>> right now on the kron, 4 morning news police in the south bay bust a brothel and arrest a man for pimping. we'll tell you where it happened. universities across the nation start cracking down on pro-palestinian demonstrators pushing tensions even higher. we'll tell you what's happening here in the bay area. and that's also the ferry back in service today after damage to the piers finally fixed. we're live at the ferry terminal this morning. >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at 6. >> gord morning and thanks for waking up with us and aria and i'm james on this wednesday morning. we're halfway through the weekend. it looks like we've got word of possible rain this weekend. it's may

1st and not just rain but easy. john it is a huge change because we're going to be so nice and warm these next few days and right back into that cooler wetter weather. >> and just in time for your weekend on saturday, maybe not the best placement. i do. we're looking outside of mount tam right now, though, with a beautiful, brilliant sunrise overhead today through friday. absolutely key days to enjoy with all that sunshine. nice, warm weather, little bit breezy for some inland areas this morning. we do have a wind advisory in solano county to know aside from that, it is a chilly start to what will be a warm day. so don't forget that light jacket this morning. nice brisk morning for the jogging outside. getting some stuff done before we do warm things up. take a look at where daytime highs will 70's to low 80's for warmest of temperatures. today. we're going to stay that way for a couple more days before that massive drop off this weekend, which i'll get to in your forecast. back to you take a look at the commute this morning. if it

has gotten underway. yeah, there are few people there over at the >> bay bridge. the approach may's to fremont street is 11 minutes. and taking a look at the sandra fell. i san mateo bridge, sorry, westbound. 92 is the commute direction. on the right hand side. it's still so light. now's a good time to get out. i mean, unless you just woke up, you're not ready yet. >> over at the richmond, sandra fell bridge. it's an easy ride for 8 minutes was double this one. everybody hits the road. but right now it's an easy commute. that's part of the benefit getting up early. see watching us early, seeing these beautiful shots just as the sun is just about to come up with the golden gate bridge. that's you pay the big bucks to live here, james. all right, 602, is the time. and our top story this morning, the golden gate ferry. we saw the golden gate bridge. well, ferry service between san francisco and sausalito. >> finally back thank god because swimming was getting really tiring. floors. michael thomas is covering this waiting for that first. >> shipped to shove off. i don't know if i can call a but

whatever it is, it hasn't taken off yet. good morning. >> good morning, everyone. i don't see anybody swimming across this morning, but it's been about 2 weeks or so that it's been out of service and it's really cause commuters a little bit of a headache. but it's now back up and running. and we're waiting for those commuters to get here. take a look. we've got video up on your screen now about 2 weeks ago. back on april 19th. that's when the golden gate ferry service was suspended between san francisco and sausalito and it was due to damage that was found during a routine inspection on the piers pylons here in south toledo, officials say the closure was really out of caution. but since and they have had contractors come out and fix the issues of the pier this morning is ready to go and ready to be back in service. take a listen to what some commuters had to say about the situation. >> little guys are not in school, they get to write so it's a family i know people that we appreciate it. i think

moving your bike on their last >> so you can see it's not only used for those daily commuters, but he's already had mentioned earlier to. it's also available for those tourists. so during the time that it was not running, the people did have to use the bus that win over the golden gate bridge. so it really was kind of more of a time-consuming thing. but back out here live, we haven't seen anybody show up quite yet, but we're expecting them within the next hour or so because the first area ferry will set off over to go to san francisco at 7 o'clock this morning. diane james, we'll send it back. yeah, yeah. that swim was along i mean, tell you, we're happy to have that back. thank you,smichael. >> alright 603. is the time. >> court for entire world this encampment and other cameras around the country across the world. that not about the university not about it is lot. >> pro-palestine protests

continue at several college campuses nationwide, including here in the bay area. you're looking at tense now that are covering the quad san francisco state university. the protesters say they're pushing their university and u.s. officials to disclose expenditures that colleges may have had with foreign investors. >> and uc berkeley now the tent encampment there is getting bigger here at sproul plaza. as you can see that in its second week. now. and today, faculty and staff plan to join in with the students who are camping out at noon. the protesters are calling on the university to stop investing in companies that work with israel, especially those involved in making weapons of war on the peninsula. at stanford university, students have been protesting as well and they're concerned about disciplinary action because of what they've been doing. the students tell us that the school got some are since the school sent them disciplinary letters for participating in a protest. >> it start off with 19 for

