(robin) good morning and good (robin) 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. excessive heat will continue for inland parts of the state today while the coast remains right on par with average thanks to cool marine air pushing onshore. along the water highs won't move too much, staying in the 60's and 70's. tonight into tomorrow

isolated monsoonal thunderstorms will pop up across the region with most not resulting in any rain hitting the ground. 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 ) breaking overnight...

22 people are hurt after a tent collapses at fort hunter liggett in monterey county. it happened around 9-30 last night. 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 ) breaking ( robin ) breaking overnight... 22 people are hurt after a tent collapses at fort hunter liggett in monterey county. it happened around 9-30 last night. most of the injures were minor... but 4 people were taken to nearby hospitals. authorities say a helicopter that was landing at the military base... created strong winds... and that's what knocked the tent over. right now... the base is holding an annual training exercise for thousands of

army, navy, air force and national guard service members. ( robin )some students living near the u-c berkeley campus are on edge.. after police say a man was caught peeping through a woman's window exposing himself. kron 4's ali reid spoke with students who say... there are even more incidents that are similar. there seems to be a number of incidents that occurred within the last month, but only 1 has been reported to police. right now, that creep was caught on tape.pkgseen here on surveillance video ... the suspect creeps up to a backyard window on the 2400 block of prospect street.what we're talking about is a sex crimeofficer byron white tells me the man was touching himself while watching a woman change clothes. police want him off the streets.not only going into, trespassing onto someone's property, but also peering into a place of privacy where someone is changing clothes, then exposing themselves to the victim. so what else are they capable of?he's described as a white man, between 25-30 years old, between 5'10 and 6 feet tall. he took off after the victim alerted her housemates. that was between 1:40 and 2

saturday morning.by 4am ... u-c berkeley student jonas katona says he was working on a school project when he heard weird noises outside his bedroom window.walking really slowing up the steps unevenly. at first i thought maybe it was a drunk personbefore he knew it, he saw a pale hand opening his bedroom door.it was really slow in a really creepy way and at first i was confused and then i got really scared because i didn't know what was going on, so i screamed out hey what are you doing and (slams door) and then they ran outside.he believes the front door was unlocked, and so was the door to his apartment.this was unlocked, so i went outside to see if anyone was out there and no one waseveryone living in the house now double checks to make sure all doors are locked. standupit isn't clear if any of these incidents are related.police are hoping video of the first incident will help catch the suspect. they're also urging any other victims to come forward. reporting live from berkeley ... ar ... kron 4 news. news.

( robin )palo alto police are looking for this suspect who they say was caughted on surveillance video peering into the bedroom of a house. police say they were called when the resident got an alert from his security system last wednesday. the victim told police... in the video... you can see the suspect entering a closed gate and looking into the bedroom window. the suspect is described as white or hispanic man in his early 20s with dark thick eyebrows and a mustache. if you have any information give police a call. ( robin )an update to a story we first brought you right here on kron4. the san

francisco woman accused of killing and chopping up her roommate appeared in court tuesday. lisa gonzales pleaded not guilty last month to murdering her 61-year-old roommate, margaret mamer, back in may... after she tried to evict her from their mission district apartment. yesterday her defense attorney said he needs crucial information before moving forward with the case. the coroner says that mamer suffered blunt force trauma and "sharp force" injuries... but the official report has not been released yet. gonzales remains in jail without bail... and is due in court again next month. ( robin )a 72-year old man is brutally beaten on the streets of berkeley. the group that attacked him - pushes him to the ground and kicks him repeatedly. the brazen assault happened right across the street from the police department. kron 4's justine waldman has the security camera video... that shows the attack. the first video shows the attack.a 72 year old man is

walking down the street, when the group comes from behind and pushes him to the ground and begins kicking him over and over again.sot this attack is definitely disturbing it is appalling reallyberkeley police explain the attack happened at 3:30 in the morning on martin luther king jr. way, between university avenue and addison street on july 6ththe second video shows the man, who is from berkeley walking home.that is when the group of 6 or 8 people, all described as african american males in their late teens or early 20's come at him.sot from what we can tell this is an unprovoked attack the man was able to call for help from his cell phone officers got there the fire department got there and he went to the hospitalthe 3rd video shows what police described as the get-away cara newer model silver or white minivan, possibly a nissan quest.police want anyone know anything about this brutal attack to come forward.sot they didn't take any property or demand any property no indication this is hate related or what the motive is for thisjustine police tell me they admit this area is not as well lit at night as they would like.and the 72-year old man who was

attacked, had broken bones, but is now out of the hospital. live in berkeley justine waldman kron 4 news. ( robin ) in the north bay... an oxygen tanker explosion forced people inside a medical office to evacuate... and shut down parts of highway 101. it all happened yesterday afternoon when this tanker truck exploded... after transfering liquid oxygen back into the tank. the liquid oxygen was being delivered to kaiser.. it's used throughout the medical facility. everyone inside the building had to evacuate. c-h-p closed part highway 1-0-1 for nearly 2-hours causing major traffic delays. the driver

of the tanker was injured... no other injuries we reported. one staff member at kaiser described the explosion as something similar to an earthquake. ( robin ) kaiser's medical facility will not be open today. but the medical office next door will be. ( robin )in the east bay... police are looking for a serial package thief in an oakland nieghborood. kron 4's hermela aregawi has the story.. and show us surveillance video. surveillance video shows a woman boldly walking onto this homeowner's porch.and taking off with what looks like at least three packages.residents in oakland's maxwell park neighborhood say.. the issue has gotten out of control. jasper mather/victim of package theft i have had medicaton delivered to me also that was stolen. some of these

things are very time sensitive. or i've also had a gift stolen that was a gift for someone's birthday and i couldn't get it to them on time ann magovern/resident i feel sad by what i saw. i know no one wants things taken from their porch. i also love this neighborhood. i love this community. i love oakland. so i guess we wish we had a better sense of community. we wouldn't do that to one another one victim says.. had the thieves come a day later, they would have stolen her chemotherapy medication. other residents say.. the issue has gotten so bad, they have resorted to having their packages delivered elsewhere. jasper mather/victim of package theft so from now on because i've had so many packages stolen, i actually have everything delivered to walgreens on high street. and sometimes i have to wait in line for an hour just to get this package for things that i need at specific times or things that are valuable and irreplaceable like gifts from family members. and i just don't think that residents should have to resort to it. ann magovern/resident i imagine the person who did that didn't know if something was valuable to that person. maybe they would have thought twice about it or more seriously about it.but the suspects appear to be bold in their pursuit. in several cases.. they steal the packages in broad day light, not knowing or caring whether they are being captured on

surveillance cameras. and in this video.. the suspect is walking around with trashbags full of what's likely other people's belongings. and in at least two cases.. this red honda sedan is the getaway car. license plate ending in 415. (robin) coming up coming up on the kron 4

morning news ... a five year old allegedly molested twice... by two different children at travis air force base. hear what parents are asking for in a lawsuit that's being filed. (robin)plus... new details on how the accused rideshare rapist committed each crime... and they type of women he targeted. (robin)and... the city of santa rosa is now going after pg&e for the damage caused by the north bay wildfires last year. and they want more than just money.

