>> from the bay area's local news station. you're watching kron. 4 news at >> we need to get the best of the best. and this is not the way to do it. >> now at 5 after more than a year without a permanent police chief, oakland's mayor says she wants to change the process for choosing a new chief. thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 news at 5.

>> i'm noelle bellow and i'm grant lotus in just 90 minutes from now, the oakland police commission will host a forum where for police chief candidates chosen by the commission will field questions from the community. however, the mayor says this is not creating an environment to get the best candidates and she hopes the change. >> to change the process before the end of the year. kron four's dan kerman reports. hours before these 4 police chief candidates face public questions at a police commission sponsored community forum. >> mayor sheng thao made one thing clear. >> these 4 candidates, they're not the finalists. actually, they're going through this forum where they publicly announced all of the names, the potentials and then i don't know out of the 4. i don't get a say. >> at some point after thursday's forum, the police commission will give the mayor a list of at least 3 finalists. >> and then from that 3 list, i can then did michael interviews. i can didn't do my

one on ones and pick from those 3 and the from that list or the mayor can reject those candidates. and as the police commission for yet another list of finalists. >> how says that's the way the process works? according to the oakland city charter. but she hopes that will change. this is a process that i do not agree with. it was voted on by the voters many years ago. but with any new systems put in place. >> you know, you have to have lessons learned. you have to be able to go back you know, make fixes. that actually doesn't actually work in practice. and this is one of those. and so i'm hopeful and look forward to amending the charter in regards to how we in the november ballot. tell also remains critical. the police commission has chosen to put applicants before community forum saying it doesn't foster an environment were the best of the best apply for the job. there have been 2 potential and strong candidates who actually applied pulled out because of this candidate houses under

the current process. she also has no access to the full list of applicants, but he's heard members of the oakland police force have applied for the job, but they have yet to make the police commission's short list. dan kerman kron, 4 news. the man accused of killing 7 people in half moon bay last year pled not guilty this morning. 66 year-old chunli zhao. >> appeared in a san mateo county courtroom today after failing to appear in previous hearings. jal has charged with 7 counts of first-degree murder. and one count of attempted murder for allegedly shooting and killing 7 people and wounding one other at it at 2 mushroom farms in half moon bay early last year. he was arrested the same day and has remained in custody ever since this morning, his attorneys entered a plea on his behalf.

>> following thursday's arraignment is showers. defense attorneys requested additional time to review a grand jury indictment that has been requested in an effort to speed up the trial. the da's office said they're hoping a trial will happen this year, but admitted it could be delayed until 2025. in the meantime, at schenley shower remains in custody without bail. he is scheduled to return to court on april 19th. people in the sierra have been preparing and stocking up as a blizzard warning is now in effect for areas above 2000 feet. >> from now until sunday, things like food and gas are hot. commodities travel is not advised in some resorts have shut down ahead of the storm preemptively because conditions will be dangerous. but once the snow stops, the conditions on the mountains will be otherworldly for experienced skiers and boarders and kron four's. gayle ong spoke with an oakland resident who is up there now. gale waiting for it to stop right?

>> yeah, you know, they plan to head. they check the forecast so they got to their destination safe. travel is highly discouraged out there. we're already seeing problems on the roads heading out to the sea air. there are spinouts a big rig overturned prompting a closure on i-80 heading to truckee. but this bay area resident, you know, she has done this before. so she really knows the drill and she is prepared and is hoping she gets to have some good snow on the slopes. >> we saw that the storm is coming in. we didn't want to miss the snow. catena and car left her oakland home wednesday night for the sierra and we just like to get ahead of the snow. so i think if people are thinking that coming up they and they should. you wait until the this storm has passed. and then if you can get a couple days off at the beginning of next week coming up. but traveling in this is not the best of ideas. we want everybody to be safe. the national weather service issued a blizzard warning until sunday night warning about extremely dangerous to impossible. mountain travel.