out of like 2 or 3 more. can't exactly remember who have gone letters from the office of community standards and are basically being put through their internal disciplinary process. the language is very big. >> the protesters would like that language clarified. so they know what penalties and punishments they might be facing. we reached out to stanford about this, but we haven't heard back. >> well, in the south bay, santa clara university also joining in on those protests, students. they're urging administration to take action and called on the government to cease military funding for israel. students who organized the solidarity demonstration are asking people to gather on the alameda lawn of santa clara campuses from 12 until 08:00pm today. >> has these campus protests are escalating around the bay and around the country. congress is looking at what to about this. some house republicans are launching an investigation into the federal funding of the university and they're also pushing to pass new anti-semitism laws. we have our dc correspondent hannah brandt following the latest.

>> house leaders accuse university officials of failing to keep the protests under control and they say not enough is being done to protect jewish students. fireworks erupted at ucla and protesters clashed on campus across the country of colombia. new york police stormed university building to arrest dozens of protesters who have been occupying it. this thing is out of control from capitol hill. lawmakers are watching with concern and house speaker mike johnson warns of universities don't get the chaos under control. you will see congress respond unkind. you're going to see funding begin to dry up. you're going to every level of accountability that we can muster. he says several house committees will investigate the protest and may decide to take away federal funding. and this week, congress is gearing up to vote on a bill to change the federal definition of anti-semitism under anti-discrimination law. the rampant anti-semitism. >> requires action by the federal government. congressman mike lawlor introduced the legislation and

supporters say it would allow universities to crack down on harmful speech. this is not the free marketplace of ideas. >> this is open threats to jewish students because of their faith and who they are. but some worry it goes too far like congresswoman teresa ledger, fernandez, we're constitutionally bound to protect. >> free speech, even more importantly, when it is speech with rich. we do not agree. and congressman pete aguilar prefers letting universities respond. they have guidance. they have they need to enforce those before congress. kate snow once the white house as well, president biden does support peaceful protests. he is concerned about antisemitism on campus and doesn't agree with protesters occupying university buildings. >> in washington, i'm hannah brandt. >> thank you. hannah 608, is a time. in other headlines this morning, 450 homeless families in san francisco will soon receive financial help. they've been chosen as part of the 5 year pilot program funded by google and local nonprofits. half will receive

$1000 a month. the other half will receive just 5 a $50 a month. it's all part of a study aimed at showing guaranteed basic income programs can work to combat poverty and homelessness. the payments will be distributed exclusively to families who are about to lose access to city funded housing subsidies. the program is part of a broader 1 billion dollar effort by google to increase the bay area's housing supply. in the east bay. the alameda county board of supervisors voted to certify the results of the recall petition for district attorney pamela price. and this comes as the state launches an investigation now into one of the groups behind the recall sodhi a price as it in september. her campaign team filed a complaint against the group claiming that group did not comply with certain laws that govern all political committee committees in the state. but this recall investigvtion could take up to several years and penalties could range from a warning to fines, but it won't have an impact if voters decide the recall or to recall priced at

609. and now that the recall signatures are verified. the county board of supervisors has to set a date. >> for that recall kron four's dan kerman breaks down the timeline for this whole recall process. >> this is a frivolous, fraudulent and road are only u.s. election campaign to recall da price. alameda county is at a re us but da price been in office. i have no trust in pamela price. >> ask me i am a victim's family. the problem is not pamela price. the problem is the people who are getting a lock the people who are using drugs. and are out the streets and they're creating all kinds of crime. now that the board is move forward to certify the results, they will hold another meeting on may 14th to set a recall election. >> the special election can be set 88 to 125 days in the future. alternatively, the recall can also take place during the november 5th general election, which would

save the county a boatload of money. if the recall is successful in prices voted out of office, it will be up to the board of supervisors to appoint someone to take over the appointed da will serve 2 years until the next general election in november of 2026, whoever wins that election, we'll finish out prices term which runs until january of 2029. supervisors. no, the da pamela price believes the recall is illegal because the process did not follow the county's charter. in fact, one county supervisor said she hopes the county is sued. so a judge can make a final determination on that. >> nevertheless, the board of supervisors is moving forward on the recall. they will hold a special meeting on the 14th of may which point they will set a date for that recall election. dan kerman kron, 4 news. >> and 6.11 and still ahead on the kron 4 morning news. somebody stole bees from an

oakland resident of the keeper. now, what are they keeper. now, what are they going to do with

