now. the kron 4 morning news businesses in oakland are joining forces and spending money to increase safety for their employees. >> we're also tracking the rain. a stormy weather beginning to blanket the bay. heavy winds expected throughout the day. we'll take a closer look. >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at no. >> good morning and thanks for joining us on this friday. i'm sorry. and i'm james and a wet friday. it is the rain really start to fall now as promised and advertise yes, we're talking all about it. friday

is going to be the one that's going to bring the heaviest rain with that. and it certainly is the case all day long today. >> in particular, middle of the day, the strongest of winds and the heaviest rains. still very much, though, ahead of us. we're sitting at the coast right now. winds are picking up out there. we've seen some decent rain so far. you can see this very well formed system. what an impressive low sitting right to our west that is dragging in with that. all this moisture that we're now seeing moving into the bay area, some spots that have already seen some heavy rain fall include marin county. and we've seen some of that picking up right around richmond up to san pablo right now. walnut creek also seeing some moderate showers as you are from dublin, down through pleasanton the south bay. you've also seen some activity but really quieted down around san jose at this moment in particular, we still plenty of energy out to the west of us in all that is going to work its way are right on the peninsula. the east bay and the north bay, too, south bay, a little quieter by

comparison, but you'll get there later on today. these pockets of heavy rain become widespread, heavy rain into the early afternoon when we'll see the heaviest of it and the strongest of winds too. winds today will gust as high as 40 to 50 miles per hour resulting high wind advisories for much of the bay area. current temps are still in the 40's to 50's. it's windy. it's cloudy. it's cool. and it's wet. just make sure that you've got those layers on and staying nice and warm. i know today is kind of a getaway day. it's easter weekend. so drive safely. reach your destination. nice and slowly. want to leave a little extra early rain. all right, john, thank you for that little west morning out there not seen accidents on our bridges, but things are particularly wet. >> 11 minutes traveling into the city right now. san mateo bridge around 14 minutes 8.80, to 101. thankfully a lot of people are taking their time wet the richmond sandra fell bridge is right now about 9 minutes. not seen any accidents. golden gate bridge. minutes. and let's get a look

at our highways green for the most part. so like conditions, the wet conditions, no need to reaches. back to you. thanks a lot. >> ok to the breaking news this morning out of the south bay where san jose police are asking people to avoid the area of ross avenue and lee avenue because of a shooting that happened earlier this morning. police say they were responding to a welfare check in that area when a man who was standing outside of a home fired a shot at them, nobody was hurt and that suspect was eventually taken into custody. no word on when these roads are going to reopen. but kron 4 is sending a crew to the scene. so we'll keep you updated when we find out more. and another breaking news story that we've got is another united flight. >> had problems taking off from sfo. it was departing yesterday supposed to go to paris, but they had to divert and land in denver because they had an issue with one of the engines united confirms with our sister station in denver that that flight had this engine issue and they

didn't declare an emergency landing because of it. they just landed safely diverted to denver as a precaution. but it was another of the same plane, the boeing 7, 7, 7, >> united said they are working with the customers today to get them out of denver and on their way to go to paris. >> well, to oakland now where the 4 largest employers in oakland are partnering working together to try to prove employees safety taking their safety into their own hands now and their own pocketbooks to. >> kron four's. michael thomas is live in oakland with this partnership. >> hey, good morning, everyone. that's right. this 10 million dollar private initiative for public safety comes as many of these employees of those 4 major companies have fallen victim to the crime here in downtown oakland, whether it's them walking to lunch or even to and from the office. >> the for larger employers that are splitting this hefty 10 million dollar bill include blue shield of california. clorox kaiser permanente in pg and e earlier this year. crime

force the companies to hire private security guards to escort employees to and from bart stations parking garages and nearby businesses. campaign manager randy in downtown oakland says having more security is ideal. i mean, myself, my i more you know. >> i see some more hundreds of people crime statistics show robberies are up. 34 1% from last year with majority happening at gunpoint. >> the new plans will adding complement existing efforts from both mayor sheng thao and oakland police ramey tells me those efforts have been noticed in the recent weeks and have helped with business. but for last 2 years. >> that that need to suffering damage from >> crime. according to blue shield website, the plans include creating an uptown and downtown safe zone. that will partner with opd to improve visible and responsive security funding for oakland, uptown downtown community benefit district ambassador

