to pull, once he grabbed and i pulled back and i kicked the.out of him" after she kicked him the clown took off running down willow pass road. "this man didn't have clown shoes on, just a blue wig, with curly hair" i was riding along with concord police corporal christopher blakely working on another story when the call about the clown came in "you know, you keep hearing this discussion about scary clowns at schools and the threats and now you have people on the streets dressed up in clown costumes trying to grab kids" concord police conducted an extensive search of the area but did not find the man in the clown suit "but that's what happened" "how scary" "so i'm just saying that i am not comfortable in this area, at all, because what if i would have lost my child, i am not comfortable at all" tiffany martin describes the suspect as a white man with blue eyes, wearing a curly blue curly wig, and a blue pokedot clown suit. concord police are continuning their patrols in the area trying to track this person down before he strikes again.in concord haaziq madyun kron4news

>> vicki:in antioch. investigators are searching for who is behind a series of threatening clown posts on social media targeting a middle school. dan kerman is live in antioch tonight with more on those threatening posts. could be a big mess. >> reporter: since reported sightings of clause yesterday cover garages social me get post threatening students at the school. it posed a student at

the dollar school on edge. this >> reporter: 2 inserts those who want to be saved wear blue. on tuesday people dressed as clowns were spotted on campus. students are sure the threat is real or hoax. they're

taking this very seriously and at police investigating try to track down who posted the threatening in saddam posts. >> grant:roads are filled with cars leaving beach communities from florida to south carolina. steve aveson is here to show us what's happening. right now matthew is a category three hurricane with sustained winds of 120 miles an hour. >> steve:it's moving at a leisurely 12 miles an hour. with landfall now predicted for tomorrow. nat

boarding up. bagging up. filling up. stocking up. and packing up. >>:a quarter-million is what we're looking at in terms of evacuations. >> steve:those evacuations, mandatory in charleston and the nearby coast. residents doing their best to protect their property before leaving. >>:we remember hugo when it came through and all the damage it did. empty shelves in florida,. the governor told residents what they might need. florida "three days of water, three days of food, medication, battery-powered radio, battery backups, fully-charged cell phones." honk honk drivers not so calm before the storm as they face long lines

at filling stations. "it's ridiculous." "i'm hearing a lot of screeching of tires." "i saw a couple of guys fighting." some evacuees gassed up and found themselves with nowhere to go. "what we are seeing is the hotels in the midlands are booked." travelers heading to augusta georgia found no room at the inns. "we're getting calls left and right." the images of destruction from haiti cast a shadow over the tourists on florida's beaches. "just looking in that direction, it's kind of scary." the sunshine state is bracing for the first hurricane to hit its east coast since wilma in 2005. "if you live in an area and your local officials tell you to evacuate, you need to go, because they have been talking with all of us and getting guidance from us and they're making decisions on the best possible information. most evacuations are for the storm surge hazard -- the deadliest hazard of all, historically." "hope everything works out." >> vicki:kron four meteorologist brittney shipp is in the weather center tracking hurricane matthew for us. brit, where are some of the possible locations this thing could hit? >> britteny: buses going to stay

in effect until around noon on saturday so now we track this for you a category three sustained winds speeds 115 mi. per hour to the northwest at 12 m.p.h.. as a closet to miami hinny out in these warm waters that strengthens two category four hurricane any notice at the half of russia's rebel against florida and then turns allowed to the northeast. it will affect the carolinas as we go into the weekend. the good thing is that it slows as we get into sunday and doesn't continue to make its way of the eastern seaboard. but it closer look at what expects here at home where trapping more water into your work week plus a closer look at your fleet week forecast. >> grant:to the south bay now.

where sheriff's deputies took down a large, illegal marijuana grow today. not all that unusual. except for the fact that this garden was discovered in the loma prieta wild-fire zone. kron four's rob fladeboe's live in the santa cruz mountains. rob, there has been speculation that the devastating loma fire was caused by an illegal pot grow. rob? * *pkg * >> reporter: according to one nonresident eyespot therefore are outnumbered by the illegal variety they have the wiring and there are a fire hazard but until now really hard to find but the fire has expose them in the right occasion to visit a new vantage said the oppressor.

