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There. Take a look at these temperatures. Were tracking the latest warm up as some parts of the bay area reach their hottest temperatures so far of the year. And the chp forced to block part of the roadway in Silicon Valley as President Biden is met with protesters as he does some fundraising across the bay area. Plus danger sparking at a Senior Housing complex in San Francisco. What were learning about the rescue efforts this afternoon. Station. Hes calling for news 2. Thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 news at 2. Im justine waltman. Were going to talk about that forecast right now with this live look outside showing us how pretty this here in San Francisco at the embarcadero breezy out there, blue skies and warm. We have gayle ong here to kick us off with our friday forecast. Yeah, its another warm day in land. At least that we are cooler by the coast pacifica. We are in the 70s Half Moon Bay in the 60s. Remember, some beaches were in the 80s and we are seeing 80s at this hour. You can see close to 90 in santa rosa and livermore. 84 degrees. 85 in dublin. So we could see some 90s in about an hour. Those the time of the warmest said a time the day. So here are the temperature changes. You could places like santa rosa and livermore up 3 to 4 degrees warmer than we were this time yesterday. A little cooler by oakland and hayward and Half Moon Bay. Thats because of the change of the winds. Were back to that on shore flow by the coast. We still have a bit of that offshore flow. You know that warm winds. Thats why our inland communities are still warm. The coolest spot today is as you just saw in the 60s. So here are the winds right now. We could see a shift here. You can see Half Moon Bay has onshore flow. San francisco, 13 miles per hour. A nice warm breeze and you can see everywhere else. We have a mix of that mixed bag here so thats why some places are warmer and that more could cooler today. So we have High Pressure that is in control now. The typical summer set up. Notice we start off with the marine layer and the fog by the coast. And that usually mixes out by the afternoon. So we will see plenty of sunshine this weekend. Its a holiday weekend. Mothers day weekend sunday. So you can see tomorrow saturday, we start off close to 90s once again inland, little cooler by the coast in the 60s 80s by the bay. And then we retreat from the heat just a bit in the low 80s inland. I want to come back. We are seeing more warming temperatures coming up. Gayle, thank you. Some developing news now as fire crews are responding to a fire at a Senior Housing complex in San Francisco. We have video now from the citizens after show you. San francisco fire says this is a 51 unit building with more than 100 residents in there. And several people have been evacuated and then evaluated by medical personnel. 2 people have been taken to the hospital. The building is 4 stories. Its located in japan town on fillmore street, just north of geary boulevard. People are being asked to stay away from this areas. Theyre still working to get the situation figured out. Well bring you more details as soon as they come into our newsroom. And now to that major Public Transit issue that happened today. It is fixed, but it did lead to some huge problems for riders starting earlier this morning, bart had to shutter 6 stations. And although the system is now back up and running, there are still some delays as we head into the evening commute. Kron fours theresa has the details. Shut down 6 bart stations in the east bay on the red and orange lines between richmond and macarthur shuttered 7 hours friday morning due to mechanical problems. The issue starting around 05 00am, we cant send trains through saying we need to cabling and then hopefully well build to get Trained Service back. And then once that the service restores. Both lines, the orange line in the red line will go back to normal. Take a look here. Bart spokesperson alicia trow says bar deployed workers to help riders connect with buses. And other forms of Public Transportation to get to their destination and the true definition of a bus bridges when it takes you directly from one station to the next. We dont have that because our partner transit agencies dont have the extra buses and drivers this morning. But those stations have great bus service already. And so its just getting you on the right bus based on where you need to go. So, yes, you know, ac transit, golden gate transit, west cat. They all stepped up to say bart riders can go on those buses for free at for some riders. It Early Morning meltdown affected getting to jobs in other plans where you need to go to work. We need to go the way and thats it. So what is going to do . With stay on . Probably just take us. So best president you know, i just im just visiting from out of town. So im much that is was possible, i trow says that it is unclear what caused the problem and that is still under investigation. She also adds the Public Transit agency understands hourslong closure is a major inconvenience, especially at a time when the system needs more public funding. Youre right. As we as we look to potentially ask voters for money, we have to work. We have to be there for our riders. Service was restored