students will protest in support of their teachers. walking out of school. im standing by at oakland tech with more. ( john ) and tracking a storm expected to hit the bay area later this mornng. i'll have the details in your full forecast. (darya) good morning i'm darya folsom..(james) and i'm james fletcher. lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic...

trading in sunshine for showers today and into the weekend with rainfall through the day today and showers continuing all the way through sunday. expect high temperatures to remain in the low 50's with morning lows not quite as cold as we had been seeing them earlier this week.

wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. ( darya ) a big story this morning. lanes on the richmond-san rafael bridge are now open after large pieces of

concrete fell from the upper deck on to the lower deck, prompting a lengthy bridge closure. caltrans is expected to permanantly fix the bridge this weekend.( james ) here are pictures of the concrete chunks. some were the size of a football. they fell on a car late yesterday morning ... prompting chp to close the bride after caltrans did some saftey checks, the bridge reopened. but soon after ... more concrete parts began to fall onto the lower lanes. so just as rush hour began ... the bridge was closed to make temporary repairs. the repairs involved installing large metal plates onto the upper deck over the damaged concrete. caltrans officials say an emergency order has been issued to make more permanent repairs this weekend. its unclear if any lanes will be closed when they get to work. ( james ) happening

today... teachers and students in the east bay will demonstrate in support of their teachers, who are pushing for better pay and smaller class sizes. (áboxesá)( darya ) lets start with kron 4's will tran. he is live at oakland tech where students will gather before they march to the district office.will? thousands of oakland students are showing up to school today... not to go to class but to stage a a sick outthe students are supporting their teachers who have been working without a contract for 18 months and are looking for a 12 percent pay raise the district says it can do 5 percentthe students... by not showing up to classes... hope to send a message to the school wheee it hurts... their budgetschool districts receive money from the state based on overall attendance so when they don's show up to school it could impact how much the district ends up receivingthe students will gather in front the the school district

headquarters at 9 this morning ( james ) thanks will.( james )( james ) ( james ) thanks will. teachers in fremont will rally for another demonstration this morning. we'll go live with sara stinson at 5:30 for more on that. ( james )(ááá2 shotááá) teachers in fremont will also

rally together for better pay. ( darya ) kron4's sara stinson is live at american high school where teachers are gathering this morning. sara? at 730am, fremont unified school district teachers will rally at american high school in fremont.following the rally, there will be a "walk-in" with teachers... meaning teachers will walk into their respective school en mass to show that they are sticking together in their push for a fair contract. thanks sara. we will check back we will check back with you through out the morning. the morning.through out with you check back we will sara. thanks sara. we will check back

with you through out the morning. ( darya ) in san francisco... repair work continues at geary and parker... after wednesday's gas line explosion. as we reported live yesterday morning... a contract worker ruptured the line while digging to install a fiber optic cable. the n-t-s-b is now leading an investigation into how that happened.

everything from work hours to training of personnel.>( darya )( darya ) investigators will also look into whether workers had a current map... and if the gas lines in the area were correctly marked. ( darya ) the general contractor responsible for rupturing the line is florida-based "mastec." the california division of the occupational safety and health administration is now taking a closer look at them... again. cal-osha has actually inspected the business three times before. the first time was in concord in 20-15... when a worker got an electrical shot while demolishing power lines on ygnacio valley road. mastec was issued a citation in that case. the other two investigations involve cases in southern california. one is closed, but the other is still open. ( james ) a high school coach from san francisco ... is accused of trying to meet up and have a sex with a minor. this is picture of 34-

year-old andy miranda. he was arrested in oakland after police say he contacted an undercover officer who was posing a 14-year-old on social media. oakland police say miranda attempted to meet with the undercover officer to engage in sexual activity. he is now charged with multiple sex crimes against children. the san francisco unified school district says he was a volunteer coach at mission high school ... but is no longer coaching for the district. ( james )new this morning... a san jose taekwando teacher is accused of inappropriately touching two of his students. 32-year old andrew suh is the owner of the taema taekwondo studio. he was arrested for inappropriately touching two 15-year old girls. the incidents happened between may 20-13 to may 20-14... and then again in 2017. suh was booked into the santa clara county jail. ( james ) on the peninsula.... the body of a woman found in san francisco bay has been indentified as daly city resident christa mahoney. mahoney was last seen on january 26th after leaving john's grill restaurant in san francisco.

