresa stasi got a chance to speak with him. >> yeah, you know, there have been major this stops of african americans has gone down 70, 60, 70%. >> civil rights attorney jim chan and was one of the lawyers who is involved in the 2003 negotiated settlement agreement or nsa of the opd. the nsa was created following an explosive case of officer misconduct for the city paid out 10.9 million and agreed to dozens of reforms chan and was on the selection committee that ultimately offered the job of oakland's police chief

to lure on armstrong. >> really thought that he was going to be there when we left and then an outside investigation found in opd officer involved in 2 separate misconduct cases. one a hit and run. >> the other firing his weapon and trying to cover it up. >> the investigation also said that bin chief armstrong failed to discipline the officer appropriately on january 19th newly elected mayor xing tao put him on paid leave, firing him 30 days later. >> first of all, i'm really glad that she did. really looked like it wasn't going to happen. there's a 30 day deadline from time. a complaint is sustained. chief being placed on leave. >> and this shannon says was a critical mistake, found his conduct, the chiefs conduct after the discipline. >> to really saying that the

monitor was doing it for the money saying that the case was an important is it really an important to have someone's damage. 15, 20,014 1000, whatever it is chan and says that he has read the confidential reports as well as listen to dozens of interviews in this case. >> he says bottom line, he feels bad. it all went down. >> i think it was a very sad day. it was a sad day for chief and and for all the people who like myself included. >> to recess to kron. 4 news. on the peninsula. the man accused of murdering 7 of his co-workers at 2 farms in half. moon bay pleaded not guilty. chile's out faces 7 counts of murder. one count of attempted murder. the district attorney

could not say about how much the case because of the gag order issued by the judge, a kron four's legal analyst steven clark says that's because the shooting has received national attention, which could make it very difficult to find an impartial juror in san mateo county. if that's not possible. clark says the defense could request a change of venue in another county to ensure that zao gets a fair case now scheduled to be back in court on may 3rd. coming up on the kron 4 morning news. we're talking about tesla now issuing a recall for one of their most iconic features. we have details on that after the break. >> and local lawmakers in ohio. are talking about the federal government's response to that toxic train derailment. we'll talk more about that with that.

>> more than 360,000 tesla vehicles will self driving are being recalled as the u.s. safety regulators pressure tesla into recalling the vehicles after report that they go in wrong lanes and they don't always follow the speed limits. call for scale on has that story for us. >> the national highway traffic safety administration announced on thursday that tesla will fix concerns with an online software update. documents from the auto

regulator. details problems with how the car function that intersections and whether it follows the posted speed limits. this beta. >> safety critical software is not something that should be in the hands of ordinary consumers are not trained as professional testers of this type of software. sam an electric vehicle industry, principal analyst at guidehouse ads. >> the nhtsa should have banned a software entirely. the tesla owners are using this. you know, they have more or less consented to being part of an experiment. but all the rest of us on the road have not can not consented to be part of tesla's experiment and it's putting other people at risk well. sam and says one example is a thanksgiving crash on the bay bridge involving a tesla in full self-driving mode. >> leading to an 8 vehicle pileup. the recall covers 2016 to 2023 models s and x 2017 to 2023 model 3 and select 2020 to 2023 model y drivers in san

francisco have mixed views. kind of thought it was coming all along. i've never tried it. >> hear a lot of bad things about it. so i'm but it doesn't give it a try it's very like $10,000 one of the l as the software. but he's not concerned about safety. it's not like i've read a thing. but you like the idea that, you know, if i ever need to just stop to drink for drink water act just engaged. autopilot are also driving, you know, just take over. the ala says he is conscious memories that here in the city because there's a lot no sketchy. people want to start to drive ers and you just never how autopilot system react to country. driver test lab reportedly plans to fix the problems with the software update in the coming weeks along. >> kron 4 news. >> all right. well, as friday and you've got a lot to look forward to the week in and probably just a really great work day. we're talking about the weather. you got to know how to dress for the occasion.

john, how should they prepare today? but what we are definitely off to another cold start this morning, we've got chilly temperatures down in the >> you know the drill. they're definitely get those jackets ready to go. those layers to keep cozy. we are looking at another clear morning. no fog out there whatsoever. it is a mostly cloudy, start them have this low pressure area sending to the west of us. it's barely clipping pass the bay area and is currently resulting in a few showers in the mountains of northern sonoma county on up into mendocino county, not going to do so for the rest of us, though, this low is going to trend further southward and high pressure. ridge is actually going to build in further. this is going to keep us dry and mild with increasingly sunny skies into the afternoon. futurecast showing you just that cloud cover this morning. but clearing towards the afternoon today, saturday and sunday bringing of sunshine in both days are going to be warmer as well with daytime highs both saturday and sunday climbing as warm as the mid 60's. now,

