good morning. thank you for joining us on this monday morning. i'm james fletcher radar be in for darya folsom today. >> the clips top of the mind. a lot more on that in a minute. we're also following the weather, too. and i think this is the week where we're going to join nice little warm up morning. we're looking at our first 80's of the season later on this week on wednesday and thursday. >> and today is going to be a crystal-clear one for these eclipse that you may be doing a little bit later. we're looking outside of the east bay hills right now with nothing but sunshine out there on the way crystal clear skies already. what an optimal viewing day for the eclipse. looking at futurecast. there's nothing getting in the way throughout the course of the morning. she can see we work our way through 11 to noon and right around the time that we're going to see our maximum coverage, nothing getting in the way, nothing but the we're looking outside at some 30's 40's to low 50's alameda, san francisco, brentwood each sitting at 51 degrees right now. berkeley europe. 48 so

definitely throw on those extra jackets this morning. later on today, though, some sunny and mild conditions to look for too highs in the 60's to low 70's. back to you. all right, john, thanks for that. let's the morning commute. a bridge right now. the meter lights are on about 11 minutes traveling into the city this morning. mateo bridge just short of 13 minutes, a 80 to 101. your richmond center fell bridge about 7 minutes and the golden gate bridge. 37 of the tolls 18 minute morning ride. well, as we've been talking about today is the day the 2024 total solar eclipse just a few hours away now and the excitement is. >> beginning to build. alright, the exploratorium in san francisco. they're going to host a viewing party later on this morning. they are a kron four's. will tran actually live for us at along the embarcadero with a preview. good morning. well, >> james, you should have a newscast inside the exploratorium. i know you love heavenly bodies in space. you're a big nasa fans. so this could be a place maybe can move the set over here, starting at 10 o'clock because

the partial eclipse, unfortunately for us here on the west coast, it's a partial eclipse. it will begin at 10. 0, 6, for other parts of the world. there would be a total eclipse and the place to be is the exploratorium because they will have live stream. plus they will have scientists on hand to answer all of your questions. fundamentally, we know what's going on. it's the moon standing between us and the sun blocking the face of the sun. so in certain parts of the world, it will seem like nighttime and the temperature will actually drop. but for us, it will be a partial eclipse. that will last a little bit more than one hour. they are going to charge the public, unfortunately, but they will have that viewing party. and we expect a lot of people to be in attendance. this does not happen often. of course, the last time we saw this was in 2017 and the next time we will see this, we'll be 20 years from now. this is big

event for planet earth because it is a moon dance that has basically >> mesmerize human beings since the beginning of time. we will be inside one city ken's and i can't wait to talk to scientists about it because you know what? how did they do the math to find out exactly when it's going to happen and when it will happen again, that's my question. if you have questions, they are on hand to answer them for you as well. should begin at 10. 0, 6, as far as the clips and it should peak at around 11. 22 james with it finally finishing after that. about an hour later. by the way, don't look up because it could be the last time you look up because you have some serious retina damage back appear in horror story 9, 0, yeah. years my thanks. well. >> arctic. so too is the time now. we want to move to another big story that we've been following, which is the

fact that we had a number of side shows like the one you see there on the monitor, take over streets in the bay area over the weekend. and this one happened on the bay bridge and resulted in 2 people being arrested. call for sara stinson walks us through what happened at each of those sideshows. >> i 3 of sideshows across the bay area cause widespread disruption and chaos. the first began at 11 saturday night in menlo park. police say more than 100 cars blocked the intersection of willow road and new bridge street. they say around 200 people gathered there to watch cars to doughnuts. it escalated when police responded. people begin kicking and jumping on the hood of an officer's patrol car has more officers responded. the crowd left the area. no one was injured and no arrests were made. another sideshow could be seen around 30 minutes later by stanford in palo alto. dozens of people watched as cars took over the intersection of coyote hill and page mill roads. police

have not confirmed if any arrests were made. illegal sideshow. activity also happened in mountain view just after midnight sunday on middlefield road and bernardo avenue. >> police responded quickly which broke up the sideshow. police say 20 year-old woman from pittsburgh hurt her ankle after she was struck by a car. no arrests reported. police oakland responded to 2 sideshows. the first happened just after 2 in the morning. there was one sideshow on international boulevard people set off fireworks as well. officers then responded to another around to 45 in the morning on park boulevard. police say when they arrived, everyone took off. no arrests were made. the last reported sideshow in the bay area involved more than 100 cars blocking the westbound lanes of the bay bridge. chp says this was just before treasure island around 3 in the morning. all westbound traffic

