both directions down to truckee. >> plus, at least 2 ski resorts in lake tahoe will be closed tomorrow. heavenly and kirkwood are set to close because of the stormy weather city of south lake tahoe and el dorado county have both declared states of emergency for chief. meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us now with a look at what's going on up there. this is gone from. >> a lot of snow and a novelty to now. this is dangerous not a good situation. you know, we have that cold storms come through. i mean, the snow levels very high down about 2000 feet, right? and wow, of a sudden that's going to rise up tonight because of all that rain. this is a much warmer storm system coming in. so here we go. we've got all that rain is going to fall on top of the snow. we're talking about a snow melt now. they're still going to be heavy snow the crest. in fact, the snow level still rising. and so look at 80 right now. i mean, they cannot even keep the the road plowed very well. folks are chaining up on the 80 50. we've had some times where they've closed the points today, a certain direction. so

you just a really rough ride in the sierra nevada, not advisable and you'll see periods where we get these really gusty winds with these storms and all of a sudden you just can't see anything of white out conditions up in the high country. so there you go. you can see the very latest. you've got 80 50 and you can see right now the snow that's rolling through across the sierra nevada. and then it turns into a rain a little bit lower. and that's the case is we've got much warmer air that is beginning to factor into weather here tonight. and in the sierra nevada. so winter storm warnings have been posted until sunday and well between now and then we could be talking about 6, maybe 8 feet of snow. and then if you look all the way through next week, some forecast 10, maybe 15 feet altogether. so we're talking about a tremendous amount of snow. of course, those heavier snows with this one probably coming above 7,000 feet or so. so tonight, here's a heavy snow, some very gusty winds, ridge line winds. some of those gusts over 100 miles an hour. and the snow levels starting at about 6500.

people continue to rise tonight. be careful. traveling up there just wouldn't go if you don't have to do it. i would wait a bit. expect major travel delays if you're headed in that direction and the possibility of flooding. now with all that rain coming down, the melting some of that snow, especially to get below 4,000 feet and in the foothills of the sierra. lawrence, thank you. well, even though some of the ski resorts are set to close tomorrow, there still are a lot of people already heading to the mountains for more information about what it's like in the sierra and what you need to know if you're going to hit the road. want to we're joined now by just weaver with a nonprofit called. >> ski, california, which represents about 3 dozen resource in california and nevada. just thanks for joining us. i guess kind of take away from all of this. is that 2 major ski resorts, heavenly and kirkwood are closing because of the snow conditions. how unusual is that and what does that say about what's going on in the sierra? >> it is very unusual, as you know, like our industry of the bout taking advantage of the snow and getting people out to enjoy it. and so having

resorts have to close because of these conditions. it's it's rare. i can tell you that in addition heavenly and kirkwood northstar mount rose ski tahoe doddridge and sierra at tahoe have also announced they'll be closed friday. tomorrow are tonight and they're going to evaluate what conditions are like for saturday and sunday operations as the storm progresses, both boreal and tahoe. they did not announce closures, but they've anticipated operational impacts and are recommending checking in with them often for updates as weather is going to be dynamic as you guys have been talking about throughout the weekend. so some people are heading to the mountains and they underestimate the risks involved. can you talk about what those risks are and what your biz biggest concern is? >> absolutely. i think the most important thing that we're trying courage people is to be prepared. so if you're planning to head to the mountains. >> carefully consider your travel plans before you hit the road. check weather and

road conditions often because they do change. as you guys were talking about earlier, 80, 50 etcetera, been on and off the last few weeks as all the storms that continue to move through and and like you're talking about the snow, multiple feet at a time, we've seen these 100 plus inches it different storm cycles last couple weeks. so be prepared for extended delay is a road closures. know that a lot of truck traffic hasn't been able to get in to replenish stores and fuel and sort of thing. so be prepared to come with your own groceries. if you're saying have a place to stay, don't plan on coming just for the day. and we've been you're going to need a place to stay have enough gas to get to him back food, water, supplies, everything with that, you that you might need and then just expect everything to be a lot slower than normal. >> talk about the stress load on the folks who are working up there. i mean, we go up and come back. they're living through this every day and they have their own problems at their own living situations and then they got to work at

the resorts. just tell us what they're going through. >> so been a lot of snow, as you can imagine, like if you're coming up and and staying in a place and right now, you might have to settle up the driveway right now is going to be there to take care of for you. cause out, digging out their own properties are you know that there that that's their job. they're the, you know, the other facilities as well. same with the resort's 3rd cleaning up the resort to get ready for you to enjoy and then they're going home and they have all that some bling to do at home. and there's massive snow loads on roofs. and that's a big concern right now to ice dams and and all that think all that fun stuff that started the form. so just give people a lot of patients and give him a high 5. and, you know, they this is been a really massive winter is, you know, record-setting. so it doesn't seem like kuz topics spring. a lot of patients plan ahead. talk about the impact on business, especially as you've been some of the resorts are closing. they have to close a can. people can't get in and out safely. >> what is the impact on

