>> right now on the kron 4 morning news, the san jose police officers association is pushing to give their mayor more protection after this confrontation. we're also learning the names of the family killed in a fiery crash in pleasanton. we'll have the update.

>> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning far. >> good morning. thank you for joining us here on the kron. 4 morning news. it is tuesday. april 30th, i'm james fletcher in from harvey. and let's start with a check of the weather as we like to do first out of the gate. trouble standing by with a look at our forecast for this tuesday. good morning, john. good morning, james. we're looking at a pretty nice day ahead of us today. lots of sunshine in store across the bay area as we move into the afternoon. eventually. let's get a look outside right now in our view, from the east bay hills camera. usually a telltale sign of any sort of fog that is streamed its way through the golden gate. not really seeing a lot of that this morning. we do have some mid-level stratus that is hanging out right above the bay. currently now radar showing dry conditions and we are not seeing any chance of rainfall this morning for sure. futurecast winds does show a pretty steady sea breeze coming in from the coastline right now. elsewhere

in the bay area, though things are nice and calm. so that is definitely going to result a little fog at the coastline at some points this morning. temperatures are currently in the 40's to low 50's oakland and berkeley sitting at 49 degrees each while san francisco at 58 petaluma and santa rosa hanging out in the mid 40's right now. later on today, we will get to the 60's 70's for your daytime highs making for a pretty comfortable afternoon. i'll get to all those details as we go. michael thomas is in for traffic this morning. what's the latest on the roads? michael? hey, good morning, everyone. well, good news for this tuesday morning. we're not seeing too much confusion or congestion on those roads. >> taking a look at some drive times for you. those who are heading over towards the maze right now, crockett to them a 15 minute commute and it is all under 15 minutes from 8.80, from san leandro over to the maze along with castro valley to the me so good. taking a look at those bridges right now. the bay bridge does look good. it's a seven-minute commute over that. you can see no congestion. those metering lights are not on quite yet.

taking a look at the san mateo bridge, 8.80 to 1, 0, 1, 12 minutes. not bad. we will take a look at the richmond. sandra fell bridge. a seven-minute commute over that from tolls to 101. and lastly, that golden gate bridge is a 20 minute commute from 37 to the tolls. james, we'll send it over to you. all right, michael, thank you. 502, is the time and in the news will start in the south bay where in the wake of last week's fight between a man. >> and the san jose mayor's security detail which was all caught on camera. the police union is now calling on the city to give them a are more protection from force. dan kerman reports. >> doing it was last tuesday during a kron 4 interview with san jose mayor matt mahan. when an altercation erupted between this man. 35 year-old wesley pollard and the plainclothes san jose police officer providing security for the mayor. pollard was ultimately arrested and charged with felony resisting an officer by means of violence and misdemeanor battery and disturbing the peace. the incident went on for nearly 4 minutes before a

community member help subdue pollard. now in this letter, the san jose police officers association, he's calling on san jose's acting police chief and city manager to double the mayor's security detail. >> having only one officer's part of a security detail for ranking member of the city. i was not sufficient was unsafe. >> steve sisolak is president of the san jose police officers association. >> by doubling it increasing another officer. we feel nurse at eyes, another another set of readily available. definitely make everything safer going forward. >> in a statement, the san jose police department says it's reviewing the current procedures for the mayor's security detail. if they decide to bump up the number, it would not be unusual for a large city while san francisco police won't say how many officers are on mayor breed security detail. oakland police confirm the department generally provides to sworn officers for the security and protection of mayor thao. dan

kerman kron. 4 news. >> in the east bay, firefighters now battling a commercial fire in concord. fact, we've got some video courtesy of contra costa fire and this is the aereo sunset avenue and east street. you can see it's a pretty large fire now. luckily, this building is vacant. no reports of any injuries at the moment. but there are road closures there for sunset avenue, clayton road and east street. in fact, we're told these closures will likely last through the day. so expect heavy traffic in that area. the cause of the fire is currently under investigation. more developing news now. we have learned the names of the family killed in that fiery car crash last week in pleasanton as kron four's theresa stasi reports. investigators are still trying to figure out the cause of that crash. >> on monday, pleasant and police at the scene taking measurements and documenting other pertinent facts. there are more questions than answers right now as to what caused a fiery crash last wednesday night on foothill in

