you know? (grant) and we first told you

about this triple shooting through our mobile app. we sent a push alert at 3:45 this afternoon... make sure you download the kron-four news app to always get the latest breaking news. it's free for iphone and

android devices. (grant) before this shooting in dolores park-- there was a shooting on stanyan and haight streets...near golden gate park. police are investigating this shooting as well. there is no word at this time if the two shootings are related. (vicki) more breaking news we are following out of sacramento county where a plane crashed into a home...killing the pilot. the pilot was the only person on board the plane.. this is video from the scene. the plane crashed into a house on 28th and u streets..no one was home at the time..and no other injuries have been reported.. we will keep you updated as we get more information. (grant) our other top story tonight... fire crews out in full force tonight... working to contain a grass fire that erupted in the east bay hills...(vicki) and now they are investigating the fire as possible arson... the fire is burning near grizzly peak boulevard... (grant) this is the same area... where the 1991 oakland firestorm killed more than two- dozen people and

burned thousands of homes. that fire took three days to contain and is still considered one of the worst fires in u-s history.(vicki) kron 4's dan kerman is live on grizzly peak tonight where the latest fire is 50 percent contained... and has some potentially conflicting statements about what may have caused the fire. thursday fire crews spent the day mopping up and putting out hotspots along grizzly peak boulevard sevearl eucalyptus trees were also taken down,

and chopped up as a prevention measure. uc berkeley police have issued a statement saying the fire, is being investigated as a potential arson, specifically as a reckless wildland fire causing injury. but calfire which has been charged as the lead investigator is making no such statement.sot dep. chief melinda drayton/oakland firein the meantime, oakland police are confirming a man who allegedly brandish a weapon following a collission along grizzly peak shortly before the fire, has now been arrested by uc berkeley police. but opd cannot confirm he is connected to the fire.the blaze charred 20 acres on both sides of g p b it remains 50 percen contained. which broke out wednesday afternoon charring brush on both sides of brizzly peak boulevard between south park drive and centennial drive. that stretch of road will remain closed until 8pm friday night

(grant) there are some road closures in the area... fire crews say grizzly peak boulevard will be closed between centennial and south park drives until at least eight tonight... they are advising people to avoid the area... (grant) cooler temperatures sure helping fire fighters working on fire hot spots.(vicki) joining us now is chief meteorologist britney shipp... with a look at the conditions look ike today, brit? monsoonal moisture overhead will bring a slight chance for showers and thunderstorms going into tomorrow. gradual

cooling is expected from friday through the weekend. a weak disturbance will bring another opportunity for showers and thunderstorms over the north bay saturday night into sunday. (vicki) we have details on this fire on our website kron four dot com. and - don't forget to download the kron four mobile app to get push alerts sent directly to your phone. (grant) a benicia man has been identified as the robbery suspect who was shot and killed by vallejo police yesterday in the city of richmond. vallejo police tried to stop a car....allegedly used in

connection to an armed robbery at all star donuts late last month in el cerrito. but that traffic stop led to a high speed chase, ending on parkway blvd. in richmond. investigators say barboa has a prior criminal history before the robbery at allstar donuts in el cerrito. according to his linkedin page barboa has a psychology degree and was currently

employed as the clinical director of an alcohol and drug rehabilitation treatment center in the north bay. (vicki) in the south bay... two washington state residents are in jail after a passenger aboard a southwest airlines flight bound for san jose spotted sexually explicit text messages on a fellow passenger'scell phone... it was about the sexual exploitation of children. kron four's rob fladeboe has more on the story now live from san jose. rob? (rob live) san jose police say the passenger who spotted the text messages is a hero and that her actions saved two kids from more abuse. sgt. brian spears of the internet crimes against children task force says that last monday on board a southwest airlines flight from

seattle to san jose, a male adult passenger was texting to a woman in tacoma, washington, allegedly discussing sex acts to be carried out on a boy and girl ages 5 and seven.sgt. brian spears/san jose police "...the texts were disturbing. they talked about not just molesting children but also about bestiality..."these are the mug shots of the man, identified as 56 year old michael kellar and the woman on the other end of text messages, 50 year old gail burnworth, both from tacoma, washington.police say a woman seated just behind kellar was able to see the illicit messages on his phone because of the large font. she then used her own phone to photograph him and informed the flight attendants, who called police upon landing in san jose. sgt. brian spears ".....the person on the other end of the texts was identified and located and more evidence was found along with two young victims...." police said that burnworth is a care giver and that neither she or kellar are related to thechildren, who are thought to have been the victims of on going sexual abuse. police revealed nothing about other possible victims but praised the passenger who alertly

spotted thetexts and took action.sgt. brian spears ".....if it weren't for this passenger taking the initiative and taking action to alert the police the outcome would have been even more horriffic, she is a hero...." michael kellar is charged with attempted child molestation and solicitation of a sex crime while gail burnworth is charged with the sexual exploitation of a minor, the rape of a child and a child pornography allegation. (rob live) the passenger is not a local resident and would prefer to remain

anonymous say police, who also praised southwest airlines for it's role in gettingnto the bottom of all this. in a statement, a spokesman said the airline encourages it's patrons to report suspicious behavior. live in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news (vicki) police are on the hunt for a man they say robbed another man at gunpoint tuesday near the u-c berkeley campus. authorities say it happened around ten pm tuesday. the victim was sitting at a bus stop on dana street and durant avenue when he was approached by the suspect. police say the suspect-- who was armed with a gun-- took the man's cell phone and ran to a car waiting near by. that car was last seen driving south on dana street. if you have any information about this armed robbery, please contact berkeley police. (grant) in national news tonight... the senate and the white house -- making big pushes before summer vacation. (vicki) but neither group seems pleased with the other right now -- with some gop members of congress openly critical of an immigration plan backed by the president

