vehicle itself. if he loses control it is going to hit multiple people at once and cause mass injuries">haaziq stand upchp officials say in addition to the laser pointers creating a hazard for participants in the sideshows and spectators there is also a potntial hazard for chp officers in the airsotwhile it is legal to own a laser pointer, it is however a federal crime to point one toward any aircraft. sotat the chp golden gate division air operations in napa haaziq madyun kron4news

(grant) to the santa cruz mountains now where last winter's merciless storms took a heavy toll on mountain roads. (vicki) kron four's rob fladeboe joins us now with a live update on how work is nearing completion on a mega landslide that has had highway 35 shut down for almost a year. rob? (rob live) mountain residents who would normally commute north on highway 35 or take highway 9 have been using black road and highway 17 here in los gatos to get to san jose and points north. but not much longer. i was there a couple days after the road washed out back in february and to see it now, almost while again, was something else. let's take a look. you are looking at what amounts to the reconstruction of a mountainside. for the past ten months, crews have been quite literally reinventing the wheel in replacing the 200 feet of highway 35 that washed out ten

months ago after days and days of relentless rain. there has never been a project like it.bob haus/caltrans"....this project was unique in that it's called design and build, we designed it as we built it, so the guys were out here building this thing when the ink was still drying on the plans...."i visited the job site back in april as crews were cutting a new road bed across a 40 foot crater. they had to take out more than a hundred trees and move some 20,000 yards or 2,000 truck loads of rock, dirt and debris. rob fladeboe/santa cruz mtns "....one of the challenges for crews is the fact that the soil here is mostly made up of sandstone, which turns to soup when it rains...."the solution to that problem is called cellular concrete. three times lighter and ten times stronger than sandstone. we're talking miles of rebar and pylons sunk 60 feet into themountain side. hundreds of manhours. $30 million dollars worth of time and materialsbon haus/caltrans "...when you do it like that it costs more but it pays off in the long run because the longer the road is closed it's costing commuters and everybody else time and money..."caltrans provided this time-lapse record of a project that is essentially made up of three huge walls. one to support the new roadbed, one to support the hillside below the road and a third to support the hillside

above.

(grant) after several weeks of no rain in the bay area... a storm system is finally headed towards us. (vicki) chief meteorologist brittney shipp is here with the details. .a quick moving cold front will move through the north bay before midnight and then push southward through early wednesday morning. overall, rainfall amounts will be light with blustery northwest winds developing behind the frontal passage on wednesday. high pressure rebuilds thursday through the upcoming weekend with a return of dry weather conditions, cooler overnights and mild afternoons.

(grant) new tonight at 5... an alarming situation on the pennisula as a teacher allegedly engaged in sexual misconduct with a student. (vicki) as kron four's terisa estacio reports, there's growing concern there could be more than one victim in this case. the teacher arrested works here at south san francisco high school - police have identified her as noelia linares. she reportedly works as a paraprofessional, a specialized aide who worked in in the bilingual department at the high school. south san

francisco police revealed they started investigating about a week agao - when they learned of possible inappropriate behavior between a teacher and students. right now, one 17 year old victim has been identified kron four received this statement this from the school district - quote" we were recently notified by the south san francsico police department about the arrest of one of our employees on suspicion of sexual misconduct with one or more students at south san francisco high school. we are deeply concerned about the allegations the district continued with saying the teacher has been placed on administrative leave. they also say they are working with the police department and are still learning about the particiulars about the case some students took me off camera, that they saw text messages between the teacher lianres and a student.. that was sexual in naturecalls and a statement when out to parents about the accusations encouraging parents to use this situation as quote "an opportunity to discuss with your child the importance of maintining open communication especially if somethinginapp ropriate or uncomfortable has happened at or related to school, end quote.rueben, parent. "yeah, this is bad" (estacio reporting, south san

francisco)south san francisco police tell me they are still working on this case and they are concerned there are more victims out there they are waiting to see before handing the case over to the district attorney for charges. in south san francisco, te kron four news (grant) a big day in court for a former millbrae middle school teacher... who pleaded no contest to felony lewd acts with a minor. a san mateo county jury has sentenced heather butts... to 120 days in prison. the 41-year-old former teacher...is also sentenced to three years probation...and will be required to register as a sex

offender. butts was seen kissing one of her students last year. the 15-year-old student... admitted to kissing the teacher... saying they were in love. prosecutors say butts also contacted the student... after her arraignment against court order. the motion to reconside is laid upon the table nat gavel house(vicki ) republicans push their tax code rewrite through the house ... only to have the senate decide to make changes.the senate vote is expected to happen sometime tonight .... then the house will have to re=vote tomorrow.(grant )the bill would affect every american taxpayer.and it's especially impactful to those of us living here in california.catherine heenan is here to go over the high and low points.catherine? (catherine) a poll this week found that 51 percent of californians are against the tax bill.only 30 percent are in favor. and most people believe it will benefit only corporations and the

super=rich... that's despite what its backers are saying... " today we're giving the people their money back. bay area congresswoman barbara lee has a different take. "(it) lines the pockets of millionaires and billionaires and wealthy corporations and yes, it makes it easier for corporations to shift jobs overseas."the core of the bill is a massive, permanent cut in corporate taxes, from 35 to 21 percent, in addition, the bill exempts most of their overseas profits from taxation.this will be a huge benefit to apple, google and other silicon valley companies with hundreds of billions of dollars in offshore accounts.less beneficial to californians will be changes to what you can itemize on your taxes..the bottom line is that most californians would see their tax bill go down by 580 dollars in 2019.the top one percent will save nearly 28=thousand.but in 2027, many of the tax breaks expire.the bottom 60 percent will pay an average of 230 dollars more. the top one percent of californians would still be getting a 14=thousand dollar break. (catherine)(catherine)

dollar break.14=thousand dollar break. (catherine) among the measures affecting california -- a cap on state tax deductions well below the 18=thousand dollar average.. limits on new mortgages that could drive down property values. and restrictions on when taxpayers can deduct losses for fires, floods and other natural disasters. also - the elimination of interest deductions for home equity loans. grant and vicki? (vicki) happening now... two big-rigs -- are hauling away battered rail cars.. following yesterday's deadly amtrak derailment in washington state.(grant) three people were killed... and dozens are injured. authorities say the incident happened as the train careened around a curve at nearly three times the speed limit -

