>>as a bay area struggles to find answers to the homeless crisis a new emergency shelter site is opening in just 2 days in sonoma county. laska leak goes village will soon be home to 60 people. >>good evening. i'm ken wayne and i'm pam moore though 60 people currently live in tents along the job or dota trail for michelle kingston got a tour of the new site. our ultimate goal is to make sure that they're provided with the resources to be successful. >>to celebrate themselves and get to the next chapter in their lives more than 100 people live in tents along the job or go to trail in sonoma county. there is a a health and safety on the trail for those individuals that are in having the trail as well as those that utilize the trail and the community just days ago officials got to work constructing a temporary emergency shelter site. 60 of those people living along the trail will soon be moving here just simply relocating individuals. >>from our joe ridout a trailing candidate we're really trying to provide a a beautiful but also safe and secure place for folks can take time to engage with the services they need to have your life 64 square foot shed slime this parking lot near the sonoma county probation department off of route, 12 units all have offered windows on both sides there he did have windows doors that lock in a bed inside their also showers toilets laundry in a dog run on site people living here will get 3 meals a day and case management services with the goal to move everyone into permanent housing will say that there's actually already level of excitement among the camp residents. >>the people who are actually really excited to say goodbye to that end and be able to go inside someplace that is warm and dry and has electricity construction started here just 2 weeks ago, but they plan to have people living here by this weekend. >>in sonoma county, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>help for people who are homeless in sonoma county arrived last week as well leaders approved the purchase of 4 properties said to be turned into shared housing for people who are homeless one of the properties is in santa rosa one block away from the police department and next door to her rehabilitation and mental health facility and church. the other approved properties are long arthur street and the tatty. >>governor gavin newsom is continuing his tour across california to assess the homeless crisis. today, he was in san diego where he participated in a homeless count. it started around 4 30 this morning, several volunteers also took part the count gives city officials an idea of just how many people are living on the streets. numbers that can be used to request federal funding for homeless services, the governor said california spent decades, ignoring the homeless problem. now the state needs to fix it. >>with respect to the state of california is not an indictment and it's not about pointing fingers, but we haven't been in this focus we have been in this game. state of california is now homeless policy. city california has been supporting cities and counties on this issue over the course of last few decades, there's been plenty of else other things to do. >>san diego county has a homeless population of more than 8,000 that is the 4th largest in the entire country. >>developing tonight to bay area counties are investigating patients for corona virus. the department of health and alameda county and the department of health and contra costa county have both been working to determine whether anyone was affected by the disease alameda county officials say that they were testing fewer than 10 people for the virus. this does not mean the patients tested actually have the virus or will even get it. but those people do meet the criteria for being monitored contra costa county officials also say they had one case under investigation, however that person's result came back negative. meantime overseas where the disease was initially discovered word today that china's national health commission has now confirmed 830 cases of the respiratory virus and 25 people have died from corona virus china is now expanding its unprecedented travel lockdowns to include about 25 million people in an attempt to stop the spread of the viral outbreak. at least 8 cities are now shut down near that's where the virus originated and there are 2 other possible cases popping up here in the united states, a texas anm student who took a trip to will have china and the traveler at l a x who had visited mexico. meanwhile health screenings at sfo are still under way tonight forza dan kerman reports from the airport where today's nonstop flight from will han was canceled. >>thursday's nonstop flight hunt sfo was canceled as chinese authorities shut down the airport there to contain the corona virus in the meantime those arriving from other chinese cities under when health screenings before boarding for the us take my temperature while the majority of those who have died from the corona virus had been in and around move on. some arriving from beijing some 700 miles away from move remain concerned. >>area now so a very about i learned about year we must bear in the air you know i just reared still many of these travelers believe china learned a lot from the sars virus. >>and we'll