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we do know the suspect was hurt. but do not know how badly. the shooting. a kron 4 news crew is on the bring you updates as we get of view >> vicki:we are also following two breaking news stories in sana shootout involving two all vehicles--- leads to a majorsending three people to the of the vote but newtand police say they are gunmen involved. >> vicki:and. >> vicki:a 40-year-old patterson man. is taken into custody. for allegedly engaging in sex acts with a girl under the age of 14. now--- police fear there are more victims out there. good evening, i'm vicki
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liviakis. >> grant:and i'm grant lodes. >> grant:tonight, san leandro police are searching for more victims after a man was arrested for allegedly having sex with a teenage girl. kron four's charles clifford is following this story for us tonight. he joins live in san leandro with more. charles? >> reporter:we first told you about this child sex predator investigation through our mobile app. we sent a push alert at 11:46 this morning. >> reporter:make sure you download the kron-4 news app to always get the latest breaking news. it's free for iphone and android devices. >> reporter: also in san leandro. police are calling it a "violent and vicious attack". an elderly couple sent to the hospital after a car sped off from a rolling gun battle.and crashes head- on into their car. >> vicki:you're looking at
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video from the scene. you can see the toyota prius all pushed in and on top of a parked car. police had to use the jaws of life to free one of the victims. and the suspect. was suffering from gunshots wounds at the time of the crash. >> vicki:kron4's dan kerman is live in san leandro with details on where it happened and what led up to the shooting. >> grant:dan? >> reporter: people and the toyota was not at all.
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>> the dark gray nissan was in a gunbattle with the upper the call will now have a discussion on the suspect that escaped. >> reporter: sara's as least one adult male that is threatened by a gunshot injuries. >> reporter: -- there is at least >> i heard some noises. sounded like a shotgun blast. my neighbor said that was probably the two coalitions of the cars. >> reporter: nearby at the elementary schools they were all locked down for one hour
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until the police felt that the area was safe. >> we all put the children and the cafeteria and close the doors so we were on a lot down for a while. --lock down for a while >> we have the texas out near this location. looking for additional evidence to include. shell casings, witnesses and any type of video surveillance that we could find for someone's private homes or residential business. >> reporter: investigators are still on the scene collecting evidence and they have yet to fight any weapons involved in the initial shootout. >> reporter:live, dan kerman kron4news
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>> vicki:thank you, dan. >> vicki:a series of strong armed robberies taking place in an east bay city may have justpolice investigators say they believe they have the primary suspects in custody.as kron4's haaziq madyun reports.police say the robbers were all females.and were all minors. >> reporter:five teenage girls looking oakland.their targets.women walking alone in specific neighborhoods >>"what we had here were five female suspects, ages 14 to 16, who were who were involved in robberies, these robberies took place in the area of the west oakland bart station and the surrounding neighborhoods as well as the rockridge bart station and the surrounding neighborhoods" >> reporter:oakland police investigators say the 5- teenage-female suspects were allegedly involved in a series of similar robberies >>"right now we have connected other robberies that happened within october 25th to november 14th >> reporter:the robbery spree came to end on monday when piedmont police spotted a vehicle in their town occupied by what turned out to be the female robbery crew. opd was called in to make the arrests >>"this case is a collaborative effort with the piedmont police police department"
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found in the bathroom of an east bay high school. this is a photo of what was found in a boy's bathroom at monte vista high school. >> reporter:the graffiti has been cleaned up.but as kron four's aver harper reports-- students are worried about their safety. >> reporter:this isn't the first time we've seen racist graffiti around bay area schools. in late october, similar slurs were found scribbled on the bathroom walls in two separate incidents at san ramon. >> reporter:you're looking at two photos which were posted on social media. you can see someone wrote the word "colored" above the urinals on one side and "whites" on the other. >> reporter:when it was reported to school officials, they say they checked and the graffiti was no longera student has since admitted >> reporter:and earlier this month. racist graffiti was found at edison elementary school in alameda. school officials say the racists messages against chinese, japanese and african americans were spray painted on five different areas on the blacktop. the school was having a book fair when staff saw the graffiti. >> reporter:racist graffiti was later found on other schools onthe alameda police
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>> vicki:lt. governor gavin newsom is calling on california schools to make sure that students feel safe from the threat of deportation. >> grant:catherine heenan is here with details on what newsom is saying.in the wake of thetrump election. >> catherine:the lt. governor has met with undocumented students and advocates.. he's now talking about their concern over president-elect trump's proposed deportation force. newsom is calling on the university of california and california state university systems to formally declare public campuses as "sanctuary campuses." sphere >> vicki: >> catherine:he's written letters to university officials.saying economic
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imperative' to protect students. >> to remind all and the state of california that we have their bad and had their families back. >> catherine:the lt. governor also wants universities to protect student information from abuse by the federal government. and he's calling for training for campus police and administrative officials on 'not' cooperating with immigration enforcement. >> catherine:grant and vicki? >> vicki:still ahead on kron four news at five. police in the south bay are investigating *another deadly hit-and-run on 101 highway. we'll have the latest on the investigation after the break. >> grant:plus ski season is upon us. when lake tahoe ski resorts expect to open--- and update on the snow conditions.with our good friend coop. >> vicki:and.