program which allow people to be escorted to and from local downtown destinations by calling or asking ambassadors in the street. employees will also get safety training in subsidized transportation. mayor thao did put out 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. i applaud their engagement is true. civic leaders to improve conditions for everyone. i know we will be successful in bringing back safety growth in vibrancy. back to our streets. now, these public safety plans are set to roll out over the next few weeks. and then last throughout the rest of this year as we get more word from those companies and the city of oakland on if the crime has gone down because of it. >> we'll continue to keep you updated live this morning in oakland, michael thomas story. james, we'll send it back to that. thank you, michael. >> time now is 906. new this morning, governor newsom just announced a new plan to install 480 cameras in the

east bay to improve safety. so this is thing that they're thinking of doing. the governor's office is going use the chp. they have a contract with flock safety to install these cameras, hundreds of them. >> in oakland and also on. >> state freeways through the east bay. the goal is to help combat crime and criminal activity and reduce freeway violence. the governor says this camera network is going to use technology to allow law enforcement to identify vehicles be on the license plate number. and this will allow the agencies to search for the car suspected in violent crimes and issue real-time alerts as to where they're going. >> will for your health this morning. health officials now warning about an increase in hooping cough cases up in warren county, especially in team. and it's extra dangerous of those teenagers come into contact with the littler kids. powers will tran is live in mill valley with what we need to do. well.

>> channel, pius high school for whatever reason and they're still investigating why they are seeing such a huge surge in hoping cough at this location. the kids are inside the classrooms as we speak. many of them probably have their masks on. they're not mandated to wear masks. but if it makes you feel safe for the school says by all means and here's the reason why. and marin county, they have 113 cases whooping cough. 65 of them are at this school just to give you perspective last year, marin county had 11 cases. so they are seeing a huge spike in cases. this seems to be cyclical that every 3 or 4 years they see an uptick in cases because those kids well, those childhood vaccines, they're getting to the age where those vaccines are starting to wear off. so it's no surprise that they're it's seen hoping cough, but it doesn't mean the kids and their parents are not a little bit concerned. >> i'm a little bit has

people. >> it's kind of increasing around >> and i don't know how about but this right now, i think everyone should just stay home if you have cough or sort of. >> sent out a lot e-mails and teachers have been a fun experience that will kick off is going around the school. were you a little concerned at all? yes, because the school has a lot of students. and when classes has 32 kids, which has a high chance of me getting whooping cough. >> here's what you need to know. some of the symptoms include a runny nose. and of course, severe coughing. the good news is among their age group and adults. it's not fatal, but possibly fatal. 2 babies, 2 months or younger. and the reason why is before 2 months they're not vaccinated. and if you have children and some of them being 2 months or younger, make sure that you protect those kids have a little bit of distance. the

good news is it is very treatable. if you want to go to the doctors. well, after you get your drugs, you should stay home for 5 days. and if you don't want to take drugs on this and stay home, it's 21 days to be home before you return to school. >> well, 909 is the time skyrocketing pg e bills are a problem that we all deal with. but now we have some businesses are getting to the point where they're having to cut back, ok, you know what it's like to like heat and cool your house. imagine a movie there. >> that's a lot of space and a lot of money they have to spend. so this is a theater in orinda. the are in the theater is actually going to close down. so you don't have to worry about their pga not use a week. kron four's. dan thorn has the story. 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.iyou know, obviously you 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 thing over 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 and e 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 acts as the popular once a month classic movie tuesday, matt ne will not be affected. reporting are in doubt. dan thorn kron, 4 news.

