From the bay areas local news station. Youre watching kron. 4 news at 6. And Early Morning chase in the north bay, leaving for sheriffs deputies injured. One of them critically. Meanwhile, the man who led that chase is dead as investigation into what exactly happened in this quiet part of santa rosa. Actually, Sonoma County continues. Thanks for joining us for kron for news at 6. Im ken wayne and im noelle bellow. The man who was killed allegedly stopped mid chase. To shoot at officers with a rifle kron fours. Rob nesbitt has the latest. The shooting between the gunman in the sheriffs deputies ended in a crash behind me. You can see the fence that the suspect drove his vehicle into. Police are trying to figure out if it was the crash or the shooting that killed the suspect. Flashing blue lights lit up several streets in west santa rosa monday morning. According to the Sonoma County sheriffs office, deputies responded to reports of a man holding a rifle on todd road when they arrived on scene just after midnight. The suspect fled in a vehicle at a pursuit occurred. Gunfire was exchanged between the suspect and police injuring 4 deputies. According to sheriff ed ian groom. 2 with hand injuries. One shot in the leg and one deputy in Critical Condition from a head injury. As you can imagine, im concerned about my and your deputies. Out, theyll make a full and speedy recovery. This is been chaotic incident after shooting at police. The gunman drove away and crashed his vehicle in stony point road and was pronounced dead at the scene. Timothy dimmick lives by where the crash occurred. It was that i will cover one 30. To the sound of it, there was heavy round. It. Pettit is basically on todd road. We saw we heard the shooting and crash under investigation by the Santa Rosa Police department to sheriff vehicles in the suspects vehicle were towed away from the scene by early afternoon. And stony point road was reopened to traffic officer patricia 7 says other roads with the pursuit occurred will remain closed while investigators search for evidence crime scenes to be investigated and the evidence technicians started at this location and are working their way back. To the areas todd road and a stand according to the Sonoma County sheriffs body camera footage warned by the deputies involved will be released once its available reporting in santa rosa. Im rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. A group trying to recall Alameda County da pamela price dropped off boxes of signatures today at the county registrars office. Save alameda for everyone or safe gathered with supporters before dropping off those boxes. The Coalition Claims prices policies jeopardize the safety of people in Alameda County and theyre asking for heart and is asking for harsher penalties for criminals. More than 73,000 signatures are needed for recalled to appear on the november ballot. Safe says it has collected well over 120,000. Caught is democratic process. Yes. So constitution we are a lot of people to do and not a toys to make a decision. So people can be a and today. Because you dont care about the people. You dont care about this. Care about but im saying is that got away with. Prices office did not return our request for comment. The documentary telling the story of alexis gabe, the 24 yearold oakley woman who went missing in 2022. Is set to air on several major streaming services. Alexis, gabes disappearance happened in january of 2022. After months of searching Police Determine the game was a victim of a homicide after finding her partial remains, the documentary will highlight her story and will be featured on an episode of a series about true crime. So will air on the program called on the case with paula zahn and air on several streaming services, including max discovery. Plus and amazon prime. The exact air date is unknown but is set to air sometime between now and april. Current county officials are issuing a Health Advisory about fentanyl citing a recent spike in Overdose Deaths since february 14th. There have been 5 reported Overdose Deaths related to the deadly drug. Officials say thats approximately 4 times higher than the usual rate. The county has also been tracking an increase in fentanyl and methamphetamine and wastewater as well as an uptick in emergency calls for non fatal overdoses. Drug overdoses remain the leading cause of death for people under 55 and marin county. More than 830,000 young chinook salmon released from siskiyou counties fall creek fish, hatchery died over the past week in the klamath river, the California Department of fish and wildlife says the fish were killed by whats called gas bubble disease, which likely happened as a fish trying to migrate through old dam infrastructure that set to be removed later this year. The Department Released a statement saying the incident was quote yet another sad reminder of how the climate river dams have harmed salmon runs for generations. The fall creek hatchery still holds more than 3 million healthy salmon. And some of those will be released into the wild later this month. Lets get