Im a first today putting pen to paper the house of representatives took a major step forward in the impeachment process. Good evening. Im ken wayne and im pam moore. Speaker nancy pelosi announcing her selections of the impeachment managers they will help guide the us senate through the trial of President Trump. What the senate trial will look like however is still up in the air we have con 14 coverage on this issue tonight. But what will be a part of the proceedings and we begin with grant lodes is here with the new developments grant still dont know whats going to happen. Pam and ken and this thing is about to start in less than a week or so says the. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell whos in charge. The final stage of the impeachment. Process against the president is here the 2 articles of impeachment moved to the senate today and you see some of the people who will be leading. The House Democrats effort, the house approved the 7 managers who will present the case in the senate trial. They include intelligence chairman adam schiff of the Los Angeles Area of california judiciary chairman jerry nadler of new york too figures who played significant roles in the house impeachment hearings. You also have san joses olof curran who is the only manager to have worked on 3 impeachments nixon when she was a staff member and then clinton has a Judiciary Committee member and now trump has an impeachment manager. Last night, the house released new Text Messages from trumps attorneys Rudy Giuliani and hand written notes from an associate its unclear whether that new evidence will be included in the senate trial. Additional evidence continues to come to light that not only has bolstered an already overwhelming case but has also put in additional pressure i think on the senate to conduct a fair trial House Democrats may have decided and appear factionalism but the United States senate must stop. Republican Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell who you just heard there says he expects the trial will start tuesday. However the details of the trial including whether witnesses will be called in whether evidence will be admitted. Theyre still very much up in the air with the potentially weekslong trial ahead all senators including the democrats running for president will be required to spend their time in washington at the trial and during the trial. We just learned this tonight all senators will not be allowed to use their cell phones. Tablets and laptops so do not expect senators to be tweeting during the proceedings. Well the president live tweeting his Senate Impeachment hearing. Time will tell their pam and ken back to hugh grant. Thank you well, the south bay zone congresswoman zoe lofgren is the only member to participated in 3 president ial impeachment this time around she has been selected as one of the 7 impeachment managers essentially says a prosecutor now. Kron fours alice of ammonium live in our newsroom with the first local interview with walker in cincy now spills maze so alice. Was she thinking right now as we move forward. The congressman tells us that shes taking on what she calls a solemn task and that shes going to defend the best that she can as a member of the Judiciary Committee shes already spent a lot of time with the evidence but theres still a lot of work to say the least ahead of her lofgren says an actual take part in a trial brief and review some more documents this will be her first time in the position of prosecutor for the impeachment trial. But she has had a hand in 2 others as a young white house aide in 1974 lofgren read one article against Richard Nixon before he stepped down then in 98. She was a member of the Judiciary Committee that passed an article of impeachment against bill clinton with what she disagreed looking back she strongly believes that this is a more substantial case against President Trump and hopes that she can convince republicans to be objective in their decision. I think all of the managers. Feel the weight of history and the. House all on this matter is. Its something were going to deal with in a very. Hopefully. Affective way. Hoping to our very best for the country and tear. Im im hoping that we can do the best job possible presenting. The evidence along the constitution to the senators so they can fulfill their oath of office. Well ford said that impeachment is for curbing dangerous misuse of president ial power that undercuts the constitution that sounds like she believes that that is what the president is guilty of doing pam. All right allen. Thank you and you can follow the impeachment kron 4 dot com there you can read about the Prosecution Team leading the trial. The strategy of Top Senate RepublicanMitch Mcconnell and how the president is reacting to the developments in washington. It is all at kron 4 dot com. Lets take a look outside we are tracking a very important storm heading to the bay area actually were looking at the radar live right now and you can see the clouds are already. Just waiting for that rain to come pg e is also warning of potential power shut off due to this weather system. Meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez here this storm showing a pack a punch isnt done yet and we havent seen a storm like this of this magnitude in the bay area for quite a while weve had a few weeks storms making its way into the bay area but this one is going to be pretty typical for a midwinter midseason storm lets take a live look outside from our alcatraz camera you can see that big storm cloud cover overhead but really no rain in sight just yet the bulk of the wet weather right now