>> it's 9.12, and still ahead on the kron morning news. lawmakers want to lower the speed limit in california school zones. we'll tell you why. and a lot of californians are finding themselves without a home insurance because as you probably know, some big companies have pulled out of our state will have solutions. lawmakers are proposing and widespread rainfall across the bay area this morning. only going to pick up more as we move into late morning and early afternoon. >> also, a few snowy spots at the very top of some of

>> 9.15, right now looking out the window. looks like this is

a fake window a live shot looks pretty nasty out guy raindrops stuck on the left. many clean that window. i know it wait a little bit because johnson is going to be raining all day. good morning job. especially mid to early afternoon. that's when we're going to see the heaviest of rainfall across the bay area. >> so the heaviest of it is still ahead of us where we're at the embarcadero right now. very wet conditions right there. just widespread light to moderate showers for most areas. winds are picking up right now as the snowfall up in the sierra and the lake and mendocino county mountains here locally solid coverage of rain up and down the peninsula. the north bay as well as the east bay. let's start right here right around the richmond. sandra fell bridge in particular. some really windy conditions there right now as well as some good rainfall. intensity stretching from sandra fell down into san francisco over the golden gate right now. this sells about to be working its way onshore and having an impact on our peninsula. communities here within the next 30 minutes of eventually after that, we're

pushing upwards towards foster city and san mateo rainfall just continues throughout the morning and are really picks up this afternoon. you see the widespread yellow and orange on the map. that's your heavier rain that moves through right in the middle of the day. today could be a busy time. but to get away day for the holiday weekend. so likely to be more people than average on the roads around that time evening commute tonight. it's going to be a lot more spotty for you. but there will be pockets of heavy rain. here's 05:45pm chance thunderstorms right around san jose right around that these pockets of rain continue overnight into tomorrow morning with some lightning strikes very likely during overnight hours tomorrow morning, starting with some heavy rain. but middle of the day we pull back on it, see low and rainfall activity. best chance of thunderstorms tomorrow will be further south in the bay. generally the further north you get the less likely you will see in the active weather for your saturday. sunday starts with a few light showers before the sun comes up. nice day for your easter egg hunts overnight hours will

come along with the chance of thunderstorm development sunday night into monday morning. you add all this up and we will see the potential of well over an inch of rainfall throughout the course of the weekend. all this comes along with some strong winds to high wind advisories in effect and remaining in effect through tomorrow. early in the morning. 52, even 60 miles per hour, peak wind gusts. those same winds in the sierra can result in some really treacherous travel today. a winter storm warning back into effect 11:00am this morning. multiple feet of snowfall in our higher elevations in particular, above 5,000 feet, expect travel delays today. chain controls and anticipate the potential of whiteout conditions and drifting snow. it's really those winds today that will cause the most issues, better. travel conditions come tomorrow and sunday and a particularly nice day to ski and all that fresh powder come monday. as for today in the bay area, temperatures mid 50's. that's as warm as we're getting. it's actually the coolest day of this week's forecast. we'll see temperatures gradually

climbing from here and by monday of next week, actually going to see some 70's right now. all right, john, thank you for that accidents on any of our bridges. but >> all of them just socked in with that rain. you see the ridges, somerville ridge really getting in on the camera lens there and they're all under 15 minutes. bay bridge is about 9 rich's amber, full ridge around 9 minute drive and 14 on the san mateo bridge this morning. you are going to be traveling today. i would say, take your time and i would advise against that if you can. 32 min right in the south, they want to want middle part. you are traveling 8 80's and better that we're up to about 30 minutes now. going back down to 26 88 to open both. look good. if you're traveling along southbound 6.80, or the northbound side, you make great time. la just took on real quick clocking out towards the maze around 60 minutes. well, she berkeley that and traffic starts to build. when yau get to oakland, things start to smooth out edges. back to you. >> thank you. reyna breaking news overnight. sad news out of hollywood. actor louis

gossett junior has passed away had a storied career. the first black man to win best supporting actor for his role in 1980, two's and officer and a gentleman. he also won an emmy for his role in the seminole tv mini series in the 70's routes. he also has a star on broadway and recently starred in the 23rd 23 remake of the color purple. no cause of death has been released yet. but louis gossett junior was 87 years old. >> it's not 19. and the north bay, a person died in a boat crash that happened yesterday afternoon. you're showing a map where this happened. it was the area of point raise headlands and marin county. someone crashed of their boat into a rocky shoreline there right near chimney rock. and a rescue swimmer with u.s. coast guard went out to the bone and they saw someone in the boat. the crews helped get them out. but that person ended up dying. we do not know their identity yet. we'll keep you posted

