>> now it to a dangerous drive to school. what happened when a mother driving her daughter to classed tried to get away from the shooting? we're hearing from a family member of one of the victims who survived. plus the pro-palestinian palestine

encampments are growing at bay area. universities as a rest across the country are now topping 2000 people. plus, it's the end of an era wyatt beloved east bay comic shop has decide to close its stores. how longtime customers are now reacting. news station. >> he's calling for news 2. >> thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 news at 2. i'm justine waldman and there were some scary moments as a woman and her daughter were caught in the cross-fire east. oakland this morning happened just before 8 right near 98th and cherokee avenues about a block away from bishop o'dowd high school kron. 4 s charles clifford has the latest. >> well, here in oakland on thursday, 2 people were taken to the hospital after their vehicle was caught in an exchange of gunfire. around 7.45. thursday morning, a woman driving her daughter to school was caught in the exchange of gunfire here near 98 and cherokee. according to her husband, the woman tried

to drive away, but their suv was struck by another car and flipped onto its side. the woman and her daughter managed to crawl away from their car. the driver of the other vehicle flat. >> pretty scary knowing that she was in his accident. everything according to the woman's husband who drove to the scene, she and their daughter going to be ok, but were taken to the hospital just as a precaution or my daughter actually in the car. while the gunfire was going. >> yeah. from what i was told, the other people jump to another vehicle and drove at this point. it's unclear why shots were fired or by whom. >> oakland police department is investigating but so far have not identified any suspects or motive. now, this incident did occur near bishop o'dowd high school, but the school was not impacted in any way. >> anyone with information is asked to reach out to the oakland police department. but for now in the east bay, charles clifford kron, d news. >> and the city of oakland is embracing some positive trends when it comes to crime. the most recent police statistics are showing violent crime has dropped in several key

categories. notably homicides and assaults kron four's terisa stasio tells us what the city is crediting for this drop and also what areas the city hall wants to continue to improve on. >> violent crime down in the city of oakland, i think it's definitely too early for us to be celebrating where we're not resting on these early numbers. we're feeling encouraged by the numbers. doctor holly joshi is the chief of violence prevention of the city of oakland. take a look at the latest data released by the city. the chart shows homicides are down by 17% in 2024. compared to 2023. >> assaults dropped by 4% and assault with firearms dropped 21%. wright was down. 21% overall violent crime is down in oakland by 33%. >> definitely attributing to implementation of the cease-fire strategy, which is not new to a client. we successfully implemented to

strategy from 2012 to 2019 and had significant reductions in violent crime across the city. >> doctor joshi credit, several programs including cease-fire coming back into the fold. >> the police department's side of that relentless 13 looks like enforcement. but the department of violence prevention's relentless pursuit of those individuals looks like getting them on track. inspiring the behavioral changes needed to prevent further victimization engagement in violence and incarceration and essentially offering them a second choice to a second option. and the opportunity to actually get out of the cycle of violence that many of them feel trapped into. >> the data is not all positive, though. robberies are ticking upward since the beginning of the year. robbers have climbed 11% and residential robberies up 100 and 18%. the reality is is it's where the people live. >> and the people that i talked to an open and i talked to quite a bit. they do not feel safe and this in their

city or in their own homes. >> coming up on kron, 4 news at 3 o'clock community member bishop bob jackson, who plays a role in the ceasefire program. shares how he says perception is playing a major role in how oaklanders feel these days. theresa kron, 4 news. >> and the search is on right now for a man suspected of killing 2 people inside of a livermore hotel officers currently looking for 30 year-old johnston, vasquez of oakland. this past saturday. police responding to a report of a shooting at the laquinta inn on south front road near 5.80, they found a 26 year-old woman and a 21 year-old man who had been shot inside of a room both they say were dead. it was determined that vazquez new one of the victims, officials say he should be considered armed and dangerous. anyone with information should call police. and that's a big story we've been following the

nation-wide pro-palestinian, palestinian protests, students at the university of san francisco have now joined in the demonstrations. they have launched an encampment on campus at welsh field. the demonstrators are demanding that the school disclose all financial investments in israel's military and pull those investments. also a pro-palestine encampment at white memorial plaza on the stanford campus now in its second week, some students that we spoke with say they have noticed additional security measures around the campus. kron 4 did reach out to pull off to police. they say they have not provided any assistance to the university at this time regarding the safety of students already plans to possibly remove this encampment. and we do know of at least 2 injuries after an aggravated assault encampment on the uc berkeley campus. this is video now of upper sproul plaza was from yesterday afternoon hours after police say there was a physical altercation between 2 opposing groups. one group is attempting to steal the other

