right for the same caribbean islands devastated by irma. breaking records and shattering buildings, irma has left a trail of devastation on island after island;saint martin, tortola, and saint thomas.a landmark resort in the virgin islands, wrecked ... there goes the roof.heavy rains are now drenching haiti ... as irma moves toward the u=s mainland. "this a powerful, strong, almost a nuclear hurricane." businesses and homes boarded up from key west to homestead. "today is really the deadline. people are gonna get caught on the turnpikes, they're gonna get caught on the roads, they're gonna do that last minute panic and try to get out of here, it's gonna be too late." mandatory evacuations now include downtown miami as well as miami beach. "miami-dade will have major hurricane impacts with deadly storm surge - deadly storm surge and life threatening winds." "i cannot stress this enough, you don't wait to evacuate."thousands of mobile

home residents in south florida have been ordered to find a safer place to ride out the storm."it is what it is. these are not structural, sound buildings."broward county's animal shelter evacuated more than 175 of its residents by plane in order to make room for displaced pets during the storm. natand a new sight on florida highways: state police escorting convoys of fuel trucks "one of our top priorities right now is fuel availability.drivers have lined up for hours to buy gas, only to find the pumps were dry. "people - they're running out in their cars. they can't get it at the gas stations."the new normal in florida tonight: ... crowded highways ... crowded supermarkets.and crowded airports."i'd like to leave today. tomorrow nobody will be working here."the tropical storm winds are going to potentially start as early as overnight. that is not a time to be putting up shutters and operating. we hope people will take this a major, major storm and in many cases poses an incredible threat to large swaths of florida." (catherine) irma has been blamed for more than a dozen deaths in the islands it's passed over.the total includes three

people killed in the u=s virgin islands. grant and vicki? (grant) hurricane irma is displaying its brute force in the dominican republic and haiti - pounding parts of the region with sustained winds of 180 miles per hour. (vicki) let's bring in chief meteorologist brittney ship - with more on hurricane irma's path. brittney? thanks in large part to cloudy conditions and lower 850 mb levels, temperatures have been much cooler today compared to yesterday. in fact, locations that were around 115 just a few days ago are struggling to get out of the lower 70s. in some spots today will turn out to be 15 degrees cooler than normal.

(vicki) and pg&e crews are heading to florida to help in the efforts to restore power after hurricane irma hits the area this weekend. the national weather service says irma is set to hit florida in the next couple of days. as part of a mutual aid agreement with the utility florida power and light...about 100 pg&e employees...line workers, equipment operators, supervisors and other personnel... are traveling to the sunshine state after the hurricane moves through the area. employees grabbed last minute items today...but they say florida officials... have them covered. (sot) "their packing up tools , safety equipment, all the things their going to need ...however... once they land they'll be getting their trucks and other heavy equipement from florida power and light." under the agreement, florida power and light will cover the costs of the support from pg&e.

(vicki) make sure you have the free kron4 mobile app to track hurricane irma. we will send out a push alert when this massive storm makes landfill in florida... we'll also be posting the latest information on our website kron four dot com. (grant) news today of a huge data breach -- affecting millions of americans. catherine is back with details of the hack that hit 'equifax.' (catherine) the giant credit monitoring company has acknowledged that a cyber-security breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million americans. that's nearly half the country. a staggering amount of information was exposed -- suggesting the criminals have everything they need to steal identities.... including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses and the numbers of some driver's licenses. they even got credit card numbers for about 209-thousand u-s customers. customers in britain and canada were also affected. equifax is mailing

notices to people whose credit cards were affected. but a lot of people are upset that the company discovered this problem in late july....and only told the public today. grant and vicki? (vicki) a federal appeals court has rejected the trump administration's limited view.... of who is allowed into the u-s under the president's travel ban. an appeals court ruled today- grandparents, cousins and other close relatives... of people in the u-s should not be prevented from coming into the country. the court also ruled - that refugees accepted by a resettlement agency should not be banned. (grant) another big story we are following tonight... two sacramento police officers have been shot in the line of duty. the shooting happened this morning - as police were trying to stop a vehicle that was being driven by a man wanted for a double homicide. the suspect initially appeared to comply with the officers... as he pulled to the side of the road, throwing his keys out the window. but moments later he got out and started shooting. one officer was

shot in the chest, but the bullet ricocheted off his bullet-proof vest. the other officer was hit in the leg. both are expected to survive. the suspect was shot and killed. the shootout happened as hundreds of law enforcement officers were in nearby roseville for the memorial service for sacramento county sheriff's deputy robert french, who was killed in a shootout last week. (vicki) a captain with the oakland fire department has been arrested for possession of child pornography kron4 obtained this surveillance video of 58-year-old richard chew being arrested yesterday at his home on harper court in lafayette. richard chew was arraigned today in contra costa county superior court. he his facing one count of possesion and one count of distributing child pornography (vicki) back on august 19th the

contra costa county internet crimes against children task force launched an investigation into chew's alleged involvement with child pornography. a search warrant was served at the oakland firefighter's home and where he worked at fire house number-15. investigators say they found child porn on richard chew's computer and other storage devices. his bail has been set a $200-thousand- dollars (vicki) meantime.. an oakland police officer is facing charges. officer bryan budgin was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and resisting arrest on i-580 in dublin last night. budgin was booked at the santa rita jail on the two misdemeanor counts. he posted ten thousand dollars bail and is now out of jail. the oakland police department released a statement saying it is aware of his arrest. but they have not said if he is still on active duty. (vicki) and - police have identified a man who was shot to death tuesday night.

officers say 39-year-old cesar paguada of san jose, was the victim of a shooting that happened on story road ... about 9 o'clock tuesday night. the gunman remains at large... and police have not released any additional information regarding what led up to the shooting. (grant) we now know that record-setting heat wave over the weekend... contributed to at least six deaths here in the bay area. we knew three elderly people...between 80 and 90... died over the weekend in san francisco... all three lived alone... and died in their homes. none called 911. and today we learned three other people died this weekend in san mateo county. those three - reportedly died of a heat stroke. a good reminder - to check on the elderly during heat waves. (vicki) police are searching for a suspect... (vicki) who allegedly groped a woman - walking on a popular trail in the east bay. coming up - we'll show you the sketch of the suspect.. that's just been released by police. (grant) then - hurricane irma barrels towards the u-s. find out how the bay area is helping people in florida.(vicki) and next - president trump is telling "daca" recipients "not

to worry"... this just days - after he rescinded the program. we'll have reaction - next in a live report.

