good morning and thanks for joining us for the kron 4 morning news.im robin winston. lets start this morning with a check on weather and traffic. (dave)seasonable temperatures will continue tomorrow followed by a warming trend into friday. some strong northeast winds will develop in the north bay

mountains, east bay hills and santa cruz mountains friday night, but will mostly end by sunrise saturday. continued seasonably mild conditions saturday but then cooling into sunday as an upper low impacts the region. no major hot spots. bay bridge

wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101.

( robin )five murders in five weeks. that is what richmond police are dealing with. just days before mother's day, a group of momsin richmond are speaking out... saying the violence needs to stop. kron 4's j.r. stone has the story. a group of three women praying after five people were killed in seperate cases in the last five weeks in the city of richmond. the latest coming this past sunday during a fight.sot it makes me sick to my stomach because a bullet doesn't know what it's going to do when it hits.that from yolanda ficklin-prothro who lost her son javonte, a 29 year old father of two, back in 2016. wednesday yolanda

was joined by shonna earls, who lost her son in 2015 and dewanda joseph who lost her nephew in 2010. the message to the murderers in these recent cases is quite simple. sot stop the killing so the mother's can start hearing...that's all i can say stop the killing. richmond's police tell me that out of the five recent cases...shooters or attackers have been identified in two. one arrest has been made. police are seeking another man and they believe the three other killings may involve gang motives. on the heal's of mother's day. these women say no mom should ever have to deal with a lost child. sot i'm always with my three sons on mother's day...it's just hard....it's just been hard him not being there.these women are hopeful that this

recent homicide trend does not continue. they also hope that the victim's familys in these recent cases get the help they need.sot it's not easy i have a lot of concern for my communities mental well being and emotional well beingsot the wound has not closed my wound is still open and i can't tell you if it will close. he's gone. i don't have a scab for that. ( robin )that was kron 4's j-r stone reporting.dewanda jospeh says a memorial will be held this friday in richmond at kennedy park... for all the mother's who have lost a child to gun violence. ( robin ) in the east bay... students at san ramon valley high school in danville are honoring a classmate... who drowned on campus. ben curry was found tuesday in the school's swimming pool. hundreds attended a vigil for him last night... the football stands were packed with people. curry's friends are remembering him as kind and

funny. they also say he loved sports. ( robin ) how curry drowned is still under investigation... but a suicide prevention hotline was posted at his vigil. ( robin )also in the east bay.... fremont police are searching for a suspect in a violent robbery. it happened near alder avenue, near oak street on tuesday. that is where police say a man knocked a woman to the ground... then tried to rip her chain... from her neck. the suspect then managed to take the chain before running off. police are now reviewing surveillance video.. hoping to locate the suspect. ( robin )contra costa county is one of thirty california counties.... that filed a lawsuit against opioid manufactuerers and distributers. the lawsuit seeks reimbursement of taxpayer money... which has already been spent. this includes emergency response... prevention... monitoring and treatment... and for

prospective relief to help the county undo some of the widespread damage that it says... these drug manufacturers and distributors have caused. all 30 counties are filing suit in federal court... and expect their cases to be transferred to the multi-district litigation in ohio... where more than 500 public entities have filed similar suits. ( robin )this morning... a mother is thanking a couple... who intervened when someone allegedly tried to kidnap her daughter. it happened sunday afternoon in the parking lot of a market in north sacramento. the 9-year-old girl was able to escape from the car before asking for help. that's when the cota couple comforted the young girl and recorded a confrontation with the alleged kidnapper. cryssa cota says she knew the severity of the ordeal... having survived sex trafficking at just 14-years-old.

have to make sure she's okay. and i was so happy when i held onto her that she was okay.">( robin ) sacramento police arrested the young woman. the girl's mother says she was at work during the attempted kidnapping. she says she's very much involved in her daughter's life... and that she comes from a loving home. manny cota believes fate put them all together that ( robin )back here at home... students at santa rosa junior college are on edge... after a man was caught taking pictures of women in a campus bathroom. it happened tuesday night. two female students came forward about the man holding a cell phone underneath stalls. campus police responded and checked the area... but did not locate the man. the suspect is described as a bald white man -- in his twenties -- around five feet six inches tall -- he wasn't wearing shoes and was wearing striped tee shirt. ( robin )in the peninsula... a driver who hit several parked cars on monday afternoon... has been arrested on suspicion of drunk driving. it

happened on cherry avenue near commodore drive around noon. police say bradley jones of hayward appeared to have been drinking. jones was taken to a local hospital and treated for minor injuries. no other injuries were reported. ( robin )an a-c transit bus driver was áarrested for carrying a loaded weapon on a bus. we're told the man told his supervisor tuesday that he did not feel safe... and that he'd be bringing a gun to work. kron 4's michelle kingston has the story. (mk)ray kelly, alameda county sheriff's office"he said that he did not feel safe and that he felt it was in his best interest to carry a gun while operating a bus."stephen williams has worked for ac transit for more than a decade ...and told his supervisor on tuesday he did not feel safe and would be taking a gun on his bus.investigators say his supervisor immediately called police -- who arrested williams at the bayfair bart station in san leandro around 3 in the afternoon on tuesday. ray kelly, alameda county sheriff's office"we understand

people have reasonings for doing what they do but in this case, it's illegal and we cannot have bus drivers carrying loaded firearms on them."williams was carrying a loaded 9 mm handgun and was charged with a misdemeanor.we asked his union -- local 192 -- why he might've felt the need to carry a weapon.they tell us they're unsure and have been trying to contact him since the arrest.law enforcement say williams has no prior record and are also unaware of why williams felt he needed a gun while driving passengers on his bus.ray kelly, alameda county sheriff's office"this is an issue between ac transit union and their managment and it's not an issue we are interested in diving into. our job and our role is to protect the bus drivers and the bus patrons and we do that every day and obviously the issues at hand regarding employees and management is something they need to work out."we asked the

union for an interview with williams .. but have not heard back.michelle kingston, kron 4 news. ( robin )bart is rolling out more of its new train cars. a second... "fleet of the future" 10-car-train... will begin service next week. and for the first time... riders will be able to take the new train cars into san francisco. right now there is only áone operating in the east bay. bart says in total they've ordered 775 new cars. (robin) coming up on the kron 4 morning news ... talk about a close call. hear from the kayaker who came face to face with a great white shark. (robin)plus... a confrontation over charcoal grilling along lake merritt... has one woman calling police... and a family up in arms. (robin)and... thick white smoke filled with toxic fumes... continues to rise from cracks in hawaii. we have the latest on the islands recovery efforts. (robin) and here's a live look outside...at the san mateo bridge. welcome back. checking

in on your morning forecast. (dave)seasonable temperatures will continue tomorrow followed by a warming trend into friday. some strong northeast winds will develop in the north bay mountains, east bay hills and santa cruz mountains

friday night, but will mostly end by sunrise saturday. continued seasonably mild

conditions saturday but then cooling into sunday as an upper low impacts the region. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. ( robin ) a kayacker falls into the

water... just feet away from a great white shark... and it was all caught on camera by a helicopter. it happened near santa cruz. kron four's rob fladeboe talked to the man... who escaped. rob fladeboe/seacliff state beach :....it's rare to see a shark from the beach here at seacliff state beach but they are spotted all the time from the air and yesterday was no exception..."giancarlo thomae/fell into water near shark "...i saw him briefly, about 30 seconds before but i had no clue he was still there....""marine biologist giancarlo thomae was paddling his kayak near the cement ship

on tuesday looking for sharks when he found one, getting a little closer then he had planned.giancarlo thomae "....my glasses fell off and i leaned over too far and off i went..."the scene was captured from a helicopter. thomae says thatdark shadow is a great white shark, about the same size as his10 foot kayack. chris gularte/specialized helicopter "....this year they seem to be about one or two feet longer, they're obviously larger, there are more people in the water with the nicer weather so it's kind ofinteresting..."thought to be attracked to the area because of abundnt food, sharks are hard to see from the surface but from 500 feet overhead, there is no mistaking them. thomae showed me the jawbone of a shark he thinks is about the same size as the one he

was smimming with on tuesday. he does not think he was in any danger, however... giancarlo thomae "....these juvenile sharks that have been hanging around the ship are primarily fish eaters, in fact, they're teeth are designed for that, so they are not generally after big mammalian prey, so they are not going to come up and take a bite out of a boat that's as big as they are. but if you know there are sharks in the area i would not recommend you just go out and try to paddle with them..."rob fladeboe "....there are no shark warning signs posted here because this was not considered an official sighting and it didn't occur close enough to shore to put anyone at risk. in aptos rob fladeboe kron 4 news ( robin ) we're learning new information on what killed a 44-foot-gray whale... that washed ashore on angel island. the whale was found around one p-m firday afternoon. marine mammal officials say the whale's injuries are from significant blunt force trauma... that is consistent with being hit by a ship.

