>> from the area's local news station, you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at >> well, good tuesday morning. thank you for waking up with us bright early for the kron. morning news. >> i'm reyna harvey. if you're waking up in your light, wow, the ground is really slick. not because it's raining today, but last night, if you heard it, it certainly was coming down. john, we get a little break in the forecast. you know, mother nature gave the rain at the right time while we're sleeping last night, actually, biden will kick up a little bit. >> because we did have some heavy rain and even a few rolls that thunder in the middle of the evening last night. that is on its way out. now, as rain alluded to, we

actually do have to have a break from it during daytime hours today before like clockwork. it returns overnight tonight into tomorrow morning. again. so what we've got right now, some clearing drying conditions over san francisco. you'll notice roadways are wet from last night's rainfall. but as you can see, things are calming down across the bay area. only a couple light showers that are still hanging out with us. most notably are right down around gilroy right now. we are seeing some moderate shower activity there. san jose. couple of sprinkles. you're seeing a few sprinkles on the peninsula as well. look at what's up in the sierra nevada, though. still some heavy snow up there. the snowfall is going to be coming down likely for much of the morning. but tapering off come the afternoon. still enough of it for a winter storm warning to be in effect for neighbors up there in those higher elevations. so a calmer day ahead of us, but definitely was in active night last night. 30's 40's for our current temperatures, redwood city in dublin, in the upper 30's right now, oakland and alameda at 44 degrees ball, some upper 30's in the north

bay, too. definitely not our coldest mornings, but it is a chilly one. so bundle up. you don't have to worry so much about the rain jacket today. just like you in those cozy sweaters and whatever you want to do to stay warm. as for a future cast of wind gusts, you can see that it's not over, although breezy us to mornings either. so what are we going to do today? will showers moving out this morning? some cool sunshine this afternoon. daytime highs rising into the mid 50's for the most part, rain should hold off until after sunset tonight. so daytime hours, nice and dry. and then it's right back to the wet stuff during our evening hours. and then later this week, thursday and friday, the real rain arrives. i've got your full forecast and what to expect there. still to john? thanks for that. let's get a look at those bridges traveling into the city this morning about 8 minutes mace to that fremont street exit. our san mateo bridge looks still some very slick. take your time. 13 minutes there. >> a richmond center fell bridge about 8 minutes and the golden gate bridge. 37 to the

tolls. 21 minutes on this tuesday morning. our top story this morning. hackers with the group play ransomware of claim responsibility for that cyber attack affected everything in oakland from the city's non-emergency phone line, too. how parking tickets are handled. kron four's ella sogomonian spoke with a ransomware expert. it has the latest on that. take a look. >> last month, the city of oakland's digital system was hacked. since then it specialists have been working to resolve the issue. and mayor sheng tao his vow to invest in cybersecurity moving forward. third-party specialists and law enforcement are helping to determine the contents of the files that were hacked. it's not clear just how much money was demanded. service security experts, san jose state professor of men banafa said 90% of breaches come from a phishing link in an e-mail. so think before you click, i know that the city is try. they did death. a lot of good stand by, for example, imposing the 2 factor authentication. now.

>> to prevent the password that the thing about it is again, it's coming to the human factor to the training is very important for it. don't bring any usb drives from outside. you know, the organization and tried get in without checking all of these thing that would open the network to any kind of outside, you know, axes, that's going to be a source for things like this. but not for points out. the governments and schools are considered soft targets by hackers. >> which know all too well that it's not a top priority of their budget for cybersecurity and the hackers. they know that. i mean, we have stories about a lot of that. a school district being hacked. why? because they don't have enough staff understaffed and have any budget so they can buy the best of the it could have been done. >> and it to protect themselves. in the meantime, if you have data on file with the city of oakland, you're being told to freeze your credit and check your bank accounts regularly. >> well, that was kron four's ella sogomonian reporting for us now the city of oakland also promises to notify anyone whose personal information is involved in that. another big

story we're following. hundreds of students at montgomery high school in santa rosa. they walked out of class on their first day back on campus after a fatal stabbing last week. now there's a public form that's going to take center stage kron four's to resist. has that story. >> students and parents tell me that they do not feel safe here at campus. they want more security and they say that they want justice for jayden. >> at 11, 15 monday morning, hundreds walked out of montgomery high school in santa rosa demanding the district step up. safety. >> are there a lot of fights? really because i try to stay away from like i'm not into all that. if i was, that would be a different story. >> it was last wednesday when police rushed on to campus after jane pm to was staffed. investigators say pm to. and another 16 year-old confronted a freshman in an art class.