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and cache in at cache creek casino resort. >> 6.13, is the time. and here are 4 things to know. police in santa rosa are looking for the driver of a pickup truck that crashed into a motorcyclist yesterday afternoon at the intersection of hopper avenue and airway drive. they say that motorcyclist was traveling eastbound on hopper when that pickup truck made a left turn in front of that motorcyclist in an attempt to turn southbound on to airway. police say the pickup truck drove away from that scene in the motorcyclist suffered life-threatening injuries. a man died after being shot in sunnyvale yesterday morning on the south. bernardo avenue

area. not right near highway 2.37. police say they found a man inside of a car with those gunshot wounds. that man was taken to the hospital, but later died. less than 2 weeks after cutting 14,000 jobs, tesla is set to lay off hundreds more, including 2 senior executives, according to a report by the tech site, the information ceo elon musk sent a letter to those executives saying any employee who doesn't pass the excellent necessary and trustworthy test. we'll be out of a job. the a's beat the pirates 5 to 2 last night. the a's looking to sweep them today during the last game of the series. first pitch is at 12. 37. >> it's 6.14, and happening now it's spare the air smog season for the summer is officially starting out. may 1st and the agency that looks at our air quality says that we should all chip in and try to cut down on the hayes as they say it. nicely. share a try commute less, drive less.

make less trips in >> and the car walk stuff like that. gas power things, you know, like doing a lot. i know james does his party to do any long work? does nothing it's easily warmer temperatures as they kick in. >> that creates the atmosphere for the unhealthy air quality. yes, that's just what happens in every now and you need be like a good shower to clean out the air. yeah, we're going to this is show and it's good for allergies to a new tampa down all that stuff. strip and good morning, jon. the next few days that. yeah, that icing whether to get out there than the dampening down. >> i've been tracking this sunrise all morning. is luke's be even better now, this is your view from mount tam and take a minute to take that right there. >> crystal, clear skies, not all that easy this morning. we've had a lot of wind pushing in syria, not really noticing that cap across the bay. so this is a bit of good news on the start of what is the poor air quality season. we are looking outside at that sunrise and are all our

sunshine that we're going to be seeing later today. we are still seeing fairly breezy conditions at the coast. most notably winds have picked up inland, though. a gale warning along the coastline still in effect for the marine and sonoma coast. while we are looking at the wind advisory still remaining in effect through 05:00pm today for solano county as well as the rest of the central valley. strong northwesterly breeze kicking up in there. if it was a little bit later in the year, that would introduce a higher fire. danger risks are not really looking at that right now in that rainfall we have this weekend as part of the reason for that, we're still very green honor hillsides. and despite some warm and dry days that we've had, we've interspersed them with some cooler and wetter days. and we've got another one of those on saturday. saturday comes along with showers across the bay area in models are in alignment that this is going to be some pretty solid shower activity at that from friday night through the day on saturday, snowfall up in the sierra, nevada is going to be at lower elevations than the last time around as well. so relatively

cold system making its way in from the northwest in a late season system at that bay area will see anywhere between the 3rd and 3 quarters of an inch of rainfall. pretty decent. all things considered up on the north coast, multiple inches of it and up in the sierra nevada, we are going to be talking as much as a foot to even 2 feet of snowfall. this highest of elevations, donner summit as well as that go past on highway 15. i-80 are going to be snowpack to come saturday and friday nights. so if you're heading up there, bring the chains with the app. as for today, daytime highs are going to be very mild. you'd never know that we have this wintery switch up around the corner. it's going to be 60's at the coast and then 70's to even low 80's for most of the rest of us redwood city at 73 today, south bay temperatures mid to upper 70's for you and the east bay mid to upper 70's as well. hayward i-74 oakland comfortably at 73 concord, pittsburgh, fairfield are very warm spots each getting up to

80 degrees today. looking ahead, tomorrow's temperatures as well as friday's just as warm as today is in many cases. lots of sunshine through the end of the week. saturday comes along with a plunge in temperatures, low 60's for warmest of highs. rainfall throughout the day. clearing quickly, though, and by sunday, pretty cleared out and smooth sailing into next week. daria, thank you. john. looks like everybody most to her that there was nobody bay bridge because now you've got plenty of from the maze to fremont street. it's 15 minutes. >> in the sunshine, like john has been saying, looks pretty here at the san mateo bridge westbound. 92 looks nice as well. traffic rolling at the limit on the right hand side. that's the commute direction. over at the richmond, sandra fell bridge. everybody did wake up at once as well because suddenly there are all 3, 4, lanes. >> taken but not really slow. it's about a 10 minute ride for you. get from richmond over the bridge and into sandra fell. and on the golden gate bridge, things are looking goal. then it's easy. the flag is just slightly blowing and there's a car too. nothing big has heated up there yet.

