highview now for 29 going on for 30. hey. and it is a wet slick. one out there. leave the house a little early, but don't take my word for the time. you can back me up in that department as well. good yeah, it definitely is wet out there. we saw a rainfall overnight last night rain and it will continue on and off through the day today. today is going to be a day that may catch you off guard if you're not keeping a close look like on the radar. >> because we'll have dry times and then we'll have times rainfall moves back in a really quickly, too. can see it's really windy there at the embarcadero right now. rain is coming down pretty light around san francisco at this moment, although we are seeing heavier pockets elsewhere, know all that blue that we're seeing from the oregon border. well, down to the sierra nevada and even down into lake county. so welcome to be seeing this much-needed snowfall across the sierra. it's going to pile up in feet up there today. as for the bay area, it's the on and off rainfall for us. look at this. we've actually got a heavy southwestern san francisco down to daly city at this

moment, comparatively a little quieter on the northern edge of the city. but this is what you're looking at around the avenues in sunset district, right along to 82 is a true versus down from san francisco down into san mateo county. zooming out a little bit. all that rainfall that you're seeing right off shore is about to be working its way onshore. these next couple of minutes. that means areas like san mateo down to palo alto. you're about to be seeing your rainfall intensity picking up here in just moments and zooming out a little bit further. what we also do have is a few light sprinkles in the south bay. what we do have in the north bay is pretty widespread stuff this morning, mostly on the lighter side, but light to moderate in portions are in on up into napa and sonoma counties that heavier rain that i was showing you a few minutes ago in northern portions of napa county is now moved out into calusa county just a little bit further north of the bay area. so a little bit quiet for most of us, but that heaviest pocket of rainfall actually give you an update on

it is now about to work its way on portions of downtown san francisco. so that heavier spot is going to move further and further eastward. all up to you. one more time here on the trajectory of that rain will work its way over the bay bridge likely out into the east bay. so even if you're quiet right now, we are going to be seeing an uptick in rainfall for those of you that are a little on the calmer side for the time being those pockets of heavy rain is the way it's going to go this morning. you'll see lighter conditions one moment and then it picks up the next. so just keep ready for rain jacket. umbrellas might not the rain. and as you're stepping out your doorstep, but no guarantee it's going to stay that way. 5 minutes from now, snow in the sierra stays put all day long today. by the time we reach the late morning, a lot of these showers begin to clear out you're going to get a false break from the rain still be prepared for. but you may even see some sunshine. but we are going to see a resurgence of rainfall late this afternoon in pockets of heavy rainfall

here and there between those sunshiny spots 50's for your current temperatures. it's a mild start to the morning. just mild and wet focus on the rain jackets. focus on staying dry today because it really isn't all that cold the morning towards the afternoon on and off. rainfall continues. really picks up well after sunset tonight. find a resurgence of it leading into tomorrow morning. i'll be keeping you updated on all of it as we go to stay with us. rain. thank you for that. conditions are slick out there. so you do want to take your time that. >> john times have not been impacted in these early morning hours. 10 minutes to make your way into the city right now. let's go ahead. a look at the san mateo bridge as you're traveling 80 across towards one o one about 13 minutes for that drive out of richmond heading across towards center fell. you're looking at a 10 minute commute for you and the golden gate bridge. 37 to the tolls around. 22 minutes. someone robbed members of the berkeley high school mountain bike team at gunpoint over the weekend. a van for bikes were stolen

during that carjacking kron four's fully to gospel with the head coach who says it's been really rough for the team this week. >> the berkeley police department is reviewing surveillance footage that may have captured the weekend carjacking involving coaches and members of the berkeley high school mountain bike team. the group of 5 was robbed at gunpoint near the intersection of 8th and virginia streets just after 3 o'clock saturday afternoon, head coach nick effort to make says the thieves were armed with guns wearing ski masks. coaches van for bikes were stolen and another badly damaged. well, the suspects drove off unfortunate. there's also tragic death on monday at the high school. >> that has affected the team that day. a student died after falling from a parking structure. >> pepper to the mix as they were not a part of the club but were well known to members who are taking the last car emotionally taxing. we've definitely been working as a team to start of.