groups. flag medical personnel called in to treat the people who are hurt. we do not know how bad the injuries are. at least 200 people were arrested overnight, though, at ucla. that brings the nationwide total of arrest to more than 2000 since mid-april. there were some chaotic scenes playing out earlier this morning with officers in riot gear. workers cleaning up this encampment had to haul away sheets of plywood that were used as a barricade. they has been sweeping trash from the graffiti covered steps. governor gavin newsom releasing a statement condemning the violence at ucla. it reads here, the law is clear the right to free speech does not extend. to inciting violence. vandalism or lawlessness on campus. those who engage in illegal behavior must be held accountable for their action, including through criminal prosecution suspension or expulsion. and the california legislative jewish caucus is expressing their disappointment with how ucla leadership is handling the demonstrations. the co-chairs

assembly member jesse gabriel and san francisco. senator scott wiener releasing a statement saying that they support free speech. it also reads in part here, the last few days of protests at ucla, have targeted jewish students in a way that is anything but peaceful. we are appalled by the physical abuse violence, hate speech and intimidation that have been directed at jewish students over the past several days. the fact that the ucla administration allowed this dangerous and overt discrimination to persist unchecked for so long is shameful. and here now some new body camera video capturing the kayak. chaotic moments went the nypd stormed into columbia university. police breaking down barriers to arrest the demonstrators who barricaded inside earlier this week. the nypd says nearly half >> of the nearly 300 people arrested at columbia university and the city college of new york were not students either school. new

york mayor eric adams says there's evidence that the agitators were trained professionals. police arrested dozens of protesters at washington university in st. louis, missouri. >> video captured a 65 year-old history professor being taken down by officers and man wearing a yellow jacket there was identified by his wife is stephen to marie, a 65 year-old history professor at southern illinois university. he can be seen there recording the protest being tackled to the ground as well. the university issued a statement saying a total of 100 people were arrested, including 23 students and at least 4 employees. 3 officers were injured. and earlier today, president joe biden addressed the nation saying, well, students have a right to protest order must prevail. >> violent protest is not protected. peaceful protest she gets along. violence occurs, destroying property is not a peaceful protest against the law. vandalism truss

passion, breaking windows, shutting down campuses, forcing the cancellation of classes and graduation. none of this is a peaceful protest. >> the president largely sidestepped protesters demands which have included ending u.s. support for israeli military operations and asked after his remarks, whether the remonstrations would prompt him to consider changing course. he responded with a simple no. stay with us here on kron 4 and on our website. kron 4 dot com for the latest information on the war between israel, hamas. we have more details about the campus protests. also the latest on the hostages. just go to our website. kron 4 dot com. a qr code will take you right there. beautiful day across the bay area. we're going to talk about our weather forecast right now is a live look we can see what's going on from our mount tam cam meteorologist kyla grogan here with details. and it's a chef's kiss. kind get used to this, right. the blue skies

little bit of wind. so we have that contend with with a nice warm temperatures. no doubt about it. take a look at this, everybody. 75 in san jose. 78 in santa rosa and head to antioch in every space. 79 degrees. 78 in concord's even around the bay. really nice. 64 in downtown san francisco. 67 in oakland. well, above average, right? we do have this one sticking point once again on shore flow. you see a little bit of that wind kicking up here in san francisco to about 23 miles per hour. some of it translating across the bay. but it does mean that it's going to be little blustery out there and stormtracker 4 showing you that the clouds are a little bit closer to us today because that high pressure is backed off a little bit. but for the most part, we just got those beautiful blue skies once again, as i zoom out here, though, you can kind of see where that high pressure is. it has moved a little bit out and that is ultimately going to give way to some low pressure moving in. that's going to change our forecast drastically to the tune of some rain and some very chilly temperatures we get into the weekend, but we're not there yet. that's for sure. we've got one more of these lovely, clear nights out there.

tonight will be a little gusty temperatures will be warm, though, about 48 about 55 degrees. so really nice mild evening. if you have plans to be out and about. but this is the big story everyone's talking about. we've got rain coming as we head towards the weekend. i'll be back in just a bit. we'll track that for you and show your 7 day forecast. all right. coming up, hear why public health officials and lgbtq+ groups are speaking out against mayor london breed's. >> latest multi-billion dollar bond proposal. plus, a sudden death of another boeing whistleblower wide. the employee was sounding the alarm. but first, a worldwide tradition that started in the east bay is coming to an end this weekend at the store that this weekend at the store that started it all.