hurling passenger cars off an overpass... and onto the highway below. all of the deaths were contained to the train, which was carrying 86 people on its first journey along a new service route. (sot) "passenger on derailed train: all of a sudden it was just crash there it was ... down ... the train went like this. things just started to tip over and as it was going around and then all of a sudden just ended up on side and everything went dark and stuff started flying around and that was it and then it stopped."(grant) the national transportation safety board says it's not yet clear why the train was going 80 miles per hour... in a 30 mile-per- hour zone. the agency says positive train control -- which automatically slows down and stops a speeding train -- was not activated. (grant) at least 12 tourists are killed in a bus accident in mexico, and 18 others are injured today. the bus was traveling on a highway in mayan region...south of cancun...a lot of tourists travel the highway. officials for royal caribbean cruise line say 27 people on the bus were

guests from two of their ships. the tour bus was carrying 31 tourists from the united states, brazil and sweden. authorities arrived at the scene -- about three hours away from playa del carmen -- to rescue people who were trapped in the vehicle. the cause of the crash has not yet been determined. (vicki) coming up on kron4 news at five... two parents are behind bars... because they tried to áásell their children. we'll tell you what they wanted in exchange. (grant) and good news for people who usually cannot get a flu shot... why people with egg allergies can finally protect themselves. (vicki) plus... a mother is taking action against the san francisco police department... after an officer shoots and kills her unarmed son. we'll tell you about the lawsuit just filed.

a federal lawsuit has now been filed in the police shooting of an unarmed man in san francisco earlier this month...(vicki) keita o'neil was shot and killed by a rookie officer december first - as he ran from a stolen van. catherine heenan is here with the details.. (catherine) the mother of the man who died has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit......alleging that he was wrongfully shot and killed...this is video released by police. officers had been responding to reports of a robbery and carjacking - and began following a california state lottery van. the lawsuit claims that keita

o'neill had jumped from the slow-moving van and was running away when an officer needlessly fired his gun. o'neil was hit in the head and died. the officer who fired had graduated from the police academy only 4 days earlier. the attorney for the o'neil family calls the incident 'shocking' - and says it was premeditated murder. john burris/family attorney -- there was nothing that was going on that would justify the use of deadly force. it is most shooting occurred from inside the car. the officers were both in a position of safety. attorney john burris says the 42-year-old victim was an only son - who had been a caretaker for his bedridden mother. the lawsuit was filed today in federal court in san francisco. grant and vicki? (grant) an accused robber has died... after he was shot by a security guard

at a san jose walgreens it happeend around 8:30 last night... at the walgreens store on five south first street. once at the scene...officers found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. he was rushed to the hospital with life threatening injuries...where he died today. while most security guards don't have guns...police say the security guard last night was licensed to carry one. officers are currently investigating what prompted that guard... to open fire. (vicki) we are learning new information tonight about the san francisco police officer who shot himself during a traffic stop. he has been identified as 49- year-old antonio cacatian. police say he was a nine- year veteran of the force. the shooting happened yesterday afternoon at the hill top mall near the j-c penney store. when officers approached cacatian's car they heard a gunshot. officers could not see exactly what happened inside of the car because the windows were heavily tinted. we are also learning tonight that cacatian was the center of an

investigation involving several jurisdictions-- but the details of the investigation have not yet been released. (vicki) happening now... police are looking for the driver involved in a hit and run in the east bay. it happened in berkeley last night on the 31-hundred block of san pablo avenue. police say a car hit a pedestrian and then took off. the victim was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. right now police do not have a description of the suspect vehicle. (grant) firefighters are trying to figure out what caused a house fire in concord. one person was killed in that fire. kron 4's lydia pantazes has the details. we know that one person has that one we know we know that one person has died in this house fire. we do not know what started the fire. the cause is still under investigation.

(anchor) time now to check on our weather... to check on time now to check on our weather... with chief meteorologist brittney shipp. .a quick moving cold front will move through the north bay before midnight and then push southward through early wednesday morning. overall, rainfall amounts will be light with blustery northwest winds developing behind the frontal passage on wednesday. high pressure rebuilds thursday through the upcoming

weekend with a return of dry weather conditions, cooler overnights and mild afternoons. (grant) new tonight at 5... los angeles county authorities say two parents were arrested on suspicion of trying to sell their sons for drugs.

(grant) new tonight at 5... los angeles county authorities say two parents were arrested on suspicion of trying to sell their sons for drugs. deputies responded to the residence following reports of possible child abuse. they determined that the parents attempted to exchange the two boys for money or drugs. they could face charges including felony child endangerment, child neglect, and being under the influence of a controlled substance. the children are now in custody of the county's department of children and family services. (grant) former "glee" star mark salling has pleaded guilty to possessing child

pornography. salling made his plea monday at a los angeles courthouse, two months after he reportedly struck a deal with authorities. federal investigators say they found more than 25-thousand child porn images and 600 videos on salling's computers and thumb drives. salling has reportedly agreed to be sentenced to a combined eleven years in prison, and will be under supervised release for another 20 years. he will be sentenced in march. (vicki) for your health... if you've been holding back on getting a flu shot because of an allergy....now's your chance.according to a new report...people with egg allergies can now get a traditional flu shot.most flu vaccines are manufactured using chicken eggs making those with allergies look for egg-free options.in the new paper published...the flu shot was found to be safe for those with egg allergies.researchers say regardless of severity...people can receive the vaccine without special precautions. (vicki) still ahead... firefighters are working to gain the upper hand on the wildfires burning in southern california... and tonight

we are hearing from a woman who was able to save her own home. hear how she did it. (grant) and after the break... an elaborate security system will soon be installed on east bay freeways... in an effort to stop shootings. we'll tell you where it's happening.

