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Week. This is what you got outside at the east bay hills camera. Definitely overcast to start winds shifting direction out of the northwest now. So its a cooler breeze ahead of an advancing cold front that makes its way in tonight. And with that cold front winds will pick up today. So get ready for that. Temperatures are in the 50s alameda. Youre sitting at 55 oakland at 55 as well. Heyward. Youre at 57 right now. And some 40s up in the north bay later on today. Temps in the 60s very familiar at this point. Tomorrow weve got one more day. Those cloudier skies before we see a generally cooler and clear forecast into the weekend rain. All right, john, thank you for low already. Pretty busy across a lot of our bridges out there. And i ways. And its only 7 oclock. I dont see any accidents on a ridge is the drive times of all gonna 18 minutes here on the bay bridge right now, Richmond Center fell bridge around 18 minutes, which typically dont see this until around 8 oclock. Almost 30 minutes long. The richmond, sandra fell bridge. That is not normal. Not seen any reports of any accidents or hazard could be something new popping up there. But things are slow. Nearly 30 minutes on the richmond, sandra fell bridge Golden Gate Bridge still around. 21, 37 to the tolls are ages. Back to you. Thank you. Reyna 701. And our top story. A man is in jail after fighting. With a Police Officer who was protecting the mayor of san jose. This all happened in the middle of an interview with kron 4. In fact, our own dan kerman reports on what that mans arrest has uncovered. Its this attack thats led to the arrest of 35 yearold leslie pollard, san jose. Police say pollard has been booked for battering a Police Officer and resisting arrest with violence. The incident was caught by kron 4 cameras during a tuesday evening interview with san jose mayor matt mahan at first in san fernando as steps right next to the mayor. Both he and the plainclothes san jose Police Officer providing security for the mayor inform pollard. But an interview is under way do it. Were moving talking for mark. Pollard uses profanity and tells the officer to mind his own business. What happens next is off camera. Its unclear who touches who first. But pollard is heard saying all smack you right right now 9 seconds later, he does just that hitting the officer in the face and head at least twice at that point. A scuffle sight. A customer from a nearby business comes to the offices. Rescue removing pollards hands from the officers tie and allowing the officer to handcuff him. Police eventually arrived and took pollard into custody. One person who witnessed the confrontation but didnt want to go on camera says hes not even sure that the suspect knew the mayor was even involved in all of this and was definitely clear that the person did not know that the security person protecting the mayor was actually a san jose Police Officer. While kron 4 has posted edited version of the video online sent as a police point out in a statement, the video does not contain the entire incident in particular. It does not include the officer identifying himself, nor does it include the many attempts teammate to deescalate the situation and avoid using force or taking any enforcement action. Police confirm pollard has an outstanding arrest warrant out of georgia for resisting arrest with violence. The officer hospitalized overnight with head and neck pain. But its now been released. The case is now under review by the Santa Clara County district Attorneys Office. Dan kerman kron. 4 news. 74 is the time and happening today. Classes will resume as normal at San Jose City college after police say they found nothing suspicious on campus. This was all after somebody reported a possible bomb threat shortly after 5 oclock last night. This is video police blocking moore park avenue at bascom. Again. Police canceled classes and evacuated the school while they conducted. That search took about 3 hours. But they reopen the campus again after finding nothing. Wilson county Sheriffs Office is asking the public to share any information they might have about the victim of a cold case dating all the way back to the 80s. This is a picture of Jeffrey Thomas reopen. Now. Police say his skull was found in 2001 and turned into the Sheriffs Office in santa rosa. Investigators categorized as a homicide case, but they say it took investigators more than 20 years to finally identify ruben now that they have an identity Sheriffs Office is asking for anybody with information to come forward, they think is from the east coast. He was rumored to have worked as a house painter here in california. Any more information about him. Please contact investigators. A bill is making its way through the state legislature right now and it aims to double the fines. For protesters who block highways and freeways as we have seen happen so many times now recently in the bay area. This was most recent protests have blocked the Golden Gate Bridge for hours. And we also saw a blockage of 80 in oakland for hours recently. California has seen more and more of these protests happening in recent months because of the war between israel and hamas under current state law. These protesters face fines of 100 to 500. But this bill, would try to deter this by adding and increasing the fines up to 1000 depending on past convictions. Because we see that these laws on the books are are not enough, right . Theres a good time to turn to whats happening now. We believe in doubling that