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>> grant:this is the third pedestrian killed on a bay area highway just this week. kron four's will tran has the details on this latest hit-and-run. >> reporter: the c h p tells me that they do not believe that the victim struck and killed a around 130 and the morning was not a transit based on what he was wearing and that he had a wallet on him at the time. >> reporter: the c h p had to shut it down for several hours. they believed that the car deck slants into the person with a front end damage. no one had stopped to help and it took other cars that came along a short time later to contact the c h p that there was a body on the road late. the big dumb name still not be released at this time. ---the biggest
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name-- the victim's name is still not being released at this time >> reporter:a driver was pulled from his burning car this morning after a major 10-car pile up on highway 8- 80 in milpitas.reports say people stopped to help when they saw a nissan rear-ended and then catch fire. >> grant:the driver suffering severe burns and broken ribs. this is footage just after the crash.shot courtesy of our helicopter partners with a-b-c-7. police say the driver of a ford truck told them he was distracted for a moment and hit the nissan at full speed. >> grant:traffic from the crash at 5-30 lasted for several hours.making it a hard commute for everyone leaving the east bay. to bay area baseball now. >> vicki:a shake-up in leadership for the oakland
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athletic's. today, the team announced lew wolfe is now longer co- owner of the team, selling most of his interest in the a's to the organization's other minority owners. and, as kron four's philippe djegal reports. the a's also have a new team president. >>i'd like to introduce the new president of the oakland you very much. it's great to be here, i'm obviously very thrilled to be here in oakland." >> reporter:he's a familiar face to bay area sports fans. for the past six years, dave kaval has served as president of major league soccer's san jose earthquakes. >> reporter:he'll continue to serve in that role with the quakes, while also assuming the role as president of the oaklandhe replaces in for michael crowley who steps down after 20 years at the helm. >> reporter:crowley will continue to work with the team as a special advisor, while kaval says he shifts his focus on building the a's a much needed new stadium in oakland, where he is committed to doing so without taxpayer dollars. much like he did with avaya stadium. >> reporter:a 100-million dollar privately financed facility built in 2015.
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>> "i think the key thing in terms of having success on the field is the stadium and this happened in san jose when had the team down there and its going to happen here. we have to unlock the revenue that comes with a new building and what that will enable us to do is invest more in the product and actually compete for more world series." >> reporter:the a's also announced co-owner lew wolfe has sold most of his stake in the team to the rest of the owners, but will serve as a chairperson emeritus moving forward. >> reporter:majority owner john fisher will also assume wolfe's role as managing partner >> reporter:at the top of wolfe's list of top priorities when joining the a's was to find the atheletics a new permanent home. but after 11 years, that did not happen. >> "very exciting to see the direction we're going in." >> reporter:chris dobbins is a member of the oakland alameda county coliseum joint powers authority and co-founder of the organization save oakland sports. >>"i think a's fans think it's a good move because they don't like mr. wolfe. i mean, he's taken a lot of the brunt of frustrations
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that a's fans have had, so i'll say that -- hopefully moving forward." >>"we are a team, the only team that currently plays here that is talking about being committed to this community and i think that means a lot." >> reporter:in oakland, philippe djegal, kron four news. >> vicki: grant? >> grant: ok. vicki! >> grant:snow is falling in
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tahoe--- fake snow that is. this is video from kirkwood mountain ski resort--- taken today. ski resorts in lake tahoe. are gearing up for the upcoming season. with some even set to open *this weekend. >> grant:boreal and mount rose will open tomorrow. but others have pushed their opening dates until next week. including heavenly and kirkwood resorts--- kevin 'coop' cooper with heavenly and kirkwood resorts. is on the line with us now. and coop. what are the conditions looking like for the upcoming holiday? >> grant: how are you doing? >> i'm doing good, grant. >> did you take a look at the long-range forecast each of the temperatures are normal. we are talking about a normal weather. --winter
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>> consistently and quality. we have the high pressure. all like what occurred earlier this month the high pressure will move out. >> temperatures at the mountain at 24 at the base. at north star, 247 flow of snow. >> want to make it an experience. it will be a good winter. and i like to see you out on the mountains. >> grant: i will do my best! >> grant: is there any snow up there right now? >> yes. what a higher