(vicki) cal-trans is dedicating millions of dollars to fight freeway shootings in the bay area. and the city of pittsburg has just voted to join that fight. the pittsburg city council voted 5-0 in favor of their police department hosting a large scale security system across contra costa county freeways. there have been more than 100 shootings on bay area highways in the past two years. cal-trans is now investing three-point-five million dollars to add more security tools to try to deter the shootings. people we spoke with say they don't mind the extra security as long as it keeps them safe. (vicki) the freeway security

network will be installed along highways four and 80. shot spotters, wireless cameras and microphones along with plate readers will be installed across both freeways. (grant) next at 5:30... with just days to go until christmas... the government could shut down over a funding fight. we'll take a look at the latest developments on capitol hill. (vicki) teachers in the south bay are facing several sexual abuse accusations tonight... and students say their catholic school is not handing the problem. we'll have the details right after the break.

tonight at 5:30... a number of sexual assault accusations are being made against teachers and staff at presentation high school in san jose. the victims and their attorneys claim the problem stems from the way that this catholic school handles these accusations. (grant) kron 4's camila bernal explains what the victims are hoping the school will do to address the issue. former students who attended presentation high school parents and their attorneys are calling on the administration to apologize for alleged sexual misconduct on campus and change way the school deals with the problem. dina leonis claims that in 2014, the water polo coach sexually abused her daughter when she was a freshman the catholic school. leonis says she reported the alleged abuse to the school administration but they did not report it to police. 15:35 if they had

reported it, it would have been stopped but because they didn't it went onleonis say the sexual abuse continued for months.once she learned about it, she said she met with the principal and reported the incident to police herself. 13:16 this failure led directly to multiple sexual assaults being committed upon my daughter causing her to suffer extreme emotional damage which continues 4 years later until this present time the attorneys representing leonis said that for the past 8 weeks, they have been investigating sexual assault accusations at the high school, claiming to have found cases that involve 8 teachers and as many as 17 victims 18:40 and those incidences as far as we know have not been reported to the police. the lawyers also say nothing has been reported to child protective services. the families and attorneys want to changed how presentation high school deals with such accusations. 18:20 there's no lawsuit at this point what we want from the school is to acknowledge what has gone on and to remedy the situation presentation high school administrators would not talk to us on camera.. but did issue this statement: all reports of sexual harassment that have come to presentation high school have been handled properly by the school administration. adding that some of the other claims made today, they are hearing for the first time."camila tag:the school also said that the safety and well-being of their

students is a priority.they said all of its employees receive training and beginning in 2018, they will create a task force to review the current policies and procedures.but the alleged victims say and apology would be a start. in san jose, camila bernal kron 4 news (vicki) police are looking for more victims after a man was arrested for indecent exposure in mountain view. officials responded last week to the area of stevens creek trail to a report of a man exposing himself to someone.

30-year old jesus santos bastidas was quickly found nearby and was arrested. police say he matched the description of a suspect in a case from earlier in the month--- where a victim said she was sexually battered by a suspect who exposed himself to her. police are concerned that there are more victims in the case and are asking anyone with information to call the mountain view police department. (grant) pg and e... says temporary overhead power lines will be restored by friday...to the fire-ravaged coffey park neighborhood in santa rosa. pg and e crews have installed 226 poles ...and 15 transformers in the coffey park neighborhood. the west side of coffey park will be energized this evening...and the east side will have power by friday. besides lighting up the streets... the electricity will also help property owners rebuild. some one thousand homes were lost during the tubbs fire back in october.

(vicki) crews on the front lines of the wildfires in southern californiaare trying to take advantage of calmer winds... (grant) catherine heenan is here with the latest on the huge 'thomas' fire.. (catherine) the thomas fire is in santa barbara county.......it's still the biggest of the southern california wildfires. it's now about 50% contained...and has burned more than 270-thousand acres. today crews were setting controlled burns on the fire's northern edge and building containment lines. they're worried about the fact that a return to high winds is expected tomorrow. they're clearing dry brush - and hoping to leave nothing much to burn when the windy conditions kick in again. one woman in santa barbara county got together with a friend who's a retired fire engineer.....and built an elaborate system that successfully saved her home. lynn kirst, saved her home from fire: we put in this enormous rain birds to really saturate this place and to top it off everyday which raised the humidity level to such an extreme. we also have a 5- thousand gallon back-up water

tank. bill myer, contract firefighter: my intent was to be here and prepare this structure for the assault and man what an assault it was.it was coming down i estimated about 15 to 20 mph. it was from rim to rim. they also used foam -- and cut down a hundred eucalyptus trees. the plan worked.lots of other homeowners, of course, haven't been so lucky. the thomas fire has burned more than a thousand buildings - mostly houses. tonight - homes are still threatened in parts of santa barbara county... the thomas fire could eventually become the biggest in california since accurate records started being kept in 1932. grant and vicki? (anchor) time now to check on our weather... with chief meteorologist brittney shipp.

.a quick moving cold front will move through the north bay before midnight and then push southward through early wednesday morning. overall, rainfall amounts will be light with blustery northwest winds developing behind the frontal passage on wednesday. high pressure rebuilds thursday through the upcoming weekend with a return of dry weather conditions, cooler overnights and mild afternoons.

(grant) tonight time is running out for congress to find a way to keep the government up and running. the federal government will run out of money friday night. that is unless congress agrees to a last minute spending package. kron 4's white house correspondent mark meredith takes a closer look. minority leader chuck schumer says democrats don't want a government shutdown.but he says his party won't support plans to avoid a shutdown on friday unless republicans agree to-> extend dacaand allow millions of young undocumented immigrants stay in the u-s.-> spend billions

to ensure lower income americans have access to obamacare.-> and fund a national health insurance program for children connecticut senator chris murphy says something as crucial as healthcare for children shouldn't be a tough choice."it is just cruel to send these families into the holidays with anxiety, while we all sit around safe and sound"the white house says keeping the government is all about national security.press secretary sarah sanders says congress should temporarily fund the government through next month and then focus on reforms early next year."i would hope democrats would live by the chuck schumer rule and not hold this bill hostage" but democrats aren't the only ones with demands. g-o-p leaders want to spend 81 billion dollars on a new disaster relief package. florida congressman neal dunn says the money would help storm and wildfire survivors but also stabilize several states' vital agriculture industries."they're trying to plant crops for next year, if we don't give them some stability for next year, they'll be out of the water for another year"but democrats say the latest disaster relief bill doesn't do enough to help americans who were hit hard in

puerto rico.meanwhile, the clock is ticking.congress has until friday to find a compromise.in washington, i'm mark meredith. (vicki) coming up... a lot of people are heading out of town this week... and it's expected to be packed at the airports. we'll have some travel tips to help you navigate the crowds. (grant) and after the break... how facebook is going to notify you when someone uploads a picture of you... even if you're not tagged in it.