came to a halt as people ignited fireworks and watch cars do donuts. a chp officers arrived. the crowd got into cars and drove off. >> chp says they detained 4 people, 2 of which were arrested and their cars towed. the 2 others are minors. they were cited. i'm sara stinson reporting kron. 4 news. >> one of the east bay, a rollover crash killed a 9 year-old girl once and for other people to the hospital. so this happened around 5.15, yesterday morning right near concord. chp says the driver of the mazda cx 9 was speeding when they went off the road right near northbound 6.80, and highway to 42. investigators say 6 passengers inside suv flipped several times. some of those passengers were ejected from the car. they say a 9 year-old girl died at the scene for women had to be taken to the hospital. police say the driver ran away from the crash and he has not been found. on the south bay, santa clara county district attorney jeff

rosen would like to eliminate the county's death row. he's looking instead to recent conceived the 15 men now%on death row to live in prison without the possibility of parole. instead, rosenthal, the death antiquated racially biased error prone system. he says it also cost the state millions of public dollars. 650 people currently sit on death row throughout california. that's actually the highest amount in the country. back in 2019, governor gavin newsom placed a moratorium on executions. the state is we're going to move inmates out of quentin's death row and into other facilities. >> well, on the peninsula to lawsuits now been filed against the owner of half moon bay mushroom farms where 7 people were killed and one person was hurt in mass shooting last year. 24 year-old pedro perez was shot 5 times. he survived. but his older brother, jose did not. and pedro and jose's family filed the suit against california terra gardens and its owners claiming that the accused shooter john le jour

had a documented history of violence and the farm did little to ensure workers safety outside court. pedro perez says he still in disbelief over what happened. >> i i came here for a better life to helping family. and they told me that there were jobs here at this farm. we would come together and we would go to store. we were inseparable. always thinking about him. always thinking about him. and i just don't understand. how this happened. >> not only did california terra gardens violate those rights by providing squalid living conditions for the farm workers, but they violated rights by not providing a place where their tenants felt safe. in california landlords all the way more temperate duty to protect their tenants for the criminal acts of people who come out of the property. and california terra

gardens did nothing to protect, came through or his brother or the other victims of that shooting. >> jose perez leaves behind a wife and 4 children in mexico. zhao pleaded not guilty to the charges against him. and his next court appearance is scheduled for later this month. more developing news now. we're getting new details about a fire that happened out on treasure island. fact, we have video of the fire. look at this. this was at a home about 7.40, or so friday night. san francisco fire crews say it was supposed to be vacant. that house. they found evidence, though, squatting and hoarding ben raise lives across the street. he happened to be a certified lifeguard. he says he found a man passed out in the entryway of that property with the help of other by standards raise was able to get that man to safety. >> i was just like. happy i was able to beat has the right place right time. i'm sure anyone else with the same

thing given, you given the situation. you just never know what you you know, hunt until something like that happens >> raise was treated at the hospital for smoke inhalation. the man he saved left the scene, though, before firefighters arrived. >> north the drivers be aware because on friday highway 37 right between solano and sonoma counties. it's going to be closed. a 4th straight weekend. caltrans is repaving westbound lanes the weekend. april 12th and the 19 and then they're going to work on the eastbound lanes will begin april. 26 and may 3rd. this morning and tomorrow morning, photographers in the lineup on california street. the of this pretty rare shot of the sunrise twice a year, the sun street and tower of the bay bridge aligned to create this stunning view. some call it san francisco hinge so not to stonehenge in england, which is no for the alignment with celestial bodies. still ahead, the governor warning news why the fcc would like to talk to area. fire officials.

>> and a major vote on internet access. and what a supervisor president aaron peskin formally announces his run for san francisco. mayor. and after the break, excitement is building in sacramento for the oakland a's and they're moved there temporarily. we're going to hear about how the people are feeling about it. we'll be right back to willingly.

