>> right now on the kron 4 morning news 1000 showed up to the a's home opener. but instead of going inside the coliseum, many chose to stay outside and protest the team's move to las vegas. bart police made nearly twice as many arrest last year as they did the year before. we're going to take a look at how they were able to do that. plus, businesses in oakland are joining forces and spending big money to increase safety for their employees. >> from the area's local news station, you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at 6. >> good morning. and happy friday to you that you're thinking of us not make a good anyway. i'm darya james us on this friday before easter. we've got a lot of people depending on the forecast and it's going to be a little wet before we get to hour and look at that. i already saw the golden gate bridge outbound

traffic already huge. i think .t's a big getaway weekend, it totally as yeah. i think some people might have a little bit of a longer weekend and because so many people are going to be on the roads, just make sure to travel safe because today our heaviest impact of rainfall on its way for us. even though we're not too bad out there right now, rainfall is going to increase here very, very shortly. we're looking outside at this view of downtown san francisco and also a view out towards the east bay hills, which are both looking fairly dry at this moment. but it's not going to stay that way. all the energy that you're seeing off shore right there, this very well formed low-pressure system is already resulting in offshore lightning that you're seeing showing up right here off the coast of mendocino county, that heavy rainfall is going to work its way our direction within the next hour or 2 where we're sitting right now. rainfall is still pretty light for most areas. just a few sprinkles out there and most spots, nothing that's holding you up just yet. but we'll get there with winds are also going to increase with 30 to

40 miles per hour. gusts regularly at the coastline could see peak gusts 50 to even 60 miles per hour could result in a few downed trees, especially on mountainsides and at the coast. temperatures right now are in the 40's to low 50's berkeley through hayward in the low 50's well conquered at 49 santa rosa at 45 degrees later on today will basically staying in those mid 50's not getting much warmer than we are right now, but certainly getting a whole lot wetter. i'm timing it out hour by hour for you in future cast. still ahead, rain. all right, john, thank you for that. certainly going to be busy morning, possibly on our highways. so be careful. take a time out there this morning. 9 minutes traveling into the city this morning. not seeing any accidents or hazards on your bridges. good start so far. 30 minutes a 80 to 101, san mateo richmond center fell bridge just short. 8 minutes. and the golden gate bridge. 37, the tolls 20 minute ride on this busy stormy morning ease. back to thank you. reyna. >> well, before largest employers in oakland are now

partnering up to protect their employees from the rising crime in the city crowd michael thomas is live in oakland to explain what they're doing. michael. >> yeah, good morning, everyone. this private 10 million dollar plan. it's really being put together because the employees of this for major companies are falling victim of these crimes when they're heading to lunch or even going to and from work. so take a look. we've got video up on your screen when it comes to the fort major companies involved, it's going to be blue shield of california. clorox kaiser permanente and pg and e they're all pitching in to split the bill for added public safety in this conversation. be an earlier this year when crime force the companies to hire private security guards to escort employees to and from bart stations parking garages in nearby businesses to grab lunch crime statistics show right now robberies are up 34% from last year with the majority happening at gunpoint. the new plans will add in complement existing efforts from both mayor sheng thao and oakland pd and according to blue shelter

website, the plans include creating an uptown and downtown safe zone that will partner with opd, improve, visible and responsive security funding for the oakland uptown downtown community benefit district ambassador program allows people to be escorted to and from local downtown destinations by calling or asking the ambassadors who are on the streets better wearing yellow. lastly, employees will get safety training in subsidize transportation to and from work, which includes nearby parking lots in local businesses. mayor sheng thao did release a statement saying in part, quote, i'm so grateful for the deep partnership of our 4 largest employers and see this as an example of a strong public private partnership that plot their engagement as choose civic leaders to improve conditions for everyone. i know we will be successful in quickly bringing safety growth in vibrancy back to our streets. now, these plans are set to roll out within the next few weeks and set to last throughout this year. you know, those ambassadors that we talk about it, something that we saw last month the

