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That door tried to keep it close. But it long line its first wide open than a job doors stay open now to its not getting closed anytime soon. So we are looking at big storm system on its way. A good dose of rain for the bay. But really what im focused on mostly its just how heavy that snow is in the sierra and dont be taking it lightly. What i say do not be heading up there the next several days. Roadways will be impossible to travel on its 5 to 12 feet of snowfall will be piling up. Baring everything up there in the upper elevations looking outside the bay area, a much calmer predicament for us. We will be looking at showers but our Flooding Risk is actually pretty nonexistent. Small streams have actually really lowered a lot the past few weeks, which has been good news. So any rainfall just going to drain right into those rivers and streams as it should. We are looking out there at that rain and snow really pushed in on the Northern California at this point. Nothing here locally just yet aside from some light showers in the north bay, you can see that blue increasing later on today up in the sierra that your heavy snowfall, which really increases and lowers in elevation into tomorrow and saturday as it does that were going to see a little snow as low as some of our bay area mountaintops to. We will be looking at a dangerous impact up in the Sierra Nevada roadways will be impassable starting tonight into saturday and as plows tried to get up there and clear things out may even be impassable into sunday and monday. If you are in a cabin up in the sierra, get all the supplies you need several days worth of food because you will be snowed in. The most intense snowfall will be tomorrow through saturday. As for the bay area, temperatures are actually fairly mild this morning. Its 40s to 50s right now. Berkeley billy havent conquered egypt. 52 degrees, calistoga saint helene at 46 later on today. A couple of us will make the low 60s amid some showers and at times some heavy afternoon rainfall, rain, winds on the for morning commute. No accidents. But remember, things are slick. 13 minutes of the bay bridge, to ridge around 13 minutes it december filbert 8 minutes and the Golden Gate Bridge. 37 to the tolls 20 minutes. Lets continue our Team Coverage of the wet weather, the rain thats coming our way. We know that sprinkles are already starting to fall up in the north bay. Its going to be a wet commute this morning. Certainly crawfords le bit later this morning and into the afternoon. Back to james reyna. I will stay dry as you there. Thank you. 603. The time now to a story we first brought you yesterday here on the kron. 4 morning news. A San Jose Police arresting a man in connection with a shooting outside a talker with multiple bystanders just feet away. Kron fours amanda hari has that story. Surveillance video outside of the law. Victoria talk korea on almaden expressway back in august of 2018 shows the moment a triple shooting went down. It was around 10, 15 at night and lots of people were still around. Video shows just how gruesome this act committing Violent Crime in a public area where multiple bystanders are located, including small children. And so you really see that in the surveillance video, San Jose Police Public Information officer Tanya Hernandez says the 3 victims and 2 male suspects. Were inside of the restaurant when they got into an argument and that argument turned violent when all 5 people stepped outside. That was when the primary suspect produced a handgun and shot each of the victims, at least once in november of 2023. Police identified 26 yearold Miguel Vergara perez as the primary suspect and reopen the case arresting vergara present december. Alright, homicide unit detectives really exhausted. All leads in these cases and do not rest until they bring justice to our victims and the victims. Families. Lagardere as in the Santa Clara County jail facing attempted homicide charges. Police are still looking for another suspect in this case. Happening today, the man charged in connection with the Half Moon Bay mass shooting will be back in the san mateo courtroom. Weve got zhao. Hes supposed to enter pleas to grand jury indictments last month, but that didnt happen after the defense asked for more time to review the charges last year. Pleaded not guilty to all charges and was remain in custody ever since. Prosecutors say they hope the trial will happen this year but admits it could be delayed until 2025. Happening today, theres a press conference is going to be held to speak out against District Attorney pamela price is recall effort. Bay area faith leaders of organized a press conference for 10 00am today at jefferies inner circle in oakland. Leaders are advocating that price be allowed to finish out her elected role effectively as he tries to bring a new progressive approach to criminal justice officials hope the conference will serve as a testament to the support of price and her community efforts. Well, one of 4 people could become oaklands first police chief in more than a year that local residents are going to get a chance to meet them tonight, the Oakland Police Commission Posted a list of candidates for the citys top cop position. Yeah, they are Cincinnati Police Department Lieutenant colonel lisa davis, new