Which means. Rain and the yellow meaning even more rain john trouble in the Weather Center now with the very latest on all of that good morning john. And good morning to you guys to is such a calm morning, its hard to believe that later on today were going to be seeing such inclement weather but thats exactly the case big switch up right in the midst of your day. So right now Golden Gate Bridge looks nice and clear we are seeing calm conditions, sunny conditions in some spots but also some cloud cover and others as we work our way into the afternoon. This is whats heading its way our direction this line of heavy showers is going to push on in towards the latter part of your afternoon. So we start dry, we do have a dry conditions all the way right towards lunchtime after that this is 04 00pm right here, starting to check in with some lighter showers pushing on in and then the heavier stuff begins to pick up after that. Its looking like it could get really heavy after sunset latest model runs coming in showing that the heaviest of rainfall should be seen during your evening hours so evening commute likely to be wet but not coming along with the heaviest of rain as that will arrive after sunset probably when youre settled down and maybe taking it easy tonaght instead of doing some travels and into your friday evening. Heavy rain continues on to 04 00pm tomorrow you can see the how just how heavy the showers are at 04 00pm on saturday. After which point though it does look like shower activity will be lighter overall for the remainder of the weekend after that. Now temperatures right now are actually really comfortable Hayward Alameda as well as oakland, hes been in the 50s at 58 degrees through the morning berkeley just below 60 so pretty nice to start the morning, its nice and dry out there to look at this beautiful view, San Francisco cant complain about that nice and clear not foggy like yesterday 60s for your highs before that rain arrives again mostly after sunset this evening. Rebecca. On john thankfully, the rain arrives later because we are definitely a having a nice dry morning commute on this friday. But there is a crash though through oakland, so if you are going to be taking the nimitz freeway in the southbound direction just a either way to die and a little bit folks can cleared off the roadway or youre going just get stuck in the slow traffic looks like a traffic is backed up from 29 almost to the 9. 80 split on the southbound side in the northbound side also slowing down a bit. Of course as usual as folks are taken over to try to take a look and the drive time bumped up now another 5 more minutes for a total of 25 minutes for your commute from downtown oakland 2 to 38 and getting to san leandro on the to decide but things are great here the bay bridge toll plaza you can see peaks of sunshine through some of the clouds there 12 minutes out of macarthur maze and across the upper deck in the San Francisco. James well. All right rebecca, thank you, lets get back to our big local story again the rain the storm thats approaching the bay area today is going to cause problems for a lot of folks in San Francisco for instance in the Mission District one of those areas prone to flooding. They are preparing now. Theres some areas that know it will get a lot worse before it gets better right now businesses and that neighborhood are stacking up sandbags to try to protect their stores in the garage as you can see them on the side of the garage right there. They have. Too much experience in the past but all that rainfall last week we showed it flooded. The holes there it is right there, look at that street just flooded so businesses. They are wasting no time getting ready for the next round. We put out sandbags are happy to do it its good exercise. And usually a that helps the situation room here sometimes because of a. Of sewer blockage. Between here in the bay in backs up a little bit. City crews are also working on clearing out storm drains ahead of todays storms so that the flooding. We know it will happen, but when it happens it wont be too bad. Make sure you download the kron on app as we head into this stormy patched art thats are 24 7 news streaming app so that way we can keep you updated on the storms progress any problems that arise and breaking news in between our broadcasts just download the kron on at your favorite app store today. Lets stay in San Francisco where were following another big story uber says theyre taking steps to try to make their service safe for their drivers and the passengers and go yeah weve had some new information come to light after the Company Released their safety report. Some of the facts and figures in that report are a bit shocking kron 4 Sarah Stinson is at ubers headquarters in San Francisco now to kind of walk us through some of these findings sarah. Yeah ive been here talking to people in San Francisco about the findings in this report may telling me that it is shocking to hear and people who. As you were saying a lot of alarming numbers at that. 2017 2018 so in that twoyear span there was nearly 6,000 assaults reported. Among those there were 4 164 with reports of rape. Caused by physical assaults now over trying to put all of these numbers into context for everyone because you know they are very shocking, but they said from the beginning of uber. And 0. 