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book day is celebrated worldwide. more than 2 decades ago. the annual event was founded at a comic store in concord and on saturday, flying colors. comics will distribute thousands of free comics. >> but as kron 4 street journal reports this year, the event is bittersweet because will be the last one at that story broke haitian. >> andrew's imagination has been coming to life on paper at flying colors, comics and other cool stuff in concord since he was a kid infatuated with the story lines and camaraderie with other comic enthusiasts. just the environment. the stories you can get out of comic it's a fun vibe. it pains andrew to know this storefronts time at oak grove plaza is coming to a close owner. joe field says the landlord is not offering to renew his lease which ends in january. another tough blow for the shopping center. >> that lost another mom and pop business heads up sports

last year. we've had a good run here and we don't own the building. so we really have no say in as too. >> whether they want us to continue here. not field is determined to keep the business open in some capacity by possibly reopening at a new location in town. no, he has not determined a closing date for now. he is focusing his efforts on free comic book day saturday. may 4 field has been in business. 35 years and founded the event 23 years ago, which has caught on worldwide thing. 66 different countries. >> know, more than a million people attend free comic book day we've given away tens of millions of comics includes cost play and other fun and will give patrons a chance to celebrate the storm's impact on the community. kids who were struggling find comics and all of a sudden. >> their test scores go way up. i know it that the store

is closing, but i hope they find a new location. can keep it going. all we've really tried to do is spread happiness through comics. >> and we've done that pretty well for a long, long time. saturday's event starts at 11 o'clock in the morning and runs through 7 o'clock at night here at the store front. >> on treat boulevard in concord, philippe djegal, all kron. 4 news. >> a second whistleblower who raised concerns about aviation giant boeing has now died. 45 year-old joshua dean died tuesday morning from a severe infection. he had worked as a quality auditor at spirit aerosystems, which is a company that builds the parts for boeing. dean was reportedly in good health until about 2 weeks ago when he was admitted to the hospital in 2022, he raised concerns about manufacturing safety on some of the boeing 7.37. max planes. he was fired last year and then later filed a complaint with the faa. his death is coming 2 months after a boeing whistleblower john barnett died from a

self-inflicted gun shot wound. happening tonight. public health, an lgbtq plus groups plan to hold a rally in san francisco to protest mayor london breed's multimillion-dollar bond proposal. organizers are saying the 360 million dollar plan would cut critical public health priorities, including the city clinic to focus on what they say are less important matters. if approved, it would be put on the ballot for the november election. that rally is set to start at 5 at the city clinic on 7th street. taking a live look outside right now from our camera here at san francisco. still a little breezy out there, but not a cloud in the sky was, you as we talk about the beautiful weather for today and then, yeah, i re i keep getting thank yous from random people. thank you for this. great. welcome. i wish i were in charge. you're not going to get that on saturday. i don't know. but, you know, folks, i think a lot of people agree. this is beautiful. we love it. but hey, rain this late in the season as we head into the summer and then, you know, sadly, her fire season some point.

>> it's kind of great. i'm kind of glad i'm kind of happy that we're getting it. let me talk you through its. you can make your plans. all right. so temperatures a lovely out there. you can see we're at 78 in concord, santa rosa. still a little cool out of the coast. has everything to do with the onshore flow. that wind that's roll in. and you see those numbers are pretty high in spots like san francisco, certainly out at point rays and half moon bay getting gusty too, taking pacifica as an example out of the coast will see that windy sustained above 20 miles per hour. till we get later into the evening. but it's going pick up again tomorrow as well. so today, here we go. then we ramp down in the overnight and then we're going to rinse, repeat, do it again tomorrow. but we also get a really nice day again tomorrow until we get into the latter part of the day, then some clouds are going to move in overnight friday into saturday. these are the rain totals i'm looking out for. so this is pretty significant rate between a half an inch in about 3 quarters of an inch of rain could see higher totals. the santa cruz mountains and also in our northern north bay peaks. but here we go are looking good until we get to about say 8, 9 o'clock clouds are going to start moving in and then we get into the late evening overnight hours. this