>> alright, 6.19, is the time and a bizarre theft in oakland after a bee keeper says someone stole her colony of 15,000 bees and its queen. who do something like this? well, susan donoghue has lived in oakland for nearly 3 decades. she was actually hosting a honey tasting event in her rockridge neighborhood saturday morning. so she set up a table with a b observation hive and then went back into her home to grab some honey to share it with those outside. but she says when she came out, she saw that somebody's head apparently pulled up, stole the bees. donahue says the thieves not only stole from her, but they also took an experience away from the kids. >> and saying the kids come looking for that observation hive or to see the bees and then having explained to them. that they got stolen. and that somebody would steal. these is really. >> disheartening to me. just

getting tired the cycle. we're not coming out of hand. >> feeling really? and represented policymakers. >> well, donahue is part of the alameda county beekeepers association. she says commercial bee colony theft happens in rural areas. but not typically local areas. donahue filed a police report online. she hasn't heard anything back though. >> time now, 6.20, and the oakland city council has voted to approve the contract for oakland's new police chief floyd mitchell. under the terms, mitchell will get an annual salary of about $365,000. including the $325,000 salary that comes from the premium pay required by the contract between the oakland police department, the management association and the city mitchell also get a monthly car allowance of 750 bucks. >> well, san francisco officials now declaring may

national hepatitis awareness month and it coincides with asian american and pacific islander heritage month because according to the cdc, the api community is at increased risk for hepatitis here in the u.s. san francisco. officials say they want to make hepatitis b awareness, a public health priority because the city has one of the largest api populations in the country. >> hepatitis b, disproportionately affects asian americans. only 6% of the u.s. population is a a p i but that 6% accounts for 58% of americans living with hepatitis b. >> francisco supervisor joel and cardio is also demanding health officials expand services to treat people and expand awareness. >> time now 6.22. and coming up on the kron 4 morning news the push to get a new utopian city built in california is moving forward. we'll see where california forever is now. and check your pantries

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it's 6.24. and a man has been arrested in the north bay for firing his gun several times outside apartment complex. >> and then being drunk in his car where police found of this happened monday night in sandra fell. police found all the shell casings first, 14 casings in the parking lot and they found the man passed out in his car. he was booked into the marion county jail. in the

south bay. a san jose lawmaker wants to put an end to trafficking in the city. councilmember bn don't wants to put phone numbers on posters in bathroom stalls and on bathroom mirrors in public restroom. so victims can call for help and report trafficking. similar signs can already be found at the san jose airport, according to the south bay coalition to end human trafficking, trafficking represents 77% of all human trafficking and more than 60% of trafficking victims in the nation. our girls, women women that identify as people of color. for your health, there are now calls right now a recall of organic walnuts tied to an e-coli outbreak. >> so the nuts were sold in natural food and co-op stores by hollister based gibson farms incorporated now potentially affected walnuts. have an expiration date between may 20st and june 7th of 2025. e-coli. bacteria can

cause severe stomach cramps, diarrhea, vomiting, symptoms start 3 to 4 days after consuming the food. the fda says multiple bay area stores now have may have received these walnuts, including stores in berkeley, santa rosa, san francisco, palo alto, castro valley and others. the fda has a complete list of stores that may receive these walnuts on their website. we're going to take a break here at 6.26. but coming up on the kron, 4 morning news, we are halfway there. recount almost done in the highly contentious race for silicon valley is rumor spread about who started. about who started. >> the push for this recount.

