Just evolve and well start off with a look at the conditions in the sierra right now because there is a lot of snow on the roadways that were expecting and we could see a lot more of this and overturned big rig truck blocking all the lanes on eastbound 80. Thats is from earlier this morning. The chp sharing this video of clearing that big rig and there is more of that kind of nasty weather. 2 cop. Here is a look now at conditions in the bay area. This is our camera on top of mount tam. And you can see there it is raining. Meteorologist kyla grogan is in the Weather Center now to kick us off here with the latest. Whats happening here in the bay area . Yeah. And you know, just said reiterate this year, were going to talk about that a little later in the show as well. But the big takeaway is stay off the roads. We are definitely dealing with some very blizzardlike conditions that are going to get worse as roads the next couple of days. Right now, you can see theres just some light rain around the bay area, but certainly that is making for some gray skies and some slick roads, theyre dealing with all of those low cloud ceilings. So far the rain has fallen for the most part in the north bay and also the santa cruz mountains. You can see weve got over half an inch in canfield. Ben lowman just over half an inch Marin Civic Center about 4 tenths santa rosa just under 4 tents and Half Moon Bay. A little bit under 2, 10, 60 San Francisco so far as just reported 1, 1, 100th of an inch, a lot of the east bay in the south bay have as well. But youre going to get in on these totals as we head across the next 5 days. It looks like a 2, 1, to 2 inches. You can see our rain chances here just ramp up today through friday, saturday and even into a good portion of sunday. Before we finally catch a break as we get into monday, all courtesy of this low pressure system that you can see very well formed system here. This is a very cold system and thats why its going to have such an impact in the sierra. Having said that, were going to feel this to over the next couple of days. But notice you dont see a lot of the oranges or the yellows. You just see the light green as we go to the north bay here. So its light showers, but its very pervasive all across the bay area, certainly down the peninsula as we head over to the east bay, not everywhere. But having said that, if you havent gotten any radiate, you likely as we head across the next few hours, wind has been picking up. And right now it is really getting going up an app about 28 Miles Per Hour. Oakland about 25 in fairfield. Also in the 20s. This is also another hallmark of this system. Its going to be very breezy, very windy, which means if youre headed across some of the bridges, you might feel a little bit of that as you go across a between that the slick roads want to make sure youre being careful. Ill be back in just a bit. Well talk also about whats going on in the sierra and all the snow to expect their back to you. Thank you so much. In our storm coverage will continue right now with kron fours through to call. He joins us live from sandra fell where pg e is ready for all this weather that could potentially damage its equipment. Philippe, thanks for joining us. Weve got to justine in. Were feeling what cuyler was just describing just within the last few minutes. It started to rain. Its not coming down hard yet, but its picking up. And as you can see behind me here in sandra fell, it is also getting its this hazy. A cloud cover here in the north bay that is going to be around for several days at this point. We are outside of the pga nissan Refill Service center where they are preparing a equipment that may get damaged during the storm. And theyre also doing the same thing at their facility in santa rosa. The utility has brought in several pieces of equipment that are often damaged during the weather like transformers poles, wires in cross arms. Crews are also station that areas pg. Any meteorologists predict will be hit the hardest so that if there is significant damage, crews can respond quickly and make repairs when its safe. Earlier this month pg and e says it had to restore power to 1. 4 million customers in its service area and spokesperson Megan Mcfarland says these next rounds could lead to a repeat. Of mass outages. So get ready. One thing you can do is get your flashlights ready. Incase you do power, flashlights, extra batteries we recommend using flashlights over handled handle can be a higher fire. Has right now, charge up your cell phone and charge up your backup you never know when you might need that. And its great to go into a storm with a full charge. And if you a lot of food in your refrigerator, take a gallon. Milk jug filled with water, freeze it and then move it over to your favorite. And that buys you a little more time. If you lose power due to the storm, have some sources of electrical power and the generator things go too long. But ive got some good backup batteries that can run my refrigerator for. Garrett cheney was on his way to work when we spoke with him outside his home at the nevada rv park in nevado. He tells us he believes hes prepared for whats to come. He anticipates there may be flooding outages. But as you heard, he stocked up on power supplies. He says. His biggest concern, though, is a fire people possibly using those candles instead of flashlights is a hazard. The Mobile Home Park is also surrounded by power lines and transformers. And if they blow, that could be dangerous. Still pg and e says people should feel safe as long as theyve taken all of the precautions. And this is not the first storm for all of us out there. So just keep in mind that pg and has crews on standby. 