checking in on your morning forecast. excessive heat will continue for inland parts of the state today while the coast remains right on par with average

thanks to cool marine air pushing onshore. along the water highs won't move too much, staying in the 60's and 70's. tonight into tomorrow isolated monsoonal thunderstorms will pop up across the region with most not resulting in any rain hitting the ground. 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. 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 )we now know the cause of that fire on the altamont

pass - and there's been an arrest in the case as well. the fire shut down 5-80 just north of livermore for several hours as fire fighters battled the blaze. as kron four's terisa estacio reports, two teens and fireworks are at the center of the case. (take pkg) this is video taken on july 8.... you can see the large plumes of smoke racing toward cars. nearly 480 acres were scorched... now a break in the case... about how it all started... alameda county sheriff's spokesperson ray kelly says it was here heading east on the side of 580 just past the flint exit where two teens broke down. sgt. ray kelly, alameda co. sheriff's spokesperson. the teens were horsing around, they put a fire work into the engine of their car, it went off then they started to try and put out the fire and couldn't and it took off on them. sgt ray kelly with alameda county sheriff's department says the teens recently turned themselves in confessing to the fire. sgt. kelly adds that during these days with fire danger so high, it is especially important to

exercise great care with anything that could start a fire. sgt. kelly, the winds here, it just took off and we alll need to be mindful. kelly. "they did the right thing, by admitting to accidently starting the fire." as for charges. kelly. we turned over to the da, but they did the right think and hopefully a lesson in all this. on the altamont pass terisa estacio kron four news. ###

( robin )the ferguson fire near yosemite has now burned more than 17-thousand acres. more than 18-hundred firefighters are working 16 hour shifts. hot and dry conditions are fanning the flames... causing it to spread. two firefighters have been injured and one died battling the blaze saturday. right now... for everyone in the area... safety is the biggest concern.

talked to the city's new mayor... who says they want more than money from the utility company. the northbay fires...which took almost 2 dozen lives in sonoma county....wiped out 3000 homes within the city limits of santa rosa.....some of which you can see being rebuilt here in coffee park. those who are rebuilding say the damage here is immeasurable..... it's a disaster a lot of broken homes a lot of broken heartsbut those same fires did a lot more damage that the city is grappling with.....we lost a lot of underground and above ground infrastructure including a fire station that was just built a few years ago millions and millions of dollars we're dealing with water contamination problems with recovery problems that we're gonna be dealing with for years and years to come devastationhe city says the lawsuit filed against the utility last week will also provide a way for them to compel pg&e to implement new

safety measures. primarily we don't want to see something like this ever happen againthe mayor says he doesn't think the lawsuit is premature....de spite the fact that cal fire has not determined the cause of the tubbs fire which did nearly all the damage suffered in santa rosa.....if you see where blame is been assigned and all the other fires in northern california in october of last year the likelihood just on a percentage basis is that pg knee is responsible herea pg&e spokesperson issued a statement saying:nothing is more important to us than the safety and well-being of our customers and communities we serve. our thoughts are with everyone impacted by these devastating wildfires. we are aware that lawsuits have been filed, and are reviewing this one filed by the city. we're focused on doing everything we can to help these communities rebuild and recover.maureen kelly kron4 news (robin) still ahead on the kron four morning news... the quality of the water in the san francisco bay is improving. but... an expert warns people about a ánew type of

poluttion threatening the bay.

(ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) excessive heat will continue for inland parts of the state today while the coast remains right on par with average thanks to cool marine air pushing onshore. along the water highs won't move too much, staying in the 60's and 70's. tonight into tomorrow isolated thunderstorms the region with resulting in any ground. (robin)(robin) thx john... i'm tracking your entertainment headlines today. hollywood is busy releasing sneak peeks of new movies. rick damigella has a look at three brand new ones in our hollywood minute. "what is all of this?""welcome to marwen. it's my art

installation."universal has released a new trailer for director robert zemeckis' upcoming film, "welcome to marwen." steve carell plays a man coping with the aftermath of a vicious attack, by losing himself in a sprawling world of his creation. "welcome to marwen" marches into theaters december 21st."you have to be a warrior."(nat)"fast as you can!"here's the latest look at taron egerton in "robin hood." the action flick set during the crusades also stars jamie foxx as little john, and ben mendelsohn as the sheriff of nottingham. "robin hood" rides into theaters november 21st. "welcome to france.""what happened here?""some questions aren't good answers."check out this first look at "overlord." the supernatural action-horror tale is set during world war two and was produced by j-j abrams, who recently denied that the movie is part of the "cloverfield" franchise. "overlord" storms into theaters october 26th. in hollywood, i'm rick damigella. (robin)still ahead on the kron four morning news... graphic

new details on how the man known as the rideshare rapist... chose his victims. that's next after the break. checking in on your

morning forecast. excessive heat will continue for inland parts of the state today while the coast remains right on par with average thanks to cool marine air pushing onshore. along the water highs won't move too much, staying in the 60's and 70's. tonight into tomorrow isolated monsoonal thunderstorms will pop up across the region with most not resulting in any rain

hitting the ground.

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 )the california

supreme court is blocking a measure to divide the state into three... from appearing on the november ballot. the justices ordered the secretary of state not to put the initiative before voters. saying there are significant questions about it validity. an environmental group had argued the measure would have created chaos and not solved any of the state's problems. but the venture capitalist who funded the effort is criticizing the state supreme court's decision. ( robin ) in san francisco... a federal appeals court rules against president trump's ban on transgender men and women serving in the military. the president announced the policy in a series of a tweets last year. the white house could appeal the decision to the supreme court. the president's ban has been controversial... with military leaders shying away from endorsing it. ( robin )at travis air force base in fairfield... a family files a child neglect claim against the travis youth center.

occassions was sexually molested by two separate other students"tanisha porter/mother: "no child should ever have to go through what our daughter went through">( robin ) officials at travis say they have made changes... and have also notified appropriate agencies ..on and off base ...to investigate the incident... and review the youth center's procedures. ( robin )new details this morning in the suspected rideshare rapist case. kron 4 has obtained court documents detailing the terfifying incidents, mostly in the south of market area. kron 4 's dan kerman has those documents... and we want to warn you the content is disturbing. san francisco's district attorney has filed a motion to hold suspected rideshare rapist orlando vilchez lazo without bail, because he "targeted women who were particularly vulnerable" and

because his release "would result in great bodily harm to others." the motion give us our first look at the attacks, all similar scenarioscourt documents say the first incident occurred november 1 of 2013 and began outside virgil's sea room, a mission district bar. after calling a rideshare company, the victim was "picked up by a driver claiming to be her ride." court documents say she was "intoxicated during the drive" and "fell asleep." when she woke up she was in a deserted parking lot. that's when she was sexually assaulted.the second incident occurred february 18 of this year and began outside temple bar south of market. court documents say "the victim was sick from the effects of alcohol" and she and her friend got into what they thought was the rideshare vehicle they ordered. when (the victim) "stated she needed to vomit... the driver pulled over and directed the friend to get a bottle of water for her." the defendant then drove off ... as the victim drifted "in and out of consciousness"... "he took her to a secluded

location" where he sexually assaulted her.the third incident occurred may 5 of this year. court documents say the victim had "consumed several glasses of wine." she contacted a rideshare vehicle and got into a car she thought she had ordered. court documents say "the defendant proceeded to drive her to an unknown location... and stood in front of (the victim) with a knife." that's when authorities say she was sexually assaulted.the 4th incident occurred june 10 and began outside the temple bar. the victim ordered a rideshare vehicle and got into the one she believed she had ordered. "(the victim) was falling asleep and waking up throughout the course of the ride." when she awoke, she was in an unknown location and "he began to threaten her and held a knife to her neck. she realized the wetness on her hands was her own blood and that she had been trying to fend off the knife with her hands." that's when she was sexually assaulted. but during the attack court documents say "she was able to get the door open after a struggle and was able to get out of the car and run away."

