( james ) you are taking a live look at the bay bridge... wet weather on the horizon. (james) lets get a check of weather this morning... (anny hong) a cold front will bring mainly light rain to the area tonight. after a few residual shower on thursday dry weather returns thursday night into saturday with a slight warming trend. unsettled weather return sunday with cool and unsettled weather persisting next week.

no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. ( james ) firefighters are trying to figure out what caused a building to go up in

flames in the middle of san francisco's financial district. the fire started just before 9:00 last night on clay street. the area has reopened this morning after firefighters checked for hotspots. the 3 story building houses several commercial businesses and a residential hotel. all were affected. there were no injuries and everyone was able to return home this morning. ( james ) in the east bay. there are serious concerns about a growing crime problem in fremont. kron four's j-r stone shows us what was talked about at a community meeting. t was actually a community group that organized this meeting because they are concerned about their neighborhood. some here believe the homeless in the area are the ones committing the crimes. sot we've had homeless people walking around our neighborhood every night. does that make you mad? it sure does we either need to either move them out or find a way to do something to take

care of these people.police told us tonight that general crimes are down in this area but they were here to listen and have a conversation with those who live nearby. those that i talked with said they've seen a number of package theft cases, cars broken into, and home burglaries. the man you heard from there said he found several of the stolen packages empty and left on the side of the road nearby. that is why he believes the homeless are to blame. we talked with officers tonight as well.some of the citizens expressed some concerns about being assaulted by members of the homeless populations. so we really want to dig deeper to see if there's a way we can provide services to members of that community.this meeting was held in what appears to be a pretty quiet section of fremonthowever the alameda creek quarries regional park is nearby and some of the people living in the homes near that creek are the ones voicing their complaints. officers who were here say they will take some of the community input back with them to see if they can work at

tackling some of the problems. possibly with extra patrols or homeless outreach programs. live in fremont, j.r. stone kron 4 news. ( james ) it's the video sparking worldwide outrage against united airines. a passenger being dragged down the aisle and off a flight. ( james @ bam ) and the backlash just keeps coming for the airline. united's c-e- o oscar munoz put out a series of statements but criticism is mounting... particularly after it was revealed, munoz described the passenger as quote - "disruptive and belligerent" to his employees.. now congress is asking to airline to answer for the incident. kron four;s dan kerman is tracking the fallout this morning. reaction continues to flood in about this video of a united airlines passenger being

dragged off a chicago flight on sunday.sotit was absolutely horrific, it looked like something out of nazi germany soti think it showed a callous lack of concernon top of the outrage for the event itself, is the way united has handled the matter.sotthis is not the way to treat a passenger or any personon top of the outrage for the event itself, is the way united has handled the matter.sotthey should be more empathetic towards the consumers because you should treat the people that support you wellfirst united simply apologized for having to reaccomodate these customers. then in an email to employees united's ceo attacked the passenger saying he was disruptive and belligerant.sot david perry/ david perry and assoc, inc. 48-54this is the sort of bad pr that is going to cause permanent damage to the united branddavid perry is a pr professional in san

franciscosotwhen a person is dragged bloody from a seat they paid for on your plane, at least you say i'm sorry we are going to get to the bottom of this this is not the friendly skiesthat type of apology finally came on tuesday when uniteds ceo issued a statement saying "i deeply apologize to the customer forcibly removed and to all the customers aboard. no one should ever be mistreated this way." "i want you to know that we take full responsibility and we will work to make it right.standup dan kerman/sfo 124-134the question is is that type of apology too late. several united regulars we spoke with say they will never fly the airline again. at sfo, dan kerman kron 4 news. ( james ) president trump's press secretary is under fire this morning about controversial comments about the holocaust. sean spicer was making a point about the syrian president using chemical gas on syrians, and compared him to adolf hitler. he said hitler didn't sink to using chemical weapons during world war ii, which is not true. spicer later appeared on c-n-n and apologized for his insensitivity and says it'll never happen again.

officials said a 9-year-old classmate who was also shot is stable and expected to recover. according to friends the man who shot his estranged wife in her elementary school classroom had threatened her after she moved out. officers say cedric anderson had accused karen smith of infidelity in a letter found inside his home. smith's loved ones told investigators that she had voiced concerned about her husband's odd behavior. the couple married in january and separated in the middle of march. smith moved out of their home and had been staying with family. (james) coming up.. a new challenge for the trump adminstration. we'll show you who's threatening the united states this morning. reckless riding on a dirt bike leads to an arrest. what police are now concered about across the bay area. and we are tracking the storm.. here is a live lok at the san mateo bridge anny hong has the full forecast after the break. and here's a businessman 2: we've gone over the numbers several times, and...

businessman 1: yea, yea, yea...you know what i'm craving right now? businessman 1: (over speaker) --guacamole and bacon. audio tech: we got a craving! go go go!!! music: crashing cravings in the crave van. jack's gonna crash your crave! jack: hey guys, try my guacamole and bacon chicken sandwich with all white meat chicken, guacamole and pepperjack cheese. businessman 1: thanks jack.... wait. we're on the 18th floor. how did you get here? jack: hard work. jack vo: you crave it, we serve it. try my new guacamole and bacon chicken sandwich. music: crave van! (james) welcome back.

checking in on your morning forecast. (anny hong) a cold front will bring mainly light rain to the area tonight. after a few residual shower on thursday dry weather returns thursday night into saturday with a slight warming trend. unsettled weather return sunday with cool and unsettled

weather persisting next week. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 no major hot spots. bay bridge

wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101

( james ) syria is not the only big foreign policy challenge for the trump adminstration. u-s intelligence officials are watching for any signs that north korea will conduct another nuclear or weapons test in the coming days.. that includes the upcoming birthday of kim jong un's grandfather, this saturday. brian todd reports. a stunning new look (tonight), at the public facade of the brutal north korean regime... kim jong un-- in newly- released video-- strutting center-stage at a gathering of his hand-picked elites, who dutifully applaud the dictator...on state t-v, a fawning news anchor narrates the gathering; the supreme people's assembly.at the same time kim jong un is conducting this show of political force, kim's regime is warning america-- over the deployment of the u-s aircraft carrier carl vinson and its strike-group to the waters off

the korean peninsula.calling it an act of "aggression"-- a regime statement hand-delivered to cnnsays "if the u.s. dares to choose a military option... the d-p-r-k is willing and ready to react to any mode of war desired by the u.s." balbina hwang / georgetown university: "i think it's north korea essentially saying 'look, we are pursuing nuclear weapons for a reason. this is exactly why. you are the world's most powerful nuclear power. if you dare to strike us, we will strike back.'"a u-s defense official tells cnn-- the carrier group was sent to patrol near north korea, because of kim's recent provocations..his missile- tests, and tests of engines for intercontinental ballistic missiles.(tonight) - cnn is learning more specific information about what the u-s carrier group could do, off north korea's coast-- if ever ordered to strike.analysts say the vinson strike-group has two destroyers and a cruiser-- with more than 300 combined missile-tubes.they carry the same types of tomahawk missiles the u-s fired into syria... and could shoot down some north korean missiles, if

they're test-fired.dakota wood / weapons expert, the heritage foundation: "the cg-47, the 'lake champlain', this smaller ship on the right, carries over 100 vertical-launch missiles. some of those would be equipped to be able to interdict a shorter or medium-range ballistic missile." will those american warships be ordered to shoot down north korean missiles, if they're test-fired while the carrier group is nearby? pentagon officials won't comment.but the movement of the warships comes as president trump tweets "north korea is looking for trouble.." and that if china doesn't help, "..we will solve the problem without them!" experts worry tonight-- about a point of no return, for the tough-leaders of the u-s and north korea.balbina hwang / georgetown university: "the indeed be headed for a collision course; game of chicken. and many worry that once they're there's no u-turn stop." ( james ) secretary of state rex tillerson is meeting with his russian counterpart, sergey lavrov, in moscow today. this meeting follows some of the strongest language yet from the trump administration regarding the russia-backed syrian regime of bashar al assad. reid binion reports. nikki haley / un ambassador: "they didn't look shocked. they didn't look surprised. i think that they knew, yeah."

