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news, we're tracking the rain making its way across the bay area. and as you can see, it is starting to fall. i know my morning commute was a little slick and wet. please be careful as you're traveling. we'll have that coming up. >> from the area's local news station, you're watching the kron. 4 morning far. >> well, good thursday morning and thank you waking up with us. early for the kron. 4 morning news today is thursday, april 4th, the main rv. all right. it's a slick. what start and i experience it on my way into work this morning. john definitely had to use the windshield wipers and i probably need to change them to come it's a good realization. hopefully you can get those new wipers on before you hit the roads this morning and get out there. >> little bit earlier because rainfall is going to be picking up here in a couple of hours making for our wettest conditions right in the heart of the busiest time of the morning drive at the golden gate bridge. we've seen some light showers so far but only going to be seeing more and more of that rainfall pushing in from the west. most of us

still sitting offshore right now. we do have some coastal showers up in sonoma county. couple of them out and to the east bay. i do want to know what we have down in the santa cruz mountains right now, which is our first sign of a little bit of snowfall at those very higher elevations down above saratoga, los gatos down in the south bay. so definitely an active morning, but only ramping up from here. as we do see more and more rain on its way as we move into the late morning and middle of the day, current temperatures are actually pretty chilly. only down in the 40's right now. and that's the reason that we are going to be looking at the potential of some snowfall on our bay area mountaintops. let's time everything out for you. 06:15am, starting to pick up more and more in the north bay by the time that we reach 07:00am you can see it right there. rainfall really sitting right across the peninsula rolling into the east bay towards the 8 o'clock hour or so. this is a pretty busy time of the morning right here. your cold front just swings through right in the middle of everything. as you can see, we do have a lot of blue down in

the mountains east of san jose and south of the tri valley. that's all that snowfall i'm talking about. this is a cold spring system. so it's resulting in both a mix of rain and a mix of snowfall. most of this is going to be during the morning hours up towards noon. we'll still have a few showers with just a few spotty, isolated showers into the afternoon, but also sometimes of sunshine. so get ready for a wet morning commute. after that, we should be a little bit more stable. michael thomas, stand again for traffic this morning. what is going on the roads, michael? hey, good morning. everyone will so far so good. but we're hoping that it stays that way. you see lots of green here across the entire bay area. >> getting a live look right now at the bay bridge. everything does seem to be flowing across mates to fremont only an 8 minute commute. some quick drive times for you. those of you a little bit more inland heading out this morning, livermore to dublin 10 minutes, 14 commute from dublin to fremont. it's a 20 minute commute. san leandro over to milpitas in milpitas to sunnyvale. a 6 minute commute. give you guys a last

look right here at the san mateo bridge. you can see everything is flowing smoothly. and of course, the richmond, sandra fell bridge only a 7 minute commute from tolls to 101 right now. send it back to you. all right, michael, thank you for that update. there. so thousands of nurses in santa clara county, they were back on the picket lines with a second straight day. >> while smaller group of nurses held a rally in san francisco over sara stinson brings us the latest on both demonstrations. >> nearly 4,000 nurses in santa clara county are on a three-day strike demanding higher pay. they were back on the picket line 3 different hospitals on wednesday, including saint louise regional meanwhile, the county saying it is flown in nurses from across the country to keep hospitals operational over 20 million dollars to bring in staff from. >> agency to support patient care. and we have successfully oriented over 1000

individuals. the county is currently offering a 10 and a half percent increase over the next 3 years. >> the nurses are asking for 15% underpaid and course when you when you compare the other hospitals in our county, james mount has been a nurse for 25 years. he says the union has been negotiating with the county since august about much more than a pay raise. the county wants to float nurses to other hospitals from their home hospital to other hospitals. now that affects their family life. that affects a lot of things. with nurses mount says they also want the hospitals to increase security. workplace violence has been an issue. we've had several. >> is this is i should say more than several at the hospitals where security was inadequate to protect a nurse. county officials say they have already reached tentative agreements with the union on many key items, including workplace safety. but still don't see eye to eye on wage increases. also on wednesday, nurses at san francisco general held a rally saying they are facing a major staffing crisis there. and at

laguna honda nurses say at us of general alone, they have submitted 1400 complaints in the last 2 years about missed a meal breaks and unsafe working conditions. >> well, that was sara stinson reporting. so this morning will be the 3rd day for the nurses strike in santa clara county county. officials say the union has not responded to request schedule more bargaining sessions. and update to a story we brought you first here on the kron. 4 morning news. a teen is arrested in the south bay after police say he was behind the wheel when he crashed into another car, killing the driver. so video shows the aftermath. the yesterday's morning crash right near the intersection of even boulevard and elkins way. police say the teen was driving the black car. neighbors say this is not the first time there's been an accident and they hope the city can make some safety improvements. >> loud, very loud vehicle me up. and i do want to come out what i did. i hope this one. they will push some traffic they will push some traffic light because all we accident.

