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Hot last open those windows up and open some breezewood push and because yeah, got hot yesterday. And today going to be just as high, if not even hotter for some of our inland areas. Now the coast, you do get a little bit of relief today and you can see at the golden gate bridge. We did have fog there earlier. It is burned off now. It was a very shallow marine layer that pushed in. Were going to have increased marine layer tomorrow and even more so come sunday and that will start to bring relief at least the dry offshore wind is really calm down. Temperatures are comfortable for now. A lot of 60s out there, concord at 67 hayward, 68 berkeley, oakland at 63 degrees right now. Believe it or not, this is actually a good amount cooler than where we were yesterday at this point, anyways, specially closer to the coastline. So do enjoy this little break from the heat because this afternoon that marine layer burns right off and then the heat is back 80s to 90s for your highs rania. All right, john, thank you for that local most of the morning. Weve been tracking this bar to lure. We still dont have any or orange line. Go into richmond and macarthur that so earlier equipment problems, thankfully, no of the lines are impacted and just keep that in mind. If you are taking bart, they also have each being provided there average is 12 minute ride to the city. Not seen major accidents. Looks like we might be friday. Light across a bridge is finally 13 minute ride on the san mateo bridge. A richmond sandra fell bridge down to 9 minutes and the golden gate bridge. No more dense fog. Like we started off. 22 minute ride. 37 to the tolls are back to you. Thank you. Reyna 901. And President Biden is in the bay areas going to Campaign Fundraisers later this morning one and protesters are well aware that he is here. Kron fours will tran live outside the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. Where the president is staying well. Secret Service Police officers, james, they know that the protesters know that President Biden is in town. And i have to tell you, it is a heavy security presence this time around. He was here couple of months ago and before that he was at a packing before that he was in the bay area. So ive covered him many times this time. I have to tell you, there is a heavy Police Presence because they know more than likely he will be met. Why protesters, pro palestine. Theyve been doing it on the college campuses. Now they get a chance to do it within feet of his motorcade. So they will have a heavy motorcade coming through year. I can tell you more Police Officers arriving the fairmont off in the distance and we do know that he, of course, should leave before 11 oclock this morning because thats when he will have that fundraiser. Let me show you video of him arriving yesterday at moffett field. He is here strictly to raise money for his reelection. There are no speeches to the public. Theres no national policy. This is strictly private events and he hopes to raise debt, raise millions of dollars and be a lot richer. Leaving then arriving to the bay area because he will have that fundraiser in Portola Valley at 11 oclock this morning. Reportedly cost of anywhere between 20250,000 to a 10. He was here in february meeting with the pelosis sure enough back then also fundraising. The president knows he needs every dollar because he is in for a battle with former President Donald Trump come this november. And guys yesterday was exactly 6 months from the day of the elections. So lots going on with the president. There will be plenty of street closures. Im on taylor. Powell is a couple of streets behind me. Anything between that is shut down, including the legendary cable cars. Theyre not allowed to go through as well. We dont see any protesters at this location, but then again, its still 2 hours before he is set to leave this. So things could change is why were here to monitor the situation. And we know that they know that the president will be in Portola Valley. So theyve already announced they plan to protest. Thank you will. And while prison is here and his wife, the first lady is in Silicon Valley or she was yesterday, which you she she went to a fundraiser yesterday and can feel the marin county for the teacher of the year awards. And she spoke. Im not about politics, but about the importance of education. Doctor biden heads to Southern California today and as will said, the president will stay here for his fundraiser. Its 904, breaking news from overnight. Look at his fire in a commercial building in fremont. Broke out about 2 in the morning on millman drive and the Fire Department sent us photos. Look at this. And they say when they got there, the flames are already shooting through the roof. They spent about an hour a day, knocked it down and then remain on the scene to put out hot spots and investigate. Nobody was hurt. Okay. 95 is the time and big story were following this morning. Oakland International Airport has a new name now that port commissioners unanimously approved the rebrand. Its now going to be San Francisco bay, oakland international. So theres a battle in the bay now over the name, San Francisco. And we have one ever crawford and sword. San Francisco City attorney david chiu has already sued on behalf of the city. And on wednesday he sent a letter to the port of oakland urging them to reconsider and instead have both maybe oakland and San Francisco Work Together to come up with an alternative name. But the port of oakland moved ahead with their plans and they say that theyll also have a response to San Franciscos lawsuit. There