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From the bay station. Youre watching kron. And news. Thanks so much for joining us here on the kron. 4 news at noon. Im stephanie lin. Transportation officials face a key deadline this year about the future of a Pilot Program at the richmond, sandra fell bridge. It would limit access for cyclists and pedestrians. Kron fours. Charles, the for joins us live now with more on this. Charles. Well, for the last 4 years, bicyclists and pedestrians that have been able to cross over the upper deck of the richmond, sandra fell bridge basically 24 7. But later this spring, that arrangement could see a change. The metropolitan Transportation Commission says that in may, they along with caltrans, will make a recommendation to the San Francisco bay conservation and Development Commission or bcdc. To only allow cyclists and pedestrians to use this path on weekends friday, saturday and sunday, the rest of the week, the barrier currently in that there are just not enough people using the bike lane during the week to justify keeping it in place. 24 7. On friday. Cyclists crossing the bridge were not excited about the possibility of only having limited access to the path. Well, im not happy with it. Legal and fishman right over the bridge a few times a week. You know, choose to come down middle of the week, its recreation for us. Its a way to get out. Get or into the bay loop. You know, its a good way for us to get in 40, 50 miles and now that were retired trying to stay not im not happy to see it happen. The installation of the bike path was a fouryear Pilot Project commissioned by the bcdc that ended last november. The results of that project are expected to be released later this summer. At this point, its not clear if the bcdc will accept the mtc recommendation. To change the bike path. All right, back live. Now theres also a new study underway to look at the possibility of turning the bike path into a car pool lane. Theres no timeline for when the results of that study might be released. But for now in the north bay, Charles Clifford kron, 4 news. All thank you so much for a live report. Bart users beware, some tracks will be closed this weekend tomorrow and sunday. The red line between richmond and el sobrino del will not run workers plan to replace equipment and trim back vegetation near the richmond station. Free buses, replace trains service between the stations. This is the second of 4 weekends impacted by this work. The next round happens the weekend of april 13. Happening tonight, interstate paving project is set to begin in pleasanton a portion of southbound. I680, will be closed until monday. Kron 4 sarah stnnson reports. Caltrans is closing a ninemile stretch of southbound 6. 80, this weekend to repave the road. This project was set to start in january, but it got delayed again and again because of the rain. Its set to begin this weekend, starting friday night at 9 and ending monday morning at 4. On 6. 80, in pleasanton signs warning drivers of a major disruption this weekend. Caltrans is shutting down a ninemile stretch of the interstate. To replace worn out lanes. The goal is to fix pesky potholes. Janice morrow with caltrans district 4 says the closure will be a shortterm inconvenience that comes with a longterm fix for will yours girls 6. 80. Will be closed between al costa boulevard in san ramon all the way south to state route 84 in seminole northbound 6. 80, will remain open. Morris says getting it done in one weekend will allow them to reduce the number of nightly closures needed. And in turn allows caltrans to finish the project sooner moving the project to have. Also, so the done in this area. This spring, here are some alternative routes. You can take your coming in from saint tracing from that area. Who can take west crown finding the on southbound 4 you wrote them into from home since a coming called places. But were even get on state road. 4. Whats found indeed. There is an exception to this closure and its good news for those celebrating Saint Patricks day in dublin, entrance to finding will be open. This is just one phase of the project. Caltrans will have another closure when they begin the north end. And that should happen in the next 2 months. We put information about this closure on our website. Kron 4 dot com. Im sara stinson reporting in the newsroom. Back to you. Lets talk about our forecast now as we take a live look outside at the embarcadero. Beautiful blue skies out there and kylo when i was driving into. The station this morning, us thinking about how gorgeous it looks outside. Yeah, it is. Its beautiful. Weve got walltowall sunshine and were starting to get a little bit of improvement on the wind. Taking a live look here at san jose where theyre certainly basking in the sun and looking some pretty warm temperatures today, too. A san jose right now, one of the places the wind isnt too bad. About 10 Miles Per Hour. But notice if you are east bay in spots like oakland, if you are north bay, napa, fairfield, even santa were still seeing a lot of that when francisco still seeing some when does. Well, we are going to see that offshore turn to onshore as we get later into the day and into the weekend. But right now, just a touch of a wind advisory left. You can see still in wind warning that is in the sierra and the Sacramento Office still has a Solano County into this this. It wind advisories. You can see here until 5 oclock today. So still expecting some of this gusty wind, you know, honestly, even though were out of the wind advisory, obviously were looking out for some some very windy conditions still to work our way through the afternoon. So this is taking about 2. 