morning news, a dozen protesters arrested after taking over a building near people's park in berkeley. the man convicted of attacking paul pelosi with a hammer is set to be sentenced this morning. we're live at the courthouse and oakland's mayor says the city is making progress curbing crime. >> from the area's local news station, you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at 7. good morning and thanks for waking up with us on a friday. we're almost as i'm daria and i'm james. yeah, we've got a great looking forecast for today. the weekend looks fantastic to a new way of the bay to breakers race on sunday. a lot going outdoor stuff. john has going to yeah, it's looking good for it. we've got the cool jogging. whether that i know our bay to breakers runners generally enjoyed. you can see outside

behind me has set skies to have some peeks of sunshine this morning. >> that is something we'll see throughout the weekend. a little bit of fog during morning's sun during the afternoon. >> this is your view in san jose. also a little bit of cloud cover overhead clouds today are sitting a little bit higher aloft. that means no visibility issues, winds just as present as yesterday and all from the west. so that's pushing on into the delta to our inland valleys, keeping things moderated. so nothing too terribly hot this weekend, either temperatures in the 40's to 50's currently fairfield in pittsburgh. 54 berkeley and san francisco. 52 later today. right back to those 60's and 70's. not a lot of 80's and today's forecast. so even a little cooler than yesterday was right now. all right, john, thank you for that are out of covering from a few issues we have in the last hour. >> now off to even better start. a 13 minute ride traveling into the city. you don't see any major traffic building at the toll plaza. last hour we have a traffic accident or incident along

eastbound side of the san mateo bridge that slows down on both sides of the bridge. they got that cleared. now we're down to 15 minutes, a 80 to one on good things which was ever feel bridge. 12 minutes tolls to waddle and the golden gate bridge. 37 of the tolls 20 minutes. all right. as back to you, thank you. reyna 71. and today the man who attacked paul pelosi with a hammer. >> at his home in san francisco is going to be sentenced. david de pap could face up to 50 years in prison for us will tran following the story for us out of the federal courthouse. >> in san francisco will. >> james, it will happen in 3 hours from now. a federal judge will decide how much time he will spend behind bars. prosecutors are asking 40 years. you mentioned 50 years. they're looking for 40 years. >> of that saying during during the trial of david de pap showed no remorse about it, that he actually took the stand and he bragged about the attack. now, let me show you the video. this all went down about 17 months ago back on

october, 28th 2022. when david de pap went to the pelosi home in san francisco, looking for then speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, he wanted to talk to nancy pelosi and even said that is she lied to him. he would break her kneecaps. but instead paul pelosi was the one at home. he woke up seeing pap in front of him at his dad. now he called the police department body camera footage shows that when the police officers arrived at the door, pap and pelosi were at the front door according to prosecutors. that's when pap realize that his plan unraveled and that's when he attacked paul pelosi 3 times hitting him on the head with a hammer. paul pelosi suffered a fractured skull, woke up in a pool of his own blood and still recovering from his injuries. he was ultimately convicted last year of attempted kidnapping of a

federal official and an assault on immediate member of a federal official and the maximum sentence for that 50 years. as you mentioned, they're looking for 10 fewer years for that. now, i can tell you this is just one part of his problem. tip app also faces trial is yet to begin in the state courts. and after that, immigration officials also want him as well because he's actually a canadian resident in the united states in 2008 on a six-month visa and he overstayed his visa. so at the time of the attack, he never should have been in the country in the first place. we will be in court when the sentencing be ken's. and we will try to tell you before the end of our 10 o'clock newscast, how much time he will spend federal prison. back to okay. we'll go back to you later. thanks a lot. we'll. >> it is 704. and in the east bay, a multi-vehicle crash killed at least one person early this morning. chp says this crash happened on eastbound 5.80, right near grand avenue. the off-ramp

there about 12, 20 in the morning. one of the cars overturned near the center divide. police did not release any details yet of the person who died. but we do all lanes of that highway eastbound at the exit. their grand were closed due to the crash. >> the chp and they were is looking for a driver who struck and killed a man on wednesday night near 80 lewelling boulevard west of embers. way. the driver took off. police are looking for the vehicle. we don't have a description at this point. the car that want to find. all right. another big story that we're following this morning. pro palestinian demonstrators may now be facing a number of new charges. that's they were arrested last night. >> for occupying a vacant building at uc berkeley. well, which berkeley owns kron four's. dan thorn has details. >> pro-palestinian protesters facing off with a large number of police outside of the and ahead building near uc