u-s envoy to the united nations nikki haley.... ...telling c-n-n point blank that she believes russia "knew" of the deadly chemical attack on syrian civilians beforehand.nikki haley / un ambassador: "i think that if you look at the fact that when this information came out, they were so quick to defend. and then the evidence comes out and we see exactly what it is."haley -- casting moscow as nervous -- and increasingly isolated......with other u-s officials charging that moscow was trying to cover up the chemical attack.the atrocity - now set to be the focus of meetings wednesday between secretary of state rex tillerson...... and russian foreign minister sergey lavrov. the looming question of what russia knew -- and when... ...coming amid a sharper tone from president trump himself regarding syrian leader bashar al-assad.trump: "when you drop gas or bombs or barrel bombs -- they have these massive barrels with dynamite. this is an animal."trump -- seeming to take a harder line on assad by the day......criticizing both his regime -- and russia in some of the harshest terms yet in an interview with fox

business network.trump: "frankly, putin is backing a person that's truly an evil person. i think it's very bad for russia. i think it's very bad for mankind."both haley and the white house -- now saying that stabilizing syria will require assad stepping down.haley -- maintaining that the administration would neither commit to future military action there... nor rule it out.i'm reid binion reporting. ( james ) this winter many p-g & e customers noticed their power bills were higher than normal. the large bills: the result of people using more power to keep warm but also changes that p-g and- e made to what it charges for energy. kron four's charles clifford explains. during the summer, my electric and gas bill hovers around $100 dollars a month but this past december i received a bill for $416 dollars. now, my power bill always goes up during the winter but never by this much and apparently i'm not alone. state senator jerry hill of san mateo county says that

over the past few months his office has been flooded with calls and email from people saying that their power bills have risen dramatically. hill's office looked into it and found several reasons for the increases.sotone is that the price of gas has gone up, it was a colder winter and what we found is that people have jumped into the second teir of gas consumption quicker than they should have. what he's referring to there, are rate changes that p-g and e has been phasing in over the past several years. this is a little hard to explain, but basically, p g and e has reduced the number of power consumption tiers from 4 in 2015 to 2 starting in 2017. customers are now jumping from the cheaper tier one to the more expensive tier 2 faster than they did in years past. part of the reason is that the new tiers are based on the average power usage of customers over several months. in an attempt to give customers some relief, senator hill has introduced legislation that would do several things. first, it would require pg e to base the tiers on a month by month basis rather than a seasonal

average.sotsecond, with every monthly power bill hill wants pg and e to include an estimate of what they next months power bill will be so customers won't be caught off guard.sothill also says that the proposal won't hurt pg&e's bottom line.sotthis is really just going to benefit the consumer and make it fair for everyone at the end of the day. now, senator's hill legislation was introduced into the state senate just last week. we reached out to comment today. they say that they are currently reviewing the proposed legislation. in san bruno, charles clifford kron 4 news.in san bruno, charles clifford kron 4 news. ( robin @ landing ) still ahead on the kron four morning news. how lucasfilm is using the power of "the force" for a good cause. and a new villian in the upcoming fast and furious movie. the hollywood minute is next.

landing ) in entertainment headlines this morning. lucasfilm is using the power of "the force" for a good cause, willie nelson and friends are hitting the concert trail, and charlize ((charleeze)) theron ((thur-on)) has a new spy role. here's douglas hyde with the hollywood minute. (mark hamill) "hey fans, mark

and daisy here and you're going to want to listen to this."lucasfilm is raising money for unicef and the starlight children's foundation with a special sweepstakes that gives "star wars" fans a chance to win some pretty cool prizes:(daisy ridley) "an overnight stay at skywalker ranch, a chance to appear in the upcoming han solo movie, and my personal favorite, a chance to come to la and join me and the cast for the premiere of "the last jedi." click over to omaze-dot-com forward slash star wars for more info.(nat) "on the road again... can't wait to get on the road again." willie nelson is hitting the concert road again and is bringing some high-profile friends along for the ride! bob dylan and sheryl crow are among the big names joining him on the outlaw music festival tour, which kicks off july 1st in new orleans. tickets go on sale april 21st. (nat) "be who you are. why be the man who lives

only a quarter of a mile at a time, when you can live your whole life that way?"charlize theron plays the villain in the upcoming "fate of the furious," but is one of the good guys in "atomic blonde," hitting theaters july 28th. theron plays a british spy who has to nab a special file to keep her fellow agents from getting killed. here's a sneak peek from the brand new trailer:(nat) "david percival. your contact. welcome to berlin. don't shoot! i've got your shoe." (james) still ahead... a popular lingerie store in the east bay is constantly hit by theives.. what police are doing to put an end to the crime. plus. an outraged mother is calling for action after seeing her daughter punched and hit at school. and we are looking the san mateo bridge. a full weather check, after the break.

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chase. helping you master what's now and what's next. ( james ) we're coming up on 4-30... here are the big stories we're working on for you this morning... firefighters are trying to figure out what caused a building to go up in flames in the middle of san francisco's financial district. the blaze started just before 9:00 last night on clay street. the area has reopened this morning after firefighters checked for hotspots inside the 3 story building. there were no injuries. concerns in fremont this morning about over a growing crime problem. several people who live in the neighborhood near the alameda creek quarries regional park held a meeting with police last night. they say they have recently seen a number of package thefts, cars broken into, and home burglaries. neighbors say they believe homeless in the area are to blame. this morning there is a new threat coming from north korea. in a newly released video... north korean leader kim jong un is warning america after the u-s deployed a u-s aircraft carrier to the

korean peninsula. north korea called it an act of aggression and said they are ready to respond. (james) now lets get a check of weather and traffic. (anny hong) a cold front will bring mainly light rain to the area tonight. after a few residual shower on thursday dry weather returns thursday night into saturday with a slight warming trend. unsettled weather return sunday with cool and unsettled weather persisting next

week.

no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. accident in pleasant hil sb 680 at

monument ( james ) police in the east bay are dealing with repeated robberies at a victoria's secret store. the crimes all happening at a mall in newark. kron four's specner blake has details on just how frequently lingerie is being targeted by grab and dash thieves. the colorful underwear at the world's most well-known chains has been catching the eyes of

robbers in the new park mall. this one location got robbed áfour timesá just over the weekend. "suspects come in and enter he store, pay no regard to any of the staff, and load up shopping bags or trash bags with lingerie or other clothing items and leave very quickly after that."on saturday, the bags full of pilfered panties and bras tallied up to about 46-hundred dollars worth of merchandise. as we looked through police reports, we noticed the thong thievery has become somewhat of a trend, with similar cases happening in october, november, january, and march - six other times in all."up to this weekend they've been more sporadic, with no trend or real pattern, as far as time, to be able to pinpoint that. but this last weekend was obviously more compacted in a shorter amount of time."each time, it's hundreds or thousands of dollars lost from victoria's secret's inventory. in one heist the usurped undies were worth about six grand.perhaps there's a reason the lingerie doesn't linger on store shelves."they're very

small, pliable pieces of clothing - very small, and they have a higher dollar value than other small pieces of clothing, so it makes 'em more attractive to be able to do that and get them quickly." even though getting away invloves running down the escalator to the nearest door. this weekend's suspects were black women in their 20s and 30s.because there have been different getaway cars "it doesn't look that it's the same exact suspects. it appears to be different suspects on different occasions."so farthey haven't caught any of the brief bandits.in newark, spencer blake, kron four news. ( james ) police in san francisco arrest a dirt bike rider for reckless driving. this comes as bay area cities are seeing an increase in incidents involving dirt bikes on the highways. 18-year-old ronet sanidad has been arrested for reckless driving on a stolen motorcycle. he was in a group of dirt bikers that were reportedly driving dangerously through san francisco streets. the group was tracked using high powered cameras in a c-h-p plane. now investigators are looking at this footage..to see if