property at the road early wednesday as they discovered to greenhouses' filled with large mature marijuana plants. this has been on the shares read our for some time and is not suspected that a lot of fire and some non-residents are not shy about pointing the finger blame at the growers. this grow has been on thecalfire arson investigators are also at work here. a u.p.s driver who spotted the loma fire near a greenhouse shortly after it started said he was questioned about what he saw that day. >>: of another with a marijuana farm

unsure any neglect at a started of plants they say are the size >> reporter: of christmas trees, raged across some 4,000 acres has exposed many more such grows and are stepping up their eradication efforts in response to complaints from residents who lost homes and property to a fire that is still not fully contained. >> reporter: the property owners suspect suspected of being of arrested on suspicion of illegal marijuana top cultivation operation. to be clear neither share for

crossfire and have released the official cause of this fire illegal marijuana growers are suspected by their neighbors the terms of promises that one of these plants along the way 44 lbs. the street value $2,000 estimate today paul wright of around $700,000 with more to come. still to come on kron four news at five. new drought numbers reveil californians are not doing enough to save water. this as the historic drought enters year six. what state regulators are now threatening to do. plus. samsung is back in the hotseat. this after one of its devices, caught fire, forcing passengers on a southwest plane to evacuate. and. a serial arsonist in the east bay.

police searching for the person responible for setting more than a dozen small fires since july. we'll tell you where this is happening, next. on to the east bay.

>> grant:where fremont police and fire investigators are looking for an apparent serial arsonist. since july 16th. the police department says at least 15 fires have been intentionally set in the warm springs area in town. kron four's philippe djegal has more on this ongoing problem. >> reporter:at first. neighbors along warm springs boulevard thought nothing of it. burn spots popping up in the brush, weeds, and even fence lines. but then they kept popping up. and, now the police department

says the problem is getting worse and even the kids have taken notice. sot- "i don't want my house to be burned down." one the latest fires happened over the weekend, behind clean sciences incorporated. sot- "found it smoldering." quality manager dave mortenson says early monday morning he reported this dumpster on fire on his way into work. sot- "i felt bad, i said i'm sorry i ruined your morning. he says you didn't ruin anything. we were out here at three o'clock in the morning, uh responding and put it out." the fire was isolated to the dumpster. but mortenson says things could have been worse if the trees caught fire, like these down the street. this map shows how widespread the fires have been. since july 16th -- the fremont police deparment says 15 arsons have been reported -- seven of them in september. but police spokeswoman geneva bosques says investigators didn't get involved until mid last month, when it was clear the fires were intentionally set. sot- "we are actually increasing our patrols in the area around where these have occured." bosques says unfortuantely

investigators have no leads on a suspect. adding that at least 10 of the fires have happened on weekends between midnight and five in the morning. sot- "its challenging for us because we don't have a lot of people out and about that early in the morning." that's why mortensen says he's taking steps to protect his business. sot- "we're going to have a security camera put in, uh, we've informed all our neighbors too, trying to be good neighbors and let them know, recommend it to them that if they have any uh, trash, anything they can get rid of in the back of their buildings, its probably a good idea." in alameda county--- two lakes are now closed due to reports of dangerous toxic algae levels. the east bay regional park district made the announcement today--- saying lake temescal in oakland. and quarry lakes in fremont. are both closed off for swimming. however, the lakes will remain open for fishing. exposure to toxic algae can cause rashes and allergic reactions among other things.

it can also be fatal for dogs. no word yet on when the lakes will reopen. the upcoming dungeness crab season is expected to avoid last year's issues with toxic algae, keeping the pacific coast shellfish on dinner tables this winter. officials say samples taken--- suggest the fishery will likely open on time and have crab ready for holiday markets. last year, warm waters and an unusually large algae bloom--- delayed the dungeness crab season by four months. the algae bloom caused domoic acid to accumulate in the pacific coast shellfish. making it unsafe to eat. >> grant:this season is scheduled to open november 15th. >> vicki:some californians are apparently getting a little too relaxed about conserving water.and there could be consequences. catherine heenan is here with the latest from state

regulators. >> catherine:as a state - we were doing so well. now - not so much.even as california enters a possible 6th year of drought. today regulators announced that californians saved less than 18% in august. which is down by nearly 10 percent from a year earlier. in fact - some areas of the state have pretty much abandoned water conservation. last winter we got a nearly average amount of rain and snow - mostly in northern california. but it wasn't enough to end the long dry spell. and it certainly wasn't enough for people to go back to old habits. now -- water officials say they might have to return to state- mandated conservation - which required savings of up to 25%. they haven't made a final decision -- but say they're at the "yellow alert" stage and could do so soon. >> britteny: south warming trend