berkeley university, also adding those to those as we get more details as to what more plans they have or if those crime statistics go down, we'll keep you updated. that's very latest live in oakland and michael thomas story edging. so send it back to michael, thank you. out of the violence in oakland continues. one person has died after being shot in oakland around 4 o'clock in the afternoon yesterday. >> louvain avenue not too far from the oakland airport. police have not yet identified the victim and we don't have any info on who may have done it. time now is 604. in san francisco. police have detained 2 people for a shooting that killed one person near union square. this happened last night around 9.30, in an area of the bart station there off of market street. police are trying to figure out right now what led up to the shooting will continue to follow that one as well. >> we'll take this dash camera footage. captures there. it is. bullets shattering the

passenger side window of a vehicle in the middle of the afternoon in hayward, chp released this video of the freeway shooting that happened wednesday was on just south of el dorado. niles road. they say the driver only suffered minor injuries from shattered glass. the shooter was found and arrested. >> 605. and for your health this morning, there's a warning about increase in hooping cough cases in marin county, especially in teenagers with kron four's will tran up in mill valley right now with what we need to know will. >> well, here's what you need to know if you have a child that's 2 months or younger, be very careful. i'm infinite pius high school. this seems to be ground 0 when it comes to hoping cough cases in marin county. 65 of the 113 cases in this county. well, they're from the high school. here's what you need to know. according to health experts, they believe it's cyclical. so about 3 to 5 years ago,

approximately 4 years ago to be exact. we were in the midst of the pandemic. so a lot of people are staying home. so they did not expose each other to hoping cough. well, you've fast forward to now. they're back in school and in the vaccines, maybe not as powerful as they once were as the kids age. well, that makes them more prone to come down, hoping cough cases. and that's why the school they're not mandating masks. but they say if you feel safer, wearing masks by all means go to campus with it sitting in class with your mask. so you, you know, can prevent yourself and getting hoping cough, we've got a chance to talk to health experts. here are some of the dangers of the cough. >> the latest generation of vaccine tends to wane after several years. and so we see it as a cohort effec every few years. the last time we would have expected to see this was about 4 years ago. but around that time was when schools are closed at learning went virtual and that when people did congregate, they did so with masks. so we

didn't see that, which is which is terrific. but i think we were due for it and we're sort of seeing it now. this seems to be something that happens every few years. >> so it is cyclical and it's not surprising to them. and jane's get this. so we have about 113 cases in marin county, as i mentioned so far last year, 11 cases. so he's right on point with that. why is it so dangerous for babies? 2 months or younger? because before their 2 months or older, they cannot be vaccinated. so if you have an older sibling and all of a sudden they expose that baby to hoping cough it could be fatal to babies and toddlers not so bad to high school kids if you have a runny nose and you have hoping cough, of course, go to the hospital. see your doctor after that. you're supposed to stay home for 5 days. and if you don't want to go to the doctor and just want to ride it out,

they're suggesting that you stay home for 21 days. but the good news is for high school kids and adults. it's not fatal. >> back to you, ok? thanks for all that info will okay. 608, is the time and police raided illegal drug lab in the east bay home this week. >> they arrested one person, although investigators are still searching for 2 more that they think we're running the place. so this lab was discovered tuesday at a home on shasta daisy drive right next to liberty high school out. and brent, what authorities say the lab was being used to make the psychedelic drug dmt. investigators say they also found a possible explosive compound that wared in containers. so in the end, they did arrest a person identified as jonathan mccarthy, but they're still searching for maxwell. hayworth and daniel >> time now 609. and you know, this skyrocketing pga bills. it is a problem bay area wide and those high costs are now forcing an east bay movie theater to have to cut back.