and that's when police say the freshman pulled a knife and stabbed the 2.16 year-olds eventually killing pm to and injuring the other. the freshman is now facing multiple charges, including manslaughter. family members say pn to and the freshman had been fighting for weeks in the district. didn't take any action. >> and i hope they do because it's not and so right for there's fights every single. >> very important. when i go to work every morning, i feel like and dropping off my kids and they're going to be safe for 7 hours. and last week that wasn't the case. and it's really a frightening feeling as a parent, the district driving counselors and extra staff monday as well as chaplains to help students. >> the district will also hold a public forum to address concerns. we are hearing from our community and >> there we right to feel what they're feeling. this tragedy has rocked entire community. and so what we're decided to

do is conduct a community listening session tomorrow because we need to hear we need to hear of the people that are at the heart of this. the students, the staff, their families, everyone in the community has been touched. so we are inviting the community to us for this listening session. it's it's open to the public. >> and that public forum is going to be taking place at 4.30, on tuesday. it is going to be held at the friedman event center that is here in santa rosa here in santa rosa. theresa kron. 4 news. well, the san mateo county sheriff's office, they are warning half moon bay residents. >> about a recent mountain lion sighting. look at there. this is video taken monday, right near poplar beach about a mile from downtown half moon bay. oh, my goodness. you can see that mountain lion wondering around the front yard of this home about a month ago, mountain lion attacked a little boy on a hiking trail just south of half moon bay sheriff's officials say people in that area you need to be vigilant

and avoid approaching a mountain line. if you see one. the taekwondo instructor in sausalito allegedly sexually assaulted his 10 year-old student is expected in court this morning. 35 year old joshua boys was taken into custody on sunday after admitting to the charges against him. sausalito police say a 10 year-old victim came forward on friday. sure that during one of her classes at the sausalito rec center boys behave inappropriately with a student. he's been charged with having lewd acts with a minor and oral copulation with a minor. >> during the interview we are able to communication from him. opened in the session. >> police are urging families to come forward if they believe their child and inappropriate contact with boys. he's at the marion county jail waiting for his first court appearance today at 09:00am. in the south bay.

police are still looking for the suspect who shot a woman at a top golf in san jose. people who frequent the driving rain say it's surprising and frightening. kron 4 sarah stinson has that story. >> san jose police say a woman was shot in the top golf parking lot. we spoke with some golfers who are members at top golf and they could not believe someone would bring a gun here. and i didn't expect it up in a topic of great. i mean, this is a usually a very calm until place because coming onhothis family. >> did not expect people bringing guns whatever the shooting over the weekend. now has these 2 golfers rethinking how safe it really is even coming here for, you know, well, over a year and never really felt like we were in danger out having a gun is definitely is a little bit of a surprise. san jose p%lice say a woman was shot in the parking lot of top golf around 10, 15 saturday night. she was taken to the hospital with non life threatening gunshot wound. but police are still searching for the shooter.

police would not say if the suspect is a man or a woman. topgolf is in the city's lv. so community across the street from residential area, a library and an elementary school. we spoke with a mom as she was walking out of the library with her baby. but that's really concerning. ya. >> as a parent, i wouldn't like that to be happening in somewhere where my kids are. people who live in the area talked with us off camera expressing frustration saying ever since top golf opened. >> there has been people racing in speeding on north first street. people used to do donuts here. >> then ever since they put the little stone roundabout thingy, it's stopped. but sometimes i do see skid marks now inside top golf. we did see more of a security presence with armed guards. >> and that's making some golfers feel safer. security. obviously they are doing something about and i'm sure they care about it. having any kind of security are here with this many people just makes sense to you never know what's going to happen out there. i reached out to top golf to get

a statement. i did not hear back as of this report. i also reached out to san jose police to see if they have any update with their investigation but didn't hear back either. i'm sara stinson reporting in san jose 4 news. take a look at this picture shared by san jose police after a drug bust. >> officers say they found 10 pounds of meth, 4 pounds of cocaine and one pound mushrooms, 100 pounds marijuana. police confirm they made several arrests, but they did not say how many people were taken into custody. coming up on the kron 4 morning news, new details about the woman killed by a falling tree while hiking cupertino. we'll tell you what happened and have more on the community. reaction. >> and we'll tell you why governor newsom is taking aim at one of the nation's largest pharmacies. plus, the white house strengthening their investigation into the origin of the covid-19. pandemic will tell you what we know in a live report dc will be right back.