in the long reign as models and that is not a seven day forecast. crowe looked right now and temperature is 76 and fairfield 71 and vallejo. and then low 70's in san jose same thing on view at 78 cerros up. monday evening in sampras's go and really comfortable to wind speeds the senate when loss per hour on wednesday that 15 oakland. fifth of 14 in that bus keynoters temperatures quickly drop in los '60s for inland locations are on the bay if we go from los '60s the coast

the mid-50s by 8:00 p.m.. sally reed are shot shows the fog will have anything to show you high- pressure back in control any notice most of the rainfall will to the north or region. more sunshine and warmer temperatures as we go into the next few days. >> britteny: coming up we are tracking how much warmer we will give for the rest of your work week those details in 10 minutes. >> vicki:the millennium tower may be sinking in san francisco. but is it able to withstand a massive earthquake? according to an engineering

report released today. engineers say the tower is in fact. *safe and is able to withstand a strong earthquake. city officials say the 58-story tower, which includes more than 400 luxury apartment units has sunk at least 16 inches since august and will continue to sink another 15 inches. but in the report concluded that even though the tower continues to sink. it does not comprosmise the buildings safety. >> grant:still ahead. a warning tonight for parents. why the f-d-a is now telling parents to throw out their babies teething tablets. plus. now that fleet week is in full swing. we'll show you how first responders--- are preparing for any type of disaster they may strike.

>> grant:fleet week is officially underway in the bay area. and more than two-thousand sailors, marines, and members of the u-s coast guard are in san francisco for the festivities. there are events going on all week. including searh and rescue exercises happening right now on treasure island. kron four's will tran-- tells us the importance of this training. and keep it tuned to kron four--- for fleet week coverage all week long. we have a special section on our website with the full schedule of fleet week events. and don't forget. you can watch the blue angels live. right here on kron four. our special "blue angels live" show runs from two to four p-m on saturday.

>> will: they say it's like surgery pretend like someone's barry in the rubble even have dogs going through they will take a education technology apply it moving forward this is an all day of then and they're not able to get the specifics of the training but the actual workplace. to a number marines and yet seized eight members. very shortly after the training and actually used seen here today and the disaster saving

lives. there >>: easing cutting tools and breaching tools as you can see we have a large cloud with the be all the move that cement and meticulously so does the fault. memo special section on our web site with a full schedule and full week events. what the blues alive right here annual special tutto for saturday afternoon and a special

encore presentation sunday night at 7:00.

>> grant:the vice presidential candidates squared off in a fiery debate last night. but today--- most of the talk is about the insults they lodged at one another the top takeaways--- coming up.

scott mclean is in farmville >> reporter: in what quickly became a firey debate tim kaine "the thought of donald trump as commander in chief scares us to death" mike pence "the campaigne of hillary clinton and tim kaine has been an avalanche of insults" the vice presidential candidates took shots at each other. tim kaine the trump plan is a "you're fired plan" mike pence appreciate the you're hired your'e fired thing. but the primary focus was on the candidates who were not there. donald trump. tim kaine "when donald trump says that women should be punished, or mexicans are rapist and criminals or john mccain's not a hero, he is showing you who he is" mike pence "there you go whipping out that

mexican thing again" and hillary clinton mike pence "he still wouldn't have a fraction of the insults that hillary clinton leveled when she said that half of our supporters were a basket of deplorables" but at the end of the night it appears republican vice presidental candidate mike pence was able to carve out a slightly better performance than his opposition according to a cnn/orc instant poll, 48% of voters who watched the debate think pence gave a better performance than democratic candidate tim kaine, who earned a 42% favorable rating among those polled a stark contrast to how their running mates polled after their first debate last week, and whom they hoped they helped last night pence:a nation without boarders is not a nation. donald trump is committed to restoring the borders of this nation. kaine: on the economy, there's a fundamental choice for the american electorate. do you want a you're hired president in hillary clinton or do you want a you're fired president in donald trump? both parties now look to sunday's presidential debate more than half of the 84 million viewers who watched the first presidential debate between donald trump and hillary clinton last week found something else to do last night. a total of thirty five point six million viewers watched g.o.p

vice presidential hopeful mike pence debate demorcratic rival tim kaine. this number is down sharply from the estimated 50 million viewers who saw republican challenger paul ryan debate vice president joe biden back in 20-12. >> britteny: into the next few days to see beautiful weather expected loss of sunshine and i continue to warm mulford coast as well. it will be warmer a closer descended on saturday and a bit cooler and a sunday and then everything looks great for the air show if we expect to see clear conditions because he fought moving in on sunday. satellite reader shot shows a ridge of high pressure because there are not a lot of clouds or rainfall are areas staying to the north of us and then warmer weather will come from you notice all the rain again pretty much stayed to the north of us near portland seattle and transitioning bringing cooler temperatures. we see warmer weather as high pressure

