>> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at 7. >> good morning. now on the kron. 4 morning news. a former youth pastor in san jose is charged with crimes will tell you about that and were also taken to the east bay where alameda county district attorney pamela price speaking out now as the move to recall her moves forward and no charges yet for the protesters who shut down the golden gate bridge for hours. we will explain why. good morning. i'm daria and i'm james. before we get to all that, though, let's step outside. we've got a beautiful shot here over san francisco. me. that's lots of sun and more of yeah, good morning. we've got lots of it ahead of us here. absolutely right today, actually going to be even warmer than yesserday was for many spots behind me. we hit the bay bridge. beautiful sunrise there. and this is your view in the south bay right now.

>> a few high clouds but not blocking out the brightness and even brighter than yesterday. up in the north bay after yesterday was a little bit of fog up there. temperatures are currently in the 40's to 50's are colder spots up in the north bay currently like santa rosa and fairfield. well, alameda mild. 55 degrees to kick off this morning. nice and bright there. as as we get the day started, some 70's to low 80's later on making today a little warmer than yesterday was right. all right, john, thank you for is gorgeous outside this morning. if you're traveling. >> traffic is gradually building over the past few hours, but we're not seen any accidents on those bridges to start 90 minute ride into the city this morning. san mateo bridge around 18. so we start to slow down a little bit 80 in the east bay getting on that bridge 12 minutes along richmond fell bridge golden gate bridge just short of 22 and along 88 gilman in berkeley. we do have an accident there seems a little slow crockett out towards the maze. a 30 minute ride this morning during back to you.

thanks. a lot rain let's get to the golden gate bridge situation now. no charges yet against the protesters who shut down the bridge on monday as they were blocking all lanes for hours. now, we've heard from san francisco district attorney, brooke jenkins who says that. >> more evidence apparently is still needed before she can forward with these cases. but we know we covered it live for hours on monday and there are plenty of videos of it. so what evidence do they need? michael thomas is live with some answers at the golden gate bridge. good morning, michael. >> hey, good morning, everyone. you know, when it comes to that decision from san francisco district brooke jenkins to not me forward with these charges, it comes as a surprise, as you both said, there was numerous videos in california highway patrol also listed numerous offenses of the people that they arrested for blocking the golden gate bridge. we've got video up on your screens. you can see just exactly what we're talking about. this was monday morning at around 8.30, or so when the pro-palestinian protesters

took over the golden gate bridge, stopping traffic both ways in total. 26 protesters were arrested by chp for false imprisonment, unlawful assembly and conspiracy to commit a crime. protesters used both pipes chains and locks to really keep themselves there on the bridge, causing a little bit more, have havoc for law enforcement to get them off the road and get traffic moving. and despite the havoc that it did cause will san francisco da, brooke jenkins says there was not enough clear evidence to charge these 26 protesters causing her to miss the 48 hour deadline filing charges adding that she needed video of the arrested. protesters caught in the act and says if the public has any of those videos to send them to her office says she can pass it along to the chp who is now essentially heading that. but take a listen to what she had to say regarding the protests on monday. >> i understand that people are passionate about issues that are going on in the world right now. and they need a venue in a vehicle for that expression. but they have to

do. they have to express their views in a way that is safe to the public. we're not going to allow people to endanger other members of the community and of our society in order to express those views. >> now, as of this morning, those who were arrested have been released from jail. and it wasn't just here at the golden gate bridge across the bay over in alameda county, pro-palestinian protesters also shut down the northbound lanes of causing traffic to be at a standstill for miles and hours after submitting their arms into oil barrels and sitting across the freeway, stopping that traffic. however, alameda county district attorney pamela price is yet to make any statement on if those protesters will be charged moving forward. what will happen. but back out here live this morning again, the san francisco da is asking if anyone does have any of those specific videos to send them to her office, that she can pass them along to chp. as we get more details on what is to come when it comes to those protesters will keep you