as far as today goes mostly low 60's, it is a warm-up for san francisco. those low 60's returning even daly city in half moon bay getting in the mix while burlingame at 61 degrees today, foster city down through mountain view each at 62 south bay. temperatures in the low to mid 60's. san jose. a really nice 64 for you. pair. well with increasingly sunny skies later today, oakland and concord at 62 for your daytime highs. believe how an app of much the same. well, santa rosa at 63 today. now, as i mentioned tomorrow and sunday, getting even warmer some mid 60's. lots of sunshine. really nice weekend to take full advantage of monday. stays dry and in the 60's. but after that, we start to reverse course tuesday. we're still good but drop into the 50's wednesday. windier conditions chance of showers in the evening and then showers really start to increase towards thursday. onward into next weekend. the following week after that. so really enjoy these next several days of dry weather before the change on the

horizon, rain soak up that sun while you can and soak up this like a meat like you can too. 7 minutes into the city, so that fremont street exit. >> your san mateo bridge 80 to 1, 0, one, 13 minutes. a richmond center fell bridge about 7 minutes tolls to 101 and gate bridge. 37 to the tolls can take it out. 19 minutes to make expect to see some cannabis advertisements when you're scrolling through twitter, social media company says it will allow advertising from cannabis companies on his platform. according to forbes, there are more than 20 million tweets about cannabis last year alone. well, it's been 2 weeks since a train derailed in ohio spilling toxic chemicals and affecting the air and the water for the residents and the walleye. biden's administration officials are on the ground in ohio on thursday valley to be there as long as they need to be. washington correspondent anna wiernicki joining us lire with the latest on that morning. good morning. that's

right. some lawmakers are criticizing the federal response to this toxic train derailment saying that help from washington is too little. >> and came too late. >> 2 weeks after a train derailed in east palestine, ohio releasing toxic chemicals into the air and water and forcing more than 2000 residents to evacuate. epa administrator michael regan is on the ground telling residents that washington stands ready to help the community have questions and they deserve >> i want the community to know. we hear you. we see you and then we will get to the bottom of this. regan says the federal government has set up 24 7 air monitoring and is working to ensure the health and safety of the community. all families there. >> access to clean air and but ohio republican congressman j d vance says he's not confident the water is safe. i think that the epa administrator wants to stand here and tell people that the tap water is safe.

>> by all means they should be willing stricken. and ohio democratic senator sherrod brown is calling on more federal agencies, including hhs and cdc to be on the ground helping make that assessment. brown says representatives from the train company responsible should also be there. that accountable to the test for people to move back accountable for all the cleanup. >> brown says cleanup could take weeks and he says it could be days even weeks before they can assure residents our safe to return home. for now live in washington. i'm anna wiernicki. back to you. all right. and thanks for that update. well, still to come of the kron, 4 morning news, we're talking about the white house. >> as they're observing black history month and their own special way. they had a screening of a special will have the details on that after the break. well, in the north

bay, sonoma county, they're ending their covid emergency declaration by the end of the month because their health officer explains it falls in line with the state's expiration because covid-19 case rates are low compared to the last 2 winters. many people are either vaccinated or they already had covid. this means county clinics could close and people can instead turned to their primary care providers and most pharmacies for future

vaccinations. >> not seeing the kinds of covid rates or severe negative outcomes like hospitalizations or deaths that we've seen in the past couple of years. i think most experts agree that we are all living the covid now. in other words, it's a lot like other respiratory illnesses. >> well, with the end of the county issued emergency, that also means that patients with medical need to renew role after march. 11th because it will not automatically do so like it did during the pandemic. san francisco also plans to in their covid-19 public health emergency february. 28. but 2 new health orders will require staff members and health care and gel settings to continue wearing masks. well, president biden says there's no indication that the 3 objects shot out of the sky last weekend. hat surveillance capabilities. defense officials have been on pretty high alert since a suspected chinese spy balloon traveled over the u.s. earlier this

month. biden criticized china's pollute program saying he plans to talk to the president of china, the future of that program. and the president says the last 3 objects were most likely from private companies or research institutions. the white house, they are observing black history month and they recently did this by showing the recently released movie about emmett till the president. the first lady hosted a screening of the film till cast members were also there in attendance, along with in till's family and his relatives and high school students from chicago and mississippi as well. last year president biden signed an anti lynching law and chills name. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news, health officials are worried about a new street drug. >> from the east coast, tension making its way right here to the bay area will have more details on that after the break.

>> all right. welcome back to the kron. 4 morning news. here we are another great day. >> another great day to get outdoors and do some things. maybe just visit some loved ones you might want to do some indoor activities based on what john's been telling us. good morning. yeah. i would say this is a weekend to >> get out there as much as

you possibly can. we've really got some beautiful weather to look forward to the next several days. >> and this is before a big change of pace into the end of next week. that will bring the return of rain falls. that means you have to savor this weekend. a whole lot extra now. right now, the east bay hills camera showing you the clear skies. we have not looking at a foggy start, but another cold start. we're in the 30's for areas like san mateo, redwood city, down through mountain view, fremont on inland over to livermore and dublin and even half moon bay at the coast. also up in the north bay petaluma and santa rosa down at 35 degrees right now. sonoma all the way down to 33 degrees. so definitely a chilly start. not quite cold enough for frost advisories and freeze warnings, though, breezy out of the delta as well as at the coastline. most of us are on the calmer side of things this morning. we do see some offshore showers resulting in just a few sprinkles right along the coastline in sonoma county on up into mendocino county. these are going to skirt right past the bay area, though. so we're not really looking at the potential in the bay area today.