about 04:00am. that's when that rain is going to head through the north bay. but we're all going to be waking up to this picture, which is a few heavier showers that roll through there about 08:00am. you can see as the afternoon progresses, things will start to lighten up, but still a little back and on the system as we often get when they have that rotation as it kind of works its way out. but by sunday morning, we're looking good. you've got a nice, beautiful day on tap. so timing overnight friday into saturday totals looking for urban areas about half an inch to three-quarters of an inch, maybe a little bit more higher totals at the coastal ranges and a little bit of travel hazard on saturday. if you have to be out and about just you know where that is going to be chilly. first of all, and it's going to be rainy and that could slow things down. at least it's not one of our commute days, right? so that's kind of a bonus by sunday. the sun's back temperatures are still chilly. but look at what's happening here we head into next week. we're going right back up, everybody. so it's a short-lived cooldown. thank you. kyla san francisco mayor london breed has appointed a new community advocate to help organize and support transgender

initiatives. former san francisco democratic party chair. >> honey mahogany is stepping into the role as the director of the office of transgender initiatives. the hog and is the co-founder of the stud collective. a group formed to help save the soon to reopen lgbtq bar. the stud reid says part of her work will be to serve the transgender gender community with outreach programs that connect with youth and to continue ongoing projects like the trans gender inclusion training in the workforce. for your health right now, the fda and the usda. these officials are testing hundreds of milk based products like cheese, sour cream baby formula as well as ground beef on the search of the bird flu virus. the results so far, no evidence of the active virus. now the testing is coming after an outbreak of h 5 n one virus in dairy cattle and at least 9 states. the food samples were taken from stores and impacted states. cattle is also being tested for the bird flu before

moving across state lines. the cdc says the public health risk is low. and the cdc is no longer requiring hospitals to report covid hospitalization data. as of yesterday. the agency says hospitals no longer need to report covid-related hospital admissions or details about the status of an infected patient. the move coming as covid hospitalizations have reached an all-time low. only 5,615 were reported due to the virus to the cdc for the week of april. 20th. come a long way. all right. still ahead, a new study shows the most popular cities for millennials are buying homes. >> and 2 of the top spots are right here in the bay area. and return of the lights when the iconic art display is set to make a comeback on the bay bridge.

>> the iconic bay bridge lights are officially making a comeback. lumen 8. the group that created the lights was forced to turn them off last year because of a lack of funding. but the nonprofit says it has raised more than 10 million dollars through crowdfunding. and is now more than halfway 2. the final 1 million necessary to get those lights back on the light installation will look at this a little bit different this time around. and coming up at 2.45, the founder of the lumen 8 will join us to share what we can expect to san pablo has awarded phoenix pizza. the city's small business of the year award. this is a spanish tile pizzeria located on 23rd street, 3 dozen locally owned busines es were nominated by the community for this award

representing excellence in small business. the sand public economic development corporation decided that this pizza spot was the most deserving and there will be an awards ceremony tonight at 5.30, at san pablo city hall. and to east a bay area. cities have been named the most popular for millennial homebuyers. according to the loan company, lendingtree, san jose and san francisco rank at the top of the west and to highlight where millennials are looking to buy. lendingtree analyzed its mortgage offers across the country's 50 largest metropolitan areas. millennials are that group born between 1981 in 1996. so boston, denver and seattle also elp to round out the top 5. up next here to video showing us the moment a man. >> assaults 2 other men who were just standing on the street in san francisco. what we have learned about this attack, also new hope for the displaced residents on maui will take a look at the new interim housing that's being provided for wildfire

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now been one year since governor newsom ordered the national guard and the highway patrol the step in and help san francisco police crackdown on drug dealing in the tenderloin >> when this operation started accidental overdose deaths in san francisco are up more than 40% between january and march of last year. 200 people died from accidental overdoses, mostly from fentanyl, mostly

in the tenderloin, increased patrols in the neighborhood are leading to some more product being seized, but its might not be making much of a dent in death prevention. >> more than 42 pounds seized and the roughly 10 block radius. that is san francisco's tenderloin district. the governor's office and law enforcement agencies are celebrating what they consider to be a positive milestone in a public safety partnership. it was one year ago on may first 2023 when the governor authorized the california highway patrol and national guard to crack down on drug dealing in the city. their goal to target traffickers disrupt the dealers and sees the supply. since then, the joint task force has issued more than 6200 citations arrested. more than 500 people recovered more than 100 stolen vehicles. and most importantly to their mission, captured nearly 700 pounds of fentanyl in total. that's enough to kill almost