sanidad was involved in a violent confrontation on highway 101 back in march. the c-h-p is hoping to make more arrests for illegal dirt bike sideshows. ( james ) two dog owners are sending out a warining to other pet owners after thier dogs became extremely ill following a walk in a san francisco park. owners say they finished their walk in precita park and soon after their dogs started were vomitting and foaming at the mouth. some people wanted to blame lawn fertilizer. but the city's rec and park's department confirmed there have been no fertilizers with chemicals used in over a year. rec and parks is sending officials to search the precita park and the surrounding areas for potential hazards. a local vet says, the illness could be caused by many things. they are seeing an increase in mushroom poisoning and intesitnal parasites with all the recent rain. (james) still ahead... the giants look for a win without buster posey behind the plate.. while the

warriors and sharks have their eyes on the playoffs. a check of bay area sports, coming up. plus... suspected theives drive into a man's home and he tries to take them all on.. we'll show you the full video. and we continue to track the rain as we look outside.. embarcadero. we'll have a check of the weather in a few minutes. ( james ) the giants

looking to build momentum at home against the diamondbacks in this young season. let's head to the 9th inning where the eduardo nunez hits an r-b-i single to make it just a 1 run game nunez had 4 hits on the night. then brandon crawford comes up to the plate... but strikes out. d-backs win, 4 to 3. the rubber match is set for tonight at 7:15 at at&t park. ( james ) giants catcher

buster posey was placed on the 7-day disabled list yesterday. much of this is for precationary purposes as posey reportedly was suffering from light concussion symptoms. last year the giants lost joe panik to concussion-like symtoms after he had shown no initial symtoms for days so the g-men are being extra careful with posey they have 2 games at kansas city in 7 days in which posey could d- h for and not have to play in the field at all. ( james ) bay area basketball. the warriors are set to play their final regular season game of the year tonight against the l-a lakers. this is video from the dubs practice yesterday. golden state has a league best 66 wins right now. they won 14 games in a row before losing their last game to the jazz. steve kerr is resting both draymond green and andre iguodala tonight. he says the team has to get into playoff mode with the postseason starting this weekend. "i feel like we've

kind of let our guard down a little bit. it's kind of human nature. these games right now are meaningless basically, so we are anxious to get to the playoffs."( james ) tip-off for tonight's game is 7:30. ( james ) happening tonight. the san jose sharks take on the edmonton oilers in their first game of the playoffs. logan couture and joe thorton, who are both recovering from injury are expected to play. team teal is facing their former long time coach and now oilers head coach, todd mclellan. puck drops at 7:00 tonight in edmonton. (james) meteorologist anny hong

has what you need to know before heading out the door this morning. (anny hong) a cold front will bring mainly light rain to the area tonight. after a few residual shower on thursday dry weather returns thursday night into saturday with a slight warming trend. unsettled weather return sunday with cool and unsettled weather persisting next week.

no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from

880 to 101. ( james ) a tennessee mother is angry this morning after her 12-year-old special needs daughter was attacked at school by her classmates. the disturbing incident was caught on video and then posted on social media. it is unclear why the school faculty didn't step in to stop the violence. the case is now going to memphis juvenile court. the mother plans to transfer her daughter to a different middle school. ( james ) once pardoned from a death sentence by maine's governor, a dog is set

to be put down after a judge overrulled him. it all started last year when a husky mix named dakota got out and killed a neighbor's dog. a judge then ordered the dog be fenced in, kept on a leash and muzzled on walks. but dakota got out again. and attacked the same family's ánewá dog. that's when the judge ordered dakota be put down. maine's governor paul le-page pardoned the dog... but the judge says her order stands despite what the governor says. and cited a state law requiring dogs be put down if they are repeat offenders ( james ) a group of suspected car thiefs were held at gunpoint by a orange county homeowner after the stolen car they were in smashed through the wall of his home. before the crash police tried to pull the car over but the driver fled. the car ended up crashing into a home after speeding through a busy intersection. the homeowner says he grabbed his gun after hearing the crash then held the four people at gunpoint until police arrived. all of them were arrested and police found three weapons in the stolen vehicle. no one was seriously injured. ( james ) happening now.

news anchor bill o'reilly announced he is going on vacation. he told viewers that "everyone needs a little 'r&r.'" o'reilly's announcement on his show yesterday came amid sexual harassment allegations made against him. several advertaizers have already pulled ads from his show. o'reilly said he usually takes a break this time and that his travel plans were made last year. he recommended that everyone take two trips a year, saying everyone deserves a break. ( james ) crashes happen all the time and often people are injured in the process. but many of those crashes are avoidable. kron four's stanley roberts explains in this morning's people behaving badly. it's an intersection where pedestrians simply wave drivers trough, nats: ambiance or are forced to dart across the street nats: ambiance i can count times that i've actually sat her and watched the people just go on by all the time they don't stop you gotta run fast it's the intersection of crystal springs ave and city park way in the city of san bruno just

outside city park where it appears stop is nothing more than an acronym. slight tap on pedal there's been a lot of near misses of accidents people just going and turning they almost hit each other and it happens a lot a viewer tip sent me here, they said it's a dangerous intersection because people are ignoring the stop sign, they treat it more like and inconveniencenats: ambiance now the interesting part is when i sitting in my car recording it's a constant stream of drivers running the stop sign however when i stand outside with the camera they stop they stop? yea with the camera yea woooow except for this one nats ambiance and this one oh and this one nats: ambiance this area has a park, a school nearby and saint robert's church so it has lots of pedestrian traffic yet even with four-way stop drivers are running the stop sign in all directions sometimes piggybacking off another driver. sometimes you just have to dart across ans

somebody will literally driver in front of you and you have to keep going or stop a little bit in the middle of the street and walk around what i have noticed is that if one driver stops, many will stop as well but if one runs the stop sign you begin to see a pattern nobody stops anymore, stop don't matter anymore unless there is the police around note to self the next time there is a saturation crackdown in san bruno it would interesting to see how many people get caught and what is their reasoning especially in the morning when schools in it takes a good amount for us to pull out in san bruno stanley roberts kron 4 news (james) coming up on the kron four morning news... the giants have gotten off to a rough start to the season.. but one young fan has the team's spirits high. we'll explain. next. ( james ) and here's a live look outside...bay bridge.

no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( james ) the giants have gotten off to a rough start to the season, but one young fan is helping keep the team's spirits high. this kid dressed up as hunter pence and even took batting practice yesterday. this moment was captured by the team and the m-l-b. pence had fun with his young doppleganger. the kid had the beard, the curly hair and was even wearing pence's siginutre high socks.

( james ) take a look at this... a cat wandered into the field at marlins park during the atlanta braves- miami marlins game last night. the cat crawled along the bottom of the outfield wall ran off when a player and a field attendant walked over to try and open the outfield fence to let it out then the cat climbed a scoreboard and got stuck for a few seconds and finally found its way onto the marlins homerun display piece... and just relaxed there for a little bit. ( james ) california high school graduation rates reached a new high last year. 83-percent of students in the 20-16 class graduated on time from public high schools. that's up about one- percent from last year... the rate has now gone up 7 years in a row. . numbers show more african-american, latino, and english learners are graduating that ever before. smaller class

sizes and expanded arts and science education programs are getting much of the credit for the (james) coming up on the kron four morning news at five. united continues to face heat for taking this passenger off their plane... kron four's will tran explains what officials in the bay area are now doing to make sure this doesn't happen again. plus. concern in the east bay after a rise in crime.... what a community is doing to help make it come to an end. plus.. what we are learning this morning about the deadly school shooting in southern california.