) president trump says thousands of young undocumented immigrants who came to the u.s. as children.... under the so called "dreamers," have nothing to worry about. (grant) he said so in a tweet today...just days after he rescinded the daca program, or deferred action on childhood arrivals program. kron four's rob fladeboe is live in san jose...rob does this

latest tweet seem to have eased any fears? (rob live) the people here at the services and immigration network are heartened that president now supports and says he will sign legislation to make the dream act permanent, but they are not about to declare victory based on one tweet. daca recipient"....it is very confusing...."this daca recipient, who wants to remain anonymous, says what's needed to make the dream act permanent is action not words. daca recipient"....i don't feel like trusting twitter.....i need to see something i can trust, like a law......"this woman and thousands of her fellow daca recipients and their supporters took to the streets to protest president trumps

decision to end the daca program, calling on congress to find a solution. then today, the president tweeted to say dreamers should not worry about being detained over the next six months. despite that, no one was celebrating here at the immigration rights network where daca recipients are coming for help.priya murthy/immigration rights network"....i think when it comes to trumps tweets, policy making and protections don't happen on twitter, they don't happen by tweet..."nancy pelosi/house minority leader stirring the pot further, house minority leader nancy pelosi says the president has told her he supports and would sign a bill to give legal status to daca recipients. democrats are calling for a vote on the dream act in september. again, priya murthy of the immigrant rights network.priya murthy/immigrant rights network".....we are heartened that members of congress are stepping up to put pressure on the president to consider taking action to

find a legislative solution for daca recipients during this very difficult time......" (on cam) another piece of related news also met with cautious optimism here at the immigrant rights network, the fact that the conservative billionaire koch brothers confirming that they too support a bill protecting young undocumented immigrants from deportation. (vicki) the heavy rains from hurricane harvey - actually caused the city of houston to sink. according to a geophysicist - at california's institute of technology... the flooding was so widespread it actually "flexed the earth's crust"... and caused the city of houston to sink by two centimeters. however - the geophysicist says it's only temporary. once the floodwaters recede - there will be an "opposite elastic response of the crust"...

similar to jumping on a mattress. (grant) the senate approves a package of bills that pairs emergency funding for hurricane relief... with measures that would raise the debt ceiling and keep the government open for another three months. president trump, in a surprising move, worked with democratic leaders to broker the deal. shocking republican leaders in the room, the president sided with democrrats... who proposed bundling the bills together ... the package includes about 22 billion dollars for fema's disaster relief fund -- 15 billion of which is new, emergency funds. another 6 plus billion was already slated to be in the spending measure that funds the government. the legislation now goes to the house. (vicki) and kron 4 would like to thank you, our viewers, for helping the victims of hurricane harvey and making our telethon a success. (grant) we were able to raise more than 135-thousand dollars during yesterday's telethon

for the salvation army. in fact so many people wanted to donate that the phones kept ringing... we even extended the telethon an extra hour. the 135- thousand dollars is only a preliminary number... and we should have an exact count sometime next week. if you missed out on yesterday's telethon - you can still donate. we've posted a link on our website kron four dot com. (anchor) time now to check on time now to check on our weather... with chief meterologist brittney shipp. thanks in large part to cloudy conditions and lower 850 mb levels, temperatures have been much cooler today compared to yesterday. in fact,

locations that were around 115 just a few days ago are struggling to get out of the lower 70s. in some spots today will turn out to be 15 degrees cooler than normal.

(vicki) "be my friend"... that's what a man called out to a woman in union city before she tells police the man sexually battered her. it happened this week on the union city walking trail off union city boulevard at kohoutek (kuh-who-tech) way. kron four's philippe djegal reports from the foot of the trail where investigators say the victim has seen the suspect before.

(philippe) seconds after a woman stepped foot on this trail monday...carmen robinson/works nearby- "very frightening." and, not long after she had a trail of her own. an alleged sexual predator, who would soon pounce.rubi myrick/works nearby- "very concerned. we take walks on that trail sometimes." the alleged attack happened at around 6-30 that morning. the woman who police say was sexually battered was alone at the time. the victim helped investigators develop this composite sketch of the man. carmen robinson and rubi myrick work nearby and often take walks in the area on their lunch breaks. they say this man does not look familiar.rubi myrick & carmen robinson/work nearby- "we'll keep our eyes open." sergeant steve mendez with the union city police department... says that this was

actually the ninth time that the victim had encountered the suspect on this walking trail. in the eight previous occasions, she tells police that he walked up to her and asked her to "be his friend." she denied him and then he walked away. this time, mendez says that he groped her. sgt. steve mendez/ucpd- "she was able to call 9-11 on the cellphone because she felt that he was either going to attack her or grab her, which he ultimately did and as the attack occurred, the 9-11 dispatcher was able to to ask her questions and we believe that because she had the dispatcher on the phone, he was scared away." sergeant mendez says the victim believes the man is either hispanic or filipino. standing five-foot-seven, with a stocky build. always seen by the victim wearing a t- shirt, basketball shorts and tennis shoes.sgt. steve mendez/ucpd- "our detectives are currently looking into local, uh, sex registrants and, um, you know, checking up to see if any of them match the description that was provided with the victim."rubi myrick/works nearby- "most of the time, i always walk in pairs or a group of people." as should anyone visting this trail, until the groper is caught. in union city, philippe djegal, kron four news. (grant) coming up, refused service. why a pregnant woman claims a restaurant would not serve her. (vicki) and next - a tragic accident. the community of pacifica is mouring the loss of a beloved music teacher. how they are honoring him - right after the break.