experts found many injuries on the left side of the whale and on it's skull. this is the third gray whale carcass the marine mammal center has responded to this year. ( robin )the disaster in hawaii is only getting worse. new cracks in the ground ... confirmed wednesday in leilani estates... bringing the total to 15. officials are now warning that hazardous fumes continue to be released from the cracks in the ground. kron 4's justine waldman has the latest details. thick white smoke filled with toxic fumes rises from cracks in the asphalt.the national guard enters wearing masks to protect them from inhaling sulfur dioxide.lt. aaron hew land/national guard"i counted off 10 cracks all in the range over i would guestimate 2 to 4 inches and in that 2 to 4 inch range we were already well over what we would consider safe."caution tape keeps residents away from the danger. julie leialoha/leilani estates resident"like choking on rotten eggs fumes. it's really thick. just makes your eyes water, your throat hurts, everything hurts. your lungs

literally ache so you just gotta run."julie leiahola lives on leilani avenue and went back home to pick up belongings. julie leialoha/leilani estates resident"my house is fine, it's standing so far. but it's just saturated with so2, only bummer is that i can't find any of my pets."nats hawaii's governor david ige toured the national guard efforts in areas affected by the eruptions.gov."we believe that we will exceed the threshold and we are working to seek the disaster declaration." he believes the state will need federal help with the lava. .. which has blocked the road raylene lerum takes to her house.raylene lerum/leilani estates resident"it just felt it, as almost i could feel...i didn't think it was real at first, but it's almost like you could feel the lava flowing under you."the fate of her home is uncertain."it's very difficult not knowing ..." "we are very concerned, and thinking about what we can do as you see this keeps changing hour by hour sometimes." (robin) still ahead on still ahead on

the kron four morning news... the e-coli outbreak linked to tainted romaine lettuce... is growing. the new number of people (robin) and here's a live look outside... at the golden gate bridge. the hollywood minute is coming up after the break.

(ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) (dave)seasonable temperatures will continue tomorrow

followed by a warming trend into friday. some strong northeast winds will develop in the north bay mountains, east bay hills and santa cruz mountains friday night, but will mostly end by sunrise saturday. (robin) welcome back to the welcome welcome back to the morning news. i'm tracking your entertainment headlines today. a valuable piece of "marvel"-ous movie memorabilia is missing! david daniel is on the case... he's got that and more entertainment news in the hollywood minute. (nat)the avengers call the

police! the original "iron man" suit, which robert downey junior wore in the two-thousand-eight movie that launched the marvel cinematic universe, has disappeared from a los angeles-area warehouse. police are investigating the apparent theft of the red-and-gold suit, valued at more than 300-thousand dollars. (nat) "bless me, father, for i have sinned."margot robbie is getting serious -- as a producer! she produces and stars in her latest film, "terminal," just as she did on the oscar-nominated "i, tonya," and she has a half- dozen more projects lined up to produce. does she also, eventually, want to direct?"i do! i think right now i do want to, just not for a couple of years yet.""you're norma desmond. used to be in silent pictures. you used to be big." "i am big. it's the pictures that got small."a big picture is headed back to the big screen! billy wilder's "sunset boulevard," starring gloria swanson and william holden, returns to some 600 u-s theaters this sunday, may 13th, and next wednesday, may 16th. mister demille, she's ready for her closeup! in hollywood, i'm david daniel. (robin) still ahead on the

kron four morning news... an active city council member and teacher... is facing allegations of sexual misconduct. (robin) and here's a live look outside... at the bay bridge toll plaza. we'll be back with more of your kron 4 morning news after the break. (ácommercialá) checking in on your

morning forecast. (dave)seasonable temperatures will continue tomorrow followed by a warming trend

into friday. some strong northeast winds will develop in the north bay mountains, east bay hills and santa cruz mountains friday night, but will mostly end by sunrise saturday. continued seasonably mild conditions saturday but then cooling into sunday as an upper low

impacts the region. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. ( robin ) a house fire in san francisco has left 5 people without a home. it happened over night on fulton street near golden gate park.

no one was injured. kron 4's sara stinson is there now live with the latest. sara? ((sara))crews are on scene here in upper market near twin peaks.firefighters are making sure the fire is completely out and investigating the cause...while everyone who lives here is displaced...that 's about 30 or more people.one person is at the hospital now being evaluated for smoke inhalation.s-f fire responded just after two this morning. this is a four story building and the fire started on the penthouse floor.market street is closed for several blocks so avoid the area, it should be open within the next hour or so.families are waiting until crews are done to grab a few belongings, but no one will be able to sleep in the building over night.red cross is here assisting those who are displaced.i spoke to a man

who says he and his family were sleeping and he quickly grabbed his two young kids and got out safely.we'll hear from him coming up in the next 30 minutes.live in san francisco, sara stinson, kron 4 news.## xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ( robin )( robin )thanks sara. ( robin ) strong thoughts from the mayor of santa clara... after allegations of sexual misconduct by a councilman during his career as a teacher. kron 4's charles clifford has more on the disturbing charges. according to reports, a according to reports, a personnell file for city council member dominc caserta.. who is also a high school teacher. . was sent to the staff at santa clara unified school district on

monday. the file, which has since been removed, apparently showed that caserta has faced multiple allegations of sexual misconduct during his career as a teacher. several incidents allegedly involved innappropritate sexual behavior towards students.soti was quiet distrubed.the allegations have shocked santa clara mayor lisa gillmor. she has now asked the city attorney to provide options for dealing with problem and has scheduled a public meeting on the issue for next tuesday. sotto discuss these option we could take against council member caserta and also give him the opportunity to explain to the public and answer some of these allegations. if necessary we can take action such as asking him to resign. kron 4 reached out to council member caserta for comment, but we have not yet received a reponse.caserta, who is also running for a seat on the santa clara county board of supervisors, said in a statmentment on his campaign website that "i unequivoally deny these allegations. they are simply false and made up." he also claims that the release of old allegations could be a political move to

discredit him. saying that "with only 28 days left in my election, the timing of the public record's request that kicked off this whole mess is no mistake."on wednesday, the city of santa clara also sent out a press release asking that anyone who may have been a victim in this case or who has information about the allegations should contact police. the press release also notes that the police department is searhing their archives for any record of past allegations made against council member caserta.mayor gillmor says she has not spoken with caserta since these allegations came to light. she wants to give him a chance to defend himself but says the city can not tolerate sexual misconduct.soti'll wait to see what his comments are but on the face of it i would hope that he would resign and get himself some help. ( robin )a case involving the death of a four-year-old... ended in a hung jury for the second time in 11 years. investigators

