the kron. 4 morning news at 6. >> it's another cold once again ready. daria and i'm james, thank you for joining us here on the kron. 4 morning news. yeah, big stories to get to. obviously the cold temperatures, the big one that's impacting all of us. another round of freeze and frost warnings as temperatures drop into the 30's. so we'll delve deeper. >> and a memorial is growing outside a high school in the north bay. there was a knife fight in a class that turned deadly. and of course, following the latest with beloved san francisco radio host, his wife now saying her husband most likely won't be coming home following his disappearance. so we'll keep you updated. all right. the first thing we want to do is check the weather is let's go the weather center and get the details. good morning to another beautiful but cold morning out there. we're repeating a lot of things that we had yesterday. the clear, dry skies. we've got more of that. another cold morning. yeah, we've got more of that. but we are taking away some of that wind. so that's going to help him to feel a little bit better. your view outside from the east bay hills right now looking nice and clear about to be a little bit brighter were in one of the coldest times of day just before the

sun comes up. so do expect it to feel pretty brisk as you're getting out there. >> frost advisories in lighter blue closer to the bayshore the coast will freeze warnings further inland all up until 09:00am this morning. so where are temperatures? well, half moon bay, redwood city, san mateo, san jose, as well as hayward and fremont right along the bay shore coast in all down in the 30's, livermore and dublin just above freezing. same for you in concord at 34 degrees. same in santa rosa as well. at 34. well, the legal holding on to 40 degrees here, not quite as cold as you were yesterday. there i mention winds being a lot calmer. that's a nice change. but we're keeping around the sunshine and that will help us out this afternoon making for a really comfortable feel later on. i've got your full forecast for the rest of the week. still to come rain. all right, john, thanks for that. let's get you going on this thursday morning had maybe you're heading into the city right now. >> meteor lights are on. so about a 14 minute ride so that fremont street exit your san mateo bridge about 12 minutes heading across towards the peninsula. a richmond center

fell bridge about 8 minutes toll. so 101 there. and if you're taking the golden gate bridge going to about 19 minutes to make that drive, we do have a bar alert to tell you about. no green line service between and north san jose in daly city. so factor that into your morning commute crawford's will trend is in santa rosa for us this morning to explain what exactly happened. well. >> well, the one they tried to figure this out because they're still trying to wrap their minds around this. james in duryea. that is why they have already went ahead yesterday and cancel classes for today and for the rest of the week as they are in shock over what happened on campus, we will zoom in and you can see the growing memorial for

that 16 year-old student who was killed. he was rushed to the hospital, but he was stabbed several times in the chest with a four-inch switchblade on campus. doctors could not save his life. and i let me show you video. this all happened during school hours at around 11, 20 yesterday morning. according to police officers, 2.16, year-old kids. one of them jaden pm to he and another 16 year-old boy go into an art class. they were not students of that are classed to confront a 15 year-old boy. the 3 they get into it. teachers and aides rush in break up the fight, but it resumes a little bit later. and that's when investigators say the 15 year-old boy pulls out a switchblade 4 to 5 inches long. the blade and stabbed the 2 of them. the 2.16 year-olds actually make their way to the nurse's office. they were rushed to

the hospital, but unfortunately, the 16 year-old boy could not survive his injuries. he's family, particularly his grandmother, who we were able to track down an interview. they simply cannot believe what happened to their family member. not expect to help my daughter go through this. >> how is she going to get through this? very baby. i don't understand. >> the 15 year-old boy, james and well, he ran off campus. police officers ran onto campus. they lock it down. we're talking about 3 dozen police officers on campus to try to find a 15 year-old boy. they didn't know if there were others involved in all of this. then a witness tells a police officer that they spotted this boy near a creek.