rebuilds. temperatures at 67 degrees he and city the 70 oakland and senate this series ever cisco mid-60's center fell and 68 nevada and panama. tablatures tomorrow at 78 petaluma back to the '80s and at a low 80s and fairfield 81 and manioc 74 degrees oakland of war mild 70 degrees in san francisco and one of a " long coast pacifica half monday 77 the highest mama and you close a degrees in san jose. if today forecast shows and land it keeps climbing saturday close the base same thing 74 grisons thursday 80 the daytime highs on friday by friday low 80s ninth because we're pushing into the '70s as early as friday into saturday a beautiful weather expected in tracking a sunday forecast that we'll have for you and another 10 minutes.

>> vicki: is eventually taken into custody the suspect a prole lisa for don shot wound taken to local hospital. southwest flight evacuated when a samsung device overheated reports. if that caught fire was a replacement unit. this could >> gabe: but experts say in

local news agencies have reported they spoke with the owner of the notes 7 that started smoking on their plan and daughter told them it was replaced note 7 with a new safe battery. the evergreen battery indicator on the screen all nerve reportedly said his had that dream battery indicator for the proof that this man of bannock' >> gabe: says it did not specify it was a note 7 at this time we have not independently confirmed that this was a note 7 and not a different samsung found. the device is not enhanced of the

fire department arson unit for investigation i've not heard back from them yet we're working to recover the device and discover the cause was examined we will have more information to share. the was a new order placed notes 7 it will be devastating to samsung if the recall was behind them. so far very interesting reaction to the danger of these phones third still ahead. mourners dressed as superheroes. are honoring the 6-year-old boy

who was fatally shot at his south carolina elementary that story at 5:45. and next. several employees at an ohio out in the parking lot from an why they are now being credited with saving their lives. the stock market is showing solid gains as investors pile into shares of banks and energy companies. the dow climbed more than 112 points. the nasdaq--- rose 26 points. and the s&p. gained nine points.

>> grant:a warning to parents and those caring for children who are teething. the food and drug administration is asking caregivers to stop using homeopathic teething tablets and gels. the f-d-a is investigating reports of adverse reactions caused by the products... which could include seizures, breathing problems and lethargy. no recall has been ordered...but drug store giant c-v-s has already pulled all those products from its shelves. one company that makes the tablets...hyland's... says it is cooperating with the investigation. but it is also defending the product...saying it is tested for safety. >> vicki:in ohio... a woman helps save the lives of two people who may have overdosed on drugs. as frankie jupiter reports...the situation brought back peinful memories for her. >>:

before they could take pie orders, employees at isadore's pizzeria sprang into action after finding two people unresponsive in a vehicle in the parking lot. "they were hugging like they died together. they were hugging one another. we pulled them apart and threw them back because i wanted to clear their airway." stacy patterson is one of the cooks here at isadore's. she had just finished prepping the food line before learning about what was happening in the parking lot just a few feet away. "we did the narcan in the nose we only had to two of them, so we gave them one each and sprayed them in the nose." the fire department confirms it did make a narcan run this morning to the pizzeria and had to administer the drug. for patterson, this scene was more than just a scary way to start the day. "what's going through your mind as you're seeing this?" "my dad." "why?" "because of heroin." patterson says unfortunately she has loved ones dealing with addiction. although this is her first time

jumping into to action, she seen others overdose before. she has a message for those dealing with addition. "one more time might be the last. that narcan might not save you" patterson says the restaurant had narcan nasal spray on hand thanks to a local nurse. she provided the spray after a conversation with restaurant employees about the ongoing drug problems in the area. there's no word on the current condition of the couple found in the parking lot. >> grant:coming up, as we celebrate fleet week. one of kron four's very own. got the opportunity to go flying with the patriot air team--- who are based out of the bay area. after the break. he takes us up in the air to show us what makes this group so special.