45 now notice the east bay, the peninsula in the south bay start to let up. But the north bay really hangs on to that wind until we get later into this afternoon. And then by the time we get to this evening, then its all wrapped up and done. Meanwhile, we are seeing these temperatures soar. Check out santa rosa already. Its 71 degrees. Same story in hayward where its 70 in napa and 66 in downtown San Francisco. Were looking for well above temperatures today. You can see and on average in San Francisco, we should be at 62 looking for 70 degrees. Looking first mid 70s in spots like santa rosa and san jose. Ill be back a little bit. Well talk more about your weekend weather. Back to you. All right. Thank you so much. As california grapples with a multibilliondollar deficit. State lawmakers met to address potential Solutions Among the proposals, a tax on some health care services. Prof was a tone. Wallace takes a closer look at the plant. Dabbled in the Assembly Budget committee got straight to work as the state faces a multibillion dollar budget deficit, a deficit, the nonpartisan legislative Analysts Office estimated 73 billion dollars much higher than governor gavin newsoms. More optimistic deficit projection at 38 billion dollars. But regardless of how large the deficit is, those on the Committee Say action is needed now to address these. The budget challenge is in front of us to item discussed at the meeting. A proposed tax increase on some California Health insurers specifically managed Care Organizations ceos who provide services for medical. The states publicly funded Health Care Program for people with low incomes, how it works. The state contracts with them. Ceos like kaiser blue shield and blue cross to provide services for medical patients. Ceos are then reimbursed by the state for their services. Typically the money to reimburse those companies comes out of the states general fund. But should the mco tax proposal be approved . The reimbursement would be matched by the federal government and raised an estimated one and a half billion dollars in revenue. The idea is to free up one and a half billion dollars in the state budget to be used elsewhere from a non partisan point of view, Mcgeorge School of law professor chris mckay lee explains the thinking behind, particularly in the deficit year and drawdown, whatever available federal funds. There are. To help Fund California needs. This is one of those instances where the federal government will give us a dollarfordollar match. Supporters say the proposal is a small but important step to avert budget cuts. Prevent us from having to go our Health Care Space and cutting some programs and other services for our patients. Total nobrainer to go out there and try down these federal funds to help support providing health care to folks here in the state of california. The Newsom Administration says this is not a traditional tax increase because the money ends up back in the hands of the mco adding most mco is actually support the tax increase proposal. Still, republicans are skeptical the revenue raised actually go where its supposed to go. Im not sure that the public and myself is very, very us wage whatever. Im very confident that now that money is going to be not used for something else. And to be clear, this was strictly an informational hearing. The mco taxes formally set to come up for a vote later this month. Reporting at the state capitol. A tom wallace kron. 4 news. Alameda county Election Officials say they plan to manually count. The signatures submitted a petition to recall District Attorney pamela price. The recall effort requires 73,000 signatures to qualify. Organizers of the recall effort said they gather more than 123 1000 signatures. And the open routes in seoul. Soccer teams play their next games at the coliseum next year, that decision announced just earlier this morning. Course, Michael Thomas brings us the details. The oakland roots have finally got that approval to play at the oakland coliseum. And you can catch that first game early next year. This mornings approval will now allow a Licensing Agreement for the oakland roots and so sports club to play at the coliseum from march of 2025. To february of 2026. Full details of the agreement have yet to be announced. But take a listen to officials passing this motion earlier this morning. 6 eyes. The motion passes. All right. Well, thank you all so very much. And i look forward to the exciting and vibrant soccer games here in the facility this approval comes just one day after oakland, Alameda County officials met with the as to discuss the Baseball Team signing a lease extension for the next 3 years or at least until its new stadium is built in las vegas. The team says the meeting went well and the group will continue to have discussions over the next 2 weeks before meeting again on april. 