Sleeker than ever, but does it measure up early today starts right now good friday morning im Frances Rivera and im phillip mena. A dangerous heat wave is hovering over much of the country. Triple digit temperatures could turn deadly this weekend new york city has declared a heat emergency and canceled the triathlon. Some of the athletes and event staff will distribute water and gatorade around the city instead. And lyft is offering free and discounted rides to cooling centers in impacted cities including chicago. Thats where nbcs blayne alexander is following the story. Reporter the relentless heat wave is showing no mercy from new mexico to new hampshire, 200 Million People are under a heat alert through the weekend. In chicago, a. C. Repair crews are stretched to the max and downtown, steam rising from sky scrapers after a morning rainstorm. Here in chicago, its the tale of two extremes. Just six months ago this exact spot was frozen over now its on pace to hit near record highs in
Other notably windy areas right now. But it is affecting areas all the way down to the bay shore. Well continue into the afternoon evening tonight and early tomorrow before coming down just in time for the weekend. At least weve got to come weekend. Look forward to temperatures are anywhere from the upper 50s to low 60s for most areas. Generally a very mild feel outside if it wasnt for the winds and the picture. Perfect. Ill be talking more about when we can see some calmer conditions are really nice weekend ahead of us. Also ahead, back to you. Thank you, john. All right. In the east ba4, investigators now need your help. Finding a man who robbed a postal carrier of their keys out in oakland was all caught on video converse. Dan thorn has more. Screams coming after a letter carrier was robbed at gunpoint in oakland, video from the u. S. Postal inspection. Service shows the crime happening in the afternoon of bark sackett. Its one of many letter carrier related crimes in the bay area o
Those stronger gusts that we are going to be seeing today. So just in to sup 8, that as you are making your drive into work and planning out the day in general, our windiest conditions out in the delta mountain tops as well as our bridges viewing from one of those mountain tops at mount tam. Just how beautiful and clear our skies otherwise, we do have high Wind Warnings in the sierra nevada. Winds up there will peak at 90 Miles Per Hour today. Well, those wind advisories for the bay area comparatively calm. 45 to 50 Miles Per Hour. But we are definitely breezy already this morning. Vacaville at 37 Miles Per Hour. Danville, 41 Miles Per Hour, peak gust and Half Moon Bay also at 40 Miles Per Hour remaining windy throughout the day. And finally coming down tomorrow morning advisories expiring tomorrow at 11 00am aside from that is a super pleasant day to look forward to were already in the upper 50s hardly fellow out of the 60s last night for some spots. And later on today, well be back i
Stole from just 2 days before Opening Night of a new play. From the areas local news station. Youre watching the kron. 4 morning far. Well that thursday morning. And thank you for waking up with this bright and early for the kron. 4 morning news. It is march 14th. And then all the marches by really reyna harvey. All right. We started off this week, a little wet now were dry territory, along with the dry conditions going left. Yes, for a while for this pi day and beyond. Were looking at nice, clear, dry conditions out there. Your view outside right now from downtown San Francisco showing those Crystal Clear skies. Weve got overhead. Now it may be clear may be dry, but we are definitely windy with high Wind Warnings in the Sierra Nevada and high wind advisories right here in the bay area are winds here locally gusting well into a range of 45 Miles Per Hour. Wind advisories up in the east bay hills, the Santa Cruz Mountains and all of the north bay. You can see here that winds have picked
They need to make these mid year cuts. Cuts are not something we ever want to see. We dont want to do this, but the reality is we have to make some cuts because if we dont, if we stay in the position we are currently, in all likelihood were going into state receivership. Thats where the state would come in and make cuts without asking any questions or hearing public comment. That could be anything up to and including the closing of a number of schools immediately. Standup those opposing the cuts say highly paid administrators should feel the brunt of it, and the board is saying that is happening, but there will still need to be other cuts in order to fix the deficit. Reporting live in oakland. Ali reid kron 4 news 4 news 4 news pam happening now police are looking for the criminals who kicked down an elderly mans door. Then beat and robbed the victim. It happened in San Franciscos inner sunset neighborhood. Just after 10 00 yesterday morning, on noriega street. Kron4s jr stone joins us