stone ridge road that killed a family of 4 notes and flowers along with parts left behind at the family's car now dot the landscape. police say that the family was apparently returning from the birthday party when for some reason, the electric car swerved and collided with a tree catching fire. >> right down the street from and their family, you know, like all rest of us and they have them. you know, he's seen him with their kids playing he writes, when i right my yeah, it's really and neighbor too upset to be on camera. talked with kron 4 news. >> go home this way. that was the next day. was pretty the names not being released to kron for news from the alameda county sheriff's department include. >> to run george 41 rowan george 13 and aaron george 9, the identity of the 4th victim, authorities say cannot be released yet. but sources

tell kron for news that was the wife rienzi george. to run worked in tech. he was with aruba and networking company for 11 years. in a statement, a spokesperson said, quote, we are deeply saddened to learn of this tragic accident to run was a valued alumnus of our hpe, aruba family, and our thoughts are with his family's loved ones at this devastating time, unquote. the boys ruin aaron attended pleasanton schools notes from their classmates. we're on a poster at the crash site. >> grief counselors have been called in to help children with the grieving process of losing a classmate in pleasanton theresa kron. 4 news. >> one of 4 children hit by car over the weekend remains in critical condition. that crash happened saturday evening on foothill and stevens creek boulevards. investigators say the driver of a pickup truck crashed into another car and then a power pole hitting the children who were on the sidewalk in. this is all in cupertino. they say

the victims are 4, 7, 8, and 11 years old. all 4 were taken to the hospital. investigators didn't say which of those 4 is in critical condition. the santa clara sheriff's office says the suspected driver was or the driver was suspected to be under the influence. in fact, that driver has been arrested and booked into the santa clara county jail. in san francisco. the sfmta now starting a new plan to enforce safe for parking. they say citations will be given to cars parked on sidewalks in bike lanes and in crosswalks, as of mta says their goal is not to punish people but to increase safety on city sidewalks and streets. meanwhile, in the north bay, the city of has started building a navigation center designed to tackle homelessness in that area. the city held a groundbreaking event yesterday. officials say that center will serve as a central hub for homeless people, providing them with vital services and shelter. it will offer about 125 beds. they'll have job training programs as well. anticipation

for that center right now is pretty high. >> so the community is very excited. i'm iran has community is really looking forward to this as we're going out and doing outreach to they're asking when is an opening, can we get? and we've had people reach out already hoping to get on wait lists and they're they're ready for it to be here. >> well, the navigation center is expected to be completed by december. well, new temporary housing also coming to san jose county supervisor. cindy chavez unveiled the project at the salvation army emmanuel house yesterday. the campus will be getting a complete makeover turning into about 112 temporary houses. mayor matt mahan was there as well and spoke about the importance of public private investment just like this. >> it's going to take all of us coming together with an all of the above approach from from the shelter to individual sleeping pods to more permanent long-term housing placements. we are using streamlining to our planning department thanks to state

legislation to move these projects forward with less red tape to do it faster to do it. more cost effectively. well, the county of santa clara will invest 4 million dollars into that project. >> happening today, state and local public health officials will join supervisor joel in to raise the alarm about the threat of hepatitis b in san francisco supervisor and guardiola has introduced a resolution to name a as tide is where month in san francisco at a press conference, he will call attention to the dire need of addressing rising rates of hepatitis b and c was also a call for expanding services and programs that the california department of public health and local nonprofits are doing to fight hepatitis. that press conference will be at city hall set to begin at 11 o'clock today. well, a man was found guilty for kidnapping that happened in 2008 and the 2015 attack. so investigators say both crimes happened in berkeley. they say keith kennard as barry approached a

teenager near berkeley high school, kidnapped and sexually assaulted her back in 2008. and then in 2015, they say he walked into a home and attacked a woman, but she fought back. investigators say justice was delayed in the 2008 case because the rape kit was not tested until 2014, 6 years after the crime. they say this resulted in asbury being allowed to roam free searching for more victims which resulted in that 2015 attacked and alameda county jury found as very guilty of both crimes. he's set to be sentenced in late may. april is the last fully funded month for a popular federal program that provides discounted internet to eligible americans. and that's raising concerns for thousands of bay area residents who rely on the affordable connectivity program. patrick may sick with oakland, undivided, which helped eligible people in the town. sign up, say that many people might not know that this program is coming to an end. >> we called 500 acp enrolled households here in oakland and

fewer than half knew that the acp was ending. stories like please call your neighbors. call. tell anyone, you know, to double check if they're receiving this benefit because that the protections that are so integral to folks not getting he will hit with bills talking may. and in just a couple days. >> well, as statewide, the program helps almost 3 million households and estimated 27,000 of those live in oakland. >> we're going to take a break here as we're approaching 5.12. still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news piedmont's police chief is attack. we'll tell you why he says the suspect should have still been behind bars. plus, california is going to start making and selling a generic version of narcan in hopes of making it easier to distribute and access that lifesaving