around noon. At the North Berkeley bart station, theresa is stasio kron. 4 news. Big story that were following is the protests that are happening during President Bidens visit to the bay area. Demonstrators gathering outside of a venture capitalist, a billionaires mansion this afternoon demanding a ceasefire resolution in the war between israel and hamas. President biden, theyre attending a fundraiser for his campaign at that home, which is where we find kron fours Charles Clifford with the latest details here. Well, good afternoon. The president arrived in the bay area yesterday spent the night in San Francisco and hes attending to fund rate or razors here in Silicon Valley on friday, including one here in Portola Valley. Lets going take a look at some video. The president s motorcade with made its way down alpine road here in Portola Valley about 12, 15. This afternoon. Hes headed to the home of tech billionaire and he was greeted by dozens of protesters who are unhappy about the war in gaza between hamas and israel. Me say they came out to send a message to the president and his donors that theyre not happy with that situation. And we want him to know that we do not support the genocide is happening right now. And we want the donors to know that we hope that they would fund other things besides the war and the sides. Genocide. And so were here today to just make sure he knows that people are unhappy about this genocide in palestine. Right now the president has left Portola Valley. Hes was scheduled to head to a second fundraiser nearby palo alto. And then later this afternoon, hes going to depart Moffett Field headed for seattle, washington. But for now in valley, Charles Clifford kron, 4 news. Charles, thank you. And now to reaction to comments that President Biden has been making israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country will stand alone in its fight against hamas and gossip. Netanyahus statements coming after President Biden warned that the u. S. Would cut military aid to israel if it launched an allout invasion of rafah. Biden says he does not want americans and the bombs that we make to be used to kill innocent people. A million palestinians are in rafah after escaping the war to the north. And Israeli Military spokesperson says israel has enough weapons to proceed with its plan to go after hamas in rafah. The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a resolution in support of the Palestinian Statehood. This move would grant palestine full member status in the u n the resolution was approved earlier today by a vote of 143 to 9. 25 nations did not vote. The u. S. Voted. No u. S. Officials believe that Palestinian Statehood should be negotiated between israelis and palestinians. The move would allow palestine access to International Aid and support participation in global decisionmaking processes and the ability to contribute and Shape International law and policy. Uc berkeleys Law School Graduation held today while a propalestine encampment remains on campus. The commencement taking place at the Greek Theater while demonstrators remained at sproul plaza. The event coming as many colleges are having to cancel graduation ceremonies across the country due to these protests. Calais, maine graduation at Memorial Stadium is tomorrow. As top of some. Ice that will graduate. So chair, so support there for uscs valedictorian yesterday during a student recognition awards ceremony, she was supposed to be giving the commitment a commencement address today. But her speech was canceled. The university cited security concerns after her social media pages have links to a paper that called for the end of israel. She was accused by some jewish groups of being antisemitic, but she denies those claims. Closing arguments have wrapped up in the attempted murder case of the man accused of intentionally driving his car off a 300 foot cliff with his family inside this unique case hinges on the judges decision of what kind of Mental Health crisis Dharmesh Patel was suffering from when he drove off highway one in january of last year, his wife and 2 kids were inside the car when it plunged over double slide in San Mateo County. They all survived. Tell us why says she does not want her husband prosecuted. Thats got the judge could decide to divert to tell us case out of criminal court and instead into a Mental Health treatment program. The judge says that she will make a ruling late june. One person now in Critical Condition after getting shot near lake merritt, Oakland Police finding the victim on grand avenue right near the el rey fountain. This was yesterday the person was taken to the hospital and is now listed in Critical Condition. Police say the victim got into a verbal dispute with another person right before the shooting. This is though an ongoing investigation. Anyone with information should contact Oakland Police. While Oakland International airport has a new name, port commissioners unanimously approved 2 rebranded to San Francisco bay Oakland International airport. And this new name has been getting a lot of pushback from the city of San Francisco. There is a legal battle under way. San Francisco City attorney david chiu has already sued on behalf of the city and even sent a letter yesterday urging the port board to