Moderate. Just a few areas of heavy drizzle and mist we are seeing the heavier rainfall on its way later on today. And you can spy that across Northern California. This is a big system in comes along with the rush of cooler air cold front right here in the speckle nature of that cloud cover behind it. Cellular clouds. This is a sign of unsettled, very cold air. A chance of thunderstorms as this cooler air moves in as well as just huge cool down in temperatures to that will allow snow to fall to lower in lower elevations. The next several days. This is this afternoon for the bay. Thats when well see our most likely chance of thunderstorms and heavy are areas of rainfall. Snow up in the sierra only falls at lower and lower elevations into tomorrow night, especially in saturday morning could see some snow in some of our bay area mountaintops on those days. As for the sierra extremely dangerous travel conditions. Honestly, impossible travel conditions. Were talking anywhere between 9 to 12 feet of snowfall above 5,000 feet in elevation. Thats Donner Summit right there. Just buried in snow. Its going to take several days for caltrans crews to get roadways plowed out. So if you are in the sierra anticipate being snowed in for several days and if youre planning on heading up their best advice is delay. That trip is not going to be a good situation getting up there for now, the most intense snow is on the way friday through saturday. As for temperatures in the bay right now, summer, most mild weather low to mid 50s for current temperatures later on today, we will be making our way into the low 60s for the last day of this forecast for only a few spots after this, that cold air just pushes in more and more and the weekend gets downright cold wet and for the mountains, snowy. Ill talk about it right now. All right. On the eve of moving here, remember, conditions are very slick out there on your roadways, highways and bridges, but a 20 minute ride into the city this morning. 7 temperature around 2040, 80 to 101, richs summerfield bridge. You can see the water droplets on the lens and its really been coming down that bridge. 45 minute ride golden gate bridge. 37 to tolls. Well, we are continuing our Team Coverage of the rain in the north bay. As we know its been sprinkling the roads, the parking lots a little damp this morning. It was damp on my commute into work. We know that kron fours will tran. Hes been live up in the north bay will and even seen rain, not seeing rain. A look now. Probably will need it. Not so bad right now. Back to all right. But i dont think it all right, ed 0, 4 is the time happening tonight. The public will get a chance now to meet the candidates for oaklands next police chief. But tonights candidates comes with a little controversy. Mayor sheng thao says she wont be there. No proper stance. Kerman has more on why. Cincinnati Police DepartmentLieutenant Colonel lisa davis, new york assistant deputy mayor for public safety. Louis molina. Former San Leandro Police chief Abdul Pridgen and retired lubbock, texas police chief Floyd Mitchell are all candidates for Oakland Police chief and now the Oakland Police commission has selected them to answer questions at a Community Forum thursday. But mayor sheng thao says this public forum is making top candidates withdraw their names from consideration. And this letter to the Police Commission tell says oakland city charter does not require a public form to select the Oakland Police chief hosting a public forum is detrimental to attracting the best candidates. I will not participate in the forum for these reasons. The chief election help. That we had from. We dont have a public. There was a public from civil rights attorney. John burris is closely watching the process. Mares position on this, although theres some legitimacy to i just dont know that overrides the Public Interest to know where these people are before they selected. I think thats the overriding consideration. Former San Francisco police chief tony rivera says the current list lacks any internal candidates. He says oakland could benefit from someone who knows the department and the Community Problems are always going come up with your teeth. Look at a problem in in a specific community and its nice to to know a couple of leaders in that community, but you can call up on a personal basis and saying, hey, i have a problem here. What do you think . And it really gives you some firsthand knowledge that. I think its very advantageous. Former Oakland Police chief Anne Kirkpatrick says shes also disappointed theres no internal candidate and she says whoever is chosen, they must be someone who can make peace among all the factions fractures between the commission. And the mayors pressure between the mayor and the city council, a fracture between the community. And all the politics that place fractured. And yet you have a great Police Department that just really hungry for the right person who could be a peacemaker. I think between all of these different factions. How this all plays out remains to be seen. But civil rights attorney jim chanin says the mayor and the Police Commission need to stop the infighting. They have to get themselves together. Whether we have a public hearing or not, it is not to be by not what people want, but but bucks best for the people of oakland. And thats clearly not happening. That Candidate Forum will take place thursday evening at 6. 