2nd right now, the city is asking that the as leave behind its branding and logo when it officially leaves, adding that it also wants the team to play a key role when it comes to the mlb, bringing an Expansion Team to oakland. As we get more details when it comes to both agreements being made. Well continue to keep you updated in the newsroom. Michael thomas kron, 4 news. And Oakland Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan says the teller should celebrate this moment. In a statement, she says in part, quote, the roots and so soccer team, a beacon of unity and passion has captured the hearts of oakland residents in soccer enthusiast nationwide. Their commitment to community engagement, diversity and excellence on the field aligns perfectly with the values that make oakland a remarkable city. The oakland as who are currently leasing the coliseum through the season released a statement that reads, quote, we have shared with the city of oakland and Alameda County that we are open to being co tenants of the coliseum with the roots and sold in 2025. We look forward to meeting with the roots soon. Coming up on kron, 4 news at noon, the senate hears arguments for a shorter workweek. The response from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. San francisco is being sued over conditions in the tenderloin again. Kron fours dan kerman spoke with residents and Business Owners who say the city needs to clean up the area. Weve had enough. The we attorney Matthew Davis is talking about. Residents and businesses to live and operate in the tenderloin. Good deals happen in front of their house all hours that day, the sidewalks are black, but selling stolen goods by encampments people who are living on the streets dangerous dogs. The streets are filthy. There are used syringes everywhere. Biohazard says human waste, people light bonfires in front of their home in the city has decided that this is somehow acceptable. Davis has now filed this lawsuit on behalf of the phoenix hotel, the best Western Hotel and 5 residents contending the city is using the tenderloin as a containment zone for illegal drug use, causing harm to those living. There. Were asking the court the city isnt going to do this voluntarily will then they need to be border too, to perform the basic functions of the city, which is to provide safe, clean and accessible sidewalks and public spaces. In a statement the city says while we understand and share the frustration of tenderloin businesses and residents, the city is making progress in reducing crime, disrupting open air drug markets and addressing homelessness all while complying with the preliminary injunction issued in the coalition on homelessness case, the City Attorneys Office is maintained that injunction has tied their hands to enforce certain laws. But attorneys disagree. In the meantime, another tenderloin resident you see law school has filed a motion against the city to force the city to follow a previous ruling about encampments. Primary goal is that the city has to make efforts to reduce. Criminally reduce the number of encampments on the sidewalks in public spaces in the 10 to 0. Thats what we want. The motions arent seeking money. Just action. And they could be heard as early as next month. Dan kerman kron, 4 news. Lets talk about our forecast now as we take a live look outside at walnut creek. The sun really basking down on the drivers out on the roadways right now. Lets check in now with cuyler for more. Hey there. Yeah. You might notice that camera shaking a little bit still there. And while that creek and you see that here on my mount tam cam, if you you might pick that up to and that is the wind. That is certainly the wind thats making things just a little unsettled outside of an absolutely glorious beautiful, very warm day. And part of the reason were warming up. Is that offshore wind is driving some of these temperatures being that kind of dry, warm air are ways you can see already santa rosa, pat. 71 degrees. But even in San Francisco are already at 65 at this early part of the day, the wind is still part of the picture, however, so you can see here that we certainly have some of those numbers that are up above the 20, even up to 25 Miles Per Hour in napa. And just to kind of let you know, napa and everyone else, we are going to see that wind ramped down as we get into the afternoon and evening and then to put a finer point on it by tomorrow, were looking out at some nice calm winds. So we just have to hang with this for a little bit longer. But the sunshine is here. I thought i kind zoom in on san remo where weve got the sunshine and the wind. Wedre looking out for a high of kind of amazing high of 72 degrees. So this is setting us up for an absolutely glorious Holiday Weekend for Saint Patricks Day Festivities in dublin and San Francisco and elsewhere. Were looking at for some upper 60s and low 70s across the weekend. So i think weve already kind of i had the luck on our side there. But the reason this is happening that will see the winds start to relent is that weve got this High Pressure kind retrograding in moving away from the low pressure that will help to weekend that offshore flow. Having said that, High Pressure still in control. And thats whats giving us all of the glorious sunshine. Now, the low pressure is moved over, bringing rain to las vegas snow into parts of utah. And you can even see there in arizona as well from still dramatic weather happening there. But for us, its all about the blue skies and the Beautiful Day that weve got out there and that is going to carry us right into the weekend, even though onshore flow will allow us to cool a little bit saturday and sunday. Still just absolutely gorgeous. Above average weather starting off that way on monday to and beginning spring, a little bit cooler. But still pretty nice. All right. Sounds wonderful. Thanks so much. Kyla one east oakland nonprofit is forced to shut down after a car crashes into its building. This is now the second time the group has dealt with reckless drivers causing thousands of dollars in damages. As kron fours, dan thorn reports, the group needs help to get back up and running. Its a devastating blow for east oakland, nonprofit, homies empowerment, their care center on 77th in macarthur heavily damaged after a speeding driver crashed into it. It is very that heartbreaking that here we are both the 2 years. Were