24 7 and respond to emergencies immediately. Live in. Sandra fell. Philippe djegal all kron. 4 news. Ali, thank you so much. And staying in the north bay, Sonoma County is offering residents the ability to use an Emergency Warming Center opens up tomorrow. Anyone needing to escape. The rain can head over to the haven parking lot on west sonoma street. The shelter will be open at 07 00pm friday and will remaip open until monday morning. A limited number of blankets and pillows are available. Service animals are allowed inside as well. Construction on a historic San Francisco landmark damage from last years rainstorms is now under way. The truck at aero club house originally built in 18, 92 served as a modern event space for weddings. Its located stern grove. The landmark was severely damaged nearly a year ago when 85 foot eucalyptus tree fell on top of it. The cities rec and Parks Department is helping to fund the 2. 5 Million Dollars in repairs. The clubhouse is expected to reopen to the public by the end of this year. And you can follow our coverage of the winter storm online by scanning this qr code thats on the screen. It will take you to our web page where you can find updates and then the flooding road closures are Power Outages in your area. Its all on kron. 4 dot com. The man charged in connection to the Half Moon Bay mass shooting appeared in the San Mateo County courtroom this morning. He was supposed to enter pleas to a grand jury indictment last month. But that did not happen because the defense asked for more time to review the charges. Kron 4 s Charles Clifford has the latest. Well, this is a case that has moved very slowly through the legal system. But today the suspect appeared before a judge. And entered his plea on thursday morning. 66 yearold chunli zhao appeared in a San Mateo County courtroom. His attorneys entered a not guilty plea on his behalf all. Joe has been charged with 7 counts of firstdegree murder and one count of attempted murder for allegedly shooting and killing 7 people and wounding one other at 2 Mushroom Farms in Half Moon Bay early last year. He was arrested the same day earlier this year in an effort to speed up the case. The San Mateo CountyDistrict Attorney sot received a grand jury indictment against following thursdays arraignment. His Defense Attorneys requested additional time to review that grand jury indictment. Jello remains in custody without bail and is scheduled to return to court on april 19th couple other notes. There is a gag order in this case which prevents the prosecutors and the defense from speaking to the media. Also, the original judge in this case has recused himself, citing a personal friendship with the prosecutor and also da wagstaff had previously said he was hoping this would go to trial this year but conceded that it might not start until 2025, but for now in redwood city, Charles Clifford kron, 4 news. In the east bay bay area, faith leaders gathered to rally against the recall of alameda County District attorney pamela price today at this event in oakland, this group show their support for price, praising her for what they say is her approach to Holding People accountable for the crimes that they commit. The District Attorney was there and the group says that price should be allowed to finish out her term. And we believe that prices giving hope. And the thought i put in hope, its just helping other people excel even if they got in trouble, then united would come with a price that she is someone who stands for peace stands for justice and want to right by our community. The Organization Behind the effort to recall price says they already have enough signatures. They need to put the recall on the ballot if those signatures are verified. A recall election would take place next june. Tonight, the city of oakland will get to know the finalists being considered for the citys next police chief. Theres a form thats set to take place at Oakland City Hall tonight the 4 finalists will be answering questions from the community. These questions have already been submitted as the Police Commission just released the names of all the candidates that they are considering and they include. Cincinnati Police DepartmentLieutenant Colonel lisa davis, new york assistant deputy mayor for public safety. Louis molina, former San Leandro Police chief abdul pretty man who was one of the 3 candidates was previously rejted by the mayor and retired lubbock texas police chief floyd mitchell. And even though these 4 candidates will be attending tonights forum, virtually the person who is going to pick the next chief is not going to be present tonight. Oakland mayor sheng thao says she believes that hosting a public form. Its quite detrimental to attracting the best candidates. And earlier today during kron 4 news at noon, i spoke with the mayor about her decision to not attend this event and she also gave her thoughts about these final 4 finalists. This is the Police Commissions process. I was invited last minute on friday to join them and i declined because again, these 4 candidates, theyre not the finalists. Actually, theyre going through this forum where they publicly announced all of the names of the potentials and then i dont know out of the 4, i i dont get a say, but then i will have a say in it once theyd send me a list. Still send me a list at least. And its the requirement is to me, at least 3 means it could be all for it could be just 3 names. And then from that 3 list, i can then did michael interviews. I can didnt do my one on ones and pick from those are in the from that list. And so. And former Oakland Police chief Anne Kirkpatrick agrees with the mayor saying a formal prevent future candidates from applying for