>> 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.

good morning. thank you for joining us here on the kron. 4 morning news. i'm james fletcher and i'm reyna harvey in for darya folsom today. the rain is here. yeah, slick one. it's a slight edge on has been warning us that today would arrive and sure enough here it is. and it's getting wet out there for some job board on. it only going to get weather right in the middle of the morning commute things are at their busiest out there. so anticipate it. >> may be taking a little bit longer than you'd unfortunately like for this thursday morning, drive what we got outside from the east bay hills. still some relatively dry conditions in this view right here. we're starting to see some more showers pushing in towards the coastline. now you can see out here up and down the mountains of the peninsula on into the north bay coast. and then right over the richmond, sandra fell bridge and then over san pablo enrichment itself. some showers moving in at this very moment for the south bay. we are seeing some rain mixed with snow fall up in the santa cruz mountains. but most notably right here east of san jose. obviously a lot of blue up there that is snowfall up at the lick

observatory in mount hamilton. several inches of snow to fall up there today. we're going to have some likely record breaking cold when we released those soundings a locked in really see what the temperatures out in those upper layers of the atmosphere. snow level falling to as low as 1500 to 1000 feet. that is cold for april. right there. we are going to be looking at continued showers over the next few hours between 67 really coming down in the north bay between 7 to 8 for the heaviest of rainfall for the bay itself. that includes the peninsula in the east bay shoreline. and then 8 to 9 for the inland east bay as well as the south bay seeing our heaviest of rainfall there, that places all this right in the middle of the morning commute. we'll still see spotty showers after that. but definitely between some peeks of sunshine. temperatures right now are in the 40's to 50's alameda and hayward at 51 degrees. oakland at 50 while berkeley down through san mateo sitting in the 40's right now as we move into the afternoon day time highs today will rise into the mid 50's. that's a full 20

degrees cooler. then we were just 2 days ago. i'll talk more about the timing of any remaining rainfall into the weekend. still ahead, michael. >> hey, good morning, everyone. happy thursday will right now those roads are looking a little bit wet. so you want to drive slow? it looks like those metering lights are on at the bay bridge. but if you're heading into the city from the east bay, it's a 12 minute commute. things are moving smoothly right now. you can see san mateo bridge. it's a 13 minute commute from 8.80, to 101. some quick drive times those of you in the east bay. you can see everything seems to be green right now. the longest commute is 22 minutes and that san leandro to milpitas but livermore to dublin, 11 minute commute, dublin to fremont 15 minute commute. taking a look at some more bridges this morning. you can see richmond some rest elbridge. it's only a 9 minute commute. so that's really good. and lastly, that golden gate bridge, it's still at a 19 minute commute to get into the city rain. and james, we'll send it back to you. all right, michael, thank you for that. let's continue to team coverage of the rain that we're tracking. you just saw some wet cameras there. >> in michael's update is john

says that rain is only going to get heavier as the morning commute continue. numbers will tran is live in. sandra fell as the rain makes his way there. last hour he had his hood on. yeah, having on now. so let's be a little break. april, hey, will help. >> i took off my jacket altogether, forget about pulling back my hood. i take it off altogether. so my rain jacket is ready, but not right now. not necessary. as you can clearly see. no raindrops in front of the camera. no rain on my jacket whatsoever. tomorrow giants home opener. by the way. so it is dry. it is not windy, but you can clearly see the roadway behind me. there is, you know, some wetness out there. just take it easy, especially if you're hopping onto the on-ramp to take you to the richmond. sandra fell bridge might be a little windy on that span, but nothing too bad at this time. we do know that the rain is coming. john has graced the sport. but at this particular time, if you are leaving and you're heading to san

francisco in the north bay in sandra fell. if you're heading toward san francisco, you will have an easy right? and yes, you will be using your windshield wiper. not because of the rain coming down is because all that water in front of you being kicked up from the card front of you. that's about it. but so far, so good. this is a perfect time. if you have to head into the city, we do know the rain is on its way. keep you posted throughout the morning. back to you. i was thinking the same thing and leave. thank you. will letters across the bay area are demanding better working conditions. they are. in fact, a nurses rally at san francisco general hospital for those. >> better staffing conditions, especially out at laguna honda hospital. we actually have video sent to us from the union that we can share with you. and you can see here they're on the picket line, they say is shortage in nurses is putting patient care at risk. the nurses are accusing hospital. it not posting the accurate amount of job vacancies that represent the need for staffing. they also have submitted 1400 complaints