updated. that's a very latest reporting live this morning from the golden gate bridge michael thomas will send it back to life. and thus to ok, well, it looks good right thanks a lot, michael. >> time now 704. meanwhile, pro palestinian demonstrators also blocked entrances to a weapons manufacturer. name general dynamics, ordnance and tactical systems in healdsburg. you see them there yesterday the organizers say they blocked the entrances for more than 3 hours because the company builds. >> guns, rockets and ammunition and they say they don't want to be part of the war machine. also in the south bay, protesters gathered yesterday outside of the google facility in sunnyvale. they want google to stop doing business with israel because of what's going on in the middle east. >> and this was not. at the mountain view headquarters. >> sunnyvale police say about 80 people gathered outside the google facility about 10, 30 in the morning. most of them left by lunchtime. however, there were 5 that remain until

after 6.30, and police eventually arrested them trespassing. >> in the south bay, a former youth pastor in san jose now charged with committing crimes against young women. brett franklin by master is facing 6 counts of committing lewd acts with a girl from this time. she was 8 until she was 13. he worked as the youth group director and pastor at river church community in san jose. according to the santa clara district attorney's office, youth group members claimed by master groomed teenagers and performed lewd acts on them. in a statement kron 4 by masters lawyer denies the allegations claiming they're part of a slanders campaign to destroy his client's reputation. he says, quote, while mister by master worked at the river, he ministered on the christian ideas of health. all the lessons work voluntary and were part of a larger curriculum that was approved by the river, including a number of parents on the board and, quote. now the river church also released a statement saying, quote, we

are deeply saddened by these developments and continue to express our concerns, prayers and support for the young people who have bravely raised their voices for all victims of abuse for our entire church community during these distressing times and quote, now in 2019 by master left the church for a job at healing grove health center, a faith-based clinic in san jose. he's currently on administrative leave there by master will be in court this friday when he's expected to ask the judge to reduce his $400,000 bail. >> it's 706. and in the east bay of baseball league is trying to rebuild because they were burglarized over the weekend. the junior optimist baseball leagues stuff was stolen about $15,000 worth of equipment. plus, fees vandalized some of the property as well. so now they have to fix and replace all of that. they're looking for help. they have a gofundme set up to try to rebuild. so today we are here.

>> asking for what's right is for the board of supervisors to give us a special election in the next couple of months and not have us wait until november. those are the leaders behind the effort to recall the county district attorney in alameda at pamela price. they showed up to the board of supervisors meeting yesterday. >> and they show that they have enough signatures for the recall. and monday, the registrar of voters validated about 75,000 signatures. and so now it is up to the board to set a date for the recalled. the board's next meeting is on april. 30th. >> okay. well, even though recall supporters have collected enough signatures, it's still not guaranteed. that recall election will actually happen. and that is because prices attorney says that. >> the recall effort was illegal to begin with kron four's. dan kerman has more. embattled alameda county district attorney pamela price may soon be going to war with their own county. the reason the attempt to recall her, we believe that the recall is the

waggle jim sutton is the attorney for the pamela price campaign. >> well, the registrar of voters says enough valid signatures have been gathered to move the recalled forward. sutton says the recall is illegal because the county did not follow its own rules dictated by the county's charter. that's county charter is very clear that. >> the registrar house to verify all the signatures within 10 days. >> sutton says instead the county took more than 5 weeks to verify the signatures. another problem, some signature gatherers were from outside the county. another violation of the charter. the county must comply with the law to say what she has to comply with the law. >> and when the county charter is so clear about these roles and we see that from the beginning, the county seems to picking and choosing which. rules and the law was to follow and which it doesn't want to follow. the registrar of voters is expected to certify the vote at the board of supervisors meeting april

30th. >> it's at that time. the board can also set a date for the recall election itself. district attorney plans to before that time asked the board of supervisors to not schedule action because it's illegal. if the board moves forward anyway, it's likely district attorney pamela price. we'll sue the county. it's a writ of mandate against the county. asking the court to tell the county that it cannot move forward with this election because it violates the county charter. >> we reached out to the alameda county counsel's office for comment. they didn't get back to us. dan kerman kron. 4 news. kron 4 is your local election headquarters and santa clara county has started recounting its ballots in the race to replace anna eshoo in congress. >> at the moment, assemblyman evan low and santa clara county supervisor joe submitting and are tied for second place. the recount will decide who moves on to face. former san jose mayor sam liccardo on the november ballot recounting the 150,000