berkeley. officers had just cleared out another group of protesters who are occupying the abandoned space thursday night. at least a dozen of those people were taken away in handcuffs. they're now possibly facing charges of vandalism, trespassing and destruction of property. just a day earlier, police had called the takeover of the vacant building a crime scene. beyond the police barriers, people chanted to free palestine, a recent graduate of uc berkeley says he's all for the protests but was not fully on board with this occupation. i mixed opinions about this, but i'm proposing, you know, i think they're doing a good, good work here, michael. the investments mission they have going at one point, protesters did get close with officers trying to move the perimeter back, but it did not escalate from there. that was dan thorn reporting. >> now, as we said, this is near the campus. this not the sproul hall occupation that

happen for about 3 weeks. the university made deal with those protesters and they cleared that out its they say that these other protesters, there are different groups. they're not connected. >> in the north bay at sonoma state, students and faculty now sorting things out after the university's president went rogue and made a deal with protesters without checking first with his bosses. now been placed on administrative leave. the chancellor of the csu system says its president, mike lee's agreement was made without the appropriate approvals. that agreement included an academic boycott of israeli universities and some of the students. we spoke with their at sonoma state support. the president's agreement. they think his punishment is unfair. >> i support the president and on the green months against genocide. kind of crazy. how a statement about lake ending genocide is like. crazy, crazy thing that has put someone on leave.

>> well, student activist groups said the agreement played out in a three-page letter was a win for them. but it's clearly controversial and some see it as anti-semitic. >> the nature of the program being in southwest asia, north african studies was made without consulting with subject matter. experts in the middle east of whom i consider myself. one of them is done a really good job up until now as president. i think that he did not handle this this situation. well, but i personally would hope you'd be given another chance. >> it's unclear how long president lee will be on leave. graduation is scheduled for tomorrow at 707. and the university of california is now responding. >> to uc workers who voted to authorize a strike. the union says those workers voted to strike because they believe that the campuses mishandled the demonstrations that happened on various campuses. specifically this protest at ucla. they've been like what happened there, melissa mattel, the associate vice president of the statewide labor relations for the university of california, says that this strike the employees

is illegal. she says, quote, uaw decision to strike over non labor issues violates the no strike clause of their contracts with uc and sets a dangerous and far-reaching precedent that social political and cultural issues no matter how valid are now that are not labor related can support a labor strike. it's 708, right now. and oakland's mayor is talking with kron 4 about how she says her city is continuing to fight crime. yes, and making some progress. also gave us an update on the struggle with dealing with the problem of homelessness. >> kron catherine heenan explains. >> people are accepting housing. the mayor talked about the fact that in the latest count, homelessness grew by 9% in oakland. those numbers released just this week, but at least the rate is slowing down. 9% does not sound as drastic. when you consider the city's homeless population grew. 47% from 2017 to 2019. and 24% between 2019

and and so this 9% increase is actually a significant success shows that we are, you know, closing some of these >> homelessness issues. of course, there's still so much to be done. i we can walk out the streets still see encampments. and so that's our job is never done until everyone is brought inside in our streets. a and clear of encampments. >> she says oakland is working on making modular housing permanent and that federal housing help is coming in forms that are easier to when i advocate at the federal level for a voucher ys, we're advocating for playspace voucher so that it's easier for people to redo bc the section 8 vouchers that they don't have to go and find it. >> a land where that would take it that it's attached to housing units. as for the improved crime numbers recently released one number not being celebrated is the

fact that residential robbery is up 110%. >> that translates to 42 home robberies so far this year compared to 20 in the same period last year. >> you know, i know that it's like it's it sounds scary. when you say 110% increase. but mind you, you know, you come from already a very small amount of numbers for you today. and, you know, and the you know, tick in certain state, a certain categories. we're hyper focus on those categories. catherine heenan kron, 4 news. >> 7.10, right now. and still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news, there is some pushback from san francisco leaders after the mayor asked them to raise money for the zoo to house those new pandas that was supposed to be getting from china. we'll see what this controversy is about. and we're going hear from a loyal and creative bay to breakers runner as he is getting ready. >> to participate in the 50th race for him this weekend. >> how to check if your password and other personal

information has been breached. plus, tips to protect your online accounts. i'm rich demuro. that's coming up in rich on tech. >> and we're in a holding pattern here in the bay into the weekend. but the sierra does have a few changes today. and tomorrow at lake tahoe, expect 70's by monday, only upper 50's. so little bit of a upper 50's. so little bit of a cool down in the mountains