york assistant met deputy mayor for public safety. Luis molina, former san leandro chief abdul up her gun per jim who was one of the 3 candidates previously rejected by the mayor and then retired lubbock, texas police chief floyd mitchell. All right. Well, despite the list of finalists, the acrimony between the mayor and Police Commissioner rages on. Mayors in taos it you will not be attending that public forum for the candidate because she says its not necessary and its detrimental to attracting the best candidates. Civil rights Attorney John Burris is closely watching the process. Mares position on this, although theres some legitimacy to i just dont know that overrides the Public Interest to know these people are before they selected. I think thats the overriding consideration. Well, a Candidate Forum will take place at 6. 30, that city hall. It will be streamed online. San jose also musicals teeth and city leaders are planning to hold virtual and inperson meetings next month. The residents can voice who could be the new chief. The current chief anthony mata is retiring next month spending nearly 30 years with the department. Hes accepted a new position as the Investigations Bureau chief for the Santa Clara County District Attorneys office. And in the north bay, the label police are asking for your help, identify the person who they say started a fire in a target saturday. Officers say the man on your screen lit the flames in a paper towel aisle. Fire forces evacuations in a store closure thats in place until saturday. Damage now estimated to cost around 3 million dollars. We asked healing family and friends. All of us come together to pray today. But Community Members in San Mateo County coming together in prayer yesterday honoring a family that was murdered earlier this month. The father mother and their 4 ye rold twin boys were found dead in their home during a welfare check. Investigators say they believe the father shot his wife multiple times before shooting himself in a bathroom. Think about a crime such as speaks to me mental illness. I can crime such as this was not someone mentally even all appearances where contrary, which is around prayers were shared outside the familys home where officers found their bodies. That winds cause of death is still under investigation as they had no signs of physical trauma. Police say there is no history of violence at that home. Theyre working to find a motive. Is boasting the highest ridership for years. San Francisco City Officials Say the ridership rose 25 over the last year. The Transit System theyve been pretty busy making some improvements focusing on cleanliness safety and reliability. That might not be enough. The citys director of transportation says muni still facing the toughest financial situations in its history. Some stations ridership is only a 3rd what it was before the pandemic started. Were also still suffering from the fact that theres no city in the world that has been more impacted by covid era work from home policies that in San Francisco. We have succeeded in retooling unity for todays current travel patterns and the results. Have been far more successful than we had thought possible. Well, the future of many may become clearer later this year as the mayor. The board of supervisors finalize the 2024. 25 budget plans. Still ahead of the kron. Morning news People Living in berkeley. They want changes made to problematic intersection. After recent accidents and tax season is here, you might be able to fall faster than ever details after the break. Plus at open councilmember takes a walk with police to open streets to hear the needs of local businesses. What theyre asking for. And our next storm system, well, its almost here for some of us in the north bay. Weve already seen some light showers, heavier rainfall on its way later today over the next several days. Ive you can make money the hard way as a bullfighter or a human cannonball. Or save money the easy way, with xfinity mobile. 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A manager at the restaurant says the franchise sent an email to employees at the location explaining the Companies Working on a plan for next steps. That plan will be set to be released next week. The Oakland Unified School district is set to hear recommendations now on making budget cuts. It will make the district they say more efficient and save money. The district says this is all part of their annual Budget Development process and their multiyear planning the board schedule a vote on the recommendations in 2 weeks. And Sonoma County Animal Services are asking the community for help in fostering or adopting dogs. The shelter will provide food dog beds, Veterinary Care and anything else needed for foster homes. All right. Well just in time right a little warm cuddle buddy before the storms temperatures are going to plummet and its going to get awfully wet outside. Yeah, i dont think the dogs are going to go outside use so maybe an umbrella for them as well. We are looking at some decent rainfall on its way for the bay area. But the sierra, this is a major storm. Summing up breakdown both for us. Starting with the bay area right now, we do have some light showers pushing in across the region. Not too too bad. Just yet, though. In fact, radars looking really quiet here locally. Theres where