>> when fun time from the bay area's local news station. you're watching kron. 4 news heading. >> now at a gas prices may not be the only number on the rise, how some bay area drivers are addressing their fears of an increase in car related crimes. also, who should get a vote? that proposal to give oakland residents a say on building a new ballpark to try to hang on to be a and judge ketanji brown jackson vows to defend the constitutio her supreme court confirmation hearings. more on what we can expect with this historic nomination. those are our top stories tonight on kron. 4 news at 8. >> thanks for joining us. i'm ken wayne and i'm catherine heenan in for pam moore. although prices are beginning to drop and other parts of the

country, a pickup line could push gas prices even higher for california kron four's grant lodes joins us now with more on that and how bay area drivers can try to find some relief from these rising costs. grant keyword, try can if you thought gas prices were high, you'd be right. but some people say we can expect them now to go even higher after a chevron refinery strike. you had workers hitting the picket line for the first time today. >> nearly 500 employees walk the line demanding more pay and better contracts. chevron, the company argues it's already paying its workers a fair wage. but these workers argue the high cost of bay area living should mean they get more money. then chevron employees working elsewhere in the country. the refinery supplies about 13% of california's gasoline jet fuel and other oil products. here's a look now at current prices around the bay area for a gallon of regular on average in san jose 5.85. in oakland.

this same thing over and napa a little bit more. and san francisco also 5.92 for a gallon of regular gauges. the average is so you do have some places where you'll find higher or lower prices. and if you're lucky, you can find the lowest prices. some people shopping around. they say it's required to do that for their budgets. but that could be a good thing for everybody. the price of oil goes up >> gasoline goes up very fast and matches the steps up. but what we found is when the price of oil goes down, gasoline tends to come down very slowly. it's called the rockets and feathers phenomenon that goes up like a rocket comes down like a feather and the best explanation for that i think is that when the price of oil goes up and gas prices are rising. people shop around more and that makes the market more competitive. but when the price of oil comes down, people sort of relax. and they

say, well, you know, at least i'm not paying as much as i was last week and they don't shop around as much and they're more willing to just go to whatever stations nearby. when we do that, the market gets less competitive and there's less pressure on those stations to lower their prices. interesting psychology there. >> prices may still be high now and they are. but the price of crude oil, again, we alluded to it did start to decrease last week. so if this chevron strike is resolved soon and doesn't cause further supply problems and drive up the prices. we might have better gas prices on the horizon. we can only hope. catherine and ken, back to you. >> gran, thanks very here's another sign of the times. gas thieves are striking, stealing a lot of expensive gasoline kron four's terisa stasio tells us people at one bay area car parts store say there's a high demand to try to protect their fuel. >> this is a very hot commodity right now. a locking

gas cap. gas prices have been going up steadily and it's been pretty frequent, definitely more that people are stealing fuel. so a lot of people are getting locking caps for >> needing to replace their the regular ones. josep howlett santa rosa. napa auto parts as >> more people are coming into the store looking for the caps as reports swirl of gas thieves siphoning valuable fuel. >> and we've just had a lot of requests for so that we typically would see like a lot of heavy work trucks, you know, every now and then the one a walking path. typically they just want what's available and what's ready. but there are a big target because, you know, the old 2030, plus gallons of fuel. and if somebody gets in there and it's 5 or 10 that that's enough for a normal part. so they've been targeted a lot recently, as you know, big trucks and then. >> it is just another harsh reality bay area residents are facing.

>> we're limited supply as far as what we produce here. so it's just going to keep going up more and more. and definitely, you know, it's an opportunity for someone to save himself some money and unfortunately hurt somebody else. >> joseph says it's all unfortunate, but they are ready to help owners deal with this latest dilemma to recess stasio kron. 4 news. >> california lawmakers say they're looking at a number of proposals to try to help drivers with these skyrocketing gas prices. the latest idea direct payments of $200 to everyone making less and $125,000 a year children would count 2. that means a family of 5 would be eligible for $1000 last thursday. a group of democrats in the assembly propose sending $400 to all california taxpayers. >> we hear you and we see you. we see the pain you're feeling at the pump. how inflation is affecting you every day. when you do your grocery shopping in feed your family. >> meanwhile, republican proposal calls for a 6 month gas tax holiday. and governor