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technology to alert users when a photo of them is uploaded....even if the user isn't tagged in it.(grant)with facial recognition... users can now message anyone who posts a photo of them and ask for it to be taken down.the social network giant has been using facial recognition since 20-10 to suggest who should be tagged in a photo.(vicki)while the new tool does raise some privacy concerns, facebook says it will not not use facial recognition to better target advertisements. (vicki) an important recall to tell you about tonight... audi is

recalling more than 52- thousand cars because they can leak fuel and increase the risk of a fire. (grant) the models affected are the a-6 and a-7 cars from the 20-12 through 20-14 model years. audi says the fuel lines can weaken and start to leak... which could lead to a fire. (vicki) no fires or injuries have been reported. dealers will fix the problem for free starting in february. (grant) still ahead... turns out our neighbors are very generous. find out which bay area cities ranked as the most giving... coming up. (brittney) i'm chief meteorologist brittney shipp, i'll have your full bay area forecast after the break.

(vicki) new information is emerging tonight about the deadly train accident near seattle... what went wrong.. and the heroic efforts to save lives. pam moore is in the newsroom now with the story we are working on for the news at six. (pam) the amtrak accident

was horrific.. twisted metal.. cars dangling from the tracks... and it unfolded right in front of a couple driving along a nearby road. they were on the scene and in the train car helping passengers, even before first responders got there. we will hear their harrowing story... and we are keeping watch on capitol hill .... and the senate vote on the g-o-p tax bill that will have a big impact on lives across the bay area.. we'll see you at six.... now, back to the news at five... vicki and grant (grant) the bay area does well in a new list of 'most caring cities' in the u.s.......(vicki) 'wallet-hub' looked at the 100 biggest cities in the country.... catherine is back with some of the results.. (catherine) wallet hub -- a website that deals in financial stories and credit scores - decidedto look at the

cities that 'care'.. that included things like the number of volunteer hours per capita...to the share of income donated to charity.. out of the hundred cities they considered.. fremont was number 8 -- san francisco came in at number 11. and san jose -- number 14. not bad. wallet-hub also considered factors like the violent crime rate, child poverty, services for the homeless and pet shelters. so the list was wide-ranging. the fact that three cities in the bay area made the top 15 is considered impressive. at the top of the list -- madison, wisconsin. and at the bottom -- detroit michigan and laredo texas. as a whole americans donated more than 390-billion dollars in 20-16. that's up from the year before. grant and vicki? (grant) happening now... sacred heart community services is looking for toy donations ahead of its annual toy drive. on thursday

and friday... sacred heart will be handing out toys to children... but they say they are still short by several thousand toys. the goal is to give more than six- thousand children in need gifts this holiday season. if you would like to donate... you can bring toys to the donation station on first street in san jose. they are open from 8 in the morning until 4. (vicki) a lot of people are getting ready to head out of town for the holidays... and be prepared-- more than 107-million americans will travel this holiday season. in today's consumer watch -- mary moloney has tips for travelers. traveling for the holidays? brace for crowds at the airport and traffic on the streets.triple a expects more than 107 million americans to travel between december 23rd and january 1st.that's the highest amount on record for this time of year.you can thank a stronger economy for

the increase in travelers.the majority of people -- more than 97 million will drive to their destination.nearly 6-and-a-half million people will fly.and nearly four million will take trains -- buses -- and cruise ships.no matter if you drive -- fly -- or ride for the holidays -- leave early and budget more time.especially if you have to go through security.prepare for the t-s-a.if you're not a frequent flier -- go to the tsa website to learn what you can and can't take on the plane.use your smartphone to download your airline's app. that way you can get your boarding pass on your phone -- and skip the ticket counter. app's will also update you on any delays and let you know when baggage arrives.simple tips to try and minimize stress while you travel.for consumer watch -- i'm mary moloney (anchor) time now to check on our weather... with chief

meteorologist brittney shipp. .a quick moving cold front will move through the north bay before midnight and then push southward through early wednesday morning. overall, rainfall amounts will be light with blustery northwest winds developing behind the frontal passage on wednesday. high pressure rebuilds thursday through the upcoming weekend with a return of dry weather conditions, cooler overnights and mild afternoons. (vicki) next on kron four (vicki) next on kron four

news at five... a you tube super star is giving back this holiday season... see how he transformed an abandoned mall into a winter wonderland...for children in need. (grant) and a reminder...

this year... kron 4 will have expanded new year's eve converage. starting at 8-p-m we will have new years live from las vegas with musical and entertainment acts. then at 11:30... justine waldman and i -- along with j-r stone and spencer blake -- will host new years live from san francisco. we will bring you the fun and fireworks from along the embarcadero. join us starting at 8-p-m on new years eve.

(grant) a famous youtube star is bringing new life to an abandoned mall. (vicki) casey neistat has more than eight million subscribers on youtube... he filmed his holiday video inside a mall in milwaukee and transformed it into a winter wonderland for local children. rikki mitchell reports. it's the first time we've seen inside the mall in more than a decade. the empty food court, broken glass and boarded up doors are just some of the sights inside the mall now. but for one special day, the mall's atrium became almost unrecognizable. "all i could see was all of my childhood fantasies manifesting,"for his christmas video this year, he wanted to focus on giving back to the community. but he and his partners at samsung needed somewhere empty and large. "it just turns out that milwaukee happens to have a fantastic, huge, empty shopping mall," they welcomed 100 children from the boys and girls club of greater milwaukee and taught them how to become their own youtube creators using samsung phones. "consider this a set to demonstrate what you can do with a phone," leys actually grew up in sheboygan and remembers shopping at northridge mall as a kid. he, neistat and more than a dozen other youtube stars visited

the boys and girls club the night before the video shoot, to provide them with smart phones, microphones and other accessories to create videos. "the reason we bring people like casey and all these different creators here is because they're who kids look up to and their message to these kids and our message to kids equally is that you can be just like these creators, all you need is a phone,". neistat says they want to help the next generation of creators, but especially help children who may not otherwise have access to this technology. "i see it as an opportunity and an opportunity to sort of elevate young kids and let them know that now because of technology, they're empowered in ways that they've never been empowered before," (vicki) that wraps up kron 4 news at 5.(granti) steve aveson and pam moore

are here with kron 4 news at six. (steve) progress to report in the santa cruz mountains. after a devestating mudslide ten months ago... highway 35 almost ready to roll. an update on the highway artery that so many commuters depend on.(pam) then ... while police are looking down at illegal sideshows on an oakland street... they are also dealing with a danger in the sky and are sounding the alarm.(steve) and will our tax laws be reformed tonight? we're waiting for the u.s. senate to vote. more news in 70 seconds.. on kron 4 news at six.