>> costa gotten so bad that the rent a theater will have to close 2 days a week around for dan thorn has more. when it's dark. the theater usually has its iconic marquee lit up and drivers from highway. 24 can see it. but that was not the case. thursday night. >> as one of the cost-cutting measures, the owners of the orinda theater, a taking and now they're also closing the theater on mondays and tuesdays after getting a more than $6,000 energy bill from pg and e. the historic movie theater in orinda is making difficult decisions over ever increasing energy bills. the orinda theater will no longer have showings on the silver screen on mondays and tuesdays. you know, obviously like to be open 7 days a week, but >> if you know, we can be opened and have lost every day. you theater owner derek xem racks as it was this $6200 charge from pg any that's forcing them to cut back. the bill was 2 grand higher than what they usually see. and it came as a shock may peak the

5,000 dead of winter. >> yeah, never $6,000 in 15 years since i've been doing year in the theater opened in 1941, and place classic films and new releases. its large theater can seat up to 750 people. and during chilly evenings, heat is required to keep the audience comfortable zimmer acts as the enormous jump in utilities is forcing them to not only close the curtains. 2 days a week, but also cut back on powering up their iconic marquee. no shining sign is a disappointing site for locals. the marquee is >> the probably the most iconic part of orinda. you know, the symbol that we all think about we think of orinda. it kinda makes me sad. i hope i hope they find success is amber acts as they've always been grateful for the support of the year in the community. and word spread fast about the high pg any bill zamra copes. the utility will help them out. >> i did i didn't get a call from thing. you know, like,

wow, they could try to you know, but, you know, we'll see where that goes. so >> the monday and tuesday closures are set to begin next month. but senator acts as the popular once a month classic movie tuesday, matt will not be affected. reporting are in doubt. dan thorn kron. 4 news is going to have an effect in the summer wheniyou go there because you don't want your crank up your a i'm going to be open mondays and tuesdays. >> still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news lawmakers pushing to lower the speed limit in zones in california that are near schools. will tell you why. plus, lot of californians are finding themselves without a home insurance now because companies are dropping. we're getting out of the state altogether. and that's a predicament. plus ski season is extended now in tahoe. they is extended now in tahoe. they are bracing for more snow.

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>> and we're back 6.14, is a time and here are 4 things to know. the brunt county coroner has identified the man who died after his car caught fire and crashed in the battle on sunday. they say that fieri to gun. was driving south on one sunday when his car went off freeway right near the potro ramp or on ramp. jury convicted a man on several charges throwing pipe bombs at police during a chase from san francisco to the east bay last police say the chase started after the man punched parishioner at saint peter and paul church. the man was also arrested for allegedly cutting down telephone wires and disrupting internet access for residents enrichment. att estimates the damage to the

phone lines to be upwards of $20,000. and the padres beat the giants. 64 during opening night last night. no play again tonight at 6.40. >> 6.15, right now and know about crab for you. well, commercial crab season is going to be ending any way on april 8th for most of the california coastline. and that is because there are more humpback whales out there. fishing is going to be prohibited from the sonoma mendocino county line to the u.s. mexico border restrictions will be in place to limit the amount of fishing north of the sonoma and mendocino county line. so yeah, you can get crowd but costs more in that area. alright, 6.15, is the time. want to get a check of the forecast because today's the day we're expecting big red don, i thought i was going make a mad dash to the car, but i was dry. >> all dry. all the drive from the john. was good to it's crisp out here, though. it is cold this morning for early risers. you're definitely getting the easiest commute

that we're going to be seeing all day long today. rainfalls only going to increase as we make our way through the late morning into. >> afternoon and all time it out hour by hour golden gate bridge looking fine right now. it's also going to be very windy at the coastline, too. so the rain is only half of it. all that energy offshore. there's your center of this low pressure area sitting just to the west of us showers now currently moving into mostly the north bay. but we are seeing some light sprinkles here and there for the rest of the bay area that very light green indicating nothing more than just really some misty few drops of water here. and there futurecast shows exactly what we've got around the corner as we make our way into the 7 o'clock hour. rainfall really begins to pick up initially for the north bay. then for the rest of us and rolling through the rest of the morning will continue to see areas of rainfall increasing right around noontime into the early afternoon afternoon hours itself brings our most widespread, heavy rainfall, yellow, orange and red, indicating those downpours with spotty showers continuing