your rain is stashed out further up to our north snow kicking off north of i80 this morning. Nothing around lake tahoe just yet massive system sitting in the gulf of alaska and Northern Pacific dropping down our direction. And as this cold air advances our way over the next 24 hours, we have got a big cool down in the works. This is going to lower snow elevation as low as 1500 feet starting tomorrow night, especially into saturday morning, could see some snowfall on bay area. Mountaintops, but really the sierra is where its going to be coming down. And i know a lot of people that go up to this year, this time of year, almost every weekend. Youre the type of people that are definitely used to it. I dont care who you are. What change youve got. This is not going to be a situation. You want to be messing around with 5 to 12 feet of snowfall falling on i80 at Donner Summit is going to make roadway travel impossible. It is going to take multiple days for plows to get up there and clear everything off. So if youre going to try to venture into that tonight, tomorrow into saturday, its not going to be looking good for anybody. We are seeing a few inches of snowfall in the mountains of the north bay. Very likely, especially into saturday morning and snow level falling to increasingly lower elevations. Its not just the feet up on the feet of snowfall either. But a blizzard warning in effect from 10 00am this morning through 10 00am on sunday. Weve got winds up there 60 to 80 Miles Per Hour the next several days. This is going put drifts right up to the rooftops of houses as well as results in roadways, just being even more impossible to servers. Snow level continues to fall into tomorrow. The worst of conditions will be friday and saturday, but picking up today, 5 to 10 plus feet of snowfall. Once you hit that 5,000 foot, mark, were seeing 4 to 8 feet of snow all the way down to lake tahoe. Thatll and once you get up to truckee, its going to be more like 9 to 12 feet of snowfall. So this is going to be extremely heavy stuff for us in the bay area are situation definitely not as dire. We will have pockets of heavy rainfall. But heres the good news. Water levels have dropped the past few days on rivers, streams and all our local of bodies of water. Now theyre able to absorb the impact from these showers. So we should have very minimal Flooding Risk here in the bay. We see as we move through today into tomorrow, some pockets of heavy rainfall mostly increasing this afternoon tonight into tomorrow. Those pockets of heavy rain could come along with a few isolated thunderstorms, too. Todays rainfall anywhere between a quarter and a half an inch for most spots. Were going to see several inches of rainfall just by saturday and even more than that on into next week, up and down the coastline, we will have some high surf, high surf advisories really going into effect tomorrow, though. Thats when were going to be seeing that dangerous. Well, up along the coast, winds picking up this afternoon, 30 to 40 Miles Per Hour. Gusts here locally temperatures for one more day seeing a couple of low 60s like an antioch in san jose. Most of us fall into the 50s tomorrow saturday and sunday will barely make the 50s. And at night temperatures will drop below freezing for a lot of inland valleys. That means mountain snowfall dropping to increasingly lower elevations. We are seeing heavy rainfall starting this afternoon likely through saturday with lingering showers into sunday. Right. All right, john, thanks for that was a role in year member. Things are going to be slick. Take your time this morning. 13 minutes on the bay bridge, san mateo bridge just under 15 did want to one, which is amber filbert about 9 minutes and the Golden Gate Bridge. 37 to the tolls. 20 minutes. Time now, 6. 18, and crowd for your local election headquarters. And were just 5 days away now from the primary election. This morning we have an exclusive new inside california politics. Emerson college poll shows the race for californias open u. S. Senate seat is extremely client. Is capitol correspondent Eytan Wallace breaks down the results. Democrat adam schiff, thank you, everybody. Republican steve garvey. And democrat katie porter. Youre looking at the 3 leading candidates in the race for californias open u. S. Senate seat. That is according to this new inside california politics. Emerson college poll showing ship in the lead with 28 and garvey in second with 20 in 3rd place. But within the margin of error in reach of second places. Porter with 17 . Democrat barbara lee rounds out the top 4 at 8 . While all other candidates pulled a 2 or lower. I think the main takeaway here is that shift is likely to take that number one spot. But that second place that is up for grabs. Matt taglia helped to organize and conduct the poll. He says its important to remember this race is part of the states top 2 primary system, meaning the top 2 vote getters will advance to compete in the november general election all the more. So i tag know its much of the attention is now on porter and garvey as they do it out for runnerup. We see a real tightening per second place. So i think thats thats the headline here. He also says something to watch closely is this 17 of voters say they are still undecided. When asked who theyre leaning toward 19 of the undecided point to barb with shift and porter just behind. But even if you factor that in the poll finds ship would still be in the lead with garvey importer behind him. As for lee, without that baseline of supports, it might just be too little too late in the race for the white house. The poll found a joe biden and donald trump will easily win their respective primaries in california. A state where voters say their top issues include the economy, housing, affordability and as for governor Gavin Newsoms ballot measure known as proposition won, the poll found its likely to pass the proposal asks voters to approve a 6. 