news now at breaking news now at five: hurricane michael has made landfall - and is leaving behind a trail of devastation. this is video from panama city beach florida - where rooftops have been ripped off homes and buildings. there are countless reports of downed trees and powerlines. hello i'm grant lodes. (catherine) and i'm catherine heenan in for vicki liviakis. the powerful hurricane is now making its push inland. we're learning that at least one person has been killed by a falling tree. michael made landfall near mexico beach,(grant) we're getting a first hand look at some of the damage michael has left behind.. this is new video from mexico beach - where homes are underwater... natasha chen is live in panama city florida.... natasha? hurricane michael slamming into the florida panhandle. natsa monster storm - gaining intensity -

with the potential to cause catastrophic damage.voice of chief bobby varnes/apalachico la, fl police: right now the winds are extremely high, and it's as bad as i have ever seen it.florida's governor issuing a stark warning to any residents who did not evacuate: gov. rick scott/-r- florida: "now the storm is here. the time to evacuate in coastal areas has come and gone.some residents who decided to stay- sharing photos of where they will ride out the storm.many bridges connecting islands to the mainland - now closed. nats: what's the most astounding is how quickly the storm surge has taken over the townofficials warn of a storm surge that could reach 14 feet in some areas.brock long / fema administrator: the storm surge is going to be the worst where the eye makes landfall. // so not only is going to bring 14 feet of ocean water and coastal flood inundation,

they'll be wave action on top of that.tens of thousands of customers are already (grant)(grant) (grant) let's get a closer look at where hurricane michael is now...(catherine) chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is trackingthe storm.. hurricane michael slammed the floriday coast as one of the strongest storms in recent memory. it continues as a powerful storm tonight bringing more flooding rains and powerful winds into georgia. the storm will move rapidly to the north east through the carolinas before

moving back into the atlantic. it was mostly sunny but nice around the bay area today but cooler with highs in the 70s inland and 50s and 60s at the coast. on the satellite you can see high pressure starting to build toward the west coast. it will bring warmer weather and offshore winds this weekend. highs tomorrow will be a little warmer and in the mid to upper 70s with 60s at the coast. it will be much warmer on friday and thiis weekend with some highs in the 80s. fair weather will continue into next week. (grant) we first told you about hurricane making landfall through a push alert on the kron4 mobile app. download it and be the first to know about breaking news

when it happens. (catherine) (grant) we first told you about hurricane making landfall through a push alert on the kron4 mobile app. download it and be the first to know about breaking news when it happens. (catherine) new at five... a 49er's fan is in critical condition after he was allegedlyassaulted by another by fan. authorities say it happened after last sunday's 49ers game at levi's stadium.(grant) kron four's rob fladeboe joins us now live from police headquarters in santa clara with details about an arrest in the case. rob? (rob live) the victim is identified as a 33-year old san jose man.

his alleged assailant isin the county jail, facing charges of felony assault and battery. this is the booking photo of 34 year-old david aguilara gonzalez, of madera. hewas arrested without incident after detectives, following up on eyewitness accounts, surveillance video and a license plate, tracked him to that central valley town. police say gonzalez and the victim were in the parking lot near the coner of tasman and great america parkway following the 49ers game with arizonboth men are thought to be 49ers fans so there was apparently no dispute or team loyalties or

anything like that. instead, the attack was provoked when the victim kicked a bottle according to santa clara police captain wahid kezem. captain wahid kazem/santa clara police

(grant) the dow closed down 832 points, the third-worst point decline in history. percentage-wise, the three-point-one percent decline was the worst since february of this year. meanwhile, the nasdaq plunged four percent -- its worst day since the brexit referendum of june 2016. the selling was driven by technology stocks and concerns about spiking treasury yields. amazon, apple, facebook and netflix all fell sharply. (grant) a san francisco judge is ordering a new trial in the multi million dollar judgement against monsanto...

the maker of roundup weed killer. former benicia school grounds-keeper dewayne jonson was awarded 289-million dollars in damagers after a jury found that the weed killer was a significant cause of his terminal cancer. the judge today says johnson's legal team failed to produce clear and convincing evidence of malice or oppression by monsanto. it's not clear yet when that new trial will happen. doctors have previously told johnson he only has years.. if not months.. to live. (catherine) another big story we're following... the salesforce transit center. it was shut down late last month - after cracks were found in two support beams. that led to the shutdown of both the transit center and fremont street... since that time - projected street re-opening dateshave been a moving target. and now - we're learning of another delay. kron 4's night with more... dan

(grant) in the east bay.. a warehouse fire near the oakland coliseum sent plumes of smoke into the air this morning. it also briefly caused some problems at the coliseum bart station. this is what it looked like around 7:00 this morning. kron4's lydia pantazes was at the scene...