yesterday...(grant)... and the president has been publicly slamming congress for passing sanctions on russia. reporter karin caifa looks at where things stand, before washington tries to take a break. a pre-recess border security push, by the senate's number two republican, john cornyn. sen. john cornyn/-r- texas: since 9/11, we've seen how important it is for us to know who is coming into our country and what their intentions are. and for too long, law enforcement and particularly our border patrol haven't had the tools and resources they need to get the job done. cornyn's measure comes the day after president trump backed a plan for a skills-based immigration system aimed at curbing legal immigration -- a plan facing criticism even from some republicans.sen. jeff flake/-r- arizona: the overall number cut -- i think this would cut it to about half of our legal immigration -- just isn't the right direction for the economy. while the issue resonates with the president's base -- immigration has been politically thorny.and hill republicans have already struggled with health care -- and have heavy lifts like tax reform and the debt limit on the horizon.they're also

seemingly on shaky ground with the president -- who tweeted thursday morning:our relationship with russia is at an all-time and very dangerous low. you can thank congress, the same people that can't even give us "health" care.the president, referencing the bill he reluctantly signed wednesday -- passed overwhelmingly by congress, and placing checks on his ability to ease sanctions on russia. a flurry of activity -- but the relationship between some republican senators and the president, showing more strain -- on the brink of an august break for both. (grant) the senate is expected to leave washington tonight, while the president is preparing to head to his golf club in bedminster, new jersey. (grant) coming up on kron4 news at 5...(vicki) it's the question at the center of a big case in massachusetts... can words kill?...(grant)

we'll tell you how a judge ruled in the case of a teen using text messages and phone calls to encourage her boyfriend to commit suicide.... (vicki) plus... work begins to rebuild the pfeiffer canyon bridge in big sur... the new features this bridge will have that will prevent it from buckling...(grant)vo and after the break... what caused the deadly school explosion in minneapolis... that killed two people... i no longer live with the uncertainties of hep c. wondering, what if? i let go of all those feelings. because i am cured with harvoni. harvoni is a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. it's been prescribed to more

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news out of los angeles county where a sudden downpour triggered a flash flood in acton... roads and highways have been washes out.. cars are trapped in at least two to three feet of water..... (grant) in national news...

we are learning more about the two people killed in yesterday's explosion at a minneapolis school. though the private school is still on summer break-- a small number of staff and students were on campus yesterday when the gas explosion ripped through the school. long-time receptionist ruth berg was one

of them-- she was killed. as crews worked today...childho od friend's of her's showed up...wanting to see where the beloved receptionist spent her final hours. (liz vedeen/friend of victim): "it's terrible, i couldn't, i couldn't believe it, i still can't believe it."(jeff burrington/brother of victim's fiance): "she was a nice girl, she was friendly, outgoing, loved life. i don't know, it's sad." the body of the second victim was pulled from the rubble late last night. john carlson was was a custodian for the school-- where his children also attended. nine other people were transported to the hospital... some in critical condition. miss carter a guilty finding having been entered on the indictment charging you in the involuntary manslaughter of conrad roy the third ... (grant) a massachusetts woman learned today she will spend 15 months in prison for causing the death of her boyfriend more

than three years ago. michelle carter was convicted of killing conrad roy through her words ... a flood of text messages and phone calls urging him to suicide.( vicki ) her sentencing followed deeply emotional appeals by the victim's family. "not a day goes by without him being my first thought waking up and my last thought going to sleep"conrad roy's family struggled to describe their loss."imagine the worst emotional pain you have ever experienced and multiply it an infinite number of times." carter and roy met while vacationing with their families in florida.both were troubled teenagers histories of depression.although they lived just 30 miles from each other in southeastern massachusetts, most of their contact was electronic.over two years they traded more than a 1,000 facebook and text messages, with carter repeatedly encouraging his suicide.prosecutors cited this exchange the day before his body was found in the cab of his pickup truck.roy saying, "ok im going to do it today..."

"do you promise""i promise babe"evidence revealed carter was on the phone with roy when he died, at one point even ordered him to get back in the truck when his fears caused him to exit.carter's father urged leniency, writing to the judge last month, "she will forever live with what she has done and i know will be a better person because of it." conrad roy's father says he has yet to hear her express remorse. "michelle carter exploited my son's weaknesses and used him as a pawn for her own well-being." "this is a tragedy for two families." judge lawrence moniz making the case for rehabilitation: "this court must and has balanced between rehabilitation, the promise that rehabilitation would work and a punishment for the actions that have occurred,"the judge granted carter a stay on her 15=month sentence while the case is appealed ... outraging one family member of the victim.

michelle carter was seventeen at the time.she's twenty now. (grant) the north and south sides of big sur are just a couple months away from reconnecting.. the pfeiffer canyon bridge was demolished in march after winter storms triggered landslides causeing the bridge to buckle. this week, crews are assembling girder pieces... to make metal beams that will support the new bridge. cal trans says this project is high on its priority list.

look outside right now at the embarcadero where conditions were cooler today... here is chief

ki) the golden gate bridge will have new parking restrictions set to begin this weekend. private vehicle parking will no longer be accepted at the vista point parking lot, which is located on the north end of the bridge. parking at the welcome center which is on the south end will also be impacted. golden gate bridge highway and transportation officials say this is to help improve traffic flow on weekends and holidays. the restrictions hours are 11 a-m to 5 p-m, and last all the way through september fourth. (grant) still ahead... wells fargo in trouble again... find out why a new york

regulator subpoenaed two divisions...(vicki) and a local brewed beer has no wbeen bought out by a popular japanese beermaker... details after the break...