9 of rides that occurred. And about 92 of the victims were writers about 7 of those people or the drivers and we talked with the ceo and they gave us a restatement at least saying i suspect many people will be surprised at how how rare these incidents are others will understandably think theyre still too common. Some people will appreciate how how much weve done on safety. Others will say we have more work to do. Now i did talk to one man who uses uber he said you know hes at 6 feet tall. Hes not a too afraid to use it but he after hearing this report, he said it is definitely of concern. I would say theyre pretty alarming there are a lot higher than. They might be so. People should probably consider the risks before they read. But yeah seems like there should be better background screenings going. The some of the assaults that were in that report. So its definitely something. Many things to increase safety, including there. One a little swipe to 9 win. So it doesnt cause a huge commotion you can fly. To stay safe during a very scary situation theyre also working on several other things to put in place so that when you do get an uber you know for a fact it is your over driver who works for uber because we have seen a few cases where people have gotten in the car with someone who claims to work for uber none of those numbers were of course included in this report. Live in San FranciscoSarah Stinson kron. Ok thank you very much sara for that report and some other additional safety tips there are a number of precautions you can take first off you should share your trip plans with others so that they know youll be traveling with uber also dont travel alone. If you can use the pool option or ride with friends make sure somebody else in the car with you also verify the identity of the driver and the car information with what you have on your app asked the driver for their name make sure it matches before you get inside the car and also check the drivers ratings to and read the feedback before you can from a pickup. You can always cancel the request if youre not comfortable with that driver and order a different car. In the east bay 2 men wanted in connection to a series of violent Home Invasions in lafayette, theyre waking up this morning behind bars. The robberies happened in the last 2 months and you can see Police Officers out at one of those scenes. This was a long cressman drive in Lafayette Police say the burglars are from fairfield they have been identified as 22 years old shows of wells and 20 yearold id ama. Apa theyre accused of being involved with at least for Home Invasion robberies and 2 of them right in lafayette. I expect my community be concerned im concerned and thats why we put so many resources into this year involved in it was someone comes up an assault to take your handbag or for someone then enters into your home were a show whole different threshold. Ok so we told you about for all together the other 2 robberies happened on october 29th in on in oakland. And the other one on november 10th in Benicia Police believe there is a 3rd person out there that has not been arrested yet. Well theres a growing push to turn pgd into a customer owned coop. This all comes as the utility continue to take heat for its role in causing various wildfires, san jose macor sam liccardo in fact says theres a growing coalition now which numbers about a 100 elected leaders from 58 cities across 10 counties that are in support of his plan for a customer own takeover of p g name. The coalition unveiled a list of some of its operating principles in creating this nonprofit cooperatives those include power supply procurement policies rate impacts credit quality and a governing board take a listen. What we need to do is fully aligned everybodys financial interests. So that every dollar coming from a payers is invested. And improving the reliability safety of the grant we are going to be paying more. The question is how much more and who is going to benefit youre going to be out state hedge funds or is it going to be the customers repairs and state council. Interesting idea this coalition is now hoping to ask the same federal judge is handling utilities bankruptcy right now to consider this rate payer option as a viable alternative to another private owner. Well take a break its 7 and still ahead here on the kron 4 morning news 2 men on the loose after stealing packages from several ups trucks, well tell you where this happened and looking to get a puppy this holiday season. Well theres a scam you need to be aware of the details on that coming up as well. The monthly jobs report is out today and how how much do we spend on holiday clothes. Im jane king, all have those stories coming up. And what we have out there today a very calm start to what wont be such a calm finish to the day, im talking rain in the forecast ahead. And thankfully for that com star john the roadways, nice and dry for your morning commute 12 minutes in the San Francisco. If youre going to be using the bay bridge toll plaza we are back at 7. 15 weve got a trust me john trouble standing next to the areas with with the storm. Thats coming today weve been talking about it for the past couple days that leading up to this and now its here. Yeah we take a nice little break yesterday we had a few but today more than sprinkles days. Its to tonights a good order pizza watch movies because its going to come down. I would call do that actually jay the free movie on chief with my password. Dont hill hilditch up your netflix password and get off ok well i dont have what i see my sister netflix stay indoors. It definitely is heres a look outside as stormtracker 4 this morning we are nice and dry right now there is rainfall to our west and to our north you can see it. The looked at the down to stormtracker 4 not that here in the bay area, its nice and quiet at least for the core the bay now if you do had just to our north up in lake county right around lake port clearlake Hidden Valley lake yeah you are definitely seeing some light showers at this time nothing more than that it has been a pretty quiet morning. So far and were going to continue to see quiet weather for much of the day ahead of us really it wont be until right at around sunset time tonight that we start to tap into some of this rain as the storm system works its way on into the bay. So pretty calm day ahead of us then that storm system pushes in light to moderate showers at first and then heavier spots of rainfall