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>> 9.22. right now and coming up on the kron 4 morning news. the storm coming into the bay area can see it moving in. pretty good here. widespread light right now. lots of wind, though, and we will get lots of rain later. we'll be right back. 9.24. and are you the

planner, the vacation planner for your family? as i am. >> so listen up. if you're like me and you, google and you, tripadvisor and you do why, me, everything. google has some new features that can help you plan your next trip. and boy, can they do a lot faster than you do because they're using ai now. so when they streamline this, like, you know, google search with

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well, a new digital mobile radio system in sonoma county will make communication a little easier during disasters. the county's training people on how to use about 500 handheld radios. some of those radios are going to be installed in county owned cars. others will be given to police and deputies part of the funding for this system came from pg and e settlement money from the 2017 cinema complex fires. >> it's 9.26. coming up next, more coverage of the storm covering the bay area and really going to be pouring later on. we'll be back with your friday commute forecast in just a few minutes.

>> it's 9.29 or talking rain and seeing some of it to absolutely. and more of it on the way. good morning, john. yep. a lot more of it on the way. the heaviest stuff is yet to get here. but we have seen some pretty widespread light to moderate showers and a few heavy pockets so far this morning. behind me, the golden gate bridge. look how windy it is on the flag right out there. definitely a morning that is going to get windier as we go to. you can see out in this view from suture tower, just how wet and grey it is out there that low pressure area really easy to spot where the center of it that are spinning off right here out in the pacific and dragging in with that a lot of energy, our direction. we're actually right in its way. so this is going to be a direct hit for us. we're looking at some light to moderate showers for the most part this morning. some heavier stuff right around half moon bay as well as just north of the golden gate. if you're crossing there, in fact, some pretty good rainfall coming down right around sausalito right now. we are also seeing a pretty good shower right around mount diablo, getting a

little bit of upslope going on up there towards mount diablo and even a little bit of rain. snow mix at the top of south main, mount diablo this morning. futurecast continuing to see these areas of rain through the morning and all the increase intensity into the afternoon. some real heavy rainfall early afternoon. chance of thunderstorms through the evening after that winds will also increase 30, 40 even 50 miles per hour. gusts today. you pair this with those temperatures that are still in the 40's and 50's and it's a cool, brisk, wet start to the day. we're going to stay pretty similar into the afternoon. just a little bit warmer rising into the mid-fifties well, our commute is this morning. but fortunately, with all of that rain and water slick conditions could be dangerous if you're not driving slow and careful and you are resisting the need to speed even know. you think that. >> you can 11 minute ride into the city right now. no accidents on your bridges. a 13 minute ride. want to see just things are. lot of

windshield wipers on today. 8 minutes tolls to one the richmond. sandra bridge golden gate bridge. 37 to the tolls. yeah, a little bit of wins there and some rain. 22 minute ride reaches back to you. thanks. a lot of his 9.31. in too many children are being hit and killed by cars, especially around schools in the state and >> a bay area lawmaker wants to change. and yeah, so we've got kron four's dan kerman with more on what he wants to do. 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 takes effect january first of 2025. >> but it would be phased in over a period of years. dan

kerman kron, 4 news. >> it's 9.33, and a store in police say was selling cannabis and tobacco products to minors. and they are showing us some of the items that they found in that store, including psychedelic mushrooms, marijuana and a variety of thc products and firearms. the storm did not have a valid license to sell these items. police have not named the business. they just say it's located on macarthur boulevard just north of 35th avenue. and that bus comes after this one. look, fake of these items were found at a smoke shop last month in oakland seminary neighborhood. and this includes a large amount of pot, crystal meth and flavored tobacco products. police say that no one was arrested in this case, though. >> well, san francisco mayoral candidate is calling for a fentanyl state of emergency in former mayor mark farrell also wants more. california national guard members to be