(grant) craft brewing pioneer anchor steam is being bought by japanese beermaker sapporo.(vicki) kron4's maureen kelly talked to lovers of the san francisco made beer who are concerned about the changes this buyout will bring. it's one of america's oldest brewersbeing produced in san francisco since the gold rush it's also the city's largest manufactorer, producing enough beer to fill 43 million bottles at this potrero hill plant.in the 60's then owner fritz maytag launched the craft brew revolution here.and those enjoying anchor beers at the company's outdoor pub across from att park express concern about what will happen when the japanese beermaker sapporo takes over which is expected to happen at the end of this month.just another consoliation i just hope it doesn't change the formula and the locationif you look at an

independent and selling out or selling to a larger corporation it just makes you a little bit sad(maureen)while beer drinkers are expressing their concern abuot the purchase of anchor steam by sapporo a member of anchor steam upper management says the is actually the perfect marriage.sapporo are craft beer makers so in a sense they are the anchor steam of japan. anchor steam's current co- owner says the taste of the their beers won't change and his message to their roughly 200 employees is "don't worry." sapporo is all about expanding it's operation in san francisco, not reducing it.the current owner says he expects more jobs to added here in the future because of this buyout.not less.maureen kelly kron4 news. (vicki) more trouble for wells fargo over the auto insurance scandal. a new york regulator subpoenaed two wells fargo divisions...dema nding loan agreements and other documents. senator elizabeth warren and several other democrats are calling for new wells fargo hearings over the issue. wells fargo officials admitted the company bought insurance for some customers -- and charged them for it -- even when they had their own insurance.

they blamed "inadequate" checks and balances at the big bank. wells fargo has agreed to pay 64 million- dollars in cash refunds to customers who were impacted -- along with 16-million dollars in account adjustments. (grant) the waiting list for tesla's new model 3 is growing fast.(vicki) tesla says it's now averaging 18- hundred new reservations a day for its cheaper electric car. (grant) that's from its latest earnings report. but strong demand could be a mixed blessing for tesla: it has to scale up production to make good on those deliveries. however, tesla says it remains "on track." the company handed over the key to the first 30 model three vehicles at an event last week. (grant) dentists are warning parents of the dangers of sippy cups. they say the spouts can cause crooked

teeth, enamel erosion, and even speech disorders. prolonged sucking on the spouts can even prevent important facial muscles from developing properly. they can also cause the jaw to grow incorrectly. the same damage was found from kids sucking on baby food pouches. dentists are now recommending parents introduce their kids to a cup starting at six-months old. (vicki)(2 shot a peninsula business owner is praising the burlingame police department for recovering almost all of 230-thousand dollars worth of antique persian rugs from his shop this week.(grant) although as kron four's philippe djegal reports... some of the expensive rugs still have to be tracked down. (philippe)ali heriz/owner/na ts- "this rug's tag price is, uh, 48,000." ali heriz (hair-ease) says this rug, much like the others stolen early monday morning... was made in his native town of

heris (hair-ease) iran. an antique, he's grateful to have back.ali heriz/owner, heriz rugs- "oh, i'm very, very happy." heriz says he's owned heriz rugs for more than 45 years... more than twenty of those years in burlingame. he says monday wasn't the first time he'd been burglarized, but this was certainly the most he's ever lost. 230-thousand dollars worth of antique persian rugs stolen after the burglars broke through the front door. ali heriz/owner, heriz rugs- "(philippe) are you afraid this would happen again? (ali) i have no idea, i hope never happen." 55-year-old john edward reed, of oakland and san mateo, was arrested during a traffic stop wednesday in san mateo. a burlingame police detective found almost all of the stolen rugs in his car. lieutenant jay kiely (ky-lee) with the burlingame police department says it appears he's not the only person involved in the burglary.lt. jay kiely/burlingame police dept.- "there were a lot of rugs. so, it's certainly, um, not hard to assume multiple individuals involved and we're exploring who else may have committed this burglary with him." lieutenant kiely says reed was in a rush to get rid of the

rugs. in fact, kiely says that reed reached out to at least three rug galleries in san francisco and san mateo counties... asking if they wanted to buy. heriz says he spoke with a rug gallery owner in san francisco shortly after the burglary... who told him she had just been sold three of his rugs from reed. she was able to provide a description of him and his car to police, which in turn, helped led to his arrest. police say the few rugs that have not been recovered are valued at about 113-thousand dollars. in burlingame, philippe djegal, kron four news. (vicki) coming up... steph curry back in action this time on the golf course... how he did at at the ellie mae golf debut coming up..(grant) and remember that lighting that hit an airplane and a nearby worker.. how that victim is doing tonight...

food. water. internet. we need it to live. but what we don't need are surprises, like extra monthly fees. i see you, fee, played by legendary actress anjelica huston. you got me, mark. we just want fast internet for one, simple rate. for all the streaming and the shopping and the newsing, but most of all... for the this. internet for one everyday simple price and no extra monthly fees. (vicki) another reminder

to buckle your seatbelt, especially when you are in the back seat. rear passengers can become human missiles in a crash and injure those in the front seats. that is according to a new study from the insurance institute for highway safety. it found that someone in the back seat can slam into the driver's seat during a crash, pushing the driving into the airbag and steering wheel with a á35-mile-per-hourá impact. researchers say the issue is most prevalent with ride-hailing services like uber and lfyt, where people

are more likely to go unbuckled than in their own cars. (grant) remember that wild video we showed you of a lightning strike in fort myers florida?it hit a plane, then a worker on the ground below...tonight we know the victim...austin dunn..has been released from the hospital after suffering third degree burns.. in the footage you can see three workers getting the plane ready for take off. that's when the bolt struck the plane's tail---traveled through it---and right into dunn's body causing him to collapse. his friends and family are still in shock but thankful he's alive. "once we knew he was alive...it was a relief but it was definitely the most scariest thing, you don't expect it...you don't expect it.""it's traumatizing, is really all i can say to that. like it's traumatizing to everybody." a wider angle of the strike---shows no other planes or workers were out in the

storm that saturday afternoon. airport officials say lightning warning systems were activated at the time dunn was hit. (brittney) i'm chief meteorologist brittney shipp, i'll have your full bay area forecast after the break. (grant) in stocks tonight... the dow rises 10 points, closing at a record high for seventh straight day... it closed at a little over 22-thousand... the nasdaq dropped 22 points closing at a little over 6-thousand... and the s-and-p fell five points closing at a little over 24-hundred... (grant)