word. if he was under the influence. well, the city of any out there taking new measures to stop the dangerous driving stunts from taking place. the mayor says a new electric gate. it's going to be going up at the marina. so the city council voted on tuesday to implement the new gate. it's going to close at night stopping cars trying partake in sideshows in their tracks. this was the scene back in august when a car involved in a cycle flipped into the water right off of antioch boat dock just this past weekend. more than 200 people showed a bit of sideshow at a lone tree way and golf course drive. mayor says recent police department scandals have really hurt the city's effort to stop ideshows. but those days are in the rearview mirror. >> yeah. when the police that levels were impacted by the fbi investigation, we lost out there isn't. so that certainly had that it felt like that. we just open the games to sideshows here, but were quickly stepping up. we've got 6 officers in the academy 12 that will be entering the academy made our proactive are

are much more important having police officers dedicated to finding. >> and shutting down social and to organized that have been most affected. >> well, during the most recent sideshows, police told it capture license plates of cars involved marion and as group says, the city is going to be following up to see those tow cars and find the drivers as well. okay close. look at this. so campbell, police say that the man in the video broke into a woman's apartment on apricot avenue last friday evening. police say the woman woke up to find the man inside her home and he quickly ran away. anybody who recognizes the man you're asked to call campbell police. got a look at this game as a car almost crashed into a taco shop in the mission. happened yesterday afternoon and police say this might be the result of road rage. the car damaged pillar right outside of the business on 18 and valencia. they say the driver left the scene and they later found the

car involved abandoned at 14th and that homeless streets. kron 4 is your local election headquarters. san francisco board of supervisors president aaron peskin says he is running for mayor. he says he's planning to file paperwork friday morning officially announce his run at an event on saturday. 2 eastbound lanes of the richmond, sandra fell bridge now reopen as we started at 07:00pm to 05:00am. 2 lanes are closed repairs. the project will likely continue until saturday morning. caltrans is the exact duration of the work really depends on the >> rain and as of right now. >> frustration is mounting for small business owners in oakland's fruitvale district after several shops and the public market were burglarized this week robbers, dan thorn got a chance to talk with local business owners. there. >> at least for small businesses in oakland's fruitvale public market hit by burglars this week. oakland

police say 2 unknown intruders ransacked offices and stole cash and computers from a bakery jewelry store, ice cream shop and electronics repair service. it's super frustrating just to see these these folks, you know. >> working every day. the frustration they have. >> and to have something like this happen, it's really disheartening. >> business owner dominic prado says his restaurant tacos, el al ballet was spared. but the public market is a tight-knit community and crimes like these are a shared pain. they deserve better. we deserve better. >> many of these business owners have been there for over. 25 years. the nonprofit unity council owns the public market. >> they say despite investing more than a million dollars in security, it has not been enough. we're asking for local regional and federal support so that we can be whole again. prado argues the unity council could also be doing more to help the public markets.

merchants. he says the organization has failed to make good on improving safety. we've asked what cameras us for a number of things. last year we were faced with job. >> there was a lot of shootings in the area. >> both sides have clashed over the response to crime at the market. but they also agree that outside help is needed to protect these businesses, the support they get also help preserve the neighborhoods. culture i can. the prime will always be here. i think we're we're never going to be out out. red from crying. but i think with that the city to sizable commitment to invest in his neighborhood. >> well, that was kron four's. dan thorn reporting oakland police say they've not made any arrests in tuesday morning's burglaries. they're asking anybody with any information to give them a call. happening today, senator padilla and oakland congresswoman barbara lee. going to be oakland. the lawmakers are here to tour the port of oakland's hydrogen projects this morning. all comes after padilla and lee secured over a billion dollars for more renewable clean hydrogen across the state last

october. is an alert about how the port of oakland is working to improve air quality and support the state's workforce green jobs. still ahead, the proper morning news. >> medical service workers planned protest do too lacking livable wages. and we are tracking the rain. but as cross the bay area is here. how long it's going to stick around. jon travels actively tracking that. have a look at tracking that. have a look at this time. so get back.