her dog was picked up by animal control after he was found alone wandering near union square. mahoney's wallet and phone were found on a city bus. san francisco police recovered the body on february first.. and said at the time foul play was not suspected. ( james ) still ahead on the kron-4 morning news... teachers in fremont getting ready to rally together for better pay. kron-4 sara stinson will be live with the details. ( james ) plus... wait line headaches at the d-m-v... after some tech issues prevented drivers from renewing licenses online. ( james ) and... amazon c-e-o jeff bezos facing a scandal this morning... after he accuses the national enquirer of blackmail. ( john ) and i am tracking your bay area forecast. enamel is the strong, white, outer layer

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showers today and into the weekend with rainfall through the day today and showers continuing all the way through sunday. expect high temperatures to remain in the low 50's with morning lows not quite as cold as we had been seeing them earlier this week.

no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf.

( james ) the case against the accused killer of a stanislaus county police officer has been put on hold until april. corporal ronil singh of the newman police department was killed during a d-u-i stop last month. yesterday... his family attended a competency hearing for the man accused of killing him. paulo mendoza had been ordered to undergo a mental evaluation. his attorney said at the hearing he now believes mendoza is mentally competent to stand tril ... and asked a judge to seal the mental health

evaluation on the grounds that it could be incriminating. instead... the judge decided to suspend the case until april 8th.

state assumblyman jim patterson is continuing his call for the state auditor to review the agency. ( james ) last month.. governor gavin newsom announced a "strike team" would spend six months analyzing and coming up with ways to improve the department. he also ordered the department of finance to send him early findings from its audit of the dmv.. which is due in the next few days. ( darya ) a big story this morning --- amazon c-e-o jeff bezos is accusing the national enquierer's parent company of trying to blackmail and extort him. john lawrence has the details. jeff bezos......turning the tables on a-m-i.ken cuccinelli/former virginia attorney general"this was

pretty gutsy, i mean to put it out there."the founder of amazon and the owner of the washington post writes....a blog post, accusing the national enquirer's publisher of blackmail and extortion.the tell-all includes an e-mail bezos says his team received from an a-m-i executive.ken cuccinelli/former virginia attorney general"even though it was washed through lawyers, you know, this falls in the old, i think it was a gerald ford quote 'ninety percent of the lawyers give ten percent of us a bad name. these guys are among the 90 percent."the enquirer said in january that it had been investigating an alleged bezos affair for months.bezos says a-m-i wanted him to stop a washington post investigation into the tabloid's motives in pursuing the story.jeff toobin/legal analyst"he feels, apparently, that there was political motivation for what the enquirer was doing."if bezos would say the enquirer's reporting on his affair was ánotá politically motivated, the company said it would not publish compromising pictures of bezos.one legal analyst says bezos may have trouble finding a prosecutor to charge a-m-i because of all the factors involved.norman

eisen/legal commentator "there's the potential legal dispute, there's the effort to settle the matter, there's the fact that lawyers are involved, advise of counsel issues."i'm john lorinc reporting. coming up on the kron-4 morning news... a tracking device is making it safer for drivers on the road .. when police are chasing a suspect. and... a new proposal for climate change... that could bring cleaner air and water. details on the proposal and hear from speaker pelosi about the come back. (ácommercialá) when life makes you uncomfortable,

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trading in sunshine for showers today and into the weekend with rainfall through the day today and showers continuing all the way through sunday. expect high temperatures to remain in the low 50's with morning lows not quite as cold as we had been seeing them earlier this week. ( james ) this was the scene as congressional democrats --- lead by senator ed markey and representative alexandria ocasio-cortez as they unvieled their "green new deal" resolution.(á2 shot bamá)( james ) the six page

resolution focuses on america's role in global climate change. 20-18 was the fourth hottest year ever recorded.( darya ) the goals include: achieving net-zero green house gas emissions. securing clean air, water and healthy food. and changing the country's power demands to 100-percent clean and renewable engergy sources. ( james ) ocasio- cortez described the resolution as comprehensive... thoughtful... compassionate and "extremely economically strategic." speaker nancy pelosi says she welcomes the proposal.

pass the most bold...initiatives,">(á2 shotá) ( darya ) ( darya ) pelosi also named democrats to a special house committee on climate change on thursday. ( sara ) i'll have the latest on a rally planned today for fremont teachers.