really descending into the bay area and staying with us first all 24 hour period will be on and off but areas of heavy rain continue at least until around 04 00pm tomorrow, its looking like when that second round of moisture pushes through after which point thing should lighten up for the rest of the weekend. Some light to moderate showers and isolated spots where it could get heavier on into saturday night and then into sunday but not nears heaviest tonight will be a winter storm warning taking effect up in the Sierra Nevada tonight into sunday, one to 3 feet of snow expected up there. And what were seeing across the bay areas far as rain goes is anywhere from an inch to possibly even over an inch of rainfall for areas like santa rosa. Thats the a flash flood advisories, taking effect today at 04 00pm for marine sonoma, and portions of napa counties as far as daytime highs go really comfortable and actually one of the most comfortable ones of the week odd to be talking about that when youre also talking about such strong at head winds and heavy rain to finish the day. But rain is coming in late enough that daytime highs will be able to achieve those comfortable 60s before things do get dicey after which point 64 in Pleasanton Livermore and son old today while Berkeley Oakland and richmond in the low 60s north bay temperatures mostly in the 60s too, and then a few 50s out towards the coast. A breakdown of your next 7 days shows temperatures staying pretty steady and next week looking dryer. Rebecca. Well, at least its dry now right on the run and things are looking great. Im not going to be the case though later on throughout the day but for now well take it said that there is an accident though to report downtown oakland still out there at southbound 8. 80 run in 29th avenue. And it is still blocking a the right lane. So that is why traffic it continues to be slow in backing up towards the 9. 80 split so avoid downtown oakland, if you can just wait it out at home until they can clear the crash or maybe jump over the 5. 80 thats a good alternative. 20 minutes, though the drive time definitely bumped up to almost a half an hour. For your southbound right trying to get from oakland to to 38. And eventually into a san leandro so i just take note of that and also said no to this its a perfect commute into San Francisco. Under 15 minutes out of macarthur maze trying to get on to the upper deck and to the fremont street exit that is great at this hour the morning. We are past tear the san mateo bridge but only 25 minutes over to the peninsula. Long kron fours helping you protect to protect you from becoming a victim of a holiday scam and today there is a warning for people looking to get a new pet for christmas years, a look at how you can avoid being the victim of a puppy scam. A lot. Families like to give their kids a furry friend for the holidays and scammers are taking advantage of it. Its called the puppy scam and its not just in the United States. Experts say this one can be difficult to avoid because cute pictures and great deals can tug at your heartstrings and your wallet. Usually families who fall victim to this are looking for a certain breed. But there is one trick you can use. If you are going to shop online for new pat. Reverse lookup that photo and see how many other times that sweet puppies face is appearing on other websites that in itself is going to be a red flag that this is not a legitimate dog. Heres how to avoid a puppy scam. Shop around. Couple of breeders in your area and if youre going to purchase a puppy online always pay with a credit card. Credit card offers you protection. We have an entire section on our web site warning you about potential holiday stands. And what you need to know to be safe. All you have to do is go to kron 4 dot com will tell you how to protect you and your family. For your money this morning, how much are we spending on Holiday Party clothes and todays jobs report day we got jean king left the nasdaq breaking it all down for us morning. Jane, yes, james good morning and the jobs report came out better than expected so 266,000 jobs added we expected about a 180,000 the Unemployment Rate down to 3 and a half percent. We did see a lot of different jobs healthcare manufacturing retail Leisure Hospitality so. The markets like those numbers and were up to in the dow about 275 points right now. Well Dollar General remains one of the Fastest Growing retailers in america, attracting customers with rockbottom prices on snacks and Household Items and it is so confident in its strategy and plans to open a 1000 new Stores Next Year just as it has e past several years now by opening that many stores thats unusual many other brick and Mortar Stores are closing. Well theres been a spike in injuries due to cell phones. Some of these have been serious enough to send people to the emergency room. The research was led by a facial Plastic Surgeon whose patients include a woman who broke her nose when she dropped her phone on her face. Many injuries were caused by distracted use texting while walking for tripping a landing face down the sidewalk running into things as well and this is the season of socializing and the average person will. Hours mingling 11 different eoents and spend 788 on new outfits according to new research. The average respondent plans to make about for Shopping Trips to prepare for their festive schedule. 55 have but something for Holiday Party than ever good morning again, and 44 say they would look for to socializing even more if they feel confident about their outfit live from the nasdaq, im jane king back to james all right. Thank you very much jane. On the kron 00 04am morning news, a man who was rammed into a glass storefront is speaking out on their home rafiq experience, how a normal haircut took a crazy turned before we get to that story, lets head outside show you the bay bridge toll plaza look at that be