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>> 7.13 right now we're talking how great the weather is. chef and just, you know, hold on your hat. if you're by the coast. a little breezy still. good morning job yet. definitely still breezy. so hold on to those hats for sure. hold on to those jackets during your morning says it's also a little cool and cloudy.

you're seeing that over san francisco right now here at the embarcadero. pretty much business as usual. little bit of morning gray followed by what will be some afternoon sunshine for pretty much everyone. but the immediate coastline, high pressure ridge still sitting out there to the west. it's not built up directly overhead. so that impact of high pressure warming things up is not immediately felt for us, but it is sending the jet to the north and that is contributing to our dry forecast. so mild, dry and steady. that's the way we'll continue to go this weekend. little bit of fog towards the coast this afternoon. sunshine elsewhere. another push of that westerly breeze pushing inland that fog and cool gray into tomorrow morning having that moderating effect on temps all the way through the weekend. now, today's daytime highs will remain cool in the city for bay to breakers on sunday. that is going to feel so good. good, jogging weather. well, temperatures elsewhere in the 60's to 70's hardly even in 80 in today's forecast, which does make today just a little cooler than yesterday, south

bay solid the upper 70's same for the tri valley. while oakland up the richmond in the 60's. only 2, though, 80's. and that's an antioch and vacaville at 81 80 degrees today. looking ahead tomorrow through monday will keep this trend of 70's inland and by the bay shore. after that, a 80 degree day on tuesday. then right back to the upper 70's. we go, right. all right, john, thank you for that. let's get a lot of friday here. things are looking really nice is just starting out. >> w hat into the city this morning. the meter lights are on. that's really the only thing slowing you down. thankfully not seen any other accidents are hazards on our bridges. 15 minutes on the mateo bridge traveling on the south bay. look at all that green. 34 minutes. 85 to menlo park 2.80, to 37 17. you make a great time. a t over the east bay is a little slow start to slow down. as soon as you gets a berkeley there all the way into oakland about 21 crockett out towards the maze and that way for starting a

bill just passed pittsburgh a 30 minute ride as a traveling to 42 darya. james, back to you. >> 7.16 right now and happening now. highway one in big sur is reopening a part of the highway collapse member that late march because >> there was all that witness from the winter storms. and you can see the road just gave way there. this was about a half mile north of the famous, big, see bixby bridge. look at that shot taken out. well, they got it all fixed up. my gosh, they've got that half of at. well, okay. least you can drive. yeah. one way traffic control. >> it is better than 0 access and constructing a permanent repair. they have to like it's in the design phase right now. they're hoping finish an install the permanent fix there by next year. and i would build like part of that clip. it's a pretty big but we need that roadside. yeah, not for just locally, but tourism twos.

>> okay. it's 7.17. is the time and we want right now. talk about donations here at 7.17. we've actually we've got jane king standing by live at the nasdaq with a check of the markets this morning. and some news for your money. jane, good morning. >> yes, good morning. set. the house passed the transparency in charges for key events, ticketing act mouthful. but this is an effort to increase price. transparency for consumers are buying concert sports tickets. things like that. this would require sellers list. the total cost of the tickets, including fees. and it's also one of several recent efforts to curb unfair practices in the ticketing industry. so now that the house passed, it does go to the senate. well, the clock is ticking for americans to file tax refunds for 2020 has been may 17th deadline is here. about 1 million people failed to file that you're leaving refunds collectively worth more than 1 billion sitting with the the median refund, the 2020 its $932 with california along with texas,

florida and new york leading the states that have the largest number of taxpayers that are eligible for this money. more accessibility features are coming to apple's software. one feature uses the front-facing camera to let people with physical disabilities more easily navigate through ios and the ipad with eye tracking. and there's another accessible future. cold music haptics which lets those who are deaf or hard of hearing experience music on their iphone by producing vibrations when using apple music. these options are likely to debut on the new operating systems later this year. and mcdonalds is introducing new grandma. mcflurry has a to to grandma's. mcdonald's says the new mcflurry a suite like grandma has a delicious syrup and topped crunchy candy pieces all in ice cream, vanilla soft-serve ice cream live from the nasdaq market site. i'm jane king. back to all right, jane, thank you very much. >> well, a new area code is coming to northern california. it will help the 5, 3, 0, area