( robin )in the east bay... police are looking for a theif who robbed a pizza place in vacaville. ( robin )also in the east bay... laptop thieves have struck again... this time in el cerrito. last thursday police say... two suspects were loitering outside a starbucks on san pablo avenue around 4-50 in the afternoon. when a person stood up to throw away their trash... the two stole her mac book pro... ( robin )for your health this morning... four more states are reporting illnesses... in the e-coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce. the c-d-c

now says 149 people in 29- states have gotten sick. it is unclear whether the new illnesses are still occuring... because there has been a lack of reporting... and the most recent illness began two weeks ago. at least 64 people have been hospitalized... including 17 people with kidney failure. in california, one person has died. (robin)coming up next on the kron 4 morning news ... a family's weekend barbeque turns ugly... after the police were called because of a dispute. hear from city officials who say... the situation áshould have been handled without the police.

they are everywhere... and riders are doing whatever they please... when ever they want. and that usually means... someone is behaving badly. kron 4's stanley roberts explains. in san francisco, many people take the saying. rules are meant to be broken to the extreme .if you say no drivers in the bike lane, there is a pretty good chance you will find drivers in the bike lane nats: ambiance if you post no skateboard on the sidewalk you will likely find skateboards on the sidewalk and then there are the scooters...yes the scooters just about every rule regarding the motorized scooters are being ignored nats: ambiance for example helmets are required however i was hard pressed to find one rider with a helmet..oh wait... i saw one rider with a helmet while i was driving but

he was carrying it that should help in a crashnats: ambiance another rule they must be ridden in the street not one in the street and one on the sidewalk, they both must be in the street going with the flow of traffic nats: ambiance i just wish one of them would see me recording and come over to ask me why? are you filming me? you know your not supposed to ride these on the sidewalk (this is my very first time using them) i guess i should have read it a little more careful there is also a rule which says you are not permitted to have more than one person on a scooter nats: ambiance it wasn't hard to find people riding tandem but one person told me she have seen as many as 4 people on one scooter nats: ambiance there is one more problem with the scooters which have been ignored and here it is notice the rider is wearing dual earbuds since scooters are considered a motor vehicle riders are only permitted to wear one in the ear at a time nats: ambiance if you are going to operate something with moving parts .. you are required to know the rules .. know know it's just a matter of time before a huge crackdown goes into effect and then it's tickets for everyone in san francisco stanley roberts kron 4 news (robin) coming up on the

kron four morning news... summer is just around the corner... and that means hot temperatures. the problems the heat could cause for california's power grid... and how it may affect you. (robin) live look outside... at the san francisco international airport.

(ácommercialá)hi paul (áábreakáá) (robin) welcome back. checking in on your morning forecast.

(dave)seasonable temperatures will continue tomorrow followed by a warming trend into friday. some strong northeast winds will develop in the north bay mountains, east bay hills and santa cruz mountains friday night, but will mostly end by sunrise saturday. continued seasonably mild conditions saturday but then cooling into sunday as an upper low impacts the region.

no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880

no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101.

( robin ) officials from the california's power grid released their annual summer assessment... and it does not look good. kron4's gabe slate explains. this is the command center of cal iso, in folsom california which monitors and facilitates the management of power lines throughout the state.the agency says get ready for a lot of flex alerts this summer. flex alerts are when cal iso asks the public to immediately conserve electricity. the quickest way to do that is to run the air conditioner less and run big appliances after 10pm. cal iso also says if the flex alerts don't work. rolling black

outs are possible depending on how things unfold.. i caught up with public information officer, steven green lee, over the phone, who said there are three factors contributing to the grim 2018 summer assesment. sound from steven green lee - public information officer, cal iso "less hydroelectricity" cal-iso says hydroelectric production will be down 1,300 megawatts by late summer due to the drought, the state department of water resources reports that snowpack water content was just 51 percent of average as of april 2.the second factor is since last summer several california power plants have retired causing the state to lose over 800 mega wats of electricity sound from steven green lee - public information officer, cal iso "800 mg is a lot 800,000 homes" and the third thing causing concern this summer that cal iso says could puch the grid over the edge wildfires. sound from steven green lee - public information officer, cal iso "could we get into rolling blackouts yes" in sf gabe slate kron 4 news

( robin ) it looks like solar panels won't be going away for any time soon. the california energy commission voted in favor of adopting new energy efficiency standards. those standards would require houses under construction starting january first 20-20... to include solar panels... to reduce energy costs. owners of new homes would face an additional up-front expense. the commission says, the panels would cost about 95-hundred dollars per home. some worry how the additional expense might affect low income buyers, and organizations such as habitat for humanity. ( robin )a family's weekend

barbeque outing at a popular east bay spot... had the potential of turning seriously ugly. police were called out because of a dispute about where people can set up their charcoal grills. kron 4's haaziq madyun has the story. cellphone nats/michelle snider "this is exactly what is the problem with oakland today. this lady wants to sit here and call the police on them for having a barbeque at the lake as if this is not normal"> that is the voice of michelle snider. she is using her cellphone to record a the woman you see here who called oakland police because... cellphone nats/voice of woman who called police"it is illegal to have a charcoal grill in the park here"the incident happened a couple of weeks ago here at lake merritt in oakland. michelle snider's husband kenzie smith says he and a friend were setting up for a weekend cook out like they have done for decades with their families when he says they were approached by the woman in the videosot

back around and said, y'all going to jail">sotaccording to this official oakland park and rec map of lake merritt there are six designated barbque locations, three stationary charcoal locations and three non-charcoal portable grill locations. smith and snyder were charcoal grilling in a non-charcoal grilling location sotit is againast the rules.. but is it a crime?sot lynette gibson mcelhaney/oakl and city council: "i think it is really incumbent on all of us that when we call police it is for emergency purposes"> oakland city councilmember lynette gibson mcelhaney suggests other options instead of calling the police in this situationsotlynette gibson mcelhaney/oakland city council: "i want to encourage people to know when to call the police, when to raise a question of regulations with the city council, maybe there

is a passive way to reach out to us">oakland mayoral candidate cat brooks looks at the situation from a different anglesothowever this case did not get out of hand.oakland police did arrive. both parties claimed they were being harassed. officers took a police report. no citations given and no arrests. smith was allowed to continue his weekend family barbque by the lake like he says has since he was a childsotand if that happens, it could be the beginning of building a better community.in oakland haaziq madyun kron4news (robin) coming up on the kron four morning news... a stunning phenomenon along the california coast. the glowing images you'll want to look at over and over again.

here's something you don't see every day... take a look at this. right off the coast of southern california... surfer's caught this stunning phenomenon. it's a red

tide that created a blue glow. it's caused by an algae bloom called... bio-lumi- nescent---- phy-to-plank-ton. and since monday, it's been affecting the ocean tide from san diego to encinitas. experts say... this hasn't happened there in almost five years. these images were taken at... torrey pines state beach... in san diego county. (dave)(dave)seasonable temperatures will continue tomorrow followed by a warming trend into friday. some strong northeast winds will develop in the north bay mountains, east bay hills and santa cruz mountains friday night, but will mostly end by sunrise saturday. continued seasonably mild conditions saturday but then cooling into sunday as an upper low impacts the region.