have both cities Work Together to come up with a whole different thing. The oakland port instead moved ahead with its plans and the saying its going to be responding to that lawsuit with one of its own. A couple of travelers that we heard from today say yeah, that name change is confusing. Im not really sure why they would do that since there is a San Francisco international. You dont want people getting used to it, making Francisco International confusing. I want to revel particular i just think we should. Maintain singularity. How about all right. For the reason for the name change is because oakland port commissioners say people do not realize oakland is located in the bay area which limits the amount of routes that airlines will bring to the airport to the airport is going to be updating its branding despite the lawsuit, even after the name change, the airport will keep the threeletter code oak. Alright, temperatures go International Airports director. Ive are sotero has announced his plans to retire at the end of this year. So tara has served as airport director since 2016, his career with the airport began in 1994 as Program Manager of transit managing the airtrain and bart projects and the airports. 3 billion dollar masterplan expansion. The search is on now for the next sfo director and will be done now in the coming months and during that time, so terrible remain in his position and oversee the transition. 2 new leadership. Coming up, we have the body camera video that can be disturbing to watch. So a warning about that after a young air force Service Member was shot and killed by deputies in florida in his own apartment. Well see what led up to this deadly incident. But first, a habitat for Humanity Community is almost ready in the bay area. Were going to speak with some of the people was dreams of becoming a homeowner are becoming a homeowner are finally coming febreze your bathroom. Needs febreze small spaces. The alwayson, odorfighting air freshener you set and forget. No outlets used, no batteries needed, no effort required. So your bathroom stays continuously fresh for 45 days. Thats the power of febreze small spaces. In the east bay, hard hats, chainsaws and a lot of hammering going on as kron fours who to call reports habitat for humanity kicked off its annual womens leadership bill day today. 5 years ago before the first nails were hammered into walls, slit and around you, lisa and then is applied for Home Ownership at habitat for humanity. East bay, Silicon Valleys Affordable Housing Community Since under construction in walnut creek esperanza place solis sr s will last year she was accepted as part of altercation and that is and partner, guillermo have put in about 250 construction hours to help build a new home, which they will race ace are their 11 yearold son with special i thought it was an amazing program. If theres way that ill be able to stay in the bay area. And native, im from the bay area. It was going to be a program like it is. And her family are among the first of 23 family set to move into their homes next on friday during the nonprofits, anyone womens leadership volunteers joined for the first of 2 days constructing goals for phase 2 of the project, which is scheduled for completion next year. Training 19 homes for the rest of this development will 42 homes here when were down. And these womens leadership older more than just an event with weather and pandemic related construction delays, these volunteers are essential to completing this project work. Theyre taking it level. Theres nothing like being able to be part of building your home with so much love. I dont know many people that are able to see. Say i built this house from the from the ground the second day of the event is next. Friday and applications are still being accepted for the homes under construction for phase 2. In walnut creek, Philippe Djegal kron. 4 news. Fremont firefighters battled a major fire at a commercial building. This was about 2 oclock this morning on belmont drive. Here are some photos that the Fire Department shared with us. They say when they arrived, the fire was extending through the roof. They had it under control in about an hour. No injuries were reported. A live look outside across the bay are right now from our camera on top of mount tam. It is another warm one out there on this friday. Were have gayle ong with us. Here is when you talk about. The hot weather. Yes, another hot day in land. Now, the difference that we have today is the coast is noticeably cooler about 10 degrees cooler where some beaches were in the 80s. So now back to the 60s. So a live look from the east bay. We have sunny skies out there and a current temperatures in our major cities. 