Afternoon and thursday night could even see some small hail as well and snow levels dropping 2 those 3,000 feet for north bay and east bay highest peak, so lets take a look at stormtracker 4 right now very dry conditions light scattered showers off the coast. But the big storm just to our north right now impacting those of you and your rica and its going to make its way into the bay area during the overnight hours so it is going to peak for those of you in the north bay by around sunrise, but for the San Francisco peninsula and east bay its going to impact us during the mid morning commute so we are going to notice heavy rain and gusty wind speeds and those of you in the south bay youre going to get the bulk of the storm impacts by around or noon lunch time hour but take a look at this drying trend already taking place right around noon for those of you in the north bay, so this is going to be a very quick moving storm as it makes its way out of the bay area shifting to the south and east light scattered showers by around 5 oclock in the evening and drying out by our thursday night with drying trend continuing during the overnight hours and even into our friday morning where we slightly warm up as well. Rain totals with this storm very impressive highest amounts for those of you in the north bay live look outside from downtown San Francisco very dry calm conditions right now thick blanket of storm cloud cover over it keeping temperatures on the warmer side tonight compared to last where we have those clear skies widespread upper 40s low 50s still for those of you at Half Moon Bay. But were all going to cool down into the low to mid 40s so not going to be as chilly as it was during the overnight hours and early this morning tomorrows daytime highs the storm is going to leave behind a very cool and dry air mass were going to be about 2 to 5 degrees below average only warming up into the low to mid 50s for most of the bay area and lets take a look ahead at the extended outlook because we are going to notice warmer and drier weather, especially by the 2nd half of the weekend for 49 ers game in santa clara, were actually going to warm up into the mid 60s by around takeoff and dry conditions for those of you so those of you lucky enough to attend the game youre in luck, the light rain returning for Martin Luther king junior for the monday and even into wednesday of next week but dry weather this weekend its looking theresa more from you later thank india. We continue our Team Coverage now in the north bay where the worst of the storm will hit early in the morning, rob fords gayle ong is live in san and sell all tonight with conditions tonight, gayle. Them and ken the calm before the storm no rain very cold this and is expecting an inch of rain tomorrow. Its dry for now another strong storm is setting site in the north bay and beyond the National Weather service anticipating rain wind and high elevation snow thursday. And downtown san anselmo a place with a history of flooding. Michael feldman is showing me just how high the water was at his art gallery in 2005 at the time it was a store while the flood of 2005 drove Business Owners away. Feldman state they decided not to come back. Theyre worried about the flood and i think they experienced a flood before. So they lost a lot of their right after the fly and i was lucky enough to get the gallery. Since then feldman has seen several close calls his gallery sits on top of the creek, which is considered ground 0 marin county acquired for neighboring businesses that also sit on top of the creek, the goal is to remove these buildings to control flooding water rises after excessive runoff from heavy rain last big storm. The Manhole Covers blew up. And water started flooding, the streets. But authorities are always keeping an eye on the creek last year the waters reached 11 feet flood stage is 13 feet. When heavy rain is back in the forecast there is a but you know i think my feelings are its peak that almost gets close, but it doesnt happen. So i dont worry too much and my paintings are easy to move around. Its not like furniture and everything. Ross Valley Fire Department is reminding residents that its a good time to clear the gutters as we and into this storm season and also to just have the batteries in excess for flashlights just in case, but for now i think there are real welfare ferry ship people should be prepared for tomorrow mornings commute. So weve early or live in san anselmo gayle ong kron 4 news all right gail thank you and continuing our coverage pg any is warning customers tonight of unexpected Power Outages because of the unsettled weather which is starting tonight the genies meteorologist says quote had impactful winter storm is on the way were asking customers to have a plan to keep themselves and their family safe. Our team of meteorologists is closely tracking the weather system and working with our employees in the field, the stage resources and ensure that were prepared to restore power safely and quickly and you can track the storms right on your phone. You can download the kron 4 weather at 4 live radar and Severe Weather warning. State lawmakers are pushing to require companies such as pga need to compensate customers for intentional power shutoffs. Today a Senate Committee approved the bill introduced by senator scott wiener of San Francisco. The measure would put a system in place to try to balance bring balance rather to the intentional blackouts that interrupted the lives of millions of californians last fire season in some cases, it would allow customers to be compensated for lost resources. Its a bell. Giving utilities incentive to use planned blackouts as a son as a