gavin newsom is expected to release his own rebate proposal som.time this week. the oakland a's might have to wait even longer for a new stadium at howard terminal. the 12 billion dollar project. >> hitting stiff resistance from one council member in particular kron four's justin campbell has more on how this could play out at the ballot box. i >> it is wise for the voters of moments make the that's west oakland councilwoman carol fife. she hosted a town hall this weekend over concerns about the 12 billion dollar oakland athletics ballpark plan. and she would like to bring the decision to the ballot. i don't they're really not research on project and how was councilwoman 5 says she doesn't think the plan addresses the needs for people of color or low income in her district were surprised to hear that oakland a's team

president dave carroll says they've been working closely with the city council members for the past 5 years. we've laid out a very robust set of community benefits, including things like affordable housing workforce development, environmental justice campbell says the proposed ballpark plan would also bring many jobs, but they're also looking elsewhere in case they don't get a new stadium. spy were working as well in las vegas. >> on a planned there for a stadium, carol doesn't want to bring the proposed ballpark plan to a ballot vote this november. >> which is what councilwoman fyfe is exploring. he's hoping for a final vote on the plan. >> sooner and hopefully getting the city council to approve the project summer so we can move forward and know that we're going to be oakland for many years to come. reporting in oakland, justin campbell kron. 4 news time now for our 4 zone forecast. as we go outside and give you a vista sweeping look to downtown sanford. this is a sweeping look. and let's take

a sweeping look at lawrence he's talking about pretty warm weather. yeah, it's going to be toastie around the bay area tomorrow. a lot of folks going to be getting out and enjoying that sunshine. maybe some record breaking heat around the bay area. beautiful look outside right now. quick tower looking bright. >> and looks like it will stay that way all night. i don't think we have to worry about fog in the san francisco and clear skies elsewhere with an offshore wind and that offshore wind is going to crank up the temperatures right now. it is still a warm 71 in brentwood, 70 degrees in pittsburgh. you see in the far interior valleys. 71 in fairfield. still 73 insane. alina. so these numbers running on the warm side already in london. you're going to feel that nice, dry air begin work its way in across the bay area overnight tonight that offshore wind settling in and that big dome of high pressure. you get the sense that ridge, again, all those clouds kind of working their way over the top of that ridge, that ridge is going to slide in across and overhead for tomorrow. looking at some of the warmest temperatures the week, maybe even a record breaking as we head toward tomorrow afternoon, we're waking up with number generally in the 50's going to be mostly clear by the middle

of the day. sunny, nice. just about everywhere you go. enjoy that warm temperatures in the 60's and the 70's. even some places near 80 degrees inland. and by the afternoon, mid 80's in the hottest spots inland. little fog, though, moving in along the coast. >> thank you, lawrence. san francisco no longer requires proof of vaccination or a negative covid test for indoor mega events. that means events with at least 1000 people. the chase center has already announced that those requirements will be gone as of april. 1st. >> and new cdc information shows the johnson and johnson vaccine. >> had the lowest breakthrough infection rate during the omicron surge, the pfizer vaccine the most breakthrough cases followed by moderna the johnson and johnson shots were 76 percent effective in preventing infections. 81% effective in preventing hospitalization community from the vaccine lasts at least 6

months. >> a rally in san francisco aids treatment. so priority a- for the city again, activists staged a die in on the steps outside city hall they say they're concerned the treatment and testing for hiv has slipped due to the pandemic and they say they want city to go back to being a leader in both the prevention of and care for those with the disease. it's time for us to refocus our efforts redouble our efforts, recommit ourselves to making sure that san francisco will be the first city. >> to get 0 new infections in a year. according to the san francisco department of public health, hiv testing dropped 44% between 2020 2021. >> coming up at 8 o'clock of tesla taking flight on tiktok and downhill from there. the damage that driver left behind. plus a bay area artists trying to help any way he can how he's working to help the people of ukraine.

and the first session of a historic confirmation hearing. the latest from the nation's capital as congress learns more about president biden's nominee for the supreme court.