are now 2 bay area airports with the name San Francisco in their title. A unanimous vote by the oakland port board thursday approved the switch from oakland International Airport. To San Francisco bay oakland International Airport. Nobody owns the San Francisco bay and it is the most identify identifiable geographic indicator. And we happen to sit on the on the San Francisco bay and we just want people to know where we are so they can come enjoy. Our beautiful city port board, president barbara lesslie, along with other commissioners says the name change will increase the airports visibility. Well, also giving potential travelers more options in the bay area. And a name kings change can certainly do that. That brings that knowledge for people past the mississippi to really understand where oakland sits in the greater bay area and also internationally, really a pub understanding from people from around the world where oakland is. In this greater bay area. But the city of San Francisco does not want this new name to happen. A lawsuit claims that infringes on San Francisco International Airports trademark in a statement to kron for the San Francisco City Attorneys Office says it is disappointing that oakland chose to ignore our multiple offers to collaborate. An alternative names and avoid litigation. We have no choice but to move forward with next steps in our trademark lawsuit, port attorney Barry Richardson has requested for a declaratory judgment as a counterclaim to the lawsuit. She hopes the court will agree that San Francisco bay is a geographic term and not exclusive to the city nor county of San Francisco. We were not seeking money damages with that were only seeking a declaration from the court that we can continue to use the mark that the board to support. Some residents did voice their concerns before thursdays vote saying if theres going to be more air traffic, thats going to create more air pollution in the city. But Business Leaders and city leaders such as Councilmember Noel Gallo said the name change is going to be good for the airport in oakland, dan thorn kron. 4 news. Well, 908, is a time. Check this out. And Alaska Airlines flight hit a bird while it was landing at sfo. This was yesterday afternoon. And here in the photo, you can see the damage to the planes engine cowling that dan, you see there in the upper left corner of that silver ring. Alaska Airlines Says that after that flight from boston landed the plane was pulled out of service and sent for inspection. No emergency had to be declared. Everybody on board was just fine. Its 908, and a santa rosa man convicted of murder was sentenced yesterday to 20 years to life in prison. Juan Antonio Martinez was arrested in june of 2022. For killing a man in the windsor area. And after killing in martinez attempted to pose as a kidnapper and extort the victims girlfriend of 100,000. He was eventually arrested and confessed and led investigators to the body. 908, is a time in the south bay. A man is shot and seriously injured in san jose. It happened at the highway 2. 80, off ramp and mclaughlin avenue was wednesday night that ramp block for hours as they investigated. Its since reopened. We know the victim is in critical but stable condition. Were keeping an updated on that. The conditions, moment there is at the moment, should say theres no suspects, no motive. But with the investigation unfolding, well keep you updated its 909 and a baby surrounded by drugs. Santa clara county authorities made one of the biggest fentanyl seizures ever. It was all around childs. Area. They found 13 pounds of the drug under a babys crib at a home in san jose. They rated at home wednesday. They found 25,000 fentanyl pills in a backpack and they found marijuana just a few feet away from the babys playpen. They also found cocaine right next to the babys formula in the kitchen. The childs parents, 27 yearold octavian marino and 23 yearold crystal delgado now face multiple charges. Ok, 9. 10, is the time. And later this morning, governor gavin newsom is expected to unveil his updated budget for the coming fiscal year. And Everybody Knows theyre going to be some very difficult decisions to be made because there just isnt enough money. Crawfords Michael Thomas has details in the newsroom. Hey, good morning, everyone. Thats right. Lots of decisions to be made in this Budget Proposal by governor gavin newsom. Its also known as the may budget revision and essentially give us a closer look on what the governor plans to spend this next fiscal year and really explain how his administration will plan to address the multibillion dollar deficit. Its currently facing the nonpartisan legislator. Analyst office says that the state is currently projected to have a deficit of about 73 billion dollars. However, governor gavin newsom has said before he believes that amount is actually much lower. So in todays presentation, hes likely to announce where he thinks the deficit stands in the plans. He has to close that gap. This could include cuts in different areas across the state, according to the associated press. This is the second year in a row that california has had this deficit in the state has avoided some of the most painful cuts when it comes to major ongoing programs and services throughout the state. But it has made cuts when it comes to one time spending and delayed other spending in other areas while also borrowing from other accounts. We spoke with lawmakers at the capitol on both sides of the aisle. Take a listen to what they had to say. We know the revenues generally coming in lower than the forecast and thats concerning. And so we are prepared for some very difficult