Heading into the north bay coming into the city. Looks just fine, though. And at San Francisco international airport. Well, its expected to be busy. So our Charles Clifford stop by there today to see how travel is going so far. Well, here at sfo on thursday, lots of people getting an early start to their memorial day weekend vacation plans triple a says that this could be one of the busiest Holiday Weekends in years, according to triple a 38. 0, 4 million pehple will travel by car this weekend, possibly making this the busiest memorial day for vehicle trips since Record Keeping began at the turn of the century. Here in the bay area, triple a says that the best times to drive will be early in the morning or after 07 00pm with the worst time being around 11 00am on friday when traffic could be about 50 heavier than normal. They also say that 80 between San Francisco and napa will see the heaviest traffic at the airport. 3 and a half Million People will fly this Holiday Weekend nationwide here at sfo, the airport is expecting 755,000 travelers through monday. Thats about an 8 increase over last year. Oakland international is expecting 130,000 passengers with airports expected to be busy. Its recommended that travelers arrive 2 hours before their flight for domestic trips and 3 hours early for international flights. Its also a good idea to check ahead with your airline to make sure your flight is leaving on time. And one final note. If you plan on driving over the next couple of days, triple a says that nationwide a gallon of regular gas cost on average about 3. And 0. 61 here in the bay area. It is 5 and 0. 36 a gallon. But for now at sfo, Charles Clifford kron, 4 news. Air travel is expected to be pretty busy even more than last year. San jose mineta airport expects 375,000 travelers to pass through over the next week. Transportation officials are attributing the rise in travel to airfare being down 6 . Hotel prices are slightly reduced and rental cars are down about 10 compared to last year. So officials expect tomorrow will be one of the busiest travel days up to 3 Million People are expected to pass through airport checkpoints. And if youre considering a lastminute getaway for memorial day. There are some destinations you might want to avoid. The travel booking site site sky scanner. Share the top 15 most booked airline destinations for the weekend. And as you can see, las vegas right there at the top. Also, new york, los angeles, even francisco taking the list of miami rounding out the top 5 london and tokyo where the most booked international destinations. The biggest flight surge is expected today, according to the faa with more than 53,000 flights scheduled. And over the long memorial day weekend, the chp will be out in full force looking for unsafe drivers. Extra officers will be on the road starting at 6 tomorrow night. Law enforcement says last year 46 people died and more than 1100 were arrested for dui during the Holiday Weekend. Maximum enforcement will remain in place until midnight on tuesday. And heres what the chp wants to not happen as the chp. Santa cruz is calling this an acceptable behavior. A driver getting the citation today for clocking 100 Miles Per Hour on highway 17. The Chp Santa Cruz posting the speeding ticket on social media. The driver was stopped for going 50 miles over the limit on the highway. That winds from san jose through the santa cruz mountains. Drivers are encouraged to be extra cautious this memorial day weekend. And well see what the weather is going to do for memorial day weekend with a live look outside here at the san mateo bridge will track a check on traffic here. Its already again big. I was like, wait. Theres a people already getting ready for the Holiday Weekend. Kyla grogan has been whether they had do it. I thought id start with airport since youre talking about travel and take a look at our local area airports. Weve got most things running on time with the exception of sfo and that is not weatherrelated. Its actually that traffic related. Its because they have construction one of the runways. So thats why they have a little bit of a delay going on there. But skies are nice and blue as we take a live look across the bay here, you can see all the way from San Francisco to san jose looking good even from mount tam right . Weve literally nothing until a zoom out. And you can see that. Yes, this is working and there are clouds, but theyre just sure. A beautiful night. We will see things start to change over pretty soon here, though, as we get into our evening, 60 degrees right now in downtown San Francisco. 81 in concord, 80 in santa rosa. Little cooler in the south bay where its 75 in san jose. But check out antioch, 82 degrees. And were getting a little gusty to use certain. See that out of point rays. And in San Francisco starting to see that onshore flow, that push of a little bit of cooler air coming our way. So tonight we are going to see partly cloudy skies, not the Crystal Clear ones that weve been having last couple of nights. We do have a full moon tonight. Temperatures should be, you know, relatively seasonal like weve had the last couple of but what able to see that full moon, which are going to want to see it as early as you can for those clouds roll on. More details on that would come back in just a bit. A tragedy now in san jose after a crash led to an emergency c section. This happened. May 15th. On farrington drive and south white road, a pregnant woman was trying to make a left turn and that she hit an oncoming suv. The woman rushed to hospital. She had this emergency surgery. The infant was in Critical Condition for 4 days before passing away. So this marks san joses 18th traffic death this year. And just hours after the Contra Costa County fair wrapped up over the weekend to employees attempting to deposit money at a bank in antioch were robbed at gunpoint of nearly 90,000. Kron fours tweeted all explains how this happened. 