>> all right. we're back coming up on 6.13 and here are 4 things to know. san francisco's board of supervisors. president aaron peskin has officially launched his mayoral campaign. he did that on saturday can enters

the race alongside incumbent mayor london breed supervisor ahsha safa e nonprofit executive daniel lurie and former san francisco interim mayor and supervisor mark farrell. well, the warriors beat the utah jazz one, 18, one, 10 last night chase center. they're going to be on the road tomorrow night taking on the lakers. tipoff for that is at 7 o'clock. and in baseball news, the giants beat the padres 3 to 2 yesterday was a nail-biter all the way to the 8th inning. they're going play the nationals tonight at 6.45? meantime, the a's beat the tigers. 71 yesterday. they're going to take on the rangers tomorrow night 505. and in the heart of japantown, you can check out the cherry blossom festival happening this weekend. april 13th and the weekend after that on april, 20th, we're going to be a variety of performances and food for people to enjoy. >> all right. welo, today's top story, we're talk about the solar eclipse. it's supposed to make its way around that's right. all eyes

to the sky. well wearing protective. thank you. right now if you've got john in the weather and the exploratorium does have those a protective goggles and glasses free, if you want to go out there and watch it, they're going to have quite the set up free. obviously, crystal clear this morning. but the question is, does it stay that way? and a little bit of good news for you as as we do see the eclipse peaking at 35 per cent coverage at 11:30am. that's the most coverage will see in the bay area. we're looking at nothing but clear skies. you'll begin to see a partial eclipse at 10, 14. but again, we will be seeing it. max at 11, 13, by the time we reach 12:15pm, the partial eclipse will end and then it's back to business as usual under the normal sunshine, which we're going to see plenty of today, nonstop sunshine. well, throughout the course of the day, looking at a gorgeous afternoon ahead of us across the bay area. you can see in future cast. there is nothing getting in the way, not just this morning, but into the afternoon. in fact, the much of the rest of the week. it's

a little bit warmer. we have our first 80's of the forecast this week on wednesday and thursday just as it warms up. we're in for a big cool down into the weekend. so we got it up and then we've got to back down by friday. we're back down in the 60's in by saturday. some 50's in a rainfall and snow working its way back in across the region. so we're not done with that cooler weather yet. we're just getting another break from it. temperatures today will rise into the 60's to 70's those 60's expected least so at the coast along the bay shore in the city, san francisco itself in the mid 60's mountain view. you'll get up to 70 like much of the rest of the south bay with san jose at 72 today. fremont hayward and dublin, each hitting 70 degrees in the east bay while oakland up to berkeley hanging on to the upper 60's this afternoon. the late show you'll be at 71 degrees while santa rosa. that 73 tomorrow's temperatures a little bit warmer than today's wednesday and thursday, our hottest days of the forecast

wasting no time cooling back down by saturday. only most of us will be in the upper 50's with showers back in the forecast. back to you. all right, john, thank you for morning. drive. they've ridge meter lights are on no accidents, no hazards. >> 13 minutes traveling into the city this morning. 72 bridge 80 to 1, 1, about 13 minutes traveling across towards peninsula. richmond, sandra fell bridge just short of 8 minutes. and the golden gate bridge. 37 of the tolls 20 minute morning, brian. >> alright, 6.16 is the time in the bay area. got a shake-up just before noon on saturday. that 3.2 quake shook the city of berkeley. the epicenter was near claremont canyon. so the united states geological survey said quite ran about 5.8 miles deep. thankfully, no reports of any damage in the area. now there's been a lot of shifting and shaking around the world since last week as we now kron

taiwan, is this rare to have so many around the same time span globally. >> there are earthquakes going on all the time around the world. and it turns out that we've had events that have happened in very highly populated areas. 20 million people on the east coast in the northeast. millions of people in taiwan and of course, millions of people in the bay area. so these earthquakes tend to be noticed quite a bit. >> mean, one thing that happened on >> earlier this week or 2 earthquakes near chico. and it turns out that for those earthquakes and not for the one that occurred this morning, the shaler earthquake early warning system that we have in california, oregon. washington was was triggered. so, yes, even had events just this week in california where early warning was was used. so my last question for you, kind of what advice do you have for our viewers talking about all these different places that have experienced earthquakes. what should people do to make sure they're fully prepared?

