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 over the last year. At this point across the country. I think all that it bears are going to work every day wondering if this is the day theyre going to get robbed u. S. Postal inspector Matt Norfleet says the recent number of threats and attacks on mail carriers has gone up dramatically. According to data obtained by the associated press, u. S. Postal carrier, robberies climbed above 640 in 2023. More than 60 of those resulted in injury. Was something that was almost unheard of few years ago before the pandemic. Now its a constant threat. A letter carriers not just here in the bay area, but it everywhere across the country in response to the crimes, lawmakers in congress have put forth a bipartisan protect our letter carriers act. The legislation would accelerate the replacement of mailbox keys with digital locks, boost prosecutions and review sentencing guidelines. Norfleet says people should keep an eye out for their neighborhood mail carrier and always report anything suspicious. Also for those looking to commit these crimes, norfleet has a message that this is not a crime, smart committee. Its needlessly violent and its making letter carriers here just going out delivering people their mail, which they need. Usps is offering 150,000 reward for this mans arrest and conviction in oakland, dan thorn kron. 4 news. And not only is that going on. The police in oakland are warning of a spike in smashandgrab robberies that are happening when people are just sitting in their cars. So youre in the drivers seat and, you know, high, sometimes you might put a person or something next to you. If the passenger seats empty. Well, people are smashing the window of the passenger seat. Well, while youre in the car and then they grab whats there and leave. Police are going to special additional officers. Parts of the city where this has been happening. More and more. They say overall robberies have increased 32 in oakland compared to this time last year. New this morning, a pedestrian was struck and killed on to 80 in daly city. It happened at 4. 30 this morning near the jon daly boulevard. Onramp going northbound. There was a crash and thats where they found a pedestrian lying in front of the car and died at the scene. We dont know about the driver involved at all. Thats something that just happened this morning. In the east bay berkeley, firefighters are responding to a fire in the hills right near the uc Berkeley Campus this morning and alert went out to students that this fire was burning in the hills east of campus. The alert was issued about 8. 15, this morning. No uc berkeley buildings are threatened by that fire. But students were warned they may see smoke in the area. And obviously with today being as windy as it is, that is a concern for firefighters. Happening tonight. The bay area law firm is hosting a town hall meeting to discuss recent flaring and chemical releases out at the martinez refinery. The firm has been helping residents there that have harmed by the chemicals. The meeting is set to take place at 6 oclock tonight. It will be at the martinez event center. 10 0, 4, right now. And a former San Francisco state title 9 administrator who is in charge of investigating discrimination claims now is claiming discrimination. Yes, suing the university saying administrators swept multiple claims of discrimination under the rug. Kron fours will tran is live at San Francisco state with the story. Will. Ear when it was her job to investigate complaints from Muslim Students after a professor without warning without any notification showed a drawing of the prophet mohammed. Why is that offensive . Well, in the Muslim Community and culture is showing a depiction of muhammad is considered offensive their complaints to her. She investigated. And according to bureau lays, she says that the University Professor and vice chancellor told her that the professor was protected by Academic Freedom and halt the investigation. She was hired 3 years ago. To look at title 9, which is a federal law banning discrimination and also looks into harassment and misconduct. And she said 3 years ago when she started the job, there are hundreds of cases that were never looked into. The university told her not to look into them because it would bring unwanted exposure to the university. So take a look at your screen. We reached out to San Francisco state this morning. Of course, they are part of the cal state system. Heres what they had to tell us without directly addressing her lawsuit. They say like all csu campuses sf state takes seriously its responsibility to provide students and employees Safe Learning and working Environment University is working to address these issues with input from constituents across e all right. Thanks a lot. Well well happening in just a couple of minutes. The Alameda County board of supervisors is set to meet with the as once again to discuss a lease extension at the coliseum for they moved to las vegas conference. Michael thomas is in the newsroom with the latest. Hey, good morning, everyone. Thats right. They are trying to figure out a plan. And Alameda County officials tell kron fours dan kerman that todays meeting could lead to 3 more years of the as. Staying in oakland or at least until the team figures out a new stadium in las vegas. And as for the sale of the coliseum will thats still up in the air. The meeting is set to happen at 10, 30 this