New york. And hes worked in Law Enforcement for many years, along with the District Attorneys Office and in corrections, these 4 candidates will all appear a part of a public Forum Tomorrow night in oakland at 6. 30, and traditionally following the formed 3 of the 4 will be sent to the Mayors Office where mayor sheng thao can either pick a candidate, reject them all as she did last year. We think its incumbent upon the part of the man to ensure. Then we have someone in that position. Google is imminently qualify and will an outstanding job. Unless we get that. We know that the crime problem is going to continue. Now we did get a response from the Mayors Office. It says, quote, mayor thao looks forward to receiving the list of finalists in conducting her Due Diligence in reviewing the candidates again, that meeting is set for tomorrow night at 6. 30, at which point the public can go and hear from these candidates. And again, if you do want to submit any of those questions or concerns you can do so online. And we have details on our website. Kron 4 dot com. Thats the very latest Michael Thomas reporting for kron. 4 news. James, well send it back to you live in the studio. Okay. To be sitting here. What they each have to say. Thank you very much, michael. 10. 0, 4, is the time now to some breaking news. Mitch mcconnell has Just Announced hes stepping down as the Senate Republican leader this november. The 82 yearold from kentucky is the longestserving Senate Leader in history, though, there been concerns over his health recently. Colleagues say that mcconnell has recovered and thats not the reason why hes decided to step down from his leadership role. He says he does plan to serve out his senate term which ends in january of 20. So 27. Hell just do it from a different seat in the chamber. San francisco residents are grappling with 2 Stores Closing big ones. The iconic macys at union square and the other is a walgreens on sacramento and front street kron fours. Sara stinson spoke with some neighbors who say theyre concerned now especially about seniors in the area and how theyll be able to access pharmacies. In the final hours of operation, more than 2 dozen people who live in downtown San Francisco gathered outside the walgreens at 2, 7, 5, sacramento street hoping their voices will be heard. You know, a pharmacy like a grocery store. They you know, theyre oftentimes the center of the community. Theyre really important needs. Diana taylor has organized efforts to plea with walgreens and the city to stop the closure. But unfortunately, theyve had no look what we found out that it wasnt about. Human needs or what the community needs. It was all about the numbers. A spokesperson for walgreens tells kron 4 the locations closure is due to a significant decrease in foot traffic since the pandemic. But thats not what we saw while walking in the area with alec bash who lives just blocks away. I think weve got put your foot traffic in this area and we have more and more every fashion taylor are among those worried about seniors not having access to a nearby pharmacyr the new years walgreens will now be a half mile away on montgomery street. Taylor says this closure will take away their independence. The seniors, theyre terrified. They feel like they dont have any choice. Give people on walkers. Warren wheelchairs, houston, to cage walking along and other longtime residents worry this will only hurt the progress the city is making in the downtown area. Well, things closing thats taken away or amenities and i worry that people can start start moving out of the because what we have. Sarah stinson reporting a spokesperson for walgreens says all pharmacy files are being transferred to the location on montgomery street. The company also says theyre offering free and reduced prescription delivery for the next 90 days. The group of neighbors we spoke with say they have not given up hope. They still plan to see if walgreens will reconsider its decision to close. Well, now to macys decision to close its location in San Francisco. We brought you this story live here on the kron. 4 morning news. Macys announced that theyre going to be shutting down 150 Underperforming Stores across the country by the year 2026, 50 of them are actually going to shut down by the end of this year alone. The Union Square Location will be open for the rest of the year, but then it will close again by 2026. The company says that should give them enough time to find a buyer for that property. We spoke with mayor london breed about this fact invited her into our studio here for the kron. 4 news, 3 and she emphasized that macys decision to leave was not made because of any concerns about crime. When i talked to the folks from macys that was not mentioned in its factors to close because it was about its entire portfolio. Its about the profitability of the changes in retail and how people are shopping, how their online businesses is definitely doing very well. And they had to make some really hard decisions. And and the real estate that this macys is setting in is extremely valuable. Well, mayor breed added that the next step will be to find a use for that space. Thats both profitable and will