yes, there there are 3 things. i think that people should really doing. number one, horst know what to do. if you feel shaking or if you get an alert on your phone. and if you don't have quick early warning on your phone, find out more about that at shake alert, dot org. so number one know what to do if you feel shaking are getting alert, drop cover and hold on. number 2, there are lots of tools that the united states geological survey offers so usgs dot gov. you'll find all kinds of resources that you can you can use and learn more about earthquakes, part of knowing about what to do having some control over what happens is knowing about how earthquakes work. and number 3 get involved. if you feel an earthquake reported, tell us what happened. allows us to to learn more about that earthquake and to to improve things to improve infrastructure, everything. be involved, know what to do. and

if you haven't downloaded shake alert, powered on your phone, do it as soon as you can. doctor group from usgs, great advice. thank you for your time. alright, 6.19, is the time happening today. fcc chairwoman jessica rosenworcel says >> they're going to be meeting with public safety officials in santa clara county to address the agency's upcoming vote to restore net neutrality. now, this is the principle that internet service providers must treat all data equally and prohibit blocking or slowing down services on their networks. rosenworcel wants to highlight incident involving a santa clara county fire department which found its internet access was throttled while responding to the 2018 mendocino complex fire, the largest wildfire in state history. so the commission is expected to vote on final net neutrality rules later this month. in san francisco restaurant owner plans to go on a hunger strike for a month over a bike lane that he says

is costing him his livelihood. so the bike lane runs through the middle of the land c street. it was first put in place back in august as part of a pilot project. city officials say the goal was to improve safety for cyclists but business owners there on valencia street say that that bike lane has cost them their parking spots, cost them their parklets and now is really hurting your overall business. one of them is a odd well to wally. he owns a middle eastern restaurant called us mean, and he says that a hunger strike is the only way to get his voice heard. >> i tried so many times to reach to the city so many times went to the board meetings and i went to city hole and try to reach out and and nobody ever talked to in the only response i would get most of the time is go talk to or from association. and every time try to talk to mobilize association there, if you still talk to him. >> he plans to start is under strict action. he did yesterday. >> happening today, lafayette honoring indigenous history with a land acknowledgment and bilingual street sign. they're

recognizing the alone name from mount dow roared on a time. so mayor gena dawson will avail both at the ceremony today. a street sign will be a mount diablo boulevard and lafayette circle. well, an acknowledgement will appear on a utility box wrapped that features an illustration. coming up on the kron morning news once and for the residents say mail-in voting is discriminatory. what they're planning to do about it. we'll be right back. don't go anywhere. well, in the

south bay, santa clara county official said there seemed low-income residents lose their medical benefits. county says from june of 2022, the january 2024, medical members dropped from 450,000. now the for 25,000. well, health officials say this decline is because people they have to reapply for benefits again, now that the pandemic has officially ended, that meant the county needed to determine if they were still eligible or not. the social security administration says this could be all due to residents apply for a covered california plan instead. in the north, a petaluma police say they have issued more than 20 citations within 10 hours to distracted drivers. >> they say the citations were given out during a distracted driving enforcement operation. they held on friday. and during that operation officers made 49 traffic stops

regarding drivers who they say were distracted by their cellphones. police say driving with a cell phone in your hand, increases the risk of getting into a crash by 3 times. they say they will continue this operation through wednesday as the department recognizes distracted driving awareness month. well, now to new video from the vacaville police department was on tuesday that officers were chasing a truck believed to be involved in several car burglaries video from the chp helicopter here shows the chase at the start of the chase. the car was going the wrong way on interstate 80. eventually the driver turned around and headed in a vacaville. the truck hit a car as it was trying to shake off police for people got out of the car then and ran at the end. you can see that here. they eventually were all arrested. >> a lot lawsuit settlement could earns of customers up to $500. the company agreed to a 45 million dollar settlement over claims overcharged on weighted items. so just packaged meat seafood back citrus. so customers who