>> the senate confirmation hearing began today for president biden's supreme court nominee ketanji brown jackson. today was day one of the hearings during which jackson and the senators gave opening remarks. our washington correspondent basil

john, has more. good evening. it's the start of a long week for the senate judiciary committee and judge ketanji brown jackson. >> as she vies for the open supreme court seat. >> welcome, judge jackson. i am humbled and honored to be here during day one of judge ketanji brown jackson's confirmation hearing democratic firm on senator patrick leahy and minnesota senator amy klobuchar are highlighted the significance of her nomination with your presence here today. >> you are writing a new page in the history of america, you judge or opening a door that's long been shot to so many connecticut senator richard blumenthal said welcoming an african-american woman on the court is long overdue. >> this day is a giant leap into the present for our country. >> and for the quarter, republicans like iowa senator chuck grassley outlined what he wants out of supreme court nominee. the most important thing that i look for is a

nominee view of the law. judicial philosophy. >> and view on the role of a judge in our constitutional system. despite judge jackson's education and experience. >> texas republican senator ted cruz said that is no longer enough. >> it is no longer the case. the supreme court confirmation hearings are merely about qualifications. south carolina republican senator lindsey graham promises he and his colleagues will not attack judge jackson's character. not of us are going to do that to you. >> and if any of us does that to you? all will break out. republicans talks on their initial thoughts of judge jackson saying she is soft on crime and want to hear her response in the coming days. >> reporting in washington, i'm basil, john supreme court justice clarence thomas remains hospitalized tonight due to an infection. a statement from the supreme court says >> he was admitted friday night after experiencing what they're calling flu-like symptoms. the corps says thomas underwent tests and is being treated with

antibiotics. a statement says his symptoms are decreasing and he does not have covid. he expects to be released in a day or 2. justice thomas is 73 years old. he's been on the court since 1991. >> tomorrow is world water day in state and local water officials say california and should celebrate by conserving more water. you know, they're going to say that the usual advice includes cutting back on watering that using more water efficient devices. more people are also replacing lawns, grass lawns with native plants, which need less irrigation. california's drought is now in its 3rd year and january and february with the driest months in history, state reservoir levels are also far below average. meantime, money is available for a long-delayed project which is aimed at building a giant lake in northern california. the sites reservoir project this would flood what's left of the town

of sites. although this idea has been kicking around since the 1950's. but now fairfield to congressman john garamendi has helped round up 2.2 billion dollars in a federal loan for the project and expects it will eventually happen. >> her recent article about to bring this project it's an extremely important or very one and a half million, a 2 foot reservoir off stream. so it doesn't any of the rivers in any of the 7 or other species. so this completes the finances. >> he says the state still has to make an important decision about when water can be taken out of the sacramento river and put into the reservoir some environmental groups argue it will divert too much water from the river. >> speaking of rivers, the rubber dam is returning to the russian river. the dam is typically inflated in early summer, but this year it's going up on the second day of spring. the snow county water agency says the early start is

thanks to the dry winter we've had and warmer weather. the rubber dam is a critical component of the russian river water supply system that provides naturally filter drinking water to more than half a million north bay residents. all right. now to the 4 zone forecast as we look live outside at the san mateo bridge and talking about warm weather outside to lawrence is here to tell us going to get even warmer. yeah. tomorrow, maybe some record breaking heat around the bay area. people will start to flock the places like the russian river in other places, maybe head out to the coast and enjoy some cooler waters out there. but out there tonight, skies are mostly clear. beautiful evening. looking from the berkeley hills. >> it stay that way around the bay. area's high pressure sits over head back. that dome going to be pretty strong out there. we're going to likely see a pretty gusty winds developing starting to see just a little northerly component. now begin to kick in the parts of the north bay. still sea breeze along the coastline. but overnight tonight, things going to change. those winds are going to begin to pick up. you see him. you can roll up into some of the mountain tops there. you start to see the reds and

the purple. some stronger gusts of 30, maybe 40 miles an hour up there. high pressure's going to start to build in, though, as that ridge kind of settles in a 6 in overhead for tomorrow. what a day it is going to be. it is going to be a very warm the way to near the coastline. i say that because they're likely be a little bit of a sea breeze along the coastline. and so right out of the water's edge, you get to half moon bay get the pacifica, those areas, maybe daly city. you can see that sea breeze kicking in. so temperatures may go up early in the morning. then by the afternoon, likely going to see a little fog moving in while inside the bay. the basking in sunshine and temperatures in the 70's 80's lot of 80's for the valley. so it's going to be warming out there you see on the models to overnight tonight cleared out most your skies with that offshore wind. so we start out sunny side up. see that fog bank well away from the coastline. then as we head toward tomorrow afternoon, that ridge roles in overhead and then start to see more of an on shore breeze kicking in cooling down along the coastline to bring that fog back in. but temperatures they're going to impressive. in fact, maybe record-breaking tomorrow afternoon. some spots

about 81 in san jose. a team out to 85 in concord, 85 degrees in the napa valley about 74 degrees in downtown san francisco. >> thank you, lauren. still ahead from mushrooms to pancake mix, moisturizer. the products now being recalled because of dangerous problems. kron 4 is recognizing remarkable women all month long. every tuesday will highlight another amazing woman. >> also have a section on our website kron 4 dot com. we can see past winners and nominees will be right back.