closing down open air drug markets in the city. and in addition, he says his plan would expand access to treatment for those suffering from addiction. but late mayor london breed. >> doesn't think that his ideas are very good and here's part of what she had to say. she says that farrell, san francisco has our national guard stroup fencing off the tenderloin. >> and creating a a baghdad by the bay. >> she says, and she goes on to say that, you know, humvees in ar fifteen's aren't her way that she would governing more from behind the scenes. >> in the east bay police identified the suspects who they say are responsible for this else. tobacco shop, smashed in that led to a police chase and then a wrong-way crash and ultimately the death of an innocent driver to this all happened earlier this month. and this is surveillance video showing the white pickup truck smashing into the front of that store. the 2 men get out and start rummaging through

the store. now, police say in this video is patrick sheckells from oakland and andre albert ii from san francisco. and when police arrived, the 2 then led them on a chase that stretched down towards the bay bridge until the suspects got onto westbound lanes of 5.80, in the wrong direction right there near the toll plaza. and moments later, the truck crashed into 2 other vehicles killing the driver of one of those vehicles. the street, a police department says it is now working with the chp to pursue criminal charges. >> time now is 9.35. and bart police think what they're doing is working. this stepped up, says safety measures at their stations making a big difference. the data seems to show that and we've got kron four's terisa stasio actually with more on the story. >> 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. 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 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 barked self. >> 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. >> for your health this morning, there's growing concern over a spike in m-pox cases. fact, the cdc reported more than 500 cases so far this year, which is more than what we saw last year when there were 300 cases at this point. the cdc is warning that a new variant of m-pox has been detected. this one appears to be more severe. the virus is spread through personal contact. and as you can see on the screen, it has flu-like symptoms, followed with a rash, some raise lesions. there isn't pox vaccine available, but the cdc

says that the vaccination rate in the u.s. is still low. they need to get those numbers up. on the peninsula. san mateo county has released new renderings of a planned affordable housing project out at moss beach. it would include 71 one to 3 bedroom home spread across 16 buildings. and here you can see images of what it might look like. a quarter of the units will be reserved for farm workers and other low-income residents. all of the units would be rented to households that make less than the areas median income. >> it's exciting. it's great to put roofs over people's heads on the coast. there is not enough affordable housing and even with this development, it's really exciting that work. we're we're doing it. we're still deficit. so we need to keep moving forward with projects that we have in the pipeline. >> but the plan is not without its critics. some neighbors are concerned that adding dozens of new homes there will cause traffic problems and strain the already limited

public resources. the county estimates that construction could begin in 2028 ith a completion target of 2030. >> it's 9.39. and as you might know, californians are struggling to find insurance for their homes. the major insurance companies, a lot of pulled out because of the wildfire risk in the bay area and across the state. that includes allstate. farmers, state farm and insurance is a key requirements. you can have a mortgage on your home at the state capitol. there was a hearing to talk about what can be done to prevent this situation getting worse. >> they do structural modifications and they do ongoing brush clearance. these things are proven to reduce the risk, which does, in fact, make california more ensure double. what's at issue is 2 companies have enough money on a statewide basis. to pay their obligations. and that's what we have to fix. but with the insurance companies, trade association has been saying is that. >> the companies are leaving

our state because they're struggling to earn a profit doing business here. >> we're going to take a break. 9 40's the time, but still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news and east bay city is one step closer to creating more protections against evictions. plus, this ski season keeps getting extended in the sierra as they brace for even more snow. this round job. yeah, the snow is falling and the rain is falling here in the bay. we're looking at a very wet morning continuing to see moderate showers only picking up into the early afternoon. i got your forecast. >> and boy, you hit the road today, as you can see, john. so new the map, things are slick and wet. so a lot of folks are taking their time out there. you should do track your wet friday.