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and we're back. 5.14, is that i'm here for things to know. santa rosa police say a man used sword while stealing an alcoholic drink from a restaurant on 4th street near old courthouse square sunday. they say they arrested the man after identifying him in surveillance video. personal data of millions of kaiser permanente. patients may have been leaked because of a data breach. kaiser officials say the leak may have happened when patients logged into kaiser's website or mobile apps. but they claim no user names, passwords or social security numbers or financial account information. credit card numbers likely transmitted. so that's hopefully some good news. the gardens of golden gate park is launching a new outdoor summer program just for kids who love being outdoors. garden camp

activities aims to encourage middle school students through exploration of the gardens, which are made up of the san francisco botanical gardens, japanese tea garden and the san francisco conservatory. the a's beat the pirates 5 to one last night. they play game 2 of their series tonight at 6, 30. well for your money pg. and e ceo says that bills could start dropping as early as next year to the ceo claims the increased rates over the past year. >> where the raise money for structure improvements. more than 10% jump just this past january sparked public outcry and scrutiny from state regulators who allowed pg and e to hike up those prices in the first place. let's get a check of weather and traffic here. before we get to more headlines, we've got john stand by the weather center with a look at our tuesday forecast. a job pay their james. not a bad forecast at all. today. we're still in the midst of that high pressure ridge, which is contributed to the pretty >> stable forecast that we've enjoyed for several days now. you can see outside we do have

this view from mount tam, not a lot of mid-level stratus blocking this out this morning or marine level for that matter. we are seeing a little bit of that marine layer up and down the coastline, though we will have an onshore breeze that is going to keep our coastal areas on the cool side while the rest of us will enjoy some nice, comfortable 60's and 70's this afternoon, not quite reaching into the 80's just yet. for now, we are seeing a high pressure. ridge, as i mentioned, built up to the west of us. as of right now, this is blocking any lows from intruding our direction. but that does change this weekend as a low dives on into the day. it seems like clockwork that every weekend lately we've had a cool down in some showers and this saturday is going to be no different after what is a steady week with lots of sunshine. we do see another low dropping in from the north and west towards saturday. this is going to result in the potential of some showers as we make our way. she right there in the middle of your weekend plans. so we'll keep you updated as we do. get a little bit closer to that weekend. but as for now

anticipates saturday being a much cooler and potentially a bit of a weather, one, too. as for today, though, it's 60's in the city and 50's and 60's at the coast. that seabreeze in full effect today for the coastline 60's to 70's elsewhere in the bay area. and mike, i've been mentioning just a really comfortable feel hollow at 69 today. san jose. 72 for your daytime high. looking at some 70's as well for the inland east bay with 60's up and down the east bay shoreline, richmond dinner in debt. you'll be up to 70 while vallejo at 72 degrees. and santa rosa. at 75, tomorrow's temperatures will be a little bit warmer. we do have a few low 80's mid week in this forecast for wednesday and thursday for inland spots. after that, temperatures will back off and slide back down in the 60's at the warmest by the weekend as that low pressure dives in and drags in some cooler air along with that chance of showers on saturday but drying out quickly thereafter. michael. thanks, degrees. wow. haven't

seen that in quite sometime. well, good morning, everyone. and happy tuesday. >> the roads this morning at 5 o'clock are looking good as they normally do. taking a look at the antioch area. you can see it's a 15 minute commute from antioch to concord. those in the area. once you head over towards crockett, everything is clear from crockett to the maze. you're looking at a 16 minute commute. so not bad. those who are in walnut creek heading over towards 5.80. it's an 11 minute commute as you drive through or end in lafayette. no major delays. taking a look at the bay bridge right now. it's an 8 minute commute over that those metering lights are not on the normally get on at about 5.30. so just be aware of that. taking a look at drive times for those who are more inland livermore to dublin. it's an 11 minute commute, dublin to fremont 14 minute commute. san leandro to milpitas a 20 minute commute in milpitas to sunnyvale. only a 6 minute commute. taking a look at the san mateo bridge this morning. there is a wind advisory on that. so just be aware, as you're driving over that using both hands, noah eating or drinking this morning, we're breakfast when you're on that bridge. taking