at this again Care Center Coordinator vyvianna montana, speaking through a protective mask because of potentially harmful particles floating around inside the building. She says early thursday morning 2 cars were seen speeding down the street and then one of them lost control and slammed into the front of the care center. The car was later towed away, but the driver was nowhere to be found. And were lucky that it didnt happen during the day time where we have. Over 2000 families lined up to food. Or when we have our days that we do the store. This is now the second time the nonprofit has had to deal with reckless drivers smashing into their building in 2022. And out of control street racer struck the center forcing them to stop muchneeded services for 6 months because of the structural damage done to the building this time the center could be closed for much longer. The group will also have to stop providing food and clothing to families while the buildings damage get surveyed. Montano says they need the city to step up with some solutions, kind of upsetting because we have reached out to the city. We have reached out to see if we can get some type of barriers in the front of the facility. Yet nothing has done. Homies empowerment is asking for the community to help them bounce back. Just like they did in 2022, they showed up words of hope for that. One of very to show up for us i just hope support the time. In oakland, dan thorn kron. 4 news. Im Trevor Shirley in washington, a georgia judge says Fulton County da fani willis can remail the prosecutor on the election interference case against former President Donald Trump. But with one major condition, ill tell you what that is coming up just ahead. Plus, millions of kids nationwide are missing out on school. The concerning results of a new study. Welcome back for your help. This afternoon, millions of us children are missing school due to injury, illness or Disability Research shows white and latino students and children from lowincome households are affected. Most. The findings at a new piece to the puzzle for schools trying to combat absenteeism, which has become a major concern before the pandemic during the 2015 to 16 school year. An estimated 7 Million Students were considered chronically absent after the pandemic, the u. S. Department of education said the number of absence students almost double. A new blood test could make it easier to screen for colon cancer. The tests from garden to looks for dna from tumor cells. According to a study, the screen shows an 83 success rate. The blood test is nearly 900 and is not approved by the fda at the Company Expects that approval to come sometime this year. The study did show the test missed 17 of diagnoses and found false positives in 10 of participants. The federal trade Commission Says it will provide more than 4 Million Dollars in refunds to consumers duped by student debt forgiveness, scams. The agency says more than 27,000 people fell victim and will get checks within 90 days in a 2019 complaint, the ftc says scammers at mission hills, federal and federal direct group defrauded borrowers for years. The ftc says it will continue to its efforts to combat scams. U. S. Senators held a hearing on a shorter workweek specifically a 32 hour work week with no reduction in pay. Senators who support the move say the hearing brought attention to an issue not discussed in decades, including Bernie Sanders who said its time to cut down on the number of hours. Americans are required to work quickly. Several republicans, though, disagree. And in explosion, as we all know and technology in a massive increase in worker productivity. Nothing has change. But what about main street in Small Business . This doesnt work for Small Business. Republican senators noted there is no law in place stopping companies who want to implement a 32 hour work week on their own. Coming up on kron, 4 news at noon, we turn to the crisis in haiti. Hundreds of americans among those trapped in the chaos and violence abroad. Up next, we speak with an expert on this developing situation. Stay with us. We turn now to the crisis in haiti where powerful criminal gangs have attacked prisons in an airport serving the countrys capital. Forcing businesses and schools to close the violence driving at least 15,000 people from their homes. The Prime Minister there announcing plans to resign. We know hundreds of americans are among those trapped. Joining us live now to provide additional context on the situation is kevin pina cal state, east bay lecture and Founding Editor of the haiti information project. Thank you so much, kevin, for being here with us today. Thank you, stephen. So set things up for us. We know that haiti is no stranger to political unrest. How did things get to this boiling point . From my perspective and many of the haitians who im in contact with, this is really the result of u. S. Foreign policy. If you look at the Major Players today, for example, ariel reed, the interim Prime Minister, who the gangs are now not allowing to return to the country. If you go back to the 2004 coup, that was greenlighted by the administration of George W Bush he served on u. S. Appointed counsel called council of the wise to once they do sasha, which then selected another interim Prime Minister. Is your outlook toward tour . If you look at a guy, philippe, the a convicted drug launder who spent 6 and a half years in atlanta, federal penitentiary. He was used by the bush administration. He was armed in the dominican republic, came across the border and help to provide the justification for overthrowing the democratically elected government of Jean Bertrand. Aristide. If you look at claude joseph, who is one of the main rivals of ariel onree for that position. He also goes back to the coup detat, a leader of the Student Movement that provided the justification for the i should say, the impression that there was a movement, a Popular Movement that overthrew Jean Bertrand aristide. So a lot of this is the result. And i know its been 20 years, but all of the main players have their roots in the overthrowing of Jean Bertrand. Jumper turner government 20 years ago again, greenlighted by the administration of then president George W Bush that context there now. Kevin, the acting Prime Minister declared a state of emergency on march. 