scalpel and not as a sledgehammer and right. This bill now heads to the Senate Appropriations committee in sacramento if passed the senate could consider it in the coming weeks. Pg e and other utilities of course opposed the bill saying it could discourage them from using what they consider important safety measure. I she has lied to us what lie to us and saying was rage tonight from a group of homeless mothers known as moms for housing, this is how they found out that their personal property. What happened to it this morning, it was tossed onto the sidewalks outside the house on magnolia street in oakland tech group of women have been squatting at the home since november. They were evicted from the property early yesterday morning after a judge had ordered them to leave the lot a king and another mother with jail then released late yesterday afternoon. And our childrens bed that was upstairs put together. And we came to know what advice are how can we put that back together this this is a bed that was in our house, the lockout is. A property. Sam singer who represents the Property Owner wedgwood property says that the women had until 10 oclock this morning to pick up their belongings. Governor gavin newsom is expected to be in oakland tomorrow. He is wrapping up his statewide tour addressing the homeless crisis in oakland tomorrow, the governor will showcase the first of a series of state local partnerships the plan will deploy emergency tents, trailers and medical services across the state. Last week the governor now says more than 1 billion in homeless response money, including million for the new access to housing and Services Fund and as we know of course homelessness is a major problem in San Francisco. And there are some concerning reports tonight. The sam transit buses are dropping off people who are homeless at night along the embarcadero kron fours Maureen Kelly talked to the san mateo base transportations agency that is at the center of this controversy. Our Public Transit system has become a moving homeless shelter supervisor aaron peskin help meetings wednesday to look for solutions to the reported problem of Homeless People disembarking at this and try and stop at clay and drum streets overnight this is the story of homelessness people getting moved along rather than having real rehabilitating folks and giving them meaningful lives the San Mateo County base bus lines says this is the last stop for some of the lines coming back from sfo. And its where all riders need to get off homeless or not but we understand sfo employees have been providing sand traps showcase to all those people are ended up at sfo after writing art and theyve been getting on some of our late night buses heading back to San Francisco. The spokesperson for sfo says Police Officers and airport managers screen passengers getting off the last are trained to pull into the airport stop at 01 00am. Those without plane tickets or jobs to report to at the airport arent allowed in of the 20 to 25 homeless. They encounter nightly roughly 15 except the sam trance token the only transportation running at that hour. He says they are looking for longterm solutions to the problem and that a san mateo based homeless advocacy group. Has been starting to try and work with some of these writers but as most appear to be from San Francisco. Theyre hopeful that they can get a Homeless Outreach team in from San Francisco as well supervisor aaron peskin agrees its time to come up with Regional Solutions to homelessness. And not play a game of Musical Chairs with human beings. Maureen kelly kron 4 news. San Francisco Mayor london breed continues to push her initiative to end homelessness today. She announced that the city is on track to add 1000 new shelter beds by the end of this year thats mainly because of a deal that was reached today, the mayor says the city will open a safe Navigation Center. Along golf street that would house 200 beds. Kron fours taylor sackey talk to some neighbors at that newest an outside and she joins us now live with more on what they had to say taylor. Well this is where the new Navigation Center will be at a former City College Building located at 33 ga street. Now mayor london breed says that the center would provide 200 beds and is slated to open by the end of the year that a location is a right below Market Street near businesses a hotel if your residential buildings now there is across the street to the areas already plagued by homelessness drugs break ins and more now some believe it could help the problems in the areas but other others who have been here for several decades say that it could just add to the problem. The location is hard to find at the if this is a space where we can build thats great. I i think it also probably better it would be better to have a Navigation Center in a residential area because is allow started to gration into the comedian said of playing people and places that we dont want to see the thing is time to move. I think its an issue thats a problem. I think from my standpoint have invested everything ive got bring the Sole Proprietorship business transport a family having been through what ive been through im not willing to go through more. I think it can squeeze me out. Breed need made this announcement today while visiting the future site of the transitional age youth Navigation Center which has also been met with some criticism she hopes to add 2000 more beds in the next 2 years reporting live in San Francisco tailored to sackey cry for news. Thank you taylor. Kron 4 as a web page called community in crisis with sheds light on the issue of homelessness in the bay area. You can check it out and check out our