into our overnight hours tonight as well as into tomorrow. tomorrow is going to be interesting. you'll see time's of dry skies, but watch for some thunderstorm development. also possible as we do work our way into your saturday. good news for sunday. for those easter egg hunts things. look to be nice and dry for a daytime hours. actually tapping into some sunshine could see a few sprinkles up in the mountains. but rainfall looks to be staying off until we see a couple of overnight showers sunday night leading into monday morning. rainfall totals over the weekend going to amount to over an inch for most areas. so we've definitely got a round of rain ahead of us and also some very strong winds accompanying it with high wind advisories at the coast inland east bay, upper elevations in coastal areas, particularly affected by those stronger wind gusts. a winter storm warning taking effect 11:00am this morning in the sierra nevada. we are going to be looking at anywhere between one to even 2 feet of it at those higher

elevations of the sierra nevada. now do expect some delays chain controls in effect both today and tomorrow, but improved conditions as we work towards the latter part of the weekend. and hey, if you do have monday off of work, perhaps that is going to be a perfect skiing day under the sunshine, enjoying all that fresh new powder. temperatures today are going to be cool. mid 50's for most of us tomorrow. going to be right around the same temps after that. we'll start be on the rise, though. and by monday, tuesday and wednesday. look forward to some 70's and some sunshine rain. all right, john, thank you for that. all lights start on this friday and >> holiday weekend. so can see our highways pretty much in the green from the north way, all the way down to the south bay johnson. talk about the rain starting to pick up about 7 o'clock. so we'll keep a close eye on things there. they read right now at 9 minutes. no accidents, hazards or delays. san mateo bridge just short of 14, 80 to 101, checking on things in the south bay. 85 menlo park at 30 minutes. no major delays along

17 either the space aliens or down to 37. 22 minute ride. arias is back to you. >> thank you very much. rain is 6.19. is the time. and former windsor mayor dominic foppoli will not face criminal charges after all from the state attorney general's office, the decision comes 3 years after multiple women accused him of sexually assaulting them. poli resigned as mayor back in 2021. and said the encounters were consensual. in a statement, state attorney general rob bonta's office says that it reviewed the investigation done by the sonoma county sheriff's office and it did its own additional investigation. and at this time, the office does not have enough evidence to warrant filing charges in this case. bonta's office added the investigation remains open that anyone with additional evidence should come forward. time now, 6.20, in the north bay, one man has died in a bicycle crash in which happened around 9 o'clock wednesday night. >> there was a car headed down wine country avenue. and there

was a bicyclist on the ground between do history, an emperor away. so the bicyclist was found had already been hit police are now looking for the vehicle involved. >> a new digital mobile radio system in sonoma county is going make communication easier. they say in disasters and in recovery, the department of public infrastructure partnered with the neighborhood, auxiliary communications services and they are training users. they are able handle 500 handheld radios. some of the radios are going to be installed in department cars. others are going to be given to officers funding for this comes from the pg and e settlement funds from 2017 and the sonoma county fires that happened there. >> before your money this morning as people get ready to celebrate easter, we're seeing egg prices tick, upwards fact, getting up to near historic highs worldwide. and that's causing concern for consumers. disease outbreaks, lower supply and increased farming

costs have led to elevated prices for the essential food item. economists say the bird flu is the biggest factor. recent adverse weather conditions and the ongoing conflict in ukraine are also playing a role. the newly named naval ship, the uss harvey milk plans to visit and dock in san francisco today. the ship honor san francisco's naval veteran and former supervisor and lgbtq activist harvey milk. the event is not open to the public, but city officials say the community can view the ship from pierre 30 and 32 on the embarcadero today at 11 o'clock, the ceremony plans to honor local military veterans by presenting official lapel pins. bay area veterans that served during the vietnam war. >> it's 6.21. and coming up on the kron 4 morning news kron four's very own pam moore was honored in oakland because of all the good work he's done here in the bay area. we're going to see how she feels looking back at that.

>> and we are tracking the rain that is slowly moving in to the bay area. it will make its way into your neighborhood for sure. john w

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>> 6.24, is the time in the south bay, san jose. firefighters have some new digs to help prepare crews for emergency scenario. so check it out. the department unveiled a new training facility located on center road. they were out there yesterday morning. our cameras were tracking them. this building has office space and training grounds that replicates what it's like to be at the scene of a real fire. there also is a 6 story

building that's there to help train firefighters on how to handle, you know, fires in high-rise. >> is. >> from a remarkable woman to another remarkable woman. our very own pam moore honored at the powerful women of the bay awards in oakland and she got this year's special recognition award for her reporting. >> pam join kron in 1991. she retired from the anchor desk. i'm just a while ago after 32 years. but she's still around to it. special projects. let's hear from her. >> the young women here have watching news is out of the little girl. it just makes feel. it makes you fabulous job. you get to really experience so much of the world that is outside your own light. and i just learned so much about people and living and what kind of person i wanted to be.