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>> 6.29 right now and get to see the moon. if you're getting up at this time kind of like, it was so cool against the water this morning. i'm not benefit of -etting up early. i suppose. >> well, if you're waking up just now you're enjoying the sun. it's coming down brilliantly just about everywhere. john, good morning. from the mood to it's crystal clear. up above from a nice few above amount. and we've got that sunrise right here and a gorgeous way to start this morning. we are going to be looking at skies clear throughout the course of the day today. so more of that sunrise and more sunshine into the afternoon. that will warm us up. definitely windy for our inland areas. vacaville fairfield, 30 to 25 miles per hour. gusts right now, a wind advisory for you. most of the rest of us are a little calmer than yesterday. 40's to 50's for current temperatures. it's deceiving the cold out there. when you look at that sign, you think we've got a nice warm morning, but it's actually a little chillier than yesterday. so go ahead, throw the jackets on over the next couple of hours later on

today, shorts and t-shirts again with some 70's to low 80's for your daytime highs. it's going to stay fairly warm through friday. that's before a big weekend. cooldown and another round of rain and even mountain snow. the details on all of that are still to come. back to you. all right. let's take a peek at the commute right now and all that sunshine, as you can see here at the bay bridge. >> drive times. still pretty good. just 16 minutes through the maze. there over at the san mateo bridge. they've got a lot of sun here in the rearview mirror and you can see westbound 92 on the right hand side. just 16 minutes there. also, i guess that's the magic number today. 12 minutes, though, are the richmond center fell bridge a little less more of a breeze. look, there's plenty of room between cars. you can change lanes and everything. just do with a blank or that's what they tell me. >> golden gate bridge. if you're using highway 101, from 37 to the toll plaza and this shot. that's all the way through nevado down to. >> a getting over the bridge to san francisco. she's going to take in 19 minutes. that's pretty much at the speed limit

6. 31 and in the south bay, a brothel is busted in san jose right in the middle of a neighborhood. now police say they arrested a man for pimping and found 2 women inside of that home where they believe may be human trafficking victims. proffers jack moment has the story. >> 2 weeks ago, this house right here that's moving out was the site of a police raid where officers say they busted a commercial brothel. >> police say they've been looking at this home of 16th and saint james since november. tuesday evening, a moving dropped. the men here speak mandarin and tell me they were hired to move belongings out of here. they say they don't know anything about what happened here earlier in april week or 2 ago or use in its recently moved into the neighborhood and says a bunch of police officers showed up 11:00am several days ago busting what they say is a commercial brothel. >> disturbing details to shun who is a san jose state student for sure show. i mean, like any crime is a concern to but especially since i live like right across the street,

police also arrested shoe chain the 53 year-old man now charged with pimping and pandering. they found 2 women living in the home who they say are possible human trafficking victims along with a bunch of cash and has been going off. hello, neighbor's of includes by say this has been going on for months. >> bound to have eye. it's been going off to fight 4th of july last year. anthony garcia has lived next door here all his life and says he's seen men come and go out of this house since last summer. just wants a life safety for my sister and my niece stuff. and while the investigation is ongoing, garcia says now. >> he has some peace of mind until now that they're out here. i'm like a sign relief. in san jose. jack moment. kron 4 news. >> it's 6.33. and today's may first and it marks international workers day and a group in san francisco is going to march to city hall at 10 o'clock this morning. they are aiming immigrants rights activists, workers and antiwar organizers. they'll be

organizing it. mission. and 24 street bart station there. and they're going san francisco city hall and the man and investment and workers and an immigrant communities and not war. and, you know, in the city, there's a budget crisis is threatening critical services for immigrant workers. so they are calling for that to be looked at as well as justice in the middle east 6.33. and speaking of workers, janitors in the bay area. >> who work at california's biggest office buildings and tech campus is they're rallying today to draw attention to the fact their you're their union contracts are set to expire soon and they're working on a new deal right now with their union committee negotiating. >> trying to >> reduce excessive workloads. they say that abuse or abuse and exploit janitors based on their status. they also say they're not paid enough. they want better working conditions. there is a study that finds a 3rd of janitors

in california were injured on the job last year. if they don't reach a resolution for a contract. the janitors plan to strike as early as may 7th. >> also happening today, students from across the oakland unified school district are planning a walkout in solidarity with the protests happening at the university's for palestine, oakland tech. high school will be one of those schools from around the district participating. their walkout is planned at noon today. they will have speakers from their student body along with teachers discussing the events unfolding in gaza. meantime, 50 former google employees are filing an official complaint now against the company for unlawful termination. 2 weeks ago. you may remember those employees were holding a sit-in protest at google's offices in sunnyvale and new york in the wake of that, the company fired them last week after finding out which employees participated. the workers filed a complaint saying google unlawfully retaliated against them. the protesters say they want their jobs back and google to allow workers to protest without retaliation.