students at san francisco's lowell high school were asked to shelter in place because of a grass fire in the area. the fire happened around ten this morning near middlefield drive and lake merced boulevard a shelter in place order was issued and residents were urged to aviod the area. the fire which was limited to trees and bushes produced a lot of smoke. crews put the flames out in under an hour. no injuries were reported and no structures were damaged. the shelter-in-place has since been lifted. (grant) students, teachers and staff in the pacifica school district are in mourning tonight after a freak accident killed a longtime music teacher and band leader.(vicki) kron4's maureen kelly went to ingrid b. lacy middle school where a memorial to the popular educator is growing. oceana high school students came back to their old middle school to comfort each other and pay respects to their former music teacher jerry downs. it was near here that the 15 year veteren of this district was somehow run over by his own car. it happened at around 11am wednesday and some of his students who were in pe class at the time say

they dit. the district has brought on extra grief counselors .should a student have seen something we'll be informed and able to help. it's my understanding the way the accident was situtated very little was seen.i'm told this memorial and a similar one a ocean shore elementary where down also taught music, sprang up sponstanously. students hung up homemade signs like this one saying we love you mr downs or this one which simply reads you were a good guy. they also put out sheet music, one left a drum stick.there are many pictures of downs with his students in their band uniforms.which i''m told he sometimes paid for with his own money..he was apparently a good poker player, and when he won, he made sure his students did too. one parent said the district will not be able to replace him.he was a really sweet guy he gave everything to this school it was sort of his life. the superintendent says they are going forward with back to school night here thursday night, out of respect to mr downs passion and dedication to his students.if i know jerry he would want us to move forward and for his music program to stay intact.plans for public memorial service are underway. maureen kelly kron4 news

(vicki) coming up, we are tracking hurricane irma - as it threatens millions of people along the southern east coast. a look at how the bay area plans to help those in the path of the massive storm. (grant) and - kron four is expanding its sports coverage. our two new football shows kick off this weekend. "the sword and shield zone" hosted by kron four's mark carpenter begins saturday night at 9 p-m. then at 9:30 - it's "the red and gold zone" hosted by kron four's henry wofford. and on sunday's - sports night live is expanding to a full hour..... and will air every sunday from 9 to 10 p-m.

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threat to large swaths of florida."(grant) hurricane irma is one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the atlantic. forecasters still aren't certain where the storm will go- but south florida isn't taking any chances. they're stocking up on supplies ... and gasoline -- waiting up to two hours at the pump in some areas. others are evacuating.... (grant) and it's not just people that are getting out. (vicki) dozens of adoptable animals are being flown into the bay area... to help clear the shelters in florida and make room for animals who are displaced during the storm. kron four's gabe slate joins us live now from "arf" in walnut creek where some of these animals will be housed. gabe?

housed. gabe? animals will be housed. gabe?

(vicki) american airlines has canceled more than two thousand flights due to hurricane irma. operations are scheduled to wind down across south florida in the coming days. cancellations will go into effect for miami, fort lauderdale, fort myers and west palm beach throughout the weekend. cancellations in orlando will also go into

effect. irma made its first landfall as a dangerous category 5 hurricane in the island of barbuda on yesterday morning. forecasts show the storm could barrel into florida as early as saturday. thanks in large part to cloudy conditions and lower 850 mb levels, temperatures have been much cooler today compared to yesterday. in fact, locations that were around 115 just a few days ago are struggling to get out of the lower 70s. in some spots today will turn out to be 15 degrees cooler than normal.

(grant) as hurricane irma slowly charges towards florida... a fema search and rescue team is racing in from the other side of the country to help. as kron four's will tran's reports... the folks from oakland are on their way...after having just helped in texas with the aftermath of hurricane harvey.

no rest for the weary.most of the members from the search and rescue team just got back from hurricane harvey.they were told on tuesday to get back to workthis time for an even more powerful hurricane... irma(battalion chief robert lipp/fema- 1:00:04-11 when we gett to where they need us we will find out what they need us for. if it's rescue we will deal with people and pets. companion pets. sometimes it's more of wellness check.) as they're racing towards families in florida.. that also means they're leaving their families back in the bay area.they know this is what they signed up for.but that doesn't mean it's easy.tanisha bernard/fema-a little overwhelmed, excited, nervous not knowing what to expect. hopefully the hurricane will pass through florida and miss landfall and our services won't be needed but if they are i'm excited to help (reporter- you have any family and if you do what did you say to them?(tanisha-i do. i have a son who plays football at usc and i told him i'm cheering him on but i won't be able to watch him this weekend) fema has already sent 7- 80

person crews like this one in anticipation of hurricane irma these responders... who left as early as 630 this morning... will meet with other bay area crews who were still driving back from harvey with heavy equipment when they were told to stop and turn aroundbattalion chief robert lipp/fema--all of the rescuers who are going they don't know how long they will be gone and clearly we our putting ourselves in danger. we are calculated. it's not like we go running around in 180 mile per hour winds)(will tran/oakland -the responders were told they could be gone for up to three weeks but nothing is set in stone. depending on how destructive irma is.. .more crews like this one will be heading to florida to help in oakland will tran kron 4 (vicki) still ahead... people in one east bay city are seeing a lot of rats. what they're doing to get this problem fixed.(grant) and next - a dress code controversy when a mama wants to eat. no shoes no shirt...no service...but what about a crop top?(vicki) stock indexes have finished nearly back where they

started... the dow lost nearly 23 points. the nasdaq rose about four and a half points. and the s&p edged down about a half-point. we'll be right back.

if you're a woman... chances are you didn't get enough sleep last night. a new government study found that women between 40 and 59 years old are more likely to suffer from poor sleep quality. not getting enough sleep increases the risk of cardiovascular disease

and diabetes. while related factors like menopausal transition can't be controlled... healthy sleep habits can. to help wind down when it's time for bed... try keeping your room cool and dark. experts say women in this age range should aim for seven to nine hours of sleep each night. (grant) in washington state. a pregnant woman wearing a crop top says a restaurant denied her service...because her baby bump was showing. charisha gobin stopped by "buzz inn" steakhouse with her family sunday night... in this outfit on your screen. a server kicked her out...they said her shirt violated a health code. gobin is seven-and-a-half months pregnant with twins. however the server says she would have asked anyone else in this same top...to leave the restaurant. charisha....says she's never heard of a crop top... not counting as a shirt.(sot) (grant)"i was wearing a

shirt.it had sleeves. i didn't even have cleavage showing."' "just because my belly was bigger and sticking out. but had it been anyone else, i don't think there would've been any problem whatsoever." the restaurant has since apologized to gobin for the incidnet. however the mother to be...say's this steakhouse has lost her business. (vicki) after the break... amazon is accused of price gouging. why they say they aren't doing anything wrong. (brittney) i'm chief meteorologist brittney shipp, i'll have your full bay area forecast after the break.