be able to contain this it will be. >>knowledge >>that can to have confidence that they can control before the spray down off the for almost a week. the cdc has been conducting health screenings of passengers on direct or connecting flights at 5 us airports, including sfo. the cdc says those health screenings will continue even though the 104 is closed that begs the question where are those passengers coming from who are being screened the cdc has not responded to that question. the sfo dan kerman kron 4 news in a divided decision the world health organization is not declaring the outbreak a global emergency at least for now. >>such a declaration to bring more money and other resources to fight of threats, but it can also trigger economically damaging restrictions on trade and travel in the affected countries. symptoms of the corona virus include running nose, cough, sore throat possibly a headache and maybe a fever which can last for a couple of days. the virus usually is a mild to moderate upper respiratory tract illness similar to a common cold stay with kron 4 for continuing coverage on the corona virus to the disease continues to spread and us authorities monitor developments across the us and the bay area. >>and ahead tonight at 9 o'clock you will hear from an expert about all of this. >>several months and many close calls later highway patrol officers have finally caught the man they believe was shooting projectiles at drivers passing through a section of highway one oh one in monterey county. the problem got so bad that people started calling the area a projectile alley and tonight the chp has arrested a man in connection to those incidents kron four's else how come only in live in the studio with how they found that suspect salah. >>it took a little while, but this was a top priority for chp because of course this was a dangerous situation so they ended up creating a special task force and they ended up catching this man 52 year-old charles lafferty they're working on this case since february of last year if you can imagine, and since then unfortunately there were about 70 cases in windshields and side windows of cars were shattered driving along highway one oh one and won 56 in the print dale area. 5 people were hurt including one child the chp linked lafferty to the case when the victim identified his car and then they found some items inside his home. >>so during the execution of multiple search warrants we discovered that mister lafferty had the means in the manner to carry out these attacks which means he was in possessions of items that would allow him to be linked to the cases that we are currently charging with them. >>investigators say that lafferty seem surprised when authorities showed up at his home to arrest him. well he now faces 10 charges including possession of a silencer and throwing a substance at a vehicle with intent to cause great bodily injury among others coming can hopefully drivers can rest easy tonight. love thank you and to get the news as it happens download the free kron 4 mobile app you'll get push alerts at your fingertips, san jose man has been arrested for drunk driving and causing a fatal crashes happened on january 9th on piedmont road in san jose. >>the released these images from the scene today when officers arrived they say they found the driver 33 year-old danny zenaida per as still in the car with minor injuries just passenger had been ejected from the car and was suffering from life threatening injuries, he was taken to a local hospital. and later died upper as has been booked into the santa clara county jail in san jose on several charges, including dui and gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated fairfield police are asking for the public's help in tracking down these 2 people officers say they stole purses from 2 women and use a stolen credit card then the suspects drove away in a silver mercedes that turned out to be stolen. >>all right we want to take a live look outside on this thursday night, i'm looking out over a beautiful picture of san francisco, although the clouds are starting to roll in very sparkly out there nice. but you know it's the friday night shot looks a little bit that i don't know why that is but certainly that friday night show looks good, hey you know getting close the weekend and so yeah folks are to prepare now. >>we have these weak storm systems coming through you've seen the clouds out there today cloudy all day long looking out toward the golden gate bridge tonight. and we've got mostly cloudy skies out are also going to a couple of patches of dense fog developing but here you go you can see the storm system. most that rainfall up in the pacific northwest kind of clipping parts of the bay area doppler radar picking up on some of that moisture kind of the trailing edge coming through only much if any is a hit the ground if it does it's only going to be couple of sprinkles that kind of moving on now for tonight's to low clouds will be in a place where you see some patchy dense fog too so if you head out the door, i don't think you have to worry about much in the way of rain but temperatures are running in the 50's around most of the bay area, the clouds kind of holding those temperatures up a little bit tonight it will be chilly but it's not going