stories on kron 4 dot com. Tonight we are also looking into the homelessness problem in the south bay right now almost 2000 people live in their rvs or their cars across Santa Clara County. Coming up at 10 30 how the county leaders there are stepping up to help them stay safe overnight. The model police are still looking for the woman caught in this Surveillance Video police say she and 28 yearold Marcus Anderson of oakland, what to sports basements in vintage Oaks Shopping Center in novato on sunday as stolen are full of high and jackets. Officers identified and arrested anderson after he went to several stores and returned a variety of clothing items without a receipt. If you recognize the woman you are asked to call Novato Police a lawsuit has been filed in Santa Clara County against the school of Rock Corporation. It has been 2 years since a former teacher at the afterschool music program. Pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a teen suit as kron fours know well bellow tells us the lawsuit claims the former owners of the palo alto franchise did not tell police about the abuse and failed to protect the students. Here at san jose attorneys mark bacevich says he and his fellow attorneys believe adequate measures were not in place at school of rock palo alto to keep his client to 14 yearold student safe and simple background searched up god is revealed that this person wasnt qualified. The suit alleges the former Franchise Owner should have known that john patrick route was an illicit drug user and was quote intimately engaged in a very big brand name school of rock the casbah could. Exactly qualified to operate. I want to make sure i know that he to our eyes so emitio casas i was named the costume one parent i spoke with said that after the arrest 2 Years Ago School of rock essentially cleaned house theres now new ownership a new staff, they even have Security Cameras in the lesson rooms for an added level of security. I always can say i dont think its any sudden makes me more consent as a parent you need to be careful. Perhaps if you dont feel comfortable you just sitting because the school of Rock Corporation sent a statement that reads in part quote student safety is our first priority. And that the Franchise Owners of the palo alto location at the time of the incident are no longer part of our system and not your traditional public school. In palo alto know well bellow kron 4 news and the attorneys say this isnt the first lawsuit against school of rock involving this type situation theyve been in conversation with another tourney. In texas who is also involved in legal action as well as for john route, he is a registered offender currently living in san jose. And a registered offender in the south bay now facing child charges. This man detectives with San Jose Police arrest, a 54 yearold robert hicks last week after receiving a tip. They say hicks was using a fake name of wyatt on twitter and exchanging sexually explicit messages with children. They were Police Department is offering a 50,000 reward in an effort to try to solve a 49 yearold cold case. Police say 19 yearold Christine Easton went missing after going shopping in january of 1971. Her car was found attorneys car wash thats on a mission boulevard here and police are asking anyone who has any information on what happened to her to give Hayward Police a call. Take a look at this police searched a home in pittsburgh for an illegal marijuana grow today officers say they found more than 800 plants while marijuana is of course legal in California Police say illegal grows such as this one often used illegally by past electricity to provide enough power and that is a fire hazard. They say many of the chemicals used to grow marijuana are often disposed of in a way that damages the environment. The grows also lead robberies and burglaries that can at times turned deadly. And success this year could be the start of something bigger is those words tonight from former 49 ers president and ceo Carmen PolicyForeign Policy was with the niners of course during the teams 5 championships cowboys j r stone said down with him today for his prediction on sundays game. The present day niners remind me of the team that ultimately was coming together under bill walsh. I think for that are more talented see that from 5 time super bowl champion and former 49 ers president and general manager carbon bossi. Who showed us is 5 super bowl rings on wednesday as we talk football. I think this group. Has touched the heart. Of the fans of the bay area and even fans outside the bay area. Were even rooting for other teams take a personality that to follow there are really. A special group. That make each other better folks on the field off the field. I dont know how you beat Something Like that while policy enjoys reminiscing about his super bowl years with the 49 ers. I described the moment in last weeks game that he had never seen before. Nick bosa was on the ground just laying there after he sacked the minnesota quarterback. Fans that no of bosa had the wind knocked out of them or if you was badly injured. You heard the fans chanting bside vote yet. And then you heard what she said, i mean he wasnt durable but he says i just later listen to it for a while i kind of like that never have i seen anything white that. The stand up and be so totally healed, you know its its almost like a one of those Church Services by the river you are where youre going to try to create america, the law policy might sound like hes all for the 49 ers as they take on the packers law hes not saying one way or another who he wants to lead. You see the former niners executives son ed policy is the chief operating officer