choices the bottom line is theyre going to make cuts. And its really the democrats. Theyre in a bind because they made all these promises to people all these things. They said theyre going to do and now the going to have to break those promises because we simply dont have the revenue and the money to actually do undoubtedly the governor will make some additional loans and deferrals and perhaps even some significant budget cuts will be part of the may budget revision. The governor is set to speak at 11 oclock this morning during this meeting after he gives them updated budget. They have about 30 days or so to pass the fully balanced budget by june 15th and the next fiscal year set to start july 1st as we get updates, well keep you updated. Thats a very latest in the send it back to live in the studio. Okay. Michael, thank you very much. Time now is 9. 12, and still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news and east bay county wants to combat the Opioid Crisis relay with a plan to do. And the San Francisco bay ferry making plans to expand 9. 14, right now were talking about how warm and toasty its going to be today at a day. The hottest of the handful ahead of us, including mothers day on sunday. By the weather is going to be like on that. And its definitely too late to mail this car. So i do. I take a picture of it and tax. The picture you go is that the les mis ever rate you could do that problem solving at its best . A yeah. Least you have it with you. Selfie as you have it before mothers day. But hey, you want to head out to the coastline today, maybe to escape some of those upper 80s to low 90s inland. This is going to be a spot of relief. We got the sunshine at Half Moon Bay. Youve got temperatures settle only be in the 60s and 70s at the coast. This is because we really relax that offshore wind that kept all of us hot yesterday. This is allowed a little bit of cool to be back at the coast tomorrow morning. Were going have some fog as that cool ocean breeze really prevails in sunday morning for mothers day. Were also going to start the day with some fog thats going to contribute to a bit of a cooler feel as we work our way into the end of the weekend. High pressure ridge in place fog at the coast. Hot High Pressure ridge inland. Keeping us really hot. Sounds like a summer forecast to me. And this has been really our first taste of some low 90s this year that will see this afternoon, as i mentioned, 60s and 70s in the city and at the coastline, your spots to get to if the heat is just not for you. If you do love the heat today is going to be want to enjoy some 80s for most of our daytime highs. South bay temperatures in the upper 80s just shy of 90. Well, the east bay looking at low mid to even upper 80s in some spots. Oakland, 81 wall conquered and antioch, getting up near 90 degrees. Fairfield and vacaville. Youre actually hit that ninetydegree mark today. Tomorrows temps around the same as today is maybe not quite as hot but still very toasty sunday. You will notice some relief for mothers day. Mid 80s at the warmest. A lot of us falling into the 70s right now. All right, john, thank you for that. Will bar. Been a big issue for the day. We still dont have any red or Orange Line Service. Between richmond and that garth or so even to drive there are having a bus bridge that theyre providing. If you do need that. Also, in addition to that, no other lines are impacted. So thats the silver lining. Only those 2 lines in that small stretch. The other lines not seen any delays along then the green and the yellow, 30 minute ride into the city saw bridges back down to friday. Light 13 minutes longer. San mateo bridge, of the south bay. 34 minutes 85 to menlo park to 82. Were looking good there. So we have to do to to 37 about 30 minutes and traveled along 80. Maybe more people are driving that stretch. She cant give richmonds about cars on bart a 30 minute, right . Pablo avenue, always a good alternate for you. If you are taking the highways are ages. Back to you. Thanks. A lot rain 9. 17, another mail carrier was robbed in the bay area. This time it happened in dublin kron. 4 Sarah Stinson spoke with neighbors. Home Security Camera captures the terrifying moment. A mail carrier in dublin was robbed at gunpoint. This happened monday afternoon around 4. 30, on a bespoke court video shows 2 masked men wearing all black approached the male woman. One point a gun at her dublin. Police say the men demanded the carriers mailbox key and phone. You can see her go to the usps truck to get her phone and handed over. Then the 2 men run off. Thankfully, the male woman was not physically injured. Neighbors called 911 and Police Arrived shortly after to investigate. I went down to culdesac. Probably within 10 or 15 minutes after happen after seeing police in his neighborbood, mike grant went down to check it out. Once he learned about the robbery, grant went to check his highquality Security Camera system to see if it captured anything useful. Thats when he saw what he believes to be the getaway car narrowed it down to this. A blue grants as police and the u. S. Postal inspectors. Investigators came by to get the video. Hes lived in this dublin neighborhood for nearly 30 years and says only recently has there been a spike in crime. Weve had a rash of crime on this west side of town. Thats something that kind starts to wake me up. Grant says hes been talking with neighbors about ways to protect their homes, to start putting some cameras up to help. And alarm systems and everything like that. Be a little proactive is what im trying to tell people. He also attended the Dublin City Council meeting tuesday to