ballots in santa clara county will not be done by hand, but rather by machine, which isn't cheap. but it is fast. >> the estimated duration of this recount can last anywhere between one and 2 weeks. and we require a $12,000 deposit daily. additional fees can incur each state depending on what the requester wants examine. >> the person who asked for the recount, jonathan padilla reportedly has ties to former san jose mayor sam liccardo. padilla reportedly was a finance director of the carters 2014 campaign for mayor and is apparently a donor for his current congressional campaign. the carter hasn't responded yet to requests for comment. but padilla claims he asked for the recount on behalf of the low 7 low. but most campaign says that's not true in any event. the fact that some and lower tide is historic and even people at the registrar's office are amazed. >> yeah, this is and extraordinary event yeah,

unique we're just we're handling a day by doing. >> well, the santa clara county recount is one of 2 that have been requested. the other is in san mateo county where officials there confirmed that workers are preparing ballots for a recount. also starting today. >> it's 7.11 and still ahead on kron 4 morning news advocates for prisoners are concerned about the reason behind the closure. >> of a troubled women's prison in the east bay. we'll tell you why they think closing the facility is going allow those at fault to skip accountability. and the south bay district attorneys change of heart. why he is now working to re-sentenced

>> 14 right now and i just put shades it's yeah. start season sun is getting pretty intense here. john, good morning you know what we get to the 70's. it's like way know. 70's is fine. but today it is the low 80's. and that is a step up for sure. so break in that sweat for spots like the south bay yeah, it's going to be one of the warmer ones we fell so far looking outside at downtown san francisco. a few clouds rolling through. it's not blocking out the sun already, which is going to warm us pretty quickly today. a clear morning for the north bay. nice to see that sunshine for you after your past couple mornings brought the fog today is going to be a dry one and that high pressure. it's is not going anywhere anytime soon. so we're settling in for a prolonged round of sunshine, warmer and drier weather. now the end of april, long-range forecaster indicating could come along with the switch up.

that's still a ways off, though. so for now, we'll just focus on the steady trend of weather that we're going to continue to in many cases enjoy specially for those of you that miss the warmth today. lots of sunshine tomorrow. much the same in both today and tomorrow will also bring those 70's to low 80's. today's daytime highs in the city reaching the low 70's for mission in financial district. well, 60's holding on for most of the coastline temps along the bay shore for the most part, back up into the mid 70's today. really comfortable range. pretty toasty for the south bay. you've got those low 80's back, campbell and san jose getting up to 81 degrees today close to the 80's for fremont. walnut creek conquered and danville, each up to 79 oakland, you'll be at 75 will antioch at 78. same for you in napa. looking ahead tomorrow, just as warm as today. after that, we do cool off just a little bit into the weekend. some mid 70's for warmest of temperatures by friday and saturday. really nice forecast all the way through right now.

all right, john, thank you for that. staying on top of a few issues out there like an accident, 80 westbound at gilman. >> berkeley's the drive times have gone up along 80, about 40 minutes traveling from crockett down towards the maze. you can see things pretty much at a standstill. there and is backed up to just about else as you're traveling. keep that in mind. you can always hop on pablo avenue to navigate around those delays. also seen reports of an accident right near the toll plaza at the bay bridge. but the drive times of state about 19 minutes. so that could mean it's a minor crash. 20 minute ride on the senate to bridge. no accidents hazards. there. 101. things are starting to pick up now. last summer at 30 minutes now at 43. 85 to miller park to 80 still nice and light selanne showdown at 2.37, you're looking at a 35 minute ride. all right. james, back to you. >> thank you very much. rain 7.17, the time and for your money this morning, almost half of americans don't know 401 k is at least according to a recent poll and red lobster may be facing chapter 11

bankruptcy. we've got jane king standing by to explain. good morning, jane. >> hi, james. good morning. so red lobster is considering bankruptcy to do with lisa's and labor costs. sources tell bloomberg the seafood chain continues to struggle financially, for example, that super popular $20 english room promotion was so popular. it actually lead to 11 million dollar loss for the company. now the chain will continue to operate. what looks to restructure its debt under bankruptcy. well, national survey of 2000 americans evenly split by generation revealed that 43% of respondents don't know for one k is. the results revealed a significant lack of confidence among respondents regarding financial literacy with only 30% believing they could win a game. the personal finance trivia and over a 3rd. don't know what interest is in a financial context. the study was commissioned by the on finance for one poll and more than half of the rooms at budget hotels nationwide were vacant during the first 3 months of 2024. hotels like a