of the packers. And a media and others have asked who you rooting for and i try to going around i dont want to say anything thats disloyal to the you know to the 49 ers are disloyal to the communities but by the same token he is my son i say that i love him anything that benefits him i root for and yet if the gods of football. The gods of football that created the 49 ers are going to win the game that ill be very happy for the 49 ers and root for them, you know. Im mitigating for the super bowl. How common policy what a giant freddie right. I mean hes huge that was rjr stone reporting of course and we put the entire interview with common policy on lime. I dont know really between the lines i think is kind of rooting for us go to kron 4 dot com and look for the story 49 ers were back on the practice field today after the break were going to tell you who suited up ahead of the nfc championship game company gets. The packers lost car breakins targeting locals as well as tourists and they are a major problem plaguing San Francisco ahead a temp 45 how Controversial Network of citizen surveillance aims to cut down on crime and the deadline is fast approaching for north bay family still cleaning up debris from the kincade fire. How so im tom steyer and i approve this message. Climate is the number 1 priority. 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Focused and locked in prepping to take on the Green Bay Packers this sunday at least we hope so what we are continuing our countdown to the afc championship game but there was a surprise to injury today, some injury news mark carpenter joins us now with the details on this and were hoping its not seriously also this, i wouldnt worry too much about it, but it still was a surprise considering were talking about a big name player right here George Kendall that superstar tight and not on the practice field today because of an ankle issue. But the early expectation is this does not affect his status for sunday, well find out more as the week goes as for the players who suited up full steam ahead on the prep for green bay, the 9 or should feel very confident against this team considering they rolled in my 32 months ago, but the packers havent lost since then and anything can happen when future hall of famer, Aaron Rodgers is on this type of state is an x factor. Head coach Kyle Shanahan on the issue of complacency after a blowout went. Its not to our cousin mean we as a city far from the whole year head even if you go back and watch our game. I mean that was. A lot more on those and much more competitive than the score locked. You know you get 30 points and things like that, but go to some of the turnovers that happened tom some big plays but those a lot harder game than it seemed an. All the other games that you watch on tape. Looks like a player team hotel youre playing team thats a record that they do. And the 49 ers will be back at practice tomorrow to get you ready for championship sunday kron 4 has got you covered on air online and through kron on saturday night he really looking ahead to the game at the reading golden playoff edition starting at 9 and then a full recap highlights and reaction live reports sunday night at 9 and coming up later in sports well hear from Jimmy Garoppolo the 49 ers quarterback victorious in his first career playoff start tells us what he learned from tom brady when it comes to prepping for these types of games and tom brady he would have a lot of experience in. A few of these before you so just down effect it all right. Help for people who are homeless proposal to 95 thousands of People Living in their vehicles, a safe place to spend the night plus House Speaker nancy pelosi signs off on 2 articles of impeachment against president trump. Whats next in the historic proceedings and well hear from the south bay congresswoman will play a pivotal role in this impeachment trial. And im tracking your integrity of our elections. Taking us to this place so today. We will make history. Lewis is fighting a many pens president trumps fate is now in the hands of the us senate today House Speaker nancy pelosi signed a resolution has sent 2 articles of impeachment to the senate. One article for abuse of power and one for obstruction of congress n is acceptance of the articles of impeachment today officially set the gears of the impeachment trial in motion 7 impeachment managers from the house will prosecute the case against president trump, one of them south bay representative zoe lofgren she tweeted today it is with honor and determination that i accepted this responsibility to fulfill my oath of office to hold the president accountable as an impeachment manager. Well for was the first new station to talk with congresswoman so often today as soon as she was named the managers and our grant lodes joins us now the studio was her reaction to this and whats next in washington grant that ken and pam the a. And i think most of these democrats say they dont want to be in this position. But certainly a feather in zoloft runs kept speaks or longevity. A remarkable career that the south bay representative has had she you see here is one of 7. What theyre calling managers who have been named today. They include representative adam schiff and jerry nadler they chair committees that have been at the forefront of this but lofgren of san jose is the only house member to participated in 3 president ial impeachments as a young white house aide lofgren wrote one article against Richard Nixon before he stepped down and then in the 90 she was a member of the Judiciary Committee which did not believe there were serious enough grounds on which to impeach bill clinton and now she is an