student....originially from the bay area...has ended in an iowa cornfield. police say 20=year=old mollie tibbits was abducted and murdered ... and the suspect, is an undocumented immigrant.good evening. i'm grant lodes. (vicki) i'm vicki liviakis. thanks for joining us. catherine heenan is here with the details on this breaking news story.catherine? (catherine) mollie tibbetts was raised in oakland ... she was living in brooklyn, iowa, while attending college there. her body was found about a fifteen minute drive away, in the town of guernsey. a complaint and affadavit names chrisita behara rivera aged 24 who lives in rural poweshiek county ... and he has been charged with murder in the first degree.rivera has reportedly been living in the u=s illegally for several years.police traced him by using surveillance video of the route where tibbets was seen jogging last month.... and say he made this confession.he sees mollie running and was able to come upon her, approach her, and while he was interfacing with her he tells us he actually ran alongside of her or behind her, and that at one point he tells us mollie graed ahold of her phone and said you need to leave me alone i am going to call the police and then she took off running and he in

turn chased her down and then he tells us that at some point in time he blacked out.the criminal complaint against rivera relates how he described taking tibbetts body out of the trunk of his chevy malibu and carrying it 20 years into a field where he covered her body in cornstalks. after we got done interviewing mr rivera he led us to her location,for the small town of brooklyn, their worst fear was realized.for weeks mollie tibbetts' face smiled out from from billboards, posters and pins .... while hope remained she'd be found safe, let's keep at it. let's go get her."her father flew out from the bay area to lead the searchnats confirmation of her death has left the community with a legacy of fear for their children.smebody's got to be there 24/7 now. they can't ride their bikes. they even stopped movies in the park at night now.

(catherine) investigators say tibbets' body was identified through her clothes and rivera's statements.an autopsy is set for tomorrow. vicki and grant? (vicki) and kron4 first told you about the arrest through a push notification. make sure you download the kron4 mobile app to always get the latest breaking news alerts. (grant) developing news tonight... president trump's former personal attorney, michael cohen, said in federal court that he violated campaign laws and broke the law at the "direction" of trump. cohen pleaded guilty today to eight criminal counts, including campaign finance

violations, tax fraud, and making false statements to a bank. as part of the plea deal, cohen admits to arranging payments to two women who both said they had an affair with trump. the president denies both womens' allegations. cohen says the payments were made, quote, "at the direction of the candidate", referring to trump. cohen is set to be sentenced in december. he's expected to face a few years of jail time and a serious fine. (grant) and the first major trial of special counsel robert mueller's probe into russian interference in the 2016 president election, has reached a verdict. former trump campaign chairman paul manafort is found guilty of 5 tax fraud charges, 1 charge of hiding foreign bank accounts, and two counts of bank fraud. karin caifa has the details. after days of deliberation-- a jury finds paul manafort guilty on 8 of 18 charges against himthe jury could not reach a verdict on the remaining 10kevin downing/ paul manafort's attorney: mr manafort is disappointed in not getting an acquittal on all 18 counts or a hung jury

all the way through. prosecutors have until august 29th to decide what to do about the 10 mistrial countsas for the defense...kevin downing/ paul manafort's attorney: he is evaluating all of his options at this point. thanks!president donald trump weighed in on the decision while in west virginia president trump: this has nothing to do with russian collusion. it's a witch hunt and it's disgrace.the charges against the former trump campaign chairman stem from his consulting work in ukraine. over 10 days, special counsel robert mueller's prosecutors supported their allegations by detailing lavish spending manafort made with the profits of that work, and how he concealed millions of dollars to avoid paying u-s taxes. their star witness -- was manafort's former business partner rick gates.gates was indicted with manafort last october, but in february, agreed to cooperate with mueller's team.the defense rested its case without calling any of their own witnesses - saying the government had not proven its case.manafort did not speak during the trial until tuesday morning, when he told the judge he would not testify.

(vicki) another big story tonight:the alameda county sheriff's office is under fire tonight... after it was revealed one of its deputies violated a suspect's attorney client privilege kron4's dan kerman joins us live... with details. all criminal cases involving juveniles submitted this year in alameda county are being reviewed after the county public defender's office provided evidence that sheriff's deputies have been recording confidential conversations between juvenile suspects and their defense attorneys. one case has already been thrown out because of the revelations, according to the alameda county district attorney's office. eavesdropping on confidential attorney conversations is a felony under california law punishable by up to three years in prison. district attorney's spokeswoman teresa drenick said her office is investigating whether criminal charges are warranted. "our review of the matters is ongoing," drenick said in an email. "upholding the constitution is the highest

priority of this office, including protecting the attorney/client privilege." public defender brendon woods revealed monday that his office had obtained evidence that deputies with the alameda county sheriff's office have been recording conversations between public defenders and juvenile suspects juvenile suspects defenders and between public conversations been recording have sheriff's office alameda county deputies with the alameda county sheriff's office have been recording conversations between public defenders and juvenile suspects

(grant) new tonight at 5... the trial for the accused golden state killer will be held in sacramento. the announcement was made today by orange county's district attorney. he says all cases against 72-year-old joseph deangelo will be combined into one trial. those crimes spanned across six counties in the state. tony rackauckas/orange county district attorney:"this human predator, deangelo, took a pat through all of these counties in our state and wherever he went, he left a wake of terror in his path. he committed vicious violent crimes throughout all of these jurisdictions."(grant) jurisdictions."these throughout all of these jurisdictions."(grant)

deangelo is facing 13 counts of murder committed from 19-75 to 19-86. a trial date has not been set. (on cam)a major problem - hundreds of abandoned vehicles left on streets in an east bay city. police in that town are taking action by towing the cars in some recent abandoned vehicle sweeps. kron4's haaziq madyun shows us where it is happening(take pkg) (pkg)if you are in oakland and you find one of these orange courtesy notices on the windshield of your vehicle, it means you have 72-hours to park it somewhere else or it will be towed sot350 autos targeted by oakland police in a pair of recent towing sweeps that took place this past weekend and back during the last weekend in july, from east oakland to the san leandro border. opd captain tony jones says most of the vehicles appear to have been

abandonedsotin fact captain jones says the city of oakland is in the midst of a growing abandoned vehicle problemsotoakland police recovered 15 stolen vehicles during the two abandoned vehicle sweeps. if you think your vehicle was towed during the two sweeps, opd says give them a call...in oakland haaziq madyun kron4news kron4news

