>> from the area's local news station, you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at 4. >> well, good morning and thanks for waking up with this bright and early here for the kron. 4 morning news on wednesday. may 11th. i'm reyna harvey. yesterday was a really nice day at a chance to get outdoors and sit in the sunshine while it was out today. i'm wondering how long, john, we're going to get the sun. going to get any more rain. i'm here for good morning. yesterday, the north face law, some thunderstorms. i was watching my friends and the >> talking about how much rain they were getting the roles of thunder out there. my house

was completely sunny. so it all just depending on where you were yesterday for sure, you can see outside this morning that we do have clear skies right over the east bay here. and that's something that is actually going to continue today. today we're drying things back out so that potential of rain, thunderstorms, anything like that is really, really out of the picture for your wednesday ahead of us. and you can see that all the way up into the sierra to which saw some additional snow yesterday. so we're off to a clear start on what is going to be our first consistently clear day of this forecast. now, temperatures right now are pretty chilly. we're in the 40's for most of us. fairfax petaluma santa rosa, saint helene and napa in fairfield among spots that are down in the 30's. we're yet again cold enough that we have some freeze warnings and frost advisories in effect up in the lake and mendocino counties through 08:00am this morning. as for winds, it is a calmer start to the morning. winds will pick up this afternoon. another breezy day as expected. likely not as windy as yesterday, though. i will be talking all the changes that this forecast is offering

its quite a lot of them. still to come right now. john, thank you for that. let's get a look at your bridges this morning. bay bridge, 10 minute drive traveling into the city right now. >> the san mateo bridge heading across towards the peninsula at about 13 minutes for you. there out of richmond heading across to worse and fail. look at that 9 minutes and the golden gate bridge. 37 to the tolls 20 minute morning commute. happening today, the senate will vote on a democratic bill to protect access to abortions. this follows a supreme court's leaked draft decision that would overturn the landmark roe v wade ruling washington correspondent reshad hudson joins us now with how that vote is likely going to play out. >> good morning. the vote is almost certain to fail. given republicans have the votes to block it. but senate democrats say it's time to see where all senator stand on the issue of abortion. >> now, the entire country. we'll be watching. >> senate majority leader chuck schumer says the senate will vote today on the women's

health protection act. a bill that would federally protect abortion services. the vote is in response to a league supreme court draft opinion that indicated the court is poised to overturn roe v wade. this is a giant step backwards in the rights of women and the rights of americans. nevada. senator jacky rosen says the potential decision by the high court could cost lives. women are understandably scared and they're angry and this threat against our rights is horrific. >> republicans on the other hand, don't see it as a danger and consider it a victory for the anti abortion rights movement. >> this particular measure the democrats have today is particularly radical. >> senate republican leader mitch mcconnell and texas senator john cornyn say the democrats bill goes too far. this wouldn't just impact pro. life red states. this change is so radical that would

invalidate existing laws and blue states as well. and this issue has caused quite the scene outside of the homes of supreme court justices. last night the senate passed a bill to increase funding for their protection reporting in washington. reshad hudson, back to you. >> and home california. democrats are concerned about how the supreme court's potential decisionrcould impact people of color. the california women's legislative caucus says women of color would be disproportionately impacted by roe v wade. if it's over, turned that's why they're urging lawmakers to move forward and faster with proposed abortion protection bills. now more than a dozen bills moving through the legislature that would protect reproductive rights and expand access to abortion. some republican state lawmakers say california democrats politicizing the issue. >> if this week's supreme court were, in fact become final, they would literally have no impact on california.

a california laws in this area are among the most far in the entire country. and yet, the governor members of the legislature are using the prospect of this court in order to fan the flames of partisan division. >> get a woman's right to choose included in the state constitution. the measure will have to pass the legislature by june. 30th. if passed, californians would vote on it in november. and the south bay making selling even having to go scallion in san jose is now illegal. city leaders voted unanimously to approve an ordinance banning goes guns last night. quote, force taylor is actually has that story. >> yes, it's part of a yes on tuesday. san jose city leaders unanimously approved an ordinance banning unserialized firearms known as ghost guns in their parts. heard from many. >> police officers that. constantly recovering ghost guns as they coming in contact