3, 8 billion dollar bond to fund more than 11,000 Behavioral Health beds and 27,000 treatment unit statewide for people experiencing Substance Use disorders and mental illness. The poll results, 69 of voters say they will vote yes, seeing supported close to 70 suggest that there is still widespread concern. Among californians that were not doing enough to take on this issue. Well, that was Eytan Wallace reporting. As for governor newsoms approval rating, the poll shows it stands at 49 . While his disapproval rating is at 39 , that is significant. Given a new for launch this week. The goal to eventually oust him from office. And a reminder since kron 4 is your election headquarters. Make sure you tune in on Election Night tuesday. March 5th for our live results coverage. Well be giving you the numbers as they come in. Again. That coverage begins at 08 00pm on Election Night. Coming up on the kron, morning news, a new report showing the major health risks that come with smoking marijuana. Well explain what those are and the storm is on the way. Were tracking that as starts to impact your morning commute. See, its already hitting some parts of the north bay and sprinkles. And hes like that. What do i see in peter dixon . I see my husband. The father of our girls. I see a public servant. 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Appleby says the closure is part of a broader Business Strategy and says employees are given a chance to work in restaurants and other ones that are in the region. The next closest applebees is the one in to know. East bay tenants will be rallying in San Francisco ahead of a hearing now for a lawsuit against eviction moratoriums. Landlords from oakland and alameda say they took a big blow when local control measures during the pandemic and they now want financial compensation. They want the moratorium to be declared unconstitutional. East bay Tenant Advocacy Group acce says they will stand firm after a motion was filed to remove them from the case after they intervened in the lawsuit. The hearing will start at 9 oclock this morning outside the federal courthouse in San Francisco. Well, some consumers are getting access now to a free tax filing service. The Internal Revenue service is now testing its direct file system in 12 states. This is just for qualified users now to file simple tax returns. The states include arizona, california, texas, new york and florida. Filers need to provide a Social Security or individual taxpayer Identification Number for themselves and any dependents as well as proper identification. The service is only now for w 2 employees. People receiving Social Security or those on unemployment. Coming up next to the problem morning news, a major storm is about to hit the sierra. It is supposed to drop pretty heavy snow on the area, making it almost impossible for people to drive up and around. There will tell you what you need to expect. And were tracking the rain during the morning commute and it is starting to come down. My commute was a little wet. Well, a drive into the east bay and into the city this bay and into the city this morning. Take a time right when you smell the amazing scent of gain flings. Time stops. and you realize youre in love. Steve . With a laundry detergent. gain flings. Seriously good scent. Yesterday take a look behind me live. Weve got some clouds rolling in, obviously getting a little more gray on this thursday where the storms are expected to start. Also your morning commute is going to be a slick one that john has been getting us ready for that. John, what are you seeing out there . Yeah, well, so far this morning, it is been calm definitely slick, though. Weve seen some light showers in particular for the north bay. In the east bay rain picks up this afternoon as well. Snow in the sierra and thats where really everyones eyes are looking because we can handle the rain in the bay. But the sierra snow whole different story. Your view outside a diamond peak right now. Youd never know. Ive seen some of my friends up there posting that it felt like spring yesterday, but a lot of those spring blooms are going to be covered up on feet upon feet of snow fall down and just make sure that you have let it with you as far as any sort of food goes because we are going to be looking at several days of snowfall that is going to snow. A lot of people in travel going to be virtually impossible bay area. We are starting with some light sprinkles. Rainfall will pick up this afternoon. Watch for some heavier pockets and listen for a few rolls of thunder too. Later today could hear some thunderstorms tomorrow. Much the same. Notice how that blew up in the sierra and even our north bay mountains really expands as we work our way on