check of your 4 zone forecast. Taking a live look at the san mateo bridge sunset is happening. It is cloudy today. We get some downpours to randomly a little bit of everything. Dave, whats going on out there . All right, ken well, were still looking for still a couple little showers still in the mix and were going to see the concentration of that mostly in the north bay. Of all, there are some breaks in the sun today. We had that will see that again for tonight as well. Half moon bay coming in with essentially mostly cloudy skies at that. And the satellite picture reveals a couple clear patches trying to make their self known there. As you can see by middle of the afternoon, a little bit gave us some daytime heating, but conditions remained a bit on the chilly side now will be quite as cold tonight because of the covering of the cloud cover. And tomorrow well probably see numbers warm a little bit. Kind of underscore whats going on from different parts of the bay up in the north bay. See the biz, a beloved dropoff, particularly by dawn tomorrow morning. Not so much elsewhere across the bay. Thats because will be some rain showers occurring up north throughout the overnight. Lets hand it back over to future cast for there. You see some clear patches elsewhere throughout the day with the spotty showers up north. But they kind of come and go continuously. Really. It looks like throughout the bout the next 48 hours, time period. And even as late as wednesday, still have to mention it in the forecast. And speaking of all of that, well, a little bit more details in your forecast coming up in a lawmakers are teaming up with the attorney general to try to keep dna programs in place that are responsible for solving cold cases and for identifying missing people. Kron fours. Dan kerman reports. The famdlies and friends and loved ones of more than 2000 individuals. Have some answers. They have some closure. Attorney general rob bonta says thats due in large part to state and local dna programs that have been funded by the fines charge to criminals. That Funding Sources put in place 20 years ago through a voter approved initiative known as prop 69. But its to expire this year. Now bonta in state legislators are behind a new bill to keep that Funding Source in programs. Use this technology to do many things identifying missing persons solving child abduction cases analyzing rape and assault evidence kits helping local Law Enforcement identify samples collected crime scenes exonerate innocent individuals testify in court and further advance research and developments in forensic science. Bonta says the 12 Million Dollars generated each year for state and local crime labs has resulted in the solving of 106,000 cold cases and the identification of thousands of missing persons through the missing persons dna program. Theres nothing any of us can do to undo the harm or bring back a loved one. Gone too soon. We know that. But our hope is that by seeking justice for those who have whove gone missing or who have been killed by seeking justice for families last sometimes more questions than answers. We can bring some semblance of peace that we can help bring some healing some closure to their lives. If passed, the bill will supply a steady source of funding to keep those dna programs in place. Dan kerman kron, 4 news. South bay leaders announcing new legislation today to streamline the building of interim housing standing in front of an interim housing site bill. Back in 2021. State senator josh becker join san jose mayor matt mahan and Community Leaders announcing the interim housing act of 2024. It would provide an improved option to bridge the gap between encampments and permanent housing. In terms part housing. They can get stable. They have an address where get Supportive Services they can get tied in to networks. They can get connected in trying to get help. Finding a job. The proposed bill will help to speed up the process of building these interim housings. While permanent Affordable Housing is being constructed, private builders usually only build housing if they can increase rent. So this would help build more mixed income housing. People can afford. Adam schiff made his final Bay Area Campaign stops today before tomorrows big primary election shift toward Small Businesses in San Francisco and san jose where he was joined by mayor matt mahan to discuss his platform and what hes promising if chosen by the voters to be the states next u. S. Senator. Theyre used. We so much more to bring people back downtown. Im not only in san jose, but in each of the big cities throughout california. And theres a lot i think the federal government can do. And here you see ships opponent, democrat katie porter, voting in Orange County on saturday. She cast her ballot broader 18 yearold son to vote in his very first election, sharing her message to voters. They want to see washington change that they need to send people to washington to do things differently. So the only democratic elected official running in this race who has never taken corporate pac money. That makes me different. Make, though, is not for sale. Nobodys vote in our Nations Capital should be for sale. And thats something that i think appeals to democrats, republicans and independents. Meantime, republican steve garvey is campaign had no Public Events over the weekend. Democrat barbara lees campaign has been organizing, get out the vote efforts. Coming up, why more and more librarians in the east bay say they are burnt out. Plus why we may be getting a little bit of a break from skyhigh electricity bills next month and a wild winter weekend in the sierra. We have the latest on conditions and lake tahoe as well as the Road Conditions for anyone trying conditions for anyone trying to get home. When you have moderate to severe eczema, its okay to show off. 