this is home. 11. good evening and thank you for joining us for kron. 4 news at 11. i'm dan thorn. >> all around the world. people are celebrating for 20 holidays known as the international day to celebrate marijuana and the culture surrounding it. and even if official celebrations were canceled here in san francisco, hippie hill was still lit kron four's photo journalist malcolm jackson. was there.

>> we like to see the city like this right all this amazing because like i was really upset i found out things were canceled this year. but like this is how it used to be that mater the like everybody just relaxing and taking super easy like this is the vives. what i want report 20 weekend. >> a bike and small. beautiful day out there. >> beyond grateful to be here. just such a beautiful day in francisco. i got my best friends here with

>> that was malcolm jackson. and there are also some large crowds gathering in berkeley today to celebrate for 20. a lot of people showing up. this was memorial glade this afternoon. people packing in setting up tents and blankets all around the park really just soaking up the sun out there after we had several rainy weekends through the winner and also early on this spring. well, with today being for bay area. it >> know, hippie hill, as we mentioned, is one of those places that people like to hang out and yeah, where hundreds of people like to hang out today. so let's talk about history for 20. >> it was full 1971. classes were over at sandra fell high school football practice just and out in front of the school. but the statue of chemist louis pastor, you can find a group of bell bottom bodies. while those meeting up to lie to join. the regular

meet up happening just before 4.30. we'll be known amongst the wall. those as the 4.20 they later dropped the creating the phrase that has become synonymous with smoking. but how did it spread out of the north bay? that's where the grateful dead come in. it turns out a brother of one of the ball. those was a close friend of grateful dead bassist. phil lesh. those often found themselves running in the same circles as the dead and they're slang was spreading through the band's sphere of influence. fast forward to the early 1990's. the grateful dead were playing a show. one deadhead was handing out fliers inviting people to meet at the bolinas ridge on mount empire state for 20 on 4.20, for 4.28. >> one person who was handed a flyer steve lou, reporter for the cannabis magazine high times. published magazines. next issue summoning the phrase in the cannabis culture.

>> well, we act for to hang dictionary added for 20 in 2017 and it cited some of the wall tones postmarked letters and other artifacts like the original flag they made as some of the first uses, the phrase. all right. with that, we want to just get a check of the 4 zone forecast tonight. taking a live look. the embarcadero here in san francisco, gayle ong joining us with a look at the weatherhead l. >> we are mostly clear tonight and it looks like it will stay that wayeinto the overnight. maybe some passing high clouds overnight and early morning temperatures that these are the highs that we saw today. 70's 75 in santa rosa, 79 in antioch, close to 80 here. and then we remain in the 60's and 50's over by the coast. there and 60's along the east bay shoreline. as you can see there and we have a nice a nice night out. pretty refreshing, a light breeze. 55 degrees san francisco right now. 57 in oakland still hanging on to the 60's in san jose in concord, half moon bay

down to the low 50's were pretty calm with the exception of san francisco. 14 miles an winds there in fairfield due to that delta breeze. so san francisco probably will feel a little chilly just with that sea breeze. but mostly clear skies tonight. >> that light breeze, that temperatures overnight, upper 40's low 50's that is quite mild for the evening and early morning. the rest of the weekend looks sunny sunday. the warmer day of the weekend. monday looks like a repeat of sunday. we just so a nice day to get out doors to do all the earth day activities. and then we start to cool down when state tuesday. so stay tuned. we have a chance of rain. you'll see it on the seven-day forecast. back to you. >> all right. thanks a lot. san jose's budget must be approved by the city council this summer and a big issue as a budget shortfall of about 50 million dollars. one thing mayor matt mahan says he will prioritize is homeless resources but some of those resources don't seem like sudden house people, dvocate s-

especially as the city as more affordable shelter solutions. kron four's jack moment dives into the issue and has more from san jose. johnny mendez. let's and her girlfriends the windy and warm day in san jose. mendez has been homeless for just a couple weeks. she says she works as a security guard pulling in about 1000 bucks a she's been homeless before. but this time. >> she says her hopes are shot. she says she's been rejected for voucher programs. so far we have to get really pragmatic or concern comes amid the city's struggle to fill a 50 million dollar deficit in this year's budget. mayor matt mahan told the community they're going to prioritize homeless resources. you have to experiment with things that we haven't done a lot of in recent years while at the same time focusing on reducing homeless encampments, we're going to have to experiment with safe sleeping sites may or may have says a cheaper option to get people out of an unsanctioned