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that leave a lasting impression. like the feeling of movement as a new journey begins, or the sight of soft fur, warmed by the morning sun. you might remember new flavours, the sound of an old friend's laugh, or a view that defies all expectations. these are the memories that stay with you, long after the moments have passed. my name is jedda and my favorite thing about the grilled chicken club is the multigrain bun. it's toasted and then you get the cheese. so if you but really slowly you can literally taste every level of the sandwich. i don't eat very slowly, but if you do. my name is leslie. well i love the grilled chicken club sandwich because the grilled chicken. like, it's actually been on a grill. as soon as you grab it to go take your first bite, it's like just like, "psscheew". insanely good. lets start the half hour

with a check of weather and traffic... trading in sunshine for showers today and into the weekend with rainfall through the day today and showers continuing all the way through sunday. expect high temperatures to remain in the low 50's with morning lows not quite as cold as we had been seeing them earlier this week.

no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge

drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( darya ) a big story this morning. lanes on the richmond-san rafael bridge are now open after large pieces of concrete fell from the upper deck on to the lower deck, prompting a lengthy bridge closure. caltrans is expected to permanantly fix the bridge this weekend.( james ) here are pictures of the concrete chunks. some were the size of a football. they fell on a car late yesterday morning ... prompting chp to close the bride after caltrans did some saftey checks, the

bridge reopened. but soon after ... more concrete parts began to fall onto the lower lanes. so just as rush hour began ... the bridge was closed to make temporary repairs. the repairs involved installing large metal plates onto over the damaged concrete. caltrans officials say an emergency order has been issued to make more permanent repairs this weekend. its unclear if any lanes will be closed when they get to work. ( james )(ááá2 shotááá) happening (ááá2 shotááá)( james )(ááá2 shotááá) happening today teachers in fremont will rally together for better pay in about an hour.( darya ) kron4's sara stinson is live at american high school where teachers are gathering this morning. sara? at 730am, fremont unified school district teachers will rally at american high school in fremont.following the rally, there will be a "walk-in" with teachers... meaning teachers will walk into their respective school

en mass to show that they are sticking together in their push for a fair contract. thanks sara. we will check back with you through out the morning.

(á2 shotá)(á2 shotá)( james ) and in oakland --- tech students will march to the district office this morning to show solidarity with there teachers ahead of a possible strike.(áboxesá)( darya ) and that's where we find kron4's will tran.will? thousands of oakland students are showing up to school today... not to go to class but to stage a a sick outthe students are supporting their teachers who have been working without a contract for 18

months and are looking for a 12 percent pay raise the district says it can do 5 percentthe students... by not showing up to classes... hope to send a message to the school wheee it hurts... their budgetschool districts receive money from the state based on overall attendance so when they don's show up to school it could impact how much the district ends up receivingthe students will gather in front the the school district headquarters at 9 this morning ( james ) thanks will.( james ) thanks will.

(á2 shotá)( darya ) now to a story you will only see on kron 4... high speed police pursuits .. may soon become a thing of the past because of technology being used by some local police departments.( james ) kron 4's haaziq madyun shows us how it allows officers to keep an eye on the suspect's vehicle, without being right behind it. nats/san pablo police officer "1404 preparing to arm star chase, arming now, vehicle 1809"san pablo police just gave a demonstration of state-of-the-art gps tracking

technology the department is using to increase public safety during police pursuits. it is made by the star chase companysot san pablo police lt. brian bubar explains how it workssotonce that star chase projectile is on the suspect's vehicle a signal then appears on a computer mapping program being monitored back at san pablo pd. this is the path from wednesday's police pursuit of an armed carjacking suspect traveling on i-80 into the city of vallejosotsot

recovered on the freeway. this is the actual vehicle he fled from at the end of the pursuit">the carjacking suspect, 18-year-old elijah lewis was taken into custody. no injuries or traffic accidents occurred during the pursuitsotin san pablo kron4news ( james ) in less than one week -- hundreds of thousands of dollars have been raised for a family who lost their father in a deadly car crash. waheed etimad was killed by a wrong way driver on a highway 101 off ramp in san francisco early sunday morning. the wrong way driver also died. etimad leaves behind a wife and seven children. donations are now piling up for the family in addition to a generous amount of money being donated from people across the country.

community.">( james ) this upcoming sunday, the family will be given a van donated by community members. they have enough money to pay for rent for the year thanks to these donations, but are looking for permanent housing. ( james ) coming up on the kron4 morning news... calling it quits in san francisco... as more young adults move out of the area. ( james ) and... as the storm approaches the bay area... some reservoirs could be impacted. we'll have a look at the changes being made to prevent flooding. ( john ) and i am tracking your bay area forecast.