>> through my job. >> and she's still figuring out what kind of person she wants to be. she's on that quest right now doing all kinds of traveling, connecting with friends and family. and she was awarded the san francisco press cubs lifetime achievement award as well. pam. now and then pam, over the years, it's always fun to see gray. all right. looks on may's. right. we're just talking about that. >> okay. coming up next on the kron 4 morning news. we're tracking the rain. we see it on the radar. there's a whole lot more on the way impacting us throughout the afternoon. we've got john with the details coming up in a minute.

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>> 6.29, you know, we're just talking about the dreaded wet dog soon. get a lot of that today. i suspect we've got john with the forecast. not if your dog fearful of the by days he will be out and back in just a second. but right now is not a bad time to get the dogs outside. real quick. >> before showers do eventually arrive here in just an hour or so. rainfall is really going to pick up more and more. and we're going to see the heaviest of it right in the middle of the day today. this is what we got outside right now from half moon bay. just a couple of sprinkles here. and there nothing super heavy just yet. good news for those of you that are getting outside right now. look at this. you can see the center of the storm right here and it's making its way directly our direction. so we're going to get a direct hit from some of these bands of rainfall moving in. currently, we're just seeing some light showers here and there like up and down the east bay shoreline down into the south bay. nothing super major just yet. but if you look at future cast, you can

see what we do have on our way that heaviest of rainfall still sitting offshore and does work its way in over the next hour into the next 2 hours and are right in the middle of the morning commute. good news is rain will tell you is we're probably not going to see that bad of a commute today. but regardless, slow yourself down as you're getting out there, rain stays with us well into the afternoon temperatures. it will be cool and winds will be strong. that is going make for a brisk feel today. 30, 40, even 50 miles per hour gust paired with those 40's and 50's means. go ahead. bundle up. don't forget the rain jacket. obviously napa and conquered in the upper 40's, berkeley and oakland. each ride at 50 degrees later on today will be staying in those 50's with mid-fifties at the warmest right right on the even that you're iraq very light start. >> lot of holiday travel. a lot of holidays staying home to rest. 9 min iran into the city. the meter lights not on san mateo bridge just short of 13 minutes. a 80 to 101, or it was a old bridge around 9 minutes. no accidents, no

hazards. golden gate bridge. nice and clear. 20 minute and look at your highways across the bay. lot of green. maybe you are at the limit. make an excellent time darya. james, back to you. thank you. reyna 6.31. and bar police have stepped up their safety measures. >> they are seeing a really big difference, especially a bart station. that's what they say. in fact, they released new data showing the effectiveness of that safe and clean plan. that's what they're calling it proper. theresa stasi takes a closer look. >> bart police chief kevin franklin saying that he's applauding this new data saying that it is a reflection of the hard work that our police officers have been doing to try make the system safer. take a look at this. you need to see these pictures. this is an example of some of the illegal guns confiscated during arrests in total. bart police say officers took and 49 illegal handguns that is up from 40 in 2022, it's the most guns bar police have ever recovered in a year. bart officers making