half the country. city leaders are praising the progress made in the first year of this partnership. police chief bill scott says the amount of fentanyl pulled off the street is, quote, unprecedented and that they're going to continue to crack down on dealing in the statement. district attorney brooke jenkins says, quote, the resources that the governor provided san francisco to ramp up our efforts to disrupt and dismantle open air drug markets has been invaluable working together. we're making a difference in the tenderloin drug conference cations maybe at unprecedented levels. however, when you look at drug overdose deaths, there's not much difference. this partnership program between agencies was initially announced just last year after san francisco announced a cidental deaths from drug use went up 40% between january and march of 2023. in that period, 204 people died from an accidental overdose in san francisco. that's according to the medical examiner's office. compare

that to the same period this year. deaths are down, but not by much so far this year, there have been just 5 fewer deaths from accidental overdoses. >> and the governor's office is also crediting the first year of this partnership for some other significant crime statistic improvements in san francisco for the 1st quarter of this year. property crime is down more than 30% and violent crime is down almost 15%. with alameda county district attorney pamela price. one step closer to a recall election. the question remains, whether it's going to be a special election or whether it's going to be held during the november election. alameda county supervisor still have to decide whether to call a special election. arlette, the recall happened during november's general election price maintains that the recall is the legal because the county register voters did not follow its charter by allowing more than 10 days to count signatures and by allowing out of county residents to gather those signatures. legal experts say

the future for price remains uncertain. i believe that the end of the judges. >> unlikely to say that the board was wrong when it chose to follow state law rather county ordinances. the one percent of recalls nationwide in this time period resulted in removal cost up 6% or so have resulted in resignation before the recall. so they are very successful as a rule. >> alameda county supervisors will set a date for the special. a recall at their meeting on may 14. learning some new details now about an alarming attack in downtown san francisco. there's video now capturing the assault where a man hits these 2 asian men. this happened yesterday morning post and cure streets. that's right. near union square. the victims are 59 in 78 years old. they were security jar, got guards on the job. they say they did not know the attacker. police are investigating now working to

determine whether or not this was a hate crime. police did arrest a suspect for trying to steal an ambulance in santa rosa. it happened last night on 4th street. the sonoma county fire district says that the paramedic was with the patient when that patient darted for the ambulance jumped in the driver's seat and then drove off. police had to use spike strips to stop the ambulance before they were able to take the suspect into custody. fast-food workers oakland are planning to go on strike today to protest worker health and safety mcdonald's and help a local employees say their stores have failed to protect workers and customers from hazardous conditions. in a formal complaint to cal osha employees describe seeing rats middling on pieces of bacon and hamburgers that are ready to be served to customers o paulo local plans to hold their strike today at 3. mcdonald's plans can do their strike at four-thirty both at their locations in oakland.

more than 1500 hotel workers in genders marched the streets of downtown san francisco yesterday, demanding raises and better health care. the march started at union square continue down market street where they blocked off traffic and also stop muni service and geary. union leaders say their current contract expires in august for 5,000 janitors and 10,000 hotel workers. workers say that since the pandemic hotels have scaled back services and staffing, you know, corporations are able to deal with and is down and they're able to do that by cutting staff and saving money so they they can conserve cost. i do not wear you know, as working people, i bill say the same our wednesday, the same. our groceries are going up, right? everything costs more. and we don't have a way of dealing pandemic out of the survive. and >> the union president says they're hoping to go. shuns

the smoother the summer and then a strike will not be necessary. fire crews have put out a fire three-story residential building here. this is in san francisco's hill neighborhood at a jackson right near leavenworth. the san francisco fire official shared this video on social media showing the flames just coming out of the top of the roof. the blaze started about 8 o'clock this morning causing some traffic delays. the building has some commercial space on the ground floor and then 2 floors of residential units above it. there were no major injuries, but 2 neighbors reported having some breathing issues due to the smoke. firefighters still checking for hotspots. the cause of this fire under investigation. thousands of homeowners in are set to lose their insurance when state farm ends its coverage later on this summer. and now they're all scrambling to find some new insurance coverage. state farm first announced in march that it would be dropping 72,000 property insurance policies in california, many in areas that are prone to wildfires. a real

turner into is recommending state farm customers sign up for the california fair plan. that state program is for california residents and businesses in urban and rural areas who cannot get insurance through just a regular insurance company and a state farm customers enter into native dave anderson says he's trying to figure out his options. now. >> booker says i'm learning about the california fair let's talk in august. they'll give us enough time to can >> the state department of insurance says the agency has experts ready to assist impacted state farm customers. taking a live look outside right now. you're quite tower in san francisco. beautiful day out there today. nice taste of spring. meteorologist kyla grogan here now with details. still a little bit of snow there behind taste of spring, but expecting some snow. you're taking a live look at halftime here. and yeah, there is still some snow on the ground, but we certainly lost some of those piles that we had.

