County registrar voters as they get the recall. November ballots. Plus, Berkley Police warning students and families as a child is almost abducted near their elementary school. From the areas local news station, youre watching the kron. 4 morning far. Good morning. It is tuesday, march 5th thanks for joining us for the kron. 4 morning news. It is election day. Im john shrable in for reyna harvey this morning. Thank you so much for joining us. Lets start this morning with a look at the weather outside. We are seeing some fairly calm conditions as of right now, Berkeley Hills camera looking just fine with a little bit of cloud cover moving overhead. We have seen a few sprinkles this morning. That may be something youve noticed if you stepped outside to take the dog out. Real quick, a little bit of snowfall still remains in the sierra, but north of i80i80 is back reopen. So no worries there. And if youre heading to the snow this week, you got plenty to enjoy it. A few showers to the north and the bay. Today we have our best chance of sprinkles being in the north bay with the rest of generally seeing calmer conditions. Temperatures right now are in the 40s to low 50s right now. Hayward and alameda at 51 degrees conquered berkeley and Oakland Beach right at 50 San Francisco sitting at a cool 52 later on today. Expect temperatures to be in the low 60s for your daytime highs. Slight chance of sprinkles. Mostly santa rosa northwards, but some for the rest of us as well. Ill keep you updated in the rest of your forecast as we go for the roads this morning, things out there are rolling along just fine. We are seeing any backups of the bay bridge torl plaza. Only 7 minutes to make your crossing right now. San mateo bridge also doing okay. Things are rolling along at a good clip at 12 minutes while the richmond sandra fell only 7 minutes in pretty empty for you. Making your crossing there and got looks like lane reconfiguration going on at the Golden Gate Bridge that shouldnt be holding you up, though, about 20 minutes from novato to the tolls. Or top story this morning. Today is election day in bay area. Voters are busy dropping off their ballots, but voter turnout has been low so far locally kron fours. Sara stinson reports from walnut creek with a check on the voter turnout in contra costa county. On the eve of super tuesday, many people dropped off their ballot after work in walnut creek. I care about the senate race. The California Senate race a lot, but we always vote. But these voters appear to be the minority in contra costa county, according to the assistant registrar, helen nolan out of 700 voters, 127,000 ballots were received by monday afternoon. Thats less than 20 of the total ballots, which leads nolan to predict an overall low turnout. Were expecting coming into this about 45 50 based on previous president ial primaries. But as a turnout right now, it looks like might get 35 . Nolan says theres a decline in voting statewide. She believes many are voting because of the lack of competition between idential nominees. But i would like to encourage people to respect your ballot in way the every race thats on the stabber. It its going to with the exception of the measures is going to go to the top 2 november. People who did vote on monday expressed disappointment in the low turnout so far, some saying they hope people take the time to do it on super tuesday. Your vote matters right now. Everybody really should the voting. We live in a free democracy and voting is critical too, maintaining that democracy. And thats including the ones cast by the states youngest voters. Thats my first time voting 19 yearold Devon Stanton proudly cast his vote for the first time. He encourages all to do the same. Matters. I think everybody. Should have the opportunity to vote. If they can go do it. That was kron 4 Sarah Stinson reporting a reminder that its not too late to cast your vote. Polls are open from 07 00am to 08 00pm today you can drop your ballot off at a secured box or you can have your ballot postmarked by today and delivered to your county within 7 days for your vote to still counts. Meanwhile, these are the latest numbers on ballots returns in other bay area counties. Almost all of them dont even get close to 20 except for murray. And sonoma and napa. Governor newsom visited the bay area on monday urging everyone to vote and to give one final push to proposition one, which will provide more money for state Mental Health care services. Kron fours Tiffany Justice brings us the story. The election is today ends and were here mindful of the importance. The imperative of getting out to vote. Monday, governor gavin newsom was back in town to encourage voters to go out and vote. Come to say he was joined by Mental Health workers in the s e i u 2015, californias longterm care Workers Organization to talk about proposition one. And thats the issue of homelessness. Thats the issue. Whats happened in the streets and sidewalks notice here in San Francisco, but up and down the state of california. Issues around Mental Health. Prop one is a bipartisan bill that passed the house and Senate Proponents