(grant) there is a new twist to the story of a n-f-l star....at the center of a police confrontation in vegas...that was caught on video. steve aveson is in the newroom with what we are working on for kron 4 news at six. (steve) grant we are talking about seahawks defenvise end michael bennett... and that now

infamous video of las vegas police taking him down after the floyd mayweather-conor mcgregor fight. he says he is a victim of racial profiling and has fired bay area civil rghts lawyer john burris to file a lawsuit. today the head of the union that represents las vegas police officers asked the nfl to investigate bennett. we will tell you why they are calling for that... and the response from the nfl. we will have that story and more on kron 4 news at six. grant back to you. (vicki) gap says it plans to close roughly 200 "under- performing" gap and banana republic stores. gap owns both brands, along with old navy and athletic wear brand "athleta." gap declined to specify how many of each brands' stores will close or where. sales have declined for both brands in recent years -- as they lost ground to the so-called "fast fashion" retailers like "forever 21". meanwhile, old navy has done relatively well, with sales up five percent last month. the

company plans to open up to 270 new old navy and athleta locations in the next three years. (grant) amazon is under fire for reportedly inflating prices as florida braces for hurricane irma...although the company claims it's not their fault. catherine heenan is here with more - including the fact amazon says it's now monitoring its site more closely.. (catherine) we've seen that local grocery stores in florida are selling out of basic supplies...like water. so - lots of people are turning to amazon to order things.f mark ) the problem - some of them are outraged to discover wildly inflated prices....a couple of examples - a 24-pack of nestle bottled water with expedited shipping going fornearly 180 dollars. a florida woman trying to buy groceries claims that the prices had tripled. an amazon spokesperson said that third-party sellers are to blame -- not them.still - price gouging on essential

items during emergencies is illegal in florida -- and this makes amazon look bad. after getting an earful - the company is now taking action against vendors...and encouraging customers to let them know if they spot big price hikes . grant? (grant) orange growers in florida are worried that hurricane irma could push them into bankruptcy. the florida citrus industry is already in trouble... a disease known as "citrus greening" has caused a 50- percent decline in the last five years. insects spread the disease, leaving fruit green, bitter and unusable. but experts say a direct hit from hurricane irma could cause a disastrous blow to the industry. (anchor) time now to check on our weather... with chief meterologist brittney shipp.

thanks in large part to cloudy conditions and lower 850 mb levels, temperatures have been much cooler today compared to yesterday. in fact, locations that were around 115 just a few days ago are struggling to get out of the lower 70s. in some spots today will turn out to be 15 degrees cooler than normal.

(grant) prince george arrived for his first day of school with his father prince william today - however, one member of the family was noticeably missing. (vicki) george, who is four years old, is starting a 23-thousand- dollar a year prep-school in london. you can see him here with his dad, prince william, the little guy shaking hands with the head of the school. the duchess of cambridge - kate middleton - stayed home because she was suffering from severe morning sickness. the family announced tuesday they are expecting their third child.

up next, a local community sees a rise in sees a rise in complaints over rats. we hear from one neighbor who spent thousands to get rid of the rodents. (vicki) kron four is expanding it's sports coverage. our two new football shows kick off this weekend. "the sword and shield zone" hosted by kron four's mark carpenter begins saturday night at 9 p-m. then at 9:30 - "the red and gold zone" hosted by kron four's henry wofford" will begin. and on sunday's - sports night live is expanding... and will air every sunday from 9 to 10 p-m.

(vicki) residents of a berkeley neighborhood are reporting a rise in rat infestations and seeking help from the city to deal with the issue. (grant) kron 4's gabe slate looked into this and exterminators he talked to say it's not just in north berkeley... but several areas around the east bay. sound from christine simon / lives in northern part of berkeleyand then they moved into the house. christine simon lives in the northern part of berkeley she said for 15 years living here they

never had a problem with rats. and then about a year ago it all started sound from christine simon m.d. / lives in northern part of berkeley a year later and $15,000 thrown they finally got the rats out of their house. but a lot of her neighbors have not been so lucky sound from christine simon / lives in northern part of berkeleysound from dan the bug man / exterminator - dan the bug man is an exterminator and does pest control he services the east bay he says there has been more calls recently to berkeley and all over the east bay. dan says the tech boom and housing crises is to blame. more young couples are buying houses in the east bay from long term owners and

renovating the houses.. sound from dan the bug man / exterminator - sound from christine simon / lives in northern part of berkeley christine, who is a practicing family medicine doctor in the area worries that the problem could become bad enough to pose a public health threat she and her neighbors have asked berkeley public health officials to look into the problem so far they are not granting that request. i contacted several people with the berkeley public health department i have not heard anything back yet.. in berkeley gabe slate kron 4 news. (vicki) that wraps up kron 4 news at 5.(granti) steve aveson and pam moore are here with kron 4 news at six.

(pam) grant and vicki thank you. next on kron 4 news at six. video of an oakland fire department captain ... being arrested by police. tonight, the crimes he is accused of.. and why prosecutors say, he needs to stay behind bars. (steve) and president trump's travel ban suffers another legal set back. next the ruling made just a short time ago. kron 4 news at six is next.