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>> it's 9.43. want to go to the breaking news. a shooting involving a san jose police that's closing roads. trump charles clifford on scene for us right now with a live update. charles. >> well, good morning. right now i'm standing at the corner of lay and potrero here in south san jose. take a look behind me that we've got a very large police presence here that a lot of tape up other closed off multiple intersections. this is a residential neighborhood. there's only homes here and we're still getting some details figure out exactly what happened. but here's what we do know is about 5 o'clock this morning. san jose police department officers arrived here along late to perform a welfare check when they arrived on scene. they found a man standing outside home holding a gun. now they try to negotiate with him. but according to police at some point and fired a shot at the officers there, they then may have been and exchange of

that's probably what triggered this large police presence here. they called in for reinforcements and then about 6.30, this morning they were able to get that man to safely surrender and they took him into custody. but because officer was involved in this incident and shots were exchanged, there's going to be a lengthy investigation here as they try to figure out exactly what happened. and as a result of that, they're going to have this intersection here closed down for quite a while. this happened along ley, but they're going to have lay closed between robin patrol. ross is going to close between foxworthy and lay. an orange grove is going to be closed between rustic and les. so if you're in the area, just keep in mind that there's going to be a significant police presence here. we don't believe that anybody was injured as a result of the shooting, but we're going to try to get some more information from police at some point today and hopefully have that for you later on. but that's the very latest here in the south bay, charles clifford kron, big area affected by them. best a geisha night. thank you. >> 9.45 is the time will bring it back here in the studio. we've got john with the other big stories we're tracking this morning is the rain

really starting to when you see that trail where james, it's low and i know the wind is actually the biggest issue, especially for the sierra today. it's going to be that additional snowfall. and then the strong winds up there making for some low visibility here in the bay. the winds are certainly already a factor. as is that rain, we are seeing it picking up for the bay. there's your snow in the sierra. also picking up, let's focus on the bay. first. we are seeing some pockets of heavier rain sitting just off shore right now and a little bit of that right around. 37 101 right around nevado pocket of heavy rain right there. richmond center fell bridge, especially windy and wet. there's that area of rain. that's pretty heavy. but that's going to be moving northeastward onshore on up into the peninsula. so the peninsula actually about to have some pretty solid rainfall these next several hours here. we will continue to see rainfall intensifying in by the afternoon in particular early afternoon, heavy rain and are very, very strongest of winds. we start

to see conditions calming down a little bit by your evening commute, at least for some of us from the evening commute on into the evening tonight. areas of rain and pockets of thunderstorm building can be expected well into tomorrow morning. you may even be woken up tonight by some brief heavy downpours here and there early tomorrow morning seeing just as much activity leading towards sunrise, but a midday low for your saturday means a better opportunity to get outside actually enjoy the weather a little bit best chance of thunderstorms tomorrow will be further south in the bay. the further north, you get the clear skies will become. now sunday morning, we will see a few light showers drifting through sunday midday for those easter egg hunts looking good. sunday night after the sun has gone down, we'll see a chance of thunderstorms rolling through and then we're done with it with a dry forecast thereafter. rainfall this weekend will amount to well over an inch in many cases. and it's going to be paired with those strong winds, wind advisories because of that, impeach up and down the coast in the east bay, 50 60 plus

miles per hour gusts. this is complicating travel into the sierra today with a winter storm warning going into effect at 11. you pair that foot feet of snowfall above 5,000 feet with the very strong winds and we do have drifting snow. whiteout conditions possible travel delays, especially likely today and one to 2 feet of snowfall above 5,000 feet. tomorrow will be better travel conditions sunday as well. monday is going to be your best ski day with calm conditions and sunshine to enjoy all the fresh powder. temperatures today in the bay area will be at our very coolest only mid 50's for most areas. tomorrow we'll see a few low 60's peeking through sunday. just a little bit warmer for easter with even more sunshine. and next week looking particularly nice and sunny, right? all right, john, thank you for that. pride in light for the most part? >> having a little bit of rain to the mix makes things a little bit difficult to navigate out there. look at our highways and freeways. you can see for the most part things are in the green starting to slow down just a little bit around the bay bridge. we do have a traffic