>> kron 4 is your local election headquarters and the recount and the highly contentious race or silicon valley 16th congressional a seat is effectively half over, right? yeah. meantime, santa clara county finished. it's part of the recounts. the san mateo county. >> officials say they'll announce their results today. kron four's catherine heenan takes a closer look. >> santa clara county voting officials say their recount shows evan low picked up 11 additional votes. joe summit, ian gained 7 so low lead summit, ian, by 4 votes in santa clara county. but that does not answer the question of whether low one san mateo county still has more than a dozen challenge to ballots and official there told me they have finished counting them but won't announce the results until wednesday after campaign attorneys and others get a chance to review the numbers. meantime, sam liccardo published an opinion piece in

which he again rejects claims that he's behind the recount because a former staffer named jonathan padilla requested it. he says the fact that padilla is a supporter of mine is not remarkable. every independent expenditure committee in history has been created by a candidate supporter. i think the cargo is doing the smart thing, which is. >> he's trying to get ahead of whatever the results are because someone is going to win that was going to lose and it's going to lose main all probability trained, blame liccardo the fact and said of the 3 person race, it's a 2 person race. michael yaki also agrees with lockhart called for. >> automatic recounts a close election which may have lessened the political drama. >> because you want to kind of get the politics out of this and just getting into issue of voter integrity every vote counts. i would hope that the california legislature after this, we would mandate as a as a requirement in the california electoral process that automatic recounts be

available in united states house of representative races in the case of a tie. as it was catherine hannah. >> kron. 4 news. it's 6.37, and a lack of leadership and a lack of guidance is what a city audit found where the reasons behind oakland's missing out on applying for that state organized retail theft grant. that grant would have helped with the theft problem that oakland and other various cities are seeing that oakland missed out on the money. the oakland police department started preparing an application, but the city's economic and workforce development department didn't start doing their application until june, which was after the deadline. and in the end, the audit found that nobody knew who was in charge of the flying. so both departments are struggling to submit different elements of the application and the july 7 deadline came and went and they missed out on that money to help crime. the audit noted the application may have been submitted on time if mayor

sheng thao had exercise more leadership. on the peninsula. a lawsuit has been filed now, the san mateo county superior court against famous. >> boxer mike tyson after a fight broke out on a jet blue flight. it happened on a fort myers bound flight from sfo. this was back in 2022, the lawsuit alleges that tyson started physically assaulting melvin, george townsend before the flight departed the assault of towns in with injuries and blood dripping from his face. tyson's camp, though released a statement saying it townson had been aggressive and threw a water bottle at tyson, though the water bottle isn't apparent. in the short video clips that have gone viral. the suit also claims negligence on the part of jetblue. >> it's 6 39 and in the north bay, marine county sheriff's deputies have mill valley middle school teacher for crimes and darren smith r mill valley teacher. he works for the district. he's a music teacher from mill valley and

he was arrested on suspicion of lewd acts with a child and continuous abuse. he's worked with the district since 2013 and now he's on administrative leave and he was booked into the marion county jail. >> in the north bay, california, forever. that group working to build a new city in solano county says it has more than enough signatures to qualify its initiative for the november ballot. >> so i don't voters have made that first decision. and they have made loud and over 20,000 to lionel residence have signed the petition. >> well, if verified voters will decide whether allow construction of this new utopian city on land that's currently zoned for agriculture. the new town is being described as a green city for up to 400,000 people. >> 6.40, right now and the dea is proposing reclassifying

cannabis. so that would be seems tylenol right now. it's a schedule one and they want to change it to a schedule. three-drug cannabis industry is celebrating this as a big win. the national cannabis association ceo says that for years marijuana has been viewed federally as having no additional value and a higher potential for abuse changing the classification could be a game-changer for companies because it would remove a very difficult tax code problem. >> businesses are unable to deduct things like to rent their payroll and marketing expenses, their compliance costs, the cost of the security cameras in their in their facilities. >> some dispensary owners say that if this change does get approved and they're going to be able to attract more investors and free up capital, i'm moving to a schedule. three-drug would put marijuana in the same class as tylenol. the proposal still has to be reviewed by the white house, but the national cannabis association ceo is predicting that it's going to happen and

they think it could happen before the november election. right? >> well, 6.41, is the time. and still ahead on the kron 4 morning news. the a's coming out on top again while taking