(steve) surveillance video captures the moment a bay area fire captain is arrested... accused of having hundreds of images of child pornography. today... he made his first court appearance. (steve) good evening i'm steve aveson.(pam)

and i'm pam moore. kron 4's haaziq madyun was there... and learned more about the investigation that led to the arrest. oakland fire captain richard chew has been arrested and charged for one count of possession and one count of distributing child pornography. kron4 obtained this surveillance video of chew's arrest wednesday at his home in lafayette. his next door neighbor saw lafayette police serving the search warrant

attorney: "they are dangerous crimes. they are violent crimes against children in the sense that someone is downloading this material is furthering the market and furthering the exploitation of these children. i also think that the volume that i spoke to the judge of the images of the crimes are children under 12 and there are many toddlers as well. so that fact that the children are of that age is dangerous to me. this is someone in our community downloading this and copying it and allowing it to be shared on these peer to peer programs">richard chew's bail was set at $200-thtousand dollars. if convicted he could face a maximum of five years in state prison...in martinez haaziq amdyun kron4news an oakland police officer is also in trouble with the law tonight. officer bryan budgin was arrested on suspicion of

driving under the influence and resisting arrest on i-580 in dublin last night. budgin posted bail and is out of jail tonight. the oakland police department released a statement saying it is aware of his arrest. but they have not said if he is still on active duty. (pam) an update tonight on an alameda crash that killed three people over the memorial day weekend. police say, the driver of the truck will be facing several charges including driving while intoxicated. the case is in the hands of district attorney's office ... which plans to go to trial. the deadly collision happened on may 29th at the intersection of park street and lincoln avenue. the truck hit a mini-van... the woman inside survived. two teens, along with along with a third man in the truck, died. ( grant ) breaking news: we are learning about a massive security breach that could affect 143 million americans. the credit monitoring company equifax says hackers got into a database earlier this year.

social security numbers, birth dates, addresses and in some instances... driver's license numbers... were exposed. equifax says the hackers also got ahold of the credit card numbers of about 200-thousand consumers. the breach was discovered at the end of july. equifax is one of three nationwide credit-reporting companies that tracks the financial history of u-s consumers. the data includes loans, loan payments, credit card use, rent and utility payments... all of which are factored into determining credit scores. potentially even more alarming is consumers may not even be aware they are equifax customers. the company says it is notifying people whose credit cards were affected by the breach. ( steve ) more breaking news: late this afternoon: a federal appeals court rejected the trump administration's limited view.... of who is allowed into the u-s under the president's travel ban.

in its ruling, the courts says grandparents, cousins and other close relatives of people in the united states should not be prevented from coming into the country. the court also ruled refugees accepted by a resettlement agency should not be banned. there is no word tonight from the white house about whether an appeal is planned. ( pam ) another big story tonight is hurricane irma. the storm is roaring toward florida... leaving catastrophic damage as it plows through the caribbean. ( pam ) florida governor rick scott is telling his residents to be prepared to evacuate on a moments notice.( steve ) the storm is expected to make landfall sometime this weekend, although it's unclear exactly where it will hit hardest. kristen holmes with our partners at c-n-n is in miami, where floridians are busy making last-minute preparations. hurricane irma is displaying its brute force in the dominican republic and haiti - pounding parts of the region

with sustained winds of 180 miles per hour. this comes one day after the storm ravaged the caribbean, leaving extensive damage in its wake -- including in the island of barbuda. gaston browne/prime minister, antigua and barbuda: 90 percent of the homes have been decimated -- it's a real sad situation. it's a natural disaster of unprecedented scale. and residents here in the state of florida are watching closely. long lines at gas stations and grocery stores...people boarding up their homes... and in some cases - preparing to evacuate gov. rick scott, cannot protect you in the middle of the storm. this means you need to plan now and where you'd need to go. do not wait. but gasoline is already in short supply. officials in the state say at the moment, that's a top prioritysen. bill nelson, florida: we deperately need gasoline. and that's why i fired off an email last night to the head of fema to see if they can get gasoline into the state because people are running out. irma may force one of the largest evacuations ever in the united states. a hurricane watch is already in effect for parts of south florida. but the timing and the track of the storm is

still unclear. that's why officials want everyone in the state to be ready as soon as possible. gov. rick scott, florida: get prepared now. this storm has the potential to catastrophically devastate our state and you have to take this seriously. in miami, i'm kristen holmes. (steve) as hurricane irma bares down on florida.... a fema search and rescue team is flying in from the bay area to help. no rest for the weary the oakland based fema team is heading towards the monster storm...after having just helped in texas with the aftermath of hurricane harvey. dozens of crew members were told on tuesday...their work isn't complete. the team could be gone for up to three weeks.... however nothing is set in stone. depending on how destructive irma is... more crews may be heading to florida to help. also heading to florida to help -- pg&e. it's already clear that florida will need lots of help in restoring power in the wake of irma.. catherine

heenan is here with more on the utility workers who were packing up today.. (catherine) the storm hasn't even hit........but everyone knows irma is a monster of a storm and it's time to leave... a group of nine pg&e linemen were packing up in hayward this morning.....and the utility invited reporters and photographers to come have a look. they'll leave for south florida tomorrow.....and in a briefing today, they talked about everything from the possibility of alligators - to watching out for each other on the job. one of the linemen showed kron four the kind of gear he's got to take with him.... pg&e lineman - with our safety devices of climbing up the poles and the hooks which we actually use to climb the poles, so there's going to be a lot of trucks and gear there in florida for us, but a lineman has to have his tools. some clothes, some rain gear and your basic safety stuff so. i'm getting it down to a small amount. that's the challenge. they're heading off

to help because of a mutual agreement with florida power and light. it was signed three years ago - saying if there's a disaster in either place - the utility workerswill help each other. this is the second time the agreement has been activated.pg&e also sent help to florida last year -- after hurricane matthew. steve and pam? let's get a look at what's happening with hurricane irma right now.. (pam) our chief meteorologist brittney shipp has the latest. thanks in large part to cloudy conditions and lower 850 mb levels, temperatures have been much cooler today compared to yesterday. in fact, locations that were around 115 just a few days ago are struggling to get out of the lower 70s. in some spots today will turn out to be 15 degrees cooler than normal.

( pam ) kron 4 would like to

thank you, our viewers, for helping us.. help the victims of hurricane harvey... and making our telethon a success. we partnered with the salvation army yesterday.. this is video from last evening ... as we learned someone donated 10-thousand dollars to the salavation army. in all, we received more than 136-thousand dollars in contributions. that is a preliminary number ... we'll have an exact figure next week. if you missed out yesterday ... you can still donate. there is a link posted a link on our website, kron four dot com. you can make a contribution online... one- hundred percent of your donations will go to those in need . coming up.. the latest on a california couple at the center of a las vegas kidnapping case .. now the woman involved is speaking out. police now revealing a composite sketch of the suspect in a union city sexual attack. las vegas police fire back hard at claims by n-f-l player michael bennett.. that he was a victim of racial

profiling...