into tomorrow and saturday, temperatures will be plummeting along with that snow level falls to 1500 to 2000 feet in elevation. Once you head above 5,000 feet, though it is going to be 5 to 12 feet of snowfall. That is going to be way too much for those plows to keep up with. And we will be looking any road closures. Snow begins this morning. But the worst of snow is going to arrive tomorrow through saturday, along with the very strong winds. So we do have blizzard warnings in the sierra in effect today through saturday. Temperatures are right now in the 40s to 50s for the bay. Very mild start to this morning. You can think all those clouds and the showers for that really moderating temperatures during overnight hours. Today is just going to be an overcast one with those areas of heavy rain later on today. And of course, the snow picking up in the mountains, talking all of it. Your full forecast ahead, right . All right, john, thank you for them look at your morning. Slick commute bay bridge right now. 15 minute ride. Heading into the city this morning, san mateo bridge starting to see it on over to senator phil can look at the water there. Take the time. 12 minutes and the Golden Gate Bridge. 37, tolls. So that reflection. 21 minute ride. Well, 6. 32, the time in a blizzard warning will be going into effect this morning as several feet of snow are expected to fall in tahoe. You just heard john talking about a year, alex. John sabol said if you are not up there already, dont go. Michael thomas. Live with more. What you need to morning michael. Yeah, good morning, everyone. Thats right. Essentially officials are telling people staley, if you can when it comes to the amount of snow, theyre saying could see up to 10 feet in the sierras and several feet around lake tahoe. Weve got a live look up on your screen right now. A pow states cause you can see just exactly how much snow were talking about and how much is already really hitting the ground there. And starting this morning at 10 oclock, the National Weather service in reno actually is issuing a blizzard warning for about a 300 mile stretch all the way from the sierra from north of lake tahoe, down to south of Yosemite National park. The areas that you have widespread blowing snow that will create blizzardlike and whiteout conditions essentially causing travel to be really impossible and extremely dangerous as you wont be able to see whats ahead of you. Even within a few feet. Experts say there may be between 2 to 4 feet of snow in towns along tahoes. Sure. And again, 5 to 10 feet in the highest elevations with winds in that area close to 100 miles an hour pg e and pacific gas. State crews are on standby. They do expect some disruptions during this time. So they want to remind people be safe, use caution and never touch a downed power line. We spoke with our kron fours meteorologist john shrable who had this to say regarding the conditions and what you should know if youre thinking about heading that way. So you have plans of getting to the sierra. It is time to cancel those to reconsider. If you are going to be in this year already fully plan on being snowed in for multiple days. Have those go bags ready . Multiple days worth of food. It is very important to be ready to not be able to move. Once you get up there. Now again, this warning starts at 10 oclock this morning. And then it is going to. And later at the end of this weekend. So if you are heading out, just be safe and you probably should stay home the best you can and james, ill send it back to you guys live in the studio. All right, michael, thank you for that break down there. All right. 6. 34 is the time. Berkeley intersection is a problem spot after a driver hit another person there. Resuming in the map. Police shut down the area of 7th street and hines avenue yesterday after a person was hit while crossing the street. Have latest accident comes just weeks after the father and his toddler were hit in that intersection while biking cole was dan thorn has that story. The smashed in windshield of this blue mini cooper is evidence of another accident at a berkeley intersection. Police had to close off 7 street and hines avenue wednesday afternoon after another person was hit while crossing the street. Really goes out to the pedestrian because i saw. Just a little photo of the car and the shattered window shield. Berkeley resident adam moss is all too familiar with the dangers of this intersection on the morning of february. 12th mohsen, his 3 yearold son recycling to a nearby school when they were hit by a driver. The child was not hurt, but moss suffered a bad knee injury and it was a terrifying experience. We feel so incredibly grateful well that we were in work off because were well aware that it could have moss says theres a lot of movement in this Industrial Area of southwest berkeley. Aside from the nearby businesses and schools, the intersection is popular for cyclists dog walkers, runners and families moss. His wife is involved with Traffic Safety group walk bike berkeley. The Organization Says theyre extremely upset about another person being injured by a driver. Theyre calling on the city to rapidly respond by making safety improvements at the intersection. Moss says infrastructure such as curb extensions or bollards need to be put in place. I hope cities can do more