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>> we are back 6.30. is the time as we have a live look behind us here. the embarcadero with the exploratorium actually right behind. yeah, where you can actually watch the solar eclipse a date safely. >> if you're not going to be there may be out and about throughout the bay area. skies, clear skies and a partial eclipse for us here in the bay good morning. yeah, for us, it's going to be a crystal clear view of that partial eclipse. >> that kicks off just after 10:00am in peaks right around 11:15am, this morning. >> so maybe if you've got those eclipse glasses ready, can get out there and view him. you may be wondering where can i see it from literally everywhere. we are not seeing any fog. your cloud cover today could not ask for a more perfect eclipse viewing day, half moon bay right here at the coastline. just as clear as we are for any of our inland spots, we're going to stay that way on through the rest of the morning, too. so really, really nice day for the clips and then for everything else that you may have planned after temperatures right now are in the 40's to 50's. a few spots,

though, like livermore are down in the upper 30's. so don't forget that extra layer going to be coming in handy on this chilly start later on today. as we see the eclipse, we've got coverage of about 35% at 11:13am. right around that time. temperatures will be in the 60's for most of us. so don't forget your jacket as you're getting up there. back to you. all right. thank you for well, if you're traveling this morning. >> maybe head into the city right now about 16 minutes there. meteor lights are on 7, 2, bridge just short of 15 minutes. a 80 to 101. richmond, sandra fell bridge around 12 and the golden gate bridge. 37 in the tolls. 19 minutes. okay. let's get back to talking about that to eclipse that a lot of folks around the country are going to to enjoy in its. >> to a tally here in the bay area course, we're going to get a partial solar eclipse. so that's what we'll be able to enjoy. la dodgers showed you there. and we've been trying to figure out different places where you can actually watch today's eclipse. so if you're out and about maybe you're thinking about that, we

talk to an expert about how the clips will differ from the last one. >> if you didn't know was coming, you might guess from my office an abnormally cool spring day with much anticipation of the total eclipse. that will be happening. how much of it where we actually see here in the capital city. 45 per cent looks like it's going to be. >> it's going be like someone took bite out of the songs on the imagine this, the summer half, half as bright. >> raj said of the sacramento valley, astronomical society says there are some similarities of what will be able to see compared to 2017. the last time there was a total eclipse. his colleague, a one-shot mishra was in kansas during the last one and took this photograph of it. he says the image will be similar to what we will see in the sacramento area, a partial solar eclipse of 45% of the face of the sun by the moon. and what time are we expected

to see office at 11, 15 in the morning. rice says we can also expect a slight drop in the temperature which will be noticeable back in 2017. >> when it was not a total eclipse, sacramento had a better show. was 79% covered as opposed less than 50. and you definitely feel the temperature dropped 5 degrees. >> but he predicts that don't roll. call a drop, a degree or 2. >> and if you own any pets, raj says you may see a change when the eclipse occurs. >> animals can sometimes react to all the ways like a. >> and what normally hear in the evening when the sun goes down, they start you're being you're making noises and maybe even venture out for winner rush will witness the eclipse from austin, texas. >> no matter what the degree of what will be seen. he says we should soak it because the next total eclipse won't happen again for about 20 years our last chance lives in america for 20 years. 2045?

>> will be another it will be visible california. >> 63 is the time and also happening today. tesla is set to go on trial in san jose over the safety of its electric cars. the case involves a family whose 2 year-old son was able to turn the car on and crash it into their garage, pinning his pregnant mother against a law. now the accident happened back in 2018. the lawsuit accuses tesla of consumer fraud for advertising. their model x as safe. the lawsuit also claims tesla knew about a defective design. tesla has denied any liability for this crash attempts to reach settlement between the attorneys for tesla and the family fell apart. and so now it's going to trial. on the peninsula. the san mateo county sheriff's transit police bureau is investigating a deadly crash involving a person and a caltrain. it happened around midnight saturday in san carlos. they say strain was on the southbound track when it struck someone who was on

those tracks for some unknown reason, the situation is still under investigation. the identity of the victim has not yet been released. >> also, police arrested a man for a deadly shooting in the mission district. alexander martinez found detained of richmond just before 10, 30 friday night as a beauty says he pulled the trigger around one 30 friday afternoon right near the intersection of mission in 20 citizens. at video shows the scene and a heavy police presence it's my life saving efforts. first responders, the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. >> it has been 6 months since the beginning of the war between israel and hamas and on october, 7th, hamas, as we well know, staged a surprise attack on israel, killing hundreds and taking about 250 people hostage at 133 them are still being held captive. prime minister benjamin netanyahu vow to destroy hamas and bring all of those hostages back home. well, the hamas-run gaza health ministry claims more than 30,000 civilians died since this war