(2-shot/steve) two days after he decided to end the daca, or deferred action for childhood arrival program, president trump now says those young undocumented dreamers have nothing to worry about. (2-shot/pam) the news coming in the form of a presidential tweet ... and kron four'srob fladeboe has some reaction. daca recipient"....it is very confusing...."this daca recipient, who wants to remain

anonymous, says what's needed to make the dream act permanent is action not words. daca recipient"....i don't feel like trusting twitter.....i need to see something i can trust, like a law......"this woman and thousands of her fellow daca recipients and their supporters took to the streets to protest president trumps decision to end the daca program, calling on congress to find a solution. then today, the president tweeted to say dreamers should not worry about being detained over the next six months. despite that, no one was celebrating here at the immigration rights network where daca recipients are coming for help.priya murthy/immigration rights network"....i think when it comes to trumps tweets, policy making and protections don't happen on twitter, they don't happen by tweet..."nancy pelosi/house minority leader stirring the pot further, house minority leader nancy pelosi says the president has told her he supports and would sign a bill to give legal status to daca recipients. democrats are calling for a

vote on the dream act in september. again, priya murthy of the immigrant rights network.priya murthy/immigrant rights network".....we are heartened that members of congress are stepping up to put pressure on the president to consider taking action to find a legislative solution for daca recipients during this very difficult time......" the president's tweet says there will be no action to deport the young undocumented dreamers as congress works toward a solution. in the meantime, there is only uncertainty.daca recipient "....personally, i feel like i am in limbo. i don't know if a should trust what they say of if i should just wait...." perhaps the best piece of news for dreamers is that democrats are pushing for a vote on the dream act bill sometime this month. in san jose robfladeboe kron 4 news ( pam ) ( pam ) the las vegas police

officers' association is firing back at n-f-l player michael bennett tonight... asking the league to investigate him. the league however has responded saying ... there is no basis for a personal conduct investigation. this video surfaced ... showing bennett being arrested, following the floyd mayweather- conor mcgregor fight. bennett claims, he was racially profiled and officers took him down simply because he is black and in the wrong place at the wrong time. the police union leader sent commissioner roger goodell a letter today... here is part of it: "i request that you conduct an investigation, and take appropriate action, into michael bennett's obvious false allegations against our officers. while the n- f-l may condone bennett's disrespect for our american flag, and evertyhing it symbolizes, we hope the league will not ignore bennett's flase accusations against our police officers." ( steve ) in sacramento... two police

officers are recovering following a shootout with a homicide suspect. the shootout came as hundreds of officers attended a nearby memorial service for a sheriff's deputy... killed in a shootout last week. that suspect who was from the bay area died. the suspect in this shootout was wounded... but the extent of his injuries are not clear. the police department put out a tweet saying the suspect was down. ( steve ) a wild kidnapping story that started on calfornia's central coast and end when the victim walked into a hotel near las vegas. employees helped her escape. the man accused of kidnapping her... was arrested later that night.( pam ) the suspect... is her former boyfriend. now the woman is speaking out and talking about her ordeal. abby theodros has her story. virginia paris/ kidnapping victim:"it's hard."55 year old virginia paris is still processing the last couple of days.virginia paris/ kidnapping victim:"he was very forceful, very very, very mean."she's talking about her ex-boyfriend 52 year old

joseph hetzel. police say he kidnapped paris in solvang california last friday.the pair was later spotted in at the rail road pass hotel in henderson, and inside this downtown las vegas chapel virginia paris/ kidnapping victim:"he said marrying me would get him out of trouble... and pretend like we were on some little honeymoon and we turned off our cell phones and no one would know the difference."you can see paris and hetzel on surveillance at the little neon chapel. at first you see the pair signing what looks like marriage documents, right before paris turns around and tries to walk out the door. hetzel grabs her and they walk out of the chapel.virginia paris/ kidnapping victim:"i was very upset and the first time i walked away i was extremely upset. i would not do anything and he ran after me because i was running." about an hour and a half later, they come back.virginia paris/ kidnapping victim:"i went through with it a second time because he would not stop."that's how paris described her two month relationship with hetzel virginia paris/ kidnapping victim:"very mind controlled. he talked a lot about his explosives and what he would do and what he's done to people, his ex-girlfriends and all that kind of stuff. that made me very nervous, especially on this trip. abby theodros/ reporting:"to people who would ask you, why wouldn't you just run?virginia paris/ kidnapping victim"i

tried running. many times, but he wouldn't let me. he had me by his side. he wouldn't let me run." paris says, she was able to get away with the help of some hotel staff who called security. hetzel was spotted at a casino outside of las vegas tuesday night .. and taken into custody. (pam ) a woman in union city who says she was sexually battered on a walking trail... has helped investigators develop a composite sketch of the alleged suspect. the victim believes the man is hispanic or filipino.. and describes him as standing five- foot- seven, with a stocky build. he is accused of groping the woman about 6-30- monday morning. police say ... it happened on the union city walking trail, off union city boulevard near kohoutek (kuh-who-tech) way. police say, the woman was able to call 9-11 during the attack... and, that it appears that spooked the man,

who ran off. sgt. steve mendez/ucpd- "it was more of a groping than anything, um, he grabbed her upon her buttocks and other parts of her body over the clothes. um, but, you know, in this particular situation, we're really not sure to what extent he was willing to go." sergeant mendez says, the victim claims this was actually the ninth time she has encountered the suspect on the same walking trail. and, each time, he approached her by saying "be my friend." but mendez says, this is the first time that the man ever laid a hand on the woman. let's take a look outside right now...(pam) chief meteorologist brittney shipp joins us now with the four zone forecast.forecast. zone forecast. thanks in large part to cloudy conditions and lower 850 mb levels, temperatures have been

much cooler today compared to yesterday. in fact, locations that were around 115 just a few days ago are struggling to get out of the lower 70s. in some spots today will turn out to be 15 degrees cooler than normal.