726 arrests and 2023 compare that with 448 in 2022, the department says that is a 62% increase in arrests. bart police chief kevin franklin saying, quote, since we started deploying more patrol officers to ride trains. we have seen an impact and our writers are telling us that they notice the difference. we spoke with riders and they shared their thoughts. takes a bite a monday to friday. >> in the morning and they come back at this time in early afternoon have noticed this more. staff for the safety. i really appreciate that. >> plus, when those 2 trains are cleaner. i have i have not had a problem and park itself. >> barnes says a quarterly performance review showed riders who reported seeing bar police on their trip reached a record high of 20%. again, the chief saying that the increase

safety is mostly due to getting more officers into the department and that they continue to try and have a robust recruitment. here. an orinda theresa kron, 4 news 6.30, >> store in oakland that is suspected of selling cannabis and tobacco products to minors. and take a look at some of the items that were being sold as a police showed us that psychedelic mushrooms for sale, marijuana variety of thc products and guns. police say the store also did not have a valid license to sell these items. police have not named the oakland business that these came from. they just say it's located on macarthur boulevard just north of 30th avenue and they haven't said whether the story was shut down or not. it's 6.33. and all of that comes after police found these items at a smoke shop last month in the seminary neighborhood of oakland. and you can see here all bunch pot, crystal meth flavored tobacco. nobody was

arrested in this case. >> well, speaking of drugs, we have a san francisco mayoral candidate now calling for a fentanyl state of emergency and more armed cash, california national guard's officers is what they want and they want to close down open air drug markets. former mayor mark farrell says that his plan would expand access to treatment as well for those suffering from addiction. mayor london breed's campaign responded with this. quote in march farrell, san francisco army national guard troops will fence off the tenderloin and create the green zone. chilly, creating a baghdad by the bay. >> residents and commuters want a leader that will meaningfully address the fentanyl crisis, not humvees in ar fifteen's while farrell plays g i joe mayor breed continues to do the heavy lifting gov governing behind the scenes, end quote. >> 6.35 is the time in the east bay. police have

identified the suspects who they say are responsible for this elsa tobacco shops mash. and you can see the damage here that then led them on a chase that ended with a w ong-way crash and the death of an innocent driver. this happened earlier this month and surveillance video shows white pickup here smashing into the front of that shop. 2 men then start rummaging around the store. police say that's patrick shekels from oakland and andre albert ii from san francisco. when officers arrived, they chase the suspects who eventually got onto the westbound lanes of 5.80, near the bay bridge toll plaza going the wrong way. moments later, that truck investigators say shekels was driving, crashed into 2 other cars. one of the drivers died at the scene. the austrian police department says it's working right now with the chp to pursue criminal charges. time now 6.36, and the number of children dying in california from being hit by a car is increasing its big concern. it is. yeah. now bay area legislator wants to make

that less likely to happen especially around schools. kron four's dan kerman reports. >> across the nation, school speed zones vary. but california is one of a handful where they can be as high as 25 miles per hour. we're doing everything we can to get more and more students to walk and bike and roll the school. >> but we need to create a safe environment for them to be able to do that. and it doesn't matter where you live in california, every student deserves that. that right to safety at a news conference thursday outside councilman elementary school in campbell. but low park state assemblyman marc berman introduced new legislation which would drop california school zone. speed limits to 20 miles per hour or less. the bill would also replace the when children are present coffee at with specific times. no longer will. we asked drivers to take their eyes off the road and search for whether there's a child president because after our bill. >> drivers will know whether you're in shasta county or san diego county, the before and after school. you need to slow down. it was a year and a half

ago in september of 2022. 8, year-old jacob, be a new wave. councilman elementary school 3rd grader died after being hit by a car while walking to school. we are determined that jacobs death not be in vain. and this is one more step in the right direction. the safer school zones act also requires improve safety planning within a half-mile of schools. backers of the bill say by creating similar standards around all california schools, drivers are more likely to comply if the bill passes the legislature and signed by the governor. it takes effect january. first of 2025. >> but it would be phased in over a period of years. dan kerman kron, 4 news at 6.37, on the peninsula. san mateo county has released a new renderings of an affordable housing project that is planned for moss beach. that would include 71 one to 3 bedroom homes over 16 different buildings in this complex. a court of the units

would be reserved for farm workers and other low-income residents and all of the units would be rented to households that make less than the bay area's median income. >> the sierra is expecting another round of heavy snow through this holiday weekend. they already have so much but why not more, especially if you love to ski and snowboard and ski resorts are beginning to extend their season. as a result, we've got kron four's gayle ong with the story. >> springsteen is my favorite time of the whatever those warmer temperatures as one of the best times to learn how to write and and now anyone who wants to learn how to write in ski has until may at palisades tahoe resort, pr manager patrick lacey is looking forward to extending the season we receive 31 inches in the month of march were actually to our average seasonal snowfall. and we can possibly get there by the end of this motions are definitely a lot of excitement around the mountain right now.