attract people to union square kron. 4 was able to speak to San Francisco shoppers outside of the store and some of them were shocked and dismayed by the news. Im really sad about that sad about. Union square mean this is the heart of the city and you know, its one more blow to the locals and the way the world is starting to see is has youll still be able to enjoy the macys Christmas Tree lighting in the puppies in the cats that are in their windows during the holidays, at least for this year. What happens after that . That still needs to be decided. All right. Lets turn our attention to happier news. Fremont san jose and San Francisco are apparently the happiest cities in the country, least according to a new wallethub study. It compared more than 180 us large cities and they rank them depending on things like depression rates and Income Growth rates and average free time people have during the day turns out fremont ranked number one overall and also number one for emotional and physical wellbeing. San jose ranked number 3 overall what do i see in peter dixon . I see my husband. The father of our girls. I see a public servant. A man who served under secretary clinton in the state department. Where he took on the epidemic of violence against women in the congo. I see a fighter, a tenacious problemsolver. Who will go to congress and protect abortion rights and our democracy. Because he sees a Better Future for all of us. Im peter dixon and i approved this message. Time. And as we prepare for more storms on the way, both here and up in the sierra, why not snuggle up with a nice movie . That might be what most people are going to be doing to stay inside. Dean richards has a look at whats coming to streaming. The title years for the ages. For new streaming series this week. Theres a new adaptation of the epic shogun about a shipwrecked english sailor who rises to become a samurai and feudal japan. See it on hulu. Now. On netflix starting tomorrow. Theyre season 2 of the drama that tourist with jamie dornan headed to ireland to uncover more about his forgotten past. Well, a new school and its going to be less wind and some i could to previo highway robbery experience on apple tv. Plus, theres the British Comedy about a band of bumbling highway robbers. The completely made up adventures of turpin begins streaming on friday and on disneyplus. Now theres the new animated series. The watch about a young girl and her new pet in a futuristic nigeria im getting parents. For new movies this week, adam sandler is a solitary astronaut on a journey in deep space in oscar nominee, carey mulligan. Costars catch and friday on netflix. This is the most excited ive ever seen anyone overnight. For new documentaries, phil rosenthal, soclean food and travel show returns for its 7th season. The new season of somebody feed phil begins streaming friday on netflix. A trio of hollywood heavyweights return to their texas roots with the documentary trilogy. God save texas. See it now on max. And as we speak, examines the impact of rap lyrics being used in criminal cases in the u. S. And around the world, catch it on paramount. Plus, now, finally on netflix, theres american conspiracy. The octopus murders about the mysterious death of a reporter may have uncovered a secret wide ranging conspiracy. Have a great weekend in chicago and the richards. All right. Thank you very much, jeanne. And a lot of good suggestions for you if youre going to be staying indoors this weekend, which i think a lot of us are. John, good morning. I was glad to see some stuff catch my eye because, yeah, its going to be a movie can the weekend ahead of us. It all really starts tomorrow. So if you want some Time Outdoors today is certainly a good pick. We are seeing lots of sunshine up above, of course, your east bay hills camera showing off all of that this morning. The sierra is about to see our heaviest impact of really anything from this next storm. Heavy snow on its way. But today, both the sierra and the bay are nice and dry. Thats your weather maker sitting up there off the coast of alaska. It dies down deep, dragging in with it. Some colder air along with this dip in the jet stream thats going to be giving us our snow in the mountains, in our rain right here in the day. And of course, the cooldown that comes along with all of it. Futurecast shows us nice, sunny, dry skies today. Cloud cover does increase overnight tonight. And as we move into tomorrow, do expect showers initially to be light in the morning, but picking up into the afternoon. Here you go. 09 00am on futurecast. Seeing some heavier bands rolling up into sonoma county. Well take a while for them to get to the rest of us. Tomorrows rainfall anywhere between a quarter to threequarters of an inch, adding additional showers on into friday and saturday, several inches of rain possible in the coastal ranges. And we see even more of a into next week to so several days of wet weather for us. As for the sierra nevada, it is multiple feet of snowfall on the way for to even 10 feet as you head above 5,000 feet in elevation, fully expecting Donner Summit on i80 to see at least 5 feet of snowfall. And that is going to be a problem for those plows to