they rush over there and they arrest him. his name not be released at this time, of course, because he is a minor. but we do know he will be charged with murder and attempted murder. this has shocked the entire community of santa rosa, which is why normally right around this time being on campus. a lot, guys, you kind of see the principal and the vice principal started drifting at this time. but instead the lights are dark and will remain dark. at least throughout the rest of this week as they wrap their minds around what happened. thank you. will. 605. >> considering what happened? school safety is front and center. a lot of people are very concerned about this. the city's police chief pointing out that that no in santa rosa has not a montgomery high. not anywhere anymore. a resource officer school resource officers kron four's dan thorn actually took a closer look at that part of the story. >> the memorial continues to pgrow here at montgomery high

school following the violence and it has intensified the debate over police officers being at santa rosa city schools. the school resource program was under scrutiny back in 2020 following the death of george floyd by june 2020, that program was paused and the school board president says they are not sure if a police officer would have made a difference in this stabbing. >> the deadly stabbing of a student draws police officers to montgomery high school in santa rosa. investigators say the killing happened during a fight among 3 students inside in our classroom. the police chief was pressed on the department's response just hours after the stabbing. i think it's really important understand that the santa rosa police department did not remove arose from the school campus. so i think that's very important. that was a decision made by the santa rosa school board. chief john cregan says he's advocated for the return of school resource officers. >> but there is not been won on santa rosa city school

campuses since 2020, the board voted to pause the sro program following the death of george floyd. i believe that there are other options besides law enforcement being on our campuses that contribute to safety. >> school board president stephanie, many areas says the call for sro's to return to schools has come to the forefront following wednesday's violence. gary was heartbroken by the killing of a 16 year-old at montgomery high, but maintains she is against police being it schools. i am not in favor of school resource officers on campus >> and the board has has stood pretty strong on on this decision of ours. january says the focus over the next few days is on the immediate need for students and staff to feel safe. returning to campus. the next steps will be coordinating a community forum on safety in santa rosa schools. >> the school superintendent also weighing in on safety at santa rosa city schools saying that there are no metal detectors on any of the

campuses. >> she says that safety is going to be an ongoing conversation as the community works to heal, reporting in santa rosa. dan thorn kron. 4 news. >> 607, right now. and developing news this morning, a beloved san francisco radio host life seems to have ended. jeffrey vandergrift also known as j v hasn't been seen since last week. >> now his wife says she's received information that suggests he may not be coming home. crawford's michael thomas joins us from the newsroom with more on the story. michael. >> hey, good morning, everyone. you know, tomorrow actually marks one week that the beloved radio host known as j b has been missing. and this update has left the community shocked and heartbroken. and that includes us here at kron 4. as many of our viewers know, he actually was part of our morning show at one point. and here's a snippet from his segment back in 2015 >> 9.46. let's go wild. 94 9 where jb is talking what? what's hot on the radio show by daria. we're talking about.

>> now the fremont native and wild 94.9 radio host jv has been missing since last friday. he was last seen leaving his home on the 200 block of king street around 10:00pm the night before he is still considered missing by san francisco police. but just hours ago, his wife, natasha yi posted to instagram with an update saying she doesn't believe he will be coming back. take a look. he says jv and i quote, excuse me, jb and i have always considered this community part of our family. so i want to let you know that personal information has recently been discovered. that leads us to believe jv will not be coming back. i tell you this with incredible pain and sadness in my heart, he goes on to say that there is no foul play suspected in his disappearance and the details will be capped with an immediate family at this time. she thinks san francisco police for its efforts and asked the community for forgiveness for her silence as she says, her heart is utterly broken. anyone with information regarding this matter is asked to call san francisco police. i did reach out to them this morning asking them if they had any

updates have not heard back. but as soon as we get more information, we'll continue to keep you updated. that's the very latest. we'll send it back to the desk. and i remember michael, when, you know, he used to be for you as funny and then we would do this segment and he would joke around about his wife in and just the sweetest way. and you can you can really see his his presence of life and excitement. and just joy in those in that small snippet that the show he was a vibrant personality. yeah. michael, thank you. all right. it is. >> also in the news this morning, we have the social media trend. unfortunately, that's targeting cars made by 2 specific companies and it's led to a spike now in thefts across the country. and now one east bay cities warning warning people about this trend. berkeley pd says they've seen 3 times a number of key is and i stolen since this trend started the challenge on social media shows people how to steal older model cars that don't have an engine immobilizer installed, which is a common theft prevention device. now,