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elevation. the beauty of the set up is that october was be set at what this month. -- was the second wettest month. >> the mountains will make the snow and we will have the mountains open. >> grant: you know the current tilt for deal was coffee and the morning and rebel all day and redline about now. is that still what we are doing? >> yes. i will have my glass up writ in my hand old
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friend. -- i will have my glass of red in my hand old friend. >> vicki:now let's get a check on the weather here in the bay area--- meteorologist brittney shipp here. and brit, we are hearing rain in on the way? >> brittney: if you are planning on leaving here friday or friday night and even saturday these are the weather updates. with some rain showers pushing through on saturday. it will switch over to snell as we get through our overnight hours and temperature dropped. the temperature is will continue to drop as we go into sunday and sunday evening. that is with the heaviest snowfall will fall in the sierra.
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>> brittney: temperatures on friday with parleys son sonny on friday. and it will be windy. >> brittney: dropping down to 42 on sunday. not expect to see a whole lot of snow may be a had an image. --maybe a half an inch. >> brittney: once again, the frost advisory staying with us. satellite regard showing clear skies right now as we pushed into tomorrow we will seek warmer temperatures. i will time it
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>> vicki:that's because they are dogs. these aren't your typical k9 team, meant to sniff out drugs or explosives. kron4's maureen kelly reports that the proscecutor's pooches are meant to help crime victims deal with stress and trauma as they navigate the legal system. >>we were going to have a swearing in but we couldn't get them to raise their right paw >> reporter:however that formality was overlooked.and 14 month old red and 19 month old pink got pats on the head as well shiny new badges attached to their collars.showing them as officers working for the district attorney's. the dogs have been especially trained as courthouse facility dogs.and will be used to help victims of crime feel better as they talk about what happened to them.and navigate the legal system. >>we often interview victims and witnesses that are under a lot of stress and there is facility dogs help witnesses and victims relax and help them deal with often very stressful situations especially if they've been traumatizes
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>> reporter:the dogs will be brought in to help during interviews, exams and as victims await trial and possibly during trial in the courts themselves. >>we had the meet and greet with the judges and that went really well >> reporter:red and pink will begin working with child victims of sexual and physical abuse. >>it will help them tremendously, i've seen dogs come into a room and kids know they have a lot of trauma in their lives and bringing in a dog if teh parent allows it will bring down a lot of the stress levels. >> reporter:each dog cost $35-thousand to breed, raise and train.the cost for red and pink has been covered by a state grant. >> reporter:after their welcoming ceremony the two law and order labradors were then showered with congratulatory pets and neck scratches. and are already the most popular employees on the
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(male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> vicki:tonight -- is there turmoil in the democratic party? >> vicki:a week after major losses in the house and senate - some are wondering what's next for the party of kennedy, clinton and , obama. >> grant:kron four's national correspondent mark meredith is in washington with a closer look. >> reporter: should someone stepped up?
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>> reporter: members we spoke with said they are confident in the debate had an actor face giving will not turn hostile. >> reporter: and the senate democrats state that it is time to do so search. --soul search >> when you lose a debate like this it is time to look it right in the eye and do some soul-searching. >> reporter:3 >> it is really about for what we do for the american people and not the personalities. >> reporter: and vote is not expected to happen until
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after the thanksgiving in regards to the position that nancy posy holds. >> vicki:if you are looking ahead to the next presidential election, you can rule out hillary clinton's running mate tim kaine. when senator kaine was asked today -- if he was planning on running in 2020. he responded "nope." he is however planning to run for re-election for his senate seat in virginia in 20-18. >> vicki:kaine called his work in congress "my highest and best use." but in september a judge
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a new federal report is out on the controversialof a male gorilla at the cincinnati zoo earlier this year. catherine heenan is here with the latest. >> catherine:federal inspectors says the barrier outside the gorilla's enclosure was "not" in compliance with standards. but for many people the bigger question was whether zoo workers should have been so quick to kill 17- year-old harambe. >> catherine:on that score - the report backs up the zoo. saying the 3-year-old who tumbled into the exhibit was in fact in "life-threatening danger".and workers properly followed procedures. harambe didn't seem to be trying to hurt the boy.and some animal experts say he might have even been trying to protect him. >> catherine:people mourned the animal's did not result in a drop in attendance. as for the barrier -- it was quickly made taller and nylon mesh now covers any gaps.