business? you think they're able to make it up later in the season that the season will just be longer. >> well, i can tell you that some resorts have already announced they're intending to extend their seasons. palisades tahoe is one example that they plan to be open through at least memorial day. may have said that, you know, if that can to fix no state good, though, keeps getting their 4th of july. they've done that in the past. so it's a state that could be something for the season for sure. sugar bowl has also extended until april 23rd and it's possible that others also decide to extend. we haven't heard any of those details yet. >> is this a winner of the ages? i mean, is this something that going books? >> absolutely. we're thing the berkeley snow lab was just saying that this from their records, i think is the biggest winter they've recorded. so pretty tremendous that were already over 600 inches of some of the resorts. and it's still stacking up. so. who knows? we could be over 700 and wow. so we may be talking with you again. thank you so much for your time. just lever whiskey,

california. >> and we hope things work out well for your associates as well. as for all the people who want to come up in ski and snowboard. thank you. thanks so much. >> all right. in the south bay, san jose police officers and city workers are evacuating the city's homeless residents who live along the guadalupe river and coyote and pena teas 10. see it. creaks san jose mayor matt mahan is on the ground helping officers in their effort and talking with some of those residents. he says there's an obligation to help people who don't have a place to take shelter. we're struggling with a high rate of unsheltered homelessness in our committee. that's true across the west coast on any given night. we have. >> a few 1000 people living outside. and so we're going to take every necessary precaution, get out there and make sure people are aware that we have another atmospheric river coming in that that poses some extra rest for those living in our waterways. >> inspection teams are monitoring all of san jose's creeks and rivers. several of

them are at high risk of flooding. here's a list to those high-risk areas. the 24 hour, emergency evacuation shelters opened at the 7 trees community center. it has restrooms showers, con son, laundry stations on site for anyone who needs it. no reservations are needed. >> and join us online as we track this latest series of storms. you can do that by scanning the qr codes on your screen. it will take you to our web page where we will update you on flooding, road closures or power outages in your area. >> an unusual story next on kron. 4 news at 6, a mexican drug cartel is apologizing for the deadly kidnapping of americans. what we're learning about that apology letter, how officials are responding to officials are responding to it.

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>> well, we are tracking this atmospheric river as it rolls over the bay area. you're looking at the live radar now and you can see the green indicating that there is rain just about everywhere in the bay area. the heavy spots are indicated in yellow and red and that's really hitting a lot in spots in the north bay, the east and on the peninsula. eventually, though, listening to lawrence, it looks like everybody is going to get hit by some heavy rain throughout the night. but we are staying on top of that. and now to some other news going on. the mexican drug cartel accused of kidnapping for americans and killing 2 of them has reportedly apologized and turned some of its own members

over to authorities. the associated press obtained a letter sent to mexican law enforcement by someone claiming to be the scorpions faction of the gulf cartel. in that letter, the cartel apologize to the mexican woman who was killed in a shooting and to the 4 kidnapped americans and their families. the cartel reportedly sent a photograph of 5 cartel members tied up with their faces down on the ground. mexican authorities have not officially said if those man in the photographs have been arrested or they are actually involved with this recent incident last week for americans traveling to the city of matamoros were kidnapped and what mexican authorities believe was a case of mistaken identity. 2 of the 4 were killed. the other 2 were rescued days later. they are now recovering. coming up next in sports, the san jose state spartans made school history today in the mountain west basketball tournament. >> jason, we'll have the details of the wind that propelled them into the semifinals tomorrow.

>> and rain continue to fall around the bay area series of storms impact the bay area. lots of rain to come. we'll take close look at that. when we come back.

>> now our 4 zone forecast with a live look at the transamerica building in the clouds hanging over. san francisco actually a pretty picture when the lights in front of the crowds below is a standing by. they say those

clouds are pretty ominous into going along with the rain. we've seen a lot more rain to come overnight tonight. and that's the problem. that's going to be a long storm system. so throughout the night tonight into tomorrow morning, maybe tell around noon, then things are going to begin to back between now and then we've got a lot of rain to come. this atmospheric river setting itself up now bringing all that moisture right from the hawaiian islands up in the bay area. yeah. just getting going right now and around much of the state. really the northern two-thirds of the states seeing the rain. you got the snow in the sierra nevada and you're seeing some heavier bands now making their way into the bay area. and some of that, we'll continue to bring some heavy rainfall into parts of the south bay. now in los altos, san jose, you're seeing some more the heavy rainfall there in milpitas fremont. some pretty intense cells begin to move through. and that's what's going to happen throughout the night tonight. these cells going to push on through bringing some heavy downpours and some heavy rain rates that is going to taper off become very light at times and then maybe even become partly cloudy. but then those clouds to roll back in and you can see another band of rain just off the coastline. now that was about to push on