(pam) just ahead... students and former students in mourning... remembering their dedicated teacher who lost his life in a freak accident.. (steve) a controversial case with implications nation-wide... is now heading for the u.s. supreme court .. a businessman refuses to serve a same sex couple ... details coming up.

a memorial continues to grow tonight at ingrid b lacy middle school in pacifica where a popular music teacher was killed in a freak accident. jerry downs was the band director for 15 years here and at ocean shore elementary. today some former students, now in high school came to comfort each other and put flowers up near the parking lot where the accident happened. officials say downs was somehow run over by his own car wednesday morning. grief counselors have been brought on to help the students and the staff cope with the loss of a passionate educator. one parent we talked to got emotional when talking about what the loss means for students in the district. the superintendnet says

in honor of mr downs and his dedication to his students, they are going ahead with back to school night tonight. she says, he would have wanted them to. plans for a public tribute are underway. ( pam ) donald trump junior spent more than five- hours meeting with the senate judiciary committee today. the president's son was quizzed about a june 2016 meeting at trump tower. we know several russians attended ... with trump junior being promised damaging information on hillary clinton. he says, he did not tell his father about the meeting. and in a statement released after his meeting with the judiciary committee, trump junior held firm that nothing came out of the trump tower meeting... and he did not collude with the russian government to interfere with the 2016 election. (steve) coming up.. new and more troubling revelations about the problems at the oroville dam.. (pam) also .. a same sex couple refused service by a businessowner... now the case

heads to the nations highest court .. was it discrimination or a matter of religion.(steve) are you ready for some football? both bay area teams are gettting for their season openers.. we have a preview.. ( pam ) and - kron four is expanding it's sports coverage. our two new football shows kick off this weekend. "the sword and shield zone" hosted by kron four's mark carpenter begins saturday night at 9 p-m. then at 9:30 - "the red and gold zone" hosted by kron four's henry wofford" will begin. and on "sports night live" is expanding... and will air every sunday from 9 to 10 p-m.

is it religious freedom or discrimination? that's what the u.s. supreme court will have to decide... in a case it is expected to hear by the end of the year (steve) today lawmakers in washington expressed their support for the business owner who was sued after refusing service to a same sex couple.alexandra limon explains the details of the case from washington áááááá it's been five years since a same sex couple walked into jack phillipss masterpiece cakeshop.. phillips says that day, changed everything because he refused to make a custom cake for their wedding because of his christian faith.jack phillips, masterpiece cake shop ownerwe had a death

threat over thisthe couple sued -and the case has worked it was way to the us supreme court..now 86 lawmakers in washington are filing court documents in support of the colorado business owner. senator mike lee of utah says everybody should be concerned sen. mike lee / utah (r) :34-:41about any government policy that would force you to say something, under penalty of the law with which you disagree, that's a big problem. rep. doug lamborn / colorado (5th congressional dist) :42-:48that's not a public accommodation. that's compelling someone to produce speech that they don't agree with. alexandra limon / alexlimonnews :49-:59the owner of masterpiece cakeshop says this isn't discrimination because he áwillá do business with same sex couples. what he won't do is make a ácustomá cakes- because of his religion jack phillips, masterpiece cake shop owner 1:00-1:04 everything that i make, you're welcome to come in and purchase. so im not turning away anybody.but the human rights campaign sees things differently.robin maril / assc. legal director, human rights campaign 1:08-1:13it's discrimination plain and simple, to be turning people away simply because of who they are. and so far the courts agree.the colorado civil rights division ruled against phillips..and

colorado's court of appeals ruled that discrimination laws prohibit him from refusing service to same sex couples. phillips says he's lost 40 percent of his business..jack phillipsjust because in good conscience i want to obey my fait and live according to who i am.in washington alexandra limon new information continues to come in... on the potentially catastrophic failures last winter at northern california's oroville dam .... it indicates that the managers on the job were simply at a loss on what to do and how bad the situation actually was.... catherine heenan is here with the troubling findings.. (catherine) state records obtained by the associated press says those oroville dam managers were literally in the dark... in the first hours after it was discovered that a huge hole had opened in the dam -- they didn't have the cameras or monitors to see - and gauge - the extent of the danger. they had to scramble to borrow

cameras and helicopter rides from other agencies. that's despite the fact they'd been advised to get properly equipped. also - a new report from an independent forensic team says there's a dire need for new, improved inspections. the report that suggests no one did a proper review of the dam.... california assemblyman james gallagher calls that a 'bombshell' -- and told reporters by phone that future reviews should be critical and independent... assemblyman james gallagher - we need that kind of independent review. especially on our high hazard dams in california, to make sure that people are safe. change needs to happen and it needs to happen now. he says that the state has to do a lot better than simple visual inspections...and new laws are needed to make sure that changes are made. the department of water resources says it's already beginning to put new inspection practices in place.. assemblyman

gallagher says he'll believe it when he sees it..pam and steve? here at the contra costa county superior court house in martinez oakland fire department captain richard chew was arraigned on one count of possession and one count of distributing child pornographyhis arrest was made after a three week investigation by the contra costa county internet crimes against children task force richard chew's bail was set at $200-thtousand dollars. if convicted he could face a maximum of five years in state prison...in martinez haaziq amdyun kron4news in union city.... police are sharing this composite sketch of a man... wanted in connection with an alleged sexually battery. it was reported at around 6-30 monday morning. police say it happened on the union city walking trail off union city boulevard at kohoutek (kuh- who-tech) way. investigators say a man a

woman says she had seen on the trail eight times prior, approached and groped her. she called 9-11 and the man ran off. police are now recommending people walk in pairs until the man is found. in union city, philippe djegal, kron four news. here in san jose it was business as usual at the immigration rightsnetwork. there was no let up in the help and advise being offered to daca recipients and precious little optimism about a tweet by president trump saying that they have nothing to worry about. the president tweeting there would be no action against the young undocumented immigrants who were brought to the u.s. as children until congress takes action. at the same time, house minority leader nancy pelosi is saying that the president has promised to support and sign such legislation. in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news

chief meteorologist brittney shipp joins us now with another look at the four zone forecast... thanks in large part to cloudy conditions and lower 850 mb levels, temperatures have been much cooler today compared to yesterday. in fact, locations that were around 115 just a few days ago are struggling to get out of the lower 70s. in some spots today will turn out to be 15 degrees cooler than normal.