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That major freeway closed after that huge blizzard with punishing winds swept through the sierra causing a lot of havoc for drivers, residents, businesses, especially ski resorts from forestry says stasio. Joining us now in our newsroom. With an update, theresa, it was a mess up their mask. It was wow. Theres a lot of adjectives we can use at one ski resort. Winds clocked in at more than 190 Miles Per Hour before they crashed the system. Some of the conditions. Well, you just have to see for yourself. Wicked winds, not stop. Snowing car crashes. Just a few of the highlights from this past weekend in the Sierra Nevada at palisades tahoe resort. Ferocious winds clocking in at 186 Miles Per Hour. Shattered glass windows before the cameras shut down, knocked offline on the donner summit. This was the scene friday and 05 00pm when the chp closed it all down, it remained shuttered saturday sunday and until monday morning at 9. 15, due to unsafe. Wild winter conditions could still see the shenanigans. You could still see that people were just adhering to the warnings. And, you know, if you did not need to be on the road, there was no reason to be on the road. Several cars and big rigs had to be towed off 80 and highway 50. Both are now open, but it is still slow going in areas. Emerald bay, which is highway 89 in the west shores still close. Those are areas that just get. Inundated with snow. So unfortunately, those are going to take a little bit more time to clean in first 3 days of march. Thats almost 3rd of the snowfall that we have received this season. So weve got a lot of digging to do have were going to get out for a little ran vp and general manager of northstar california says that they were able to welcome guests monday after the mammoth snowfall. But it will take some effort to get all the roads cleared and operations fully restored at the you know, theres that you can save may be behind me over here. Is a, you know, just the snow that slides off the roof and just packed up against the windows. Tracking resident Doug Appleton says its been a mix of finding work for past couple of days. As many locals hunker down. Fortunately, he says that the power stayed on and the snow was a blessing to sneak in some powder skiing. Plus, a dogs also blissfully had some fun play days. Ski and honey, the dogs playing. I love that. Appleton says that our neighbor did have a massive of damage. Fortunately, no one was injured. Lets send it over to meteorologist dave sphar is going to tell us that it is incredibly still cold up there with more snow coming friday. Theresa looks like we might get a little bit for this week, but it will be very, very modest. At least those temperatures low in these storms that we got them forget they were cold storms. Unlike the warmer storms we had before. You get a lot of melting and you dont hold on all that snow. So this go around. Were holding on to more than we got. This is a shot from Yosemite National park. Get the general idea here, too. A lot of snow to be had and has a clean up the efforts. Theyre not a whole lot to add to it. So might look ok, although were looking for another quick moving system over this weekend. Tahoe forecast keeps those numbers in the 30s to about 40 ish for high temperatures. Again, the chances to pick up a little bit of snow, but variable clouds throughout the period. It looks like on the home front, most readings and the middle 50s for now almost everywhere, whether it be the coast off the brentwood. 56 in pittsburgh as well. 52 for sonoma. So most readings here holding nicely. Now were not going to see as much of a drop tonight as we did from last night because of a lot of cloud cover that we have. You see a whole lot of rain happening up there in the north bay, but it keeps regenerating throughout this tiger. Get that in mind because well pick up a little bit of rain throughout the next about 48 hours there. Clear patches trying to break out here a little bit tomorrow. Looks like. But what were really watching is how the slowest reversing which and later model runs is now drifting further in further south. Quick pop with the winds we get tomorrow afternoon. Its the south because its being driven from this low again as it drops to the south that will kind of drive our weather in. Its not