code. it's one of the largest area codes in california stretches from the edge of the bay area all the way up to the oregon border. >> and they've just been giving up too many numbers. so the public utilities commission announced yesterday that starting in january of next year, people who receive a new number in that part of the state will be given an 8, 3, 7 area code. that decision comes after they've had a high demand. now for new phone numbers in that part of the state. >> 7.19, right now on scene missionary baptist church wants your help. they've helped the community for a long time. you can see that a fire and they are a designated landmark in oakland. they've been helping the community since the 19 0, 6, earthquake. and now the church in west oakland needs donations because they want to repair some of this historical building that was damaged in that fire. and for more information about how you can help go to our website kron. 4 dot com. >> alright, 71 is the time and website is aiming to help people find out if the year if their information was ever involved in a data breach. let's get the skinny on it from are tech smart expert rich demuro.

>> another day, another data breach. here's a letter att recently sent to customers saying their information was released on the dark web. so when we say things like it saying you cannot be removed from the 18 t data breach because tens of thousands of people have it now because it's published only is that easily downloadable planning. troy hunt runs a website called have i been it's a way to check if your personal information and passwords have been exposed. as of tonight is 767,000 bridges in including leaks from facebook. adobe, linkedin, dropbox and more. problem is when your password is exposed in a breach, hackers try to use it to log into other websites. mask order might add. it's time really, really volumes and suddenly because used to pass cross someone's now into social media council, whatever else it might be, we've few

freeze as pensions, which is why it's so important to use a password manager to create strong, unique passwords for every site. so you never get to remember 100 plus pass puts so that you make. so what most people do is to i like my dog and i went to university and this year. so they fall is not possible use everyone. there is a password alternative called pass keys where your phone approves loggins. but this can be confusing, especially sinking across various devices. and we're trying sort of dragged people from something very familiar. nice views through to something that's much more secure china hunt believes it's just a matter of time before the next breach that i think we're judging companies look by the that a data breach and more about have handled it. and if your information is already out there, there's not much you can do to pull it back. services that claim to remove your personal information online. typically only deal with sites like people finders and data brokers. so my concern is they well intentioned they do a good job of taking you out of

the least dangerous places. but they come take you out of the west places. if your info is on the dark web, it's usually there for good, which is why prevention is key. if you want to link to the website, have i've been poned. you can find it on mine. just go to rich on tech dot tv. >> that's rich on tech. i'm rich demuro. all right. thank you, rich. coming up on the kron 4 morning news lawmakers have decided the fate of more than 1000 bills will tell you than 1000 bills will tell you which ones made the cut.

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>> we're back at 7.25. and if you hire these 3 men for roofing work over the last year, you might have been scammed. san mateo police are looking for possible victims of these 3. >> they say the group posed as contract workers and overcharged elderly residents for unfinished and likely and necessary work. police say the suspects used at least 2 different names for their companies. at one point they went by statewide roofing and siding. they also advertise themselves as roofing and masonry. the first reported scam happened in november of last year. the most recent one, was just this past. may all 3 men have been put down to the san mateo county jail. pickleball and tennis players in san francisco might soon have to pay a find fee $5 to reserve some courts in the city. park officials voted wednesday night to require that fee when people make an online reservation at 28 of the 55 courts that they have available. you can find a full list of those courts on our website at kron 4 dot com. the fee plan will go before the city's board of supervisors

for a final vote. and what you know, what they decide. >> for your health, california has launched a new way that you can get mental health in real time. here's the website. it allows you to connect with crisis services, counseling, treatment and real-time support. it's mental health dot ca dot gov. and it's meant to be a one-stop shop for anybody who needs mental behavioral health services from children to older adults. and it also gives you information about proposition one, which will increase the number of mental health and addiction facilities statewide. deaths from drug overdoses in the u.s. has dropped for the first time in 5 years. the cdc says that their preliminary data shows about 107,000 overdose deaths happened in 2023 and that's about 3% down from the year before the final numbers will reflect this to the day. maybe just a little bit off from that prescription. prescription painkillers used

to be the number one reason the driving force of overdose deaths. but then that switch to heroin. and now it's fentanyl. it's 7.27. coming up on the kron. 4 morning news. a woman is found dead in her home in the north bay. >> police think her son killed >> police think her son killed her. we'll tell you why. it's time to get away and cache in, at cache creek casino resort, to rock and to roll. to go all out or... go all in. with four stars and rising stars, northern california's premier casino resort is the perfect place... ...to do as much -or as little- as you want. make your get away now and cache in at cache creek casino resort.