>> that include whiteout conditions, strong winds combined with very heavy snowfall that could cause extensive tree damage, an extended power outages. and carr says she is ready for it she's staying in kirkwood. she shares these videos at kirkwood mountain resort thursday afternoon. critical. is for used to be off the grid there's a generator appear if the electricity goes out. >> but we finally got underground that the electricity goes out. there's there's a backup diesel generators. i hope we do. >> to use at the at the resort. >> and car learned a lot after traveling to the sierra during the winter months for over 10 years, we brought up a couple of coolers last night and basically we've just got close to keep us warm and we think will be able to weather things through to monday night. hopefully we can get sunday. but, you know, at least monday night we'll have enough food and weakens ground for tuesday. >> and while the winter storm

warning and blizzard warning they're slated to expire sunday. but it's always a good idea to check the roads with caltrans and also give time for the ski resorts to dig out. is this one of those storms where, you know, people are excited about the snow, but it takes time to clean up lifts get them out and safe. >> i guess the hope is by sunday the resorts will be able to have people on the slopes again, right? yeah, it is the hope that's what she is hoping for. and other than that she has to. she is like you have time off from work. she planned to head that type of season. but you know, still that route, she even her, she doesn't recommend people to travel out there. she said, oh, if you're if you may have heard in the story, she's like if you're leaving today, not a good idea. so road closures have that emergency kit handy because you just never definitely. i know lawrence has obviously been tracking. >> all of this snow that's been falling falling. lawrence, what's going on? yeah, very, very dangerous. traveling conditions over the next few days. in fact, if you don't know what you're doing, it could become deadly. you've got to be very, very careful up there. there's just a ton of snow that is going to begin

to fall. you can see a live look at the incline village in lake tahoe right now. some rain at the lake right now. you can see the waters get whipped up by the winds there. and that's going to be a factor. you can geh some very strong winds and some blizzard conditions are probably some whiteout conditions. as you head across the high country, you looking toward the sierra nevada. so that's where we're expecting to see the snow has already begun up there across the mountain tops. you see the snow now moving in, still running between about 5 6,000 feet. but that is going to rapidly lower overnight tonight and tomorrow, some cold air begins to move in now the gulf of alaska. so major winter storm now settling into the sierra nevada. this could be the biggest winter storm of the season. dangerous conditions up there. if you don't have to travel, just don't do that. snow be there by next week. if you want to go up there and enjoy snow level, dropping down about 2 2000, about 4,000 feet. and the forecast for snow amounts are rising. we're looking at maybe as much as 6 feet of snow possibly at lake level 10, maybe 12 feet across the high country. of course,

you're talking about some whiteout conditions and blizzard conditions into sunday morning. thank you, lorh. san francisco leaders have released new numbers about drug use in the city. the report says of 718 people. >> cited for drug use only about half said they live in san francisco. 141 of those arrested are also receiving city-funded cash assistance to be eligible. individuals must beat san francisco residents last year. local law enforcement made more than 2000 arrests for drug sales or drug use in the tenderloin area alone. seizing more than 260 pounds of fentanyl. more than 350 arrests have been made so far this year. >> bay area, faith leaders gathered to rally against the recall of alameda county district attorney pamela price. today at an event in oakland, this group showed their support for her. they say her approach of holding people accountable for the crimes they commit. it's something they support. the da

was in attendance today. that group says she should be allowed to finish out her term. >> we believe that prices giving hope. and the thought i put in for hope, it's just helping other people even if they got in trouble, then united would come with a price that she is someone who stands for peace, stand for justice and want to right by our community. >> meantime, the organization behind the effort to oust price as they already have enough signatures needed to put the recall on the ballot if those signatures are verified, a recall election could take place next june. >> and today's a key deadline for the company behind a proposed eco-friendly city in solano county. today's the last day for the solano county counsel's office to give california forever the ballot title. the company needs to start collecting signatures for its ballot initiative. the company's trying to get the proposal on the november

ballot, california forever, as it's called, has had to revise its initiative twice and the delays have shorten the amount of time they have to collect 13,000 signatures a spokesperson for the company says they're still confident their initiative will make it on the ballot. >> coming up, uber rolls out an option to allow teams to ride alone for the first time have a new ride sharing app feature works. >> and big night on the hardwood top-ranked gonzaga and usf will meet up in huge west coast conference game tonight at chase center. home of the dubs. erin wilson is there. we'll have a live report for us. so much for spring weather. winter is back. the polar express right in the town. we might even see a little