would give them our tools in their tool box to go those that are continually putting others lives at risk. Keeping parents from dropping off their childrens school. Things like that. The california Highway Patrol is in favor of this. They say that these protests prevent First Responders from doing their jobs. The executive director of the council on American Islamic relations is against it. However, saying that they think this is a pretense of using a Public Safety to actually quell First Amendment rights. Time now is 706. Lets take a look at sfo because air travel could change big time. Become much more passenger friendly. And yeah, weve got a few tweaks coming your way. One would get rid of hidden fees. The other would make it a whole lot easier to get a refund. Yeah, both cancellations. And delayed flights to and without the rigmarole, you have to jump through a lot of hoops. Now everybody has a different policy. Kron fours will. Tran is live at sfo to talk more about these changes. Good morning. Well, so the refunds will be automatic. A lot of people they did not know that you are entitled to a refund, but you have to fight for it. Now you will get a refund. No more vouchers. Those vouchers, the airlines get out actually end of saving them money. Now, if your flight, how do you qualify for a refund . If your flight . Its more than 3 hours delayed domestically or 6 hours internationally. And of course, if its canceled outright, you get a refund. So 3, 6, hours, those of the windows that you are looking at, you dont even have to call the airlines. They know that they relate and they will issue you a refund. This is biggest change as far as passenger rights when it comes to transportation, airline transportation. In u. S. History and pete buttigieg, secretary of transportation, buttigieg, was very happy to announce that he says this should save travelers about 500 Million Dollars every year. There are other things the Airlines Need to do. Explain that right after you hear reaction from travelers. This smart. Elmos had to sleep that night in the airport because i didnt want to, you have to do it at the time that i just i just kind of chill. But he was it was really it was just like. Exhausted wasnt that so you all for the automatic so that just was like, bring it on. Bring it okay. Lets talk about bags, right . We have to pay for that. Say if your bag does not arrive within 12 hours of landing, you, too, will get a refund for the bag if you pay for wifi and it doesnt work. Guess what . You guessed it refund. You get that as well. And those junk fees i have been hooked into it. Totally when i saw going to see some prices 100 to new york city from San Francisco. And then you go through the process and all of a sudden you realize its a lot more. The new laws also say the airlines have to tell you the out the door price way cost for the baggage weight cause for the seat. Total price. So you could decide right then and there if you want to book a flight, good news. Bad news. James doria. The good news is we have new laws right . The bad news is if your Summer Travel or it will not protect because those new laws, as far as the refunds kick in 6 months from now. But the good news is just in time for thanksgiving and christmas travel, which of course, are a mess. Back to you. Always a mess. It seems for one reason or another. Thank you. Well, right from the skies to bart parts expansion to the south bay is taking shape. You can see crews here and santa clara yesterday working on the new maintenance yard. That facility is going to be built behind the transit. Sandra, the Santa Clara Transit Center across border with san jose. 3 other bart stations are going to be built there as well. And this expansion will serve nearly 55,000 people every weekday when it happens, i think should be done by 2040. And you know what else . Theyre working on a whole new look for San Francisco Stonestown Shopping Center right now. It looks like a mall, but this is what Brookfield Properties wants to do with it. They have these renderings showing a project that has a town center and Affordable Housing neighborhood, open spaces and retail. They have been thinking about this. Its been years 4 years just in the making of the idea. And a man who lives near stonestown says its really hard to imagine this transformation. Pretty surprised that theyre theyre going to do because its been like that for, you know, as long as i can remember since the 70s, its a good area. And its its a great place to be. You know, they got libraries here and, you know, schools and think people get educated its a great place. San Francisco Planning Commission has been gathering public input on the project since last year. And the project still requires approval from the Planning Commission and the board of supervisors. We have breaking news this morning. A new York Appeals Court has overturned. Harvey weinstein twewtytwenty rape conviction and ordered a new trial. Now in that landmark me too case, the court found the judge prejudiced harvey with improper rulings, including letting women testify about allegations that were part of the case. Weinstein has been serving a 23 year sentence in new york following his conviction on charges of forcibly performing a act in 2006 and rape. In 2013, he will remain in prison, however, because he was also convicted in los angeles in 2022 of another rape and was sentenced to 16 years in prison. There. Well update you when we learn more about his new trial in new york. Well take a break. A 7. 