began. all across the united states, the rim arches for those hostages that are still being held captive by hamas, including in lafayette and that some of the video here kron four's ito art on it with the story. >> i'm here to show support for the hostages they've been there now, 6 months. >> we've been cooking the recipes that families and their loved ones have graciously put together. and their loved ones that are in captivity. and we're here representing them with some taste of love from home. so we have all kinds of cookies and sweets and goodies. and we're selling out of our big cell and all the proceeds will be going to the families themselves and all those that have been affected. >> 6 packs. i grew up and keep the theme in the southwest corner of it's one of the

communities that were attacked on october 7th. and i personally know a lot of the people who are impacted by it murdered and kidnapped. and we are here because there's still 133 hostages, innocent people who are in their beds in the saturday morning. have been held somewhere in gaza and the tunnels for 6 months today. >> one of the survivors came out and told the story about the rape and the torture to the women and they're not all israeli women. by the way, there's americans there, too. every day that passes another person and it doesn't matter the nationality or religion of the person that dies. what we need and this to end horrible situation. bring to the table that will bring the hostages bring much-needed relief and peace the speech. we need that now. i feel like in the last few days there's been some movement in the right direction closer to a deal. israel is pulling out troops. >> the messaging all around

seems to be more positive. and i have to believe that they're going to come we want we want we need to bring the to where was. happy but we can do to me we don't least change all >> 4 is your local election headquarters. san francisco board of supervisors president his mayoral campaign on saturday. so, you know, stitt supporters in portsmouth square in san francisco's chinatown. he also talked about the cost of living in the city. also homelessness and as a public safety issue. >> but right here in this neighborhood, i've stood up for safety, stood up against hate crimes, can't me speaking foot patrols to walk the beat, expanded community ambassadors and strengthen pedestrian

safety. that's what every neighborhood in this city deserves. >> enters the race alongside incumbent mayor london breed supervisor ahsha suffice it nonprofit executive daniel lurie and former san francisco interim mayor supervisor mark farrell. >> in the east bay berkeley, nonprofit now suing over california's vote by mail program because they say that program excludes and discriminates against blind voters. so disability rights advocates filed a lawsuit on behalf of several people with visual impairments who normally vote by mail with assistance or at a polling location in person. the suits allege the program is discriminatory because it requires people who are blind to rely on assistance to return their ballots, compromising the privacy and independence of their votes. they say this caused some voters to miss out on the benefits of the program because they had to vote in person instead of they're instead since they can't return the ballot on their own, despite being able to

fill out the ballot on the road. the group is asking california to give voters with print disabilities. the option to electronically return their mail in ballots. the suit will go before a judge on may. 20th in san francisco. >> also in the east bay, fans in oakland are disappointed to say the least. these are leaving the town at the end of the season. yeah, but on the other hand, the excitement is building in northern. >> to our north up in sacramento with exact with that story. >> sutter health park in west sacramento. just a stone's throw from california's capital city. and for a kid who grew up here, then went on to play major league baseball for 16 years. the a's temporary move to west sacramento is a huge deal. sentinel probably one of the biggest good the to be able to have >> you know, now professional team to get a root for. i mean, i think it's it's, you know, it's cold. there's room for about 14,000 fans at sutter health park as it stands right now.

>> and the a's are expected to play about 80 games here per season. for reference, the sacramento kings basketball team one center this season. >> 4 time. mlb all-star greg vaughn, who earned his stripes at kennedy high school and sac city college says the a's move to west sacramento. we'll make it much easier for families not to have to travel hours away to see their idols play in person. i think do want you know, it good >> here's the look like to you know what was growing up. i was able to turn on the tv and the players and players that looks like i cuts but they'll be able actually go up there do it does i think it'd be a great thing for the city is more so for for baseball for airport, literally like at event while families and the younger generation benefit from the move visit, sacramento ceo mike testa says

the business community is also wide eyed and ready for the opportunities based on the size of sutter health partners based on the number of games we can accommodate that. i don't have any concern that our restaurant scene will be able to accommodate the people going to the game. again, you've got potentially 14,000 people in the state and not all of them will be from out of town staying in hotels. we've got the infrastructure to do this. it's not a concern. test us as we're approaching a new era for the sacramento region. the people who will tell you that sacramento's boring, there's nothing to do here. there's a i don't think they're paying attention because >> this is not that city anymore. we're going take a break here at 6.41. but still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news state leaders have passed a cap on rent increases for future tenants. why one nonprofit says that