standup dan kerman/sf 213-223 san francisco police say the defendants dna has been linked to all 4 incidents. now the defendant is due back in court thursday morning. in sf , dan kerman, kron 4 news. ( robin )in the north bay... police in petaluma are investigating two burglaries. they say this man attempted to gain entry into an occupied home on spanish bay court. the say he tried to get into the home through the front door and then left when he was unable to gain entry. an hour later a resident on silverado circle reported a man had just entered their home from the garage. after a brief confrontation the man left while yelling 'dont call the police ( robin )police in santa rosa are looking for this man connected to a coin store robbery. on july 14th... two men entered the big oak coin store on west third street. they tried to take trays of coins before they were confronted by employees. one man fired at employess before he took

off... he was later arrested in los angeles. police are still looking for this man and believe he is connected to a previous coin theft at the same store. (robin)coming up next on the kron 4 morning news... an east bay city is looking at ways to build more affordable housing... and that could mean building "up"... and not out. we explain... after the break.

four your money this morning... like most other cities in the bay... walnut creek is dealing with a housing crisis... more specifically...a housing shortage. kron four's philippe djegal reports the city is looking at different ways... to encourage building more affordable housing. (philippe) the city of walnut creek is preparing to update its local density bonus ordinance to keep up with recent changes to the state density bonus law. both incentivize affordable housing production by relaxing development standards like increasing height limits and reducing parking requirements.

diana o'byrne lives in walnut creek and so does her daughter. her daughter works in san francisco because the pay is higher... but without rent control, her rent keeps going up and she's apart of a growing population of people in search of affordable housing.diana o'byren/residen t- "not only the very low-income, but but also the ople that are working, um, so that they can live close by." at city hall... more than thirty longtime residents, developers and property managers listened to what the city housing program and a consultant had to say about density. the city solicited the group for suggestions on how to incentivze both below market rate and market rate developers to build more affordable housing. defined as housing that costs no more than 30-percent of a household's income on rent. margot ernst/housing program- "which incentives or concessions are, um, the most cost beneficial to you. which things, if you get them, really allow you to provide affordability at higher percentages on-site, and it's

looking for a balance on that -- those two needs."carolyn peters/resident- "what we do is we build out. we gobble up our farm land and we're sacrificing that so that we have an ideal that no longer exists. my suggestion is that we go up. we don't want to do that, but what is the invevitability of it. it's something that we have to face." the next community meeting is scheduled for august eighth. in walnut creek, philippe djegal, kron four news. ( robin )ford is recalling half-a-million vehicles. the company says they're at risk of rolling away unexpectedly. the recall affects 20-13 to 20-16 fusions ... and 20-13 to 20-14 escapes. ford says the problem has to do with the shifter cable and transmission.... causing the vehicles to roll while in reported an injury due to the defect. (robin) coming up on the kron four morning news... could be a step forward for the bay area's homeless problem? we tell you how one city is using vacant parking lots... to combat the

issue. (robin) live look outside... at the san francisco international airport. checking in on your

morning forecast. excessive heat will continue for inland parts of the state today while the coast remains right on par with average thanks to cool marine air pushing onshore. along the water highs won't move too much, staying in the 60's and 70's. tonight into tomorrow isolated monsoonal thunderstorms will pop up across the region with most not resulting in any rain hitting the ground.

no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 no major hot 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 )the city of east palo alto is opening up one of its vacant parking lots... to serve people living out of r-v's. kron4's michelle kingston has the story. (mk)michelle kingston, mkingstonnews,"this is bay road in east palo alto. dozens of rvs line this street and many families call it home but not for long. the city has come up with a solution to move the rvs into a parking lot and provide services for those who need it most."and this is that parking lot.it's located at parking lot.it's located at 1798 bay road and by november it will be home to

about 20 rv campers.carlos martinez, east palo alto city manager"a place where they can be safe, their property can be secured and they will be in much better sanitary conditions."the problem is there are more people living out of their rvs than there are spaces in this new lot. take a look at the end of bay road for example.nearly 40 rvs line this street any given nightand it's a mess.carlos martinez, east palo alto city manager"we have a real emergency."city leaders voted unanimously to approve a pilot program that will house and support rv residents in this parking lot... and provide services to those on site. pastor paul bains with project wehope spearheaded the program. pastor paul bains, project wehopethese are good working people that have just been pushed out on society in a way that's unfortunate because of the cost of living.he says the program is the first of its kind in silicon valley and the goal here is to eventually move those living out of their cars into permanent housing. pastor paul bains, project wehope"we live in the richest region in the country if not the world and to see this type of poverty and people living in these conditions that they are it should reach everyone's heart.the estimated cost of the program is about 300- thousand dollars and will be split between projectwehope and the city.in east palo alto michelle kingston kron 4 news

( robin )after 14 long months... highway one has reopened. the highway had been blocked by a huge landslide. highway one had been closed about 30 miles south of bug sur. until tuesday when caltran unveiled and opened a new, specially engineered section of roadway. ( robin ) after decades of on-going environmental initiatives... the quality of the water in the san francisco bay is showing improvement. kron 4's gabe slate spoke with the executive director of sf-

baykeepers... who explains the improvements. sound from sejal choksi-chugh, executive director, sf baykeeperin the 1960's it was really bad before clean water acts sejal (say=gel) choksi-chugh with sf baykeeper, a non profit organization that monitors the quality of the bay water, she says the last two decades of enforcement of state and federal pollution laws have paid off. sound from sejal choksi-chugh, executive director, sf baykeeperwe don't have as many spills, not as many people tossing trash in bay. and i spoke with two organizations that monitor marine life in the bay, teh golden gate cetacean set=tation research agency, and the marine mammal center, both told me based on an increase in numbers of certain types of marine life, and their current behaviour, they believe the quality of the water has improved in the bay. sea=gal with sf baykeeper says yes this is good news but now is not the time to celebrate or get lazy with on-going bay clean up initiatives. sound from sejal

choksi-chugh, executive director, sf baykeeperthere are still many threats, and new threats, we need to be proactive sf bay keepers a non profit, organizes beach clean ups, they take a boat out weekly enforcing pollution laws, if you want to get involved in any bay clean up activity they got a lot going on.. sound from sejal choksi-chugh, executive director, sf baykeeperwe are always looking for members. in oakland gabe slate kron 4 news.

(robin) coming up on the kron four morning news... a california ghost town is off the market. how much it sold for... and what the person who bought it plans to do with it. (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.

(áábreakáá) (robin) no major hot spots. bay bridge

wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( robin ) a california ghost town is now off the market... and it was sold on friday the 13th. "cerro gordo" ...located just outside of death valley national park... has sold for one-pont-four million dollars. the asking price was 925-thousand. it includes an abandoned

hotel, church and bunkhouse and includes over three hundred acres. the abandoned mining town was built in the 19th century. the buyer plans to preserve the land for public use. ( robin )coming up at 5 on the kron 4 morning news... a man caught on camera exposing himself.. performing lewd acts... while watching a woman through a window. and it happened near a local university. ( robin )plus... one person is dead this morning after a shooting outside an east bay home. we tell you where it happened in a live report. ( robin )and... a brutual attack of an elderly man in berkeley.. caught on camera. we tell you who police need help looking for.

( sara ) one person is killed in an overnight shooting in el sobrante. i'll have the breaking details.