to be really cold overnight lows dropping off in the 40's and the 50's so there you go about 48 degrees in the napa valley about 49 for lowand of otto you have 40's 50's inside the bay. by day tomorrow actually looks like a decent friday now we're going stay mostly dry. one thing to watch out for by tomorrow evening after highs in the 50's 60's after about 7 o'clock. there's a slight chance of showers really north of the golden gate bridge guys back to you. >>thank you coming up on kron 4 news today from helping with headaches and more one over the counter drug has been linked to a new pregnancy benefit for both mothers and mart is getting a big boost explain the safer and more convrnient improvements that are on the way plus a lawmaker setting their sights on utility responsibility. the tom steyer: no child should have to worry about finding good food in school. so, when my wife kat and i learned california public school children couldn't get fresh produce in the cafeteria, we took action. we partnered with local farmers, school kitchens, a non-profit. that program now serves over 300 million healthy meals every year. the difference between words and actions matters. that's a lesson washington dc could use, right now. i'm tom steyer and i approve this message. you know, the happiest place 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closer to super bowl 54 in south florida, one of the top storylines jimmy garoppolo's ability to handle the big game. it's been a relatively uneventful postseason for him as he only threw the ball 8 times in the nfc championship and against the vikings. the niners ran on 47 plays the game plan against kansas city calls for a ton of drop below reps the veterans on the team are confident he can handle the moment because they've already seen him step up when it mattered. >>utmost confidence in him the do whatever is needed to be done you have a game this season. we've really had we not when the games for us to come through every single time is a ball and i spent to do what you gotta see it. he threw the boy times last week but at the same time goes on to but. >>its monthly you guys out there and the next thing you know you open up the passing game. >>and coming up later in sports with the franchise quarterback himself has to say about handling the super bowl stage plus 49 ers defensive coordinator robert solow offering his scouting report on the high octane kansas city offense and throughout their practice and journey to florida we've got your 40 niners coverage are red and gold zone specials both saturday and sunday night at 9 check in with us throughout the week for the latest or lines of kron 4 news on air and kron on ken pam that's a more story lines coming up in the sports a 49 ers fan favorite is giving back for the super bowl george kittle is teaming up to help honor a fallen hero. >>and with this has helped they're going to get to see the game in person. it will work with official nfl salute to service partner and the tragedy assistance program for survivors toward the family of sergeant martin lamar a trip to the super bowl lamar served in the marine corps and the army any lost his life while serving in iraq in 2011 left behind his wife and 5 children in his post kittle says. he's excited and humbled to give back this post has gone viral generating more than 4,000 likes since this morning. 4 zone forecast as we take a look outside at the embarcadero in the city that's right lawrence karnow standing by with a look at the weekend. >>yeah, i'm ready. i mean they should be friday today, but unfortunately it's not we've got another day to go but i think the weekend yeah, we'll start to worry about the possibility of a little more significant storm system headed toward the bay area outside you've got a lot of clouds out there not much of a system as far as rain is concerned a couple of sprinkles possible the north of the golden gate bridge but that. >>is about it today, temperatures are running a little bit cool but a high above the average in san francisco 59 degrees 61 degrees and oakland 63 degrees in san jose 57 in livermore 50 trees in kaka 15 also in santa rosa. so these right about the average for this time of year. rain yeah, not very average at all as you've got just some scattered light showers popping up briley northern california all the way up to the pacific northwest, the bay area pretty dry though from the storm moved on by just lot of cloud cover throughout the day today that's where we're sitting tonight, mostly cloudy skies around the bay area again and right at the surface counties shooting though we're looking at offshore wind then you can see that right here even though showing calm you see kind of the when general wind direction more offshore component that means we're likely going to see some of that the 2 that ground fog develop into the delta once again moving into parts of the east bay and also in parts of north they by early tomorrow morning. so that being said tonight mostly cloudy skies patchy dense fog late tonight and then tomorrow, mostly cloudy and a chance of a few showers late in the day mainly into the evening in the north bay and then over the weekend increasing clouds and rain becoming more likely for everybody numbers outside in the 40's in the 50's right now you've