encampment is through illegal. what an example is when you drive down willow street by the 87 and see this encampment may have has proposed moving this one into a sanctioned encampment. there's just way too much red tape. the founder of a cop, a silicon valley and homeless advocate. top clinton says unhoused people he works with are worried about the summer and what the council will end up approving. but yeah, they're worried about the safe parking the worry about. they don't want to go into congregate shelters or anything that resembles a congregate shelter like in says he hopes san jose will make the possible sanction encampments low barrier and allow people to come and go as they please. not but does says she would go to a sanction parking lot. >> and he's just tired of being homeless. >> i stress. >> now all this comes as a recent audit finds that the

city of san jose is not doing enough and is not being transparent. but the money that is given to them from the state of california to address its homelessness issues. now the city says this highlights a bigger statewide issue in terms of funding, but it will be up to the city and the counselors to decide how it should fund homeless programs going into this next fiscal year in downtown san jose. jack molmud kron. 4 news. >> in the east bay, oakland police are investigating after a man was shot and killed. police say they responded to the area on 99th avenue in east oakland just before 1 o'clock friday afternoon, the victim died at the scene. his identity has not been released. anyone with any information is being asked to call oakland police and arrest has been made in a stabbing death in east palo alto stabbing happened back in february on bell street university avenue investigators released this surveillance video last month saying they believe the people inside that white suv witness. the attack on frank fining finding died a month later at the hospital. 19 year-old has been arrested and charged in

connection with the death. another person was also stabbed that night, but they survived. investigation is underway after a baby and a dad were attacked on a san francisco muni bus. the father telling police his infant was randomly assaulted by another writer on friday morning. the unknown man then took off from the bus near van essen o'farrell street. police say the baby appeared to be okay and they're still searching for the suspect. golden gate ferry service between sausalito and san francisco is still suspended. damage was discovered at the sausalito peer friday, shutting down the service through at least sunday. until the ferry is up and running again. buses will be service for people to get across the golden gate. the ferry service says that they apologize for the inconvenience and it's still unclear when the ferry service will resume. in the north a part of highway. 37 is closed this weekend. caltrans says it's repaving the westbound

lanes this weekend and next weekend as crews then going to be working on the eastbound lanes for the first 2 weekends of may. they're encouraging travelers to please use detours. >> beginning around 20 to you're going to go right towards napa county taking state route. 29 where you'll catch. they wrote one. 21 where you make a left to go eastbound to once again keep going and cats. 12 that would take you down to state route. 37, everybody here that is local kind of knows this route as a shortcut. but it's not. it's along the tours that we're expecting that to be from one hour to 2 hours. so we really are asking the public to plan ahead. >> the westbound lanes are expected to reopen around 4 o'clock monday morning. >> waving goodbye. bart is officially retiring its legacy

trains. the transit agency hosted huge ceremony in oakland's macarthur station today setting off the trains for one last run. people were able to right a legacy train for macarthur to fremont nearing the initial service part provided when it opened back in september 1972. the trip lasted around. 45 minutes along 24 miles of the original section of tracks, 3 legacy cars are headed to the western railway museum and sassoon city. >> they include an iconic front, a car and they will be the only carson. the legacy fleet displayed at the museum. the legacy trains are going to be making way for a new generation. nearly 700 new fleet of the future train cars are now certified for service. still ahead here, 11 o'clock bay area communities giving back to the environment. >> got details on earth day initiatives that you can take part in. and a getaway doesn't get seems very far. car

troubles out. cops catch criminals.