(anchor1) taking a live look outside-- san francisco's embarcadero. (anchor 2) time now to check on our weather... with chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. lawrence karnow: it was a rather cool day across most of the bay area with highs running in the 70s inland and 60s and 70s around the bay and 50s and 60s at the coast. it almost felt a little like fall outside. a few showers are showing up on doppler rarar the northern sierra. on the satellite image you can see as low pressure is passing to the north. that was strong enough to cool the temperatures down today but it should warm a little tomorrow. highs for wednesday will be in the 70s

and 80s inland, 60s and 70s around the bay and 60s and patchy fog at the coast. temperatures will stay below normal most of the week but it will warm a little this weekend before cooling again next week. (vicki) (vicki) coming up... a tense situation after a plane is forced to make an emergency landing in new york... and a famous rapper is on board. we'll explain what happened. (grant) several suspects are behind bars... accused of multiple apple store heists across the state. see how some shoppers took matters into their own hands... and caught the crooks. (vicki) and after the

break... a "friday night lights" controversy... why neighbors are fighting a local school over installing new stadium lights at their football field. i'm april kennedy and i'm an arborist with pg&e in the sierras. since the onset of the drought, more than 129 million trees have died in california. pg&e prunes and removes over a million trees every year to ensure that hazardous trees can't impact power lines. and since the onset of the drought we've doubled our efforts. i grew up in the forests out in this area and honestly it's heartbreaking to see all these trees dying. what guides me is ensuring that the public is going to be safer and that these forests can be sustained and enjoyed by the community in the future. officials in the mountain view-

los altos high school district are huddling in an effort to find a solution to a controversy that has the football program and school neighbors on opposite sides of the line of scrimmage. as kron four's rob fladeboe reports now, at issue is whether to install lights that would allow football games and other school activities to

occur under those lights, in the evening.the evening. right now there are no lights here at mountain view high school's spartanstadium and none here at los altos high school's tom burt field either. and so thedistrict is considering whether to install lights but it's not that simple sayssuperintendent dr. jeff harding.dr. jeff harding/mountain view los altos high school dist "....we recognize that our neighbors live in a quiet neighborhood and anything that we do to extend the time students have access to the stadium will have an impact on our neighbors..."many neighbors are on record opposed to lights. one resident telling me that lights would mean traffic that calms down at dusk would be extended into the evening hours. boosters say lights are long overdue and would would be good for not just football, but soccer, lacrosse and the marching band.

dr. jefff harding"....we would have more students and parents participating as spectators, i can speak confidently about that fact but at the same time we are sensitive to the neighbors interests so we have to balance those twocompeting interests..."boosters say l.e.d. lights would be less intrusive. but the nearest neighbors will no doubt hear the p.a. system. stakeholders are encouraged to weigh in on whether to install lights at the only two high schools in santa clara county without them.dr. jeff harding "....we'll continue to hear what neighbors have to say along with students and parents, collect all that information and then ultimately i'll report back to the board with some guidelines...."that could take months, which means there will be no games under the lights for this season. in mountain view rob fladeboe kron 4 news (grant) oakland a's star left fielder khris davis asked a young fan from the make-a-wish foundation to sign his jersey.. and then he slugged a home run in last night's 9-0 win against the texas rangers.

10-year-old claremont middle school 6th grader... anthony slocumb... is in remission after contracting a rare cancer. he was at the coliseum for last night's game -- when he was invited to sign davis' jersey. davis then hit his 37th home run of the season in the 3rd inning- while wearing that signed jersey. he said he thought about the young boy as he rounded the bases. davis says he is thinking about auctioning the jersey to help others in need. by the way... the a's are now in first place in the a-l west. (vicki) hanging ten is now officially right up there with the california poppy and the grizzley bear as being symbols of the golden state. (grant) governor brown signed a law that declares surfing as the state sport. kron4's maureen kelly got reaction at ocean beach. for decades it was

considered the hobby of beach bums....those looking for an endless summer in the the reflection on a glassy rip curl to those who love pulling on a wetsuit to ride the waves ....the new law designating surfing as the state's official sport is almost as shocking as the bracing cold water of ocean beach.when i was a kid surfers were considered like outlawsgrant washburn is a retired big wave rider who is now working on a documentary surfing in california.like the law, washburn acknowleges the sports hawaiian roots with the polynesian hawaiians have been originators of serving it kind of died out at the turn-of-the- century because of the missionaries and as it was coming the influx of this really raw passion california energy that helped explode. world famous big wave contests like mavericks...held off the san mateo county coast... helped cement the notion that surfing is more than a recreational pastime. it went from being an eccentric activity of sort of dropouts surfers now are working out, their training there on nutrition plans they are athletes it's been really noticeable in the big wave surfing but the guys that they're coming up it's not just like they decided to do a right now they've really passionately pursue that so the level has really changed. that's true of all surfing all sports but really there is a huge growth in the last 15 to 20 years about people really take it seriously the state of california is not alone when it comes to embracing surfing as a legitimate sport. surfers will be making it there olympic debut in the twenty20 tokyo summer games maureen

kelly kron4 news (anchor) taking a live (anchor) (anchor) taking a live look outside-- s-f-o. (anchor) time now to check on our weather... with chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. lawrence karnow: it was a rather cool day across most of the bay area with highs running in the 70s inland and 60s and 70s around the bay and 50s and 60s at the coast. it almost felt a little like fall outside. a few showers are showing up on doppler rarar the northern sierra. on the satellite image you can see as low pressure is passing to the north. that was strong enough to cool the temperatures down

today but it should warm a little tomorrow. highs for wednesday will be in the 70s and 80s inland, 60s and 70s around the bay and 60s and patchy fog at the coast. temperatures will stay below normal most of the week but it will warm a little this weekend before cooling again next week. (grant) a train derailment has forced some people to evacuate people to forced some derailment has a train (grant) a train derailment has

forced some people to evacuate buildings in san bernardino. b-n-s-f railway officials say at least 15 tanker cars derailed and nine cars are leaking a non-hazardous material. san material. san bernardino police say there is no immediate threat to the area... but surrounding buildings were evacuated as a precaution. hazmat crews were called to the scene and there are no injuries reported. authorities are looking into the cause of the crash. (grant) and a flight from new jersey is forced to make an emergency landing after two tires blew during takeoff. the private jet was headed to london. it took off from a small airport in new jersey... before it landed in

new york about 30 minutes later. officials say there were 16 people on board, including famous rapper post malone. he performed at the m-t-v video music awards in new york last night. no injuries were reported. (vicki) still ahead... a warning about a popular internet challenge. how it left one girl with severe burns on her body. (grant) and after the break... some alert shoppers caught several caught several thieves at an apple store... and we are now learning they were wanted for several heists across the state.

a gang of thieves stopped by fellow customers and good samaritans. five people are now in custody.....accused of robbing numerous apple stores across the state. and some of those suspects are from the bay area. joy benedict reports. nats of citizen arrestit sounds like chaos but this is a citizen arrest after

shoppers at one mall said enough is enough!capt. garo kuredjian/ventura county sheriff's department"it's extremely unusual!"but captain garo kuredjian is happy these shoppers got involved after three men walked into this apple store at the oaks mall in thousand oaks and started snatching goods.capt. garo kuredjian/ ventura county sheriff's department"these items are relatively small and very expensive so if they get away with a few things in their hands these are very easy to transfer into cash." it's a scene we have seen up and down the state- in fresno- last month 4 men took more than 30-thousand dollars worth of merchandise from this apple store in less than a minute.in costa mesa a couple of weeks later- the same thing.and a customer snapped this photo in valencia of 4 people running out with computers as well. capt. garo kuredjian/ventura county sheriff's department "they're actually targeting these apple stores because of what they have there and there's a network in place to sell these on the secondary market."detectives believe at least two stores were targeted yesterday.first, this apple store in northridge was hit at 1pm... 10-thousand dollars worth of products were taken. two hours later- detectives believe the same men came to thousand oaks- but this time- customers tackled two of them.

deputies pulled over the third in a get away car the third in a pulled over the third in a get away car leaving the mall. detectives ended up arresting three men- and two women- believed to be in the getaway car.4 are from northern california, one is from fresno... and that's why investigators believe this wasn't their first day!they say this group has been doing this for weeks-- making these good samaritans apple's newest heroes! (grant) that was joy benedict reporting. the five suspects are from fresno, sacramento, and antioch. (vicki) next at 5:30... congress is considering letting companies hack back... after cyber attacks. we'll explain how it will work. (grant) plus... a colorado man has been charged with the murder of his wife and two children. why he tells police he's responsible for only one of the deaths. ♪ flintstones! meet the flintstones. ♪ ♪ they're the modern stone age family. ♪ ♪ from the town of bedrock.