got a couple systems off the coastline, one just pushing on shore you see your national out here this is going to factor in too late saturday into sunday but right now the so weak system coming through right now kind of fall apart as moving on by still him behind a lot of clouds and we'll see plenty of clouds not only tonight but tomorrow too by the time now for as we take you through the night tonight, you'll just a chance of a light sprinkle mainly north of the golden gate bridge tomorrow, lot of clouds all day long but stay mostly dry and then in the evening we start to see this come in right here, there's your chance of rain so if you're going out on friday night. and you live in the north bay be prepared. there's a chance showers and that extends little further to the south as we head through the evening hours then as we get into saturday afternoon your next batch of moisture moves in. and we start to talk about some more rain so that being said tomorrow should be a decent day plan on highs in the 50's and the 60's chance of showers though by tomorrow night thank you are in an effort to provide extra security and convenience to riders barred will be installing canopies over the entrances of stations along market street in san francisco, the canopy project approved today by the bart board of directors will happen at the same time as the installation of 41 new escalators at those same stations. >>canopy is will have security cameras and l e d life and include a real-time digital board with train arrival times the stations which will receive the new can of these are the embarcadero montgomery powell and the civic center stations construction set to begin in the spring. >>in the east bay, we told you last night the city of alameda wants input from residents to help make the streets safer for bikers and pedestrians. well tonight we're getting feedback from people who live there this is the alameda active transportation plan map that allows the city to receive input from the community about hot spot intercept intersections since launching back in december it's transportation planning department has received about 1600 comments. so far 25 locations have been set for improvements, 16 of those are locations involving collisions with children. a mother says she had a close call not long after moving into a neighborhood. >>it's not just the speed limits. the way that the roads are kind of structure few months ago we were walking when i was still pregnant with family with my 2 year-old and a car almost hit us with us with all that you know pedestrians and. >>there's a lot of families here the bicyclists announced up to the streets, streets everywhere just got a little more. the more crazy. >>the closing date to submit comments on the alameda active transportation plan is with sunday. >>the state senate is moving forward with a measure that aims to hold utilities accountable and public safety power shutoff the senate appropriations committee voted today to keep alive a proposal which puts a more precise system in place for when utilities can use those public safety power shut-offs if utilities do not follow the guidelines set up under state law customers would be entitled to compensation companies such as pg n a have said that this move would discourage them from using the power shut off which they say is a tool that help to possibly prevent major fires last fall the proposal for them more precise power shut-offs comes in response to pg massive blackout last october that left 2 and a half million californians in the dark the bill will be up for a vote on the senate floor by the end of next week. >>and in a stunning announcement over a high-profile serial murder suspect sacramento. prosecutors unveiling what they hope will be the result of their trial against a man of the accused of ambushing and killing a police officer presidential hopeful michael bloomberg getting a bay area and dortmund after a recent can my side be firm? and mine super soft? yes! 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bloomberg for the democratic presidential nomination today, mayor breed had earlier backed california senator kamala hours in the run for the white house until harris jumped out in bloomberg talk to the host a bay area politics catherine heenan when he was in the bay area recently she asked him what he sees as the key concerns of california voters. well i think the first one for most california voters going to climate change. >>if you just look at the say wait a second there's something really wrong here. and we have a big problem and that comes from climate change. they also have the normal problems that you would expect health care and crime guns to megan's on the street. homeless is a very big problem is never enough affordable housing for people so there's a whole bunch of them, but if you ask me what i hear the most from californians is climate change. >>san jose mayor sam liccardo endorsed bloomberg last month bloomberg meantime is apparently in are the top tier of democratic candidates, a new monmouth university poll that out today has him jumping ahead of pete footage edge into 4th place. california's primary election will be held on march 3rd the entire interview will be on inside bay area politics, this week him that airs on kron on saturday