talk about the importance of Security Cameras, especially after mondays robbery. They got to start doing something. We have a lot of cameras in town, but theyre not up in these neighborhoods. As for the mail carrier grant says hes checked in on her. Shes going to take a month off of work to emotionally recover. You know, were always out talking to her stuff like that. So shes kind of like family. So i stopped by just to make sure she was ok, i let her know that were all thinking about the Postal Service is offering 150,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the thieves. Im sara stinson reporting in dublin kron. 4 news. Meantime Contra Costa County now focusing on combating the Opioid Crisis in the east bay. The county recently received about 5 Million Dollars to spend from the National Lawsuits were filed against opioid manufacturers. They hosted a listening session yesterday in concord. They wanted to hear from the public about how they should best spend that money. The Community Members who are there suggested maybe focusing on underserved communities. First. Yeah. At a point where our approach has to also include some harm reduction. In this is something that we didnt do. He started alcohol and drugs, but we know that they they the crisis is forcing us to change our approach. Meet the needs the community. Well, the next sessions r on may 15th and then the 16th the 15th will be a virtual meeting. But the one on the 16th will be in person in richmond. Time for one and the San Francisco bay ferry is planning some major expansions throughout the bay area. Hopefully wont be this rough a ride for you. The board of directors is expanding and electrifying transit by 2050. They currently operate in alameda, oakland, richmond, San Francisco, south San Francisco and vallejo, the first expansions are planned for berkeley and redwood city and then eventually you can catch a ferry in antioch and pittsburgh as well as foster city. For a lot of kids. Summer is all about fun in the sun with their friends and going to summer camp for some is a huge part of that yet for others that opportunity is out of reach camp. Made for me, though, is looking to change that. Its a nonprofit that wants to give the most underfunded communities. The experience of going to camp to meet the goal. They are looking for volunteers, counselors and donors to support their efforts. We heard from the codirectors on the experience. Theyre hoping to give kids this summer. We want them to have memories how exciting the camp was and that they can also oneday probably be in the same spot that me and scotty is and be able provide it pushed moving forward for other kids. Yeah. Just paid agent of change and their communities and beyond bringing that magic of camp back to their homes and their communities and their lives. Part campus, you get the cool camp counselors, the 2024 camp is being hosted at camp lamar in the heart of pasco darrow valley. And its fully paid for free for all campers. This is the fun camp a kid. I and i went to music what know . Could ewing at band camp know canoeing or running around are camping out. Program expense have as great a canine. 22 is a time were going take a break. But coming up on the kron 4 morning news, a former candidate for Santa Clara County sheriff has been convicted of lying about convicted of lying about qualifications. My late fatherinlaw lit up a room, but his vision dimmed with age. He had amd. I didnt know it then, but it can progress to ga, an advanced form of the disease. His struggle with vision loss from amd made me want to help you see warning signs of ga, like hazy or blurred vision, so its hard to see fine details, colors that appear dull or washed out, or trouble with low light that makes driving at night a real challenge. If you think you have ga, dont wait. Treatments are available. Ask a retina specialist about fdaapproved treatments for ga and go to gawontwait. Com 9. 25 in for your money. We need to make a lot of money out to for rent in the bay area. Not news to you, but it is to zillow. They just says study and according to this study. They found you have to make about 133,000 a year in san jose to rent comfortably. That makes it the most expensive city in study in san jose, the average household spends 25 of their income on rent. San francisco came in the 4th most expensive for renters you need 121,000 a year pay to be able to rent comfortably in San Francisco. Its 9. 26. In a San Francisco woman has been convicted of stealing about 60,000 worth of merchandise from the target at the stonestown galleria. And heres how investigators say she did it. 43 yearold graves would take items off the shelves. Go to the Self Checkout scan every item. But then just insert a small amount of money and leave the sfpd followed her and surveilled her twice after she left that target and she was later seen selling the goods at un plaza. The das Office Confirms that graves stole from target over the course of 120 visits between 2020 2021. And she was convicted of one felony count of grand theft. And 53 misdemeanor counts of petit theft. Were going to take a break here 9. 