>> 3 people arrested in coma after their getaway car apparently ran out of gas last sunday. como police officers were alerted of a black mercedes benz recklessly driving near junipero serra boulevard and sarah center. callers said the car ran 2 red lights before stopping in the middle of the road. police arrived to find a man and a woman walking away from the car. the driver still inside told police they went to go

get gas. officers ran the driver's information and learn that he wasn't fugitive out of texas. police then searched the car and found ammo and stolen clothing. police believe the stolen goods worth about 1400 bucks for to nearby stores and serramonte boulevard. the 2 passengers who want to go get gas also had warrants out for their arrest. all were taken into custody and booked in the san mateo county jail. san francisco police arrest a man for having child at his home. the special victims unit launched an investigation into 43 year-old peter sherman back in january. officials say they have probable cause he was guilty for having child assault material. police searches thursday. sherman was arrested and booked into jail on 3 counts of child. the fire in san jose threatens a nursing home this morning. fire crews responding to the scene on east santa clara and north 13th streets. the fire broke out at an abandoned building, but crews we're able to stop the spread. nearby.

nursing home was evacuated, but residents were let back in just before 09:00am. the cause is still under investigation. all right. let's give you a look at the weather tonight as we're taking a live look at coit tower. nice. calm evening out there. get along. joining the lucky gal. >> hello, guess that we are relatively calm for the night and mostly clear as well and get ready for warm up because if you today was warm, temperatures are expected to rebound once again to the 80's inland. so the fog won't be a problem. it looks like here on the future cast here. just a passing high clouds overnight and mostly clear for your sunday morning, which is a different story than it was the last 2 days straight. we're in that summer pattern. we start off cloudy. well, looks like we'll be mostly clear tomorrow. mostly sunny. that is keep that some gear handy. your hat and your sunscreen. so here's your 4 zone forecast where upper 60's and san francisco 70, it looks like in the mission district, low 60's a closer by that. the coast there over by the

beaches, upper 50's low 60's south san francisco. 68 degrees for you. 71 a little warmer in burlingame and you see more 70's as you make your way south. 76 redwood city and palo alto and to santa clara county. we're going to warm up here to the 80's. 81 in san jose. 84 in campbell and 79 in cupertino. so pretty warm day overall for sunday and just a heads up. looks like the forecast for monday as well. so a very a rinse and repeat forecast on earth day monday, 81 in the tri valley for pleasanton. 82 in livermore, 78 degrees for you in union city. 75 in hayward. more 70's along the east bay shoreline 80's, as you make your way inland. walnut creek, a brentwood close to 85 degrees and 2 wine country. 78 and napa. 85 the forecast high on bill and 80 in sonoma. more 80's in the north 81 santa rosa. 79 in mill valley. 82 expected in sandra fell and

60's by the coast here. normally cooler in the 50's. so look ahead a clear night tonight, a light, refreshing breeze. we have change coming up late next week. and that is a chance of rain thursday friday. so take a look. a nice forecast here. going to feel like summer sunday, money for inland communities. and then tuesday, wednesday, you'll notice that change and the weather. so keep an eye on thursday friday when may need that rain. but next weekend, another sunny saturday. hopefully looking good. thank you. you're welcome. >> all right. well, national park week kicked off free admission was offered at all parks. the normally charge. this is video parks that are here in the bay area. so of course, state parks are always nice visit as well. the california department of parks and rec is encouraging people to go out and enjoy these places. these are some great looking parks, the angel island, of course, is a good one. you can go to mount tam great parks down in santa

clara. us counties are really popular. one sound anyway. let's talk about some volunteering some activities happened today in oakland, dozens of people helping to remove invasive plants and plan and some new ones across the state. thousands of california service corps doing their part in going green for earth month. all right. coming up next, in sports, the giants to run out of oracle park last night by the snakes. >> and looking for a little revenge coming up, aaron wilson lets us know they were able to redeem themselves in front of the home

>> and now kron 4 sports. >> well, last night the giants

were embarrassed by the diamondbacks was a 17 to one final, but maybe the patrick bailey bobblehead day with turn the tide for the giants. i will headline that turned the tide turning on the rotator there to tiant on the right track. so the giants lead on he got the message i'm talking about john rowley. he connects with his first ali homer for giants out into the pavilion. there you see it in tie the game up at one of the giants. now 21 in 3rd. >> and its it says. doubling right here to shallow center. watch lamont wade actually comes into score. 3, 2, 1, is where the giants sit with the diamondbacks tied and the game at 3 apiece and one point. but it was bailey in hand. they came to the rescue in the 5th with a man on he ripped a shot way out to right over the pavilion it into mccovey cove that put the giants up for good. was 4 for 4. the 3 rbi. maybe that should give out his