and sunday mornings at 11 oh 5 and it airs on kron 4 on sunday mornings at 6.30. >>coming up to man police are calling armed and dangerous are on the run tonight after authorities say they were part of a deadly shooting in downtown seattle plus day 3 of the impeachment trial brought a second day of op i'm tom steyer and i approve this message. climate is the number 1 priority. i would declare a state of emergency on day 1. congress has never passed an important climate bill, ever. this is a problem that continues to get worse. i've spent a decade fighting and beating oil companies... stopping pipelines... stopping fossil fuel plants, ensuring clean energy across the country. how are we going to pull this country together? we take on the biggest challenge in history, we save the world and do it together. swalwell is hosting his district's first town hall of the years in dublin that meeting is underway right now started about 7 o'clock tonight in a statement swalwell said he's looking forward to updating the community on. >>all this happening in washington dc, including the ongoing impeachment trial against president trump. kron four's gayle ong is there and she'll have a live report for us coming up on kron 4 news at 9 on capitol hill house impeachment managers spent day 2 of opening arguments laying out evidence they believe supports the first article of impeachment that article against president trump abuse of power kron four's grant lotus is here with the very latest on what's happening grant camp and day 3 of the impeachment trial today and there's still this huge issue of will there be witnesses in will there be documents if there are not if the republicans vote to not allow them this trial could be over by the end of next week. should they allow them. we will go several weeks perhaps even months, you know you don't really know where that rabbit hole will lead if you do initiate and so here we go on day 3 of the arguments at house democrats. >>issuing a chronology with an intense focus on the july 25th phone call between the president and the ukrainian president, the low to mid zelinsky today. they again cited some of those details but focus more on one article of impeachment abuse of power. you see the managers here they spent hours laying out their arguments as the fight over allowing. witnesses and documents continues this is corruption and abuse of power in its purest form but the other side were to get witnesses we would have a series of witnesses but we are nowhere near that process yet. >>the white house signaled it would invoke executive privilege tying up the impeachment trial in the courts. >>a vote on whether to subpoena more witnesses or documents would come after the president's legal team has concluded its opening arguments. his legal defense team will likely begin those arguments on saturday. they will have 3 days to lay them out so we will know at some point next week, pam and ken weather. witnesses and documents will be introduced back to you thanks grand. >>prosecutors announced today they will seek the death penalty for man accused of killing a rookie sacramento police woman in an ambush last year 46 year-old adel ramos is charged with murder with special circumstances in the shooting of tara o'sullivan. he also is charged with weapons crimes and the attempted murder of o'sullivan says training officer and 6 other officers and county sheriff deputies during an 8 hour standoff. last march governor newsome halted executions for as long as he remains governor of california but the death penalty does remain on the books in the state courts have been proceeding on the assumption that executions may one day resume ramos has not entered a plea say lawmakers are one step closer to shutting down a loophole in the current law which benefits drivers who are under the influence to leave the scene of an accident today, the assembly appropriations committee unanimously passed the bill which is known as gavin's law currently dui drivers who get caught at the scene of a fatal crash can face many more years in prison. >>than those who leave the scene and sober up gavin's lions to close that gap boosting the maximum prison sentence for a deadly hit and run drivers from 4 to 6 years. back in 2018 gavin cladding was hit and killed by a suspected drunk driver that driver spent about a year in prison. that means sense to just 3 years, lawmakers credit gavin's wife susan cladding as a force behind getting the new bill passed. >>back so many other people and so many other families and if there is something that we can do to try to prevent this from happening in the future that that that they understand that maybe they want to work with us to have it's very exciting. >>the bill now heads to the assembly floor where must be voted on by the end of the month. in national news authorities in seattle are on the hunt tonight for these 2 men in connection to a deadly shooting there both a 24 years old mark he's tolbert and william column for the 2 are suspects in yesterday's mass shooting that killed one woman and left a 9 year-old boy in serious condition. both men have been arrested before and police say they are armed and dangerous police have made one arrest in the shooting incident so far but no details on that person have been release 6 other