(grant) it's a bird, it's a lime, it's another one of those electric scooters. how san francisco is regulating them...after eliminating them...and when you might be able to scoot around the city again. (catherine) also - parents say their babysitter was stalked andharrassed by police... why the case now involves allegations of racial profiling. (grant) and last week when a bunch of cell phone burglaries happened in one day? now we're seeing video from one of the crimes...how you can help police.

(grant) back to our breaking news... hurricane michael strikes florida... as the most powerfule on record to hit the panhandle. this is video from panama city... you can see just how strong the winds were blowing today. we will continue to track the path...

and the destruction from michael throughout the newscast. (catherine) police are asking for the public's help in identifying two men suspected of being involved in a string of cell phone store burglaries in the east bay. today investigators released surveillance video of the two burglars in action... kron4's haaziq madyun has the story(take pkg) (pkg)take a close look at this surveillance video. in it you see two men wearing hooded sweat tops enter the at&t store in the clayton valley shopping center in concord. this video was recorded back on tuesday october 2nd, cellphone stor that day. after the burglary at the at&t store, the hooded men walked right next door to the sprint store and allegedly took cell phones and tablets

from there as well. unlike other snatch and grab cellphone store burglaries where the suspects run into the store and grab electronics and a fast pace, these two seemed to take their time, almost as if they were shopping or looking for specific items to steal. in fact a witness told me the two men were looking for the most expensive items in the store but at&t no longer places items out on displaysot concord police say the same two hooded men are likely responsible for a burglary minutes later at this verizon store in the oak grove plaza. this at&t store in pleasant hill is the location of the fourth burglary. pleasant hill police investigators say they are checking to see if these two men are connected to that incident in addition to three separate cell phone stores

targeted by burglars in pleasant hill in the month of september...anyone with information is asked to contact concord or pleasant hill police...haaziq madyun kron4news (grant) after a lot of debate and wrangling, scooters are coming back to san francisco. the two wheel, motorized vehicles caused a lot of commotion when they sudden appeared on the strees of san francisco a few months ago. there were so many complaints, the city swept them off. but now, a compromise has been struck. kron four's terisa estacio reports on their return. (take pkg) terisa estaciopaul rose, sfmta i am here with paul rose, the spokesperson for the sfmta - and we are talking scooters. they are coming back to the city. october 15 is when the contract begins. paul, how is this going to work? we issued

two contracts to to companies. they proved that they would honor the safety issues we put in to make sure it is safe. the contracts are scoot and skip. they are going to have issued two separate contracts at 625 scooters each. it is pilot program for a year. after 6 months they are going to reveiw. and if all is fine, they will open up more scooters, 2,500. safety is number one, these companies promised to do all they can to make sure scooters are safe as they can be. terisa estacio, kron four news#####

look outside-- san francisco's embarcadero. (anchor) time now to check on our weather... ef lawrence karnow. hurricane michael slammed the florthay strongest storms in recent memory. it continues as a powerful storm tonight bringing more flooding rains and powerful winds into georgia. the storm will move

rapidly to the north east through the carolinas before moving back into the atlantic. it was mostly sunny but nice around the bay area today but cooler with highs in the 70s inland and 50s and 60s at the coast. on the satellite you can see high pressure starting to build toward the west coast. it will bring warmer weather and offshore winds this weekend. higwarmer and in the mid to upper 70s with 60s at the coast. it will be much warmer on friday and thiis weekend with some highs in the 80s. fair weather will continue into next week. (grant) if you think

(grant) if you think it's not too hard to get your hands on crack coccaine in certain parts of the the bay area...you'd probably still be shocked to hear of it happening with a little girl at a day care. how the drugs may have arrived at the school...and how the little girl started acting after putting in in her mouth for just a moment. (catherine) they say if you see something, say something. but what happens when the action in question is possibly racially motivated? we'll meet a man who had to answer to police...just for doing his job. in an emergency, minutes can mean the difference between life and death. proposition 11 saves lives by ensuring medical care

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(grant) a georgia man was followed by a woman, then questioned by police while he was baby-sitting two children. (catherine) the babysitter claims it happened because the children are white...and he's black.. brittany miller has the story. nats: "this lady over here, she's following me."as soon as corey lewis noticed a white woman watching him and the two kids he was baby-sitting, he went on facebook live.nats: "all because i've got two kids in the back seat that do not look like me. this lady has took it upon herself to say that she's going to take my plate down and call the

police."in an exclusive interview, lewis explains what happened next.corey lewis/babysitter: "we then left to go get gas across the street at the gas station. she moved closer to the gas station, waited there."not knowing who this woman is or what she's capable of, lewis takes the children back to his house. the woman follows them home. then the police show up. nats: "you mind if i talk to them? that's crazy."the officer questioned the 10-year-old and the 6-year-old before calling their parents. david parker and dana mango were in disbelief.dana mango/parent: "are you saying that because there's an african-american male driving my two white kids, that he was stopped and pulled over and questioned? and he said i'm sorry ma'am. that's exactly what i'm saying."the east cobb couple had arranged for luis to baby-sit weeks ago.their son attends his youth mentor program and he is a friend of the family.they believe lewis was stalked, harassed, and questioned by police--david parker/parent: "for bwb which is i guess the new thing baby-sitting while black."