( will ) more fallout after a man is dragged off of a united airlines plane. the new proposal from a san francisco supervisor to prevent the same thing from happening here. ( mark ) plus... more

fallout form last week's deadly chemical attack in syria. hear president trump's harsh words for russia this morning. ( anny ) and we are tracking the lingering showers this morning. i will let you know how long this is going to last. ( james ) good morning i'm james fletcher..( mark ) and i'm mark danon. lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic... (anny hong) a cold front will bring mainly light rain to the area (anny hong) a cold front will bring mainly light rain to the area tonight. after a few residual shower on thursday dry weather returns thursday night into saturday

with a slight warming trend. unsettled weather return sunday with cool and unsettled weather persisting next week. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza.

richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( james ) it's the video sparking worldwide outrage against united airlines. a passenger being dragged down the aisle and off a flight.( mark ) and now united airlines c-e-o has issued a second apology saying in part that no one should be mistreated this way and that the company takes full responsibility for the incident ( james ) and this morning a san francisco supervisor has a proposal to prevent something like this from ever happening at s-f-o.( mark ) kron 4's will tran is live at the airport this morning with the details.

( will ) following the controversial incident on the united flight in chicago san francisco supervisor jeff sheehy asked the city attorney's office to draft legislation preventing san francisco police from being involved in the removal of passengers from planes on behalf of airlines that overbook seats. the request came after a widely publicized incident in which chicago aviation police removed a united airlines customer from a flight after

the airline bumped several passengers to allow some of its own employees to board. when one man refused, he was dragged off the flight screaming and suffered injuries that left his face bloody. ( james ) thanks will. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( mark ) firefighters are trying to figure out what caused a building to go up in flames in the middle of san francisco's financial district. the blaze started just before 9:00 last night on clay street. the area has reopened this morning after firefighters checked for hotspots inside the 3 story building. the building has a massage parlor, other commercial businesses and a residential hotel that were all affected.

so i threw on some clothes..grabbed my wallet, cell phone, keys. i didn't really think about it. i got out of the building as fast as i could.>( mark ) there were no injuries in the fire. ( james ) police in san francisco arrest a dirt bike rider for reckless driving. this comes as bay area cities are seeing an increase in incidents involving dirt bikes on the highways. 18-year-old ronet sanidad (row-net sawn-ee-dad) has been arrested for reckless driving on a stolen motorcycle. he was in a group of dirt bikers that were reportedly driving dangerously through san francisco streets. the group was tracked using high powered cameras in a c-h-p plane. now investigators are looking at this footage..to see if sanidad was involved in a violent confrontation on highway 101 back in march. the c-h-p is hoping to make more arrests for illegal dirt bike sideshows.

( mark ) we're learning new details about the officer involved shooting that happened over the weekend in fremont. police say the suspect - 24-year-old roger perez of orinda - died after shooting himself in the head. it happened sunday night around 11:30... when an east bay regional park district officer stopped a car near the 7-eleven store on fremont boulevard. police say perez ran from the car with a gun - and went into an alley. police say he fired the gun at police - and that's when they returned fire. the alameda county coroner has ruled his death a suicide. ( mark ) people who live in the east bay say there is a growing crime problem in their neighborhood... and this morning they are asking police for help. several people who live in fremont near the alameda creek quarries regional park held a meeting with police last night. they say they have recently seen a number of package thefts, cars broken into, and home burglaries. neighbors say they believe homeless in to blame.

something to take care of these people.">( mark ) police say they are going to step up patrols in the area and work on creating homeless outreach programs in hopes of lowering the crime rates in fremont. ( james ) happening now... secretary of state rex tillerson is in moscow where he's meeting with russian officials about ending syria's civil war. the meeting comes after a chemical attack in syria killed at least 86 people inculding 27 children. in response to the chemical attack, president trump ordered a missile strike against a syrian air base. officials say russian president vladimir putin may be open to a deal. president putin says russia will appeal to the united nations to investigate the chemical attack. yesterday, tillerson said russia has to choose between aligning itself with the u.s. and other western nations or with the president of syria. ( mark ) and this morning we are hearing from president trump about last week's deadly attacks in syria.( james ) reid binion has more on how the president is

responding to russia's relationship with syria. nikki haley / un ambassador: "they didn't look shocked. they didn't look surprised. i think that they knew, yeah." u-s envoy to the united nations nikki haley.... ...telling c-n-n point blank that she believes russia "knew" of the deadly chemical attack on syrian civilians beforehand.nikki haley / un ambassador: "i think that if you look at the fact that when this information came out, they were so quick to defend. and then the evidence comes out and we see exactly what it is."haley -- casting moscow as nervous -- and increasingly isolated......with other u-s officials charging that moscow was trying to cover up the chemical attack.the atrocity - now set to be the focus of meetings wednesday between

secretary of state rex tillerson...... and russian foreign minister sergey lavrov. the looming question of what russia knew -- and when... ...coming amid a sharper tone from president trump himself regarding syrian leader bashar al-assad.trump: "when you drop gas or bombs or barrel bombs -- they have these massive barrels with dynamite. this is an animal."trump -- seeming to take a harder line on assad by the day......criticizing both his regime -- and russia in some of the harshest terms yet in an interview with fox business network.trump: "frankly, putin is backing a person that's truly an evil person. i think it's very bad for russia. i think it's very bad for mankind."both haley and the white house -- now saying that stabilizing syria will require assad stepping down.haley -- maintaining that the administration would neither commit to future military action there... nor rule it out.i'm reid binion reporting. ( mark ) still ahead ... a warning for dog owners this morning. find out what could be making dogs sick at a bay area park. and later... new information about the little boy who was killed in the shooting at a san bernardino elementary school. hear what his family wants you to know about the 8-year old boy. and after the break... gas and electric bills are on the rise across the bay area. what one state senator is doing to try and save you money.( anny )

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back to the kron 4 morning news. let's get a check of the forecast with anny hong. (anny hong) a cold front will bring mainly light rain to the area tonight. after a few

residual shower on thursday dry weather returns thursday night into saturday with a slight warming trend. unsettled weather return sunday with cool and unsettled weather persisting next week.

no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. an accident wrapping up on orinda on wb 24 jeo fish ranch expect minor slowing through th scene. ( james ) many people

across california saw their p-g-and-e bill go up dramatically this past winter. now...state senator jerry hill has proposed a bill to help bring some relief. hill is asking the state legislature to have p-g-and-e slightly change its power consumption tiers. the proposal also asks the utility to give customers a prediction of what next month's bill will look like. this is all so people are not caught off guard the next time they get their bill. hill's office found out several reasons why people's power bills have gone up so much. ( james ) hill introduced the proposal last week. pg and e says it is now reviewing the proposal. ( mark ) a warning for dog owners this morning after two dogs get sick after walking in a san francisco park.( james ) now the owners are worried about the type of fertilizer being used on the grass

precita park in the city's bernal heights neighborhood.( mark ) kron 4's maureen kelly has the details. a spokesperson with the rec and park department says they haven't used fertilizer on this park in more than a year. and their use of herbicides or pesticides are minimal and no toxics chemicals are allowed.i talked to one dogwalker who backs up that position.they dump fish in emulsion as an alternative to chemical fertilizers. and you can get all the herbicide and pesticide information online at department a park and rec. i mean they have use the least amount of chemicals then any other park department i know of.the city says the will be inspecting the park for potenial hazards that might have made two dogs foam at the mouth and vomit.there are many theoriessome point to the mushrooms cropping up with rain.others to an intestinal parasite that could be gobbled up in the mud.but at least one believes it could be a human cause.i have a feeling that because people use drugs

out here i've heard that dogs get pieces of marijuana cigarettes and then get sick from that. so i wouldn't be surprised.a local vet says that is not out of the question.here in san francisco unfortunately we do see a lot of thc intoxication or marijuana intoxication in animals. the most common thing we see is that they will eat human edibles.so particularly chocolate brownies or whatever, whatever is available. and that can cause a small dog to have very significant clinical signsthat told me she sees anywhere between one to four cases of marijuana toxicity cases a day at her clinic. maureen kelly kron4 news ( mark ) white house press secretary, sean spicer, under fire this morning for recent comments he made which ignored the holocaust. while talking to reporters, spicer criticized syria's president

for using chemical weapons on his own people... and drew a comparison with adolf hitler. he said the nazi leader, quote: "didn't even sink to using chemical weapons." critics wasted no time reminding him hitler used gas chambers to kill millions of jews. spicer later appeared on c-n-n to apologize for his insensitivity... saying it will never happen again.