about missed a meal breaks and unsafe working conditions. meantime, in santa clara county, nearly 4,000 nurses took to the picket lines day 2 of their 3 day strike. >> they're asking for higher pay. this is video and the nurses were striking at saint louise regional hospital yesterday. the county is currently offering a 10 and a half percent pay increase over the next 3 years. the nurses are asking for 15%. county officials say nurses from across the county in iran in a calmer for those on strike, which has been really expensive. >> over 20 million dollars to bring in staff from agency to support patient care. and we have successfully oriented over 1000 individuals to help provide that care. >> today will be day 3 for nurses on strike in santa clara county. they're going to be out there. hope pushes negotiations for county. officials say the union has not responded to requests to schedule more marketing sessions. >> we'll take a look at the

man here in this video. campbell, police say he broke into a woman's apartment on apricot avenue last friday evening. police say the woman woke up to find him inside of her home. as you can see, quickly ran away. anyone who recognizes this man is asked to call campbell police. meanwhile, an update now to a story we first brought you on the kron 4 morning news where a teen is arrested now in the south bay after police say he was behind the wheel when it crashed into another car, killing the driver video shows the aftermath yesterday of yesterday morning's crash right near the intersection of neiman boulevard and elkins way. police say the teen was driving the black car. neighbors say this isn't the first time there's been an accident there and they're hoping 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 light because all we accident. >> the teen is now in custody. no word if he was under the influence. that will be part of the investigation.

>> well, let's head to the east bay is a city of antioch. they're taking more actions to try to pump the brakes on illegal sideshows that we have kron four's theresa stasi. now with a closer look. >> smacked water shooting in the air disrupted nearby residents. that was the scene back in august. a car flipped into the water off of anti oxbow dock. police at the time say that the vehicle was involved in a sideshow. that electric a game >> that will open in close on its own. so it'll open in the morning close in the evening. that's antioch mayor lamar hernandez thorpe on tuesday, the city council voted on a new electric gate at the marina. that would close at night stopping cars in their tracks, looking to hold sideshows in the parking lot. >> people around the marina, their communities there. and so it's fair to them that people come and destroy their pe peace and tranquility. that's not right now. >> just this past weekend, the mayor says that more than 200 people showed up at a

sideshow. a lone tree drive in golf course road police moved in quickly dispersing the crowd. the mayor says that the department's police scandal where dozens of officers were put on leave for allegedly sending racist and sexist text messages and breaking other laws hurt their efforts to block sideshows. but he says that those days are in the rearview mirror that when the police levels were impacted by fbi investigation, we lost optimism. so that certainly had that it felt like that. we just opened the gates 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 efforts are are much more important having police officers dedicated finding. >> sitting down sideshows are organized that have been most affected. >> the mayor says the back gate is going to be in place very soon. also, the mayor says that in the most recent

sideshow, drones are flown and they captured video of license plates. they are going through those and they could be going after those cars involved, possibly towing them or issuing some pretty hefty fines. theresa kron, 4 news. >> ration is mounting for small business owners in oakland's fruitvale district after several shops in the public market were burglarized this week. okay. so take a look at these pictures. they show the damage left behind of the food, public market. investigators say 2 people broke into the market early tuesday morning. least 4 businesses were hit, including a bakery in jewelry store and a computer repair shop. we're just say these types of crimes that happened several times over the past few years. >> to see these these folks, you know, working every day. the frustration they have. and gas and like this happen, it's really disheartening. >> well, a nonprofit unity council which owns the market says they spent over a million dollars for security. now, the man in the city of oakland to