30, at city hall and online. Dan kerman kron. 4 news. Well, san jose. Also they need a new police chief and city leaders are virtual and inperson meetings next month. Residents can voice their opinion on hulu. The new chief should be the current chief anthony mata is retiring next month after spending nearly 30 years with the department. Hes accepted a new position as the Investigations Bureau chief for the Santa Clara County district attorneys office. Also happening today, the man charged in connection to the Half Moon Bay mass shootings. Back in san mateo counties courtroom shanley shower was supposed to enter pleas to grand jury indictments last month. That didnt happen after the defense asked for more time to review the charges last years out pled not guilty to all charges and remain in custody ever since. Prosecutors say they hope the trial will happen this year. But they have made it could be delayed until 2025. Well, today is a key deadline for the Company Behind the proposed ecofriendly city in solano county. Today is the deadline for the slot. A county Counselors Office to give California Forever the ballot title that the company will need to start collecting signatures for ballot initiative. The companys trying to get the proposal on the november ballot. California forever has had to revise its initiative twice and the delays have shortened the amount of time it has now to collect 13,000 signatures. But a spokesperson for the company says they are confident their initiative will make it on the ballot. Elsewhere in the north bay player case are asking for your help now identifying the person they believe started a fire in a target saturday afternoon. Officers say the man you see here on your screen set paper towels on fire, which forced evacuations and a store closure thats still in place. Store managers are hoping to reopen on saturday. The damage is now estimated about 3 million dollars. If you know who this arson suspect is or where he is, contact police. You need a boost in their highs. Ridership in about 4 years. San Francisco CityOfficials Say the ridership rose 25 over the last year. The Transit System has also been making some improvements. The focus on cleanliness safety, reliability. That might not be enough citys director of transportation says muni is still facing the hardest financial situation in its history at some stations, ridership is only a 3rd of what it was before the pandemic. Were also still suffering from the fact that theres no city in the world that has been more impacted by covid era work from home policies. Then San Francisco. We have succeeded in retooling unity for todays current travel patterns and the results. Have been far more successful than we had thought possible. Well, the future muni might become clear later on this year as the mayor and the board of supervisors finalize their 2024. 25 budget plans still ahead of the kron, morning news. People living in barkley want changes made to a recent accidents. Plus, a local Council Member takes a walk with police oakland streets to hear the needs of local businesses. What theyre asking for. And after the break, with lss than a week until the primary election, new exclusive poll shows was in the lead for the open u. S. Senate seat in california. And today is the start of a very active pattern ahead of us showers in Northern California right now will drop into the bay area. And were already seeing some areas of mist in heavy drizzle. Sierra snow fall is going to particularly problemat well, larry cardholders might soon lose the opportunity to get free passes to hundreds of state parks. California state Library Park Pass started 2 years ago as a way to provide more equitable access to the outdoors. But its not included in governor Gavin Newsoms, new state budget proposal. So the passes provide free parking for day at participating parks. They were checked often live areas more than 2500 times his july of 2022. And used mostly by low income families. This is critical, john, because, you know, like to get up to the parks and yeah, its essential resource will be interesting see what happens there. Absolutely. Capitalize on those free feefree but am dont go up to, you know, 70 this weekend. Thats for oh, my goodness. Yeah. Youll be the only one there if you will be stuck. Haha. And that doesnt sound like a park day that i won but yeah, weve got the heavy snow on the way for the sierra. This is your view at lake tahoe. A diamond peak right now really interested in seeing what this view is going to offer up the next 36 hours because right now it is dry, vy it is going to be h snowfall later today. Piling up further tomorrow. And then even more on saturday and at lake level, weve got 4 to 8 feet of snow on the way. Yes, this view is going to change is a lot here very soon. Weve been seeing some light showers for the bay area so far. Heavy rain to our north is about to plunge our direction. Part of this massive lowpressure area diving deep and dragging with it. Some real cold air in across the region. This is going to be cold rain into the weekend. Some thunderstorms possible. And of course, that feed upon feet of snow in the sierra you head above lake level 5,000 feet above in its 5 to 12 feet of snowfall. This is going to make roadways impossible to travel. If you are in this year the next several days, make sure that you have plenty of supplies with you. And if youre planning on heading up their best advice is just dont do it. I know it could be a loss if you have reservations and stuff like that, you want to be safe. First and foremost, 3 to 6 inches of snow on some of our mountain tops here in the north bay, especially just really in those higher elevations, though, not just snow, but also blizzard conditions. A blizzard warning goes into effect today at 10 00am last 10 00am on sunday. We will be seeing winds up there as high as 80 Miles Per Hour, which could also result in Power Outages for the course of several days. This is not a situation to take lightly. Snow level falls as low as 