(robin) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. ( robin ) coming up at 5 on the kron 4 morning news ... talk about a close call. hear from the kayaker who came face to face with a great white shark. ( robin )plus.. an active city council member who is also a teacher... is facing allegations of sexual misconduct. (ácommercialá) ( darya ) good morning i'm

darya folsom..( james ) and i'm james fletcher. lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic... (dave)seasonable temperatures will continue tomorrow followed by a warming trend into friday. some strong

no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( darya ) breaking ( darya ) breaking from overnight....30 people are displaced after a fire breaks out in an apaprtment complex in san francisco. ( james ) kron4's sara stinson is there with the details. sara. crews are on scene here in upper market near twin peaks.

firefighters are making sure the fire is completely out and investigating the cause...while everyone who lives here is displaced...that 's about 30 or more people.one person is at the hospital now being evaluated for smoke inhalation.s-f fire responded just after two this morning. this is a four story building and the fire started on the penthouse floor.market street is closed for several blocks so avoid the area, it should be open within the next hour or so.families are waiting until crews are done to grab a few belongings, but no one will be able to sleep in the building over night.red cross is here assisting those who are displaced.i spoke to a man who says he and his family were sleeping and he quickly grabbed his two young kids and got out safely.we'll hear from him coming up in the next 30 minutes.live in san francisco, sara stinson, kron 4 news.##

( james ) thanks ( james ) thanks sara. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( james ) also overnight, a house fire in san francisco has left 5 people without a home. it happened on fulton street near golden gate park. no one was injured. ( james ) a series of small earthquakes rattled the north bay. the biggest was a 4-point-2 magnitude that was felt in san francisco. they happened yesterday around 8 p-m near the geysers in the

mayacamas mountains. at least 5 earthquakes hit the area within a few minutes. the geysers are a seismically active area that has the world's largest complex of geothermal power plants. ( darya ) in the east bay... students at san ramon valley high school in danville are honoring a classmate... who drowned on campus. ben curry was found tuesday in the school's swimming pool. hundreds attended a vigil for him last night... the football stands were packed with people. curry's friends are remembering him as kind and funny. they also say he loved sports. ( darya ) how curry drowned is still under investigation... but a suicide prevention hotline was posted at his vigil. ( darya ) in the south bay... a santa clara city councilman is accused of

sexual misconduct. now police are asking potential victims to come forward. dominic caserta is accused of harassement and innappropriate behavior... dating back more than a decade. the accusations were made during caserta's time as a teacher at santa clara high. santa clara's mayor has scheduled a public meeting on the issue... that will happen on tuesday. mayor lisa gilmor says she wants to give caserta a chance to defend himself. caserta -- who is also running for a seat on the county board of supervisors -- issued a statement on his campaign website -- saying the alegations are false and made up. ( james ) students at santa rosa junior college are on edge... after a man was seen taking pictures of women in a campus bathroom. this happened tuesday night. two women told campus police that they saw a man holding a cell phone... underneath the stalls. police checked out the area... but they didn't find the guy. ( james ) we now have a sketch of a violent robber in palo alto. this is from a

story we first brought to you monday morning. on saturday night a teen was robbed at gunpoint at the corner of lytton avenue and kipling street. the teen was on his phone when he says three men approached him and demanded his phone. ( james ) an a-c transit bus driver is arrested... for carrying a loaded gun on a bus. the driver told his supervisor he didn't feel safe.

korea... landed at andrews air force base. president trump and the first lady were there to greet them.( darya ) the three americans thanked the president and the government for bringing them home. the 3 men were accused of "hostile acts" against the north korean regime. but after a meeting with secretary of state mike pompeo... north korean leader kim jong un freed the men. secretary pompeo also set a date for president trump and kim jong un to meet. this will be the first time a sitting u-s president has had a meeting with a north korean leader. ( darya ) u-c workers will be back on the job today. their 3-day strike is over. that strike forced medical centers to reschedule áthousands of surgeries and appointments. u-c hospitals and the service workers' union have not been able to agree on a new contract. that union represents 25-thousand workers... including cooks and drivers. thousands of nurses, pharmacists, and other medical workers joined the picket lines yesterday.

university officials claim service workers are already paid at -- or above -- market rates... and that they cannot justify the nearly 20-percent pay raise the union is demanding. ( james ) happening today... we will be getting an update on clean up efforts in north bay burn zones from federal... state... and local officials. they're expected to announce that they've made significant progress. tuesday marked seven months since the deadly october firestorm. ( james ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news... street parking permits are common in san francisco... but soon you may need one in other parts of the bay area. ( james ) plus... an east bay county has filed a lawsuit against opioid manufactuers and distributors. we'll give you the details. ( james ) and after the break... bay area police are searching for this dangerous man. ( dave ) and i am tracking your bay area forecast. no major hot no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is

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could soon shoot out boulders and ash. the last time that kind of explosive eruption was seen... was nearly 100 years ago. scientists say the risks of an explosive eruption will rise in coming weeks... as lava flows down the volcano. hawaii's governor says an energy plant near the lava outbreak will remove its storage of a flammable gas... by the end of today. ( james )( darya ) welcome back to the kron 4 morning news. let's get a check of the forecast.

(dave)seasonable temperatures will continue tomorrow followed by a warming trend into friday. some strong northeast winds will develop in the north bay mountains, east bay hills and santa cruz mountains friday night, but will mostly end by sunrise saturday. continued seasonably mild conditions saturday but then cooling

into sunday as an upper low impacts the region. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. no delays on wb 580

( darya ) in the east bay... richmond police are investigating 5 murders in 5 weeks.( james ) now... mothers are speaking out... saying the violence needs to end. kron 4's j-r stone has more. a group of three women praying after five people were killed in seperate cases in the last five weeks in the city of richmond. the latest coming this past sunday during a fight.sot it makes me sick to my stomach because a bullet doesn't know what it's going to do when it hits.that from yolanda ficklin-prothro who lost her son javonte, a 29 year old father of two, back in 2016. wednesday yolanda was joined by shonna earls, who lost her son in 2015 and dewanda joseph who lost her nephew in 2010. the message to the murderers in these recent cases is quite simple. sot stop the killing so the mother's can start hearing...that's all i can say stop the killing. richmond's police tell me that out of the five recent cases...shooters or attackers have been identified in two.

one arrest has been made. police are seeking another man and they believe the three other killings may involve gang motives. on the heal's of mother's day. these women say no mom should ever have to deal with a lost child. sot i'm always with my three sons on mother's day...it's just hard....it's just been hard him not being there.these women are hopeful that this recent homicide trend does not continue. they also hope that the victim's familys in these recent cases get the help they need.sot it's not easy i have a lot of concern for my communities mental well being and emotional well beingsot the wound has not closed my wound is still open and i can't tell you if it will close. he's gone. i don't have a scab for that.

( james ) that was j-r stone reporting for us this morning. ( james ) police are looking for a thief who robbed a restaurant in vacaville. this is the man police are looking for. they say he went into the little caesars on sunday night... pointed a gun at the cashier and demanded money. police believe he is tied to other recent armed robberies in solano and alameda counties. ( james ) fremont police are trying to track down a man who ripped a chain from a woman's neck. this happened near alder avenue and oak street. police say the man knocked the woman to the ground... and ran off with the chain. ( darya ) laptop thieves strike again in the east bay... this time in el cerrito. police say two people were hanging out... outside of a starbucks on san pablo avenue. when a woman inside the coffee shop got up to throw out her garbage... the thieves grabbed her computer... got into a car... and drove off.

( darya ) on the peninsula... a driver who hit several parked cars in san bruno has been arrested on suspicion of drunk driving. it happened on cherry avenue near commodore drive. police say bradley jones of hayward appeared to have been drinking. jones was treated for minor injuries. no one else was hurt. ( james ) coming up on the kron 4 morning news... the e-coli outbreak linked to tainted romaine lettuce is growing... as more people get sick. ( james ) and after the break... a heart warming reunion for 3 siblings after decades of searching. and here's a live look outside... bay bridge.

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will continue tomorrow followed by a warming trend into friday. some strong northeast winds will develop in the north bay ( robin ) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf.