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>> chase center is hosting a huge west coast conference matchup tonight with 23rd ranked gonzaga in town to face off against usf usf needs a win to make a push toward finding its way into the net into the ncaa tournament next month. now is the time to make a push force. aaron wilson is live outside. chase. >> getting ready for all the action, aaron. the should be a good one. it's a marquee matchup. grand know you hit the nail right on the hit. they need a win. >> i actually caught up with the dunns yesterday, a usf and i asked a couple of the key players. what do you need to do to make sure that tonight goes in your favor? when i talk to junior jonathan mogbo who say, you know, i'm trying to focus on not getting in

foul trouble because that has caused him to not be as big of a contributor to this team as he started out being at the start of the season. i also talked to williams. now marcus williams was a bucket, a bona fide. look at it that when they played against saint mary's, they did come up short in that one. but that being said, he said that the keys to this game is stopping gonzaga in transition into also beat them on the boards in the board battle. now that being said, this one is big and i'm going to elaborate on why they need a win. so if they get a win over gonzaga tonight, they will equal out in conference standings when it comes to a record right now. they both worlds. gonzaga is actually 12 in 2 while the dons are 11 3, a win tonight would put them both at 12 in 3 in the standings, which but will for the dunns because the final matchup begun. back ahead in conference is a get saint mary's. the number one team in the wcc. and if they come out short on that one that would put the dolans in that second

place spot in the conference standings. do you think about it? that is ranked number. 23 in the country. but their overall records are very similar matter of fact, a win for the done tonight. what actually have them surpassed the bulldogs and gonzaga in the overall record that they have on the season. now, like i said, this one is big, not just because of those reasons. but like you mentioned earlier, the conference tournament is on his is march madness. we're only a day away from march, which starts tomorrow and everyone wants their bid in that tournament, including the usf done. so they need a win tonight. take a listen to what the coach had to say. when i spoke to him yesterday ahead of this matchup. >> this next game on our schedule. so we have to treat it the same way. we treat it everything else. but is a little bit different. feel a little bit different vibe to the game. obviously playing the top. 25 team nba arena. so we're excited to >> now, granola, you might wondering why on standing

outside for this matchup in the rain in that winter refilling that we feel outside. the lawrence just mentioned, well, it's 8 o'clock. tim. that means that media cannot come in and you don't see fans behind me either because maybe they also got the memo doors do open until 5.30, or later tonight for this matchup because it is 8 o'clock tip that being said, we are waiting patiently in the rain for that 5.30, mark so that we can go inside to see this marquee matchup. this is a big one for usf and they get to do it right here at chase with the warriors. as you see behind me on the road, taking on the knicks doing pretty right now. 41 to 26. that's course all toss it back to you guys in the studio and give you an update. a report tonight. it's 6. hopefully you're underneath that little overhang there at chase center, right? you're not getting wet. >> yeah, no. well, just barely getting to get right here. goes all right. we'll let you go. erin. thank thank you, eric. >> this is what it looked like in the north bay this morning. rain started falling early in

santa rosa and there were reports of strong wind gusts in the area the golden gate bridge was authorities are reminding people if you do plan to drive tonight tomorrow, as long as it's still raining, if you have your wipers on, you got to have the headlights on even during the day. it is rough going out there. yeah, definitely is. in sandra fell pg. e is bracing for. >> the severe weather crews are stationed areas pg e meteorologist predict will be hit the hardest. so if there is any significant damage, crews can respond quickly. they can make repairs when it's safe. earlier this month pg and e says it had to restore power to 1.4 million customers in its service area. the utility says these next rounds of rain could lead to a repeat of mass outages. >> 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 fire hazard. right now. charge up your cell phone and charge up your backup you never know when you might need that. and it's 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 over here for a greater and that buys you a little more time. if you lose power due to the storm, have some sources pg and e says people should feel safe, especially you've taken if you've taken all of your precautions. >> crews are on standby. 24 7 to respond to any emergencies around the clock. it's really those winds. i mean, driving along golden gate bridge earlier today. >> my car even did a little little shimmy on the breed that, yeah. you get those wind gusts across those exposed bridges and i've heard across the bay bridge today kind of a rough go out there. but it's going to be stronger tomorrow. these winds are going to really amplify. so today kind of got a little taste of not

going to be a strong as the previous storms. experience this season. but still you can talk about some 40 some 50 mile an hour gust coming right across that bridge, the golden gate bridge, especially by tomorrow in the afternoon. >> that's a loser. winds are really going to be a whipping out there. see the rain coming down outside. it's been a difficult commute around the bay area's that rain has made things very slick outside. more on the way. one of the storm system finally just moving in. we've enjoyed some nice spring weather, but that is long gone now. now that cold air is coming ucla speckle clouds. what you see when you get some really cold air coming off the gulf of alaska see this cold weather cumulus clouds developing out there. and those going to be rolling in. so it's just good to be wave after wave of rainfall coming through the bay area, right in the probably sunday. then we've got another storm system schedule as we get into next week to so to right now, showers moving through the main cold front now moving right across the peninsula. you see right there, see the yellows and some of the orange stretching across the bay near fremont. just about make your way in your neighborhood and the east bay. this is a cold front behind that. we've got all that cold air that is now dropping down to the bay area.