26. Big changes, though, coming to your utility bill will explain the new plan that was just approved by state officials. I29 right now and were checking out the weather for you on a friday heading into a nice weekend. A beautiful mothers day weekend. And today the hottest day of the bunch. Good morning, jon. It weve got our first 90s of the season for a few spots and that is definitely something to note. We are seeing temperatures warming up feels a little bit like summer now. Now it looks a little bit like summer at the golden gate earlier because we had some fog that has since burned off. Its a very shallow marine layer, easily burns off. Really, what were seeing is a relaxed, offshore wind. So yesterday was a hot, dry wind pushing towards the coast today that calms down and that allows tomorrow a cool sea breeze to push in. And that means tomorrow and sunday, especially well start a very gradual cooling process. Temperatures right now are in the 60s to 70s. Were starting to warm. We started this morning a lot cooler than yesterday. We still are cooler than yesterday at this point. But were actually going to end the day a little bit hotter as we do see daytime highs in the 80s to even low 90s. Ill let you know what its looking like, right where youre at. Still to come right now, all eyes on top stories a day for traffic. Unfortunately, bart. We still dont have any red Orange Line Service between richmond and macarthur really Early Morning problem in terms of equipment. Its still going on there. So they are providing mutual aid. They are suggesting either take the bus or you drive. If that is your route and you take bart well, other lines and packed, though. Thats great. Blue yellow, just fine. They bridge right now. 13 minutes on a friday are 7 to bridge around 13. So that would danced a little bit. Richards over fo put somewhere around 8 minutes and the golden gate bridge, no more dense we started off this morning 20 minute ride. 37 of the tolls are ages. Back to you. Thanks, rain. Its 9. 31, in the Allegheny County Health Department has a problem. They dont have enough. Health inspectors to go into restaurant. Yeah. And search and investigate the various complaints with workers at another Fast Food Restaurant now rallying outside of their employers. Business kron fours lezla gooden has the followup. Some fast food workers over the last few weeks have been striking calling for better working conditions. One of them includes the al play a loco off of international boulevard in oakland here, workers have filed a complaint to cal osha claiming they have been nearly electrocuted due to flooding the kitchen where to put into it. Really i. Dane and the it was still asleep. 80. Also they agreed on fire at a california fast food workers. Union says the workers decided to strike for 3 days last week. Looking for improvement. We reached out to the Alameda County Health Department who share that currently there was not in a sign Health Inspector for this restaurant and have been over a year since its last inspection on monday. That changed after our reporting and inspection was conducted. The restaurant past received 5 violations, including unclean food and nonfood surfaces cleaning supplies, not properly stored bathrooms in need of working doors. It said the because but are they feel for eye can see popping up people about if i feel that we should focus that has on brilliant because they still want us to run. This has it time that that they are quiet. So that is not kill. We asked the Health Department how many inspectors are needed to reach full capacity and what areas are currently without these inspectors. And we were given the following statement, restaurant inspector staffing shortages are a challenge for many jurisdictions across the state are environmental Health Department is working to expedite filling vacant inspector positions in oakland. Lets put that kron. 4 news. 9. 33 is the time about 100 has been charged with murder in connection with a fatal shooting. Newark Police Confirmed that 49 yearold bail Fugitive Recovery agent. Charles price of forest hill and a bail bond agent. Were trying to find and that they were looking for an altercation broke out and after an exchange of gunfire, that person they were looking for ended up dying at a hospital. The victim was identified as 42 yearold bay area resident richard turner. Police say that he didnt appear for a Court Appearance regarding felony weapons charges in so a bench warrant was put out for him. The das office has charged price. Now, one count seconddegree murder. Well, a man has been arrested now for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars worth of merchandise from a crashed or in brentwood. Take a look. We have a picture of items that were taken from a michaels arts and crafts store on lone tree way. This was back in april. Police say that Matthew Davis from antioch dumped the items onto his bicycle and was trying to take off when he crashed into a parked patrol car. He wasnt hurt, but it didnt end well for me was taken into custody. And east bay mother is outraged now after learning that the drunk driver who hit and killed the father of her child will not serve a single day in prison. The victim greg turn a tree see here died on mothers day back in 2021. He was out for a walk in oakland when a car veered up onto the sidewalk and crashed into him behind the wheel. With 67 yearold timothy amano, wealth manager who lives in piedmont. He pleaded guilty to running from the scene, leaving the victim there to die and his injured wife in the passenger seat of the car. That wife told police that amount of it spent the day drinking in San Francisco at golf clubs and restaurants celebrating mothers day before getting behind the wheel to drive back to oakland. On wednesday, an Alameda County judge sentenced amounted to a sixyear term. But the first 3 years he received the credit for because he served all of those in his home in piedmont, the remaining 3 years. The judge says he could serve at home as well. The victims partner wasnt too happy about that. Greg made the choice to make me breakfast in bed witha arson and to take a walk and timothy now make the choice to so that drinking in San Francisco behind the wheel killing an innocent person. Now in courts. That woman brave and said, quote, the fact that you have successfully managed to sneak your way out of any real repercussions only further complicates our grief and deepens our rage. She went on to say, quote, now you get to walk away from this with your life remain at home. Be a part of your familys lives and put all this behind. You has a brief inconvenience. How nice for you. Were walking away with excruciating hole in our lives. No justice and no closure, end quote. Ray says theyre now looking to file a civil lawsuit its 9. 