>> over at kirkwood mountain resort, this ski season is extending 2 weeks later until the end of april. general manager ricky newberry march kind of came in strong. we've got a bunch of snow to start the month. >> we had a week of some spring weather, some bluebird skies and some warmer temps. and then i'm kind of mid month and has been the return of winter. so, yeah, the snowpack is healthy and the skiing and writing is top notch right now and looking forward to doing it for another month and more snow is on the way. this is a good system. this is cold, but anyone heading out to the sea want to caution safety periods of moderate to heavy snow in the forecast. >> prompted the national weather service to issue a winter storm warning director of communications for kelly past resorts. kevin coop cooper gets this reminder for drivers heading up this holiday weekend. make sure you still have those chains catch. you have that emergency road kit. make sure you fill your charger ev before you come up there. this is a winter storm

will have impacts on i-80 highway 50 state route. 88. >> he i know the palisades and kirkwood ski resorts are expected to showcase all kinds of events. by the way, it may be difficult to get up there, though, this weekend. we all know about that. you know, when there's a storm john's been talking about that, so be prepared for chain controls that caltrans is also remind drivers heading up there to check their social media platforms because they're going to the latest. >> traffic conditions as well before you head out. so make sure you're prepared. you could be waiting in something like that for a why would the weekend that i went? they closed down the road for a time. i was talking about others in an extra hour traffic. >> still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news and east bay city is a step closer to creating more protections from evictions for renters. >> and after the break, new giants manager bob melvin making his debut against his old team on opening day. we'll have the highlights. as well.

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square. the shooting happened around 9.30 last night near the bart station off of market street. one person was shot and killed in oakland around 4 o'clock in the afternoon yesterday, the happened on louvain avenue not far from the oakland airport. former windsor mayor dominic is not going to face criminal charges. this decision comes 3 years after multiple women accused him of assault. the state attorney general's office says they review the investigation by the sonoma county sheriff's office and didn't additional investigation at this time. they don't have enough evidence and illegal drug lab is found in a home on shasta daisy drive near liberty high school in brentwood. the lab was used to make psychedelic drugs. one person was arrested. >> all right. let's check the weather here at 6.45? because today's the day that john has

been saying, we're probably going to be our heaviest rain of the 6 in this week. but it's something we have a few more hours will make it out a communique. yeah, i mean, it's not too bad of a commute already because, you know, it's the >> friday before easter, but we are is still in the period of relative calm before rainfall kicks up likely within the next hour. >> golden gate bridge here looking pretty nice and clear right now. as you can see, this is the low pressure right here. lot of energy offshore. and we do have some stuff showing up on radar here. san francisco in the peninsula's relatively dry few light sprinkles here and there for the east bay. nothing that should be cause a new issues just yet. as for future cast, you absolutely see what we have heading our direction here in about 30 minutes point rays and other portions of western marion county will really start to get in the mix. more and more as we make our way through the rest of the morning. it only increases becoming more widespread specially heavy for the north bay initially and then picking up into the afternoon, our

area, heaviest of rainfall right in the middle of the day today and having an impact on your drive home from work today. i know today is the start of a busy travel weekend. so if you are getting on the roads, whether it's staying in the bay area are heading to the sierra watch today, especially tomorrow is going to come along with isolated thunderstorm potential. we actually do have some times of nice sunshine out there. here's noontime tomorrow. looking great. unclear for a lot of the bay area, but we will see that chance of afternoon thunderstorms building in 03:30pm, right here and on into the evening after that good news. if you have easter plans on sunday, skies will be at our very clearest to close out the weekend on sunday. as for rainfall totals today and tomorrow, we're going to see well over an inch of it for most of the bay area. so quite a lot of rain here locally. we also have wind coming along with this gust as high as 50 to 60 miles per hour at the coastline. and we do have high wind advisories for the entire coast, the inland east bay, as well as the city itself. a winter storm warning goes back into effect in the sierra at