people were injured in that shooting now our 4 zone forecast says we show you a live picture of the golden gate bridge on the quiet thursday night it is client our chief is looking ahead to the weekend. the getaway forecast year earlier where are you going to be very going i'm not telling the by special secret happy place going to be fantastic us we've got some clouds out there right now, but if you're getting around the state there are a couple was you want to be aware of and the monterey bay, not bad you'll see mostly cloudy skies on a friday temperatures going to be hovering in the 50's and the 60's out there put about 60 degrees carmel valley 6 to do in santa cruz, but a lot of clouds there now you want a little more sunshine southern california the place to be if you're looking at 75 degrees and warm in los angeles 71 in santa barbara. >>and 71 in pasedena now the high country. if you're headed in that direction. yeah it's going to be little chilly, but plenty of that fresh powder to ski on up there if you want to have liked all 44 degrees 40 in truckee about 49 in reno now if you're stand not only a friday but through the weekend be prepared. we've got another storm system coming that is likely going to bring some snow starting on saturday night expect that snow continuing into sunday. so i want to bring your change to be careful had it all the way back home. here's this week's system sliding to the bay area right now in much of the state you see the showers and far northern california not much in our direction maybe couple sprinkles in the north bay that's about all we're going to see and then i kind of scoots out of town but leaves behind a lot of cloud cover so this system comes through for tonight as we head through the day tomorrow we've got a lot of clouds setting up from the next storm system off the coast line that will keep our skies mostly cloudy probably going to see couple of sunny breaks tomorrow but not much and then we get ready for the next storm system coming in that could bring some rain the right into saturday by the afternoon and then overnight saturday night into sunday morning, this comes pushing on through and that will bring the more heavy rainfall overnight. but then look like huge storm either just more rain most of that coming overnight saturday night into early on sunday morning back to look at the clock that is for 45 in the morning on sunday morning, then it clears out of town. so i don't think it would be a washout for the weekend. but certainly some showers and possibly west specially into saturday night and early sunday morning after that we get clipped by storm system on one looks like monday and then we'll start to clear things out again and dry the weather out once again so a chance showers on and off this weekend continuing into monday drive a partly cloudy skies expected on tuesday and wednesday. they are still ahead on kron 4 news today we're going hear from some diehard 40 niner fans getting ready to follow their team to miami and the father suddenly in danger when his car crashes and goes up in flames first responders racing in tonight that man is saying thank you plus a south bay school district joining the fight against the cigarette the healt tonight, the campbell union high school district is one of several throughout california now suing jewel the lawsuit accuses the san francisco bay see cigarette company of intentionally targeting young people when selling their products other california school districts joining the lawsuit of the davis joint unified school district and the chico unified school district. >>in the past juul representatives have defended their products saying that it has been illegal for minors to buy them. so instead of banning their base. the focus should be on regulating who is helping young people get their hands on them. >>in the fight against smoking the us surgeon general is offering some new advice. its report released today aims to point out how beneficial it is to quit smoking at any age. the report is the first since 1990 to focus solely on quitting smoking. it is the leading cause of preventable disease disability and death in the u s the report also notes there isn't enough evidence to support claims that east cigarettes can help users stop smoking. the surgeon general does suggest more research is needed. >>low-dose aspirin could help maybe start life. healthier. a new study found women given aspirin during their pregnancies were more likely to deliver full-term babies low-dose aspirin also help cut down on the number of stillbirths and newborn deaths according to the study, researchers looked at first-time moms carrying single babies in developing countries such as guatemala, india and pakistan over a two-year period. doctors are optimistic. this study could help both the health of the mothers and the babies, especially in populations, prone to premature birth because aspirin is cheap and readily available next today, 3 americans are dead after an air tanker crashed. >>battling the wildfires in australia. the california connection to the deadly accident in scores of 49 ers hit the practice field after 2 days off marcus tom steyer: no child should have to worry about finding good food in school. so, when my wife kat and i learned california public school children