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was in court today to face murder charges in the deaths of his wife and two young daughters. (vicki) but police near denver-- say watts has confessed to only one of the killings. natasha chen explains what investigators found... just over a week since the disappearance and killing of his daughter and two young grandchildren, shanann watts' father sat in the courtroom as murder charges against his son-

in-law chris were announced ... judge marcelo a. kopcow, weld county district court: at this point i will deny your right to bail.chris watts sat without expression as the judge read charges against him. his wife shanann was 15 weeks pregnant.judge marcelo a. kopcow, weld county district court: feloniously and unlawfully terminated a pregnancy of a woman, further the woman died as a result. investigators say they discovered chris watts was having an affair with a co-worker, according to the arrest affidavit.it says his wife, shanann, had returned home from a business trip before 2 a.m. on monday, august 13th.chris watt / august 14: we had an emotional conversation, i'll leave it at thatwatts told police he asked shanann for a separation that same morning, according to the affidavit.watts later said he returned to their bedroom. he looked at the baby monitor and claimed he saw his wife strangling their daughter celeste and spotted their older daughter, bella, "sprawled" on the bed black and blue.watts told police he flew into a rage and "strangled" his wife to death. on monday, shanann's father thanked the community for their prayers.frank rzucek, sr. / shanann watts' father: they are greatly appreciated. and keep the prayers coming

for our family.investigators said watts admitted putting all three bodies in his work truck.he told police where they could find them on an oil work site where he was previously employed.the judge says if he's found guilty of murder, watts faces a minimum sentence of life in prison or the death penalty.chen reporting. (vicki) also tonight at 5:30... kron4 is always tracking local stories. here's a look at what's going on in your neighborod right now. (grant) starting in the north bay... where a man accused of sexually abusing underage boys is sentenced to 21-years in prison. 40-year-old kevin thorpe was sentenced in court today. he is a former counselor at a center for at-risk boys in sonoma county. he pleaded no contest to 10 felony charges... the victims...four boys...most of whom were in their early teens...one who was even younger. the abuse happened in the summer of 2007. the victims are now 27, 25, and 18 years old. (grant) police in petaluma arrest two of three people in a burglary three

people in arrest two of three people in a burglary crew... after several electronic thefts across the north bay. just before 7:30 last night-- officers were called to the t-mobile store on college avenue in santa rosa. employees say three suspects stole cell phones and computers. police say the suspects then moved to the t-mobile store in petaluma and committed the same crime. when officers arrived they spotted a silver mercedes fleeing the scene. the car eventually crashed and all three suspects tried to get away on foot. officers searched the area and arrested two suspects-- but are still looking for a third. police believe the same suspects also stole laptops from people at peet's coffee in santa rosa and cotati. santa rosa and peet's coffee in santa rosa and cotati. (vicki) on the peninsula... police in san mateo county are warning about a string of home burglaries in the portola valley area. investigators say there have been three burglaries over the past few days. those burglaries happened on westridge drive... degas road... and ash lane. police say nobody was home at the time of the burglaries. (vicki) police in

hillsborough are warning people after a mountain lion was spotted monday afternoon. it was seen on stonepine road. officers then saw the mountain lion on the 300 block of eucalyptus. police say the mountain lion was wearing a tracking collar. police are now reminding people to keep your pets inside at dusk and dawn. (grant) in the east bay... the city of oakland is making it safer for kids to get to school. city officials say they have activated new cross-walk safety features. that includes a lighted signal that will alert drivers when someone is in a crosswalk, someone is in a crosswalk, corner curb extensions, speed bumps, speed feedback signs, and additional traffic lights. the safety features have been installed at six locations near elementary schools throughout the city. lawrence karnow: it was a rather cool day across most of the bay area with highs running in the 70s inland and 60s and 70s around the bay and 50s and 60s at the coast. it almost felt a little like fall outside. a few showers are showing up on doppler rarar the northern sierra. on the satellite image you can see as low pressure is passing to the

north. that was strong enough to cool the temperatures down today but it should warm a little tomorrow. highs for wednesday will be in the 70s and 80s inland, 60s and 70s around the bay and 60s and patchy fog at the coast. temperatures will stay below normal most of the week but it will warm a little this weekend before cooling again next week. (vicki) a string of

significant earthquakes hit the pacific's ring of fireover the course of just two days recently...(grant) that's raising concerns about whether a big quake is about to hit california.. catherine heenan is here with more on what's driving those fears.. (catherine) the so-called 'ring of fire' is a horseshoe-shaped geological disaster zone... it loops from new zealand to chile....passing through the coasts of asia and the americas. it's a seismic hot zone. and the fact that there have been 69 sizable quakes over sunday and monday has some people worried. scientists have warned in the past that ring of fire activity might trigger a domino effect - setting off quakes and volcanic eruptions in other places. they've suggested that california - which straddles the san andreas fault and is on the eastern edge of the ring - is

overdue for a deadly earthquake. the recent quakes rattled indonesia, bolivia, japand and fiji -- but didn't reach the u.s. west coast. the u.s.g.s has indicated that it's monitoring the situation.vicki and grant? (grant) a hearing is underway over a settlement that allows a company to post blueprints for 3-d printed guns online. a federal judge in seattle says the overall issue of the untraceable plastic weapons should be decided by the president or congress. but he is expected to rule on the legal issues involving the settlement between the texas company and the trump administration... that would allow them to post the blueprints. the judge previously issued a restraining order blocking the online release of the plans.. and several states want him to make it permanent... arguing it threatens public safety. a decision is expected by next monday. (vicki) on the day microsoft released a new report on russian hackers targeting the american political system, the senate

judiciary committee is talking about cyber threats. senators will hear the latest from the department of homeland security and department of justice. anna wiernicki reports some senators say congress should consider letting u-s companies "hack back" after cyber- attacks. (pkg) mr chairman, our nation is under attack connecticut democratic senator richard blumenthal urged his senate colleagues to treat russian cyber attacks like acts of war. we must fight fire with fire. republican senator lindsey graham agreespointing to a report released tuesday morning by microsoft that shows russian hackers have targeted the u-s senate and conservative groups. 0:22-0:30 america is under cyber attack. we are beginning to act but not quick enough and not forcefully enough. 0:32-0:41graham says he has introduced several bills to fight cyber attacks, but his efforts have so far stalled in the senatenow that senators are among the targets, he hopes his colleagues will take action.... we know that russian hackers interfered in out election in 2016 and we have every reason to expect

more in this years midterm elections. rhode island democrat sheldon whitehouse says one solution is to let u.s. companies "hack back" after cyber attacks. 0:58-1:09to allow hack back authority so capable responsible private sector actors can deter foreign aggression whitehouse hopes his colleagues act soon, ábefore the midterm elections. in washington, i'm anna wiernicki. (grant) coming up... a teacher is speaking out after she is suspended... for her after-work hobby. see why the school district is so upset. (vicki) the animals are being let out of their cages. why after more than a century... animal cracker boxes are getting a different look.

after more than a century locked up -- barnum's animal crackers are no longer behind bars. the box for the classic nabisco snack has been re-designed. instead of caged on a boxcar-- the beloved animals are now shown outside ... roaming among grass and trees. barnum's animal crackers brand has been around for more than 115 years. and "peta"... is claiming some credit for the move. the groups says the new design

is the result of discussions it had with nabisco's parent company. (grant) still ahead... a mother is warning other parents about the danger of the latest internet challenge... after it left her daughter hospitalized with severe burns. (lawrence) i'm chief meteorologist lawrence karnow, i'll have your full bay area forecast after the break.