4 days of fun at the Contra Costa County fair and with an astounding monetary loss and it did not even happen at the in any very disappointing and unfortunate any of police investigations. Lieutenant Desmond Bittner says to fair employees were held up at gunpoint at around 2. 15, monday morning. Occurred after they left the event park carrying about 88,000 in cash collected from admissions fees drove over to the bmo bank which is in the no parking lot of the 2500 block of road here in town. Once they part approached the depository and opened the box, tenant bittner says a car pulled up and a gunman wearing dark clothing and a mask help the victims up suspect fled in a vehicle. And thats all we have at this time. We stopped by the Administrative Offices here at the event park with questions about the incident. But the ceo and manager job ringle declined to comment. Its unclear why the employees were told to deposit the money so early in the dark morning. Lieutenant victor says investigators are looking into whether or not the victims were followed from the event her to the bank. And if any fair employees helped commission, the robberies are looking for the publics assistance just like we are on all crime so he has information regarding the case. If youre out and about in the area. At 02 00am on the 20th on summers all road. Im getting information pre to reach out. Investigators are in the process of obtaining and reviewing Surveillance Video that may have captured the incident. Lieutenant bittner says this serves as a reminder to always be on guard and aware of your surroundings in antioch, philippe djegal, all kron 4 nays. New at 3, a Sonoma County park rangers could be stripped of their peace officer status soon. County supervisors endorsing this move earlier in the week. If approved, the rangers would no longer be able to make arrests and use sirens and lights to respond to emergencies or carry equipment like a time. Sonoma county park officials are spearheading this proposal which they say would eliminate the lengthy and difficult training and hiring requirements allowing positions to be filled faster. But several rangers are arguing the change would hinder their ability to respond to emergencies. Quickly. And this would put visitors at risk. I believe that the solution will create a ripple effect, greater issues that will not affect rangers and our Department Staff but also have drastic effects on visitors who will not have the support and response that they require and have come to expect from us. Supervisor james scored the lone no vote asking part officials to come to an agreement with rangers before the book board moves this proposal forward. The proposal must come back to the board for a second vote before it can be implemented. San francisco public parks have been ranked some of the highest in the whole country every year. The trust for public land evaluate the public park systems of the 100 most populated u. S. Cities. So San Franciscos total park score was just under 77 points out of a total of 100 that ranks us 7th best in the country. Park score based on 5 main criteria, investment access, acreage, amenities and equity. And despite San Franciscos high rankings, all of those categories, it did score low for distribution of park size. The city hopes to get a better score with this new india basin waterfront park, which is set to be done by 2026. The u. S. Environmental Protection Agency in the east bay. Today, officials getting a tour of cal state east bays concord campus to assess the progress of the Climate Resilience initiative. The agency invested more than 900,000 into that program, which educates the public on sustainability and climate resilient methods. The funds will also support the restoration of 6,000 square feet of gardens on the foot of mount diablo. The area is used as a resource for studies on Climate Adaption and monitoring. Coming up next here, the owner of 2 restaurants and Fishermans Wharf now filing a lawsuit against San Francisco. The wrongdoing. The owner is accusing the city of plus oakland mayor sheng thao proposing adjustments to the citys budget will see where she wants to make some cuts to save money. And requiring landlords to allow pets with some exceptions. Here will tell you about the renter protections that were just protections that were just approved by lawmakers today. No network for business. Thats why more choose comcast business. And now, were introducing ultimate speed for business our fastest plans yet. Were up to 12 times faster than verizon, at t, and tmobile. And existing customers could even get up to triple the speeds. At no additional cost. Its ultimate speed for ultimate business. Dont miss out on our fastest speed plans yet switch to comcast business and get started for 49. 