days built into an engine control unit and it makes it hard to start a car unless the correct key is used. well, these cars have been targeted are older model, key is and eyes that use a physical key and they don't have an immobilizer. byron, brian white with the berkeley police department says that thieves are exploiting this weakness. >> essentially criminals are taking advantage vulnerability and the mechanics of the south where these vehicles notices going from. deaths in november. jumping to 33 and december of last year. and the trend continues. trend has continued since that point. well, this has become a nationwide issue apparently getting so bad that some insurance companies >> are now refusing to cover these cars in certain markets, according to the national highway, transportation administration, kia and hyundai have started offering software upgrades to owners a free of charge to try to fix

the problem. check with your local dealership to see if your car qualifies. >> it's 6.11 and still ahead on the kron 4 morning news. the cdc is tracking more cases of shigella. we'll tell you what it is and how it spreads. sorry. john lots of sunshine out there today. the weather does make it turn this weekend. so enjoy that side while we've got it. your forecast ahead. and it looks like we've got an accident along 80 in emeryville. so things are slowing down a bit. >> 5, 80, 80. we're also checki

>> 6.15, and now 4 astronauts traveling through space are making their way to the international space station. spacex launch crew from the kennedy space center. >> out their cape canaveral, florida. the crews going to be on a 6 month mission. now the capsule is expected to dock at the international space station shortly after midnight tonight. you think they go? are we there yet? are we there walton has >> and liftoff, but crews go dragon go out like a candle lighting up the night sky crew. 6 blasts off for a

one-day journey to the international space station. super sonic near the 4 people onboard. space-x's 6th rotational space flight. >> 2 nasa astronauts and russian cosmonauts and astronaut from the united arab emirates is the first time an astronaut from the is carrying out an extended mission on the iss graduation. >> your flight is exactly 4 years after the flight of demo, one mission like andrea said, all the best things take to try happy that we can get you off tonight. if you enjoy your ride, please don't forget to give us 5 stars. the first launch attempt for crew 6 was scrubbed monday's. we scrub the launch attempt moments for blast off because of a club filter. but thursday, but a great ride to orbit. today the crew went for a highly anticipated ride. the dragon spacecraft called endeavor. the mission calls for a 6 month stint on the iss before crew. 7 is up next. and directly flyer. that was one heck of a ride. thank you. is an absolute miracle of engineering. and i just feel so lucky that i get to fly on this amazing machine.

>> that was xavier report. i like the review gives a good first 5 the other crews can replace several members of the international space station. they've been up there since october. so they'll be coming home. more than 90 lunches are set for this year, by the way. yeah, know they're on all calendar. a launch of space x is going ballistic with the this year. they did the same basically last year, too. that's nearly double, though. what they did last year. so they're really ramping it up. he time right honors our biggest problem is what to wear. matching simple as life. little bit chilly out there, that's their biggest concern. yeah, that's pretty nice. we definitely want to bundle up. so just make sure that you are doing that and then you are on to a really smooth sailing day ahead of us. >> golden gate bridge. we are starting to see conditions brightening up out there said about to come over the horizon that will eventually warm us up. still pretty chilly for the time being though, fremont as redwood city, dublin, all

at 33 degrees right now. santa rosa at 34 allay san mateo dropping into the upper 30's currently frost advisories at the bayshore in the coast. freeze warnings inland. all of them in effect through 09:00am this morning. yet another dry and clear day today and for the sierra and southern california now also dry and the spots 80 back open crossing the sierra nevada. i-5 also opened over the great find both of those routes were closed yesterday due to heavy snowfall. now, high pressure ridge temporarily resurging just south of us. it's not doing much for us. aside from keeping storm tracks to the north, but we've got another dip in the jet stream making its way our direction this weekend. that's going to bring along with that another push of winter, the snow in the sierra and the bay area. rainfall all making a resurgence over the weekend. that means today and tomorrow, the sunshine and the relatively mild conditions we have or something you would enjoy as much as possible. we do have winter storm watches taking effect saturday morning in the sierra through monday morning, one to 5 feet of