( lydia ) a man who was supposed to be helping immigrants but officials say he was frauding them out of thousands of dollars. i have the story live from san jose. ( darya ) and a man is peeping into windows in the east bay and watching women get undressed. see where its happening late at night. ( darya ) good morning i'm darya folsom..( james ) and i'm james fletcher. lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic... excessive heat will continue for inland parts

of the state today while the coast remains right on par with average thanks to cool marine air pushing onshore. along the water highs won't move too much, staying in the 60's and 70's. tonight

into tomorrow isolated monsoonal thunderstorms will pop up across the region with most not rain hitting the ground. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( darya ) breaking news from overnight. one person is dead after a shooting outside a home in the east bay. ( james )

kron4's sara stinson is live in el sobrante with the story. ( sara )i'm on scene at a home on san pablo dam road in el sobrante where you can see a heavy presence from the contra costa county sheriff's office. the scene is still active as the home is completely tapped off with crime tape.take a look at video:we know one person was found dead at this home.in the video you can see a man in pajamas barefoot being detained by officers...we have not confirmed if he was arrested or just detained for questioning.investigators continued to search the home for evidence.neighbors told our crews they believe this is a home invasion robbery gone wrong...as one neighbor says he heard someone trying to break in...however - investigators have not confirmed this us at this time. i'm working to confirm the circumstances of this death with the sheriff's office.i hope to have more information within the next hour.live in el sobrante, sara stinson, kron 4 news

( james ) thanks sara. ( darya ) a big story this morning. a man has been arrested after investigators say he defrauded immigrants out of thousands of dollars for fake services. ( james ) kron4's lydia pantazas is live in san jose with the details. ( lydia ) the santa clara county fraud unit is looking for more victims after arresting a man for providing fraudulent immigration services. gerardo duenes previously worked as an immigration officer for the i-n-s. police say he used that experience to attract customers... but did not tell those customers that he was fired by the i-n-s while being investigated for fraud. investigators say that duenes was running an immigration consultant business in san jose without clearance from the california secretary of

state. the victims who have come forward say the suffered major financial loses and missed possible immigration opportunites. duenes is being charged with grand theft. ( james ) ( james ) thanks lydia..

( darya ) in the north bay... an oxygen tanker explosion forced people inside a medical office to evacuate... and shut down parts of highway 101 for hours. it happened yesterday afternoon... as the truck was delivering liquid oxygen to kaiser's medical facility. everyone inside the building had to evacuate. c-h-p closed part highway 1-01 for nearly 2-hours... causing major traffic delays. the driver of the tanker was hurt.. but no other injuries we reported. one staff member at kaiser described the

explosion as being similar to an earthquake. ( darya ) kaiser's medical facility will not be open today. but the medical office next door will be. ( darya ) breaking overnight... 22 people are hurt after a tent collapses at fort hunter liggett in monterey county. it happed around 9-30 last night. most of the injures were minor... but 4 people were taken to nearby hospitals. authorities say a helicopter that landing at the military base created strong winds... and that's what knocked the tent over. right now... the base is holding an annual training exercise for thousands of army, navy, air force and national guard service members. ( james ) in san francisco... a federal

appeals court rules against president trump's ban on transgender men and women serving in the military. the president announced the policy in a series of a tweets last year. the white house could appeal the decision to the supreme court. the president's ban has been controversial... with military leaders shying away from endorsing it. ( james ) new this morning... an east bay man pleads guilty to federal charges of trying to help terrorists. amer alhaggagi met with undercover agents to plan a potential terrorist attack. he told an agent he wanted to target berkeley high school -- which he graduated from in 2013 -- and u-c berkeley. he also used social media to help the islamic state... by creating accounts for people he believed were supporters. alhaggagi pleaded guilty to 4 charges... including identity theft. he could face decades in prison. ( darya ) hot and dry weather is fanning the flames of the ferguson fire -- burning nearyosemite. the fire has now burned more than

17-thousand acres since it started on friday. more than 18-hundred firefighters are working 16 hour shifts to get this one contained. more than 100 buildings are threatened... and mandatory evacuation orders are in effect. this fire is only 5-percent contained. the cause is under investigation. ( darya ) the alameda county sheriff's office says 2 teens playing with fireworks started the "grant fire." that fire burned about 480 acres on the altamont pass. the teeens put a firework in the engine of their broke down car... when the firework went off... it sparked the fire. one of teens turned himself in and confessed. the district attorney is now considering whether to ( james ) happening today... the man who police have dubbed the rideshare rapist is expected in court. kron-4 has the court documents... detailing the case against orlando lazo. he's accused of raping 4 women in san francisco. in each case... the victim was

drunk. federal immigration authorities say lazo is a citizen of peru... but he was able to drive for lyft for years. police say the lazo's d-n-a links him to all 4 rapes. ( james ) happening now... package thieves are targeting an oakland neighborhood. surveillance video shows a woman walking onto a porch in the maxwell park neighborhood... and taking off with at least 3 packages. victims say they've had medication and birthday gifts stolen. some neighbors say the issue has gotten so bad... that they no longer have packages delivered to their homes. ( james ) in at least two cases...

a red honda sedan has been seen in surveillance video... as the getaway car. ( james ) oakland police are trying to catch these 2 armed robbers. police say they took part in a robbery back on in april... in the 200 block of 11th street. police have just released these surveillance images. they say the men walked into a business... held customers at gunpoint and demanded money... watches and cell phones. ( darya ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news...bart says one of their programs is working so well they are extending it. we'll explain. ( darya ) plus...a bay area city starts a new push to help the homeless in their community. we'll show you what's being done. ( darya ) and after the break... lava continues to spill out of the kilauea volcano in hawaii. see the latest video to come into our ( john ) and i am tracking your bay area forecast. checking the checking the

bay bridge commute on wb 80. your drive time is less than 30 min from the maze to fremont street

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this.... new images of the kilauea volcano. this fissure has become more active... and it's threatening homes. the u-s-g-s says it's also sent "lobs" of lava into the ocean. ( james )( darya ) welcome back to the kron 4 morning news. let's get a check of the forecast.

excessive heat will continue for inland parts of excessive heat will continue for inland parts of the state today while the coast remains right on par with average thanks to cool marine air pushing onshore. along the water highs won't move too much, staying in the 60's and

70's. tonight into tomorrow isolated monsoonal thunderstorms will pop up across the region with most not resulting in any rain hitting the ground. 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. wb 580 is at the limit

( james ) new this morning... bart is extending it's elevator attendant program. back in may... bart hired 35 staff members to stop people from using the elevators as toilets at the civic center and powell street

stations in san francisco. the 6-month 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. wb 580 is at the limit

( james ) new this morning... bart is extending it's elevator attendant program. back in may... bart hired 35 staff members to stop people from using the elevators as toilets at the civic center and powell street stations in san francisco. the 6-month pilot program has been extended. it will now run through november of 2019. attendants are on the elevators everyday from open to close. ( james ) also new this morning... muni riders will soon have more time to finish trips... before they have to buy a new ticket. the m-t-a is extending ticket transfer times to two hours. that's an extra 30 minutes.

the extended transfer times goes into effect on september first. ( darya ) in it's fight against homelessness... the city of east palo alto is opening up one of its vacant parking lots to people living in r-v's. kron-4's michelle kingston has the story. michelle kingston, mkingstonnews,"this is bay road in east palo alto. dozens of rvs line this street and many families call it home but not for long. the city has come up with a solution to move the rvs into a parking lot and provide services for those who need it most."and this is that parking lot.it's located at 1798 bay road and by november it will be home to about 20 rv campers.carlos martinez, east palo alto city manager"a place where they can be safe, their property can be secured and they will be in much better sanitary conditions."the problem is there are more people living out of their rvs than there are spaces in this new lot.

take a look at the end of bay road for example.nearly 40 rvs line this street any given nightand it's a mess.carlos martinez, east palo alto city manager"we have a real emergency."city leaders voted unanimously to approve a pilot program that will house and support rv residents in this parking lot... and provide services to those on site. pastor paul bains with project wehope spearheaded the program. pastor paul bains, project wehopethese are good working people that have just been pushed out on society in a way that's unfortunate because of the cost of living.he says the program is the first of its kind in silicon valley and the goal here is to eventually move those living out of their cars into permanent housing. pastor paul bains, project wehope"we live in the richest region in the country if not the world and to see this type of poverty and people living in these conditions that they are it should reach everyone's heart.the estimated cost of the program is about 300-

thousand dollars and will be split between projectwehope and the city.in east palo alto michelle kingston kron 4 news ( darya ) a 15 year old boy in southern california lost part of his arm... after he was trapped under a large rock near laguna beach. fire officials say the teen and a friend were walking along the rocks when a boulder fell on him -- nearly severing his right arm above the elbow. the teen was trapped for 40 minutes before rescuers using heavy-lift airbags and brute strength managed to push the rock off of him. he was airlifted to a nearby hospital. doctor's say the teen's injury is ánot life- threatening. ( darya ) coming up on the kron 4 morning news... voters will not decide if california should be broken into three states this november. the big decision that was just handed down. ( darya ) and after the