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announce details in a racial discrimination lawsuit against the school 11 o'clock this morning, a law firm representing amir locke insists he was suspended, ultimately terminated following a classroom lecture about israel and gaza conflict. a complaint was filed in federal court in san jose. and so the police. they arrested a man accused of carrying out less in scams. that's what scammers office purification lesson ceremonies on your money. we're in the process. they robbed. police say john carlo was arrested in southern california in february. helen, the police arrest 2 middle school students setting off fireworks in a school bathroom. yesterday, police responded to reported onf an explosion that prompted an immediate lockdown lifted shortly before 3 and thankfully nobody was hurt. and the city of pittsburgh is taking action in combating illegal dumping throughout the city city council approved to increase the fine to $1000. the city

will also use its license plate readers track down culprits. the measure goes into effect april 18. >> all right. let's get a look at whether it is off to a rainy start. how long is the rain will stick around on? good morning. yeah, we're seeing that ramping up right in the middle of the morning commute. so we've yet to even see the heaviest up just yet. so in to sup 8, some slick roadways as you're getting out there the next several hours where we're sitting across the bay right now, we've seen some light sprinkles very few and far between at the moment. but you do see some activity on the north bay coastline as well as a few light showers around san jose this morning. and even seen a little bit of snow. the very top of the santa cruz mountains just south of san jose. we pull out across the region. you can actually see that snow was picking up up in the sierra nevada. 2 officially under a winter weather advisory up there. and we've got cold air plunging into the region as we speak. this is going to keep temperatures in the 50's today and tomorrow. also keep us cool into the rest of the

weekend. just around the corner the time it out for you here 06:45am. widespread rainfall heavy across the north bay and picking up more and more across the peninsula. we've got another about another hour here before we really start to see that heaviest of stuff pushing on in and we'll continue to see it through the 8 o'clock hour. line of showers making its way in across the east bay. notice in there, those areas of blue that your snowfall falling at relatively low elevations. this is a cold april system not used to seeing systems like this. this late into the season. now we will be seeing starting to anyway see some drying conditions by noontime. still some spotty showers in there, peeks of sunshine into the afternoon. you'll be able to get outside. walk the dog for a little bit. but do watch those gray skies because we could see some isolated thunderstorm activity at any point later on into the 2nd half of the day tonight. still staying active spotty showers here and there. middle of the day tomorrow. we also see an opportunity for some

thunderstorm building. here's around 3 in the afternoon. chance of a thunderstorm building in for your friday right there on the peninsula. we start to dry out into your friday later afternoon dry out nicely into saturday. saturday will be consistently good day to get outside this weekend. as for rainfall totals today, anywhere between a quarter and 3 quarters of an inch of rainfall for urban areas. well, just a little bit on top of that tomorrow and into sunday evening, sunday night into monday morning singer last chance of showers before a drier forecast. a winter weather advisory is in effect as we speak and last through 11:00pm on friday. we are going to be looking at multiple feet of snowfall at the crest of the sierra. another foot of it possible at donner summit and a few inches right here in our own bay area mountains. the risk here is that we approach the weekend with some slick roadways and do expect chain controls to be in effect, some gusty winds out of this one as well, which could result in blowing and drifting snow and some low visibility. as for your temperatures today, look how

much cooler we're about to be only the mid 50's at the very warm just 2 days ago we were in the 70's. so this is a full 20 degree drop in temperatures. tomorrow is going to be just as cool and saturday, despite all the sunshine actually stays in the upper 50's for most of us as well. won't be until monday of next week when we're all looking at the eclipse that temperatures really start to notably increase and by the middle of next week, it's back to that warmth with highs nearing 80 degrees. michael. >> you know, they say april showers bring those me flowers. good morning, everyone. taking a live look right now at what traffic tracker. 4 is looking like a lot of green and hopefully it stays like that. we know that those roads are going to be slick, giving you some drive times. you can see 11 minutes livermore to dublin, not too bad. and overall drive time for those of you crockett to may's 16 minutes. walnut creek to 5, 80 11 minutes. you've got a 14 minute commute from castro valley to the maze. stanley andrew to the maze. only a 10 minute commute giving you a live look. once you get to that maze of a