snowfall. widespread up. they're not as much as what we saw earlier this week, but still a lot new snowfall to be expected for the bay area. it's 50's today a little bit more mild than yesterday. temperatures are a couple of degrees warmer for daytime highs and winds are going to be a little calmer. all that adds up to just a much more comfortable field. san jose at 59 for your high fremont hayward as well as oakland up to richmond. all at 57 and the north bay among or warmer spots delay what 57 degrees in santa rosa are only area actually getting up to 60 today. tomorrow's temperatures similar to today's. we will see a cool down this weekend. the showers move back on in and often on rain into next week as well. so that unsettled pattern continues. meaning the sunshine that we've got today and tomorrow take full advantage of it. all right, john, thank you for that. certainly do so. >> well, we do have an accident. 80 westbound just east of pow street in emeryville. so drive times along 85, 80 of gone up

crockett down towards the maze. going out. take you 30 minutes. you might want to take some possible avenue to get around that you can get through. but you do have to wait the bay bridge right now about 13 minutes mace to that freeman street exit. so reach the maze. you don't have too bad of a commute. 13 min around 80 to 1, 1, via the san mateo bridge. let's check on our highways. 29 min iran of 1, 0, one. 85. and to menlo park 8, 80 down in milpitas about 24 minutes there. for 26 minutes, antioch to concord and doubling down to fremont. going to take you about 16 minutes there. westbound. 24 wanna creek down to 5.80, just under 12 minutes and no major issues as you're traveling along highway 13 darya. james, back to you. >> thank you very much. rain is 6.20. is the time and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are coming together now to address the nursing crisis. bloomberg reports 14 senators sent a letter to the center for medicaid and medicare asking to extend a program that boosts pay for health

care workers in poor hospitals in an effort to try to keep that staff. meanwhile, a congressperson introduced a proposal to boost residencies a gap of about 450,000 nurses and more than 120,000 doctors needs to be filled in the next 2 years. >> in national news, a major drug maker is slashing insulin prices to make the lifesaving drug more affordable. yeah, we've got our washington correspondent reshad hudson joining us live from dc with the and reaction from lawmakers. when does this ever happen? right? hey, good morning. insulin companies have faced pressure from lawmakers when it comes to lowering the price of that life saving medication. now president biden is calling on other companies to do the same thing. eli lilly announced wednesday its new pricing for insulin capping out of pocket costs at $35 a month. largest manufacturer united states of america.

>> i agreed to do just that. while speaking at an event for house democrats wednesday evening, president biden praised the move and called on others to do the same ever. the company making insulin is going to have to lower their prices. the 35 because they can't compete. the american diabetes association says 37 million americans have diabetes and 8 million require insulin. virginia democratic tim kaine calls it a smart play by the drug maker. wayne gretzky says don't skate where the puck is skate where the puck going. >> and eli lilly has decided they're going to skate where the puck is going. and missouri republican senator josh hawley criticized escalating costs. >> but it done this years ago, they didn't do it because they were forced to do it because they like making all of those profits off of the backs of people who are desperate for insulin have to have it literally in order to live. and the company ceo says this all came about due to conversations between the

company and lawmakers reporting in washington reshad hudson. back to you. >> all right. thank you very much for shot 6.22. is the time right now. and coming up on the kron 4 morning news, california lawmakers are trying to pass and different bills that are supposed to help people. >> experiencing homelessness

>> all right. we're back at 6.25. new york police now looking for. rapper travis scott after he allegedly assaulted a sound engineer.

this happened early wednesday morning at a manhattan nightclub when scott and the victim got into a verbal argument. it escalated with scott punching the 52 year-old man in the face. he also damaged an audio speaker and a video screen. again, all this according to police, scott is now wanted for assault and criminal mischief charges. >> a federal judge rules starbucks committed egregious and widespread labor law violations in an effort to stop union. the campaigns. the judge ordered starbucks to reopen closed its stores and reimburse employees. 21 stores in buffalo, new york in that area were charged with 33 unfair labor practices against workers who were affiliated in a union drive back in 2021. 268 us starbucks stores have voted to unionize so far. >> tiktok users under 18 now have an automatic daily screen time limit of just 60 minutes.

the tech giant announced the new safeguard yesterday saying 3t's an effort to keep teens more intentional about how much time they spend on tiktok users, though, can still extend their screen time in the app if they just enter a passcode. >> time now 6.26. and coming up on the kron 4 morning news. elizabeth holmes is trying to postpone her prison sentence. we'll tell you what legal experts think of her argument.