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welcome back to the kron four morning news... lets start the half hour with a check of weather and traffic...

major hot spot in oakland on eb 24 at the caldecoot tunnel. accident blocks the left lane of the right bore. use the left bore. slow from hwy 13. no delays on wb 24 excessive heat will continue for inland parts of the state today while the coast remains right on par with average thanks to cool marine air pushing onshore. along the water highs won't move too much, staying in the 60's and 70's. tonight into excessive heat will continue

for inland parts of the state today while the coast remains right on par with average thanks to cool marine air pushing onshore. along the water highs won't move too much, staying in the 60's and 70's. tonight into tomorrow isolated monsoonal thunderstorms will pop up across the region with most not resulting in any rain hitting the ground.

( darya ) a big story out of the east bay... a 72-year-old man is beaten in berkeley... and cameras captured the attack.( james ) now police need help finding the people responsible. kron 4's justine waldman has more on who they're looking for. the first video shows the attack.a 72 year old man is walking down the street, when the group comes from behind and pushes him to the ground and begins kicking him over and over again.sot this attack is definitely disturbing it is appalling reallyberkeley police explain the attack happened at 3:30 in the morning on martin luther king jr. way, between university avenue and addison street on july 6ththe second video shows the man, who is from berkeley walking home.that is when the group of 6 or 8 people, all described as african american males in their late teens or early 20's come at him.sot from what we can tell this is an unprovoked attack the man was able to call for help from his cell phone officers got there the fire department got there and he went to the hospitalthe 3rd video shows what police described as the

get-away cara newer model silver or white minivan, possibly a nissan quest.police want anyone know anything about this brutal attack to come forward.sot they didn't take any property or demand any property no indication this is hate related or what the motive is for this ( darya ) ( darya )( darya )( darya ) new this morning... we're getting our first look at an armed robber in oakland. police say this man approached multiple people in the 12-hundred block of 104th avenue back in may... demanding their belongings... before running off.

( darya ) police in berkeley are looking for the man who propositioned a teenage boy for sex. the boy was walking down parker street near fulton street when the man approached him. the teen refused and the man walked away. the next day the boy saw the man again... about a block away from the first incident. he was last seen in the area driving a white 4-door sedan... possibly a toyota carola. ( james ) berkeley police need help finding a man who exposed himself -- while watching a woman through a window. this is surveillance video from the home. it shows the man walking up to a backyard window on the 24-hundred block of prospect street. police say the man touched himself... while watching the woman change clothes. when the woman spotted the man... she told her roommates and that's when the man ran off. ( james ) in palo alto... police say a man was caught on surveillance video peering into a bedroom. the

homeowner called police after getting an alert from his security system. video shows the man getting into the backyard through a closed gate. this is a still image from that video. police police want to hear from anyone who knows this man. ( darya ) the parents of a 5-year-old sexually assualted at travis air force base are now filing a child neglect claim against the base. the victim's mother says her daughter was touched inappropriately by another young girl in the bathroom of a youth center. she then posted a video online about the incident. the family and their attorney spoke out yesterday. (

darya ) in a statement... travis airforce base says it followed up on the allegations... and bought in authorities to investigate. ( darya ) in the north bay... the city of santa rosa has filed a lawsuit against p-g-and-e for damages suffered during the october wildfires. city officials say they lost a lot of infrastructure including a fire station and they are still dealing with water contamination problems. they say that they will be dealing with those problems for years to come. the city says the lawsuit could also compel p-g-and-e to implement new safety measures. p-g-and-e says they are reviewing the lawsuit and are focused on doing everything they can to help these communities rebuild and recover. ( james ) the california supreme court is blocking a measure to divide the state into three different states from appearing on the november

ballot. the justices ordered the secretary of state not to put the initiative before voters. they say there are significant questions about the plan's validity. an environmentagroup had argued the measure would have created chaos and not solved any of the state's problems. ( james ) all california voters will soon be able to send their mail-in ballots... for free. governor jerry brown signed the bill requiring return ballot envelops to come with prepaid postage. the law will affect elections ánext year. counties woud bear the postage cost. but they may be reimbursed by the state. ( james ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news... mark zuckerberg allows holocaust deniers to continue to use facebook. ( james ) plus... a california ghost town is now off the market... after selling for áabove the asking price. ( james ) and next... watch áwhen you eat. how you could be increasing your risk of cancer. ( john ) and i am tracking your bay area forecast.

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major hot spot in oakland on eb 24 at the caldecoot tunnel. accident blocks the left lane of the right bore. use the left bore. slow from hwy 13. no delays on wb 24

( james ) for your health... you might want to think twice before grabbing a late night snack. people who eat meals earlier in the evening... have a lower risk for cancer. researchers looked at the eating habits of more than 15-hundred people with breast cancer or prostate cancer. they also looked at the eating habits of more than 2- thousand people who were qualified as healthy. the study revealed people who ate before 9:00 at night had a 20- percent lower risk for breast and prostate cancer than those who ate a late dinner-- or went to bed right after eating. doctors say more research is needed to understand the connection between meal times and cancer. ( james ) coming up after the break... water quality in the san francisco bay is improving... but now... we could be seeing a new type of threat. metastatic breast cancer is relentless, but i'm relentless too. mbc doesn't take a day off, and neither will i.

and i treat my mbc with new everyday verzenio- the only one of its kind that can be taken every day. in fact, verzenio is a cdk4 & 6 inhibitor for postmenopausal women with hr+, her2- mbc, approved, with hormonal therapy, as an everyday treatment for a relentless disease. verzenio + an ai is proven to help women have significantly more time without disease progression, and more than half of women saw their tumors shrink vs an ai. diarrhea is common, may be severe, and may cause dehydration or infection. before taking verzenio, tell your doctor if you have fever, chills, or other signs of infection. verzenio may cause low white blood cell counts, which may cause serious infection that can lead to death. serious liver problems can occur. symptoms may include tiredness, loss of appetite, stomach pain, and bleeding or bruising more easily than normal. blood clots that can lead to death have also occurred. talk to your doctor right away if you notice pain or swelling in your arms or legs, shortness of breath, chest pain or rapid breathing or heart rate.

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be relentless. ( robin ) checking bay area roads before you head out the door.. major hot spot in oakland on

eb 24 at the caldecoot tunnel. accident cleared from the right bore. use the left bore. . no delays on wb 24bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101

excessive heat will continue for inland parts of the state today while the coast remains right on par with average thanks to cool marine air pushing onshore. along the water highs won't move too much, staying in the 60's and 70's. tonight into tomorrow isolated monsoonal thunderstorms will pop up across the region with most not resulting in any rain hitting the ground.