bridge right there, only in a minute commute into the city. traffic is flowing good. but you do want to take your time as those roads are going to be wet. taking a look at the south bay, an 11 minute commute right now, san jose to cupertino. not too bad. that's on to 80. taking a look at 101 right now. it's only a 28 minute commute from san jose. over to menlo park. lots of green. no yellow or orange. there. and those of you who may be using that same entail bridge this morning. you can see it's only a 12 minute commute from 80 to 101 right now. send it back to you. all right, michael, thanks for that update. there. >> so it's a bill and its resonate with a lot of california workers. assemblyman matt and his proposal to give employees the right to disconnect. so in other words line and to ignore texan calls from bosses when it's after hours. catherine heenan has that story for u.s.. >> assemblyman matt haney says there's been an outpouring of attention. most of it good. his bill is aimed at guaranteeing california workers at least some uninterrupted personal and

family time. and for many of them, you says that is not happening. >> if there's a villain in all of this, and if there had to be a bill and it would be the bosses would be the technology. >> matt haney is talking about the fact technology makes it easy for bosses have access to employees. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, he says sometimes amounting to a stranglehold on a worker's time. when ends up happening is because people can contact easily at any moment over text or they there is always that is that a lot of people find themselves. >> unable to put the phone away any time, even when they're at the dinner table with their kids or they need a moment. just to take a break. the bill would require california employers to create companywide plans clearly spelling out working and non-working hours. >> employees would have to consent to would all be in writing. exceptions include salaried workers with

contracts, bosses to break the deal. 3 times could be reported to the state labor commissioner and face fines. if cain is bill does become law. it would make california the first state in the country to officially embraced disconnect philosophy. at least 15 countries worldwide have similar laws from france and australia to the philippines hany things his version has been made so flexible that we'll win over even the critics. >> i think if you think about it, it's common companies can still have very long hours. if they want, they can still ask their folks to work weekends and nights and all that. but be clear about it. i have a policy when people can disconnect when they can switch and allow player and employee and make sure they're on the same page. >> he thinks this does have a pretty good shot at passing. meantime, it is not lost on

haney. bay area helped create the culture of always being available, working around the clock. places like silicon valley. he says he considers that all the more reason to jump in and try to make things better. can. >> well, 9 people have been confirmed dead following a deadly 7.4 earthquake in taiwan. it's the strongest quake there in 25 years. so more than 1000 others were injured. dozens still missing in the city of who lane workers are using an excavator. they're trying to put construction materials around the base and damaged buildings to stabilize them. event of a collapsing. quake hit 8 wednesday morning in taiwan. the time when many people were just starting their day. we're tracking the rain making its way across the bay area. taking time as you're traveling this morning, wherever you're headed. >> we'll have update on that coming up. don't go anywhere.

well, food service workers in the bay area will protest and medicine. francisco office at this afternoon. >> protests are going to take place 2.30, to 04:00pm mena, san francisco office on howard street. police are trying to bring attention to the lack of livable wages has a rise in inflation in food costs, most food services employees contracted by meta say they're living paycheck to paycheck. they hope this protest is going to be a step, the future to help them with negotiations going forward. from protests to appreciation. that's when workers in san jose are

organizing a rally to celebrate the new rising minimum wage. going to be held today at 12:00pm 12. 21 9, 1, monterey road in san jose. minimum wage increase to $20 per hour when into effect april first and has been received lot of excitement tall, fast food employees and then the wage increase to $20 per hour makes it the highest in the country. at a flagship to the san francisco restaurant scene is deciding to close its doors. michael mina's, downtown location, st or authority. ul's only knows will be closing its stores. april 11th upscale restaurant first opened in september 2021. replacing the michelin-starred michael mina were it was best known for its fresh seafood dishes. the met michael mina group would like to thank the community for all their support over the years and they say they're still operate their other downtown locations. so just international smoke and clock bar. all right. coming on the morning news, tracking that