75 in San Francisco. So still a warm day yesterday we saw 81 and which we havent seen since october when the 80s and oakland, san Jose Santa Rosa close to 90s here and 87 degrees in half. Moon bay is actually in the 50s upper 50s today. So much cooler where quiet in the bay area. Most of california. But we have some activity in the southern sierra there in the central valley. But we have a ridge of High Pressure that is bringing us these warm temperatures out a similar set up for our warmer months were we start off with the marine layer and the fog in the morning and then we warmup inland with sunny skies. So we have a mixed bag of winds here and thats the big difference in temperatures today. So the coast is cooler because we have the return of that onshore flow that is bringing temperatures down. But we also have offshore flow are in our inland areas. And thats keeping us warm. That wind coming from the land. So we will see that pop tonight. We will start calm in the morning for saturday and then towards the afternoon and evening. Well see another pop in the winds, but its that refreshing wind. And tonight well see that fog return. Light winds overnight. Lows will be pretty mild and sunday for mothers day. Its going to be cooler in the low 80s youll see in the sevenday. So jumping ahead of tomorrows highs similar to today in the upper 90s. And here is that mothers day forecast where we will see temperatures ranging from the 60s too close to 90s once again with lots of sunshine. Back to you. Well, deputies florida are defending a deadly shooting of a young air force Service Member inside of his own apartment to do want to warn you. The body camera video that deputies released is disturbing, but well play it for you now. All right. So thats this. The Okaloosa County Sheriffs Office there saying a deputy was responding to a disturbance call giving the apartment number for 23 yearold roger fortson. But attorneys for his family say that he was home alone playing video games and face timing with his girlfriend and family members claim that fortson likely could not see or hear the deputy outside of his door and was within his rights to answer it with a gun in his hands. I say a black folder with the pain. And i see 3 men in force uniforms. Thats when a new much i was the. Fortson was an active duty airmen with the 4th special operations squadron. The pentagon says the defense secretary lloyd austin, is closely following reports of the shooting. The deputy is on paid administrative leave. Governor gavin newsom unveiled his updated state budget today. Its coming with a projected multibillion dollar deficit and he knows there will be some very difficult decisions that will have to made in order to close the gap. Our capitol correspondent Eytan Wallace has details and how the governor plans to balance the budget. Well, here it is. All 45 pages. The governor provided for his budget to budget. The governor says will protect key programs. One he acknowledges comes with its challenges. This is a this is a sizable deficit. Verner gavin newsom. Theyre not mincing words about his proposed budget for the coming fiscal year. A budget that per newsom comes with a projected 27. 6 billion dollar deficit. That figure is much more optimistic than that of the nonpartisan legislative Analysts Office or who earlier this year projected the state faces a 73 billion dollar deficit. Newsom believes that projection was way off because he anticipates the state will take in more tax revenues than previously anticipated to balance the budget. Newsom says hes taking action on several fronts, including the withdrawal of more than 12 billion dollars in the states reserves over the next 2 years. Hes also proposing more than 18 billion dollars and actual cuts including reductions for programs on broadband access, water, storage and state and local Public Health departments. He also plans to save hundreds of millions of dollars in what he describes as belt tightening. That includes a proposal to freeze the filling of about 10,000 vacant state jobs. Is this what i want to know . But the alternative the you know, we can we can eliminate our expansion health care. We can eliminate wages. We can limit. We do furloughs into layoffs. We can do a lot of things i want to do those things. As for whether he plans to raise taxes. The governor flatly said no on spending priorities. Newsom said homelessness, climate and education are at the top of his list. In fact, he says the state is on pace to spend more than 23,000 per student. We intend to bring you reaction from republican lawmakers. Want see a little bit later on. In the meantime, now its up to the legislature to review this budget impasse, a fully balanced budget by june 15th. Lawmakers fail to do so, they will not be paid reporting at the state capitol. A tom wallace kron. 4 news. Still ahead, its not your imagination. Gas prices are way up. How much extra people in california are paying at the pump compared to this time last year and target has lost some of its pride. The retail chain scaling back on lgbtq pride and merchandise after pride and merchandise after boyc did you know some dish soaps dont remove all the grease, even with scrubbing . Whaaat . I just cleaned those try dawn platinum. It removes 99 of grease and food residue. Thats why dawn is trusted to save wildlife affected by oil. Dawn platinum cleans to the squeak. Target is scaling back its sale of pride month merchandise target, which operates about 2000 stores says decisions about where to stock pride, fien products, including adult apparel, home goods, foods and beverages would be based on guest insights and consumer research. Its unclear how many stores well carry such items targeted, received backlash for selling the items in store last year. Conservative activists organized boycotts that resulted in a dip in sales and advocacy groups are condemning target for bowing to pressure. Pride month in june. And even though gas prices recently dropped a little bit, california drivers are still paying much, much more than they were a year ago. According to the auto club. Our states average is currently 5 and 0. 