shore and that one is going to bring with it. more rain into san francisco and in them are in so it's going to go all night long. in fact, the focus going to start to shift a little further south throughout the night tonight. but you can see really just continuing on and off throughout the night. there you are. just after 1 o'clock in the morning, then watch what happens. the rain line starts to shift further south and intensify as we head toward the south as well. then as we head toward 4 o'clock in the morning, very intense along the peninsula and then the santa cruz mountains for the south going to get some very heavy rainfall, the possibility of flooding continues throughout the bay area. a lawrence parks in pittsburgh are close to the city posted on his facebook page today that all parks. >> including dog parks, are closed until further notice. the post also says that city staff will assess the park conditions after the storm passes to determine when the parks will be reopened and and kings canyon national parks plan to close some areas because of the stormy weather. the park expect atmospheric river to cause major snow

melt. in addition to the significant rainfall. >> park officials say that there is the potential for flooding and serious road damage. some areas are already seeing as much as 12 feet of snow on the ground. the kings canyon entrance is closed today. that is in addition to the planned closure of the sequoia entrance that was announced yesterday. park officials say the closures are being put in place to protect the public and employee safety. some bay area hardware stores are trying to be better prepared for this latest round of problems that cropped up around the new year included being caught without enough supply. kron four's has it. but, you know, has that part of our coverage. >> rush is on for supplies needed for protection from the next series of storms here at ace hardware in dublin, fortune for tarps to cover up. >> for, you know, gutters and rain. least that are happening on the roofs. some pumps for. >> flooding the tri valley areas. one of the locations hit hard by the new year storm

prompting an overwhelming rest of customers into the hardware store says manager jeremy mac yeah, we ran out of supplies, run out of some palms drainage hoses, gutter extensions. kerr good piping. all of that were we trying to get in from our other stores back and to help between our force or supply >> every one sold out this time around in anticipation of the march storm event. he says the store is stocked and ready. we are fully start right now. that includes emergency supplies. first aid kits, flashlights, portable radios and spare batteries in the event of power outages. >> and these 50 pound bags of all purpose and for protection against major downpours. it helps when got a lot of water coming through. >> to then divert that water from drains flooding. >> the store is open. 07:00am to 07:00pm monday through saturday. 08:00am to 07:00pm on sunday in dublin. has it made you cry on for >> and now kron 4 sports.

>> in the least shocking news of the day. cow has fired mark fox as its men's head basketball coach. the bears went 3 in 29 this season. fox has been the head man at cow for the last 4 seasons and over the last 3 years. the golden bears are just 10 50 in league play. the golden bears will conduct a national search for its next head coach. one name that has already surfaced is san jose state coach tim miles who won mountain west coach of the year this past season. and guess what? speaking at 10 miles, him and his san jose state spartans. we're taking on nevada in the mountain west conference tournament. 1st half spartans up to 27 seconds left nevada's jarrett lou can get in the paint and hits a tough shot. we're heading into overtime. lucas had 28, let's go to extra. are more make sure that san jose state front that 3 right there puts state san

jose state up 5 in the spartans never trailed after that. they beat nevada. 81 to 77 for their first ever mountain west tournament when they in 8. they'll face san diego state university tomorrow in the semi-finals. the oakland high school boys basketball team left for sacramento today to play in the state championship for the first time in school history. oakland high beat rival oakland tech. on tuesday night to win the nor cal title. they will now play against when a high school this friday at 4 o'clock at the golden one center, oakland high as a very famous alum was pretty good basketball himself. damian lillard, wildcats head coach orlando walk-in spoke with us today and explains why this is a big deal for the school. what dame had to say when he heard the news. >> we knew for years ago that we had a special freshman class. over the 4 years we had

hoped to get to a state championship and it all came together this year. talk about somebody like damian where they're coming from this school and then he sends a message to you that what did he say? >> he said, go ahead and win state. now. >> those amazing never thought we get here. because, you know, that is we have a refreshment. the season the first. we had a tough start. over the years. we've got better. so when the pieces together, we got here. >> let's go, boys. all right. look at this. you know, you're at the players championship. when you see the famous 17th hole at sawgrass, former counsel for collin morikawa what put that was he shot a 7 under 65. that was a 19 footer for birdie at 6. he's in second place trailing this guy. can romney and romney's best shot of the day on 17 picture. perfect. he shot that sets him up for a birdie. romney shot an 8 under 64. all

right. spring training action. the giants hosted the brewers in scottsdale and the story continues to be michael conforto's. power surge, the belt, the freddy peralta fastball that coming back, y'all his 3rd home run in 3 games giant. take down the brewers 5 to one dodgers and a's more spring training action. a pitcher adam oller. he's mowing down spring batters. he had another great outing going 4 innings giving up no runs and striking out 7, including former giant steven duggar. now tony knocking only run of the day on that rbi single knocking in ryan nota in the 5th a's. win it one to nothing. all righty. that is all i have back to you guys.

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the teens. his phone signal was eventually detected by rescue crews. but conditions at the time were still too extreme for helicopters to fly. luckily, the skies cleared for crews to find an exhausted, but surprisingly healthy. jerry him. that's pretty amazing. that shows you what is out there out. there's got to be careful about this big storm here. that wraps up kron. 4 news at 6. we'll be back tonight we hope to see them. but have a nice evening, everybody. there's nothing like volunteering

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