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are from the la innocence project and they submitted about 1500 pages of legal documents. we're hosting evidence and information in the case. the innocence project is looking also to retest evidence found near the peterson home. the time that laci disappeared, our body was found in the bay. >> say that those materials are tested for dna and laci peterson's dna on some of those materials they would give rise for a good basis for a motion for a new tron. >> so there was the hearing yesterday. there's also a hearing may 29th and another one july 15th. 7.20, is the time. and there's a renewed push now in the south bay to re sentence inmates who are on death row. yeah. santa clara county's district attorney jeff rosen is leading that charge and kron four's. jack molmud explains. >> over time my thinking has change. it's a new perspective

on justice for a long time district attorney who spent a decade prosecuting rape and murder cases in santa clara county. jeff rosen says he no longer thinks the death penalty is justified. >> adding, well, california hasn't executed anyone since 2006 and governor gavin newsom put a moratorium on it in 2018. santa clara county still has 15 inmates on death row. >> racism and other kinds of biases have deeply affected our country since its founding. his goal now is to ask that all 15 of these individuals have their sentences changed from death to life without the possibility of parole and for a local faith leaders such as san jose bishop oscar cantu. this is a progressive step. but are we a throwaway culture? where can simply throw away >> individuals bishop can't who recently went to alabama where he met with other bishops who support getting rid of the death penalty. yes, we do want justice to be served. >> but we also don't want to

play god either. my hope is that this will help too. and a lot of the litigation around the death penalty. meantime, da rosen says he's spoken with many of the victims families in related cases, some support his efforts. >> others not so much, but for rosen justices still served as best. it can with some of the worst criminal offenders spending the rest of their lives behind bars while at the same time. >> trying to strengthen and make our justice system more fair. and the district attorney says that it's hard to tell how easy or difficult it will be because each of these cases for the 15 people currently sitting on death row will be taken individually. so the process will take months. the district attorney tells me the first case for that first inmate on death row. it set for about 2 months from now. for now, we're in san jose jack moment. kron 4 news. we're going to take a break 7.22. is the time. but coming up, detectives have identified the body that was found in the oakland estuary.

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what police have arrested 2 men from fairfield for allegedly stealing buckets of paint. so the theft happened at the home depot sunday night. police say daniel clark and thomas hodges used of magnetic device to remove the security devices and then stole the buckets of paint fact. officers say they found several more buckets of paint in their truck along with cash. both men have been arrested on suspicion of organized retail theft. >> in the north bay novato police are reminding you about a closure in this neighborhood that you see here in effect, portsmouth drive bloke, brookline drive and chesapeake lane. and they're going to be closed intermittently today between 8 in the morning and 8 at night. so they want to avoid that areas. they do some roadwork in the bay. the pittsburgh city council is doing some roadwork as well. it's about a half million dollars to make things safer for pedestrians and a reminder to to stay alert. hayward chp officer narrowly missed. watchd this. >> being hit by a car. as they

were diverting traffic. apparently that driver was distracted. the chp says a few nights ago rideshare driver was trying to accept a ride request when as you saw crashed right into the back of a chp cruiser. no one was hurt, but they're using this as a reminder not to use your phone while driving. >> it's 7.26. and coming up next on the kron, 4 morning news police are looking for the people who robbed a mail carrier at gunpoint in union city. this after a number of mail thefts that we told you about. we'll have more on that.

>> 7.29 right now talking about how warm and sunny, it's going to beat a little hazy right now and a bad but a great looking forecast today and beyond. john. good morning. yeah, a beautiful day today got a more 70's on the way and they're not going anywhere in the rest of the forecast. either where we're at right now in san jose. skies are nice and bright. we got those sunshiny skies overhead. >> little bit of fog up and down the coastline, but not near as much as yesterday for the north bay, which is a nice change. you're getting a good sunrise up there. temperatures are in the 40's for the north bay and the coast. while most of the rest of us in the 50's right now, mountain view and hayward at 54 brentwood in livermore starting your morning at a cool 51. great morning to get outside with that light jacket. go ahead and get that jog in this afternoon. maybe breaking a sweat as we do see a few low 80's, especially for the south bay. all of that wrapped up as we go rain. right, john, thank you for you have a bart alert. if you're taken bar, they're not stopping at bay fair station. >> because there's some police activity going on there. we're