30 for a gallon of regular a year ago was about 0. 50 lower at 4. 81, the current average in Los Angeles County is 5. 27. Thats a few cents under the california average. The bay area meet a gas price is about 5 50s. So thats also well above the national average. A 3 63 a gallon. Coming up, another mail carrier robbed at gunpoint. The video that was captured showing those terrifying moments that are now helping police to identify the thieves. Also, a man recovering from a shark attack in the bahamas. What he did the doctor say helped saved his life. Plus police the north bay busting legal bird fighting ring. How unrelated crime led them to discover numerous animal new at 2 police uncovered in the legal bird fighting ring and more than 20,000 in stolen property at a house in santa rosa. Police say in march 22,000 worth of items was stolen during a storage burglary. And then officers arrested audrina mike peters on one count of grand theft for that crime, detectives searched her home and found 1000 game birds. They believed were being raised in order to fight Sonoma County Animal Services help remove the birds as well as 5 malnourished horses and 2 dogs. Officials arrested 2 other men for having burned fighting weapons also being involved and that storage theft. Alright, danger on the job now for a mail carrier. The story comes to us out of dublin. This mail carrier was robbed at gunpoint. Kron fours sara stinson spoke with neighbors and has the story. 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 neighborhood, mike grant, but 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 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. A Bounty Hunter has been charged with murder in connection with the Fatal Shooting in Newark Police confirming the 49 yearold bill Fugitive Recovery agents. Charles price of forest hill and a bail bond agent. Were trying to find the man when an altercation broke out during the exchange of gunfire, the man was shot and he died at the hospital. The victim has been identified as 42 yearold bay area resident richard turner. Police say in march that turner did not appear in court while felony weapons charges were pending, which made him a fugitive price was charged with one count of seconddegree murder. Now, the Alameda County where the Health Department is facing a shortage of restaurant Health Inspectors. And theyre saying now thats hurting workers at some fast food restaurants. This discovery is coming after we first reported on the rat infestation at the mcdonalds oakland for the Health Department ended up having to shut that restaurant down. Kron fours less the good and explains whats going on. 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 but 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 feel i feel that we should focus that has up on brilliant because based us to run, this has said it time 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. Lots good kron. 4 news. Contractors in michigan making a startling discovery after they followed an extension cord leading to the roof of a grocery store. A 34 yearold woman found living in the business in the side. The sign. Of this supermarket had a computer, a printer, a coffee maker. The Woman Told Police she had a job and had been living in the sign for about a year. She was able to get electricity from the power cord that they noticed right before they found her. Police say she is cooperating and did agree to leave. Alright, parts future may depend on a tax measure that set to be on the ballot in 2026, according to bart. New budget deficit numbers. The Transit Agency will be facing a 35 Million Dollar deficit by 2026. If passed, the tax measure would bring in more than a billion dollars every year for bart. But if it fails, bart is warning its going to have to make some drastic cuts. Imagine if just bart 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 years of that. We know that we have funding, but then we need to focus on that ballot measure. Bart says the deficit is partially due to declining ridership. Also increased labor other factors at play as well. The bart board will not vote on a budget, though, until june. The San Francisco bay ferry is planning some major expansions throughout the bay area. The board of directors is planning to expand and electrify transit by 2050. The agency currently operates in alameda, oakland, richmond, San Francisco, south San Francisco and vallejo, the first expansion that theyre planning. Will be to berkeley and redwood city and eventually to antioch in pittsburgh as well as foster city. Happening tonight, parts of highway 37 between vallejo of Sonoma County will be shut down once again for repaving. Caltrans says the eastbound lanes will be closed starting tonight at 10, they will reopen monday morning. All right. Looking outside right now here in the city. Weve got a little bit of a breeze. Weve got the flags going out there. The blue skies. Thats why we have kron for as gayle ong here with details and house. The whole state looking on this friday. Yeah, we are noticeably cooler by the coast. San francisco, you are 81 yesterday. Now down to this low 70s. Same with the monterrey, a Santa Barbara in the 60s. And 91 already in sacramento. So we are getting to warmest time of the day and take a look at some bay area. Temperatures here where we are 89 degrees in fremont and 84 in livermore. 