the position. But she says what stands out the most to her as that. There are no internal candidates. Fractures between the commission and the mayors pressure between the mayor and the city council, a fracture between the community and all the politics. That place fractured. And yet you have a great Police Department that just really hungry for the right person who could be a peacemaker. I think between all of these different factions. We also spoke with former San Francisco police chief tony rivera who agrees an inhouse candidate knows the community can be helpful, but he says there are other things to consider. Problems arose can come up with your teeth. Look at a problem in in a specific community and its nice to to know a couple of leaders in that community, but you can call up on a personal basis and saying, hey, i have a problem here. What do you think . And it really gives you some firsthand knowledge. I think its very advantageous. The city of oakland has been without a Permanent Police chief since last february after a long armstrong was fired from the position after being accused of mishandling this conduct charges against a police officer. Tonights public forum begins at 6. 30. The public is encouraged to attend again. Its going to take place at city hall. It will also be streamed online. Coverage for you later on this evening. Into the south hours, the Santa Clara City Council unanimously approved a new Housing Project along the Great American amtrak station. They saw latest development is a 21 floor. Nearly 200 condominium complex. Heres a map of where its going to be in some renderings of what the building could look like when its all done. The architectural review process will last for about 2 years. This is part of the cities reimagining of the tasman east neighborhood near levi stadium where the city hopes to add 4500 new homes over the next few years. And this soontobe largest protected rv parking site in san jose will actually cost the city about half as much as was it was expected. Mayor matt mahan announcing the 15 Million Dollars in Construction Costs were cut half after some redesign work from the department of public works. The lot thats located near coyote creek originally had plans to host 4 buildings serving counseling, centers and restrooms. But this new design only includes to mayor mahan says the safe side is one example of the faster solution to help people experiencing homelessness. We have thousands of people in our city living in tents, limited vehicles as we had into difficult it. Heres difficult fiscal circumstances this year. And next were heading to push ourselves to find even lower barrier, lower cost alternatives to encampments. We get people out of our streets out of our create faster and more cost effectively. Officials say the original 15 Million Dollar price tag came from some repay footwork and engineering to give rvs electricity and plumbing. This would become the citys second safe parking site. Theres one in the Santa Theresa vta station parking lot that set to open up the summer after a couple of delays. And coming up here, some new features on uber that launched today in california. It includes access for teens and safety features for parents. But first, were tracking that snow storm in tracking that snow storm in the sierra. What you ne [ tense music ] one aleve works all day so i can keep working my magic. Just one aleve. 12 hours of uninterrupted pain relief. Aleve. Who do you take it for . And for fast topical pain relief, try alevex. I were taking a live look now at whats going on in south lake tahoe. There is some widespread snow going across its going to create some blizzardlike conditions and whiteout conditions travel. There could be dangerous to near impossible that sir, a live look there. No one was on the road. That a good thing because people in town are preparing for this huge storm as much as 10 feet of snow could fall in some parts of the sierra and some resorts have already decided they need to close for the weekend. Drivers are being avoid too, are being warned to avoid mountain travel and kron fours terisa stasio has a look now at the conditions. Wicked winds and heavy snowfall already whipping through the sierra as a mammoth storm is beginning to bear down. Early thursday, this was the scene on eastbound. I80 on the donner summit. A big rig toppled over forcing the chp to close all lanes. The roadway reopened around noon. But all of this prompting california officials to issue a stern warning to travelers. The important thing that we want to get out to people right now is to stay off the roadways unless is it an absolute emergency . Many of the higher parts of many of our roadways are going to be closed because it is so difficult to travel. And so unless it is an absolute emergency, we want people to stay off the roads. That means if youre trying to get up to tahoe or get over the summit into nevada or anywhere else along the along california, that might have some of these really extreme travel conditions. Cancel your plans. Stay home. Chris darden is with the States Office of emergency management. He says extra crews have been dispatched. Throughout the state to help cities and counties cope with this ferocious predicted storm responding to emergencies. You know, snowplows to clear the roads as quickly as possible. Callaway says working with our state partners, but were also working with our local partners to make sure they have the resources that they need to take care of their local communities. And were ready and expecting and prepared to support our local government partners when they requested for some of the bay area. The warnings are getting through as they postpone travel for l