(catherine) that was brittany miller reporting. the woman who called police hasn't been publicly identified. the children's parents are questioning the woman's motive -- because they say the children did not show any signs of being in danger... (grant) next at 5:30.. a bay area man tries to lure a little girl into his car.. as she is walking to school. details on who police are looking for tonight. (catherine) also - we continue to cover our breaking news. hurricane michael slams the florida panhandle..and has now turned deadly. we'll have the latest - after the break. 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. california households with at least one resident who receives snap or

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(catherine) back to our breaking news back to our back to our breaking news tonight at 5:30... hurricane michael hit florida this afternoon as the most powerful one ever to hit the panhandle.(grant) you can see this dramatic video from panama city beach florida... homes and buildings have been torn apart thanks for ferocious wind. our sister station in florida.. is covering this live right now... lets listen in to their coverage. hurricane michael slammed the floriday coast (grant)

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(grant) also also tonight at 5:30... kron4 is always stories. here's a going on in neighborhood right now. (catherine) in the east bay... a suspicious fire in oakley has destroyed one business and damaged two others.. no one was injured - but a firefighter on the scene had a very close call. kron 4's sara stinson has the story. it was a difficult fire for contra costa county fire crews to put out at this tire shop on main street. not only is it an older building, but it's right next to the railroad tracks. i witnessed the scary moment when one firefighter just barely dodged a train passing by. you can hear the train's horn...and see the firefighter grabbing the fire hose just moments before the train passed by. battalion chief ross macumber says crews were near the tracks after they notified the railway company to close the tracks due to the fire.

it was a very close call, the train came through at a very high rate of speed.">thankf ully no one was hurt. the fire first broke out at saeed bro tires on main street in oakley at 2:15 wednesday morning. the tire shop is a total loss while the two other businesses next door experienced heavy damage. including delta boot camp...the owner worries his business is a total loss too. he's hoping to recover quickly so he doesn't lose over 300 customers who worked out here everyday. fire crews mopped up the scene for over six hours and are continuing to investigate the fire as suspicous. in oakley, sara stinson, kron four news.###

(catherine) u-c- berkeley campus police are asking for public help after a student was sexually assaulted in university housing. it happened early last friday morning...and no onehas been arrested. campus police are asking anyone with information to contact them.. experts say roughly 23 percent of all female college students say they've experience rape or sexual assault. (grant) on the peninsula... menlo park police are investigating reports of a suspicious man near ringwood avenue. police say a hispanic male driving a newer model dark gray or black b-m-w approached a 14-year-old girl who was walking to school last week. the driver reportedly told the girl he was low on gas and

offered her a ride if she gave him money.. she declined and he drove away. the vehicle was described as having a paper dealership advertisement instead of license plates. (grant) san francisco police are looking for the group of men who assaulted five people inside a home in the city's silver terrace neighborhood. it happened saturday morning just before 4 at the home on the first block of topeka avenue. police say five men stormed into the home with guns held the residents at gun point, assaulted them and left with cash. the victims suffered minor injuries but declined hospitalization. (grant) a 60-year-old man injured in a hit-and-run last week in san francisco has died. the man has been identified as norman tanner. the hit-and-run happened back on october third when a driver ran a red light at the intersection of baker and oak streets in san francisco's haight-ashbury neighborhood. the driver of the car stopped and out of the car after the crash but then got back in the car and took off.

police are still looking for the driver. they say it was a woman who was driving a black or dark blue toyota prius with front end damage. (catherine) police have arrested the son of a limousine company owner... in connection with a deadly crash in new york over the weekend. (grant) the man was arrested during a traffic stop. kron4's ryan o'donnell joins us with the latest on this crash that killed 20 people. here he is... his name is nauman(nah-man) hussain. even though his father, who's in pakistan, owns 'prestige limousine chauffeur service...' he's been running the day-to-day operatoins. and right now he's charged with 'criminally negligent homicide' after investigators determined he knew that limo had major problems and still used it. a memorial grows at the crash site... where 20 people died... after the modified ford excursion limo, barreled through a stop

sign, hit two people and crashed. investigators found the vehicle had failed a state inspection, and was cited twice this year for violations which included issues with the brakes. the limo driver also didn't have the proper license to operate the vehicle. tonight, we're hearing from both the state police and the company's attorney for the first time.george p. beach / nysp superintendent: "the sole responsibility for that motor vehicle being on the road on saturday rest with nauman hussain."lee kindlon / attorney for prestige limousine chauffeur service: "but right now, given the state police and their actions and jumping the gun, we have to at least take into account that, you know there's an investigation which has just begun. that investigation is going to take months to complete, and to the best of our ability we are going to have to answer those keeping in mind the criminal defense side of this, but also that we want to provide answers the best as possible." 0:24 the crash killed the driver... all 17 passengers inside the limo... and two pedestrians. if nauman(nah-man) hussain is found guilty... he could get up to 4 years in prison. (catherine) coming up..