so you head out the door tonight. yeah. you can expect some rain that's going to be on and off and then turn the showers after about 8 o'clock tonight and then couldn't continue kind of on and off throughout the night tonight and tomorrow, too. in fact, the storm system going to drop through as we head through the night tonight in the behind that we get all that cold, unstable air. so i think by tomorrow we're looking at the possibility of some thunderstorms popping up. i think especially by tomorrow afternoon. that's when another round of energy comes in and it's going to come in at the same time that we're going to be a little warming from the sunshine in between some of those clouds. and before, you know, you may see some of those thunderstorms popping up around the bay area. >> you can follow our coverage of the winter weather online scan the qr code that you see on your screen. it will take you to our web page where you'll find any updates on flooding, road closures or any power outages in your area. >> other popular business is closing in the bay area in the east bay. you have the chevy's fresh mex outpost on powell

street emeryville reporting a permanent closure. >> set to come the mid april april 16th. the reason for the shutdown is not totally clear, but the san francisco business times reports all staff lose their jobs. chevy's will continue to run restaurants in union city and south san francisco there in san francisco. after more than 40 years in business, another local restaurant shutting its stores, liza delhi, a spot known for serving a variety of foods like >> breakfast, chinese, food, sandwiches and sushi has closed all remaining locations in the city. the restaurant chain once had 10 locations, but after covid-19 challenges it transition to a catering service, san francisco business times confirming the shutdown with the deli's owner. kron 4 did reach out but they declined to comment. also in san francisco, the crunch gym located in the soma neighborhood and seeing its closure this morning. this is the notice on their website

and email to members. a spokesperson says, quote, like many downtown businesses, this club has never been able to recover from the economic impacts of the covid-19 pandemic. they add memberships for the location on new montgomery will be transferred to the year. but blaine at location at 3, 50rd street the last day to get in a workout. there will be march 31st. workers at panera bread will not be getting a raise like other fast food employees in california. >> more on why the chain is exempt from the state's minimum wage law. >> plus, a dueling visit at the southern border. how president biden and former president trump are tackling the migrant issue ahead of the the migrant issue ahead of the pivotal su

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>> uber's teen account is now an option available to riders in california. it allows young teenagers to ride alone in uber for the first time kron four's. catherine heenan is here with the details. catherine. hopefully there's some parental protections that come along with us. finally, this abul know. well, as of today, california teenagers under 18 can use. >> a special ober account. it is just for them. and yes, industry experts say the key to making it work well, it is with parental supervision. >> had to do so. and i have, you know, kids and i'm worried about day with their friends. but now i know exactly what they're going to go. >> the uber teen account debuted in california today and it means that teenagers as young as 13 can request rides or order food, although only of families are guardians,

approve. >> they have, you know, a lot of control and the actions of the teenagers talking about 14 to 17 years old when either right food using over at it's the share account of the family. that's that that's the basis uber says parents can live track their child's trip contact the driver directly with questions. >> and only the most experienced highest rated drivers will be used. >> california is actually the last state in the country to an able uber for young teens. it has been running and some u.s. cities since the beginning of 2023, one of the newest features families can set up spending you have a budget. so we know exactly how going to spend. and is seen where they spend it on what it's considered a nice option for families, but also good for uber. >> a way for the company to expand into a new section of the market. professor banafa says uber will need to build up trust with the new feature,

but it has been working well in other places. >> think about something like problem, you know, and i think something like, you know, at any kind of a party's they have for the kids. you know, i you know, instead of having him in one car and you have teenagers at a car, you know you're going to but that will take them from point a to point b and make sure that we have response when drivers. >> uber says the idea is to make life easier for families. the san francisco based company began trying out the teen account idea in canada and 2022. later expanding to the u.s. finally, california. there have been no reports of serious problems with the program. grant. >> all right. very interesting. thank you, catherine. up next, we are less than a week away from the big primary election look at where voters stand part of a new inside california politics. emerson college poll and a race to the rescue drivers stranded for today's

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