36, and a man accused of hitting 2 people with a car, including a 14 yearold girl during a police chase. And temperatures go has pleaded not guilty his arraignment was held yesterday and revealed more about Rodney Jeffersons past runins with the law and just how prosecutors say he hit. That team kron fours dan kerman reports. Thursday afternoon, 54 yearold Rodney Jefferson pleaded not guilty to 2 counts of leaving the scene of an accident. Reckless driving with great bodily injury, evading an officer and driving on a suspended license. The charges stem from his arrest tuesday for hitting 2 pedestrians and leading San Francisco police on a chase across the city. Authorities say tuesday mornings incident began with jefferson hitting one person while doing donuts at market in jones and then leading police on a chase across town during that pursuit. Prosecutors say jefferson hit a 14 yearold girl who was in a crosswalk outside francisco middle school. Prosecutors say a vehicle was stopped to let the teenager cross. But jefferson drove around that car and hit her. The student will survive but has a broken ankle, a dislocated shoulder and bruising to the head during thursdays hearing jefferson made and inaudible outburst when prosecutors said he showed no remorse once arrested and instead went into a profane tirade about his driving skills. Prosecutors also told the judge jefferson has 14 prior felony convictions, including one in 2018 for battery with injury on a school employee. The judge called tuesdays incident egregious and said releasing jefferson on bail was a clear risk to public safety. Jefferson tried to speak up, but the judge silenced him and continued to explain why she would not be releasing him on bail again. Jefferson will remain locked up without bail, at least until his preliminary hearing on may 22nd. At the hall of justice in San Francisco, dan kerman kron, 4 news. The vote is 4, 0, the item passes. And with that, youre going to have to pay more pga. The. Public Utilities Commission just voted to allow pg and e to impose a fixed charge on your bill. This plan includes a flat fee. Theyre going to charge about 24 bucks per month. No matter what your bill is like, what you use a 6, though, for lowincome californians and at the same time, they say, well, theyre going to reduce electricity rate that they charge from 5 to 0. 7 per kilowatt hour. Supporters say that this monthly fee is going to help pay for grid maintenance. This is a fair proposal implementing a reasonable fix charge that help support the fixed costs of the grid. We commend the cpc on taking action today in support of the fixed charge. And because of their action today, relief is coming to californians who need it most. Opponents are upset they held a demonstration here yesterday outside of the meeting because again, they point out that really no matter if they can serve or if theyre on a budget, theyre going to have to pay this. 24 fee. I mean, thats an extra 24 that i would have to budget. Its the lower class, middleaged disabled and you the the working that they need to look out for. This isnt an elected board. And this is the first time weve seen them have the ability to be able to come in and set up the state white. And so for me, thats the biggest concern. Its appointed by the governor not elected a board and theyre going to set the what to say, you know, 2 or 3 years from now, they dont continue to raise that. The it impacts the every case, every single rate payer in california and just get ready for that to go into effect in 2026. Well, barts future may depend on a tax measure that set to be on the ballot in 2026. Fact, according to barts new budget deficit numbers, the Transit Agency estimates is going to be 35 Million Dollars in the hole by that year 2026. So if passed, this tax measure would bring in what they believe to be more than a billion dollars every year for bart. If it fails, bart is warning we could see drastic cuts. Our close at 09 00pm and certain stations were closed and no, no trains at all on the weekend. Those are the types of things that our reality. Im not any time soon. Weve got 2 that we know that we have funding, but then we need to focus on that ballot measure. Bart says the deficit is partly due to declining ridership and increased labor costs. Among other things, the bart board will vote on a budget until june will see what they decide. Mothers day is sunday and San Francisco some fun you can do in union square with your mommy can dance. Whether you can listen amusement music. They have this mothers day. Its called bloom and its a mothers day concert. Its a fashion show. This is all video from last year where it was definitely a lot of fun and its free. And and the first 220 moms church yet 120 moms get a free gift. Its from 02 00pm to 05 00pm. So you can if youre like me. Im actually is too late to mail the card. So im going to take a video and im going to send the video of me reading the card faster than snow. Now. More Small Businesses in San Francisco are getting a boost from mayor breeds popup shops is the vacant, a vibrant program and they Just Announced the new grants that go to a bunch of businesses. 