>> get through this together on saturday. hamper to make says the team was robbed while the coaches were dropping. one of the athletes off at home, they just returned to berkeley after a bike ride in napa county. it seems like people have picked up on bikes being pretty easily transportable. worth a lot. and relatively easy. >> sell on the great martin black market. this as bikes are growing in demand. well, gas prices continue to soar. >> in all the bike teams last totals, more than $20,000. fortunately, the community has helped raise more than $23,000 to replace what was stolen. phillipe djegal all kron. 4 news. >> in san francisco, a civil case against businesses that are accused fueling the opioid epidemic in the city starts on monday. the lawsuit takes on manufacturers, distributors and pharmacies which engaged in what the city and county

allege was an unlawful and harmful flooding of san francisco with opioids. a long green and the allergen pharmaceutical company, teva pharmaceuticals and endo pharmaceutical company are all listed as defendants in that case. city attorney david chiu says this is a first of its kind case because his office is targeting the entire supply chain. >> together, the over supplied opioids that resulted from the defendants false and misleading statements and from the defendant's failure to control against diversion, flooded san francisco with prescription opioids in created the crisis that we see playing out on our streets every day. >> according to the city's already entering a settlement with one of the defendant, the companies agreed to pay 10 million dollars to san francisco to combat the crisis. 5 million dollars to be paid immediately. and then the 5 million more is going to be paid over the span of 10 years. well, a group of people

who are homeless are living on airport property right next to where planes land in san jose kron four's. justin campbell takes us to that encampment as city workers move to try to move a little further away from that runway. the skies above are clear, but just below rotten garbage and squatters living on airport property. >> we'll stay back. going 10 by 10 san jose city workers notify people that it's time to go. they keep this area and was not vacated. we will start to dismantle and clear by the week of may 16 olympia williams, a division manager with beautify san jose just cannot live here, says the faa is demanding the area to be cleared for safety reasons. this is a flight coming in right now. i yes. i mean, you just. >> for a variety reasons in case they're needed there. any emergency actions that need to happen at the airport. they know this area is clear. >> the city has already

cleared this plot of land from people living on it across the street. they're now working to get people cleared out of this area by june. 30th, a little bit stable. be here, you having somewhere to go knowing that this is my home more than 100 families live at the guadalupe gardens encampment, including john walker lindh fincher who has been there 3 years. it's been. >> a roller coaster probably staying here it's been difficult at times in and >> trying at times and it's just not the best situation. you know, that. anybody she's for themselves. the city noticed venture and others living here 3 years ago. but waited to take action. >> we wanted to wait until we got through the worst part of the pandemic. >> and then really start looking at solutions in those solutions really focused on housing and moving people from an encampment into some housing in sheltering options. one resident of the encampment

says the city has helped him secure housing. are you excited to move? >> well, it >> but for others frustrated because i still don't have nowhere to go will have 30 days come the end of june to find a new home. way from descending planes and airport property reporting in san jose. justin campbell kron. 4 news. >> the bay area air quality management district wants a pot business to stop using diesel generators in east oakland. district officials say green sage is operating the generators without a permit at the oakland tennery and oakland cannery on san leandro street. well, officials say they will ask the district's independent hearing board to order the business to shut down operations. if the hearing board approves a request in green, sage will be required to shut down the generators immediately. well, officials say east oakland suffers more air pollution than other parts of the bay area and approval of that abatement order will

help protect local residents and the community. rain. saints did not respond to requests for comment. well, the real estate website zillow is reporting that bay area housing prices are up 20% since the start of the year and a year-over-year cost of a typical home in a san francisco metro area went up almost 20% just over 1.4 million dollars, the monthly mortgage at $5700. even rent went up 11%. well in san jose, home values went up about 24% year over year with an average price. at 1.6 million dollars and an average monthly mortgage at about $6500. zillow. senior economist tells us when home prices could potentially cool off. >> that's kind of an early indicator that i like to watch is what if we actually see inventory begin to rise year-over-year? that would be a major indicator that buyers are going to start to get a bit more negotiating power and a bit more of a chance to

maybe buy a home at list price. maybe sometime later this year. >> buyers remain ready to pounce on any inventory than it's the market. the typical time homes on the market in march was down to 9 days. today's faster in february. well, your money, high gas prices continue to put a strain on drivers across the country, which is why president biden has now announced several actions aimed at changing all of that. one is he's got a release oil from the strategic petroleum reserves. and officials also say the decision to let gas stations sell a higher ethanol blend this summer is also making a difference. but ultimately experts say the president has a limited effect on prices and costa really set by the global market, which has been facing instability. >> there are very few weapons in the president's arsenal. they could use him. pretty much trying everything. there really are limits on, you know, how much polls the makers can do to really drive down the price at the pump.