a look in the south bay morgan hill to san jose, a 10 minute commute. and lastly that 101. we take a look from san jose to menlo park. it is a 28 minute commute. so all clear this morning, i will send it over to you, james. all right. thank you very much, michael. 5.19, the time in the east bay. police now investigating a solo crash that left one person dead in castro valley. >> monday at about 4.20, in the afternoon. the chp received a call of this crash that happened on paula mars road right near mile marker. 4 an early investigation shows that a black honda accord with 2 occupants was driving northbound when it left the road and crashed into a power pole that overturned the car into a tree. a juvenile passenger was pronounced dead at the scene the driver was taken to the hospital with major injuries. well, congress is trying to tackle anti-semitism with a new bill that could have major impacts on the protestslthat are happening right now at colleges across the country. supporters say the legislation would crack down on hate speech against jewish people. while opponents argue it goes

too far. washington correspondent hannah brandt joins us now live from dc with the latest on all of this. good morning, hannah. >> james, good morning. the building the bill rather is called the anti-semitism awareness act and it it would dramatically change the definition of antisemitism on the federal level, which could have some pretty important consequences. as the israel-hamas war plays out overseas, pro-palestinian protests on college campuses are capturing the attention of congress. it is long past time that congress act to protect jewish americans from the scourge of anti antisemitism on campuses. congressman russell fry says that's why he supports the anti-semitism awareness act. it would change federal anti-discrimination law to use the international holocaust remembrance. alliance's definition of anti-semitism, which would make certain language chance used at protests punishable by law. now more than ever, it is critical that the federal government's definition of anti-semitism.

>> is clear and uniform. congressman michael burgess says that would give the education department more authority. so universities are empowered to take appropriate and decisive steps. >> to keep students safe and respond. exercises of speaks with her so hostile. >> and discriminatory. but congressman jerry nadler argues the bill is too broad. this bill threatens to chill constitutionally protected speech. speech that is critical of israel alone does not constitute unlawful discrimination. instead, some democrats are pushing to pass the countering anti-semitism act, which would establish a national white house coordinator to combat antisemitism congresswoman mary scanlon called that legislation a much more bipartisan solution oriented useful bill. and congressman jim mcgovern agrees saying lawmakers need to come together on this. it is a mistake to not approach these issues with more unifying actions. >> in a split vote, lawmakers did decide to advance this

anti-semitism awareness act out of committee, setting up a vote in the full house for later this week. live in washington. >> all right, hannah, thank you very much. 5.22. the time we're going to take a break. but coming up on the kron 4 morning news, a storage unit goes up in flames in the east goes up in flames in the east bay. we'll tell know so far when you see what it's really like when our skin touches wool... you see why we need downy free and gentle with no perfumes or dyes. it not only makes your clothes softer, it is gentle on your skin. it breathes life into your laundry. dupixent helps people with asthma breathe better in as little as 2 weeks. and when you can breathe better, what isn't better? this is better. this is better. that's better. and that.

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>> we're back at 5. 25 and in the east bay, pittsburgh, police say they've arrested several suspects now in connection with a recent string of catalytic converter thefts during their investigation. they say officers found items that could reveal where stolen converters were being sold. police believe this could unravel a network behind the staffs. officers didn't say

how many suspects there were, but we'll continue following the story. also happening today, the livermore police department is holding a catalytic converter at ching event with lost seat u.s. college again. ching is when catalytic converters are marked with a traceable id and that makes them harder to sell at least legally. the goal is to make catalytic converters less attractive to thieves and easier to trace if stolen cars can can begin lining up, starting at 8 o'clock on loop road. the last vehicle must be in line by 03:00pm. and you don't have to live in livermore, by the way, to take advantage of this. so there was suggestion you come on out. happening right now. today is national adopt a shelter pet day and one in 5 pets in the u.s. are currently homeless. according to a report done by mars. pet care, adopting a new pact will not only give you a loyal companion, but it could also help you form stronger bonds with the people around you. the report found 73% of pet

parents have connected with someone from a different generation culture or racial and ethnic background because of their pets. if you're interested in fostering or adopting a pet. visit your local shelter. ballet's greatest love story returns to san francisco for next week. it's an encore presentation and there's still time to get your tickets. talking about swan lake, a story of love, innocence, seduction and betrayal. and it's on everybody's a must-see list. if you love the ballet tickets can be purchased for as little as $25. it runs for one week only until may 5th. >> and james, we continue to follow breaking news out of concord where fire is going on right now. and it caused the roof to actually collapsed. all have the full details on all have the full details on scene and a live report. breathing claritin clear