(grant) a mother in michigan is speaking out about dangerous online challenges that are popular with many young people. er 12-year- old daughter set herself ablaze in what's known as the "fire challenge."(vicki) her burns are very severe... and her recovery will be painful and long. and we want to warn you... some people might find these images disturbing. andrea isom reports. mondaydetroit:19-:25brandi owenstimiyah landers' mother 1:52-1:57timothy landers timiyah landers' father --reporter pkg-as follows--nat

sot: "it takes just one thing to mess up your whole life." mother: "i could have lost my baby, by the grace of god, she's alive. if i wasn't home, i would have walked in to my baby dead."12 year old timiyah landers is wearing a body-suit of bandages.underneath - burns... 2nd and 3rd degree. over 49 percent of her body. mother: "just laying their in pain, the tears in her eyes, it kills me - watching her suffer, due to what her and her friends done."what they did, was the fire challenge. how is it done - by pouring a flammable liquid on yourself and setting yourself on fire. it is usually caught on camera and posted online.timiyah's mother says, kids find this stuff and other dangerously outrageous challenges, on social media and youtube. videos like this, are hard to watch. even if you've seen them before.last friday, brandi tells me, she heard a commotion outside of her bedroom. like a popping sound. mother: "next thing i know she come running through the hallway passed my bedroom, going into the bathroom on fire."brandi and her fiance extinguished the blaze, that engulfed her baby girl, and rushed her to the hospital. timiyah and her family - they're trying to stay positive, strong.but its hard, because they know -- timiyah's road ahead, will be a long one. mother: "i'm very scared, im scared every day."please, do not let this be your someone you love.charles johnson / brother: "it just takes the bigger person to just say no to it."mother: "my daughter

knew better, she know her right from her wrong."this parent has a message for others moms and dads out there. mother: "monitor your kids, especially if a friend come over and say 'hey i tried it before - let's do it. it was fun.' with me, it was a blink of my eye and now my daughter is fighting for her life."and finally, they unleash their fury at those behind the sites, that show these unbelievably disturbing images. timothy landers / father: "extremely angry, of these challenges, the fire challenge is what caused this."mother: "they need to delete this mess. it should be censored. things like that should be censored. that's nothing that a kid's supposed to come across." (grant) (grant) that was andrea isom

reporting. timiyah will likely remain hospitalized for several more months and need multiple additional surgeries. (vicki) let's get a check on what we are working on for kron4 news a six. ken wayne is standing by in the newsroom.(ken) thank you vicki - coming up new tonight at six. some parents are outraged..it's after a student who was arrested for reportedly making a shooting threat against his school... was placed back into the same district.we'll show you the action parents are now taking. that's coming up next on kron4 news at six. vicki now back to you.(grant) thank you ken we will see you tonight at six. (catherine) we've been honoring outstanding teachers in the bay area...tonight it's a social studies teacher at tamalpais high school in mill valley... laura garrett says she loves teaching history - and her academic support classes for at-risk students. she's described as kind and patient. and kind and patient. and always motivating her

students with lots of positive encouragment and support. laura likes to engage her history students by making connections between current events and history. she's also an advisor to lots of student clubs and serves as a mentor to new teachers. she's been recognized in marin county with 'golden bell' teaching award this year. if you know a teacher you'd like to nominate, just go to our website, kron-four-dot- com.....look under 'features' - and click on teacher of the week. grant and vicki? (anchor) taking a live look outside... at the san mateo bridge.(anchor) time now to check on our weather... with chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. lawrence karnow: it was a rather cool day across most of

the bay area with highs running in the 70s inland and 60s and 70s around the bay and 50s and 60s at the coast. it almost felt a little like fall outside. a few showers are showing up on doppler rarar the northern sierra. on the satellite image you can see as low pressure is passing to the north. that was strong enough to cool the temperatures down today but it should warm a little tomorrow. highs for wednesday will be in the 70s and 80s inland, 60s and bay and 60s and patchy fog at the coast. temperatures will stay below normal most of the week but it will warm a little this weekend before cooling again next week. week.

(vicki) a single mother who works as a teacher... and also a pole dancing instructor... is now suspended. why the school district

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...and you suddenly realizes you're really into art? that's yes for less. every trend. every room. on any budget. it feels even better when you find it for less. at ross. yes for less. (grant) a teacher is upset after she was suspended for something she considers just a hobby.(vicki) she says she was taken off the job because of her part-time role as a pole-dancing instructor. morgan norwood has more. kandice mason loves to teach. she just got her orientation pack and was really looking forward to meeting her sixth

graders.kandice mason:"i was very excited. i had already been given my classroom."she also has a passion for learning.you've got to give it to her, the single mom of two has three degrees -- a master's in psychology, bachelor's in english, and a certificate in phlebotomy.oh and by the way she's also a self-taught pole dancer. kandice mason:"that's how i stay in shape. that's how i feel like i can express myself and have time for myself." ganders posted this video of her pole dancing inside her home to her private facebook account.but it somehow got leaked to hoke county public schools.leaving the incoming west hoke six grade teachers job, you know, hanging.kandice mason:"i work so hard to try to make sure i can provide for my daughters, for myself, for our livelihood, to have it jeopardized just for doing something that i'm passionate about."mason was suspended with pay.hoke county schools couldn't tell us why but kandice showed us the policy the school told her that she violated."as role models for the school system, students, however, employees are responsible for their public conduct ... even when they are not performing their job duties as employees of the school system."and that was tough for kandice to read. reporter: "this is kind of "it wasn't even like a parent

or student that brought it up. it was someone that was just trying to be malicious and trying to pretty much just make me out to be a bad person."that's also not who candice says she is.kandice mason:"i've never felt ashamed of pole dancing. it's just an art for me. so i just don't see it as negative." (grant) that was morgan norwood reporting. the case could go before the school board-- which has the final say regarding her employment. (vicki) that wraps up kron 4 news at 5.(grant) ken wayne and catherine

heenan are here with kron 4 news at six. (ken) thank you grant and vicki... coming up tonight at six: we are learning more about the man arrested in the killing of a college student. the victim -- mollie tibbets -- is from the bay area - she was last seen during a jog in iowa. now police say the suspect was in the country illegally. (catherine) then - the e- p-a is moving forward with rolling back obama-era regulations on coal plants. tonight - we'll talk live with an expert from u-c-s-f about the potential health impacts of pollution. kron4 news at six starts next.