>> to help cut gasoline costs yourself, experts suggest keeping your car well maintained and drive conservatively. but following the speed limit. here's a look at some of the average bay area gas prices for a gallon of gas. will the state averages currently $5.69 the most expensive in the bay area's napa averaging about $5.86. the cheapest is in valais holt about 5 a gallon. >> well, 58 a gallon. need well, coming up next on the kron 4 morning news of lawyers are heading to denver. they're going to play a game against the nuggets. we're going to have more on that after we get back from break.

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to the kron. 4 morning news that i view now at 04:45am. here on this thursday morning. >> and feel like we've got is slight break. but now the rain is set back again. and happy buddy, because don't have to do much in the yard. just let the water do his thing. yeah. that rainfall is giving a lot of people some relief today, rain and we're going continue to see on and off showers through the day today into tomorrow morning. today's rainfall. >> it's not been super consistent. it is on and off. you'll see pockets of heavy rain. then you'll see areas where the sunshine comes back out. certainly very cloudy here in the east bay hills right now as we see this line

of showers dropping a little bit further into the bay area. snowfall is going to stay put in the sea are all day long today. so we see waves of energy working their way through the bay. the sierra just consistently rainy looking at our heaviest areas of rain on the peninsula into san francisco right across the bay bridge on up into the berkeley hills right now, some pockets of heavy rain there. snowfall up in the lake county mountains will continue all day long. comparatively a little quiet. mendocino county. a lot of that energy is already push through for you. but a little bit closer of a look at those areas of heavy rain, right west of walnut creek. you've got a pocket of heavy rainfall, berkeley hills. you're in the midst of it right now to some heavy stuff on the eastern span of the bay bridge and then also down into burlingame millbrae just north of sfo right around san bruno down towards the southern end of daly city in the we do have some pockets of heavy rain right there. right across san francisco, it's coming down. pretty good right now. little quieter for the south bay, san jose. just a few sprinkles for

you. you drive up north of redwood city and it starts to be picking up a little bit further 2 low-pressure areas working their way through this results in the waves of energy. we will be seeing today. you have a push of rain, calm spot, another push of it. another common sunny spot in that final push into the evening tonight. snow up in the sierra nevada stays with us all day long. while those waves of energy work through the bay area, embedded in these spots of rain are those pockets of heavy rain. you see the yellow, the orange spots. those areas could even produce some isolated thunderstorms with small hail and even some cloud to ground lightning, too. by 10:30am, catching a little breather. then we see a resurgence of rainfall. again, briefly into the early afternoon. these ones could produce some thunderstorms, especially out towards the central valley. some sunshine this afternoon after that. and then a resurgence of it again into the early evening tonight. tonight's rainfall likely the heaviest for many spots in the bay. also going to see the heaviest snowfall tonight up in the sierra nevada. that's

when that feat is really going to be piling up there at those higher elevations. rain snow begin to diminish midmorning tomorrow and after that's a much improved conditions. if you need to head up into the sierra, we do have a winter storm warning in effect through 11:00am tomorrow. improving conditions after that. if you can hold off till saturday morning for your commute, that will be an even better time to be heading up to the sierra to enjoy that feet of new snow fall one to 3 feet of it on some of those mountain passes such as donner summit as you head towards lake tahoe. now, temperatures today back to the 60's. familiar stuff here, right where we yesterday tomorrow, one more day of 60's before we start to tap into some 70's this weekend. lots of sunshine for saturday sunday and likely staying dry into the start of next week, too thanks for that. let's quickly get rich check this morning. hey, bay bridge for you may see that from us to exit. >> slick conditions, but still about a 10 minute drive for you. there. the san mateo bridge and across towards the peninsula. it will be a little

under 13 minutes as you're traveling. let's get a look at the richmond center fell bridge about 9 minutes for you. so still pretty quiet. and the golden gate bridge. 37 to the tolls. a 21 minute morning commute. well, tonight, the lawyers will be in denver for game 3 of the first round of nba playoffs. the lawyers are up in the series 2 games tonight after winning the first 2 games at home, the team held its final practice at the chase center before taking off for denver yesterday. lawyers say despite their lead in the series they are laser focused and they want to in the series soon as possible. >> class a tricky because, you know, the emotions run high when you win. and they run, though, when you lose. so it's just important to stay even keeled and realized no winning 16. not winning, doing or not doing were supposed take the first to at-home protecting home court. and respecting your opponent. having