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>> grant:all this week kron 4 has been taking an in- depth look at the dangers of lead contamination. tonight we looking at the problem in schools. >> vicki:in recent years, lead has been found in the drinking water of schools in maine, oregon, kentucky and here in california. the problem is of even more concern. because children who are poisoned by lead. can suffer learning disorders. kron 4's charles clifford visits a school district in the north bay to learn how they have handled the problem. >> reporter: >> there appeared to be issues with lead and the water based on tests so we really shut the water off. >> reporter: test was given to the other schools and it was found. because of the
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age of the building replacing the public would have been expensed but sold the district installed a temporary fix. >> reporter: that and the elementary school. actually, finding out the lead contamination was eight false alarm. >> we did not have harmful amounts of lead and the water. >> reporter: the water was still kept off for the entire year. >> reporter: are also moving ahead to fix the pipes at the junior high school. >> will be able to address it in the near future. >> reporter: other school districts can learn from their experiences. >> get a hold of your public
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health agencies and they will help you and guy you'd process. the second that you have an idea that there could be an issue. you bring in clean wall-to-clean water for your students and show that water off. >>--and shut the water off >> vicki:tonight at ten-- our in-depth series continues. we will look at the steps that are being taken. to keep our water supply free of lead contamination. and on our website. >> vicki:we have a link to the e-p-a drinking water. also the effects lead poisoning can have on you and your family. >> vicki:com. a company based in brooklyn has announced a recall of cheese.
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>> grant:four-c foods corporation back positive for salmonella. nobody has gotten sick yet. the company says it has precaution. >> grant:the possibly- contaminated products include grated parmesan and romano cheeses sold under the brand names "4-c" and "cento." all of them are sold in six- ounce vacuum-sealed glass jars. the expiration dates for the between november 20-16
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and november 20-18. return to >> vicki:j-p morgan chase is getting assists a big slap on the wrist by the feds.facing a 264-million dollar fine for bribery. >> vicki:the company agrees to pay and family of chinese officials in order to help the bank get lucrative deals with china. the settlement is ending a three year investigation on corrupt practices act. >> vicki:a law that makes it illegal for u-s banks to give business from foreignj- p morgan says.their practices were "unacceptable".and after stopping back in 20-13.they took action against the individuals involved.and have since improved its hiring practices. >> vicki: grant? >> grant:
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the silver and black.have one of the best records in all of football and are first place in the afc west. >> grant:to maintain that lead, they'll have to earn a win 23-hundred miles away.in mexico city. the raiders face the texans monday night in an international showdown. mark carpenter spoke with the team this afternoon. and has the latest from raiders hq. return to index >> mark: the raiders are heading south of the border, but there's no time to play tourist. they arrive in mexico city on sunday, leave monday night right after the game and the only item on the itinerary is football. a testament to the mindset that when things are going well, you don't stray away from routine. >>carr "it doesn't change the game for me. it doesn't change my heart rate. it just stays the same and you just go out there, and we have such a good process here. i think that is such a key thing, we have such a good process to where coach del rio has taught us that if you prepare a certain way, it doesn't matter what game we are in, it's just the next game."
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>> "it's less air. i'm not good with the science of it, but butt sots it's like weather with anywhere. it's like with altitude or weather, if the mindset that it won't." donald penn >>"he calls us the engine and engine. it's crazy because his last name is carr. there's no car without the engine and we tell the d line they are the engine for the defense. that's how we try to lead our team with our front line.