>> crazy stunt down what some call the steep a city street in the country's videos taken in los angeles just after midnight sunday. police say the driver crashed a rented tesla at the bottom of the hill slammed into 2 other cars, then drove away in a different tesla. the person claiming to be that driver has made several posts on social media online. lapd says that person is being considered a person of interest. check your labels around a house. there are several products being recalled. and here are 3 that you should know about on this monday. >> starting with jurgens alter healing moisturizer. the fda has issued a voluntary recall because of bacteria problems. the recall affects the company's 3 ounce and 10 ounce bottles. the bacteria would not pose much risk for helping

people could cause infections, though, and people with health problems. 2 popular pancake mixes are being recalled after cable fragments were found in those boxes. the recall involves great value. buttermilk pancake and waffle mix and kroger buttermilk pancake and waffle mix. the parts came from a cable used to clean the machinery. both products are sold at walmart, kroger's and have best by dates of september. first 2023 people being advised to throw them out or return them for a refund. a california company says packages of, you know, key mushrooms could be contaminated with listeria. jan fruits, thank as the company recalling all kinds of cases of these mushrooms which come from taiwan. listeria can cause serious, even fatal infections in young children, seniors, people with health problems. the mushrooms were distributed to california wholesalers and retailers and

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>> bay area artist, a very moved by what's happening in ed aine so much. so he dec to move across the country to try to help fighting for their freedom kron. four's amanda hari talked with him this afternoon about how he's trying to help the people of ukraine. >> images to moving. they convinced a bay area artist to temporarily move to the united kingdom. it's a lot closer to the action. so europe is really, really behind this. john doyle has been in touch with ukrainian artists for several years. and many of those artists have become soldiers that they have banded together as a community to fight this oppressive war. i spoke with doyle in-person back at the end of february when he and many of his ukrainian friends. you know what to do yet? we put down a paint brushes and pick up guns at the beginning of the invasion. doyle and his

ukrainian friends started a message group. he says 2 of the arts organizations. he was in communication with module club and google fest have mobilized and join the ukrainian military while some are still fighting. others have become refugees. but he says that comes with its own challenge. it's they are experiencing. >> a huge disconnect from their friends and their family and their loved ones and they're looking back inside really distraught and shellshocked. doyle is not planning on joining the war effort or going to ukraine. >> but he's doing everything he can to shed light on what's happening to his friends and to just try to share the story of this really difficult choice that these people have been forced to make. this is something that we're in for the long haul. he still encouraging people to reach out to organizations that are continuing to help ukrainian people like the ukrainian-american coordinating council. amanda hari kron. 4 news.

>> all right. back here at home. time for our 4 zone forecast with a live look at the golden gate bridge tonight. and the lawrence is back in. lawrence. it's not only spring going to field like summer and some places. yeah, it's going to be very, very warm around the bay area this that time of year to wear. we get that nice weather. but other parts of the country stars get pretty dangerous out there tonight. we're looking at some tornadoes that have touched down on the ground damage. we reported some injuries along this frontal boundary. you see right here you see all the yellow on the orange, those some fear storm just rolling through and i think we've got at least another day or so. this to go before things calm down. tornado watches are still up there. shaded in yellow here across the map all the way from a southern texas all the way up almost into a dallas now pushing just to the east now in the shreveport and you can see all the tornadic tornadic activity reports. the tornadoes on the ground or being spotted by people along this path here. numerous tornadoes today throughout that area. in fact, in jacksboro, they reported a lot of damage there. that is a