(pam) tonight at six... work is nearing completion on that massive landslide in the santa cruz mountains .. which wiped out a stretch of highway- 35. on the left you can see the slides impact after the winter storms in february... and on the right you can see a time lapse of the repair efforts. thank you for joining us... i'm pam moore.(steve) and i'm steve aveson. kron four's rob fladeboe toured the project today and shows you what's been happening since the road fell apart. . you are looking at what amounts to the reconstruction of a mountainside. for the past ten months, crews have been quite literally reinventing the wheel in replacing the 200 feet of highway 35 that washed out ten months ago after days and days of relentless rain. there has never been a project like it.bob haus/caltrans"....this project was unique in that it's called design and build, we designed it as we built it, so the guys were out here building this thing when the ink was still drying on the plans...."i visited the job

site back in april as crews were cutting a new road bed across a 40 foot crater. they had to take out more than a hundred trees and move some 20,000 yards or 2,000 truck loads of rock, dirt and debris. rob fladeboe/santa cruz mtns "....one of the challenges for crews is the fact that the soil here is mostly made up of sandstone, which turns to soup when it rains...."the solution to that problem is called cellular concrete. three times lighter and ten times stronger than sandstone. we're talking miles of rebar and pylons sunk 60 feet into themountain side. hundreds of manhours. $30 million dollars worth of time and materialsbon haus/caltrans "...when you do it like that it costs more but it pays off in the long run because the longer the road is closed it's costing commuters and everybody else time and money..."the slide and closure has added an extra hour to the commute oflocal resident c.j. dawsonc.j. dawson/local resident"...i work in palo alto so it's been tought and i also can't get up to castle rock state park anymore either..."caltrans provided this time-lapse record of a project that is essentially made up of three huge walls. one to support the new roadbed, one to support the hillside below the road and a third to support the hillside above.rob fladeboe"....weather permitting the detour wll end and the road will re-open by about mid-january. in the santa cruz mountains rob fladeboe kron 4 news

a live look outside right now... (steve) we get our first look at

the four zone forecast with chief meteorologist brittney shipp. .a quick moving cold front will move through the north bay before midnight and then push southward through early wednesday morning. overall, rainfall amounts will be light with blustery northwest winds developing behind the frontal passage on wednesday. high pressure rebuilds thursday through the upcoming weekend with a return of dry weather conditions, cooler overnights and mild afternoons.

(pam) you can track the upcoming rain using our free app. there you will find forecasts for your neighborhood ... and get push alerts on breaking weather updates. all on the kron-4 mobile app (steve) in the south bay... a number of sexual assault accusations are being made against teachers and staff at presentation high school in san jose.(pam) the victims and their attorneys claim, the problem stems from the way this catholic school handles these accusations. kron 4's camila bernal explains what the victims are hoping the school will do to address this. pkg:"the goodness was there at

the school but it was taken from us"a mother claims that in 2014 the water polo coach sexually abused her daughter who was a freshman at presentation high school"watch close because nobody is watching for your kids"dina leonis said she found out about what happened to her daughter months after the abuse-she contacted the school but she says they did report this to police15:35 if they had reported it, it would have been stopped but because they didn't it went onthat's why this family and other former students and their attorneys are calling on the administration to apologize for alleged sexual misconduct on campus and change way the school deals with the problem. 18:20 there's no lawsuit at this point what we want from the school is to acknowledge what has gone on and to remedy the situationthe attorneys representing leonis said they have been investigating sexual assault accusations at the high school, claiming to have found cases that involve 8 teachers and as many as 17 victims18:40 there's been multiple victims of sexual assault over a long period of time at the school and those incidences as far as we know have not been reported to the policepresentation high school administrators would not talk to us on camera.. but did issue this statement: all

reports of sexual harassment that have come to presentation high school have been handled properly by the school administration. adding that some of the other claims made today, they are hearing for the first time."the school also said that the safety and well-being of their students is a priority.they said all of its employees receive training and beginning in 2018, they will create a task force to review the current policies and procedures.but the alleged victims say and apology would be a start. in san jose, camila bernal kron 4 news (pam) a big day in court for a former millbrae middle school teacher ... who pleaded no contest to felony lewd acts with a minor. a san mateo county jury has sentenced heather butts... to 120 days in prison. the 41-year-old former teacher... is also sentenced to three

years probation... and will be required to register as a sex offender. butts was seen kissing one of her students last year. the 15-year-old student... admitted to kissing the teacher... saying, they were in love. prosecutors say, butts also contacted the student... after her arraignment against the court's order. (steve) we are learning new information tonight about the san francisco police officer who shot himself during a traffic stop. he has been identified as 49- year-old antonio cacatian. police say he was a nine- year veteran of the force. the shooting happened yesterday afternoon at the hill top mall near the j-c penney store. when officers approached cacatian's car they heard a gunshot. officers could not see exactly what happened inside of the car because the windows were heavily tinted. we are also learning tonight that cacatian was the center of an investigation involving several jurisdictions-- but the details of the investigation have not yet been released. (pam) a disturbing new development connected to

illegal sideshows... laser pointers are being used to impair the vision of sideshow drivers.(steve) the laser pointers were spotted at a sideshow over the weekend. and police say it should be a cause for major concern for sideshow participants.(pam) kron4's haaziq madyun reports ... there is also concern for law enforcement patrolling the sky above the dangerous sideshows events... this is video of laser pointers aimed at a c-h-p helicoptor during a sideshow saturday night in oakland...chp officer shaun bouyeasothe says lasers are also dangeous for those on the ground driving the sideshow cars and those standing in the crowdsot

know if they are using them as a visual cue to enhance their videos? however they are extremely dangerous and somebody is going to get hurt. so if a laser got in the eyes of a sideshow participant it is going to cause temporary blindness, permanent eye damage. it could cause the driver to loose control of the vehicle itself. if he loses control it is going to hit multiple people at once and cause mass casualties">laser pointers are legal to own but the chp officer says it is a major crime to point one toward an aircraftsot ...and chp's message for sideshow participants using laser pointers?sot at the california patrol golden gate division air operations in napa haaziq madyun kron4news (steve) in national news... we are closely monitoring the senate vote on the g-o-p tax bill... here's a live picture right