those conversations...> (ken) tonight at 6.the alameda

county sheriff's office is coming under scrutiny tonight... after it was revealed one of its deputies violated a suspect's attorney client privilege. secretly recording confidential conversations between a juvenile crime suspect and his lawyer.... and now... that case has been thrown out. thank you for joining us, i'm ken wayne.(catherine) and i'm catherine heenan in for pam moore. kron4's dan kerman has been following this case... and is live now from dublin with the latest. alameda county's sheriffs office is underfire after the public defender says a sheriff's sgt has recorded a conversation between one of their attorneys and a juvenile client... violating the law regarding attorney client priveldge.sot brendon woodsto make matters worse the public defender has body cam video of the sgt discussing it with another officer.--nats--the case involving the juvenile has been dismissed, and the public defender has asked a judge to barr the sheriff's office from making any

additional recordings. the question is how many more attorney client coversations were recordedsotsot sgt. ray kelly/alameda co. sheriff's office the sheriff's office says it doesn't know why this long time officer felt it was legal to record attorney client conversations but they pledge to get to the bottom of it (catherine) another big story tonight. prosecutors in california said today that they'll try joseph deangelo in a sacramento county court... the 72-year-old is accused of being the golden state killer....the man behind a series of rapes and murdersin the 70's and 80's today's decision means all the cases against deangelo will be combined into one trial the charges against of it of itto the bottom pledge to get but they conversations but they pledge to get to the bottom pledge to get to the

bottom of it (catherine) another big story tonight. prosecutors in california said today that they'll try joseph deangelo in a sacramento county court... the 72-year-old is accused of being the golden state killer....the man behind a series of rapes and murdersin

the 70's and 80's today's decision means all the cases against deangelo will be combined into one trial. the charges against deangelo include 13 felony counts of murder with special circumstances. he's accused of a crime spree that lasted more than a decade. from a 1975 murder in tulare county.... to a rape and murder in orange county in 1986. the case had baffled investigators until a d-n-a breakthrough earlier this year. (ken)former longtime trump lawyer michael cohen has pleaded guilty to eight counts in a deal with federal

prosecutors.he surrendered himself to the f-b-i ahead of a court proceeding this afternoon.he pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations in relation to the stormy daniels hugh money payment.cohen says the payment was made to the former porn star at the direction of then-candidate donald trump.cohen also referenced a charge linked to 150-thousand dollars of hush money paid to former playboy model karen mcdougal... as"for the principal purpose of influencing the election." prosecutors and cohen's lawyers have agreed on a term of three to five years in jail. that could change at cohen's sentencing on december 12-th. (ken)former trump campaign chairman paul manafort has been found guilty on eight counts.... in a major victory for special counsel robert muller.manafort was found guilty of 5 tax fraud charges, two counts of bank fraud and 1 charge of hiding foreign bank accounts.judge t.s. ellis has declared a mistrial on 10 other counts... as jurors were unable to reach a verdict on

those charges. manafort is facing a maximum of 80 years in prison.no sentencing date has been set. a body was discovered early this morning in a farm field near brooklyn, iowa.(catherine) the month=long search for a missing college student....originially from the bay area...has ended in an iowa cornfield. police say 20=year=old mollie tibbits was abducted and murdered ... and the suspect, is an undocumented immigrant. (catherine) mollie tibbetts was raised in oakland ... she was living in brooklyn, iowa, while attending college there. her body was found about a fifteen minute drive away, in the town of guernsey. a complaint and affadavit names chrisita behara rivera aged 24 who lives in rural poweshiek county ... and he has been charged with murder in the first degree.rivera has reportedly been living in the u=s illegally for several years.police traced him by using surveillance video of the route where tibbets was seen jogging last month....

and say he made this confession.he sees mollie running and was able to come upon her, approach her, and while he was interfacing with her he tells us he actually ran alongside of her or behind her, and that at one point he tells us mollie grabbed ahold of her phone and said you need to leave me alone i am going to call the police and then she took off running and he in turn chased her down and then he tells us that at some point in time he blacked out.the criminal complaint against rivera relates how he described taking tibbetts body out of the trunk of his chevy malibu and carrying it 20 years into a field where he covered her body in cornstalks. after we got done interviewing mr rivera he led us to her location,for the small town of brooklyn, their worst fear was realized.for weeks mollie tibbetts' face smiled out from from billboards, posters and pins .... while hope remained she'd be found safe, let's keep at it. let's go get her."her father flew out from the bay area to lead the searchnats confirmation of her death has left the community with a legacy of fear for their children.smebody's got to be there 24/7 now. they can't

ride their bikes. ride their bikes. (catherine) investigators say tibbets' body was identified through her clothingand rivera's statements. an autopsy is set for tomorrow. (ken) new tonight at 6. a growing movement to remove a child from an east bay school. police arrested - the student for reportedly making violent threats. now, that same student has reportedly been placed at another middle school in the district. kron four's terisa estacio joins us now live from pleasant hill....

where some parents are demanding action, including starting a petition to have the student kicked out. (take terisa live) parents say this student - an 8th grader now is attending sequoia middle school and they are angry about that... this case all started to unfold in june - that is when the threat came in - (take pkg) (track) the message came in on the social media site.. snap chat... a person threatening to kill as many as 30 students ... at valley view middle school on or near the last day of school. the site contacted the fbi and pleasant hill police - who worked quickly and with the help of outside law enforcement tracked down the student at his martinez home. police say they arrested him and he was place in juvenile hall. his name, not released bc he is a minor. at the time, they also confiscated several guns at the home. that was all in june. since then, police tell kron four news, the case was presented to the contra costa district attorney's office... who declined to file charges. also, police say - it turns out the guns were not the students - and legally

belonged to a family member. but - now the student is embroiled in another controversy... a petition is circulating - with as many 500 signatures already, demanding the 8th grader be removed from the entire district... on the petiton - a parent wrote: " my daughter is a 7th grader at sequoia . it's absolute nonsense that she should attend school with any student tha has made threats to harm other students. at school ... several parents believe the student deserves a second chance... patrick mcmanus, 500 people trying to get a child thrown out of school - a kinda radical thing to do because without all the statistics in the childs life, i think this could ruin his life.'(take terisa live) as for the school district - on why they choose to place the student here... kron four reached out all day long, multiple times to get a statement, but the district declined to answer our calls. here in pleasant hill, terisa estacio kron four news.

(catherine) new tonight at 6. a man has been taken into custody for reportedly grabbing a fire extinguisher and spraying it on a bart train. a viewer gave us this photo.. bart says the incident happened around 10:30 this morning - while a daly city- bound train was in the transbay tube. bart police took the man into custody at san francisco's embarcadero station. one rider suffered a finger injury during the incident... but no other injuries were reported. a live look outside right now... as we get our first look as we get our first look at the four zone forecast with chief meteorologist lawrence karnow.

lawrence karnow: it was a rather cool day across most of the bay area with highs running in the 70s inland and 60s and 70s around the bay and 50s and 60s at the coast. it almost felt a little like fall outside. a few showers are showing up on doppler rarar the northern sierra. on the satellite image you can see as low pressure is passing to the north. that was strong enough to cool the temperatures down today but it should warm a little tomorrow. highs for wednesday will be in the 70s and 80s inland, 60s and 70s arnd the bay and 60s and patchy fog at the coast. temperatures will stay below normal most of the week but it will warm a little this weekend before cooling again next week. (ken) governor brown attacks president trump's enviromental (ken) week.again next before cooling weekend before cooling again next week. (ken) governor brown

attacks president trump's enviromental rollbacks of clean energy rules. we'll tell you what the president did that the governor calls "insanity". (catherine) and a colorado father accused of killing his wife and two children makes his first court appearance. the new details about his alleged affair. (ken) grime attracts crime. that's the word from oakland police... who are cracking down on abandoned vehicles.