(pam) coming up .. forget jurassic park... now you have a chance to own a piece of dinosaur history... we'll tell you how.

most of us have seen dinosaur skeletons and fossils over the years - at museums and exhibits and such.(steve) but now you can own one -- if you can afford it. the 68-million-year-old remains of a triceratops are now on sale at an exhibit in colorado. the price ...$200 grand. and if that doesn't tickle your fancy......perhaps a 52-million-year-old large try-onix soft-shell sea turtle...is more your speed. well, not so fast...the cost... $250k. while the exhibit admits it's prices are high...officials say... you can't put a price on history. in sports... the 49ers and raiders get ready for their n-f-l season openers......

and nfl commissioner roger goodell gives what many think was a very puzzling statement on national television... gary has that story... and all the sports... coming up

raiders at tennessee for teir season opener sundayjack del rio getting the troops readyderek carr with his new $125 million contract looking to join the elite qb'smarshawn lynch does he have enough left in the tank to be a difference-makerbut it will be the defense coached by ken

norton jr tht will have to step up the mostthey are a young defense if fact linebacker bruce irvin is considered an old-timer going into his 7th year in the league (sot: irvin & norton) "very strange...it's good in a lot of ways...you know those guys look up to me, but they also im old, im the old guy so that's the bad thing...""it's a new season...we've put a lot of work in...i think we understand where we need to improve, we understand the things we did well, and we're really excited about the new challenge..." the 49ers open at home against the carolina panthersnavorro bowman finally healthy and ready to go but has he lost a

step or too?the 49ers defense will haveit's work cut out for it cam newton is also healthy and looking to get back to his mvp formhe has some very talented receivers and a new weapon in stanford product christian mccaffrey safety eric reid says they'll have their work cut out for them while eli harold had some fun with defensive back rashad robinson(sot: reid and harold) "i think i expect the same from cam...he's an explosive player, he wants to make the big play, but they also have the new wrinkle with christian (mccaffrey)...we were watching some film on him today and he got stuff, he gets some space and he's dangerous, we just gotta make sure we bottle both of those guys up and get them on the ground as fast as possible..."é "i'm real pumped man....like rashad said..." and join us saturday for the prmiers of our raiders and 49ers weekly shows mark carpenter and henry wofford host saturdays starting at 9pm then sunday a new 1-hour long

sports night live also at 9pm nfl commissioner roger goodell is taking some snide remarks from fans and media over thefinal portion of these remarks talking about colin kaepernick"i want to see everyone get an opportunity including colin (kaepernick)...when teams have a need and teams feel like they can get better by a particular individual whether they know the system, whether they have more talent or whatever it may be...that's what they're gonna do and im still convinced that he'll get that opportunity when the right opportunity comes along...(when you watched colin, did he strike you as a guy who's good enough to be in the league)....well nick, one thing i do as commissioner is i don't make those decisions...im not a football expert, im a huge fan, i have a role as commissioner also..."

an all-american semi-final on the women's side at the u-s openthe first and marquee match 37-year-old venus williams versus sloane stephens3rd and deciding set stephens up 6-5 with a chance to serve out the match venus mishits on the service return stephens wins 6-1, 0-6, 7-5she

will face the winner madison keys and coco vandeweghe back in june during the parade celebrating their 2nd nba title in 3 yearswarriors oenwer joe lacob told the crowd the team would pick up the tap for the entire celebration as a gift to oaklandthe only problem is according to a report the city of oakland still has not revived payment of almost

$816,000 it says the warriors ownas it ends up the warriors had some questions about some of the charges and are working it out with the city oakland officials say they don't expect any problems collecting eventually (steve) breaking news just in to the kron four news. arrests have been made in a south bay wildfire. what we have learned about the suspects. (grant) breaking news into the

kron4 newsroom: kids playing with fireworks caused a 130 acre fire in gilroy....known as the bally- bunion fire. that's what police just said. four teenagers...14 and 15 year olds...were allegedly playing with illegal fireworks over the weekend...when the hillside went up in flames. in the heatwave...it took little time for the fire to take off....near ballybunion court. police interviewed and cited the teenagers...wh o've been released to their parents. the investigation is on-going.

last weather and goodbye final look at the weather with chief meteorologist brittney shipp.

♪[ music ] can miami skyscrapers withstand hurricane irma? the scramble to install hurricane resistent windows. >> and drama in the air. >> a race against time.

the last flight to leave puerto rico. >> then battle over bottled water. then, the tiger that terrified a neighborhood. >> there is a tiger in the front yard. >> it's susie the tiger. >> full sized tiger, it's huge! >> and troubled singer singer sinead o'connor. >> i'm not going to die. i'm not going to die. >> her first interview since her meltdown. >> you tried to kill yourself eight times in one year. >> plus, first day of school for the little prince. and here they are. the miss america contestants. look how she's getting prepared for the big show. now "inside edition" with deborah norville. >> deborah: hello everybody, and thanks for joining us. the state of florida is now bracing for a direct hit from

hurricane irma whose 185 mile- an-hour winds are being blamed for at least ten deaths as it one big concern, can the high rise buildings in miami and along the florida coast with stand irma's winds? >> will miami's breathtaking skyline withstand hurricane irma? there's no time to take them down. there's built to resist winds of 145 miles per hour. but irma has been packing winds of up to 185 miles per hour. look. this is what happened to a crane in new york city during superstorm sandy in 2012. the cranes are designed to spin in the wind, like weather vanes. high rise resident has a 13- week-old baby, and jordan is worried about those cranes. >> if one of those cranes comes through one of those windows and everything's gone, we're going to lose everything.

>> reporter: authorities are also appealing to residents in high rises to clear everything off their terraces, so that furniture doesn't become missiles like this. >> look out! >> the tables! >> many people tape up their windows before a hurricane hits, but it doesn't work. according to the national hurricane center, it could actually be dangerous. "inside edition" producer alison hall spoke with home safety expert ron hazelton. >> this is what some people think will protect their windows. why is that not the case? it is a myth. first of all, it does not make the glass stronger, if you put tape on a window like this, and it does break, the glass is likely to break into large shards, which can be very dangerous, even deadly. >> as supplies run low, there are ugly scenes breaking out in stores. these people are arguing over water. and there's another storm brewing over conservative radio