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weekend? >> brittney:some --we usually will had a break. but not with this system. and we needed. -- and we need it >> brittney: this unsettled weather is headed our way and should last until the next 24 hours or so. we will see widespread rain showers moving again. steady light rainfall. and it will continue until overnight saturday and into sunday. >> brittney: by 215 another
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round will move in. >> brittney: we looking at until late sunday evening. >> brittney: as we go into sunday afternoon, the rainfall total should be close to an inch in san francisco. >> brittney: more than 3/4 and palo alto. >> brittney: those are pretty good systems that are headed our way. >> brittney: at the airport, 52. 52 in san mateo. >> brittney: closer to santa rosa at 55 degrees and fairfield as well. >> brittney: 57 degrees in fremont. and tomorrow,
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temperatures will recover so we are back to the mid to high sixties. >> brittney: 7 day forecast shows a nice friday and then we will start to track rainshowers. >> brittney: quieter conditions going into next week. with the possible range hour on wednesday. >> grant:here is a sneak peek of the backstory tonight...
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(male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> this just in to the kron 4 newsroom. >> steve:breaking news right now on kron 4 news at six. a u-s marshals deputy. shoots a suspect near hayward. that suspect was released time ago and is now in jail. >> steve:good evening. i'm steve aveson. >> pam:and i'm pam moore. this story has been unfolding rapidly over the past 90 minutes. here is what know right now. >> pam:this all happened just a little after 4 p-m. in this hayward neighborhood that you see. from our helicopter partners at a-b-c 7. we are told deputies were serving an arrest warrant near the intersection of maud avenue and kelly street.
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>> pam:it is not clear what suspect was shot and wounded. the alameda county sheriff's office says, the injuries are minor and the suspect has already been treated and and is in jail. >> pam:kron 4's alecia reid is on the way. and will have a live update shortly. >> pam:a car to car shootout in san leandro sends three people to the hospital including an elderly couple after their car was hit head on by one of the cars involved in the gunfire. >> steve:kron 4's dan kerman is live in san leandro to piece it all together >> reporter:san leandro police have arrested a 40- year old man on suspicion of engaging in sex acts with a minor. >> there are several gunshots in the passenger's side. >> reporter: striking a
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toyota head on. >> crossing the center divide line and landing in the position that it is in now. >> reporter: bulks seriously injured and taken to a nearby hospital. >> you do not want anything like this to happen in your neighborhood. but they had inspirit it can happen anywhere. -- but it happens >> i was very shaken up. and shake it up for the kids. our main concern was to make sure the children were saved and they were. --safe >> are trying to have the
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police meet with witnesses and do more investigation and surveillance. to see who else was involved in the shooting. >> reporter: the police are still on the scene collecting evidence. there are still searching for the weapons and bob in addition doubt as well. live in san leandro, dan kerman. kron4 news >> steve:ian teager from patterson california is now behind bars. the victim. a girl from san leandro who is under the age of 14. teager reportedly posed as a 14-year old boy on a social media site where he met the girl. >> steve:he then picked her up and drove to an oakland motel where police say several sexual acts occurred. >> 13 and 14 year old girl
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kids-- kids are in session a bow. and they believe all adults. >> steve:police believe teager has the bay area and central valley.but do not have their identities. he is exoected to be in court friday morning. >> pam:women targeted by violent robbery suspects. a series of these crimes have takenalthough police investigators say they believe they have the primary suspects. a group ofwomen in that town tell are concerned about being robbery victims. >>"these suspects were looking victims" >> reporter:isolated females, walking alone near the west oakland bart station and here near the rockridge bart station. that is where a group of teenage girls were robbing women of personal items like cellphones.according to oakland police >>"we had a crew of female suspects ages ranging from committing multiple strong armed robberies"
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>> reporter:some women in rockridge were were being targeted by oakland neighborhood >>"very concerned, especially because i have a 2 year old there has been a lot of crime" >>"i supposed here we are lulled into a false since of security because it's so lovely and it's so beautiful and there are all these lovely nice things, but i suppose there are security considerations that we forget about" >> reporter:however teenage girls being first thing that comes to mind for these women. >>"i mean that's not really hardened criminal"