impeachment manager lofgren told us today shes doing the best she can as a member of the Judiciary Committee to move forward with this. She said shes already familiar with the evidence but theres still a lot more work ahead of her. I think all of the managers. Feel the weight of history and the. House all on this matter is. Its something were going to deal with in a very. Serious and hopefully. Affective way. Hoping to our very best for the country and tear. Im im hoping that we can do the best job possible presenting. The evidence the law and the constitution to the senators so they can fulfill their oath of office. That was representative zoloft or of course appearing earlier today on a 24 7 streaming app kron on meanwhile, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell says he expects this trial will start tuesday. However the details of the trial, especially including whether witnesses will be called and what sort of evidence will be allowed to be presented are still very much up in the air pam and ken back to you. Grant thank you and you can follow the impeachment proceedings at kron 4 dot com there you can read about the Prosecution Team leading the trial. The strategy of Top Senate RepublicanMitch Mcconnell and how the president is reacting to all of these developments in washington. Safe Parking Programs are in the works and Santa Clara County, the board of supervisors is looking into finding open lots for People Living in their cars or are these 2 parks, a fleet and the Parking Program will also link people to case managers to help them eventually find permanent housing well fours michelle kingston with the san jose today to get reaction you know just for fun for blood here, its cold its really cold harveys are lined up and down this street on some parts of self 7th street guys a little bit lower down the longer you know the Santa Clara County board of supervisors is working to find parking lots throughout the county that would be open to allowing People Living in their cars and are these to park overnight supervisor, joe somebody and propose the idea. And says the county must do more to support the residents in need he says over the past 5 years the number of people in the county living in their cars is increased significantly each one of these folks is a you know weve got families with kids who are living in cars, weve got folks who are in. Their 80s men and who are out there living on the streets in their cars. Many of think well at least ive got some shelter and some mobility. But its its far from ideal as i say i think we can and should do better. There are already a few parking lots available for People Living in there are these are cars to park overnight 2 of them right here in san jose. The county says that they need more mary beth be moved to san jose a few years ago and has been homeless living in this rv for the past 5 months she says she could park in a states lot overnight, she feel more comfortable and secure. I think that would be a lot safer them. A human being harassed bullied constantly worrying about where you and didnt tell you theyre theyre like this is my life the board of supervisors plan to identify parking lots this spring and they hope to provide assistance to people who join us safe Parking Program to move them out of their cars and eventually into permanent housing in Santa Clara County, michelle kingston kron 4 news. A new weather radar system is now up and running in san jose, its called the x band radar it sits on top of the. Penn atencio Water Treatment plants, the National Weather service says the radar will improve weather forecasting for extreme weather events project was funded by 20 million grant from the state department of water resources. Then chilly there will be a network of 5 such radars around the bay area turning now to. With some recent russia us to let us know whats happening out there. Recent yell, lets take a look at your microclimate thursday forecast because we are going to notice below average temperatures in the bay area downtown San Francisco warming up into the mid 50s so were going to be about 2 to 5 degrees below normal widespread low 50s from daly city to al gore not a Half Moon Bay though 54 degrees for your thursday afternoon eyes and 53 degrees for millbrae and burlingame ca going unnoticed gusty winds throughout your morning commute but then calmer wind speeds by the afternoon scattered showers as well, sam, a tale 52 palo alto on the mild side up 47 degrees with widespread upper 40s and low to mid 50s for most of you in the south bay, san jose 53 degrees but milpitas 48 degrees for your thursday afternoon highs and in the mid 40s for those of you in dublin, but a little bit warmer in hayward 54 degrees low for berkeley and richmond 53 degrees for your thursday afternoon highs and for those of you in the north bay sonoma 47 degrees but napa in the low 50s low 50s as well for those of you in santa rosa and petaluma so lets take a look ahead at your full 10 at 10 outlook because after this rain event that will bring us morning rain and gusty wind speeds and possible popup thunderstorms for your thursday we could actually see about half an inch to maybe even upwards of an inch of rain for most of the bay area higher amounts for those of you in the north bay scattered showers friday morning but plenty of sunshine by the afternoon as the storm completely exits and then warming up and drying out for this weekend but light rain will return for your monday Martin Luther king junior holiday so long Holiday Weekend but scattered showers expected on monday all the way through wednesday of next week until we dry out starting on thursday and 10 days from now 10 and camp back