monsoonal moisture overhead will bring a slight chance for showers and thunderstorms going into tomorrow. gradual cooling is expected from friday through the weekend. a weak disturbance will bring another opportunity for showers and thunderstorms over the north bay saturday night into sunday. (grant) time now to talk some

sports-- today brought us another chapter in the magical summer of steph curry. (vicki)

in the last couple months- - he's won an nba title, became one of the league's highest paid players and this morning, he competed professionally in another sport. mark carpenter has more on the mvp's pro golf debut. (mark) one of those days where basketball and golf fans are all locked in on the same event. steph curry...teed off his professional golf career in the web-dot-com tour's 'ellie mae classic' --let's head out to hayward, it's all going down at tpc stonebrae. curry's tee time just before 9 and as you would expect, he had the largest cheering section. --the mvp started on the back nine. we pick it up on the 15th.. curry finding his groove... gets the birdie to drop... and he's making sure to soak it all in. --then we take it to the 18th... short game on point, 8-feet out and goes left to right to drop in the putt for par. then, he shows off the tiger fist

pump. --and the highlights weren't over. on par 3, 3rd, beautiful chip shot to set up another birdie. --all in all, solid day. he finished with a 4-over- 74... 3-birdies, 6 bogeys. he's currently stands 145th place out of 156... which means he golfed better than 9-pros. a guy told me on the range i remember my first tournament round. i remember every shot i hit. i think i'll have that same kind of experience. just remembering today and what it was. unbelievable gallaries out here. hopefully that continues through the week and just unbelieveable opportunity to play out here with these guys. curry back at it tomorrow for round 2. meanwhile up in napa, raiders training camp...coming right at you. our new sports reporter henry wofford right in the thick of the action as khalil mack and bruce irvin were running a drill today. irvin...in his first practice today after

being on the non-football injury list. also making his inaugural appearance at camp...defensive end mario edwards junior. (mark) and we have much more to talk about. coming up in sports at 6-45, we'll check in with the latest at 49ers camp as the team makes a move on its receiving core plus, hear about the next nfl franchise that's interested in signing colin kaepernick. (vicki) coming up... it's a place that is almost too popular ... a chef in the south bay... who does it all... cooks, cleans and serves...(grant) the motto he lives by that keeps people coming back to his restaurant... that's next on dine and dish...

(grant) when it comes to dining out - the formula can be simple but hard to live by. great food makes people happy.(vicki) and tonight on dine and dish - i went to the south bay for some american bistro comfort food - a popular place called nick's next door... the only catch is - it might be too popular. in the mood for a meal that's sophisticated but not snobby?(patrons nick's) it is a wonderful meal. i love it. it's easy to see why people love nick's next door in los gatos. welcome to nick's. are you nick? yes, i am. let's start with nick also known as chef lefty.(nick - chef owner) lefty why do they call you chef lefty? cause i only have three fingers - so far so good. nick difu does it all...(nick - nick's chef owner) i do it do everything. i do dishes if i have to. he may have trained at le cordon bleu but first learned to cook from his sicilian grandmother - nani. (nick - nick's chef owner)

why is it nick's next door? we had a restaurant across the street and we moved here it was called nick's and this is called nick's next door. apparently people from all around the bay are finding it just fine.(nick - chef owner) i don't even know how. now we're getting people from the city. oakland and berkeley the peninsula.(local patron - nick's next door) we called three weeks ago to get a reservation and this was the only time - 5 o'clock. 5 o'clock.(jose - nick's server) you have to make a reservation you can't just walk in and say party of two. maybe it's the asparagus caviar appetizer. or it could be the juicy rib-eye or perhaps the fresh sea bass... or possibly this smore's inspired dessert. let's not forget the drinks... (jason - nick's bartender) gonna smack a little piece of basil here. but they also come for the good vibes cooked up by nick and his crew.(nick - chef owner) i can look in the dining room and tell you who's happy and who's not if they're having a bad day or a good day. and by the end of the evening, chances are you'll leave happy if nick difu has anything to say about it. in los gatos, vicki liviakis kron 4 news. (vicki) if you have a

restaurant, bistro, cafe or bar... you want me to feature on 'dine and dish'. you can send an email to 'dine and dish' at kron 4 dot com .... or head to our website kron 4 dot com ... and fill out the submission form.. you can also check out our new 'dine and dish' facebook page. (vicki) that wraps up kron 4 news at 5. grant joins pam moore for kron 4 news at six. ( pam ) we have some breaking news right now in oakland...(pam) fire crews are on the scene of a victorian home on fire. the front stairs of the east- 19th street building have collapsed. we are just now getting video from the scene. (grant) and an afternoon shooting at a popular san francisco park. what we are learning now about the violence that sent three to the hospital.(pam) we have a lot more news still ahead.. in 70 seconds.. on kron 4 news at six. (pam) going on right now..