with suspects and criminals. the ordinance prohibits the manufacturing transferring assembly distribution and sale of ghost guns frames and receivers >> but the measure takes it a step further by also prohibiting possession of unserialized ghost guns and their parts. some parts of the ordinance are some way redundant with state law. >> other parts are filling a gap before federal law takes effect. the 3rd related to the possession of unfinished frames and receivers is different, but it's it's not something new. innovation. these other cities have done it as well. and if this state law that currently being contemplated in the capital passes, we're basically just going another gap. however, leaders expressed concern that under current city law police are not able to cesar impound ghost guns. if we can get legislation through the state. >> that. prohibits the

possession. >> and the family were prohibiting the possession. items become contraband and we can them right? >> generally, i think that would be correct. according to a city memo, ghost guns accounted for. 25 to 50% of firearms recovered at crime scenes in california during an 18 month period in 2020 in 2021. in santa clara county, the number of ghost guns recovered at crime scenes increased by nearly 72% between 2015 in 2021, nearly all community members were on board with the ordinance tuesday night as a way to reduce gun violence. however, a couple people questioned its effectiveness. it bothers me that the city council spends time on something like this. >> that will actually not prevent any violence whatsoever in san jose taylor kron. 4 news. >> santa cruz police have arrested a 36 year-old man accusing him of attempted to

meet with under age girls and engage in acts with them. according to police, victor calderon, rosales was reaching out to girls on instagram and solicited them to meet up for. the suspect was detained after he arrived at specify location to allegedly meet with a minor. there. evidence collected his lead detectives to believe calderon may have previously met with and engaged in acts with under-aged girls, any victims or people with information on calderon are asked to contact santa cruz police department. in san francisco. an undercover operation helped recover thousands of stolen items from car break ins and other thefts. the city's district attorney's office conducted that operation kron four's. so he says stasio brings us that story. >> take a look at these phones, computers, electronics, just some of the 1000 items discovered monday when a special san francisco de a task force served a search warrant at a bubble tea

shop in san francisco. the cash dha submitting says a small fraction of stolen goods recovered from smash and grabs and other crimes. we know that. >> the operation we've uncovered and made an arrest in yesterday is a massive global operation shipping across united states and across the world. >> coined operation auto pilot. >> da burdine says the team use rental cars baited with high value items in armed with tracking devices to go after thieves. one of the things we saw in the course of this operation was that a lot of the stolen goods we're tracking. >> we're ending up in the same boba shop on more country. and we saw not only goods that came from our operation that were part of our operation. but we also saw. good that we saw a reported stolen. my actual crime victims that ended up in that same shop and so became a central focus of our investigation and our surveillance activities arrested monday at the boba shop was 41 year-old ka xliii.

>> his wife reportedly owns a shop. investigators say that they plan to trace back the stolen property and return items to victims. >> da bu dean also added that while this bust was the first, it won't be the last. >> one of our biggest hoax is that this operation? will deter future similar criminal activity. we know that lots of people come in auto burglaries in san francisco because they don't fear they'll get arrested and again, over the years, only about one to 2% of reported on the burglars do result in an arrest. but now every single person who is considering committing one of those crimes on our streets. we'll have to contend with the fact that we're watching. we are watching. we're coming for you and there will be consequences if you commit crimes in our city. >> as for coakley, he made bail tuesday, but he is being monitored with a gps tracker. theresa kron. 4 news.

>> well, if you missed our 30 minute sit-down with san francisco district attorney chase have gain. you have another chance to watch in prime time this week. the da addresses the recall election along with issues including burglaries, drug, dealing and hate crimes. the replay of our one-on-one interview airs this thursday, 09:30pm, right here on kron. 4. well, coming up on the kron, 4 morning news, you may want to watch. >> how much water you use one bay area water district considering extra fines for high use. and a mother's day weekend nightmare for a bay area for us as thousands of flowers was stolen from the shop. how the business owners and dealing with the last. plus, russia is doubling down on its attack. the latest intelligence report, russia's war against ukraine and a bipartisan push to further we'll have that and more once we get back.