>> it's 7.29. and we're checking out the weather on friday heading into the weekend when a lot of people have outdoor for sure. we've got john with a look at the forecast. good morning, john. yet we're looking at a good weekend to get outside. enjoy a little bit of time, especially during your afternoons under the sunshine that we will see consistently mornings, though, kind gray

like we have been seeing and we are going to be looking at a day today that is bringing a few more of those green mornings. let's take a look at where we're sitting above the east bay hills currently. and as you can see from the berkeley hills camera in a second here, anyways, that we are looking at a little bit of cloud cover overhead. now temperatures are going to rise very slowly under this low gray that we are seeing across the region, winds from the coastline, from the west pushing on into the bay area around 15 miles per hour. not quite as breezy as yesterday was 50's for current temperatures before an afternoon generally spent in the 70's alameda in redwood city at 55 while oakland in dublin at 54 right now. later today, little cooler than yesterday. less 80's on the map. in fact, hardly any of us actually even getting up to the 80's later on right now. all right, john, thank you for that. friday. light is always my favorite time of the week. >> we do have a whole lot of congestion out there. we started off with a few issues last hour, but now we look good bay bridge. 15 minutes. you can see traffic no longer

building at the toll plaza. the lights are still on, though. not seen a lot of traffic there. 40 minutes on the 7 0, 8, 81 a one on the east bay in the peninsula side both moving along nicely 14 minutes long. richness arif elbridge in golden gate bridge just short of 24 minutes. all james, back to you. thanks. a lot green. it's 7.31, in north bay community is shaken up because police found a woman's body while they did a welfare check on our home in rio vista. investigators at this point believe the woman's son >> is responsible for her death where shout with the story. >> there was tension between the mom and the son. he was living here for 2 months. he was emotionally. >> stable, worried neighbors on birch ridge drive in the trilogy. retirement community called rio vista. police said they hadn't seen her in a while after their 78 year-old neighbor hadn't been seen for several days. there was a conflict. something was boiling there and it.

>> when you know a boiled over cops got the call requesting to check on the elderly woman yesterday evening. they were met at the door by the woman's 57 year-old son when additional officers arrived. he tried to stop them from. >> checking the residence to check the welfare of that's when altercation ensued to try to move to physically block them from getting to doorway. officers conducted sweep of residents founder deceiving. >> she was a very nice lady. rhea vista. police ended up arresting the sun on suspicion of homicide. he's identified as jeffrey 8. nick seen here on the megan's law website. he is a convicted offender. in my experience as a veteran law enforcement officer. >> normal people do not kill their mothers. it's a very mitch. violent crime. it's it's one of the, you know, still one of the worst murders you can do the killing of of a

parent or child. there are many unanswered questions as to why and how this happened. but chief john maser says the investigation is active and under way. >> he commended the victims, neighbors for getting involved and contacting them. this came to light because we had some concern. neighbors. >> those neighbors called us to investigate and had they not done that, this could have potentially gone completely undetected. things may have transpire. where would have been almost impossible for us to know what happened. i'm not afraid to to step up fun. see what needs to be done. you know, there's no harm. asking for help. you either get it. and something works out. are there's a good result? you know, either either way and have something have to be to

growing niche. attics kron, 4 news. >> well, in the east bay, one person has died after a triple shooting in richmond. it happened on may. 11th and pullman avenue right near carlson boulevard. richmond police said they had reports of a shooting and when they responded, they found 3 people at the scene. one died. no word on the condition of the other victims. but police are now looking for suspects. >> 31 year-old lay threat man, a suspected of assaulting his girlfriend last month in san leandro has now been charged. this happened on april 19th on hosley avenue in san leandro. police found her with injuries to her face and she told the police that he held her against her will and also sexually assaulted her. he was arrested by undercover detectives in fremont and they say he confessed during an interview. now he will face charges >> well, a man who was hit and killed by suspected drunk driver in fremont earlier this