>> 6.43 and here are 4 things to know. the oakland city council just voted to approve the contract for oakland's new police chief floyd michel. under the terms of the deal he's going make about $365,000 a year. there is a recall you need to know about if you eat

walnuts. there are these organic walnuts from hollister that are tied to e-coli outbreak. so there are cities around the bay and stores that have recalled the nuts. they're part of his. they've been the nuts are from gibson farms and they have an expiration date of between may 20st and june, 7th of 2025. e-coli bacteria can cause stomach cramps, diarrhea, and vomiting. san francisco officials are declaring may and this is may first national hepatitis awareness awareness month and it coincides with api month. and that's because the api community is a greater risk for hepatitis in the u.s. and they want to make that a public health priority. and with may 1st comes a warning about spare the air summer smog season. the agency that regulates our air is asking you to do your part by try not to drive so much and do anything you can do to reduce. >> all of that small that we sometimes.

>> well, looks like more people are moving to california and fewer people are leaving. that's according to the california department of finance last year, california's population increased by 67,000 people. the growth is attributed to an increase in legal for an immigration and natural population increases. this is the first year since 2020 state has seen and that increase. and you know what else saw population spike, sea lion population pier. it exploded. look. it is. >> which you see these shots. you can't put a lawn chair out there right next to them look all those of floating platforms are absolutely filled with see lines. they said about 800 came yesterday to enjoy the warm weather we had around the baby's its customers. more anchovies, french where the food is. the sea lions will quickly follow. and sunshine. they just lay there. i think they the first time they've account this high 7 years. yeah, and it's always a great tourist attraction and i love to see the platform's

completely full. but, you know, the populations healthy so great. and i asked. you want me to do this out effect for not really back. and we got it. but look at that sunshine. another few days. do we get some rain here? they're just all crowd and enjoy that side. if i was the c line and want to be up there, too. today is going to be another nice sunny day and another warm day to san jose. got all that sunshine overhead this morning in you are going to be in the upper 70's later on today. >> now skies may be clear, but we are a little bit breezy out there in particular out towards the central valley and up and down the coastline. mix of a gale warning right up the marine in sonoma coast still in effect through tomorrow morning. and then also a wind advisory in our inland areas for solano county, out to the central valley, about 30 to 40 miles per hour. wind gusts along 80's corridor and 5, 80 up in solano county today. now we are seeing a high pressure. ridge built up to the west of

us contributing to what will be a dry next couple of days. but come saturday. huge, cool down and temperatures in yet another weekend. weather maker just around the corner. so like we've seen so much this past season. we are seeing nice clear skies during the week and then a cool down and rain into the weekend. showers will continue from friday night into saturday models are in alignment down that we could be seeing well over half an inch for many urban areas of rain in the bay area in multiple feet of snowfall. up in the sierra nevada, san francisco and the rest of the bay area in with anywhere between a 3rd of an inch to three-quarters of an inch of rainfall this weekend, multiple inches of it. eureka northward. and then as we see the sierra going to be looking at well over a foot of snowfall in those higher elevations and snowfall at lower elevations this time around than what we saw just over a week ago. so definitely if you're getting up to the sierra this weekend, do not forget the chains. temperatures today are going

to be really mild. a lot of 70's on the map today. a few 60's out along the coastline and even a couple of low 80's at or very warmest today is going to be a crystal clear day. they'll be a little bit breezy for some inland areas. absolutely. a beautiful day to be stepping outside. hopefully enjoying some time outdoors. union city and hayward at 74 san leandro. at 75 concord, pittsburgh and fairfield will be our spots hitting 80 degrees for your daytime highs. tomorrow's temperatures as well as friday's pretty much a holding pattern of upper 70's to low 80's that the warmest and then a 20 degree drop in temps barely make in the low 60's by saturday with rainfall likely throughout the day. james. all right, john, thank you very much. let's check the roads quickly this morning. a bridge check for you. no major problems out there to slow you down. so >> so far, so good. your bay bridge ride from oakland and san francisco running in just 15 minutes this morning. the san mateo bridge westbound 92 from hayward out to foster city. it's a little bit longer of a commute for you there. 25