a father goes to great lengths to get away with shoplifting... and now police are worried about the wellbeing of his young daughter. we'll explain how she was used as a decoy. (grant) plus after the break... colin kaepernick thinks his image is worth a lot... and he is now trying to trademark his face and hair. details on the products he soon plans to put his face on. it's time for the ross fall dress event. yeah? so you can find a party dress at a price that makes you want to celebrate. yeah. find the perfect dress for every occasion. it feels even better when you find it for less at the ross fall dress event. yes for less.

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(grant) you've heard of the term "a trademark image" ...well former 49er and current activist colin kaepernick is actually trying to trademark what has become an iconic image of his face and hair. kaepernick's company "inked flash" filed for the trademark last week. according to the filing, the goal is to put the black- and-white image on products from shampoo to lampshades. it may also be tied to t-v shows, movies, self- empowerment initiatives, and efforts to raise awareness on how to properly interact with law enforcement. in 20-16, kaepernick began kneeling during the national anthem before football games -- to protest racial injustice and police brutality in america. (catherine) still ahead... sears stores are disappearing rapidly... and we could soon see all locations vanish. the move the company is expected to make soon.

(catherine) police are investigating a disturbing case of child endangerment in new york. it's not clear how it happened -- but a group of toddlers ended up with crack cocaine in their hands at a day care center. nicole johnson talked to the mother of a little girlwho was hospitalized after putting the drug in her mouth. sabrina straker / mother: "had my daughter ingested the capsule and not spit it out, i would be planning a funeral." little serenity... is alive and well but her mother says her 4 year old could have died....sabrina straker / mother: "luckily because she spit it, out she's still here." sabrina straker is talking about these small capsules filled with crack cocaine. serenity says another child gave them to her on friday while the kids were playing together here at little inventors day care in the bronx.when serenity arrived home that evening, at first,

she shows her mother one capsule.sabrina straker / mother: "inside was something small and white, which she described as a tooth - looked like rocks, or pebbles. then i was curious."then serenity pulls out more.mother: "she comes back, 'well mommy, i have a lot of his teeth,' so then i have a third capsule." that's when this mother went straight to police.mother: "this can't be what i'm thinking it is, because how could that be in a pre- school?"police - confirming what this mother suspected. officers here at the 46th precinct immediately ran a test.mother: "low and behold whatever this test kit is, it was blue and he said, 'this is what it is. that's what that means. this is crack cocaine.' i said 'what? come again? no, i didn't just hear that.'" serenity was then rushed to a local hospitalmother: "she couldn't sit down, she was beyond bouncy, very loquacious, just all over the place, literally, talking to herself, looking in the mirror, saying she sees three

of herself. once they did the urine test it came back positive that she had cocaine in her system."we tried to get answers to how drugs can end in the hands of children at this day care center.the director yvette joseph believes...yvette joseph / little inventors day care: "whatever it was we think the person threw it over the fence to get rid of it."but police say one child passed these capsules around like candy and are looking at this as endangering the welfare of a child.yvette joseph / little inventors day care: "we did a thorough check. the children are fine. we called the parents."serenity's mom wants more, including answers to how drugs ended up in a place like this.mother: "i want the school to be shut down. i don't feel it's safe for anybody's child. if they can't keep eyes on them, the do care, because this is ry serious." (catherine) that was nicole johnson reporting. police continue to investigate how the drugs endedup at the daycare center in the first place.. (grant) sears stocks fell rapidly today after reports that the company-- which was at one point america's largest retailer and its largest employer -- appears to be nearing bankruptcy.(catherine) this follows the news last week that sears would be

closing more stores throughout the country. kron 4 reporter sanaz ta-hernia is live at a sears store in san bruno. sanaz... any reaction from shoppers? (sanaz) grant and catherine... it's first store in chicago in 1897 and is perhaps best known for the sears roebuck catelog where at one point in the early 1900's you could even order a house. while sears still operates approximately 800 stores across the country they have closed more than 400 locations in the past year. and today one of their large shareholders has dropped a large chunk of his stock. the company also added a new director this week who is familiar with bankruptcies and restructuring. reports are also circulating that the

company is talking to advisers and banks in preparation for a bankruptcy filing. i was able to talk with some sears customers out here in san bruno about the store one who says she has been shopping at the store for about 19 years. beatrix baron says: "i usually shop for um.. electronics and appliances. that would be bad. sears has really good deals. that's kinda unfortunate. " (sanaz) the parent company of sears and kmart, has until october 15th to pay 134 million dollars worth of debt. if sears does file for bankruptcy, it could try to stay in business, using the court process to shed debt and unaffordable leases. grant and catherine.... (anchor) taking a live look outside-- sutro overlooking downtown san francisco. (anchor) time now to check on our