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>> welcome back to the kron. 4 morning news. we're inching on 5.30, here and we're already off to a wet, rainy start. john, is it going to pick up as the morning goes on is yes, we're looking at the next several hours getting wetter and right in the middle of the morning commute. if you're waking up right now and you're thinking to yourself, i got some time this morning. you might want to be that early bird this morning and get to the road sooner than later because we're still relatively calm at the moment. golden gate bridge right here. look at all right. we do have some light sprinkles that pushed in right along the coastline,

mostly up in the north bay. as you can see further south around san jose. we're also seeing a few of those light showers down there as well. and even mixing in with a little bit of snowfall as you head up to the lick observatory, mount hamilton, just east of the city, also have seen a little bit of snowfall mixed in just above skyline, drive up there in the santa cruz mountains. so definitely starting to see some wintry precipitation. that rainfall for us really only accelerates in the next few hours. so here's 06:00am here. definitely seeing some heavy stuff near the sonoma coast line by 07:00am. san francisco peninsula, santa cruz mountains in the north bay. really in the midst of it, we advanced towards 8 and we'll start to see that heavy line moving over the east bay and further inland after that into the inland east bay towards 09:00am look at all that blue. that snowfall in the north bay mountains, as well as south of the altamont pass in the east of jose. going to see several inches of that. up there around about hamilton. so a very active

morning. the most active time of day to day is right in the middle of the morning commute will eventually calm down this afternoon. temperatures are in the 40's to 50's right now. it's a cold one. take a look at cloverdale kelsey bill calistoga. you can see why we have snow in the hillsides above those towns. as we are looking at some 30's all the way down on the valley floor. temperatures later today will still reach the mid 50's that the warmest spotty showers here and there this afternoon. right. those roads are going to be slick right now. those are looking good. you can see it's only a 9 minute commute from the maze over into the city. and traffic does seem to be flowing. go through all the bridges right now. we've got richmond, sandra fell a seven-minute commute over that bridge. and you can see >> traffic flowing. but those roads are going to be what's you may want to take your time. san mateo bridge only a 12 minute commute from 8.80, to 101. of course, that golden gate bridge to 19 minute

commute, which is fairly normal for right now. 37 to the tolls taking an overlook at everything in the bay area on traffic tracker for. you can see a lot of green this morning. but as the days start to progress, we may start to see somehat yellow and orange. so you may want to head out a little bit early and drive safe this morning right on james. we'll send it back to all right. thank you for them. well, team coverage now as we're tracking the rain as john and also michael's been talking about. >> drivers in for a wet commute this morning will tran is live in. sandra fell as >> re makes his way to the bay area. will you got your head on note? that means raining. >> and actually started literally about 5 minutes ago when we went to commercial was dry and turn the commercial. the rain started to come down, not heavy. you might see it to drops in front me, but enough to do damage on the roadway. the road is starting to listen right behind me. that's one on one. we're in, sandra fell. so those tail lights that you're seeing, those are cars heading

into san francisco in that direction. and of course, the other side that is northbound. fortunately, it is not windy. so you won't be hit with a one-two punch of rain and wind. it's just a little wet at this time. but we do know that the rain will pick up. and right now you should be good to go as far as to if you leaving. if you're heading across the bridge, it could get windy on the richmond. sandra fell bridge. looks like it's picking up speed as we speak. so check back with me at 6 o'clock trade and we'll see if mother nature is really clear throat because from what i understand, we're in for quite a whopper this morning. all right. time check back in with your feet to see that those flip-flops on later. >> i will now. let's go to the a's. were team executives met with sacramento officials? >> trying to finalize a deal to play there. the team's lease at the oakland coliseum expires at the end of the year. grover's dan kerman talked to some a's and has a reaction. >> speculation continues to

spread that the oakland a's not only are abandoning attempts to extend their lease at the coliseum passed this year, but they're in final negotiations to play those interim years at this minor league facility in sacramento. only sad because >> sacramento is really far and it's i don't know. a lot of the fans are going to go over there, sacramento, to see the environment. probably not going to be the same. so that's going to really sad. fans attending wednesday's a's game at the coliseum against the red sox were not surprised to hear the news. >> but some remain skeptical. i just can't imagine these guys playing in mind of a stadium sacramento, but it's 105 degree right? what wait to see what the players association has to say about that. the stadium is home to the sacramento river cats whose owner vidic run a diva. a also owns the sacramento kings. the team that was one step out the door to seattle before his ownership group bought the team in 2013. having gone through what you went through with sacramento.