11, but still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news. Nearly 3 dozen Death Penalty cases in Alameda County are now in limbo because of potential misconduct. Well have the latest from legal experts on that. Plus, College Students across the nation are protesting the war in cars, including right here in the bay area. How uc berkeley is responding. And we are looking at a day today that is going to stay dry. A little cloudy and cold, though, cold front to our north and west well, 7. 14, right now and were checking out the weather for a little breezy. I dont know. Its going to be as humid now a lot of people mentioned it to me when we were working out. Those certainly was a palpable. John, we could feel it in the yeah, muggy out there. I didnt necessarily love it. But today is not going to feel as muggy. Little bit of cloud cover definitely still hanging out with us. Although a peek of sunshine above san jose right here. Love to see that those little peeks of sunshine today. A sign of a little bit of a switch up in this forecast. That first low pressure area that brought us the southerly breeze in the muggy feel yesterday is on the outs and some cooler air. The cold front drape directly to our north and along that frontal boundary little bit of shower activity offshore of Northern California. That next low swings through overnight tonight into tomorrow results in an increase in wind speeds. So a brisk wind, especially kicking into gear later on today into tomorrow. And along with this cold front, a few showers mostly up north on the north coast, the sierra, nevada and a thunderstorm or 2 in the Central Valley. The storm track can go a little bit further inland. That means those of us in the bay area a bit too far westward to achieve much precipitation from this. Maybe just a drop of water to for most areas this year. Well get a few more inches of snowfall. This is likely going to be above lake level at lake tahoe enough to be seeing a couple inches around Donner Summit as well as eco past temperatures today. Very familiar temperatures right back to the 60s like they were yesterday and the day before that the feels like temperature, though, without the mugginess is going to be a little more comfortable mid 60s from saying carlos, the redwoods, redwood city at 64 san jose at 67 today, east bay pretty solidly at 64 degrees. Its a very common number. Oakland and berkeley right there and looking at the north bay, some of our warmest Napa Fairfield at 70 degrees today. Looking ahead, temperatures tomorrow will be a little cooler. That cold front to do it, sir. Cooling us down and windy along with the chance of a sprinkle or 2 for the bay area. The weekend after that does look great. Lots of sunshine highs in the upper 60s to low 70s rain. All right, john, thank you for unusually busy on a Richmond Center fell bridge right now. About a 30 minute ride. Looks like were almost at a standstill here. I dont see any reports any accidents are hazards on our bridges. A lot of red as youre crossing the bridge, they might just be an uptick in travelers taking coverage this morning keeping a close eye on things. There. A ridge right now about 18 minutes. Again, no accidents hazards there. San mateo bridge, no accidents and the Golden Gate Bridge are clear there. Drive times are just going up. More people traveling on this thursday for limited ride out of the south bay along 1, one. 85 to menlo park. So a good option to maybe take 2, 80 82. The 37 minute rides daily inter down in milpitas. We do of your travel along 80 around 30 minutes there says also brought a traffic starts to bill of your low. 37 westbound at wilson avenue. You do have an accident you still get food there. Its going to taste a little bit extra time period is back to you. Thanks. A lot rain at 7. 17, and for your money this morning. Flyers may soon get a break when their flight is canceled and it will be easy as weve been talking about. Thats one of our top stories. Plus, amazon is taking aim at target and walmart. Jane king is live at the nasdaq with those stories and more. Hi, jane. The highs are a good morning. Saint vincent has a new lowcost delivery option for groceries. Its for prime members. And also customers that use governmentsponsored ebt cards. Prime members will have to pay 9. 99 a month for the subscription. What Customers Using the ebt card will have to pay for 99. That includes deliveries from whole foods, which, of course, is owned by amazon, as well as rite aid and some other retailers. The Biden Administration slept airlines with new rules that trigger instant refunds when flights are canceled, theyre also clamping down on surprise junk fees under the new department of transportation rules. Airlines must issue a full cash refund automatically if a flight is canceled rather than making the customer, ask for it, theyll also be some kind of reimbursement baggage is significantly delayed. And though reimburse of if those implied amenities like wifi for which you paid have not been able to be used. Cnbc reports of disclosure ricard requirement could save consumers a half billion dollars a year and unexpected fees and apple is reportedly close to finalizing a 1 billion dollar deal with fifa over tv rights for a new tournament. The potential agreement would give the company streaming business an edge in sports if the deal goes through, this would mark the first time that has agreed to a single worldwide contract. Well, triple as diehard base of Health Conscious gen z and millennials have continued to scoop up the retos of the bulls and other menu