>> 6.29. 0 yea, with the and it looks there for special id like this. yeah, it's clear there's no rain to slow traffic down out there. we've got john in the weather center with a look at the forecast and some beautiful color now coming into the sky. little cotton candy clouds out there right above the bay. love that. nice morning that we're in the midst of and look at this pretty important right here. no wind and the food boat around the flag out there on pier 15. that's the biggest change from yesterday. obviously we're keeping the dry and cold weather around this morning. >> but without the wind, it doesn't feel so cold. we are seeing frost advisories at the coast and along the bayshore freeze warnings further inland. all these remain through 09:00am this morning. current temperatures in the 30's to 40's mountain view. 39, redwood city and fremont all the way down to 33 right now. even san jose in the upper 30's at 38 degrees. santa rosa, you're at 34 while oakland and san francisco still hanging on to those

40's, we noted winds being a whole lot calmer and that is making a difference. you will enjoy this afternoon with calmer winds still just as much sunshine and temperatures even a little bit more mild than they were yesterday. definitely enjoy it because this weekend starts get cooler and wetter again. what's your plan this afternoon get out there? get you know me and get outside, do some sort of physical activity. >> john, into all of the month of march, as long as we don't have the rain out there. but if you're getting out and maybe you're traveling along 80 this morning, we had an accident right at powell street in emeryville. so you're slowing down. 35 minutes. crockett down towards the maze. maybe tax impossible avenue. that's a good alternate for getting around that 40 minute drive into the city. meteor lights have been on for the past hour. 14 80 to 101 r san mateo bridge looking great richmond center fell bridge just under 10 minutes tolls to 101. there. maybe you're taking bart. there is a 20 minute delay, but that's right between they fear and hey, we're on the various a line. so factor that in if you are this morning darya. james,

back to you. thanks a lot. 6.31. for your health this morning. the cdc is warning people about the spread of bacteria is called shigella and it causes severe stomach it's not pleasant. we talk with an infectious disease expert about how the specter has become resistant to antibiotics. >> proper as but takes a look. >> shigella infections are not new in our most common among young children. but the cdc says last year about 5% of infections were strong enough to resist treatment. doctor peter chin hong from ucsf says the concern is that the resistance will continue to trend upward going from 0. >> and 2015, 2.4% in 2019 and during the pandemic and then lost all of a sudden, it's 5% of cases where. no drugs that's kind of frightening to me. the symptoms of shigella include diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramps. doctor chin-hong says about 40% of people who get it have to be hospitalized. >> but that most get better on their own. the cdc has seen an

increase of spread among and bisexual men as well as others ms less people >> immune compromised individuals and international travelers. doctor chin-hong understands the frustrations of these groups after going through the covid pandemic, an increase of m-pox infections last summer and now she gala. he says it's important for anyone with symptoms to contact their doctor and get tested early. it should i >> clinicians now know that if the individual is sick enough to be treated. >> that we may need to work with the cdc and and bring out some alton there by the won, said to be doing commonly use, according to the cdc, should tell is usually spread when infected fecal matter, enters the nose or mouth. it's why the simplest way to prevent infection is to practice in the hygiene habits that were preached during the pandemic. washing hands has made a comeback. >> and i think should go as one of these places where it can also be helpful in san francisco. rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> it's 6.33. and the u.s. could soon have its first rsv

vaccine for older people. the first of its kind in the whole world in a close vote. an advisory panel for the fda recommends approval of a vaccine from pfizer for people 60 and older. pfizer says its single dose reduces the risk of illness from rsv by as much as 86%. so they say it's pretty effective. the next step is for the fda to approve and that could take several months. but usually they do follow the advisory committee's recommendations. >> well, to the state capitol now where lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are supporting a package of behavioral health bills. and one of those bills in extreme cases would allow people deemed mentally ill and living on the streets to be held and treated even if against their will. >> these are people who are in dire need of care right now in our communities. you continue to deteriorate to a point where you can't provide care for yourself. >> well, the package of bills also includes a proposal to create an online database of available bed space in