weather... with chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. (anchor) turning our attention to chief meteorologist lawrence karnow... hurricane michael slammed the floriday coast as one of the strongest storms in recent continues as a powerful storm tonight bringing more flooding rains and powerful winds into georgia. the storm will move rapidly to the north east through the carolinas before moving back into the atlantic. it was mostly sunny but nice around the bay area today but cooler with highs in the 70s inland and 50s and 60s at the

coast. on the satellite you can see high pressure starting to build toward the west coast. it will winds this weekenupper 70s with 60s at the coast. it will be much friday and thiis weekend with the 80s. fair continue into next week. (grant) next on kron4 news at 5... concerns about the safety of a little girl... after police say her dad used her as a decoy to shoplift. we'll have the details after the break.

(grant) police in one california town are looking for a man who uses daughter to help him shoplift.

they say involving a child may help them press additional charges when he is caught. lemor abrams has the story. natsot/mos"i think it's pretty low to actually use a child to commit a crime. come on."a little girl, detectives say being used as a decoy.a tool, to steal from dollar general stores across stanislaus county.deputy raj singh/stanislaus co. sheriff's office"grabbing items and placing them in her hands and then going towards the back of the store putting her down and getting the items and concealing them on his body and then walking out the store."deputy raj singh says the man you see here has gotten away with it not once or twice, but possibly dozens of times.using his daughter to steal about 1,000 dollars worth of items from dollar general stores in a matter of months, detectives say.things like household goods and food. but detectives aren't

concerned about the stolen stuff. singh/stanislaus co. sheriff's office"as bad as the theft is, our primary concern is the welfare of this child."for many, a crime so heartbreaking, they say they're reserving judgment. natsot/mos"that's a horrible thing to expose your child to. it's teaching them a bad lesson. and as i walked (grant) general has not commented on the crime. police are asking anyone who might see this man to please call them. (grant) that wraps up kron 4 news at 5. catherine heenan and ken wayne are here with kron 4 news at six. (ken) coming up next on kron4 news at six. we are getting a closer look at the devastation caused by hurricane michael. it made landfall in florida's panhandle as a category four storm.. now we're learning at least one person has died. (catherine) then - don't expect any traffic releif around the salesforce transit center this week. we'll tell how much longer fremont street will now be closed.... that's coming up next on kron4 news at six.e. so you can find

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afternoon - with sustained winds at 155 miles per hour. (ken) authorities say a florida man was killed by a falling tree as hurricane michael roared through the state. natasha chen has the latest on the monster storm. the director of fema expressed concern wednesday that too many people in the that too many wednesday concern fema expressed director of the storm. the director of fema expressed concern wednesday that too many people in the path of hurricane michael did not evacuate. president

trump noted that some of those areas "are very poor"... which would make it more difficult for them to leave. hurricane michael has left extensive damage in panama city, with broken and uprooted trees and power lines down nearly everywhere. roofs were peeled off and homes split open by fallen trees. twisted street signs lay on the ground. residents emerged early wednesday evening to assess damage when rains stopped, though skies were still overcast and windy. (natasha)

hurricane michael slammed the floriday coast as one of the strongest storms in recent memory. it

(catherine) assault in the parking lot of levis stadium last sunday has left a man in critical condition(ken) as kron four's rob fladeboe reports now, police have made an arrest in the case.

(ken) police are asking for the public's help in identifying two men suspected of being involved in a string of cell phone store burglaries in the east bay. (catherine) today investigators released surveillance video of the two burglars in action... kron4's haaziq madyun has the story(take pkg) (pkg)take a close look at this

surveillance video. in it you see two men wearing hooded sweat tops enter the at&t store in the clayton valley shopping center in concord. this video was recorded back on tuesday october 2nd, 2018. the same twof being involved in three cellphone store burglaries that day. after the burglary at the at&t store, the hooded men walked right the sprint store and allegedly took cell phones and tablets from there as well. unlike other snatch and grab cellphone store burglaries where the suspects run into the store and grab electronics and a fast pace, these two seemed to take their time, almost as if they were shopping or looking for specific items to steal. in fact a witness told me the two men were looking for the most expensive items in the store but at&t no longer places items out on displaysot concord police say the same two hooded men are likely responsible for a burglary minutes later at this verizon at&t store in e location of the

fourth burglary. pleasant hill police investigators say they are checking to see if these two men are connected to that incident in addition to three separate cell phone stores targeted by burglars in pleasant hill in the month of september...anyone with information is (catherine) the discovery of 2 cracked support beams at the salesforce transit center not only shut down the center but a one block stretch of fremont street.(ken) the section of fremont between mission and howard was to reopen this friday, but now there's been another delay(double) kron 4's dan kerman is live on fremont street with details.... dan (dan)