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>> well, 5.c0, is the time. let's get a check of weather and traffic here at the half hour. we'll start with john trouble in the weather center. good morning, john. and good morning to you, james. today, we're starting off pretty clear for most areas skies out there looking good from the coast to our inland areas without a lot blocking out your view this morning, golden gate bridge right here. looking nice and clear from sutro tower looking down. we will be seeing a little fog up and down the coastline at times today. so do watch for that. for the most part, though, today is going to be another very mild one coastal breeze is in full effect for areas like santa rosa petaluma streaming right through the russian river into a few spots up north pacifica and half moon bay, a bit breezy as well. while the rest of us are nice and calm, temperatures

will rise pretty quickly. once the sun does eventually come up. right now, it's 40's and don't forget the extra layer this morning. berkley in novato city get staff at 50 degrees right now later today as that will be in the 60's with a lot of 70's along the bay shore as well as inland. michael. >> hey, good morning. everyone will take a look right now at our traffic. you can see nothing major, really happening overall in the bay area. but we'll take a look at some drive times. you can see right here if you're heading over towards 5.80, in the maze from crockett, it's a 60 minute commute. 11 minute commute from walnut creek to 5.80, castro valley to the maze. 14 minute commute. stanley and or to the maze. it's a 10 minute commute. a live look right now and our bay bridge. you can see it's only a 9 minute commute there. so nothing too major. taking a look at the san mateo bridge, 13 minute commute to get onto a look over at the richmond, sandra fell bridge. it's a 7

minute commute over that. and lastly, we'll take a look at r% that golden gate bridge. and you can see it's only 20 minute for that. i'll send it back to james. okay. time now is 5.31. >> and breaking news overnight. a massive fire has engulfed a commercial building in concord fact. nearby roads are closed as a result that could impact your morning commute. if you're in that area. kron four's will tran is live in concord with the very latest. we'll >> james, we are 7 and a half hours since the fire department arrived at the scene and they're not going anywhere because they are still dealing with the hot spots. you can see the latter fully extended shooting thousands of gallons of water down to the vacant building. we do know at one point the firefighters ran in, but it got so dangerous because they realize that the roof was about to collapse. and you can see there's the roof is gone. so they told everybody to get out. let me show you the video at this all went down.

probably even before 10 o'clock at night because the fire department said they got a late start because it's a vacant building. so there are no alarm systems inside to notify them. nobody inside to pick up the phone and call them. they believe this is a building that had plenty of squatters inside. it's a vacant building was known as park plaza. so when they arrived here, it was fully engulfed in flames. but they realize that maybe people were inside, which is why for a short window, it was safe enough to go in there. look for anybody. but then they realized it was simply too dangerous. so they ran out, raise their ladders and started shooting water down to the building. now that the flames had been knocked down, they were able to look through the building. you know, as best as they can. and they say they did not see anybody inside. so no injuries, no fatalities but the damage clearly done because this building has collapsed onto

itself. it had 3 stories. the bottom story was a garage and other 2 stories are office buildings vacant for quite some time. and because it was vacant, james, it was pretty much got it. and that allowed faster. had it been an occupied building with all the safety codes in sight. you can head out live right now. want to show you what's happening. this is at sunset and avenue just approximate maybe a couple of blocks away from the concord bart station. you can see the tracks to the left of your screen. trains are still going by. at one point there were that it would damage or effect at the very least the bar commute through this location. but it's not it was very smoky. some embers landed onto the tracks, but they have been cleared at this particular point. you can clearly see they still have their hands full despite not having the flames but inside

their hot spots. and once they knock all the hot spots out then and only then, will they go inside to find out the cause of this fire? back to you. >> interesting. okay. we'll thank you very much. we'll come back for more updates throughout the morning. it's 5.34 let's head to the east bay where police have arrested a man after attacked 2 people, including piedmont's police chief as kron four's tiffany justice reports that chief is now questioning why the man had been released from jail before serving his full sentence for kidnapping. significantly injured in an unprovoked attack. older gentleman and he had just gotten injuring a couple, my officers. and so it was at that point time, doesn't matter what think. you are. you know, we're in this we know we set up officer. my position would do the same thing. >> on monday, piedmont police chief jeremy bowers recounting attack on friday that had him face to face with a violent suspect around 4.20 in the afternoon. police were called to ace hardware on 12. 21