( darya ) a dangerous internet challenge is becoming popular among teenagers. this one involves aerosol deodorant. ( james ) a mother in britain is warning other parents about the so-called "deodorant challenge"... after her challenge"... after her daughter suffered second degree burns. the images you're about to see are graphic. these are the pictures the mother posted to her facebook page. the challenge involves spraying the deodorant on someone for as long as possible. 3 weeks after doing the challenge... her daughter is still being treated for burns. ( darya ) a san francisco a

san ( darya ) a san francisco woman has an emotional reunion with her brother and sister that was 70 years in the making. it all started when their father was serving overseas in germany in the 19-40's. he fell in love with a woman while there...who gave birth to their daughter, linda. when it was time for the soldier to go back to the u- s.. his fiance and daughter could not come. they eventually lost touch...and the father started a new family. little did he know linda was much closer than he thought. ( darya ) linda's mother married an american... and the family ended up in california. a single facebook message led to

the siblings reunion. jon and barbara say they just want to get to know linda before she has to head back to san francisco. ( james ) coming up next... summer is right around the corner... but the heat could cause problems for california's power grid. ( will ) in the south bay... an oak grove high school student had be hospitalized... because of a ásmell in the classroom. it's just my eczema again,. but it's fine.

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(dave)seasonable temperatures will continue tomorrow followed by a warming trend into friday. some strong northeast winds will develop in the north bay mountains, east bay hills and santa cruz mountains friday night, but will mostly end by sunrise saturday. continued

seasonably no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( james ) breaking news... police in santa rosa are searching for two men after a fight turned deadly. police were called to the 1200 block of slater street. the police were notified of a stabbing victim at kaiser hospital.. but due to severity of his injuries he was transported to memorial hosptial. the victim died a short time later from his injuries. during the investigation police learned the vicim was involved in a fight with two people. those two men are thought to be in a white chevrolet equinox with california

plates. they have been identifed as johnny luis martinez and gabriel cardin herdia. kron4's lydia pantazas is headed to the scene and will have a live report in 30 minutes. ( darya ) in the south bay... an oak grove high school student had be hospitalized... because of a ásmell in the classroom.( james ) it happen in biology class and it make 11 others sick. kron 4's will tran joins us live from san jose. will.... ( will ) one person was taken to the hosptial wedneday after a foreign smell was detected. this happened in a classroom at oak grove high school in san jose. ten students and a teacher developed teary eyes and itchiness. the hazardous materials crew ( will ) will.... ( will ) one person was taken to the hosptial wedneday after a foreign smell was detected. this happened in a classroom at oak grove

high school in san jose. ten students and a teacher developed teary eyes and itchiness. the hazardous materials crew responded to the classroom and evactuated everyone. one student was transported to the hospital due to tightness of breath. there was originially concern of a gas leak but officials believe the symptoms came from pepper spray. ( james ) thanks will. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( darya ) police say a man arrested in utah may be connected to crimes in california. genaro gambino de jesus is accused of kidnapping and sexually abusing women in the salt lake city area. authorities say his some of his victims are as

young as 14 years old. investigators say he approached women at bus stops or parking lots -- then offered them a ride -- before assaulting them. now police are looking for victims of similar crimes in states along the west coast. ( darya ) wells fargo has to pay 97 million dollars to employees who didn't get breaks. home mortgage consultants and private mortgage bankers in california didn't get breaks they were entitled to under the state's labor laws. a federal judge in los angeles said that the money they were entitled to should be based not on hourly pay but on their commissions. back in january a judge agreed that the bank was liable for the labor law violation. wells fargo intends on appealing the ruling. ( james ) a warning from california officals.. if its a hot summer as we expect.. there could be widespread power outages across the state. cal iso is predicting that if electricity is not conserved this summerrolling

blackouts are a possibility. there are 3 major factors contributing this... first there is a lack of hydroelectricity due to the drought... plus the closure of several power plants... and the threat of wildfires. ( james ) cal iso says the quickest way to conserve energy is to use the air conditioner less.. and run big appliances after 10 p-m. ( james ) contra costa county is one of 30 california counties .... that has filed a lawsuit against opioid manufactuerers and distributers. the lawsuit seeks reimbursement of taxpayer money which has already been spent... responding to the opioid epidemic in contra costa county. this includes emergency response, prevention, monitoring and treatment. ( darya ) an e-coli outbreak linked to tainted romaine lettuce is growing. four more states have

reported illnesses and the c-d-c now says 149 people in 29 states have gotten sick. the problem comes from tainted romaine lettuce grown near yuma, arizona... according to the c-d-c... 64 people have been hospitalized, including 17 with kidney failure. and one person has died in california. the sick range in age from one to 88. the c-d-c says this is the largest multi-state e-coli outbreak in the u.s. in a dozen years. ( darya ) people living in san mateo county say its getting harder to find parking... and now the county is discussing residential parking permits. people living in this un- incorporated area in san mateo county say there are two main reasons they cant find parking. they say workers from out of the area are parking on the streets... and there are more adults in single homes because of the bay area's housing crisis.

the department of public works plans to hold a session with neighbors to discuss the program next month. ( james ) bart is rolling out more of its new train cars. a second "fleet of the future" train will begin service next week. this train has 10 cars. and for the first time riders will be able to take the new train cars into san francisco. right now there is only one operating in the east bay. bart says in total they've ordered 775 new cars. ( darya ) a kayaker falls into the water just feet away from a great white shark... and it was all caught on camera by a helicopter. ( james ) it happened near santa cruz. kron 4's rob fladeboe talked to that kayaker. rob fladeboe/seacliff state beach :....it's rare to see a shark from the beach here at seacliff state beach but they

are spotted all the time from the air and yesterday was no exception..."giancarlo thomae/fell into water near shark "...i saw him briefly, about 30 seconds before but i had no clue he was still there....""marine biologist giancarlo thomae was paddling his kayak near the cement ship on tuesday looking for sharks when he found one, getting a little closer then he had planned.giancarlo thomae "....my glasses fell off and i leaned over too far and off i went..."the scene was captured from a helicopter. thomae says thatdark shadow is a great white shark, about the same size as his10 foot kayack. gularte.chris gularte/specialized helicopter "....this year they seem to be about one or two feet longer, they're obviously

larger, there are more people in the water with the nicer weather so it's kind of interesting..."thought to be attracked to the area because of abundnt food, sharks are hard to see from the surface but from 500 feet overhead, there is no mistaking them. thomae showed me the jawbone of a shark he thinks is about the same size as the one he was smimming with on tuesday. he does not think he was in any danger, however... giancarlo thomae "....these juvenile sharks that have been hanging around the ship are primarily fish eaters, in fact, they're teeth are designed for that, so they are not generally after big mammalian prey, so they are not going to come up and take a bite out of a boat that's as big as they are. but if you know there are sharks in the area i would not recommend you just go out and try to paddle with them..."rob fladeboe "....there are no shark warning signs posted here because this was not considered an official sighting and it didn't occur close enough to shore to put anyone at risk. in aptos rob fladeboe kron 4 news ( james ) still ahead...

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(dave)seasonable temperatures will continue tomorrow followed by a warming trend into friday. some strong northeast winds will develop in the north bay mountains, east bay hills and santa cruz mountains friday

night, but will mostly end by sunrise saturday. continued seasonably mild conditions saturday but then cooling into sunday as an upper low impacts the region. ( robin ) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( darya ) take a look at this... dramatic video out of illinois... shows a little girl escaping a carjacking.( james ) the

11- year old's father had just pulled up to fill up at a gas station. without warning... a man jumped into the driver's seat.. and took off.( darya ) moments later, the young girl can be seen jumping from the car... as it sped off... and reuniting with her father. this has police warning people everywhere... take your keys out of the ignition as a safeguard against thieves. áwe'll be right backá (ácommercialá) i'm dianne feinstein and i approve this message. i thought after sandy hook, where 20 six and seven year olds were slain, this would never happen again. it has happened more than 200 times in 5 years.