to put in our infrastructure to keep people safe because i want to live in a city that is walk and bike friendly and i think we actually need that for our future. Were still working to gather more information about wednesdays crash. Police have not officially released what happened or the conditions of the person who was hit. In berkeley, dan thorn kron. 4 news along the east bay, Oakland Councilmember dan kalb spent wednesday walking the streets. Talking emergence in north oakland. This is because hes looking for solutions to combat rising crime last year resolution. The author past in the city council addressing public safety. He says the city is currently implementing the actions, including trying to hire and retain more 911, dispatchers to improve response times having high tech cameras also along busy streets. I think ive asked for insist upon is that we asked the fbi to come in to oakland and to help us investigate the most Violent Crimes. Theyve done that in the past and now theyre going to do it again. When wednesday marked cars, 4th walk with police since he says crime started to steadily rise 2 years ago. We now know the identity of woman who was strangled to death on a santa cruz beach. Police say 21 yearold not mansour of san ramon. Response seabright state beach on friday. Investigators think that her boyfriend sand will stone killed her Court Documents also say stone called 911 and allegedly confessed to the murder. We answer was attending uc santa cruz and that stone was a student there between the summer of 2021 fall. 23 remains in custody on no bail. 6. 37 the time. Uc berkeley leadership now is talking about an anti israel protest that forced an all hands on deck situation at the School Monday night. About 200 protesters rallied at u c berkeley to stop a speech by ron bart, Joseph Joseph at an israeli attorney and former member of the Israeli Defense force during the protest to jewish students were assaulted and a letter sent to the campus community. The office of the University Chancellor said protesters broke down doors to the zeller buck playhouse, forcing the audience and the speaker waiting inside to be evacuated. But nowhere in that Statement Today mention anything about jews being harassed or use the word antisemitism wants. And so i think there are a lot of Jewish Student Center feeling alienated well, the letter called the attack on the building and and the event, an attack on the fundamental values of the university. The event was moved to a more secure location. State attorney general rob bonta is reacting to the incident there at cal on social media. He wrote on x on California College campuses. There is a right to assemble right to free speech, right to safety and a right to peaceful discourse. Free of violence and acts of hate. Hate against one community is hate against us. All we must do better end quote. The Antidefamation League filed a federal complaint against the berkeley Unified School District for what they say is severe and persistent antisemitic bullying. The complaint accuses berkeley administrators of ignoring parents reports and allowed k through 12 schools to become hostile environments for jewish and israeli students. It also accused the board of education of not disciplining teachers and students who have engaged in harassment and instead of addressing the issue. The report says principal simply moved the offended students to different classrooms. For your health, theres a new study revealing how smoking marijuana is actually linked to an increase in heart attacks and even strokes or to the study published in the journal of the American Heart Association daily marijuana use led to a 42 increase in strokes and a 25 increase in heart attacks. The study drew its results from nearly a halfmillion cannabis users. 75 of participants consumed cannabis by smoking. 25 by vaping drinking or eating it. So when you smoke, you get to those one is the particular matter cause and damage the lawn and it thc causing damage to system. When you take the edible, theres no particular meta involved. Its just goes to that. Got upstate edible. Kids see gets released and the tsa causes a basket debits. So the notion both completely say this also not true. Well, medical experts say that just because cannabis is legal doesnt mean it is safe. And were starting to track the fallout after macys announced its going to close its iconic Union Square Location in the city. What will happen with the Cheesecake Factory on the top floor of the building . Well, 4 spoke with the manager of the restaurant. Were told the franchise sent an email to employees at that location explaining that the company is working on a plan for the next steps. The plan is set to be released sometime next week. Kron 4 confirmed with the Union Square Alliance said the Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony and union square will take place this year. No word yet on the plans for the celebration beyond 2024. Were going to take a break here at 6. 