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>> pam: one of several incidents and threats from the bay area now this cellphone video showing someone dressed up as a creepy clown and a park and tonight we are going to tell you this video was taken the have that story much more coming up on news tonight

the funeral for 6-year-old jacob hall was held today. the south carolina boy who was school last month. catherine heenan is here with details on a 'unique' service. >> catherine:jacob's family says he showed them how to love, laugh and smile. and they talk about how much he loved super heroes. so at his funeral today - which was live-streamed online - many mourners came dressed as super heroes - ranging from captain america and wonder woman -- to iron man and batman. others wore 'team jacob' t- shirts. the little boy was shot in the thigh while on the school playground september 28th. he died saturday after being on life support for several days. a 14-year-old boy is charged with murder.

south carolina govenor nikki haley was at the service.and stopped to pay respects at the tiny casket. authorities say the 14-year-old suspect killed his own father.then opened fire at jacob's school. a teacher and a classmate were injured.and later released from the hospital. hours after jacob died - his mother described him as her "super hero." >> britteny: today is pretty tranquil we see great conditions into friday saturday sunday we're going to watch the wind direction seeing a shift more for the onshore flow with clouds and fog. saturday looking good for friday and we keep you updated a look ahead into tonight mostly clear skies expected by tomorrow and then into the weekend even to a warmer track and clear skies cedras sunday watch. and right

now 71 degrees vallejo 75, appeared 71 livermore. temperatures in half moon bay in 6372 monday and then shows another warm day tomorrow. >> britteny: arsis 3 week air corridor shows quite conditions in the next few days the chance of rain forests and that 70 forecast given area of low pressure to the north the loss and then you see the ridge of high pressure building in behind it that is what's going to keep us nice and warm with lots of sunshine of the next few days. an increasing clouds however as we go into your friday. expect things to clear up nicely into friday afternoon and all soc the start of the weekend. or whether

all the way of high-pressure tomorrow you notice those inland locations are back in the low 80s sunshine this are we are seeing a lot of fog and then we start the day mainly in the '50s for the entire area but unhealthful underseas the kosrae '60s for the bay mid-70s for inland locations. >> britteny: warming trend is on the way right into saturday and sunday. and then right on the coast looks like saturday will be warmer than sunday

temperatures will drop off in the mid-60s a chance to see a few more clouds moving and sunday into next week we stay close to average another look at your weather at 6:00. >> vicki:all week we've been getting you ready for this saturday---- the big blue angels air show. tonight. kron four's mark dannon. take us up in the sky. as he got the chance to fly with the patriot air team. that was mark dannon reporting. >> reporter: patriots also civilian r&d budget team america base rate in the bay area. whatever the trick to the airport and met with the team to a test flight. randy how the president and founder lead pilot. it was up and away and

the i'll 39. right after takeoff and handed me controls of a fighter jet on me to perform for paroles and barrels. to a few steep turn someone's made myself tap out by 140 before let up on the stand. after philip passes incredible afternoon getting the border flights of five fired jett. which it quits and even more a job. room

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could set foot in my customers i try >>: to be encouraging. revealing that hurt girl inspiration and brings us to secret no. 3 it is not always both ends. with so much more on the story of seven on the insider.

it's been a little over a week since the loma fire erupted in the santa cruz mountains. tonight the investigation into at least one arrest. * * * sheriff's deputies in the south bay took down an illegal kron four's rob fladeboe was there and reports now that these gardens are coming under suspicion of causing the devastating loma fire.

>> reporter:santa clara county sheriff's deputies executed a search warrant at a property here on loma chiquita road early wednesday, making one arrest as they discovered two green houses filled with large, mature marijuana plants. sot richard glennon/sheriff's deputy this grow has been on the sheriffs marijuana eradication team's radar for some time and is not suspected as the source of the loma fire. but some mountain residents are not shy about pointing the finger of blame at the pot growers. sot anonymous neighbor >> reporter:calfire arson investigators are also at work here. a u.p.s driver who spotted the loma fire near a greenhouse shortly after it started said he was questioned about what he saw that day. >>: now that another the marijuana farm illegal or legal and sure

anything like that could have started a fire. >> reporter:as they hauled away a truckload of plants they say are the size of christmas trees, deputies said the fire that raged across some 4,000 acres has exposed many more such grows and are stepping up their eradication efforts in response to complaints from residents who lost homes and property to a fire that is still not fully contained. sot richard/glennon/sheriff's deputy >>: in doing aerial surveillance you see the grows more readily to to the foliage and also the greenhouses' themselves. >> reporter: faces one count of illegal cultivation the value of this thorn plan allowed weight 40 lbs. and $2,000 per lb