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worked to clean chocolate off a highway.. a truck carrying 12 tons of milk chocolate hit a barrier and tipped over. the clean-up was time-consuming. crews say chocolate is tougher to clean up than oil. the milk turned slimey like pudding. but crews say hot pressured water helped... turning the mess into a less appetizing version of hot chocolate. no one was seriously hurt in this accident. ( james )( darya )( robin ) checking bay area roads

before you head out the door.. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. no no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. no major delays on wb 92. 101 at the limit (dave) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. no major delays on wb 92. 101 at the

limit (dave)seasonable temperatures will continue tomorrow followed by a warming trend into friday. some strong northeast winds will develop in the north bay mountains, east bay hills and santa cruz mountains friday night, but will mostly end by sunrise saturday. continued

seasonably mild conditions saturday but then cooling into sunday as an upper low impacts the region.

( darya ) riders love them... the rest of us... not so much. we're talking about the electric scooters that have taken over the streets and sidewalks of san francisco.( james ) kron 4's stanley roberts has more in this edition of people behaving badly. in san francisco, many people take the saying. rules are meant to be broken to the

extreme .if you say no drivers in the bike lane, there is a pretty good chance you will find drivers in the bike lane nats: ambiance if you post no skateboard on the sidewalk you will likely find skateboards on the sidewalk and then there are the scooters...yes the scooters just about every rule regarding the motorized scooters are being ignored nats: ambiance for example helmets are required however i was hard pressed to find one rider with a helmet..oh wait... i saw one rider with a helmet while i was driving but he was carrying it that should help in a crashnats: ambiance another rule they must be ridden in the street not one in the street and one on the sidewalk, they both must be in the street going with the flow of traffic nats: ambiance i just wish one of them would see me recording and come over to ask me why? are you filming me? you know your not supposed to ride these on the sidewalk (this is my very first time using them) i guess i should have read it a little more careful there is also a rule which says you are not permitted to have more than one person on a scooter nats: ambiance it wasn't hard to find people riding tandem but one person told me she have seen as many as 4 people on one scooter nats: ambiance there is one more problem with

the scooters which have been ignored and here it is notice the rider is wearing dual earbuds since scooters are considered a motor vehicle riders are only permitted to wear one in the ear at a time nats: ambiance if you are going to operate something with moving parts .. you are required to know the rules .. know know it's just a matter of time before a huge crackdown goes into effect and then it's tickets for everyone in san francisco stanley roberts kron 4 news ( james ) to bay area baseball... the giants struggles continue in philadelphia.( darya ) the phillies jumped out to a 5 t nothing lead in the 5th inning. that was too much for the giants to overcome. they lose by a final of 11 to 3. they try to avoid the sweep later this morning. first pitch is set for 10:05. and the game can only be watched on

game can only be watched on facebook. ( darya )( darya ) the a's trying to the a's the a's the a's trying to salvage a game in their 3-game series against the houston astros... top of the 8th... the astros with the 2-run double down the left field line. that was enough to beat the a's. houston wins 4 to 1. the a's are off today beofre beginning a three game series

against the yankees on friday. ( james ) coming up after the break... a piece of hollywood history goes missing... and now tony stark is missing a suit.

(ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) (dave)seasonable temperatures will continue tomorrow followed by a warming trend into friday. some strong northeast winds will develop in the north bay mountains, east bay hills and santa cruz mountains friday night, but will mostly end by sunrise saturday. continued seasonably mild conditions

saturday but then cooling into sunday as an upper low impacts the region. ( robin ) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( darya ) los angeles police are investigating the disappearance of a very expensive suit.of a very disappearance the investigating police are los angeles ( darya ) maze to sf. min from the less then 30 bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. maze to sf.

( darya ) los angeles police are investigating the disappearance of a very expensive suit.( james ) it belongs to iron man. the iron man suit was worn by robert downey junior... back in downey junior... back in 2008 for the first iron man. police say the suit went missing from a movie prop storage facility ... sometime between february and april 25th. a police report was filed tuesday. the estimated value of the suit is 325-thousand dollars. ( darya ) coming up in the next hour... we're following breaking news out of the north bay. police in

santa rosa are searching for two men after a fight turned deadly. (á (lydia) police are

investigating an overnight homicide in santa rosa. two gunmen are still on the loose. an overnight fire in san francisco sends one person to the hospital. im live with the latest from the scene. ( james ) and breaking national news... three americans ... now back in the u.s. they were released by north korea and greeted by president trump. (darya) good (darya) good morning i'm darya folsom..(james) and i'm james fletcher. lets

start the morning with a check of weather and traffic... (dave)seasonable temperatures will continue tomorrow followed by a warming trend into friday. some strong northeast winds will develop in the north bay mountains, east bay hills and santa cruz mountains friday night, but will mostly end by sunrise saturday. continued seasonably mild conditions saturday but then cooling into sunday as an upper low impacts the region. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze

to sf. ( darya ) breaking news we are following this morning... a man stabbed to death in the north bay and the suspects are still on the loose.( james ) kron 4's lydia pantazes is live in santa rosa this morning with the details. lydia. ( lydia ) on wednesday, 5/9/18 at about 7:46 pm santa rosa police officers were called to the report of a fight in the 1200 block of slater street in santa rosa. when officers arrived, all parties were gone, and they were reported to have left in

separate vehicles.the two suspects are believed to be in a white chevrolet equinox with california license plates 6yzm739.the suspects in this case have been identified as johnny luis martinez, a 20- year-old santa rosa resident, and gabriel cardin heredia, a 25-year-old santa rosa resident. ( darya ) thanks lydia. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( james ) a series of small earthquakes rattled the

north bay. the biggest was a 4-point-2 magnitude that was felt in san francisco. they happened yesterday around 8 p-m near the geysers. at least 5 earthquakes hit the area within a few minutes. the geysers are a seismically active area that has the world's largest complex of geothermal power plants. ( james ) breaking news this morning. three americans who were held prisoner in north korea ... are now back on u.s. soil. they were greeted by president trump after being released by north korea. omar jimenez has the very latest. three americans imprisoned in north korea stepping off the plane and being greeted by president trump and the first ladypresident donald trump: this is a special night for these three really great people.kim sang duk, or tony kim, was detained last april, accused of attempting to overthrow the north korean government. kim hak-song was detained in may of 2017 on suspicion of, "hostile acts." and kim dong chul, arrested in october 2015 on spying

charges. in a 2016 interview, he asked the u.s. or south korean government to rescue him.and years later, through a translator, he describes this moment as a dream and details a little of how he was treated. kim dong chul / freed from north korea (translated): we were treated in many different ways, for me i had to do a lot of labor, but when i got sick i was also treated by them.all of this comes within the backdrop of what is set to be a historic summit between president trump and kim jong un. president donald trump: the fact that we were able to get them out so soon was something we could really attribute to a lot of things including a certain process that's taking place right now. that process? ongoing negotiations between north korea and the united states when it comes to denuclearizati on on the korean peninsula, spearheaded by secretary of state mike pompeo. president donald trump: this is what people have been waiting for, for a long time. nobody thought we could be on this track in terms of speed.now in terms of location for that summit between the united states and north korea, the president has ruled out the demilitarized zone between north and south korea, but the only other place he's publicly floated is singapore. he says an official announcement on a location will be made soon. from washington, i'm omar jimenez