believe the prop will bring a Major Overhaul to californias Mental Health funding system building upon to recently established programs homekey in a room, key federal funding that has created 15,000 more beds for those in need for many, many years, the issue of homelessness and Mental Health has been left to the counties and the cities alone to deal proposition one will create 11,000 more residential units. It will allocate a billion dollars for the veterans. Mental Health Service bring over 6 billion dollars in bonds to fix our Mental Health system. Newsom says with proposition one, the state will have the workforce money thats needed saying cities and counties can deal with this issue alone. But there also needs to be local accountability requires one simple plan for every county progress reports to the state and annual audits. More accountability. Not everyone is on board with proposition one. When newsom was speaking, there was an outburst from those who oppose it. Yeah. That was Tiffany Justice reporting. You can join us tonight for live results from around the bay area. The state and the country. A special edition of kron. 4 news begins tonight at 08 00pm in prime time. Moving on to the east bay. Now where a blue man has been arrested for allegedly killing his wife and motherinlaw. Pablo police say he is facing 2 counts of murder. The 2 women have been missing since september. The vo called police. Instead, they took off in a car after an argument possibly headed to Southern California while investigating the police. The case. Police say they found the car in oakland and vote was seen driving it. Police say they gathered more evidence and was involved in the disappearance and murders of his wife and his mother. Their bodies have still not been found. The big story we first brought you on the kron 4 morning news yesterday. A group trying to recall Alameda CountyDistrict Attorney pamela price dropped off boxes of signatures that the county registrar of voters in hopes of a special election kron fours Ella Sogomonian has the details. We call on monday, a group called save alameda for everyone or safe announced theyve gathered enough signatures to put a recall effort for Alameda CountyDistrict Attorney pamela price. And then people are saying that no way he can not make it. And you dont have money and something happened. Guess what we have collect it 123,000. We had 87 if the claim is true, that is well above the necessary 73,195, valid signatures to qualify for the fall election. The Broad Coalition behind the effort is made up of Alameda County residents, business owners, victims and victims, families who think that prices to blame for rising crime because of what they call a failure to hold perpetrators accountable. Brenda grisham with saving arrived at the rally on the front steps of Alameda County courthouse on monday. Escorted by heavily armed guards think shes been threatened since start of the recall effort. We shouldnt have to do this. But for the safety of our community, the safety our children, the safety of our businesses. This is something that had to be done together. The group marched into the Registrars Office to drop off boxes and William Fitzgerald with another group called protect the Wind Campaign to keep Alameda County da in office says price champions, criminal Justice Reform and should finish her democratically elected term crime didnt start. Not in county when price took office and also at the end of return with so see crime to what we have now and on countys we have the d a hes willing to try to find the right balance. And thats exactly what the 800 prices doing for the people about in county and ensuring that we have bulls, justice and accountability. Fitzgerald went on to claim the recall effort used deceptive tactics to gather signatures like sticking the paper between other issues and having people sign them all with the state responded to those allegations saying there was no bait and switch that voters sign papers vowing they have read them the das office said they would not comment for this report of oakland Ella Sogomonian kron. 4 news. Although officials. Take a look at this. This is a chp chopper video of a pursuits in vallejo. Leah hope police say they ended up chasing a suspect after responding to a report of a sideshow. The suspect cross county lines and witt over to richmond. Thats where police say the suspect got out of his car and got into another car that was waiting for him. Police managed to stop that car and arrest the suspect. In the south bay. Local leaders announce new legislation to streamline the building of interim housing standing in front of an interim housing site built in 2021. State senator josh peck are joined san jose mayor matt mahan and Community Leaders in announcing the interim housing act of 2024, the measure would provide improved option to bridge the gap between encampments and permanent housing. In terms part housing. They can get stable. They have an address where get Supportive Services they can get tied in to networks. They can get connected in trying to get help finding a job. The proposed bill would help