>> pam:another big story tonight-- more 'creepy clown' scares in the bay area. we have learned. a man dressed in a clown suit tried to kidnap a baby girl. this happened in broad day light at a busy section in an east bay city. the mother tells kron4's haaziq madyun that she was holding her child in her arms when it happened >>:"i'm letting him smile but i just heard that clowns are not safe" >> reporter:not safe, more like outright dangerous in the case of tiffany martin. on wednesday martin says she was in concord sitting at this bus stop on willow pass road when a man dressed in a clown suit tried to abduct her daughter >>:"he was like aw, then he pulled, and once he pulled then i pulled back and i kicked him" >> reporter:concord police corporal says the man in the clown suit ran away down willow pass road >>:"our officers did an area check, we searched, but we didn't find him, but we are still doing some follow up to

see who this person is, he was wearing a clown wig, she described him as having a blue wig, he didn't have any facial makeup on, wearing a clown outfit with blue pokedots on it" concord police searched the area but were unable to find anyone matching that description. the incident has this mother's thoughts about having any clowns around her baby >>:"we were just talking about giving her a birthday party with clowns and ponies" she says the party will happen but there will be no clowns "no no no no.no clowns"

in concord haaziq madyun kron4news >> pam: in antioch. investigators are looking tonight for the person behind several threatening clown posts on social media. the target-- a middle school. kron 4's dan kerman is live in antioch tonight. with what he has learned about this investgation. dan? >> reporter:add modesto to the dozens of places reporting creepy clowns. another post thousands to wear blue to stay safe. and dallas ranch middle schools are a clown sidings on campus.

>> reporter: cannot independently confirm the clown settings on campus have checked a video and part staff and they can't confirm if they got confirmed. they're taking it seriously and track down who made those threatening coasts. . >> steve: they're increasing patrols of the sofa so slick of a social media posts have not

given any specific threats. >> pam:catherine heenan is here with new pictures of another unwelcome guest. >> catherine:clearly we're looking at a lot of copy-cat activity. the people who are into this strange fad are motivated to keep this going. one of the latest examples -- cell phone video from baier park in modesto. this was taken at dusk yesterday.showing someone wearing a long black robe with a red wig. just walking around. then -- a photo began circulating of a clown spotted near the vintage faire mall in modesto on monday. the woman who took the picture says the person was near her friend's car. the modesto police department says it's been responding to several complaints about clowns.

teenagers in the area, meantime, have mixed reactions. police have been watching for any problems at the modesto mall in question. other clown sightings have happened in places including fairfield, elk grove, and woodland. law enforcement hate this national prank - saying false reports tie up resources -- and the people who dress as clowns to scare people are risking violent reactions from strangers. >> steve: an east bay child psychologist is accused of keeping a large stash of child pornography. police arrested 68-year-old kenneth breslin this morning at a home in lafayette. they say found child

pornography on computers as well as other storage devices. investigators then searched his office in orinda and found even more pornographic pictures. breslin has been a child psychologist for over 30 years and runs "a child's point of view." >> steve:the contra costa district attorney's office is now reviewing the case. our breaking news alert went out at about this story just before three this afternoon. you can these alerts just by downloading the kron 4 mobile app for apple and android devices. it's free. >> steve:a big story we are going to follow throughout the night: hurricane matthew's deadly toll is growing: at least five people died in haiti. and the prime minister of the bahamas is calling the hurricane "violently unpredictable." >> pam:the national hurricane center says, the storm could make landfall in any of four states in america. emily schmidt, with our partners at c-n-n. on the rush to get ready for whatever may lie ahead. >> reporter:a church pastor in haiti called hurricane matthew damage, "a total disaster." and as bad as this is, matthew isn't done yet. the bahamas are next in the monster storm's path, with a chance of 15 inches of rain. florida's governor says there

are less than 24 hours to prepare for a direct hit. if matthew directly impacts florida, there will be massive destruction that we haven't seen in years. the entire state is under a state of emergency. people are stocking up water, piling up sandbags, filling up gas tanks as they wait in long lines to get ahead of the storm. i'm just waiting my turn because i know it'll be worse tomorrow. miami will wait on evacuations.

south carolina's begin wednesday. a quarter-million is what we're looking at in terms of evacuations. schools and government offices in 25 palmetto state counties -- closed. many traffic lanes will reverse to help people get out faster. north carolina says the latest models look less damaging there, but warns models move. >> britteny: will close in effect and it and then the 12

mi. and it continues to move to the northwest from a 324. and then strain closer to a florida. the closer it gets to the south jacksonville florida really close making landfall we will watch this as it gets in a friday afternoon. one of the forecast models. we will start to see this system curving back out to sea and it will begin. this is just the forecast model still few days away and really close watching it but warnings are already in effect for most of florida and parts of georgia and carolina as. when cahoon de