to of erisa thank you. Berkeley police say left top chefs are growing and that number the numbers going up in their city in 2018 berkeley saw 61 reports of laptop thefts. In 2019 there were 85 reports and then is a 33 jump. In recent weeks laptop thefts have turned violent and even deadly in parts of the bay area amanda on chasing thieves in oakland on new years eve also an open another man was shot last friday by someone who stole his laptop. The cleanup continues in the north bay after the kincade fire that fire burned almost 80,000 acres and destroyed almost 400 structures last fall. Now a deadline is fast approaching for everyone affected by that fire kron fours justine waltman explains. The scars from the kincade fire are very present a long chalk hill road in heels burke. The massive cleanup is underway. In the do they know that hush the metal. The dirt, theyre burned or the first step was a Hazardous Waste cleanup done by the county for free to Property Owners. Now Property Owners have to hire a licensed contractor to remove the rest of the fire debris and that document how that process will take place they do it all by the end of the month in a statement the county board of supervisors chair susan gorin road due to the Health Hazards associated with fire debris. It is critical that cleanup be done safely and timely to protect both Public Health and our watersheds which is why we are asking Property Owners regardless if you have insurance or not to reach out to us for help with this process if a Property Owner does not submit all the documents in on time. Well their home could then be declared a public nuisance and that makes them responsible for all the costs that come with the cleanup. The county votes, many Property Owners have already completed the application process and the county encourages the rest to get going. The entire debris removal process has to be complete by may 15th. This community is coming back from the ashes in Sonoma CountyJustine Waldman kron 4 news. A network of surveillance cameras watching almost every corner of San Francisco neighborhoods, a major crackdown on crime but also raising privacy concerns. And a special indepth coverage here from the San Francisco billionaire who is helping to pay for its citizens surveillance in sports as he preps for sundays big nfc title game 49 ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo ta we bet you know this place. You know, the happiest place on earth, but. Have you flown the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy . Or channeled your inner jedi . You gotta love that. Have you raced through radiator springs . Or struck a power pose with them . Now is the perfect time to feel like this. And this. And definitely that. Kids enjoy the magic for just 67 per child per day, with a 3day 1park per day ticket. Kids enjoy the magic for just 67 per child about finding good food ind have school. Y so, when my wife kat and i learned California PublicSchool Children couldnt get Fresh Produce in the cafeteria, we took action. We partnered with local farmers, school kitchens, a nonprofit. That program now serves over 300 million healthy meals every year. The difference between words and actions matters. Thats a lesson washington dc could use, right now. Im tom steyer and i approve this message. Primarily on Security Camera networks are spreading across San Francisco, many of them paid for by one local crypto currency mobile kron fours Maureen Kelly said down with the billionaire who says his goal is to try and stop the rampant property crime thats plaguing the city. Shoppers in union square are likely to busy spending money to notice the hundreds of cameras silently recording them from above highresolution Surveillance Networks are also keeping tabs on many parts of the city, including japan town. The tenderloin and Fishermans Wharf cameras are mounted from swanky mansions in russian hill to Single Family homes in the sunset. Its all part of an effort called the safe city camera project were neighborhood based networks. Help Law Enforcement crack down on crime, especially i think is out of control in San Francisco ca a little bit better, but you know its like the worst in the country chris larson has spent millions of his personal fortune, paying for some of the Surveillance Networks. But while the idea of a crypto currency mobile funding a city wide web of cameras. Sounds like the plot of a james bond movie. The San Francisco born billionaire says his motivation is to simply make the streets of his hometown safer. We kind of live ground 0, one of the some kind of hot spots and the smashandgrab epidemic larson and his family live near the crooked part of lombard street. Its a magnet for sightseers and the criminals who prey on them. The streets around the tourist attraction are littered with what some call San Francisco snow the broken remains of car windows larson says hes seen the heartbreak firsthand they park they go to visit her site in within sometime seconds the cars were broken into all their luggage is god passports, cash. And theyre just bewildered and and you know these poor people and this is their first introduction, San Francisco, so its a its a menace to our neighborhood but more importantly we see what its doing to you know you are visiting our city they love our city and theyre just having this terrible experience. And thats kind of what prompted that hes paid for several High Resolution cameras. To be mounted on his neighbors homes. Hes also donated to merging groups and other neighborhoods to help launch their own networks the goal to try and catch what he believes are groups of professional criminals, driving the bulk of this crime wave