psychiatric another care facilities. supporters say that the database like that would ensure providers would quickly be able to find out if there's any available beds and were any immediate slots open for treatment? and while some critics have said the package could take away freedoms for those on the street. republicans, democrats at the capitol say this legislation is necessary. the man accused of beheading his ex-girlfriend with a sword has pleaded not guilty. jose, when data is charged with murdering his ex-girlfriend, 27 year-old karina castro. he was happened back in september in front of castro's home in san carlos. police say they've gotten into an argument over the custody of their one year-old child. prosecutors say he attacked castro with a samurai sword yesterday in court. they decided the case will move forward to trial. there is enough evidence and during the hearing, his defense attorney imply that they might put forth a self-defense argument. the next court appearance is on march 23rd.

>> 6.35 of the south bay disgraced theranos ceo elizabeth holmes is continuing her fight to try to keep yourself out of prison. yeah. in her latest effort, she argues that her prison sentence should be delayed because she has just given birth to a baby. and that's according to a recently filed court documents ahead of another hearing which is set for next month. kron four's justin campbell has reaction from legal experts. >> elizabeth holmes has given birth to her second baby, but lawyers didn't say when in last week's court filings in an effort to keep her out of starting 11 year prison sentence, the u.s. attorney's office patients is growing very thin with elizabeth holmes. attorney steve clarke says prosecutors want to show there is not 2 justice systems. message is going to be set here that. >> if you are convicted, you start your time. just like everybody i think they want to boost send a message to ms holmes into the community at large that the justice system is working fairly for everyone. but attorney paula

canny says homeschool was convicted on 4 felonies may have a chance of staying out of prison. i probably. >> would grant her. >> bail on appeal because it's a nonviolent felony. but can he does acknowledge if it was anyone else? they probably would have been in prison by now, which is what prosecutors are trying to achieve. nothing about this. >> is ordinary reporting in san jose. justin campell kron. 4 news. >> people are without a home this morning after a fire broke out at an apartment complex in daly city. it happened last night just before 5. the complex is on miriam street. the north fire county. authorities says that the fire started outside of the complex and then spread to the walls of the building. they say fire crews were able to keep the fire from spreading and were able to evacuate everybody safely. the cause of the fire that's still under investigation. >> 6.37 in the east bay, oakland, mayor sheng tao says

it's going to take a few more weeks for the city to fully recover from the ransomware attack on it, which was reported last month that it had brought down several city services, including the 3, 1, one phone system parking citations, business tax licenses. the mayor says her team is working around the clock to try to fix these services and in the meantime, fees are being waived for businesses that can pay their taxes. a ransomware attack happens if you don't know when somebody gets encrypted files and then they demand a ransom to make them accessible again. we asked mayor, tell what's taking so long. >> it is a pretty long time. you know, it's it's one of those things where we are. you know, it's unfortunate that the previous administration to make the investments into the it department. but under this administration, we will be making those something like this never happens every saying is in regards to resources in ensuring that we make those investments. >> it's still not clear how much money the hackers were demanding in the first place.

san francisco mayor london breed claims public safety is a top priority. but one local restaurant owner doesn't see it. kron four's gayle ong explains why. >> read america's see you tonight. what >> david lee is referring to san francisco mayor london breed's post on medium about public safety. own stuff, korea on bush street in san francisco on monday around 04:00am. thieves broke into its business through a window surveillance video capturing it all. >> they broke in. so my to 300 that's not the some they still might have that. >> lee says the crimes have gone worse and he noticed other restaurants and cafes have boarded up their shops in the neighborhood. so when he saw the mayor's post, he replied to the mayor on social media saying, quote, near read what is happening to our city when other residents going to

be protected. my car windows have been shattered multiple times and my restaurant got broken into today. there was absolutely no protection for us in this lawless city. in a statement to kron 4, a spokesperson from the mayor's office wrote in part addressing public safety is top priority for mayor breed and a vital part of the city's economic recovery. she understands people are fed up and shares their frustrations, which is why the city's new budget increase public safety investments to build 200 vacant police officer positions. the statement went on to say mayor breed is partnering with the district attorney who is taking a more aggressive stance on public safety, including holding repeat offenders accountable, targeting in addressing the the mayor's spokesperson also says the office of small business contacted lead to offer support. we confirms he got the call. >> grants and all very thankful for that's not why didn't i just don't want to be the voice. all the not restaurants has been broken into. we need help. we need what action we need.