88 in dublin, 87 degrees right now in santa rosa. So are inland areas. Interior inland areas are starting to see the warmest temperatures of the day. And lets take a look at tahoe because you dont see the snow. We usually see snow here on the tables. But we know that snow is melting. But if youre heading out your forecast for the high country, upper 60s, mostly sunny skies and it i really nice during the warmer months are out there in syria. Back here now. You can see starting see the clouds roll in here at half. Moon bay. And that is one of the cooler spots in the bay area in the upper 50s. So over the weekend we will be a bouncing up and the temperatures inland close to the 90s. So very similar to today. But the bay and the coast to coast for maine low in the 60s. So thats where you want to go to beat the just a bit in the low 80s for sundays daytime highs. Back to you. Thank you so much. A florida man is recovering after falling into shark infested waters in the bahamas. 24 yearold marlon wakeman slipped while trying to jump onto docked boat in a marina. He says when he surfaced, he realized shark had a grip on his leg. I was told on the cover morning, grab hold head under water and that let go of me. I got really lucky. He didnt had shaker. Hold on for a while. And then thats when i was able to get back up to the surface. Get my head back on the boat. Thats when the other one try to bite me. And luckily he did not grab on to me and i was able to get myself back up into the boat. Wakeman was bit twice. Doctors say his Quick Reaction likely saved his life. The waters around the marina have become a feeding ground for the sharks with at least 20 of them swimming around at any given time some groundbreaking gene therapy has given one little girl who was born deaf, the ability to hear the word the worlds sounds like her 4 yearold sister opal sandy was born without the ability to hear the sister suffered from the same genetic mutation. Opal sister was fitted with an implant and wondered for years, doctors decided to put opal gene therapy. And after 24 weeks of this experimental treatment, opel, can hear. When we today and all that. I was so doctors say it was critically important to put opals treatment in place quickly so they could preserve expressive language social communication and her cognitive development. Coming up here, this ones for music lovers. The lineup for San Franciscos. Oldest nonprofit Music Festival has been released. Were going to take a look at it. Plus, get a handle on your inbox. Plus, the best ways to say no work. Life balance tips from googles top productivity expert. Im rich demuro. Thats coming up in rich on tech. And were keeping a track of the bay area heat. Were going to check back in with going to check back in with gayle to see how warm were it only takes a second for an everyday item to become dangerous. Tide pods childguard pack helps keep your laundry pacs in a safe place and your child safer. To close, twist until it clicks. Tide pods childguard packaging. All right. Looking outside here at walnut creek. This is showing us whats going on 6 ad on the left side going towards concord, right side towards danville. That traffic already picking up on a friday because people want to enjoy mothers day weekend. Im sure us we want to find out the weathers like has all the answers to yes, another warm weekend ahead sunday for mothers day will be a little cooler. Heres a live look from the east bay. Plenty of sunshine here. Current temperatures. We are worried, though. 74 degrees over in San Francisco. We see 80s inland in oakland, san jose and livermore santa rosa close to 90s out Half Moon Bay is in the upper 50s. That was the 70s yesterday. So thats where the cool down is over by the coast. And thats because of the change in the winds. But we are relatively quiet most of the state. We do have some. Thunderstorm activity here in the u. S. The sierra parts of the sierra. But you can see a High Pressure. Is that taking over now . Have been seeing some fog development in the morning and i do see some cloudy skies over by Half Moon Bay. But our afternoons are pretty warm and hot. So were going to stay warm inland. And we still have some winds in the forecast. What the difference is that we see a mix of the offshore wind coming from the land and the sea breeze. So thats you know, causing difference in the temperatures. So this is 05 00pm. We have the sea breeze here now. So thats going to be cooling us down by the coast. And parts of the north bay, you can see that wind coming from the north. So thats going to be warming us up in the north bay and some parts inland. So thats the relatively calm winds for your saturday morning. And then the afternoon we see another pop and the winds and towards the evening. So heres that live look at Half Moon Bay. What i saw you around noon, even in the beginning, the show was pretty sunny out there. So looks like have that cloud moving in overnight. Lows