1500 to 2000 feet on saturday morning. Thats well down into the foothills. Just dont expect to be getting up there anytime soon. Its going to take a while to be clearing off these roads, even with all the plows, you know that theyre going to be on it. But its still going to take some time for that fee to snow to clear from roads. Futurecast shows here in the bay area. Weve got our own dose moisture with heavy rain in pockets this afternoon. Chance of thunderstorms later today into tonight and into tomorrow, too. Now even with that heavy rainfall, we have very low risk of flooding. The ground is dry it out. So its going to absorb a lot of this rain and we also see lower water levels on our streams and rivers. So a lot of thats going to be just fine. This is a bit of good news for us here locally. But just because of that and be ready to go, we do have a quarter to half an inch of rainfall today. Multiple inches over the next several days and even more into next week. So things will be wet slick in not the best for traveling at the coastline. We go back under high surf advisories tomorrow, 15 to 20 foot. Breaking waves at the coast and winds also picking up 30 to 40 Miles Per Hour gusts in the bay. I mentioned, the sierras got 80 to 100 Miles Per Hour. Peak gusts, especially higher up upper 50s to low 60s for your daytime highs today and a look ahead shows low 50s into the weekend. Weve got cold temperatures this weekend with chilly nights. Mountain snowfall in our peaks here in the bay and heavy mountain snow in the sierra right now. I want thank you for that. Getting a look at our morning commute. They bridge right now about 19 minutes there. Remember, they just look out not seen any accidents on your bridges. 24 min arrive. Mateo bridge richards ever fo bridge 13 minute there. And golden gate bridge. 37, it solves. 40 minutes. Time now is a 17 from for your local election headquarters. And were just 5 days away now from the primary election day this morning, we have an exclusive new inside california politics. Emerson college poll. It shows the race for californians open u. S. Senate seat is very, very close. Yeah. Getting closer by the day, capitol correspondent Eytan Wallace breaks down the results. Kratt adam schiff, thank you, everybody. Republican steve garvey. And democrat katie porter. Youre looking at the 3 leading candidates in the race for californias open u. S. Senate seat. That is according to this new inside california politics. Emerson college poll showing ship in the lead with 28 and garvey in second with 20 in 3rd place. But within the margin of error in reach of second places. Porter with 17 . Democrat barbara lee rounds out the top 4 at 8 . While all other candidates pulled a 2 or lower. I think the main takeaway here is that shift is likely to take that number one spot. But that second place that is up for grabs. Matt taglia help to organize and conduct the poll. He says its important to remember this race is part of the states top 2 primary system, meaning the top 2 vote getters will advance to compete in the november general election all the more. So why taglia note, much of the attention is now on porter and garvey as they do it out for runnerup. We see a real tightening per second place. So i think thats thats the headline here. He also says something to watch closely is this 17 of voters say they are still undecided. When asked who theyre leaning toward 19 of the undecided point to barb early with shift and porter just behind. But even if you factor that in the poll finds ship would still be in the lead with garvey importer behind him. As for lee, without that baseline of supports, it might just be too little too late in the race for the white house. The poll found a joe biden and donald trump will easily win their respective primaries in california. A state where voters say their top issues include the economy, housing, affordability and as for governor Gavin Newsoms ballot measure known as proposition won, the poll found its likely to pass the proposal asks voters to approve a 6. 3, 8 billion dollar bond to fund more than 11,000 Behavioral Health beds and 27,000 treatment unit statewide for people experiencing Substance Use disorders and mental illness. The poll results, 69 of voters say they will vote yes. Seeing support close to 70 suggest that there is still widespread concern. Among californians that were not doing enough to take on this issue. Well, that was Eytan Wallace reporting asked for governor newsoms approval rating. The poll shows it stands at 49 while his disapproval rating is at 39. Thats significant. Given a new recall effort launched this week with a goal to eventually oust him from office. A little reminder, kron 4 is your election headquarters join us on election day tuesday, march 5th. Well have live Election Results coming in during our special coverage which begins at 08 00pm. Federal regulators are now considering limits on connected vehicles to prevent abusers from tracking victims. Fcc says regulations are needed to help victims feel safe in their cars. Most new cars come with telecommunication features, which could be used by domestic abusers to track somebody. Congress passed a safe connections act last year. Fcc will now discuss implementing the act for auto makers and as well. And we got a new report claims their bread is exempt from following californias new minimum wage law because of its relationship with governor newsom. So starting april, 1st, the new law will raise fast food workers, minimum wage to 20 bucks an hour. The new law doesnt recognize places that make their own brand for sells fast food. While the law was drawn up, brad remains unclear. The bloomberg report found that the owner of over 20 panera loc