keep roadways clear. We also do have some snow on the way for some of our bay area mountaintops in particular, in mendocino lake and northern sonoma and napa counties. We do have what is going to be 3 days of heavy snow in the sierra. So if you are heading up that direction, plan on up there all the way to the end of the weekend because youre likely to get snowed in and a lot of spots. And if you want to get back today is the day to stew. So we have a blizzard warning going into effect starting tomorrow through saturday. Snow level drops as low as 2000, maybe even 1500 feet expect closures. Whiteout conditions just overall dangerous conditions for travel into the sierra starting tomorrow. Todays daytime highs, totally one, 80 from what i just talked about. Look how nice it is. San jose 68 almost 70 today. Hayward at 64 while oakland at 63 looking ahead at tomorrow, temperatures start a trend to 50s which remains the rest of the forecast. By saturday. Were barely even making 50 degrees. Thats that cold air plunging in along with this rain and snow. James . Alright, thank you. John. Time now is 10, 19 and just into the kron 4 newsroom. Santa rosa city schools apparently considering job cuts. The School District says that while no definite decision has been made just yet, they do have to consider job cuts in order to balance their budget. They say they have to present a balanced budget to the county by july. 1st. And staff makes up 80 of their budget that they dont think they can avoid making cuts. There. They say governor Gavin Newsoms proposed budget for the school year was not enough for their district. In a state with a crown for the district. Superintendent said, quote, the board will need to consider reducing staff, including positions at both the district and school site levels. Preliminary notices to john fisher sell your stake in the coliseum, make your profit and allow to flourish and thrive. If you cant do that, then its time to play ball with the community and join us at the negotiating table. We there. You hear Community Leaders in oakland calling on Alameda County supervisors to pressure as owner john fisher to allow the oakland coliseum. To be used for other things. Besides as baseball. The as recently blocked an effort by the upstart oakland bees to play at the coliseum. Move that group says rob, the community of a financial benefit, even though the as expressed an interest in leaving oakland, we know the team has had talks with the city and Alameda County about extending their stay. At the coliseum. No deal on that has yet been reached. Toyota is recalling 381,000 tacoma trucks here in the u. S. The recall involves certain models of the 2022 2023 model years. Toyota says welding debris left on the rear axle during manufacturing can cause retaining knots to loosen over time. The automaker says it will fix the problem for free. Theyre going to mail out letters to affected customers by the end of april. If youd like to check, if your vehicle is recalled, you can go to toyota dot com backslash recall. Here we go. Were just one week out from primary election day and ballots already out capitol correspondent wallace hosted the leaders of wallace hosted the leaders of the california democr marshalls buyers are detail obsessed perfectionists. Who take quality very seriously. And go to the ends of the earth to hustle the best of the best for you. Yes we get the deals, you get the good stuff. Marshalls. When Peter Dickson led my platoon into combat in afghanistan, he cared about two things completing the mission, and making sure his marines came home. And we all did. Petes always fought for what he believes in, and i know hell do the same in congress for affordable housing, the rights of women, and the democracy he swore to protect. Because helping people who need it has always been petes mission. And i know hell get it done. Next Generation Veteran Fund is responsible for the content of this ad. Check of the weather here at the half hour. Weve got john with a look at whats looking like a nice day today. But when will we have another one of these . Thats going to be the question its going to be a while. James, today is the last of our Crystal Clear, dry and warm days for that matter. San jose getting up to 68 degrees for your daytime highs later on. Going to be a gorgeous one out. There already is. But were going to get warmer and warmer right now. San mateo and san jose both at 58 getting close to 60 already. Brett, what youre at 61 degrees. Our first spot to get up to and past that 60 degree. Mark this morning, well continue to see temperatures rising and are these Crystal Clear skies . We have. You can see the evidence of our storm system, though, right there to our north showers already in washington and oregon that will drift down our direction starting tomorrow morning. In the meantime, today is a good storm prep day. Just a day to enjoy a little Time Outdoors with the time highs rising well into the 60s later on james. All right, john, thank you very much. Time now is 10, 30 and in the east bay and oakland, delhi is now facing a 10,000 fine for Illegal Dumping outside of its restaurant. Kron fours philippe to call, though, talked with