>> it should be discussing to to be part of supporting a relocation of the team, ripping it from the community. ryan johansen with the a's fan group. oakland's last dive bar says if the move to sacramento happens, it will make the ultimate moved to las vegas all the more easy. but he doesn't blame oakland city leaders whose least extension offer was rejected this week. there's nothing the city can offer that will make stay. jon fisher does not want to be in oakland. a's want nothing to do with oakland. dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> well, a former lecturer at stanford university is expected to announce details of a racial discrimination lawsuit against the school this morning. law firm representing amir log-in says he was suspended and ultimately terminated. following a classroom lecture about the israel and gaza conflict. according to that complaint, they are accusing stanford violating their own personnel policies issuing a statement about log-in suspension following pressure from students and the public.

that was filed in federal court in san jose. announcement is expected at 11 o'clock this morning. so is a police. they've arrested a man accused of carrying out blessing scams. people throughout the city in january. so that's when scammers offer to purification a blessing ceremonies on your money or other valuable items. and during the process, they rob, you the scams heightened during lunar new year celebrations. police chen comeau was arrested in southern california back in february. they say they found items believed to have been stolen from blessing scam victims as well as child during his arrest. was the police one that these often target older members of the asian community. all charges have been dropped against a san francisco sheriff department oversight board member. he was arrested for assault. william palmer was arrested and charged with assault and have been in jail since november. san francisco attorney brooke jenkins says the charges were dropped it

into evidence over the alleged victim's credibility. charges were dismissed on the eve of his trial, but prosecutors before jury could be seated. palmer has always maintained his innocence. well, a north bay santa man is suing the moraine police department after he says an officer tased and arrested him while he was suffering from a seizure. well, on talk to and attorney shows us the body camera video. the arrest. we have to warn you. this might be hard for some of our viewers to watch. >> police body camera capturing the call to brew sprinkles. sanon summer home on the early morning of august. 29th frankel's fiancee at the time now wife called 9-1-1. but when officers arrived, the situation escalated. what is go later

learned he was suffering from a grand mal seizure on wednesday, frankel filed a lawsuit against the central marin police authority. his lawyer, david feel he's still struggling with the physical issues and still struggling. >> the emotional issues from yet to shoulder surgeries. so he's recovering from those which occurred over last year. so the lawsuit alleges excessive force, false arrest and officers conspiring to fabricate charges. one of the responding officers can be heard giving a statement on police body camera video feel right. >> it's all kind happened you right? checked so i try to control like its arm. with tweet. want to that out trying to light. you some you know but that first have says it address >> a statement from the central marin police authority reads in part, quote, as much as we would like to the authority by law is precluded

from commenting upon medical and personnel matters that are deemed confidential and private. however, the authority will vigorously defend itself against this meritless and factually inaccurate litigation. a separate statement to kron 4 from the lawyer representing the officers reads in part, the officers who arrived on scene to help in response to the medical call did an extraordinary job under very difficult circumstances. mister frankel presented symptoms that mimic someone under the influence. he was irrational, unstable and violent. while we now know this was the consequence of a seizure at the time the officers had no such information and acted in accordance with training law and policy. the lawsuit seeks economic damages for medical expenses and punishment sufficient to ensure that the situation does not happen again. this department as saying the similar set of facts before an epileptic >> suffering a seizure years before this occurred of the officers mistook it for

something else and beaten, then arrested a person who is suffering an epileptic seizure. gayle ong kron. 4 news. >> well, put a little police arrested. 2 middle school students were setting off fireworks in a school bathroom yesterday at noon at kenilworth junior high school on riesling road. police responded to a report of an explosion and it prompted an immediate lockdown. it was lifted shortly before 3. nobody was hurt. on the east bay, the city of pittsburgh. they're taking action in combating illegal dumping throughout the city city council approved to increase fined $2000 not to mention the cost of cleanup as well. the city will also use its license plate readers to track down culprits. city officials say they spent $100,000 each year clean up illegally dumped debris, including mattresses, couches and sofas. the measure goes into effect. april 18th. still ahead, the kron 4 morning news. >> title and get a win over the dodgers. jason dumas tells us if they had enough offense