8 businesses in San Francisco. So they get rent free store fronts to use through the summer where they can set up a popup shop. The 1000 businesses applied for the grants and there are going to be more recipients being announced in the coming weeks. The goal is to support Small Businesses and Community Organizations and attract more visitors to downtown. All right, 9. 42 is the time. And still ahead on the kron 4 morning news, the giants look at the sweep, the rockies in colorado. And then head home on mile high note, well find out if theyre able to get that done. 44 right now and is that lane what i Just Announced that mothers day argue this is a hack. You can do a lot of people. Its too late to send a card in the mail. Thats right. So you can do personal reading of car. You actually did get him a card. Just didnt get in the mail write. It in the cart aisle at the grocery didnt. Even by obviously are just alright. Now were looking out lots of sunshine across the bay area. Some pretty green hillsides right there. Even though weve been drying out lately and have these hot days. Things are still relatively lush, which is nice to see as we work our way into this warmer time of year, we have the dry offshore wind yesterday, which is a recipe. No good for fire season, but because we saw the recent rains that helped us a lot, those offshore winds, theyve relaxed a lot. Thats why were cooling down at the coast today. Thats also why tomorrow were really going to kick in that onshore breeze. Cool. Coastal air, meaning a foggy start to your saturday morning and come sunday morning, mothers day itself and even foggier start and that will have an impact on temperatures beginning to drop him a little bit High Pressure in place. Fog at the coast hot inland. Sounds like a summer forecast and thats the way its been feeling with today. Bring some of the hottest temperatures the year so far, 60s and 70s for San Francisco and for the coast. While temperatures in the 80s for most of the rest of us, couple of low 90s and certainly getting close to that number down in the south bay with campbell and san jose at 88 degrees. Mostly mideighties for the east bay. A few low 80s in spots like oakland up to richmond. Thats a little relief from yesterday while fairfield and vacaville up in Solano County are 2. 90, degree spots. A look ahead shows temperatures tomorrow that will be similar to today. Just not quite as hot sunday does come along with a little bit of relief. 70s at the coast are 70s that the bayshore and some 80s for inland areas, little cooler yet come monday rania. All right, john, thank you for that. Lets get a quick bridge check right now. If you are going to be hitting the roads right now on a friday. Finally down to under 13 minutes for most of our bridges, the bay bridge, san mateo bridge and Richmond Center fell bridge about 20 across the golden gate bridge. Still got that barred alert to tell you about. No red orange line between rich in that car, sir. Thankfully, no other lives are impacted and they are recommending. Maybe you the bus or you can also dry. They also are providing a bus bridge there as well for you, folks that are trying to get from that connector spot. The highways looking good in green in the south bay. 31 minutes. 85 to menlo park, silly now the 2. 37. About 30 minutes, but many, 80 through oakland, 5. 80, much lighter right now traveling along a te crockett outdoors. The maze around. 23 minutes darya. James, back to you. All right. The time now is im 47 and in the north bay, a 21 yearold motorcyclist is dead. The crash happened in rohnert park. He was riding on redwood and Business Park drive on wednesday night when the motorcyclist collided with a car, the motorcyclist was taken to hospital and ended up dying. The 2 people in the car were taken to the hospital for their injuries, but theyre expected to be okay. Officials have ruled out alcohol is a factor in that deadly crash. These bay fire crews are investigating a fire in multiple cars. This happen in hayward. Yesterday afternoon near lucine way in the Jackson Triangle neighborhood. You could see the charred vehicles there. Investigators believe there was a fire in one car and then it spread to the others. Nobody was hurt. And the 7 tail county Sheriffs Office is helping to reduce gunrelated deaths. They are donating and safety locks to patients. At Kaiser Permanente in redwood city, 100 safety locks are available now for patients through this new program where doctors well be able to hand out the locks to patients who have guns at home. This an opportunity to engage in that discussion. In nonjudgmental way, just talking about how gun violence is real. Its the number one cause of death and childrens and teens in this country. And so its our responsibility to make sure that were doing all we can to keep children safe. The gun locks are going to be available for patients that have appointments in the pediatrics, emergency and psychiatric departments. Well, governor gavin newsom that putting pressure on Half Moon Bay lawmakers to approve housing for farmworkers, the 40 unit project would provide Affordable Housing for senior agricultural workers. Now immediately following the Half Moon Bay mass shooting last year, the governor met with survivors and toured their Living Conditions in e was not happy about it. Since then, hes budgeted millions in funding and resources to ensure that those workers receive support from the state. Moon Bay Planning Commission is set to potentially move this Housing Project