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headed our way, water is being released from the south bay's largest reservoir... anderson reservoir near morgan hill.( darya ) as kron four's rob fladeboe reports, the level in the reservor is down to prevent possible flooding but also to guard against earthquakes. water is gushing from a pipe here at the base of anderson dam at the rate ofabout 150,000 gallons a minute. the water is being released into coyote creek but is not likely to cause any flooding downstream says the water

district's kurt arends.kurt rends/santa clara valley water district "....the flows are limited so there is not enough to cause any damage downstream, plus we do it when it's sunny and not raining and hopefully by the time the next storms arrive the reservoir will be back down and there will be plenty of storage..."right now, the level in the reservoir is at roughly 35-percent, well below capacity.but because the dam is seismically deficient and could fail in a large earthquake, the level must not be allowed to exceed 58- percent says arends.kurt arends ".....we're trying to catch it early and let a little water out so the reservoir doesn't get too full, there is still quite a bit of winter left so we want to be sure there is enough room to capture future rains and not get above the seismic restrictions..."(file-2017 flood)despite similar releases in 2017, anderson reservoir spilled over, resulting in widespread flooding along coyote creek in san jose. late winter storms caught everyone by surprise. this time the releases are starting sooner.kurt arends "...that was simply an unfortunate period of hydrology where we had a

series of big storms one after the other and the outlet couldn't release water fast enough to make room for the next storm and the next storm and the next storm...."rob fladeboe/morgan hill "....based on historical averages, there is about a 40 percent chancethat the reservoir could get to that 58 percent or above yet this winter.in morgan hill rob fladeboe kron4news (james)(darya) welcome back. lets get a check of weather and traffic... trading in sunshine for showers today and into the weekend with rainfall through the day today and showers continuing all the way through sunday. expect high temperatures to remain in the

low 50's with morning lows not quite as cold as we had been seeing them earlier this week.

no major hot spots. wb 580 slows from castro. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf.

(á2 shotá)( darya ) now to california's affordable housing crisis. more than 60- percent of 18-to-34-year- olds living in the state say they cannot afford it here. ( james ) thats according to a new quinnipiac university poll. governor newsom has budgeted 1-point-7 billion 'new' dollars for expanded loans and quicker processing to open up the housing market. but despite the governor's efforts ... some builders say much more needs to be addressed. there a lot of fees associated with buying a new home. including school fees ... environmanetal fees ... and mitigation fees.

home. in some markets it's less. in some markets it's significantly more. but regardless, what's most important are those fees are ultimately paid by the homeowner.">( darya ) price increases for new homes have recently leveled off a bit. but there are many challenges ahead for a housing market which is still high in demand and short in supply. ( james ) apple has released an iphone update to fix a flaw that invaded your privacy through a facetime call. the repair is included in the latest version of apple's i-o-s 12 system. the b allowed some people to turn an iphone into a live microphone while using group facetime ... and eavesdrop on people even if they have not answered the call. but again, it has now been fixed, you just have to update your software. ( james ) coming up in the next hour of the kron4 morning news... p-g and e says more people could have their power turned off when there's an increased risk of wildfires.

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we do it right too, with stylish collections that pull it all together. so, you can rethink your bathroom without rethinking your budget. trading in sunshine for showers today and into the weekend with rainfall through the day today and showers continuing all the way through sunday. expect high temperatures to remain in the low 50's with morning lows not quite as cold as we had been

seeing them earlier this week. ( robin ) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. (á2 shotá)( darya ) an unbelievable story of a cat who was frozen after being buried in snow --- and vets were able to revive her.( james ) look at these images of "fluffy" the cat. this is how her owners found her in late january. they rushed her to an animal clinic. the

vet said she was so cold --- it was difficult to get an i-v into her. they ended up using warm water, hair dryers, heated towels and a heated kennel to get her body temperature back to normal. her owners then took her home after spending a night in the e-r. the owners say while she was a mostly outdoor cat before --- they're going to keep her indoors from now on. ( james ) coming up next we're tracking the rain that's coming into the bay... here's a look at the radar.

my name is jedda and my favorite thing about the grilled chicken club is the multigrain bun. it's toasted and then you get the cheese. so if you but really slowly you can literally taste every level of the sandwich. i don't eat very slowly, but if you do. my name is leslie. well i love the grilled chicken club sandwich because the grilled chicken. like, it's actually been on a grill. as soon as you grab it to go take your first bite, it's like just like, "psscheew". insanely good. ( james ) we're tracking the

storm... here's a look at the radar. (darya) good morning i'm darya folsom.. (james) and i'm james fletcher. lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic... trading in sunshine for trading in trading in sunshine for