>> security lee says the crimes are also threatening the status of his insurance, even file claim with insurance. >> they want me about this. you might not picked up next time. comes around. you're going to drop you because? you know, shop had these incidents and they're going to look somewhere lee is a bay area native and has lived in san francisco for the past 12 years. >> he says he is grateful for his restaurant but hopes to see better days in the day. when i close my shop. i don't want. >> i want you know, and i don't want it that kind of that should be something one about in san francisco, gayle ong kron. 4 news. >> time now 6.41, and still ahead on the kron 4 morning news. a college in livermore is trying to detour thieves from stealing catalytic converters will tell you what they're doing and how they'll help drivers tracking down that they are stolen. and

another nice sunny afternoon today. help you get a chance to enjoy it because it's not going to be sunny for so long. >> daytime highs a little bit warmer than yesterday as back into the upper 50's. i've got your forecast and tracking in accident along 80 in emeryville over also looking at those drive times across here, bridges. we'll have an here, bridges. we'll have an

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winter storms. this includes locally. we have sonoma county. there's also nevada county amador county, the sierra and tulare county, too counties with 8 others there that saw the worst of the newsom also activated state of operations centers to help bring support now to county late emergency response efforts. this all comes after a group of congress. people from california called on newsom to issue this declaration and they included kevin kiley, doug lamalfa and tom mcclintock. also happening right now, interstate 80 over donner summit is back open in both directions. we know has been shut down for quite awhile twice in the last week because of whiteout conditions. the chp says the snow and the wind caused number of accidents and spinouts really hard to see not only where you're going, but where the road is. they say chain controls are still in effect. if you're heading up there, make sure you bring those and it looks like we're going to get more snow so it could be shut down again this weekend. we'll have to wait and see. wait a

>> wow, i was thinking just we'll talk to john in the second. she he's planning on going. take a look at this. the lick observatory, mount hamilton still covered in snow. and guess what? the staff says they're still without power. so that kind of stinks of the road is closed to the observatory choose. so they're working on it. but i mean, i always say that the benefit to it staying cold is just no sticks versus all cool snow and then it's gone and you that if it melts properly and >> at a at a good pace should fill the reservoirs nicely and get us further and further out of this drought. but i guess we're already making good progress show my gosh, so much progress and maybe too much all at once in the case of this year this week. but that's okay. >> roadways are open now. i'm keeping my fingers crossed the stay that way. we are looking at some big updates to the drought monitor. this was 3 weeks ago on the drought monitor. we still have most of the state under severe to moderate drought. as you can see, only a few of us at the coastline. we're really back into the normally dry conditions. but after this past few weeks in, especially after this week, look at these

massive updates to drought monitor much of the central sierra and much of the central coast is completely out of drought. conditions still abnormally dry for most of the bay area. and you can see that much of the northern part of the state still under severe drought. but these are some big changes, especially for the sierra nevada central valley and coastal areas so we can keep that momentum going now 30's for current temperatures will make for a morning to bundle up for fremont. redwood city, dublin at 33 degrees. currently we have some 40's from alameda on up through oakland and berkeley. whether you're in those 40's or 30's could just want to bundle up for its frost advisories and light blue freeze warnings in the deeper blue hues up until 09:00am. now skies do remain clear and dry today in the sierra as well as southern california of caught up with us on that. yesterday was a stormy day for southern california. closing the grapevine. now it's back open. and as we've already mentioned, 80 also back open as you head up into the sierra

now, satellite radar shows high pressure ridge in place storm tracks to our north, but only for today and tomorrow as we move into the weekend, the storm door opens again and we see the return of some rainfall to the bay area. that means you've got to enjoy today. and tomorrow's weather as long as you enjoy that sunshine and mild field hopefully can get it out of your system and then we're back to the kind of gloomy staff over the weekend. as far as the sierra goes, we're back to the snow over the weekend that some saturday morning through winter storm watches taking effect another one to 5 feet of snowfall expected over the weekend. so we've got nother pretty heavy dose of it just around the corner. now, as far as today goes upper 50's for a lot of the basij mid to low 50's at the coast. but look bay shore areas like redwood city in palo alto. up to 57 san jose getting close to 60. going to feel nice because we've got a lot of sunshine with that as well as calmer winds compared to yesterday, oakland at 57. and we've even got one spot. santa rosa up to