to speed up the process of building interim housing while permanent Affordable Housing is being constructed. Private builders usually build housing only if they can increase rents. So this would help build more mixed Income Housing that people can afford. Still ahead on the kron 4 morning news, a Sonoma County sheriffs deputy in Critical Condition. This morning after a shooting in santa rosa. We have the latest on the investigation. Plus, we go oneonone with the california secretary of state with what she says shes doing to keep the election secure. And after the break, one bay area person is almost 500,000 richer. Well tell you where the winning Powerball Ticket was winning Powerball Ticket was sold. Bladder leak underwear has one job. I just want to feel protected especially for those sudden gush moments. Always discreet protects like no other. With a rapid dry core that locks in your heaviest gush quickly for up to zero leaks. Always discreet the protection we deserve [ ] looking for a moisturizer that does more than just moisturize . Try Olay Regenerist for 10 benefits in every jar. 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One is in Critical Condition from a head injury after shooting. Deputies say the gunman crashed. They say he died at the scene. A new state bill wants to keep state and local dna programs to help identify missing people in place because it expires this year. The new bill would continue to financially support the programs through fines, charge to criminals. So far, 106,000 cold cases have been solved. Thanks to the program. Officials with the acc you whether say that they are highly confident there will be no significant Drought Conditions in california until 2025. Thanks to the more recent storms. 6 of californias more important reservoirs are currently asked or above capacity. I80 is back open after days of heavy snowfall on monday, caltrans crews were. Well. Lets get a look at the weather now. So what weve got out there at the Golden Gate Bridge is conditions that are dry this morning. Few clouds moving in and out across the bay area. As of what we are seeing right now, what weve got on radar, we do have some showers to the north of us in the bay area. Are relatively calm for a San Francisco and the rest of the bay right now, most shower potential is going to be north of santa rosa. Radar is showing some snow north of i80, but 80 itself is actually pretty dry as they mentioned. Just a second ago, 80 is back reopened as of yesterday and for the bay area. What we have is quiet conditions with just a few passing clouds futurecast shows you some of those showers that we do have to the shower activity is going to be staying north of santa rosa today. The rest of us in the bay could see a few isolated sprinkles have been seeing a few of those already tomorrow. A better chance of showers, especially come tomorrow afternoon. We will see a chance of a few thunderstorms in Sonoma County. Heres one 45 pm tomorrow, as you can see, those little spots of yellow popping up really all in all the rest of the weeks forecast is pretty calm. Rainfall ahead of this point is going to stay less than a 10th of an inch for most of the bay area. Saint rose of being the exception of that snowfall is going to stay north of Donner Summit. On i80, we will the baby a 107 inch of snowfall on Donner Summit itself. But most of those inches to be reported will be up in the southern cascades. As you can see as you head north on i5 north of redding could run into fitness. Few more snow showers up there. Temperatures today are going to be in the low 60s San Francisco in livermore at 61 degrees. Well, oakland, hayward and fremont each at 62. A look ahead shows temperatures remaining pretty steady through the rest of this forecast. Slight chance of a few sprinkles today evening. Showers tomorrow, thursday and friday. Some of your states to step yutside and are consistent sunshine. Just a chance of a sprinkle or 2 come saturday. Roadways this morning looking nice and dry. Were not seeing in the backups on the bay bridge. 8 minutes to make your crossing metering lights likely on in about 30 minutes. And that will start your slowdown process for the rest of the commute. San mateo bridge at 12 minutes while the Richmond Center fell at 8 minutes. Well, looking at the golden gate, things rolling along just fine there as well. Back to the news now. Today, voters in 15 states will head to the polls today to cast their ballots and the republican president ial primary. Washington correspondent Reshad Hudson brings us the details on the race. Super tuesday is here. And nikki haley is hoping to gain ground on former President Trump. Who is inching closer to the republican president ial nomination. Nikki haley is urging voters in super tuesday states to go to the polls today. We can either have more of the same or we can go in a new direction. Haley is telling voters to reject her former boss but chaos. Follows him. And we cant be a country in disarray in the world on fire and go to 4 more years of chaos. We wont survive its a big step toward unification. Monday, the Supreme Court handed former