forward next week during their next meeting on tuesday. Well see what they decide. Meanwhile, this morning were learning about the vital role that nurses play in caring for our community. And on this National Nurses week, we spoke with a registered nurse at San Francisco general about the care that nurses give even outside of their department to make sure that every patient is safe and healthy. My colleagues, when i help women have burgers help reestablish what normal birth can be. We also help incredibly high risk patients as well. So we are there helping our patients. Were incredibly hire a. They and get connected to the resources that they need. So that their lives and the lives of their children can be greatly improved. We want to make a really big impact on our patients lives and we love. But we do. We have the best patients in the world. Well, the American Nurses association has set this years theme as nurses make the difference. Lets talk sports. The giants hoping to wrap up their trip with a win against the rockies. In colorado. We have kron 4 sports director jason dumas with a look at what happened. The giants were hoping to wrap up their road trip with a sweep of the rockies on thursday. And as ive said all week, they desperately need to stack wins against the bottom feeders in the league because theyve already proven that they struggle against the good teams. But a similar problem reared its head in denver. It was chilly out there in the rockies field. Bob melvin wont need that coat when he comes back. Warm out here by game so that top of the 4th no score michael conforto, he gets the scoring going. That ball gets out of here in a hurry. His second in as many days. Its one to nothing giant, but that would be the only highlight for San Francisco. 4th inning, elliot diaz laces, a liner. The wall in comes another run. It is 2 to one rockies say many Sean Bouchard with this double down the line. That makes it 3 to one rockies. Guess what . The ending was not done. There. This time is brent oil. He tagged the shot. Leaves the park. He absolutely crushed at the center field. They had 7 runs in the 4th alone. Gines only had 7 hits in the whole game. Colorado wins 91 giant are back home friday night against the reds. All righty. Thats your look at sports. 9. 52 is a time. And coming up on the kron 4 morning news just with few weeks away from the nba draft, were going talk warriors and how theyre talk warriors and how theyre preparing. ominous music yes, ahh mom what is going on with you . Get out andy get out of my room get out mom andy. Fight fight i didnt say anything. Yes you did. ominous music ominous music well the is never late. Back ok, lord of the rings. Fans listen up to new lord of the rings. Movies are in the works. The first film of the pairs currently called lord of the rings. The hunt for gollum. The project is still in its early stages. So that could change. But filmmaker peter jackson, who did the original trilogy is producing the movie, which is expected to hit theaters sometime in 2026. All right. For the First Time Since 1999 Planet Fitness is raising its basic level membership price. The new rate will be 15 a month. However, current Planet Fitness members will continue paying original 10. The move comes after months of price testing across several markets in the u. S. Planet. Fitness says its going to be testing the higher prices for its premium membership this summer, ok . For the that is the cheapest youll ever find a even a 15, even if for sure. And i i have been a member at windows 10. Well, the companys increased prices they say are likely motivated by weaker than expected firstquarter revenue in fiscal year. So theyre doing something to try improve the bottom line. What was it say . They havent raised prices since 1999. Thats been a long time. 9. 56. Right now. Coming up next on the kron, 4 morning news. President biden is in the bay area. Me is raising money for his campaign which will affect 2. Theyll be rolling street closures. Have a live report. And there are protesters waiting for him to and theres a battle over the name San Francisco and its between the Oakland Airport and the San Francisco airport will have more on that. Plus, Governor Newsom expected to unveil his updated budget for the year and theyre going to have to and theyre going to have to make some tough choices. From the mountains to the coast. Heatin up the kitchen we got somethin different spreadin good vibes all day todos a la mesa que buena la mezcla it dont get no better livin in the golden state lovin this land everyday norte a sur lo puedes ver nada se puede comparar livin in the golden state vive en el estado dorado. Yeah right now, the kron 4 morning news. President biden in the bay area to raise money for his campaign. Protesters are waiting as well. Were live with the details and the spport of oakland approves a name change for oakland International Airport. Raising tensions now beween it and the city of San Francisco. Plus, governor gavin newsom is expected to unveil his updated budget for the year and experts say it will contain some difficult decisions. From the local news station, youre watching morning team. Good morning and thanks for waking up with a set of friday. Im darya and im james got john rain here with checks of weather and traffic and still following the party. The barn alert for just about all the morning. Some Early Morning issues ripple effect. Well talk about that in just a little bit, ok and taking a look at the weather is going to be hot today. It is another hot one, potentially even the hottest of the year so far. Say a 90 year to what i was shy away from it earlier. Yeah,