now...from the senate floor where the bill is being debated as we speak. the vote is expected to happen sometime tonight. if it passes...it would give the white house its first major legislative win of the trump presidency. it would also fulfill a republican promise to overhaul the u-s tax system. however, once the bill passes the senate, it will go back to the house for a final vote tomorrow kron 4's washington correspondent drew petrimoulz reports. (steve) nat vote the 227 to 203 vote was split mostly along party lines. republicans say tax cuts aimed at businesses will jumpstart the economy -- with cuts for individuals -- a welcome christmas present for taxpayers.rep mike kelly, r-pa: "making sure that every single american gets to keep more of her or his money that they earn any day and they dont have to give it to the government."democrats say the bill is a gift to corporations

and the wealthy. their holiday reference is a little different. rep. kathy castor, d-fl"it is a big ba-humbug for america and the families and communities we represent back home." gfx upthe bill reduces the corporate tax rate to 21 percent. it ends the alternative minimum tax for corporations and boosts the exemption for individuals. it sets the top individual tax rate at 37 percent and doubles the standard deduction. gfx downdrew petrimoulx, reporting: "the bill also repeals obamacare's individual health insurance mandate, caps mortgage interest deductions and increases the child tax credit." rep. steve scalise, r-la:"on average families are going to see over $2000 more back in their pockets every year." democrats are the minority in congress and have no power to stop the tax plan that president trump promises to sign into law. but they says the public is on their side. rep. nancy pelosi, d-ca: "hardworking families see right through the brazen con job republicans are trying to sell them."republicans believe public approval will increase once the law is implemented. in washington im drew petrimoulx federal investigators say, they don't know yet .. exactly why

an amtrak train derailed monday south of seattle.... killing three people. but one focus tonight -- the speed at which it was travelling. catherine heenan is here with the latest.. (catherine) one of the biggest revelations today.....that train was going 50 miles over the speed limit when it derailed... investigators say the train's data recorder shows it was traveling at 80 miles an hour ---- in a 30 mile an hour zone... crews today were removing the train cars from a railway overpass in washington state....and lifting some of the 13 cars that jumped the tracks... three deaths are confirmed. dozens were injured. the amtrak train when flying off the overpass above interstate 5 during its inaugural run along a new bypass route. we also learned today that critical safety technology designed to automatically slow or stop trains going too fast -- was not working on that section of track.

there's a federal there's a federal deadline of december 2018 that will mean that particular safety technology 'must' be in place. on top of everything else....transportation in the area is still a mess. interstate 5 in that area of washington could be shut down for several more days. pam and steve? (( áá v.o. / pam áá )) the thomas fire has consumed a quarter million acres in southerncalifornia ... but not the home of one woman who makes an heroic stand to save her property. (( áá v.o. / steve áá ))

a man arrested for indecent exposure and possible sexual batteryin the south bay and police fear there may be more victims (( áá v.o. / pam áá )) a case of sexual misconduct at a south san francisco high school.. has now resulted in an arrest .. we've got an update. ♪ this little home of mine,

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(steve) as kron four's terisa estacio reports, the concern is there could be more than one victim in this case spokesperson here at the south san francisco police department says they first started looking into this case a week ago, when they heard there could be inappropriate behavior between a teacher and a student. and now police have made an arrest based on their investigation the teacher identified - police have identified her as noelia (no el lia le an ares) linares. she reportedly works as a paraprofessional, a specialized aide who worked in in the bilingual department at the high school. south san francisco police revealed they started investigating about a week agao - when they learned of possible inappropriate behavior between a teacher and students. right now, one 17 year old victim has been identified kron four received this statement this from the school district - quote" we were recently notified by the south san francsico police department about the arrest of one of our employees on suspicion of sexual misconduct with one or more students at south san francisco high school. we are

deeply concerned about the allegations the district continued with saying the teacher has been placed on administrative leave. they also say they are working with the police department and are still learning about the particiulars about the case some students took me off camera, that they saw text messages between the teacher lianres and a student.. that was sexual in nature rueben, parent. that is bad, not good. statement when out to parents about the encouraging parents to use this situation as quote "an opportunity to discuss with your child the importance of maintining open communication especially if somethinginappropriate or uncomfortable has happened at or related to school, end quote. (estacio reporting, south san francisco) da does not have the case yet they are looking to see if there are more victims that come forward. terisa estacio let's take a look outside right now...(pam) chief meteorologist brittney shipp joins us now with the four zone forecast. .a quick moving cold front will move through the north

bay before midnight and then push southward through early wednesday morning. overall, rainfall amounts will be light with blustery northwest winds developing behind the frontal passage on wednesday. high pressure rebuilds thursday through the upcoming weekend with a return of dry weather conditions, cooler overnights and mild afternoons. (steve) fire crews are taking advantage of calm winds in southern california to fight the massive wildfires. they are are conducting controlled burns to remove dry brush as they build containment lines. the thomas fire burning in santa barbara and ventura counties is the third largest in state history. it has burned over 270-thousand acres and is 50-percent contained. one

woman in santa barbara county, built an elaborate system that saved her home from the fire... and possible her hometown. senerey de los santos has the story.los santos has senerey de hometown.possible her afternoons. (steve) fire crews are taking advantage of calm winds in southern california to fight the massive wildfires. they are are conducting controlled burns to remove dry brush as they build containment lines. the thomas fire burning in santa barbara and ventura counties

is the third largest in state history. it has burned over 270-thousand acres and is 50-percent contained. one woman in santa barbara county, built an elaborate system that saved her home from the fire... and possible her hometown. senerey de los santos has the story. this scary footage was captured from the thomas fire over the weekend as it threatened homes in montecito. lynn kirst, saved her home from fire:"we wanted to save the place and we knew in order to do that we would have to be here."lynn kirst has lived on her ranch near east mountain view drive for over 50 years. it was her best fiend bill myers, a retired fire engineer and building contractor who came up with a plan to save her house.bill myer, contract firefighter:"my intent was to be here and prepare this structure for the assault and man what an assault it was." bill engineered a fire suppression system for lynn's ranch after the tea fire broke out back in 2008.in the past