( james ) after decades of agressive environmental initiatives... water quality in the san francisco bay is improviing.( darya ) but kron 4's gabe slate explains... the good news also comes with a warning. sound from sejal choksi-chugh, executive director, sf baykeeperin the 1960's it was really bad before clean water acts sejal (say=gel) choksi-chugh with sf baykeeper, a non profit organization that

monitors the quality of the bay water, she says the last two decades of sound from sejal choksi-chugh, executive director, sf baykeeperin the 1960's it was really bad before clean water acts sejal (say=gel) choksi-chugh with sf baykeeper, a non profit organization that monitors the quality of the bay water, she says the last two decades of enforcement of state and federal pollution laws have paid off. sound from sejal choksi-chugh, executive director, sf baykeeperwe don't have as many spills, not as many people tossing trash in bay. and i spoke with two organizations that monitor marine life in the bay, teh golden gate cetacean set=tation research agency, and the marine mammal center, both told me based on an increase in numbers of certain types of marine life, and their current behaviour, they believe the quality of the water has improved in the bay. sea=gal with sf baykeeper says yes this is good news but now is not the time to celebrate or get lazy with on-going bay clean up

initiatives. sound from sejal choksi-chugh, executive director, sf baykeeperthere are still many threats, and new threats, we need to be proactive sf bay keepers a non profit, organizes beach clean ups, they take a boat out weekly enforcing pollution laws, if you want to get involved in any bay clean up activity they got a lot going on.. sound from sejal choksi-chugh, executive director, sf baykeeperwe are always looking for members. in oakland gabe slate kron 4 news. ( james ) ( james ) holocaust deniers will ánot be banned from facebook.

in an interview... c-e-o mark zuckerberg said that even though he finds the content offensive... he won't ban it. he said the social network will only ban offensive content if it's used to organize an attack. his comments sparked criticism from the anti-defamation league. the group says facebook has a "moral and ethical obligation" to prevent users from using the platform to share holocaust denial. ( james ) ford is recalling half-a-million cars and s-u-v's because they're at risk of rolling unexpectedly. the recall affects 2013 to 2016 fusions ... and 2013 to 2014 escapes. ford says an attachment between the shifter cable and the transmission can fall out. if this happens, the driver could shift into park but the vehicle could be in another gear. t the company says it doesn't know of any crashes or injuries. ford is advising owners to use the parking brake. dealers will replace the part at no cost. ( darya ) a southern california ghost town is now

off the market. "cerro gordo" is just outside of death valley national park. it sold for one-pont-four million dollars. the asking price was 925-thousand. the town includes an abandoned hotel and church. the buyer plans to preserve the land for public use. ( darya ) coming up after the break... a nervous groom gets the ultimate surprise... his future brother-in-law in a dress.

major hot spot eb 80 at ti offramp closed due to a crash.. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf.

( darya ) an arizona ( darya ) an arizona couple's wedding photos are going viral... because the bride isn't in them.( james ) the groom was nervous was seeing his bride before the wedding. so his future brother-in-law took the bride's place... in order to calm the groom's nervous. ( james )

the post now has thousands of shares... and the couple hopes this inspires other to have some fun. ( darya ) coming up in the next hour... deputies in the east bay are investigating a home invasion robbery in el sobrante... that's has turned deadly. ( darya ) plus... a man is arrested after promising to help immigrants, but he defrauded them instead. (darya) good morning i'm

darya folsom..(james) and i'm james fletcher. lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic... major hot spot major hot spot on the bay bridge eb at ti the off ramp is closed to clear a crash

excessive heat will continue for inland parts of the state today while the coast remains right on par with average thanks to cool marine air pushing onshore. along the water highs won't move too much, staying in the 60's and 70's. tonight into tomorrow isolated monsoonal thunderstorms will pop up across the region with most not resulting in any rain hitting the ground. ( darya ) breaking news from overnight. one person is found dead outside a

home in the east bay. ( james ) kron4's sara stinson is live in el sobrante with the story. ( sara )i'm on scene at a home on san pablo dam road in el sobrante where you can see a heavy presence from the contra costa county sheriff's office. the scene is still active as the home is completely tapped off with crime tape.take a look at video:we know one person was found dead at this home.in the video you can see a man in pajamas barefoot being detained by officers...we have not confirmed if he was arrested or just detained for questioning.investigators continued to search the home for evidence.neighbors told our crews they believe this is a home invasion robbery gone wrong...as one neighbor says he heard someone trying to break in...however - investigators have not confirmed this us at this time. i'm working to confirm the circumstances of this death with the sheriff's office.i

hope to have more information within the next hour.live in el sobrante, sara stinson, kron 4 news ( james ) thanks sara. ( darya ) a big story this morning. a man has been arrested after investigators say he defrauded immigrants out of thousands of dollars for fake services. ( james ) kron4's lydia pantazas is live in san jose with the details. ( lydia ) the santa clara county fraud unit is looking for more victims after arresting a man for providing fraudulent immigration services. gerardo duenes previously worked as an immigration officer for the i-n-s. police say he used that experience to attract customers... but did not tell those customers that he was

fired by the i-n-s while being investigated for fraud. investigators say that duenes was running an immigration consultant business in san jose without clearance from the california secretary of state. the victims who have come forward say the suffered major financial loses and missed possible immigration opportunites. duenes is being charged with grand theft. ( james ) thanks lydia.. ( james ) new this morning... the twelve boys and their soccer coach who survived a dramatic rescue from a flooded cave in northern thailand are returning to their normal lives. thursday was their first full day back with their families. the team spent the morning taking part in a religious ritual-- it's believed to ensure long, secure and prosperous lives.

the local lanna tradition was led by a revered monk. the team also paid tribute to the former navy seal, saman gunan, who died in the 17- mission. ( darya ) in the north bay... an oxygen tanker explosion forced people inside a medical office to evacuate... and shut down parts of highway 101 for hours. it happened yesterday afternoon... as the truck was delivering liquid oxygen to kaiser's medical facility. everyone inside the building had to evacuate. c-h-p closed part highway 1-01 for nearly 2-hours... causing major traffic delays. the driver of the tanker was hurt.. but no other injuries we reported. one staff member at kaiser described the explosion as being similar to an earthquake. ( darya ) kaiser's medical facility

will not be open today. but the medical office next door will be. ( darya ) breaking overnight... 22 people are hurt after a tent collapses at fort hunter liggett in monterey county. it happened around 9-30 last night. most of the injures were minor... but 4 people were taken to nearby hospitals. authorities say a helicopter that landing at the military base created strong winds... and that's what knocked the tent over. right now... the base is holding an annual training exercise for thousands of army, navy, air force and national guard service members. ( james ) in san francisco... a federal appeals court rules against president trump's ban on transgender men and women serving in the military. the president announced the policy in a series of a tweets last year. the white house could appeal the decision to the supreme court. the president's ban has been controversial... with military leaders shying away from endorsing it. ( james ) new this morning... an east bay man pleads guilty to federal charges of trying to help terrorists. amer alhaggagi met with undercover agents to plan a potential terrorist

attack. he told an agent he wanted to target berkeley high school -- which he graduated from in 2013 -- and u-c berkeley. he also used social media to help the islamic state... by creating accounts for people he believed were supporters. alhaggagi pleaded guilty to 4 charges... including identity theft. he could face decades in prison. ( darya ) hot and dry weather is fanning the flames of the ferguson fire -- burning near yosemite. the fire has now burned more than 17-thousand acres since it started on friday. more than 18-hundred firefighters are working 16 hour shifts to get this one contained. more than 100 buildings are threatened... and mandatory evacuation orders are in effect. this fire is only 5-percent contained. the cause is under investigation. ( darya ) the alameda county sheriff's office says 2 teens playing with fireworks

started the "grant fire." that fire burned about 480 acres on the altamont pass. the teeens put a firework in the engine of their broke down car... when the firework went off... it sparked the fire. one of teens turned himself in and confessed. the district attorney is now considering whether to file charges. ( james ) happening today... the man who police have dubbed the rideshare rapist is expected in court. kron-4 has the court documents... detailing the case against orlando lazo. he's accused of attacking 4 women in san francisco. in each case... the victim was drunk. federal immigration authorities say lazo is a citizen of peru... but he was able to drive for lyft for years. police say the lazo's d-n-a links him to all 4 attacks. ( james ) the city of san francisco appears to be getting better at processing rape kits... that's according to a new report. the report is required by the state because of the large

number of backlogged rape cases across california. starting this year... all rape kits must be tracked and delivered to the crime lab within five days. so far this year... 6 kits have not met that requirement... however that number is down from the last six months of 2017 when 15 kits did not make it to the crime lab within 5 days. so far this year... the number of d-n-a matches made in rape cases has increased by 8%. ( darya ) happening now... package thieves are targeting an oakland neighborhood. surveillance video shows a woman walking onto a porch in the maxwell park neighborhood... and taking off with at least 3 packages. victims say they've had medication and birthday gifts stolen. some neighbors say the issue has gotten so bad... that they no longer have packages delivered to their homes.