items. Despite the company raising prices 6 times since 2021, the Text Exchange reported that its sales grew 8 last quarter. That surpassed sales figures for mcdonalds and starbucks live from the Nasdaq Market site. Im jane king. Back to you toria. All right. Thank you, jane. It is 07 19am, and a former president. Of a San Jose Elementary School Enrichment Program is arrested. Accused of embezzling about 400,000 from the organization. Police say between 2019 2023 tsa night wrote herself up to 45 fraudulent checks and claim to be reimbursed for services that werent actually rendered. A warrant was served tuesday night was arrested on suspicion of grand theft and forgery. San Jose Unified School District says theyre working closely with this investigation. Well, in the east bay protests calling for a ceasefire in gaza are growing on the campus of uc berkeley. Demonstrators created a tent city in front of sproul hall in solidarity with other universities across the country. We actually have video of what theyve done so far here. As you can see, they have about 70 tense on campus. Participants say theyll continue protesting until their demands are met, which includes that the university called for a ceasefire in gaza and stop any and all Financial Support of israel. If there is any uc berkeley spokesperson says that School Officials are monitoring the situation. He says as it stands, the free palestine camp is not disrupting campus operations. It comes to nonviolent political protest. The campuses are not to use Law Enforcement unless it is absolutely necessary. To prevent bodily damage or threat to anyones life. Were not at that point. Uc berkeley Officials Say the safety of all students continues to be there top priority. So well keep you updated as this continues to evolve. Time now 7. 21 and governor gavin newsom is asking lawmakers to pass a bill that would allow Arizona Doctors to come to california and perform Abortion Services currently, arizona has a law that allows abortions in the first 15 weeks of pregnancy. But the state Supreme Court in arizona ruled that the state should follow a law from 18, 64 that bans nearly all abortions except when the womans life is in danger. Doctors who have been violating this law could face a penalty of 2 to 5 years in state prison in arizona. Governor newsom has joined with lawmakers announcing an urgency bill allowing Arizona Doctors to come to california provide abortion care for their patients who have traveled here. What i and our hand, not just our hearts and we want to we want to create a framework of real support. We have the opportunity to help women who woke up last week with fewer rights than their mothers have had for their lifetime. We proudly take on this fight. We will not abandon our sisters or their Health Care Professionals in arizona or in any other state just hours after this announcement, the gop controlled arizona lower state house voted to repeal the new year abortion ban, but it still needs approval from the Arizona State senate before it can make it the democratic governor. Katie hobbs for now. Governor newsom says that he is working with a nonprofit to help crowdfund abortion care for people from arizona who crossed into california for care. As for the governors urgency, bill, it needs a twothirds vote in the house and the senate before he can sign it. 7. 23 is the time and teens in San Francisco on the lower the voting age to 16 youth activist un barker plumber is gaining support among Community Leaders backing another attempt now to pass this measure that would grant 16 yearold san franciscans the right to vote only in local elections. Now, Barker Plummer says this would help increase engagement overall in local elections. This is actually the 3rd attempt to lower the voting age in San Francisco. It failed once in 2016 and then by a small margin in 2020. Were going to take a break. Coming up on the kron 4 morning news. The alexis gabe documentary has officially air. Well tell you her family says they hope the port oakland is busy and getting busier. Theyre getting a Record Number of containers coming in last month. Nearly 203,020 foot containers pass through the port of oakland facilities. That marks a 19. 1 increase compared to march of last year. Full imports at the oakland seaport also continue to rise for the 5th month in a row. A 38 increase full exports also grew of the 4 month in the road for that nearly 15 up for the exports. Nearly 15 up for the exports. That marks the highest monthly from the mountains to the coast. Heatin up the kitchen we got somethin different spreadin good vibes all day todos a la mesa que buena la mezcla it dont get no better livin in the golden state lovin this land everyday norte a sur lo puedes ver nada se puede comparar livin in the golden state vive en el estado dorado. Yeah check out the live free on a thursday getting near the weekend. Weve got john looking grey skies right now. Its going to take great into the weekend. John united entirely tomorrow. It stays great. Saturday and sunday lead to send the year and a little warmer to get some low 70s in there for you, which will be nice. This is your look outside at the coast right now. Very great for sure. Weve kept that go in the past couple of days and were keeping it around today and tomorrow, too. It is going to be less muggy than yesterday. Replacing that southerly breeze with a westerly and northwesterly wind. Thats going to pick up later on today. So a bit more of a brisk feel to it today. For temperatures right now, were sitting in the 50s kicking off this thursday morning on a cool note. But a good showing for a jog or something. I know i try to get out there yesterday. It is too humid feeling. It wasnt very good later on today. Were going to be looking at those mid 60s for most of the bay area. Weve got more on your forecast ahead. I dont think even that. Well, started off pretty busy this morning on a lot of our highways. Now were seeing reports of a fire just off i80 eastbound 80 south as youre traveling through oakland, a lot of not seeing any major highway delays are starting to see a Little Orange forming along 5. 