the owner who says anyone thinking of committing similar crimes. These extraditions, she sent a clear message to those who peddle poison is San Francisco. If you traffic deadly drugs that harm the safety and health of our community. If you flee from justice, if you think you can hide, you are wrong. Dea will be relentless in our pursuit to hold you accountable. The extraditions are part of San Franciscos joint Law Enforcement initiative to address drug dealing. More on that to come. Our actions today are warning to all bad actors who are seeking to take advantage of the public trust. We will find out about steets. We will cut off your funding and we will hold you accountable. And that San FranciscoCity Attorney david chiu, he blocked a non profit from getting city money after he says an investigation revealed it defrauded the city of more than 100,000. The nonprofit called jj Community Resource center on paper anyway, provides services to youth and lowincome families. But chew says its founders were lying about all that. They did. They in fact, submitted false invoices and also submitted for reimbursement for things like alcohol cigars and motorcycle rentals. 10. 35 to time com for your local election headquarters. And we are now less than a week away from the primary election here in california. And with ballots already mailed to millions of registered voters across the state, the California Democratic and republican parties are doing all they can to get out the vote. We have capitol correspondent Eytan Wallace with more. At the for democratic party, its all hands on deck. Republicans are feeling great. One week from primary election leaders from california is democratic and republican parties say theyre doing all they can to reach voters. It comes as 20 plus million ballots have already been printed and mailed to all the states registered voters. We have a lot at stake in this reproductive freedom protections for you know, just a lot at stake. Yvette martinez is the executive director of the California Democratic party. She says heading into the primary and looking ahead to the general election. The party is organized across the state. We have an on the ground operation are organizing team is out there in the field. So lucky that this president ial Election Year we can actually campaign and person reach people in communities, go canvassing, knocking on doors. She makes clear the California Democratic party has not made an official endorsemeno in the race for u. S. Senate. But martinez says shes excited about all 3 leading democratic candidates. And as for the balance of power in the u. S. House of representatives, she notes a major focus is on keep toss up seats across the state. We can take back the house if california turn some of these red states blue. So were very exciting and were doing everything we can to turn out every boat change things in california. So could be a cult and state Jessica Millan patterson is the chair of the California Republican party. She says volunteers and her party have been out in full force. That includes a partnership with the Republican National committee to open with the party describes as Community Centers across the state, including the antelope valley, bakersfield and little saigon. These arent the typical Campaign Headquarters where we launch precinct lots dumping. We do that, really theyre engaging in the community, whether its our headquarters in little saigon, where we have Tai Chi Classes or our at Engagement Centers in the latino community. And it seems to have worked according to data from the secretary of States Office between october 2023. In january of this year. The California Republican party gained more than 45,000 registered voters while the California Democratic party last about 30,000 registered voters, even so registered democrats outnumber registered republicans by about 2 to one in this blue state. Still, patterson believes gop congressional candidates and key tossup races can win. And while her party has not officially endorsed in the race for u. S. Senate, shes optimistic about steve garvey is chances. Are you confident a republican can win that seat . I feel really good about it and having a political outsider, its really been engaged in many communities around our state over the years. This is that part, not just republicans, but for californians. And a reminder, once you filled out your ballot, you must then put it back in the official return envelope who then must sign the back of the return envelope and make sure its postmarked no later the march 5th reporting in tom wallace kron 4 news. And a reminder as kron 4 is your local election headquarters. Dont forget to join us on election day itself tuesday, march 5th. Thats next tuesday. Well have our live Election Results on our special coverage of the election beginning at 08 00pm right here on kron 4. All right. Back to more headlines now in the south bay. A man has been arrested in morgan hill in connection with multiple pharmacy robberies. Police say Rodolfo Duarte was probably the stores in order to get prescription incident happened on december. 