couldn't get fresh produce in the cafeteria, we took action. we partnered with local farmers, school kitchens, a non-profit. that program now serves over 300 million healthy meals every year. the difference between words and actions matters. that's a lesson washington dc could use, right now. i'm tom steyer and i approve this message. >>tonight we have learned the identity of the 3 americans who were killed while battling the australian wildfires captain ian macbeth of montana first officer paul hudson of arizona and flight engineer rick to morgan of florida we're working on that c one 30 air tanker. when it crashed officials say they lost contact with the plane shortly before one 30 pm local time thursday, the cause of the crash is not yet clear that same plane was staged at the former mcclellan air force base in sacramento for more than 6 months last year jessica mensch reports that all of cal fire is mourning this tragic loss. >>tragedy across the globe is still hitting too close to home for cal fire. >>those pilots and take some of the highest risk. any job, there is an air tanker crashed thursday during a fire bombing mission in australia killing 3 americans are the very same plane that was staged sacramento. county's mcallen airport for more than 6 months last >>was the same aircraft it just brings that connection that the aircraft has been here in california and played a major role in valley wildfires but its chief mike mohler says the pain dispatched nearly every large wild land fire across california in 20 19 including the kincade fire. it's huge drop retardant on the flames and can store up to 4,000 gallons, cal fire also use the air tanker for training and preparation for 7 c one 30 air tankers being added to their fleet meeting we had pilots on their with their pilots to train to be ready. for our air tankers when they're ready to fly and australian officials are investigating what caused the crash and have not released names of the victims only saying they were well known and respected in the fire fighting community. the number of us colleagues that are that are embedded actually had close relationships with them so. >>so the house so we have the of the suffering after as mueller waits to hear whether there's anything cow fire can learn from this horrific crash. thinking of the people most affected our supporters with the family, i mean it's really a tragedy. >>that was jessica mensch reporting governor newsom issued a statement today about the loss of the 3 american firefighters it reads in part quote this tragic accident reminds us all of the 2 high cost of the scourge of wildfires as well as the sacrifice of the first responders from around the world california and australia already united by the deadly threat of wildfires now grieve this tragic loss together. >>where your money tonight, the start of tax season is just days away on monday. the irs will begin accepting returns for 2019. if you have returned coming the sooner you file the sooner you can expect to get your money back the irs typically issues refunds for electronic filers within 3 weeks filing a paper return to take about twice as long for a refund to get to you keep in mind you can always submit your return early, but you don't actually have to pay that tax bill until the april deadline. >>well as the 49 ers get ready for the big game a lot of the fans are getting ready to go watch the game in person lucky them kron 4 sleep. she caught up with a couple of diehard supporters who are heading to miami. >>on sundays bay area native and a dunkin dresses in red and gold she's a 40 niners season ticket holder and a tense home games with her group in all women nonprofit organization called ladies of the empire she's now looking forward to taking her passion for the niners on the road it would be amazing me a bucket with me so amazing to be there the 40 niners make super bowl tickets available for purchase to season ticket holders like dunkin through a lottery. sadly she wasn't chosen, but that's not stopping here. we already have a plane ticket we have a place to stay. >>partake in everything else. being that it's taken prices will drop because i didn't that get selected unfortunately. >>and for the pool and while she's out there show connect with many of the other women from ladies of the empire board member lifelong niners fan and fellow season ticket holder junior smith also missed out on the pool but bought a pair of tickets for her and her husband eric anyway, and since are non profit provides scholarships for underprivileged students. she found a way to also give back to the community we went on to charity buzz dot com. >>because we knew if we were going to spend that amount of money to go to the super bowl to read on our team we wanted a little bit to go back to the community and so were able to obtain 2 tickets through charity buzz with part of the proceeds going to a different nonprofits both women are flying out late next week very exciting. we just love them so much and we're so proud of them and they plan on returning to the bay area fans of who they hope will again be super bowl champions felipe that all kron 4 news. >>time now for >>and let's keep it rolling with the super bowl coverage over the next 2 weeks there will be a ton of talk about jimmy garoppolo's