(ken)towing abandoned vehicles to deter crime in an

east bay city. police say it is a growing problem after taking hundreds of abandoned vehicles off of the streets in recent weeks. kron4's haaziq madyun has the story(take pkg) :12-:21 capt. tony jones oakland police dept(pkg)if you are in oakland and you find one of these orange courtesy notices on the windshield of your vehicle, it means you have 72-hours to park it somewhere else or it will be towed sot350 autos targeted by oakland police in a pair of recent towing sweeps that took place this past weekend and back during the last weekend in july, from east oakland to the san leandro bordersot

an image that nobody cares about this particular neighborhood and so that frustrated residents who complain to us">in fact the city of oakland is in the midst of a growing abandoned vehicle problem sotif you think your vehicle was towed during the two sweeps, opd says give them a call...in oakland haaziq madyun kron4news (catherine) the trump administration wants to roll back another obama-era initiative. the e-p-a has

proposed a new rule to replace the clean power plan. the plan aimed to set strict carbon dioxide limits for each state. it also encouraged a shift to natural gas and renewable energy. legal challenges stopped it from taking effect. the proposed 'affordable clean energy rule' would instead allow states to set their own emission standards for coal-fueled power plants. (catherine)governor jerry brown has respondedin a tweet... calling this "a declaration of war against america and all of humanity - it will not stand. adding..truth and common sense will triumph over trump's insanity." (catherine) air pollution has been linked to all kinds of serious health problems - including heart disease, cancer, and stroke. a recent report from the journal of american medicine says the president's environmental agenda could cause an additional 80- thousand deaths every decade. (ken) joining us now to discuss the health implications of all this....

u-c-s-f professor and doctor of medicine john balmes (balms). he is also professor of environmental health sciences at u-c berkeley... which is where he joins us from tonight.

heels of plans to weaken fuel economy targets and a revision of coal ash regulations. experts say that such a move could be detrimental to america's health.the obama era clean power plan set a standard aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from power plants 32% below 2005 levels by 2030. it made those emissions federally regulated for the first timepower plants are the largest source of carbon dioxide emissions in the united states, according to the environmental protection agency, making up roughly a third of the domestic greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. the plants also create large amounts of fine particulate matter. the particles can get trapped deep in the lungs, causing breathing problems, heart disease and inflammation. exposure to air pollution is known to lead to a host of health problems such as high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, cancer, bone loss, blood vessel damage, inflammation, cognitive issues and even death.in 2016, the supreme court blocked the obama regulation, but some plants had already started to

work on reducing pollution.why not wreck the planet? it might get you elected why not wreck the planet? it might get you electedwith the repeal of the regulation, that progress is most likely going to stop, experts say, and that will hurt the country's health. "there is no such thing as a safe level of pollution. it's that simple. any pollution is bad. there is no doubt about this," said dr. andrea baccarelli, chairman of the environmental health sciences department at columbia university, adding that reducing the standard by any amount will have negative health consequences. "it's clear that relaxing the standards could cost lives." the country has had a much better track record on regulating pollution in recent decades."across the country, it's remarkable what we've been able to do in the last 40 years, and there's substantial evidence of improvement, which has a large impact on our health," said c. arden pope iii, an air pollution expert and the mary lou fulton professor of economics at brigham young university. "rolling back these pollution standards puts our progress at

risk. at worst, progress could be reversed."unexpected effects of climate change: worse food safety, more car wrecksunexpected effects of climate change: worse food safety, more car wrecks reducing pollution lowers people's risk for disease and even increases life expectancy, studies show. but lowering the standards by replacing the clean power plan with something less stringent will bring an estimated 36,000 additional deaths and an estimated 630,000 cases of respiratory ailments in children over a decade, according to one analysis published in june in the medical journal jama. that, some experts said, is probably a conservative estimate."i'm a little skeptical about quantifying the health impact. we have models that can show range, but certainly this will have a negative health impact, no matter what the number," said tom mcgarity, an environmental law expert and the joe r. and teresa lozano long endowed chair in administrative law at the texas. "there is no question a rollback will have a negative impact some of these "big dirties," as the old polluting plants are called, lack the technology to reduce the amount of create according will probably stick around a lot long with the trump administration's continue to contribute to climate change, increasing incidents of heat disease and natural gas and renewable energies like solar and wind have come down in price which has slowed the need for coal."but as the doing everything in its power to keep the coal industry alive, we will still see a negative impact on health," combined with a planned rollback standards, the significant retreat from obama-era efforts to fight climate change. president donald trump has already vowed to pull the u.s. out of the paris climate agreement as he pushes to revive the coal industry.>

let's take a look outside right now... chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us now with the four zone forecast. lawrence karnow: it was a rather cool day across most of the bay area with highs running in the 70s inland and 60s and 70s around the bay and 50s and 60s at the coast. it almost felt a little like fall outside. a few showers are showing up on doppler rarar the northern sierra. on the satellite image you can see as low pressure is passing to the north. that was strong enough to cool the temperatures down today but it should warm a little tomorrow. highs for wednesday will be in the 70s and 80s inland, 60s and 70s around the bay and 60s and patchy fog at the coast. temperatures will stay below normal most of the week but it will warm a little this weekend before cooling again next week. (catherine) a central california high school student is doing something no one has ever done before. her story coming up later in the show. lawrence karnow: it was (catherine) week.again next before cooling weekend before cooling again next week.

(catherine) a central (catherine) (catherine) a central california high school student is doing something no one has ever done before. her story coming up later in the show. (ken) the idea of installing friday night lights for high school football is sparking debate. we'll tell you about the battle at two bay area schools. bowls to serve teriyaki. see that right there? you can't say that. i can't tell people to try my bowls? no. check out my bowls? nope. what about my billboard?

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shed extra light on evening sports. kron four's rob fladeboe reports on the debate over whether to install lights where now there are none. rob fladeboe/mountain view "...this is a story about competing interests. about a couple of high schools that are considering holding football games and other events under the lights and neighbors who are worried about losing their peace and quiet in the evenings..."right now there are no lights here at mountain view high school's spartanstadium and none here at los altos high school's tom burt field either. and so the district is considering whether to install lights but it's not that simple says superintendent dr. jeff harding.dr. jeff harding/mountain view los altos high school dist "....we recognize that our neighbors live in a quiet neighborhood and anything that we do to extend the time students have access to the stadium will have an impact on our neighbors..."many neighbors are on record opposed to lights. one resident telling me that lights would mean traffic that calms down at dusk would be extended into the evening hours. boosters say lights are long overdue and would would be good for not just football, but soccer, lacrosse and the marching band. dr. jefff harding"....we would have more students and parents participating as spectators, i can speak confidently about that fact but at the same time we are sensitive to the neighbors interests so we have to balance those twocompeting interests..."boosters say l.e.d. lights would be less intrusive. but the nearest

neighbors will no doubt hear the p.a. system. stakeholders are encouraged to weigh in on whether to install lights at the only two high schools in santa clara county without them.dr. jeff harding "....we'll continue to hear what neighbors have to say along with students and parents, collect all that information and then ultimately i'll report back to the board with some guidelines...."rob fladeboe "...that could take months, which means there will be no football games or other events under the lights for this season in mountain view rob fladeboe kron4news (ken) we're learning of a possible motive in the shocking killing of a mother and her two (ken) kron4newsrob fladeboe mountain view rob fladeboe kron4news

(ken) we're learning of a possible motive in the shocking killing of a mother and her two children. the new information on the colorado dad charged with murder. (catherine) a senator is calling president trump's pick for the supreme court a "radical" who will lead to more gun deaths in the country. we'll have the latest on the fight over judge kavanaugh. (lawrence)and i'm tracking your weeknight forcast... that's just ahead. you know when you're at ross shopping for backpacks... ...and mom also gets a back-to-school bag? that's yes for less. ross has the brands you want for back to school. and it feels even better when you find them for less. at ross. yes for less. at at&t, we believe in access. the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. connecting with the things that matter most. and because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet, we've created access from at&t.