80, the year. And as youre trsveling into the bay bridge, things are starting to slow down there. People could be looking at the smoke as a traveling by that, not on our highways just off to the adjacent to that. Okay. Weve got a video that actually sitting to our newsroom of the scene there and were going to show you in just a moment there you can see the flames and the smoke so you can see in 5. 80, eastbound 80 south. And you can see the smoke. Its kind of billowing over the overpass. There. So a lot of people might see this. You know, you see side of highways, roads often stop to see whats going on but looks like something just underneath. That may be overpass. Some materials there might be on fire again, not on the bridge. The smoke. Is it out . They bridge right now about 22 minutes traveling into the city this morning. Weve seen our highways and bridges start to go up drive times along. Richmond center fell bridge, ripped 30 last check in now with 22 looks like started drop down their little bit. 26 minutes on the san mateo bridge gate bridge just short of 30 minutes. So a busy morning to start here on this thursday during his back to you. Thanks a lot. Reyna 7. 32, the big story that were following the east bay. 35 Death Penalty cases in Alameda County are being reviewed because of allegations of racism in the Justice System got kron fours terisa sauce. Youre talking with legal experts now who say these allegations could have huge impacts. Maybe what happened here is that these people were deemed to be opposed to the Death Penalty. And thats how they got away with removing people based on that city on wednesday, legal experts weighing in on the bombshell dropped by alameda County District attorney pamela price. That a federal judge has ordered the review of 35 Death Penalty cases after these scribbled notes were discovered while examining an appeal for this man, ernest, a 51 yearold was convicted and put on death row for the 1995 killing of 9 yearold lance clark and attempted murder of his grandmother. Price says that the notes suggest prosecutors may have blocked female black and jewish potential jurors from serving on trials. Brown is a criminal law professor at uc law. San francisco. This is probably just the tip of the iceberg. Because there were a lot of bats and shenanigans going until california tightened its laws and what could happen next is not only could these death verdicts be set aside, but the entire case could be set aside. And some of these individuals may be given a new trial in its entirety. Stephen clark is a former santa clara prosecutor and now defense attorney and legal analyst. While the Death Penalty cases are under the microscope, both a legal analysts say that there has been sweeping changes in the past couple of decades, making jury selection more transparent. Theres been a tremendous evolution and how jury selection is you have to have a legitimate reason for removing a juror. And you have to articulate that reason to the court. If asked. So we are no suspicious of removals of people on the basis not just of race or gender, but a bunch of other categories like religion, nationality. You know, a lot of other things. And moreover, when the prosecution has to provide a reason, it cant be a silly reason. It has to be a reason that stands like that. That makes some common sense. But legal experts say that it could take years before the truth is revealed on whether or not there was misconduct conducted in these Death Penalty cases in Alameda County in the newsroom to recess stasio kron. 4 news. Well, the long anticipated documentary on the alexis gabe murder case has finally aired. The 23 yearold woman at the time from locally went missing back in january of 2022. Well, her partial remains were found near sacramento months later. And gabes family, her friends and the Community Came together at to bring his pizzeria in oakley to watch the documentary together last night as it aired for the first time. Now, the gabe family has been pushing hard for this documentary be released, hoping that it would change Public Perception about the case and possibly lead to charges against the mother of a lexus is exboyfriend. Marshall jones. He was the primary suspect in the case when he died when he was shot by police in a standoff after watching the documentary, alexis, his parents say they were actually disappointed that the final product was missing. What they felt were key pieces, including a video of the suspects. Mother. That video. So expecting to everyone to see. To the Police Report said Something Like go. He said Something Like was cold the idea not but its not going with h and especially the inside of the house people. Do to us . In. So especially so in a statement kron 4, the contra costa County District Attorneys Office said, quote, based on the evidence weve been provided by the investigating agencies, there is no indication anyone other than Marshall Jones was directly involved in the murder of alexis. Gabe, either as a direct perpetrator or an aider and abettor end quote. Now the family still intends to have their attorney file. A lawsuit against the mother after the documentary airs. Time now 7. 