morning and will include oakland. Mayor sheng tells chief of staff Councilmember Rebecca kaplan, Alameda County supervisor david hubert and officials from the oakland as. The last meeting regarding the teams lease and the sale of the coliseum is said to have went well. Right now the team is considering signing a threeyear lease extension. However, the city of oakland is suggesting that in return for that extension that the team leave behind its branding and logo when it does officially leave. It also wants the team to play an active role when it comes to the mlb, bringing an Expansion Team to the city when it comes to the sale of the team. Excuse me of the coliseum. Will Alameda County officials want the team to sell its half to the African American sports county of alameda is due in april, though, the actual title may not be handed over. And thats because theres an ongoing dispute and legal battle between the county of alameda and the communities for a better environment. So as we get more information regarding todays meeting and how it went, if they lease extension is signed or if a deal for the sale of the coliseum is made. Well keep you updated in the newsroom. Michael thomas kron, 4 news. Its 10. 0, 9, in the south bay. San jose mayor matt mahan is urging support for a new city budget that he says will prioritize homelessness and crime. He says that the budget has included in it money for safe, sleeping sites for the unhoused police recruitment. More technology for safer neighborhoods and cleans up the city from Illegal Dumping and graffiti. Theres so many things we wanted it. What we put in this budget the time when were facing a shortfall. But the things that our Community Knows that we need to do to continue improving our collective quality of life. And create greater opportunity for future generations. The City Council Votes on the mayors plan next week. And if approved, the city manager will then move on with an operating budget. Its 10, 10 and still no date on what were going to get these gorgeous lights back on the bay bridge. Remember, they put him in like 10 years ago. We had a good run. But then the nonprofit called the lumen 8, which created them. They took him down it was last march because they say the lights, the strands were getting old and broken and had to be replaced. Theyve raised 10 Million Dollars, but they still need another 1 Million Dollars to bring the lights back to life. And they are hoping still to get that money and the display up by this fall. All right. It is 10, 10. Were going to take a break. But still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news and east bay father confronts wouldbe thieves ends dodging bullts will tell you what happened and a bill that would ban tiktok nationwide. Now headed to the u. S. Senate. Why supporters say its necessary, but opponents say its unconstitutional. And for canceled policies to rising rates. A crisis here in california is home owners say its almost impossible now to get Homeowners Insurance and a windy one today. That is the only catch to an otherwise gorgeous afternoon day time highs will reach the upper 60s while winds reach the upper 50s. As far as miles upper 50s. As far as miles per cause youre free to do what you want to do do what you want do what you want to do do what you want do what you want to do do what you want 13 is the time and some oakland kids got paid to design the suits for marvels new video game for playstation. They were given a chance to work on super spiderman to through a nonprofit thats been helping underserved communities get into the tech sector through gaming the crawfords lcec ammonium spoke with its founder. First game. Probably something on the atari. 2600 like i think the earliest game i remember playing with come that. Over a friend of mines house. Remember, it was like the most amazing thing ive ever seen. Damon packwood grew up in San Francisco and in the early 2, thousands realize the need to bring communities of color into the gaming industry. So he founded game heads about a decade ago. Its an oakland nonprofit that teaches hundreds of kids and young adults from underserved communities every year from here, too. As far as hawaii, the skills needed to break into the business like coating and design. We do that in a such a way. Thats fun because of you told a student. Were going to teach to the deeper learning impairment. Theyre not going to be excited, right . But if you say were going have to make a video game or like an interactive film or film visual effects are things like that. Theyll get excited about that. And then you kind of into lessons. This year pack what is celebrating another major success. 6 of the students partnered up with insomniac and playstation to come up with stickers and the latest suit pac called fly and fresh for 2 characters in the new spiderman to game peter parker and miles for all the designs by marisa diaz were selected for the suits inspired by 90s fashion. Its on sale in the game through april 5th for 4 and 0. 