plaguing the city dont you can see its its a real pattern you seeing sometimes the same crew. In a camera russian hill showed up an hour later. Japan town. I mean you see that in in the various you put 2, 2 together when the police are investigating these things. So thats the heart of the problem we want to get everybodys by and not. Feel like everybodys under surveillance kyra worthy is the executive director of San Francisco safe she talked to me near them or august street tiled steps in the sunset the instagram worthy mosaic draws quite a few tourists and car break ins to what is otherwise a quiet residential area so much crime happens here posted signs with pictures showing the aftermath San Francisco safe is a nonprofit that helped areas like this form a Neighborhood Watch groups. And so far has held at least 15 establish their own Camera Network but according to her there is no big brother constantly watching what all these cameras are recording does not like you know i met a tv eating popcorn you know watching you park your car. Take your safely bags out you know like the Security Networks run by the merchant groups, the nonprofit acts as a gobetween to assist the Police Department collect video. But only after a crime has been committed San Francisco safe estimates they get 40 requests from Law Enforcement a month. There are so many Camera Networks, sometimes they can track criminals across the city if they were over here in the right steps breaking into cars. You know taking things and they decide to go to west portal on irving to sell the finger dumped the car just camera there put 2, 2 together that helps with you know being able to build a case. And hopefully theyll become to get to an arrest these neighborhood Camera Network from model on the elaborate set up thats been keeping an eye on union square since 2013 there are now nearly 400 cameras spread across 30 city blocks. Run by the areas Business Improvement district, although here the main target is retail theft which has been rampant and brazen in recent years and while Department StoreSecurity Cameras can help capture the criminal activity inside a store. The union square Camera Network. You can see what happens before and after. You can see the person coming you can see you know take plays you can see the getaway who theyre with what theyre wearing. I mean it really helps tell the whole story. Union square is the only Surveillance Network known to have a control center with multiple monitors but up until recently the chair in front of them has been mostly empty. They say no one has been actively watching the feeds thats changing in january when they expect to start staff in the control room in the overnight hours. Thats because as the middle of the night when some of the most outrageous hice of happened. Crews have been known to bust out high and shop windows and drive off with truckloads of designer goods, the union square be ideas also looking at new technology to help make monitoring all of those cameras even easier that can unusual behavior. I mean somebody thats you know running at 04 00am in the morning and theyre not out on the job or a car thats up on a sidewalk that really shouldnt be there. You know because. 3 years and by cameras live cameras to watch these private Camera Networks has seen results. Those behind the footage captured by their cameras has helped in the recent bust of a fencing ring or more than million of stolen property was recovered. We also contributed to the arrest of suspects in a recent highprofile incident of shots fired on Market Street and the alleged kidnapper of a golden retriever in japan town the cameras helped in the capture of a man accused of to unprovoked assaults, including the vicious kicking, a sleeping homeless man the spokesperson for the San FranciscoDistrict Attorneys Office as well video is not the only evidence they rely on it is very helpful because well eyewitness memory may fade. Video does not Maureen Kelly kron 4 news. And we will continue this in depth series tomorrow night you will hear from a privacy rights advocate who is raising concerns about the potential for these private Security Cameras to track members of the public. Time now its been a tea making it easy to access all your favorite entertainment at home. Counting down to sunday. Yes, the excitement is building mark the exciting keeps today out here we go lets get to the game now we are days away from the 16th and if the championship game in 49 ers history, heres a look at the team on the field this afternoon in santa clara George Kittle not out there with an ankle issue but he is expected to be a full go sunday last week so much was made of Jimmy Garoppolo make his first career playoff start and although the game plan against minnesota was runheavy drop a loaf solid. He says when he takes priority over personal credit and today. He was asked about what he learned from tom brady in new england and getting ready for these big games. Theres that took away from watching him go through and everything is just inconsistency that he had throughout the entire on whatever it was the first playoff game, the super bowl. Its very consistent between all of it not i think that just goes your coverage the week to prepare going into the game and youre gonna play like that and i think we showed that we can win a number of ways. Which has a lot to our players and i know jimmy doesnt care all we want to whether were running it thrown it, but weve got to do it on defense to protect the ball or whether. We got to air it out and get some points so a lot of guys say that it doesnt bother him, but promises to bother him there common and talk to him about it. He is so locked into whatever the plan is whatever were doing and hes just trying to distribute the ball. The niners are back in the conference title showdown for the 4th time since the 2011 season show staley has been there every step of the way the 35 yearold left tackle is a veteran that knows the drill when it comes to getting ready for the postseason but hes also impressed how the Young Players are handling the playoff stage and that starts with a culture established. The coach the family was a really really close locker really a special have been a part of but 13th afl team here every year is different and this one is a really special as far as the camera in a locker room guys really shown up to play every single week. Im coming to work every single were going to get better and a special bond. Kickoff 3. 