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have 4 things you to know today. city of antioch is taking new measures to stop the dangerous driving stopped from taking place. city council voted on tuesday to implement a new electric gate. it's going to close in 9 stopping cars trying to partake in sideshows in their tracks. campbell, police is looking for this man on your screen broke into a woman's apartment on a book on avenue last friday evening. we say the woman woke up to find the man inside of her home. ran

away. you recognize the man, please contact campus police. that as a board of supervisor. president aaron peskin says he's now running for mayor. he says his plan file that paperwork friday morning officially announcing his run an event on saturday. senator alex padilla and oakland, u.s. oakland congresswoman barbara lee. they're going to be touring the open sport behind are projects this morning. comes after released in court over billion dollars. we're more renewable clean hydrogen across the state last october, learning how the poor will improve air quality and support the state's workforce with green jobs. in the east bay, tomorrow was supposed to be the return of oakland's first fridays. >> but has been postponed due to the rain in the forecast. but i love first fridays. so the monthly event brings together small businesses, artists, performers on telegraph avenue. the community comes out. it's a real good time. it was canceled over the past 3 months because of financial

issues. organizers say they're trying their best to host even next week. also, if that doesn't happen, if the event will return in may. know, john, is there something you can do is or someone that you can talk to to kind of help postpone the right cause. we want to be out first friday. i a lot of fuel been looking forward to that. >> but it's good that they're taking a look at the forecast and a gathering things around that we're about to have plenty, a warm weather just around the corner toduy and tomorrow are not those days. this is actually likely to be some record-setting cool air across the region for this late in the year. especially aloft. temperatures are really chilly and that's dropping snow levels to some really impressive low elevations right here in the bay area. in some cases, this is where we're at downtown san francisco right now. little bit of cloud cover out there, but still relatively dry at this moment. rainfall is going to be pushing in more and more right in the heart of your morning commute this morning. we're seeing lighter showers

up and down the marin and sonoma coast line. some showers on the richmond. sandra fell bridge. take a look at that. blew up there above san jose and just south of the altamont pass. that is snowfall that is falling up towards mount hamilton in the lick observatory right now. and speaking of that, snow is coming down up in the sierra nevada placer bills low as 1800 feet in elevation. going to be looking at a couple inches of snowfall. so this is really low elevation stuff. we're well into spring now. april, not accustomed seeing this cold of systems. this low pressure drives right in across the region into the evening tonight. cold front is what swings through this morning. and that allows us this line of showers that is going to be the heaviest of rain that we're looking at today. 06:00am starting to see it for the north bay. more so 07:00am for the peninsula. then 08:00am to 09:00am for the east bay and the south bay. that heavy line of rain and strong winds pushes in along with it. and yes, you do notice that blew up in the mountain tops. that is snowfall falling as low in elevation of around 2000 feet.

that gets that are right up there to those mountain tops in the bay area. we will see peaks of sunshine this% afternoon. but do watch for some gray clouds and pop-up showers could come along with an isolated thunderstorm later on today overnight tonight. that's when that low spins right overhead resulting in some isolated heavy showers towards the evening. tomorrow morning, we actually look fairly dry during the morning commute, but mid day we could be seeing a pop-up thunderstorm or 2 right in the middle of the afternoon for your friday drying out after that and saturday looks to be pretty smooth sailing as we move into the weekend rainfall. i'm going to put anywhere between a quarter to three-quarters of an inch of rain across the region. quite a lot considering that we are looking at such a late low pressure system working across the bay and we do have snow in the sierra with a winter weather advisory in effect until 11:00pm on friday. snow level drops to as low as 1800 feet. that's going to put snow in some impressively low levels in the sierra, but also for the bay area. so do expect

slick conditions. if you're heading up to the sierra this weekend, what you had about 5,000 feet, it's not one to 2 feet of snowfall. chain controls likely to be in effect and do expect some delays as you're getting up there for your spring skiing. temperatures today are going to be in the mid 50's at the very warm us. this is a whole lot cooler than we were just a couple of days ago tomorrow and saturday, staying in the 50's for most of us really won't be until the eclipse on monday that temperatures start to push back upwards and they will push up words quickly by wednesday of next week. some inland areas will be flirting with the low 80's. michael. >> hey, good morning, everyone. thank you, god. well, those roads, of course, are going to be wet as you just heard. but right now, so far traffic tracker for does look good. we've got tiny little pockets of yellow and orange and but nothing too bad, right? but some of it happening over in the antioch area. you can see antioch to concord. it's a 17 minute commute. it's now in the yellow. so that's normally where it's at at this point in the morning. and then if you are heading down 80 from