month has been identified. he was identified as 26 year-old tony la of oakland. he was hit and killed on may 3rd on fremont boulevard. the driver who hit him was from sunnyvale. that person ended crashing into a traffic pole and arrested for suspected dui. the victim's family has put together a gofundme campaign to cover funeral costs. he leaves behind his pregnant wife and 3 children. this is the first traffic fatality in fremont this year. >> time now 7.35. and we now know the identity of the man who was killed while riding an e-bike in hayward. it was 22 year-old say rahm dollop, holly, he's from hayward and he was writing in the e-bike on may 8th near mission boulevard when he was struck by a vehicle and taken to the hospital. he ended up passing away 2 days later, he was a graduate student from india who was pursuing his master's degree in computer science at cal state east bay. this is the 4th fatal collision in hayward this year. it's 7.36,

cent. people used to work at an oakland hotel are going rally today. get this. they're demanding they get their pay, that they are last october. the radisson hotel a was found to have committed wage theft against more than 120 workers and found to have been withholding $400,000. the oakland apartment of workplace, an employment standards ordered the hotel to compensate the employees. but the workers say they haven't seen a dime yet. they're going to be rallying at the radisson hotel, oakland airport on any sav, a new and at 1 o'clock this afternoon. >> well, at least one san francisco city supervisor is pushing back on those plans to bring giant pandas to the city this week supervisors discussed how they were going to pay for the care and transportation of those animals. mayor london breed previously asked the group to pass a resolution that would allow various city departments to start raising money from private entities. but supervisor and candidate for mayor joseph aiea argue that

the money going towards animals is less useful than funding programs that would help youth and the unhoused. >> so this is about prioritizing our future. this is about prioritizing our children over pandas. and if we can rally to fund a home for pandas, we certainly can rally to raise money for essential programs that impact every single corner of this city. >> hope and a fundraising efforts wouldn't begin until at least mid-june at the earliest. there's still no timeline on when those pandas would arrive in san francisco. >> for the so those are the stuff out. they can raise my everybody state lawmakers are trying to figure out with pieces of legislation move on right now and which ones are going to die. yeah. let's get the latest on where things stand with capitol correspondent eytan wallace. >> well, just take a look at all of these pages featuring a list of bill after bill after bill that got taken up. as you can imagine, lawmakers whose bills made it through say they're relieved while others, his bills faced a different outcome, say they're disappointed. haha.

environmental advocates making their voices heard outside the state capitol urging support for a package of bills they believe will help california phase out fossil fuels. >> all of it taking place on what's known as suspense day on this day, the assembly and senate appropriations committees considered 1009 bills that could have fiscal impacts on the state. specifically their piece of legislation that would require the state to spend at least $50,000 from the general fund or $150,000 from another special fund. all the more significant this year as the state faces with the governor believes is a 27.0. 6 billion dollar deficit do pass among the bills that advanced ab 27 16 by some one member isaac bryant. the proposal would impose a $10,000 daily fine against oil wells if they're near communities and producing less than 15 barrels per day. but i talked to the oil industry, don't often do about

the stripper wells. they told me the environmental impact is the same furlough producing wells and high producing wells. >> so why are we allowing these low producing wells to even exist? another proposal his to enshrine into the california constitution, the right to clean air and water. also advanced on the republican side, a bill by bakersfield senator shannon grove to classify the solicitation of a child for is a felony. >> made it through as well. and while more than 60% of bills did make it through, many did not among the killed bills. one that would have created a medicare for all types system in callfornia. another that would have required an employer to provide employees with the right to disconnect after work and one that would have limited fixed utility bill charges to reparations bills by senator steven bradford calling for housing in property tax assistance for descendants of black enslaved americans also failed. always your reaction. i disappointment, property

ownership. that's how we build generational wealth in this country african-americans have been denied. >> ownership to redlining restrictive covenants. it's just a challenging budget time. and so we need to be responsible, responsible taxpayers money. so that's why we had to make some tough calls today. >> and as for the bills that did advance, now they move from their house of origin to the other house, only with the approval there. can they make it to the governor's desk reporting at the state capitol, a tonn wallace kron. 4 news it some 40. and if you live in martinez, you might see some flaring this month because the martinez refining comfrey. >> they're finishing a major maintenance project late last month. the martinez refinery company began restarting equipment to make sure they're processing units were in good shape. and they say that the flares are essential part of the system to safely manage excess combustible gases while burning them off. they are hoping to minimize and prevent any flaring during this process. but they want to warn you they will be doing that