starting to make its way into the northwest portion of california and i am tracking this to be a pretty significant storm, especially for those of you in the north bay and our local hills and mountains. Could see upwards of 3 inches of rain or less with your from a half an inch upwards of an inch of rain for the rest of the bay area, not only my tracking gusty winds along the coast in the 30 to 40 Miles Per Hour range, but also the threat of popup thunderstorms and snow levels are the highest peaks in the north bay and east bay dropping as low as 3,000 feet, im tracking the storm hour by hour my full forecast in just a few minutes ken pam back to you thank a breezy contract weather in your neighborhood and get alerts when breaking news happens with the kron 4 mobile app you can download it right now. A lawsuit has been filed in Santa Clara County against the school of Rock Corporation. It has been 2 years as a former teacher at the Afterschool Music Program pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a teen student kron fours know al bello joins us now from the newsroom with more on this lawsuit noel. Thats right pam and ken one parent i spoke with today says after the arrest of john patrick route back in 2018 the palo alto location essentially cleaned house, theres now a new owner and virtually all new staff now the lawsuit filed on behalf of the 14 yearold victim claims the former owners did not tell police about the abuse and failed to protect its students. Weve got the best organization to take some accountability for what happened here san jose attorneys mark bacevich says he and his fellow attorneys believe adequate measures were not in place at school of rock palo alto to keep his client to 14 yearold student safe and simple background searched up god is revealed that this person wasnt qualified. The suit alleges the former Franchise Owner should have known that john patrick route was an illicit drug user and was quote intimately engaged in a very big brand name school of rock the casbah could. Exactly qualified to operate. I want to make sure i know that he too well rise so emitio casas i was the costume parents like being ru are comfortable with the changes. The franchise has made since routes arrest which includes security cameras in the lesson brooms but she says these days, its also up to parents to ensure their childrens safety i always can say i dont think its any sudden makes me more consent as a parent you need to be careful. Perhaps if you dont feel comfortable you just sitting because the school of Rock Corporation sent a statement that reads in part quote student safety is our First Priority and that the Franchise Owners of the palo alto location at the time of the incident are no longer part your traditional public school. Now the attorneys say this isnt the first lawsuit against school of rock involving this type of situation theyve been in conversation with another a tourney in texas who is involved in litigation as well right now, as for john patrick rookie is a registered offender, currently living in san jose. Pam ken back to you all right, thank you know well. Safe parking programs are in the works for Santa Clara County, the board of supervisors is looking into finding some old been lots where the nearly 2000 people across the county who are currently living in their cars or there are these and stay and park safely the program will also link people to case managers to help them eventually find permanent housing. Fours michelle kingston went to san jose to ask People Living in their vehicles what they think of this idea. There are already a few parking lots available for People Living in there are these are cars to park overnight 2 of them right here in san jose, the county says that they need more like i would love that definitely mary beth be moved to san jose a few years ago and has been homeless living in this rv for the past 5 months she says she could park in a states lot overnight, she feel more comfortable and secure i think that would be a lot safer them. A human being harassed bullied constantly worrying about where you and didnt tell you theyre theyre like this is my life the Santa Clara County board of supervisors is working to find parking lots throughout the county that would be open to allowing People Living in their cars and are these to park overnight supervisor, joe somebody and propose the idea and says the county must do more to support the residents in need he says over the past 5 years the number of people in the county living in their cars is increased significantly each one of these folks is a you know weve got families with kids who are living in cars, weve got folks who are in. Theyre haitis men and who are out there living on the streets in their cars. Many of think well at least ive got some shelter and some mobility. But its its far from ideal as i say i think we can and should do better harveys are lined up and down this street on some parts of self 7th street, you know just for fun few blunders colds, its really cold the board of supervisors plan to identify parking lots this spring and they hope to provide assistance to people who join us Safe Parking Program to move them out of their cars and eventually into permanent housing to use a little bit lower down the longer you know in Santa Clara County, michelle kingston kron 4 news. Coming up tonight at 8. 