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murphy says the president's pick for the u-s supreme court, brett kavanaugh, is a "second amendment radical." (catherine) murphy has been a strong advocate of gun control. especially after the newtown school shootings in his state. morgan wright reports that murphy says kavanaugh's opinions as a federal judge show he believes assault weapon bans are unconstitutional. (pkg) connecticut senator chris murphy says the stakes are high when it comes to the nomination of judge brett kavanaugh to the supreme court if kavanaugh gets on the supreme court and he convinces a couple other justices of his radical views of the second amendment people are going to get killed if confirmed - murphy says kavanaugh will be a radical on the court when it comes to healthcare, womens rights, and guns it's likely that he believes that the legislatures in states like connecticut cannot pass laws to try to regulate the sales of guns in any meaningful way, we know

that he thinks assault weapons bans are unconstitutional... avery gardiner with the brady campaign warns against kavanaugh... the reason judge kavanaugh is so dangerous is that he has said he will take the opposite position and he will strike down laws like assault weapons ban the brady campaign says judge kavanaugh owes the american people an explanation of what he thinks the second amendment does and doesn't covers... but the heritage foundation says kavanaugh isn't a radical on the second amendment

tonight... the orinda city county will discuss a potential gun storage ordinance. a similar ordinance was enacted in neighboring moraga back in february. there, failure to properly store firearms results in an infraction... with subsequent failures punishable by a fine of up to one thousand dollars. a similar ordinance could be enacted in orinda. tonight's discussion will also include gun sales regulations. the city council meets tonight at 7 o clock. (catherine) time now for a look at tonight's top local stories. the message came in on the social media site.. snap chat... a person threatening to kill as many as 30 students ... at valley view middle school on or near the last day of school. the site contacted the fbi and pleasant hill police - who worked quickly and with the help of outside law enforcement tracked down the student at his martinez home. police say they arrested him and he was place in juvenile hall. his name, not released bc he is a minor. at the time, they also confiscated several guns at the home. that was all in june. since then, police tell kron four news, the case was presented to the contra costa

district attorney's office... who declined to file charges. also, police say - it turns out the guns were not the students - and legally belonged to a family member. but - now the student is embroiled in another controversy... a petition is circulating - with as many 500 signatures already, demanding the already, demanding the 8th grader be removed from district... on the petiton - a parent wrote: " my 7th grader at sequoia . it's absote she should attend school student tha has made threats to harm other students. at school ... several parents believe the student deserves a second chance... as for the school district - on choose to place the student here... kron four reached out all day long, multiple times to get a statement, but the district declined to answer our here in pleasant hill, terisa estacio kron four news. all criminal cases involving juveniles submitted this year in alameda county are being reviewed after the county public defender's office provided evidence that sheriff's deputies have been recording confidential conversations between juvenile suspects and their defense attorneys. one case has already been thrown out because of the revelations, according to the alameda county district attorney's office. eavesdropping on confidential attorney conversations is a felony under california law punishable by up to three years in prison. district attorney's spokeswoman teresa drenick said her office is investigating whether criminal charges are warranted.

sotif you are in oakland and you find one of these orange courtesy notices on the windshield of your vehicle, it means you have 72-hours to park it somewhere else or it will be towed sotif you think your vehicle was towed during the two sweeps, opd says give them a call...in oakland haaziq madyun kron4news lawrence karnow: it was a rather cool day across most of the bay area with highs running in the 70s inland and 60s and 70s around the bay and 50s and 60s at the coast. it almost felt a little like fall outside. a few showers are showing up on doppler rarar the northern sierra. on the satellite image you can see as low pressure is passing to the north. that was strong enough to cool the temperatures down today but it should warm a little tomorrow. highs for wednesday will be in the 70s and 80s inland, 60s and 70s around the bay and 60s and patchy fog at the coast. temperatures will stay below normal most of the week but it will warm a little this weekend before cooling again next week.

the colorado father charged with killing his pregnant wife and two daughters made his first court appearance tuesday.(catherine) christopher watts waived his right to a preliminary hearing. he'll be back in court november 19th. kron

4's grant lodes joins us in the studio.. he has more on the timeline of events leading to the tragic deaths of watts' wife and young daughters. grant? (grant) christopher watts was formally charged yesterday with five counts of murder, unlawful termination of a pregnancy, and tampering with a deceased body. investigators say he killed his wife shanann and daughters -- bella and celeste -- august 13th and hid their bodies where he used to work. court documents show watts was having an affair with a co-worker prior to the murders. watts told police... he asked shanann for a separation. investigators say watts admitted putting all

three bodies in his work truck. he told police where they could find them on an oil work site where he was previously employed. he is being held without bail. (grant) the judge says if he's found guilty of murder, watts faces a minimum sentence of life in prison or the death penalty. watts waived the right to a preliminary hearing. he is scheduled to appear in court again in november. (ken) shoppers took action after thieves targeted some california apple stores. how they helped police put the suspects in jail. ♪ flintstones! meet the flintstones. ♪

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southern california was stopped by fellow customers. five people are in custody.....accused of robbing a string of apple stores. authorities were able to make the arrests - thanks to some good samaritans. detectives believe at least two stores were targeted yesterday. first, this apple store in northridge. where 10-thousand dollars worth of products were taken. two hours later- detectives believe the same men came to thousand oaks. but this time- customers tackled two of them. deputies pulled over a third person in a get-away car. three men- and two women- were eventually arrested. the women were

apparently in the getaway car. four of the suspects are from northern california, one is from fresno... authorities believethe group has been doing this for weeks.. (ken)a private gulfstream jet made a successful emergency landing at stewart airport outside of new york city today after blowing two tires during takeoff.the aircraft took off from teterboro airport in new jersey and was headed to jersey and was headed to london.earlier, the f-a-a diverted the plane to massachusetts.the pilot circled the stewart airport for about 30 minutes before the flight landed.officials say there were 16 people on board, including rapper post malone who performed at the m-t-v video music awards in new york monday night.musician andrew watt was also aboard.no injuries were reported. (catherine) in sports... raiders running back marshawn lynch is now featured on the

package of his favotite candy...(ken) and jimmy garoppolo expects to see more snaps saturday in the 49ers third exhibition game... kim has what jimmy-g had to say about his performance thus far... and coach shanahan answers rumors that safety eric reid may be rejoining the team... that's coming up (catherine) a central