going to be real close to us. Like these other lows have been. Again, thats all good news. Look at your forecast tonight. Were looking at readings from the middle to upper 40s 30s. Probably not going on for tonight. Considerable clouds, variable clouds and fog all thrown into that recipe. And as well have later on to the extended forecast, looks like a minor little warm up as we head on into the weekend. But were still eyeballing the chance of rain on saturday. Well, its a nice to get a little bit of a break because its been a long few days. But yeah, whatever do. Thank you, dave. Meantime, Yosemite National park is now partially back open after being closed since friday due to the storm. Big oak flat road badger pass road and some ski areas reopened at noon today. Chains are required as park rangers say visitors are welcome to come in through the highway. 41 and trends and through highway one, 40, the Wawona Campground will reopen on a first come first served basis. The park says bring a shovel and be prepared for winter camping. Heres some good news. The state Public Utility Commission recently announced millions of californians could save on their utility bills next month in april, state Officials Say that through the states cap and trade program more than 20 million customers will get credits from 32 to 175 on their electric bills. And roughly 62 86 on their gas bills combined. Thats an average credit of almost 250 on utility bills for the month of april. New reports say librarians are facing more and more dangerous situations that they simply arent trained for, including some of our local libraries. The local library had 2 reportedly hire a Mediation Consultant to address safety concerns and low morale libraries are an open free resource for the public, but staff are now facing the librarys becoming a hot spot for crime. All of this forcing librarians to navigate verbal abuse, racy situations, dangerous confrontations and Mental Health crises and its being felt in neighboring Contra Costa County as well. Are seeing an uptick in incidents at all of our libraries and its a trend happening across the country. There were threats to staff and Library Property. There were damage to a staff and Library Property multiple times, including incidents of things being set on fire. The mediator for the Oakland Public Library study that more than a dozen branches interviewing 50 employees. The internal report published by the oakland side revealed staff feel more on safe now than ever before. Theres overwhelming evidence of low morale and employees feeling increasingly unsafe with the lack of tools and support. The Library System tells news nation. The Oakland Public Library is at an Inflection Point and needs to decide upon its path for the future or its path may be decided for it. News nation did reach out to several Branch Manager said oakland as well as the mediator to confirm this report. Coming up after the break, a first of its kind contraceptive pill on its way to retailers across the country. No prescription needed. For your health tonight, the first oral contraceptive pill to be available without a prescription in the u. S. Has shipped to retailers nationwide. Today, the manufacturer pill announced the pill will soon be available online. And in the family Family Planning aisles of drugstores, convenience stores, even supermarkets later this month, the drug itself has been around for decades, but manufacturers have been working 9 years toward making it available over the counter. It is 98 effective at preventing pregnancy if taken correctly. The cdc has new guidelines for people who test for covid. The agency says people no longer have to isolate for 5 days. If they only have mild symptoms and dont have a fever. The new guidance puts the rest of the country in line with changes. California already made at the beginning of the year. Doctors say the new covid isolation protocols mean theres also a greater risk. People can become exposed. Risk for getting covid in every the complication from it. The responsibility used that you have to do a little work questions the corruption were before because you cant count people around you. Careful. Youre advised to wear a mask. If you test positive in specialists say stay up to date on your vaccines. And alert for trader joes shoppers, federal food safety officials issued a recall for steamed chicken soup dumplings inspector say people reported finding plastic in the food that hard plastic, maybe from a permanent marker pen. No injuries have been reported. Apple is facing heavy penalties over the rules on their app store in europe. Regulators in the European Union have find apple around 2 billion dollars over its attempts to stop Music Services from advertising, cheaper prices available outside of the app store. This is now illegal because of new laws passed in the eu. The first major complaint over the issue came from spotify in 2020 who called it the apple tax because the tech giant takes a 30 commission from purchases made inside the app store. 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