41. Coming up, the nfls player voted annual report. Cards have been released. Find out where the fortyniners rank among the league. And our next storm system clearly visible across northern reaches of california. Its headed our direction for the bay in the form of rain and some mountain snow. Heavy mountain snow and blizzard conditions for the blizzard conditions for the sierra. Al who says you cant go for bold without going broke. Get the brands you want, the prices you want, whenever you want. Tj maxx where you can always afford to be you to the maxx. Alice loves the scent of gain so much, she wished there was a way to make it last longer. Say hello to your fairy godmother alice and longlasting gain scent beads. Part of the irresistible scent collection from gain time. And here are 4 things to know. San jose police have arrested a man in connection now with an attempted homicide case for more than 5 years ago. They say, gill for shot 3 men outside the lavatory talk on almaden expressway back in august 2018. Marjorie a spoke. Husband book down to the santa clary Santa Clara County jail for attempted homicide. The man charged in connection with the Half Moon Bay mass shooting will be back in the San Mateo County courtroom today. Truly zhao was supposed to enter pleas to grand jury indictments last month. But that didnt happen after the defense asked for more time to review the case. Oakland residents will be able to hear from the candidates that are hoping to become the citys next police chief. Tonight, the Oakland Police commission is holding that open forum, giving each candidate time to talk with residents. Its set to start at 6. 30, and san jose also needs a police chief and city leaders are planning to hold virtual and inperson meetings next month where residents can voice who they would like to see in a new chief, the current chief anthony mata is retiring next month after spending nearly 30 years with the forest. All right. Lets gears and lets talk the storm thats already on its way. To see minutes of it around the bay area, a few light sprinkles so far, but nothing compared to what were going to see later on. Good morning, john. Yep. Its only going to pick up from here this morning. Light showers out there. Youre seeing some of those around Half Moon Bay right here starting to get little impact of some wet conditions on the peninsula. Its not showing up on radar, but thats because a lot of this low count loud cover, so resulting in some heavy mist and drizzle. So it is coming down despite the fact that radars not showing it to we are seeing actual rainfall to our north up in mendocino, humboldt counties line of heavier showers moving right into rica right now are northern neighbors up there and snow staying north of i80 right now. So not anything yet for lake tahoe. Massive cold pressure area right here, low pressure area bringing in this cold air mass. And you can see that cold front right here going to be pushing across the bay area later today as it does so that cold air sweeps in with vigor and will be resulting in a big cool down and some strong winds for us. Im go na start with the Sierra Nevada because that big cool down in strong winds as resulting in blizzard conditions up there and multiple feet of snowfall. As ive been stressing you so much today, roadways are going to be impossible to travel starting tonight into tomorrow and saturday. I know theres a lot of us that are very accustomed to getting up to the snow. This is a completely different story. I dont care about chains. I dont care about what can a lift to have on your car. This 5 to 12 feet of snowfall is going to completely stop any travel in its tracks up there. So if you are going to be in the sierra, be ready to go with several days worth of food and if you need to head back from the sierra this morning is the time to do so. Come saturday morning. Youll notice some snowfall in our peaks in the bay area. 3 to 6 inches of it on top of mount saint other mountains up in lake and mendocino counties dusting on top of mount diablo and mission peak. We are seeing blizzard warnings going into effect just shortly here this morning at 10 00am through 10 00am on sunday. This is going to be a situation that affects not just our upper elevations, but down in the lower elevations to grass valley, nevada city down into areas around Yosemite National park. This is a situation that you dont want to mess with as far as travel is concerned, so be ready to hunker down. Were just not go up there at all. Snow level drops to 1500 to 2000 feet tomorrow night into saturday morning. Once you head above 5,000 feet, its 5 to even 12 feet of snowfall. Donner summit expecting around 9 feet of snow for you. Thats at the top of i80 bay area. We can handle the rainfall that were going to should remain like this morning. Heavier pockets this afternoon with a chance of thunderstorms evening hours tonight will continue to bring those heavier pockets of rain fall. And as we move into tomorrow, eventually youre going to continue to see much the same. A few rolls of thunder rainfall picking up from time to time. Good news is our streams. Water level has dropped on so theres capacity there to really pick up all this rain, absorb it into the soils. Any excess will drain right off. Definitely good news. Flooding risk is not a concern for most areas. A quarter of an inch to half an inch of rain today. Well have more on top of that the next couple of days likely going to come out of this rain with the round 2 inches of rain for a lot of urban areas and even more expected next week tomorrow and saturday. High surf, the coastlines swell as high as 15 to 20 feet at the coast. Were not really