40 sunday at levis can wait now lets talk some college basketball. The redhot Stanford Cardinal winners of 7 of their last 8 visiting the bruins in Westwood Karen hasson stanford looking for their first win at u c l a since 2005, picking up in the 2nd half tyrell terry with the feed lucas as soon as the finished car deluxe hand stanford in full control the whole time for months ago. Terry the triple could carry card up 17 terry with 24 points stanford victorious at Pauley Pavilion for the first time in 15 years. Theyre also for now in the conference for the First Time Since finally hockey top peter before the fire the sharks head coach just over a month will still be seen on a regular basis to board not out of the sport for very long as hes now the next head coach right of san joses rival for the vegas golden knights. The move is a bit of surprise considering a pages has been successful since joining the league 2 years ago and more recently at the top of the pacific division, but they still make a coaching change. The sharks and night have met in the playoffs in each of next the news continues on our 24 7 streaming Service Called kron on is commercial free alice of the money is standing by in the newsroom was what were working on l a. Hours before impeachment articles were delivered to the Senate President trump signed a longawaited trade deal with china to try and ease tension between the superpowers well dive into those details and media group who held a pro trump rally at the walnut creek bart station tonight to commemorate what they say was a promise delivered will hear from them on kron on at 11. All right alex, thank you very much precept dont be sure to download the kron on app to get 24 7 commercial free. Local News Coverage mom theresa and lets take a look at your 4 zone forecast were taking a look at our Storm Tracker 4 starting to notice some light scattered showers making its way throughout the San Francisco peninsula. And even along the southern portion of those of you in the north bay, this isnt even the main storm that im tracking that still over your rica but it is going to arrive during the overnight hours and its going to peak for those of you in the north bay right around sunrise hot for the San Francisco peninsula and east bay youre going to get the bulk of the wet weather and also heavy winds and heavy downpours by around mid morning at 9 oclock and for those of you in the south bay you will notice the bulk of this storm making its way into your area by around or noon lunch time hour. So we could see wind gusts upwards of 50 Miles Per Hour less for your thursday morning commute and rain totals anywhere from about half an inch to upwards of an inch of rain for most of the bay area and as you can see this is going to be a fastmoving storm light scattered showers but it is going to leave behind a very dry and unstable air mass where we could see a popup thunderstorm or 2 and even some small hail as well drying out by thursday night and that trend will continue through your friday as well and lets take a look at tomorrows daytime highs for going to be about 2 to 5 degrees below average most of us only warming up into the low to mid 50s and your full 10 at 10 outlook looking great this weekend, especially saturday and sunday 40 niners will play in Santa Clara Valley and were going to be in the mid 60s by kickoff at 3. 40. And im also going to keep an eye on better clearing mostly cloudy skies but then for your Martin Luther king monday tracking some light scattered showers even continuing through the middle of next week, so it is going to be a long Holiday Weekend with some rain on monday unfortunately, but saturday and sunday will be the 2 driest days of this weekend so take advantage of that then were going to dry out on thursday and even 10 days from now so this storm is going to pack a punch. We havent seen a storm of this magnitude and quite a while weve had a few weeks storms making its way into the bay area but higher amounts for those of you in the north bay easily upwards of about 3 inches of rain or less with our local mountains and highest peaks also getting upwards of 3 inches of rain or less and also snow levels dropping to as low as 3,000 feet of people are going to be inside on sunday on the nice day on yeah lot of kids are off monday for Martin Luther king jays so they really want to be outside and thats going to raise so thats the way those somewhere else. I cant control the weather just a mess a story. Well keep you posted thanks being with us tonight have a great evening, everybody will see tomorrow. You know this place. You know, the happiest place on earth, but. Have you flown the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy . Or channeled your inner jedi . You gotta love that. Have you raced through radiator springs . Or struck a power pose with them . 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