will be mild tonight, as you can see in the 40s and 50s and then light wind. So heres that 7 day forecast. So lots of sunshine, especially mothers, day little cooler. Well close to 90 degrees inland. But we have some nice 70s by the day and a purse 50s and 60s by the coast. Back to you. All right. Well, mothers day is on sunday. And San Francisco is hoping that youll spend it in Union Square Union Square in bloom is hosting a mothers day concert and fashion show. Heres some video from. Last years event you can see a lot of people came out had a good time. Theres going to be some bright floral displays salsa, dancing and live music. The first 220 moms will receive a gift as well. The event is on sunday from 2 until 5. And there are lots of opportunities to get outside and enjoy this nice weather as we head into summer today, the stern grove Music Festival reveale1 its lineup for 2024 and theyre something really for everyone. Tegan. And sara lucinda williams, alex g and the San Francisco symphony. Just some of the artists listed here. They will play amongst the eucalyptus trees and a stern grove rex enter stern recreational growth. The best part all the shows are free. They will take place on sunday afternoons june through august. This is the 87th stern grove Music Festival. Tickets to go on. A first come first serve basis. You can get them on the festivals website and if years pass or any indication they do go pretty fast. And it is that time of year again with people all across the bay area are planning to attend county fairs and of course, some of the most anticipated events are the summer Concert Series at those fairs. Were going to tell you about some of them. The Alameda County fair begins june 14th in pleasanton kicking off their Concert Series will be well a hose own e 40. Thats june. 20th also performing their the fray. Also the X Ambassadors and hunter hayes, the San Mateo County fair begins next saturday. American idol winner. Im talking. He will be performing on june 1st. War will be playing the next day and then r and b group all for one performing on june 7th. Thats a throwback. And in marin county, the fair theres in, sandra fell, lets held usually during the 4th of july weekend. And vogue is going to kick things off on july 3rd, grammy winner and the eldest son of bob and rita marley. Ziggy marley is going to performing july 6th, los lonely boys when playing the day after it looks to be a pretty fun summer at county fairs this year. You have a problem. Staying focused. We have a way how you can answer that question with no and some other useful tips from google. All rich demuro has that in todays tech smart. Work and life can pull us in different directions. Recently i spoke with googles top productivity expert. Yes, some tips on how to handle it soon, google will hold its annual. I o gathering to show the world what its been working on in ai android and more. How did they get it all done with the help of Laura Mae Martin . Having those small habits just us make sure that were not getting distracted by technology, but that its working for us in the right martin is schools, productivity adviser and author of a new book called up time a practical guide to personal productivity and wellbeing. The book really talks about that. 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Its unclear which teams will be playing on that day since the schedules release has been delayed until next wednesday. And that to an update on Milwaukee Bucks guard Patrick Beverley who was caught on video aggressively throwing a ball at a pacers fan during last weeks playoff game. The nba has suspended him for 4 games without pay for his actions as well as a quote, inappropriate interaction after that game he wouldnt allow. And espn producer to ask him any questions because she didnt subscribe to his podcast. And now with the bucs eliminated from the playoffs, beverly will serve his suspension next year. For the First Time Since 1999 Planet Fitness is raising its basic level membership price. The new rate is now going to be 15 a month. However, current Planet Fitness members will continue to pay that original 10. The move coming after months of price testing across several markets in the u. S. Planet. Fitness says it will also test higher prices for its premium membership. The summer, the companies increased prices are likely motivated, motivated by a weaker than expected firstquarter revenue for the fiscal year. Dont go anywhere. We have another hour of news ahead for you, including. The warm way to enter the weekend. Well see how long its going to last as we track the temperatures all across the bay area for mothers day weekend. Also, learning now about the rescue efforts going on after a fire started at a Senior Housing complex in San Francisco. Im justine waldman. Kron. 4 news at 3. Thats next. ominous music come on. What can i do to help you . Dad come on buddy. Headphones. What dad hey dad ok all right. What do you wanna do . I said i dont wanna talk about it dad trey what are you doin . ominous music ominous music its ok. Now from the areas local news station. This is kron. 4 news at 3. Now 3 protesters calling on President Biden to stop funding the war in gaza as he heads to a campaign event. In part, hola valley, Community Members who are lini