big-game experience but let's not forget. he's already a 2 time super bowl champion jimmy g with 2 rings from his days as tom brady's backup in new england. so he's well versed on the entire super bowl itinerary from ramped up media obligations activities along our halftime and filtering again also. >>this season, he stepped up when his team as they did in the saints game immediately comes to mind so even when he's heard the criticism of only 3, 8, passes last week. it's not shaken the stuff everything just >>they have to do with that you to join >>so it's in the conversation to the 40 niners defense preparing for the highs, howard chiefs attacked. >>an offense that's top 5 in passing yards and points per game. it's not just patrick mahomes they need to worry about their mvp quarterback teamed up with big play weapons like tyreek hill mecole hardman and travis kelcy that know how to stretch the field. niners defensive coordinator robert saleh the world class comparison there's some very >>homes has gotten better. >>every possession or every every it almost looks like they got prosser from looked like a relay team. on the football field of the city camera out and get you there because they can do that so they are they're a special group you can see whether there. >>and throughout the practices in journey to florida, we've got your 40 niners coverage with a red and gold zone specials both saturday and sunday night at 9 check in with us throughout the week for the latest story lines on kron 4 news and kron on and finally the nba all-star game captains have been announced for the second straight season. lakers lebron james in the foxy on is attempting pull over the top vote getters to their respective conferences they can of staff the all-star game february 16th in chicago. >>as captains chains and he on us will get to draft their own teams play down south and while it was expected this year, it's still strange to not have any warriors all-star starters this season that if you look at sports. >>ken pam back to you thank you mark next in a trap and in danger his car up in flames but >>racing to the rescue to save a florida man with his car drove off the road and caught fire. the driver says he doesn't remember the accident but he knows that the officers who pulled him out saved his life got the chance to thank him in person and and all reports. >>body cam video shows christopher tow says being pulled from his burning car after it ran off the road earlier this month. he was finally able to meet the 2 deputies who saved his life we could watch movies and we see some on time it was 00:30am in the morning, january 10th when deputies robert rick san marco ruiz heard the crash. they found where a car had broken through the guardrail and alethea trail and flipped on its side in a swampy area about 20 feet away and then they saw the smoke and flames are coast guard right >>on you got the call of a fire broke they broke out one of the windows but the fire was getting bigger as soon as i dump the a fire extinguisher i realize that it is actually nothing. >>as you saw on the video that's marco premature we had to we're very upbeat doses who was stocking got but deputy ruiz was able to get partially inside the burning car to grab you know like we gotta go. >>looked at me and i know we have though now orange county fire rescue arrived and help the deputies drag doses to safety. >>bosa still has no recollection of the crash. but he says thanks to his 2 heroes. he's able to hug and kiss his wife and children and tell them every day how much he loves them, i'm grateful forever, grateful and thankful for them to be alive today because they put their lives on the line. >>yeah, they certainly did that was contending reporting. and that wraps up kron 4 news tonight at 8 grant lotus and justine waltman our heroes kron 4 news at night nicely done ken and pam. thank you tonight at 9 from the president's impeachment trial to health care and gun control east bay congressman. >>eric swalwell took the stage. he's addressing people's concerns, not everyone there agreed with him as you can see the key take aways from tonight's town hall. and the deadly corona virus is spreading and the death toll is rising tonight china is now expanding its lockdown. >>2.25 million people as we learn now that bay area patients are being tested for this mysterious fires plus california lawmakers are pushing a proposal that could make pg any pay customers in the future. its utility preemptively shut off their power when it's dry and windy stay right here. kron 4 news at 9 is next. ♪ i thought i was managing my moderate to 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good evening, everybody thanks for being here tonight at 9 i'm grant lotus justine waltman in for vicki tonight, representative eric swalwell held a town hall meeting this evening and kron gayle ong is live now in dublin where this town hall just rocked up how to go go. >>justine and grandal this was the first town hall of 2020 due to quite a crowd tonight and it was held here at dublin high school his alma mater but not all was supporting the congressman. some cheered and jeered as representative eric swalwell took the stage thursday night among them and those supporting second amendment right foot is an assault weapon sh