this month. more than 70 billion dollars has gone into upgrading equipment. has more. electric vehicles are hitting the roads in california. less gas tax revenue is coming in and that means there's less money to repair our roads. so now state officials are looking ways to fill that gap and one thing they're trying to do is recruit about 800 drivers to take part in a 6 month study it. and in this, if you choose to do it, you'd be required to pay road charges every month based on the number of miles that you drive. and the state then would pay you if you're in the study about $400 in gift cards. officials are saying that this will also you get a gas tax refund at the end of the study. if you do it, you can sign up. if you're interested to read more about it at sea. a road charge dot com and the program is starting next year. all right. coming up on the kron, 4 morning news students from the peninsula got the opportunity

take a trip to oakland airport. even boarded of simulated flight to hawaii. we'll tell you why. >> and we are looking at a cool day today. temperatures actually a little bit cooler than yesterday this afternoon only rising into the 70's for most of us. >> antioch, you're starting the day at 58. you'll be one the day at 58. you'll be one of our few low 80's later on owo network for business.

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peter breakers on sunday in good, jogging weather for it. kind of like that. cool, though. one negative for it is the wind pushing out of the west. so we're going to face in the head wind for a lot of joggers out there. but otherwise that little bit of gray that we have during the mornings. that doesn't hurt during a morning run. even if it's just around your neighborhood radar shows you that we do have some gray skies overhead. we had some mist this morning, a little bit of drizzle at the coastline. no rainfall pushing through, though. and this forecast and no heat wave ahead of us either. it's consistently warm but not too warm inland. actually a little bit below average. as far as temperatures go. and that's partly because of this westerly wind moderating temperatures for the region. we will see fog at the coast sunshine elsewhere today. tomorrow morning, another dose of fog to start the morning. some mid morning clearing. it would be much the same on sunday for bay to breakers itself. today's daytime highs will be in the 50's to 60's for san francisco 50's and 60's at the coastline as well. and then 60's to 70's for

almost everyone else. only 2 spots actually reaching the low 80's this afternoon. it's not the south bay. you've officially dived into the 70's today after your past few days of 80's livermore down to 78 degrees. well, oakland and richmond holding on to those 60's. it's an can vacaville barely in the low 80's. still a big drop in temperatures from where you were a few days ago. now, tomorrow through monday continues. this trend of upper 70's inland low 70's along the bay shore cooler temps at the coast next week. not a lot of changes either. so this is a steady forecast all the way through rania. all right, tom, thank you for that. we'll check out camera. we are starting a westbound. >> at powell street, you can see we have a little hard time buffer in there. so was started a bridge traveling into the city this morning. traffic is looking really good for most of the morning. we started off a few issues here and there. but right now you're making good times. good time hit the road. 15 minutes along the bay bridge. just a 15 along richmond center fell bridge. so that's gone up just

a little bit that good about 10 minutes. last time we checked in there. right, aloha. before any action to conquer. if you're hopping on that play for wannacry down to 5.80, a little slowing just as you're getting oakland bright passer. if you are going to be little on the south bay. 38 minute ride. 85 to menlo park. 2, 80 82 into 37 as you really good time, krakow towards the maze. as soon as you hit richmond, he start to slow and you do really catch a break until you hit oakland again. a 24 minute ride crockett down towards the maze. all right. james, back to you. thanks. a lot 7.47. and we're all talking about fun stuff. we want to do this summer. a lot of people plan to travel. in fact, tsa thinks it's going to be. >> one of the busiest the busiest summer that they've seen. absolutely, which means packed airports and so. >> for that reason, students on the peninsula got special students on peninsula. got a trip to oakland airport where they learned how to go through the process of going through

an airport boarding a flight kron four's philippe to call. explain. >> a simulated flight to hawaii for students from over bay middle school in san carlos. thursday starts like it does for all of us who fly the tsa security screening at san francisco bay oakland international airport. ask questions before boarding southwest airlines captain sean welsh explains with the kids with special needs should expect on reassuring them. they are in good hands. don't everyone? the risk is that i do is drive to work. the safest thing i do is actually perform my job at work when ready for that. yet safety on board. flight attendants lay out the itinerary and demonstrate safety protocols in case of an emergency. this into what the students are learning in the classroom, not taking a field trip like this before. >> we're also in science right now for some motion with them focus on flight. >> so really ties in nicely to our curriculum right now. the airplane ever took flight. but