fremont street reopening delay 1010186 insertfremont street between mission and howard has been shutdown since cracks beams at the salesforce transit center. that's created a backup on fremont forcing cars heading north across the city to turn left or right on howard street. 4 steel towers are now inplace to shore up the area and remove the load from the cracked beams. the hope was to get the street reopened by this friday. but now transit center officials say reopening of fremont street won't happen until next wednesday october 17. that's because constructing similar shoring systems on the bus deck level above and the than expected... one block over on first street repair crews have successfully set up these massive yellow jacks to shore up that area which has a similar design. overnight closures of first street are

done for the week, but there will be one more between 9pm and 5 am sometime next week 104/next week (dan) (ken) police have made an arrest in connection to the limo crash that left 20 people dead. we take a look at who and why police arrested. (catherine) the scooters are returning. the deal made to allow that to happen... just how soon you could see them back on the streets of san francisco. (ken) parts of panama city beach florida are literally

falling apart due to hurricane michael. here a beach home partially collapses in the storm's high winds. we are tracking the path and will get a live look at the destruction in just two and a half minutes.

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by ensuring medical care is not delayed in an emergency. proposition 11 establishes into law the longstanding industry practice of paying emts and paramedics to remain on-call during breaks and requires they receive fema level training and active shooters and natural disasters. vote yes on 11 to ensure 911 emergency care is there when you or your love one need it. "we want to get down there as soon as possible. at the same time, i don't want to go down there to where we are interfering with people, first responders, the fema people, i want them to focus on the storm not me. so, we will probably look to sunday or monday to go down."

(ken) we're getting a live look in atlanta georgia as the rains beat down as hurricane michael hits the city (catherine) michael has michael has been causing damage and chaos....and it's far from over.. chief meterologist lawrence karnow has been tracking the storm...and joins us now... hurricane michael slammed the floriday coast as one of the strongest storms in recent memory. it continues as a powerful storm tonight bringing more flooding rains

and powerful winds into georgia. the storm will move rapidly to the north east through the carolinas before moving back into the atlantic. it was mostly sunny but nice around the bay area today but cooler with highs in the 70s inland and 50s and 60s at the coast. on the satellite you can see high pressure starting to build toward the west coast. it will bring warmer weather and offshore winds this weekend. highs tomorrow will be a little warmer and in the mid to upper 70s with 60s at the coast. it will be much warmer on friday and thiis weekend with some highs in the

80s. fair weather will continue into next week. (catherine) police have arrested the son of a limousine company owner... in connection with a deadly crash in new york over the weekend. (ken) the man was arrested during a traffic stop. kron4's ryan o'donne here he is... his name is nauman(nah-man) hussain. limousine chauffeur service...' he's been running the day-to-day operatoins.

and right now he's charged with 'criminally negligent homicide' after investigators determined he knew that limo had major problems and still used it. a memorial grows at the crash site... where 20 people died... after the modified ford excursion limo, barreled through a stop sign, hit two people and crashed. investigators found the vehicle had failed a state inspection, and was cited twice this year for violations which included issues with the brakes. the limo driver also didn't havefrom both the state police and the company's attorney for the first time.george p. beach / nysp superintendent: "the sole responsibility for that motor vehicle being on the road on saturday rest with nauman hussain."lee kindlon / attorney for prestige limousine chauffeur service: "but right now, given the state police and their actions and jumping the gun, we have to at least take into account that, you know there's an investigation which has just begun. that investigation is going to take months to complete, and to the best of our ability we are going to have to answer those questions, keeping in mind the criminal defense side of this, but also keeping in mind that we want to provide answers the best as possible." 0:24

the crash killed the driver... all 17 passengers inside the limo... and two pedestrians. if nauman(nah- man) hussain is found guilty... he could get up to 4 years in prison. (ken)get ready - like them or hate them, scooters are coming back to the streets of san francisco. (catherine) the city's transit agencyhas worked out a compromise for two companies to roll out a pilot program. kron four's terisa estacio reports on what that means and when we might see the scooters again.. (take pkg) terisa estacio, reporting, san franciscoi am here in san francisco talking with paul rose with sfmta. scooters are coming back to sf, when? paul rose. they are coming back the contracts are being issued on october 15. we have two companies, scoot and skip that got the contracts. why these two companies? they followed our guidelines and said they will obey the safety measures we feel necessary here in san francisco. some people hate these, some love them... pr: yes, we had lots of complaints and the dpw had to swipe 500 off the streets. this is a pilot program. te: could there be more? pr: yes, we could bring more after first 6 months of pilot program. this is about safety and we want people to wear helmets, understand safety rules. te:

ok, thank you in sf, terisa estacio kron four news. ###

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"it is unlike any other storm we've had. we are not accustomed to a hurricane such as this"(catherine) it's not only florida dealingwith the impact of hurricane michael.. we'll bring you a live report... (ken) president trump targeted california's senior senator at a big campaign rally last night. we have

the chant the president got from the crowd and the response from dianne feinstein tonight.