grand avenue after getting calls about an elderly man getting punched from behind. happened right inside of our front initially we thought it was a medical >> issue because there really wasn't anybody around. we had an elderly customer kind of walk through the door. >> appeared to kind of stop and clean as glasses. and a gentleman walked from outside right behind them. sucker punched him right into back of his head and knocked him out for quite a few minutes. store manager sean braga says the suspect 42 year-old willie gomer, ran back outside. >> and to the building next door, which is their garden center. that's where piedmont police caught up to gomer. she bowers says the suspect immediately initiated a physical confrontation >> attempted to were relegated to having to the on several occasions. in addition our oc spray pepper spray for lack better term. >> all of which proved to be ineffective on the suspect.

officer was injured during the and at that point they were unable to to subdue him and he continued flee southbound on grand avenue towards say. at that point. >> gomer them broke into a home and threatened the resident before running off. keep our decided to strategically placed himself in the direction the suspect was heading. he then found himself in a fistfight with gomer and >> bowled pop right out where i was at and so that in my vehicle, identified giving and advanced on me. >> got basically got on top of them to and that we got. and that is a complication. you know, he's he's punching, trying to get me off and course, having defend myself and prevent him from carjacking me. >> the chief says gomer was released early on parole for auto theft, robbery in kidnapping, along with several parole violations. he says

after reviewing records from donors, kidnapping offense, they learned he was released prior to his full term which would have kept him in jail until 2025. prompting the police chief to question why when i look at that situation with the things i'm thinking, as you know, was he doing out? >> he's clearly a he wasn't in a space where you quite frankly should be in public based off his actions reporting. tiffany justice kron, 4 news. >> 7 or 5.37. is the time in the south bay, a santa clara county sheriff's deputy. >> struck a bystander's car while. well, i should say during the pursuit of a suspect who they believed was driving a stolen car. this was sunday. the crash happened at king road and commodore drive in san jose. those in the car were taken to the hospital as a precaution, but were later released. as for the deputy involved in that crash, that deputy sustained minor injuries. the suspect in that chase was later identified as thomas thatch. he was apprehended and is facing now number of charges, including

evading a police officer. san francisco driver who severely injured a woman he hit in a crosswalk last year was just convicted of a felony hit and run by a jury on thursday was back in october of 2023. that will thomas pulled out of a driveway and hit a pedestrian in the crosswalk at the intersection will farrell and saint joseph street. the victim was a 65 year-old woman. she sustained multiple. brain injuries and rip fractures. thomas now in custody faces up to 3 years in prison. california is going into the pharmaceutical business to combat the ongoing fentanyl crisis as kron four's rob nesbitt reports. governor gavin newsom says the state will begin selling its own generic version of narcan. on monday, governor gavin newsom announced that his administration has secured a cal rx branded over-the-counter naloxone for $24. a pack. >> that's how much the state will pay. but doctor mark galli from california, health and human services says most of the twin packs used to

reverse an overdose will cost consumers. nothing in san francisco. you picked one of many harm reduction or substance use disorder service providers. >> public health clinics, some of the commercial clinics will provide narcan to make it available. free of charge. the goal with the program according to governor newsom's office is to make sure lifesaving medication. >> doesn't result in people going into debt. i spoke with bronze, courtney, from the hiv education and prevention project of alameda county or have pack about the financial struggles. those facing addiction often face. folks were talking about like, am i going to eat? >> or am i going to have narcan or am i going to have, you know, some basic needs some hygiene stuff for my going to have nor can he does harm reduction, work out in the community and non-clinical settings to have pack. >> harm reduction has become a contentious topic when it comes to dealing with addiction. >> san francisco mayor london breed spoke out against it earlier this year because you

know harvard option from my perspective is not reducing the >> those who work in reducing drug overdoses by handing out narcan disagree, referencing years of research and statistics. it's about getting people education information and access to resources that literally keep them alive. that's what harm reduction is about. >> governor newsom's office says the orders have been made for the cheaper narc can and should be arriving as early as next month. >> reporting in the newsroom. i'm rob nesbitt kron 4 news. all right, rob, thank you. 5 40's the time crews spent monday evening cleaning up a fire at a storage facility in fremont. you can see in this photo was pretty serious. this broke out around 6 o'clock monday morning. i should say yeah, in the morning at extra space storage on fremont boulevard crews arrived on scene to find more than 50 units engulfed in flames. >> in a sterage facility, typically people packed and full of whatever the contents were unaware of what those contents are, but they're usually packed fully so you have a heavy fire load so that that always what is going to