>> a little bit ago, right? we have all the systems come we've got one more and it's going to roll in this weekend. so you can see on the california side here. we've got a winter weather advisory and then we have a high wind watch most of it on the nevada side there in and around the tahoe area. that's because they're expecting gusts that could be upwards of, you know, 40, 50, even 60 miles per hour there. but we're looking for 4 to 8 inches of snow. this is 11:00am saturday. this goes until 08:00am sunday. just for travel purposes. that's when you don't want to be on the road up to a feet of new snow at the peak. snow levels are going to start a little bit high about 68,000 feet, but then lower as we get into the overnight hours there saturday into sunday. so just be ready for this. if your plans take you to tahoe, just to show you this is going to be a pretty impactful west coast system for this late in the season. it's not, you know, completely out of the ordinary that we get something this time of year. but it's certainly something to we are watching out for showers, of course, as we get into friday in the overnight their into saturday. there's your saturday morning and those showers, that moisture then become snow as we get into the saturday kind

of late morning early afternoon timeframe and it stays with us saturday throughout the afternoon into the evening and then sunday, you see a little bit of the snow that finally starts to work its way out. so again, if your plans take you to tahoe this weekend, saturday is not going to be a great day for travel. you want to get there really early saturday morning. kind of wait until sunday after this passes. now in the bay, we're looking out for rain. as i mentioned, we've got one more day of a dry condition and then we go into a very cool, rainy pattern for saturday sunday. looking a lot better. i'll be back in a bit. we'll track that rain for you. back to you. all right. now in national news, more projects on maui. we'll provide homes for hundreds of displaced residents there after those wildfires. >> the governor and maui county officials say priority will be given to residents who did not receive any federal aid. reporter max rodriguez has the details. >> the governor visiting a couple of sites where residential communities are being developed. one here in wailuku and another one in west maui. the goal is to house 500 families. once the projects are completed.

>> for josephine frazier india's and their 2 young children. finally a sigh of relief. the la hina natives getting a key to a home in wailuku afte moving from hotel room to hotel room, at least 9 times since the august wildfires. there was a lot of times where we had to think about >> whether that we're going to leave the island and not be home because we didn't know what was going to happen there with the first family to receive the keys for the community. >> being developed by the state county, hawaii community foundation in the council for native hawaiian advancement. >> meanwhile, a blessing for the call. i call a site in west maui. state officials say a neighborhood made up of 450 modular home units will soon fill this empty land. the first 100 or so units should be available. the first week

of august. >> and then the first phase of 270 units will be available through the month of august. the additional 180 units will do that and then be available. probably 2 to 3 months after >> the dhs deputy director says they are working on launching up the cations for potential residents on june. first priority will be given to displace residents from the wildfires that are ineligible for fema aid and on the state's dime for shelter. at last check, about 765 families are still living in hotels. the governor anticipates just about a quarter of will still be in need of transitional housing once called ola opens in august. we think it's closer to 135 families. >> that not female eligible for housing and their numbers. a little higher. but that's why building housing right here behind us and making sure we have partnerships. we're going to go this afternoon. it's so critical. >> now we're told 50 modular homes just like this one will

fill up 17. lots here in wailuku. expect the project to be finished by july reporting from wailuku max rodriguez >> coming up, some celebration changes what will be different at san jose's cinco de mayo parade. and after the break, the group that created the bay bridge lights going to join us here in crawford is a 2 to share details about the return of this iconic art installation that will now be able to be seen from all able to be seen from all

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>> let there be light. some 11 million dollar project more than a year in the works is now ready to start to the

iconic light on the bay bridge are going to be coming back in a bigger and better way. and ben davis, the ceo and chief visionary officer illuminates, which is the group behind the lights, is joining us here now to talk about the journey. we're so glad you're with us this afternoon on kron 4. congratulations and securing the money that you needed to get this secured. what's going to be different when you finally flipped the switch on the new lights next spring? >> well, you know, this we're working with an amazing group must go lighting. lights will be custom engineered from the ground up to survive. well, over time on the side of the bay bridge. and so we're excited to bring a really durable set with the really reliable american-based company. but we're also gonna double the number of led. so we're still the western span and the northern edge of the bay bridge. but we're going to wrap around the table with a note on both sides so we can deliver a static equity around the bay. you know, really not just to the pet houses in san francisco, the north bay, but, you know, all the way down into the bay view, hopefully over the oakland, alameda berkeley, richmond and the new emerging neighborhoods of

