Sweep south over the area late friday night and Early Saturday Morning which then increases nne winds along the ridges and peaks saturday. A dry pattern may turn to a wet weather pattern next week. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. Richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 darya new this morning. The Oakland Unified School district has approved 9 Million Dollar budget cuts. james this after parents and teachers voiced their anger at a Heated School Board meeting last night. Kron 4s will tran joins us live from oakland. Will. The School District says the 9Million Dollar cut is down from the the 15 Million Dollars they were originally proposing. The district says they had no choice but to make the cuts or the state would have intervened. And that could have meant School Closures. There is no word on where the money will be cut from. The board still needs to vote on possible layoffs. That vote could come as early as next month. Were just gonna cut. And that could be anything up to and including numerous School Closures immediately. darya thanks will. We will check back with you through out the morning. james new this morning. A teenage boy is arrested for burglary and vandalism at an east bay elementary school. It happened at Discovery Bay elementary school. Police arrived at the school yesterday morning and found the 14yearold boy breaking into the school. The boy took off and climbed on the roof. Police eventually convinced him to surrender. He later adimitted to police that he also broke into the school and vandalized it on monday morning. He also stole two laptops. james happening now. Police are investigating a deadly collision involving a pedestrian in the north bay. It happened last night in the area of south wright road and finley avenue in santa rosa. Police say a woman was hit by a minivan. She has been identified as 56 yearold barbara jones. The van took off off. But the driver eventually called police to report the accident and then returned to the scene. He told police that he could not see the woman in the dark. It is not clear why took off. darya happening now. Police in fairfield are investigating a possible hate crime after a car is vandalized. The victim was shopping at a store on west texas street and when he returned to his car. Someone had spray painted a racial slur on it. Police are for the person responsible. darya police in hayward need help finding two people responsible for a deadly shootng in hayward. Police have released a sketch of the man and woman they are looking for. The shooting happened december fourth on mission boulevard in front of the islander motel. The victim was a 47 year old man. Police have not released his name. darya two women in East Palo Alto are dead. And police say it looks like a murdersuicide. Several gunshots were reported just before 930 yesterday morning. A neighbor called police. When officers arrived. They found the bodies of two women inside a home. Their relationship is not clear. Right now. Police are talking to family members. And checking their cell phones and computers. james we now know when the public will be able to pay their respects to San Francisco mayor ed lee. On friday. The mayor will lie in state in the city hall rotunda. The public is invited to visit his casket from 8 am until 7 pm. And then on sunday. A celebration of life is planned to honor the life of mayor lee. Its being held at city hall and the public is invited to attend. Thats at 3pm. james San Franciscos acting mayor london breed had her first event as acting mayor. Following mayor ed lees sudden death. She showed up to support an upcoming gun buyback event this saturday. Breed says the sudden passing of mayor lee. Continues to weigh on her. But. She let everyone know that she is up for the task of leading the city. Preliminary hearing, she said burn patterns show the fire started in the northwest corner of the building. She also said that furniture used as room dividers fueled the flames that killed 36 december. darya as for the cause. Sabitini said the team ruled out several refrigerators discovered in the living area. They also ruled out propane tanks and natural gas as an ingnitition source. In her opinion. The ghost ship fire was likely a failure of the electrical system. darya a dramatic look at the thomas fire. As it burns near montecito in Santa Barbara county. The flames look more like a lava flow. Than a wildfire. Southern california crews say unpredictable winds are threatening homes near the thomas fire. A red flag warning in the area has been extended. Containment on the fire is up to 30 percent. But acreage is also up to more than 238 thousand acres. james happening now. Police are looking for two men who carjacked a woman at gunpoint at the bayfair bart station. We first brought you this story yesterday on the kron 4 morning news. The woman was carjacked tuesday afternoon. In the back parking lot of the bay fair bart station in san leandro. The incident has some bart passengers concerned with their safety at this station. james the carjacking victim was not seriously injured. james bart police say they are dealing with an epidemic of car breakins in their parking lots. On average. There are 80 breakin thefts per month system wide. Bart says this month they have seen the most breakins at the ashby station in berkeley and the coliseum station in oakland. Police have stepped up patrols at all parking lots. And they are installing more surveillance cameras. Bart also says you can use their bart watch app to report suspicious behavior. darya still ahead on the kron 4 morning news. One woman busted for athree illegal pot grows. How a utility bill tipped police off. darya plus. Keeping panhandlers off street medians. Why not everyone is happy with the steps one Bay Area Community is taking. darya and after the break. An elderly man is attacked and robbed in his own home in San Francisco. Now police are on the hunt for the intruders. rebecca and i am tracking your bay area forecast. Do you need the most trusted battery this holiday . Maybe not. Maybe, you could trust the world would be just as happy without them. screaming or, you could just trust duracell. Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas Rebecca lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic. Rebecca dry weather continues this week as High Pressure resides over california. A mainly dry cold front will sweep south over the area late friday night and Early Saturday Morning which then increases nne winds along the ridges and peaks saturday. A dry pattern may turn to a wet weather pattern next week. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. darya happening now police are looking for the people who kicked down an elderly mans door. Then beat and robbed the victim. It happened in San Franciscos inner sunset neighborhood. Kron 4s jr stone has the right now you can still see the broken wood after thieves busted open this door, attacked a 78 year old man living inside, and robbed him. Sot apparently got beat up by these thugs and they broke into his house and kept him captive as they robbed his home. Officers told neighbors in the area that the suspects were wearing ski masks. As to why they picked this home. Its unclear but neighbors say the Senior Living there is often outside sweeping. Sot i guess they were Wearing Masks there was def some preparation going into it. I just hope he is okay mentally and physically i would be traumatized by an experience like that. Neighbors like Michael Fujimoto say car thieves broke into his suv a month ago but this brutal attack in the victims own home takes things to another level. Sot im one of these people thati think im a tough guy but when they strike so close to home only 7 houses away from ours. There is a camera set up outside the house where the attack happened. There are also others in the area. Detectives are now reviewing video that could help them identify the bad guys. Sot you wouldnt think it would happen here so its really unnerving and downright scary when you think of this happening to people. james happening today. Surfing the World Wide Web might not be as smooth in the future. The fcc is set to vote aagainst Net Neutrality. Thats the set of rules the Agency Approved in 2015 to prevent speedtraps on the internet. The fcc says getting rid of Net Neutrality would boost the economy and stop the internet from being micromanaged by the federal government. But those on the other side say repealing the rules would give internet providers too much power over content. 18 attorneys general have called on the fcc to postpone the vote. james police in Southern California raid three illegal pot grows owned by the same woman. They arrested her along with eight men. One of the grows was on the same block as a police precinct. A a67thousand dollar power bill at one of the grow houses tipped police off that something was going on. Authorities found so many plants that they say it will take days to remove them all. Growing marijuana in San Bernardino is not illegal. But this grow operation did not have the proper permits. james coming up on the kron 4 morning news. See the special honors for the two Good Samaritans who came to the rescue of a San FranciscoPolice Officer. james and after the break. Hundreds of stores are offering Free Shipping for online orders but it is only for one day. We will tell you when. My name is Cynthia Haynes and i am a senior Public Safety specialist for pg e. My job is to help educate our First Responders on how to deal with natural gas and electric emergencies. Everyday when we go to work we want everyone to work safely and come home safely. I live right here in auburn, i absolutely love this community. Once i moved here i didnt want to live anywhere else. I love that people in this community are willing to come together to make a difference for other peoples lives. Together, were building a better california. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. Richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 darya if you have last minute shopping to do. Tomorrow could be a good day to get it done. Thats because hundreds of retailers are participating in Free Shipping day. james online and in stores more than 800 retailers are taking part. According to the Free Shipping day siteits a National Shopping holiday. That started back in 2008. darya in order to be listed on the site stores must be offering Free Shipping on all orders with no minimum purchase. And the orders must arrive by christmas eve. james some of the Companies Participating include amazon. Best buy. Macys. Tj maxx and walmart. darya is your house decked out for the holidays . Kron4 wants to show it off. Send us a photo or video of your holiday display and well include it in our Christmas Day show highlighting the best decorated homes in the bay area. Use the kron 4 mobile app report it us your holiday lights. rebecca your bay area forecast is after the break. lydia gas prices drop in california enamel is the strong, white, outer layer of your tooth surface. 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A mainly dry cold front will sweep south over the area late friday night and Early Saturday Morning which then increases nne winds along the ridges and peaks saturday. A dry pattern may turn to a wet weather pattern next week. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 james just in time for the Holiday Travel season. Gas prices are dropping around the bay area. darya kron 4s Lydia Pantazes joins us live from fremont this morning. Lyida. lydia triplea says gas prices are going down all across the bay area ahead of the holiday season. Here is a look at the prices you are facing. San francisco 3. 27 oakland 3. 14 san jose 3. 12 james thanks lydia. We will check back with you through out the morning. darya on the peninsula. Three people are behind bars this morning accused of carjacking someone and then crashing that car at a country club. Chp officers were involved in a chase that ended when the carjackers crashed at the Green Hill Country Club on ludeman lane in millbrae. Two women and one man were taken into custody. Their names have not been no one was injured. James FairfieldPolice Arrested a san jose man on charges of possession of several guns and stolen property. Police found the man after he tried to use a stolen credit card at a store. The man was gone once officers arrived, but store clerks gave them a detailed description of the man. About a half an hour later, police were able to find and arrest 26 year old brandon nichols. Police also found stolen checks. Cell phones. Electronic equipment and a handgun. Nichols was booked into Solano County jail. james Sonoma County sheriffs officials released Surveillance Video of two burglars stealing from a bodega bay restaurant. This happened on monday. Police say the two broke in and stole a cash box. Investigators have not said which restuarant was burglarized. james Police Arrest a man after a suspicious package is found at the court house in oakland. It happened at the Alameda County superior court house. This is video of the scene yesterday morning. The bomb squad was called out to examine a suspicious backpack near the Side Entrance of the courthouse. People inside were not evacuated. But were not allowed to leave. 2 hours later. The bomb squad gave the all clear. The man who owned the backpack was arrested after he became hostile and assaulted deputies. The same area where the backpack was found had been firebombed earlier in the morning. But there wasnt much damage. The Sheriffs Department is working to determine if the incidents darya san rafael is taking steps to remove panhandlers. And others who loiter on tiny medians along city streets. Next week. The San Rafael City Council will review a proposed Traffic Safety ordinance that would make tiny street medians a no loitering zone. The proposal would ban hanging out on these medians that are 4 feet wide or less. For more than two traffic light cycles. But some in san rafael say the city should leave median loiterers alone. darya we reached out to san rafaels city manager, Council Members for a comment on this proposal. And have not from them. darya two sfo agents were honored for helping an officer who was attacked by a man with a knife in a terminal. Vincent del rosario and Valerie Philips were on a break when an officer was struggling with a man armed with a knife. Both jumped in to stop the man. The officer was stabbed in the knee. And suffered several cuts. A court has found the attacker is unfit to stand trial and has been committed to a Mental Hospital for treatment. The agents who jumped to help. Say theyre humbled to be honored for their heroism. darya the injured officer is still recovering but his boss tells us that his health is improving. darya coming up in garys world. The cooking competiton show ayesha curry hosts being pulled off the air. Well tell you