not sure how long that's going to go on for. but if you are taking bart right now, at least are not stopping at mayfair because police activity. also seen reports on the bay bridge. there is an accident right near the toll plaza. but that's been there for about 20 minutes drive times of state around 20 minutes might be a minor collision drive times. not impacting much. 22 minutes on the san mateo bridge, a 80 to 101 richmond center fell bridge around 13 golden gate bridge. looking good. about 30 minutes and along 80, we're tracking accident. as at gilman in berkeley, they just clear that off the highway. but you get residual delays. still a 42 minute ride crockett down towards the maze. all right. back to you. thank you. re not. there was a lot of chaos and confusion and advocates as that's happening. still now an all-women's prison in dublin that set to close. yeah. that's the one that federal officials announced yesterday was going to be shut down after a year's long abuse scandal with kron four's philippe djegal. now to explain. >> emily shapiro has been a volunteer advocate for the

california coalition for women prisoners for 8 years and has been visiting inmates at federal correctional institution. dublin for the past 2 years. she's concerned by the abrupt announcement, but the troubled facility is closing their way. that it's happening is a bad thing. just weeks after a u.s. district judge ordered the appointment of a special master to oversee the all-women prison in the east bay federal bureau of prisons. director colette peters says the facility will be shuttered. one plagued by rampant abuse and poor living conditions. the back of opiate, the 19 that the prison is closed, doesn't feel like they're admitting their culpability in harming people inside. >> i feel what's happening is. to me, i believe essentially trying to silence and disappear. the people who

really put a lot on the line to call out the abusive abuses effort. in a statement, peters says, quote, over the past several years at fci, dublin, the fb o p has taken unprecedented steps and provided a tremendous amount of resources. >> to address culture, recruitment and retention aging infrastructure and most critical employee misconduct. >> despite these steps and resources, we have determined that fci, dublin is not meeting expected standards and that the best course of action is to close the facility. this decision is being made after ongoing evaluation of the effectiveness of those unprecedented steps and additional resources like silent seen in dispensing blowers and >> putting an end to the bad press surrounding the prison without actually address seen the harmons. colette peters says no employees will lose their jobs with the closure and the women currently house.

there will be transferred to other facilities without providing a timeline. we're defining the closure as permanent. philippe djegal all kron. 4 news. >> and then there are the lockdowns happening at jails, the san francisco sheriff's office says that the lockdown at one of 2 jails is going to be ending today. the 2 jails were locked down after a number of inmates attacked deputies and staff the jail in san bruno is going to reopen later this week after 9 members of the jail staff there were assaulted by inmates. >> let's go to the east bay now where detectives in san pablo have identified the body of a woman found back in september in the oakland estuary and they believe she was killed by her son in law. the body belongs to 75 year-old cute. ran. police been looking for her and her 4 year-old daughter. so live since they both went missing back in september now, last month, phuket vo was arrested and investigators say vo called police telling them that the women took off in a car after an argument. but

police later found that car in oakland and voteawas behind the wheel. police say they gathered more evidence and they believe now that he was involved in the death of both women and their disappearance. the body of polis still hasn't been found. well, police are investigating now after the body of a man washes ashore in the berkeley marina. they say that body was found last saturday evening. they think it belongs to a man in his 50's. investigators are looking into whether the death is suspicious or not. we'll keep you updated as we find out more. >> it's 7.34, and a mail carrier with the united states postal service was attacked and robbed at gunpoint in units. and police now working to find the attacker even offering a reward. >> kron 4 sarah stinson tells us what happened. >> a mail carrier assaulted and robbed at gunpoint here in union city in the middle of the afternoon. the thieves also took off with a postal key. i spoke with a postal inspector who says this could result in mail being stolen

from people who live in that neighborhood where the robbery took place. this for us a very high priority investigation. another u.s. postal service mail carrier attacked on the job. this time the postal employee was assaulted and robbed at gunpoint in union city. it happened around 2 saturday afternoon on granada way off regions boulevard. union city police responded in ay the mail carrier was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. postal police are working around the clock to identify and find the attacker. usps has put out $150,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people involved of the safety of letter carriers is our number one concern. jeff fitch is a postal inspector. he says people who live in this union city neighborhood should be on high alert if they see you know. >> 3, 4, weeks, credit card statements or bank statements where there's transaction they did not make. contact u.s. or