(catherine) president trump took aim at another top democrat during a recent rally.. accusing senator dianne feinstein of leaking the private letter containing christine blasey ford's sexual assault allegation against supreme court justice brett kavanaugh.(ken) kron4's ryan o'donnell joins us with more... including how the senator is responding.

senator feinstein says she's a little surprised the president singled her out... while calling his move, a here's what was said during a recent rally in iowa.president donald trump: "how 'bout senator feinstein? that's another beauty. (boos) that's a beauty! did you leak the documents? 'well-- no!' did we leak? did we leak? (cheers) 'no! no! no we didn't-' did you ever see? 'no.' he just said no we didn't leak. (crowd chants "lock her up!")" 0:36 "lock her up" is what the crowd was chanting. senator feinstein has received criticism from republicans over the handling of this letter. waiting weeks before handing it over to the f-b-i... then having it leaked somehow to the media. in

response to president trump's rally... senator feinstein wrote "dr. blasey ford knows i kept her confidence, she and her lawyers said so repeadtedly." senator feinstein denies she or anyone in her office gave ford's letter to the press. (catherine) coming up... it seems a little early to start talking about christmas....but we're already getting a lookat this year's holiday shopping trends.. "and so i hope you know i hope everybody that should evacuate did. unfortunately, i know some people didn't. and so i'm praying for them right now." (ken) the florida national guard is already stepping in to help those affected by the storm. after the break we will take you live to florida where hurricane michael made landfall today. (lawrence)and i'm tracking your weeknight forcast... that's just ahead. it's time for the ross fall dress event. yeah? so you can find a party dress at a price that makes you want to celebrate. yeah. find the perfect dress for every occasion. it feels even better when you find

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(catherine) that was a live look at storm coverage - from our sister station in florida. (ken)

time now for a look at tonight's top local stories. here in santa clara police have arrested this man34 year-old david aguilera gonzales, in connection with an alleged assault at levi's stadium. the victim, a 22 year old san jose man, is in critical condition. police say gonzalesattacked the victim, who had apparently kicked a bottlethat landed near him in the parking lot as both men were leaving the 49ers game last sunday. gonzales is charged with felony assault and battery. in santa clara rob fladeboe kron4news sothere in concord police release this surveillance video of two hooded men suspected of being involved in a burglary at this at&t store in the clayton valley shopping center. investigators say the same two men are likely

responsible for blurglaries at a sprint store and a verizon store in the oak grove plaza. pleasant hill police are checking to see if these two men are connected to three separate cell phone store in pleasant hill in the month of september...in concord haaziq madyun kron4news terisa estacio, reporting, san franciscoi am here in san francisco talking with paul rose with sfmta. scooters are coming back to sf, when? paul rose. they are coming back the contracts are being issued on october 15. we have two companies, scoot and skip that got the contracts. why these two companies?said they will obey the safety measures we feel necessary here in san francisco.

hurricane michael slammed the floriday coast as one of the strongest storms in recent memory. it continues as a powerful storm tonight bringing more flooding rains and powerful winds into georgia. the storm will move rapidly to the north east through the carolinas before moving back into the atlantic. it was mostly sunny but nice around the bay area today but cooler with highs in the 70s inland and 50s and 60s at the coast. on the satellite you can see high pressure starting to build toward the west coast. it will bring warmer weather and offshore winds this weekend. highs tomorrow will be a little warmer and in

the mid to upper 70s with 60s at the coast. it will be much warmer on friday and thiis weekend with some highs in the 80s. fair weather will continue into next week. we've heard plenty about service animals on planes. but a florida incident seems to be a first... we'll explain.

emotional support squirrel were forced off a frontier airline flight in orlando, florida.(ken) the fiasco delayed the cleveland-bound flight for almost two hours tuesday night. passengers said the woman boarded the flight routinely.. just before take-off - there was an announcement they had to get off the plane - since a woman had a squirrel in a small carrier on her lap. she refused to go - and had to be escorted off of the plane by orlando police. the resulting videos are making the rounds on social media.

amanda wiertel/passenger: "there was children, there was at least five people in a wheelchair. we didn't want to get off. we were like we're ready to go -- let's go, but there's a squirrel -- who would have a squirrel -- no offense -- as a pet."amber calhoun/passenger: "the joke of the plane was hashtag squirrel so you'll probably find it all over social media." (catherine) frontier airlines says the woman's ticket did indicate she had an emotional support animal -- but it didn't say what kind. her support squirrel is considered a rodent -- and rodents aren't allowed on frontier flights. (ken) her kids were poked by needles littered on the ground. now one mother is making the cleanup in her neighborhood her personal mission. the way her whole community and city are pitching in.