36 and the north bay police have arrested a person for having a stolen gun or a gun without a serial marks on it, a stolen car and for ramming a Police Officer trying to get away. Officers noticed on monday there was a car with a shattered sunroof in and drove into a parking lot of a business near tennessee street. They did a record check in. They found that car was stolen out of richmond. They attempted to pull the car over the driver, rammed the patrol vehicle 6 times trying to flee and then crashed into a well ended up surrendering in police search. The vehicle could see what they found. A loaded firearm without a serial number that was in the backseat. And they arrested the driver on multiple felonies. Happening tomorrow in the east bay, a Memorial Service for fallen oakland Police Officer jordan wingate is set to be held. He died saturday from injuries. He suffered back in 2018. It was a car crash while on duty. The service is set to be held at 3 crosses church in Castro Valley set to begin at 11 00am and it is open to the public. The city of San Francisco is hoping to improve 911, response times by opening a new emergency dispatch center. The new facility was unveiled yesterday on the second floor of the old 911, center on turk street. Our cameras were there as they gave us a tour. It features 55 brandnew workstations. Theyve got an updated break room and elevated supervisor area and a new training room as well. And it prepares us for the future by increasing our capacity and our ability to add more dispatchers and create the kind of environment thats going to be a better environment for the people who are answering the most challenging calls in San Francisco. The city is also ramping up efforts to recruit up to 30 new dispatchers. And theyre hoping that this new facility will attract more applicants. In the east bay, oakland, Small Business owners are concerned about a project that would remove dozens of Parking Spaces along grand avenue. Kron fours dan thorn has more. Grand avenue in oakland is a busy corridor. Cars parked in front of Small Businesses as cyclists make their way through the traffic okd on is proposing to improve safety along this road. But that includes getting rid of dozens of those Parking Spaces. Our concern is that if they take away. Easy access to our businesses. Its going to be a lot harder our customers to be able to get to veterinarian Elizabeth Mcdonald says the proposed removal of 30 to 40 parking spots would make life difficult for her clients, especially those who are elderly and with pets that need extra care. Her business, the grand lake veterinary hospital and the grand Avenue Business Association have been asking for input to share with oak dot. We unfortunately, really havent been able to get very much input to them. They have not really come down and not talk to the merchants on the street. So we got permission if we collected input. That we could. It was presented to dot, says grand avenue from broadway to macarthur needs to be repaved to cut down on a high number of bicycle and pedestrian accidents. The proposed improvements include new crosswalks protected bike lanes and turning angled Parking Spaces into parallel parking mcdonalds says she and other Business Owners all for safety. But a more balanced approach needs to be taken. She thinks losing the Parking Spaces might be a death blow to already struggling merchants. Wed rather they slow down traffic. Maybe have their be less lanes. But a company for both parking and safe biking, not have solution. 30 to 40 parking spots taking affecting businesses ability to have customers come. Mcdonalds is hoping to present the findings of the Parking Survey to oak dot next month. Then its a waiting game to see if transportation officials revised their plans in oakland. Dan thorn kron. 4 news. The plan reopen. It was always the reopened. Were not going anywhere. Again, a reminder horn barbecue coming back to oakland. The owner says its opening a new location after a devastating fire 5 months ago. The new location will be part of his other restaurant. Maddies in downtown oakland and the grand opening their of the new hard barbecue is set for tomorrow. Its 7. 41, and still ahead on the kron, morning news and fortyniners legends are going to see their kids in the nfl draft tonight. Well have more on that. And were dry today, but weve got a line of showers sitting right next to us to the north and west. This is sign of some changes just around the corner. What you know, what . Those are your forecast. And weve been keeping a close eye on a few incidents out there on highways and bridges were some reports of a fire. 5. 