>> taking a live look this morning at the roads right now in the sierra nevada, where road expectations and conditions are expected to continue to be a problem with more wet weather on the way. reporter arena shattuck has the latest on the conditions there in some issues that residents of really been dealing with. >> chain control going up the mountain where interstate 80 is lined by walls of snow, at

least 5 feet high. the caltrans shut down traffic by mid afternoon because of all the spin outs. eastbound 80 really still the lanes of traffic blurred by the blanket of snow. as we traveled further up the mountain, some of the exits weren't plowed and unpassable. >> this is one of the neighborhoods in king just off of i-80, you can see it's packed with snow on both sides up to 30 feet. we didn't want to risk driving through here because the snow. is that thick. remember this guy who got a flat tire ian king veil to when did you get stuck there yesterday yesterday? >> just a day of mourning. >> did you sleep in your tracks? yeah. that was time. >> and eye. you >> he just made it out of here, which means he slept in his car for 2 days. they share a year. >> chains are connected have a

car show love kerry, water and food in your car. >> and a shovel. good advice. coming from a local who lives for this now i love the snow. her neighborhood's been without power after the heavy weight of the snow knocked down some electrical lines and likely with head of the whole time. she says it's harder just getting to work, especially when the roads aren't plowed. >> but she writes her snowmobile instead of her car into work at for real. do pizza. >> well, that was shattered reporting for us this morning. caltrans says 80 is open in both directions and chain controls are require. all right. well, back here at home and still up in the snow. we're talking about little break in the rain tonight. really get again, john and the snow still looks great there. oh, my goodness. yeah. definitely piled high rain and that's the problem for travelers. but it's definitely good news for the state. >> now there's a little bit of

concern working are way ahead into the weekend because our series of systems lately have come along with really cold air along with that. and that means snowfall as had a chance to pile up in the sierra nevada. we've seen those feet up on the feet of snow falls. you can see here at castle peak really having accumulated were at around 200% of average snowpack for this time of year for both the central and southern sierra doing really well for the northern syria, too. now, if we were to see melt off, you would see a lot of that snowfall that feet of snow now moving its way down into small streams and rivers and it takes a warm system to do so. that's actually what we have just around the corner. so focusing od right now. still that cold air and the u.s. the snow piling up in the sierra. we're also seeing some snow in our own bay area mountaintops to a couple of sprinkles here in the bay area. a few light showers around gilroy sprinkle or 2 around san jose. now this does continue today. this low pressure area creating nice dip in the jet stream that's ushering in cold air our

direction. keeping things cold for now. but we see the wind or opening for more tropical moisture in atmospheric river system pulling that moisture and southwest of us down towards hawaii, those warm pacific waters and bringing it right here to the bay area. now, this tropical moisture is going to be on the warmer side of things. so as this of heavy rainfall reaches the bay area come thursday and friday, the concern here is that it's going to come along with a lot of rain, higher elevations of the sierra and road salt in a wash out a lot of that snow pack that has been accumulating for weeks now and not making its way down into our rivers and streams that resulting in the risk of flooding, especially towards the early weekend. so this is going to be something we'll watch closely. it all depends on how much rain we get and how warm those temperatures remain as it gets here. future cast for today is actually showing these nice drying skies. so we get a break from the rain today. today is absolutely a day to capitalize

on. get outside. enjoy will be dry conditions during the day. showers will hold off until overnight hours. 09:30pm, rain moves into the north bay. after that, we see that increase potential of rain and even a few isolated thunderstorms moving into the rest of the bay area during a predawn hours of tomorrow. so this is going to be well after you've got to sleep tonight, 04:45am tomorrow morning as some of our early risers are getting up. some heavy rain pushes through could make for a rough morning commute for earliest of risers tomorrow, but moves out. and then you've also got a dry day tomorrow. so today and tomorrow, daytime hours looking nice and dry for you. now, that's not going to be such the way into this weekend. and later this week, rainfall totals from tonight into tomorrow. really just a 10th to a quarter of an inch, really modest. look, what happens, though, is that atmospheric river gets here in bam. we're looking at multiple inches of rainfall pushing into the bay. and with that same potential up in the sierra nevada. lot of rain on some snowy slopes could result in some washed out conditions.