contact. union city police department fitch says in the last 4 years usps has seen an uptick in mail carrier robberies. it's been all over the bay area. we had robberies in san francisco. we've had properties here oakland. >> berkeley. that number of different cities just last month kron 4 reported on postal worker being robbed in oakland. investigators shared this photo of the suspect who they're still searching for. there's a $150,000 reward offered in this case as well. anybody has information that any of these robberies that we publicized contact us at the 24 hour number, the 877-876-2455. >> if the person or people involved in this robbery are caught and convicted, they would face 2 felonies for not only stealing the postal people, but also assaulting the mail carrier that could result in up to 35 years behind bars. i'm sara stinson reporting in union city. back

to you. >> its 7.37, and the north bay, a memorial is growing now for 2 teenage girls who were killed over the weekend. and napa. police have made 3 arrests so far. john nicholson, junior of allay is charged with 2 counts of murder and jessica whitton and june of a ball of santa rosa. they've been charged with aiding in a felony. those are the arrests getting attention of those who are visiting the memorial for the 17 19 year-old girls who were killed. >> because it is sad and they see little girls should not. this should not happen to them is where live and eat and sleep. you should never be scared to come outside. the memorial is a testament to. >> how strong the community feels about this kind of thing belong here. hopefully this doesn't go on any further. >> there have been arrests, as we said, 3 people. but still they're looking for witnesses in that shooting to come forward. a state bill that

would have banned homeless encampments near schools and major transit stops has failed to pass in sacramento that bullet bill would have also banned camping on sidewalks. >> the planning obviously, you know, we worked very hard to make this a bipartisan bill. i think my coauthor as senator catherine blakespear also from san is taking this issue seriously. and we it just shows us that we have a lot of work to do with the committee and with the voices in opposition that, you know, in my opinion, really don't understand the goal of the bill. it's not to criminalize homelessness. >> the bill is not completely dead yet. the state senator behind the bill was granted reconsideration and that means he can resubmit the bill for approval and the public safety committee. >> in the south bay, santa clara county residents could see there water bills go up in the coming year as one water agencies looking for ways to cover its costs. valley water

is spending a lot of money now to fix the anderson and particularly dams and other projects as well. that is all in an effort to try and protect the county's water supply from climate change with the region's main water supply or is proposing now raising groundwater charges on cities and private water retailers. and this could add up to about $8.78. almost $9 a month for customers in the upcoming year. the final decision will be made in may when valley waters board approves their upcoming budget will see what they decide. elon musk is planning to charge new x users, a small fee, he says to post on that social media site. unclear exactly how much that charge will be or when it will be put in place. but musk says he wants to do this to combat ai bots and spam accounts. he says these new accounts will be able to post for free eventually after 3 months of pain.

>> san francisco fire department is ready. they're showing on a team up with chp and fema and how they can rescue people in the event of a large earthquake using look, canines, they say best way to locate people and rubble. and so a chp helicopter yesterday lowered this canine named barney and his human handler and they loaded them into this disaster zone chest area to showcase their skills. >> it's a real expansion to the capabilities the fire department can utilize to liver our mission to protect the lives of the people of san francisco. and so in this way, where bring our personnel firefighter paramedic morning canning. her search, canine barney and the resources of the california highway patrol's to work together to cops. things we couldn't have done on the road >> the fire department has for canines like this that they can use and tomorrow marks 118 years since the 19 0, 6,

earthquake rocked san francisco will be following up some 41 right now. and still ahead on the kron 4 morning news. it's 100 days now till the summer games. we're going to take a look at how organizers and athletes are preparing. >> tesla slashes the price of its self driving software subscriptions or go at this car. take us on a spin. >> i'm rich demuro. that's >> i'm rich demuro. that's coming up in tech. smart.