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>>"i'm wondering where their parents are? i think that's where it starts" >> reporter: girls are suspects in 10 strong armed robberies in recent weeks. on monday the teenagers were spotted driving a stolen vehicle.stolen personal property was found inside teens were taken into custody. in oakland haaziq madyun kron4news >> pam:a major crash on highway 8-80 in milpitas this morning. the wreckage by motoristspolice say. a driver of a ford truck told them, he looked down for a moment and looked up to see red taillights. he hit a nissan at full speed. catching it on fire. and leaving the driver with ribs. >> pam:this is footage taken after helicopter partners with a-b-c-7. you can see the horrible
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traffic. all northbound nearly two hours. >> pam:another pedestrian has died on a bay area freeway. 101 this morning in sanit happened in the-- san jose. it happened in th he the tully road on-ramp. the man is described asin been released. daythe c-h-p is looking for the driver who struck the man. on half >> pam:investigators say, they have the collision. this is the third pedestrian killed on a bay area freeway >> pam: studentship salon's pathsa man was struck and
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killed interstate 80. the c-h-p is looking for the >> pam:a man was also hit and killed over by san francisco international airport. the off the ramp. >> steve:thank you... >> steve:some u-c berkeley students skipped class today. saying they wanted to send a clear message to administrators. >> pam:catherine heenan is here with the latest on a professor being investigatedfor sexual harrassment. >> catherine:those students are still angry that they're only now finding out about a teacher accused of sexually harassing one of his female grad students. 61-year-old nezar al sayyad is being allowed to continue teaching.as the investigation continues. a small group of students sat outside today.skipping classes. >> catherine:they argue the school seems to care more about its tenured teachers.as opposed to
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making student safety the top priority. >> catherine:they say the case was unfolding long before u-c berkeley students were told about the accusations. this week.students were offered the chance to leave the class taught by alsayyad - and take it with another teacher. >> catherine:the architecture professor has denied doing anything wrong. >> catherine:pam and steve? >> steve: thank you, catherine! >> steve:is george gascon looking to take kamala harris's old job? his response when kron 4 asked if he has spoken to state attorney general. >> pam:and just in time for
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>> this just in to the kron 4 newsroom. >> pam:kron 4 alecia reid will have a report for us in a few minutes! >> pam: big news out of the east bay! >> steve:a shake-up in leadership fortoday, the team announced - lew wolff is now longer co-owner of the team. that's right. he is selling most of his interest in the a's to the organization's other minority owners. and, as kron four's philippethe a's also have a new team president >> reporter:lew wolfe is no longer co- of the oakland atheltics. today, the a's announced he is stepping down from both roles after selling most of the organiazation's other owners. >> reporter:including john fisher, the team's majority owner, who in addition, will assume the role of managing
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partner. the a's also announced michael crowley will no longer serve as team president, but will stay on as a senior advisor after 20 years with the athletics. >> reporter:his replacement -- dave kaval, who says he is committed to building the team a new ballpark in oakland. >>-"my only experience is with privately finances stadiums, you know, that is something that's kind of a prerequisit for venues in california and i would expect that to be the case, but obviously, we're open to any type of financial vehicle that can build a world class stadium for the athletics and our >> reporter:and, he's done it before. >> reporter:just look at privately-financed avaya stadium in san jose. the 100-million dollar venue built in 2015 >> "i think the number one thing is for the stadium to be unique something that people can really feel special about." >> reporter:but some a's fans tell us the shake up in the front office doesn't mean much unless it translates into more wins. >>"whenever they have great players, they trade them off and that's just always how its been since the 70s and its still doing that so maybe that's good news." >> reporter:in oakland, philippe djegal, kron four news. >> pam:oakland mayor libby schaaf had this reaction to the a's leadership change. >> pam:"i am thrilled to be
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in partnership with the a's on the development of a new oakland, and will enjoy continuing to work with lew wolff as he moves to build a much-needed, new hotel in downtown oakland." >> steve:george gascon has gone from san francisco police chief to district attorney. could state attorney general be next? >> steve:kamala harris held the elected last week to the united states senate. that means governor jerry brown needs to find a replacement. police unions have already weighed in. sending a letter to the governor urging him not to choose gascon. kron 4's maureen kelly asked the district attorney today if he was going to pursue harris's position. >>maureen: are you reaching position, get this you'd like to do? >>gascon: i have not reached it is appropriate for the governor to evaluate there are many many very qualified candidates i'm sure that he is going to make the right decision. >> reporter:maureen: have you heard from him?