3rd, we know that the gangs involved in this situation, they are threatening civil war. How did these groups accumulate so much power . Thats a very good question. You can also trace that back to the crew of 2004, but also to the intervention of the United Nations excuse me of the United States and the United Nations. Remember that in that 2004 coup, haitis Democratic Institutions were virtually utterly destroyed. It wasnt just john bertrand, aristide, but more than 7,000, 500 elected officials were forced into hiding, forced into exile or murdered after that u. S. Sponsored cook. The gangs really came into prominence when Michel Martelly. Came to office in 2011 and again, it was another u. S. Intervention. Then secretary of state Hillary Rodham clinton and the organization of american states intervened in those elections and actually shows the way in which the ballots would be calculated and it was that and that alone that allowed Michel Martelly to go to the second round of elections and when against milan money got Michel Martellys a regime was corrupt. We know that billions of dollars was stolen. He then had a handpicked successor jovenel moise. But my point is that Michel Martelli really begin to institute this idea. This concept of working with the local gangs with the using the police to help negotiate that this sort of truce with them. But using them to repress the opposition demonstrations that were going on continually against his regime since the day that he was elected. There were there were issues of fraud ballot stuffing. There are issues of violence at the polling places, which of course, the international community, the European Union and the u. S. Embassy glossed over and declared him the winner and then jovenel moise. Of course it was more than a year of protests against his regime. And really those gangs were used by that ruling party, the ph k which ruled haiti for 10 years to repress those opposition demonstrations. And we have you here, id like to get your additional perspective on the situation thats happening on the ground out there. Im not sure if you could see a moment there. We had a split screen of you as well as some video showing people just fleeing from the chaos and the violence thats happening abroad right now. You mentioned that youve been in touch with some people who are out there. What theyve been telling you. Its very difficult food is scarce. Water is scarce. Medicine is scarce. Very difficult to leave your home to even shopping if there were food. There are moments where maybe the marketplace little marketplace woman called to mush on might open up announce in a couple hours in advance. People rush out of their homes to be able to buy goods just to sustain themselves. The Money Transfer, which most patients rely upon remittances. Remember that haitis gdp over the last 5 years has increasingly been based upon remittances of thousands of family and friends, haitians abroad United States, france and canada sending literally billions of dollars annually to keep their loved ones alive because it really has been no Business Activity in that country for the last 5 years, hes been at a standstill economically. Well, when those Money Transfer offices are closed in, they can operate. Then people subsistence their their ability to get cash is cut off. And then when they can very few times to be able to buy food, its a very, very dangerous, difficult situation. I dont want to underestimate them. But again, these gangs, they they are the result. Again, i would say of u. S. 1foreign policy and the backing of 10 years of a corrupt ph. The kid ministration when their paymasters we for the assassinated in july of 2021, they were set free to prey upon the population. And haitians, of course, have varying views and opinions about whether or not thats directed or not, whether or not that that is being used to displace entire communities throughout the capital in order to reorganize the electoral map should an if 80 ever be allowed to have free and democratic elections. Than you for your perspective on that. Lets talk a bit about the action thats happening from the United States on all of this. The Biden Administration is anticipating whats being described as a mass exodus of haitian migrants into the u. S. We know the Florida Governor desantis has deployed the National Guard and of course, we also know that immigration is a major area of focus for americans, especially this upcoming election season. So how do you see things playing out here . Well, no one has a crystal ball, but i can tell you eric com has been trying to broker whats called the Transitional Council of 7 that will choose another interim Prime Minister that will hopefully stabilize the country, rebuild its Democratic Institutions and allow for free and fair thats a big if, but it doesnt help. When Anthony Blinken shows up in those meetings in his gym, but sing with certain players in haiti going over lists of who theyre pointing