do more to help. take a look at this. a car almost crashed into a taco shop in the mission. this happened yesterday afternoon. and police say this might be the result of road rage. the car damaged a pillar right outside on 18th. and valencia. they say the driver left the scene and they later found the car involved then at 14th and that homeless streets. >> 2 eastbound lanes of the richmond, sandra fell bridge have now reopened this week, starting at 07:00pm to 05:00am 2 lanes will be closed for repairs. the project will likely continue until saturday morning. caltrans says the exact duration of the work, though, depends on the weather. so we'll save to wait and see if the rain. we're going to get delays. any of that work. meanwhile, 6.10, is the time and still ahead on the kron 4 morning news. this video is going viral on social media shows a filet, a woman getting her window smashed in broad daylight while she's in her car. >> a call to 9-1-1 and is within rest of the north bay

man who was having a seizure. we'll tell you what that man is now asking for from police. and speculation continues to grow over the a's heading to sacramento while their vegas stadium is built. we'll hear from fans about that possible move. >> in rain and snow across the bay area this morning, we're seeing rainfall obviously lower elevations, but snow at some surprisingly low elevations up in the mountains above san jose. be breaking it down for your morning commute as we go. >> well, those roads are wet this morning. coming up, i'll tell you the best ways that you can get you need to go and keep in mind, you may want to keep in mind, you may want to give yourself some extra time ( ♪♪ )

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>> we are 4 things you know, today, former lecturer at stanford university is expected to announce details a racial discrimination lawsuit against the school this morning at 11, a law firm representing amir logging says he was suspended and ultimately terminated well in a classroom lecture about the israel and gaza conflict. a complaint was filed in a federal court in san jose. well, there was a police have arrested a man accused of carrying out blessing scams. that's what scammers offered to perform purification or blessing ceremonies on your money and are in the process. they rob, you. we say jean colo was arrested in southern california in february. and then on the police arrested 2 middle school students setting off fireworks in a school bathroom. yesterday. police resp toreports and nunavut explosion and it prompted immediate lockdown was lifted shortly before 3 and nobody was hurt. and the city of pittsburgh taken action in combating illegal dumping throughout the city

city council approved to increase the 5 to $1000. the city will also use his license plate reader track down culprits. the measure goes into effect. april 18th. >> alright, 6.15, is the time. let's check the weather before you head outside take a live look behind can tell you things are really went out there. i'm myra and worked little slippery. yeah. and we're only going to get more and more slick as the morning goes by. a showers will really pick up here within the next hour for coastal areas a within the next couple hours for the rest of us. this is your view of half moon bay right now. a lot of cloud cover overhead. we've seen some light showers out there so far. but as you can see, a lot of energy is still sitting out in the pacific. that is yet to even make its way our direction a good amount of snowfall already falling on maui hamilton this morning. we'll also see that in the north bay mountains tube. this is a cold april system right here. cool air aloft is going to result in snow level up in the sierra falling as low as

1500 feet plaster ville. that's about 800 feet in elevation, 1800 feet in elevation, expecting 2 inches of snowfall. that's saying something right there, especially this late in the season. now cold front swinging through this morning. low-pressure dives in right over head into the evening tonight. so this is going to keep things unsettled all day long today, although the heaviest of rainfall is going to be right in the middle of the morning commute 06:15am, right here. you can see most of our rainfall situated are right along the north coast. but as we make our way through the 6 to 7 o'clock hour, that line of showers just dives right into the bay area, along with some pretty strong winds, too. so heavy ra, stro winds, low elevation snowfall, continuing to pile up in mountains above the bay. expect multiple inches of snow on mount hamilton, mount saint helene at mount diablo this afternoon, we will be seeing some afternoon clearing, though, good peeks of sunshine later on today, which will be enjoyable for sure. a resurgence of moisture right around the time the sun is going out down tonight. we'll

start to see some activity picking back up tomorrow morning should be dry during the morning commute. still some wet spots from overnight showers, though. we will see a resurgence of rain tomorrow afternoon. chance of thunderstorm development briefly during the mid-afternoon for your friday. and then we calmed down friday night into saturday. really nice clear conditions saturday. don't cancel the plans. get out there and enjoy it. brief chance of some sprinkles sunday night into monday morning. you add all this up in the bay area will be between a quarter of an inch to three-quarters of an inch of rainfall. as for this year, it's multiple inches of snow. winter weather advisory is in effect as we speak 3 feet of snow to even 4 feet of snow at the very crest of the sierra nevada snow level drops to 2000 feet, if not lower and that means no bay area about tops 2. if you are heading to the sierra today or tomorrow, anticipate delays chain controls in effect. and overall, just slick snowpack conditions. today's daytime highs are going to be in the mid 50's the full 20 degrees