white will hit every day. maybe i shouldn't or why help them today? the giant they would sales in the u.s. today. >> embarrassing loss. 73 was the final today over the diamondbacks. now the a's. on the other hand, they were playing the guardians again. and you can tell it was pretty cold out there in cleveland. well. >> it was a homecoming, though, for the a's infielder max shuman right here who who have just outside of cleveland. that's max and his family and friends were all there at game. watch as family and cheered them on. they're not done because they were down to next is up to give his parents the thrill of their lives. his first major league hit here as a game tying home look at that. when i look at the parents celebrating, that's all the sports is about. we get you back to reality backs in the game. 5th inning man on for josh naylor absolutely crushes it to center field. it was a nice kid is rife and at their listings, homer of the year in the guardian, they going to win this one. 63, but right after the game. all right. then we've got to show you the good point of this game for

the a's next meeting and greeting with his family in france. made the outside of cleveland into to have the time of lives their now it was one for playoffs. i'm talking about the nba playoffs is a marquee game for the night that took over lebron james and the lakers against the co-location. the nuggets. and, you know, it's game one of the series and of course, this one is getting interesting that the nuggets they're trying to defend their championship and they did a pretty good job on that tonight. you lebron was going to go for a golf course. he was. he was going at the chance. and if ending of the half, he actually hit them up after dropping this deep, 3 off here to beat the clock with that. when the lakers they were up 3 at the break. lebron hit 27 on the night, but it won't do that has they outscored the lakers. 33 to 32 rather to 18 in the 3rd to turn the game in their favorite maria njoku right there with the pick and roll action visit me gray aaron gordon throws it down a little bit later. >> it's a turnover here. lebron what a rebound misses

it. and this is what a turnover comes in. aaron gordon prize and nikola jokic way down field. >> quite yet, but very is in the jam there for the joker on the other in for 32 points. 12 rebounds, 7 assists anotker say taking 1, 1, 14 to 103 was the final say in the west where kevin durant in the sun, they met up with anthony edwards and the timberwolves lost all 3 matches with the suns this which makes sure that changed today. now edwards ignited a t wolves 3rd quarter run that change the game. he goes one on one against iran, his favorite player and he buries the 3 and he can't guard me. what a full circle moment there. more of the same in the form for rudy gobare knocks the ball from. >> durant. watch him the rain trying to find out what to do it go. where gets a hand on anthony over says his mind. he tracks it down. he had 33 points on the night, including those 2. he and 9 rebounds, 6 assists as well. the timberwolves they skate off in this one. 20 to 95 with the final in this

>> still a lot playoffs ago, though, right? still a lot of good things. just the beginning. just game one. but i will say if we want out winds. i was at the denver nuggets. look really good. the timberwolves look really, really good in the mix. actually look good. >> orange and blue that's right, ok? all right. we'll see how it all plays out. aaron wilson bank you all right. thank you. okay. we'll people gathered in san francisco today for the annual cherry blossom festival. thousands packing into the streets to enjoy it. highlights are japanese culture and local art food vendors. of course. >> they also some stocking chief people to try out and enjoy like a little of there were cultural performances in the street and in peace plaza on this. the last cherry blossom festival before renovations are going to be beginning. and the plaza night you missed out today. don't worry. tomorrow is actually the last day it's going to feature the big parade that everybody loves and the south

bay an event to raise money for kids with disabilities took over san jose's history park, coastal kids home camp brought back its signature touch a truck event, children and families got to explore their favorite cars and hop in the fire trucks and construction vehicles and police cruisers. there was also a classic car parade that happened as well. you can see it rolling along there. the nonprofit was founded in salinas and has been around in the bay area for nearly 20 years. happening tomorrow, the toilet bowl and celebrating know of alleys, public restroom opening in san francisco. there's going to be arts and crafts and a troupe of acrobats performing all for this. yes, the public toilet. that was first announced in 1.7 million dollars can believe that era. and 1.7 million. but thanks to multiple contributions. the price was reduced down to $300,000. so still kind of pricey. but in a if you've got to go, you've got to go. you can find the bathroom between sanchez and vicksburg streets now we've ali going to be

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