create different fire conditions for us. >> well, it took firefighters about an hour to get it out of or out fully. nobody was hurt. the cause is under investigation. well, the group trying to recall alameda county da pamela price holding a press conference today at 1 o'clock that group known as say, the alameda for everyone are safe for short aims to address the critical actions they say are required of the county board of supervisors regarding the recall of price. it will be at the alameda county, administration building. we're going to take a break at 5.41, but still ahead on the kron 4 morning news. the a's are back at home taking on the pirates are going to show you how they fared against them in game one fared against them in game one of that series.

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>> 5.44 is the time. and here are 4 things to know. police are investigating a solo crash that left one person dead in castro valley yesterday. the chp says a black honda accord was driving northbound when it left the road and crashed into a power pole and over turned the car into a tree. this happened at colors road right near mile marker. 4. one of 4 children hit by a car. cupertino on saturday is still in critical condition. investigators say a driver of the pickup truck crashed into another car and then a powerful hitting children who are on the sidewalk. santa clara sheriff's office says the suspect they suspect the driver was under the influence. 2 men have been arrested now in connection with an incident where a safe was stolen from a brentwood

business. officers say dispatch. operators told them that the man had just drove away from the scene. say officers saw the car later found it empty by nearby court. they say they searched the area and found alfredo ter lock and alejandra ramirez. hiding in the bushes. the sfmta meanwhile, is starting a new plan to enforce safer parking. they say citations will be getting the cars parked on sidewalks and bike lanes crosswalks. >> the sfmta says their goal isn't to punish people but the increase safety on the sidewalks and streets. all right. 5.45. let's get over to the weather center. we've got john standing by with a look at our forecast on this tuesday morning. how's it looking out there, john? not so bad. james. get a look at this to happen. bay right now. already getting a little taste of what's about to be a pretty nice sunrise for a lot of the bay area. >> we're not seeing a lot of marine layer out there this morning. there is a cool ocean breeze, though that is going to keep spots like half moon bay down in the upper 50's to low 60's. so cool at the

coastline. where is all swear in the bay area? we're going to be nice and calm under a lot of sun. really comfortable temps. that's pretty much the entire region in courtesy this high-pressure ridge that has built itself up across the region. keeping us dry for a little bit of time. almost like clockwork, though, much as we've seen the past several weeks. the weekend ahead does come along with the switch up. and that is the approach of yet another low-pressure area. this can result in a chance of showers, especially come saturday. here's the extended futurecast. and by saturday, we do have a light chance of showers for the bay. little bit more snowfall up in the sierra nevada. all in all saturday will be cooler. and with that chance of showers, maybe not the one to be planning a whole lot outdoor activities. at least if you're counting on sunshine and warmth, 60's for your daytime highs in the city today. 50's and 60's at the coast. the rest of the bay area 60's to 70's today is going to be that sweet spot for a lot of us. that is just right. so hopefully a day you can enjoy

san jose at 72 fremont right at 70 degrees. 60's from union city. oakland up to berkeley, castor valley in richmond, you'll barely get up to 70 degrees with some mid 70's at warmest for some of our inland areas. a look ahead shows tomorrow's temperatures hitting the low 80's for some inland spots with tomorrow and thursday, being the warmest days of your forecast, we'll gradually brought back off of, you know, the heat after that by saturday. it's only 60's at our warmest with that chance of showers. michael. all right. thanks, john. good morning, everyone. and happy tuesday. the roads are not looking too bad right now. as we know as the morning progresses, things start to. >> get a little bit more slow. but right now, those who are in the south bay, san jose to mountain view, 19 minute commute, you can see everythings good. they're taking a look at the 101. it's a 30 minute commute from san jose to menlo park. you can see that tiny bit of orange there, but that will be cleared out pretty soon. nothing worry about. if you're heading from dublin to fremont using 6 ad, it's a 15 minute