cooler that where we had been just a couple of days ago. so winter is made a big resurgence and stays with us for a couple of days. saturday is going to be a dry but cool one by monday for the eclipse. we're warming things back up and wasting no time doing so by wednesday of this next week, we'll actually be looking at some of our warmest temps of the season so far nearing 80 degrees. michael? >> yeah, good morning. everyone can't wait for that. 75 degree weather, right? well, taking a look this morning at traffic tracker for you can see that rain is already starting to play a bit with the drive times this morning can lots of green, but also some pockets of yellow and red. we do have a traffic collision on 101, northbound lane. so if you're heading up the peninsula into the city from the south bay, just keep that in mind. it's right before you get to holly street the right lanes on northbound 101 are going to be closed off for right now reached out to chp. they're working to get that cleared up. so we'll keep you updated on that. but taking a look at the bay bridge, our east bay viewers, if you're heading in right now from the maze into the city,

it's a 15 minute commute. you can see those metering lights are already on. so small, tiny delays. but again, it is raining. so you want to take your time. taking a look at some drive times, antioch to concord and 18 minute commute. normally around this time of the morning is what we see that green turning into yellow, then orange. if you are heading down, 80 westbound will right now from crockett to the maze. it's only about a 16 minute commute. excuse me. 18 minute commute. my eyes are sleepy this morning. livermore to dublin 11 minute commute, dublin to fremont 15 minute commute. 24 minutes when your drive from san leandro to milpitas. if you're heading to the south keep that in mind. menlo up. excuse me, milpitas over tucson valley sunnyvale. can't talk this morning. 7 minute commute. taking a last look over at 101 in the south. it's a 29 minute commute right now from san jose to menlo park. i'll send it back to you guys at the desk that they couldn't thanks, michael. 6.19, is the time in 9 people now been confirmed. >> killed following that deadly 7.4 earthquake in

taiwan. the strongest quake they've seen in a quarter century. >> more than 1000 others are injured. dozens are still missing in the city of while workers are using an excavator right now to try to put construction materials around the base of damage buildings that are leaning dangerously. >> to try to stabilize them, prevent them from collapsing. the powerful quake hit at 8 o'clock wednesday morning there in taiwan. the time when many people were starting their day, one of flew into san francisco yesterday evening for a business meeting and share his experience. take a listen. >> it comes just a there is begin. and i was at work and working at home. yeah, it's come so great. and there's me and my wife and my in the house that so just with other less 10 everything stopped. >> away says the shaking wasn't a strong where he

lives. the epicenter was about 200 miles away from his home. and you can see here closer to the epicenter. the shaking was pretty severe. well, meantime, in the bay area, the taiwanese american federation of northern california is raising money now to help with relief efforts there in taiwan. >> i think it will be used to help the survivors and to repair buildings and make sure people are taking care of forget lee quickly as possible. >> now the coalition is sending money to taiwan by check and online money transfers. if ou'd like to donate, we do have a link to that on our website. kron 4 dot com. >> proms all 6.21. com for your local election headquarters, san francisco board of supervisors president aaron peskin says he's running for mayor. so says he's planning to file the paperwork friday morning and officially announces run an event on saturday. well, food service workers in the bay area will protest and medicine were says will offices this afternoon. the protests will take place from 2.30, to 04:00pm. as san francisco office on howard

street, police are trying to bring attention to the lack of livable wages due to rising inflation and food costs. so most food service employees contracted by say they arep living paycheck to paycheck and they hope this protest is going to be the first step in future union negotiations for them going forward. well, fast food workers gathered near the state capitol to celebrate their increase in their minimum wage. >> more than 30 workers as well as members of the california fast food workers union came together to talk about why they believe this law will now improve their lives. >> the rest of the country is watching what's happening in california. you are setting the standard that others will follow. now we love you but i we could happen. is good but okay for a long. the meanwhile, want