northwest of dallas, but they've got more activity on the way for tonight. it's going to be a scary night there. and a scary day again tomorrow afternoon. those tornadoes will start to ramp up again after the sunrise. a high pressure along the west coast that is bringing us lots of sunshine and some dry weather. in fact, lose numbers. we're going to see in the san francisco tomorrow, maybe mid 70's downtown about 74 in the mission. 71 in the rain. a little cooler along the coastline, starting out with some sunshine. the probably couple clouds moving in toward lot of part of the day. some of that fog in to settle in along the coast inside the bay. sunny all day long. 75 degrees in millbrae. 74 in south san francisco about 74 foster city about 81 and warm in san carlos. 80 degrees in woodside. 78 mount view. plenty of 80's film, the santa clara valley by tomorrow afternoon, a warm 85 degrees in morgan hill. eighty-four in campbell about 83 in santa clara east bay also filled with many 80's by tomorrow afternoon. as really you're going to start out that offshore wind and then things really going to ramp up throughout the day.

temperature wise, that dry air in place, high pressure overhead and those offshore winds all combined into possible ring. bring a couple records broken around the bay area by tomorrow afternoon, place like richmond, maybe in oakland. you could see records broken there. 80 degrees in mill valley tomorrow about 81 in petaluma and 77 degrees in san anselmo next few days. we're going to watch as temperatures cool down a little bit of some fog and low clouds may can return cooler temperatures right through the weekend. slight chance of showers next monday. alright launch. thanks very much. >> former black employees of google filed a lawsuit against the company today. the class action suit claims a pattern of and practice of racial discrimination calling google's diversity campaign. nothing more than a pr move. kron four's rob nesbitt reports in what 2 former employees say they went through. the 2 women who spoke out monday say they were overlooked for job promotions at google because of the color of their skin. their allegations against the company span from racial and discrimination in front of a federal courthouse in san francisco. civil rights

attorney ben crump. >> announced the class action lawsuit against google monday alleging that the company undervalues under pays and mistreat their black employees. google did not retaliate. >> against the racist coach or but they retaliated against these victims. all of the races coach or that existing google, former google employee shared their stories of discrimination, including april curley who was hired by the company in 2014. >> to recruit graduates from historically black colleges. i easily found over 500 extremely talented black students who are now employed in bowles at google. despite her success of the company, curley says she was terminated in september of 2020. this wasn't about my performance or lack thereof. >> this was about a company equipping managers with the power to with their black employees into shape by any means or make an example out of them. the allegations against google don't stop at racial discrimination. chloe sled says she was sexually harassed by a white male coworker and her department.

it started off with sly comments and the micro kitchen and hallways then grew to sexually explicit message over the company chat. she's now the ceo of the company community acts. but during her time at google says she was constantly overlooked for promotions because of the color of her skin and had races. comments posted about her on google's internal plus platform. it was clear to me. >> not only was google willing to allow me to be sexually harassed by one man. but they were also going to let me get racially harassed by the company at crump says he hopes the lawsuit seeking class status inspires other google employees. both former and current to come forward and share their stories with google should do. >> is google racist? >> and then they will see. what the problem is. and the only question will be. how are they going to respond? >> i reached out to the press team at google for comment about the class action lawsuit

filed against them but have not heard back in mountain view. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news >> still ahead tonight, a citizen app video shows a tiny homes community going up in flames, at least part of it. but firefighters are now saying they have sparked that blaze. >> and it is restaurant week in oakland will have details on a delicious effect.

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>> from michelin star restaurants to food trucks. this is a chance to try them all without going over budget. it's restaurant week in oakland, more than 90 local businesses are participating this year. diners can find special offers and custom menus on all kinds of food in the city. according to this oakland, most neighborhoods across the city have restaurants participating this year. the tourism group says it's good way to help the city's business owners bounce back from the pandemic. >> it's kind of perfect that we're kicking off restaurant week at the beginning of spring because it is a new beginning. this is an opportunity to come back and support all those. not only restaurants but performance spaces and hotels that really didn't have an opportunity showcase open. now we're open for fully open and we want to encourage everyone to come. breweries and wineries are involved this year to oakland restaurant week kicked off over this past weekend and runs through sunday. the 27th.