appropriate fear, knowing that they're more than capable of. evening out the series. if we don't come in and do our jobs. tell these young guys, most importantly, to enjoy this and appreciate the everyday doings of being an nba player because nothing's guaranteed in this business. >> well, tipoff for tonight's game is set for 7 o'clock in denver. well, now to bay area football, bad news for 40 niner fans deebo samual once out of san francisco. the superstar player has requested a trade. it's not entirely clear why duval hasn't come out and said anything. but reports are that this is not about money. he was arguably the best player on the team last year and was key in helping the niners made it to the nfc championship not a baseball. the giants taking on the mets. brandon belt was celebrating his 34th birthday in the second inning. the birthday boy sends one deep to right it into the upper deck. it was belts 4th homer of the season and it gave the giants

a four-run lead. san francisco went on to win by final 5 to 2 and the final game of the series is going to be later this morning. first pitch you want to set your lawn. that's going to be 10, 10 in new york. meanwhile, the a's hosted the orioles at the coliseum in the 5th inning, a hard-hit ball by the middle shortstop. we have elvis on druce. you can hang on to it. that want to score. and that was all the offense. either team would need the orioles going to win a final of one to nothing and the 2 teams play again this afternoon. first pitch is going to be 3.37. at the coliseum. make sure you set your lawn for that as well. well, the stairs is a film festival returns today with films and events returning to theaters in person after 2 years of an online run. well, this year, more than 130 fans are going to be featured. one of the film's is a documentary. it's highlighting the untold story of the murder trial of huey p newton american justice on trial is based off the 2012

book. the sky's the limit. people versus newton, the real trial of the 20th century. it was written and by retired california judge. now that film features interviews with journalists bell the davis and people who were involved, including david harper, the first black man to serve as the jury foreman on a major murder trial. well, perlman says that she wrote the book after realizing some major scholars have forgotten about the trials impact on america. >> was a very important trial. why? because it galvanized the transformation of the american jury and to have this jury have 7 women and for minorities and one of them being african american who became the foreman was groundbreaking. >> well, the film will be featured friday evening alongside 2 short films. fortunately, the even is already sold out. the sandwich is a film festival runs until may 1st. we'll be right back after the break. well, a family

in tahoe got quite the surprise when they found a family of such a creepy fun it living underneath their home all winter. the homeowner says there were a few times when they heard a low rumbling from the crawl space and a lot of

snoring. but it wasn't until this week when the mama bear made some unmistakable bear noises that they knew something was up. so the homeowners caught in professionals to check it out. and victim beers, wildlife officials are hoping one of them was the notorious hate the tank. but that turned out not to be the case. look at those on the bears. got a 2 tallahassee, florida police department struggled to take their suspect into custody. they tried to hurt him. he was just too quick. he made a tactical air, though he tried to get away to an apartment bility, but that's where officers cornered the goat and took him into custody. police say they don't often become wranglers. but when you have a go on the lam, haha. haha. you do what you can get them off the streets. he will coming up in the next hour. bart announced that you don't have to wear masks. >> on your morning commute. but one bart official thinks otherwise. and vice president kamala harris is back in the bay area are going to take a look at her speech in a live report. and also we go high

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>> the rain keeps falling in the day. here's a live look at conditions right now. we're going to tell you where the storm is how it's impacting the morning commute. from the

area's local news station. you're watching the kron 4 morning news far. >> good morning. just as promised. and that ties it is raining. i'm darya and i'm james. yeah, john, right on the money with this one. we've got stormy weather outside right now as you're waking up and heading out. let's see how it's impacting everything out there. i, john. yeah, a very wet this morning, guys. going to be a bit of a messy commute for a lot of us. is this rainfall this time around is pushing in, right? as so many of us are trying to get out there. you can see that we do have san francisco under some widespread showers right now and widespread snowfall really starting to pile up in the sierra. nevada will be talking feet of it throughout the course today of the day. up there on into tomorrow morning. so where are we here in the bay area? let's zoom in on some of the spots of heavy rainfall that we are seeing are right in the middle of the bay right now. now this is going to leave our bridges really slick and are really soaked. you can sha