>> they'll economy. >> however, franchise owners here in the bay area disagree. they tell us this wage increase will lead to higher prices and possibly fewer hours for employees. well, from protests to appreciation, fast-food workers in san jose are organizing a rally to celebrate the rise in the minimum wage is well, that rally is set to be held today at noon. it will be a 21 91 monterey road in san jose. the minimum wage increase to $20 per hour when into effect april. 1st. and it has been received with a lot of excitement among employees, the minimum wage increase is the highest now in the country. again, $20 and all right. coming up on the kron, morning news. if you live in milpitas. >> while the eligible for some help with your rent, we're going to tell you the details of the new program coming up. and the rain is here. tracking the rain making its way across the bay area. travel has a look at that. michael thomas look at that. michael thomas is a

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>> we are back 6.30, is the time here on the kron. 4 morning news as we have a live look behind us here. some cloudy skies over the bay. yeah. and a slick start out there on your roads. johnston actually tracking the rain coming in. john along is going to stick around. yeah, i mean, we've got the heaviest stuff still ahead of us this morning. so several more hours, a very wet conditions. and we are going to see on and off showers chance of thunderstorms for the 2nd half of the day and into even early tomorrow where we're at right now in san jose, skies are dark and very cloudy. we've seen showers in the vicinity

for the south bay already. and we are looking at our most widespread rainfall now officially sitting right over the peninsula on up into the north bay to these areas right here, really looking at rainfall picking up now in pockets of heavy rain right around american canyon here around richmond on up and down the east bay shoreline. to let me zoom in on a few areas that were actively seeing some heavier showers. as i mentioned right there along highway 37, we are seeing some heavy rain right watch out for standing water there. richmond center fell bridge very wet at this point. now, as is the bay bridge in the golden gate, san francisco seeing some showers pushing through in lighter showers generally south of there. we are going to be looking at some snow mixed in with all this, too. as you can see that purple south of san jose. and then most notably all that blue just south of livermore and east of san jose. this is the area around mount hamilton. the lick observatory well high enough in elevation to get several inches of snowfall out of this very late cold system. april,

typically don't see systems this cold dropping in. we'll see more rain pushing further inland over the next hour into 2 hours. inland areas will start to see it as well. so very wet right in the heart of the busiest time of the morning commute and we'll continue to see even between some clearing skies, a chance of thunderstorms on into the afternoon today. temperatures are well down into the 40's and 50's, if not some 30's further north in the bay area. cloverdale calpstoga kelsey bill right now down in the upper 30's. you head up into those hillsides and it's even colder than that. hence the snowfall we're seeing temperatures in the 50's for your highs later on today. we can see that way for a couple of days to some really chilly wet days. i'll talk all the details as we go. michael. >> yeah, good morning, everyone. well, you know, they say april showers bring those mayflowers taking a live look right now at the traffic tracker for lots of green. some small pockets of yellow. in fact, if you're heading up the peninsula in from the south bay, take a look. there's going to be some delays right here. northbound 101. the right lanes are going

to be close just before you get to holly street. there is a traffic collision. they're working to get it cleaned up. but just keep that in mind as you head out this want to give yourself some time. taking a quick look at some drive times for those of you in the east bay. right now, everything seems to be going smoothly. crockett to the maze. 19 minute once you get to that means, of course, you want to pack your patience. here's a live look at that bay bridge right now to 19 minute commute over the bridge from the maze. and you see those metering lights are on. so everyone's kind of stop and go and you can see just how wet exactly those roads are. so keep that in mind, taking a live look at the san mateo bridge right now. 8.80 to 101 of 14 minute commute. a live look over at the richmond. sandra fell bridge tolls to 1, 0, one 13 minute commute here. you can really just see all that water on the ground. so again, pack your patience and just drive very safely. and of course, check those windshield wipers a last look at the golden gate bridge right now. 37 to tolls. 21 minute commute into the city. i will send it back to you guys at the desk. all right, michael, thanks for that update. there. okay, 6.33. is the time. let's talk