commute. there and taking a look at some drive times for those are a little bit more inland livermore to dublin, 11 minutes. if you're using 6 ad is a just told you dublin to fremont 15 minute 80's inland or to milpitas. you see that morning commute already starting with the delay of 24 minutes milpitas to sunnyvale. a seven-minute commute not too bad. taking a look at one of our hot spots. will we see any up to concord? 23 minutes. everything is moving smoothly. it's just that every day weekday commute. we see those who are in vallejo are heading down over towards crockett. everything seems to be good there. once you get over towards crockett, you're heading to the maze. it's an 18 minute commute. if you decide to use that richmond, sandra fell bridge. we've got a live look for you. you can see it's only 7 minutes to get across over to the north bay. not too bad. once you get over to the maze, you can see those metering lights are on. it's a 12 minute commute from the maze into the city. so not too bad. taking a look at the san mateo bridge. 13 minute commute, not bad. lots traffic flowing there. and just taking a quick look up north a little bit. if you're using 101 to

head into the city, everything is clear there. and lastly, we'll take a look at that golden gate bridge to 19 minute commute over it into san francisco. james, we'll send it back to michael. thank you. time now is 5.49 in the east bay. police now investigating 2 separate shootings that injured 2 people. >> the first shooting happened sunday night. it was just before 11 o'clock on 100th avenue, right near breed avenue. the second shooting happened just after 12, 30 monday morning. that was on 73rd avenue near holly street. investigators say the victim in both of these shootings were taken to nearby hospitals. anyone with information about either shooting is asked to contact police. well, a man used a sword to threaten a restaurant working in santa rosa. and here's a look at it. police say they were called to a business on 4th street writer, old courthouse square sunday and employee told officers that the man had threatened an employee with that sword that tk an alcoholic beverage and walked off. police arrested that suspect after identifying him on surveillance video.

what personal data of millions of kaiser permanente patients may have been leaked because of a data breach. kaiser officials say the leak may have happened when patients logged in to kaiser's websites or even their mobile apps. but they claim that no user names or passwords or social security numbers or financial account information or credit card numbers or transmitted in that bridge. so they believe your information is safe. well, now the bay area baseball, the a's just wrapping up a 10 game road trip on the east coast and they're back home taking on the pirates of the coliseum for the first game of that series kron. 4 sports director jason dumas last with the highlights. >> it's been a trying couple of years for the oakland a's. there's no need to rehash at all because it's all been well publicized. but lost in some of the drama is the fact that this year's team has a bunch of guys who play really hard and it is showing in the standings. let's go to the town. has oakland hosted pittsburgh on monday. now they're coming off of a series

win against baltimore. baltimore. really good team led the majors in wins last season. bottom of the first aids down a run. tyler, nevin. says throw one down to played on me that i do that. clears the wall. a tie on the solo home run. it would take the lead later in the game with a couple sac-fly is now 3 joe boyle. he was silent for oakland on the bump. here. he strikes out michael taylor. he threw 5 innings of one-run ball. he struck out 4. bottom of the frame my guy truly ruiz. i thought this one was going to carry out of there, but he hits the wall. he's in for a double one run. scores a's pad. their lead to 3. they go on to 5 to one day have now won 4 of their last 5 against some good competition. and that orioles now pittsburgh after the game. mark kotsay talk about tyler, nevin and his explosion as an offensive

spark this season. >> this park in the first with a homer tie the game right? you know, get us back into his at bats have been quality. the you know, he grinds out at-bats. he's got enough juice in there to hit homers. as we've seen last couple days, you feel good. and when he's in the box that he's going take a good at bat is going out of the picture, see pitches it's nice to have him here. >> all right. that's your look at sports. >> all right, jason, thank you very much. well, calling all middle schoolers with a passion for nature. the gardens of golden gate park is launching a new outdoor summer program just for kids who love being outdoors. garcon camp activities engage middle school students through the exploration of the gardens, which are made up of the san francisco botanical gardens, the japanese tea gardens and the san francisco conservatory. so if you're interested, check it out. >> all right. coming up in the next hour kron, 4 morning news working too hard can catch up

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>> right now on the kron, 4 morning news, a massive fire breaks out at an empty conquered building. closing multiple streets this morning. we'll have a live report. the san jose police officers association calling on the city now to give them a are more protection after this fight broke out. and we're learning the names of the family killed in a fiery crash pleasanton. will have that update. >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at 6. >> and thanks for waking up with us on tuesday aria and i'm james fletcher. we've got lots to cover on the news front. again, that live report that fire in concord a little bit. so stay tuned. and i saw a half-moon and no we love it. i love seeing that moon, whether it's a half or full and not a lot of cloud cover. indeed. we've got a pretty clear morning and you can see that.