30th at rite aid on a monterey highway. They say he walked up to the pharmacy with a gun and demanded medicine. Then later that day, a similar robbery happened at a cvs in gilroy. The 3rd robbery happened on february 7th at another cvs on walnut grove drive. That was in morgan hill. They say he again had a gun and demanded medicine from the pharmacist. Police say they identified him as the suspect, an alleged that he is tied to several other robberies in multiple jurisdictions. Hes since been booked into the Santa Clara County jail on suspicion of 3 counts of robbery. In the east bay berkeley mayor jesse are dean says hes concerned about part of the east bay becoming a hospital desert. Were talking about all to bates Summit Medical center is scheduled to close before 2030. Its the only fullservice hospital in the city of berkeley and the mayor there says if it closes, it would leave that stretch of area between richmond and downtown oakland without a fullservice hospital and potentially overload the summit hospital in oakland. He says all options to keep all debates up and running are on the table right now. The city of berkeley is willing to pass. Bonds are taxes were willing to look at permitting. Were willing were going to do anything as at the end of the day want to control our destiny. And so whether thats bringing another health care provider, whether thats forming a hospital district, we cannot let these baby com hospital desert. Well, the Berkeley City Council is initiating a study right now to examine the impact of a potential closure. The mayor also says theyre in conversations with some of health to see if theres any way to keep that hospital open. Were going take a break here. 10, 40 still ahead on the kron. 4 morning news. Were going hear from fortyniners general manager john lynch about the future of wide receiver brandon iu. Get f had a big storm heading that where that way. And thats going to be a nightmare really, for anybody stuck up in the mountains, the roads, driveways are all going to be snowed businesses that usually love tourists. Coming up. Theyre getting a lot of reservations canceled right now. My business, we rent skis. We rent equipment, things like that. Weve already had some people moving around the reservations for the weekend. So thats not going to happen. Yeah. Despite the impact of businesses, though, a lot of people are still looking forward to the benefits of everybody coming up, maybe the weekend after. But as for this coming weekend, the chp caltrans are sort of waving everybody off because it is just going to be really tough. John, in the Weather Center right now with an eye on that forecast. I think caltrans going a tough time keeping up with the amount of snow falling like its gonna john. Yep. You know, all the plows are going to be out there and its still going to be a tough time. Keeping roadways clear, couldnt be more opposite today. Got those skiers right there. Enjoying view from diamond peak. Out over lake tahoe looks nice. So favorable today. Is your travel back down day. If you want to get on the roads because starting tomorrow, friday into saturday, youre getting snowed in up there. Temperatures starting to fall and only in the 20s by saturday with blowing snow drifting snow. The lizard blizzard warning in the sierra issued by the National Weather service Donner Summit for 8 plus feet of snowfall. And that is going to be just completely stopping traffic in its tracks. Up on i80 as oell as highway 50 above 5,000 feet. Its multiple speed of snow. But you get down to 1500 feet, not with some snow right here in the bay area, especially in our mountain tops up in the north bay, mount saint helene, i could see 3 to 6 inches of it. We do, as i mentioned, have a blizzard warning in effect starting tomorrow through saturday, up in the sierra snow level falling particularly low. Once you head to 5,000 feet and above, its a snowden kind of situations. So either anticipate being stuck at home with plenty of supplies. If you are in the sierra over the next few days or try to get back down to the bay area really today before the storm arrives because today, nice and clear in the sierra as well as for the bay, we dont have much of anything to talk about today except for just how nice and sunny, its going to be that all changes tomorrow. Huge dip in the jet stream anchored by this strong low pressure system that is really pushed right up towards the gulf of alaska right now, but dives deep into the west coast as we make our way into tomorrow and the weekend with continually dropping temperatures along with it. That means cold showers over the next few days. Today. Sunshine tonight, a few clouds in tomorrow morning. We will see some light showers here and there rainfall picking up towards the middle of the day. Tomorrow. You see those heavier showers arriving late morning for the north bay rainfall. Tomorrow, a quarter to threequarters of an inch will add more on top of that into friday and saturday and even more on top of that as we roll into next week. So the storm door opens kind of stays open. Todays highs will be in the 60s close to 70 for a few spots like san jose at 68 sf and oakland, youll be in the low 60s for your highs. Tomorrow starts or trend of 50s and only getting colder into the start of the weekend by saturday will barely make 50 degrees going to see some low elevation snow fall saturday morning. Look for dawn mission peak mount diablo mount saint while we will start to clear and dry out a bit next week. Still remaining and settled for much of the week. James. Thank you, john. 10. 