just to get this package for things that i need at specific times or things that are valuable and irreplaceable like gifts from family members. and i just don't think that residents should have to resort to it.">( darya ) in at least two cases... a red honda sedan has been seen in surveillance video... as the getaway car. ( darya ) oakland police are trying to catch these 2 armed robbers. police say they took part in a robbery back on in april... in the 200 block of 11th street. police have just released these surveillance images. they say the men walked into a business... held customers at gunpoint and demanded money... watches and cell phones. ( james ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news...bart says one of their programs is working so well they are extending it. we'll explain.

( james ) plus...a bay area city starts a new push to help the homeless in their community. we'll show you what's being done. ( james ) and after the break... an east bay city is making a push for more affordable housing. we'll tell you where. ( john ) and i am tracking your bay area forecast. major hot spot on the bay bridge eb at ti ..the off ramp is closed to clear a crash ♪ south l.a. is very medically underserved. when the old hospital closed people in the community lived with untreated health problems for years. so, with the county's help we built a new hospital from the ground up and having citi as an early investor

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(darya)(james)( robin ) welcome back. lets get a check of weather and traffic this morning. major hot spot on the bay bridge eb at ti the off ramp is closed to clear a crash...bay bridge wb 80 is

less then 30 min from the maze to sf. excessive heat will continue for inland parts of the state today while the coast remains right on par with average thanks to cool excessive heat will continue

for inland parts of the state today while the coast remains right on par with average thanks to cool marine air pushing onshore. along the water highs won't move too much, staying in the 60's and 70's. tonight into tomorrow isolated monsoonal thunderstorms will pop up across the region with most not resulting in any rain hitting the ground.

ground. ( james ) the city of palo alto is opening up one of its vacant parking lots to people living in rvs. the lot is

located at 1798 bay road... and by november it will house 20 rv's. but there are more people living out of their rv's than the are spaces in the new lot. city leaders voted to approve a pilot program that will house and support rv residents. the goal of the program is to eventually move those living out of rv's and cars into permanent housing.

ordinance to keep up with recent changes to the state density bonus law. both incentivize affordable housing production by relaxing development standards like increasing height limits and reducing parking requirements. diana o'byrne lives in walnut creek and so does her daughter. her daughter works in san francisco because the pay is higher... but without rent control, her rent keeps going up and she's apart of a growing population of people in search of affordable housing.diana o'byren/residen t- "not only the very low-income, but but also the people that are working, um, so that they can live close by." at city hall... more than thirty longtime residents, developers and property managers listened to what the city housing program and a consultant had to say about density. the city solicited the group for suggestions on how to incentivze both below market rate and market rate developers to build more affordable housing. defined as housing that costs no more than 30-percent of a household's income on rent. margot ernst/housing program- "which incentives or concessions are, um, the most

cost beneficial to you. which things, if you get them, really allow you to provide affordability at higher percentages on- site, and it's looking for a balance on that -- those two needs."carolyn peters/resident - "what we do is we build out. we gobble up our farm land and we're sacrificing that so that we have an ideal that no longer exists. my suggestion is that we go up. we don't want to do that, but what is the invevitability of it. it's something that we have to face." the next community meeting is scheduled for august eighth. in walnut creek, philippe djegal, kron four news. ( james ) new this morning... bart is extending it's elevator attendant program. back in may... bart hired 35 staff members to stop people from using the elevators as toilets at the civic center and powell street stations in san francisco. the 6-month pilot program has been extended. it will now run through november of 2019.

attendants are on the elevators everyday from open to close. ( james ) also new this morning... muni riders will soon have more time to finish trips... before they have to buy a new ticket. the m-t-a is extending ticket transfer times to two hours. that's an extra 30 minutes. the extended transfer times goes into effect on september first. ( darya ) a 15 year old boy in southern california lost part of his arm... after he was trapped under a large rock near laguna beach. fire officials say the teen and a friend were walking along the rocks when a boulder fell on him -- nearly severing his right arm above the elbow. the teen was trapped for 40 minutes before rescuers using heavy-lift airbags and brute strength managed to push the rock off of him. he was airlifted to a nearby hospital. doctor's say the teen's injury is ánot life- ( darya ) the california

supreme court is blocking a measure to divide the state into three different states from appearing on the november ballot. the justices ordered the secretary of state not to put the initiative before voters. they say there are significant questions about the plan's validity. an environmental group had argued the measure would ha created chaos and not solved any of the state's problems. ( james ) all california voters will soon be able to send their mail-in ballots... for free. governor jerry brown signed the bill requiring return ballot envelops to come with prepaid postage. the law will affect elections ánext year. counties woud bear the postage cost. but they may be reimbursed by the state. ( james ) coming up on the kron 4 morning news... a 72-year-old man is beaten in the east bay... and the attack is caught on camera. ( james ) and after the break... the emotional moment the espys honored the gymnastics sex abuse survivors and brought the audience to

their feet.

(ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) excessive heat will continue for inland parts of the state today while the coast remains right on par with average thanks to cool marine air pushing onshore. along the water highs won't move too much, staying in the 60's and 70's. tonight into tomorrow isolated monsoonal thunderstorms will pop up across the region with most not resulting in any rain hitting the ground. (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 ) more than 140 survivors of sexual abuse joined hands on stage at espy's. all were honored with the arthur ashe award for courage. the women were all abused by former u-s-a gymnastics doctor larry nassar. it took nearly two minutes for all the recipients to reach the stage... walking

to a standing ovation the entire time. a few spoke on stage... including aly raisman. ( darya ) larry nassar was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison for his crimes. ( james ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news... the city of santa rosa is going after pg&e for the damage caused by the north bay wildfires last year.. and they want morethan just money.

(ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) (james)(darya) lets start the half hour with a check of weather and traffic... excessive heat will continue for inland parts of the state today while the coast remains right on par with average thanks to cool marine air pushing onshore. along the water highs won't move too much, staying in the 60's and 70's. tonight into tomorrow isolated monsoonal thunderstorms will pop up across the region with most not excessive heat will continue for inland parts of the state today while the coast remains right on par with average thanks to cool

marine air pushing onshore. along the water highs won't move too much, staying in the 60's and 70's. tonight into tomorrow isolated monsoonal will pop up across the region with most not resulting in any rain hitting the ground. 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

