Medical center says the plan to close in 2030. And People Living right near a walgreens in downtown San Francisco battle to continue trying to keep the pharmacy. Staying close level and more coming up. From the areas local news station, youre watching the kron. 4 morning far. Well, good morning and thank you for waking up with this one early for the kron. 4 morning news. Wednesday, february 28th. Im reyna harvey. All right. What we want to get you moving this morning. So lets check in with john shrable in the weather center. Lets talk about the weather this morning. John. Supposed to be a nice day . Yeah. And our last nice onetwo reyna before we do see showers pushing in tomorrow and lasting through much of the upcoming weekend. So hopefully get a chance to enjoy this one as much as you can looking at the Golden Gate Bridge skies are Crystal Clear out there right above it. Were not looking at any fog as you make your crossing out there along the coast. Temperatures right now even colde
Now at 2 after being without a police chief for more than a year, the city oakland may be one step closer to naming its next top cop. We will introduce you to the finalist. Plus community releasing a ridership report and the Transit Agency says its investments are paying off. And what will happen to some of our favorite events in San Francisco after macys has announced the closure of its Flagship Store in union square. News station. News 2. Thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 news to im bald man. Our top story this afternoon, the city of oakland has a fresh list of candidates in the search for a police chief. The Oakland Police commission released their names last night and right now kron fours Catherine Heenan joins us here live in studio with a look at them. Thanks for joining us. Yeah. As you know, just in the search for oaklands next police chief has dragged on. For more than a year been kind of a mess. This is the commissions second attempt to find a replacement. 4 former chi
systematic failures and egregiously poor decision-making resulted in more than an hour of confusion and chaos before police finally confronted and then killed the gunman who had murdered 19 children and 2 teachers. the victims family members got a copy of the report before it went public. vincent salazar, whose granddaughter, you probably remember her picture, was among those young children killed. he reacted with skepticism. we re not going to get the truth. because there is cover-up. everybody s throwing everybody under the bus. the only ones that ain t under the bus is because they re six feet in the ground now, and that s our children. and the two teachers. it is unimaginable heartbreak for these families. it goes on and on. also detailed in this report, major, major lapses in school security leading up to the shooting, including broken locks and a, quote, culture of noncompliance with safety policies. also even poor wi-fi that may have delayed the lockdown alert. we
buffalo. and actor matthew mcconaughey who is from uvalde, appealing to congress from the white house briefing room to take action on guns. his wife held a replica of the green converse sneakers, the only thing that helped identify a 9-year-old girl shot and killed in uvalde. that s the power of the weapon used there. maite wanted to be a marine biologist. maite wore green high top converse with a heart she had hand drawn on the right toe because they represented her love of nature. these are the same green converse on her feet that turned out to be the only clear evidence that could identify her at the shooting. wow. now lawmakers will also hear what is expected to be gripping and painful testimony from 11-year-old maite, the fourth grader who suffered the mass shooting at robb elementary by covering herself, remember this is the girl who covered herself in her friend s blood and pretended to be dead. you ll see that hearing live here in an hour. and the bipartisan talks