police are investigating a triple shooting at a popular san francisco park... we know at least one of the victims is a juvenile.(pam) good evening... i'm pam moore. (grant) and i'm grant lodes... steve is off tonight. a chaotic scene at dolores park... and right now.. we know the gunman is still on the loose. kron 4's hermela aregawi is at the scene... she just spoke to police. what are they saying hermela? around 3:05 this afternoon sfpd responded to calls about shots fired.one witness told us she heard six shots.upon

arrival they found three victims at the foot bridge on cumberlabnd.one of the victims had life threatening injuries. the other two non-life threatening.all three were transported to local hospitals for medical treatment.at this time, no age or gender information on the victims. police aren't sharing any information about the suspects or suspect vehicles either. they know that the suspects have fled the scene.. possibly in vehicles and on foot. officers are combing the area now.the gang task force is on scene but sfpd says that's standard protocol for any shooting in the city.here's what an sfpd spokesperson wants people in the area to know. officer grace gatpandan/sfpd spokespersonat this point what people need to know is the area of church street will be shut down for further investigation. as the investigators are out here processing the scene. if people live on this block we ask you to have some patience with us because it's going to be shut down. it is a crime scene so we need to protect the integrity of the crime scene. and if anyone has any info because there are people

home at this time to give us a call.if you do have any information on this shooting, you can call sfpd's anonymous tip line at 415 575 4444- at this time the cause and motivation of the shooting is unknown.we'll have updates for you and hear from people who live in the area.. who heard the whole thing unfold coming up on kron 4 news at 8. we sent out a push alert through the kron four mobile app about this breaking news at 3-45 this afternoon. the app is one way to stay up to date with the most important stories going on. it is free to download for apple and android devices. (pam) more breaking news now... this time out of oakland. a kron four viewer sent us this video ... of a victoria home on east 19th street, near san antonio park, going up in flames. according to oakland fire... the front stairs have

collapsed and crews are trying to protect neighboring homes. the fire has spread to the second floor... but we are told the victorian is vacant. ( grant ) another big story tonight: the fire up in the oakland hills may not have been an accident. investigators are telling kron four tonight... they are looking into arson as a possible cause. at last check... the fire along grizzly peak bloulevard has burned about 20 acres and is 50-percent contained.( pam ) but the possibility the fire was intentionally set ... only adds to what is already frightening situation. kron 4's dan kerman is in the oakland hills tonight .. with the latest details on the investigation.

thursday fire crews worked the hills on both sides of grizzly peak boulevard, putting out hotspots and mopping up from a wildfire that broke out wednesday afternoon in the east bay hills. the fire has not increased in size, remaining at 20 acres.. and it remains at 50 percent containment. fire crews say weather conditions had a lot to do with that.sot deputy chief melinda drayton/oakland fire 22-32we knew humidity was low and temps high but we were fortunate to have light winds and even the gusts project for the evening and possible lightening strikes didn't happenin the meantime uc berkeley police is saying the fire is being investigated as potential arson, specifically "reckless burning". but cal fire which is the lead investigator is saying no such thing.sottheir terminology right now is this fire is an

active open investigation oakland police have also confirmed they have a man in custody who prior to the fire was involved in a traffic collission along grizzly peak boulevard and allegedlyl brandished a weapon. but they cannot say whether that person is connected to this fire 107/to the fire one of the biggest reasons we are seeing such a huge response to this fire ... is because of the memories from the oakland hills firestorm in october of 1991. that fire killed 25- people, injured 150- others and destroyed more than 3-thousand homes. it

started as a small fire which firefighters thought they had knocked it down. but, the next day it was still smoldering... the wind picked up the embers and the fire reignited into a raging inferno which raced through the hills. investigators never determined the exact cause of the firestorm. a live look outside right now...(pam) let's get our first look at the weather with chief meteorologist brittney shipp... how are conditions relative to fire concerns? monsoonal moisture overhead will bring a slight chance for showers and thunderstorms going into tomorrow. gradual cooling is expected from friday through the weekend. a weak disturbance will bring another opportunity for showers and thunderstorms over the north bay saturday night into sunday.

(2-shot/pam) an anonymous southwest airlines passenger is being hailed as a hero tonight for taking action that may have saved two kids from being sexually abused.(grant) as kron four's rob fladeboe reports now, she spotted a man allegedlyplotting the sexual

exploitation of two children with a woman with whom he was trading illicit text messages. sgt. brian spears of the internet crimes against children task force says that last monday on board a southwest airlines flight from seattle to san jose, a male adult passenger was texting to a woman in tacoma, washington, allegedly discussing sex acts to be carried out on a boy and girl ages 5 and seven.sgt. brian spears/san jose police "...the texts were disturbing. they talked about not just molesting children but also about bestiality..."these are the mug shots of the man, identified as 56 year old michael kellar and the woman on the other end of text messages, 50 year old gail burnworth, both from tacoma, washington.police say a woman seated just behind kellar was able to see the illicit messages on his phone because of the large font. she then used her own phone to photograph him and informed the flight attendants, who called police upon landing in san jose. sgt. brian spears ".....the person on the other end of the texts was identified and located and more evidence was found along with two young victims...." police said that burnworth is a care giver and that neither she or kellar are related to

thechildren, who are thought to have been the victims of on going sexual abuse. police revealed nothing about other possible victims but praised the passenger who alertly spotted thetexts and took action.sgt. brian spears ".....if it weren't for this passenger taking the initiative and taking action to alert the police the outcome would have been even more horriffic, she is a hero...." michael kellar is charged with attempted child molestation and solicitation of a sex crime while gail burnworth is charged with the sexual exploitation of a minor, the rape of a child and a child pornography allegation.

the victim of a shooting earlier this week that led to a 15-hour police standoff... with the suspect and police... has been identified.. we first brought you this story monday morning... san francisco police responded to a shooting in corona heights late sunday night..near 15th and beaver streets the victim has been identified as 76-year-old martha alfaro who died at the hospital. police located the suspected gunman who barricaded himself in his home and refused to come out for nearly 15 hours.. once the suspect

surrendered police say they found a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his chest.. he is still in the hostpital with life-threatening injuries. his identity has not been released. we do not know the motive nor the relationship between the suspect and alfaro. ( grant on cam)we are learning more tonight about a robbery suspect who was shot and killed by vallejo police yesterday in richmond. ( pam 2sh ) the man was considered a suspect in a recent robbery which occurred in el cerrito. tonight we have the details on that crime as well. kron4's haaziq madyun has the story 45-year-old jeffery barboa of benicia has been indentified as the robbery suspect armed with a knife who was shot dead wednesday by vallejo police following a traffic stop and high speed pursuit that started in vallejo and ended in the city of richmondbarboa's vehicle triggered a felony traffic stop because it was allegedly used back on july 22nd during an armed robbery of all star