>> they are celebrating decades of delivering meals on is turning 50 this week. the delivery service has been providing food to senior citizens in aid since the nixon administration, although tpectrum community services say demand for help is at an all-time high. >> and it is very important for us to be able to continue having this program and for a steal to along with a population of older adults are living longer in our community and needing this kind of service longer and longer as they continue age in place in their own home. >> spectrum community service delivers more than 70,000 meals a year and nationally meals on wheels provides food to more than 2 million seniors every year. >> coming up in sports, coming up, a heartbreaking loss to the spurs and warriors are in need of some urgency. sports director jason dumas has reaction from steve kerr. plus, the latest from the

>> the red cross is helping 5 people find new temporary homes tonight. this after for tiny being used to transition homeless people off the streets of oakland caught fire this morning. you're looking at video from the citizen app and you can see flames ripping through a tiny home village of this is near like merit. the lake few development is designed to shelter up to 65

homeless people. and this morning around 10, some of the units caught fire. >> there's only maybe 3 or 4 feet between each of these. so when lens catches fire, as we saw today, the 2 on the neighboring side went pretty quickly person who occupies our lives in that dwelling where the fire originated had been gone for several hours prior to the fire starting and obviously growing to the level it did. >> 3 homes were destroyed. a 4th was damaged. firefighters did manage to protect a dozen others. it is believed the fire was caused by accident. >> a rally today in redwood city in support of extending pandemic eviction protections. a statewide protections are set to expire at the end of this month. activists from faith in action bay area and several other groups are asking for state and local leaders to extend the eviction moratorium as well as rent relief programs. >> we are 10 days from a potential tsunami of

evictions. and we're here to encourage our representatives to use this short time to do something to stop that we identified. this is the right thing to do before we simply need to continue. families will not be homeless. the children not be homeless. use them. >> mark surry first is also the deadline for both renters and landlords affected by covid to apply to receive relief money from the state. activists say 5200 applications are still awaiting processing. more than 200 apartment homes could be coming to the south bay, the santa clara county board of supervisors is set to vote on a proposal tomorrow to build the homes with the money approved by voters back in 2016 under the proposed plan, 73 apartment homes will be built in morgan 171 in 2 different san jose locations and 80 homes built in santa clara. the measure approved in 2016 set aside 950 million dollars to try to address the

county's housing problem. the mayor of morgan hill says many of the homes future residents will be essential workers. and it's a way to thank them for their help during the pandemic. in an area. >> where housing is scarce and housing is unaffordable. we owe it to those families to revive the american dream. >> community leaders say they also hope to provide affordable housing for veterans, seniors. people recently are homeless and families who meet the minimum income requirement if the proposal passes construction on the new homes could begin by later this summer. >> if you've got a backyard and you're interested in making a little extra money, this next story might interest you rich demuro explains in today's tech smart. >> this 10 acre mountain top ranch is a great place to bring the dogs. one of the very popular spot says the chase lounges out here on the point. but you won't find it on a public map. unless you

bring somebody with you. it's going to be you only on our property during that time. it's listed on stiff spot, a website that sort of like an air bnb. but for backyards where dogs can play. this is a map of our smith's 5 homeowner. jen, get terrorism charges. $19 an hour for access to or sprawling yard. i think i'm the best month i made about $400 growing quickly. we're dry in 10 or 15% every month. david adams is founder of sniffspot. so we're seeing a tremendous amount of interest. both are people that have land and for people that have dogs that are looking for safe spaces for those he came up with the idea was wife was traveling and needed a place to take their dog to play and go to the bathroom. there are all kinds of things that are drawbacks to dog parks. things despite important service and sniffspot really a solution. all that the ideals inspired his safety. the website takes a commission on each booking

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getting ejected. no excuse for giving up an offensive rebound on the free throw and reaely just no excuse for coming out flat. the spurs jumped out to a 12 point 1st quarter lead and steve kerr said coming out of that type of effort is simply inexcusable. >> we have to understand we're undermanned. there's 12 games left now is now 11 games left. we're looking at the we've got ahead. there should be a sense of urgency. there's got to be a sense of a competitive fight to that. we take to the other from the very beginning of the game. and i did not see that until it was really late in the game. guys were great night in that 4th quarter fighting like crazy. we have fight like crazy from the start. we got to for enough. >> you know, we haven't really play up the all year. so, you know, one person go down. everybody's got to step up. so especially we've got to got to

lock in defensively offensive. i feel like the way we move the ball. that's going to come. you you know, we just got to find ways to win games. >> you know, a team that is locked in the stanford women and they're back in familiar territory. >> for the 14th straight year, they will play in the sweet 16 this year. they did so by thumping both montana state and kansas. but the competition is about to get a whole lot tougher on friday. they'll take on a maryland team to have won 23 games this season is led by a legendary coach in their own right. and brenda frese stanford beat the terms earlier this year and sunny bahamas. nice shot by frame. believe the right there. so the terms, though, they'll be thinking revenge. the sweet 16, it's in spokane, which is a homecoming for lexi in lacey hall, 2 of stanford's best players floor. >> i think everyone, you know, wanted to get wants to get this book and no one wants to the but for lacing, i feel to

