Much for springlike weather with temperatures in the 60s and 70s. The polar express. Now, hours away forecast coming up next. When fun time from the bay areas local news station. Youre watching kron. 4 news. Thank you for joining us tonight on kron. 4 news at 10. Im grant lotus and im vicki liviakis. So lets go ahead and take a live look right now at downtown San Francisco. Things are quiet for the moment. It has been lovely outside the past several days. But all good things must come to an end. Lawrence is with us now. Well, its the storm looks pretty yeah. Its going to be a large storm. Its going to be a long period storm to a boy in the sierra nevada. Were talking about tremendous amounts of snow, maybe even some snow in our peaks to out the door. Now youve seen some changes begin. Clouds are starting to move into the bay area and now the rain has not started yet, but it is not that far away. Doppler radar showing you a couple raindrops, far Northern California beginning to sneak in
And your saturday, this is going to be the most significant snow of the season thus far. Snow kicked off this morning already, but our heaviest of it is friday through saturday. Now this is going to pile up above 5,000 feet. 5 to 12 feet of snow. That includes Donner Summit. Roadways are going to be impassable. If you had plans on gelting to the sierra, cancel those plans, it is just a nogo. And if youre already up in the sierra, make sure to have emergency kit with you in several days worth of food. In the case, the power goes out to its not just the heavy snow, but strong winds gusting as high as 80 to 90 Miles Per Hour. As for the bay area are impact is going to be a little less severe, but it is going to impact us. Nonetheless 50s for our current temperatures and thats where well land for a daytime highs later today. Weve already seen a lot of cancellations and delays out of sfo and with rainfall intensity only increasing later today, expect more of those delays as we go. James, th
Bit breezy out there so far. But as far as rain goes, most of us have just seen light showers, really heavy mist at this point. Coastal areas in north bay. You are seeing wet conditions on the roads. So take it a little slower in these areas. You can clearly see the where the rainfall is. A already is up along the north coast and you see all that speckled cloud cover offshore. These are called cellular clouds right here. And oftentimes for when its cold and unsettled, this is a sure sign of some Thunderstorm Development thats likely to work its way on into the bay area later today and on into tomorrow, too. You can actually see some of those thunderstorms developing later on today. And future cast those deeper areas of green and notice that blue becomes a lot more widespread leading into tomorrow and saturday. Thats because cold air rushes in to the bay area and in particular, the sierra resulting in very heavy snowfall. Blizzard warnings in effect the next several days. Roadways going
Exclusive poll that shows which candidate is in the lead for californias open senate seat. And the man charged in connection to the Half Moon Bay mass shooting appeared before a judge this morning. And we have a live report. Recapping what happened. Light rain falling in the bay and weve got snow falling in the sierra. Weve got a multiday weather event. Ill have all the details to get you ready for news at noon starts right now. From the bay news station. Youre watching kron. And news. Thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 news at noon. Im justine waltman. The man charged in connection to the Half Moon Bay mass shooting appeared in the San Mateo County courtroom this morning. John liu zhao was supposed to enter pleas to a grand jury indictment last month. But that did not happen because the defense asked for more time to review the charges. Well go now live to kron 4 s charles clifford, who is outside of the courtroom in redwood city. He has the latest details. Thanks for joining us
First police chief in more than a year. And oakland residents who have a chance to meet with them tomorrow. Good evening. Thanks for being with us. Tonight on kron 4 news at 11, im grant lotus. The Oakland Police Commission Posted a new list of candidates for the cities. Top cop position last night. The mayor gets to pick but theres no choice yet they are Cincinnati Police Department Lieutenant colonel lisa davis, new york city assistant deputy mayor for public safety. Louis molina, former San Leandro Police chief abdul pretty in who was one of 3 candidates previously rejected by the oakland mayor and you also for tired, lubbock, texas police chief floyd mitchell. Now, despite the list of finalists, the acrimony between mayor saying tallinn, the Police Commission rages on today. Mayor thao said she would not be attending tomorrows public forum for the candidates because she says it is not necessary and is detrimental to attracting the best candidates. Civil rights Attorney John Burris