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>>gascon: i have not. >> steve:gascon has had a difficult relationship with the san francisco police union as he has tried to push for reforms. >> pam:homelessness is down overall in the united states. but not on the west coast. the department of housing and urban development says many cities are lacking affordable housing. it also points to a rise in opiod addiction as another contributor. >> pam:california went up 2- point-1 one percent from last year. the biggest jump was washington d-c. where homelessness rose by 14- point-4 percent. >> pam:but the national average is down by 2-point-6 percent. >> pam:the d-a swore in two dogs available to help victims navigating the criminal justice system. kron4's maureen kelly reports that the dogs will
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start helping the city's most vunerable victims. >>aren't you the sweetest. >> reporter:most officers of the court don't get sweet talk when then most aren't this cute either.meet red.a 14 month old courthouse facility dog.and this is his partner19 month old pink. >> reporter:their new job will be to help crime victims who have undergone trauma deal with the additional stress of the court system. >>provide emotional support, help lower the heart rate relase oxytocin >> reporter:red and pink will be able to provide that calming support system >>we are working with the judges so they can be in the courts also
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>> reporter:their first clients will be the ones who need the most comfort. targeting child victimsexplotation the elderly >> reporter:right now they are meeting and greeting their new co comfortable in their new surroundings.they are expecting to begin adminstrating licks and tail wags.starting next month. maureen kelly kron4 news. >> pam:let's take a live look outside! >> brittney: 1 again
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>> brittney: we will have a frost advisory. with a system shipping to the east closer to us. not tomorrow. we will see more sunshine tomorrow, but saturday morning early in the morning we will see rainshowers. continuing throughout the day. >> brittney: you concede that we will see a light rain will begin when the game starts. >> brittney: this will
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continue as we go into sunday. daybreak at 8:00 a.m. sunday but more rain showers are to bulls fan as we go into the afternoon. --more rainshowers are to move in >> brittney: light rain expected with the windy conditions. at 30 mi. per hour. to produce will be in the '60s so it would be kind of tough out there to watch the game. >> brittney: as we head into fretted a lot of sunshine. the rain showers will begin saturday and sunday. and another chance of showers on wednesday.
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3 >> pam: thank you, brittney >> pam:an unusual robbery to tell you about. police say they have never seen anything like it. >> pam:what they say some bandites threatened to do to a clerk at a drug store. >> steve:is nancy pelosi about to get position in congress? the challenge made that could be the beginning of shake-up of the democratic party.
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>> steve:an interesting story out of illinois.two people trying to steal medications from a that police in the area have never seen before. after being confronted by store employees.the man.pulled out a needle he claimed was infected with h- i-v. >> steve:police say no one was stabbed by the needle.or injured in the interaction.but they have not caught their suspects. now they are hoping some one will recognize the two attempted robbers and turn them in.
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>> pam:hundreds of o'hare international airport workers have voted to go on strike ahead of the thanksgiving holiday. the employees say they are pushing for a 15 dollars minimum wage officials say about 500 workers are commitied to the the exact day has not been announced. >> pam: cleaners, janitors and wheelchair attendants are some of the employees expected to be involved. with thanksgiving being one of the busiest travel times of the year.offials are not sure how much the strike will effect operations.
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>> this just in to the kron 4 newsroom. >> reporter: the shooting happened just after 3:00 when you add marshals were tried to implement a our arrest warrant and school was still in session. can you what made you what happened today please? >> we were here on this street. here to apprehend a fugitive in the state of louisiana. one at one drug charges. --wanted on drug charges >> we are not sure what happened yet but there was
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some type of deadly encounter. the suspect was raised by a bullet or shrapnel. cut and injured. we all arrived on scene to assist the marshals and shortly after, we took the suspect to the hospital. he was in really treated for a very minor wounds. we are talking to officers to figure out what transpired here today. no officers were injured and no students were heard here at the school creek la belle was lifted about an hour after the incident. >> reporter: how far outdid this lot down goal?-- lockdown go >> just tear on campus and to the end of the street.
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luckily this is a dead end street and that is how far it went. >> reporter: thank you. we shall be appreciated. the of >> reporter: still investigating what happened here. i will send it back to you pam and steve and i will have more details coming up at 8:00. >> pam: you can be the first to find out about breaking news just by getting de kron 4 news mobile application which is free. >> reporter: a car to car shoot-out followed by eight crash. the gun battle between the nissan and another unidentified vehicle started to run for thirty. minutes later than the sun
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struck a toyota head on. and inside the toyota was an elderly couple who was taken to a nearby hospital. >> reporter: now, the search is on for the unidentified vehicle that was involved in the initial shootout. >> reporter: and 40 year-old male was are rested on four felony accounts with sexual acts with a minor. having sex with her in a hotel room after taking here there. >> reporter: here in oakland police arrest five
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teenage girls targeting women and west oakland. >> jeans from 1416 on multiple strong armed robberies. --ranging from age 14-16 >>walk in groups if you can. walk in well-lit areas. >> reporter: 2 urinals won what they were wide and the other color. school officials say they are taking steps so that this will not happen again. and holding and assembly with the entire student body and listening to concerns. in
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>> pam:a big story just keeps unfolding: president-elect donald trump's transition team in his administration. >> steve:this comes as president obama continues his last foreign trip thursday dianne gallagher with our partners at c-n-n with the news coming from both presidents. return to index >> reporter:a little over a week after president, his transition team leader vice president familiar territory, meeting with leadership on capitol hill. >>mike pence / -r- vice president-elect: it's very humbling to me.