continue for the giants. see how the diamondbacks were able to stop a late inning comeback. and here's a live look outside... bay bridge.

no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( james ) now to bay area baseball... the giants looking to build momentum at home against the diamondbacks. ( mark ) let's head to the

9th inning where eduardo nunez hits an r-b-i single to make it just a 1 run game nunez had 4 hits on the night. then brandon crawford comes up to the plate... but strikes out. d-backs win, 4 to 3. the rubber match of the series is set for tonight at 7:15 at at&t park. ( james ) giants catcher buster posey was placed on the 7-day disabled list yesterday. much of this is for precationary purposes as posey reportedly was suffering from light concussion symptoms after being hit in the head with a pitch on monday. last year the giants lost joe panik to concussion-like symptoms after he had shown no initial symptoms for days so the giants are being extra careful with posey posey is expected to return next week when the team is in kansas city. ( mark ) and in oakland... new a's president dave kaval continues to make positive changes around the team

yesterday he announced the a's are removing the tarps off a large portion of the third deck at the coliseum and begin selling tickets for those seats for the rest of the season. the tarps first were introduced in 2006 for a's games and have been in place ever since. the one's on the "mount davis" dec beyond center field will remain in place ( james ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news... a bank robber on the loose in the east bay. we will show you the new surveillance pictures this morning. and some showers this morning making for a wet commute. here is a live look at storm tracker 4 radar. we have a complete check of weather and traffic coming up after the break. ♪

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wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( mark ) new details about the child killed in a shooting at a southern california elementary school. the 8-year-old boy was shot along with his teacher at a san bernardino school. we now know he was born with a genetic condition and had survived heart surgery.

jonathan martinez had williams syndrome. it's a rare disorder characterized by learning delays and heart problems. his teachers said jonathan was a happy child. the boy died at a hospital after being shot monday by the estranged husband of his teacher, karen smith, who was also killed. officials said a 9-year-old classmate who was also shot is in stable condition and expected to recover. according to friends the shooter had threatened his estranged wife after she moved out. officers say cedric anderson had accused karen smith of infidelity in a letter found inside his home. smith's family told investigators that she had voiced concernes about her husband's odd behavior. the couple married in january and separated in the middle of march. smith moved out of their home and had been staying with family. ( james ) a man pulls off a robbery in the east bay and he is still on the loose this morning. antioch police released these surveillance pictures of the thief. you can clearly see him riding a bike in the first picture in a

parking lot. police say this man robbed the antioch community federal credit union, on friday afternoon. there is no clear description of the man this morning. they are hoping somebody will recognize the person in the pictures. ( james ) police in the east bay area dealing with repeated robberies at a victoria's secret store... and this morning we are learning that this is not a new trend. the crimes are happening at the new park mall in newark. they were robbed four times just last weekend. police say the robbers stole 46-hundred dollars worth of stuff. they say there are several police reports from six other robberies at the same store dating back to october. ( james ) each time hundreds or thousands of dollars worth of merchandise was stolen. police say it appears to be different robbers each time the store has been hit.

( mark ) the car that crashed into a pool in santa clara is now out of the water. here is video of the car being removed. we first broke this story yesterday on the kron 4 morning news. police say a teenage driver fell asleep at the wheel. this happened on on warburton avenue and calabazas boulevard. the driver was able to get out of the car without any injuries. nobody was home at the time of the accident. ( mark ) in the north bay: the c-h-p arrests a taxi driver accused of sexually assaulting a passenger while taking her home from graton casino. police posted this photo of the suspect - 42- year-old mehari tekle - being taken into custody yesterday morning in santa rosa. investigators say the passenger was drunk at the time of the assault - which happened back in december. they used video evidence as well as d-n-a to build their case against the driver. ( james ) new this morning we are getting a

look at new dashcam video showng a police officer tackling and hitting a man in sacramento. we first brought you this story yesterday on the kron 4 morning news. the officer involved in the incident is on paid leave this morning. this happened in del paso heights on monday evening. nandi cain junior was originally stopped for jay- walking. after asking the officer why he was stopped. . . .cain says it was not long before the situation intensified.cain ended up with a swollen face. . . and spent the night in jail. police say cain removed his jacket which made the officer feel that he was getting ready for a fight. ( james ) this morning there is a new threat coming from north korea. in a newly released video... north korean leader kim jong un is warning america after the u-s deployed a u-s aircraft carrier to the korean peninsula. north korea called it an act of aggression and said they are ready to respond. a u-s defense official says the carrier was deployed because of the recent missile tests conducted by kim jong un. the pentagon has

not siad how the carrier will respond if the country launches more missile tests. ( james ) coming up ... a special needs student attacked at school... and it was all caught on camera. hear why the mother is outraged about how the school responded. and after the break... even after the wet winter one bay area water district is considering raising prices. we'll tell and here's a áááábreakáááá

( robin ) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. no problems on 92 across the san mateo bridge. san mateo sb 101 poplat blocking the three right lanes, heavy traffic at the scene.

( mark ) even after all the rain this winter one bay area county is considering raising water rates.( james ) the marin municipal water district serves most of marin county. and it is considering hiking rates this july - and again in 2018.( mark ) the average increase would be 35 dollars this year and then about 50 dollars next year. the district says it needs the money to pay for millions of dollars in infrastructure upgrades. ( james ) and take a look

at this... a fireball caught on camera streaking across the sky in southern california.( mark ) dale demi was livestreaming video from her home monday night when a mysterious fireball appeared in the sky behind her.( james ) the american meteor society recieved over 260 reports of similar sightings from across the southwest. it was also reported in nevada and arizona. the national weather services says it was probably just a meteor. ( james ) taking a live look at storm tracker 4 radar. we will have a complete check of the forecast coming up after the break.

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building to go up in flames in the middle of san francisco's financial district. the fire started just before 9:00 last night on clay street. the area has reopened this morning after firefighters checked for hotspots inside the 3 story building. there were no injuries.( mark ) police say the suspect in the fremont officer involved shooting shot himself in the head. 24-year-old roger perez of orinda died after shooting himself in the head. it happened sunday night around 11:30 when an east bay regional park district officer stopped a car near the 7- eleven store on fremont boulevard. ( mark ) ( james )( robin )

checking bay area roads before you head out the door.. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. san mateo sb 101 at poplar blocking the three right lanes, heavy traffic at the scene.

( james ) ( james ) police in

southern california find a woman's body on the side of a busy los angeles freeway. a tow truck driver called 9- 1-1 after he saw the car and discovered the woman inside. police say the woman was shot in the head. they temporarily shutdown part of the ten freeway for several hours during their investigation. ( mark ) a tennessee mother is angry this morning

after her 12-year-old special needs daughter was attacked at school by her classmates. the disturbing incident was caught on video and then posted on social media. it is unclear why the school faculty did step in to stop the fight. the school says there is supposed to be a teacher in the classroom at all times. the case is going to memphis juvenile court. the mother plans to transfer her daughter to a different middle school. ( mark ) fox news host bill o'reilly has announced he is going on vacation amid a scandal and advertiser boycott. and there is some speculation this morning that he may not be back. o'reilly's announcement on his show yesterday comes amid sexual harassment allegations made against him. more than 20 companies have pulled ads from his show. o'reilly said he usually takes a break this time of year and that his travel plans were made last year. there are reports out this morning that he may not return to the airways ( james ) car crashes happen all the time in the bay area. but many of those crashes are avoidable.( mark ) kron four's stanley

roberts explains in this morning's edition of people behaving badly. it's an intersection where pedestrians simply wave drivers trough, nats: ambiance or are forced to dart across the street nats: ambiance i can count times that i've actually sat her and watched the people just go on by all the time they don't stop you gotta run fast it's the intersection of crystal springs ave and city park way in the city of san bruno just outside city park where it appears stop is nothing more than an acronym. slight tap on pedal there's been a lot of near misses of accidents people just going and turning they almost hit each other and it happens a lot a viewer tip sent me here, they said it's a dangerous intersection because people are ignoring the stop sign, they treat it more like and inconveniencenats: ambiance now the interesting part is when i sitting in my car recording it's a constant stream of drivers running the stop sign however when i stand outside with the camera they stop they

stop? yea with the camera yea woooow except for this one nats ambiance and this one oh and this one nats: ambiance this area has a park, a school nearby and saint robert's church so it has lots of pedestrian traffic yet even with four-way stop drivers are running the stop sign in all directions sometimes piggybacking off another driver. sometimes you just have to dart across ans somebody will literally driver in front of you and you have to keep going or stop a little bit in the middle of the street and walk around what i have noticed is that if one driver stops, many will stop as well but if one runs the stop sign you begin to see a pattern nobody stops anymore, stop don't matter anymore unless there is the police around note to self the next time there is a saturation crackdown in san bruno it would interesting to see how many people get caught and what is their reasoning especially in the morning when schools in it takes a good amount for us to pull out in san bruno stanley roberts kron

