Much for springlike weather with temperatures in the 60s and 70s. The polar express. Now, hours away forecast coming up next. When fun time from the bay areas local news station. Youre watching kron. 4 news. Thank you for joining us tonight on kron. 4 news at 10. Im grant lotus and im vicki liviakis. So lets go ahead and take a live look right now at downtown San Francisco. Things are quiet for the moment. It has been lovely outside the past several days. But all good things must come to an end. Lawrence is with us now. Well, its the storm looks pretty yeah. Its going to be a large storm. Its going to be a long period storm to a boy in the sierra nevada. Were talking about tremendous amounts of snow, maybe even some snow in our peaks to out the door. Now youve seen some changes begin. Clouds are starting to move into the bay area and now the rain has not started yet, but it is not that far away. Doppler radar showing you a couple raindrops, far Northern California beginning to sneak in
And your saturday, this is going to be the most significant snow of the season thus far. Snow kicked off this morning already, but our heaviest of it is friday through saturday. Now this is going to pile up above 5,000 feet. 5 to 12 feet of snow. That includes Donner Summit. Roadways are going to be impassable. If you had plans on gelting to the sierra, cancel those plans, it is just a nogo. And if youre already up in the sierra, make sure to have emergency kit with you in several days worth of food. In the case, the power goes out to its not just the heavy snow, but strong winds gusting as high as 80 to 90 Miles Per Hour. As for the bay area are impact is going to be a little less severe, but it is going to impact us. Nonetheless 50s for our current temperatures and thats where well land for a daytime highs later today. Weve already seen a lot of cancellations and delays out of sfo and with rainfall intensity only increasing later today, expect more of those delays as we go. James, th
Ambassadors. As for the list of potential candidates for the towns next top cop released by the Oakland Police commission. Having a look at the westin hopes as the next chief does not have to be local. They support that. The police chief who we end up hiring who the mayor is accusing is somebody who work in a city that is similar to our size or at least has and kr has confirmed with the Union Square Alliance that the Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony in union square. Well be taking place this no word yet on the plans for celebrations beyond 2024. Well, the time now we get a live look right now at the truckee bypass lot of cars. Up there, i guess its did a good time play in the snow. But you want to the up there before things get really crazy, right . Yeah, i think i think really dangerous conditions. And this year, i mean, if you get caught up in a blizzard out there, you get stuck on the side of the road. Weve got so much snow coming down. They may not out for days. I mean, that could
First police chief in more than a year. And oakland residents who have a chance to meet with them tomorrow. Good evening. Thanks for being with us. Tonight on kron 4 news at 11, im grant lotus. The Oakland Police Commission Posted a new list of candidates for the cities. Top cop position last night. The mayor gets to pick but theres no choice yet they are Cincinnati Police Department Lieutenant colonel lisa davis, new york city assistant deputy mayor for public safety. Louis molina, former San Leandro Police chief abdul pretty in who was one of 3 candidates previously rejected by the oakland mayor and you also for tired, lubbock, texas police chief floyd mitchell. Now, despite the list of finalists, the acrimony between mayor saying tallinn, the Police Commission rages on today. Mayor thao said she would not be attending tomorrows public forum for the candidates because she says it is not necessary and is detrimental to attracting the best candidates. Civil rights Attorney John Burris
Im noelle bellow and im grant lotus in just 90 minutes from now, the Oakland Police commission will host a forum where for police chief candidates chosen by the commission will field questions from the community. However, the mayor says this is not creating an environment to get the best candidates and she hopes the change. To change the process before the end of the year. Kron fours dan kerman reports. Hours before these 4 police chief candidates face public questions at a Police Commission sponsored Community Forum. Mayor sheng thao made one thing clear. These 4 candidates, theyre not the finalists. Actually, theyre going through this forum where they publicly announced all of the names, the potentials and then i dont know out of the 4. I dont get a say. At some point after thursdays forum, the Police Commission will give the mayor a list of at least 3 finalists. And then from that 3 list, i can then did michael interviews. I can didnt do my one on ones and pick from those 3 and the