80, just adjacent to one of the highways. Were not next. Stop. You got it . Lets go back to the beginning. Are you. Your electric future. Customized. The fullyelectric audi q4 etron. Get exceptional offers at your local audi dealer. Everyone needs a place to recharge. How we get there matters. Get exceptional offers at your local audi dealer. Recently released data shows more Marine Mammals like the sea lions. At pier, 39 are having more negative interactions with humans. Yeah. So according to a report from the Marine Mammal center of the most common type of disturbance reported over the last 2 years was people crowding around animals. Trying to get selfies, trying to get close, not giving them the space they and researchers say that can lead to an increase in the stress level in the animals pops can be separated from their moms. And we dont want that and it can disrupt rescue operation. But specifically talking about the bay area. Remember, disturbance is a yearround problem. We had 30 of our Marine Mammals last Year Experience some form a disturbance before these rescues occurred. Were seeing the disturbances are just as high in the summer and fall months is they are during our busy season on site here in sausalito thats tied with pupping season. Well, researchers want to remind everybody to not touch the animals, even if you think youre protecting wildlife, some actions actually do more harm than good. All right. Take a look at this survey area welcoming some new falcon chicks. This is live feeds from the uc berkeleys cal falcons cam. They hatched earlier this week. A top famous capital bell tower. A naming contest is set to be held in midmay when the falcon chicks are going to be fitted with some identification band so they can be tracked. There you have the life health and cam. Hopefully well get a glimpse of the new chicks at some point this morning. Well keep an eye some reason. I just want to look, i dont care if theres no checks and could just watch this falcon cam. Yeah, i just i dont know why im so fascinated. Its not like watching water boil to me like hes doing nothing but i just love what effect the is that while i love weather so far is perfect for the falcon mama to be hunkering down over the chicks there because obviously you want them to be warm and theres a very tender age for them right now. Yeah. Good morning, yeah, they probably do have a lot of of a feather yet to keep them warm. So. Glad to see mom is staying close. Were looking outside at little peeks of sunshine, making its way through the overcast that weve been seeing several days now. And well see mostly cloudy skies again today. We some showers to the north and west of us. Those are slowly meandering our direction. Its going to take some time for them to get here. And most of that is actually going to impact Northern California as well as the Central Valley in the sierra. Just because that low is heading to far east in the bay area too far west and not direct path of this. That just means were going to see the very edge of any precipitation potential into tomorrow. Can see that area of green that your rainfall in the Pacific Northwest losing a little steam as it drifts into the state, the sierra. Well see some thunderstorms and some upper elevation snowfall. The north coast will get a good dose of rain. The bay area literally just a sprinkle possible. You can see rainfall totals really not that much but be prepared for a few drops of water possible tomorrow. This year will see around 3 to 6 inches of snow could impact. Anderson, an echo pass will not be impacting lake tahoe, too low in elevation and likely to see a thunderstorm or 2 up there in those lower elevations of the sierra temperatures today in the upper 50s at the coastline and then pretty solid 60s elsewhere. Very similar territory here. Very much so. Just like yesterday, as far as with the temperatures look like, but it will be less muggy. So that means the 60s just feel a little nicer. Fremont union city and hayward each at 64, oakland right there as well. Concord, antioch, napa, vacaville, some of our spots. It will barely hit 70 degrees. Tomorrows temperatures a little cooler. That cold front swings through cools us off a little bit. Windier tomorrow as well. With that chance of sprinkles saturday and sunday clearing right out the weekend actually looks really nice after friday and next week doesnt look too bad either, right . All right, john, thank you for that. That news just got off the phone with fire. The fire department. Were telling me this encampment fire here, low front, 80 eastbound, 80 south. They are on scene. They say its not going to be too bad of a problem in terms of the commute and theyve got it handled. So theore currently working on that right now. Were no longer seeing smoke from that area, either. So shouldnt be impacting your commute. They should have that out pretty quickly. You are going to be traveling along. 88. Youre seeing just slight Traffic Building also along the eastbound side i80, and the bay bridge. But thats just because of traffic. Not because of the fire. You can see drive times and not changed. Were been impacted along the bay bridge, which is good news. 18 minutes there traveling into the city this morning, a richmond, sandra fell bridge up to 30 minutes about 30 minutes ago. Now were at 13 to looks like everybodys finally gotten across the richmond. Sandra fell bridge travel along 80 right now about 35 you the busiest and at san pablo area that takes him fall avenue. If youre trying navigate around that highway for nearly 40 minutes, antioch it to conquer. Lets get a quick look at the south bay to start to built 60 minutes. 2. 88 who might be a good alternate for you at this time. Darya. James, back to you. Thanks right at 7. 