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rich demuro tries it out in today's tech smart. tesla has slashed the price of its self-driving software, used to cost $200 a month is now under 100 a month. >> we decided to do the upgrade to see how performers. who stops in the middle of it are like that. tesla's self-driving software. that's the company has long promoted the ability of its vista drive themselves. now they're making the software more accessible by lowering the price. >> owners can subscribe for $100 a month. he used to cost 200. you can upgrade right from the app. the blue lets us know that we are now in full. auto drive. tesla calls it full self-driving supervised. now i'm going to keep my hands pretty close to the wheel here. the car can follow your navigation route, change lanes make turns and even park itself. we are pulling holding pretty this reminds me a lot

of cruise control. it feels easier. and in fact, i think that car can change lanes in some ways better than i can. my experience. it works, but it's erratic and often unpredictable. tesla says it does not make your car autonomous vehicles on the blinker. put on the and we are now taking the exit. the car remind you to touch the wheel every so often and uses the in cabin camera to make sure you're paying attention. they claim it's not a self-driving and therefore they're not subject to the self-driving car regulations so they pretty much do what they want to no doubt is an outspoken critic of tesla's self-driving technology. be like a hawk. you know, it's going to try to kill you. you know, it's going to try to crash into parked car, crossed the yellow line or whatever. but what's happening here, bottom line, you're either in full control of the car or you're not. this in between state can feel even more stressful. it's still pretty wild what this car can do on its own. tesla is definitely pushing the boundaries here. but when it works, it's an incredible feat

of engineering and software. >> but it still seems that there's a lot of work to be done to make this more reliable and safe or i'm rich demuro and you are tech smart. >> to me the best part of using self drives. i could never do something else. you know, you can't right now. so because you said you're been trying it out and it can see when you're not paying attention the camera or knows when you're not looking straight ahead and it will prompt you with all alert, pay attention. and if you violate and break that rule enough you know what you're abusing that. so drugs no longer available to for the duration of this trial. will james check it out for the next month. so we'll see how has better driver than maybe i wasn't as liz? yes, we've got john in the weather center where it is wonderful driving weather out there with the top down that is yes, very much. so that kind of yeah. >> very good to be getting out there today. may be taking that drive up and down the coastline. not a lot of wind out there at the bay bridge. you can see just a calm, clear morning. not really talking any fog either. now we're going to be holding on to

clear skies through this forecast. a high pressure ridge is in place and that is going to keep us dry. not just for a couple of days like last week, but we're going to stay that way into the upcoming weekend. long range models are pointing towards the end of april really being our next chance of any sort of disruption to this dry and comfortable. trent, we will see a few clouds here and there both today and tomorrow. but regardless, both will be the warmest days of this week's forecast with a few of us rising into the low 80's for some of our inland spots, 60's and 70's for san francisco today. a little bit warmer than yesterday. also reaching a low 70 in half moon bay ritht there along the coastline, 70's to even some low 80's for the rest of us. south bay will be our warmest set of numbers with santa clara and milpitas to 80 degrees. san jose and campbell, 81 while the east bay looking at temperatures in the mid to upper 70's walnut creek, conquer danville, kudos to 80 degree mark today. well, spots like oakland staying in the mid 70's at 75 a look ahead. shows tomorrow. just as

warm as i mentioned, a little cooler towards the start of the weekend. that's ok, some 60's to 70's will still be very nice. next week looks pretty steady as well right now. all right, john, thank you for that. they did alert for bart now they are making stops. >> at bayfair earlier said they were not making stops because of some police activity. well, that's all handled now to make a normal stops at bay fear bay bridge. we've been tracking a minor traffic collision right about the toll plazas drive times. not really gone up. they were at 18 minutes. there were 22 looks like they're almost close again. that off the bridge. 24 min right center to bridgeville traffic hazards. there. earlier accident along 80. that was at gilman in berkeley. that's clear. drive times residual delays are not. 43 minute ride rocking out towards the maze. bowl ad might be a good alternate for you. there. 40 min, right, antioch, into conquered and checking on. 24 just short of 70 minutes, bonnet creek down to 5.80, arias is back to you. thanks a lot, ryan, 7.49, and the oakland ballers are hopeful because the city of

oakland, the council is considering a plan to renovate spending 1.6 million dollars raimondi park for the ballers 2024 spring season. the ball want the park to be a central hub for the community. outdoor activities of events. the city council's final decision is april 30th and that ballers first home game is set for june 4th. and oakland is honoring some other kind dollars. the oakland high school girls in the oakland tech high school boys teams for the basketball teams because they won the a c i f state championships for basketball. the alameda county board of supervisors recognize their hard work with an official proclamation. those basketball teams won their respective state championships and barge. congratulations. >> well, 7.50, is the time. and today marks a big milestone in the journey to paris 100 days now to the start of the 2024 summer olympics. marielena balouris