( darya ) in the east bay... students at san ramon valley high school in danville are honoring a classmate... who drowned on campus. ben curry was found tuesday in the school's swimming pool. hundreds attended a vigil for him last night... the football stands were packed with people. curry's friends are remembering him as kind and funny. they also say he loved sports. ( darya ) how curry drowned is still under investigation... but a

suicide prevention hotline was posted at his vigil. ( darya ) in the south bay... a santa clara city councilman is accused of sexual misconduct. now police are asking potential victims to come forward. dominic caserta is accused of harassement and innappropriate behavior... dating back more than a decade. the accusations were made during caserta's time as a teacher at santa clara high. santa clara's mayor has scheduled a public meeting on the issue... that will happen on tuesday. mayor lisa gilmor says she wants to give caserta a chance to defend himself. caserta -- who is also running for a seat on the county board of supervisors -- issued a statement on his campaign website -- saying the alegations are up. ( james ) an a-c transit bus driver is arrested... for carrying a loaded gun on a bus. stephen williams has worked for a-c transit for more than a decade. but on tuesday... he told his supervisor that he would be bringing a gun on the bus ... because he didn't feel safe. his supervisor immediately called police -- who arrested

williams at the bayfair bart station in san leandro. williams was charged with a misdemeanor. ( james ) u-c workers will be back on the job today. their 3-day strike is over. that strike forced medical centers to reschedule áthousands of surgeries and appointments. u-c hospitals and the service workers' union have not been able to agree on a new contract. that union represents 25-thousand workers... including cooks and drivers. thousands of nurses, pharmacists, and other medical workers joined the picket lines yesterday. university officials claim service workers are already paid at -- or above -- market rates... and that they cannot justify the nearly 20-percent pay raise the union is demanding. ( darya ) a bay area mother says her son is being harassed and abused by a teacher at an east bay high school... now she is hoping more students will come forward. the allegations are against a teacher at clayton valley charter high school in concord. the mom says her 16-year-old has dyslexia and adhd. she

says the teacher is pinching the students and jamming a knuckle into their rib cage to get them to do work. she has filed a police report... but police say they have not found any evidence to support her claim. but the mother is still concerned about her son.

the thieves grabbed her computer... got into a car... and drove off. ( james ) a big story we've been following all week. hawaii's kilauea volcano could soon shoot out boulders and ash. the last time that kind of explosive eruption was seen... was nearly 100 years ago. scientists say the risks of an explosive eruption will rise in coming weeks... as lava flows down the volcano. hawaii's governor says an energy plant near the lava outbreak will remove its storage of a flammable gas... by the end of today. ( darya ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news... a kayaker ends up getting a way too close to a great white shark ... and its all caught on camera. ( darya ) and bay area police are searching for this dangerous man. ( darya ) and a stunning phenomenon along the california coast. the science

behind the glowing surf. and i am tracking your bay area forecast. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf.

take a look at this -- a stunning phenomenon at torrey pines state beach in san deigo county -- a red tide is making the nighttime surf light up with a blue glow. it's caused by an algae bloom called bioluminescent phytoplankton. and since monday, it has been affecting the ocean tide .. from san diego to encinitas. experts say, that hasn't happened there in nearly five years. (darya)(james)( robin ) welcome back. lets get a check of weather and traffic this morning. (dave)seasonable temperatures

will continue tomorrow followed by a warming trend into friday. some strong northeast winds will develop in the north bay mountains, east bay hills and santa cruz mountains friday night, but will mostly end by sunrise saturday. continued seasonably mild conditions saturday but then cooling into sunday as an upper low impacts the region. no major hot spots. bay no major hot spots. bay bridge

wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101

( darya ) breaking from overnight....10 people are displaced after a fire breaks out in an apaprtment complex in san francisco. ( james ) kron4's sara stinson is there with the details. sara. crews are on scene here in upper market near twin peaks. firefighters are making sure the fire is completely out and investigating the cause...while everyone who lives here is displaced...that 's about 10 or more people.one person is at the hospital now being evaluated for smoke inhalation.s-f fire responded just after two this morning. this is a four story building and the fire started on the penthouse floor.market street is closed for several blocks so avoid the area, it should be open within the next hour or so.families are waiting until crews are done to grab a few belongings, but no one will be able to sleep in the building over night.red cross is here assisting those who

are displaced.i spoke to a man who says he and his family were sleeping and he quickly grabbed his two young kids and got out safely.we'll hear from him coming up in the next 30 minutes.live in san francisco, sara stinson, kron 4 news.##

( james ) thanks sara. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( darya ) also overnight, a house fire in san francisco has left 5 people without a home. it happened on fulton street near golden gate park. no one was injured. ( darya ) students at santa rosa junior college are on edge... after a man was seen taking pictures of women in a campus bathroom. this happened tuesday night. two women told campus police that they saw a man holding a cell phone... underneath the stalls. police checked out the area... but they didn't find the guy. ( james ) police are looking for a thief who robbed a restaurant in vacaville. this is the man police are looking for. they say he went into the little caesars on sunday night... pointed a gun at the cashier and demanded money. police

believe he is tied to other recent armed robberies in solano and alameda counties. ( james ) on the peninsula... a driver who hit several parked cars in san bruno has been arrested on suspicion of drunk driving. it happened on cherry avenue near commodore drive. police say bradley jones of hayward appeared to have been drinking. jones was treated for minor injuries. no one else was hurt. ( darya ) we now have a sketch of a violent robber in palo alto. this is from a story we first brought to you monday morning. on saturday night a teen was robbed at gunpoint at the corner of lytton avenue and kipling street. the teen was on his phone when he says three men approached him and demanded his phone. ( darya ) happening today... we will be getting an update on clean up efforts in north bay burn zones from federal... state... and local officials.

they're expected to announce that they've made significant progress. tuesday marked seven months since the deadly october firestorm. ( james ) coming up on the kron 4 morning news... the e-coli outbreak linked to lettuce is growing... we have the new health information. ( james ) plus ... a new texting bug is going around freezing iphones.those details ... coming up. ( james ) and here's a live look outside... san mateo bridge. i'm dianne feinstein and i approve this message.

i support the affordable care act, and voted against all trump's attempts to repeal it. but we need to do more. i believe in universal health care. in a public health option to compete with private insurance companies. and expanding medicare to everyone over 55. and i believe medicare must be empowered to negotiate the price of drugs.

california values senator dianne feinstein to negotiate the price of drugs. (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) (dave)seasonable temperatures will continue tomorrow followed by a warming trend into friday. some strong northeast winds will develop in the north bay mountains, east bay hills and santa cruz mountains friday night, but will mostly end by

sunrise saturday. continued seasonably mild conditions saturday but then cooling into sunday as an upper low impacts the region. (robin) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza.

richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( darya ) (ááá2 shot bamááá) apple users are calling it the "black dot of death." people are getting texts with a black dot emoji that causes

the device to freeze. ( james ) hidden next to emoji is a string of thousands of invisible characters. the bug crashes i-message.. and cannot be fixed by just force-closing the app. if it happens to you, experts say to force to you, experts if it happens to you, experts say to force close the app... then open up siri and ask to send a reply to the message. continue to send replies until the bug is off the screen in your message conversation. ( darya ) conversation. message in your

message conversation. ( darya ) apple is working on a fix. ( james ) coming up after the break... a kayaker ends up in the water with a great white shark -- and lives to tell his tale. ( will ) in the south bay... an oak grove high school student had be hospitalized... because of a ásmell in the classroom.

(james)(darya) lets start the half hour with a check of weather and traffic... (dave)seasonable temperatures will continue tomorrow followed by a warming trend

into friday. some strong northeast winds will develop in the north bay mountains, east bay hills and santa cruz mountains friday night, but will mostly end by sunrise saturday. continued seasonably no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo

bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge than 30 min toll plaza. richmond less than 20 min from the ( darya ) in the south bay... an oak grove high school student had be hospitalized... because of a ásmell in the classroom.( james ) it happen in biology class and it make 11 others sick. kron 4's will tran joins us live from san jose. will.... ( will ) one person was taken to the hosptial wedneday after a foreign smell was detected. this happened in a classroom at oak grove high school in san jose. ten students and a teacher developed teary eyes and itchiness. the hazardous materials crew responded to the classroom and evactuated everyone. one student was transported to the hospital due to tightness of breath.

there was originially concern of a gas leak but officials believe the symptoms came from pepper spray. ( james ) thanks will. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( darya ) breaking international news this morning. 3 americans who were held prisoner in north korea... landed at andrews air force base. president trump and the first lady were there to greet them. the three americans thanked the president and the government for bringing them home.