49, and david de pap the man convicted of attacking paul pelosi is going to have to wait another month to learn his fate. His sentencing hearing has been pushed back to may 17th. The 43 yearold faces a maximum of 50 years in prison for attacking Nancy Pelosis husband. Paul in october of 2022. Breaking into the house using a hammer to hit him a proposal to a clip. New cars with speed Safety Devices is moving forward in Sacramento State senator scott wiener has a Street Safety bill that would mandate all new cars made or sold in the state. Come with technology to monitor speed. And that requires caltrans design and fix the roads for pedestrians as well and cyclists and drivers. A wiener says the goal overall just to make the streets safer for everyone. All right. Todays the day football fans have been waiting for the nfl draft gets underway tonight and the fortyniners have 10 picks in this years draft. And listen to this. Both jerry rice and frank gore. 49 or and nfl legends in their own rights are going to experience in the draft very differently this year because they both have sons that are waiting to hear their names be called. So some nervous fathers to boot. This draft has a big pool of College Players with some proven nfl bloodlines, jerry rices son brendan wide receiver. He had a pretty good season at usc. So look for him. Also the podium midround choice. Frank gore, he played franklin junior, i should say he played at Southern Miss running back like his dad. Hes projected to be a later round pick. Theres a litany of other names to get ed mccaffrey son luke is coming off a great season at rice. Of course, both ed and list rather christians know a thing or 2 about the fortyniners. Plus, perhaps the biggest legacy name in the draft is Marvin Harrison junior, a receiver like his famous father and the younger harrison is likely to be a top 5 pick. Thats what everybody seems to think with all this prime nfl dna up for grabs. We heard from fortyniners general manager john lynch who says he is pretty excited. There some inherent pressure on who their dad it is. But theres also some good genes. And and, you know, and i think that matters deo was out here at the local pro day and his son to rika, you know, performed really well. And that was that was pretty cool. And you could i saw him running at me and i played against, you know, a lot. And there were some in that strike that was very familiar, that it was it was something about the gate and its crazy how those things translate. You know, its is that just shameful is that modeling that they watch their dad . You know, its just its interesting to me. And but its a fun. Element to this years draft that and i think is its going to be interesting to watch to see how it unfolds. Again, the fortyniners have the 31st overall pick in the draft. First time since 2021. In fact, theyve been in the first round. Most people think theyll probably use their first pick. 2. Bolster their offensive line. So well see who they select. San francisco kicks off Opening Night of the Sf International film festival. Its the 67th year for between now and sunday. More than 80 films are going to be shown at movie theaters all across San Francisco and the east bay as part of this and 7 of those films are from bay area. Filmmakers from documentaries to features there are 40 Different Countries represented the director of programming says this years selections feature filmmakers who told stories from their own lives and real experiences and also filmmakers feature who have been part of set film since early in their careers. And one of the filmmakers this year doesnt renee jones was a part of our use competitions several years ago. Her producer went through our Development Program and then now they are screening their phone seeking mavis beacon at the festival, which was largely on the east bay. So the medics are really about just the powerhouse called like creative collective. The is the bay area and your that film, she said seeking mavis beacon. You can see that it happens this friday and saturday. The festival closes on sunday with the film, thelma, which features 93 yearold actress june squibb doing her own stunts. By the way, as well. You can find more details on sf film dot org. All right. Coming up in the next hour of the kron, 4 morning news, a former Airline Mechanic is suing sfo after being placed on the tsas list of felons will tell you why he says a faulty secu i love the great outdoors. [ nature sounds ] from indoors. Its a vibe. Do i enjoy being in nature . Mmm. Do i like looking at it . Fo sho. So if maintaining forests maintains my happy place, yeah im gonna be a papertarian. Living room . Sanctuary. Bathroom . Sanctuary. Other living room . Well, thats just extra. In america we have private forests. So when you choose this, the forest people will replenish that. So those outdoor creatures can [ yells ] stay where they belong 3 high schools are in the bay area among the best in all of california. According to u. S. News and world report, they have their list of the top 10 high schools in the state. And doctor Tj Owens Gilroy Early College Academy in gilroy ranks number 10 at number 9, lynbrook high and san jose Lowell High School in San Francisco, rank 7th and at the very top Riverside Stem Academy in southern california. All right. It is 7. 57. Well take a break. But up next on the kron, 4 morning news. More on the man arrested after getting into a scuffle. With the protection detail for san joses mayor. Plus, new airline rules make it easier for you to get a refund norman, bad news. I never graduated from med school. What . But the good news is. Xfinity mobile just got even better now, you can automatically connect to wifi speeds up to a gig on the go. Plus, buy one unlimited line and get one free for a year. I gotta get this deal. Thats like 20 a month per unlimited line. I dont want to miss that. Thats amazing doc. Mobile savings are calling. Visit xfinitymobile. Com to learn more. Doc . 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