about the a's. team executives met with sacramento officials to try to finalize a deal to play there until their stadium in las vegas is fixed lisa, the old alice m expires at the end of this year. krogers kerman spoke to some a's fans got their 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 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. this is terrifying. ok? cause screams from a woman of allay sans she

was the victim of a robbery. >> she shared with us is dash cam video will at a red light after she someone pulled up next to smash the passenger window and took off with her belongings, reached out to the lay police about the video. we haven't heard back just yet. >> well, in the north bay, anselm, oh, man now suing the marine police department after he says an officer tased and arrested him while he was suffering a seizure. proffers. get on talk with the man's attorney and shows us body camera video that we've got to warn you. it might be disturbing 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 apbut 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. 6.38. is the time and all charges have been dropped against the san francisco sheriff's department oversight board member who was arrested for assault. >> william palmer was arrested and charged with assault and had been in jail since november. but san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins says those charges were dropped after new evidence came to light about the alleged victim's credibility. charges were dismissed on the eve of his trial by prosecutors before a jury could be seated. palmer has always maintained his innocence. we had a louisville police have arrested 2 middle school students for setting off fireworks inside of a school bathroom. it happened yesterday at noon in ken lin. worth junior high school that's on recently road police responded to a report of an explosion and that prompted an immediate lockdown. that was

lifted shortly before 3. nobody was hurt. >> a lot of the state capitol that lawmakers there back to work after a spring recess. developing solutions to address the state's multi-billion-dollar budget deficit. the non-partisan legislative analyst's office says the gap is at 73 billion dollars. the newsom administration says it's more closer to 38 billion democratic senate lawmakers have proposed early budget action to shrink the budget for this fiscal year and therefore reduce the deficit. early action means that we can bring this deficit to a more manageable level. well, governor newsom says he hopes to work with both the senate and the state assembly to refine the plan. democratic leaders in assembly say they are concerned early action plan could include cuts for programs and to address homelessness. and they are working on their own proposal. so the office of the assembly speaker, robert b, this issued this statement saying their plan, quote, reflects member

feedback and the assembly's careful, deliberative process as we look forward to refine his plan further in conversation with the senate and newsom's administration. meanwhile, republicans say they've been left out of budget discussions by democratic leaders and for vernor. well, let's head to the east bay, the city of pittsburgh. they're taken action in combating illegal dumping throughout the city. the city council approved to increase the fine to $1000 not to mention the cost of cleanup as well. the city is going also use its license plate readers to track down culprits. city officials say they spend $100,000 each year to clean up illegally dumped debris, including mattresses, couches, sofas. the measure goes into effect on april 18th. >> well, alameda county now deploying covid-19 detecting dogs in their health center's. they're part of a pilot program for identifying covid cases within the county's health centers. the dogs are working right now at the park ridge nursing home in alameda.

they're trained to sniff near your legs to detect any compounds associated with covid. the dogs can sniff test about 300 people. and just a half-hour, they have accuracy rate of 96%. the next phase of this pilot program will focus on vulnerable populations in nursing facilities. >> still ahead on the kron, morning news to the warriors have what it takes to make it to the playoffs this year. we'll speak with a sports analyst about what they need to do to make it through. and wet and cool. one temperatures plummeting and now that we are seeing snowfall in blue on some of our bay area mountaintops this april day. >> we are seeing showers for the rest of us in rainfall pushing now into the east bay. more and more having a big impact on the morning commute. i've got your forecast. >> yeah, good morning, everyone. that's right. we are seeing some of those delays from the rain you can see right behind me that bay bridge already stop and go traffic. coming up, we'll have drive times and let you know