hazard. looks like a stalled vehicle right near that treasure island exit drive times have gone up, but things are still moving really quickly. there. no major accidents. 14 minutes on the senate to bridge 80 to 1, 1, richard somerville bridge covered in the rain on our lands. 8 minute ride in the golden gate bridge around. 22 minutes started is back to you. >> thank you very much. rain. it is 9.48. and authorities have identified now the man who died after his car caught fire and crashed in nevada over the weekend. the marin county coroner says that terry hogan was driving southbound on 1, 1, sunday morning when his car went off the freeway right near the del padro on-ramp del prado. on-ramp. he died at the scene. there is a gofundme page that was set up by his family and on it. it lists him as a car enthusiast and he is survived by his wife and 2 daughters. a concord man who tossed pipe bombs at police last october has been convicted this week. danielle garcia was charged with throwing multiple pipe bombs

while leading police on a high-speed chase in san francisco. garcia was convicted on multiple counts, including detonating an explosive device with intent to injure. he now faces up to 14 years in state prison when he's sentenced this april. >> time now is 9.49. and a man was arrested for cutting down phone wires and disrupting internet access in richmond. police have not identified him, but they're showing you some of what they seized and the scene there they found in the car. all of this stolen wire and tools. a tnt estimates the damage to phone lines because of this about $20,000 and richmond. police say they have seen a increase in more people stealing copper wire from the city. >> will the sierra is expecting another round of heavy snow through the holiday weekend. which skiers will enjoy. yeah, he's got to get there's the problem. but the season is extended already. kron four's gayle ong has more. >> 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 could 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. >> and you know, that means chains. let me just got to be ready for it yet. >> but the good news is that there are a lot of events happening this weekend. if you get there again, just make sure that. >> i want to leave now. want to get stuck in your i know. change require change your car. just always have the change in the truck and caltrans to also reminding you to just check with their social media. >> accounts for the latest conditions before you head out, because if there is any sort of an alert, they'll put it out there and you can least see it before you go, which is kind of what we do here on

kron 4. as you can see, we're covering the storm for rihanna friday morning. >> not a huge high alert at the moment, but there's going to be wind picking up and more rain. >> for later

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>> last year. but still she's doing special projects and making a difference. take a listen. young women here have little it just makes you 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, pam is still figuring out what she wants to be when she grows up. did you know that? i i just talked to recently shoes, but traveling and she's so exciting seas out there learning things like a kid again less seriously love 9.55. the time right now. we've got lots coming on morning news. >> including for companies in oakland that have teamed up to pay for their own security measures because crime has gotten so bad. we'll see how the mayor's spawning plus a theater in orinda having to scale back operations because

they're pgd of those are just getting way too high. >> and who cough cases on the rise in marin county will have the latest from doctors. right

now. the kron. 4 morning news, oakland business is joining forces and spending quite a bit of money to increase safety for their own employees. we're also tracking. major weather impacting the bay area right now. heavy wind lot of rain expected this afternoon. we'll have the full forecast. >> from the station. you're watching you on morning team.

>> and traffic is a big focus on this friday. good friday. going into a spring weekend for east feel like we'll drop the bulk of and a lot of people are going to be traveling. yeah, so we're keeping a close eye on the roads for right now. it's light, but you got the rain so they take it talk more about that. yeah, i wasn't feeling to spring into can kind of a gray one out but sunday for easter looking awesome. that's what we're going to have. all those colors out. >> and all those flowers going to be 11, all that sunshine. this is where we're at this morning. it's not stopping all those kiddos from enjoying the exploratorium, but it is rainy and it is indeed windy out there. >> the blew up in the sierra indicating snowfall that's already kicked off up that direction. well, for the bay area. look at all that yellow offshore that's moving up our direction. so our heaviest of rainfall, he's still yet to even arrive really arriving into early afternoon today. you can