99 100 of the purchase of up to 1 Million Dollars will be donated to game heads. Weve got to work, we work with their team. Or about i dont know 6 to 8 months or so. Coming up with concepts, you know, they they, you know, like these, they through these out, we finally settled on idea which was beautiful idea because that the student that created it for latina from oakland who was inspired by her dad. Packwood says more than 35 of his current classes working in the industry right now. And so many more have gone into a career gaming. They select students determined most in need of support and Wraparound Services like hardware and Even Mental Health help as part of the program. There are few spots open and applications are being accepted. Reporting in oakland, Ella Sogomonian kron. 4 news. Well, today is pi day and companies and schools in math classes all across the country are celebrating. And heres where you can get some good deals. If youre not familiar with pi day, todays march 14, 3, 1, 4, and pie. The first few numbers. 3. 1, 4, 1, 5, 9. Thats part far as i but you can get deals today and in celebration of pi day blaze. Pizza is selling entire 11 inch pizzas for just 3. 14. What about like not pizza pies. Look at all those regular highs like the hopefully get a good deal of those kinds of ties to pk company, pizza kitchen. Their Loyalty Programs giving out pizzas for 3. 14, as well. Well have the 25 million minimum dollars purchase. Is cheesecake. Apply. Kevin, our director on today i say i shaped. So that works for but anyway, you probably have deals all around town. So keep an eye out. You might save a little money today on pi day. Alright, 10, 17 right now and were checking out the weather for it certainly is a sunny pi day. A little pioneer. Haha is beautiful, sunny pi day to day. Absolutely is a its a windy pi day, too. So hold on to it as youre coming back from the store. Were looking outside right here at the embarcawero been showing this view a lot because you can see the palms the flag. Really just pushing and those steady winds that are making their way across the bay this morning. Its a dry, offshore wind and its anchored by this highpressure ridge to the west low to the east to that gradient in the middle is firing up those stronger winds atlas. Peak been at 50 Miles Per Hour for your regular wind gusts all morning long, Half Moon Bay, San Francisco, danville, on up to vacaville, some of our notably windy areas on the map remaining windy tonight into tomorrow morning. And then that point with our high wind advisories expiring at 11 00am tomorrow. Whats the risk here . What we could see some downed tree winds up not down trees themselves. Some minor Power Outages because of that. Also, if youre hauling any sort of highprofile, why light loads you may actually be seeing the risk of some of those exposed areas like mountain passes and pushing some of those semi trucks that are carrying a heavy load over temperatures in the upper 60s today at or very warmest just shy of 70 degrees for a few spots. Burlingame at 67 saying carlo, 68 degrees, south bay temps, some of our warmest san jose just shy of by one degree of 70 degrees today mid to upper 60s across the east bay, oakland, 68 sonoma, 66 degrees center fell at 67 for your daytime high. Heres a look ahead to tomorrows temperatures back into the 70s officially and staying that way for the rest of winter as we kick off spring next week on tuesday, its going make for a gorgeous and much calmer. Saint patricks day weekend. Back to you. 19 crown for their local election headquarters and republican steve garvey is now leading congressman adam schiff and the race for the u. S. Senate seat. 4800 votes or between the right now and whatever the outcome of the primary, both will be on the ballot in november to decide who gets to fill the seat of late. Senator dianne feinstein, a recent la times poll found that in a twoway matchup, democrat schiff holds a 53 to 38 lead over republican garvey. A republican has not won a statewide election in california. Since 2006. Well, to National News now, a bill that aims to ban tiktok in america and now moves to the senate after house lawmakers passed it yesterday. Yeah, Anna Wiernicki is in washington and has more on whats next. Good morning. The house passage of this bill is just the first step. And now as it heads to the Senate Lawmakers over there dont seem as eager to take it up. The house voted 352 to 65 on wednesday on a bill that would give tiktok 6 months to cut ties with its chinabased owner or risk being removed from app stores in the u. S. With every dance challenge and lip sync video. American users are unknowingly contributing to a vast surveillance apparatus. Supporters of the bill argue tiktok poses a National Security threat because of its ties to china. Putting users personal data at risk. Congress is stating that to the data rights of americans got to be safe from Foreign Government regulation. But those against the bill argue its unconstitutional. The bill seriously undermine Civil Liberties by essentially banning a platform. That 150 million americans use to engage in free speech and expression and say as it now advances to the upper chamber, i think it will die in the senate. The ball is now in the court of the senators and i trust leader Chuck Schumer. Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer indicated the senate is in no rush to address the house bill saying in a statement that the senate will review the legislation when it comes over. President biden has said if the bill reaches his desk, he will sign it into law. For now in washington, im Anna Wiernicki. Back to you and new this morning, former treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin is pulling together a group of investors to try to buy tiktok right now. This comes after what you just saw, which is this whole situation with the house overwhelming