>> we are back 6.44, is the time in the city of antioch is taking some new measures now to stop the dangerous driving stunts from taking place. the city council voted tuesday to implement a new electronic gates which will close at night stopping cars, trying to take part in sideshows. in their tracks. this is out at the marina. campbell. police officer world campbell police are actually looking for this man who broke into a woman's apartment on apricot avenue last friday evening. police say the woman woke up find that man in her home. he

quickly ran off. anybody who recognizes him is asked to call campbell, who pd. san francisco board of supervisors. president aaron peskin says he is running for mayor. he says he plans to file the paperwork friday morning and officially announced he's run an event on saturday. and sen alex padilla and oakland congresswoman barbara lee are going to be touring oakland's port of hydrogen projects this morning. this comes after padilla and lee secured more than a billion dollars for more renewable clean energy across the state last october, learning how the port will improve air quality and support the state's workforce with green jobs. >> him, you ms snack time at the oakland zoo and elephant was treated to a whole coconut. he's still some tons. the zoo shared this video on twitter for us. it takes at least one tool to crack open. a coconut put for this 1300

pound package or it's as easy as cracking up. he that a strong i i was today years old when i learned that elephants like, i that is not in the and powerful. learning something new. very cool. all right, 6.46 is the time we have some wetness on roads out. yeah, certainly very slick. thankfully we're not seeing a lot of just mess out there, right, john? a long as it's supposed to rain, though. yeah, so things are definitely getting wetter as the moments go by and we are going to see these next several hours here really bringing that heaviest of rainfall to the bay area. >> where we're at right now, downtown san francisco, very much so coming down for you. some heavy pockets of rain right along 92 between half moon bay in san mateo as well as up along the east bay shoreline. the marin headlands also seeing some heavier pockets as well. >> and can't ignore that blue. that's your snowfall on our bay area. mountaintops been talking so much about how cold the areas, a weather balloon center later on this morning

are likely to detect some very close if not to record breaking cold sitting just above the bay as this low pressure system that's bringing in this moisture is also coming along with some very much, though, late season cold weather. we are going to be seeing some heavy snowfall in the sierra 2 out of this one. in fact, plaster ville 1800 feet in elevation, expecting around 2 inches of snowfall. so this is low elevation stuff, especially this late in the year. but any time of year really low-pressure dives right into overhead later on today for us, that means active weather all the way into tomorrow to get the weekend started. let's time out the next several hours. the there's your line of showers, which is really just now starting to push into the bay area over the next hour. heavier rainfall moves further inland. here's around 07:45am. areas like oakland down through redwood city on up into sonoma and napa county seeing some of the heaviest of stuff the next hour. after that, the energy continues to push further inland by 09:00am. antioch conquered

livermore, seeing some of our heaviest of rain after that showers become a whole lot more spotty in nature and a chance of unsettled thunderstorm development on into the afternoon will be interspersed by times of sunshine. 02:45pm right here. look at all that sun. it's going to look nice by 05:45pm, though. showers moving right back through low pressure moves directly overhead to bay area during our overnight hours tonight, snow up in the mountains above san jose and the tri valley continues well into the overnight tomorrow morning should be dry during the morning commute itself. chance of thunderstorm development in the middle of the afternoon tomorrow. we would do dry out after that and are pretty smooth sailing into your saturday. thankfully, at least you can get up to something on saturday. rainfall amounts for the bay area and you would between a quarter and 3 quarters of an inch of rain. the sierra is back to that fetus. no winter weather advisory is in effect through 11:00pm tomorrow. we'll be seeing several feet of snowfall to crest of the sierra donner summit around a foot of it. and of course,

those multiple inches right here in our own bay area. mountaintops. if you have plans on heading up to the sierra today or tomorrow dissipate, gusty winds chain controls in effect. definitely anticipate some travel delays. temperatures today are going to be much cooler than they have been only in the mid 50's and the very warmest in tomorrow is going to be much the same saturday and sunday remain cool. but after that, we're going to be looking at daytime highs, skyrocketing by monday for the eclipse were already close to 70. and by wednesday, we're close to 80 michael. >> hey, good morning, everyone. it is a wet morning to say the least. so if you're still in bed, you may want to get ups. you can give yourself some extra time when you're heading out because that commute may be a bit longer. taking a look right now at traffic tracker for lots of green. but there are some pockets of that yellow and orange, which means delays. right now. we do have a sigler. there's a traffic collision on 101, northbound it's right around the san carlos area out the right lanes are going to be close right before you get to holly street. so if you're heading up the peninsula into the