99 a month. Plus, ask how to get up to an 800 prepaid card. Call today longstanding restaurants and Fishermans Wharf is now suing San Francisco. The owner alleges that the city failed to do its job. Of maintaining the wharf as a tourist spot. So that caused harm to the businesses. Kron fours terisa stasko joins us now live from the newsroom with more on this lawsuit. How do they have evidence to prove this . What a mess. There is a very long length, a lawsuit. Thats for sure. These are Historic Places with a rich history. But now in the middle of a legal mess with no easy solutions in sight. Shuttered fishermans grotto and tarentino long, popular hot spots at Fishermans Wharf. And now in the middle of a contentious legal battle, the owner harrington bone tavern slapping San Francisco with a multiMillion Dollar lawsuit alleging that the city failed its duty in the lengthy 144 page complaint, the owner says that the city allowed the war to fall apart with severe erosion and did not bring it up to earthquake standards. In addition, homelessness and crime have played the area. The owner says despite spending millions in upgrades at the 2 spots, they couldnt succeed due to the war. Snug lacked. The owner says tourists have flocked to the spot for decades to enjoy the sun and food. Both restaurants never reopened after closing in the pandemic. During this is a very its always sad when step shuts this is your first time thing. What so kron 4 reached out to the city of San Francisco owns and manages the property, including the port. They say that the lawsuit is a sham. In a statement to kron for news, they say over the last year herringbone has attempted a number of maneuvers to get out of paying the 1. 7 Million Dollars. It owes the city in back. Rent. This appears to be yet another attempt. However, once we are served with the lawsuit, we will review it and respond in court, unquote. Fishermans grotto opened in 1935. Perent. He knows in 1946, the new owner herringbone tavern. But both about 8 years ago reporting in the newsroom. Im theresa stasi about you, theresa, thank you. One of the south bay now where 3 members of a family who are accused in the death of a threeyearold girl in san jose are going to go to trial. A south bay judge deciding prosecutors have enough evidence to try this trio. For the death of our lee proctor. Prosecutors say that her mom, uncle and grandfather performed a torturous exorcism on the girl at a church in 2021. They claim, but they were trying to cast out a demon from her and she died inside of that church. A coroner determined that this 3 yearold died from a combination of suffocation and smothering. And if convicted, they could face life in prison. Oakland mayor sheng thao is proposing some adjustments to the citys budget amid a projected 170 Million Dollar budget shortfall. She says the changes will prioritize Public Safety, Economic Development and community services. Mayor thao addressing the mid cycle budget changes that city hall today. Her First Priority is funding Crime Prevention and cleanup services. So this includes the ceasefire strategy, a fully staffed 911, dispatch and oaklands fresh pilot program. House says the funding is vital to maintaining progress during financial challenges. My mid cycle budget adjustment. Its fiscally responsible. Its disciplined and maintains our focus on the issues that matter most to openers over the coming weeks. My administration will engage in discussions with the city council about that mid cycle budget amendments. And i urge the city council to be thoughtful, to be disciplined, to be collaborative and Solutions Oriented as we move forward. The plan also includes reducing costs and oneway merit. I was doing this is by implementing a targeted hiring freeze of general purpose fund positions. The union for ferry workers who operate the only Ferry Service to and from Alcatraz Island voted to authorize a strike. The ferry workers have been fighting for a contract. They say since they created the union in 2022, they say the Ferry Company has refused to make itself available for regular negotiations and failed to foster good relations with its employees. The strike authorization coming right as we approach memorial day weekend and the start of the very busy summer tourist season. But no strike date has been set. East bay residents are getting some financial incentives to buy an ebike Contra Costa County providing 150 to 300 for cash in rebates on any ebike purchased in the last 6 months. So aside from having proof of purchase, the only other requirement is to be a Contra Costa County resident over the age of 18, no matter the income, the base pay for this cash rebate is 150. There are more details about eligibility and you can find them on our website. Kron 4 dot com. A california bill requiring landlords to allow pets without extra fees is now one step closer to becoming a law. The bill introduced by San FranciscoAssemblymember Matt Haney passed the assembly with a few amendments. Landlords would still be allowed to limit the number of pets renters could have and buildings with less than 15 units would be exempt. The bill will head to the senate next. All right. Well talk about the weather as we hit memorial day weekend. City is looking good. Its going to be a little bit cooler out there. I was here with details about yeah. I really thought looking at the traffic and everything like its friday like people are taking it note. Shes right thursday, ready for right now. Were not there yet. Were close. Were so close, everybody, but were not there yet. But weve got some beautiful blue skies today. And hey, the closer we get to the weekend, were going to so if you like it warm, stay here with me for a little while longer. All right. Here we are. Cochran santa rosa made it up to that 80 81 degree mark. Everyone else well below but still pretty nice out there. Beautiful day around the bay. No doubt about it. In Storm Tracker, 4 showing that we just got those. Cloudfree skies. Now the one nice thing is those c