said takes a look at how the athletes and organizers are preparing. >> it's a big day here in new york city at the team, usa media summit, athletes and organizers say they're really excited, but there's still work to be done. >> the olympic torch is officially lit. the relay is under way and we are now 100 days until the paris olympics. u.s. athletes are ready for their shot at olympic glory. i'm really excited for being in the olympic and seeing what the city is like. big things happening there. officials with the u.s. olympic and paralympic committee say they are ready to take hundreds of athletes to the city of light. they've created a training center for olympic and paralympic athletes to use while they're going paris. we have a high performance enter at a world class facility called >> where we are essentially transport are developing. come from a training center in colorado springs to paris. this will be the first olympics with family and friends in the stands since the winter olympics in south korea in 2018. a welcome change for all involved.

>> you're you're, you know, i got the silver medal just because the fans were there. you know it was the final big moment. and then you hear crickets, a cowboy. and over here. but more people means more security challenges. something organizers are aware of and thinking about and working closely front security. >> the organizing committee, the state department, especially diplomatic security and ensuring that we have a comprehensive security plan in place for team usa. this will also be the first games in south korea without covid testing for athletes. >> it's a relief but keeping athletes healthy, especially when it comes to their mental health is a top priority. all of our psychological services providers are duly certified and mental health and sport psychology. and we have a ton of other resources that we provide to team usa athletes to keep them both physically. >> and mentally healthy. >> organizers say there are about 800 athletes who represent team usa at the olympics and paralympics. but

so far, only about 15% of them have been named. we'll keep you posted as they qualify in new york. i may be a lot of doors. >> i'll at 7.52. coming up in the next hour. the kron 4 morning news. we're going to tell you which california city is a favorite for hungry mosquitoes. we'll be back with that in a moment. norman, bad news... i never graduated from med school. what? but the good news is... xfinity mobile just got even better! now, you can automatically connect to wifi speeds up to a gig on the go. plus, buy one unlimited line and get one free for a year. i gotta get this deal... that's like $20 a month per unlimited line... i don't want to miss that. that's amazing doc. mobile savings are calling. visit xfinitymobile.com to learn more.

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>> 75 right now and east bay rapper and philanthropist mistah fab is helping give back to the community with a new program that he just started last year. he opened up about his struggle with anxiety and that led to the creation of thugs therapy.

this is for black men to share their mental health stories, thugs stance for teaching helping uniting and guiding and his goal is to create a safe space for men to express themselves without feeling like they're weak or being judged. >> i don't want people to just think that this is just on the black people can come. this is open up tall man of all walks of life. our our need to be convivial was something that should be put on the forefront. that is something that as needed for a person to be happy and to be expressive and to have the temerity encouraged to want to be happy. the group meets. if you're interested every other wednesday in downtown oakland, california ballroom. >> it's 75 right and can now is your chance to get tickets to see comedian actor kevin hart. he's got a new stand-up comedy tour and it's called acting my age. there's a show in oakland and it is in a pretty intimate environment. it is going to be at the paramount theater. so that's in oakland. the show is friday, october 25th, but the

tickets start on sale at 10 o'clock today. >> you know the good. alright 7.56. is the time coming up in the next hour of the kron. 4 morning news. those pro-palestinian protesters that took over the golden gate bridge. >> well, they're not facing charges yet. we'll explain. plus, a former youth pastor in san jose now charged with crimes against children have that full story and leaders behind the effort to recall alameda county district attorney pamela they have enough signatures to move the whole process forward.

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>> from the area's local news station, you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at >> good morning. a lot of stories on tap for you this morning, including a former youth pastor in san jose was now charged with crimes against children and then in the east bay, alameda county district attorney pamela price speaking out now that the recall effort against her is moving forward and we've moved on from the protest at the golden gate bridge that shut down the bridge on monday. but >> so far, no charges against the protesters will see wine. good morning. i'm daria and i'm james and we'll get those stories in a moment. but first, a great shot here. the golden gate bridge from our sutro tower camera have very clear out there and more sunshine on the way high. yep, nt of it, no shortage of it. in fact, today is going to be a bit warmer than it was yesterday across the bay area. >> got the sunshine full force out there epo and a look from above shows you all that sunshine we're seeing as well from mount tam into the