donuts in the el cerrito plaza. el cerrito police lt. steve boninitwo weeks later vallejo police were involved in a high speed pursuit of the same vehicle allegedly used in that crime with an occupant considered armed and dangerousaccording to jeffery barboa's linked in page he has a psychology degree and was currently employed as the clinical director of a north bay alcohol and drug rehabilitaion center. police say barboa does have a prior criminal history in addition to the robbery case. as for the officer involved shooting investigation, five vallejo police officers discharged their weapons. however, the shooting occurred in richmond so richmond police will handle

the investigation vallejo police will be doing it's own internal review.. and the contra costa district attorney's office will also be investigating the shooting. ..haaziq madyun kron4news. ( grant ) long after a wildfire near yosemite has been put out....there are still plenty of dangers looming in the debris. what crews are searching for right now.. in the rubble of some of the homes destroyed.( pam ) keeping the government out of your online business. the proposal to protect your privacy on the internet.( grant ) and a big suds sale in the bay area. anchor brewing is being bought by a foreign company. how the owner responded when we asked if anything will change.

san francisco's largest manufacturer... and a craft beer icon... has been swallowed up by a japanese brewing company.anchor brewing company has been making beer in san francisco since the gold rush.( pam ) the announcement of its sale to sapporo was made today. the deal is expected to be finalized at the end of this month. kron4's maureen kelly talked to the current co- owner about what fans and employees can expect. (pam) san (pam) kron4 newsmaureen kelly this

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(pam) san francisco- based company yelp - will no longer own the popular food delivery app 'eat24.'(pam) 'eat24 was recently bought from yelp, and will now belong to rival company grub-hub. grub- hub paid yelp more than 200- million dollars for ownership. grub- hub's aggresive tactics have also landed them ownership of other food apps such as l-a bite. officials from grub-hub say they plan to continue to keep the eat24 brand alive. (grant) almost all of the 230-thousand dollars worth of antique persian rugs stolen

from a burlingame rug gallery this week have been recovered and returned to the owner... but the burligame police department says the few that are still missing are worth more than 110-thousand dollars. the burglary happened early monday morning at heriz (hair-ease) rugs on california drive. the store owner says the thieves broke through the front door to get in. yesterday, one of the suspect's was arrested during a traffic stop in san mateo. a detective found many of the stolen rugs in the suspect's car. ali heriz/owner, heriz rugs- "we are very happy."//lt. jay kiely/burlingame police dept. "it's a big deal to us and so, the fact that we were able to recover the majority of the property, um, it means something obviously to us because it's a big deal to the victim himself and his family." (grant) 55-year-old john edward reed who has ties to oakland and san mateo has been charged with multiple felonies related to the burglary. police say he was trying to sell the stolen rugs to other rug galleries in the bay area. the victim says all of his rugs can be identified by their tags. (pam) the family of a man

shot and killed with a stolen immigration and customs enforcement gun.... is now filing a lawsuit against the agency.. antonio ramos, an artist, was shot while working on a mural under interstate -580 in oakland, in september of 20-15.. police say, the gun used in the killing had been stolen from an ice agent in san francisco. the family hopes this lawsuit will hold ice accountable .... and spark changes in the way the agents secure their firearms. 22-year old marquise holloway has been charged in the murder. ( pam ) the detwiler fire near yosemite... is in its third week. cal- fire has made significant progress... and is close to having it fully contained tonight. the fire has burned more than 80-thousand acres and destroyed dozens of homes. now comes the recovery effort... and part of that effort is dealing with some of the potentially hazardous items left behind in those burned out houses.( grant ) hazmat crews are now going home to home.. looking for

dangerous and toxic chemicals in the ashes. reporter angelica lei lani shows us the effort. environmental crews are going around to destroyed homes like this one here behind me.. making sure they check them for any toxins. "that foundation is built out of just mortar and slate." it's been nearly three weeks since the detwiler fire started... david fiester says he's blessed..you can see how close the fire line got to his home...but right next door... was a vacant home..full of his family's belongings. "i feel sad that we lost this place." now all that's left is a charred lot full of melted debris and ash...which could be full of toxic hazards."we look for, see these chimney flues, we commonly find asbestos inside of those." monday crews from the california department of toxic substances control started inspecting homes destroyed by the detwiler fire. "we come in with a certified asbestos consultant, assess and remove all the asbestos, then we have our hazmat crews come in same time, shortly after the asbestos is removed and remove all the household hazardous waste." household waste like cleaning solutions, paints, gasoline, propane tanks... things, environmental crews

say are typically in garages and backyards.and when burned in a fire..could be potientally dangerous to your health..and the environment. "we don't want a lot of this material going airborne and we surely don't want it to run off to streams and rivers once the wet season starts."and crews expect to be out here for the next two weeks inspecting the homes then calrecycle will start removing non-hazadous debris.in mount bullion, angelica lei lani cbs 47 ( grant ) crews expect to be out there for the next two weeks inspecting the homes then calrecycle will start removing non-hazadous debris. let's take a look outside right now for the current conditions in the bay area... (pam) chief meteorologist brittney shipp joins us now with the forecast. monsoonal moisture overhead will bring a slight chance

for showers and thunderstorms going into tomorrow. gradual cooling is expected from friday through the weekend. a weak disturbance will bring another opportunity for showers and thunderstorms over the north bay saturday night into sunday.