crockett to the major looking at a 17 minute commute, once you get to the maids to get over that bay bridge, it's only an 11 minute commute. you can see all those cars driving nice and smoothly. if you health this morning, check those windshield wipers because i can tell you that i think they need to change mine and so does rain as he was saying, taking a look at some drive times livermore to dublin and 11 minute commute. 14 minute commute from dublin fremont area. 22 minute commute from san leandro to milpitas seven-minute commute milpitas to sunnyvale. not too bad. sticking over in the south bay san jose. 85 to 1, 0, 1, 9, minute commute. we've got to 80 over 2 to 37 8 minute commute and over down still in the south bay, 101 you can see from san jose to menlo park. a 31 minute commute rain. send it back to you. and michael, i know they weren't working that well this morning. so everybody make sure you're safe out there. >> so there's change of leadership at the food bank of contra costa and solano. caitlin slye has actually been named the new president and

ceo of the food bank. she previously spent 11 years at the food bank before running meals on wheels. diablo, she says a lot has changed due to the pandemic. she says donations are down and the organization could always use more volunteers. >> people who are in need food in our community. are your neighbors. they're not some other group of people that you don't see every day. they're just like you and me. and for a variety of they need food and we truly believe that nobody should have to go hungry in our community. >> a little bit now serves more than 400,000 people each month. let's head to sports is in baseball. as i stated on the dodgers in the last game of their series, giants trying to get a wind. sports director jason dumas says all those highlights. >> this series against the dodgers was a great barometer for the giants. they are completely healthy. but you still want to see where they stack up against the best roster in the majors. and i

have to say seems like they were a bit outclassed. the giants. >> and being their road chavez ravine, they've yet to beat the dodgers there. bob melvin and his team complained ok, ball. the winds have not resulted out of that. wanted to change it in la top of the 3rd giants down one, nothing. no one offer. patrick bailey drive to right. >> see that's out in a hurry. his first home run of the season and we're all tied at one. top of the 6 is 4, 1, dodgers. but michael conforto, he gets a couple back. that's going knock pits that liner to right. 2 runs. come on in to score. >> it is 4 to 3, but in the 7th. show, time he says. is why the highest-paid player in baseball, dodgers go back up. 2 runs. 8th, ending the giants trying to keep up. >> jorge solera. talk about a

moon shot. first of all, i love his 11th. but that one went 452 feet. fortunately, giants could muster up any offense after that, they lose 5 to 4. they get swept in l a they have the day all and they will have their home opener on friday against the he had kept leverage and other news. the a's also got swept by the red sox and the warriors are in houston taking on the rockets tonight. that's your look at sports. >> well, for your help, the white house celebrating an announcement. we're 3 drugmakers that have agreed to cap the prices of inhalers. many patients now are pay $35 per month. president biden says this is thanks to major pressure for federal leaders. other advocates are praising the price caps would say so only a step in the right direction. the new inhaler price caps are going to start taking effect in june. mark your calendars ecause national parks are going to be

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>> oh, my gosh will screen from a woman of the laos as she's the victim of a robbery. with us the dash cam video while she was waiting at a red

light on sonoma boulevard in tennis history. she says she was listening music someone put up next to her smash window and tried to take that. so scary. tried to take her belongings after resisting the attacker took off. we reached out lay police about the video we have not heard back. my goodness. of the nation putting out a sailboat that caught on fire. they say they got a call about a grass fire near term ballpark. this is early yesterday morning when they arrive, they found the boat on fire right near the shore. instead who say no one was on the boat at the time of o the fire. and rain. rain come again some other day. well, it's here to stay. fortunately, you know, we needed. >> dontre wilson actively tracking the rain as it makes its way across the bay area. just give yourself a little extra time this morning, traveling got an update on a fatal crash involving 2 cars when the south bay neighbors say this isn't the first time there's been accident at that intersection. that is there

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>> right now on the kron, 4 morning news, small business owners in oakland want something done about crime after several shops in the fruitvale district of burglarized. antioch city leaders clamp down on illegal sideshows by installing a new gate at the marina. and we are tracking the rain. stormy weather getting ready to blanket the entire bay area. >> from the bay area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at 6.