the 3 men were accused of "hostile acts" against the north korean regime. but after a meeting with secretary of state mike pompeo... north korean leader kim jong un freed the men. secretary pompeo also set a date for president trump and kim jong un to meet. this will be the first time a sitting u-s president has had a meeting with a north korean leader. ( darya ) police say a man arrested in utah may be connected to crimes in california. genaro gambino de jesus is accused of kidnapping and sexually abusing women in the salt lake city area. authorities say his some of his victims are as young as 14 years old. investigators say he approached women at bus stops or parking lots -- then offered them a ride -- before assaulting them. now police are looking for victims of similar crimes in states along the west coast. ( james ) wells fargo has to pay 97 million dollars to employees who didn't get breaks. home mortgage consultants and private mortgage bankers in california

didn't get breaks they were entitled to under the state's labor laws. a federal judge in los angeles said that the money they were entitled to should be based not on hourly pay but on their commissions. back in january a judge agreed that the bank was liable for the labor law violation. wells fargo intends on appealing the ruling. ( james ) contra costa county is suing opioid makeres and distributers. it's joining 29 other counties that want to be reimbursed for all the taxpayer money spent responding to the opioid epidemic so far. this includes emergency response, prevention, and treatment programs. ( darya ) an e-coli outbreak linked to tainted romaine lettuce is growing. four more states have reported illnesses and the c-d-c now says 149 people in 29 states have gotten sick. the problem comes from tainted romaine lettuce grown near yuma, arizona... according to the c-d-c... 64 people have been hospitalized,

including 17 with kidney failure. and one person has died in california. the sick range in age from one to 88. the c-d-c says this is the largest multi-state e-coli outbreak in the u.s. in a dozen years. ( darya ) a kayaker falls into the water just feet away from a great white shark... and it was all caught on camera by a helicopter. take a look at the dark shadow in the water.the great white shark is about the same size a 10 foot kayack.marine kayack.marine biologist giancarlo thomae was paddling his kayak near the cement ship on tuesday looking for sharks. when his sunglasses fell into the water ... so did he. < "....my glasses fell off and i leaned over too far and off i went..." "....as soon as i popped up i said ok, yesterday i saw 15 great whites in this area, maybe a should calmly and collectively get back in the boat...">( darya ) there are no shark warning signs posted

on the beach ... because this was not considered an sighting, and it didn't occur close enough to shore to put anyone at risk. ( james ) we are learning new information on what killed a 44-foot-gray whale that washed ashore on angel island. it was found last friday. marine mammal officials say the female whale's injuries are from blunt force trauma that is consistent with being hit by a ship. experts found significant injuries on the left side of the whale and on it's skull. this is the third gray whale carcass the marine mammal center has responded to this year. ( james ) coming up next...

summer is almost here and the heat could cause problems for california's power grid. see how it could affect your home. ( james ) and street parking permits are common in san francisco... but soon you may need one in other parts of the bay area. ( james ) and more bay area bart riders will get to experience the fleet of the future.details ahead. and i am tracking your bay area forecast. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the

marshall tuck will change that. in california, 3 million kids can't read at grade level. tuck turned around struggling schools, raising graduation rates over 60%. marshall tuck for state superintendent. marshall tuck.

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with joe biden, bleich took on domestic violence. served president obama as special counsel and ambassador. maybe bleich can't pull off the rockstar look... but his progressive record is solid gold. (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) (dave)seasonable temperatures will continue tomorrow followed by a warming trend into friday. some strong northeast winds will develop in the north bay mountains, east bay hills and santa cruz mountains friday night, but will mostly end by sunrise saturday. continued seasonably (robin) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from

the maze to sf. . golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. ( james ) bart is rolling out more of its new train cars. a second "fleet of the future" train will begin service next week. this train has 10 cars. and for the first time riders will be able to take the new train cars into san francisco. right now there is only one operating in the east bay. bart says in total they've ordered 775 new cars. ( james ) still ahead ...giant stuggles for the orange and black ... as the team tries to avoid a sweep today.

(james)(darya) welcome back. lets get a check of weather and traffic... no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from

880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 (dave)seasonable temperatures will continue tomorrow

followed by a warming trend into friday. some strong northeast winds will develop in the north bay mountains, east bay hills and santa cruz mountains friday night, but will mostly end by sunrise saturday. continued seasonably mild conditions saturday but then cooling into sunday as an upper low impacts the region. ( james )( james ) ( james ) california

officials are sounding the alarm now -- there could be major power outages this summer. kron4's gabe slate explains. this is the command center of cal iso, in folsom california which monitors and facilitates the management of power lines throughout the state.the agency says get ready for a lot of flex alerts this summer. flex alerts are when cal iso asks the public to immediately conserve electricity. the quickest way to do that is to run the air conditioner less and run big appliances after 10pm. cal iso also says if the flex alerts don't work. rolling black outs are possible depending on how things unfold.. i caught up with public information officer, steven green lee, over the phone, who said there are three factors contributing to the grim 2018 summer assesment. sound from steven green lee - public information officer, cal iso "less hydroelectricity" cal-iso says hydroelectric production will be down 1,300 megawatts by late summer due to the drought, the state department of water resources reports

that snowpack water content was just 51 percent of average as of april 2.the second factor is since last summer several california power plants have retired causing the state to lose over 800 mega wats of electricity sound from steven green lee - public information officer, cal iso "800 mg is a lot 800,000 homes" and the third thing causing concern this summer that cal iso says could puch the grid over the edge wildfires. sound from steven green lee - public information officer, cal iso "could we get into rolling blackouts yes" in sf gabe slate kron 4 news ( darya ) people living in san mateo county say its getting harder to find

parking... and now the county is discussing residential parking permits. people living in this un- incorporated area in san mateo county say there are two main reasons they cant find parking. they say workers from out of the area are parking on the streets... and there are more adults in single homes because of the bay area's housing crisis. the department of public works plans to hold a session with neighbors to discuss the program next month. ( james ) to bay area baseball... the giants struggles continue in philadelphia.( darya ) the phillies jumped out to a 5 t nothing lead in the 5th inning. that was too much for the giants to overcome. they lose by a final of 11 to 3. they try to avoid the sweep later this morning. first pitch is set for 10:05. and the game can only be watched on facebook. . ( darya ) the a's trying

to salvage a game in their 3-game series against the houston astros... top of the 8th... the astros with the 2-run double down the left field line. that was enough to beat the a's. houston wins 4 to 1. the a's are off today beofre beginning a three game series against the yankees on friday. (james) james adlib big board. ( james ) space-x is space-x is launching a new falcon 9 rocket today.details on the upgrades that allows this rocket to last. we'll be back as the kron 4 morning news continues... and here's a live look outside... embarcadero.

bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( james ) happening today ...after a few delays this week ... space-x is launching its new 'block 5' falcon 9 rocket from the kennedy space center in florida. unlike previous falcon 9 rockets, the block 5 is made to last. it has a new upgrades, including more

thrust, stronger landing legs and better landing control. space-x says it can used 100 times ... and even carry astronauts to the international space station. space station. blast off is at 1:12 today.the rocket is carrying a communications sattellite. ( darya ) coming up in the next hour. 10 people are displaced after a fire breaks out in an apaprtment complex in san francisco. sara stinson is standing by for a live report. ( darya ) and police in santa rosa are searching for two men after a fight turned deadly. lydia pantazas is live with the latest. ( darya ) and a call for action to take on illegal dumping in oakland. those details ... in the next hour. (lydia) police are

investigating an overnight homicide in santa rosa. two gunmen are still on the loose. an overnight fire in san francisco sends one person to the hospital. im live with the latest from the scene. ( will ) in the south

bay... an oak grove high school student had be hospitalized... because of a ásmell in the classroom. (darya) good morning i'm darya folsom.. (james) and i'm james fletcher. lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic... (dave)seasonable temperatures will continue tomorrow followed by a warming trend into friday. some stron