11 this morning. and with that comes multiple more feet of snow at the very crest of the sierra. what you had about 5,000 feet in elevation. we will be looking at one to 2 feet of it and snow level yet again falling to around 3500 feet. weve got those delays very likely today chain controls absolutely. in effect. and really the biggest issue today is going to be the winds up there. that's going to close down those lifts anyways. good news towards the latter half the weekend. things just generally calm down monday in particular looking like an absolutely gorgeous day to take to the slopes. today's daytime highs will be in the mid to upper 50's and a look ahead shows temperatures that will be rising into next week. climbing back into the 70's starting on monday through wednesday. all right, john, thank you for that. getting us of the area, highways, bridges. >> as you can see, covered in the green. these are looking really nice and light easy. start to your morning commute. will it stay this way? we do now. so again, take a time. if you're traveling. so is that rain starts to make everything a lot slicker on your commute.

9 minutes into the city this morning. just under 14 80 to 101, across our san mateo bridge. checking on. 24 for you. wanna creek down to 5.80? no delays. there. we for the slight delay, but nothing major. about 17 minutes, antioch, one, 60 into to 42. and let's check on 17 right now. santa cruz traveling up to los gatos about 22 minutes. all right, james, back to you. >> thank you very much. rain to 7 or 6.48. is the time and authorities are now identifying the man who died after his car caught on fire and crashed in novato on sunday. the marin county coroner says the teary who got him was driving southbound on 1, one sunday morning when his car went off the freeway right near the del prado on-ramp. he died at the scene and according to a gofundme page that's been set up to help his family. he was a car enthusiast and is survived by 2 daughters and his wife. a concord man who tossed a pipe

bomb at police last october has finally been convicted this week. danielle garcia was charged for throwing multiple pipe bombs while on a high-speed chase by san francisco. police. she was convicted on multiple counts, including detonating an explosive device with intent to injure. he faces up to 14 years in state prison and is set to be sentenced this april. >> time now 6.49, and a man who cut down telephone wires. you can see them there in this disrupted access in richmond. that person is now behind bars. they have not identified who they arrested, but >> police were searching his car when they found all wire, it's stolen wired a bunch of tools, a tnt estimating that the damage to the phone lines about $20,000 from this richmond, police have seen an increase in copper wire thefts in the city. in the east bay. the city of antioch is taking its first steps to enhance legal protection for renters. on tuesday, the city council to staff to create a draft of a just cause eviction

ordinance. just cause protects renters from no-fault evictions. i've been a landlord to fix people when they want to renovate a property so that they charge more rent. antioch city council members say they would like to see this ordinance include relocation assistance for people who are evicted. we're not sure when the ordinance might be ready. >> well, thursday marked opening day for major league baseball. and the new giants manager bob melvin made his debut against his old team in san diego. a kron 4 sports director jason dumas has the highlights. >> opening day to some. it's like a national holiday for 30 teams. it's a sense of optimism that this can be the year. the giants enter it retooled and looking to get off to a great start. they were in san diego on thursday taking on the padres in barry is bob melvin making his giants debut. the bay-area kid. >> playing his former team and the giants they got on the board. first top of the 3rd, nic, a man. the blast, one

down to 3rd base line. michael conforto scores. it's one nothing fast. 47 tie game and again into left field. his second rbi single of the game and we're tied up once again. but bottom of the 7th man on the corners in the giant bullpen a blow it for logan webb once again. xander boegarts. brings in a couple runs and then the next batter, jake cronenworth, he puts the game away. hopefully this is not a precursor of the season where logan webb pitch amazing. and then the guys can hold the wait for him. it wasn't like it was like that. padres win it 6 to 4 running back on friday. all right. that's your look at sports. back to you guys.

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now on the kron 4 morning news bart police made nearly twice as many arrests last year as they did the year before. we'll take a look at why they were able there how they really do that. plus, businesses in oakland are joining forces now in spending some pretty big money to increase safety for their employees. and we're tracking the storm making its way across the bay area. heavy wind gusts expected throughout the day and a lot of rain. >> from the area's local news station.