>> reporter: get clean science of inc. and what earlier was. >>:sot- "thank goodness, you know, it was just the dumpster and not any of the surrounding buildings or adjacent buildings or neighbors, things like that." clean sciences is located off warm springs boulvard, where down the street burned fence lines and grass have become common sight. fremont police shared this map, showing where the fires havenear homes, on public walkways and near businesses.

ha down is that the fires are middle of the night. sot- "10 of the incidents have occurred between midnight and 5am. we've litterally had no witnesses to a suspect in the area or suspects." which is why police spokeswoman geneva bosques says more

officers are now patrolling the area. with hopes of catching the person in the act -- with the public's help. sot- "we'll take any information we can get. we'd rather come out and investigate it and rule it out than not know about it." tonight is the only debate for u-s senate. attorney general kamala harris. will face off against congresswoman loretta sanchez. the two democrats are vying to replace barbara boxer who is retiring. they will meet in los angeles. the debate is slated to start at 7 tonight. polls are showing harris with a sizeable lead over sanchez. hot before mail-in ballots are sent the only vice presidential debate of the election season is now in the books. it had some unexpected sparring and turned out to be a strong night for one nominee. but less than 24 hours later, attention is already turning back to the upcoming trump- clinton rematch. for more on that, let's check in with kron 4 national correspondent chance seales in when you hear the names tim don't think "fireworks." plenty of back and forth. maybe too much. in the end, most viewers agreed -- democrat tim kaine came off as too aggressive .

while gov. pence won the debate, based on his calm temperament and ability to dodge questions about his running mate. if donald trump said even half of these you said he said, in he still wouldn't have a fraction of the insults that hillary clinton leveled when she said that half of our supporters were a basket of deplorables. >> reporter: hours later . most eyes were back on the top of the ticket. clinton is prepping for her rematch against trump on sunday. it's important to keep in mind what your objectives are and what you're trying to demonstrate to the tens of watching. trump is said to be preparing more this time around. the big unknown will his performance improve? again, the question will be which donald trump will show up? the second presidential debate is sunday night at 9pm eastern. it's a town hall in st. louis, missouri. chance seales. a merced city council candidate

might have seen her bid go up in smoke. lakisha jenkins was arrested yesterday just hours after taking part in a candidate forum. vogel marijuana at a dispensary jenkins use to run. the discovery came as eviction notice was being served. jenkins is also facing tax code violations from running the cannabis club. >> pam:the drought in california continues... and now, state regulators are worried efforts to conserve water have been abandoned. last winter, el niño delivered a near- average amount of rain. but it was not enough to end the state's drought. as of october first, the state entered its 6th year of drought. officials say, since mandatory cutbacks were lifted... californians have let up on conserving water. the board reports. californians saved less than 18- percent in august... that's is down by nearly 10- percent from last year. in january, state regulators in sacramento will consider. if state- mandated water restictions will be necessary again. yahoo is underfire. how the company is responding today to reports it allowed the

government to snoop on every single of its users' emails. >> britteny: the sunshine and warmth and jersey at lotus expects clear sky sphere warm conditions marlon the we're trapping warm temperatures again clear skies especially saturday and sunday at our return onshore flow giving us possibly more clouds and fog there watching that closely with senator looking really good. alicea britain of farce

million of friday afternoon and clearing up on as we go in the saturday as is her the day tomorrow. that the '80s in run

eight degrees livermore and a kron four viewer becomes the victim of a crime. what a thief took this morning the picture that could lead police to the culprit. the hunt is on for the man who busted into a south bay comic book shop this morning in the south bay.

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>> steve:the owners sent us these photos showing the burglary as it went down at comics conspiracy in sunnyvale. they also showed us the aftermath. the place was ransacked. you can see the front door was kicked in and he left behind quite a mess. he managed to get into the cash register and clean it out. they say he also made off with some comic books. the owners say this is the first time they have had a

break-in. new numbers reveal. the amount of traffic fatalities in the u- s. is increasing every year. today... federal officials released numbers confirming an upward trend in traffic deaths over the past couple years.

>>: 2 during a whole clown outfit that had blue polka dots on it. so >> reporter: and on edge falling close related clowns of threatening the school. before naming a variety of and yet schools they're targeting another post tells students to wear bullet to stay safe. they're taking this seriously and also investigating trended track down those who put up the threatening posts. upon

>> reporter: 7 under thousand dollars as one man arrested and deputies say this grow as an underwriter for some time. july 16, 1916 suspicious fires and the warm springs area.