two years they upgraded the system preparing for the next big fire.lynn kirst, saved her home from fire:"we put in this enormous rain birds to really saturate this place and to top it off everyday which raised the humidity level to such an extreme. we also have a 5- thousand gallon back-up water tank. we have engine to run the whole thing and miles and miles of fire hose and 60 gallons of foam on hand. we sprayed foss check all along the edge of the canyon."lynn also cut down nearly 100 eucalyptus trees around her property not only to clear the way for fire danger, but to also to create a staging area for fire crews.lynn kirst, saved her home from fire::"i thought for sure if this was a staging area there was no way they were going to let us burn, but they got the word from high command that this fire was coming too fast, too strong, too hot, and too dangerous and they pulled everyone to safer grounds." this was the sight saturday morning when flames from the thomas fire got close.bill myer, contract firefighter:"it was coming down i estimated about 15 to 20 mph. it was from rim to rim and it had the sound of a jet engine."two people against a wall of fire. lynn kirst, saved her home from fire:"this is when we hit

the switch and it activated this 60-thousand gallon tank and the big rain birds and we waited until the last minute for that bc we didn't want to wash off the foam."at one point they ran out of water and had to get inside away from the smoke.watching waiting and praying their plan would work.bill myer, contract firefighter:"we got everything wet and so far my engineering is holding up."looking back, lynn and bill think their actions may have helped stop the thomas fire from spreading. lynn kirst, saved her home from fire::"you can see we stopped the fire right here at the edge of this canyon from going down and that fire would of went straight down to the heart of montecito and we would of had another santa rosa on our hands." (( áá v.o. / pam áá )) a lawsuit has been filed against the san francisco police departmentin the shooting death of a young man... by a rookie officer on the force (( áá v.o. / steve áá )) a hit and run sends a pedestrian to the hospital with seriousinjuries, now police in the east bay are appealing for help to catch the driver

(steve ) in the east bay. police are looking for the driver involved in a hit-and-run. it happened in berkeley last night near the corner of san pablo avenue and 67th street. police say a car hit a pedestrian and then took off. the victim was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. right now police do not have a description of the suspect's car. (pam) a man was arrested for indecent exposure in mountain view... and now police are looking for more victims. officials responded to the area of stevens creek trail ... to a report of a man exposing himself to someone last week. 30-year old jesus santos bastidas .. was quickly found nearby and was arrested. police say, he matched the description of a suspect in a case from earlier in the month --- where a victim said, she was sexually battered by a suspect who exposed himself to her. police are concerned that there are other victims .. and are asking anyone with information to call the mountain view police department.

(( áá v.o. / steve áá )) the tax reform bill moves forward on capitol hill but the realproblems could be just beginning for republicans and taxpayers (( áá v.o. / pam áá )) a lawsuit is filed on behalf of a family who lost their son in san francisco, in a police involved shooting ... and the attorney callsit a case of pre- meditated murder.

(pam) a federal lawsuit has been filed in the police

shooting of an unarmed man in san francisco earlier this month... keita o'neil was shot and killed by a rookie officer on december first - as he ran from a stolen van. this is video released by police. the mother of the man who died has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit...... alleging that he was wrongfully shot and killed... officers had been responding to reports of a robbery and carjacking - and began following a california state lottery van. the lawsuit claims, that o'neill had jumped from the slow- moving van and was running away .... when an officer needlessly fired his gun. o'neil was hit in the head and died. the officer who fired had graduated from the police academy only 4 -days earlier. the attorney for the o'neil family .. calls the incident 'shocking' - and calls it was pre-meditated murder. john burris/family attorney -- there was nothing that was going on that would justify the use of deadly force. it is

most shocking that the shooting occurred from inside the car. the officers were both in a position of safety. (pam) attorney john burris says, the 42-year-old victim was an only son - who had been a caretaker for his bedridden mother. (steve) in national news.... the senate is expected to vote on the g-o-p tax bill any moment now.... here's a live look from the senate floor where the bill is being debated as we speak. republicans had hoped to have this wrapped up by now.... but complications continue. (pam) catherine heenan is here with the details. catherine? (catherine) the republicans managed to get their tax bill approved by the house today...only to have the senate make changes. the 1-point-5 trillion dollar tax bill 'might' be passed in the senate later tonight.. possibly early tomorrow. but that means that the house will

still have to vote 'again' on the legislation...which could happen wednesday. the core of the bill, meantime is a huge permanent cut in corporate taxes....from 35 to 21 percent. republicans are framing this as a christmas present to america, including middle income families. with democrats arguing every step of the way that only the rich and 'super-rich' are benefiting.

measures affecting california - a cap on state tax deductions well below the 18-thousand dollar average. limits on new mortgages that could drive down property values. also - restrictions on when taxpayers can deduct losses from fires, floods and other natural disasters.pam and steve? "a representative with the south san francisco police department said they started looking into this case about a week ago when they learned that a teacher may have had committed sexual misconduct with a student. the teacher arrested works here at south san francisco high school. right now one 17 year old victim has been identified, in south san francisco terisa estacio kron 4 news." former students who attended presentation high school parents and their attorneys are calling on the administration to apologize for alleged sexual misconduct on campus and change way the school deals with the problem. the attorneys claim to have found cases that involve 8

teachers and as many as 17 victims adding that as far as they know, it has not been reported to the police.the school said all reports of sexual assault have been handled properly. in san jose, camila bernal kron 4 news in napa officials with the californina highway patrol golden gate division air operations talk about the danger associated with laser pointers being used during saturday night's sideshow in oaklandsotin napa haaziq madyun kron4news "in concord one person is dead after a house fire. just after six this morning neighbors said they saw the house on

coventry road up in flames. it took firefighters about an hour to get the fire out. some of the difficulties were the power lines in front of the house and the brush next to the house. firefighters said a body was found in the home and neighbors said an elderly woman lived there. however officials have not released the identity of the person who died. in concord i'm lydia pantazes. here in the santa cruz mountains caltrans is nearing the completion of repairs to storm ravaged highway 35. back in february, a slide took out a 200 foot long section of the highway, leading to a 10 month long closure between black road highway 9 above saratoga. caltrans released this time lapse record of the work, which includes three large retaining walls. one to support the new road bed. one to support thehillside below the new road and one to support the hillside above. weather permitting, the project will be done and the road opened by mid january. in the santa cruz mountains rob fladeboe kron 4 news

chief meteorologist brittney shipp joins us now with another look at the four zone forecast... .a quick moving cold front will move through the north bay before midnight and then push southward through early wednesday morning. overall, rainfall amounts will be light with blustery northwest winds developing behind the frontal passage on wednesday. high pressure rebuilds thursday through the upcoming weekend with a return of dry weather conditions, cooler overnights and mild afternoons.