4 news ( mark ) coming up on the kron four morning news... hundreds of students in the east bay are in jeopardy of losing their bus to school. coming up in the 6:00 hour... we ar elive in the east bay to explain which students could be affected. and some showers this morning making for a wet commute. here is a live look at storm tracker 4 radar. we have an update on your forecast after the break. .

( james ) good morning and thanks for joining us... we are tracking the rain this morning. taking a live look at storm tracker 4 radar. scattered showers expected through out the morning. and it could make for a wet commute in some areas.

( mark ) take a look at this... the so called "pink moon" lighting up the sky around the world. this is video out of california and the philippines. the first full moon in april is always called the pink moon even though the moon is not actually pink. it is called the pink moon because this is the time of year that the spring flower called "moss pink" usually blooms. ( james ) the giants have gotten off to a rough start to the season, but one young fan is helping keep the team's spirits high. this kid dressed up as hunter pence and even took batting practice yesterday. this moment was captured by the team and the m-l-b. pence had fun with the young fan. the kid had the beard, the curly hair and was even wearing pence's

siginutre high socks. ( james ) now to bay area basketball. the warriors are set to play their final regular season game of the year tonight against the l-a lakers. this is video from the dubs practice yesterday. golden state has a league best 66 wins right now. they won 14 games in a row before losing their last game to the jazz. steve kerr is resting both draymond green and andre iguodala tonight. he says the team has to get into playoff mode with the postseason starting this weekend. ( james ) coming up in the next hour on the kron 4 morning news... more fallout after a man dragged off of a united airlines flight. the new proposal meant to keep a similar incident from happening in san francisco. plus... more fallout form last week's deadly chemical attack in syria. hear president trump's harsh words for russia this morning. and we contiune to track the showers hitting the bay area this

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prevent the same thing from happening here. (averi) and there could soon be fewer buses for kids in the east bay. i'll explain in a live report. ( anny ) and we are tracking the lingering showers this morning. i will let you know how long this is going to last. ( james ) good morning i'm james fletcher..( mark ) and i'm mark danon. lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic...

(anny hong) a cold front will bring mainly light rain to the area tonight. after a few residual shower on thursday dry weather returns thursday night into saturday with a slight warming trend. unsettled weather return sunday with cool and unsettled weather persisting next week.

no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is slow from west grand and growing

my god, oh my ( james ) it's the video sparking worldwide outrage against united airlines. a passenger being dragged down the aisle and off a flight.( mark ) and now united

airlines c-e-o has issued a second apology saying in part that no one should be mistreated this way and that the company takes full responsibility for the incident ( james ) and this morning a san francisco supervisor has a proposal to prevent something like this from ever happening at s-f-o.( mark ) kron 4's will tran is live at the airport this morning with the details. ( will ) following the controversial incident on the united flight in chicago san francisco supervisor jeff sheehy asked the city attorney's office to draft legislation preventing san francisco police from being involved in the removal of passengers from planes on behalf of airlines that

overbook seats. the request came after a widely publicized incident in which chicago aviation police removed a united airlines customer from a flight after the airline bumped several passengers to allow some of its own employees to board. when one man refused, he was dragged off the flight screaming and suffered injuries that left his face bloody.

questioning what he did or didn't do. the airline is the last place on earth that they have some authority to take people off. what i saw on tv wasn't right but once you start passing those types of laws you'll have people doing all kinds of crazy stuff and not being enforced.)> ( james ) thanks will.( james )( james ) thanks will. we will

check back with you through out the morning. ( mark ) new this morning... a bus service for hundreds of students in the east bay is now on the chopping block. ( james ) kron 4's averi harper is live from montera middle school in oakland with how parents will have to deal with this. averi? (averi) a-c transit says they are considering getting rid of bus service at three schools within the oakland unified school district. the board of directors is holding a meeting tonight to discuss their options. the change would

affect more than 900 students at montera middle school, skyline high school, and community day school. a-c transit says the service is becoming too expensive. ( james ) thanks aver. we will check back with you through out the morning.

( mark ) firefighters are trying to figure out what caused a building to go up in flames in the middle of san francisco's financial district. the blaze started just before 9:00 last night on clay street. the area has reopened this morning after firefighters checked for hotspots inside the 3 story building. the building has a massage parlor, other commercial businesses and a residential hotel that were all affected.

arrested for reckless driving on a stolen motorcycle. he was in a group of dirt bikers that were reportedly driving dangerously through san francisco streets. the group was tracked using high powered cameras in a c-h-p plane. now investigators are looking at this footage..to see if sanidad was involved in a violent confrontation on highway 101 back in march. the c-h-p is hoping to make more arrests for illegal dirt bike sideshows. ( james ) a san jose police officer is recovering this morning after he crashed his car into a big rig in livermore. it happened just after midnight on highway 84 near ruby hill drive. (((ááátriggerááá))) the officer was driving home in his own s-u-v when he rear- ended the big rig. the s-u-v caught on fire. c-h-p officers were quickly able to put out the fire. the officer was taken to the hospital with minor injures. highway 84 was shut down for a couple of hours overnight but is now re-open. ( mark ) we're learning new details about the officer involved shooting that happened over the weekend in fremont. police say the suspect - 24-year-old roger

perez of orinda - died after shooting himself in the head. it happened sunday night around 11:30... when an east bay regional park district officer stopped a car near the 7-eleven store on fremont boulevard. police say perez ran from the car with a gun - and went into an alley. police say he fired the gun at police - and that's when they returned fire. the alameda county coroner has ruled his death a suicide. ( mark ) people who live in the east bay say there is a growing crime problem in their neighborhood... and this morning they are asking police for help. several people who live in the neighborhood near the alameda creek quarries regional park held a meeting with police last night. they say they have recently seen a number of package thefts, cars broken into, and home burglaries. neighbors say they believe homeless in the area are to blame. ( mark )

police say they are going to step up patrols in the area and work on creating homeless outreach programs in hopes of lowering the fremont. ( james ) many people across california saw their p-g-and-e bill go up dramatically this past winter. now...state senator jerry hill has proposed a bill to help bring some relief. hill is asking the state legislature to have p-g-and-e slightly change its power consumption tiers. the proposal also asks the utility to give customers a prediction of what next month's bill will look like. this is all so people are not caught off guard the next time they get their bill. hill's office found out several reasons why people's power bills have gone up so much. ( james ) hill introduced the proposal last week. pg and e says it is now reviewing the proposal. ( james ) happening now... secretary of state rex tillerson is in moscow where

he's meeting with russian officials about ending syria's civil war. the meeting comes after a chemical attack in syria killed at least 86 people inculding 27 children. in response to the chemical attack, president trump ordered a missile strike against a syrian air base. officials say russian president vladimir putin may be open to a deal. president putin says russia will appeal to the united nations to investigate the chemical attack. yesterday, tillerson said russia has to choose between aligning itself with the u.s. and other western nations or with the president of syria. ( mark ) and this morning we are hearing from the trump administration about last week's deadly attacks in syria and why they believe russia knew it was going to happen. ( james ) reid binion has the story. nikki haley / un ambassador: "they didn't look shocked. they didn't look surprised. i think that they knew, yeah." u-s envoy to the united nations nikki haley.... ...telling c-n-n point blank that she believes russia "knew" of the deadly chemical