teacher jane morgan says over the kids have been in the air at least once before. they also got a chance to sit in the cockpit some saying they can see themselves piloting one day. we're enjoying a career as a flight attendant 7, our passengers being out and visiting cool cities. know it's like living life like a rock star. basically, you know, you're in a city out of city. >> in a hotel at a hotel, all in all a special day for special kids thinking about their futures as they continue growing the best part about flying doing nothing. >> doing absolutely nothing. what u.s. west watch tv and do all that stuff. sit back, relax and let the pros do the work at san francisco bay, oakland international airport. philippe djegal kron. 4 news. >> it's 7.50, and an oakland woman is charged with felony assault after there was an attack at another one happened at a convenience store on wednesday, a woman named

jessica blasi followed another woman into a store on 23rd street in oakland and starting at tacking her by hitting her with a bag that had a bottle of liquor and it and this was all caught on the surveillance torfaen she was taken to jail and now awaits processing. >> police in san francisco now looking for a man who they say tried to kidnap an 11 year-old boy in the mission. investigators say that boy was walking to a bus stop near 20th and mission street wednesday afternoon when a man driving a van approached him, they say and push the boy into the van with what was able to fight off his kidnapper and run away. they're looking for that man this morning. 7.14, oh, 7.50, right now, a big tradition is happening this weekend. we've been talking about it. it's the bay to breakers. >> such a fun race that happens where people ron. >> jog walk dance, whatever you want. >> closed or not, you could have as a costume or no outfit at all. and there's runner

named pete shaw. he's been doing this since 1975. and he's not gonna miss this one. >> more than ever. it's the people and it's it's a race course itself. it's so fantastic. going through golden gate park and getting down to the beach. it certainly has helped me. had 3 400 new surgeries, the last was in 2006 and a doing pretty well. 5 decades is nothing right >> while. >> and here is just some pictures of him throughout the years started with a group of 6 runners. they started getting bigger and bigger costumes in to look at this. they won best costume in the year 2000 for this get up where they were all dogs this year. his friends are going to join again. they're doing a special reunion. r'm sure they'll have something special to reveal on the run. i was like to watch james. says started off the race for the fish to go in the wrong direction streamers swimming upstream bad.

>> all right. it is 7.52. we're going to take a break. but coming up in the next hour of the kron, 4 morning news and east bay park celebrated its 90th birthday. one of the largest regional park district in the nation tell you which in the nation tell you which one.

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>> 7.54 is the time. and happening today, a new trader joe's is set to open today. hayes valley, the popular grocery chain adds it's 7th location at a san francisco district supervisor. dean preston in a quote, we are thrilled to fill this long vacant space with a grocery store after all these years

and quote, well, the location is on fulton street in his valley. it's been subject to in camp and vandalism over the years. and that's being put to more productive use neighborhood. residents say they are excited to have more options closer to them. store hours will be from 9 in the morning till 09:00pm 7 days a week. and we take as a trader joe's for granted because we have so many of them and everything. and it's awesome. it is a lot of people don't have it around the country that's spreading. >> all right. the iconic giant dipper roller coaster at santa cruz beach boardwalk turns 100 years old today. >> yeah, that wooden roller coaster is now 100 old. i was in the sound more than 66 million people have got married. since it opened way. back in 1924, it was also featured in movies like sudden impact the lost boys and dangerous the boardwalk will have a public ceremony tomorrow morning at 10, 30 and a fireworks show at 9 in the evenings their old-school coasters. they shake more

more. ricky noise, terrifying for me than the modern, you know, metal railroad was honestly are going. take a break. it's 7.56. >> coming up in the next hour of the kron, 4 morning news, the man convicted of attacking paul pelosi is now set to be sentenced this morning. we're live at the courthouse with the details. >> multiple protesters arrested after taking over a building near people's park in berkeley will talk about the new charges they could now face. and a new report shows homelessness in oakland is slowing down with the city's mayor says is helping to fix that.

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>> right now on the kron, 4 morning news, a dozen protesters arrested after taking over a building near people's park in berkeley. the man convicted of attacking paul pelosi with a hammer is set to be sentenced this morning. we're live at the courthouse. and oakland's mayor says the city is making progress when it comes to curbing crime. >> from the area's local news station, you're watching the kron. 4 morning news >> thanks for waking up with us on a friday. i'm darya james waking up to another great start to morning. but understand the sun is going to come out today and into the look. if this is a regular drill, it's pretty good one great starts anita and morning joe and you get the variety exactly that. the gray morning, sir. sunshiny afternoons. never getting too bored with just consistent sunshine. >> it is definitely a comfortable place to land this weekend to most of us will be in