city, keep that in mind. you are going to see some delays. chp is working to get that cleared, but it's still there. as of right now, those of you who are in the east bay heading into the city from the maze to fremont. you're looking at a 21 minute commute right now. you can see those metering lights are on. so we are seeing some stop and go traffic there at the bay bridge. taking a look over in the east bay, antioch to concord. a 22 minute commute. of course, there's that yellow and orange that we see every single morning around this time. nothing out of the ordinary there. taking a look at drive times westbound 80 crockett to the maze. you're looking at about a 20 to 25 minute commute or sell and some drive times free walnut creek to 5, 80 13 minute commute. castro valley to the oakland area. you're looking at a 40 minute commute. the san jose to milpitas drive 8 minute commute. for those of you are a little bit more inland. you take a look right here. 11 minute commute, livermore to dublin, dublin to fremont 14 minute commute. 27 minute commute. that's in yellow. when you're talking from san leandro to milpitas. so keep that in mind. it's going to be congested in that area. your drive from milpitas to sunnyvale, a seven-minute

commute taking a live look right now at the san mateo bridge. you can see everything is flowing smoothly, but it went from green over to yellow. so it's 17 minutes. doesn't seem that the roads are that went there. we like we saw in the bay bridge but still keep that in mind because they're going to be some delays. a last look over in the south bay right now. 31 minute commute from san jose over to menlo park. i'll send it back to you guys at the thank you for them. >> well, san francisco police have arrested a man who they believe carried out blessing scams on people throughout the city in january. and that's when scammers offer to perform purification or blessing ceremonies on your money or other valuable items. and then during the process, they rob, you these scams heightened during lunar new year celebrations. police arrested chen koon loh in southern california in february. they found with items believed to have been stolen from blessing scam victims. officers say they also found child during his arrest. san francisco police say these types scam artists often target older

members of the asian community. a former lecturer at stanford university is expected to announce details now of a racial discrimination lawsuit against the school this morning. the law firm representing amir logan says he was suspended and ultimately fired following a classroom lecture about israel and gaza conflict. according to the complaint, they are accusing stanford of violating his own personal policy by. are their own personnel policy. by issuing a statement about loggins suspension following pressure from students and the public. the complaint was filed in federal court in san jose. the announcement is expected 11 o'clock this morning. >> all right. still ahead, the kron morning news. we're talking about the rain. it's making its way across the bay area. teams like it starts to continue to grow and get bigger and bigger. john sabol is time for us. we'll be right is time for us. we'll be right wa on 18.

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what an impossible shot brought to you by comcast business. forged the lawyers of 7 more games of the regular season. >> eyes on another playoff. they are. but the mount they're on the cusp of not making. tonight they play against the houston rockets. and we spoke with a sports analyst about what the team needs to do to ensure a win. >> but it does feel like this warrior team is is turning a little bit of >> a quarter and i mean, gary payton, the second said it postgame yesterday. our backs are against the wall, but we play our best one. we have our backs up against the wall in this warrior team has been feeling that lately. i think that the dream incident in orlando pushed, you know it. it pushed up against the wall completely. and since they've been playing really good basketball.

>> well, the warriors play the rockets tonight at 5 fans will be watching. all right. it is 6.56. we're going to take a break. but coming up in the next hour, the kron morning news. several shops in one oakland neighborhood or vandalized in a single week. tell you what those owners say the city needs to do. plus, we have an update on that fatal crash involving 2 cars in the south bay. neighbors say this isn't the first time they've seen an accident. there. and we're tracking the rain as you can see here on storm tracker. 4. we've got a lot of shower activity overhead and it will only intensify throughout the day. we've got john triple day. we've got john triple with complete details.

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now on the kron. 4 morning news. small business owners in oakland want something done about crime after several shops in the fruitvale district burglarizing. antioch city leaders are clamping down on illegal sideshows are installing a new gate at the marina. and we're also tracking the rain. we've got live looks here at stormtracker 4 with wet weather blanketing the entire day. >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at 7. good morning. thank you for joining us on james, let enter hobby in for darya folsom. we've been talking about the rain is coming down. >> comes to the little box for we put their, you know, the and live looks here like at sfo is completely wet across entire airport. john, it's only going to get more and more so throughout the day. i yeah. so really heart of the morning commute is when we're seeing the very heaviest of rainfall. and that is