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>> reporter:pence met with republicans, >>rep. paul ryan / -r- house speaker: he gave our members an update on the transition and the priorities for this new administration. it was a warm and a very productive conversation. >> reporter:and democrats, >>gov. mike pence / -r- vice for what i trust will be the first of many conversations as we move forward toward inauguration. >>nancy pelosi / -d- house to find our common ground where we can and of course stand our ground when we can't. >> reporter:as donald trump continues to meet with potential members in new york. >>audio from president-elect transition briefing: welcome to the transition daily briefing >> reporter:his team held it's first briefing call with the press. >>audio from president-elect transition briefing: the president-elect will have a two hour transition team meeting tomorrow. >> reporter:meanwhile, the current final overseas trip, >>president barack obama: it berlin. >> reporter:reassuring foreign leaders relationships between their states, as the first world official meeting with the future president. >>shinzo abe / prime minister to see the president-elect ahead of other world leaders. i would
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like to hold a talk with mr. trump to talk about our dream >> reporter:japan's shinzo abe will president-elect. in washington, i'm dianne gallagher. return to index >> reporter:san francisco's nancy pelosi challenge for her job as house minority leader. >> reporter:catherine heenan is here with the latest on the ongoing democratic shake-up. >> reporter:nancy pelosi met with vice-president elect mike pence today and talked about finding common ground.but she probably had other things on her mind. how >> reporter:a little over a week after the democrats suffered a shellacking in the election. >> catherine:there are louder calls for new blood
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in the party. today ohio congressman tim ryan confirmed that he'll challenge pelosi for leadership of the democrats in the house of representatives. >> catherine:he says the democrats have the fewest number of state and federal officials since reconstruction. return to >> catherine:the election of house leader has been delayed until november 30th. and it remains to be seen whether 'other' democrats might mount a challenge. house democrats gained only a handful of seats in last week's election -- not nearly as many as pelosi had predicted. pam and steve? >> brittney: we wanted another look at the 7 day forecast at the end of the show.
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approved. >> pam:shareholders of both companies were in favor by a wide margin. tesla c-e-o elon musk.proposed the merger in june.he also happens to be the chairman of solar city. musk has plans to work on making a one-stop shop for solar panels and electric cars. >> pam:the all-stock deal.worth 2-point-6-billion dollars. stories...
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over 800,000 fans in mexico city. the olympic gold medalist in 68 will like the raiders flame. some 40 years later. mark davis says his father always respected him. >> i tell these guys all the time if you win and we win. before the game. and they love that. >> there is no car without the engine. (laughter) >> we tell them that we are the engine. >> gary: grant and i were just mumbling to each other that mexico city, with our
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davis... light the torch before every home game. >> gary: he has something to him. mark davis. to carry out your father's wishes like that. >> gary: i still think that the raiders and oakland will give me. >> gary:--outlive me >> grant: i hope so. >> gary: asked about the patriots' coach. >>kerr-he did not, then any
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of our conversations. (laughter) >>kerr-we were on us not face. but as with the coat closet. --we were on snapface. that is what the coach calls it. (laughter) >> gary: steve did some great magic tricks last night. and i reviewed the video. pam's hand was all over. (laughter) >> gary: yes, this is different.
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>> gary: i do not know. it has always been this way. athletes want to be entertainers and entertainers want to be athletes. >> gary:pam, you'll appreciate this with your show is the background. -- shobizz (laughter) >> gary: he flew there and a morning just to walk around so people can see him. >> pam: well, what else does he have to do.
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>> pam:the backstory is back this week with all new episodes scenes at kron 4. here is a sneak peak at what you will see tonight. catch the backstory tonight at 9. immediately following kron 4 news at 8. >> steve: news is on the way. followed by entertainment tonight at 7-30. then we're back with kron 4 news at 8:00 that's it for the kron 4 news at 6. stay connected with kron 4 and get latest news download one of our mobile apps. our next newscast is tonight at 8 o'clock. see you then. goodnight.
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