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>> well, welcome back to the kron. 4 morning news at time for you now. here on this wednesday morning. you know, always say you got through monday and tuesday, wednesday. here you are middle of the week, thursday and friday going to be a breeze. will the weather be just as breezy john sabol? joining us this morning to let us know if that's the case. good morning, john. yeah, that's about the only thing that's not changing

today as winds are sticking with kind of that. >> thor that we've been having to deal with the past few days and what has been really nice days. otherwise the cool, sunny weather that a lot of us experienced yesterday was nice. not all of us got that, though. there were still some showers and even some thunderstorms up in the north bay yesterday afternoon. all that is out of the picture today. aside from the winds, that's what sticking with us, your east bay hills camera, looking nice looking clear and we're going to stay that way through the day. this time around. so don't expect any interruptions there. we're off to a nice clear start this morning. as long as you don't mind the chill and you're bundled up, you're good to go for your wednesday. looking ahead to future cast. nothing to know. as for today, a couple of flurries up in the sierra nevada. really nothing more than flurries up there, though. bay area's really, really quiet tomorrow. we are going to be looking at more quiet, clear skies on into thursday evening. we will be seeing a few showers up into lake and mendocino counties. but that's really the only potential that we have of any sort of precipitation. those showers just out of the

picture. by the time the energy reaches the bay area. so this is going to be a dry rest of your forecast today. as mentioned, it's still being windy. 25 mile per hour. wind gusts at times, especially near the coast and up in the north bay mountains tomorrow expected to be calmer as this low pressure area that's been bringing us this cool weather in this unsettled forecast that we've had for a while now continues to ever so slowly push out of the area. now we're on the tail end of it. we're on the dry part of the storm. so that means no chances of rainfall just still staying on the cool side, 50's and 60's for san francisco today. 50's right along the coastline. unlike the past few days will be in the 60's but also a few low 70's. so temperatures are ever so slowly starting to warm now. san jose, 68 degrees feeling a little bit warmer. you'll probably notice that slightly warmer field. oakland at 65. there's a 70 up in concord as well as over to antioch, pittsburgh, over to napa, fairfield and vacaville as

well. santa rosa, you'll also rise to 70 degrees today for the first time this week. tomorrow's temperatures around the same as today's before. we really kick the heat up a notch into the weekend. that's when inland highs will rise into the 80's in bayside high's back into the 70's right now. john, thank you for that, ok bridge. check this morning. 10 minute drive bay bridge is you're making it from the maze. >> to that fremont street exit. let's look at the san mateo bridge this morning as you're headed across towards the peninsula, about 13 minutes for you to make it from a 80 to one o one richmond center fell commute still down to 9 minutes. looking great. and we're also at the limit over across the golden gate bridge. 20 minutes. 37 to tolls. the director of national intelligence says vladimir putin is likely to double down on his invasion of ukraine in the coming weeks on capitol hill, a liberal democrat and a conservative republican are now teaming up in the u.s. senate all in an effort to officially designate russia, a

state sponsor of terrorism. a washington correspondent alexandra limon has more on those efforts. putin is a. >> and a boy. russia is accused of committing more crimes like intentionally targeting civilians in ukraine. now, 2 u.s. senators want to pass a resolution to urge the secretary of state to designate russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. this designation will matter in u.s. law. they're only for the countries that have such a designation. senators richard blumenthal and lindsey graham say putin's plans are clear to recreate the soviet in par the former soviet union as much as they can unless he is stopped. >> that's why our own national security. >> is at risk. the senators say ukraine asked the u.s. to designate russia as a state sponsor of terrorism and that doing so would show ukraine. it has the full support of the united states. they also say it will set an example for

other countries and tell russia change course because if you stay with putin. >> it's going to be a miserable existence for the russian people. the senators want their resolution attached to the package that would provide nearly 40 billion dollars in emergency aid to ukraine. the need is great and time is of the essence. the biden administration says it won't hesitate to use appropriate tools but that the state department must follow proper procedure. they take a look at the law and under review of whether somebody has violated our country has violated international terrorism loss in washington. alexandra limon. well, ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky handed out medals to ukrainian service members over the weekend. >> including this little guy right here, put roan and his handler. they're all a part of the team that helps find clearway explosive devices from war torn areas. well, as a lunch, he says the dog is help detect more than 200 devices. he added that patrol also teaches children the