winter storm warnings do remain till 10:00am this morning up in the sierra as we still have some snow up there. 50's for your daytime highs in the bay area. it's right back to what we're used to. you notice how those temperatures get warmer as rainfall arrives into thursday friday and saturday. highs climbing well into the 60's, right. john, thank you for that. let's get a look at those bridges still pretty slick this morning. but a nice and light. >> 8 minute drive maze to that fremont street exit san mateo bridge that really looks like they're slow down eastbound side. 13 minutes, a 81 to one. a richmond center fell 8 minutes and the golden gate bridge. 37 to the tolls. it's going to take you 20 minutes. well, the white house says it is strengthening its efforts to investigate the origin of the covid-19 pandemic. this after more than one u.s. agency says the pandemic may have resulted from a lab leak in wuhan. washington correspondent alexandra limon joining us live with that story. what are you learning?

alexandra? >> good morning. well, you may remember it was originally department of energy that said that it believes with low confidence that the pandemic originated from a lab leak in wuhan. but now the fbi director says he believes that too. >> the intelligence community is looking into this is something that the president has asked. the white house says intelligence agencies are strengthening their efforts to investigate the origin of the covid-19 pandemic at the direction of the president. believes in support to get to the bottom of this, especially as we look ahead to the future and trying to prevent any future pandemics. former secretary of state mike pompeo says he's glad the energy department and fbi reached the same conclusion he did. it is now good to see that the department of energy has come to the same conclusion that i did. my state department did years ago that this leak came from a laboratory in china. but other intelligence agencies say they believe also with low confidence that the

pandemic began because of natural transmission from animals to humans at a market in wuhan, ohio congressman mike turner says the investigation is complicated by the fact that china has been less than helpful is no direct evidence. we don't have china admitting it. we don't have wuhan lab handing these things are. >> now today on capitol hill, lawmakers will continue to work on a bill that asked the biden administration to declassify any information linked to the origin of the pandemic. reyna. as mentioned that. but is it likely that they're going to be willing to declassify the information? well, that remains to be seen first. congress would have to actually pass this bill. and if they do, it would head to the president's desk. and at this point, it does remain unclear whether he would actually sign that. this might answer a lot of unanswered questions. thanks for that update. >> still to come on the kron, 4 morning news, we're talking about the department of transportation.

>> making it easier for families to sit together on flights with the use of a brand new tool. we'll be right back after the break. families

who want to fly together without paying extra money and seating cost. they now have a tool. >> to help them out. the department of transportation just rolled out a new dashboard. it allows travelers to find free family scene. this can prevent situations when children are signed. several teams from their parents. some advocates point out that the service from

airlines isn't necessarily permanent, calling on the transportation department too. acquired free family seeding transportation secretary pete buttigieg says his department is working on those regulations right now. >> my message to the airlines is don't wait for our regulations to be complete to just do the right thing. do it now. >> well, it was a need to be vigilant about securing those seats together because not all airlines are obligated to provide that service. okay. take a look at the cell phone video from tiktok. this is captured the chaos inside of a southwest flight shortly after taking off from havana, cuba, multiple birds actually hit the right engine and nose of the plane. passengers say they heard 3 loud bangs and saw flames coming from the engine. the cabin filled with smoke and the plan immediately had to go back to the havana airport. havana airport.

>> fortunately, there are no reports of any significant injuries. frightening flight 800. >> hundreds of people trek to the state capitol for the annual march for life as they work to end capitol correspondent wallace all speak with the

>> all right. welcome back to the kron. 4 morning believe that some good rest last night. you're prepared, okay, we got a nice day today.

according to job, the rain starts to seep in at some point, right? yes. so nice. dry day today. we have the rain last night. so you're going to see some wet conditions on roads this morning. just a remnant of the moisture we had overnight last night. >> golden gate bridge. sure does. look at now, though. smooth traffic in nice, clear skies as you make your crossing there. we're seeing just a couple of limited showers hanging out across the bay. a couple sprinkles here and there on the peninsula, a light showers south of gilroy up in the sierra nevada. some heavy snow is still falling up there. and even though roadways are open, it is encouraged to maybe wait a little later in the day to be heading up there. once crews have a chance to catch up with that snow. the rest of the day today, though, stays dry, which is going to be favorable for getting outside. maybe that walk around the neighborhood are a little hike as long as you can avoid all the mud, 30's 40's for current temps valais how at 39 right now santa rosa in petaluma as well as nevado at 37 alameda oakland and san francisco beach at 44 now winds also not a huge factors. so we're just