treasure island and why the eye remarkably and we have to work very carefully and respectfully with the traffic engineers, it chp and caltrans to drivers on the bay bridge. we think we can do this without being a driver distraction. actually think it might even increased driver attention. but but imagine coming into san francisco. have your friends into our cities reported the public art. it's 1.8 miles long. seen the city of san francisco open on the other side. we're very, very excited. those those are some significant changes. be able to see it on both sides. drive be able to watch it or the lights themselves. >> actually going to be different because they >> kind of didn't withstand the test of time. that's why you had to do some fundraising to to fix them and reinstalled them. so are these new lights going to able to last a little bit longer? >> they're definitely they're going to be flawless for the next decade. and really probably beyond that, i have i could not have higher confidence in the group are working with lighting out iowa. i just actually visited them. and with the artist leo villareal, we had a chance to demo what they're working on and the rigor that they put into this product. people should rest assured that this

version is going to do very well over time. >> so i kind of remember this from last time because i've been here long enough to even live in the bay area when there weren't any light on the bay bridge to begin with. but that when you install them the first time around, there was some plan to make it. so the pattern would never be the same. is that going to be the case? again? >> that is the same. you know, the artist is amazing that the bay lights are beautiful, but also what you see is never the same thing twice. he's randomized them. so there's this opportunity. see something no one has ever seen before. not even you. you may recognize familiar standards, but it's it's exquisite work of public art. really seminole around the world. and i'm delighted that we're going to bring it back to san francisco and with the generosity that has come forward to make this project a reality. it was there ever a point where you thought, you know what, we're just not going to able to raise all this money like how did you reach the finish line? i thought we are always going to get there. you know, there's a beautiful, generous community in san francisco. a lot of people of this are and where at actually 10.5 million dollars raised of this 11 million dollar project. that's enough to get us out of the gate. we know it's going

to happen, but we do have half a million dollars left in the people want to go to the bay lights, 3.60, dot org. they can make a gift as little as a dollar as much as they want to help. so to be part of this project, that campaign can continue for many months. we're looking at installing in the in the you may see the to start to try and find tune the artwork in the winter in maybe come back. no ship a hotel room yet. but around march of 2025. >> so what has to happen between now and next spring when you think that you'll be able like flipped actual switch to turn the lights on? >> well, there's really a heroic effort full of teams of people all over the place. but most importantly, you know, these new lights will be made. every length will be custom made. it's just a beautiful new design. then we need to get up on the bridge and which is not easy to do as we as we take the old lights down, we'll put the new lights up in one big pass. we need to work with the traffic engineers to make sure that we're proposing is safe. and and then the artist needs to get up there and really spend as much time as he needs to program the lights and achieve the level of beauty that i know that's

already there, but he thinks he can take it even further. and then we'll have our grand lighting. what is that like there behind you? >> this is actually that the button that we push to bring the bay lights to turn it on. so i i actually here. the epic steakhouse, upper dining room and i saw the corner. so i thought i would pull it out for this interview. it's a it's just a little keepsake of the project. we will bring it back into play and you'll see this in march 2025. with probably a group of happy people pushing that. but that's the official button that will bring the lights back. that's cool. that's because a button asset. >> thank you so much. ben davis, the ceo and the visionary behind eliminate for bringing up some attention to this subject here in the bay. i can't believe that it's been seen by an estimated 20 million people. that's a lot of people to see the lights and and got a lot to do between now and next spring. but we'll we'll check in later on. see how the progress is going and maybe you get up. i'd like to go out there with you guys and see actually install lights. that would be pretty cool. you're invited. we'll see that. all right. where hard hat. thank you, ben. also this afternoon, dave

and buster's hoping to cash in on the sports betting craze. the company announcing it will soon allow customers to bet on arcade games that the hope here is that you're going to spend some more money and time inside the stores and with the rise in popularity in sports betting the restaurant chain thought this was going to be really good idea. it does have locations here in daly city conquered milpitas and fairfield. >> will be pretty good. you know, it's easy way to make money of your friends. you know, pretty competition. and along with that. >> i think that's pretty amazing outlets that money him. i gave my friends. >> all right. important to note here, there will not there will be a limit on how much you can bet. this is expected to start in the next few months. and now to the south bay where san jose police are going to take a different approach to cinco de mayo festivities after facing some backlash last year. this year, the police department is going to cruise its own car during this weekend. lo writer