a coastal forecast anyways, but if you are heading out there, do note that 30 to 40 Miles Per Hour wind gusts as that cold front rushes through later on today. Temperatures for one will hit 60 degrees for only a couple spots. Antioch, san jose, redwood city. Among those areas. After that, look at the rest of the weekend weekend friday, saturday and sunday barely make in the low 50s mountain snowfall likely in the bay area peak saturday into sunday morning. And we are going to be looking at those blizzard conditions in the sierra starting today, all through the weekend. All right, john, thank you for that. Lets look at your morning commute slick and what take the time. 15 minute ride traveling to the city. San mateo bridge around 15 minutes. There. Richs 7 bridge. You can see the water on land his 15 minutes and just slow down. And the Golden Gate Bridge looking grey. 21 minutes there. Sports drinks might include a lot more sugar you Cleveland Clinic dietician is urging people to avoid drinking too many of those. She says they include several dies. Grand. She also urging people get your electrolytes from other foods. These can be found in fruits, vegetables like these dark chocolate, leafy greens experts also recommend adding a powdered version of electrolytes to your water, which might not include eyes or sugars. Well, lets talk about the warriors. Theyve been playing better basketball as of late. They were hoping to make a late season run and get out of the playin range of the standings to do so. Theyll need a healthy chris. Paul cp, 3 return this week after being out since january 5th with a broken hand. And heres what gp 2 and steve kerr had to say about his return. Weve been playing pretty well over the last month or so ive really been looking forward to getting chris back. You can see why hes a plus 17. 21 always in control of the game. I thought the way closed the 3rd quarter was really important. You know, he you know, we just handle things better with with chris. Its such a great point. Guard always knows whats happening in the game and whats needed from him. So its great to have him back. The warriors next game is against the new york knicks. Thats at 4. 30, today. Well, the nfl players Associations Annual report cards have been released and the fortyniners rank among the best franchises in the league. The survey lets players grade their teams in 11 categories, including how players families are treated food quality at the stadium Training Facilities and how good the coaches are. The fortyniners ranked 6th out of 32 teams. They received as in multiple categories including team ownership. Players gave the super bowl champions the chiefs and aphis when it comes to overall rank. George. Well, the Oakland Unified School district, theyre going to hear recommendations on making budget cuts to make the district more efficient and save money. The district says this is part of their annual Budget Development process. Multiyear planning. So they say the staff has continued to provide the board with recommendations to address the districts financial realities. The vote on the recommendations in 2 weeks. Lawmakers and advocates took to the steps of the State Capitol trying to push for fair and equal College Admission process throughout california. According to the bill, 17, 80 authored by state Assembly Member phil ting, the law would prohibit private california schools, colleges from receiving state funding to the cal grant program. If they preferential treatment to certain applicants, particularly those with donor or alumni in california. We believe that power influence and money should not dictate who gets a c unit are steamed college and universities. We believe all students deserve a fair shot at a College Education regardless of family background income level or the color of their skin lawmakers at a new season hes already dont practice. Legacy admissions. Follows last summers u. S. Supreme court ruling bans race consideration in the College Admission process. Going to take a break here at 6. 52. But coming up, were tracking the rain during your morning commute. Theres not a lot falling right now, but there is a lot on the way. And so johns getting us prepared ,ill get the full forecast. And make sure you tune into special tonight honoring black history in the bay area. It airs tonight 6. 31, well, today is february 29th. 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Because he sees a Better Future for all of us. Im peter dixon and i approved this message. Right now on the kron 4 morning news. A major storm has its sights set on Northern California. Weve got heavy rain expected for the next few days here in the bay area. Meanwhile, the sierra is dealing with a blizzard warning this morning. We everything you need to know to get ready. From the areas local news station. Youre watching the kron. 4 morning news at 7. Good morning. 7 oclock here on the kron. 4 morning news. Thank you for joining us. Im James Fletcher and im reyna harvey in for darya folsom. The storm saw open wide open. Yeah. And youre at who knows when theyre going to close again. Weve got john with a look at all of an yesterday was so gorgeous. That door was closed yesterday who left it but hey, were about to see a very heavy dose of snow up in the Sierra Nevada and a good round of rain here in the bay area. The