( darya ) breaking news from overnight. one person is found dead outside a home in the east bay. ( james ) kron4's sara stinson is live in el sobrante with the story. ( sara )i'm on scene at a home on san pablo dam road in el sobrante where you can see a heavy presence from the contra costa county sheriff's office. the scene is still active as the home is completely tapped off with crime tape.take a look at video:we know one person was found dead at this home.in the video you can see a man in pajamas barefoot being detained by officers...we have not confirmed if he was arrested or just detained for questioning.investigators continued to search the home for evidence.neighbors told our crews they believe this is a home invasion robbery gone wrong...as one neighbor says he heard someone trying to break in...however - investigators have not

confirmed this us at this time. i'm working to confirm the circumstances of this death with the sheriff's office.i hope to have more information within the next hour.live in el sobrante, sara stinson, kron 4 news ( james ) thanks sara. ( darya ) in the north bay... the city of santa rosa has filed a lawsuit against p-g-and-e for damages suffered during the october wildfires. city officials say they lost a lot of infrastructure including a fire station and they are still dealing with water contamination problems. they say that they will be

dealing with those problems for years to come. the city says the lawsuit could also compel p-g-and-e to implement new safety measures. p-g-and-e says they are reviewing the lawsuit and are focused on doing everything they can to help these communities rebuild and recover. ( james ) a big story this morning... a 72-year-old man beaten on the street in berkely.. and the assault was all caught on camera. the video shows the man walking down the street when a group comes up behind him and pushes him to the ground.. and begin kicking him. the attack happened in the early morning hours of july 6th on martin luther king jr way... near the police department. ( james ) police are looking for this silver or white minivvan.. possibly a nissan quest. they believe it is

the getaway car. ( darya ) new this morning... we're getting our first look at an armed robber in oakland. police say this man approached multiple people in the 12- hundred block of 104th avenue back in may... demanding their belongings... before running off. ( darya ) police in berkeley are looking for the man who propositioned a teenage boy for sex. the boy was walking down parker street near fulton street when the man approached him. the teen refused and the man walked away. the next day the boy saw the man again... about a block away from the first incident. he was last seen in the area driving a white 4-door sedan... possibly a toyota carola. ( james ) berkeley police need help finding a man who exposed himself -- while watching a woman through a window. this is surveillance video from the

home. it shows the man walking up to a backyard window on the 24-hundred block of prospect street. police say the man touched himself... while watching the woman change clothes. when the woman spotted the man... she told her roommates and that's when the man ran off. ( james ) in palo alto... police say a man was caught on surveillance video peering into a bedroom. the homeowner called police after getting an alert from his security system. video shows the man getting into the backyard through a closed gate. this is a still image from that video. police want to hear from anyone who knows this man. ( darya ) the parents of a 5-year-old sexually assualted at travis air force base are now filing a child neglect claim against the base. the victim's mother says her daughter was touched inappropriately by another young girl in the bathroom of a youth center. she then posted a veo online about the incident. the family and their attorney spoke out yesterday.

( darya ) in a statement... travis airforce base says it followed up on the allegations... and brought in authorities to investigate. ( james ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news... mark zuckerberg allows holocaust deniers to continue to use facebook. ( james ) plus... water quality in the san francisco bay is improving... but now... we could be seeing a new type of threat. ( james ) and after the break... decline in national park attendance could be linked to air pollution. ( john ) and i am tracking

your bay area forecast. excessive heat will continue for inland parts

of the state today while the coast remains right on par with average thanks to cool marine air pushing onshore. along the water highs won't move too much, staying in the 60's and 70's. tonight into tomorrow isolated monsoonal thunderstorms will pop up across the region with most not resulting in any rain hitting the ground. (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.. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( james ) a new study is linking declines in national park attendance with air pollution. researchers, citing two decades of data from national parks across the country... say park visitor numbers declined at least 8 percent in months with bad air quality. pollution levels have dropped since stronger environmental regulations were enacted in the 19-90s... however researchers are saying some national parks still have pollution levels on mtached with big cities like los angeles and new york. ( darya ) coming up next on the kron 4 morning news... lava continues to spill out of the kilauea volcano in hawaii. see the latest video to come into our newsroom. take a look at

this.... new images of the kilauea volcano. this fissure has become more active... and it's threatening homes.threatening homes. the u-s-g-s says it's also sent "lobs" of lava into the ocean. (james)(darya) welcome

back. lets get a check of weather and traffic... excessive heat will continue for inland parts of the state today while the coast remains right on par with average thanks to cool marine air pushing onshore. along the water highs won't move too much, staying in the 60's and 70's. tonight into tomorrow isolated monsoonal thunderstorms will pop up across the region with most not resulting in any rain hitting the ground. no major hot spots. bay bridge

wb 80 is less then 30 min from the ma to sf. no delays on 101 a fog advisory is in place ( james ) after decades of agressive

no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. no delays on 101 a fog advisory is in place ( james ) after decades of agressive environmental initiatives... water quality

in the san francisco bay is improviing.( darya ) but kron 4's gabe slate explains... the good news also comes with a warning. sound from sejal choksi-chugh, executive director, sf baykeeperin the 1960's it was really bad before clean water acts sejal (say=gel) choksi-chugh with sf baykeeper, a non profit organization that monitors the quality of the bay water, she says the last two decades of enforcement of state and federal pollution laws have paid off. sound from sejal choksi-chugh, execute director, sf baykeeperwe don't have as many spills, not as many people tossing trash in bay. and i spoke with two

organizations that monitor marine life in the bay, teh golden gate cetacean set=tation research agency, and the marine mammal center, both told me based on an increase in numbers of certain types of marine life, and their current behaviour, they believe the quality of the water has improved in the bay. sea=gal with sf baykeeper says yes this is good news but now is not the time to celebrate or get lazy with on-going bay clean up initiatives. sound from sejal choksi-chugh, executive director, sf baykeeperthere are still many threats, , d new threats,we need to be proactive sf bay keepers a non profit, organizes beach clean ups, they take a boat out weekly enforcing pollution laws, if you wanto get involved in any bay clean up activity they got a lot going on.. sound from sejal choksi-chugh, executive director, sf baykeeperwe are always looking for members. in

oakland gabe slate kron 4 news. kron 4 news. ( james ) holocaust deniers will ánot be banned from facebook. in an interview... c-e-o mark zuckerberg said that even though he finds the content offensive... he won't ban it. he said the social network will only ban offensive content if it's used to organize an attack. his comments sparked criticism from the anti-defamation league. the group says facebook has a "moral and ethical obligation" to prevent users from using the platform to share holocaust denial. ( james ) ford is recalling half-a-million cars and s-u-v's because they're at risk of rolling unexpectedly. the recall affects 2013 to 2016 fusions ... and 2013 to 2014 escapes. ford says an

attachment between the shifter cable and the transmission can fall out. if this happens, the driver could shift into park but the vehicle could be in another gear. t the company says it doesn't know of any crashes or injuries. ford is advising owners to use the parking brake. dealers will replace the part at no cost. ( darya ) a southern california ghost town is now off the market. "cerro gordo" is just outside of death valley national park. it sold for one-pont-four million dollars. the asking price was 925-thousand. the town includes an abandoned hotel and church. the buyer plans to preserve the land for public use. ( darya ) coming up next on the kron 4 morning news...

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wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( james ) a rare 7- a rare 7- week-old white lion cub made her public debut at an animal sanctuary in texas yesterday. luna... is a yesterday.

luna... is a white african lioness... she is among fewer than 500 white lions left in the world that are in capitivity... less than a dozen remain in the wild. luna is just 12 pounds.. and is bottle-fed every two to three hours. she will be moved to her own habitat when she is 6 months old. ( darya ) coming up in ( darya ) coming up in the next hour... deputies in the east bay are investigating a home invasion robbery in el sobrante... that's has turned deadly. ( darya ) plus... a man is arrested after promising to help immigrants, but he defrauded them instead. (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá)

killed in an overnight shooting in el sobrante. i'll have the breaking details. ( lydia ) a man who was supposed to be helping immigrants but officials say he was frauding them out of thousands of dollars. i have the story live from san jose.

( darya ) and a man is peeping into windows in the east bay and watching women get undressed. see where its happening late at night. (darya) good morning i'm darya folsom.. (james) and i'm james fletcher. lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic... excessive heat will continue for inland parts of the state today while the coast excessive heat will continue for inland parts of the state today while the coast remains right on par with average thanks to cool