to. That council. It gives the wrong impression. It undermines the credibility of the process. The more u. S. Officials get involved, they need to stay back and let this be a purely haitian process, whether it fails, let it fail because theyre responsible for it. The United States should not be involved, should not be canvassing should not be conferring with the players as theyre choosing the members of this council. Thats the big deal here. The u. S. Needs to just sit back and support a purely patients solution. Thats the only solution that has credibility. And thats the only solution that will i believe away or at least point a way out of this crisis. And kevin are less 60 seconds here. What do you see as the best Case Scenario when it comes to finding peace in the region and also how can Community Members here in the u. S. Help with the situation thats happening overseas . Well, several organizations that are doing really for directly in haiti. The Haiti Emergency Relief Fund is a great organization, very credible works with danny glover and several prominent local locals in oakland, california. I think that we need to avoid thinking that this is the result of haitians, inability to rule themselves. We need to also be very careful of racist tropes that teo hoax. That that that that play into that sort of thinking again, if you just look and study at the relationship of u. S. Foreign policy to the current crisis. You can see that this is not homegrown, that this is all tied directly when haitis Democratic Institutions were destroyed in the George W Bush supported administration supported 2004 coup. Its taken 20 years for that to unravel. But here we are today. I ask that people really keep a Historical Perspective of our countrys relationship and involvement in haiti and avoid those racist tropes that patients can rule themselves. Theyve not been given the opportunity to really reclaim their sovereignty since the coup of 2004. All right. Kevin pino, cal state, east bay lecture and Founding Editor of the haiti information project. Thank you so much for your perspective today. My pleasure. Thank you, stephanie. All right, live look now outside at sfo. Lets check in now with cuyler for more on our weather conditions. Hey there. Yeah. So we are set up for really beautiful weekend. And you can certainly see that as we take a live look here at Half Moon Bay where weve got blue skies, people out taking a walk and kind of enjoying things. Temperatures are set to be very nice today. Were going to be the 60s and low 70s, even potentially mid 70s in some spots. We will cool down just a touch as we work our way into saturday and sunday because we are going to that onshore flow, lose the offshore flow, which is kind of pushing that drier, warmer air towards us. Now, the reason that were going to see that that happen and also keep that sunshine as High Pressure. But that High Pressure is certainly pushing away a little bit from low pressure. So that is going to start to weaken our wind gradient which is going to help a force as we head later into today. So right now, i want to look at the big weather pattern and talk about our next shot of a little rain as we go through the weekend. Theres your saturday. Gorgeous. You can see sunday. Same story monday, rinse. Repeat, its beautiful. But as we head into the latter part of the taking into wednesday afternoon, you start to see some clouds rolling in and then by thursday, looks like we start to have some chances thursday into friday of a little bit of bay area rain. And also you can see some sierra snow, which, of course, is a really good thing because we have a very nice snow pack up there. And this is our last month to really kinda. Hang on to it. Before we get into our warmer season. So its really good that we have a little bit of snow on the way for next week that i still see that in the pipeline and that were not completely wrapped up. Having said that this weekend is going to be stunning. Youre taking a live right now at diamond peak. These are all folks are out there. Maybe skiing today, taking a break to have their lunch. If youre headed that way this weekend, the weather is on your side. I mean, it really is going to be just fantastic conditions with the fact weve got some great snow pack up there and youre going to get the sunshine as you roll through friday, saturday, sunday, even into monday. But im certainly keep an eye on next week. Well see how we do with a little rain and snow as we get later into the week. Ill be back in a bit. Well talk more about our 7 day forecast and the beginning of spring. Back to you with something look forward to. Thank you. National news now today a judge ruled Fulton Countys da can stay on the Georgia Election interference case against former President Donald Trump. But only with one major condition. Washington correspondent Trevor Shirley is in dc with more. That ruling came earlier today following weeks of back and forth. Arguments in the courtroom between both sides. Georgia judge scott mcafee says Fulton County da fani willws can stay on the election interference case against former President Donald Trump. But only a special prosecutor. Nathan wade steps down. Otherwise the judge says da willis and her entire staff must give up the case to a new prosecutor. Judge mcafee says there was no conflict that would disqualify da willis from the case. However, he said he found, quote, the appearance of impropriety, end quote between da willis and wade, who she hired as a special prosecutor to lead the case and with whom she was also romantically involved. The judge said his ruling does not condone the quote, tremendous lapse