60 degrees for your daytime high today. tomorrow is going to be pretty similar. few of us could be flirting with that 60 degree. mark, then come saturday and sunday, we take a dip back into the upper 40's to low 50's with rain and cloud cover making its way back in. and next week stays fairly unsettled with on and on showers and rain through the week. rain john, thank you for that. ok, accident, powell street. this is an ville. so. >> crockett out towards the maze drive times have gone up 44 minutes there. you might want to take some possible avenues long as that accident is making things a little sparta for people to travel 40 minute ride into the city maze to that fremont street exit your san mateo bridge about 17. so traffic certainly is picking up 101, still green for the most part. 35 minutes 1, 0, one. 85 in menlo park. 8.80, silly down to milpitas. about 30 minutes there. highway for going to put you at a 33 minute drive time. come to concord. and if you are taking bar, there's no green line service. that's

right. between various and daly city. they haven't said the reason why, again, no green line service between and daly city. all right. james, back to you. 6.49. is the time and happening today. all bay area car owners with catalytic converters are welcome to stop by. >> and get the match that's called the edge and catch event in livermore. yeah. the last see his college automotive department is teaming up now with the police department to make the device is easier to track if they are. >> at some point stolen kron four's philippe djegal to explain what they're doing. >> the law school students, college automotive department in livermore is preparing for its second catalytic converter edge and catch event in 3 months. it for deterrents, right? i'm just like the locks on your front door. hopefully it will stop some people. but where having your license plate at storm to the catalytic converter as well as a spray painted livermore police department logo. the exhaust emission control device can be tracked if recover. they're looking for the precious you know,

platinum palladium rhodium cirium is what's inside of a catalytic converter and those are all worth tons of money. when you melted down rain feehan is a professor of automotive and a program at the college much like the first event held in november on thursday from 8 in the morning until 4 o'clock in the afternoon, drivers can show up to the automotive department on loop road behind building 800. >> and have a student drive their car onto a lift and ex their catalytic converter a visit that may last up to an hour last time, 150 drivers showed up my students. honestly, they they are really working hard >> they are nonstop. we fully a huge response to this because people are always seeking resources on kelly can u.s. livermore police officer taylor burris says her department has yet to be contacted by another agency recovering annexed catalytic converter but adds the action may also deter buyers from purchasing the stolen devices

last governor gavin newsom signed a bill requiring catalytic converter recyclers to keep detailed records and only allows for used catalytic converters to be sold by authorized party's members are unserialized. and so this provides some sort of tracking mech nism and it shows that. >> this is likely you know. >> legally acquired property based on high-demand. the college and police department are hoping to host another event in the fall in livermore, philippe djegal all kron. 4 news. >> 6.52 right now. and coming up on the kron 4 morning news. more coverage of the cold and it's cold again, but not as bad as yesterday because it's not as windy and that really made will be i meant by like the cold by yes, some to the south. we'll be right back.

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killed. yeah. and we're also following the latest with a missing san francisco radio host who appears sadly 2 of taking his own life. we'll tell you why. his wife says her husband most likely won't be coming home. but first, we want to go to the weather center. talk to john shrable about the cold morning. john. good morning, guys. we're off to another clear dry start to this morning. but another cold one as well. we're taking the winds out of the picture, which is actually helping things a whole lot out there see is still definitely want to bundle up. but at least we're not looking at quite as brisk of a feel to it. >> got the cruise ship pulled up at the embarcadero. nice clear morning. definitely a better one for venturing out that we've seen basically in the morning this week. frost advisories towards the coast along the bay shore in freeze warnings inland. we might have got rid of the rain and the snow for a couple days, but we did not get rid of the winter feel dublin. you're sitting at 33 along with morgan hill. freeman had redwood city oakland down to 38 right now. mountain view in san mateo to 39 in santa rosa, right at freezing at 32 degrees.