necessary safety rules in the event that there is a mine direct. so he's also doing his part. domestic prices here in the states continue to soar and the rise of fuel and food. as president biden tries to tackle inflation. now the line lies now on electric vehicles. as more major car makers are making investments into electric cars. reporter kristen joyce has that story. >> we are now seeing some of the big players way cup in addition to leader tesla, major automakers like gm involved for making huge investments in the production of evs. how great to see full with the f one. 50 lightning, the mustang mach they think they can build enough. but this momentum is at risk of stalling. roger at can says if the charging process does not become as easy as possible. he's the founder of electric vehicles outlook in the uk. also an advisor to momentum dynamics. he just completed the north american tour sharing more about wireless charging technology that is currently being used in oslo

in sweden. this whole principle of. >> what a cool grazing rather than guzzling just makes most sense. imagine driving an electric vehicle over a wireless charging pad. >> without having to lift a finger or get out of the vehicle. momentum dynamics would like to make this a reality for all. the company is a leader in wireless charging technology that's found that the solution to range anxiety isn't putting bigger batteries into cars that can hold more charge. it's letting the charging infrastructure itself contribute to extending the driving range of vehicles about trees. the biggest well, certainly a big chunk of the cost of the navy. if we can see this happen with cause, if we can have small about trees, which costs less, we can bring the price of evs down, you know, probably quicker than we would have done. >> and a little was challenging, you know, little and often rather having to fill the whole thing up for hours. >> for your money this morning, that news for california drivers, the rising gas prices is showing no signs

of slowing down in the bay area. aaa says the average price for gallo nearly a month of decline, according to aaa, the statewide average price for gallon here in california is 5.84. coming up next to the kron. 4 morning news raising awareness of the dangerous deadly drug. >> south bay official share their concerns on national fenton. all awareness day. we'll be right back. in the

south bay. elected officials in santa clara county kicked off a new effort to raise awareness on national fentanyl awareness day at a news conference tuesday. the county warn people about the dangers of fentanyl and what people can do to keep their friends and family safe. well, health officials say 328 people have died from either taking fentanyl accidentally or being poisoned. santa clara county district attorney jeff rosen says the dangers of fentanyl can not be underestimated. >> one of the deadly facets of

fentanyl that is so awful. is that the people who use it for the first time as an experiment. our on weny the thinking they're taking something else for the first time are especially susceptible to poisoning and death. just a few weeks ago we seized 11,000 fentanyl pills. that's enough fentanyl to kill everyone in our county. that's how dangerous this drug is. >> the county's encouraging people to talk to your family and your friends about the dangers of fentanyl to use social media to share the dangers and to especially help young people understand just how dangerous this drug is. still ahead of the kron, 4 morning news. scammers are coming after south bay residents. >> one couple was tricked into giving away $2000. why people say there are more victims out there. we'll be right back after the break. but we'll

looking back to the kron. 4 morning news. it's 4.29 going on for 30 am here on a wednesday morning. >> and i'm looking forward to the next couple of days, especially the weekend. john is we get a break in all of coolness and then warm up into the weekend. good morning. hey, yeah. big warm up into the weekend it's still another

cool ish one today. but we're starting to warm things up a little bit. a lot of change is already starting to show signs of occurring today. your view outside bay bridge is a little bit calmer. the flags not blow around too much out there. skies are definitely clear and we're going to remain consistently dry throughout the course of the day today. you can see that here on your radar. no cloud cover at the coastline. nice and clear towards our inland areas, too. now current temperatures are mostly in a range of 40's. right now. alameda at 49 degrees. san francisco. 47 a few 30's up in the north bay, santa rosa, saint helene and napa. each sitting at 35 degrees for your current temperatures. soar back to some chilly stuff and we will be back to some breezy stuff today. that's the biggest thing that's remaining fairly unchanged were still windy, although we're taking out of the picture any chances of rainfall or thunderstorms like we saw in napa yesterday, cold enough in the north bay from mendocino and lake counties to be back into hard freeze warnings and frost advisories through 08:00am this morning. so no, that is you're