in judgment, end quote by da willis or her, quote, unprofessional manner and quote, of testimony during a previous evidentiary hearing earlier this year, one of mister trumps Co Defendants filed a motion to disqualify da willis. It alleged she had an inappropriate romantic relationship with wade who she later hired to work on the case against trump. The motion accuses willison way to profiting significantly from the case of the taxpayers expense. Willis and wade both denied that but admitted to the romantic relationship. Optics are not good for for fani willis and this case. Most people would step aside from this case. Let somebody else handle it. And lets have a fair and unbiased trial. And attorneys for former President Donald Trump criticized that judges ruling arguing that da willis should have been removed from the case completely. Reporting in washington, im Trevor Shirley. New ideas in technology from a lifesaving car safety feature to electric campers. And even a connected grille. Im rich now to bay area of College Basketball stanfords mens basketball faced off against Washington State, hoping to get into the semifinal round of the pac. 12 sports director jason dumas brings us the highlights. Stanford was in a win or go home scenario on thursday. A last not only ends their season without much hope of a postseason tournament, but it would also be their last game theyll ever play in the pac. 12. They were taking on Washington State and they were bigtime underdogs, hoping to build off of a win against cal in the opening round. They were playing from behind early 1st half. Isaac jones going baseline. Nice dunk there. Jones had 16 points. Kuz extended their lead to 6. A couple minutes later, stanford down 7 Brandon Angel posting up nice position. Soft kiss off the glass 15 6 for angel is a 5 point game later on Washington State of 15 in transition. Myles rice. Thats about as bad as perimeter of the youll see 14 insist in 6, 4, right Washington State led by 16 at the half. 2nd half of 19 point Washington State lead. Jaylen wells knocks down the corner. 3. 14 5 for him. Stamper went on a mini 8, oh, run. Spencer jones in the corner. He had 22 points, but it would not be enough stanford loses this one. 60 to 79. Their season is over. Washington state will take on colorado much easier and not even 15 minutes after that loss. News broke that stanford fired head coach jerod haase after the game. Haas finished with a one. 26 1 27 record in 8 seasons on the farm during that time span. The cardinal, they make one single trip to the ncaa tournament and was head coach for 4 years at alabama. Birmingham before being hired to replace Johnny Dawkins at stanford in 2016, stanford will start a National Coaching search immediately. Already you look at sports. Lets talk about forecast now as we take a live look outside at the Golden Gate Bridge. Beautiful blue skies out there. And as you can see, a bit of a breeze as well. Stick in those keilar for more. Yeah, looking very golden today. It is just a glorious golden day everywhere. Take a live look now from the east bay where you can see the visibility so fantastic. You can see the Golden Gate Bridge right there. And certainly you can make out San Francisco. It is just a really nice day out there. And by the way, we are headed toward spring and it certainly feels springlike and were going to be about to 4 days away after today of our countdown to spring is arriving next tuesday on march 19th. I know a lot of our flowers are already starting to pop up but the temperatures certainly are reflecting that springlike feel. And you can see already in the 70s and santa rosa right now. 65 in San Francisco, upper 60s in oakland and san jose midsixties in livermore concord, about 67 in Half Moon Bay. This is when, you know, you have offshore wind and its driving that warmth all the way to the coast. Already sitting at 68 degrees. We are, you know, 5, 6, degrees warmer than we were this time yesterday. An indication of what direction this day is going in. So we still have the wind out there certainly in the north bay and east bay in particular, we are going to see things get better for us as we work our way into our afternoon and evening. And that is because while we do still have the High Pressure thats giving us the sunny skies, it is starting to move away a little bit from the low pressure and that is going to weaken that wind gradient between the 2 of them. The kits that offshore wind really cranking. So if you look at future wind gusts here, this is about 5 oclock. And you could see, you know, peninsula east bay, south bay looking really good at that point. I do think our north bay is going to hang on to this until the early part of the evening. And then you 2 are going to get that relief from the wind. So that sets us up for really super nice weekend here as we lose the wind. But we keep the sunshine on saturday and sunday looking beautiful for any of our activities or parades that are dublin, San Francisco and elsewhere. We start off the week, really warm and lovely on monday. We will start spring a touch cooler, but we really are looking out for a chance of rain until we get into about thursday of next week. And, you know, im happy to see that theyre to stephanie is where were wrapping up our water year as we work through this month are kind months that we get our rain. And so weve done pretty well. Its good to see. Theyre going. Hang on to it a little bit. All right. Thanks for the good news there. Cuyler. Thank you. Well, new ideas in technology from a lifesaving car safety feature to an electric camper. Rich demuro has that in todays tech smart. When it comes to technology, new ideas are everywhere. We think there is insufficient notice. 