attack on syrian civilians beforehand.nikki haley / un ambassador: "i think that if you look at the fact that when this information came out, they were so quick to defend. and then the evidence comes out and we see exactly what it is."haley -- casting moscow as nervous -- and increasingly isolated......with other u-s officials charging that moscow was trying to cover up the chemical attack.the atrocity - now set to be the focus of meetings wednesday between secretary of state rex tillerson...... and russian foreign minister sergey lavrov. the looming question of what russia knew -- and when... ...coming amid a sharper tone from president trump himself regarding syrian leader bashar al-assad.trump: "when you drop gas or bombs or barrel bombs -- they have these massive barrels with dynamite. this is an animal."trump -- seeming to take a harder line on assad by the day......criticizing both his regime -- and russia in some of the harshest terms yet in an interview with fox business network.trump: "frankly, putin is backing a person that's truly an evil person. i think it's very bad for russia. i think it's very bad for mankind."both haley

and the white house -- now saying that stabilizing syria will require assad stepping down.haley -- maintaining that the administration would neither commit to future military action there... nor rule it out.i'm reid binion reporting. ( mark ) still ahead ... a warning for dog owners in the bay area. find out what could be making dogs sick at a local park. and later... new information about the little boy who was killed in the shooting at a san bernardino elementary school. what his family wants you to know about the 8-year old boy. and after the break... gas and electric bills are on the rise across the bay area. what one state senator is doing to try and save you money.( anny ) and i will check your bay area forecast coming up( robin ) and i am tracking you commute after the break. .

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thursday night into saturday with a slight warming trend. unsettled weather return sunday with cool and unsettled weather persisting next week.

bay bridge wb 80 is slow from west grand and growing. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. an accident wrapping up on sb 101 at poplar backing up trafic into burlingame. take sb 280 instaed.

( mark ) a warning for dog owners this morning after two dogs get sick after walking in a san francisco park.( james ) this is happening at precita park in the city's bernal heights neighborhood. now the owners want answers as to what's causing the problem.( mark ) kron 4's maureen kelly has the details. a spokesperson with the rec and park department says they haven't used fertilizer on this park in more than a year. and their use of herbicides or pesticides are minimal and no toxics chemicals are allowed.i talked to one dogwalker who backs up that position.they dump fish in emulsion as an alternative to chemical fertilizers. and you can get all the herbicide and pesticide information online at department a park and rec. i mean they have use the least amount of chemicals then any other park department i know of.the city says the will be inspecting the park for potenial hazards that might have made two dogs foam at the

mouth and vomit.there are many theoriessome point to the mushrooms cropping up with rain.others to an intestinal parasite that could be gobbled up in the mud.but at least one believes it could be a human cause.i have a feeling that because people use drugs out here i've heard that dogs get pieces of marijuana cigarettes and then get sick from that. so i wouldn't be surprised.a local vet says that is not out of the question.here in san francisco unfortunately we do see a lot of thc intoxication or marijuana intoxication in animals. the most common thing we see is that they will eat human edibles.so particularly chocolate brownies or whatever, whatever is available. and that can cause a small dog to have very significant clinical signsthat told me she sees anywhere between one to four cases of marijuana toxicity cases a day at her clinic. maureen kelly kron4 news ( mark ) president trump's

press secretary is under fire this morning over controversial comments he made about the holocaust. sean spicer was talking about the syrian president using chemical gas on syrians, and compared him to adolf hitler. he said hitler didn't sink to using chemical weapons during world war ii, which is not true. while hitler did not use chemical weapons on the battlefield, hitler and the nazis used gas chambers to kill jews, disabled people, homosexuals and others. spicer later appeared on c-n-n and apologized for his insensitivity.

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on sb 680 leaving walnut creek. ( james ) getting out of bed every morning is a daily struggle that many turn to coffee for to fix. but instead of caffine, a bar of dark chocolate could help you wake up a lot more. the reason, its rich in a nutriant that helps you fight fatigue.( mark ) other foods such as apples, eggs, nuts, spinach and even red meat are a better way to jump start your day then coffee. each of those foods contain different nutriants that help give you energy. overall, eating regularly keeps your blood sugar balanced and energy levels high. health experts also say skipping any meal throughout your day can leave you feeling extra tired by the end of it. ( mark ) tea can stain your teeth

worse then cofee. that's according to reaserchers at web m-d. the reason, acids that are found in tea.( james ) tea leaves have several types of acides in them. and while many of the acids become diluted when a tea is brewed, some can become more potent with a longer steep time. reaserchers say acids weaken the enamel in our teeth. making it easier to stain your teeth.( mark ) tea also has tannins it it. that's a plant based substance that is also found in wine, another teeth staining drink. tannins bonds tightly to other substances and surfaces and is a difficult substance to get out. ( james ) still ahead ... a bank robber on the loose in the east bay. we will show you the new surveillance pictures this morning. and some showers this morning making for a wet commute. here is a live look at storm tracker 4 radar. we have a complete check of weather and traffic coming up after the break.

áááábreakáááá (mark) opening bell. ( mark )european shares are gaining today while asian indexes closed mixed and oil, gold and the yen strengthened further as rising geopolitical risks kept investors on edge. japan's benchmark nikkei tumbled 1 percent after the dollar fell under 110 yen for the first time in five months. hong kong's hang seng reversed its losses in the final hour of trading. u.s. indexes are expected to open higher, with dow futures climbing 0.1 percent and broader s&p 500 futures holding steady. ( mark ) live look at storm tracker 4 this morning.

(mark) (darya) lets start the half hour with a check of weather and traffic... (anny hong) a cold front will bring mainly light rain to the area tonight. after a few residual shower on thursday dry weather returns thursday night into saturday with a slight warming trend.

unsettled weather return sunday with cool and unsettled weather persisting next week.

no major hot spots. wb 580 is backing up to castro. bay bridge wb 80 is slow from west grand and growing. ( mark ) new details about the child killed in a shooting at a southern california elementary school. the 8-year-old boy was shot along with his teacher at a san bernardino school. we now know he was born with a genetic condition and had survived heart surgery. jonathan martinez had williams syndrome. it's a rare disorder characterized by learning delays and heart problems. his teachers said jonathan was a happy child. the boy died at a hospital after being shot monday by the estranged husband of his teacher, karen smith, who was also killed. officials said a 9-year-old classmate who was also shot is in stable condition and expected to recover. according to friends the shooter had threatened his estranged wife after she moved out. officers say cedric anderson had accused karen smith of infidelity in a letter found inside his home.

smith's family told investigators that she had voiced concernes about her husband's odd behavior. the couple married in january and separated in the middle of march. smith moved out of their home and had been staying with family. ( mark ) a man pulls off a robbery in the east bay and he is still on the loose this morning. antioch police released these surveillance pictures of the thief. you can clearly see him riding a bike in the first picture in a parking lot. police say this man robbed the antioch community federal credit union, on friday afternoon. there is no clear description of the man this morning. they are hoping somebody will recognize the person in the pictures. ( james ) even after all the rain this winter one bay area county is considering raising water rates. the marin municipal water district serves most of marin county. and it is considering hiking rates this july - and again in 2018. the average increase would be 35 dollars this year and then about 50 dollars next year. the district says it needs the money to pay for millions of dollars in

infrastructure upgrades. ( james ) and take a look at this... a fireball caught on camera streaking across the sky in southern california. dale demi was livestreaming video from her home monday night when a mysterious fireball appeared in the sky behind her. the american meteor society recieved over 260 reports of similar sightings from across the southwest. it was also reported in nevada and arizona. the national weather services says it was probably just a meteor. ( mark ) the car that crashed into a pool in santa clara is now out of the water. here is video of the car being removed. we first broke this story yesterday on the kron 4 morning news. police say a teenage driver fell asleep at the wheel. this happened on on warburton avenue and calabazas boulevard. the driver was able to get out of the car without any injuries. nobody was home at the time of the accident. ( mark ) in the north bay:

the c-h-p arrests a taxi driver accused of sexually assaulting a passenger while taking her home from graton casino. police posted this photo of the suspect - 42- year-old mehari tekle - being taken into custody yesterday morning in santa rosa. investigators say the passenger was drunk at the time of the assault - which happened back in december. they used video evidence as well as d-n-a to build their case against the driver. ( mark ) new this morning we are getting a look at new dashcam video showng a police officer tackling and hitting a man in sacramento. we first brought you this story yesterday on the kron 4 morning news. the officer involved in the incident is on paid leave this morning. this happened in del paso heights on monday evening. nandi cain junior was originally stopped for jay- walking. after asking the officer why he was stopped. . . .cain says it was not long before the situation intensified.cain ended up with a swollen face. . . and spent

the night in jail. police say cain removed his jacket which made the officer feel that he was getting ready for a fight. ( james ) police in the east bay area dealing with repeated robberies at a victoria's secret store... and this morning we are learning that this is not a new trend. the crimes are happening at the new park mall in newark. they were robbed four times just last weekend. police say the robbers stole 46-hundred dollars worth of stuff. they say there are several police reports from six other robberies at the same store dating back to october. ( james ) each time hundreds or thousands of dollars worth of merchandise was stolen. police say it appears to be different robbers each time the store has been hit. ( james ) this morning there is a new threat coming from north korea. in a newly released video... north

korean leader kim jong un is warning america after the u-s deployed a u-s aircraft carrier to the korean peninsula. north korea called it an act of aggression and said they are ready to respond. a u-s defense official says the carrier was deployed because of the recent missile tests conducted by kim jong un. the pentagon has not siad how the carrier will respond if the country launches more missile tests. ( mark ) coming up ... a special needs student attacked at school... and it was all caught on camera. hear why the mother is upset about how the school responded. and... facebook has a new way for you to pay your family and friends. we'll show you the new feature. and after the break, google is helping you figure out what is "fake news" and what is not. see how they're doing it, next. ( mark ) and here's a live look outside...

no major hot spot. sow traffic on wb 92 due to earlier stall, traffic jammed from before the tolls. bay bridge wb 80 is slow from west grand and growing. ( james ) google is (

james ) ( james ) google is doing its part to fight "fake news." the tech company has launched a new feature to help spot fake news stories.( mark ) now, google won't be doing the checking for you. but instead, it will bring up search results of credible sources to show you where something came from and anything else relevant to what your searching.( james ) google does says the feature won't be available for every search. they also say this feature isn't neccisarliy fact check but a tool for "people to understand the degree of consensus around a particular claim and have clear information on which sources agree." ( mark ) facebook is now making it easier for you to pay back all your friends at once. the social media giant has rolled out group payments for its messenger app. ( james ) here's how it works. you tap on the plus sign on the bottom left corner of a group converstation and

you see the money icon. then you choose anyone in that group chat who you want to send or request money from. after you enter the amount per person or the total sum to be divded up for everyone. finally say what the money is for and get your chedder for that dinner.( mark ) the feature is only available on android and desktop for now. and only takes visa or mastercard. ( mark ) coming up... x-rated graffiti is getting the job done. see how one california community is using x-rated images to get their roads fixed. (anny) a check of your forecast, next. (anny) your bay area forecast is after the break.

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here's a quick look at the top stories we're following this morning... following this controversial removal of a passenger on the united flight in chicago... san francisco supervisor jeff sheehy is drafting legislation that would prevent san francisco police from removing passengers from planes on behalf of airlines that overbook seats.( james ) san francisco police arrest a dirt bike rider for reckless driving. this comes as bay area cities are seeing an increase in incidents involving dirt bikes on the highways. 18-year-old ronet sanidad (row-net sawn- ee-dad) has been arrested for reckless driving on a stolen motorcycle. ( mark ) police say the suspect in the fremont officer involved shooting sunday night took his own life. 24-year-old roger perez of orinda died after shooting himself in the head. police say he fired a

gun at police - and they returned fire. the alameda county coroner has ruled his death a ( mark ) live look at storm tracker (mark)(james) welcome back. lets get a check of weather and traffic... (anny hong) a cold front will bring mainly light rain to the area tonight. after a few

residual shower on thursday dry weather returns thursday night into saturday with a slight warming trend. unsettled weather return sunday with cool and unsettled weather persisting next week.

no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge traffic is recovering from an earlier stall. golden gate bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza.

( james ) police in southern california are investigating a dead woman found in a car on the side of a busy los angeles freeway. a tow truck driver called 9- 1-1 after he saw the car and then discovered the woman inside. police say the woman was shot in the head. they temporarily shutdown part of the ten freeway for several hours during their investigation. ( mark ) a tennessee mother is angry this morning after her 12-year-old special needs daughter was attacked at

school by her classmates. the disturbing incident was caught on video and then posted on social media. it is unclear why the school faculty didn't step in to stop the violence. the case is now going to memphis juvenile court. the mother plans to transfer her daughter to a different middle school. ( mark ) an obscene picture was able to do what residents of a california community say complaints to the city were not able to do.( james ) eric rucker explains how graffiti is getting the city to fix potholes. t's a big, bumpy problem that residents on this placerville road have wanted fixed for a long time.woman: "well so far it hasn't worked."the potholes on woodridge court are pretty much everywhere.they're deep and... x-rated?virginia gabac, resident: "the potholes has been here for a long time but the penis - that was just put there last night."yep, you

heard that correctly...the crumbling pavement isn't the only junk on this street.go ahead, ask what you are thinking...nats: "ah why?" well, only the artist knows the exact answer, but it probably has to do with frustration.this spray painted note saying "what are taxes for?" is a giveaway.resident geof peabody says he has more insight....geof peabody, resident: "watched the kid who lives around here he got a ticket because his front license plate fell off going through here so they gave him a ticket for not having a front license plate."peabody says that same person is the one responsible, but we couldn't track him down. we did call the city manager's office in town who told us - "no comment"... although within an hour of that conversation.public works came out and painted over the phallic symbol, but the anger remains. lucas aspenleiter, resident: "penalizing me for being poor, now i got to fix my car driving on this road and i don't enough money to do all that"virginia gabac, resident: ""we go like this. that's how we drive. in and

out. we try to avoid it." (mark)european shares are gaining today while asian indexes closed mixed and oil, gold and the yen strengthened further as rising geopolitical risks kept investors on edge. japan's benchmark nikkei tumbled 1 percent after the dollar fell under 110 yen for the first time in five months. hong kong's hang seng reversed its losses in the final hour of trading. u.s. indexes are expected to open higher, with dow futures climbing 0.1 percent and broader s&p 500 futures holding steady.

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this... a cat wandered into the field at marlins park during the atlanta braves- miami marlins game last night. the cat crawled along the bottom of the outfield wall ran off when a player and a field attendant walked over to try and open the outfield fence to let it out then the cat climbed a scoreboard and got stuck for a few seconds and finally found its

way onto the marlins homerun display piece... and just relaxed there bit. ( mark ) coming up on gary's world...tony romo tries to play for the dallas mavericks.. is martha stewart responsible for blowing a perfect game? and san jose state coach who can really dance more fallout after a man dragged off of a united airlines flight. the new proposal meant to keep a similar incident from happening in san francisco. plus... hear president trump's harsh words for russia this morning more after last week's deadly chemical attack in syria. ( will ) more fallout

after a man is dragged off of a united airlines plane. the new proposal from a san francisco supervisor to prevent the same thing from happening here. (averi) and there could soon be fewer buses for kids in the east bay. i'll explain in a live report. ( anny ) and we are tracking the lingering showers this morning. i will let you know how long this is

going to last. (james) good morning i'm james fletcher..(mark) and i'm mark danon. lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic... (anny hong) a cold front will bring mainly light rain to the area tonight. after a few residual shower on thursday dry