(grant) big work is going on now at the damaged oroville dam spillway. the latest project crews are tackling as the race to make the repairs is on.(pam) and a dog... seen being dumped at a bay area humane society overnight.... but then,is nowhere to be found. how they tracked down the pet before it ran into danger. new tonight at happening today... a

new phase in the effort to sure up the damage at lake oroville.(grant) this is the latest video of the project... they are now working on a levee downstream. officials say that reconstruction project will cost nearly 30-million dollars. oroville dam is the nation's tallest dam. both spillways at the dam failed in february, forcing evacuations for nearly 200-thousand people. crews say they plan to complete repairs by december. (pam) in texas... the second man involved in a small plane crash tuesday has been released from the hospital.

this is dash-cam video of the plane going down-- narrowly missing a highway. there were two men in the plane-- a flight student and an instructor. the student was piloting the aircraft when it went down. the men were taken to the hospital-- one with injuries to his head and left arm. both men have since been released. there is no word on what caused the crash. the faa says ... there is substantial damage to the plane. fighting fake news.the change being made by facebook as it looks to crackdown on the spread of misleading information.(pam) and quite the adventure for one man at a california county fair. we will have more of this late night rescue.(grant) plus lawmakers say an overhaul of internet privacy laws is overdue. the changes they want to make to keep the government from dropping in on our online activities.

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for all the streaming and the shopping and the newsing, but most of all... for the this. internet for one everyday simple price and no extra monthly fees. a bipartisan group of senator's are working together in washington, hoping to protect our digital privacy.( pam ) they say.. an update is long overdue... since many of the current rules date back to when ronald reagan was president. kron 4's washington correspondent jason newton ... with the effort to keep the government from snooping on you. ááátake pkgáááááásotáááleahy "as an american i appreciate my privacy." 3 secsthat's

why, senator patrick leahy of vermont is pushing legislation he says protects americans from any intrusive data collection by law enforcement. stand-upjason newton"this bill updates existing law in place since the reagan administration. long before cell phones had gps trackers. and emails were housed in servers."ááásotááásen. patrick leahy/ d-vt18:28:08 "if you're using your iphone, if you're traveling somewhere using your gps, you ought to be assured of your privacy. you shouldn't have the government or anybody else snoop on what you're doing." 12 secsfor years senator leahy and republican senator mike lee have been working on the legislation. it's called the electronic communication modernization protection act. it forces law enforcement to obtain warrants supported by probable cause evidence, before collecting something like content or location data. right now he says current laws don't have strong enough privacy protections.ááásotáááleahy 28:36 "some in law enforcement would love to just come in and go snooping everywhere. that's wrong." 6 secs a similar bill has already passed in the house. in washington, i'm ( grant ) facebook says it is

upping its effort to fight fake news. the company is turning to an automated system to flag stories that could be suspicious.... and then send those suspect stories to fact checkers. currently it's up to users to flag content that could be a hoax so it can be reviewed. facebook has taken a lot o heat for allowing false stories to go viral during the race for the white house. one such story was pope francis endorsing donald trump... which did not happen. (pam) earlier today... sam liccardo announced he will be running for another term as mayor of san jose in the upcoming election.(pam) liccardo has been in office for the last two- and-a-half years. liccardo says, he wishes to continue to work on rebuilding public safety, confronting poverty and expanding opportunity. the election will take place in 20-18. (hermela aregawi)around 3:05 this afternoon sfpd responded to calls about shots fired.one of the victims had life

threatening injuries.the other two non-life threatening. police aren't sharing any information about the suspects or suspect vehicles either.in san francisco hermela aregawi kron 4 news (dan kerman) here in the east bay hills, fire crews remain on the scene putting out hot spots and mopping up from that fire that broke out wednesday afternoon. the fire has charre 20 acres and is 50 percent contained. crews will remain here over night and throughout the day tomorrow.in the meantime uc berkeley police is saying this fire is being investigated as a potential arson. but cal fire which is the lead fire investigator is saying no such thing keeping all options open. in the east bay hills, dan kerman kron 4 news. here at the richmond police department 45-year-old jeffery barboa of benicia has been indentified as the robbery

suspect armed with a knife who was shot dead wednesday by vallejo police following a traffic stop and high speed pursuit that started in vallejo and ended in the city of richmond. investigators say barboa's vehicle triggered a felony traffic stop because it was allegedly used back on july 22nd during an armed robbery of all star donuts in the el cerrito plaza.although five vallejo police officers discharged their weapons, the shooting occurred in richmond so richmond police will handle the investigation...in richmond haaiz qmadyun kron4news (sot)last monday on board a southwest airlines flight from seattle to san jose, a male adult passenger was texting to a woman in tacoma, washington, allegedly discussing sex acts to be carried out on a boy and girl ages 5 and seven.police say a woman seated just behind kellar was able to see the illicit messages on his phone because of the large font. she then used her own phone to photograph him and informed the flight attendants, who

called police upon landing in san jose. michael kellar is charged with attempted child molestation and solicitation of a sex crime while gail burnworth is charged with the sexual exploitation of a minor, the rape of a child and a child pornography allegation. in burlingame... police say they have recovered and returned about 117- thousand dollars worth of antique persian rugs stolen from heriz (hair-ease) rugs early monday morning. the rugs were discovered in 55-year-old john edward reed's car in san mateo wednesday. reed, from oakland and san mateo, is accused of not only stealing, but also trying to sell the rugs. police say altough most of the stolen rugs have been retrieved... a few worth more than 100- thousand dollars are still missing. in burlingame, philippe djegal, kron four news. it's one of america's oldest brewersbeing produced in san francisco since the gold rush it's also the city's largest manufactorer, producing enough beer to fill 43 million bottles at this potrero hill plant.in the 60's then owner fritz maytag launched the craft brew revolution here.and those enjoying anchor beers at the company's outdoor pub

across from att park express concern about what will happen when the japanese beermaker sapporo takes over which is expected to happen at the end of this month.(maureen)while beer drinkers are expressing their concern abuot the purchase of anchor steam by sapporo a member of anchor steam upper management says the is actually the perfect marriage.sapporo are craft beer makers so in a sense they are the anchor steam of japan. anchor steam's current co- owner says the taste of the their beers won't change and his message to their roughly 200 employees is "don't worry." sapporo is all about expanding it's operation in san francisco, not reducing it.the current expects more here in the of this less.maureen kelly kron4 news. chief meteorologist brittney shipp joins us now... monsoonal moisture overhead will bring a slight chance for showers and thunderstorms going into tomorrow. gradual cooling is expected from friday through the weekend. a weak disturbance will bring another opportunity for showers and thunderstorms

over the north bay saturday night into sunday. (pam) this is probably not what a man (pam) this is probably not what

a man had in mind ... when he went on a ride at a county fair. more video of the rescue which took close to an hour.