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(catherine) illicit drug use is dangerous for the user -- but the needles that are left behind can be dangerous for everyone.(ken) a community in washington state is giving out free cleanup kits in an effort to rid the area of discarded hypodermic needles. as tammy mutasa reports, the needle cleanup kit program started with the efforts of a concerned mother.

natsot: "these two are full - these ones are the first ones i've opened up and started handing stuff out of."the mission of making needle clean up kits started for kara schubert after two boys in a burlington park got poked with a drug needle.kara schubert / made 120 needle pick up kits: "i was just horrified and i felt for the mom."a mom herself, kara says she saw the drug problem living in snohomish county -- then it followed her to skagit county. kara schubert / made 120 needle pick up kits: "i wasn't taking them to parks anymore, we weren't letting them play outside anymore. i didn't know what we were going to find." she and others urged skagit county public health to start handing out needle cleanup kits.kara schubert / made 120 needle pick up kits: "you can securely shut them."on wednesday the county will kick off a pilot with 100 kits containing sharps containers, gloves, safety glasses, and tongs.kara schubert / made 120 needle pick up kits: "i have sanitizer wipes to disinfect your glasses and tongs."kara also made 120 kits in her living room with money raised from donations.she'll give them out to a local non-profit and around her community.kara

schubert / made 120 needle pick up kits: "kids should be able to play at playgrounds, but its going to take all of us to be proactive." (catherine) that was tammy matusa reporting from k-o-m-o in seattle... the plan is to run the needle clean-up kit program for six months to test whether it will actually help... (catherine) in sports... we're just minutes away from the warriors versus lebron james and the lakers in las vegas... what staeve kerr had to say about "the king"...(ken) and derek carr and the raiders leave for london thrsday... the quarterback hopes to leave his penchant breaking interceptions on this side of mark carpenter has some thoughts silver and black and that... coming up you know when you're at ross and that cute dress gets even cuter? yes. or when you can say yes...to both? sure. or when you find that brand at that price? are you kiless. and that's what ross always has in store.

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(pam) time now for a look at sports.(ken) mark carpenter joins us in the studio. considering the warriors and lebron's lakers will already see each other four times in the regular season they might as well not waste any time and meet during the preseason. --warriors and lakers facing off tonight in las vegas... the first of two exhibition games between the franchises this week. --they'll play again friday night at the sap center.

--no draymond green in the lineup as he's dealing with a knee issue, but steph curry, kevin durant, and klay thompson will all be in the mix. --and steve kerr will be there, barring any ejections. "this will be fun. same division and obviously both team's have a lot of talent and the atmosphere's going to be great. even in the preseason i think people are going to be looking forward to it.it's been a very star- driven franchise, so for them to have lebron makes staples the place to be, and you'll feel that vibe, we'll feel that vibe as the visiting team when we're in there. i look forward to that." now to a heavy dose of nba drama. all-star guard jimmy butler...has made it known he wants to be traded away from minnesota and the team has not agreed to deal him. so today, he reportedly stormed into practice and threw a tantrum... screaming at his teammates.... and directed explitives at his head coach and general manager saying--

'you can't win without me' his frustration stems from him feeling that his teammates don't want to win as much as him. it's unknown whether he'll play with the team this year or continue to push for a trade. to the nfl-- since they don't play until monday, the 49ers have moved their week around and won't talk with reporters until tomorrow. while the raiders...are getting ready to leave for london. the silver and black going across the pond....to face the seahawks. --something they are hoping doesn't travel with them....derek carr's tendency to turn the ball over. --through 5 games, dc leads the league with 8- interceptions... and last week, had a hard time getting his receivers involved--- a combined 5 catches for 50 yards between amari cooper and jordy nelson --this afternoon-- his o-c greg olson...weighed in on his play so far. "for us right now, certainly trying to get him to calm down and play in a more relaxed type of mode so that he doesn't feel like he has to press to make plays. when you look at some of the turnovers he's had this year, he's been pressing, trying to make a play. again, we like that part of about him and he's a competitive guy, he wants to make every play. just making

better decisions moving forward." ---finally tonight, a familiar face coming back to the bay area this weekend. former 49ers and current ucla head coach chip kelly...bringing the bruins up to berkeley to face the golden bears. --kelly's return to college...not off to a great start...as ucla is 0-and-5, last in the pac-12 south. --on the other side, cal.. a solid 3-and-2...but still looking for a conference win. brandon mcilwain made his 1st career start last week, no word on if he starts this saturday. his thoughts on the matchup, plus kelly, not in the cheeriest of moods. "i'm excited because, honest, i haven been able to play in a game like this, bit i'm excited. i've seen both of these teams play going up, and have gotten to learn more as i've been here, been here at the scholl. so i'm really excited for the gasme.""you guys are writing stories about step forwards and step backs. i've never ben around a team that talks about step forwards and step backs. we. we're trying to have a good wednesday."

that wraps up kron4 news at 6. we'll see you tonight at 8.... on your bay area's local

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