(( áá v.o. / steve áá )) citizen responders to the rescue, coming up the sights and soundsof a family helping another in the amtrack train accident (pam) and this year... kron 4 will have expanded coverage on new year's eve . starting at 8-p-m ... we will have 'new years live' from las vegas ... with musical and entertainment acts. then at 11:30 ... our justine waldman and grant lodes -- along with j-r stone -- will host 'new years live'

from san francisco. we will bring you the fun and fireworks from along the embarcadero. join us starting at 8-p-m on new years eve.

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story we have been following... just after an amtrak train plunged off an overpass in washington state...a couple jumped in to help. this

was the scene yesterday when the train derailed.... three people died and more than 100 people were injured. a couple was driving when they saw the train dangling off the way...so they pulled over. the two were some of the first people on the scene....and they quickly jumped into action before first responders arrived. é(steve) the two helped save the two helped save numerous people who were trapped and badly injured. the cleanup of that accident is still underway. the official

cause of the derailment has not yet been detirmed....but say speed may have been a factor in the crash. in sports, everybody wants to know, will steph curry be playingfor the warriors on christmas day, we've got an update and jimmy garappolo put's his perfect record on the line this weekendagainst the best defense in the nfl. get a close up look at how toughthe jacksonville jaguars are, when we return. when steph curry inju when steph curry

injured his ankle the warriors said he'd be re-evaluated in two weeks... well those two weeks are up... and to few people's surprise curry is still out for at least another week... meaning he will miss

the team's christmas showdown against lebron james and the cleveland cavaliers the team will re-evaluate curry's ankle again next tuesday... but it still looks like a longshot that he will be ready to return before the new year curry sprained the ankle badly when closing out on a shot against the new orleans pelicans... although it is the right ankle he had surgically replaired a few years ago... and m-r-i revealved no ligament damage and x-rays were negative raiders offensive guard keleche osemele (kell- ech-eee... oh-sem-el-eee)... has been selected as a pro bowl starter... defensve end khalil mack... offensive tackle donald penn... and center rodney hudson were chosen as alternates... 49ers fullback kyle juszczyk

has been selected as a starter for the pro bowl... he is a five-year veteran who signed with the 49ers as a free agent this offseason... juszczyk has really come on since jimmmy garoppolo became the starting quarterback... making a number of big plays on offense... he is making his second atraight pro bowl appearence in addition, offensive tackle trent brown, kicker robbie gould, running bback carlos hyde and offensive tackle joe staley were selected as alternates. the pro bowl will be played in orlando, florida in late january. the 49ers have won their last three games with jimmy garoppolo under center... but his biggest test thus fqr should bet this sunday against

the 10-and-4 jacksonville jaguars... the jaguars defense is on pace to be the first in n-f-l history to lead the league in scoring... takeaways... and sacks... earning them the nickname "sacks-sonville" desite having a playoff spot wrapped up... the jags are still trying to get a playoff bye... and perhaps home field advantage throughout the post season head coach kyle shanahan talked about the challenge jacksoville poses for his quarterback and team... (sot: shanahan) "it's going to be a huge challenge. i know you guys already brought up the numbers with them and i'll see more when i turn on that tape. but, when you look at teams that have those type of numbers, they have as good a chance as anyone to go all the way. i know it'll be a huge challenge for us, and hopefully we'll heal up this week and look at the tape and have a plan to try to get after them on sunday."

with the packers out of the playoff race... and his shoulder still seemingly bothering him... green bay has shut down aaron rodgers for the last two games of the season... today the team placed there franchise quarterback on the injured reserve list... ending his season only one game after coming back from a broken right collarbone...the chico native and cal product is right handed so that's an issue. rodgers was up and down during his comeback sunday... throwing a couple of touchdowns but also being picked off three times he missed seven games after being injured earlier this year. former raiders head coach lane kiffin has seemingly found a long-term home... kiffin and florida atlantic have agreed on a six-year contract extension through 2027.... he

had four seasons remaining on his existing deal... one that pays him $950,000 annually with a buyout that started at $2.5 million and decreases each year. kiffin and f-a-u took a 10-3 record into tonight's boca raton bowl... f- a-u had won nine games in the previous three seasons combined... and kiffin led the owls to a conference usa championship. baseball now...and the giants have yet to make a splash in the offseason... other than trading starting pitcher matt moore... today they made a minor move... agreeing with catcher to a $2.5 million... one-year contract extension... the major importance is it gives the team a veteran who can spell buster posey behind the plate... allowing him to play 1st base... the 34-year- old hundley hit .249 with nine homers and 35 rbis in 303 plate appearances last season and threw out 13 of 49 runners attempting to steal. he has a

.249 career average with 81 homers and 340 rbis.hundley became a free agent after the season. and a tim lincecum comeback?... some guy who runs a baseball traning facility in timmy's native washignton state shared this image of lincecum today... and noted the former giants star plans to throw for teams at an upcoming showcase. lincecum was part of three world series chamionship teams with the giants and won two cy yound awards in san francisco... he made nine starts for the los angeles angels in 2016 and finished with a 9.16 era in 38.1 innings. and finally... one major league really in the christmas spirit.... texas starter cole hamels... and his wife heidi... have donated their $9 million mansion to a children's charity... barnabas disadvantaged and special needs kids... the 32-hundred mansion and (( áá v.o. / steve áá )) desperate to save christmas from a bad save christmas desperate to steve áá ))(( áá v.o. / steve áá )) desperate to save christmas

from a bad guy, one little boy does the only thing he can think of when he see's the grinch, he calls 911.

shot)) you teach your children to call the cops on bad guys... but what happens when they call the cops on a christmas villian? (pam) one mississippi boy decided to take matters

into his own hands... in order to save christmas. symphonie privett reports.

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