(pam) another ride in a traveling carnaval... has malfunctioned.(grant) it happened at the ventura county fair in southern california last night. this time it was a bungee jumping ride that malfunctioned. one person was hanging up in the air for nearly 40 minutes. two others were stuck in a steel cage hanging from a crane on the ride for more than an hour. fire crews used a ladder truck and a rappel system to safely lower the riders. they appeared to all be okay. it's not immediately clear what caused the malfunction. this comes just one week after a ride at the ohio state fair malfunctioned killing one person and injuring several

others. in sports -- another n-f-l team might be looking to add colin kaepernick... after losing their starting quarterback to an injury. plus -- we can't stop talking about steph curry -- this time he was on the golf course. we'll tell how he did in round one of the ellie mae classic -- mark carpenter has all the highlights and all the sports coming up.

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no commitment, deposit, or installation fee. visit att.com/accessnow to learn more. as a two-time nba champion, back-to-back mvp and one of the highest paid players in the league, steph curry has the freedom to do whatever he pleases. today--his magical summer saw another fun chapter...as he stepped onto the links for his debut against a field of touring pros. --let's head out to hayward, it's all going down at tpc stonebrae. curry...with the largest cheering section. --he started on the back nine. we pick it up on the 15th.. curry finding his groove... gets the birdie to drop... and he's making sure to soak it all in. --then we

take it to the 18th... short game on point, 8-feet out and goes left to right to drop in the putt for par. then, he shows off the tiger fist pump. --and the highlights weren't over. on par 3, 3rd, beautiful chip shot to set up another birdie. --all in all, solid day. he finished with a 4-over-74... 3-birdies, 6 bogeys. he's currently stands 145th place out of 156... which means he played better than 9- pros. a guy told me on the range i remember my first tournament round. i remember every shot i hit. i think i'll have that same kind of experience. just remembering today and what it was. unbelievable gallaries out here. hopefully that continues through the week and just unbelieveable opportunity to play out here with these guys. curry back at it tomorrow for round 2.

meanwhile, up in napa, the raiders carrying on with training camp after taking yesterday off. here's an up close look at the silver and black defense.... as we see khalil mack and bruce irvin running the drills. khalil mack and bruce irvin were running a drill today. irvin...in his first practice today after being on the non-football injury list. also making his inaugural appearance at camp...defensive end mario edwards junior. we have great guys that we drafted this year as well. the great thing about is that we don't pin point bruce, mack, me, or any guys we have new guys we can rotate. i agree with what the coaches saying, but we also have guys that can rotate in and out in santa clara, john lynch and kyle shanahan already starting to trim the 49ers roster. wide receiver bruce ellington...waiv ed today, thus ending his three-year tenure with the team. he first joined the franchise as a 4th-round draft pick in 2014... and missed all of last season due to a hamstring injury. it was expected that ellington would be cut due to the signings of

pierre garcon and marquise goodwin. and time now for our daily colin kaepernick update. it doesn't look like a signing is happening in baltimore, but it appears another team is showing interest. reports say the miami dolphins could be in the mix... after starting quarterback ryan tannehill suffered a non-contact injury to his left knee, the same knee he injured at the end of last season. right now, the extent of the problem is unknown, but the dolphins are weighing their options. turning now to the warriors-- you can't talk enough about this team. our sports director gary radnich recently sat down with general manager bob myers. they covered all sorts of subjects and the reigning executive of the year provided tons of insight. one of the real intrguing topics-- head coach steve kerr. his leave of absence at the start of the playoffs...was a real blow to the team and there were points where it was not known if he would return. here's myer sounding off on his relationship with the head coach. "he was just in

agony, for what, two years?" "oh yeh.""and you guys, the reason i ask is because you really became close to him. and he raves about how you got him through it and all that. if he's in the same type of pain, he's already got two championships. does he want to keep doing this?" "my wife's brother passed away, and he was young. and he said find the work that you can't not do. that you can;t now do. so i dont think steve, i think steve can't not coach. i think he finally found, even more than playing, his calling, as a coach. like i think he finally found, like this was what he was meant to do, and he got to doit. everything in his life led him to that moment, of becomming a head coach. so to answer your question, i think, this job as a coach, he was born to do it. coaching and being in this job has helped him, and not hurt him,""deal with pain." "deal with what he's dealt with. and so the answer isn;t...""is he getting better?" "i think, yeh, he's getting better. he's getting better."

and you can check out the full interview sunday night on sports night live. as gary and myers go into more depth on the warriors organization. j-r stone and bip roberts will also give a full rundown of bay area sports. that's sports night live...sunday at 9. finally, if you think nba and baseball contracts are insane. check this out. brazilian soccer superstar neymar will soon join the french club paris saint germain... and they are paying up . his deal 53- million dollars a year for the next 5-years. also his new team will be paying more than 500-million dollars in transfer fees to acquire his rights. (grant) it is a list that

depending upon your persepctive... you may be proud of making or ashamed of. the top party schools in the country... and the lone college from california in the top 20.

the annual list is out from the princeton review when it comes to ranking colleges.( grant )

they cover everything from prestige to partying. and this year... only one california school is on the list. tulane in new orleans is the top party school. west virginia university is second. bucknell.. which is in pennsylvania.. is third on the list. the university of california-santa barbara... which has built up quite the reputation through the years for students living it up... came in 12th. last weather and goodbye

final look at the weather with chief meteorologist brittney shipp. a full hour of

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