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>> well, here are 4 things you know all of the crash killed not and 9 year-old girl. that's it for other people to the hospital around 5.15, yesterday morning right near concord. chp says the driver of the mazda cx 9 with speeding it went off the road right near northbound 6.80, and highway to 42. lack of a video from a chase where officers were. she's in a truck believed to be involved in several car burglaries. all happened last tuesday say the change resulted in 4 people being arrested. santa clara county district attorney jeff rosen would like to eliminate the county's death row now looking instead to 3 sentence of that team and that are on death row life in prison without the possibility of parole. on friday between

highway 37, what seeing solano and sonoma counties a close us for 4 straight weekends. caltrans is repaid the westbound lanes. we can do that. well. and the 19th in april and then they're going to work on the eastbound lanes. well, you april, 26 and may 3rd. >> 6.45 is the time in the south bay spirit. airlines is adding some new nonstop routes at a san jose international this summer starting june 5th, there will be daily flights to los angeles and portland and 4 weekly flights to baltimore. spirit began operating san jose in june of last year. they also plan to add more flights to las vegas and san diego this summer. all right. >> well, today is a day for the solar eclipse, but it's coming with a warning for those who might be on your morning commute. the solar eclipse might cause some traffic jams. officials say sometimes people they like to slow down or over to the shoulder to watch the eclipse. asking people don't do that. they also suggest plan ahead. make sure you have extra gas

and keep a physical map on you've possible. so they're really telling people plan any things possibly apple s o. all right. let's get a check of the weather on this day. were a lot of folks might be taking in the for us anyway. the partial solar eclipse morning. if you're doing something you need to focus don't be too distracted right around that time. >> if you do want to watch the eclipse, make sure that especially around 11:00am this morning. you're nice. the part where you need to be and have those eclipse viewing glasses ready? this is where we're at the embarcadero this morning. the exploratorium got in big eclipse festival just a few hours away right now. it's still fairly calm out there. but as you can see, skies are crystal clear. that's more than we can say for a lot of areas along the path of the eclipse. unfortunately, austin, texas, indianapolis, indiana, buffalo, new york, some of her cloudier spots. if you do have family that made their way up to new hampshire, vermont or maine, you've got the optimal conditions kind of like we do back here in the bay area with their crystal clear skies for our partial

coverage that we will be seeing later on this morning. so skies are clear from the coast to our inland areas up to the sierra. really nothing getting in the way anywhere across the bay area. that's where we're going to stay today with crystal clear conditions, not a cloud in the sky. well, into the afternoon today. as for what we have extended the rest of the week, some of her first 80's of this forecast this year. and that will be wednesday into thursday for a lot of our inland areas. just when you thought that that wintry feel was done, it does make its return later on this week. and after quite the warm-up midweek by the weekend, we're back down into the upper 50's for most areas and we have showers pushing in starting friday night into saturday. so anticipating really bringing all the words are with yet shorts and t-shirts, midweek, then back to the jackets for the weekend. 60's for your daytime highs for a lot of the peninsula today mixed with some 70's further south in the bay from mountain view down into the south bay. expect those low 70's this afternoon, san jose at 72 degrees. while

union city pleasanton oakland and berkeley, each at 69 for your walnut creek and concord. 73 for your daytime highs today the center fell and nevado at 71. looking ahead tomorrow, a little bit warmer than today, wednesday and thursday. just a bit warmer yet enough to get some of our inland spots into the low 80's. and then without wasting a moment, we cool right back down by saturday. most of us are in the 50's just a few low 60's at our warmest with showers likely throughout the day. back to you. all right. don't back and look at your morning. drive a bridge right now about 16 minutes. >> and the meter lights are on there. 7, 2, bridge, 40 minutes, a 80 to 101. richmond sandra fell bridge about 12 minutes and the golden gate bridge. 37 to the tolls. 20 minute ride. for your money this morning. last 8 leaders that put a halt to rent increases for some tenants in california, california. tax credit allocation alliance. pastor at capital future housing developments built