play at home. one last time meant a lot to us meant a lot to our family, went out to our friends. so there was that extra, you know, chip on our shoulder, the mental a little a little bit more for us i think it just came to that came down that extra piece of us, just our team wanting it more than them. and i'm just super super happy. super excited to be heading home. >> so stanford, they play on friday against maryland, as we said, winner likely place, texas. a team that beat. stanford earlier in the year. that on to the wizards side with the warriors side, they play their magic on tomorrow and then have a back to back. it's the heat. then for miami. they go to atlanta, an atlanta to dc dc to memphis, 5 games and then what do they get when they come home? a game against the phoenix so a lot of tough games for the warriors coming up. they need to get together with steph on ice. if they can handle this trip will be in pretty good shape handle 5

games if they can go 3, 2, i think that is unrealistic. outcome and i think steve kerr would be happy with that. given all that's going goes stanford. yeah. go cart. cardinal. the fact card. whatever. yeah, the treatment we know is so hard the cardinals, the bird and then you see a tree jumping around. not going on. but it dododoake sense. where room for the i love that, all right. thanks to the oscas. less than a week away the sunday. how hollywood is getting ready for hollywood is getting ready for its biggest night. care coalition, where are we on alaska airlines? we found that people are raving about their customer care. i mean, take a look at this! wow! [dog barks] says here they have the most flights from the west coast. they fly to chicago, hawaii, cancun! wow! do they fly to my magical faraway kingdom of care-a-lot, way up in the clouds where anything is possible? they have direct flights to vegas.

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dolby theater. all lanes of hollywood boulevard are now shut down its to accommodate all the construction of the risers for the photographers in pre show stages number of sidewalks and crosswalks are also closed. pedestrians can't get through there. this year's oscars is supposedly going to be a more traditional show this year compared to last year. with the big this weekend. a lot of people making their predictions on who's going to win website. fandom dot com looked across the country to see who each state would pick to win the best actor and actress categories. the majority of californians say will smith will win for his performance in king richard and jessica will win for her performance in the eyes of tammy faye on the national level. 11 states also chose will smith. well, 18 states pick nicole kidman for her performance as lucille ball in being the ricardo's. so there you go. that wraps up kron. 4 news at 8 and our prime time coverage just getting started on this monday night. grant and vicki are

here with what's coming up at night. >> yeah. next on properties at 9 in about 2 weeks. >> california is going to drop its proof of vaccine requirements for indoor mega event. we'll bay area counties follow suit. plus, we have reaction from a local infectious disease expert on whether or not this is the right move at the right time. also, ukraine's president suggests a concession. >> to more of russia's demands, his country continues to get bombed in the number of civilians killed increases every hour. keep it here. kron. 4 news at night is next.

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from the bay area's local news station. you're watching kron. 4 news at levels of virus circulating in new infections in the bay area. >> is comparable to where we were at the first california reopening back in june of 2021. >> now at 9 starting april first, the state will drop its proof of vaccination or negative test requirement to enter indoor what they call mega events with crowds of 1000 people or more. good evening, everybody. thanks for being with us tonight on kron. 4 news at 9, i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis. all bay area counties are following the state's lead beginning late next week. chris taylor bisacky joins us now live from the newsroom. tell you, you spoke with an infectious disease expert of what are they saying? well,

doctor peter chin hong with ucsf says he supports this latest decision. >> he says it speaks volumes about the city's case rates and outlook when san francisco, one of the most conservative cities in the country throughout the pandemic is no longer requiring proof of vaccines or a negative test at large indoor events. >> on april first, san francisco will party like its 2019 again for the first time since large events have been allowed, the city will no longer require proof of vaccination status or a negative test. the county is aligning with state guidelines by dropping these requirements for indoor mega events with crowds larger than 1000 people find that some of the most conservative counties. >> some cisco sun and clara county, la county, which have really the most careful during the pandemic have signed on means that we're really in a good place right now. despite information about a new variant known as the ba 2 variant. >> infectious disease specialist at ucsf doctor peter chin-hong believes it is