minutes. but that still nothing too terribly out of the ordinary. the richmond, sandra fell bridge west bound 5.80, from richmond out to sandra fell looking good. 13 minutes to cross that part of san pablo bay. and then our final stop. the golden gate bridge where the ride southbound on 1, 1, looking pretty good. it's about 20 minutes to get from the battle down into san francisco 6.49. and it was a deadly collision between a man was on a moped and a big rig. >> near the bay bridge. this happened yesterday morning on eastbound highway 80 at the connector ramp to southbound 8.80, in the macarthur maze. we're not sure how but the moped collided with the big rig and the rider was killed. lanes were shut down for about 3 hours while police investigated. in the south bay. police in sunnyvale are investigating a deadly shooting that happened just after midnight early yesterday morning. and south bernardo avenue near highway 2.37. and that's where police found the victim. that was a man who had been shot and he was in his car. he was taken to the

hospital where he died. less than 2 weeks after cutting 14,000 jobs. tesla now set to lay off hundreds more, including 2 senior executives. >> according to a report by the tech site, the information elon musk sent a letter to those executives saying any employee who doesn't pass the quote, excellent, necessary and trustworthy test. we'll be out of a job. a previous report by bloomberg says that tesla could end up cutting more than 20,000 employees in total. no word if any of those layoffs will happen here in the bay area. bull let you know when we find out. >> it's 6.50, and we want to talk baseball. the a's taking on the pirates at the coliseum and the second game this year. that's right. and kron 4 sports director jason dumas lets us know how it worked out. flying under the radar. the a's have been one of baseball's hottest teams over the last couple of weeks. look to keep it going. >> on this day, let's head to the town as they were hosting the pirates at the coliseum.

looking to make it 2 in a row over the pirates. second ending. we have a tie game to offer tyler, nevin first. i've been raking. if that one out to right. that brings in the go ahead, run lead it 2 to same score in the 50's until jj bleday. turns on this one. that lands in budweiser receipts, his second of the season. he wasn't done later in the game. in the 7th, he hits another one. this today center. the a's go on to win 5 to 2 after the game. talking about that. >> think our camaraderie is really good. i mean, it's a night and day difference from last year to this year. you know, we're doing the little things, you know, coming feel prepared, ready to go. mean, you can see the difference in spring training and leading up until now. that are pitchers have been doing a great stars and bullpen. now starting to swing the bat a little bit better. and continue to do that. you know, of i think

we're going to go well. >> all right. other news, the red sox took down the giants in the opener of their series. that series continues tonight. all right. that's a look at sports. >> time now 6.52. and coming up on the kron 4 morning news. google is launching a new study to help combat homelessness. see how that could help bay area families could help bay area families in need. ♪ ♪ whether someone is across the neighborhood,

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>> 65 right now, the raiders are inviting fans to come party on the high seas. it's a

seven-day cruise to the mexican the ship's going have an open bar mini-golf casino and of course, plenty of raiders alumni will be on board. they'll sign stuff for you have dining experiences. >> the rooms range from $2,600 to 16,000. >> and they set sail from the port of los angeles in march of next year. that's for fans. yeah. >> well, check this out. southwest airlines is launching a compensation program for that 2022. holiday travel meltdown. remember that nearly 17,000 flights were canceled because of bad weather and outdated computer software that melted down. 2 million passengers were left stranded across the u.s. now this compensation package provides traveler travel vouchers of $75 or more to passengers who are delayed at least 3 hours back in december 2022, the airline says it had quietly launched the program back on april 16th. the carriers already heard from a few 1000 customers looking to

claim those vouchers. okay. coming up in the next hour of the kron 4 morning news. the new sausalito ferry is back in service this morning after. >> being down for a couple of weeks. we're going to be live there talking to people catching a ride this morning. plus, an investigation now launched into a group that's part of the recall of alameda county district attorney pamela price as the county board of supervisors now certify the signatures needed to put that recall movement on the ballot. and new protests on college campuses continue in the bay area and nationwide will tell you how congress is responding. right now on the

kron. 4 morning news police in the south bay bust a brothel and arrest a man for pimping. we'll tell you where this happened. universities across the nation start cracking down on pro-palestinian demonstrators pushing tensions even higher. we'll tell you what's happening here in the bay area. and that's also it will ferry back in service today after damage to the piers finally fixed. we're live there at the terminal. >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at 7. >> good morning and thanks for waking up with us at 7 o'clock on a wednesday. there you go. do i want a prize or just good job. remembering that we are james. you've got john here. but it's for and out. first day of