>> reporter: their plan is the runway everyone got out safe no injuries reported. they did sent note the statement stating that until were able the richard to a device we cannot confirm that this contains the notes on where organ with the authorities to recover the device and confirm the cause.

his phone had that green battery a new fixed unit. southwest airlines confirmed to us that a samsung device did start smoking and caused them to evacuate this flight but they did not specify that it was a independently confimred that this was a note 7 and not a different samsung phone. stand up - the device that caused all this is now in the hands of the louisville fire department's

arson unit for investigation. i called them for more information i have not heard back yet. samsung gave me this statement: "until we are able to retrieve the device, we cannot confirm that this incident involves the new note7. we are working with the authorities and southwest now to recover the device and confirm the cause. once we have examined the device we will have more information to share." if it was a replaced new safe note 7 that did this that will be devastating to them. they thought this recall was behind them. and they are fighting hard to take on the iphone 7 with the their flag=ship note 7. people have been coming in droves to replace their recaleld note 7 phones with new safe ones if these new fixed replacement devcies also pose a safety risk. it's game over. that would be hard to come back from. they might as well drop the note 7 line. and focus on a future note 8 line. we'll have to see how this unfolds. stay tuned. wytrgs. fleet week is marking the end of duty for a four- legged service member. "pascal" is retiring after eight -years of service. he has been deployed by the marines to iraq, kuwait and jordan. to sniff out explosives and alert troops about potential dangers. fleet week is his final mission as a working k-9. once fleet week is over. pascal is heading home. and will be adopted by one his handlers. and a reminder: kron four has a special section on our website. with the full schedule of fleet week events. you will find videos of our team. flying with the blue angels. and don't forget. you can watch the blue angels live. right here on kron four. our special 'blue angels live' show. runs from two to four p-m this saturday. >> britteny: as we go closer toward a week and beautiful conditions expected warmer it warming up above-average temperatures next few hours and drop quickly in the high fifties and owned locations, mid-60's

benefit when does our wrote: m.p.h.. severances go 80 degrees will week high of more out said rosa and then 80 degrees the matchup. 80 fairfield 81 antioch 08 east more and more 74 oakland comfortable san francisco 77 on view. the 70 forecast showing what will happen and the next couple days the high 80s saturday sunday inland locations take a look we drop a few degrees from the bay from high low 80s on saturday to bidders dropped saturday sunday inclosed average into next week we take another look at whether at the end of the show.

>> catherine:yahoo responded again today to a report that it scanned incoming e-mail. to hundreds of millions of accounts for the u.s. government. that same report says yahoo 'built' the scanning system which was used. catherine heenan is here with the latest developments. yahoo is not specifically denying that reuters report. but today fired back.calling it "misleading". yahoo management say they "narrowly interpret every government request for user data to minimize disclosure." tonight the new york times reports that yahoo was ordered last year to search incoming e-mails for the digital "signature" of a communications method used by a foreign terror organization.

the times say the company gave the f-b-i a copy of any message it found with that signature. yahoo was forbidden from disclosing the order - and the collection is reportedly no longer happening. this is all playing out 6 months after a stand-off between the f- b-i and apple. in contrast to yahoo -- apple refused to cooperate with a court order to help the f-b-i. a contractor for the national security agency is accused of illegally removing classified material. and storing it in his house and car. that's according to the department of justice. this is footage from the suspect's home. the agency announced today that 51-year-old harold martin of maryland was charged with theft of government property. >> pam: other companies thought to be interested are disney a googol. . >> steve: and record so far as we know hundred and 22 years to u.s. scientists are saying one record will likely never come close to breaking.

>> reporter: has said the patrols local schools after being made aware sofa immediate post people threatening to showed schools dressed as clowns. we see to a psychologist about this issue and the kron 4 news that aids. >> steve:researchers say the

chances of going beyond that are very slim. their analysis in the journal "nature"... believes that human life spans max out at 115-years. scientists say those who wish to live longer lives...should focus on healthier lifestyles... inlcuding dieting and exercise. the toronto blue jays apologized to the baltimore orioles and major league baseball after a fan threw a beer can that narrowly missed the head of baltimore outfielder hyun soo kim in last night's wild-card game. the blue jays said they are cooperating with police to identify the person who threw the can in the seventh inning of the blue jays' 5-2 win.the team said that the "individual responsible is not welcome back to the stadium."

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>> gary: i will be back live at 10 and debated tomorrow.

>> steve: for joining us we will see you at 10.

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