2 oncoming drivers of dangers ahead on the roadway. Emergency Safety Solutions says 19,000 people a year are injured or killed in crashes involving disabled vehicles, which is why they created a system for cars called help for the first alert is highlighting alert and thats what you see here. The high flash right of the has a theres also a digital alert thau notifies drivers as they approach a disabled vehicle. Right now the technology is in teslas. Theyre also working with volkswagen and stellantis makers of dodge and jeep to our main focus. Number one is to draw awareness of this problem and to do something about electric vehicles are all the buzz. But what about an ev camper . He seems like a lot of sense in a lot of different ways. Earth crews are known for their rugged expedition trucks created their first 100 electric camper on a hummer. Ev the concern for sure is yeah, im not going to get back. Going to thats Getting Better and better the time the solar topped house is made of lightweight. Carbon fiber is powered independently and comfortable for 2 people and a dog. Weve gotten very spoiled with the infrastructure that the Petroleum Industry to put together for us. Thats fabulous. And it wont be too long before that same infrastructure is going to electric vehicles and whether youre grilling at home or on the road, even thats getting smarter. Just the versatility of the settings through our smart technology. This really elevates the game with particular webbers new summit. Smart gas grill has a digital screen. Precise controls instead of knobs and a builtin scale to let you know how much propane you have left. There are different temperatures for different zones. You can control and monitor everything from your phone instead fumbling around and you have to do the legwork learning. We are able to use technology to get you where you need to be quicker. So were giving you confidence and were getting your consistency in your im rich demuro and you are tech smart. The wings over air show comes to Travis Air Force base is weekend. We have all of the exciting details ahead. The wings over air show comes to Travis Air Force base is weakened and you can expect some unique performances from the red thunder, airshow team and the blue angels. This is the first time the blue angels are taking part in this air show. You can catch them all weekend long. The crew says theyre excited to show off what theyve been working on the last few months. I think most gratifying part of on this team is going to different parts of the country and interacting with people of all generations and backgrounds influencing the next generations to do something bigger than themselves. We love the blue angels. The air show runs saturday and sunday. Gates open at 09 00am. A father, a bactrian camel and his daughter enjoyed some bonding time recently at wisconsins Milwaukee County zoo. Could see that on your screen right there. The Milwaukee County zoo sharing this video showing stand the camel. And is kathleen lonnie having a daddy daughter day as the nozzle the next together and law, even nibbling at the older camels ears isnt that cute . The bactrian camel or mongolian camel is endangered. According to the eye you see in red list of threatened species. So a truly special site that were seeing on your tv screens right now. So cute. Watching the show about affection there. And thailand celebrated its National Elephant day on wednesday, march 13th with events at sanctuaries across the country. The ceremony happened at the time Elephant Conservation center and land pay where elephants enjoyed a gigantic pyramid of food. As you can see there, thailands National Elephant day was introduced by the government in 1998. To celebrate the annual, which is a traditional symbol of the country. Lavelle offense. Theyre so smart. In orphaned kangaroo and wombat are said to be thriving at werribee open range zoo after what their vet called a tough start to life. The fourmonthold wombat and 7 monthold kangaroo. Both had moms who have died from road trauma injuries. The survivors were taken into the care of werribee open range zoo and named myrtle and ruth. Thats a year. But theyre in good hands now. Just a reminder, of course, to be aware of wildlife that are trying to cross the roadways into harley can lambs made their debut in new york citys central park zoo. These 2 little ones and bob and sage ran around that his as you see there, as officials can lands are a new breed for the zoo since 2022. Bob in is just 7 weeks old and sage is 3 weeks old. And as you can see, theyve got a lot of energy. That will be all from the newsroom today. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron. 4 news at noon. Im stephanie lin. Take good care of yourselves. Live in the bay is next. Thats right. Step coming up today on live in the bay. Its friday. And you know what that means . Were taking a look back at the week when apparently the gold medal is stopped by to talk about his nonprofit. Thats highlighting the Disability Community going to want to miss it. Plus, are you looking to mill prep and you need to make it just a little bit easier. Given your mom stopped by this week with easy recipes and ways to save you money. We also have a live studio here performance in studio. Youre not going want to miss it. Its from a local music educator. And entertainer, all of this and so much more. All to come here on live in the bay. Hey, all your now. Tune in to live in the bay and welcome. Coming up today. We have an incredible show. Were taking a look back at the week. Is the paralympic