with the help of low income housing tax credit. so this is where the state gives money to private developers to build affordable housing in california, which is around 20,000 units a year. but one nonprofit says it's not enough. its advocating for protection for low income earners. the move is now working to qualify local ballot measures. 5 bay area's cities this fall that would impose for the rent caps between 3 to 5%. >> happening right now, applications for california's down payment assistance program are now open the dream for all state funded program is going to be giving more than 250 million dollars to help first-time home buyers this year buyers can receive a loan of up to $150,000 towards their purchase. all borrowers must be first generation homebuyers and must be california residents applicants must also make under a set income limit, which varies by county. >> all right. let's head to basketball fans ronnie night on the dubs are going to the postseason tournament. yeah. what a great game. they beat

the utah jazz last night. kron 4 sports reporter kate rooney has the highlights. >> the warriors decided to go ahead and beat the utah jazz here on their home court at chase center anyway. and they did it without steph curry and andrew wiggins. guess who was here? jonathan kominga back from missing 6 games with 10 tonight. and p didn't miss a putting up 21 points on 9 for 11 shooting to go with 10 rebounds and 6 assists rookiest trayce jackson-davis and brandon projects. also started each putting up 16 points. >> and the old favorite clay thompson was hot from the start. 25 points in the 1st quarter alone. and he finished with 32. >> on the night, all in all, head coach steve kerr said he thinks the warriors are playing some of their best basketball of the season right now. >> the man you're seeing what we're capable i think we won 7 out you know, i think we have a shot 10. really close it out with 4 straight winds may be. i mean, you know, if if you do that, you went 11 out of 12, 10 out of 12, some like that's. you know, that's the

kind of run that i've been talking about. so i do feel like we're. kind of playing the way i expected us to. and we found a pretty rhythm problem, of course, is the west is just loaded this year. we're going to probably end up with a better record than last year. and still dropped from 6 you somewhere in the plans, control, we can control, which is going for. obviously, we have a chance to play. lakers and pelicans were ahead of us and >> i believe pelicans play the kings as well. lakers putin against minnesota. so we control we can control you know, go for no puts us a pretty good shape to, you know, get above that 10 c. >> it's pretty much a stand like like i say, it's a day-to-day thing is, again, to gain and every game matter at this point. so or is that just moving forward? jeez us. the more focus. i feel like has

been more focus. it's going to be of for us to lose games. >> so 4 more games to go in the regular season, winning all of them shouldn't be too tall. an order for a team that has won 7 of their last 8 games. they've got 2 more games on the road and then look close out with 2 more games right here at chase center. but tuesday's game in l a against the lakers looming large for now at chase center, kate rooney kron 4 sports. >> the mental health apps, all >> the mental health apps, all youth in california can norman, bad news...

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>> all this up in the north bay saturday, there was a spring celebration for children who are blind or visually impaired. this is the second year the event has been running. it's a family fun event with eggs that beat for the children so they can hone in on them and find them. yeah, arts and crafts were there face painting. children also spent time with guide dogs. as you saw, it was hosted by lighthouse for the blind and visually impaired at their campus in sandra fell and kron four's grant lotus was the emcee for that event. so looks like everybody had a good time. cherry blossom season underway in the bay area. you can actually find them at the japanese tea garden. >> and throughout san francisco's golden gate park. so right in the heart of japantown and actually check out the cherry blossom festival this weekend april 13th and the weekend after that on april, 20th, you could enjoy a variety of live performances and food. what

freshest food, recreational facilities for the overall cost of health care? wallet says san francisco is the best place to be the city. also rank second for daily fruit and vegetable consumption and 3rd in the healthy restaurants category. but good health comes at a price. sunny also found san francisco has the highest cost of gym memberships in the country. the second healthiest city in california, according to wallet, is san diego. >> all right. we're going to take a break. it is 6.56. and coming up on the kron 4 morning news in our next hour. a lot of folks are expects it to see the highly anticipated solar eclipse. we're going to tell you what you need to know if you're planning on watching it in just a few hours. time from now. plus, sideshows took over the streets in multiple cities over the weekend. tell you what

>> right now, the crop a morning news. police are searching for the driver who ran away from a rollover crash that killed his 9 year-old passenger. multiple sideshows played a bay area over the weekend. one even shutting down the bay bridge. and in a few hours, people in parts of the u.s. will see a total solar eclipse. we're live with what you can expect to see here in the bay area. >> from the area's local news station, you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at 7. >> good morning. thank you for joining us here at 07:00am on a monday. i'm james fletcher and i'm reyna harvey in for darya folsom today. our top story this morning, partial solar. that's going to be fun right