parade during sunday's parade, which is on king road from alum rock avenue to story road. it's going to pay homage to the mexican roots and history of the san jose last year, law enforcement closed some highway ramps near the parade and many called that racist and discriminatory for singling out mexican americans. so we'll see what cinco de mayo weather has in store for us this weekend with a live look outside at sfo. >> kyle is here now so we can chat about that. cinco de mayo. always a fun holiday to celebrate. it is. that's true. good food. good times. usually some good hopefully. >> but let's take a look at the weather, everybody. so we are beautiful today. no doubt about it. i'm gonna take berkeley's example here as we take a live look from the east bay. look at over 70 degrees today. 71 tomorrow. and then of course, we have the front that's going to tractor and bring us some rain and that will knock down temperatures as you can see for the weekend. so by saturday, just looking up for a high of 60 degrees. so right now you can see we're at 75 in san jose. a little cool out of the coast. half moon bay. 56. but certainly a lot warmer. if you

head inland conquered right now, sing at 78 looks like we just popped up to 80 in fairfield are up there in santa rosa to about 78 degrees right now. so today, tomoraow still under the influence of high pressure. but the high pressure starting to migrate away from us a little bit. and when this low pressure comes in, not only bring us rain, but it opens the door. those cooler temperatures in the search those greens and blues. that's the cooler temperatures coming in with this air mass as that system moves away. but notice once it's done, that high pressure hasn't really gone anywhere. it will start to rebuild, which means we'll warm up again. so before all of that happens, we have to get through this part, which is that we're going to get some rain and you can see it's a pretty big system for the pacific northwest. we're looking out for between about a half an inch and inch of rain here and timing wise. it's going to be friday night. we starf to see clouds. we stay dry tomorrow. but here's about 8 o'clock. you see the clouds move in. and then in the very early morning hours, that's 05:00am the north bay will start to get some of these showers. they roll through the rest of the bay area and it is a bit of a washout, at least for the 1st half of the day. 2nd half of the day here, you can see that's about 4.30. we'll get

some breaks. but still that chance of a shower will be there. now, one upside to this is if you're dealing with the allergy issues, that rain is going to knock down our allergy issues to the low category, which will be really nice on saturday. so there is the upside to that. but here's a look at your forecast. saturday is going to be cool and rainy. so just prepare for that sunday. we start to dry out but will still be rather chilly. even starting the week below average. but then we really start to warm up and get some nice sunshine as we get into the midweek and latter week. time frame. back to you. all right. up next, a new tradition is coming to outside lands this year. the opportunity the festival is giving to people. giving to people. >> who want to tie the knot? i'll be honest.

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happening tonight. a new event is coming to san francisco that aims to connect neighborhood business owners with the community. it's called downtown first thursdays. >> a free monthly event that begins today. it's a lot like oakland's first fridays. the organizers plan to shut down several blocks of second street south of market. the event will have our food and music from all around san francisco. the goal is to attract 10,000 people in san francisco to this event. every month. and a new tradition is coming to outside lands that music festival this year different. you can now come and enjoy some wedding bells as part of the music festival. attendees can now host their wedding ceremony. re commitment ceremony. also some of our newell's at the festival all weekend. the wedding package includes officiant and a wedding certificate spots are limited. if you want to sign up. spacex

launch the rocket from vandenberg space force base. this morning. the falcon 9 carried 2 max, our worldview satellite into orbit. those satellites will become a network 6 such satellites that were bribed, enhanced images of the earth. the launch was also a milestone for spacex. it was the 20th mission for the first stage of the reusable rocket. don't go anywhere. have a whole other hour of news ahead, including an suv that flipped over, forcing a mother and daughter to crawl to safety. >> what we're learning about the shooting that led to this crash right near an east bay school. plus trending in the right direction. the latest crime report from the oakland police department showing where crime has dropped. i'm justine waldman kron for news justine waldman kron for news at 3 is next. with cascade platinum plus,

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>> now from the area's local news station. this is kron. 4 news at 3. >> now a 3 scary moments in the east bay this morning. when a woman and her daughter were caught in the crossfire that led to a crash as they were on their way to school. thank you so much for joining us here on kron. 4 news at 3. i'm justine waldman. this happened just before 8 o'clock this morning in east oakland near 98th and cherokee avenues. that's about a block away from bishop o'dowd high school kron.ha