30 dozens of people who are homeless have been transported into the city of San Francisco from the peninsula. We will explain who is behind this. The Hayward Police department is hoping the community can help them solve a 49 yearold cold case the department is now offering a 50,000 reward for anyone who has information that leads to the conviction of the person responsible for the disappearance of this woman Christine Easton police say she was just 19 years old when she went missing on january 18th 1971 easton disappeared after an evening of Shopping Police say the car she was driving was founded charlies car wash on mission boulevard Hayward Police are asking anyone who has any information about what happened to her to give them a call. 5 men in hoodies all an terrain and east bay home to steal now police say the same group appears to have made the same owns a home in San Francisco details from police ahead and a live picture from South Lake Tahoe snow on the ground. It is feeling and has been feeling triple digit wind speeds Hurricane Force winds yesterday in the dumping of snow. Why those in that area need to the nfc championship game continued and the 49 ers locked in prepping for the packers, but in the midst of that prep work some surprise injury news today, mark harper joins us he has details on just what happened when our pam says, but you know i get were getting a look at the headline were talking about lori too much right now what we are talking about a big name here are right tight end George Kittle not on the practice field today because of an ankle issue but the early expectation is this does not affect his status for sunday, well find out more as the week goes on. Lets give you a look at 49 ers practice going to the video right now. As for the players who suited up today full steam ahead on gearing up for green bay, the 9 or should feel very confident against this team because uh they roll them by 32 months ago by green bay as a lost again since then and anything can happen when future hall of famer, aaron rodgers. It is on this type of states head coach Kyle Shanahan on the issue of complacency after a blowout. Its not too hard because i mean we as a city far from the whole year have even if you go back and watch our game. I mean that was a lot more on those and much more competitive than the score locked. You know you get 30 points and things like that, but go to some of the turnovers that happened tom some big plays but those a lot harder game than it seemed an. All the other games that you watch on tape. Looks like a plane a real good team will take a plane team thats a record that they do. Back at practice tomorrow and to get you ready for championship sunday kron 4 has got you covered on air online and through kron on saturday night kate rooney looking ahead to the game with the red and gold zone a playoff edition starting at 9. And then well have a full recap highlights and reaction sunday night at 9 and the a here we go in that union if a seat nfc championship preview special saturday had 9 and then oh yeah, the postgame special its going to be fun to watch coming up later in sports well hear from Jimmy Garoppolo the 49 ers quarterback victorious in his first career playoff start tells us what he learned from tom brady when it comes to prepping for these types of games back to you can have all right. Thank you mark looking forward to it lets take a live look at tahoe once again a different angle of this is a the main drag heading through South Lake Tahoe in the state line this is a highway 50 s ski run, which of course takes you up to having seen the the flags blowing there in the breeze a little bit of snow on the ground. The big news is a National Weather service in reno has issued a winter storm warning for that the tahoe area where as much as 2 feet of snow is possible by this time tomorrow night that warning goes into Effect Tomorrow from 07 00am to 10 00pm high winds are expected which will affect driving conditions heading up to the mountains, forecasters say the approaching storm is stronger than the one that hit on tuesday that produce wind gusts of more than a 130 miles an hour. More with more on the expected conditions up there lets check in with meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez see allen take a look at your sierra forecast right now noticing that blanket of storm cloud cover overhead but overall. Dry conditions for the snow showers havent arrived just yet that will arrive early thursday morning. Thats when that winter storm warning will go into effect all the way through thursday night so not only tracking heavy snow but also gusty wind speeds as well for the lower valleys in the sierra expect upwards of about 12 inches of fresh powder at elevations above 7,000 feet upwards of 18 inches of snow and throughout the highest peaks of this year up to 2 feet of snow expected throughout the sierra crest lets take a look at the next 3 day outlook snow showers all day thursday but then drying out in clearing out by friday it is going to leave behind still a relatively cool air mass only warming up about 2 degrees into the upper 30s by friday afternoon, but for your long holiday Martin Luther king junior weekend by saturday, partly cloudy skies and temperatures warming up into the mid 40s so enjoy this year this weekend for those of you lucky enough to go for this long Holiday Weekend closer to home though Golden Gate Bridge right now dry conditions, but plenty of storm clouds overhead as our next weather system expected to make its way into the bay area during the overnight hours and right now tracking some pretty warm temperatures, especially compared to last night were just got downright chilly temperatures out there right now in the 40s and were going to stay in the low to mid 40s, even for overnight lows, thanks to that blanket of storm clouds but lets take a look at your thursday microclimate forec