47 the time and check it out. Weve got a live look here at the corpse this is the corpse flower in a mirage blooming right now at the California Academy of sciences. Its actually called a bloom but its available online. You can see it here remotely from wherever you are. It started blooming yesterday afternoon. It could relch up to 10 feet tall. You can see the people there on the lefthand side, the flowers taller than they are and theyre getting that corpse flower in all its glory because the smell is often described as resembling rotten fish, garlic or decaying meat. It doesnt loom for very long say head out there. If you want experience it in person, and get it in its full glory, huge. All right. The city of san jose is a approving a new license and contract for new management of reaching waters. So its going to be open again. Thats the good news. The agreement allows reaching waters to operate this summer. The park originally opened back in 1985. But had to close indefinitely last september after ending its lease with the city. But again, the good news is it will be operating this summer for families everywhere. Speaking of the south bay in san jose, a vta light Rail Connection to bark has been 20 years in the making and it just needs one more votes for construction to officially begin this year. Officials say that the eastridge to bark regional connector is desperately needed and it would run trains on the east capitol expressway all the way to alum rock and connect to the milpitas bart station advocates say this will connect the lowerincome largely latino population in East San Jose to jobs and schools. The project design actually started since the early 2, thousands and took a pause during the recession back in 2007, the vta board will vote on a construction contract next month. And if approved construction will begin in april. All right. Now lets talk about football fortyniners wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk is expressing his desire for a new deal as the fortyniners prepare for the nfl draft in april, the team picked up the 5th year option on his contract. So theyre set to pay him a little more than 14 Million Dollars next season. His performance last season was outstanding. He had 55 receptions racked up more than 1300 yards. 7 touchdowns. General manager john lynch says he is a player. The fortyniners definitely want to keep. We have some challenges. We have a lot of good players, a lot of good players who weve rewarded. Brandons one we think incredibly highly a a one of my just guys all right. It is 10 55. And as we get ready to wrap things up here on the kron, 4 morning news. Lets visit with Olivia Horton upstairs and see what shes got cooking for today. Live in the bay, olivia. Hey, james has to go. And coming up today on live in the bay is the bay areas only beaches tribute band that treaty to a night of dancing fall set as and melodies we visit with you should be dancing on their return to San Francisco and how you can see the next show. Then its the awardwinning documentary that takes a closer look at the fusion of hiphop and classical music. We sat down with hiphop or experience to learn how they partnered who they partnered with to create this incredible film plus, the friendly neighborhood whining fragrance shop that opened its stores in north beach showed just up the street. We chat with the Wine Professional to hear more on their artisan products and how y u can shop locally. And as always, we want to hear what you have to say in todays question of the day. So in scan that qr code, todays National Pancake day. So, you know, we have to ask what is your favorite way to enjoy pancakes . Let us know. It could be read live today on the show at 01 00pm. James, you pancakes yeah. My favorite way to enjoy them a slowly. Good and sarah, thank lovett. Haha. All right. Were wrapping things up on the kron. 4 morning news. Check it out. Is out of north carolina. Bear squeezing out of a vent from a home. Wildlife Officials Say its not uncommon for bears to hibernate in tight spaces like that. If you see one, stay calm, hopefully wont see any up in this year. This coming weekend because everybody should be hunkered down. Bears included. Yeah. Hes got the right idea. Hes laying low. In saying yeah, tomorrow friday, saturday, these are stormy days for the sierra and rainy right here in the bay. Really focus on today. Look at the 60s. I love it. Thats it for us today. Well see tomorrow. What do i see in peter dixon . I see my husband. The father of our girls. I see a public servant. A man who served under secretary clinton in the state department. Where he took on the epidemic of violence against women in the congo. I see a fighter, a tenacious problemsolver. Who will go to congress and protect abortion rights and our democracy. Because he sees a Better Future for all of us. Im peter dixon and i approved this message