valley high schooler is generating a lot of buzz tonight for doing something that no-one has ever done before. (ken) reporter tabatha mills shows us how she's getting "set" for success... at her new school. (pkg) tabatha: she's the first. nats - spike tabatha: for the golden hawksmcleod: "its never really been done before," tabatha: and now the matadores alexus mcleod: "i was really lucky that i was able to do it just because it's never happened before at northridge," nats - spike tabatha: earning a full ride scholarhsip - 18 year old alexus mcleod - made history as the first student athlete - to step onto the d-i cal state universtiy campus early. mcleod: "i really wanted to get a head start in college and i knew that i was ready for it," tabatha: granted permission

from csun president dianne harrison - mcleod carried a heavy load in high school - spending her junior and senior year burried in books - or blocking at the net - in order to graduate a semester early and head off to college. mcleod: "it was hard but i knew in the long run it would pay off and it would benefit my future,"nats - spike tabatha: and so far it has - mcleod: "i was really lucky to have coaches that really wanted me to succeed,"tabatha: the matadors annouced this week - mcleod will start the season hitting left side - her first game - friday - against the university of arizona wildcats.nats - spike tabatha: her hard work and dertermination is paying off. and if you were wondering if she wants to graduate from college early... mcleod: "yes, we'll see how that works, but yeah,"ááátabatha:ááá week 3 of the preseason is often considered the most exciting considered the is often the preseason week 3 of ááátabatha:áááááátabatha:ááá works, but yeah,"ááátabatha:ááá

week 3 of the preseason is often considered the most exciting of the exhibition slate... as the starters get significant playing time.... so to the faithful, that means you can look forward to a heavy dose of jimmy garoppolo.. the franchise qb and the rest of the 49ers...working out in santa clara today ahead of saturday's game against the colts.... in their last preseason appearance, the niners suffered a 16-13 loss to the texans, but jimmy g looked sharp....going 10-for-12 for just over 130- yards with a touchdown and a pick... despite his efficiency, kyle shanahan wasn't entirely pleased with the execution from the first- team offense and jimmy g echoes those sentiments. ### "i felt similarly. there were just sloppy things at times. there were some good things that we took out of the game, but we hold ourselves to a high standard. we are trying to be perfect on everything and i think it's good to have

that mindset.""i think it's very important that players, coaches, everyone, we are creatures of habit, and preseason we're all over the place. but, you want them to get into that routine to where all seven days are all kind of groundhog day over and over. so, you want them to know what they're going to expect week 1." it's already 3 weeks into the preseason... and the 49ers former safety eric reid is still without a job... it's really now at the point, where you can't dance around whether or not it's because he's been so involved with colin kapernick and the national anthem protests...but reid told reporters during stanford's pro day earlier this year that he would find different ways to be active rather than during the anthem....however, john lynch and kyle shanahan have both been vocal about why they decided not to bring him back after last season... for the niners it's on the table... but, shanahan was asked today.... if it would actually be an option.... "if any really good player wants to come in here on a minimum deal and have a good player to be a backup, that'd be unbelievable. i don't think that's what eric wants. i told you the reason we decided to

go that direction is because we made a tough decision, but we had to do it. we went with tartt. we thought that was the right way to go. you can't give a lot of money to backups, and that's what he would be if he came here. but, i like eric. eric is a good player, he's a good person. that'd be great if we could add him to that role. i don't think he would be that interested in it." say what you want.... but marshawn lynch is a marketing genius... the less he said in interviews, the more attention he seemed to get... and it continues to pay off.. we all know about his love for skittles, but now the raiders star running back has his face on the packaging....forget wheaties boxes... marshawn lynch will be featured on the wrapper of his favorite candy..calling it marshawn's pack... it comes in a share size... maybe the king size packs are to come...or maybe they can call them beast mode size... so you can't buy them in stores right now.. but if you are itching to get your hands on some... 24-hundred fans can win a pack on his

website... marshawns- packs - dot com... the giants trying to take two straight in new york against the mets... bottom 8th... tied 2-2... jeff mcneil... goes into the left field corner off tony watson... jose reyes scores... 3-2 mets.. next batter... michael conforto... takes watson deep to right... and it's gone for a 3-run home run... 6-2 mets... final score... 6-3 mets... series tied 1-1(wipe to posey hip surgery) buster posey may be missing the rest of the season...giants general manager bobby evans says they have discussed the possibility of posey undergoing hip surgery... it's an injury that has been nagging him all season...and the reason why he skipped the all star game... he had a cortsone shot back in july and rehab... but with the giants likeyly missing out on the postseason.. this looks like the time to go ahead and take care of it ... no timetable has released yet on when the surgery will happen

### (catherine) next - surfers enjoy you could save energy

by living off the grid. completely. you could generate your own energy, at home. maybe you could save energy by weaving your own shoes... out of flax. or... just set the washing machine to cold. do your thing, with energy upgrade california. surfing - once considered

a hobby for beach bums - is now officially the state sport. (ken) governor brown

signed it into law....putting surfing right up there with the california poppy and the grizzly bear as symbols of our state. kron4's maureen kelly got reaction at ocean beach. to those who love pulling on a wetsuit to ride the waves ....the new law designating surfing as the state's official sport is almost as shocking as the icy cold water of ocean beach. it is weird summer schools are out here have a surf team and they compete. it went from the kids dropped off the teams to go be surfers now they're trying out to be on the surf teamgrant washburn is a retired professional big wave rider who is now working on a documentary the history of surfing in california.he's watched the popularity of surfing explode. in the 50s and 60s all surfers in california knew each other every single server that's how many there were and now you're talking probably 1 million i don't know how many people there are there a lot of surfers in one persons life time it went from a handful that everyone's on it world famous big wave contests like mavericks...held off the san mateo county coast... helped cement the notion that surfing is more than a recreational pastime. the more people from all over the world come there the more they think holy cow

this place is exceptional even on the high bar that set by places like jaws and wiamea bay innoway, mavericks is right there with it that was a shock to that the culture to surf into the world still the case place is amazing(maureen) well washburn and other servers are stoked on the honor, they hope this acknowledgment translates into more environmental protections for their arena... the ocean and the beaches that's the thing as a surfer you want these places to be three surfable for our kids because places are getting destroyed and the ocean is under a lot of stress and so so if you could help just expanding of that will make people appreciate it and maybe take care of itthe state of california is not alone in embracing surfing as a legitimate sport.....atletes will be hanging ten in the olympics for the first time ever during in the 2020 tokyo summer games. maureen kelly kron4 news kron4 news maureen kelly summer games. maureen kelly kron4 news (ken) (ken)so now we know the official sport of california... and we know the

state flower is the poppy, and animal..the grizzly bear.you may not be aware of some of these lesser-known state symobls...the state amphibian is the california red legged frog. the state fossil? the saber toothed cat. the state gemstone is benitoite (buhn- ee-toe-ite)the state fabric... denim... and the official state dance... is west coast swing. lawrence karnow: it was a rather cool day across most of the bay area with highs running in the 70s inland and 60s and 70s around the bay and 50s and 60s at the coast. it almost felt a little like fall outside. a few showers are showing up on doppler rarar the northern sierra. on the satellite image you can see as low pressure is passing to the north. that was strong enough to cool the temperatures down today but it should warm a little tomorrow. highs for wednesday will be in the 70s and 80s inland, 60s and 70s around the bay and 60s and patchy fog at the coast. temperatures will stay below normal most of the week but it weekend before cooling again next week.

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